detert@lognet2.hq.aflc.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) (11/23/90)
I've posted several questions regarding problems getting SID to run on my A3000. Well, thanks to a few folks, mainly Fred Hamilton, I now have SID running without major difficulties. There seem to be 3 key elements getting it to run on accerlated Amigas (or at least the A3000). One is to not use DEVICE buttons, only use the VOL button. Two is to use a file zapping utility to change each occurence of NEWCON to just CON. And, three is to set the SEPARATEDIR option to NO. However, after doing the first two of these, I tried setting this last one to YES and so far it is still working fine. The reason for setting NEWCON to CON is to get the auto unarchiving process to work. It needs to open a new CLI and can't with NEWCON under 2.02. Anyway, I now await an official upgrade and if it works, my shareware fees will be on the way shortly thereafter. BTW. The only real quirk to how this is set up is that it takes SID longer to read the RAM: disk with only ENV:, T: and CLIPBOARDS: in it than to read my HD WORK: partition with more than a dozen directories. I though that very strange, but it is only somewhat bothersome and still works. I just though you might like to hear my difficulties are over and I'd like to thank those that provided suggestions, especially Fred. Cheers, Dave CMSgt David K Detert, USAF MILNet: detert@lognet2.af.mil
detert@lognet2.hq.aflc.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) (11/27/90)
Sorry folks, but email bounced every which way I tried. To: D Tillery, Well, you got it almost right. I put them all the way at the end of the whole string just before the closing quote mark, i.e., CON:0/0/0/0/Test ". That way I kept everything in sync. I discovered that way back in '85 when I was hacking the CLI command in 1.1 to open a certain size window. Anyway, just type the whole string in and leave the 3 spaces just before the closing quote and you should be fine. BTW. There is more than one place where I had to change it, so make sure you get them all. Hope this helps. Cheers, Dave CMSgt David K Detert, USAF MILNet: detert@lognet2.af.mil