Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site 3comvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!3comvax!brianb From: brianb@3comvax.UUCP (Brian Bechtel) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.sources.mac Subject: Re: A program and a flame. . . Message-ID: <280@3comvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 11:46:10 EST Article-I.D.: 3comvax.280 Posted: Tue Nov 12 11:46:10 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 00:22:17 EST References: <480@spice.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: 3Com Corp; Mountain View, CA Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.micro.mac:3416 net.sources.mac:713 >The approach that my program takes, therefore, is to try >to close every driver with a resource ID between 12 and 31; this seems >to work fairly well. It certainly works better than the approach of >doing nothing and letting the system crash and burn. . . Sorry. Apple changed the rules. In a document distributed with the May 1985 software supplement, titled "Life After Font/DA Mover -- How To Make Sure Your Desk Accessory Still Works" you find the lines: ---------- By the Way... Before the Font/DA Mover, desk accessories could have an ID in the range 12 to 31. Now, and in the future, desk accessories can only have IDs in the range 12 to 26. The Font/DA Mover will only assign numbers in this range. Numbers 27 thru 31 are reserved for dynamic allocation of IDs at runtime for disk drivers, mail servers, etc. ---------- EtherMac is such a product. Sampler will close our Appletalk/Ethernet driver, which is disasterous if you're running from the network. The only way to recover is to reboot. The close code should look like: CloseAllAccs() { int i; for (i = 12; i < 27; i++) CloseDeskAcc(-i-1); } and everything will be fine. --Brian Bechtel {apple, bnrmtv, oliveb}!3comvax!brianb