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From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SoundSmith Bug??? Where???
Message-ID: <13032@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM>
Date: 10 Feb 90 03:08:00 GMT
References: <261@bucsb.UUCP> <90039.095211SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Organization: Network Info Systems Ctr., SRI Intl., Menlo Park, CA.
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In article <90039.095211SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET> SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>In article <261@bucsb.UUCP>, ghost@bucsb.UUCP (Jay Adelson) says:
>>
>>p.s...SoundSmith has a bug. Try going to "Graphic Play" mode.
>>      It crashes the graphic screen..and sometimes even the whole system.
>
>Where is this mythical bug? I have yet to see it and have demoed SoundSmith
>for friends and even an entire users group. I have yet to have problems with
>the Graphic Play mode. Post a few more details, please...

Well, I've gotten it to freeze up several times, always when playing
via "Graphic Play"  I've got a Rom3 Gs, with 3megs, Sonic Blaster in
whichever slot, SCSI card usually in 7, printer card sometimes in 1, 
modem mosttimes hooked up via modem port... 

Symptoms vary, depending upon molecule state.  

a) Mouse dies.  Song finishes, but since the mouse is dead, no way to 
   close window to quit or load another song in.  Can't get to Control 
   Panel. Effective crash.

b) Song/mouse dies. Song stops when it has played everything in the buffer,
   then nothing else disturbs it.  Can't get to Control Panel.  Effective
   crash.

c) Crash into monitor. Hasn't happened more than once.  Crash.

Note that this is only when you use "Graphic Play," the system works just
fine if you leave that alone.  I imagine that there's a conflict with the
ROM3....also imagine that it's been fixed in ver .8....

--Chan  (can you tell I've been beta testing?  :)
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