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From: lewis@axiom.UUCP (Lewis Gordon Pringle Jr.)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Megamax Development System on MacPlusses
Message-ID: <240@axiom.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-May-86 12:09:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: axiom.240
Posted: Thu May 15 12:09:32 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 16-May-86 01:56:48 EDT
Organization: Axiom Technology, Newton MA
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I just got my Mac upgraded, and was dissapointed to find out how
little of the Megamax software really works with MacPluses.  The batch
facility is completely useless (it doesn't know about file dates
anymore, and crashes frequenly).  All of the programs, header files,
etc, must be on MFS disks (or the root dir of HFS disks).  The editor
tends to die periodically.  When you get syntax errors compiling, it
loades the editor with the error.out file, and the offending source
file, and crashes.  (Yes I know, I shouldn't have syntax errors :-).
Of course, none of the new toolbox routines are supported.

Most of this is not so surprissing, as my version was purchased almost
a year ago.  The part I find frustrating is that that was Megamaxes
last release (or the last one I know of).  For almost that long, they
have been promissing a source level debugger (which I have heard
nothing but promises about).

Did they lose my registration card, and maybe thats why I haven't
heard of new releases ?  Did they go out of business ?  Are they just
out to lunch ?  Anybody out there know if there have been later
releases (later than 2.{0,1}b).  Does anyone know of patches, or
work-arounds for some of these problems?  Anyone know of other, more
subtle problems to be aware of (I hate finding subtle problems)?

Maybe its time to dig deep and shell out for a copy of Light-Speed C?

						Appropriate Remarks,
								Lewis.

PS: I am just waiting until I get a big enough file to compile, so
that it decides to run off and use Screen memory :-).