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From: frey@birch.crd.ge.com (Richard Frey)
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Subject: MacDraw II Troubles
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Hello All,
I am a new experimenter with Executor and I am very impressed
with what I have seen so far. My main interest in Executor is to
run Macdraw II on a DOS box, 'cause I can't afford to buy a separate
computer just to run one program and I really like Macdraw a lot.
I don't think anything else comes close!
I have tried Executor/DOS on two systems and the problems I describe
below are present on both systems. Here are the system descriptions:
System 1. CPU 80486-40 DX (AMD)
RAM 16 MEGs
Video Card S3-805 by Xing
Executor Info says Vesa 1.2 compliant
2 Hard Drives 540 M and 850 M, divided into 4 Logical DOS
Drives and 2 Linux drives.
DOS 6.2
System 2. CPU 80486-33 DX
RAM 4 MEGs
Video Driver Unknown; E -info says Vesa 1.2 compliant
1 Hard Drive 340 M in 1 Logical Drive
DOS 6.2
So far I have had the following problems:
EXECUTOR EMULATOR Desktop:
1. When I use the floppy, the name of its volume will not change
when I change floppies. The sequence of events is as follows:
- Insert floppy 1
- Use CHECK FOR DISK
- New drive appears in the hot band.
- Move some files to the hard drive.
- Remove the floppy.
- Delete the drive name from the hot band.
- Insert floppy 2
- Do a: FILE - CHECK FOR DISK
- The name for Floppy 1 appears in the hot band, not the new
name for floppy 2.
- Open the drive by double clicking in the hot band.
- Contents of floppy 2 appear, but with the floppy 1 name in
the border.
- Only way to fix name is to restart Executor.
Is this a know bug or am I doing something wrong? It's really not
a big deal as it really doesn't seem to harm anything... it's just a
little confusing as your are loading software to see the name of the
previous floppy to appear again.
MACDRAW II, Release 1.1
2. SAVE does not work under the FILE pull down menu. SAVE AS works
OK and as exepcted. If you do try to do a simple SAVE which replaces
or overwrites the original file, the following comes onto the screen:
HALT Sorry, a disk error has occured.
ERROR ID = -127
OK
This event apparently corrupts the file as Macdraw can never read
that file again. If you try to open that file then you get:
Sorry, a disk error has occurred.
ERROR ID = <filename>
OK
This problem is a pain, but the obvious work-around is to use
SAVE AS and never the (overwriting) SAVE command.
Incidently, an ordinary (overwriting) SAVE works ok in Word 5.1 under
Executor, so the problem seems somewhat specific to Macdraw.
3. Text cannot be corrected within Macdraw II. I seem to be able to
create text OK, but I can't correct it without really messing up
executor. This problem is really serious since corrections cannot be
made without deleting the entire text object and starting again!
Sequence of events is a follows:
- Click on the Macdraw Texttool < A >
- Click where you want to place text in the document.
- Begin Typing the text you want.
- Try to correct text with the back space key or by
highlighting the text error with the cursor and then
using the pulldown menu CUT to delete it... results
first in strange results in the text object... like the
wrong letters being deleted then evenutally a Fatal like:
Executor: Fatal Error
Main.C: 979; in 'unhandled_trap'
Fatal error: unhandled trap 4 at pc 0x0 (Illegal instruction)
RESTART
It is possible to use the backspace key to delete objects within
Macdraw even a complete text object without any trouble. The
problem only arises when you try to modify a text object either
as you are first typing it or if you select it later and try to
fix it then.
Has anyone on this mailing list had any experience with Macdraw and
know any fixes. Are these problems known to the ARDI and if
so, what are the prospects for their repair?
How can I get a listing of all know bugs running Macdraw II under
executor?... I've tried the automatic tracking system with negative
results.
Thanks much for any help anyone might be able to give.