Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpccc!hp-sde!hpdml93!rodger From: rodger@hpdml93.HP.COM (Rodger Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: System crashes, asks for kickstart! Message-ID: <380011@hpdml93.HP.COM> Date: 15 Dec 88 06:59:16 GMT References: Organization: HP Disk Memory Division - Boise, ID Lines: 20 >/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga / elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) / 8:06 pm Dec 12, 1988 / >Note that Mach II has a major bug where it is not properly closing >some device or message port... it "loses" memory. Try it yourself -- >type "avail", pop the Mach II window up, do something, pop it back, >type "avail" again... and presto, instant memory gone. At least, I >think that was how I did it... I don't happen to have a copy of Mach >II anymore, I deleted it as soon as I found that particular instance >of brain-damage (yeah, I've had it happen to my own programs in the >past.... but at least I checked AVAIL before & after to CHECK, & >fixed it). I will relay this to Brian Moats, the author of MachII, and see if he knows about it. What version were you using? The current version is 2.4. >-- >Eric Lee Green ..!{ames,decwrl,mit-eddie,osu-cis}!killer!elg > Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 Lafayette, LA 70509 -- Rodger Anderson (rodger@hpdml93) or(rodger%hpdml93@hplabs.hp.com)