chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (06/17/89)
It was announced on CompuServe last night that Letraset has acknowledged a
pretty nasty bug in Ready Set Go 4.5. It seems that Superclock (or any INIT
that plays with the menubar in the background) causes problems with their
memory management and will cause RSG to crash.
This is a bug I'd been arguing with them over for months before I gave up.
I'm glad they finally found it. Now I don't need to worry about hosing my
hard disk under deadline again (I hope). If you're using RSG 4.5, better
plan on keeping an eye on your INITs.
(now, the question is *why* this is true, and what they're doing that could
be sensitive to it.... But that's another argument completely).
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You are false data. Therefore I shall ignore you.sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) (06/20/89)
In article <32480@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >It was announced on CompuServe last night that Letraset has acknowledged a >pretty nasty bug in Ready Set Go 4.5. It seems that Superclock (or any INIT >that plays with the menubar in the background) causes problems with their >memory management and will cause RSG to crash. I'm glad they acknowledged it -- but this is pretty much like when they "acknowledged" that 4.5 isn't compatible with the RAM cache. What on earth could those bozos be doing with their "virtual memory" scheme? Rewriting whole sections of the OS? >This is a bug I'd been arguing with them over for months before I gave up. >I'm glad they finally found it. Now I don't need to worry about hosing my >hard disk under deadline again (I hope). If you're using RSG 4.5, better >plan on keeping an eye on your INITs. > >(now, the question is *why* this is true, and what they're doing that could >be sensitive to it.... But that's another argument completely). I suspect it's because they recruited some of the Word 3.0 programmers. RSG 4.5 is, on the surface, a fine product, but I was disgusted at the number of bugs that were added since 4.0. And they still deny that there's an upgrade. I guess I just have to keep waiting on the mail, hoping that the upgrade notice arrives sometime before I have an important project to do. They'll probably charge for it, too, which is fine by me because it'll be the last straw that forces me to go out and buy Xpress instead. (Sorry for the tone of this article, but as a long-standing defender of RSG I'm disillusioned and not a little angry at how 4.5 has been handled.) -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." cmcl2!esquire!sbb | esquire!sbb@cmcl2.nyu.edu | - David Letterman
riddle@mathcs.emory.edu (Larry Riddle) (06/21/89)
In article <1265@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes: (Regarding Ready Set Go 4.5) >And they still deny that there's an upgrade. I guess I just have to >keep waiting on the mail, hoping that the upgrade notice arrives >sometime before I have an important project to do. > >They'll probably charge for it, too, which is fine by me because it'll >be the last straw that forces me to go out and buy Xpress instead. > >(Sorry for the tone of this article, but as a long-standing defender >of RSG I'm disillusioned and not a little angry at how 4.5 has been >handled.) Well, the person I talked to at Letraset did confirm to me that there will be a version 4.5a sent out to all registered users. I got the impression that this would be done automatically (i.e. no need to send back an upgrade notice) and that it would be free. She did not, however, give indication of when this would occur (I spoke to her over a month ago). -- Larry Riddle | riddle@mathcs.emory.edu PREFERRED Emory University | {decvax,gatech}!emory!riddle UUCP Dept of Math and CS | riddle@emory NON-DOMAIN BITNET Atlanta, GA 30322 | (404) 727-7922 AT&T
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (06/21/89)
>Well, the person I talked to at Letraset did confirm to me that >there will be a version 4.5a sent out to all registered users. I got >the impression that this would be done automatically I wonder if it'll show up before or after the mouse pad and coffee cup Letraset promised me for upgrading to RSG 4.0. Chuq Von Rospach =|= Editor,OtherRealms =|= Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com =|= CI$: 73317,635 =|= AppleLink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] You are false data. Therefore I shall ignore you.
bmh@demon.siemens.com (Beatrice M Hwong) (06/21/89)
I have received RSG4.5a in the mail this week (June 19, 1989), although I was puzzled why until I noticed the discussion in this newsgroup. Beatrice Hwong Siemens Corporate Research 755 College Rd E Princeton, NJ 08540 bmh@siemens.siemens.com
userDBUG@ualtamts.BITNET (Dan Berry) (06/22/89)
In article <32557@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >>Well, the person I talked to at Letraset did confirm to me that >>there will be a version 4.5a sent out to all registered users. I got >>the impression that this would be done automatically > >I wonder if it'll show up before or after the mouse pad and coffee cup >Letraset promised me for upgrading to RSG 4.0. > [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] Hmmmm... Well I'm not the most up on the versions or anything, but when v4.0 came out, we here at the UofA got v4.0a. The difference that I noticed was that we got the French (Canadian) dictionary with it, and so it's v4.0<a>. Or so I thought. You know what else? I'm ALSO still waiting to get my mouse pad & cup for getting v4.5! Call consumer affairs! I wonder if Letra- set would get moving THEN...? +-----------------------------------+ DAN BERRY ! "Violence is the last ! University of Alberta ! refuge of an incompetent." ! Computing Systems +-----------------------------------+ (Network and DataCom)
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (06/22/89)
>I have received RSG4.5a in the mail this week (June 19, 1989), although >I was puzzled why until I noticed the discussion in this newsgroup. The only problem is that RSG4.5a doesn't fix the SuperClock problem. According to people who have talked to letraset over on CompuServe, if it isn't shrinkwrapped and it causes problems, well, tough. Their answer to everyone so far has been to buy a watch. (#include editorial statement here) Chuq Von Rospach =|= Editor,OtherRealms =|= Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com =|= CI$: 73317,635 =|= AppleLink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] You are false data. Therefore I shall ignore you.
CEReid@cup.portal.com (Curtis E Reid) (06/23/89)
I recently received 4.5a program disk. Looks ok so far.
Curtissbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) (06/24/89)
In article <32557@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >>Well, the person I talked to at Letraset did confirm to me that >>there will be a version 4.5a sent out to all registered users. I got >>the impression that this would be done automatically > >I wonder if it'll show up before or after the mouse pad and coffee cup >Letraset promised me for upgrading to RSG 4.0. That's why I don't mind that it bombs when I accidentally leave the RAM cache on. I just go pour myself a cup of coffee while I run Disk First Aid... I've yet to receive 4.5a, although I hear that other have it by now. I tell you, next day delivery of PageMaker is looking awfully tempting... -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." cmcl2!esquire!sbb | esquire!sbb@cmcl2.nyu.edu | - David Letterman