keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (06/27/90)
In article <38313@cci632.UUCP> ph@cci632.UUCP (Pete Hoch) writes: >Ralph Martin writes: >> If MacApp programs built with the -Debug flag are run while Virtual is >> running, the seem to crash into Macsbug with LockHandleHigh claiming >> it wasnt given a proper handle, doing so in InitUMacApp. With Virtual >> off, they run OK. Has anyone else noticed this problem, and do they >> have any useful comments or suggestions to make, other than "Turn >> Virtual off while debugging MacApp programs"? Are Connectix aware of >> this problem? Is it their fault, or Apple's? > >I have had this problem with MPW and Virtual 2.0 since V2.0 was released. >I spent about a week talking to thier tech support every day but they >could not reproduce the problem in house. I can reproduce this without >MacApp, but it is definately an MPW interaction problem with V2.0. I made >a small test case that reproduced the problem on two diffrent machines >at home, but when I sent them the test case they could not reproduce the >bug. At this point I gave up and rebooted a lot. Last month rebooting >got tiresome so I bought another 4 Meg and now I have an 8 Meg machine. >Allthough 10-12 Meg was real fun. If you come up with a solution or >Connectix now have a corrected version out I would be very interested in >hearing about it. Get this! This is a good one: MPW 3.1 is only 23-bit clean. It'll hurl and spew if you try to run it in memory above 8Meg. This problem will be fixed in the next version of MPW. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. --- Developer Technical Support INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions