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From: dwb@apple.UUCP (Dave W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: RSG 3.0 versus Laserprep 3.3
Message-ID: <720@apple.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-May-87 14:34:52 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  5 14:34:52 1987
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Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (Dave W. Berry)
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In article <1473@uwmacc.UUCP> myers@uwwircs.UUCP (Jeff Myers) writes:
>> This is the first I've heard of bugs in the Laserprep, and frankly, I'm not
>> sure if Letraset is covering itself or if there ARE bugs in laserprep. Can
>> anyone enlighten me?  Should I really downgrade back to 3.2?
>> chuq
>
>Hm! so that's the problem!  I remember the first time I tried Postscript
>blocks WAS with 3.3, I got nothing, but figured I had just mistyped
>something and didn't stay to check it out (the meter was running).  The
>next time the meter wasn't running, and both demos worked without a hitch
>first time, as did an improvisation -- but this was with 3.2.  As a
>childhood friend used to say, "Golly Gee Whiz!"  My earlier report to
>this net that the culprit was indeed alive seems to have been half
>exaggerated.  RSG is nice, but it has some strange bugs...my guess is
>that the problem is with the Manhattan Graphics lads & lassies, rather
>than our redoubtable and error free Apple crew...But I wouldn't put
>money on it.
	I don't know about 3.3 or 3.2.  4.0 (the one distributed with
System 4.1/Finder 5.4 (ie., the "Universal" system) works just fine.
It's also considerably faster for most other operations.

-- 
	David W. Berry
	dwb@well.uucp                   dwb@Delphi
	dwb@apple.com                   293-0752@408.MaBell