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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
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Subject: Re: Multitasking (was CarpetBag & AmericaOnline)
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Date: 14 Apr 90 20:23:45 GMT
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dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes:

>I got leapfrog to work just fine on my 3meg ROM 01. Actually, it
>worked only with programs that behaved themselves. There were only 2:
>Shrinkit and DIcEd. Wierdly, when I quit one program, they both quit -
>THEN Leapfrog crashed. If/when leapfrog works, I'll pay for
>it...definitely!

If you mean P8 shrinkit, it's the culprit. ANY P8 program has to allocate
all of bank 0 and that nukes any other applications' direct page and stack.

According to mail I just received, leapfrog loads EVERY tool set into memory
when it starts up, and if anything is not on the boot disk it bombs. Looks
like I'll have to install Appletalk.

There ought to be a way for leapfrog to figure out which tools are unavailable
and then not ask for them, but the tool locator wasn't designed with that sort
of bizarre situation in mind. oh well

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu