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From: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Edit 2.1:  In a heap of trouble?
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Date: 11 Jun 90 15:20:20 GMT
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In article <1377@excelan.COM> barrey@ka.excelan.com (Barrey Jewall) writes:
>I would be interested in consulair's address also, so I can find out about
>upgrading my ORIGINAL copy of MDS (complete w/ 2 mac debugger and cable)

Consulair Corp.
P.O. Box 2192
Ketchum, ID 83340
(208) 726-5846

I called a few weeks ago and asked about upgrades for MDS owners.  The
lady who answered the phone explained that there are two alternatives.
For $50, you can get the "current" version of CDS.  No 68020/030/881
support, isn't guaranteed to work under Multifinder.  For $130 (full
list price) you can get their "new" 68020/030 assember.  She explained
that it's not available as an upgrade because "it's really a new
product."

I took the bait.  Since I've got lots of old MDS code that I still
tinker with, and I can't live without Multifinder, I bought the "new"
package. It sucks.

The "new" CDS is the old CDS with support the new 020/030 opcodes.
Any honest company would sell it as a minor upgrade. It doesn't crash
under Multifinder (that I've seen), but the Linker still draws
directly in the screen and wipes out underlying windows. The assembler
has some new "optimizations," but at least one of them is wrong.  I
called Bill Duvall about it ten days ago; no fix yet. 

Edit has no new features, unless you count not crashing. The Transfer
menu doesn't work under Multifinder.  The manual hints at this without
coming right out and saying so, but Duvall confirmed that it doesn't
work and it's not going to. 

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