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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New TOS versions
Message-ID: <1991May3.231841.25818@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 03:28:08 GMT
References: <3092@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1991May3.121259.16281@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <3043@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
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In article <3043@cod.NOSC.MIL>, healy@cod.NOSC.MIL (Mike Healy) writes:
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>Regarding pinhed, while well-written programs should not require
>a blank slate, real-life programs apparently often do. I was
>getting random crashes especially during booting. I was starting
>to think that my power supply was getting flaky, but figured
>I'd go through the auto folder analysis. Removing pinhed from
>my auto folder eliminated my boot-time crashes. I have an
>awful lot of junk in my auto folder. I don't think it's pinhed's
>fault, but he's outta there anyway. I guess the moral is: if
>things work fine with pinhed, great; but if you start getting
>random crashes ...
>

The latest version of Pinhead allows you to specify whether you wish to 
clear memory or not for any particular program.  It also allows you to 
specify exactly how much memory to clear.  The docs come with a list of 
problem programs that require the use of this feature.  Using this, you 
can still enjoy the benifits of Pinhead for the majority of your stuff.

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