neves@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (David Neves) (03/07/90)
Earlier I posted a message about Hypermacintalk not working in the next system release. Someone asked me to post something more specific so here it is. For the full details look at Tech Note 268, available at Sumex or Apple.com. Basically Macintalk was developed out of house because Steve Jobs wanted something different for the Mac introduction. Apple never had the source to it and had to enact various kludges to get it to run on newer hardware and software. Macintalk will probably work in System 7, but not if you use any of the special features of System 7, like new sound manager and vitual memory. Following is the last paragraph from Tech note 268. "The development of MacinTalk ended with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Nothing more will be done to this product. It is a compatibility risk to use MacinTalk. It causes the Sound Manager to fail. It will not work with the new Sound Manager planned for System 7.0. This system revision will also introduce the new feature of virtual memory; it is not expected that MacinTalk will work while the user has Virtual Memory running. It may not work at all with future versions of the Macintosh hardware. Continued use of MacinTalk is a major compatibility risk. Do not operate heavy machinery while under the influence of this product." neves@ils.nwu.edu Institute for the Learning Sciences, 1890 Maple, Evanston Il 60201
jwinsor@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Joan Winsor) (03/13/90)
>Continued use of MacinTalk is a major compatibility risk.
If this is true, what is the alternative? Is there some
other way to do the kinds of things that MacInTalk does?
MacinTalk is a boon to educators - especially those of
young, disabled, or bilingual students!
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