CompuServe Thread

LUCID+UTIL.+RAM??

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#100482From: SAUNDERS JONESNov 13, 1985 11:53 PM
MIKE, I HOPE YOU CAN CLEAR THIS UP FOR ME. I BOUGHT LUCID AND THE UTILITIES LAST WEEK (UTIL. V 1.0). I ALSO PURCHASED 3 8K CHIPS FORM ANOTHER OUTFIT (PCSG WAS OUT). WHEN I RUN THE 'RAM TEST' PROGRAM WITHOUT LUCID EVERYTHING IS OK. WITH LUCID EVERYTHING IS OK (I THINK, I STILL HAVE TO FINISH CHECKING THE LAST APPROX. 6K BYTES BUT THEY WILL PROBABLY CHECK OUT- THIS TAKES TIME). NOW THE PROBLEM: WITH L/UTIL.BA AND L/DIF.CO INSTALLED, THE 'RAM TEST' PROGRAM DOES STRANGE THINGS. ALSO CERTAIN BYTES FAIL (ACCORDING TO THE RAM TEST PROGRAM). SOMETIMES THE R.T. PRO. TESTS A FEW BYTES AND THEN I GET " ?SN ERROR AT 20" (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT). BUT THIS IS THE SAME PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN WORKING ALL DAY!! ALSO THE PROGRAM IS NO LONGER THERE! IT'S ERASED. WHAT GIVES? I WANT TO USE THE MACHINE FOR MORE THAN JUST LUCID – WILL I BE ABLE TO RUN OTHER PROGRAMS (BASIC OF OTHERWISE) WITH CERTAIN BYTES APPARANTLY SCREWED UP? HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME ON THIS. THANKS, SAUNDERS.