ÓÕÂÊ: ÒÌ/ÒÄ ÄÏÓ ÕPGRADE ÉNFO (Ò4) ÆÒÏÍ: ÃÍÄ 06/18/91 Ó#: 816834 ÔHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROVIDES A LISTING OF THE MOST NOTABLE BUG FIXES IN VERSION Ö1.30 OF ÒÌ AND ÒÄ ÄÏÓ. ÔHIS VERSION BEGAN SHIPPING WITH ÒEV. Å ÒÁÍÌINK AND ÒEV. Â ÒÁÍÄRIVE UNITS. 1. ÉNACCESSABLE PARTITION BUG FIXED. ÁLL PARTITIONS MAY NOW BE ACCESSED (INCLUDING 7 AND 31). 2. ÂLOCK MAPPING PROBLEMS WITH 1571 PARTITIONS HAS BEEN FIXED. ÔHE BUG RESULTED IN 'ÉÌÌÅÇÁÌ ÂÌÏÃË' ERRORS WHEN ÔRACK 36 WS ACCESSED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW MORE THAN 664 BLOCKS TO BE USED IN A 1571 PARTITION. 3. ÂLOCK MAPPING PROBLEM WITH 1581 PARTITIONS FIXED. ÔHIS BUG RESULTED IN DATA CORRUPTION AND OTHER ERRORS WHEN CERTAIN SECTORS WERE ADDRESSED. 4. ÂUG CAUSING INCOMPLETE DIRECTORY LISTINGS HAS BEEN FIXED. ÕNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, FILES WERE MISSING FROM THE DIRECTORY LISTING (USUALLY FROM WITHIN A PROGRAM, AND WHEN FILES HAD BEEN SCRATCHED FROM THE DIRECTORY). 5. ÂÒÅÁË TO Ã128 ÍONITOR ON EXIT FROM CERTAIN PROGRAMS ELIMINATED. 6. ÒÁÍÄRIVE ONLY: ÐROBLEM WITH 'Õ0>Ã' DATA AREA CHECKSUM RETURNING INCORRECT AND INCONSISTANT VALUES HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. 7. 128 ÍODE: ÂUG CAUSING FILE ÌÏÃËING IF A ÊIFFYÄÏÓ COMMAND WAS NESTED IN A ÆÏÒ-ÎÅØÔ LOOP HAS BEEN FIXED. ÅXAMPLE: 10 ÆÏÒÉ=1ÔÏ10 20 @"Ó:ÔÅÓÔ"+ÓÔÒ$(I) 30 ÎÅØÔ ÔHIS PROGRAM WOULD ÌÏÃË FILES NAMED ÔÅÓÔ 1 THROUGH ÔÅÓÔ 10, INSTEAD OF SCRATCHING THEM. 8. 64 ÍODE: ÂUG IN ÃÈÒÉÎ ROUTINE (SCREEN) HAS BEEN FIXED. ÉNTERRUPTS WERE NOT BEING RE-ENABLED IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, CAUSING LOCKUPS AND MISSING CURSORS IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS WHEN USER INPUT WAS REQUESTED. 9. 1581 STYLE 'PARTITIONS': ÂÁÍ WAS NOT BEING WRITTEN AFTER A 1581 STYLE 'PARTITION' WAS CREATED, CAUSING DATA CORRUPTION PROBLEMS WHEN FILES WERE LATER WRITTEN TO THE PARTITION. ÂÁÍ IS NOW BEING UPDATED PROPERLY. 10. ÂÏÏÔ "ÆÉÌÅÎÁÍÅ" BUG HS BEEN FIXED. ×OULD SHOW UP AS A ÂÒÅÁË OR LOCKUP IF BOOTING FROM A NON-FAST-SERIAL DEVICE (1541, ÒÁÍÌINK, ÒÁÍÄRIVE, ÈÄ ÐARALLEL). 11. ÉNTERMITTANT ÂÒÅÁË OR LOCKUP DURING LOADS FROM ÒÅÕ ÒÁÍ (128 ÆÁÓÔ MODE) FIXED. 12. ÐRINTING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED. ÄEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM, DATA WOULD EITHER NOT BE PRINTED, OR SYSTEM WOULD LOCK UP. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÒÌ/ÒÄ ÄÏÓ ÕPGRADE (CONT.) (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÃÍÄ 06/18/91 Ó#: 843076 13. ÁÐÐÅÎÄ PROBLEM WITH ÒÁÍÌINK/ÒÁÍÄRIVE FILES HAS BEEN FIXED. ÔHE NUMBER OF BLOCKS SHOWN FOR A FILE AFTER IT HAS BEEN APPENDED TO IS NOW BEING UPDATED PROPERLY. 