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From: arie@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Arie Covrigaru)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Don't buy SuperLaserSpool (or anything from SuperMac)
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Date: 31 Jan 90 03:19:08 GMT
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In article <7724@cs.utexas.edu> knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:
>In article <5506@blake.acs.washington.edu> rowen@blake.acs.washington.edu (Russell Owen) writes:
>
>[Long flame of SuperMac omitted...]
>
>Well, here we go again. Anecdotal evidence on one product (SLS) is
>generalized to put down a whole company (SuperMac). To balance it off
>a little, let me tell you that I think that SuperMac is one of the
>finest companies in the Mac market. Evidence (partly anecdotal):
>
> - SuperSpool. A real life saver. I used it with my IM II as long as I
>   had it without even the slightest hitch (even TeXtures'
>   non-standard font treatment posed no problem at all!).
>

I also had problems using SuperLaserSpool 2.0 and VersaTerm 4.0.  It kills the
print spool and if it doesn't, it crashes at the end of the print job.

I also witnessed problems with FileMaker II when sharing files on an
AppleTalk network.  SuperLaserSpool 2.0 causes the network to freeze.


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