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- Path: EU.net!sun4nl!xs4all!hell!mario
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 20:58:44 GMT+1
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
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- Subject: Re: term betas are back in town
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- From: mario@hell.xs4all.nl (Mario Rhynsburger)
- Message-ID: <mario.0ctk@hell.xs4all.nl>
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- In a message of 07 Jan 96 Russ 'Argel' Lebar wrote to All:
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- RAL> Mario Rhynsburger (mario@hell.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- > : In a message of 29 Dec 95 "olaf Barthel" wrote to All:
-
- > : oB> recommend using it (although the downloads work again in
- > v4.5.7...). So
- > : oB> if there is a knock on the door and a v4.5.7 `term' beta is waiting
- > in
- > : oB> the
- > : oB> cold, begging to run on your Amiga, tell it to go home.
-
-
- > : What about the 4.55 version i found ?)
-
- RAL> The last official release was _4.5_ so that's a beta too. I'd be
- RAL> careful
- RAL> out there -- there are lots of bugs that creep in and out during these
-
- RAL> beta runs. In fact, the 4.5.7 file format got changed around a bit so
- RAL> that it's not backward compatible. In fact, I believe it's not forward
-
- RAL> compatible either!!!
-
- RAL> Bugs galore!!! That's the trademark of a term beta!! Okay, I
- RAL> exaggerate,
- RAL> though I just got 4.5.8 in and all I get is colorful blocks on the
- RAL> screen
- RAL> with it... So, do like the man said and don't use a beta!!!! If you
- RAL> want
- RAL> to use the term betas, then become a beta tester, ya putz!!!
-
- I did'nt realize it was a beta ,though the none excistence of any announce-
- ment about a possible update release should give it away .;)
-
- How ever it did'nt give probs I did'nt encounter in 4.5 (Except for a reco-
- verable alert ;( I will write it down net time it appears ))
-
- back to 4.5 >
-
- c^&u
-
- Mario Rhynsburger
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