Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!ucbvax!AMES-NAS.ARPA!fouts From: fouts@AMES-NAS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: What works under Magic Message-ID: <8610100526.AA25418@ames-nas.ARPA> Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 01:25:58 EDT Article-I.D.: ames-nas.8610100526.AA25418 Posted: Fri Oct 10 01:25:58 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Oct-86 20:01:21 EDT References: <8610100413.AA14384@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 125 Since so many people have asked what does/doesn't work under magic sac, I am going to post the following rather than waiting until I have my own list together. I will follow this up with my list, as soon as I have one. (:-) This list is abstracted from the readme which comes with version 2 of Magic Sac. I have not edited what's here, I have only removed portions of the readme which don't have to do with the list. I have not run most of this stuff myself, and can't vouch for it. Right now, the only thing I can vouch for is FreeTerm 1.8, which definitely does work. Marty KNOWN BUGS: MacWrite: (2.2 / 4.5) MacWrite crashes the system. We are working hard to fix this. We are most of the way there (for instance, it prints), however, the authors did not follow developer's guidelines, and it's tricky. We don't think holding up this release for the fix is a good idea. Switcher: Because so many people want Switcher, we are attempting to work around it some direct hardware references in it which otherwise make it fail. Look for it fairly soon. Finder 1.1g Finder 1.1g actually may work better for you than 4.1; 4.1 seems to have some bad effects on application software. As an example, Zork III works under 1.1.g, but not under 4.1. There is one known bug in 1.1g: if you open the trashcan, then click on the menu bar, the system dies. Fix: don't do this. This bug does not apply to 1.0 or 4.1. ********************************************************************* List of Works / Doesn't Work Software Revision 2.00, 10/1/86 Some of the "Works" software has been extensively tested; others, just basically booted and briefly tested. However, we feel the list may be helpful to you nonetheless. Please help us keep it up to date and to expand it. We will periodically upload it to Compuserve and BIX. WORKS ----- Apple Finder 1.0 Apple Finder 1.1g Apple Finder 4.1 (note: may fail on 128K size inconsistently, see note) Apple MacPaint 1.5 (note: 1.3 has a bug in FatBits, fixed in 1.5) Apple Edit Oct. 22/1984 Apple MacDraw 1.9 Apple MacProject 1.0 Apple REDIT (6/86 update) Apple Disk Utility (5/85 update) Aldus: Pagemaker (only a non-protected version, not yet available) Arrays / Continental Software: The Home Accountant V. 1.03 Assimilation: RAMDISK program. Chang Labs: R&R Ledger system Desktop Software: 1st Base V1.01 Dreams of the Phoenix: Freeterm 1.6, 1.8. NOTE: Use these to modem with. Bishop Graphics: Quik-Circuit (PC Design package) Haba Systems: Habaword 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 (very nice word processor) Infocom: Zork III. Note: works well under Finder 1.0, not so well under 4.1. Main Street Software: Main Street Filer V. 1.1 Manhattan Graphics' Ready-Set-Go V2.1 Megahaus: Megafiler V1.01 Megahaus: MegaMerge 2.00 Megamax C (cc, link, sieve demonstration, rmaker) Microsoft BASIC 1.01 (decimal and binary versions) Microsoft BASIC 2.00 (decimal and binary versions) Microsoft Excel (only a non-protected version, not yet available) Software Arts: TK! Solver V TK-1 (5R) Doesn't Work ------------ Apple Switcher 3.0, 3.3, 5.0b1. zerostore at d21a. Apple ResEdit (6/86) after B eject; (a4) zerostore. Apple Fedit (John Mitchell); zerostore on initial launch. Apple MacTerminal 2.00 (40 0008 test) (direct rom access) Hayes Smartcom 2.0: bf fff9 at 10252; (direct serial chip access). Microsoft Word: Zerostore at f31ca. Penguin: Transylvania. 01650004 at ff512. See also notes in main text. More than likely, some of these failures are due to subtle copy protection schemes. ----------