Re: Deadly "Screen of Twos"

[yoshi@CSOS.ORST.EDU ('da Dino)]

Mike McCormick (mtm4@rsvl.unisys.com) wrote:
: Suddenly it has developed a problem when I load a certain large file (it's a 
: full screen editor program).
: The symptom is the screen is full of "2"s, the speaker is clicking, and the 
: keyboard is hung.
: Control-Reset breaks the hang, and momentarily restores the text screen into 
: view before the machine reboots.
: I suspect a clobber of some crucial bit of ProDos8 memory?...

	Nope.

: Can anyone guess what could cause this odd behavior?

	Now you know what the "Alternative Display Mode" is for on the
	IIGS, eh? Try turning that on before you run your program.

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