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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7 on Dell computer

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 03:10:26 01/23/99

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On January 23, 1999 at 00:24:33, Ted Wriston wrote:

>I have 233 MHz Dell. Whenenver I try to load Hiarcs 7, I get same error message:
>      "Error 780, press any key."
> So have never been able to start the program. Note that I first go into
> Safe Mode/Command Prompt, as per instruction manual.
>    So can we conclude that Hiarcs 7 simply will not work with a Dell computer?
>   Dell machines are ubiquitous, so this is a big problem for Hiarcs.

It would be the wrong conclusion. Error 780 is the copy protection error. It
means that Hiarcs wants to check if the CD is in the drive and CD drivers are
not loaded. Either load them in DOS or go to Windows. Then Hiarcs will show a
dialog box instead of the infamous Error 780.

Enrique



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