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- Subject: Questions re: 1.99p6
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- I just picked up 1.99p6 the other day, and decided to try and run the
- Marathon 2 16-bit demo, since I couldn't seem to find the original
- Marathon demo around anywhere. I ran in to a couple of problems.
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- First of all, when I open up Stuffit Expander, and try to alter the
- preferences, it crashes with
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- executor: Fatal error.
- encountered unknown, unimplemented trap `ABC9'.
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- And gives me the "restart" button. When I hit the restart button, it
- puts me back to the browser (as it should).
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- So I finally just said "screw it" and let the expander unstuff the demo
- to the default location (which turned out to be exactly where I wanted
- it), and tried to run the demo. When I do so, I get:
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- Please be sure the files "Map", "Shapes", and "Sounds" are in the
- same folder as the "Marathon" application and try again. ID = -35
-
- Of course, I wouldn't be posting this error if it wasn't an error; all of
- the requested files are there. I made sure that the FILES setting in my
- CONFIG.SYS was set sufficiently high; it's currently set to 80. I'm also
- running with an applzone of 8M.
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- Has anyone else had any success with getting this demo to run?
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- P.S. The low-memory warning in executor which suggests that you use a
- larger -applzone setting for a program doesn't reflect the new -applzone
- syntax. For example, executor suggested that I try an -applzone of 8000
- when running the M2 demo above, because the demo requested a lot of
- memory. Yet with the new syntax, it would be 8M rather than 8000. Just
- a little nit-pick there.
-
- P.P.S. When running in 50-line-mode under DOS (using "mode ,50") the
- text mode isn't correctly restored when exiting E/D. Instead it's 50
- lines of the upper-half of the 25-line font. Another nit-pick.
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- I'd appreciate any feedback on any of the above (and keep up the good
- work, ARDI). Thanks.
-
-
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