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From: pearl@porthos.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac games [Was: Crystal Quest]
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Date: 17 Aug 88 22:25:12 GMT
References: <1838@hodge.UUCP> <25950@think.UUCP>
Reply-To: pearl@porthos.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <25950@think.UUCP> ephraim@vidar.think.com.UUCP (ephraim vishniac) writes:
On MSFS vs AFT:
>
>FS is obnoxiously copy-protected.  It *must* be the start-up disk.  It
>cannot be installed on a hard disk.
>
>AFT is not copy-protected and will run off a hard disk.  When the
>program starts up, it shows you the silhouette of a plane described in
>the manual and asks a question about it (e.g., What's this plane's
>length in feet?).  Answer correctly, and you're all set.  Answer
>wrongly, and you're dumped out.
>
>I like FlightSim.  I like AFT.  I'd like FlightSim for the Mac II in
>addition to AFT, because they're so different.


Just  a pointof information, Microsoft nolonger copy protects their
products, INCLUDING FS. However, I have a copy-protected version :-(

Steve

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