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From: KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: A question and a file request:  Mac IIx and 6.0.5
Message-ID: <90229.220547KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Date: 17 Aug 90 21:05:47 GMT
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Somebody said:

>System 6.0.3, I believe, is the recommended system to a IIx. System 6.0.4 was
>released to for the Portable, or IIci. System 6.0.5 was released for the IIfx.

implying you shouldn't upgrade a IIx from 6.0.3 to 6.0.5. Well I'm typing this
on a IIx using 6.0.5, and it works fine.

There are general purpose (any machine) bug fixes in later version of the
software that are good for *any* machine (even the Plus :-). You are always
better off running the latest version of the software, except when it breaks
one of your applications (get the next upgrade) or breaks on you machine (wait
til they fix the bug in the next OS release).

For details of what has been fixed in 6.0.5 see the "Macintosh System Software
6.0.5 Final Change History" available from /pub/dts/something at apple.com.

For example, 32-bit QD is at version 1.2, TextEdit 3.0, scroll speed fiex on
newer Macs plus 7 pages of bug fixes (and thats just 6.0.4 --> 5!).

If you want to use Hypercard 2.0, if it ever gets released you will need
system 6.0.5 or later.

Kevin Purcell             | kpurcell@liverpool.ac.uk
Surface Science Centre    |
Liverpool University      | Omit needless words.