achowe@tiger.waterloo.edu (anthony howe) (10/27/89)
> >I am concerned about the fact that programs work for some people under >TOS 1.4 and not for others. Either (A) the program is different or (B) >the TOS is different. > >People, the only official TOS 1.4 release is dated 4/16/89. You can >see the date in the ROM by dumping offset $18 from the start of the ROM >(which is $FC0000 on ST, but not STe!) ... you should see the date as >four hex bytes: 04 16 19 89. If you don't see this, you don't have the >right version. > >You should GET the right version: the old ones are inferior, and the >incompatibilities which caused some of these programs to fail might >have been fixed in the released version - that would explain a lot of >this confusion. > I just received my TOS 1.4 and the date on it is 4/6/1989. Now last night when I installed it I was unpacking rainbow.uue and then archiving the newly unpack directory with zoo (which saves directory structure -- great for backup with turtle). Anyway I think I found a YABEE (yet another bug eeeek!). I have been using Developer's TOS 1.4 (8/8/88) for months now with no trouble. All my archives done with the latest zoo are fine. However I found last night that ANY archive built under EPROM TOS 1.4 (4/6/89) fails to test correctly. Here is what I did to generate the problem repeatedly: (rom TOS 1.4 -- 4/6/89) zoo -backup snert snert\* zoo -test snert (received multiple CRC errors) (reboot under Developer's TOS 1.4 -- 8/8/88) zoo -backup foobar snert\* zoo -test foobar (archive ok) zoo -test snert (archived still f....d) (reboot under rom TOS 1.4 -- 4/6/89) zoo -test foobar (no problem) Now this morning I read the above comment about TOS 1.4 version date. Why is Atari Canada getting eproms from the states with eproms that are 10 days older than what Allan says is acceptable? Is the bug I'm experincing due to zoo? or TOS 1.4 (4/6/89)? - Ant PS. I was so happy yesterday -- it was like Xmas, I did well on my Japanese mid-term, I received my Word Perfect update and TOS 1.4 on eprom. Then after midnight I find this annoying tit bit and it is still 4 days before Halloween!!! achowe@tiger.waterloo.edu | "Life is not fair. Anyone who tells _ -|-|_ _ | you different is trying to sell you (_\ |\| | | | (_) |\| \/ | something." - The Princess Bride ___/ | disclaimer...