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- From: mc813@vax.oxford.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Enforcer and AWP
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.094406.11443@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 09:44:06 GMT
- Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620
- Lines: 41
-
- In article <monster.067c@mbear.apana.org.au>, monster@mbear.apana.org.au
- (Martin Ozolins) writes:
-
- >Just a quick note re using Enforcer V37 and Animated Pointers
- >
- >When this NEW version arrived, I thought great, now I can use Enforcer
- >AND copy the ROM to fast RAM at the same time.
- >
- >But, strange things started to happen.
- >
- >Sometimes when double clicking the LMB or clicking the LMB when a window
- >was opening, the system would hang.
- >Also, sometimes when closing down Dirmaster or Devpac3 or the SAS/C
- >Editor or MSM, the system would hang.
- >
- >THis NEVER happened with the OLD Enforcer.
- >
- >But now it seems that the problem has been solved.
- >
- >I was running AWP ( Animated Workbench Pointer ), since I have stopped
- >using this program ALL of the above problems have stopped.
- >
- >I stopped using it when I set an animated pointer up in one of my programs
- >( using the source from one of the 2 Tech Journals ) and problems started to happen.
- >By moving the mouse around ( which causes the large screen to autoscroll whilst
- >the animated pointer was in action ) the system would sometimes hang when the pointer
- >reached the edge of the screen.
-
- >Does anyone know why using an animaed pointer ( one that sets up an interrupt
- >routine to control the animation time ) would cause problems with the Enforcer V37+ ?
-
- The solution is to not use AWP. It is a *VERY, VERY* lame program. I
- disassembled it a while ago, and (as far as I can remember) it contained
- instructions like MOVE.L #$xxxxxxxx,($00Fxxxxx.L); so it overwrites part of
- your Chip RAM at a fixed address. This is especially bad if you have >1M of
- Chip RAM.
-
- I suggest that you use NickPrefs or some similar program instead.
-
- -- Mark Knibbs
- ed93004@black.ox.ac.uk
-