Re: Is there a GS program that will do this.....?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6gf1pt$do@nccn3.nccn.net>, Anonymous  <x.y@tennis.net> wrote:
>When System 6 is loaded on my IIgs, and the computer crashes into the 
>monitor, the system is still in memory.

   It's left in memory in a state that caused at least one crash. I
really wouldn't want to tempt it to give another. Remove the buggy
inits/das/cdevs/apps/etc from your system and reboot. It's much better
to go with less fluff, less crud than to reboot a lot.

>Is there any program or CDA that will let you re-enter the Finder without 
>having to reboot?

   What the heck's so useful about the Finder? You're inviting another
crash by trying to keep the system running, and/or cause worse
problems by trying to keep the system running. Sure, the Finder's got
a neat 'restart' capability, and control-open apple-reset isn't as
"clean" a reboot, but it's far better than any alternatives.

   The GS (and also MacOS) are fundamentally prone to crashes, and
will always be insecure boxes because of the lack of good memory
protection. When any program can do what it wants when it wants,
including taking down the whole system, you're going to end up with
stuff like this. No program is perfect, so an OS which acts to stop
misbehaving apps in their tracks *before* they derail the whole system
is far better in the long run.

Nathan Mates

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