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- From: adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Trouble with MiNT 0.94 and GEM.PRG
- Message-ID: <5142@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 17:27:42 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.065605.29502@slcs.slb.com>
- Sender: usenet@rhi.hi.is
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- In <1992Jul21.065605.29502@slcs.slb.com> prevot@smr.slb.com writes:
-
- >for some time now I've been unable to use GEM.PRG... I use MiNT 0.94
- >on a standard Mega-ST 4, and I've removed everything but MiNT from my
- >AUTO folder. When I run GEM.PRG, the screen goes blank, I get the "busy
- >bee" mouse pointer, and then GEM.PRG announces "Exit code 64538", ponders
- >for a couple of seconds, gives me 3-4 bombs, and then resets the machine!
-
- GEM.PRG starts up the GEM environment, which can only be done once in current
- TOS versions. GEM is automatically started at MiNT boot time unless another
- shell is specified in \MINT.CFG so there is no sensible reason for wanting to
- start it up again, unless doing so would reinitialise GEM without crashing.
-
- What I would definitely like to see is a way to quit GEM safely and release
- its memory after it has been started. Then it would be possible to run GEM
- programs at any time but not waste machine resources on GEM when it is not
- needed. Rebooting to rid the machine of GEM is not an option.
-
- --
- Adam David. (adamd@rhi.hi.is)
-