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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: MaxZip won't work on my Mac--help!
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cody sandifer (sandifer@crmse.sdsu.edu) wrote:

> > Hey there.  I'm trying to run MaxZip on a Mac with system 7.5.2.
> > 
> > It works fine on system 7 (I just checked with my old laptop), but it
> > won't work on system 7.5.  (The problem could lie elsewhere, of course.) 
> > Anyway, same deal with Zip Infinity.  Any suggestions?

> Almost forgot.  The problem:  it will load the game (I tried it on
> curses.z5), but then as soon as I hit the space bar I get a "FATAL ERROR: 
> ILLEGAL OPERATION" message.

Both of these work fine for me under System 7.5.3 Rev. 2. (In fact, the 
latest version of MaxZip was developed under this system version.)

"Illegal operation" almost always means that the game file has been 
corrupted. But if you tested the same game file on your laptop and it 
worked, that's not the problem.

Can't think of anything else. Sorry.

--Z

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