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From: patm@omepd (Pat Mead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: TOPS Installer and System 4.1
Message-ID: <1061@omepd>
Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 12:36:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: omepd.1061
Posted: Thu Sep 17 12:36:53 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 03:22:44 EDT
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Reply-To: patm@omepd.UUCP (Pat Mead)
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro
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Keywords: TOPS installer Sys4.1


I had even worse problems with the Tops installer here. The old Feb 17th (?) 
version worked fine but the new March version that we just got for our 2 new
SE HD20 macs died with a system error. I found the easiest way to install
Tops is to simply use the Font/DA Mover to move the Tops DA over from the
installers system file and then just copy the Tops, Tops Help and Interbase (if
you need it) files over with the finder. This works great. Also as a side note
the Tops serial number is in the Tops file itself. This means you can put the
Tops DA in a DA file and update past versions of it without causing problems
with duplicate serial numbers. I personally found this useful in being able
to make one Tops backup disk with the latest copy of all the files except Tops
of which I have 6 folders each with a different Tops file in them labeled as to
the machine which that serial number of Tops goes to. Hope this helps someone
else who maintains many macs using Tops.


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