Re: Amazon for Apple II

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

On Oct 15, 11:55 am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 11:47 am, "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Oct 15, 10:42 am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Oct 15, 11:24 am, "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Oct 14, 11:47 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > I am trying to get the NIB images of Amazon, an adventure game from
> > > > > 1985, running in AppleWin, and I'm having no success.  I have been
> > > > > able to load the initial screen that lists the telephone number for
> > > > > the old BBS of the guy who made the disks copy-able, which is off of
> > > > > Side 3/Volume 3.  However, when I then press a key, it just hangs.  It
> > > > > also gives me an error message if I swap sides at that screen and
> > > > > prior to pressing a key.
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> > > > > Anyone ever gotten this one working?
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> > > > > I'm trying to get it running because an old computer magazine talks
> > > > > about the game and that piqued my curiosity.
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> > > > Works fine for me.  I'm using AppleWin 1.20.0.0 on Windows XP, and the
> > > > disk images I'm using are from /pub/apple_II/images/games/adventure/
> > > > amazon on Asimov.
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> > > > Screenshot:http://tinyurl.com/3o8dh6g
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> > > Wait, I'm sorry, I thought that you were talking about the 3.5"
> > > version that Alex referenced.
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> > > I'm getting the 3.5" version working.  I am NOT getting the 5.25"
> > > version from Amazon working.
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> > > How did you get it to boot past the initial screen?  Do you just leave
> > > Disk/Side 3 in?
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> > The 5.25" version, from the Asimov FTP site (amazon1 through
> > amazon4.nib.gz) is what I am using.  I just left Disk 3 in.
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> I'm using Applewin 1.20 but I'm not getting anything past the initial
> BBS list screen.  Do I have to convert the NIB file into another
> format?

Just figured it out.  Apparently it won't work if a hard disk
controller is enabled in Slot 7.