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Article #66365Re: Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2 ruined my kid's Christmas (please help save it)
From: Mike Hall
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:12
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:12
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FYI, it is IBM that thrives on making their systems incompatible with anything else out there.. do not ever believe that products badged 'IBM' are any better than others.. "Orak Listalavostok" <oraklistal@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1104049795.678319.314520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Thanks for all the quick help in the Christmas spirit! > > The good news: > - Removing those two lines from config .txt "seems" to have worked. > - My kid is happily placing fences & animals and feeding them, etc. > - THANKS! > > The bad news: > - I read the box BEFORE purchasing the Zoo Tycoon 2 game > - I have it in front of me right now (correct me if I'm wrong) > - There's absolutely NOTHING about the IBM PC or its graphics card! > > So, while it's always advisable to spend months researching anything > provided by Microsoft (they make incompatibility a competitive weapon), > > there's absolutely no way (IMHO) anyone "normal" would determine the > ATI Radeon 7500 or the IBM A31p laptop PC would be unsupported! > > Here's what it says (verbatim) on the Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2 box: > System Requirements: Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE - 256 MB RAM > Processor: 733 MHz > Hard Drive: 900 MB > Video Card: 16 MB/3D Direct X9.0 or later > Other: DirectX 9.0 sound card & speakers/headphones > > MY QUESTION TO THIS GROUP AT LARGE: > Considering dxdiag shows no problems (I can post the complete results), > are you saying a "normal" person should infer that a stock IBM A31p > laptop PC (64M ATI Radeon Mobility 7500) is not supported > from this information provided by Microsoft & printed on the box? >
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From: "Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> References: <1104003213.873302.247020@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <#Om950t6EHA.1112@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl> <1104049795.678319.314520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2 ruined my kid's Christmas (please help save it) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:12:29 -0500 Lines: 40 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Message-ID: <OVtFM116EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.games.zoo_tycoon, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, microsoft.public.games.discussion, microsoft.public.windowsxp.games, microsoft.public.games NNTP-Posting-Host: hse-mtl-ppp11971.qc.sympatico.ca 209.226.180.43 Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!prodigy.com!newsswing.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit