bw@gnu.ai.mit.edu (nobody:*:-2:60001:I. N. Cognito:/:) (04/29/91)
Running WordStar 5.00 (a very early release) the pc often hangs inexplicably when I hit some cursor key. Actually somethings is running; one can print the screen or warm boot, but no WordStar commands can be executed, and there is no way to save or write files. I have heard others complain about similar problems, but have never heard any suggestions on what is going on. Any suggestions for a fix? (other than upgrading to WordStar 5.5, which seems to offer no new features of use to me). Bruce Waldman bw@gnu.ai.mit.edu bw@harvarda.harvard.edu
coggins@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (James R Coggins) (04/30/91)
In article <15385@life.ai.mit.edu> bw@gnu.ai.mit.edu (nobody:*:-2:60001:I. N. Cognito:/:) writes: >Running WordStar 5.00 (a very early release) the pc hangs.... >Bruce Waldman ================== Do not know if this can help but...I had this problem with WS 5.5 when I went into the page preview feature. Computer would hang up and the only way I could get out was to reboot. Wordstar Technical Service was helpful Apparently the problem was in the DOS version. Changing the "stacks" to a much higher number solved the problem. I am not at my office now so I cannot look up the stacks and buffers numbers but if you are interested, email me direct and I will get the detailed info. BTY, WS 5.5 is great in that the page preview feature is much b etter than in earlier versions and any other program I have seen. I think it is worth the upgrade, if you are a Wordstar type of person. James Coggins
cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) (04/30/91)
coggins@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (James R Coggins) writes: > BTY, WS 5.5 is great in that the >page preview feature is much b etter than in earlier versions and any other >program I have seen. I think it is worth the upgrade, if you are a >Wordstar type of person. BTW: WS 6 is very buggy. It works, but some things, like running-intents (Ctrl-O G) don't work too well... Stick with 5 until something on the order of 6.1 comes out... -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Adam Goldberg ! * ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL ! ! cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu ! * ! programmer could do it!" ! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+