csrobe@CS.WM.EDU (Chip Roberson) (07/12/89)
I found the following excerpt from ST Report interesting and thought I'd pass this on to the list. Comments within square brackets "[]" belong, I think, to Gred Lindahl (gl8f@bessel.acc.virginia.edu). Personally, I'd like to see an official announcement from Atari Corp. cheers, -c | Chip Roberson ARPANET: csrobe@cs.wm.edu | | Dept of Comp. Sci. csrobe@icase.edu | | College of William and Mary BITNET: #csrobe@wmmvs.bitnet | | Williamsburg, VA 23185 UUCP: ...!uunet!cs.wm.edu!csrobe | -=- The Animal-Rights mailing list is now on the air. -=- -=- Send mail to Animal-Rights-Request@cs.odu.edu to subscribe. -=- *---== ST REPORT ONLINE MAGAZINE ==---* """"""""""""""""""""""""" "The Original Online ST Magazine" _______________________________ June 23, 1989 Vol III No.93 ======================================================================== > User Input! STReport OnLine? Ongoing Current Issues! ============================ From : DAVE LOCKWOOD at THE CONTROL ROOM ST! Fnet 403 After hearing so many rumors about what TOS 1.4 does, and does not do, I've decided to put together a list of bugs/foibles/mis-features etc. for TOS. We, the users, in order to form a more perfect conception of the new TOS, to establish once and for all what does and does not work, will add to and edit this list until it contains the best knowledge we can find. STReport will carry this list until such time as the official specifications list for TOS 1.4 is made available by Atari Corp. If you have information to add to this list let us know through either FNET Node 403, 350 or the best way you can. bug/feature/problem/wish status Source ------------------------------ ---------- ---------------------------- Flow control (RTS/CTS) Not fixed Rumor - Crossnet ST group [ fixed. A Pratt. ] Famous Malloc bug Not fixed Confirmed - A. Pratt/Atari Corp. [ "fixed" in that the limit is increased, and programs don't tend to trigger this bug anymore anyway. ] 16 MEG HD partition bug Fixed Rumor - Usenet ST newsgroup wastes last 2 clusters bug Not fixed Confirmed - A. Pratt/Atari Corp. [ "feechur", preserved for backward compatibility. ] A: motor on after HD boot Fixed Rumor - FNET ST users Slow desktop disk copy Fixed Rumor - FNET ST users "Twister" format from desktop Fixed Rumor - FNET ST users Preserve file date on copy Fixed Rumor - FNET ST users Extended command line Not fixed Rumor - Usenet ST newsgroup Works with 68010/20 Not fixed Rumor - Usenet ST newsgroup Installed in new Mega STs Yes Rumor - Crossnet ST group Available to 520/1040 owners Not yet Rumor - Crossnet ST group Available to Developers Yes Confirmed C. Roberts/Atari Corp. Shipping in DTP Systems Yes Confirmed C. Roberts/Atari Corp. This is the latest information. PLEASE add to/modify this list. Let's try stopping the spread of FALSE rumors, and start compiling the facts. [ Indeed. ] +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | "There is no problem so big that| Dave Lockwood | | it can't be run away from" | Sysop of Meetpoint Station BBS | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Usenet:{backbones}!{amdahl,hplabs,decwrl}!pacbell!rencon!mpoint!dave | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
SYTANG@CSUGREEN.BITNET (SHOOU-YU TANG,PHYSICS DEPT,CSU,303-491-6372) (07/27/89)
There is a newer list of TOS 1.4 on STReport Vol.III #.95. And some of the not fixed has been changed, I don't have the new list at hand. I remember they said 16MB hard drive partition bug is fixed. Malloc is somewhat may be it would be better to start with that list in steaded of this one. ================================================ s.y.Tang; Colorado State Univ. ; Physics sytang@csugreen.ucc.colostate.edu sytang@csugreen.bitnet