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From: db@cbosgd.UUCP (Deceased Bird)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Manx 1.06H's System file
Message-ID: <2206@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Jun-86 00:05:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2206
Posted: Mon Jun  9 00:05:20 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 9-Jun-86 06:45:41 EDT
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Reply-To: db@cbosgd.UUCP (Deceased Bird)
Organization: The Pet Shoppe, EC1
Lines: 22
Keywords: HFS,MFS,compatibility

I just got Aztec C 1.06H, with System 3.x.  I'm running on a 512K
Mac with OLD ROMs, MFS, etc.  I don't have a copy of Finder 5.2.

Does anyone know of any compatibility problems between the new System
file and older Finders?  Will the 1.06H SHELL, etc., work with an older
System file should I find it necessary to replace the 3.x System for
some reason?

The only problem I've encountered so far (1.5 days of use) is that
using the new 'mkdir' command will result in a bomb (remember: old ROMs,
MFS, etc.); I've gotten one or two other bombs and though I don't recall
what I did to trigger them, I think they were to be expected.

I'd hoped that the SHELL would be smart enough to figure out it was
running on old ROMs, etc., and either disallow dangerous operations
or replace them with safe simulations.  Perhaps this is too much to
hope for and I should be glad it works at all (which it certainly does).

Replies via e-mail, please; I'll summarize (i.e., concentrated) for
the net.

Dave Bursik/..cbosgd!db