SELLSWORTH@HMCVAX.BITNET ("Scott, part time fuzzy") (07/08/89)
Hello peoples. I have three sys 5.0 related questions.
1. Is it easily available? All of the "authorized dealers" tell me to wait
until "September at the earliest, but more likely october or november." The
mail order houses claim to not know what it is, and all of my local developers
have moved away. Is it on Applelink perhaps? Or is there a kind person who
will mail it?
2. Do the new drivers justify getting an apple SCSI card? I have a CMS card
at the moment which works, but it would be kinda nice to get all the speed out
of the little monster that I can. Put another weay, are the advantages of
having an Apple card and any new drivers worth the hundred bucks it would take
to get one?
3. Is there now or will there be soon a version of Applelink software that
will work with System 5.0? I discovered recently that the GS software would
not work with 4.0. Sigh.
4. Unrelated question: Has anyone heard os any plans to integrate the new
features of Sys 5.0 (like new calls and resource managers) into Orca pascal?
I ordered TML 2 mostly because I did not want to muck about with
undersupported products.
Thanks for your time.
Fuzzy!
Scott Ellsworth
SELLWORTH@HMCVAX
sellswor@jarthur.claremont.eduSEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (07/09/89)
>1. Is it easily available? All of the "authorized dealers" tell me to wait >until "September at the earliest, but more likely october or november." The >mail order houses claim to not know what it is, and all of my local developers >have moved away. Is it on Applelink perhaps? Or is there a kind person who >will mail it? System software is copyrighted and commercial. Mail order houses probably will NOT carry it at all (do they carry System 4?). Although it was announced at AppleFest (and some beta versions were around for display purposes), Apple hasn't announced an availablility date. Some rumors say August, but your dealers' estimate of September is probably reasonable. If you keep reading this list, you're likely to know within hours of official release. Don't look for it on AppleLink, if somone mails you a copy it's likely to be one of the beta versions that was "liberated" at Applefest (known to have bugs that can do wonderful things like scramble the file directories on your hard disk). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (07/10/89)
>Hello peoples. I have three sys 5.0 related questions. > >1. Is it easily available? All of the "authorized dealers" tell me to wait >until "September at the earliest, but more likely october or november." The >mail order houses claim to not know what it is, and all of my local developers >have moved away. Is it on Applelink perhaps? Or is there a kind person who >will mail it? > The word from Apple is "this summer". This fall is not this summer. I have no reason to believe that they will not make the summer goal. >2. Do the new drivers justify getting an apple SCSI card? I have a CMS card >at the moment which works, but it would be kinda nice to get all the speed out >of the little monster that I can. Put another weay, are the advantages of >having an Apple card and any new drivers worth the hundred bucks it would take >to get one? > This one's up to you - you might get an Apple SCSI card and then decide in a few months that you want to buy the brand X super-SCSI card with its own drivers and hardware acceleration. I would think that if you're not plainly dissatisfied with the current setup, it's not justified to change it. >3. Is there now or will there be soon a version of Applelink software that >will work with System 5.0? I discovered recently that the GS software would >not work with 4.0. Sigh. > Huh? It always worked under 4.0 for me. > >4. Unrelated question: Has anyone heard os any plans to integrate the new >features of Sys 5.0 (like new calls and resource managers) into Orca pascal? >I ordered TML 2 mostly because I did not want to muck about with >undersupported products. > How is this unrelated to 5.0 (or did you just want us not to notice you said "three" at the top?) :-) New calls get "supported" by creating new interface files. I believe Byte Works has said that they are planning an interface upgrade when 5.0 becomes available, but I have no more details. I personally don't believe either TML or Byte Works products to be "under supported" - TML is diving back into the GS marked full steam, and Byte Works continues to give excellent online support on both GEnie and AppleLink - Personal Edition. > Thanks for your time. > > Fuzzy! > Scott Ellsworth > SELLWORTH@HMCVAX > sellswor@jarthur.claremont.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions expressed in this tome Send PERSONAL mail ONLY (please) to: | should not be construed to imply that AppleLink PE: Matt DTS GEnie: AIIDTS | Apple Computer, Inc., or any of its CompuServe: 76703,3030 | subsidiaries, in whole or in part, Usenet: mattd@apple.com | have any opinion on any subject." UUCP: (other stuff)!ames!apple!mattd | "So there." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------