Re: More weird crashing, replication, and strangeness

[RichardK-PB <atari@NOSPAMbtconnect.com>]

Simon Williams wrote:

> You seem to have a lot going on in that GS, are you sure the power
> supply isn't getting overwhelmed?

No, I'm not sure about that at all, to be honest ;)

> I've found that a few programs I have (like ComputerEyes GS) like run
> from a floppy with a very minimal sytem installed. Perhaps you just have
> too many INITs and Tools in your system... 

Hmmm. Maybe, it does have a lot of tools. Generally though, it has been 
very stable. Something has upset the balance perhaps. Maybe the VOC 
isn't helping matters, but things were upset last night.

> Getting rid of Appletalk is also a good idea... it seems to have issues
> with just about everything.

I've found it to be quite happy on my ROM03 machine; the only persistent 
bug is the failure of MacIP Link Layer to sort DNS resolution properly. 
Obviously it has to be disabled for MIDI, and some demos require TWGS 
IRQ off (which also causes issues with RamFAST).

I wonder if my PSU is incapable of delivering the load for a cold boot, 
hence the two or three power cycles before RamFAST is happy (it's still 
bringing up errors despite the changed RAM, though at least it doesn't 
freeze outright.

Looks like my shopping list is now headed by a Buggie PSU (and 32K 
Cache, and a RAMKeeper with two cards to give 12Mb or so ;) - now 
there's a way to blow a PSU!).

Richard


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