Re: Hopefully last dumb newbie question.

[dwatkins@swlink.net (Dan Watkins)]

After changing the display from 80 columns to 40, in response to the 
suggestion posted here, my computer and game are working just fine.

 Many thanks to all of those who responded with help. 

After I finish this game, I am looking forward to seeing what *else* this 
rather nifty little computer can do.

Best regards to all,

Dan Watkins

In article <6l4rad$kfd@enews4.newsguy.com>, dwatkins@swlink.net (Dan Watkins) 
wrote:
>I recently bought an Apple II GS (ROM 1), floppy drives, no
>HD, especially because I wanted to play an ancient text-based game for the
>Apple II ("The Mist" by Steven King). The game comes on a single-sided, 64K 
>5 1/4 format floppy disk.
>
>Thanks to the help and generosity of members of this n.g., the computer and 
>all drives are working properly. I still have the following problems with the 
>game, however.
>
>1. If I boot up the system with the GS OS (5.04), the computer cannot          
>     read the game disk, even though it can read other 5 1/4 disks.            
>     Instead, it just asks me if I want to format the disk.
>
>2. The game disk itself is bootable. If I boot up with the game disk, however, 
>        the Apple II GS "greet screen" (the initial screen that tells you it's 
>        a GS,  what ROM it is, etc.) remains on the screen in garbled form 
>        even after I start the game, interfering with my ability to read the 
>        game text (I hope I made that clear).
>
> As things stand, the game is playable (barely), but not enjoyable.
>
>Any suggestions? Many thanks.
>
>Best regards to all,
>
>Dan Watkins