Re: GS/OS 6.0.1 and HCGS troubles!

[billh@lsid.hp.com (Bill Harris)]

David Empson (dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
: In article <3nn73i$nmv@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
: Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:

: > Anyway, two questions--
: > 1.  I'm having a lot of trouble with HCIIGS crashing unexpectedly.  I do
: > something mundane, like change tools or press the SCRIPT button, and the
: > next thing I know, I hear a *boink* and the menus don't respond.  If I do
: > a shift-boot, the problem seems to go away.  Any ideas where I should
: > look?  I'm using BLANKINIT, which seems very stable.  On the other hand, I
: > have had problems with the SOUNDS control panel...is this a well-known
: > problem on a ROM 01 machine?

: Not that I've heard of.  How much RAM do you have?  HCGS needs at
: least 1.5 MB, and I mean it _NEEDS_ it.  I wouldn't recommend going
: with less than 2 MB (with no RAM disk, and minimal set of INITs, etc.)

Could this be the old problem with Easy Access?  It seems to me that people
who first come up on 6.0.1 often run into that one.

Bill

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