freund@sakura.ucdavis.edu (Jason Freund) (05/23/91)
In article <1991May22.155603.16996@crash.cts.com> uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes: >[] >EOB installs on a hard disk, is 2.0X compatible and runs just fine on >the A3000. This makes it a MUCH better program, technically in my >nbook than DM or CSB (DM does not work on the A3000, I don't think, >and CSB is not 2.0X compatible last I checked, in either case they >run only off of floppies). >CSB and DM are much bigger games, and better adventures overall, since >EOB is so short. But I love the rules in Eye and I prefer the graphics >in Eye as well. I have both DM and CSB installed on my hard drive of my 3000 -- both work great on my A3k. Granted, neither of them supported HD installation, but anyone who wants to put it on their HD can easily get the PD programs and follow the instructions to do it themselves. As for 2.x compatibility, who cares? You have 1.3, don't you, the game (like 99% of commercial games) doesn't multitask anyway, so why would you need it to run under 2.0? You have to reboot the computer anyway, what's wrong with using 1.3? Overall, DM/CSB are optimized so well that they don't need to be HD installable. The initial bootup is long, but you never need to swap disks and it hardly ever has to load during the game. I can see how 3 disk games that need to switch disks on bootup 50 times should be HD installable, but DM/CSB's HD installability is not necessary -- just extra frosting on the cake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Freund freund@sakura.ucdavis.edu // 1420 Lake Blvd #14 916-753-8677 // Amiga 3000 Davis, CA 95616 Computer Science, Engineering \\ // --------------------------------------------------------------\X/-------------- while (!deadyet) { Getup(); Gotowork(); }
karl@prophet.UUCP (Karl-Gunnar Hultland) (05/23/91)
>In article <9015@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> freund@sakura.ucdavis.edu (Jason Freund) writes: > > I have both DM and CSB installed on my hard drive of my 3000 -- >both work great on my A3k. Granted, neither of them supported HD installation, >but anyone who wants to put it on their HD can easily get the PD programs and >follow the instructions to do it themselves. Strange... the ORIGINAL I tried locked up my 3000 .. > > As for 2.x compatibility, who cares? You have 1.3, don't you, >the game (like 99% of commercial games) doesn't multitask anyway, so why >would you need it to run under 2.0? You have to reboot the computer >anyway, what's wrong with using 1.3? Well I have 1.3 on my 3000 ... but will I have it when I get 2.0 in ROM ?? --- Karl Hultland, {rutgers | pyramid | uunet}!cmbvax!cbmehq!cbmswe!prophet!karl Organization: Mine all mine. Egoist: a person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. - A. Bierce