[comp.sys.mac.system] Compatibility between Automac III and MultiFinder 6.1b9

david@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (David Dantowitz) (12/10/90)

I'm running 6.0.5, finder 6.1.5, on an SE.  Any known problems between MF 6.1b9
and Automac III (version 2.1 as distributed with MS Word 4).

Thanks...
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David Dantowitz
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boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (12/14/90)

david@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (David Dantowitz) writes:
>I'm running 6.0.5, Finder 6.1.5, on an SE. Any known problems between MF 6.1b9
>and Automac III (version 2.1 as distributed with MS Word 4).

Yes.  Automac III is incompatible with MultiFinder 6.1b9 and will stay that
way, since its publisher has bailed out (tired of writing fixes every time
Apple changes its system software [whine me a river] and is concentrating
on writing vertical-market applications).  So Automac III is now an official
and permanent orphan (Microsoft tech support does not seem to be aware of
that).  Since the MacOS is about to undergo a whole load of major changes
(including System 7), I would recommend ditching Automac and buying Tempo II
or at least QuicKeys 2.  Both are stable, work properly most of the time
and are major supported products of viable publishers (Affinity in Boulder, CO
and CE Software in West Des Moines, IA, respectively).

Boris Levitin
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