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Re: disk access
>>>>> "Bill" == William Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu> writes:
In article <CMM-RU.1.5.828989582.saidel@crab.rutgers.edu> William Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu> writes:
Bill> Here is a disk access question. When I load exec
Bill> 1.99q(latest BleedingEdge) with a disk in place in a-drive,
Bill> the disk shows up fine on the hot band. No problems there.
Yay.
Bill> If I eject it and load another, I receive contradictory
Bill> results sometimes and maybe it is the sequence of commands I
Bill> use. Can disk loading be clarified?
Bill> 1) I eject the disk with an alt-left_shift-2 and with the
Bill> menu EJECT. Works fine because EJECT is no longer active.
You must do the above *before* physically removing the disk in question.
Bill> 2) to read a new disk, do I reverse the commands
Bill> (alt-left_shift-2 and menu READ or
Bill> menu READ and then alt-left_shift-2.
Bill> I certainly would like a clarification of the disk
Bill> eject/read process.
When you're running Browser, in theory cmd-shift-2 and "Check For
Disk" are synonymous, at least for the last several months. If these
don't work it might be due to a weird "disk changed" message from your
BIOS. There will soon be a new demo version of Executor. When it
comes out, pick it up and install it somewhere other than where you
normally install Executor (because this new demo can not be unlocked
with a S/N and key) and see if it handles floppys better. If it still
has problems let us know. If not then you can expect that fix to show
up in Executor 2 when it's out.
Bill> I must say, I stopped using Exec at about version 1.99p and
Bill> since then, the improvement is just remarkable. (Most of my
Bill> use has been for NIH-IMAGE with some rather intensive math
Bill> calculations on images.)
Thanks.
Bill> [The computer is a dx486-50 with 21Mbytes RAM.]
Bill> Wonderful, wonderful! Bill
Yay!
Bill> Bill Saidel (609) 225-6336 Dept. of Biology (609) 225-6312
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- disk access
- From: William Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>