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From: ki@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Karsten Isakovic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: CONS-FIX??
Message-ID: <2296@troll.opal.cs.tu-berlin.de>
Date: 3 Dec 90 01:48:00 GMT
References: <1990Dec01.191015.29164@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Reply-To: ki@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Karsten Isakovic)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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In article <1990Dec01.191015.29164@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes:
>Can someone tell me what this program fixes (the docs are in German)? 
>I got it from atari.archive and Todd Miller's description says that 
>it fixes some problems with Quick ST and Turbo ST when they're used
>with Gemini and Rufus.
>
Hello Ed,

ConsFix 1.3 (latest version!) fixes 2 problems... 
- If you are using a shell like GEMINI / NeoDesk... and also use QuickST
  or TurboST you run into trouble if you use the GEMDOS redirection. The
  Consws and Fwrite(stdout) Calls are not written into the Console window
  or into a file, but are 'speeded up' by QuickST / TurboST.
  This is the first problem ConsFix patches.
- QuickST does not save the Register A2 while GEMDOS-Calls. The TurboC 
  compiler (wrongly!) assumes that the register is not changed and so
  you often get bombs, when using programs that are compiled with TurboC
  an QuickST. This A2-Fix is the second patch in ConsFix.
 
The version 1.2 doesn't work with TurboST > 1.6, so please check the version
is 1.3! ConsFix must start bevor QuickST in the AutoFolder. I am writing 
the english docs....
I have written another patch program: VdiFix patches an error of the
v_opnwk/v_opnvwk call. Under certain conditions the same handle is assigned
to every newly opened VDI-Workstation. This error is found in every TOS
except TOS 1.2.

Sincerly, Karsten