"Elf Wizard" <giorgos67@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 29 , 11:47, "Rene" <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Elf Wizard" <giorgo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On 24 , 23:05, Diego <jose.di...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> On Jul 15, 4:54 pm, Elf Wizard <giorgo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> >> > On Jul 13, 6:15 pm, MarkA <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> >> > > Does anyone know how I could obtain a copy of Call of Cthulhu:
>> >> > > Shadow
>> >> > > of
>> >> > > the Comet? I cannot find a copy for sale.
>>
>> >> > > --
>> >> > > MarkA
>> >> > > (My OTHER sig line is clever)
>>
>> >> > Hi guys! :-)
>>
>> >> > What is it's size? I found such a title, on ed2k (emule), but its
an
>> >> > over 70MB ISO.
>> >> > Is it the original, or a remake?
>>
>> >> must be a CD version. I had the original once and it occupied about
>> >> three 3.5" disks
>>
>> > Hi! :-)
>>
>> > I managed to get a file (~142MB), named "Call of Cthulhu - Shadow of
>> > the Comet.iso". I burned it to a CD, but I couldn't manage to run it
>> > (neither in windows, nor at dos).
>> > I can't do something else! Sorry!!! :-(
>>
>> An iso is a file that contains an image of a cd
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image).
You need a program like nero
or
>> isobuster or one of the others that exist to burn it to a cd, you
cannot
>> just put it as a file on a cd.
>> From what you wrote I could not deduct whether you are aware of this.
>> Quite
>> often people I know ask me this question and they turn out not to have
>> been
>> aware of it, so I thought it would be best to tell it anyway. If you
>> already
>> knew this and burned it the right way, please do not feel insulted!
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Rene- -
>>
>> - -
>
> THANKS Rene! :-)
>
> Indeed I burned it on a cd and I tried to install it under my freedos
> installation, but I completelly failed! :-(
> I also tried to install it at freedos, within ms vpc 2007 (mounting
> the iso, as a virtual cd drive). That was a failure as well. :-(
> In both cases, I only received messages like "illegal instruction",
> "please reboot" etc.
> (ntvdm (at winxp) wasn't helpfull at all).
>
> However, a friend from this group, has set it up for dosbox and now
> is working like a dream! :-)
>
> I'll post about it (with the rest of the details, for his wonderfull
> work) later this day.
I am very glad that You finally got it working and wish You a lot of fun
playing this game. Please let us know how You like the game after You have
played it for some time!
Sincerely,
Rene
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