Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!apollo!oj
From: oj@apollo.COM (Ellis Oliver Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Icon files
Message-ID: <3ec1e7cf.d5b2@apollo.COM>
Date: 29 Sep 88 13:30:00 GMT
References: <9520@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Reply-To: oj@canyon.UUCP (Ellis Oliver Jones)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <9520@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> dave@jplopto.UUCP (Dave Hayes) writes:
>What does the mysterious "reference to illegal address" error from the DM
>mean in relation to font files? Once this happens, all my icons go away.
>Sometimes my transcript pads go away too. This is not desirable. 

(Mail to Dave Hayes has been bouncing...)
I take it you're trying to load a font file, and the DM error
crops up right after the load or possibly on the first use of
a character from the font.  Reading between the lines of your posting,
it looks like you might be loading an icon font.  I suspect the font file 
is corrupted.  As to how it got that way....

Could you send more information (such as the font file, your SR,
your node type, what you're trying to do)?  Would you be willing to 
file an Apollo Problem Report (APR)? 

Thanks for your patience.
/Ollie Jones oj@apollo.com (speaking for myself, not necessarily for Apollo Computer, Inc.)
(508)256-6600