14. ÕÊ COMMAND PARTITION TABLE UPDATE BUG HS BEEN FIXED. ×OULD SOMETIMES CAUSE IMPROPERLY FORMATTED PARTITION IF A PARTITION WAS DELETED AND THEN RECREATED AS A DIFFERENT TYPE IN ÒÁÍ-ÔÏÏÌÓ. 15. ÂUG WITH OPENING ÒÅÌ FILES HS BEEN FIXED. ÉF NOT ENOUGH BUFFERS WERE AVAILABLE WHEN A ÒÅÌ FILE WS OPENED, THE SYSTEM WOULD CORRUPT THE FILE TABLES TO THE POINT THAT ANY OTHER OPEN FILES WOULD NOT BE ACCESSABLE. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÌOT OF BUGS! (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÍETRIX1 06/19/91 Ó#: 414138 ÉT'S NICE TO SEE THAT ÃÍÄ IS WORKING HARD TO GET RID OF THE BUGS IN THE ÒAMÌÉÎË, BUT É CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY A COMPANY WOULD RELEASE A PRODUCT SO RIDDLED WITH BUGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÔHANKS FOR THE FOLLOW THRU.(Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÔUNERÚ 06/20/91 Ó#: 787673 ÔHANKS FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH ON YOUR COMPLICATED HARDWARE DEBUGGING AND REVISION PROCESS ÃÍÄ! ÍAY YOU CONTINUE IN YOUR QUEST FOR FULLY FUNCTIONALITY ON THESE POWERFUL PRODUCTS... -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÁNSWER: ÆÒÏÍ: ÍAYLAND 06/20/91 Ó#: 488673 ÂECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15-20 Ã64'S AND Ã128S IN STOCK AT ÃÍÄ AND THERE ARE ÍÉÌÌÉÏÎÓ OF Ã64S AND Ã128S OUT THERE IN THE (QUOTE-UNQUOTE) REAL WORLD. Ã= PRODUCTION RUNS AREN'T PARTICUARLY WELL KNOWN FOR CONSISTANCY. ÔHE INNARDS OF MY OLD Ã64 LOOK NOTHING LIKE THE PICTURES IN MY "ÔROUBLESHOOTING THE Ã64" BOOK É BOUGHT IN '86. ÔHEIR BETA TESTERS DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO EVERY FLAVOR OF Ã= OUT THERE. ÉF, IN PRODUCTS AS COMPLEX AS THESE THE MAKERS ONLY FIND 13-14 MAJOR BUGS, É'LL BE STUNNED. ×HAT IS AMAZING IS THEIR DEDICATION TO FINDING, CORRECTING, AND REPLACING DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS & SOFTWARE. ÈOW MANY COMPANIES HAVE YOU SEEN PUT OUT Ã64/128 AFTERMARKET UPGRADES THAT PROMPTLY VANISHED WHEN BUYERS FOUND BUGS AND PROBLEMS? É STILL HAVE AN AFTERMARKET 80 COLUMN CONVERTER PLUG IN BOARD THAT É KEEP FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS - É'M SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THE Ã64 IT BURNED UP HALF AN HOUR AFTER É INSTALLED IT. ÔHAT COMPANY VANISHED INTO THE MISTS OF BANKRUPCY. ÃÍÄ'S PROBLEMS ARE MINOR IN COMPARISON AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO FIX THEM. ÍAYLAND