ÔO : ÁLL INTERESTED IN ÅÂÂÓ 128 V4.0 ÆROM : ÅD ÐARRY, ÅÂÂÓ ÈÑ, ÓEPULVEDA, ÃÁ ÓUBJ : ÅRRATA 01 - ÅÂÂÓ 128 V4.0 KNOWN BUG NOTES ÄATE : 20 ÁUG 1988 ÈI ÇUYS! ÈERE ARE SOME ERRATA NOTES THAT HAVE COME UP SINCE THE RELEASE OF ÅÂÂÓ 128 V4.0 ON THE 14TH OF ÁUGUST, 1988: 1) ÕSERFILE ÅDITOR ÌEVEL CALCULATOR: É FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE TEXT FILE THAT TO INVOKE THE USERFILE LEVEL CALCULATOR YOU MUST ENTER "Ã" AS THE LEVEL INSTEAD OF A NUMBER. 2) ÌOGON ÉÌÌÅÇÁÌ ÑÕÁÎÔÉÔÙ ERROR: ÔHIS IS A TRUE BUG (!) BUT CAN BE GOT AROUND EASILY. ÊUST MAKE ÓÕÒÅ TO POST AN "OB" FILE (ÏPENING BULLETIN) AND INCLUDE THE DATE. ÉF THE "OB" FILE IS NOT THERE É FORGOT TO ACCOUNT FOR IT (É ADDED THE 'ÓËÉÐ ÏÂ ÒÏÕÔÉÎÅ' A FEW DAYS BEFORE RELEASE...) 3) ÌOAD & ÅDIT ÃÆÇ40.128 FILE: ÔHE EDITOR ÓÈÏÕÌÄ JUST STOP AFTER TRYING TO LOAD A FILE MORE THAN 500 LINES BUT É HAVE FOUND THAT IT WILL LOCK UP ÅÂÂÓ INSTEAD! ÔHE ÃÆÇ40.128 FILE IS ÍÏÒÅ THAN 500 LINES LONG SO DO NOT TRY TO LOAD & EDIT IT FROM WITHIN ÅÂÂÓ 128 V4.0'S LOAD AND EDIT OPTION. 4) ÌOCAL ÄÉÒÅÃÔÏÒÙ COMMAND: É HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS ÏÎÅ OVER THE ACTUAL COUNT. (ÉÅ: 10 ENTRIES WHEN THERE IS REALLY NINE.) ÒEMOTE ENTRIES COUNT IS OKAY THO. 5) ØMODEM 1& ÁÒÃ: ×HEN *É* TRIED TO ÕÌ & ÄÌ THE ÅÂÂÓ128/40.ÁÒÃ FILE É FOUND THAT XMODEM 1K WOULD CAUSE ÁÒÃ SOME PROBLEMS. É SUGGEST ØMODEM/ÃÒÃ OR ÎEW ÐUNTER TO ÄÌ THE FILE. É HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A FEW REPORTS OF ERRATIC & UNDUPLICATABLE PROBLEMS THAT É SUSPECT ARE DUE TO XMODEM CHECKSUM ÄÌ'S. (×HICH IS NOT VERY ROBUST WHEN IT COMES TO ERROR DETECTION ON EVEN MILDLY NOISY LINES.) 6) Ã/Ç MODE: ×HEN INPUTTING TEXT A USER IS ALLOWED TO INPUT STRINGS WHICH CONSIST OF ÃÒÓÒ CONTROLS WHICH CAN EVENTUALLY ADD UP TO MORE THAN 255 BYTES WHICH WILL CAUSE AND ERROR (STRING TOO LONG) WHICH WILL CAUSE ÅÂÂÓ 128 V4.0 TO RESET. ÔHIS IS A REAL BUG BUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ÎÏÎ CRITICAL SINCE ÅÂÂÓ"S ERROR RECOVERY AVOIDS A CRASH. 7) ÔERMINAL ÍODE: É FOUND WHEN CERTAIN DRIVE ERRORS OCCUR WHEN TRYING TO DO ÄÉÒ ÃÍÄ OR ÄÏÓ ÃÍÄ THAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM LOCKS UP GIVING A CONTINIOUS LOOP OF CAPITOL "Ç"'S DOWN THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN. ÔHE ONLY THING É HAVE FOUND TO SOLVE OR ABORT THIS PROBLEM IS A COLD RESET. 8) ÃOPY MODE: ÔHE BLOCK COUNTERS ARE STILL OFF A LITTLE BIT. ÔHIS IS BECAUSE É USE A 256 BYTE BLOCK WHEN ACTUAL DATA IN A ÃÂÍ BLOCK IS 254 BYTES. ÔHE 1ST TWO BYTES OF THE BLOCKS ARE ACTUALLY USED BY ÄÏÓ AS ÎÅØÔ ÂÌÏÃË LINK INDICATORS AND SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED AS DATA. ÅP -ÅÏÆ-