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From: 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: PC SPEED problems
Message-ID: <90Feb14.070736est.57736@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Date: 14 Feb 90 12:03:00 GMT
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After a few days of limited experience with PC Speed I have come across two
very *serious* problems.

(1) Every 3rd or 4th time I try to boot PC Speed, the video gets broken
    up. Instead of seeing seeing the message to insert a DOS disk, I
    see something like

    .....       where the pixels of the characters are speard apart.
    ..   ..     Following this, the system locks up.
    ..   ..     <---representation of letter D with pixels spread out
    .....


(2) If I run Word Perfect or dBASEIII Plus, everthing starts OK but as soon
    as I try some speedy operations, the system locks up or I get a stack
    overflow message. For example, pressing F3, F3 brings up WP help and
    typing the letter A brings up a help screen for functions that start
    with A. If I type A, B, C, ... quickly to switch topics, LOCK UP.
    Same thing with dBASE's ASSIST mode - if I switch menus quickly, I
    get a stack overflow message. NORTON's Change Directory will give a
    stack overflow message everytime I attemp to change directories.

    When I tried to install PC GEM/3, I would see

    >New installation
     Change existing

   Then I would see

    >C
     D

    Next, when the screen to select a graphics card popped up, the
    computer would lock up.

    Can someone on the net who lives in Germany pass this info on to
    SACK, the creators of PC Speed.

I may just have a buggy board. If not, if this is typical of PC Speed, my
recommendation is avoid the product at all costs. Hopefully, someone on the
net (maybe someone from Michtron, the US reps) can help me out and solve
these problems.