Re: Installing Sib7 on VirtualRPC

In message <4f77404abacmatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Colin Matthews <cmatt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <gemini.jwuoe600ea4mr0078.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ray
Dawson <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised to find that the original floppy has
deliberately corrupted tracks as a form of copy protection. Either
that or a 'token' hidden in a particular track.

I think it's something of the sort : it's impossible to install unless
you have an internal floppy drive. The one plus point of the
Microdigital Alpha. (I've tried to install on a Mac with an external
USB drive, and that doesn't work.)


If you want to install Sib7 on your machine with no floppy - what about
using/borrowing another machine with VRPC* installed/floppy drive &
creating a new empty HardDisc file - install the prog - zip the
HardDisc file and copy over to your machine.

* I wonder if arculator would be sufficient for this.
--
Colin Ferris Cornwall UK
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