moriarty@fluke.UUCP (03/03/87)
Just got the latest APDA newsletter -- arrived to announce what they were
providing for the Mac II on the day it's announced. Nice! One of the nice
side features is a chart showing the current and projected versions of
System/Finder combinations, and which Macs should use which. Wish someone
had done that a LONG time ago.
Below is a brief summary:
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Mac 128K: Use ONLY System 2.0/Finder 4.1. Forever. Can you say "Life in
Hell"?
Mac 512K, 512KE and Mac+:
For now, use System 3.2/Finder 5.3, unless you're using
AppleShare -- then use System 3.3/Finder 5.4 (which just came
out, I believe).
When the Mac II comes out, the System 4.1/Finder 5.5 combination
will come out -- at which time all 512K, 512KE and Mac+ people
should upgrade.
Mac SE: They should use System 4.0/Finder 5.4 (just released), and
upgrade to System 4.1/Finder 5.5 when the Mac II comes out.
Mac II: System 4.1/Finder 5.5.
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Just as a recap: 3.2/5.3 is the one that came out in June of last year.
3.3/5.4 just came out a few weeks ago. 4.0/5.4 has been released for SE
owners. And 4.1/5.5 is aiming to be the watershed versions for the next
year or two. Of course, this is ignoring the potential for bugs... but that
could NEVER happen, right? :-)
By the way, even though I don't have AppleShare on my +, I switched to
3.3/5.4, and admit that I like the new Finder a lot. It seems to be
working well with my Dataframe 20; no complaints.
"How the hell do I know why there are Nazis?
I don't know why the can opener works."
-- Hannah and Her Sisters
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<*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>marcus@weyl.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (03/03/87)
_______________________________flame on_____________________________ Also in the aformentioned APDA newsletter was a note pointing out some serious bugs in MPW & MPW C 1.0.1. Apparently the standard library routines trash certain low memory addresses which intersect exception vectors. I was rather dismayed to find that the sample MPW C application provided crashed when one tries to quit if there's a DA window open! And this was supposed to be the 'release' version of the software. What really gets me is that they want another $20 bucks to send the fixed version 1.0.2, since I just received 1.0.1 two weeks ago. By the way, does anyone know the cause of this 'Quit' bug ? _______________________flame off_____________________________ mat marcus ucbvax!brahms!marcus marcus@brahms.berkeley.edu ucbvax!marcus@brahms.berkeley.edu
msimpson@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (03/04/87)
In article <509@colossus.tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes: > [quote from APDA newsletter on System/Finder combinations] > >Mac 512K, 512KE and Mac+: > For now, use System 3.2/Finder 5.3, unless you're using > AppleShare -- then use System 3.3/Finder 5.4 (which just came > out, I believe). I just downloaded System 4.0 and Finder 5.4 from Compu$erve, and they seem to be working just fine on my Hyperdriven Plus. I'd never seen System 3.3 -- hope I didn't miss anything. :-) The 4.0/5.4 combination was posted to Compu$erve yesterday -- look in MACPRO, DL1 if you're interested and can't bribe your local dealer into giving it to you. :-) "Oh, where, oh where is my Microsoft Word?" -- Mike Simpson Teknowledge, Inc. Palo Alto, CA Internet:msimpson@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa Usenet: ...!{decvax,decwrl,harvard,seismo,sdcsvax,ucbvax,uw-beaver}! msimpson@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa
msimpson@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (03/04/87)
Anyone who followed my previous posting (?) is probably confused. So
was I. I downloaded the 4.0/5.4 combination from GEnie, not Compu$erve
(I'd been on both services last night). Mea culpa,...
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msimpson@teknowledge-vaxc.arpazabetia@tiger.Princeton.EDU (Mahboud Zabetian) (03/08/87)
What combination should I use with Mac XLs?? Don't tell me I'm in the same boat as 128K Macs(life in Hell). -- Mahboud Zabetian allegra! --\ zabetia@tiger.princeton.edu 232 Pyne Hall mhuxi! -----\ (609) 452-2285 Princeton University seismo! -----\ (609) 734-0246 Princeton, NJ 08544 attunix! ------ princeton!zabetia