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Re: Fantavision 2.1?

On 2008-04-22 17:22:44 +1000, Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> said:


limtc <thyechean@gmail.com> wrote:
Found a new version 2.1 here: http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/the_ring/application_pages/fantavision.html
Does 

anybody know the difference? It looks the same to me (I have the
original version in 1987).

I checked and found some possibilities:

1) ROM 3 compatible - I don't have a way to create the disk to see
whether this is the case (can someone with a ROM 3 test)?
2) Harddisk installable - I tried to launch it and it says out of
memory (I think I have 4MB).

Despite these I see no differences at all, even if the version has
jumped from 1.0 to 2.1.


Have a look at this thread I started some 3 years back:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_thread/thread/5a6e297addfc736a/467095007bd691fa?lnk=st&q=#467095007bd691fa
There *was* indeed an updated version of Fantavision that was hardisk installable and compatible with the ROM 3 (no issue 
with the mouse pointer and screen redraws). It does exist, but
this copy is NOT it.

    Upon re-examination of this so-called "version 2.1" and the
original 1.0 disk, I'm fairly sure this particular copy is a fake! All
the same files are present, the main application is still exactly 34K (34,030 bytes) and the only visible difference is the "About" dialog box claims its new and version 2.1. And no, as mentioned 3 years ago, as such it has the same ROM 3 incompatibility and not hardisk installable--it's just version 1.0 sector edited with a 
few random clip-art images added to the disk.

    Now that I know it's a fake, if anyone has the real update
of Fantavision, I still wouldn't mind getting a copy (I own the
original but Broderbund doesn't even exist now, not that any
software company today would have any knowledge of what the "Apple II" is, or that it ever existed. Sad, but true). :) 

Mitchell Spector


A fake!? Mitch I'm disappointed in you! :-)
The image that appears on the archive is an image made from an original Fantavision disk, which was a lab pack version I bought very cheaply back in 1992. It hasn't been sector edited or altered in anyway...I think :-) I got the Fantavision box out and unfortunately, there's no information regarding the version 2.1 features. 

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- Alex
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/