JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (09/15/89)
I recently upgraded from ProSel-16 version 7.1 to 7.2 on my //gs and have run into some problems. I hope that my experiences will help others avoid the same problems. If anyone is a friend of Glen Bredon or knows of an EMAIL address for him, I would appreciate their forwarding my comments to him. One of the most noticeable differences in version 7.2 is that you are *FORCED* to reboot after you sort any (sub)directory from the UTILITIES section. This isn't too bad, but when I sorted the root directory of the boot volume on my hard disk, the disk was trashed. It was so bad that even the VOLUME REPAIR section could not put it back together again :-( Well, you ask, I did have a backup didn't I? The answer is "Yes, but ...". The big BUT was that I had never noticed the statement on page 26 of the documentation that people with only a 1MB memory card should use the option that causes BACKUP/RESTORE to use only 400K of memory. When I upgraded to GS/OS 3.0, I noticed that BACKUP would give me an insufficient memory message when I booted from the hard disk. I was, however, able to run ProSel-16 by booting from a floppy with GS/OS 2.0. Consequently, I assumed that it was a ProSel bug related to GS/OS 3.0. My mistake. Every time I began restoring my hard disk (a Chinook CT-40) from the backup floppies, I would eventually get the message "$54 DISK ERROR .." while writing to my hard drive. This happened at different locations, but was usually after reading 6 or 7 of the 3.5" disks. I feared that my hard disk might actually be damaged, but I was able to "zero" it from the Finder and verify all blocks. I eventually restored as much as I could, created the remaining subdirectories, and then used the selective restore option to restore the remaining files. I now have the parameter set to partition my backup disks, but I do not relish another test of attempting to restore from backups made this way. Has anyone done a restore from version 7.2? Another minor, but annoying problem with sorting subdirectories in 7.2 is that the cursor key moves the file names whether or not the Open-Apple key is pressed. A bypass is to use the mouse to move around instead of the cursor. My final observation is that the INFORMATION DESK section sometimes gets error $2E when attempting to catalog the AppleWorks 3.0 Startup disk (on 5.25" disk). Once it starts reading, then it seems to continue OK. All in all, I think the ProSel is a great product and would highly recommend it. It does, however, seem to have a few bugs (but I dare you to show me a program that does not). ==================================================================== J. Douglas Ashbrook (301) 496-5181 BITNET: JDA@NIHCU <-- preferred address INTERNET: JDA@CU.NIH.GOV or jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu National Institutes of Health, Computer Center, Bethesda, MD 20892 -+- Remember. If some weirdo in a blue suit offers you some MS-DOS, JUST SAY NO!
V2071A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET ("George A. Piotrowski Jr.") (09/15/89)
> I recently upgraded from ProSel-16 version 7.1 to 7.2 on my //gs and > have run into some problems. I hope that my experiences will help > others avoid the same problems. If anyone is a friend of Glen Bredon > or knows of an EMAIL address for him, I would appreciate their > forwarding my comments to him. Doug, I don't know exactly what is causing your problem, I have been using 7.2 for the last few days and I haven't had any problems. I have sorted many directories on my hard disk at work and some floppies without a hitch. The problem with the cursor moving the files no matter what sounds like your open-apple key is always being pushed. Do you have a joystick connected? (Since oa is the same as button 0) If you do, try unplugging it and see if that solves that problem. I have not used the backup/restore function yet, so I can't help you there. By the way, I just checked Compu$erve and Genie, and he is already up to version 7.4. The man never stops!! Why don't you try to send Glen Bredon mail yourself. His acct# on Compu$erve is 72245,636. You could send him mail by the Gateway. I beleive that you are on internet by your mailer line, so as Murph Sewell has described previously, you have to send the mail to the following address: 72245.636@compuserve.com If you need to send it from Bitnet (for whatever reason), you would use the following address: 72245.636%compuserve.com@saqqara.cis.ohio-state.edu This does work. I sent mail to my account on Compu$erve and sent a message back. That should get you right to him. You should get a quick response because I have been on a few times recently and he replies promptly. Good Luck and let me know how you make out, ________________________________________________________________________ George A. Piotrowski Bitnet: V2071A@TEMPLEVM Coordinator, Educational Computing Cntr Genie: G.PIOTROWSKI Temple University CompuServe: 74046,1304 Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215) 787-6228 The opinions expressed are my own and do not have anything to do with Temple University. (well, not much) ________________________________________________________________________
bsherman@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) (09/15/89)
In the words of Glen Bredon "DO NOT USE VERSION 7.2" As you found out the hard way, it has a serious/fatal bug in the sort routines. It was found and quickly corrected in version 7.3. Since then another "minor" bug was killed and as a result the current version is 7.4.... Anyone with 7.2 is advised to burn it quickly, and replace with 7.4 Glen has also indicated to me, that he will soon have an update to Apple RX that will be able to handle extended files. bsherman@ibiza.cs.miami.edu or bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu bsherman@pro-exchange MCI Mail: BSHERMAN