🚀 go-pugleaf

Date:     Mon, 9 Mar 87 15:39 MST
From:     <FATR6@USU.BITNET>
Subject:  Atari Drives, copy protection, BITNET
To:       info-atari16@score.stanford.edu
X-Original-To:  info-atari16@score.stanford.edu, FATR6

Three points
   1. I mentioned at the end of last week that my copy of VIP Professional
was trashed. Before I sent it back to the dealer I decided to test it on
another 520 so I took it (the program) down and it booted just fine (ARGH!).
It seems that my drive was messed up. This is the first copyprotected software
I had run on my machine although since then I ran SILENT SERVICE which worked
fine. In any case I got a new drive out of the deal and VIP runs fine. By the
way those of you who have used LOTUS and not VIP try it you will notice no
change in the operation of the two at least I haven't.
   2. All this brings me to point 2. I had a similar problem when I had an
old Atari 810 drive with an SSI game. I imeadiatly called the company and
they said check your drive speed. Sure enough it was off. Is there a
program to check the drive speeds for the ST, and if so how do you adjust an
incorrect speed?

   3. Please someone tell those of us who don't know any better how to
get the program listings which are published here to our STs. Some of
us are new to the net and don't have a clue about all that code.


Thanks for the response to my VIP problem

Jon Jensen
FATR6@USU
USU CS DEPT