Re: Strange IIgs Behavior

[cknoblo@gonix (Carl Knoblock)]

madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Erick Dietrich) writes:
: Okay, maybe this is a common thing, but its really strange...
: 
: Occasionally, when in the Finder, I'll open a window and it will appear
: blank for a moment, and then fill up with multi-color dots.  The dots
: change a few times, in waves, and then the  machine becomes unstable. 
: Usually crashes to the monitor.
: 
: Sometimes this is accompanied by missing icons, or in windows with list
: views, large icons are displayed overlapping each other.

This is probably caused by "other" type icons. You need to use an Icon 
editor to hunt down and change file types of any icons with file type 
"other" (hex code = 0000). I cleaned up my icons and have not seen the 
confetti filled windows in months.

: A kind of boring IIgs!  :-)

Not at all, just one with room to grow. ;-)
 
: Any ideas?  UniMaster didnt see anything, and I tried trashing the desktop
: files.

I was also going mention desktop files, but you already tried them. UM 
doesn't check icon file attributes.

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