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Path: ns-mx!uunet!decwrl!netcomsv!satyr!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: System 6 problems Message-ID: <64562@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 31 Mar 92 08:28:26 GMT References: <F2ZciB3w164w@bluemoon.rn.com> <64475@apple.Apple.COM> <43150@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 29 In article <43150@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ericm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) writes: >[...] >A bug in System 5.0.4 that Todd fixed with Ziptalk, I thought would be >fixed in System 6.0 appartently isn't. It's the problem of the pointer >disappearing while being moved up the screen. At least Ziptalk still >fixes it. There's a Battery-RAM bit you can set to make QuickDraw not use scanline interrupts to update the cursor. It's bit 2 of location $5F. Because I was paranoid about possible compatibility risks, it's not set by default. Because I added it late in the project, there isn't even a checkbox in any of the Apple control panels to turn the bit on and off. >Other than that I find it is a really COOL system release! Thanks DTS. You're welcome! By the way, I don't work in Developer Technical Support. Matt Deatherage does. DTS is not the folks directly responsible for bringing you system software. -- I work in Green System Software, or the Apple II Business Unit, or whatever we're called these days. (I *did* work in DTS, from April 89 to August 90.) -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie:DAVE.LYONS CompuServe:72177,3233 Internet:dlyons@apple.com My opinions are my own, not Apple's. Path: ns-mx!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.claremont.edu!nntp-server.caltech.edu!toddpw From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: System 6 problems Message-ID: <1992Mar31.095144.25484@cco.caltech.edu> Date: 31 Mar 92 09:51:44 GMT References: <F2ZciB3w164w@bluemoon.rn.com> <64475@apple.Apple.COM> <43150@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@cco.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: bartman ericm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) writes: >A bug in System 5.0.4 that Todd fixed with Ziptalk, I thought would be >fixed in System 6.0 appartently isn't. It's the problem of the pointer >disappearing while being moved up the screen. At least Ziptalk still >fixes it. Yes, and there will soon be a new version of ZipTalk (hmm, can't really keep calling it that) that has all the AppleTalk code removed. System 6 fixes the _AppleTalk_ problem, it does not fix the cursor flicker. That is going to be the main purpose of the new init -- there's also the system speed vector, but nobody seems to use that... Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu