alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (02/26/86)
I don't think all that many programs are going to be incompatible with the new ROMs ( & HFS). The programs listed in a previous message were an unfair selection. Naturally you can't expect disk utilities to work with HFS as-is. Anyway, all those programs are being re-written. Already Copy II Mac 5.0 is out, and it's a nice job. It fully supports HFS. Also, Copy II Mac HD patches, among other things, Ecxel from Microsoft. Works very well. Another program that was mentioned as incompatible was Switcher. It just ain't so. Switcher 2.6 was available for HFS ON THE DATE that the mac+ was introduced. Andy Hertzfeld was giving out copies at the show. Pagemaker 1.1 also works fine with HFS. Like some program, it can get confused by scattered files (in different folders), but a new update is coming in march for free and will correct that problem. The popular desk accessory DiskInfo is already out in an HFS-compatible, more capable form. It was posted on net.mac.sources recently. Lastly, I've got a beta of MacServe. It's wonderful!!! It shows that Appletalk isn't fast enough for intensive remote disk access (about floppy speeds or a little worse) but it's really good for other things... I do wish it could back up single files without having to do an entire volume, though. /Alexis ...ihnp4!physics!ccnysci!alexis