ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) (02/04/89)
Tying together two popular threads in this group, I just tried to run Interleaf Publisher with VIRTUAL installed. It won't run. Very early in its startup, Interleaf complains that the memory configuration is unacceptable. It suggests turning off the control panel cache and checking the amount of physical memory installed. Interleaf's Tech Support rep was very friendly (probably helps that we went to the same school, edited the same yearbook, know lots of the same people, and have very similar views of the Charles from our offices), but didn't hold out much hope for official support. He did say that Interleaf is strongly urging Apple to support virtual memory. He'll call me back after talking to the developers about Interleaf - VIRTUAL compatibility. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 "Arlo Guthrie, it seems, has found what he was looking for: God, and the Macintosh." (Boston Globe)
seghers@hpccc.HP.COM (David Seghers) (02/07/89)
> >/ hpccc:comp.sys.mac / ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) / 8:13 am Feb 3, 1989 / >Tying together two popular threads in this group, I just tried to run >Interleaf Publisher with VIRTUAL installed. It won't run. Very early >in its startup, Interleaf complains that the memory configuration is >unacceptable. It suggests turning off the control panel cache and >checking the amount of physical memory installed. You might try changing the amount of memory allocated under Multifinder. I had several programs that wouldn't open at first, then worked fine after I upped the mamory allocated. The command-i sequence gets you there(I think this is it, but since I'm typing this on an IBM (shudder) clone, I forget if it's the Apple key or the one next to it) Luck, (so far Virtual is great for me) David Seghers
ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) (02/08/89)
In article <5360034@hpccc.HP.COM> seghers@hpccc.HP.COM (David Seghers) writes: >>/ hpccc:comp.sys.mac / ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) / 8:13 am Feb 3, 1989 / >>Tying together two popular threads in this group, I just tried to run >>Interleaf Publisher with VIRTUAL installed. It won't run. Very early >>in its startup, Interleaf complains that the memory configuration is >>unacceptable. It suggests turning off the control panel cache and >>checking the amount of physical memory installed. >You might try changing the amount of memory allocated under Multifinder. >I had several programs that wouldn't open at first, then worked fine >after I upped the mamory allocated. Close, but no cigar. I changed Interleaf's memory allocation to 6 megabytes, and the symptoms changed completely. It didn't complain about memory. It did go through the copyright notice and draw the Interleaf desktop (accompanied by continuous disk chatter), then it bombed with ID=08 (dsTraceErr). I tried running without Multifinder, with similar results. Since the desktop had been left open, it got as far as putting up a dialog about breaking the lock, then bombed again. (Same ID.) Theory: Interleaf does everything for itself, including cursor handling. Since it bombs at exactly the point where it first puts its own cursor on the screen, I'm guessing that it meddles with the interrupt service or cursor VBL in some way that VIRTUAL didn't anticipate. If this is true, the prospects for a fix are not bright. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 "Arlo Guthrie, it seems, has found what he was looking for: God, and the Macintosh." (Boston Globe)