[Coco] Re: Portal-9 1.4

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello jimcox at miba51.com

On 12/23/03, jimcox at miba51.com wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:55:34 -0300
>  "Richard E. Crislip" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
>> Hello Roger
>> 
>> On 12/23/03, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jim Cox just informed me of a bug that is keeping 
>>> Portal-9 from starting
>>> on his 2000 system. I test under XP and 98, and no 
>>> OS-specific calls are
>>> made, so this is a shocker. I am now asking that any 
>>> Windows 2000 users
>>> who have downloaded and tried Portal-9 1.3 to please let 
>>> me know
>>> something. :) I know I can find this nat with a little 
>>> bit of feedback.
>>> 
>>> Also, download and try Portal-9 before ordering a CD. 
>>> I'll be working 
>>> overtime on this, rest assured...
>> 
>> Humm.. I started it up just fine using MESS on W2K. What 
>> was Jim trying to
>> do when the failure occurred? As I said I only started 
>> it, have not had
>> anytime to seriously play with it.
>> 
>> Regards
> 
> Richard:
> 
> I just installed it off the CD and once that was done, 
> clicked on the Portal9.exe icon.  It started up with the 
> spash image, and then stopped.  I've tried this both at 
> home and work, and gotten the same results.  Could be TOFU
> (The Operator F'd Up) but why?  I am running with the 
> default installation options.  Any clues?

Ok, I see the diference. I'm running what I downloaded from Roger's site. If
I remember the previous messages correctly, the problem is with the CD
versions. That's right isn't it Roger?

Regards
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                                             Richard