hart@TAURUS.BITNET (03/26/89)
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A few remarks that I hope may benefit some Rainbow users:
1. If you run CodeBlue /v you need 768k; so, if you are using
SwitchIt, you have to unload it first, etc., right ? -- WRONG!
It turns out that it runs in the first partition, even if it is
smaller than 768k! Moreover, you may even have a RAM disk
(a.k.a. Mdrive) that leaves less than 768k! (For instance, I
have 896k, divided into a 256k Mdrive and two partitions, the
second one of 210k; I can still run CodeBlue /v without problems
in the first partition).
2. Some programs may not run under CodeBlue due to various "IN"
and/or "OUT" instructions embedded into the program. For
instance, I NOP-ed a couple of IN/OUT 42/43 instructions in a
program that would occasionally freeze -- and now it works
flawlessly!
3. From the latest IRUG's Rainbow News (Vol.5, Nos. 7-9): The
bug in MS-DOS discovered by Willett Kempton (p.32) did manifest
itself in one instance: When running WSSI (version 3.22R) in one
partition and switching to the other, the data on the screen
would be unreadable. The patch really fixed this.
4. Following is a patch for FastVu version 1.03 that fixes two
problems when the program exits: (i) the screen continues
sometimes to scroll as if "Return" was continuously pressed;
(ii) the state of Break is set to Off (regardless of what it was
initially). The way to correct (i) was suggested by the author,
Dan Pleasant.
F1 = Original FV.EXE 21408 1/05/86 Sun 22:15:22
F2 = New
--ADDRS----F1---F2-
00000206 CD 90 --
00000207 21 90 \
000005EF 33 06 |
000005F0 B0 B2 |
000005F1 01 20 |
000005F2 8A CD |
000005F3 D0 21 |--- for (ii) (restore Break to original state)
000005F4 CD 58 |
000005F5 33 B4 |
000005F6 58 4C |
000005F7 B4 CD |
000005F8 4C 21 /
000005FA 21 20 --
00000901 00 90 ------ for (i)
00000902 10 0F --/
5. Finally, some help needed. Can someone e-mail me (or, better
yet, post) the following:
BOOT (I understand there is a new version)
WPTOOLS (Kempton's addition to Rainbow WordPerfect)
Thanks!
Incidentally, why not reinstate the nice program postings that we
enjoyed in the past ?
--Sergiu Hart--
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