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Re: 1.99q won't work for me
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, John Hess wrote:
> [At 02:45 PM 1/13/96 -0800, BIOCHEMISTRY.COM wrote:
> [>Hi,
> [>
> [>The last version of Executor worked fine when I downloaded it to my
> [>DX4/100 (8 megs RAM), but thi latest version just hangs my machine (The
> [>floppy drive comes on as the prog cranks up, and then a blank screen). If
> [>it worked with the last version, it should work here, no?
> [>
> [>Any help welcomed.
> [>
> [>Thanks
> [>
> [>Gregg
> [>
> [>
> Gregg,
> Have you tried to leave it in this state for several minutes? I thought
> mine was doing the same; but, when left for about 5 minutes, it came up.
> The delay (on this machine) is about 4 minutes! This on an Intel 486DX2/50.
>
> John
>
>
I had a similar problem when I first got Executor... If you try Executor
-debug all tells you something like error mounting drive... Anyway, if
you use the -macdrives -dosdrives and -skipdrives parameters, putting the
floppy in -skipdrives... This resolved the problem for me without waiting
4 or 5 minutes.
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