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- From: ncp@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Neal Pitts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: RE: New INIT Idea
- Message-ID: <m0mpzAE-0000tSC@crash.cts.com>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 11:45:48 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- X-Unparsable-Date: Thu Nov 12 92 at 09:39:11 (EST)
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- I believe I'm finally going to offer my thoughts on this subject.
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- I believe the idea of a "system manager" that watches for illegal calls is
- difficult and could probably be done with only limited success, but when
- combined with a DATABASE of known incompatabilities between programs and INITs
- and what not, the "system manager" becomes much more effective. The problem
- with this idea is such a database would be quite big and possible hard to
- maintain, and such a thing would not be so great as an INIT. I would suggest
- then a INIT/App combo - the INIT could keep track of bad calls, the app or
- extension that made them, and have the "system manager" app take a look at the
- results and see if there is a detailed (or even fuzzy) record of the problem
- or maybe the INIT could make sense of the problem right away. The INIT could
- have forknowledge of what a simple and compatabile setup is and be able to
- suggest some things; the app could let you enter error strings and check it
- against a database record. The app could also preanalyze the system for
- potential conflicts in programs and extensions and system software. If the
- INIT could record the problems but the program couldn't be brought up on the
- users machine, the program could be run elsewhere to make a diagnoses. The
- INIT could also potentially have another way to save data on some medium in
- case the entire system couldn't get booted. All this would need to be
- supplemented by good documentation explaining potential problems and such.
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- The Macs have two published programs which act as datatbases for potential
- conflict (one of them is called Help! and I can't remember the other). It
- does this through preanalysis and record checking. It relies on third-party
- and users descriptions for known conflicts, as well as their own record
- keeping.
-
- Whew! :)
-
- Any comments?
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