Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!NIEHS.BITNET!ALBRO From: ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: RE: Re: GS/OS Compatability issues Message-ID: <8903091708.aa16609@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 9 Mar 89 21:53:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 writes: > GS/OS works quite well with 99% of the GS software I have. The few that >don't work are usually because GS/OS uses more memory than its predecessor. I have 1.75 Meg of memory in my GS, all of which is CAS before RAS, all 120ns, (except the original 256K) and all of which tests good by the AE checker as well as the general purpose utility on the old Legend disk. I can keep loading big files into AppleWorks until essentially all the RAM is in use, and save changed files correctly from any of it, which may be a more severe test than the others. None the less, I frequently gertt crashes under GS/OS that I neve r got under the P16 on system disk 3.2. Most commonly, the system crashes when I return to the finder from a SYS program and try to select either BASIC.SYSTEM or any Basic program. A reboot is required. Guaranteed to cause a crash - running TIC v.3.0, returning to the finder, and selecting a Basic pgm. Z.LINK has some problems of its own, but it will not run at all if GS/OS has been booted. In contrast to Mr. Bazyar, my problems are not due to insufficient memory. Has anyone noticed how amazingly long it takes to return to the finder under GS/OS from a P8 SYS program? GS/OS gave me a speed advantage over P16 only for P16 programs, with a major slow-down for P8 programs. So I am now back to using the system disk 3.2 op system. -Phil Albro- ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET