Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!amdahl!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CrossDOS problems Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 10:03:52 GMT References: <1990Jul27.112326.8800@canterbury.ac.nz> Lines: 46 >In article <1990Jul27.112326.8800@canterbury.ac.nz> elec140@canterbury.ac.nz writes: >I have recently got hold of the tryware version of CrossDOS from the Fred Fish >catalogue. At the time I got it I still had the Kickstart 1.2 ROM in my >machine and CrossDOS worked perfectly. (I couldn't write to the MSDos disk of >course, but then I new this). About a day later I updated my machine to the >1.3 ROM and then I found the software would no longer run. The patches for the >Trackdisk.device (TDPatch12 and TDPatch13) work under 1.2, but the one which is >intended for use on 1.3 gives me the error `patch not applied' or something >similar. Changing the ROM back to 1.2 once again allowed me to use the >software so it had nothing to do with anything else I may have had installed on >my system. > >I was considering buying this product since I do a lot of PC to Amiga file >transfer (normally by Kermit at 9600 baud - this can take an hour for some >things I transfer) and CrossDOS seems like the answer to all my problems. >Has anyone else had any problems like this? Can I be sure that if I buy the >product that it will work? Any other suggestions/remedies? (I can't afford to >use the technical support phone number at a cost of $3 / minute from New >Zealand. > >My system is an Amiga 500 with the single internal floppy and a 30MB harddisk >(home made - uses my own harddisk.device and requires floppy boot disk). > >BTW, I also haven't had any success with PCPatch under 1.3 or 1.2. > >Please EMAIL replies to tomlinson@elec.canterbury.ac.nz > >What's a disclaimer anyway? There is a bug in the PD version od TDPatch13. Try calling Consultron to see about getting a new one. You can get Cross-Dos for $23.00 at my local Amiga store, so you might consider just up and buying it. I have used it for over a year and have had no problems. They have recentlt upgraded the product to version 4.0a. It is about twice as fast as the older 3.xx versions. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | In Texas: {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | The World: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (amdahl!dwl10) Houston, TX |