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From: schitre@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Sunil Chitre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MAJOR MAC IIx PROBLEMS!!!!! APPLE RESPOND!!!!!
Summary: Mac IIx wont run software
Keywords: Mac IIx
Message-ID: <107@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 31 Jan 89 23:38:43 GMT
Reply-To: schitre@jarthur.UUCP (Sunil Chitre)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
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Hello. I have a major problem with the new Mac IIx. My electrical engineering
professor just bought one on a research grant, and when I went to talk to him
about it (I'd like one myself, I have an SE now) he showed me a number of
programs that will not run. At all. In multifinder a system quit message
appears. In finder, the system crashs and must be restarted.

This is not in the least limited to a single program. He showed me four
programs that did this in the few minutes I was there. He has now found
several others, including an old Mac mainstay, MacWrite.

What's the real deal? Is this a problem inherent with the system, or is it
that the programs that don't work need to be re-written to be 030 compatible?

I wanted to get the IIx to run the A/UX system, since it would be very useful
at my school, but I don't want to go $7500 in debt to buy a system that wont
run my software.

I'll be posting a list of problematic software later this week, after my Prof
has had a chance to finish trying all the programs he uses.



Until then -

"What do you mean the backups haven't been done for a month and a half?"


Sunil
-Faustus Majoris
-Devious Bastard