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From: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
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Subject: Re: system 7.0
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Date: 19 Mar 91 19:53:33 GMT
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In the discussion of whether to upgrade to the latest and greatest OS or
not, people mention that 6.0.5 works just fine for the IIci. This is the
Apple party line, but it is not totally true. Apple does fix bugs in new
releases, as well as supporting new hardware.

For example, the IIci ROMs have a problem that affects the display of fonts
that are "funny" somehow (something to do with 0-width characters, I think),
which causes real grief with music fonts that use separate characters for note
staffs and note heads. The staffs don't display. That gave me incentive to go
to 6.0.7.

Apple's 6.0.5-is-fine-for-the-IIci advice is okay for the general case,
but even non-power-users have a reason to go to 6.0.7. Another example is
moving to the StyleWriter and TrueType (evidently, hooks for the TrueType
INIT aren't in pre-6.0.7).
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)