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From: nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Font Manager 601 & Teach Bug [Was System 602]
Date: 23 Feb 1996 09:13:00 GMT
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In article <4gigjv$m2i@tuba.cit.cornell.edu>,
Jay Krell <jmk3@crux4.cit.cornell.edu> wrote:
>Wow, Nate, very impressive. Maybe Dave can stop by and confirm it.
>It was actually someone else that gave the good description, though
>I confirmed it. (I also reported it less well a few years ago.)

   That's about the 6th bug I've found in other people's programs.
For a quick list, they are:

Font Manager 6.0.1 - 2 bugs. The one just reported and the no font
sizes available fixed by FixFontMgr601

GNO/ME 2.0.4 - Memory trashing bug with pathname expansions. Fixed
by FixKern204 & FixKern204B

TMTerm 1.1 - Memory trashing bug. Fixed by FixKern204B

Orca/M 2.0.1 - Memory trashing bug. Fixed by the [FixKern204C pulled
from release on request] next release of Orca/M.

Finder 6.0.1 - Memory trashing bug caused by unrelocated code. Fixed
in Rebuilder, published by Softdisk Publishing.

   As I've said before, if someone has an easily repeatable case (like
this one), I'll see if I can duplicate and track it down. This is a
standing offer to the Apple II community, for nothing more than the
desire to make things be more stable. Of course, there are no
guarantees that I will be able to duplicate it reliably (I went
through about 40-50 reboots in tracking this bug), or have the time,
but I'd like to hear about bugs.

Nathan Mates

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