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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: SID is crashing randomly
Message-ID: <279.285e043f@intersil.uucp>
Date: 18 Jun 91 13:01:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: intersil.279.285e043f
References: <1991Jun12.225939.2651@javelin.sim.es.com>
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Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Santa Clara CA
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In article <1991Jun12.225939.2651@javelin.sim.es.com>, dingebre@imp.es.com (David Ingebretsen) writes:
> I have been using SID for a little while. I haven't registered yet because
> randomly, after a screen refresh, SID crashes. Not a nice crash with a GURU
> but a devastating crash. The screen goes completely wacko and the system
> stops dead. The last straw was last night while transfering files from
> my bridgeboard to the Amiga side, SID crashed and my hard disk would not
> validate.

Look in your s:SID.config file and set "SeparateDirs = NO".  There is a bug
that causes SID to crash randomly on some machines if this is set to "YES".
Also, if you are running WB2.0 and/or an A3000, don't click on any of the
"DF0|DF1|DH0" etc. buttons.  Either use the VOL button or enter the directory 
name directly at the top of the window.

All of these problems (and all others, as far as I know) are gone in v2.00,
which should be available soon.
-- 
Fred Hamilton                          "Unlike most of you, 
Harris Semiconductor                    I am not a nut..."
Santa Clara, CA                                            -Homer Simpson