Mac+ Problem with 3.0

[Michael Conte]

Hello all. I downloaded Nethack 3.0 from sumex-aim and played it
successfully on a Mac II and a Mac SE. When I tried to play it at
home on my Mac Plus, though, I got the message:

"A mysterious force prevents you from going down."

Anyone know what's wrong with my system (or me)?

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[David Hairston]

[to...@portia.Stanford.EDU (Michael Conte) writes:]
[] Hello all. I downloaded Nethack 3.0 from sumex-aim and played it

[] successfully on a Mac II and a Mac SE. When I tried to play it at
[] home on my Mac Plus, though, I got the message:
[]
[] "A mysterious force prevents you from going down."
[]
[] Anyone know what's wrong with my system (or me)?

lately in this newsgroup there have been posts about getting nethack
via anonymous FTP or via e-mail. apparently the subject lines should
read: NetHack 3.0i PL9 via ... (note: the version numbers are significant)

the nethack at sumex is pl7 (altho identified as pl6).

your problem is a lack of disk space needed to create the next level.
in the pl9 docs it recommends play from a hard disk (you can't complete
a game from floppies).

anonymous ftp: linc.cis.upenn.edu; cd pub/NH3.0/mac; mget *; quit
and so on ...

(note: text file transfer is only possible for the mac and source files)

-dave-
hair...@henry.ece.cmu.edu

[John Dead-Falcon]

I like Nethack and have downloaded it for the PC and MAC. As previously stated
the MAC version needs at least 1 MB to play. None of my disks hold that (of
course) so how can I run this bear off floppies??

(If even I can run it off floppies...)

Reply e-mail...please.

Thanks in advance,

John.

[God of Gods]

In article <1990Sep24....@portia.Stanford.EDU> to...@portia.Stanford.EDU (Michael Conte) writes:
> Hello all. I downloaded Nethack 3.0 from sumex-aim and played it
> successfully on a Mac II and a Mac SE. When I tried to play it at
> home on my Mac Plus, though, I got the message:
>
> "A mysterious force prevents you from going down."
>
> Anyone know what's wrong with my system (or me)?
>

Yeah, a friend of mine had exactly the same problem, and it turned out that one
of the icons was locked (sorry I can't remember which one). If you go Get Info
on each icon, and just check that each one is unlocked you should get rid of
this problem. - It might be in the system too, so check that as well.