Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Subject: System 7.0 available from CompuServe Message-ID: <1991May15.155731.148@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 15:57:31 GMT Well, my fiancee just gave me a ring. She's on the Technical Team over in Compuserve Customer Support. It seems that System 7.0 has been placed in the Macintosh Development Forum on Compuserve. Now, before you go rushing off to Compuserve, some caveats: Optimal download time at 2400 bps is 6 hours. That's right, 6 hours - and that's when the lines are good and Compuserve isn't busy. At CI$ rates ($12.50/hour) that would cost $75.00. Six hours at 2400 bps is -optimal time-. Right now the Mac Dev Forum is -swamped- with people accessing it. It takes about 3 minutes just to actually get into the Mac Dev forum after you enter the command to go there. People who are trying to get at the System 7.0 files are often recieving "File busy" messages due to the sheer number of people trying to download it. So your download time may be significantly longer than 6 hours @ 2400 bps. Add in your own time spent taking the downloaded files and turning them into the actual System 7.0 disks, and you've probably spent more than $100 (I don't know about you, but my time is worth at least $15/hour). So, if you download System 7.0 from CI$, you'll probably end up spending more money in online charges and time spent than you would spend buying the System 7.0 Personal Upgrade Kit from your dealer. Not to mention that you get docs, 90 days free phone support, and Hypercard 2.1 (minimized) from the PUK - you don't get those from Compuserve. So buy it from your dealer if you can, and get it from CI$ only if you can't get it from your dealer (or don't have a dealer)... --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.