Article View: net.micro.atari16
Article #1708Re: Query
From: Paul Higginbottom
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1986 02:34
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1986 02:34
20 lines
1544 bytes
1544 bytes
In article <839@edison.UUCP> dca@edison.UUCP (David Albrecht) writes: >If you decide to 'play around' with an Amiga let me give you a word to the >wise. The system tasks and the disk driver are separate in the Amiga and >the communication is not real tight. What this means is that the task may >prompt you to swap disks while the disk driver is still writing to it. >If you don't sit and stare at the disk light you will take the disk out >while the Amiga is writing to it. I had quite a number of crashes that >I blame on this. Once I 'trained' myself to not pull the disk until the >light is out no matter what the screen says crashes have been extremely >infrequent. > >David Albrecht This is fixed in system software version 1.2. AmigaDOS will not put up a requester asking for a disk until ALL disk activity is finished. Regards, Paul Higginbottom. Disclaimer: I do not work for Commodore, and opinions expressed are my own.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<703@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!caip!cbmvax!higginReferences:
<503@elmgate.UUCP> <8608061704.AA23758@ames-nas.ARPA> <839@edison.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!caip!cbmvax!higgin From: higgin@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Query Message-ID: <703@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Sep-86 22:34:02 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.703 Posted: Fri Sep 5 22:34:02 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Sep-86 02:11:47 EDT References: <503@elmgate.UUCP> <8608061704.AA23758@ames-nas.ARPA> <839@edison.UUCP> Reply-To: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20