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From: lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee)
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Subject: Re: SuperLaserSpool Problems
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Date: 15 Oct 90 14:21:59 GMT
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In-reply-to: glf@sppy00.UUCP's message of 10 Oct 90 20:44:45 GMT

In article <966@sppy00.UUCP> glf@sppy00.UUCP (Hill) writes:

   From: glf@sppy00.UUCP (Hill)
   Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
   Date: 10 Oct 90 20:44:45 GMT
   References: <1990Oct9.210343.3330@cbnewsj.att.com>

   In article <1990Oct9.210343.3330@cbnewsj.att.com> dsk@cbnewsj.att.com (donald.s.klett) writes:
   >I have a Mac SE, 4MB, HP DeskJet, about 10 INITs, MacPrint 1.2.  Also I am
   >running ATM 2.0.  At first the SLS would completely monopolize the system.
   >I talked with 5th Generation (Supermac sold SLS) tech support and they
   >suggested [... suggestions and (very little) results removed ...]

   And I thought it was just me.  I'm running a Mac+ with System 6.0.3,
   2.5 MEG and a LaserWriterIISC with about 8-10 VERY standard, VERY
   stable INITs, as well as ATM and TypeAlign (which is not to imply
   that these last two aren't stable ...  they are).

   When SLS2.0 is spooling a document, it can take 4, 6, or even 8 seconds
   for the application to get control JUST so I can pull down a menu.
     Move-to-Menu, 
     Point, 
     Click, 
     W A I T   A   L O N G   T I M E,
     Menu-shows-up

   AARRGGHHH!

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   OCLC - Online Computer Library Center ...  Dublin, Ohio      
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I've been using SLS with ATM 2.0, about 11 other inits (including Moire and
SuperClock), system 6.0.4., and my DeskWriter for about a month now without
any problems.  I have a 4 meg SE (pre-SuperDrive), run under Multi-Finder, and
allocate a 256K print-buffer by default.  My only complaint is the $(*&(@#$
non-standard WDEF they use for the LaserQueue DA, which puts the close box in
the wrong place.

In any event, the best thing to do in any situation like this, rather than
assuming all of your other inits are 'standard' or 'stable' is to remove them
all and see if the problem persists.  If it goes away, re-introduce them
one-by-one until it returns.  Various INIT-choosers, such as the INIT-CDEV
make this task much easier.

BTW, I did find one definite bug in SLS that only occurred using HyperCard
1.2.5. and the ImageWriter driver, so there may be other driver-specific bugs
in SLS...


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