[comp.sys.mac.misc] MacsBug 6.2b1 causes Solarian to crash

das@Apple.COM (David Shayer) (12/31/90)

In article <1267@cameron.egr.duke.edu> jdsb@coachk.egr.duke.edu (John D. S. Babcock) writes:
>     When I have MacsBug 6.2b1 running on my IIsi and I try to run
>     Solarian 1.03, I continually get kicked back into the MacsBug
>     screen at the Solarian startup screen, even when I use 'g'.
>     I cannot get a game to start.
>     If I place MacsBug in a folder and reboot, Solarian runs fine.
>     Can someone duplicate this?  Is it me? Solarian? MacsBug Beta?

Its highly unlikely that Macsbug is responsible for the bomb.  More than
likely, Macsbug takes up some memory, and Solarian loads at a different
location, and a dangling pointer in Solarian which happened to hit an innocent
byte in memory now hits an important byte, and you bomb.  The original
Solarian crashed on a IIci, and had to be upgraded to wor.  I wouldn't
be surprised if the same was true of the IIsi.

David

CAH0@bunny.gte.com (Chuck Hoffman) (01/05/91)

In article <1267@cameron.egr.duke.edu> jdsb@coachk.egr.duke.edu (John D. 
S. Babcock) writes:
>      When I have MacsBug 6.2b1 running on my IIsi and I try to run
>      Solarian 1.03,

I run MacsBug 6.2b1 on my IIsi with Sloarian 1.04 and do not experience 
the problem you describe.  1.04 is available from the author.  Never tried 
the older 1.03 on the IIsi.  Shareware fee $25.
P.S.  I love the game.

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