Re: Macs in Astronomy Updated; Canon 20D under Mac & Windows

From: Chris L Peterson (clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:03:40 GMT

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:59:11 -0700, Tim Killian <TJK@notmyrealemail.com>
wrote:

> From the frequency of kernel panics you describe, it's possible you
>have some marginal RAM that's flaky under OS X. Many of the 512MB sticks
>that worked fine under OS 9 are problematic when used in a machine
>running OS X. Run a good RAM diagnostic (Apple's RAM check is lame) or
>swap the memory from another machine before you blame the kernel.

I do software development professionally. The equipment is in top notch
shape, and I know there are no hardware problems. I see this on more
than one machine, and I know other developers and users who see it as
well. I do, in fact, blame the kernel.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

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