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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: RasterOps ColorBoard 264 and HyperCard
Message-ID: <11819@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 29 Nov 89 19:19:31 GMT
References: <3299@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Reply-To: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Organization: Systems Engineering, NASA Space Station Freedom Project
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In article <3299@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes:
>    For some odd reason, my RasterOps ColorBoard/264 has trouble when I try
>to run HyperCard 1.2.2 in 2 bit mode, specifically that it dumps me into the
>debugger and begins spitting "Unimplemented A-Trap, MacsBug caused the
>exception." I'm running on a Mac II with system 6.0.4., 32-bit QD v. 1.0, 
>and rev 1.1 of the ColorBoard/264.  This problem crops up even with no inits
>installed.
>    Is this an artifact of not having HC 1.2.5?  Is it a problem with that
>release?  Does it have something to do with visual effects?

Get HyperCard version 1.2.5.  Earlier versions of HC are not
compatible with System 6.0.4 (How?  Why?  Apple isn't saying), and,
FYI, earlier versions of the System are not compatible with HC 1.2.5.
That's just the way it is.

Try HC 1.2.5.  If it doesn't work, ask again...

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