CompuServe Messages

Bill, Everyone was saying they were having problems with AREAD and AWRITE under 2.04 and using 2.1 Janus…yet I had no problems. Well, as it turns out, I had no problems because I didn't use AREAD or AWRITE that much. Recently I had a bunch of files to copy from 5.25" to 3.5" disks, and tried to use AWRITE to do it (using the Amiga's 3.5" drive as PC0: under 2.1). Darn if I didn't start to have problems wtih AREAD and AWRITE. I'd get a Janus Handler not Found message the first time I tried to use it about 90% of the time. IF I tried to use it after that…it'd lock the BB. Well…I found a work-around, that so far, after lots of testing by me has worked 100% every time, not matter if I use AREAD or AWRITE nor which Amiga device I read/write to/from: I created a script file on the Amiga that is two lines long: PCRESET BINDDRIVERS I run this anytime after the first time I boot up the BB but before using AREAD or AWRITE. So far, it's worked every time. There's a few things you need to be aware of though: 1. If you've moved your SYS: partition since startup, you have to make sure there is a directory SYS:Expansion and in that directory are the two janus files (janus.library and janus.library.info). 2. Also, this command will obviously reset your BB, so make sure it's idle and all open files are closed when you issue the command on the Amiga side. 3. I've only run this after I open up the PCWindow, I don't know if that makes a difference or not, but you might try it and see if it works for you. Don