jbm@hpfijbm.HP.COM (Jim Moy) (01/13/90)
I just got my copy of SuitCaseII and installed it on my SE running 6.01. It seems that this has caused McSink to slow down quite perceptibly, and causes it to bomb occasionally. I can type ahead of it very easily now. I tried installing McSink in the System File, loading the rest of the DA's via SuitCase and still had the same problem. Un-install SuitCase and McSink is back up to speed and operating flawlessly. Has anyone run into this and worked around it? Jim Moy
Armadillo@cup.portal.com (Russ Armadillo Coffman) (01/14/90)
Jim - the McSink slowdown has been around for a while, but the author was never able to pinpoint the problem. For me version 6.5 was unusably slow, so I just used the previous version. Then, for some reason I don't know, other than possibly updating to System 6.0.4, McSink 6.5 now works fine. Try updating to System 6.0.4 for openers. -Russ
ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) (01/18/90)
In article <25894@cup.portal.com> Armadillo@cup.portal.com (Russ Armadillo Coffman) writes: >Jim - the McSink slowdown has been around for a while, but the author was >never able to pinpoint the problem. For me version 6.5 was unusably slow, so I >just used the previous version. Then, for some reason I don't know, other than >possibly updating to System 6.0.4, McSink 6.5 now works fine. Try updating to >System 6.0.4 for openers. -Russ Does Vantage, the commercial version of McSink, have this problem? I've been thinking about getting it, since McSink's performance is so abysmal as to make it useless for actual text entry (it's still good for text manipulation, though), but I don't want to spend the $54 MacConnection is asking and then get bitten by the same bug. BTW, I tried going back to version 6.3b, but there are bugs there which drive me batty, like the fact that when the window menus are enabled the menu bar menu doesn't work; I also still found a text lag, though not nearly as bad as version 6.5. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@lzfme.att.com att!lzfme!ralph Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.
Armadillo@cup.portal.com (Russ Armadillo Coffman) (01/21/90)
Russ writes: >>Jim - the McSink slowdown has been around for a while, but the author was >>never able to pinpoint the problem. For me version 6.5 was unusably slow, so >>I just used the previous version. Then, for some reason I don't know, other >>than possibly updating to System 6.0.4, McSink 6.5 now works fine. Try >>updating to System 6.0.4 for openers. -Russ Ralph Brandi asks: >Does Vantage, the commercial version of McSink, have this problem? Dunno. I never got Vantage because it, like McSink, didn't have word wrap. Just read in MacAbuser that the latest version does have word wrap, so when I get my hands on a dollar again I might just go for it. -Russ Mac Guy Sales & Corp. Mac support whiz Still looking for permanent MacWork