[bit.listserv.wp50-l] Problem re-starting WP5.1

trevorc@UWOVAX.UWO.CA (Trevor Cradduck) (02/12/90)

Here's an interesting "feature" in 5.1.

I find that if I exit "ungracefully" from 5.1 - switch off the power, or
suffer a power outage, I cannot get back in again very cleanly.

WP starts up OK and asks "Other WP running?" etc and when I answer No
it *appears* to delete the temporary files created during the previous
session (at least there is lots of disc activity) but then the "Please
wait" message appears and everything hangs up.  The only way to exit is to
re-boot and before starting again to use DOS to delete the WP temporary
files which still remain even though they are 0 bytes long.  Once these
files have been removed, WP starts in a normal fashion.

This problem occurs on a Zenith superSport 286 (I do run FIXBIOS) but does
not occur on a Packard-Bell 286.   Has anyone else experienced a similar
problem?
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Trevor Cradduck <TREVORC@UWOVAX.UWO.CA>
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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