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- APPLICATIONS AND GAMES REPORT
- ================================
- What follows is the result of testing several CDs and lots of share games
- and applications from the Macworld CD Nb 3, Spanish version and other ones.
-
- Eric Solitaire (From the Executor disks)
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- Have you tried to resize the play window?
- It crashes.
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- Prince of Persia
- ----------------
- I have finished both the demo and commercial version, and
- disabling sound and music works perfect.
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- Just GrandMa and Me
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- Its a "Living Book" CD from Bronderbund. I goes to DOS with:
- General Protection Fault at eip=00045798
- eax=00000000 ebx=00000080 ecx=00ffffff edx=001c2790 esi=ff000000 edi=fffffffc
- ebp=001c2798 esp=001c00f4 cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00af fs=00cf gs=0000 ss=00af
- Call frame traceback EIPs:
- 0x00045798
- 0x0007a36c
- 0x0007ba5b
- 0x0007bbf5
- 0x0007c34c
- 0x00079c11
- 0x0008281c
- 0x00072b49
- 0x000ccf09
- 0x000c8828
- 0x000f3f6b
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- Pirates, by Microprose
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- A very old but addictive B&W game. The startup screens are displayed ok,
- you choose your name, your skills and historical period to play, but
- when you are going to fight (The 1st thing you can do in the game) it hags
- No ALT-MAYS-1 or ALT-MAYS-5. The mouse still moves, but i can only
- press CTRL-BRK to go to DOS.
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- MACTOOLS 7.0
- ------------
- As well as other bugs, it only display the files on the actual folder,
- it does not recognize any folder.
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- When i ask Mactools to verify the hard disk it says:
- Error in block:xx
- Error number: -46
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- It says the same when doing with a MAC disk
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- I can edit and modify any file without any trouble though!
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- Teach Text
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- Seems to have windows problems, but is operative.
-
- >From Alice to Ocean CD
- ----------------------
- Its a demo of interactive publishing, combinining narration,
- photographs, video and music.
-
- Tracks 2 - 9 contain narration wich can be heard using a CD-audio player.
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- MAC WORLD CD NB 3
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- ANTIVIRUS
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- *Disinfectant 3.6
- Seems to work fine BUT when quitting it goes to DOS with:
- General Protection Fault at eip=000ae880
- eax=74edf3a4 ebx=00000000 ecx=a4f3ed74 edx=00000001 esi=a4f3ed74 edi=a4f30000
- ebp=001c2368 esp=001c235c cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00af fs=00cf gs=0000 ss=00af
- Call frame traceback EIPs:
- 0x000ae880
- 0x000ae9b6
- 0x0006dbc4
- 0x00053ed3
- 0x00053f63
- 0x000bc0d1
- 0x000b1a7a
- 0x000b067c
- 0x00083c8f
- 0x000864ab
- 0x000ccf2b
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- *Gatekeeper
- Its an init, so i could not test it, but there was an application, called "Gatekeeper aplication" that worked fine.
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- Compressors
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- *MAC LHA 2.13
- Has fonts problems, but works fast and fine!
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- *UUlite 1.7
- It does not compress well, and when the browser tries to show
- the icon of a uulited (bad) file, it goes to DOS.
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- *Zip it 1.3.1
- Crashes while seeing the About!
- The ADD ALL button seems to have problems too.
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- Communications
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- *Comm-It 1.8
- Appart of the logical error when accessing to the modem,
- it works perfectly, BUT when you are playing a little
- with it, it runs out of memory, just like Cricket Graph.
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- *Telefinder BBS demo
- It goes to DOS without saying anything!
- *Telefinder User demo
- It goes to DOS without saying anything!
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- Conversors
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- *Data convertn", and goes back to bra program to convert non mac database files to
- a Mac readable database format!
- *Drop Text
- It says: Error, 1001 ocurred. and goes back to browser
- *Easy convert 3.1
- When runned it goes back to the browser without saying anything!
- (you now you have clicked it cos the hot band disappeared a while)
- *Graphic converter 1.77
- It says :" A Macintosh II, LC, Clasic or Quadra is needed" and
- goes back to browser.
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- Text Editors
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- *BBEdit 3.1 demo
- Seems to work without troubles, fast from CD!
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- *DOC Maker 4.1
- It has problems with the NEW button.
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- *DOC reader
- A strange text "reader", works without problems!
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- *Easy view 2.44e
- It says (in spanish) "your computer lacks the required hardware
- or software to run this application", and goes back to browser
- *Easy view 2.60
- Just the same that 2.44e
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- Science and educational
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-
- *Clock 2.0
- It hanged everything (Just power down). It seemed to be an astrological
- program. The icon of the executable was like Hypercard (I think).
-
- *Calculator y=mx+b
- It asks you for the M value, (I answered 3) and then it enters on
- an infinite look saying
- ?Redo from start
- Please enter the m value: A lot of nonsenses (square nonsenses)
- and then it says redo again!
