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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3976.0. "Review of some new utilities" by MEO78B::MANDERSON (Photographers do it in dark rooms) Tue Jul 31 1990 10:47

    Has anyone tried some of the 'bits and pieces' lately??
    
    FASTBLIT: (one of the latest Fish disks)
    I like this one and it seems to really work. What about
    anyone else??
    
    NCOMM comms package: (one of the latest Fish disks)
    
    I like the look of it but haven't got a modem at home to play with it
    at the moment. Am interested in how it works into, and as, a BBS.
    
    Is there a newer version (the FF one is March 90) and has anyone
    (probably in Europe) got it, if it exists, off their BBS??
    
    Has anyone tried it to compare it with VLT, JRcomm, Handshake etc??
    would like to see a comparison.
    
    LS: (Thanks to whoever put it up last week - sorry can't remember who)
    
    I *like* LS but am unable to use is reliably when my default directory is
    SYS: - like it GURU's me 2/3 of the time. OK in every other directory
    but there. I was hoping V4.0 would have fixed the V3.1 problem but
    unfortunately it doesn't.
    
    regards
     Kevin.
    
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3976.1LEDS::ACCIARDILarger than life, and twice as uglyTue Jul 31 1990 10:555
    
    I've had FASTBLIT installed for several months, and, while it hasn't
    caused any strange behavior, I haven't noticed any speedups either.
    
    Ed.
3976.2ConsultronDICKNS::MACDONALDVAXELN - Realtime Software PubsTue Jul 31 1990 12:121
    Consultron (authors of CrossDOS) use NCOMM for their BBS.
3976.3No probs w/ ls hereHPSCAD::DMCARRAsleep at the mouseTue Jul 31 1990 22:3315
    
    re: .0
    
>    I *like* LS but am unable to use is reliably when my default directory is
>    SYS: - like it GURU's me 2/3 of the time. OK in every other directory
>    but there. I was hoping V4.0 would have fixed the V3.1 problem but
>    unfortunately it doesn't.
    
     FWIW, I've been using ls (3.1) for 5 or 6 months now, and have never
     had it guru on me, even from the sys: directory. I've made it resident
     as it gets a lot of use.

							-Dom
    

3976.4great feedback.MEO78B::MANDERSONPhotographers do it in darkroomsWed Aug 01 1990 05:2010
>    FWIW, I've been using ls (3.1) for 5 or 6 months now, and have never
>    had it guru on me, even from the sys: directory. I've made it resident
>    as it gets a lot of use.
    
    wish it was the same here. I have tried everything back down to the
    distribution disk for WB and still the same. Still use it but not
    in and of the sys: directory.
    
    regards
    kevin
3976.5WJG::GUINEAUWed Aug 01 1990 08:115
I've also used ls 3.1 for a looong time and it's fine...

Try increasing your STACK.

john
3976.6LS 3.1CSC32::J_MANNINGOnly Amiga Makes it PossibleWed Aug 01 1990 17:587
    I am glad to see that I am not the only one that gets a task held
    requester when using ls.  My problem seems to be a little different.  I
    have 3 partitions on my system.  As long as I use DIR or LIST before
    using LS then everything is fine.  If I try to use LS on a directory
    before doing anything else to that partition then I get a task held
    requester.  It is very strange...
    
3976.7Works OK for me, too.DECWET::DAVISLucid dreamingWed Aug 01 1990 18:553
I also use ls 3.1(now v4.0) with no problems.  My stack is set in most of my
shells to 4K and it hasn't caused any crashes on my setup.  I will try a
recursive listing of SYS: and see what happens.
3976.8LODGE::LENDavid M. LenThu Aug 02 1990 10:0810
    I also have been using ls 3.1 for a long time without any problem.  The
    only restriction that I have found is that it is NOT fully re-entrant
    code.  I have made it resident and it works correctly if you do not run
    it from 2 shells at the same time.
    
    About ls 4.0
    
    I am not certain if I want to go to 4.0.  Have you compared the size of
    4.0 to 3.1, it is a pretty big jump.  The only reason I currently have
    to go to 4.0 is that it claims to be fully re-entrant.
3976.9WARNING ABOUT LS V4.0 - BEWARE DECWET::DAVISLucid dreamingThu Aug 02 1990 13:2214
I entered the command "ls -T sys:", The shell returned with its prompt but no
files or directories were displayed.  I tried it a couple of times with
the same results.  I typed the command, "ls wb1.3"(volume label for my boot
partition), and just got the shell prompt back. MY ENTIRE PARTITION WAS
WIPED OUT.  C: SYS: LIBS: L: DEVS:, etc...  I tried to reboot and got the
NOT A DOS DISK requestor.

I HAD TO REFORMAT MY BOOT DRIVE!!!  My other drive is okay.  Luckily I had
done a full backup the night before and was going to reformat the drive in
anticipation of my new supra controller.  I am going to experiment some
more with LS V4.0 later in the week but in the meantime I suggest you exercise
care when using it.  

Mark