warack@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Christopher Warack) (12/10/90)
Picked up my new system last week: IIsi, 5MB, NuBus card, 13" RGB monitor, extended keyboard, and 80MB HD. Replaces my Mac+ with 30MB HD, 2.5MB mem, and Mac-101 keyboard. I like it. The following programs all work like a charm: Excel (I have an FPU on the NuBus card) Word PowerPoint (Check out the color demo in slide show mode) Correct Grammar Dollars and Sense (Greatest noticeable improvement -- reports are FAST) MacTools Prodigy (Color is much nicer -- performance a little better) WillMaker White Knight Pool of Radiance Moria GunShy Pipe Dream Gauntlet Tetris (B&W) works but the sound is screwed up. Superpaint works well except that colors don't show up on the screen. The following are the only programs I expected to work and didn't: DeltaGraph: Can't open files from inside the program and crashes on some files. Puzzle Gallery (At the Carnival): Wierd. Worked fine for three puzzles. Hung. Deleted it and reloaded it, hung... Hypercard 2.0 is nice but how do I convert my old address stack to the new format (without writing a script for it)? I'm happy -- at least for now. Chris -- Christopher A. Warack warack@eecs.umich.edu Graduate Dept, EECS (313) 665-4789 University of Michigan
boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (12/10/90)
Regarding the suggestion that DeltaGraph does not work properly on a IIsi: I have been running DeltaGraph 1.5 intensively on my new IIsi both before and after I received my FPU, and have not had any problems. The only thing that didn't work was the Excel macro used in linking Excel ranges to DeltaGraph documents; a call to DeltaPoint got me a new macro that does work. Boris Levitin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGBH Public Broadcasting, Boston boris@world.std.com Audience & Marketing Research wgbx!boris_levitin@athena.mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily coincide with those of my employer or anyone else. The WGBH tag is for ID only.)
rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) (12/10/90)
In article <1990Dec9.213201.3272@zip.eecs.umich.edu> warack@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Christopher Warack) writes: My wife has a IIsi 5/40 with NuBus adapter. >Tetris (B&W) works but the sound is screwed up. No problems here with version 1.0. >The following are the only programs I expected to work and didn't: > >DeltaGraph: Can't open files from inside the program and crashes on some >files. Works fine. Version 1.5. >Hypercard 2.0 is nice but how do I convert my old address stack to the new >format (without writing a script for it)? There should be a "Convert" option that takes the place of the "Compact" menu option if you open an old stack. Haven't tried this on any complex stacks. >Chris Robert -- Robert K. Shull rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu chinet!uokmax!rob
d85-qkn@dront.nada.kth.se (Jan Sundberg) (12/12/90)
I also have a IIsi 5/40 with a NuBus card and a 13" RGB monitor. I am pleased with it and it seem to work fine, but there are two small buts. Solarian II. All the game symbols are duplicated on the screen. The game itself seem to work fine when it comes to sound and functionality but the graphic is a real mess. I have tried to change the gamma table but the result is the same. I think this is due to the fact that si drives the monitor from the motherboard and not a separate video card. Anyone else with the same experiences ? SimCity. After selecting the terrain and the city name, the game crashes. Sometimes it manages to tell me that it is due to a coprocessor not installed error. This is strange because I already have one installed... Please help me..... /Janne
baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) (12/13/90)
In article <D85-QKN.90Dec12131305@dront.nada.kth.se>, d85-qkn@dront (Jan Sundberg) writes: >I also have a IIsi 5/40 with a NuBus card and a 13" RGB monitor. >I am pleased with it and it seem to work fine, but there are two small buts. > >Solarian II. All the game symbols are duplicated on the screen. >The game itself seem to work fine when it comes to sound and functionality >but the graphic is a real mess. I have tried to change the gamma table >but the result is the same. I think this is due to the fact that si drives >the monitor from the motherboard and not a separate video card. >Anyone else with the same experiences ? Works fine on the IIci, which has a similar video configuration. I know it has sound problems under 6.0.7, but the game itself should work fine. Have you tried it without running any INITs? -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman
vaps0de@prism.gatech.EDU (Dustin Emhart) (12/13/90)
In article <D85-QKN.90Dec12131305@dront.nada.kth.se> d85-qkn@dront.nada.kth.se (Jan Sundberg) writes: }I also have a IIsi 5/40 with a NuBus card and a 13" RGB monitor. }I am pleased with it and it seem to work fine, but there are two small buts. } }Solarian II. All the game symbols are duplicated on the screen. }The game itself seem to work fine when it comes to sound and functionality }but the graphic is a real mess. I have tried to change the gamma table }but the result is the same. I think this is due to the fact that si drives }the monitor from the motherboard and not a separate video card. }Anyone else with the same experiences ? I have a IIsi 5/80: 13" montior but no NuBus card. I play Solarian II 1.03b1 often and have not noticed any problems. (I got the new version from Sumex; the author recommends users with older versions of the game get the new version because he has fixed a lot of bugs. -- Dustin Emhart Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!vaps0de Internet: vaps0de@prism.gatech.edu