Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 6.0.2 and Word Message-ID: <7780@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 8 Feb 89 19:14:34 GMT References: <35727@bbn.COM> <1063@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Josh Hodas) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 47 In article <1063@oswego.Oswego.EDU> vermilye@oswego.oswego.edu.Oswego.EDU (Jon R. Vermilye) writes: >In article <35727@bbn.COM> oliveira@bbn.com (John Oliveira) writes: >> >>has anybody experience problems using microsoft word with system 6.0.2, >>i've been getting a lot of system bombs just by saving a file or just by >>send it to print or even by just looking at the mac without doing anything >>it just bombs. >>is word incompatible with 6.0.2 system or is the system buggy? >>thank you >Check for a virus. We have been using Word 3.01 & system 6.0.2 with >out any problems. > >Jon R. Vermilye ARGGGGGHHHHHH!! No flame intended, but I am really getting tired of every one's first reaction to any glitch to be running for the hills yeling VIRUS!!! First of all, Word is well known as not the most well behaved program. Since we know nothing about what inits John is running (which would complicate the question somewhat) there is little or nothing we can say as yet. Question to john: It is unclear from your message, Is word your overwhelmingly dominant application. That is do you run anything else long enough or frequent ly enough to know if the bomb is occuring in other circumstances. In particular, since the bomb happens even when just sitting doing nothing have you tried just leaving the machine at the finder level doing nothing for a while? I had a machine that was bombing intermittently and randomly and I discovered finally that it would happen even just sitting at the finder for a while. As soon as I disabled my speedup card the system was fine. turns out the processor had gone flakey. Anyway, I'd say you need to send some more specifics about the hardware and software environment before anyone can be of much help. Josh ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-5423 (school office)