[Coco] In search of current owner of Coco Friends Disk Magaizine and Sundog software

[Manny]

I'd see if his email address might be in a later issue of CDFM then work up
from there.  ;-)

On Dec 28, 2012 7:21 PM, "Charlie" <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Manny.
>
> Anyone have the last known email for Jim Davis?
>
> I tried e-mailing Allan Chaney the game author about a week ago and
received no reply from him,
>
> Charlie
>
>
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> From: "Manny" <manney at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 2:07 PM
>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] In search of current owner of Coco Friends Disk
Magaizine and Sundog software
>
>> Charlie,
>>
>> I think the Guy's name was Jim Davis or something similar.  Lived in
Nixa,
>> MO.  He disappeared soon after he got all of the Sundog games, etc.
>>
>> -M.
>> On Dec 28, 2012 4:53 PM, "Charlie" <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I was searching all over for an original copy of Paladin's Legacy that
>>> would run as intended on all version of the coco with at least 64K.
>>> The current version on the internet has been hacked and is playable only
>>> on a coco 3.
>>>
>>> In my search I ran across an old web page by Rick Cooper that list
several
>>> CFDM issues. At the bottom listed several Sundog games for sale.
>>> I contacted Rick via email and he was kind enough to look through his
>>> things for me. He found a flippy disk labeled Paladin's Legacy.
>>> He sent me the disk and I received it a couple days ago.
>>>
>>> The game does not work, although it does not seem to be a "bad" disk.
The
>>> game starts by LOADM"BOOT and it start to load.
>>> However the coco then RESETS and your looking at the Disk Extended Basic
>>> logo again.
>>> I can do a BACKUP of the disk with no errors and the disk drive makes no
>>> sickly noises like it should if the disk is bad.
>>>
>>> I contacted Rick about it and he seems to think it may be a Master Disk,
>>> that needs to be "patched" or modified to run correctly.
>>> The copy protection added so the software sees it and runs proper.
>>> He searched for the instructions on this but had no luck.
>>>
>>> He then remembered he had transferred CFDM and all the software
companies
>>> he had to a fellow coco user. Here is what he told me:
>>>
>>> "I suddenly remember that I turned CFDM over to a fellow Cocoist from
>>> Missouri (I believe it was) in 1996 or 1997.  I also gave him rights to
all
>>> the software I had bought from the various companies.  I would bet that
if
>>> there exist the instructions to copying the Sundog Software that it
would
>>> be in his possession."
>>>
>>> So, as the subject says, we are looking for the person that Rick gave
over
>>> the software to.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any and all help!
>>>
>>> I can always be reached off the mailing list at chazbeenhad at hotmail
dot
>>> com
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>>
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