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Simon Slavin <slavins@hearsay.demon.co.uk.NOJUNK> wrote:

> In article <19971229182345168015@newtechd.demon.co.uk>,
> alan.frame@acm.org (Alan W. Frame) wrote:
> 
> > ISTR, one of the "fixes" in 7.5.5 & 7.6 was that they're would
> > be fewer Type 11 errors on PPC boxes. The cynical have suggested
> > that's just because they are correctly identified as other specific
> > errors and not just reported as miscellaneous hardware exception 
> > type 11 errors...
> 
> No, that's actually what Apple described it as doing.  If the 680x0
> emulator crashed in the earlier systems, it was always reported as
> a Type 11 error.  The fix meant that the PPC would analyse how the
> emulator had crashed and report the appropriate error message.  I
> don't think there was any suggestion that there'd be fewer crashes.
> 
> ... except that, given the correct error message, the user would be
> more likely to be able to work out why the crash had happened and
> figure out how to prevent it from happening again.

Also, a type 11 always forced a restart, while a type 1 or 2 frex gives
you at least the chance to save your work in other open apps etc. If
you're adequtely brave, you can often carry on OK.
-- 
'ric