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- From: maynard@groo.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley)
- Subject: Re: Apple breaks promise? MODE32 not in 7.1?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.013921.28279@msc.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
- References: <1992Aug28.230016.1695@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> <1992Aug29.080521.13035@msc.cornell.edu> <SPENCER.92Aug31125259@guraldi.med.umich.edu> <qyhn=3=.bskendig@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 01:39:21 GMT
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- In article <qyhn=3=.bskendig@netcom.com>, bskendig@netcom.com (Brian
- Kendig) writes:
- >In article <SPENCER.92Aug31125259@guraldi.med.umich.edu>
- >spencer@med.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas) writes:
- >>In article <1992Aug29.080521.13035@msc.cornell.edu>
- >maynard@groo.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
- >>> This strikes me as a rather hysterical response. Mode32 exists. You can
- >ftp
- >>> it for free. It works. We have no evidence that it does NOT work with
- >>> system 7.1.
- >>
- >>My understanding was that MODE32 worked only with system 7.0, not even
- >>with 7.0.1. Please correct mee if I'm wrong.
- >
- >You're wrong. :) I think it even works with System 6.
- >
- >But I think Apple's doing a bad thing by not putting it into 7.1.
- >Sure, it can be ftp'ed for free, but your average Mac-owner doesn't
- >have access to ftp, and may not even know MODE32 is available for free.
-
- Presumably this "average" Mac owner also doesn't need MODE32. Just how many
- "average" users are out there with more than 8MB in their cx's or SE/30's?
-
- Maynard Handley
-