cosmos@druxj.UUCP (GuestRA) (04/17/85)
I would be very interested in finding out what the latest official
versions of the Mac software is. I currently have a mish-mash of
beta/prototype/pre-release copies of programs such as the Finder,
Imagewriter, MacWrite, etc. The dealers here in Denver don't seem
to know much about what is going on.
Thanks,
Ron Guest
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AT&T ISL
lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) (04/26/85)
I talked to one of our software librarians to find out the latest software
versions. This list is as of 4/25/85 and applies only to released
software.
MacPaint: version 1.5
MacWrite: version 4.5
MacDraw: version 1.7
MacTerminal: version 1.1
System File: dated 04/08/85
Imagewriter: dated 03/06/85
Finder: dated 04/08/85 (version 4.1)
Font/DA Mover: dated 04/09/85
The librarian didn't know the version numbers of MacProject or MacPascal,
but there has only been 1 released version of those products.
As for obtaining new releases of software, I think that in general the
procedure is to get the updates from a dealer. You might need to bring in
the original disk as a proof of purchase. (This is especially true for
things like MacTerminal and MacDraw that are not bundled with the
Macintosh.) For distributing the new Finder, the dealers should have a
system update disk, which automatically installs the new Finder, standard
file package, Imagewriter, etc. files on a disk. (The last 4 files listed
above are contained on the system update disk.)
Hope this clears up some of the confusion.
--
Larry Rosenstein
Apple Computer
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CSNET: lsr@Apple.CSNETdillon@ucbvax.ARPA (Matt Dillon) (04/26/85)
I'm glad that someone is maintaining a library of stuff and posting it to the net. The only thing about it that I found wierd is that, I read the part about 1.1 MacTerminal being the latest while using 1.9 MacTerminal to read it. Boy, technology is really moving fast :-) Other than that, those are the latest that I know of... Any disagreements out there in Net Land??? Peter Korn P.S. This is a friends acct., so don't reply to dillon@...