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From: ate@cs.ruu.nl (Ate Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Problem with Star-struck
Keywords: screensaver turboC
Message-ID: <1991Mar08.184404.8007@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 8 Mar 91 18:44:04 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
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Recently I wanted to use my TurboC compiler (version 1.0) again and it
didn't work.  The linker gave the message 'FORMAT ERROR IN TCSTART.O'
and I couldn't load the help file.
First I thought it had something to do with my upgrade to TOS1.4, but
I had the same problem on a ST with TOS1.2
When I booted the computer without any desk accessory it worked fine.
It appeared that the Star-struck screensaver was the DA that gave the problems.
After I removed it TurboC worked fine.

I tried Star-struck and TurboC on a 1040 with 1 Meg and on my 260 with
2 Meg and on both computers I had the same problem.

Why can't Star-struck and TurboC work together? Does Star-struck do 
something illegal? And why does it only cause problems with the linker 
and the help function?

Ate Brink  (ate@cs.ruu.nl)

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Ate Brink, Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University
Padualaan 14,   P.O. Box 80.089,  3508 TB  Utrecht,  The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-30-534408    Email: ate@cs.ruu.nl