phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) (10/16/90)
According to the bits I've managed to acquire of the Mac Classic/etc.
press release, System 6.0.7 is required to use some of their new features (the
microphone for sound input, etc.).
Does this new System release have anything of interest to owners of older
Macs? When will it be available? Will it be on apple.com?
(To think I just upgraded to 6.0.5 last week... it's so hard to stay
current these days... :) )
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consider an exciting career as a guillotine operator!"gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (10/16/90)
In article <9331@milton.u.washington.edu> phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) writes: > According to the bits I've managed to acquire of the Mac Classic/etc. >press release, System 6.0.7 is required to use some of their new features (the >microphone for sound input, etc.). > Does this new System release have anything of interest to owners of older >Macs? When will it be available? Will it be on apple.com? The new System Software has System 7.0's new Sound Manager in it, allowing not only the use of the sound capabilities of the IIsi and LC, but other features such as sound file compression, and asynchronous playback (you can play sounds while doing disk access), for example. As for whether or not it'll be on apple.com or ftp.apple.com, I haven't the slightest. Does there exist an Apple being out there who can grant us a definitive answer? -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jim Gaynor - The Ohio State Univ. - IRCC - Facilities Mgmt. - OCES <whew!> | | Email [gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu], [gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu] | |_ "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl; because it hurts like hell..." _|
news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (Six o'clock News) (10/17/90)
> According to the bits I've managed to acquire of the Mac Classic/etc. >press release, System 6.0.7 is required to use some of their new features (the >microphone for sound input, etc.). > Does this new System release have anything of interest to owners of older >Macs? When will it be available? Will it be on apple.com? > (To think I just upgraded to 6.0.5 last week... it's so hard to stay >current these days... :) ) From: bruce@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Bruce Burkhalter) Path: cory.Berkeley.EDU!bruce Actually System 6.0.7 is a *very* late bug fix. System 6.0.6 was suppose to be the version for the new machines (and it is the version that is in the box). Taped to the outside of the box is System 6.0.7 and note saying to use it and not 6.0.6. This was a big surprise. Developers get alpha, beta, and final versions of the System before it ships and we never heard a word about it. I dug around AppleLink and found a note saying that 6.0.7 fixed an AppleTalk bug. It did not have any other details but it must have been a bad bug. Bruce Burkhalter Berkeley Systems, Inc.
james968@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James Hammett) (10/17/90)
Is anyone from Apple listening? If you ftp to apple.com and raid the directory /pub/dts/sw.license, you will find system 6.0.7 listed, BUT it is NOT copiable. So if any one from Apple out there could you, assist and get the priveledges changed. Any help will be gratefully apreciated. james968@ccwf.cc.utexas.eduP
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) (10/17/90)
In article <28859@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> bruce@cory.Berkeley.EDUIn article <9331@milton.u.washington.edu> phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) writes: writes: >Actually System 6.0.7 is a *very* late bug fix. >...6.0.7 fixed an AppleTalk bug. According to MacWEEK 10.16.90: ...Apple recently discovered two rare but annoying bugs. One could, under certain circumstances, cause the Mac to indicate, erroneously, that it had lost its connections with an AppleShare server or a printer. The other sometimes caused the LC to fail to recognize its keyboard until the mouse was moved. chaz -- "I Am The Reincarnation of Lady Godiva", Claims Jane Fonda. clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone
alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg) (10/19/90)
In article <2480@ux.acs.umn.edu> clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) writes: > In article <28859@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> bruce@cory.Berkeley.EDUIn article <9331@milton.u.washington.edu> phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) writes: writes: > >Actually System 6.0.7 is a *very* late bug fix. > >...6.0.7 fixed an AppleTalk bug. > > According to MacWEEK 10.16.90: > > ...Apple recently discovered two rare but annoying bugs. One could, under > certain circumstances, cause the Mac to indicate, erroneously, that it had > lost its connections with an AppleShare server or a printer. The other > sometimes caused the LC to fail to recognize its keyboard until the mouse > was moved. A more accurate description of the "AppleTalk" bug is that because of a late bug fix for AppleTalk, AppleTalk's patch to SysEnvirons wasn't being installed in all cases, and in certain circumstances, SysEnvirons would return a version of 0 for AppleTalk, indicating that it wasn't installed. Some software would indicate that you need to install (or enable) AppleTalk. I don't believe that you could "lose its connections." 6.0.7 fixes this, and some bug with one of the ADB traps. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alexander M. Rosenberg - INTERNET: alexr@apple.com - Yoyodyne - - 330 1/2 Waverley St. - UUCP:ucbvax!apple!alexr - Propulsion - - Palo Alto, CA 94301 - - Systems - - (415) 329-8463 - Nobody is my employer so - :-) - - (408) 974-3110 - nobody cares what I say. - -
murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar) (10/20/90)
In article <28859@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> bruce@cory.Berkeley.EDUIn article <9331@milton.u.washington.edu> phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) writes: writes: [ about 6.0.6 and 6.0.7] >This was a big surprise. Developers get alpha, beta, and final versions of the >System before it ships and we never heard a word about it. I dug around >AppleLink and found a note saying that 6.0.7 fixed an AppleTalk bug. It did >not have any other details but it must have been a bad bug. As I understand it, the bug caused SysEnvirons to return an AppleTalk version of 0. Naturally, this would cause many applications and utilities that use AppleTalk to fail. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Have a day. :^| Murat N. Konar murat@farcomp.UUCP -or- farcomp!murat@apple.com
kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) (10/23/90)
In article <38348@ut-emx.uucp> james968@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James Hammett) writes: >Is anyone from Apple listening? If you ftp to apple.com and raid the directory >/pub/dts/sw.license, you will find system 6.0.7 listed, BUT it is NOT copiable. > Then I'd love to know how I installed it from there a few nights ago. It is possible that they remove access during the day to keep the machine load down. ( You DO do all your anonymous ftp'ing at night, don't you?) Download it, run unstuff it, load the images into Apple Disk Copy, create your master disks, and install of the 6.0.7 masters. Ken -- Ken Hancock | INTERNET: kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu Isle Systems | Disclaimer: My opinions are mine, Macintosh Consulting | your opinions are yours. Simple, isn't it?