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From: andrew@teletron.UUCP (Andrew Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: some random questions
Message-ID: <145@teletron.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 16:33:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 24 16:33:28 1987
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Keywords: MPW macput MultiFinder


I have a few questions which some kind soul(s) might be able to help with:

1)	I'm about to purchase MPW 2.0 and have just heard from the net that MPW
	3.0 will be out soon.  Will upgrades be available, and will they
	cost the Earth?  What happened re upgrades when MPW 2.0 came out?

2)	How do I get 'macput' to work?  I got the copy posted several months ago
	and have it compiled on our UNIX Sys V system.  I have tried the
	following sequence with no luck:
	
		i) run 'xbin' to create the file.data, file.rsrc and file.info
		   files.  No problems here.
		ii)  type 'macput file' from terminal mode
		iii) select the "XMODEM Download" command from my Mac program
		iv)  both programs time out

	I have tried Red Ryder, MacTerminal and others.  I'm not sure whether
	I've got the settings wrong or 'macput' is compiled wrong (it was a
	BSD only program as distributed).  What is the *exact* procedure used
	by people who've done this successfully?  (including settings)

3)	Try to change the desktop pattern from the control panel when running
	MultiFinder.  I did last night, and the disk icons vanished!  It was
	as though I had ejected the disks.  I got the floppy icon back by
	ejecting and re-inserting the disk.  I had to restart to get the hard
	disk icon back.  Has anyone else seen this behaviour?

Thanks,
	Andrew		(andrew@teletron or ..alberta!ncc!teletron!andrew)