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   Someone I work with just got a Mac II (1 Mbyte ram, 40 Meg HD) with a Sigma
Laserview 19" display and video board.  The system has been crashing almost
consistently since he got the system (about a week ago).  So far it's bombed
in Quark, MS Word, and even the Mac II tutorial disk, sometimes at varying
places, others at the exact same place (tutorial).  
   Sigma provided a little Cdev program to control resolution, font size, and
screen blanking, which is accessed through the Control Panel.  You can select
it fine, but after that, once you move the mouse, you get a bomb and a low
ID error (1-3, I believe).  
  I should mention that the system was originally shipped with System/Finder
6.0/6.1.  I heard that Sys 6.0 had some problems, so I upgraded to 6.0.2.  
Some things worked a little better, but not much.  I also tried S/F 4.2/6.0,
with no better luck.  The Laserview cdev (v. 1.21) was also pulled out of the
System Folder, and again not much change (still crashed occasionally).
  I haven't had the chance to verify his tutorial disk on a regualr Mac II
with an Apple video board, but my first feeling is that there is definitely
something about the board that the system doesn't like.  Sigma provides a
diagnostic disk, and all tests passed.  I didn't recommend the monitor/card,
but I will probably be the person more or less responsible for getting the
system working.  I'm going to try to call Sigma, but I'm not positive that
they will be able to provide much help, so any help that you could provide
would be appreciated.

						Jeff White
						Drexel University - ECE Dept.
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