suem@cbnewsc.att.com (susan.mc kinnell) (12/04/90)
I recently acquired a copy of GS/OS version 5.0.3. This copy works for the person from whom I got it, but when I boot with it, then try any other program, e.g. GS ShrinkIt, and try to open anything, my 3.5" drives start polling as fast as they can and the screen display of files to select switches back and forth as fast as the screen can be painted. Needless to say, this makes it impossible to work with this OS. I have a Transwarp card installed in the GS, which probably speeds up the polling, but I have no idea *why* the polling occurs at all. Is there a possible hardware bug in my 3.5" drives that has not shown up till now? I believe my original (drive #1) 3.5" drive has the problem causing continual polling of drives in slot 6 when you scan through to slot 6 (I'm a little hazy here, but I remember *some* sort of problem with these drives and slot 6; however, I use my own card for my 5.25" drives and never scan through to slot 6 anyway). I would appreciate any help anyone can offer as I would like to use 5.0.3, but cannot use it as it currently works on my system. Sue McKinnell -- Sue McKinnell ...!att!ihlpf!suem IH 6N311 x5313 or ...!att!ihlpf.ATT.COM!suem or suem@ihlpf.ATT.COM
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (12/23/90)
In article <1990Dec3.192618.9328@cbnewsc.att.com> suem@cbnewsc.att.com (susan.mc kinnell) writes: >I recently acquired a copy of GS/OS version 5.0.3. This copy >works for the person from whom I got it, but when I boot with >it, then try any other program, e.g. GS ShrinkIt, and try to >open anything, my 3.5" drives start polling as fast as they can >and the screen display of files to select switches back and forth >as fast as the screen can be painted. >[...] I use my own card >for my 5.25" drives and never scan through to slot 6 anyway). >Sue McKinnell Sue, please describe your hardware in more detail, especially what cards and drivers you have. The Standard File tool set (which is what does "Open..." dialogs, etc) in 5.0.3 is smart enough to automatically switch to a disk when you stick it in. It *sounds* like your system thinks some disk is being inserted over and over, but isn't actually there when it goes to read it. That's why I'm curious about your hardware, especially any 3rd-party cards (because we obviously tested it pretty well with Apple hardware before it shipped). -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.