Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!uwmcsd1!lakesys!rich From: rich@lakesys.UUCP (Rich Dankert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: To Fix or Not To Fix Message-ID: <965@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 16 Aug 88 04:55:54 GMT References: <635@ihnet.ATT.COM> Reply-To: rich@lakesys.UUCP (Rich Dankert) Distribution: na Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 38 In article <635@ihnet.ATT.COM> bryan@ihnet.ATT.COM (b. k. delaney) writes: > >There is a very simple solution to the problem of fixing things in >the ROMS that cause bad programs to break. > >If you have a program that does not work with the old version of the OS >then boot from Floppy the old version of the OS and use your program!! > >Remember the Original 520ST came with a floppy that booted in the OS One thing that one *must remember here though. Although one can boo ththe old rom from floppy, that does not mean the program will work. I have the Blit roms installed in my machine, and although say a program bombs with say 4 bombs, when I boot the TOS on disk, and then run the program, I get 2 bombs, er mushrooms... One comes immediatley to mind, say ST Accounts. Also remember that many are self booting disks, and don't always blow GEM\TOS out of the machine. > > Bryan DeLaney > AT&T Bell Laboratories > Naperville, IL rich..... UUCP: {uwvax}!uwmcsd1!lakesys!rich -- Disclaimer: The words, expressions posted here are my own..... Nothing is ever so bad that it can't be made worse by trying to fix it -- Law of the Hacker