CompuServe Thread

#Whap! crashes

4 messages in this thread
#86688From: Edwin WilesJan 26, 1990 10:02 PM
Andrew, The inital part of the guru, 00000003, indicates "address error". In my experience, this is most often induced by running out of memory. I highly suggest that you (a) shut of anything that uses memory that you can do without while running Whap!, and (b) if that's not enough, edit your Whap! parameters to move the temporary files directory to your hard drive, or some such. The objective is to free as much memory up as possible for use by Whap!. Edwin Wiles – …!uunet!hadron!netex!elw – Software Engineer
#86737From: Andrew J. RichardsonJan 27, 1990 12:51 AM
Ed, Hmmm…I'll try your suggestion to see what happens. Funny thing, but today I used Whap! about a dozen times, and by not using any other screens or opening and closing windows on other screens, I avoided Whap! crashing. It's odd, but it seems as though it just doesn't multi-task well. It could be fragmenting chip ram while Whap! is running is causing the problem, as I don't have the Fatter Agnus chip installed. Andrew
#86878From: Edwin WilesJan 27, 1990 5:15 PM
Andrew, Fragmentation could indeed be the problem, as it is rare for me to be doing anything else when Whap! is running. I don't want to slow it down any since CIS cost money per minute! 🙂 Hope it works for you! Edwin Wiles – …!uunet!hadron!netex!elw – Software Engineer
#86900From: Richard S. Rose,M.D.Jan 27, 1990 6:29 PM
Andrew, I have experienced the same problem you describe. I am running the demo version of Whap! on a 2000 with 3 megs. It crashes occaisionally as it terminates a download session and comes back to the main screen. I _think_ that each time this has happened, I was doing something from the keyboard or moving the mouse pointer at the instant of the transition and this somehow contriuted to the crash. Rich