Re: Ultima IV wanted

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <38606p$neq@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
Sean Michael McAfee <mcafee@umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> Technical question:  Just yesterday, I installed my first hard drive into my
> GS.  Five minutes later, I was wondering how I ever got along without it.
> Anyhow, is there a way to copy the Ultima V disks into partition(s) on the
> HD, and thus avoid the frequent disk-switching that's the single most time-
> consuming aspect of the game?

A few years ago, I attempted to get Ultima V working on a pair of 3.5"
disks.  It _almost_ worked.  I had to rewrite the operating system
(DINKEYDOS) from scratch, and crack the program disk's protection.

The only problem is that the game hangs a short time after you start
playing.  I've never got around to investigating why.

In theory, the code I wrote would also allow Ultima V to run from a
hard drive, but it would require a set of eight subdirectories at the
root directory level.  It might be possible to rewrite it so that it
worked from a subdirectory.

This is a moot point, since the 3.5" version doesn't work anyway.
-- 
David Empson
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