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From: cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Mac vs. Apple II line
Message-ID: <15800108@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 90 01:31:12 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs225af    Mar 25 18:12:00 1990


  
> What really bothers my, however, is the Apple II line's affinity for 
> crashing much too often.  Maybe I just have bad luck, but my GS
> crashes many times more often than comparible computers.  How can I get 
> things done if my software keeps crashing and I have to wait for GSOS to
> load up again and again.  Lately, I seem to be sticking to Prodos-8 material
> because it runs fast enough, loads fast enough, and doesn't crash nearly as 
> often.  

Huh???

In all of the considerable amount of time I've used Apple IIs I've seen far
fewer system crashes than I have often seen in a single day at a Mac lab.
In fact, system crashes on the older IIs (pre-GS) are usually only caused by
bugs, damage to disks, or hitting Control Reset.

Granted, the IIgs is a bit more susceptible to system crashes (I have had to
spend hours figuring out why a certain program always hangs).  Usually the
cause of this, though, is CDAs, NDAs, and/or INITs that don't quite do things
just right.  If you have lots of problems with GS/OS this is probably the
cause, so try disabling all your desk accessories and see if your crashes go
away.  Then, re-enable them a few at a time until the problem reappears.  You
will often find that using this process of elimination you can isolate exactly
what program is causing the trouble, and then either delete it or get in
touch with the author for assistance.

If on the other hand you are having "Fatal system error"s or GS/OS System
Errors, you may have a different problem.  In this case, you should write down
EXACTLY what appears on the screen, what you were doing at the time, and your
complete hardware/software/OS configuration and ask someone here for help.


--rubio  (rubio-1@uiuc.edu)