Re: Uh oh...and other stuff.

[rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND)]

In article <treiter-0303960142070001@10.0.2.15>, treiter@comet.net (Toby
Reiter) writes:

>
>Ok, don't you hate when this happens:
>You make a ram disk on your GS one day, because you figure that it's your
>duty as an Apple II owner.  However, you remember, the next day, that you
>never like ram disks anyway.  So you try to go into the GSOS control
panel
>and all of a sudden you hear "beep, beep, beep" and you have a brkcursor
>on the screen.  You go to the text based Control Panel and get rid of the
>Ram disk, restart the computer. .....
>
>Also, how do you use fonts with AW 5.0? (All it's ever done
>is print the name of the font I want the file to be in!)
>
>While we're on the subject of AW 5, would anyone happen to know why my
>copy crashes if I am away from it too long, and what I can do to prevent
>that? ....
>
>
    If you got BEEPs when you went to the Control Panel, then, maybe you
were interrupting some kind of routine that was, itself, an interrupt
routine which did not like being interrupted. If so, then, evidently, the
routine you interrupted (or the routine that called it) should have closed
off interrupts, but failed to do so.

    You may have had problems with the RAM disk if you failed to set it up
correctly (max size = min size)  and/or you removed it but failed to turn
OFF the machine and do a restart. 

    TimeOut SuperFonts (from SQC)  is a good way to get nice printouts
under Appleworks.

    If you are using a fancy screen saver which happens to be buggy, this
may explain the unattended AW5 crash. However, the AW5 bomb together with
the Control Panel BEEP business begins to suggest an unstable hardware
situation.

    For example, a IIgs with an accelerator plus lots of other stuff in
the Slots-- or with a 'hot' accelerator (10MHz - 14MHz)  or with Second
Sight ... -- is subject to glitching unless the power supply leads are
fattened. You may also need to run heavier power leads to Slots 3 and 7.

    Another 'popular' problem on older (e.g. "Woz") GS's is a faulty ADB
Controller IC. If your machine has a history of FATAL SYSTEM ERROR 0911
bombs, a malfunctioning ADB IC is the prime suspect. (A reasonably
effective cure is to tape a 12V bulb to the IC. Use duct tape to form a
mini-oven.)




     



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