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From: John.Aspden@uk.ac.newcastle (John Aspden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 6.0.7 latest version (if any)?
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.141428.6874@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Mar 91 14:14:28 GMT
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In article <7209@ecs.soton.ac.uk> rdw89@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Williams RD) 
writes:
> I noticed in comp.sys.mac.programmer that 'beta' versions of 6.0.7
> were mentioned.  Perhaps someone could clarify exactly what the latest
> (non-beta) version is and post it's size and creation date.  I would
> be interested to see if the version shipped with my IIsi is indeed
> a beta version, or even an up-to-date version.
> 

Apple do not ship beta versions of software to end-users. What you have 
probably seen in c.s.m.programmer are references to system 7.0b1 and 7.0b4 
which are beta versions of the not-yet-released system 7, which have been 
distributed to registered developers only.

Another possible confusion is that "About the Finder" will tell you that 
you have System version B1-6.0.7. The 'B' here means British. (Apple's 
naming conventions use a lower-case b after the version number to indicate 
beta (see above); upper case prefixes are used to indicate 
internationalised software versions.

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