mkb@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU.UUCP (12/05/87)
Has anyone else had any problems using MPW under MultiFinder? I'm using MPW 2.0A3, MultiFinder 1.0 and MacsBug 5.5, on an SE with 2.5M RAM (also running MacTerminal and HyperCard, but still lots of memory available). In the last two hours of using MPW, I've had four crashes: one when I command-. a "print window" command, one just starting MPW, when it was executing UserStartup, one executing an "if" statement from the worksheet window, and I forgot the other one. "EA"ing from MacsBug returns to MultiFinder (with "application unexpectedly quit" message), but something must be corrupted, as MF eventually crashes. But the wierdest thing is: the "build" shell script no longer works! On starting up, it gets a file not found error, and an unmatched quote error. Needless to say, the script is fine. I switched back to UniFinder to get some work done, and things have been fine... Very strange. Any ideas? Mike Blackwell The Robotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 ARPA: mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu 412-268-8830
stew@endor.UUCP (12/05/87)
In article <447@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell) writes: >Has anyone else had any problems using MPW under MultiFinder? I'm using MPW >2.0A3, MultiFinder 1.0 and MacsBug 5.5, on an SE with 2.5M RAM I use MPW under Multifinder constantly, and it works beautifully. Your problem is that you're using an ALPHA-TEST version of MPW. I am certain that the release version (which has been available from APDA for months) has many MultiFinder-related bugs fixed. Stew Rubenstein Cambridge Scientific Computing, Inc. UUCPnet: seismo!harvard!rubenstein CompuServe: 76525,421 Internet: rubenstein@harvard.harvard.edu MCIMail: CSC
tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (12/05/87)
I use MPW constantly under MultiFinder on my 4 meg Mac II, and I have
encountered no serious problems. As has already been pointed out, you need
to upgrade to 2.0.
I have noticed one minor bug, however, and it seems to be MultiFinder
related. The power arrow keys for top of file and bottom of file
(cmd-chift-up and cmd-shift-down) don't always work. Sometimes they beep;
sometimes they don't do anything, but quietly; usually they work as
advertised. If they aren't working, hitting an unmodified up or down arrow
often makes the top and bottom key combinations work thereafter. Has anyone
else seen this?
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