jmw@sdchemg (John M. Wright) (09/15/89)
I recently downloaded the WB 1.3.2 update from BIX and installed it on my 2000. Nothing seems to have broken except that AMax will no longer start up properly; it hangs forever on the "Wait while loading.........." (or words to that effect) screen. It starts up just fine if I re-boot from a backup of my old boot disk. Anyone else seen this, or have any ideas, before I begin subsituting piecewise to see which part(s) of the upgrade is/are responsible? Unrelated question .... I find that my old copy of MacWrite4.5 (acquired with an original 128K Mac!) bombs if I bring up AMax with the 68020 (A2620 card) running; works fine if I boot the system up running the 68000. Is this a known problem with MacWrite and the 68020? Is it fixed in newer MacWrite versions? John Wright Chemistry, B-014, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093 jmw@chem.ucsd.edu jwright@ucsd (619) 534-3049
andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (09/15/89)
In article <556@chem.ucsd.EDU> jmw@sdchemg (John M. Wright) writes: >I recently downloaded the WB 1.3.2 update from BIX and installed >it on my 2000. Nothing seems to have broken except that >AMax will no longer start up properly; it hangs forever on >the "Wait while loading.........." (or words to that effect) screen. Don't use SetPatch if you are going to use Amax; it seems that the SetPatch fix of the trackdisk GetUnit problem disturbes the Amax loader. (Trackdisk used to not GetUnit to mark a drive as being in use; it was usually ok, but occasionally, like when your finger slipped on the disk eject button, would result in a 'hung' drive, as the trackdisk would get confused). In any case, that's what the patch fixed. Since your system reboots completely anyway when you start Amax, the best thing to do is not run SetPatch when you use Amax. (always run it in other cases, though) You might want to change your startup-sequence to something like: Ask "Turn off multitasking ?" if WARN ; do the Amax stuff here and result in a reboot ; endif SetPatch . . . -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Life gets pretty complex the minute you stop mooing. Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
scott@ssgp32.UU.NET (Scott Evernden) (09/15/89)
In article <556@chem.ucsd.EDU>, jmw@sdchemg (John M. Wright) writes: > I recently downloaded the WB 1.3.2 update from BIX and installed > it on my 2000. Nothing seems to have broken except that > AMax will no longer start up properly; it hangs forever on > the "Wait while loading.........." (or words to that effect) screen. > It starts up just fine if I re-boot from a backup of my old boot > disk. Anyone else seen this, or have any ideas, before I begin > subsituting piecewise to see which part(s) of the upgrade > is/are responsible? The problem, as I understand it, is with the A-Max software and the new SetPatch which fixes something having to do with the UserState() call which ReadySoft depends on somehow. (I thought I read about other ReadySoft stuff not working with the new SetPatch also). Anyways, send your A-Max disks back to ReadySoft and ask for the latest version. I happened to do this last week, so I can tell you the most recent A-Max (and FileTransfer) is dated August 8. Until they start bumping version numbers (all upgrades/releases have been version 1.0), I'll be doing this every couple of months as Simon keeps working out the kinks. -scott -- Scott Evernden PRIME Computer Inc. scott@ssgp32.Prime.COM Commercial Systems Group uunet!ssgp32!scott Technology Drive (508) 478-8600 x2984 Milford, MA 01757
a121@mindlink.UUCP (Daniel Carreras) (09/16/89)
John,
I have basically the same setup you do and have no problems with AMAX
loading perfectly OK with with WB1.3.2
Dan