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From: bryce@eris.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt)
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Subject: ** Read this message!! ** Bugs in Kickstart you should know about!!
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Date: 27 Feb 88 09:32:55 GMT
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fix_1.arc    Patch file #1 to fix bugs in V1.2 Kickstart
	     Written by Bryce Nesbitt.

Kickstart V1.2 has some bugs that can randomly Guru the machine.  Running
this file will protect you from these problems.  You must reboot to get rid
of the protection.

This program runs under Version 1.2 Kickstart ONLY.  If Version 1.3
Kickstart needs these fixes, then a separate patch file will be provided.
The bugs that are fixed:

1>  On machines with $C00000 memory (like the A500 and A2000), the Alert()
    function misbehaves.  This makes any alert fatal, even the
    "recoverable" ones.
2>  Every time a window is closed (or, in fact, any layer is deleted) the
    system frees a bit of memory then uses it again.  This can cause random
    crashes.

Please redistribute this patch file.  Use this naming convention:

fix_1.arc    Patch file #1 to fix bugs in V1.2 Kickstart

(Use "uudecode" from Fish disk #53 to decode this file)

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