jshaver@APG-5.ARPA (John Science Fiction & Resume Service Shaver) (04/24/87)
I recently acquired a copy of P8 from a iigs owner. I have experimented with it by renaming it and using it to replace the existing PRODOS 1.1.1 which I have from my dealer as a result of enhancing my //e. Does someone have a buglist or some beware comments? Thanks JOhn
TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA (04/25/87)
I note that the version of P8 that came with my GS is 1.2; the version that came with the WordPerfect is 1.3 -- just to confuse jshaver's request for a buglist. Which is the version that trashes track 0?
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (04/26/87)
In article <870425040705.018259@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA writes: >I note that the version of P8 that came with my GS is 1.2; the version >that came with the WordPerfect is 1.3 -- just to confuse jshaver's >request for a buglist. Which is the version that trashes track 0? ProDOS 1.1.1 and ProDOS-8 1.2 both have the track-0 bug. It is supposed to be fixed in ProDOS-8 1.3, but that release (a) uses a BRA which must be changed to a BEQ for Apple IIs having the 6502 rather than a 65C02 or 65C816; (b) enables interrupts but seems not to handle them right; (c) is reported to turn on irrelevant disk drive motors much more often than previous releases; (d) is rumored to have been withdrawn by Apple. On the other hand, I'm still using ProDOS-8 1.3 on my IIGS ProFile and it hasn't bit me yet (knock on wood). Track-0 bug fixes can be found in recent issues of Open-Apple. Here's a question for the group: When I return from an interrupt to the Control Panel (via Control-Option-ESC or whatever), my super-res desktop or program selector looks horrible, as though it had reverted to double- res or something. What's going on and what can be done about it?