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Re: Studios does NOT run on Win2000 (was: movie maker in stock)
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 7 Oct 2000 16:47:54 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Ben Gatrelle writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Ben Gatrelle writes:
> > Movie maker is now in stock in S@H. Just ordered one.
> > Ben Gatrelle
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> Well, I just got off the phone with tech support. The LEGO Studios SW/Camera
> does not work under Windows 2000. Only on Win98 (second edition) and the new
> Windows Millennium. The S@H catalog is lying when it says it will run on
> Win2000 machines. (Now I know how you Mac users feel.) The software will only
> work with the LEGO camera that comes in the box. It will not even work with
> the Vision Command Camera even though it is physically the same camera. The
> Studios camera has a very unique/specialized set of drivers that must be used
> to make this work. They are not even going to try to make it work with
> Win2000 at a later date. So all W2k users are out of luck.
> :(
And Lego Media have ptentially shot themsleves in the foot!
It might be possible to get the Package running under Linux+ WINE or WABI?
(but this might need <WARNING> some dubious 'reverse-enginering' </WARNING
which I dissaprove and is probably ILLEGAL....
And all because a 'spoilt-little-kid' in Seatlle didn't want to share the
secrets of his wonder toy with rest of the world....
Alex
> Ben Gatrelle
> (remove the spam dot from the yellowcastle to reply)
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