Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!billkatt From: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: BroadCast and SuperMac monitor cables Message-ID: <3ff6205b.18426@jake.engin.umich.edu> Date: 29 Nov 88 20:23:00 GMT References: <6896@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Reply-To: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) Organization: caen Lines: 29 In article <6896@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) writes: >I installed System 6.0.2 on my computer at home recently, and shortly began >to notice problems with the BroadCast rdev, which lets you send messages to >other users on an AppleTalk network. The rdev has a pop-up menu of icons >to send along with your message, and clicking on this now produces an >instant system error. Moreover, after a while like that, just selecting >the person to send to is producing a system error. I took a look at it on >the one computer in our department that has the latest System, and found >that the same problem with the icon menu is occurring. BroadCast always >has and still does work just fine on our computers which we haven't yet >upgraded from System Upgrade 5.0. Anyone have any ideas why BroadCast isn't >working properly? The version I have is 0.5b3. > I have mailed this patch to a few people, but here I'll post it for everyone. Get out your favorite disk editor and open BroadCast. Search for the hex sequence 'A9FF' replace this sequence with '4E71'. This sequence should only occur once. This will fix the problem with the icon menu. I'm not aware of any side effects, but keep flames at 'low heat', OK? +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu | | 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ | Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | +-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | | "You remember the IIe, it +---------------------------------------------+ | was the machine Apple made before they decided people didn't need | | machines with big screens, color, or slots." | | - Harry Anderson (from NBC's Night Court) | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+