cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) (01/11/88)
Is there any way to make the Chessmaster program run on a Mac II (I have a radius display)? Thanks, Ron Guest ihnp4!druhi!cosmos
mione@topaz.rutgers.edu (MIONE) (01/13/88)
In article <2553@druhi.ATT.COM>, cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) writes: > > Is there any way to make the Chessmaster program run on a Mac II (I have a > radius display)? > Thanks, > Ron Guest > ihnp4!druhi!cosmos I purchased a copy Chessmaster 2000 recently. I do not own a MAC yet but I plan on buying a MAC II within 4 to 6 mos. and the reason I bought some software in advance is that there are plenty of MACs to use here at work. Anyhow, I could not seem to get the thing to boot and I was being helped by a KNOWLEDGEABLE friend. My guess is that the copy protection crud is self-modifying and the 68020 with it's instruction cache is losing when it tries to run it. On my warranty card, I mentioned that it did not work on the II and I needed it to work on that machine. I recieved a letter stating that they have no plans of implementing a version for the MAC II and that I should return it to the store from whom I purchased it or return it to them with a copy of the reciept. About a week later I received another letter from the company saying that they WERE working on a version for the MAC II but the release date could be as much as a year in the future. Again, they recommended I return the copy for a refund and they apologized for the inconvenience. It runs well on any other MAC and I am quite impressed with its capabilities. I will probably keep the thing until they come out with the update. Tony::
geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) (01/14/88)
In article <2553@druhi.ATT.COM> cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) writes: > >Is there any way to make the Chessmaster program run on a Mac II (I have a >radius display)? I don't know about the Radius display, but it runs fine on my Mac II, provided you have the new version of MacIntalk. Otherwise it won't talk but plays music instead.
geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) (01/14/88)
In article <17372@topaz.rutgers.edu> mione@topaz.rutgers.edu (MIONE) writes: > >I purchased a copy Chessmaster 2000 recently. I do not own a MAC yet >but I plan on buying a MAC II within 4 to 6 mos. and the reason I >bought some software in advance is that there are plenty of MACs to >use here at work. Anyhow, I could not seem to get the thing to boot >and I was being helped by a KNOWLEDGEABLE friend. My guess is that the >copy protection crud is self-modifying and the 68020 with it's >instruction cache is losing when it tries to run it. > My version is the unprotected version they send you for $10 more after you have already bought the protected version. This one is the one that runs on my mac II. I haven't tried the protected version, since I don't believe in messing with that kind of software. The unprotected version runs fine, or at least has not bombed through a couple of complete games. Perhaps if I use it more, I will find a problem.
cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) (01/15/88)
In article <912@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>, geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) writes: > I don't know about the Radius display, but it runs fine on my Mac II, > provided you have the new version of MacIntalk. Otherwise it won't > talk but plays music instead. What do you have for a display. I got several responses saying it doesn't work... When I try to boot it starts to initialize the screen and hangs. Ron Guest ihnp4!druhi!cosmos
geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) (01/20/88)
In article <2580@druhi.ATT.COM> cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) writes: >In article <912@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>, geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) writes: >> I don't know about the Radius display, but it runs fine on my Mac II, >> provided you have the new version of MacIntalk. Otherwise it won't >> talk but plays music instead. >What do you have for a display. I got several responses saying it doesn't >work... When I try to boot it starts to initialize the screen and hangs. I am not booting from the chessmaster disk...remember, I have the hard disk version. I just run the program from the finder and it works fine. I suspect the problem lies with the copy-protection. Just send in your $10 and get the non-copy protected version, and run it from the finder. (I have the Standard Apple Color Monitor.)