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- From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Sega Genesis On Amiga
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:02:30 GMT
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- Jim Fang (Jim.Fang@f550.n635.z3.fidonet.org) wrote:
- : > From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
- : > Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
- : >
- : > Daniel Frost (Daniel_Frost@arkham.bbs.bad.se) wrote:
- : >
- : [stuff deleted]
- : > : Most of the models are made comercially, but they are "back-up systems",
- : > you
- : > : copy your cart to disk, and you can use the "back-up system" to load the
- : > game
- : > : again. But using the games on Amiga? Naah.. I would not count on that.
- : >
- : > : You do not need your cart to play the game, just the "back-up". So, one
- : > would
- : > : be stupid to say there are no piracy on those consoles, however, most
- : > people
- : > : do not know about this.
- : >
- : > : --- Xenolink 1.0 Z.3, EmacsXL.4
- : >
- : >
- : > Where can I get said backup systems? How much do they cost? Are there
- : > any made for SNES? And how the hell do they compress all the stuff from
- : > a cartridge to fit on a 880 (or 720) disk? Or do you use HD? Still,
- : > wouldn't
- : > that be more than one disk? How does the backup system work? When you
- : > put
- : > a disk back in that you had backed up a game to, does it just read the
- : > game
- : > into the backup system's memory? Or does it (gasp) read the game from
- : > disk
- : > as it needs it?
-
- : Why are you so shocked that a two MEGABIT cartridge can be backed up onto
- : floppy? It's only 250 kilobytes! Eight megabits is only one Megabyte...
-
- : The backup system works by inserting into the slot where the cartridges
- : would go. I guess it has its own memory and the disks are copied into
- : it. They go for A$500, which is about the price of 4 games over here
- : in Australia. You can get them for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis and the
- : Super Nintendo System (and pre-Super NES)..
-
- : Regards,
-
- : Jim Fang
-
- : * Origin: Empire BBS +61(3)592-5662 (3 lines) (3:635/550)
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- Where can I get one in the u.s.? Can I get a phone number? Caaayan ah geyet
- an A-Men? Unless there's somebody overseas who takes US $$$ and has one
- that'll run on my S-NES
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