🚀 go-pugleaf

> CRABS.ACC roach my SH204?
> Could the problem have been caused by trying to delete the file
> while it was running, so that the init thing loses?  Is
> there a way to tell the machine to boot gently (without
> dying when it sees something it doesn't like, or running the
> ACC files, so that I can look at the directory space)?
> Is there *anything* I can do, short of reformating my hard disk?

  I got your mail message, but my reply apparently didn't get through.
As the author of CRABS, I want to say again:

    CRABS IS TOTALLY BENIGN

It does _NOTHING_ to your system in any way.  All it does is munge the
screen.  I've deleted it half a dozen times off of my hard disc, and
haven't had a problem.  Before zeroing drive C:, you might want to try
this:

   Turn everything OFF, and disconnect your hard drive.
   Turn your hard drive ON.
   Boot your system from the non-hard drive boot disc.
   Insert your hard disc boot disc.
   Connect your hard disc to your ST, carefully.
   Now run AHDI.PRG from the AUTO folder on your boot disc.
   Install drive C:
   Open Drive C:  

   If, at this point, all your files are there, then you're home free--just
yank the offending files into the garbage.  If nothing shows up on drive
C:, then I'm afraid it's dead.

  Again, CRABS is not a trojan horse program of any kind.  ALL IT DOES
IS MESS WITH THE SCREEN.

  Good luck getting your hard drive back!

--alex @ Atari

BIX:alexl.            GEnie: ALEXLEAVENS      AtariCorp: 408-745-2006

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