Re: Ultima 1 (1986 reissue version) woes

[Hot Rod <hotrod.apple2@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:04:44 AM UTC-5, BLuRry wrote:
> Actually it may be a false alarm -- when I went to load my game from the disk in the real machine it wouldn't read.  So it was very likely a really crappy old disk that bought the farm.
> 
> Putting that aside though, I can't create a new U1 player disk in the newer 1986 version -- it prompts me if I want to erase the non-prodos disk and then it reports a drive speed error.  Very strange.  Same goes for a prodos-formatted floppy.  So format doesn't work, at least not in Jace.  Has anyone formatted a ultima 1 player disk from AppleWin or Kegs?
> 

I just tried the DL crack in AppleWin 1.20.0, both with enhanced speed and authentic speed, and I get the same "drive speed error."  Another retro project to add to the list I guess...