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From: elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (James Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Spurious disk insertion requests in System 7
Summary: Maybe they're out-of-date ROM routines interfering?
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.195119.15493@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 91 19:51:19 GMT
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I, too, have had my otherwise rapt adoration of System 7 disrupted
from time to time by inappropriate requests to insert floppies that I
just ejected. (In fact, in Apple File Exchange, it was an endless
loop).

One thing that I've noticed: It seems that whenever the system asks me
to re-insert a disk when I don't really think it should be asking for
it, the modal dialog box is drawn in black-and white, in the style of
System 6 and earlier. At the times when I really expect to be asked
for a disk, the dialog box uses the new colors. I'm wondering if this
provides any insight into the nature of the problem to those who are
(hopefully) working on correcting it. Could it be some old routines
that weren't overriden properly? System 6 zombies stalking my system
heap...

--
Jim Elliott		      "Like a bridge he'll come between us, not a wall"
elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu