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Annotation of MiNT/doc/problems, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: gulam's "mem" command will produce nonsensical results, since it looks
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        !             3: at the GEMDOS memory list directly, and according to GEMDOS all the
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        !             5: computer's memory is allocated to MINT.PRG. "mem" crashes under TOS 1.4
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        !             7: anyways, so this problem is not new.
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        !            11: Turtle reports an error in memory configuration; yet the configuration
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        !            13: printed out looks perfectly fine. I don't know whether this one is
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        !            15: turtle's fault or MiNT's. (Probably turtle's: the problem has also
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        !            17: been reported on newer versions of TOS.)
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        !            21: GFA Basic programs often (usually?) try to use memory they don't own.
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        !            23: Needless to say, this can cause problems under MiNT, ranging from
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        !            25: bus errors to a system crash.
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        !            29: A lot of programs don't act very nicely in a multi-tasking environment.
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        !            31: Programs that redefine the keyboard (eg gulam), run in supervisor mode,
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        !            33: or steal interrupt vectors can cause problems. (Programs in supervisor mode
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        !            35: tend to hog the processor, because MiNT won't pre-empt them -- this may
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        !            37: be excessively cautious of MiNT, but it serves to avoid any problems with
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        !            39: device drivers). If you're only running one program at a time under MiNT,
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        !            41: these problems don't arise.
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