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Article #32976Re: error msg "Online: Open/Read error with OnBase"
From: Leonard Rosenthol
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1988 16:51
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1988 16:51
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In article <16550@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU () writes: >When I boot on a Mac II (System 4.2, Finder 6.0, 1 meg, Rodime >140meg, and not much else), I an error message near the bottom of >the screen during the startup: > > Online: Open/Read error with OnBase > >It appears a few seconds after "Welcome to Macintosh" and >disappears when the "Welcome...." does. > >What does this mean, and what kinds of remedies are there? > The message that you report is generated by the INIT 'Programmer's Online Companion' when it can not find its datafile (OnBase). Therefore it would seem that someone installed 'POG' into your system (it's one of the old fashioned INIT that goes into yur system file) and forgot to install the database. Hope that helps... /* ============================================================ */ /* Leonard Rosenthol | GEnie: MACgician */ /* President, Lazerware inc. | Delphi: MACgician */ /* | MacNet: MACgician */ /* denn@violet.berkeley.edu | AppleLink: D0025 */ /* ============================================================ */ /* Anything I say may be taken as truth, but you never know */ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */ /* ============================================================ */ /* Leonard Rosenthol | GEnie: MACgician */ /* President, Lazerware inc. | Delphi: MACgician */ /* | MacNet: MACgician */ /* denn@violet.berkeley.edu | AppleLink: D0025 */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!pasteur!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!denn From: denn@violet.berkeley.edu (Leonard Rosenthol) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: error msg "Online: Open/Read error with OnBase" Summary: Here's the solution! Keywords: POG, Online Companion Message-ID: <15086@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 6 Oct 88 16:51:13 GMT References: <16550@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 33