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From: jacobson@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Mac Emulator
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Date: 5 Jun 89 06:09:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!jacobson    Jun  5 01:09:00 1989


Well I finally have Hypercard up and running on my 1 MEG A2000. The trick was as I suspected
that I should use system 4.2 which allows me to make a minifinder disk with
Hypercard as the only icon/file in the mini finder. If I do this I seem to have
plenty of ram, and Hypercard runs just fine. Of course this will cause
some minor trouble as the mini finder I am using with the 4.2 system
has a limited selection of fonts (to conserve memory). Ideally if you want
lots of fonts in your Hypercard font menu you will want more memory. I may
be limited in other ways, but all the stacks I tested worked just fine.
So in the final analysis I am pleased with Amax. It is a true good Mac
emulator. It does what I wanted which makes me happy.
 
The only problem is I still cannot print from any application to my 
epson 9 pin printer, allow the manual says I should. I get from
lockups (with a mouse arrow that is still mobile) to messages from
the likes of WordPerfect saying I have an error, and then it 
gracefully goes back to the program. Well I don't want to really
use my printer much given my already mentioned laserwriter II on my
SE at work. At least I can now do Mac work at home even if I still
must print it at work. If anyone figures out the problem with epson
printers and Amax I sure would like to here however.

Russ Jacobson