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#331762 - 05/04/2010 14:10 Old shareware game/app
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	I'm trying to track down an old program that I remember using a few times. I believe it was in the Windows 3.1 days, but it could have been early 95/98. I'm pretty sure it came on one of those 16 thousand shareware programs on one CD deals. The program was a quiz-like game about automobile engines. It would animate an isometric engine and then stop and tell you the symptom(s). "Engine turns over but no combustion is heard." You would then attempt to choose the correct diagnosis. Anyone remember using such a program?
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#331772 - 05/04/2010 15:13 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: RobotCaleb]
ricin veteran Registered: 19/06/2000 Posts: 1495 Loc: US: CA	Damn. I just got rid of most of my old ridiculous-amount-of-shareware-on-a-disc for BBSes collections. I'll take a look, though, just in case. BTW, Happy Birthday! _________________________ Donato MkII/080000565 MkIIa/010101253 ricin.us
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#331805 - 06/04/2010 17:32 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: ricin]
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	Thanks. I found it and after a bit of effort got it running.
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#331806 - 06/04/2010 17:38 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: RobotCaleb]
ricin veteran Registered: 19/06/2000 Posts: 1495 Loc: US: CA	HAH! I remember that too. Good times. _________________________ Donato MkII/080000565 MkIIa/010101253 ricin.us
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#331811 - 06/04/2010 19:17 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: RobotCaleb]
tanstaafl. carpal tunnel Registered: 08/07/1999 Posts: 5549 Loc: Ajijic, Mexico	Originally Posted By: RobotCaleb "Engine almost starts, it wants to run but doesn't. Spark plugs have spark. The engine is getting gas. Sometimes the engine backfires" Most likely: A pair (or more than two) of crossed plug wires. Possible: Ignition timing too advanced. tanstaafl. _________________________ "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
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#331839 - 07/04/2010 03:37 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: RobotCaleb]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	That would be an awesome web app. Is the software still out there? Or did you find it on a disk at home? _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#331840 - 07/04/2010 04:23 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: Robotic]
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	4strkeng.zip
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#331847 - 07/04/2010 11:49 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: RobotCaleb]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Thanks _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#331901 - 08/04/2010 18:55 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: Robotic]
elperepat enthusiast Registered: 11/01/2002 Posts: 211 Loc: Qc, Canada	I did not chime in with my suggestion as it predates even windows 3.1, but I used to play with Injured Engine on my Apple IIe. That was quite educative for a 10 years old kid. I think you can play it online via an emulator plugin.
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#331907 - 08/04/2010 20:14 Re: Old shareware game/app [Re: elperepat]
Taym carpal tunnel Registered: 18/06/2001 Posts: 2504 Loc: Roma, Italy	Wow, I remember that too! It was before 1998, though! I remember because I stopped using DOS+Win 3.1 in 95/96 and moved to OS/2 and then NT4.0, so this predates 96 at least... _________________________ = Taym = MK2a #040103216 * 100Gb All/Colors Radio * 3.0a11 * Hijack = taympeg
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