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Re: 1.44 'B' drive problems
On Tue, 2 May 1995 mica@cyberspace.com wrote:
> I have tried versions 1.99k thru 1.99L demos and it's getting lots better with
> every upgrade. However my machine has 5 1/4 as my 'A' drive and 3 1/2 as my
> 'B' drive and although version 1.99L no longer looks for my 5 1/4 'A' drive
> (which was a time-consuming pain), when I try to eject the disk it still
> crashes. Once in a great while it DOESN'T crash but then it won't recognise
> the next disk and crashes. Also it occasionally crashes after running it
> under Windows a few times. Also when I exit Executor it sometimes freezes my
> computer.
>
> Another problem I have is using BinHex on large files transferring from my PC
> harddrive. It works fine for smaller files (maybe under 700k but get an 'end
> of file' error on large files. To get around this I zip the file and then use
> ZipIt, which unzips the file into Executor from the PC harddrive. Why doesn't
> BinHex work on all files?
>
> I used to have an Amiga and an AMAX MAC emulator, which, while not in color,
> did provide serial support for modems and could format disks and run Dart and
> other disk image programs. Will this, esp. modem support, be available soon?
>
> I would like to purchase Executor but only if you can get it to work with the
> disk configuration I have. BTW, it only recognises the harddrive that the
> Executor directory is on (my D drive, which is SCSI) - should it recognise my
> C drive (non SCSI)? How would I reverse my floppies to make my 3 1/2 the 'A'
> drive?
>
>
You should try using Stuffit Expander to decompress BinHex files.
Joseph R. Pena
sjppena@tenet.edu
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