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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 problems, here we go folks...
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Date: 11 Sep 89 21:40:19 GMT
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Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik) writes:
>[Got TOS 1.4 and...]
>the machine was extremely erratic - bombing for no reason, rebooting for
>no reason [...]
>I went from a 2 to the 6 ROM TOS set.

Please troubleshoot a little before you blame Atari or the ROMs.  Maybe
you installed them with a bent pin, making a marginal contact with the
socket.  Were the sockets already in your machine?  If not, that's
probably it -- badly-installed sockets.

Are you running some nifty utility which is TOS 1.4-hostile?  You could
try booting with no hard disk and a blank floppy, then running a
harmless program (no funky utilities or games)...  It could be a DA or
AUTO folder program which is causing bombs.

TOS 1.4 works in plenty of machines, and if it doesn't work in yours,
there's surely a reason, but please don't blame it or us until you
have some more facts.

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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt