Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site wnuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!hw3b!wnuxb!djmolny From: djmolny@wnuxb.UUCP (Molny) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple Subject: Macintosh MS-BASIC warts Message-ID: <128@wnuxb.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 11:05:03 EDT Article-I.D.: wnuxb.128 Posted: Mon Jun 18 11:05:03 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:06:21 EDT Organization: WECo. Warrenville Data Center Lines: 24 < clean your plate; there are bugs starving in asia... > Thought I'd share two nasty problems with Microsoft BASIC on the Mac. 1) When saving a large program (by selecting SAVE from the FILE menu), one must wait for the disk to finish spinning before selecting another FILE option (especially NEW, OPEN... or QUIT). Otherwise, the disk write is truncated. This happened several times before I made the connection. I sent Microsoft a bug report on this one. 2) A large quantity of LPRINTs can overrun the Imagewriter's buffer if the printer is set for XON/XOFF protocol. Selecting DTR protocol (by opening dip switch 2, bit 3) fixes the problem. I haven't tried MacWrite or MacPaint with the printer in this mode, but I suspect there will be problems since they worked fine with XON/XOFF. Waiting for "C", DJ Molny, ccom consultants, inc. at AT&T Technologies ihnp4!mgnetp!hw3b!wnuxb!djmolny