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echo: telix
to: DOUG WILSON
from: DAVE LYLE
date: 1997-04-28 22:47:00
subject: Re^2: finally Made The Sw

(( On 04-25-1997, Doug Wilson wrote to Mateusz Mickiewicz: ))
DW>MATEUSZ MICKIEWICZ said to MARK HARRISON on 04-23-97:
DW>=====================================================
DW>MM| I looked in the details tab a number of times and it happens with
DW>  | various programs and sometimes no program. Telix caused the General
DW>  | Fault. "Telix has caused a general fault in ..." This happens
DW>  | randomly as well as when I minimize the window. This seems like a
DW>  | win95 mistake. I have version 1.15a the newest I could find.
DW>Dredging up some very faint memories here ...
DW>I *think* you said the GPFs were being indicated in the GDI module.
DW>If I remember correctly, there were lots of GDI problems in the early
DW>development which were traced to Telix making some video calls
DW>according to the documented Windows standards which were improperly
DW>implemented in the video drivers being supplied by the video card
DW>manufacturers.
Another good test is to switch to the Windows generic VGA driver.  If
the GPF's disapear, it's a good indication that the problem is with the
video driver he's using.
Dave
davel@execpc.com
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