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From: vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Why I'm not posting "MultiMac"
Message-ID: <1404@wanginst.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 08:02:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  2 08:02:28 1985
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Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
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Since I mentioned in this space that MultiMac is available on a local
bulletin board, I've been deluged (well, sort of) with requests to 
post it.  Here are some reasons I won't post the version I have:

	1.  Its copyright status is unclear.  It does contain a copyright
	    notice with no further explanation of restrictions on use or
	    distribution.  It does not contain the author's address or
	    telephone number.

	2.  I've never seen it work.  On my 1.5M Mac, it bombed immediately.
	    Actually, it *tried* to bomb, but all that came out was a
	    rapidly flickering rectangle.  With FEdit, I determined that it
	    has the constant 00080000hex (512K) in several places.
	    Over the weekend, I tried on a 512K Mac at my local Apple dealer.
	    It bombed there, too.

	3.  I'm dubious about its quality and usefulness.  I looked at it
	    with ResEdit.  This ~28K program consists of a driver (~27K)
	    and about half-a-dozen other resources (~1K).  None of the
	    resources are strings, dialogs, alerts or anything else that
	    would suggest a program that adheres to Apple's development
	    guidelines.  With FEdit, I found very few text strings: the
	    author's name (which I've forgotten), the name of his company
	    (Aubrac Systems(?)), and one prompt.  No instructions.

All this combines to suggest I shouldn't add MultiMac to the clutter in
net.sources.mac.  If you still want it, call 617-231-2810 with your 1200
baud modem.

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Ephraim Vishniac
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