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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Blank windows on the desktop?
Keywords: poolfix3, tos14fix, ICD booter
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.052114.19164@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: 30 Apr 91 05:21:14 GMT
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In article <1991Apr29.131720.7309@digi.lonestar.org> rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr) writes:
>In article <1991Apr26.200412.25817@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes:
>>
>>                               Atari's version(s) of POOLFIX don't get
>>installed if they are run after hard drive booters, such as ICD's.  They
>>must be run BEFORE any hard drive booters, and this is impossible with 
>>ICD's, if you have it configured to autoboot from the hard drive.  
>
>Why do you say that?  I autoboot my hard drive with ICD's booter all the
>time, then run POOLFIX3, the TOS14FIX.  POOLFIX3 says it is installed
>and I never have any problems.  Is there some reason that POOLFIX3 would
>*not* install and still say it was?  Please explain.
>

Why did I say that?  Because I was under the impression, after reading
the docs in Claus Brod's POOLFIX, that hard drive booters which load before
the AUTO folder programs, such as ICDBOOT, would not let POOLFIX3 install
itself.

Actually, I was not understanding the entire situation.  It's those 
hard disk drivers which occupy the TRAP #1 vector, since POOLFIX3 takes
that vector.  Claus rewrote and optimized POOLFIX because his driver
takes the TRAP #1 vector as well.  (If I'm still not understanding the
complete situation, then please let me know.  If I should keep my 
damned mouth shut, then please let me know that too. :^)

Claus Brod's POOLFIX also adds the XBRA algorithm, as well as some other
things.  The docs that come with his version of POOLFIX explain the improvements
much better than I can.

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