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From: jah@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jonathan Helton)
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Installer BUG
Message-ID: <1991May21.025808.24367@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Academic Computing and Network Services, Northwestern University, Evanston, Il.
References: <54105@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 May 1991 02:58:08 GMT
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In article <54105@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu writes:
>In article <1991May20.040754.28511@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, 
>jah@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jonathan Helton) writes...
>
>>When installing minimal System 7.0 software on a floppy disk (I haven't
>>tried it on my hard drive yet) the Installer fails to include the Chooser.
>>Be sure to copy this into your system folder if you want to print.
>
>Minimal means MINIMAL.  This is not a "BUG".

The "minimal" installation includes basic system software and the
imagewriter printer driver.  Why include the driver if "minimal" printing
isn't supported?  

>>I'm using this disk to double check the status of my "incompatible" ("must
>>upgrade") and unkonwn ("not.avail.") applications and INITS.  Many
>>applications tagged "must upgrade" by the Incompatibility Checker work
>>fine.  An obvious ploy by software manufacturers...
>
>This is not a ploy either.  They are simply serving notice that you 
>use unsupported software at your own risk.  I have also found that
>I can get away with using many "must upgrade" applications.  I plan
>to upgrade anything that I use for serious work.

I forgot the smiley face and question marks after my last statement.
Upgrading applications used for serious work sounds like a good idea.

>-- Bill Johnston (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)
>-- 38 Chambers St.; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949 
-- 
Jonathan Helton
jah@casbah.acns.nwu.edu