Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!utcsri!utnut!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!convex!convex!harward From: Ken Harward Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom.reviews Subject: Re: CD ROM games Date: 29 Apr 1994 10:32:15 GMT Organization: Engineering, Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx USA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2pqnnf$jcl@lovecraft.convex.com> References: <1994Apr27.164643.24455@chemabs.uucp> <2pp3v3$50r@lsi.lsil.com> Reply-To: harward@convex.COM (Ken Harward) NNTP-Posting-Host: pixel.convex.com Originator: harward@pixel.convex.com In article <2pp3v3$50r@lsi.lsil.com>, Dan Kochpatcharin wrote: >worlton@ANPNS6.PNS.ANL.GOV wrote: >: MYST is played off the CD, however very few people have gotten it to work on >: the PC. The Macintosh version is fine, but many people have reported >: problems... > > I disagree. I have a P5-66 Gateway machine, and it works >fine for me. It does take awhile after the book comes down before anything MYST cause terrific problems for us on on a PC. We were able to finish it but only after agonizing efforts. I think, in short, that MYST will work for some, and not for others and the CPU in your machine has very little to do with it (but the configuration of drivers does seem to make the difference). For those hoping to play MYST, make sure you've got your most recent CDROM drivers, sound card drivers, and video drivers. But that may not help--we spent a weekend updating nearly every driver on our system and the game still locked up on a regular (read 10 minute) basis. It is a tribute to the game that we stuck it out and finished it (but I'm one of those I'M GONNA FINISH THE DAMN THING IF IT KILLS ME! types :-) Best of luck to everyone trying to get it to run, Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Harward harward@convex.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Harward "plink...plink plink...plink ink ink...plank" harward@convex.com -- Keyboard Instrumental #43, Ken Harward thetigger@aol.com (Look for _Meeting the Black Keys_ this summer!)