Re: Strange IIgs Behavior

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <madsci-2207960232360001@ppp-40.ts-11.nyc.idt.net>,
Erick Dietrich <madsci@tribeca.ios.com> wrote:
>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.
>
>I was hoping GUPP would fix the problem.  I was hoping that it wasn't my
>System, but it still happens.  Here I am...
>
>ROM 03
>System 6.0.1
>very few inits, AppleShare, LotsaTools, Twighlight II, a few others.
>5mb RAM on a GS Sauce
>
>Slots:
>1: Quickie card
>2:
>3: Transwarp GS with 1.5 roms, 6.025mhz  and 8k cache
>4:
>5:
>6:
>7: Apple High Speed SCSI
>
>Q-Drive 40mb ( a little grey one)
>Tulin Floptical
>Apple 800k drive
>AE 800k drive
>Apple 5.25 drive
>Global Village Bronze (2400) on the modem port, with ADB power tap.
>PhoneNET on the Printer port, connected to Macs.
>
>A kind of boring IIgs!  :-)
>
>The System never really gets more then a bit warm, as there is a fan on
>the power supply and another fan over three of the knockout plugs on the
>back, sucking air out of the case.
>
>I don't use anything unusuall by way of software.  The problem usually
>manifests itself when re-entering the Finder, in windows that were left
>open.  Most of the time it happens with the Icons folder on my boot
>volume, an 8mb partition.
>
>Any ideas?  UniMaster didnt see anything, and I tried trashing the desktop
>files.
>
>-Erick

I just noticed a "similar" problem a few days ago in my GSHK when opening
certain files.  With extensions OFF the problem still occurs for me, but
i can get out of GSHK with a ctrl-t and cmd-q (otherwise, HANG).  I'm thinking
it's a corrupted system software (seems to be an error message of some type
popping up).

I also just instaled GUPP, hoping it would solve the problem.  no dice.

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