problem's gone. solution was easy, but hidden. i used different progs to create virtual drives (ccd, alcohol, daemon). because i use those vd's very often i have meanwhile 16. somewhen i must have loaded the image for the third cd into two different drives and forgot about one of them. seems like it was somehow blockating the start of the game. i cleared the drive, loaded an image into a damon 3.26 vd and now problem's gone. works with bw bwa files as well as with alc mds files. no probs there with the protection or the installation. and also no prob, when i used the original to try if it is still working. though the image was loaded and the cd was in a drive the game proper started, but not when 2 same images are loaded into different drives (this just for info). thats the result. thx anyway...
i get back tp play now. have a nice day...
kindest regards,
stealthsnake.