latta@tc.fluke.COM (Jack Galloway) (01/05/91)
Over the past few months I have been playing with GEOS, so far I have been pleased with it. I bought Geocalc recently and have been learning that this past week. It seemed to work well enough with one exception. Last night I tried to do a "split screen" and it locked up. I could move the cursor up and down the row headings only, it would not let me move into the command menu or get out. Consequently I had to shut the thing off, this screwed up the worksheet and I could not re-enter it. I had a copy so all was not lost. Anyway, has any one had a problem like this? I've also had problems validating these disks from time to time. Is it possible that disks are of poor quality can cause this validation problem?? If anyone can make suggestions you can reach me through the e-mail address below. Thanks, Jack -- Jack Galloway latta@tc.fluke.COM (206) 356-5988 John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. P.O. Box 9090 M/S 269E Everett, WA 98206
randy@athena.mit.edu (Randall W Winchester) (01/05/91)
In article <1991Jan4.173528.26305@tc.fluke.COM> latta@tc.fluke.COM (Jack Galloway) writes: >Over the past few months I have been playing with GEOS, so far I have been >pleased with it. I bought Geocalc recently and have been learning that this >past week. It seemed to work well enough with one exception. Last night I >tried to do a "split screen" and it locked up. I could move the cursor up and >down the row headings only, it would not let me move into the command menu or >get out. Consequently I had to shut the thing off, this screwed up the >worksheet and I could not re-enter it. I had a copy so all was not lost. >Anyway, has any one had a problem like this? I've also had problems >validating these disks from time to time. Is it possible that disks are of >poor quality can cause this validation problem?? > >If anyone can make suggestions you can reach me through the e-mail address >below. Be careful when validating disks that contain GEOS files. These disks must be validated using the "Validate" menu selection from the deskTop. GEOS files have their own custom formats. When a GEOS disk is validated with the usual CBM validate routine, it frees up everything that isn't linked sequentially to a directory entry. This includes the off-page directory sector and the file headers for each of the files. In the case of a VLIR file, the only thing left will be the index sector. If you then save some new files to the disk, you'll most likely overwrite some of this information. If any new data gets written to the off-page directory sector, GEOS will not allow the disk to be opened. If you ever forget this and do a CBM validate on a GEOS disk, immediately boot up GEOS and validate the disk from the deskTop. It's the only way to save your files. >Thanks, Jack > >-- >Jack Galloway latta@tc.fluke.COM (206) 356-5988 >John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. P.O. Box 9090 M/S 269E Everett, WA 98206 ******************************************************************************* * Randy Winchester * randy@mit.edu * PO Box 1074, Cambridge, MA 02142 * *******************************************************************************