Re: Strange IIgs Behavior

[madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Erick Dietrich)]

In article <Dv2CzF.KI@gonix.com>, cknoblo@gonix (Carl Knoblock) wrote:

> 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.

I have been trying to get into going thru all my icon files, but I just
don't feel like it at the moment.  Also, I lost my whole Apple II archive
to a disk crash, so I have a lot to download first, like an Icon editor.

> : A kind of boring IIgs!  :-)
 
> Not at all, just one with room to grow. ;-)
 
Indeed.  Can you see me standing next to my IIgs, and I am "watering" it
from my little watering can, and whats flowing out is money, not water? 
My new toy at the moment is a PowerBook 165c, which I am currently wasting
my money on.  Maybe if I get hired again soon, I'll put some cash back in
the IIgs.  Maybe I should just sell some of my stuff.
  
> : 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.

Seems to be a lot UM dosen't do. Hey Nathan, after GUPP, how about GRUMP?
Grand Repair, Update and Maintenence Program?  

Or if someone would be willing to sell me a copy of Norton Utilites for
the IIgs.....ha!

-Erick