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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: error message on 2500
Keywords: virusx cold vector
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Date: 1 Feb 90 21:00:28 GMT
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In article <5550@hydra.gatech.EDU> jd21@prism.gatech.EDU (DEMMERS,JAMES L) writes:
>A friend of mine has just purchased an Amiga 2500 and has included the Virusx
>software in his startup sequence. His problem is that whenever he boots the 
>system, an error message appears that states: "cold capture vector is not set
>to 0" and something else about a virus maybe present in RAM. Has anyone out
>there had any similar experience with this software on a 2500 (or other 
>machine)?

	VirusX and SetPatch conflict. If SetPatch is run with option
set for the fatter Agnus (which I assume it is) VirusX for some reason
thinks there may be a virus. Obviously there isn't. If you run virusx
at the beginning of your startup-sequence, which you should anyway,
there won't be a problem.
	-- Ethan