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Re: Playing Diablo 1 again, but in WinXP - mule app?

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From: Aulë
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 08:24
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On 5/29/2012 2:37 AM, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> Ashen Shugar<deathsabyss@yahoo.com.au>  wrote:
>
>> I think it was jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
>> wrote something like...
>>
>>> Hey guys, I'm playing D1 seriously again, only in WinXP as my last Mac
>>> able to run classic MacOS died a while back. Is there a good mule app
>>> for SP D1 on Windows you'd recommend?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Jamie Kahn Genet
>>
>> As best I recall, in D1 you could just drop the items on the ground in
>> town and they'd stay there forever, in single player, so no need to
>> mule them off to another character to keep them safe.
>>
>> Ashen Shugar
>
> Yeah, but only if you don't ever start a new game with the character, as
> most of us frequently do to get more mobs to kill, and switch to higher
> difficulties. Regardless I want to share items between toons - it sucks
> getting a rare rogue bow dropping for a warrior, for example.

There are a few people playing D1 occasionally in group games on the 
Amazon Basin.  Perhaps one of them knows a trick or two?  Worth a look, 
maybe.
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 04:24:01 -0400
From: Aulë <aule.vala@gmail.com>
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