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From: afo@i.cc.purdue.edu (Alan Davis)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Help with Desk Accessories: accessory loaders.
Message-ID: <1629@i.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 12:10:57 EST
Article-I.D.: i.1629
Posted: Mon Nov  3 12:10:57 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Nov-86 01:06:12 EST
References: <1745@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> <699@chinet.UUCP> <448@atari.UUcp>
Reply-To: afo@i.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Alan Davis)
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Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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Keywords: desk accesories, loaders
Summary: I have one that works

In article <448@atari.UUcp> dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) writes:
>> >....Is there some
>> >way of putting a *desk acc. loader* into my AUTO folder, which would
>> >load the accessories?  
>> 
>> I believe that I have a file that will do that.  As soon as I verify
>> that the critter runs(I have never ran it before) I will post it.
>
>It seems unlikely that the critter will run, since the desktop
>and AES have not been initialized at the time \AUTO folder
>execution takes place.  Doing an AES call from an AUTO program
>will likely result in a crash ->thud<- and an endless cycle of
>reboots.  Life is like that sometimes.
>-- 
>
>-Landon Dyer, Atari Corp.		        {sun,lll-lcc,imagen}!atari!dyer

 I have a desk accessory loader in my auto folder that works just
 fine. If you would like a copy of it, send me a note and we'll
 give it a whirl.

Alan Davis
Purdue University Computing Center
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