dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) (04/06/91)
In article <YEE.91Apr5134959@katana.osf.org>, yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: > 1. Can you access files on a System 7.0 system from a 6.0.7 system > running Desktop Manager? Also, can you do the opposite (i.e. > access files on a 6.0.7 from a 7.0 System)? Yes, but you'll soon find that it's not very worthwhile (for the first part of the question). Going from 6.0.x to 7 requires that the old desktop file be updated when you run System 7 for the first time. With a lot of files on your hard drive, this takes roughly 1 or 2 minutes depending on the size and speed of your hard drive and the type of processor you have I would imagine. It's a bit of a bother to have to wait for this updating to happen every time you switch back to System 7. And the System (Finder) 7's root window gets cluttered with all of 7's invisible files when you switch back to 6.0.x. These could be taken as minor, but they're too annoying for me. Besides, once you use System 7, you'll probably not WANT to go back to 6.0.x. (unless of course you have a super necessary program that doesn't run under system 7 yet which is very possible). As for the second part... Absolutely! Do you actually think that files/disks created by older systems will no longer be readable (if I understand your question correctly)? > > 2. Can you set the Startup device on a system with both a 7.0 and > 6.0.7 System (i.e. does the Startup Device CDev work). The Startup Device CDEV is still there and works fine. I'm not sure what you mean by the question but if your asking if you can switch back an forth between system 7 on one HD and system 6 on another, I would have to asume you can. But like I said, you'll get problems when system 7 is run again after switching to it. ==Dan -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dan Weisman - University of Miami - Florida | || || || || | |--------------------------------------------------| || || ||\ /|| | | INTERNET -----> dweisman@umiami.IR.Miami.edu | || || || | || | | BITNET -----> dweisman@umiami | ||||||| || | || | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "The more I get to see, the less I understand..." - Triumph | \_________________________________________________________________________/