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- From: ejack@user1.channel1.com (Eric D. Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Problems with Shapeshifter crashing
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 21:13:06 GMT
- Organization: Channel 1 Communications
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- >Netters,
-
- >I have been running Shapeshifter for a few weeks now, and
- >am currently a registered user. But, I have had a couple of
- >problems which I hope someone may be able to help me with.
-
- >First, the problem manifests itself by crashing the machine
- >(Amiga and Mac side). Right before the crash, the pointer
- >on the mac freezes. And, the crash doesn't happen until a few
- >seconds to a few minutes after the application on the mac
- >starts.
-
- >Second, the two apps. I have problems with are Netscape
- >(1.xx, 2 beta, and 2 release) and MacInTax.
-
- >Third, the machine is an A2000 with 2630 '03 @ 25 Mhz. The
- >2360 has 4 megs of ram, along with a 2632 (DKB) board with
- >two 4 meg chips. The 8 meg on the memory board is
- >continuous, the 4 meg on the 2630 is not C with the 8.
- >The 2000 also has 1 meg of chip. I run a picasso II board,
- >with 1 meg of memory, with the native picasso software.
- >The machine also has a 386 BB, a zip disk, various harddrives,
- >and a Xetec harddrive controller.
-
- >Fourth, I am running SS 3.3 (although the problems also occur
- >on 3.2 and 3.1). I run a 256 color mac screen and
- >allocate the largest block possible to the mac. This
- >is usually between 6 and 7 megs (from the 8 meg pool).
- >I run a 512K Mac ROM.
-
- >Fifth, on the mac, I run a 7.0.1 installation, from the FTP
- >site of apple.
- I'm just curious. Have you had folders or files disappear using 7.01? I have
- even installed the tune up and I still have files disappearing. My System
- folder disappeared so naturally SS wouldn't even boot up! I thought'd I ask
- because maybe something has disappeared from your set - up and that's
- what's causing the problems. The disappearing files and folders problem under
- 7.01 has been documented. My situation got worse after I installed the
- upgrade or tune up
-
- >What tricks can I use to isolate the problem? What
- >software is there to give me a running display of memory
- >usage, for example? Is there any chance the problems would
- >go away if I invested in 7.5, I have heard it is a cleaner
- >system than 7.0.1?
-
- >Finally, other software runs w/o problem: SoftPC,
- >telnet, fetch, daily tarot.
-
- Eric
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