Re: Fantavision 2.1?

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I actually look at this thread before I wrote. I search for
"Fantavision" on the web and found it.

If you think this is a fake one, maybe we should inform others about
it? Maybe someone do have 2.1 that is harddisk installable.

On 4月22日, 下午3时22分, Mitchell Spector <mitch...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Have a look at this thread I started some 3 years back:http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_thread/thread/5...
>
>     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