Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!texsun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!inesc!jmsc From: jmsc@inesc.UUCP (Miguel Casteleiro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Curious PAL problem report Summary: It's a bug in the OS Message-ID: <814@inesc.UUCP> Date: 11 May 89 05:39:06 GMT References: <15609@gryphon.COM> Organization: INESC - Inst. Eng. Sistemas e Computadores, LISBOA. PORTUGAL. Lines: 69 In article <15609@gryphon.COM>, keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle) writes: > > Just received a curious letter from someone in Europe reporting a > PAL problem I've never heard of before. Was wondering if anyone > knows if it really is a problem, or if this guy just ought to take > his machine to the shop. > > Here's an excerpt from the letter: > > "... One time out of ten, the PAL AMIGA system does not switch to PAL > mode during the boot-procedure. [...] Well, that happens once in 25-30 boots, it's a bug in the OS and we will have to live with him until 1.4 comes out. BTW, this was discussed here in c.s.a.t a while back. > [...] I believe that there is an easy answer to my problem: > > Write a tiny program which is included into the startup-sequence and > which checks if the PAL mode is properly turned on at boot-time. If > that check fails, the routine shall automatically reboot the system, so > that we get an endless loop until PAL mode is available." > That is exactly what I do. After getting bored of waiting for a long boot just to discover that I was left with a NTSC screen, I've wrote a tiny little program that does what you describe. So, for a long while now, my first command in the startup-sequence is 'reset'. > He goes on to propose to pay for us to develop such a program. While Well, that won't be necessary. I've uuencoded my reset program and I'm sending it at the bottom of this article. It's so little, that I guess nobody will mind. Just give your friend my greetings. > I suppose it would be easy enough, I am surprised to hear that such > problems exist. Or do they? > > Is this a known problem with PAL Amiga's, or is this guy's Amiga just > out of whack? As I said, it's a bug in the OS. > Keith Doyle > keithd@gryphon.COM gryphon!keithd gryphon!keithd@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov And here it comes.... begin 777 reset M #\P " $ !B @ ^H !B3E7_]$CG,2)) M^0 !#[ $V< L> $3J[]V"E 81*K &$9P T$/L 4)P "QX 1.KOW8 M)$"T_ 9P N$/L 51P "QX 1.KOW8*T#_^$JM__AG ">+&P!A$ZN_\0I M0 & (&W_^ @H ( SV=B(BP!@$'L 68D"'8*+&P!A$ZN_] @:@ \?@ ^* "Z M,"@ 3 @ )G" R' " &T(#(< $ ;"HB+ & 0>P! $3J[_:DZZ "XB;?_X+'@ !$ZN_F(B2BQX 1.KOYB M(FP!A"QX 1.KOYB3-]$C$Y=3G4 $[Y '!A"BTM(')E