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In article <1322@watserv1.waterloo.edu> bmaraldo@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Commander Brett Maraldo) writes:
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>	I really need some help with a problem I am having.  First, I'll
>describe my system: original 520St with a 2.5M upgrade, TOS 1.4 in EPROM,
>20M Supra, mono monitor and double sided 3.5" drive.  The problem:  when I
>use a hard disk backup program the files wirtten to floppy are randomly
>corrupted, that is some of the files get corrupted some don't, its about
>50/50.  Most of the text files are fine but the .PRG .TOS and .TTP programs
>get munged.  This happens with Oscar and dliII or what ever that *GREAT*
>back-up program recently posted was called.  
>	Now, when I run GEMINI I get the same probelm when I transfer
>files around ont he HD (painful when using TeX because I have to go and
>find all the nasty characters in the corrupted file), and when I transfer
>files from the HD to floppy (the floppy files get corrupted).  *This problem
>doesn't happen when I use the standard desktop!*

When you first reported problems with The Vault and The Key, I was
trying my hardest to figure out what might be wrong with the software.
Now that you are experiencing the same problems with GEMINI, I think
it's pretty clear that the problem is not with software but with your
hardware.  I would suspect your memory upgrade.  There is probably
some bad memory somewhere.  The Vault makes use of all available
memory to copy files, so if any memory was bad, corrupted files would
be likely.  GEMINI uses memory not used by the normal desktop, so it's
not surprising that GEMINI might run into the bad portion of memory
whereas the standard desktop does not.

I suggest you run a careful memory test.  Then, if you do determine that
your problems were due to hardware that you report this fact back on the
net so that the thousands of people who read your original postings about
problems with The Vault and with Gemini can relax and benefit from those
programs.

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