Re: I need help with Asimov

[Smarter%than%Spam@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

: Vince Scoglietti <vcs@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
: <5fuju6$9kc@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com>...

: > 	I downloaded the Zaxxon disk image, un gzipped it on my PC, and sent
: > it to my IIGS over a modem connection.  Here's where the problem
: > occurred:  The disk image was received as an ASCII text file ($0040,
: > or something like that, hexidecimal), and when Asimov wrote it to the
: > newly formatted DOS 3.3 floppy, it seemed to erase the disk directory,
: > so that GS/OS (System 6 with the DOS 3.3 FST installed) didn't
: > recognize it, and when I booted the disk, all the drive did was whir
: > with the red light on.  Anyone know what the problem is?

Most likely, Zaxxon used a copy-protection scheme which prevents
Asimov from properly packing/unpacking the disk.  You'd need either
a cracked version or an original disk.

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