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From: josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann)
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Subject: Re: System 6.0.6
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Date: 9 Nov 90 14:57:02 GMT
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In article <2254.273af6ae@waikato.ac.nz>, ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
|> As I understand it, Apple doesn't recommend you run 6.0.6 on *anything*.
|> They found a couple of bugs in it (particularly one which could
|> confuse applications trying to use AppleTalk), which are fixed in 6.0.7.
|> 
|> 6.0.7 you can run on anything with the Mac Plus or later ROMs,
|> and least one meg of RAM. The old 512 Enhanced has the same ROM
|> as the Mac Plus, so if you've got one of those, with a third-party
|> RAM upgrade to take it to at least a megabyte, you should be
|> able to run 6.0.7 on it just fine.

My local Apple "reseller" recommends 6.0.5 over 6.0.7 for anything but the new three machines.

Anyone know why?

Josh