[comp.sys.mac.wanted] New version of Macintalk wanted

dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM (02/22/91)

Would someone send me a binhexed copy of the Macintalk version that will
work on the new machines?  (Like the IIcx)   The version I have, 28,552
bytes, created in 1983 (according to the GetInfo box), does NOT
work at all.  I don't know what the newest version is, either 1.31 or
2.0, depending on who you believe, but I would like one of them.

Thanks,

Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar
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Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar

bskendig@bird.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (02/24/91)

In article <352@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> dbarnhar@oiscola.UUCP (David C. Barnhart II) writes:
>Would someone send me a binhexed copy of the Macintalk version that will
>work on the new machines?  (Like the IIcx)   The version I have, 28,552
>bytes, created in 1983 (according to the GetInfo box), does NOT
>work at all.  I don't know what the newest version is, either 1.31 or
>2.0, depending on who you believe, but I would like one of them.

There is NO new version of Macintalk.

The original version was released with the Macintosh software
supplement for the original 128k Macs.  When the Mac II came out, some
poor soul went and hacked the machine code to get it to work with the
II; I believe that's 1.31, while the original had no version number,
but there are various copies floating around with all sorts of version
numbers.

The supposed `Version 2.0' is apparently a copy of 1.31 that someone
futzed with.  It is almost, but not quite, identical to 1.31; it
appears to work identically save for that it crashes more often.

If Macintalk doesn't work on your machine, then try figuring out if
there's some INIT or something that's conflicting with it; failing
that, you're out of luck.  Apple gave up on Macintalk several years
and two Sound Managers ago; it's a surprise to everyone that it still
works even sometimes.

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