Re: Ultima IV wanted

[thoang@orion.oac.uci.edu (Trangdaithi Hoang)]

In article <38606p$neq@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
Sean Michael McAfee <mcafee@umich.edu> wrote:

>Technical question:  Just yesterday, I installed my first hard drive into my
>GS.  Five minutes later, I was wondering how I ever got along without it.
>Anyhow, is there a way to copy the Ultima V disks into partition(s) on the
>HD, and thus avoid the frequent disk-switching that's the single most time-
>consuming aspect of the game?

The next best thing, if you've got a legit copy of Ultima V, is to
get a copy that some nice person converted to (2) 3.5" disks.  You
might even be able to copy one of the disks to /RAM5 when you play.
If you're daring, you could disassemble Ultima V (I think it uses
its own operating system) and patch it so it works off of a hard
disk.  I think this requires some work since it hasn't been
achieved.