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- From: ee_aronl@uxmail.ust.hk (Happy Aaron)
- Subject: Re: SimCity locks up
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.021838.18476@uxmail.ust.hk>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:18:38 GMT
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- Andreas Toenne (atoenne@mpi-sb.mpg.de) wrote:
- : Hello all,
-
- : this is probably a stupid problem but I hate it.
-
- : I tried to install the DOS version of SimCity on my computer and when I
- : run the install.exe on the *original* disks in drive A: the computer
- : locks up hard. Cold boot time! If I do the installation by hand then simcity
- : itself locks up in the same style. No single pixel of output.
-
- : Has any1 experienced the same problem? Maybe it is related to DOS 5.0?
- : Should I apply the loadfix?
-
- : Any help will be appreciated.
-
- : Andreas
-
- : P.S. SimCity for Windows is buggy crap. For me it crashes with protection
- : violations every 5 minutes.
- : --
-
- : Andreas Toenne Voice: x49 681 5846272
- : Max-Planck-Institut Office: x49 681 302 5363
- : fuer Informatik e-mail: atoenne@mpi-sb.mpg.de
-
- : Im Stadtwald
- : 6600 Saarbruecken, Germany
-
- I have the same problem before also. But all I had to do is to
- remove my SoundBlaster and the installation will go smoothly. Do you have
- a SB?
-
- Aaron Liao
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