engber@shorty.CS.WISC.EDU (Mike Engber) (04/10/89)
A friend of mine got a new SE/30 and I was trying out various games and sound files. Most of the games would run, but often when you quit, a message to the effect the finder was damaged would appear and you'd have to re-boot. Somtimes when you quit or re-boot, the HD would show no icons, or the menues would stop working. Turning off the power and re-booting would restore things to normal. Similar problems showed up after using SuperPlay to play sounds. The whole thing reminded me a lot of the early days on the Mac when system bombs were a normal part of everyday life. Now I'm spoiled and I don't expect them to happen very often. I know that games are notorius for breaking all kinds of rules, but I wrote one of the ones we tried and I know I don't do anything unusual (just plain old quick draw). These problems were caused by a wide variety of games, even Lode Runner which has been compatible with every system up to this point. Also, McSink 6.5 bombed when selected. -has anyone had similar problems? -does anyone know what's causing this? -what % of applications don't work on the SE/30? -is it possible that any serious damage is being done to the system/file system? please respond by email (and I'll post a summary) -ME
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (04/11/89)
In article <7399@spool.cs.wisc.edu> engber@shorty.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Engber) writes: [story of problems with games on SE/30 deleted] <The whole thing reminded me a lot of the early days on the Mac when system <bombs were a normal part of everyday life. Now I'm spoiled and I don't expect <them to happen very often. Reminds me of trying to use all that shareware I bought from BudgetBytes. >-has anyone had similar problems? NO >-what % of applications don't work on the SE/30? If it runs on the Mac II at work, it runs on the SE/30. The games I've tried are Tetris, GunShy, Klondike, and Golf Solitaire. Applications are Word, Canvas, MacDraw II, SuperPaint 2.0, Macintax, and probably some I've forgotten. I bought the SE/30 primarily for stability. I was tired of all the flaky problems with 3rd party upgrades to the 512, and I wanted a big monitor. >please respond by email (and I'll post a summary) Sorry, the net is the only way I have of getting a message out. Mail just doesn't work. Shirley Kehr