Subject: Re: G.I. Joe won't run...
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thomaslai@my-deja.com writes ...
> 
> In article <39A2FC76.B5A4ED1A@germanynet.de>,
>   Manuel Polik <101.36834@germanynet.de> wrote:
> > Hi again!
> >
> > And once more an epyx related thing. From this last working (asian)
> > asimov mirror I got 'G.I. Joe'. No I can't run it properly on any
> > emulator. So far I tried applepc, applewin & oasis. It's the same
> > picture everywhere: A cracking intro is shown, I press 'space' or
> > 'return' and the game starts to load... and loads... and loads... I
> > waited up to 10 minutes on every emulator until I finally gave up.
 ....
> 
> I have found a file in my harddisk (it maybe download from asimov
> or newsgroup).  It tells how to fix this:
> 
>     To get GI Joe to run, change the bytes D0 F1 to EA EA at
>     offset $0125 (track 0, sector 1, byte $25) of the disk image
>     for side 1 of the game.
>     Without this change, the disk will spin forever after displaying the
>     cracker's title page.  This worked for AppleWin, so perhaps it will
>     work for the other emulators as well.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
 ....

     It definitely does help. With the fix, the disk image boots fine. Thanks
for the information!



Rubywand