Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!gatech!emory!riddle From: riddle@emory.uucp (Larry Riddle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Does Continuum have problems with Appleshare? Keywords: Continuum, Appleshare Message-ID: <3124@emory.uucp> Date: 10 Aug 88 03:06:28 GMT Organization: Math & Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta Lines: 36 I have had problems when playing Continuum with crashes upon trying to quit the game. After much experimenting with moving files in and out of my system folder, I believe I have narrowed the culprit down to the Appleshare chooser document. Setup: System 4.2, finder 6.0 on MacPlus with Dataframe 20 If I start Continuum and immediately quit, without playing, I can get back to the finder. If I start a game, however, upon quitting I get an ID=2 bomb, but can choose the restart button in the bomb alert and restart the mac. When I say "start a game", it is sufficient to do a cntrl-A to self-destruct your first vessel, then a cntl-Q to get back to the main menu, then choose "quit" from the file menu. I removed *everything* from my system folder except for the system file and the finder. I could then play and quit the game without crashing. As soon as I put the Appleshare chooser document file in the system folder (this is the file that shows up in the chooser so that you can initiate an Appleshare request) then the crashes start to occur again upon quitting Continuum. This remained true even when I put back all the other files into the system folder. Without the Appleshare chooser document, no crashes - with the Appleshare chooser document, crash upon quit. This happens whether or not AppleTalk is connected. A further experiment may prove helpful. I created a floppy containing only the system and finder from my hard drive, and the Continuum files. I could boot off this disk and play the game with no problems or crashes. As soon as I added the appleshare chooser document to the floppy, the crashes would come back. -- Larry Riddle | gatech!emory!riddle USENET Emory University | riddle@emory CSNET,BITNET Dept of Math and CS | riddle.emory@csnet-relay ARPANET Atlanta, Ga 30322 | (404) 727-7922 AT@T