phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (05/29/91)
[] I need systems diagnostics software. Is such available? I think I have a weird hardware problem on my A500; it seems to manifest itself most often by not properly launching command-line tasks launched from anything but Workbench. For example, if I were to enter, from a CLI or Shell prompt: newcli from c:phoenix (phoenix being a small batch file) then the first time, it will work; the second time, it might work; if I repeat it (ending the launched CLI each time) then eventually it will fail, with a "Cannot open window" error. AmiDock also will go into "don't launch task" mode (hm, just realized; some of those aren't CLI tasks...) Yes, I know, this sounds like It's All Software, but I really don't think it is. Here's why: SysInfo reports that I have a PAL display (I don't) and gives NO information about my Agnus chip. (It's a 512K Agnus.) The speed report it returns keeps changing when I run it. Autobooting non-DOS (Read: Game, usually) software fails to work a lot, including stuff that used to work and _still_ works on other A500 machines. Stripping the system down to bare minimum doesn't fix the problem(s), even kicking out the extra software and hardware. AdRam includes a memory checking programme: it reports no errors. I let it run for three hours the other day and I usually have one of these errors within half an hour (or dramatically less) of use. Configuration, hardware: A500, 3 meg RAM (via AdRAM board), KS1.2, WB1.3 (had 1.3.2, but unupgraded temporarily to try to eliminate bug; didn't work, will re-upgrade), Wedge and RTC-5160 (RLL) controller with Seagate ST-225 hard drive. Configuration, software: Dock, AmigaUUCP V1.13 (which has also been showing signs of flakiness when trying to launch tasks), Snap. Any clues or tips about finding system diagnostics software would be strongly appreciated. Thanks. - R'ykandar. -- R'ykandar Korra'ti | Editor, LOW ORBIT Science and Fiction "I hate you, you timepiece from Hades." - Plucky Duck phoenix@ms.uky.edu | editor@lorbit.UUCP | ukma!lorbit!editor