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From: john@viper.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Bug report: 'The Russian Doll'  sp. nova (?)
Message-ID: <960@viper.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-May-87 15:12:54 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 11 15:12:54 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 13-May-87 07:25:08 EDT
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Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
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In article <8705081618.AA15013@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 051332@UOTTAWA.BITNET writes:
 >The disks:
 >SSDD Maxels formatted to DSDD with David Small & Dan Moore's TWISTER
 >with the net mods (82 tracks)


  The problem is with the original version of TWISTER.  If you swap a
twister formatted disk for another twister formatted disk, the desktop
has problems detecting the change.  The example you gave of clicking
on a folder and having the same directory appear is a symptom.  (Note:
if you click on the folder a second time, the desktop will correctly
open the folder and all is fine...)  The problems you are having are 
partialy in the TWISTER and partialy your own falt for using the short
cuts you were using,, (Although you would have found things to work
differently if you were not using TWISTER disks so it's not really
your falt :)

  The solution is to run-not-walk to your local CI$ node and check in
the atari16 conference in the utilitys (I think) file area.  There you
will find a new version (Version 1.1) of twister called TWISTE.PRG.
This version solves the problems in the original version.  I've been
using it for a couple of weeks and am -very- happy with the results.

  PS:  I'd love to send the upgrade via the net, but I can't because
the program is copyrited so please don't ask...  (I imagine there will
be an upgrade sent out in a future issue of the magazine, but I don't
know for sure.  They placed it on CompuServe as a courtesy to readers
who were having problems, but with the stipulation that it not be
distributed thru any other media...)

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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