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- From: lui@netcom.com (Stephen Lui)
- Subject: Re: Sherlock CD
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.175949.29312@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <43.2b3edc17@ivgate>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:59:49 GMT
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- In article <43.2b3edc17@ivgate> michael.davidson@macrocosm.omahug.org writes:
- >(Konstantin Peric S.W.I.F.T.) writes:
- >
- >>I've recently bought a NEC CD Rom drive (model CDR-25) to connect to my
- >>Mac II SI. Along with the drive, I also bought the "Sherlok Holmes consulting
- >>detective" game. The game contains many real-time video parts.
- >>
- >>The problem is that the game crashes ("corrupt scene file") randomly when
- >>playing the video scenes. Sometimes, it'll play out the entire scene, and othe
- >>times it will crash at random intervals.
- >
- >Matthew T. Russotto writes:
- >>the CDRom needs a 380ms maximum access and a150KB/s data transfer rate.
- >
- >
- >If MTR's suggestion doesn't fit, try this. If I remember correctly, you need to
- >turn 32 bit addressing off to use Sherlok Holmes cd rom.
- >
- >Liberty,
- >Michael
- >
-
- What are you general impressions of the CDR-25 and did you buy the NEC CD
- Express with the bundled CD's? I'm looking for a low priced CD-ROM to play
- Spaceship Warlock and other CD-based games, nothing serious.
-