Re: Beneath Apple Manor

["N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer@hotmail.com>]

On Oct 15, 11:40 pm, Bugman <btt071...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was curious if anyone has another copy of Beneath Apple Manor
> besides the two that are available on the web.  There are two versions
> commonly available.  The original 1978 integer basic version, and a
> special edition that was binary with hi-res graphics.
> The reason for my inquiry is because in the special edition, when you
> take a brain scan in the game "save game feature" it is also supposed
> to save to disk for later use.  This feature appears to be broken.
> Not a big deal, but I thought I'd ask.

If there's one thing that bugs me, it's a broken disk image, so I went
ahead and tested both versions of Beneath Apple Manor (original '78 lo-
res and '83 hi-res) in emulation and real hardware.

In AppleWin, the hi-res version dumped me into the monitor when I
tried the scan:

http://tinyurl.com/3mdd66o

BUT I transferred the image to a real floppy and tested on a II Plus,
and there, it worked fine:

http://tinyurl.com/4ylmtvb

What I'm confused about, though, is how the scan is supposed to work.
The game manual seems to indicate that it saves to disk, and that
you'll be prompted to restore your game on your next boot.  The scan
saved my stats, but only to memory, not to disk.  When I died later in
the game, it retrieved them fine.  But I never saw disk access of any
kind.

So, for comparison, I looked at the original lo-res version.  In both
emulation and real hardware, it committed my stats to memory, but not
to disk.

I've looked over the game manual, and I can't find anything that says
extra steps are needed to save your game to disk... but I have my
suspicions.