mudpit@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (dan quoidback) (12/07/89)
Hello,
Last night I was downloading some data from our VAX in Texas to my Mac+
for use in Excel. I needed to replace the spaces between the columns of data
with tabs and I was using something called Nac-Tabs. After running the
Program I tried to open Excel to paste the data and heard a loud pop from the
top/left/back of the Mac+. The screen first blanked out and then came
back with odd patterns on a flickering screen. I powered down and restarted
with no apparent problem and the pop did not happen again. However, after
modifying a few data files I began to get a number of system errors with
ID=12 and/or ID=28. After a while I didn't get them anymore, but I had moved
on to other tasks by that time. Can someone tell me:
1) What was the pop? Is it serious? Anything to be done?
2) Were the later system errors related to the pop or should I look at the
combination of programs I was running?
3) When I get these ID numbers is there some place for me to look up what
they mean?
I'm fairly new to the Mac world and could use a hand in getting educated.
Any help you could send my way would be greatly appreciated.
You can reply by e-mail to: mudpit@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu
The system is a Mac+ with 2.5 meg, Ehman 30+ hard drive, System 6.0.2,
Excel 1.04, and Nac-Tab 4.0.
Thanks much in advance.
-- Dan Quoidbach
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory