Number: 1515

Date: 27-Jun-84 13':17':52

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: Masinter.pa

Subject: trying to access FLOPPY on Dorado merely hangs

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Description: '
Date': 26 Jun 84 15':22 PDT'
From': Masinter.pa'
Subject': Lisp': trying to access FLOPPY on Dorado merely hangs'
To': LispSupport.pa'
cc': Masinter.pa'
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Lisp System Date': 19-Jun-84 14':48':49'
Machine': Dorado (Plaza)'
Microcode version': 24,4'
Memory size': 10000'
Frequency': Always'
Impact': Annoying'
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I think it should cause an error, NO SUCH DEVICE or some such, rather than just spinning waiting for the floppy to respond when there isn''t one.'
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Larry'
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Workaround: 

Test Case: 

Edit-By: Sannella.PA

Edit-Date: 17-Aug-84 11':33':22

Attn: 

Assigned To: ROACH

In/By: Harmony

Disposition: [DATE': 23-JUL-84 ROACH Presumably "access" means OPENFILE.  FLOPPY will print "Floppy': No floppy drive on this machine" before generating the system error "FILE WON''T OPEN".  Other operations, such as DIR {FLOPPY}* will continue to not generate an error, but instead make {FLOPPY} look like it has an empty directory so that file searches work correctly when {FLOPPY} is on the search path.]

System: Operating System

Subsystem: DLion Floppy

Machine: 1132

Disk: 

Microcode Version: 

Memory Size: 

File Server: 

Server Software Version: 

Difficulty: Easy

Frequency: Everytime

Impact: Annoying

Priority: Perhaps

Status: Closed

Problem Type: Bug

Source Files: