delaney@xn.ll.mit.edu (John R. Delaney) (05/29/91)
I finally got through to the (overwhelmed) Tech. Support people at LaCie and got my questions answered (plus some extra information). Since some others of you out there might have similiar questions, I thought I would share what I was told. 1) Silverlining version 5.30 is the official System 7.0 compatible version. And it hasn't shipped yet; it is due out next week. 2) Silverlining version 5.29 was skipped. 3) Silverlining version 5.28 will install drivers that are fully System 7.0 compatible. The program is not necessarily compatible in all ways; use it under System 6.0.X (i.e., boot from the distribution floppy). 4) Silverlining version 5.27 will install drivers that are 24-bit but not 32-bit compatible. Also, password protecting your boot volume won't work (but does work in version 3.28). And the program is not necessarily compatible in all ways; use it under System 6.0.X (i.e., boot from the distribution floppy). 5) Earlier Silverlining versions did not install drivers that are fully 24-bit compatible. Beware! There are probably other questions I could have/should have asked. Sorry about that. My main question was whether I needed to upgrade from version 5.27 in order to use System 7.0 on my SE/30. And the short answer was "No, also long as you don't password-protect your boot volume." I also asked if there were any major upgrades schedule for the near future. The answer was "Nothing scheduled beyond version 5.30, the fully System 7.0 compatible version." The above is what I understood of the answers given to my questions. LaCie is not responsible for my poor phrasing of questions or garbling of answers. Hope this helps someone out there. John