-
- *MAC repairs 2.1a
- A executable hypertext doc, that shows how you can upgrade and repair
- the most common problems of mac. It has some problems (Draws out of their
- windows) etc, but its operative.
-
- *Math Stars 3.0
- It covers with nonsense the upper bar (File and so on), and then
- claims for errors on accesing their files (ERROR Nb -41)
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- Graphics
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- *Gif converter 2.3.7
- it says: "Your computer lacks the required ..."
- and goes back to browser
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-
- *Games
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- *Alex v1.16
- It says: "You dont have enough memory to run this game"
- (I am using -applzone 8000)
-
- *Apeiron 1.01
- The installer says "I cant create a temporary file on your
- startup disk. It must be locked or too full"
-
- I have created a 5 Mbytes system volume, but i get the same
- error. I have started with -nobrowser and the same happens!
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- The installer is made using "Smaller installer" by Bill Goodman
- *Bloodsuckers
- It goes to DOS without saying anything!
- The browser does not recognize its icon.
- *Bombz1.2
- It seems to work, but slowly. Not a very good game
- The browser dont recognize its icon
- *Chiral 1.0.0
- It uses "Smaller installer", by Bill Goodman
- (See Apeiron 1.01)
- *Dirt Bike 2.0
- Has graphics problems. It is supposed to be an amazing digitalized
- bike (like the icons one) for playing on a ground circuit, but i
- only see three lines.
- (refresh does not do anything!)
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- *FRAC 1.0
- It says "Your computer lacks the required ..."
- In the docs dont say anything about system 7 or coprocesor.
- *GNU Chess Mac v4.04b
- It works fine, but takes too much time loading, it makes
- lots of disks access!
- *Haunted U
- It goes to DOS with:
- General Protection Fault at eip=0009a1cc
- eax=015d2d00 ebx=002d5c01 ecx=002d3f00 edx=ffffffff esi=00000000 edi=00000001
- ebp=001c2744 esp=001c2714 cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00af fs=00cf gs=0000 ss=00af
- Call frame traceback EIPs:
- 0x0009a1cc
- 0x0009acf9
- 0x000175ed
- 0x00017c09
- 0x00016ec7
- 0x00028aa9
- 0x00028af9
- 0x0002b70b
- 0x0002c362
- 0x000cc042
- 0x000c88f7
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- *Ingemar's skiing game
- It need refresh, but works perfect! Very adictive.
- *Maelstrom 1.4.1
- It uses "Smaller installer", by Bill Goodman
- (See Apeiron 1.01)
- *Mancala 2.0d5
- Works perfect, a strange board game!
- The browser does not recognize the icon!
- *Ninja boy World
- Detects some problem with sound even using pretend, and run itself
- in silent mode
- seems to have trouble reading from keyboard the movements.
- very slow!
- *S'ydnar Squares 2.0
- A colorful amazing like tetris game!!! It is incredible adictive...
- but very sensible:
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- If you move the mouse while loading it hangs!
- some times you get the upper bar (File, Tiles,...) corrupted,
- and if you press it hangs...
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- If someone can play (I could, and i like it) the keys are a,s,l.
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- *Sthout saying anything!
- *Graph 2.2.1
- An amazing stadistic and data program.
- When started it says: ERROR: Not such volume (several times)
- but you can go on! (I have tried from a clean solution
- (you cant in 1.99l), but goes very slow...
- In 320x200 you can play very well (i feel strange, not slow,not fast)
- In other resolutions it goes tooooo slow
- (Mat, we need your faster blitter here 8-) )
- Amazing!
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- Utilities
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- *ADB Prober
- Its a program that check what is connected to the Apple Desktop
- bus. It works, but does not recognize anything!
- Maybe this little piece of code helps Ardi guys!
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- *AT 1.0.0
- Seems to be a clock! but goes to DOS without saying anything
- *Clipstation
- It goes to DOS without saying anything!
- *EZDB 2.0
- It goes to DOS without saying anything!
- *Graph 2.2.1
- An amazing stadistic and data program.
- When started it says: ERROR: Not such volume (several times)
- but you can go on! (I have tried from a clean Executor)
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- When starting it double clicking from a doc, it runs OK, so
- i investigated, and this error happens when trying to open
- a PICT file! (Background.PICT)
- *Font view 1.5
- It allows you to test all the fonts installed on the MAC!
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- Other stuff
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- Foxbase + v 1.10
- It has trouble opening the samples.
- I dont know how to use it, but seems to work fine
- MAC Populous
- I have not played a full game, but works without troubles
- (Well, at least during 5 minutes doing everything imaginable)
- SimLife
- Has drawing problems. I cant see the buttons and text in lots
- of windows, and it is not a refresh problem
- Startwars v1.0
- It hangs everything, only CTRL-BRK at the startup screen!
- Aldus Superpaint 3.0
- After the startup screen it hangs!
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- Hope it works
- Emilio
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