thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (04/13/86)
I am having trouble running MicroSoft Word on an upgraded Mac 512 (i.e., 128K rom and 800K disk). In particular, it hangs when it tries to print. I think you'll agree that a word processing program that can't print is pretty useless. Some particulars: I am using the 'old' system (pre Mac+, not sure of the exact version). MacWrite will print successfully under these conditions. I got Word to print today using the Assimilation Work-n-Print DA (I guess it works because Word isn't opening the Imagewriter driver directly). It also hangs trying to create a PostScript file with LaserWriter. I haven't tried it with System 3.1 (can't find one on a Saturday), nor have I tried it with a LaserWriter on Appletalk (they're not accessible today, either). Anybody got any hints? I eventually need LW output, so using Work-n-Print won't hack it. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA)
henry@rochester.ARPA (04/17/86)
From: Henry.Kautz >I am having trouble running MicroSoft Word on an upgraded Mac 512 (i.e., >128K rom and 800K disk). In particular, it hangs when it tries to >print. I think you'll agree that a word processing program that can't >print is pretty useless. Some particulars: I am using the 'old' system >(pre Mac+, not sure of the exact version). MacWrite will print So, why don't you use the new system?! ---- Henry Kautz :uucp: {seismo|allegra}!rochester!henry :arpa: henry@rochester :mail: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 :phone: (716) 275-5766
callen@ada-uts (05/06/86)
I've noticed that Word is SLOWER redrawing the screen on a Mac+ than it is on my old 512K Mac! This is wierd, since just about everything else I've tried runs noticably faster (sorry about the subjective comments - I'll try to get a watch and do some clocking). Quickdraw was sped up in the new ROMs - but what about the Font Manager? The new Font Manager allows for (essentially) font metrics files - do they slow down the drawing of text? -- Jerry Callen ...(ima,ihnp4)!inmet!ada-uts!callen