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Title: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: marktv2 on April 29, 2004, 11:00:58 AM

I used to have "Wings" by Cinemaware installed on the hard drive of my CD32+SX1. I originally did this by editing the start-up sequence after using the game's built-in install facility. Now after 10 years, I find that I cannot remember how to do this again.  Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: jj on April 29, 2004, 11:45:47 AM

just copy the files across to a directory on your HDD and put an assign in your user startup-sequence for the two disk names to to the directory on your hard disk

if memory serves the disks are called REEL1 and REEL2

so assign reel1: "directory on harddisk" and do the same for Reel2:

Title: Re: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: marktv2 on May 03, 2004, 03:45:26 PM

Thanks JJ, I have finally managed to install Wings successfully although i am not quite sure just how I did it. I don't seem to have a user start-up and as (I think) this is a subdirectory of "S" and don't know how to create one, I used the assign command in a cli. But I don't know if this is why it worked. My copy of Wings has been "Lockpicked" to remove copy protection (which means I do not have to search the manual to enter various words to load the game), however, I discovered a virus on Lockpick (IRQ virus in a large file named "Eurosoft") which I have deleted. Then I used the Wings install facility and lo and behold, it worked.  I think my cereberal cortex has a read error on quite a few sectors after all these years, perhaps I should see my (disk)doctor :)   Many thanks,  Mark

Title: Re: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: jj on May 03, 2004, 03:51:31 PM

no worries dude. If u need to create a user-startup sequence
then do ed sus:s\user-startup

Title: Re: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: MAD on May 03, 2004, 04:37:13 PM

Hoya!

Alternatively, you can check www.whdload.de for a nifty installer by the GREAT JOTD, fully DOS compliant.

Be funky

M A D

Title: Re: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: marktv2 on May 08, 2004, 12:20:54 PM

Thanks, MAD
            I've added your site suggestion to my favourites to explore at leisure.

    Marktv2

Title: Re: Wings. Hard drive install?
Post by: marktv2 on May 08, 2004, 12:23:36 PM

Thanks again JJ,
                 Coo-ee cobra,  Marktv2