Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!lll-tis!lll-winken!uunet!mcvax!unido!tub!actisb!federico From: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Mega Bug? Keywords: uw bug mega SUPERQUEST Message-ID: <217@actisb.UUCP> Date: 8 Jul 88 05:22:08 GMT References: <513@stag.UUCP> Reply-To: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz) Organization: Actis in Berlin GmbH, W. Germany Lines: 24 In article <513@stag.UUCP> trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) writes: > >Has anyone had problems with programs 'losing the mouse pointer' on Mega 2 >machines? [detailed description of problem deleted] I've seen this problem on my Mega, but I thought it was a bug in the application, not in the ROM. On my machine, it happens when I accidentally drop a menu while the screen is being updated. My assumption that it was the application's fault was based on the fact that menus shouldn't drop while you update the screen, since one should "brace" the update code with a call that tells AES that you are changing the screen contents (I don't remember the function's name). I had this bug happen with some applications, most notoriously with Uniterm and DLII, both by Simon Poole, both written in what's-it's-name Pascal, so I further suspected a bug in this Pascal's GEM support. I couldn't confirm it, since I haven't it, but I reported the problem to Simon. He never answered, though, so I don't know whether he really got my mail. -- Federico Heinz "In Dubio Pro Libido" BIX: fheinz | Beusselstr. 21 UUCP: ...!unido!tub!actisb!federico | 1000 Berlin 21 Tel: (030) 396 77 92 | F.R. Germany.