erickson@crevas.enet.dec.com (John Erickson) (03/21/91)
Hey There!
I have a new LC and am trying to get "KidsTime" from Great Wave
to work properly.
* Most of the program modules that use sound do seem to
work properly
* The program modules that use _speech_ (using Macintalk)
bomb out with a "Bus Error" whenever speech should be
invoked. These modules are "ABKey(tm)" and "Story Writer"
I called up Great Wave and the person on the line immediately
assumed it was because I hadn't moved Macintalk and Story Speak
from the floppy System Folder to my HD System Folder. Doing this
didn't solve any problems.
I'm not the only person with this problem --- a guy I know has
exactly the _same_ problem, but has more information:
* ...I'm running System 6.0.7, Macintalk V2.0, and KidsTime (year-old version),
* and I get a system error every time it tries to read text. A couple of the
* system errors were "illegal instruction" and "FPU not present" -- a clue that
* the KidsTalk code assumes all 020 CPUs have FPUs (which, with the LC, became
* a false assumption). If this is the case, Great Wave will have to fix it.
So what's the deal? Has anyone else had similar problems?
Have a GREAT one!
John
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From article <1991Mar20.183933.19088@e2big.mko.dec.com>, by erickson@crevas.enet.dec.com (John Erickson): > * ...I'm running System 6.0.7, Macintalk V2.0, and KidsTime (year-old version), > * and I get a system error every time it tries to read text. A couple of the > * system errors were "illegal instruction" and "FPU not present" -- a clue that > * the KidsTalk code assumes all 020 CPUs have FPUs (which, with the LC, became > * a false assumption). If this is the case, Great Wave will have to fix it. If it's MacinTalk that makes the assumption, Great Wave can't fix it. Try running the PseudoFPU init. -- Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu