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From: tdquinn@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Tanya Quinn)
Subject: Re: The President is missing - Anyone?
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References: <mreddy-1904951036430001@mreddy.comp.glam.ac.uk> <1995Apr19.174839.15568@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 22:18:37 GMT
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In article <1995Apr19.174839.15568@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>,
Christopher E. Forman <ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> wrote:
>Mike Reddy (mreddy@comp.glam.ac.uk) wrote:
>: Now the big problem is not the disk size - well I can transfer the three
>: disks onto 3 & 1/2 disks - but the protection as I am sure that the game
>: will require disk 1 in the a: drive during play. So my questions are thus:
>
>I'm having a similar problem with "Amnesia."  Anyone know of a way around
>it?  (I bought the game legallly, but don't have a 5.25" drive and would
>like to avoid having to buy one if possible.)

Try using the DOS assign command,
i.e. assign a: b:

That way, when you type in a:, it will really try to access the real b: 
drive.  The games should be copyable on another computer to 3 1/2" and 
the 3 1/2" disks could be formatted as 1.2 meg.

Hope this helps,
Tanya

