Re: Falcon on the IIci

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From: Mike Gilbert
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1989 01:11

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In article <6203@lindy.Stanford.EDU> romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Goebel) writes:
>
>The jet fighter flight simulator Falcon 2.0 will not run on any
>machine sporting a 68030 processor, including the Mac IIcx, the SE/30
>and the IIci.  I too am a registered owner and just upgraded from an
>SE to an SE/30 only to find that my favorite F-16 would no longer fly!
>
>A phone call to the program developers (Spectrum HoloByte,
>415-522-3584) informed me that an '030 upgrade may be available within
>a few weeks.  So don't bail out yet!
>
>______
>patrick goebel

Funny, I've been able to run Falcon 2.0 on my Mac IIcx (5 Mb, 40 Mb HD, 
video set to 2-bit B/W).  It takes some playing around with, and the 
craft moves AWFUL fast, but it does work.

Of course, if you do manage to get the '030 upgrade, please notify.

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