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From: mlr0@bunny.UUCP (Martin Resnick)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Query on Mac XL compatibility with new ROMs, sys 3.0
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 19:24:55 EST
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> Does anyone know if I can safely install System 3.0 and Finder 5.1 on my Mac
> XL under MacWorks 3.0 ?  If I can, will the cachwork or is it just window
> dressing w/o the new ROMs? Speaking of which, will there ever be a MacWorks
> of the new ROMs? How about hard disk support off the parallel port?
> 

Finder 5.1 will work fine on an XL.  System 3.0 will also appear to work fine
until you try to initialize a floppy!  As long as you can initialize your
floppies on another Mac, you can use System 3.0.  You can use Finder 5.1
without System 3.0.

Apple knows about this bug and it will be fixed in System 3.1.

The cache works only on the new ROMS.

A new version of MacWorks is rumored to be in the works.  It is supposed
to support HFS, 800K drives, and the cache.