omalley@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) (06/11/91)
Here's a problem that only happens to me in System 7 while using communications programs. When using either MacKermit 0.9(40) and a modem OR using NCSA Telnet 2.3 (with MacTCP 1.0.1), try selecting any item in the Apple Menu. I get a beep and nothing else. Option-selecting a DA doesn't work, either. Yet DAs work fine when chosen in the Finder or in other types of programs (word processor, spreadsheet, etc.). Even if the comm program is still open in the background. The end result is basically what happened when the DA Handler file was missing under MultiFinder in System 6. But this is System 7 (yes, it's the release version), and it has no separate DA Handler file! The problem occurs on an unnetworked 4-meg Mac Classic and different networked 5-meg Mac IIcx's, and probably on other Macs as well. Common extensions on the tested systems are Moire 3.0 and Disinfectant INIT 2.4, but the problem occurs even with all non-Apple extensions removed. Increasing the RAM allocation to the comm program also doesn't help. Can anyone confirm this ... or offer a solution? -John --- John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) omalley@cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787