Re: Fantavision Information

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung) writes...
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>Speaking of Fantavision, does anyone know if it works on a ROM 3 GS? I
>bought an instructors package that came with two copies of the program.
>At the time I didn't have the time to use it. Now that I wanted to look
>at it again recently I couldn't get it to run my my ROM 3 GS.

	The original version 1.0 of Fantanvision GS is not ROM 3 
compatible, although there was an update produced that was hardrive
installable and I presume ROM 3 compatible as well (this update was
written around 1992-93). If someone knows how to get a free update
from Broderbund, I'd like to know about it. 

	In the meantime you can _partly_ run the original version 1.0
on your ROM 3. Launch it with the latest version of ProDOS 8 (v2.03)
and it will no longer lockup at the title-screen. However, mouse movement
within the program erase the screen, so it's more or less useless other
than for viewing movies. FYI: Updating the version of ProDOS 8 on 
Broderbund's Print Shop GS also allows it to run on a ROM 3.

>Hmm, is there a compiled list of commercial software that isn't
>compatible with a ROM 3 GS out there? I recently got a larger hard drive
>so I've begun to load up all the software I've bought over the past six
>years and now I've run into some problems with these programs.

	I started to compile such a list years ago, but I can't seem
to locate it at moment. As I recall, it was mostly a handful of old
games and demos, most of which were patched in later years. Speaking
of patching things, I hope "Beatbox" is made to be more ROM 3 
friendly.. :)

>Herbert Fung   herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca   
>Edmonton Remote Systems   Serving Edmonton/Northern Alberta since 1982

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca