didier@seismo.CSS.GOV@lasso.UUCP (02/14/87)
In article <8702121512.AA29066@marlin.ARPA> you write: >In article <8702111319.AA00894@inria.inria.fr> you write: >>Also, I have noticed that with a ramdisk installed, say in drive C, whenever >>I save the desktop,the desktop.inf goes in the C ramdisk, not in the A floppy. >>Is this a desirable feature ?It certainly is a bit annoying, since it requires >>an extra copy from C to A. >> >The desktop.inf should be save to the drive that is currently active in the >GEM Windows. Try saving the Desktop with only the A drive active. >-- > dobbs@marlin.nosc.mil "An adventure is the result of bad >--Lynn planning." Admiral Richard E. Byrd What I reported above was with ramdisk C closed and drive A open and active on the desktop (desktop.inf goes in C when saved!). I dunno, looks like a bug to me. Didier Giralt LAAS-CNRS 7 av du Colonel Roche ...!seismo!mcvax!inria!lasso!didier 31077 Toulouse Cedex France *** The Atari ST: great hardware, lousy software and no upgrades. Clean up your act, J.T. !!
john@viper.UUCP (02/15/87)
In <8702131809.AA09685@inria.inria.fr> didier@seismo.CSS.GOV@lasso.UUCP writes: > > >In article <8702121512.AA29066@marlin.ARPA> you write: >>The desktop.inf should be save to the drive that is currently active in the >>GEM Windows. Try saving the Desktop with only the A drive active. >>-- >> dobbs@marlin.nosc.mil "An adventure is the result of bad >>--Lynn planning." Admiral Richard E. Byrd > > What I reported above was with ramdisk C closed and drive A open and active >on the desktop (desktop.inf goes in C when saved!). > >Didier Giralt LAAS-CNRS > 7 av du Colonel Roche >...!seismo!mcvax!inria!lasso!didier 31077 Toulouse Cedex > France Lynn is correct in one respect only. I agree that it "should" save the DESKTOP.INF file to the current top window's directory (or to the root directory of a click-highlighted drive). Unfortunatately, this is not what happens. (But then, I also think the default working directory should be be auto-selected the same way, but that's not how the desktop does things either....) The destop.inf file will be saved on the root directory of the A: drive -unless- a C: drive exists. (It doesn't matter what windows point where...) If a C: drive exists, the A: drive will spin (damn fool thing to mislead users) and then actualy save the file to the root of C:... > >*** The Atari ST: great hardware, lousy software and no upgrades. > Clean up your act, J.T. !! I have to agree in part. Atari's HW is really nice. The software is ok and getting better. Upgrades do exist for the really old machines and I hope this will continue... The customer support in general on the other hand has some serious problems. If Atari doesn't start giving better support to it's -existing- user base, it will die (period!). Not something I want to see happen to the source of a really nice machine, but definately what JT deserves if he keeps biting the users who once beleived in him... Word of mouth can make, or break, -any- company. Jack had better learn this before the rep becomes more than even he can offset. It doessn't really matter how nice the new machines are...in the long run, any people who get screwed will tell their friends, who will tell their friends, etc. It hasn't gotten bad yet, but if Atari fails to make -economical- upgrades available to the previous users or to provide tech information at reasonable prices for the existing machines.......
gordan@maccs.UUCP (Gordan Palameta) (02/17/87)
I believe part of the original problem might be due to using C as the
RAM disk identifier. I have heard on good authority that C is reserved
(to the cartridge port?), and that therefore you should never use C (or
A or B, obviously) for a RAM disk...
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Gordan Palametapaone@topaz.UUCP (02/18/87)
Actually, lower case c is reserved for the cartrige port. The upper case C will work as a ram disk, but functions by default as a harddisk id. -- Phil Paone paone@topaz.rutgers.edu "Admiral...There be whales here"
df@nud.UUCP (02/19/87)
In article <432@maccs.UUCP> gordan@maccs.UUCP (Gordan Palameta) writes: >I believe part of the original problem might be due to using C as the >RAM disk identifier. I have heard on good authority that C is reserved >(to the cartridge port?), and that therefore you should never use C (or >A or B, obviously) for a RAM disk... I have been using drive C: as my RAM disk identifier for several months and think it is great! I just make sure that it contains a desktop.inf file and any accessories I need. (Copied from a program in the AUTO folder upon reset.) That way when I change from medium res. to low res. or vice-versa, the system doesn't even access the floppy drive. I have used my ST for several days without even accessing the floppy. Of course, I expect to find a new RAM disk identifier as soon as I can allocate some money for a hard disk. :-) -Dale -- Dale Farnsworth (NO7K, ex WA7PQM) seismo!noao!mcdsun!nud!df (602)438-5739 ihnp4!mot!nud!df
dobbs@marlin.UUCP (02/19/87)
In article <432@maccs.UUCP> gordan@maccs.UUCP (Gordan Palameta) writes: >I believe part of the original problem might be due to using C as the >RAM disk identifier. I have heard on good authority that C is reserved >(to the cartridge port?), and that therefore you should never use C (or >A or B, obviously) for a RAM disk... > > Upper case C is used as the id for a hard disk, lower case c is used for the cartridge port. -- dobbs@marlin.nosc.mil "An adventure is the result of bad --Lynn planning." Admiral Richard E. Byrd
gert@nikhefh.UUCP (02/20/87)
In article <432@maccs.UUCP> gordan@maccs.UUCP (Gordan Palameta) writes: >I believe part of the original problem might be due to using C as the >RAM disk identifier. I have heard on good authority that C is reserved >(to the cartridge port?), and that therefore you should never use C (or >A or B, obviously) for a RAM disk... > > >-- >------------------------------------ >UUCP: ... !seismo!mnetor!lsuc!maccs!gordan (note ..dAn or mail may bounce) >BITNET: GP@TANDEM ^ <---' > Gordan Palameta I don't know what started this discussion, but the remarks here on the assignment of drive identifiers to logical drives is WRONG. The GemDos file system can have 16 logical devices onine simultaneously. These are called "A" trough "P" (Capitals). The cartridge support is something different altogether. Its merely a hack in the Gem Desktop and the bios, but (as far as I can tell) has nothing to do with GemDos. This can be seen from the fact that a Fsfirst/Fsnext search in drive id 'c' (small) will find the files on the harddisk or ramdisk assigned to drive 'C' (capital) The desktop's presentation of the cartridge window just like the normal disk and directory windows is an illusion. Gert Poletiek Dutch National Institute for High Energy Physics