MAR21AA@TECHNION.BITNET (Uri Srebro) (12/06/89)
Recently I discovered that System Disk 5.0 (NOT 5.0.2, which I don't yet h
ave) can't launch ProDOS 8 aplicaitions writen specificaly for the GS (it can l
aunch Appleworks, but not ProntShop GS or Bards Tale). I presume this is conect
ed in some way to the handling of RAM. Does 5.0.2 fix this bug, or is there any
patch for it ? Who's fault is it ?
Nathan Srebro
Haifa, Israel
MAR21AA @ Technion.BITNETmattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (12/08/89)
In article <8912061511.AA01322@apple.com> MAR21AA@TECHNION.BITNET (Uri Srebro) writes: > > Recently I discovered that System Disk 5.0 (NOT 5.0.2, which I don't yet h >ave) can't launch ProDOS 8 aplicaitions writen specificaly for the GS (it can l >aunch Appleworks, but not ProntShop GS or Bards Tale). I presume this is conect >ed in some way to the handling of RAM. Does 5.0.2 fix this bug, or is there any > patch for it ? Who's fault is it ? > > Nathan Srebro It's news to me; I haven't heard of this. I *have* heard of problems with Broderbund's Print Shop GS on the new ROM 03 machine because whatever they used for copy protection isn't supported on the new machine (the firmware address probably changed or something like that). Broderbund is offering an upgrade policy to its customers. I have not heard of problems like these on ROM 01 machines. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions expressed in this tome Send PERSONAL mail ONLY (please) to: | should not be construed to imply that Amer. Online: Matt DTS | Apple Computer, Inc., or any of its ThisNet: mattd@apple.com | subsidiaries, in whole or in part, ThatNet: (stuff)!ames!apple!mattd | have any opinion on any subject." Other mail by request only, please. | "So there." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (12/08/89)
In article <8912061511.AA01322@apple.com> MAR21AA@TECHNION.BITNET (Uri Srebro) writes: >Recently I discovered that System Disk 5.0 (NOT 5.0.2, which I don't yet have >can't launch ProDOS 8 aplicaitions writen specificaly for the GS (it can >launch Appleworks, but not ProntShop GS or Bards Tale). I presume this is >conected in some way to the handling of RAM. Does 5.0.2 fix this bug, or is >there any patch for it ? Who's fault is it ? > > Nathan Srebro > Haifa, Israel >MAR21AA @ Technion.BITNET I've haven't heard about any problems like this before, so I don't know what's happening. I haven't come across P8 programs that have the problem, but my first guess is that they are using memory outside banks 0 and 1 without allocating it through the memory manager. Has anyone else had a problem like this & investigated it? -- --David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.