jim@cavebear.berkeley.edu (Jim Bradley) (03/06/91)
1) What is the latest version of Macintalk? (All copies of Macintalk I have seen say "Version: not available".) 2) Has anyone come up with a replacement for Macintalk that is a compatible superset? 3) Is Apple planning an upgrade of this technology in the near future? Jim Bradley, jim@cavebear.berkeley.edu
bskendig@set.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (03/07/91)
In article <1991Mar6.145245.27229@agate.berkeley.edu> jim@cavebear.berkeley.edu (Jim Bradley) writes: >1) What is the latest version of Macintalk? (All copies of Macintalk I > have seen say "Version: not available".) There are three versions: - the original release, which doesn't have a version number and which doesn't work on Mac II's, - the Mac II hack, which sometimes has a version number like 1.3 or so and sometimes doesn't have any version number, and - the `MacinTalk 2.0' hack, which appears to be some sort of simple modification on the original code, and has been reported to cause all sorts of spurious crashes on different models of Macs. Apple's not supporting MacinTalk any more. If the version you have works, then use it and don't worry about an `upgrade'; if MacinTalk doesn't work on your system, then try removing any or all INITs and cdevs. If that doesn't work, there's really nothing you can do. >2) Has anyone come up with a replacement for Macintalk that is a > compatible superset? Not that I know of. >3) Is Apple planning an upgrade of this technology in the near future? No. They don't have the source code to the original MacinTalk, and they have more important things to work on (like System 7). << Brian >> | Brian S. Kendig \ Macintosh | Engineering, | bskendig | | Computer Engineering |\ Thought | USS Enterprise | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | Princeton University |_\ Police | -= NCC-1701-D =- | @PUCC.BITNET | "It's not that I don't have the work to *do* -- I don't do the work I *have*."