bochner@lange.harvard.EDU (Harry Bochner) (10/13/90)
Yes, I know that SunWrite is no longer marketed as such, that the rights have been sold back to Island Graphics. But under our site license agreement with Sun we have access to SunWrite version 1.1; we haven't established contact with Island Graphics yet, and I'm not sure who (if anyone) is supposed to provide support ... So here's the problem: we installed SunWrite about a year ago, and it works fine under SunOS 4.0.3. Since then we've upgraded almost all our machines to SunOS 4.1; we haven't been using SunWrite, but now one of our users wants to use it (on an SLC they acquired for the purpose). Under 4.1 here's what I observe: SunWrite starts up fine, allows basic editing, etc. When you save the file, it seems to go smoothly. But it doesn't reopen the file correctly: it apparently misunderstands it's native format. That is, the file format begins with a header (in ascii) of global formatting information. When you try to reopen the file, _part_ of that formatting information shows up as text in the file. Saving as this point and reopening results in doubling the about of formatting information that creeps in. I've tried this on an SLC, a SS1 and a 3/60: same results. The files that won't reopen under 4.1 _will_ reopen on one of the few machines still running 4.0.3. Any ideas what the problem is? Thanks for any suggestions. Harry Bochner bochner@das.harvard.edu
dennett@cyclone.Kodak.COM (Charlie Dennett) (10/13/90)
You need version 1.2 in order to work with SunOS 4.1. We had the same problems. We called Island Graphics and they said they no longer supported 1.1. They did send us 1.2 and it arrived yesterday. Now if only they would implement a floating license for the damn thing it would make my life alot easier. Half the machines that are licensed no longer use it. Every time a new user want to use it on his/her machine we have to get a new password for the new machine. A floating license would make this sooo much easier to administer. Charlie Dennett | Rochester Distributed Computer Services Mail Stop 01816 | Internet: dennett@Kodak.COM Eastman Kodak Company | Rochester, NY 14650-1816 |
news@uwm.edu (Net news owner) (10/16/90)
same program under 4.1. You need to get the updated version. Island Graphics sent me a coupon so I could get it for free, and I did get it, and it does work. You also get new manuals. This seems much less buggy than the old SunWrite/Paint/Draw. These would sometimes crash under 4.0, but the new Island* programs have been reliable enough for production work. Bruce Allen From: ballen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bruce Allen) Path: csd4.csd.uwm.edu!ballen