Msg: 5673 *Conference*
02-16-95 15:16:16
From: THOMAS MCKEAN
To : ALL
Subj: BOOSTER PAK BLUES
I recently Received my Booster Pak in the mail... Wow! What an ingenius device! Turns the M-100 into a SUPER M-100! I like the new (and much improved) operating system, the macro processing is really kewl and best of all we have a KILL function key now! YAY! But still I seem to be having a problem? I don't know? Let me see if I can explain. Try to follow, this is difficult: I start with a virgin 32k M-100. This has 29638 bytes free. All well and good. Then I go to BASIC and do this, as per directions: OUT 5,0 CALL 911 Here is what I see: ***** RAMdisk Directory BAD ***** Do you want to FORMAT RAMdisk (Y/N)? Fine, I put "Y" so my RAMdisk will be formatted. NOW ... I am in the Booster Pak (v1.23) with my ASTRO and my X-TEL and I have 419840 bytes free. My Workspace has 29382 bytes free. So far, so good, yes? No? Next, as an experiment, I move the ASTRO files to a directory and the X-TEL files to another directory. According to the docs, this should NOT be a problem... Now with the addition of the two subdirectories, I am down to 417792 bytes. HERE is the problem. If I turn the machine OFF and then come back to it later (this is normally done, yes?), then everything CHANGES the second it is back on? The screen gets garbled and I have like 221273 bytes free, or something like that. Software won't load and then if I try to fix it... RAMdisk Directory BAD Do you want to FORMAT RAMdisk? At this point, my only thought is that one (maybe more?) of the 32k chips is bad? I don't know? Something is NOT right here... stc I had the thought as I was uploading this that the problem MIGHT be in the M-100 itself? How can I tell what is wrong? And how do I fix?