[guide-user] Re: SA1.0 Usage

Denis Boucher Feb 13, 2000

I believe Bill solved the problem as get A1.0/A2.0 data gives you the
option to select a drive as Real Sky does.

Just download the Guide update again and install.(See Bill's last posted
email)

Denis.


> Thkx. Changing the CD drive letter worked. Only thing, it
appears
> that 'all' *.mar files need to be changed. When using another *.mar
to go
> somewhere else and then trying to access the SA1.0 it again asks for
drive
> D:\ because there are CD drive letter assignments in all *.mar's.
>
> I'll investigate further because my CD drive letter is F:\ and my
SA1.0
> is on drive E:\ and GUIDE is on C:\ There's gotta be a way to get
around
> this. You need the CD drive letter for referencing data on the CD,
you need
> a HD drive letter for accessing on the hard drive and you need a drive
> letter for the SA1.0/SA2.0 drive if it is different than where the
GUIDE
> directory resides.
>
> Would there be a way to default the drive addressing on line 63
so
> newly created *.mar files will have an ' * ' instead of a letter yet
allow
> accessing the CD and other HD's? Would that even work?
>
> That gives us a starting point. Thkx...joe :)
>
> Denis Boucher wrote:
>
> > OK,
> >
> > I hope this will help. Go to starup.mar and look under line 63. It
will
> > say Real CD "drive". SA1 will go where "drive" indicate. Change that
to
> > the drive where you insert your CD or HD drive directory address.
> >
> > Denis
> >
> > > Well, I just reinstalled GUIDE 7.0. Tried to get A1.0 data from
the
> > CD
> > > without any changes at all to GUIDE. It didn't work, same thing.
It
> > kept
> > > asking for CD #8 even after inserting my SA1.0 CD. Canceled out
of
> > the
> > > operation but still nothing. I found the A10.dat file is Zero K
in
> > size.
> > > Checked and reset the Mags to 16 and tried again, still nothing.
> > >
> >
>
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