Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl, Mac OS 8, and AppleScript

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 09.03 -0500 1999.02.23, Peter Westlake wrote:
>At 07:57 1999-02-23 -0500, Chris Nandor wrote:
>>At 06.58 -0500 1999.02.23, Peter Westlake wrote:
>>>Is MacPerl 5.2.0r4 compatible with Mac OS 8.1 and 8.5.1?
>>
>>I hope so, I've been using it on 8.5.1 for a long time now.  :)
>
>That's encouraging! Does your 8.5.1 lose its network connection
>from time to time, BTW?

No.  That is, I lose my network connections, but I cannot say that it is
related to the OS.  Normally, it is related to bad phone lines or the ISP
itself.

I actually did have a problem with connecting to AppleShare hosts over
Ethernet under 8.5, and I fixed it by zapping my PRAM.  Whenever I cannot
diagnose a problem, I:

* Restart
* Check for viruses (if check fails, try again later)
* Run Disk First Aid
* Delete and Rebuild the Desktop(s)
* Reset the Power Manager (on my PowerBook)
* Zap the PRAM
* Run Disk First Aid again


>>Hm.  The following here does nothing?
>>
>>  #!perl -w
>>  $script = 'display dialog "foo"';
>>  MacPerl::DoAppleScript($script);

>Update: it *appears* to do nothing, but in fact inflicts enough
>damage behind the scenes to crash the machine soon after. I tried
>restarting after I had run this, just in case, and the machine
>froze completely once again, only responding to the button on the
>front panel.

Hm, something is hosed.  You might need a system reinstall.  Do the
troubleshooting above, then think about a move on to a MacPerl reinstall,
and then a system reinstall.

But maybe someone else has some easier solutions first.  But it sounds
pretty serious to me, that I would at least try the troubleshooting above.

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