weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) (05/16/91)
7.0 Rock Solid? When they say stuff like that, they raise your
expectations. I have had it crash several times on me since I got
System 7 yesterday. Several I can reproduce.
1) Booted Disk Tools to reformat my HD. Couldn't wait to go through
install, so I played around a little. Turned on ballon help, chose
Get Info on an icon, move cursor to inactive window. Got a -192 error.
I shut down, bought it back up, did same actions, got same result.
2) Ran the disk setup program. (After shut down and reboot from above).
Fiddled with custom partitioning. Went to delete the main partition
from drive. Crashed with an address error. Couldn't reproduce this
one though.
3) Here's an interesting one. I made an alias of the trash. Wanted to
put it into my root window for easier access. Double click on
trash alias in root window, entire machine freezes. I reproduced
this error THREE times. (Well, once it worked, but a second double
click did hang it). It seems to work if aliased trash is on desktop
Particulars: Mac II cx w/ 4 megs primary, 8 megs virtual, no inits or
apps running (hell, haven't even reinstalled any yet!)
Other than that, System 7 is amazing. I love it. Leaves Windows WAY
behind now (and I use that regularly as well). If future apps start
using ballon help, my job will be a snap. SOmeone calls for support,
I can just say "turn on the $#%#$% ballon help" ! :-)
I hope I don't see any more crashes though... Maybe I should have waited
for 7.0.1 -- deserves Apple right for not letting my beta test! :-)
BTW: Don't anyone suggest virus. I reformatted HD and installed from
locked masters. I have not re-installed any applications yet....
If anyone is brave, I'd appreciate knowing if anyone can reproduce
these crashes (particular the trash alias one) on different configs.
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>>>---> Ken Weaverling >>>----> weave@brahms.udel.edutorrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) (05/16/91)
weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: >7.0 Rock Solid? When they say stuff like that, they raise your >expectations. I have had it crash several times on me since I got >System 7 yesterday. Several I can reproduce. >3) Here's an interesting one. I made an alias of the trash. Wanted to > put it into my root window for easier access. Double click on > trash alias in root window, entire machine freezes. I reproduced > this error THREE times. (Well, once it worked, but a second double > click did hang it). It seems to work if aliased trash is on desktop This works fine on my configuration, with no crashes at all... Config: Mac IIci/5MB, 13MB virtual Inits: DepthGuage 2.01, Superclock 3.9 I have noticed some sort of interaction between Diamonds (the game) and System 7.0. After playing 1 or 2 games, Diamonds suddenly slows down a crawl in its screen updating... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu Today's maxim: All socialists are failed capitalists
weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) (05/16/91)
In article <21403@brahms.udel.edu> weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: >7.0 Rock Solid? When they say stuff like that, they raise your >expectations. I have had it crash several times on me since I got >System 7 yesterday. Several I can reproduce. Some additional info that I was asked about.... Yes, I installed using install disk. I first booted of Disk Tools to format my HD. Then I shut down and rebooted from Install 1 and installed using the easy install option. I also have "warn before emptying" checkbox turned off. Don't get my original post wrong. I love system 7, in fact, I am still having multiple orgasims. I can't wait to buy some sys 7 specific software. It's just that, as a programmer, I have always been bitten whenever I pronounce something as "bug free." -- >>>---> Ken Weaverling >>>----> weave@brahms.udel.edu
tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Thomas Lunde) (05/16/91)
In article <21403@brahms.udel.edu> (Ken Weaverling) writes, >3) Here's an interesting one. I made an alias of the trash. Wanted to > put it into my root window for easier access. Double click on > trash alias in root window, entire machine freezes. I reproduced > this error THREE times. (Well, once it worked, but a second double > click did hang it). It seems to work if aliased trash is on desktop No crash here. Works like a charm on a SE/30, 5M RAM, 5M VM, with 7.0 FC1 !! Thomas -- | People around here have a tendency to like Thomas Lunde | to jump up and down and scream a lot. tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu | -- Jon Hamilton | hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu
seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler) (05/16/91)
In article <21414@brahms.udel.edu>, weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes... > >Don't get my original post wrong. I love system 7, in fact, I am still >having multiple orgasims. I can't wait to buy some sys 7 specific ... ^^^^^^^^ I believe that is spelled orgasimms, Ken. You know, the kind that stay in memory, at least until you lose power. ;-) It's good to see that at least someone is getting pleasure out of system 7, rather than a lot of us who just gotta have it but can get any of it. Edward Seiler seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov ST Systems Corp. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center "If puns are outlawed, only outlaws will have puns"
rand@merrimack.edu (05/16/91)
In article <21403@brahms.udel.edu>, weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: > Other than that, System 7 is amazing. I love it. Leaves Windows WAY > behind now (and I use that regularly as well). If future apps start > using ballon help, my job will be a snap. SOmeone calls for support, > I can just say "turn on the $#%#$% ballon help" ! :-) Let me be the first to coin the acronym RTFB.
anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren) (05/17/91)
In article <6066@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>, tlunde@umaxc (Thomas Lunde) writes: >In article <21403@brahms.udel.edu> (Ken Weaverling) writes, > >>3) Here's an interesting one. I made an alias of the trash. Wanted to >> put it into my root window for easier access. Double click on >> trash alias in root window, entire machine freezes. I reproduced >> this error THREE times. (Well, once it worked, but a second double >> click did hang it). It seems to work if aliased trash is on desktop > >No crash here. Works like a charm on a SE/30, 5M RAM, 5M VM, with 7.0 FC1 !! > Me neither. IIfx, 20MB ram, 7.0 Golden
francis@daisy.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May16.093322.21856@merrimack.edu> rand@merrimack.edu writes: In article <21403@brahms.udel.edu>, weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: > Other than that, System 7 is amazing. I love it. Leaves Windows WAY > behind now (and I use that regularly as well). If future apps start > using ballon help, my job will be a snap. SOmeone calls for support, > I can just say "turn on the $#%#$% ballon help" ! :-) Let me be the first to coin the acronym RTFB. Heard and witnessed. :-) -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Welcome to the Real World. Enjoy the | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | show. | \============================================================================/
gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu (05/17/91)
In article <1991May16.093322.21856@merrimack.edu>, rand@merrimack.edu writes: > >Let me be the first to coin the acronym RTFB. ROTFL! --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS:<gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu> UNIX:<gaynor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.
kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock) (05/21/91)
In article <21403@brahms.udel.edu> weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: >7.0 Rock Solid? When they say stuff like that, they raise your >expectations. I have had it crash several times on me since I got >System 7 yesterday. Several I can reproduce. Personally, I thought the 7.0 Rock Solid was a little self-congratulatory and just asking for people to point out bugs which slipped through the cracks. Granted, there are still some bugs, but it is very stable, relatively speaking. Ken -- Ken Hancock | INTERNET: kenh@eclectic.com Isle Systems | Compuserve: >INTERNET: kenh@eclectic.com Macintosh Consulting | AOL: KHancock | Disclaimer: My opinions are mine, | your opinions are yours. Simple, isn't it?