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In article <1992Apr6.082544.23879@cam-orl.co.uk> pe@cam-orl.co.uk
(Philip Elwell) writes:
>Yes, Formula 1 Grand Prix has finally been released for the ST. I haven't seen
>it yet, but my brother has a copy. Apparently it is very similar to the Amiga
>version except:
> ...
>It comes on 4 disks, the first being single-sided so that people with a SS
>internal drive but a DS external drive can use it. It is not obviously hard 
>disk installable, but you can backup the floppies. The box also claims that it
>requires 512Kb RAM, but I can't verify that this is true.

Thanks for the post. I've been considering buying this. I saw it in a shop
the other day but was kind of shocked to see that the label on the Amiga
version boasted hard disk support but the ST one didn't. Mind you it did not
say "Hard disk not supported" like another Microprose ST package.
Copy protection was also a limiting factor. 35 pounds would be quite steep if
you couldn't back it up.

Speaking of HD support, of the seven or so Microprose packages that I looked
at, all of them supported HD's on the Amiga but only two on the ST. These
were Silent Service II and Knights of the Sky. The feature list of Knights of
the Sky said that playing via modem ports was only available on the PC and
Amiga versions. What gives? I see no reason why ST versions can't have HD or
modem support. Paranoia would lead me to believe there was plot here.

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