kleef@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) (08/06/87)
I just got my hands on the Rolodex Accessory (I know, I'm slow :) but I noticed some highly unreliable behaviour when used in combination with an application like MS-Word. The system would bomb, sending my text into irretrievable hyperspace. Remembering earlier messages here about the $02B6 phenomena (the global pointer that was 'reserved' and now in use by system 4.1, I scanned the entire file for that hex-value. It was full of it.So I took the gamble of changing them all into the safer $0A78 and it works much better now. No strange bombs or something similarly disastrous. This is a tip to any1 who really likes this accessory (like I do) and wants to use it under 4.1/5.5. Paul
alcmist@well.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley) (08/07/87)
The 2B6 -> A78 patch can be dangerous if done in a desk accessory.
A78 is the address of an area in low memory which is reserved as a
scratchpad for applications. If you try running the patched Rolo
under an application which uses A78 for its own purposes there will be
a conflict.
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In article <3695@well.UUCP> alcmist@well.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley) writes: >The 2B6 -> A78 patch can be dangerous if done in a desk accessory. > >A78 is the address of an area in low memory which is reserved as a >scratchpad for applications. If you try running the patched Rolo >under an application which uses A78 for its own purposes there will be >a conflict. >-- > Could you plz tell what location would be a safe one? From now on I'd like to keep both RoloAcc _and_ my data in applications ;) Thanx in advance Paul [such a waste of space]