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- From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
- Subject: Re: System Enablers, What Are They?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.152840.27057@tdb.uu.se>
- Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
- Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
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- References: <1993Jan12.024300.24218@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:28:40 GMT
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- Robert Abeles (rabel@netcom.com) wrote:
-
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- : I checked his system carefully, and found that he had a file that I had
- : never seen, something called 'System Enabler 111'. By installing a
- : new system on his HD, then putting this 'System Enabler 111' into
- : his system folder, then reinstalling his HD into his PB160, we got
- : him back into business. A couple of questions:
- :
- : 1. Is there a different installer in the PB160 package?
- : 2. By using the 'all macs' option on my installer, did I miss
- : something that he needs on his PB160?
- : 3. What gives with this 'System Enabler'? Is it now Apple's strategy
- : to package one of these with each new flavor of machine?
- : 4. Both my dad and I work with lots of different clients who have
- : various Macs. It would be nice of Apple:
- : A. To document the 'System Enabler' strategy someplace like
- : on the developer CD series; and,
- : B. Distribute the whole collection of enablers so that folks
- : like use can service our clients, most of whom throw away
- : or loose or reuse the floppies that come with their machines.
-
- Starting with system 7.1, Apple will not make a new system version for every
- new Macintosh model. Instead, they all use the same system version, and the
- new models add an extension called a system enabler. The problem is that the
- installation disks now have to be different. There's a separate install boot
- disk for the IIvi/IIvx, one for PB 160/180, one for PB Duo 210/230, and one
- for all the rest.
-
- I'm not sure on this, but I think a system enabler can do bad things if it's
- used on the wrong model. This is probably the reason why an install for all
- macs doesn't install all the enablers.
-
- Apple has been talking about this new strategy for a long time before
- system 7.1 was released, and it's all documented on the developer CD.
-
- In the future, Apple will also distribute enablers that extend the system.
- The new AppleScript, QuickDraw GX and electronic mail will probably all
- be system enablers.
-
- /Mats
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