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From: rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7.0, Strike one, two....
Message-ID: <1991May22.155013.31115@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 15:50:13 GMT
References: <5878@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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In article <5878@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Paul BIG-EARS Menon) writes:
>    Gripe 1:
>	My Rodime 200Mb drive doesn't talk to me any more!  I formatted

Buy Silverlining from LaCie. Rodime never managed to get a fully working
driver in the 3 years I had my drive.

>    Gripe 2:
>	This VM restriction on removable cartridges could be one reason
>	why we will stop acquiring Macs.  Removable media is the only way

This should be real easy to fix. I predict a shareware patch RSN.

>    Gripe 3:
>	Yep, I tried the whizz bang attention grabbing, 
>	make-an-alias-of-yer-disk-and-access-it-from-anywhere trick.  Too

This works just fine for me. It even keeps the icon of the original disk.

>    Gripe 4:
>	We use communications a lot here => we use MacTCP.  System 7 is not
>	System 7 until MacTCP is VM and 32 bit clean.  I could forgive

Can't say about 32-bit clean (no such machines on the network), but we have
had no crashes while running MacTCP and VM.

>    Gripe 6:
>	A small 3rd party developer - delays may be acceptable, Symantec? no.
>	90% compatible?  Is that like being 90% a virgin?  Who thought of

Again, I haven't been able to get 4.0.5 to crash under VM, but haven't tested
it under 32-bit mode. I've haven't used this as much as MacTCP though.

>    Right now, to me, System 7.0 is unusable.

My condolences. It's very nice, and appears very stable and compatible.
	Robert
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Robert K. Shull
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