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- From: cs89jmb@brunel.ac.uk (Aeon Flux)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Hang after ten disks seen
- Message-ID: <BzEJs2.wv@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 11:55:14 GMT
- References: <8910782.74@sunvax.sun.ac.za>
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Roger (8910782@sunvax.sun.ac.za) wrote:
- : Hi
-
- : I would like to know if there is any solution for the error I experience
- : each time my A3000 has seen more or less 10 different stiffy disks. It says
- : Abort on data transfer, Filecore in use or something like that. I have RISC
- : OS2. I heard that the bug was fixed for RISC OS 3. Also is there anything I
- : could do about the flickering screen while accessing the disk in MODE 21.
-
- Three possible solutions:
-
- a) Buy Risc OS 3.1
- b) Dismount your discs before ejecting them
- c) Get a copy of !FileCore (or something like that - it is supposed to be able
- to patch up once the bug strikes: YOU MUST have it on the icon bar though
- and I'm not sure how long it will last, ie: it probably gives enough time
- to save things safely then reboot)
-
- As for Mode21 - not simple, bottleneck on the bandwidth!
- (does CC's colourcard get round this???)
-
-
- Jayce.
-
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- "I may be a shallow guy, but a shallow guy with a great ass!" - Cat, Red Dwarf
-
- Jason "Archangel" Banham Internet: cs89jmb@brunel.ac.uk
- aangel@sequent.co.uk
-
- ***** Acorn rep on StudentSoft/Archimedes owner/Computer Scientist *****
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