Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!sjsca4!poffen From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Bug was NOT in Screen Peace |? Message-ID: <1990Sep18.160813.28084@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 18 Sep 90 16:08:13 GMT References: <90260.110133LK-AP@finou.oulu.fi> <33995@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger) Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA. Lines: 55 In article <33995@cup.portal.com> brad@cup.portal.com (Paul B Anders) writes: >Mr Antti Peltonen writes : > >>Hello again, >> I wrote last week about bug in Screen Peace v 1.2 screen saver. >> I got many answers, thanks to You all. >> >> I forgot to tell, that used HDC EXPRESS as a shell. (HDS's screen >> saver option disabled.) I made some tests and now i am convinced >> that there is a BUG IN HDC EXPRESS. Specially when used as a shell >> from system.ini I think Express made some conflicts also with WFW's >> disk I/O, because i was faced same "thrown out of Windows -broblem" >> twice before without Screen Peace. -Nah, HDC Express was slow anyway. >> I think I'll give up Express and wait that promising new product what >> makes "Mac interface for Windows" (I saw the demo from CICA.CICA... >> maybe the name was CBM ??). > >The problem as described before was : > >1. SP 1.2 running as icon >2. Open File Manager ( or Open File from WFW, Write, etc. ), and > try to access drive a: without a disk in the drive >3. Get error message, click on "Cancel" >4. System locks up. > >I also am using SP 1.2 as an icon, HDC Express ( as the shell from >system.ini ) with the screen saver option disabled, and have no problem >with clicking "Cancel" from any application when trying to access a non- >existant disk in drive a: > >I have this setup on two systems. One system is an Intel 302 386/25 system, >with 8MB RAM, Paradise VGA+16, the other is an IBM PC/AT w/ and Intel >Inboard 386, w/ various RAM boards, Paradise VGA+16. > >Could you please describe your system setup? There seem to be some users with >the problem you describe, and about the same number without the problem. Maybe >there is a specific video card or system component that is sensitve to the >problem. > I second this, I cannot duplicate the Screen Peace problem mentioned in a previous post. Perhaps V 1.2 has fixed the problem. BTW, look for a REAL NEAT Screen Peace saver module from me real soon now. I am testing it thoroughly for a few days. Please e-mail if there is interest (Not sure how popular Screen Peace is because of the bad rap it has gotten lately.) I will probably upload to to cica.cica.indiana.edu, and submit it to c.b.i.p. If there is enough interest, and nobody objects, perhaps I will post it here. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254