Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Toshiba 3401 or NEC 3
From: kirk.jensen@spacebbs.com (Kirk Jensen)
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 94 12:29:00 -0800
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A >A >Message-ID: <CL2yqv.7FB@amd.com>
A >Newsgroup: alt.cd-rom
A >Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA
A >
A >In article <37570.cl587@mailhost> T.M.M.Shahin@CITY.AC.UK writes:
A >>
A >>However, I have been having problems getting Rebel Assault to work.  It
A >>seems to have much longer pauses in the animation and video, and sometimes
A >>crashes and I keep getting CD checksum errors.  In fact the Dracula
A >>Unleashed demo I have does not work at all which did with the
A >>Toshiba.  Any suggestions.  I hope they are problems that can be easily
A >>solved.
A >>
A >>Thanks
A >>
A >>Tamer
A >>
A >>Office No.CM335
A >>Engineering Design Centre, City University
A >>Northampton Sq, LONDON.  U.K.
A >>071-477-8000 ext. 4283  (Fax: 071-477-8566)
A >
A > My brother is also having a problem with Rebel Assault using the
A >NEC 3Xi and PAS-16. Using the rebel14.zip patch didn't help either. We
A >tried installing as '2X' to no avail. So we tried it on my system with a
A >Toshiba XM3401B and PAS-16. No problem after the patch was installed. Same
A >joystick (FlightStick) was used.
A > I think the patch is still not perfect for some systems, like my
A >brother's. The problem was joystick drifting to the left. I think the problem
A >is the patch is not yet compatible with some 3Xi's. Could it be too fast for
A >the game? Sometimes when displaying the cutscenes, it won't show the whole
A >thing and jumps to the next mission. Any feedback from other 3Xi owners?
A >        Romy
 

I doubt very much if it has anything to do with the drive, but I guess it is
possible. If you have different video cards and/or drivers, the problem 
probably lies there instead. 
 
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