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Article #2694Re: Help with Desk Accessories: accessory loaders.
From: Alan Davis
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1986 17:10
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1986 17:10
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In article <448@atari.UUcp> dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) writes:
>> >....Is there some
>> >way of putting a *desk acc. loader* into my AUTO folder, which would
>> >load the accessories?
>>
>> I believe that I have a file that will do that. As soon as I verify
>> that the critter runs(I have never ran it before) I will post it.
>
>It seems unlikely that the critter will run, since the desktop
>and AES have not been initialized at the time \AUTO folder
>execution takes place. Doing an AES call from an AUTO program
>will likely result in a crash ->thud<- and an endless cycle of
>reboots. Life is like that sometimes.
>--
>
>-Landon Dyer, Atari Corp. {sun,lll-lcc,imagen}!atari!dyer
I have a desk accessory loader in my auto folder that works just
fine. If you would like a copy of it, send me a note and we'll
give it a whirl.
Alan Davis
Purdue University Computing Center
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!i.cc.purdue.edu!afo From: afo@i.cc.purdue.edu (Alan Davis) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Help with Desk Accessories: accessory loaders. Message-ID: <1629@i.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 12:10:57 EST Article-I.D.: i.1629 Posted: Mon Nov 3 12:10:57 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Nov-86 01:06:12 EST References: <1745@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> <699@chinet.UUCP> <448@atari.UUcp> Reply-To: afo@i.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Alan Davis) Distribution: na Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 29 Keywords: desk accesories, loaders Summary: I have one that works