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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: How much system file homogeneity is necessary?
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Date: 30 Aug 90 18:24:29 GMT
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From article <83369@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, by francis@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis):
> In article <3009@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
>>(1) To what degree is it still true that Macintoshes on a LocalTalk network
>>must be running the same version of the System file, LaserPrep, etc.?
>>I presume that, e.g., System 6 is incompatible with System 5 and the usual
>>woes will occur.  What about various releases of System 6, e.g., 6.0.1 vs.
>>6.0.2?

> To address your first two queries, I think you are slightly
> misinformed.  To the best of my knowledge, you can run any combination
> of system software ...

Quite probably true.  My impression was formed because in the dim past I
used to use the services of a public lab that insisted everybody use their
boot disks to enforce a consistent version of the System.  Perhaps this was
just conservatism on their part.  I'm glad to hear the requirements are not
quite so stringent.

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu