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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Error in TOPS??
Message-ID: <12951@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 20 Oct 90 03:49:05 GMT
References: <2240@sparko.gwu.edu>
Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
Organization: Electronics for Imaging, San Bruno CA
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In article <2240@sparko.gwu.edu> fc156111@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.)
writes:
>Our network consist of 40 Macs interconnected on EtherTalk & LocalTalk.  The
>problem we are having is with 3 SE/30's.  Everytime they start up and TOPS
>attempts to load, the following message appears:
>
>           -54: Error in .TOPS Module.
>
>Or something of the like.  From then on TOPS is not usable (ie. it never loaded)
>We have tried replacing TOPS, the System, etc. but to no avail. TOPS technical
>supporthas been no help.

Well, the error means "Attempt to open locked file for writing".  If
you have any mac programmers there, they should be able to use MacsBug
or TMON to tell which file is causing the error.  You can then unlock
the file.  Also, of course, look through your system folder and especially
your TOPS files looking for locked files and unlocking them.
-- 
Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com

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