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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
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Subject: Re: Spectre GCR
Summary: I goofed
Keywords: HyperCard
Message-ID: <1990Oct24.024136.602@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 24 Oct 90 02:41:36 GMT
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In article <1990Oct23.002208.3847@hub.cs.jmu.edu> bayers@hub.cs.jmu.edu (brian ayers) writes:
[in response to my recent posting]
>>I should add that I only have a 1 Meg 520 ST, so programs that are too
>>large for the 832 Megs I have left won't run -- the only problem I have
>>encountered is HyperCard scripting, as earlier reported on the net.  I
>>have a Mega-2 coming which should solve that problem.  Also, I can't get
>>sound to work, so if you like games that might be a problem.
>
>Hypercard, well, I've given up on it because of all of the problems I
>had with it under the original release of the GCR software.  As far as
>sound goes, I haven't had any problems.  I'm using version 2.65 of the
>GCR software and System 6.0.3.  The sound works just fine for me, the
>only disappointment is that I can't change the warning bell sound.

I was wrong about HyperCard.  I checked it again and scripting works OK,
although the paint tools don't have enough space to load.

I've tried 6.0.3 (I now have 6.0.4) with GCR 2.65 and sound doesn't
work.  In fact, it causes slowdowns and system problems, occasionally
requiring a reboot.  Any hints?  Actually what happens is that the bell
works, but programs that do fancy sound don't work.

>Good luck with the Mega-2, I've heard that people have had problems with
>the power supply not being strong enough to support the GCR, resulting
>in frequent crashes, but this is also supposed to show up in ST mode
>as well, so you should be able to find out if you are going to have any
>problems right off.

You didn't exactly make my day!

-- 
William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2.  Tel. (902)426-1577
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