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- From: zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: PAUSEING IN SYSTEM 7.1 OPERATIONS.......HELP!!!!
- Summary: Apple does it again -- but it's not alone!
- Message-ID: <BxIyBo.94F@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 23:52:34 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.184844.13120@nrc.com>
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- In a previous message, mikey@nrc.com (Mike Goodglick) says:
-
- >1. REALLY annoying pausing that only gets past it when I click the
- >mouse...
-
- I don't think this is a problem with System 7.1 per se, since I have
- seen it on at least one other machine -- and *that* one was running
- 6.0.2 at the time. That problem was fixed when the mouse was replaced
- *and* the system software was re-installed; I don't know if the same will
- work in this case, but I thought I'd suggest it anyway.
-
- >2. Access PC no long works....now if have to "upgrade" to Access PC 2.0.
-
- This isn't Apple's fault. According to the Insignia reps with whom I
- spoke at the Boston MacWorld Expo in August, Insignia's programmers
- didn't follow certain programming guidelines in AccessPC 1.0 through
- 1.3. The code that Insignia licensed to Apple for Macintosh PC Exchange,
- and that is used in AccessPC 2.0, reflects the fact that the programmers
- *are* now following proper procedures. (One example: Have you ever tried
- unmounting a SoftPC "hard disk" file under AccessPC 1.3 and System 7.0
- or 7.0.1? You get an error message; AccessPC 2.0 doesn't have this
- problem.)
-
- >3. MacTCP no longer functions the right way & I have to "upgrade" to
- >1.1.1.
-
- Now *this* one is definitely Apple's fault. MacTCP 1.0.1 had problems
- with System 7.0, and now MacTCP 1.1 has problems with System 7.1.
- Apple can't even keep its products compatible with each other; I've
- never seen anything like this! However, you might try contacting the
- distributor of the software you've been using with MacTCP 1.1; many of
- these distributors can help you get MacTCP 1.1.1 for free or for a
- nominal (i.e. less than the $100 that Apple wants) charge.
-
- >Please somebody out there, tell me that I am not alone with these
- >gripes...Apple is starting to piss me off. No wonder so many people
- >stick with IBM's ...(please no damn flame wars starting here they all
- >start & end the same way....getting nowhere).
-
- Apple pissed me off a long time ago. I'm still wondering how they
- think people will get good "at-home service" for the Performas when
- none of the people at the Customer Assistance Center and few of Apple's
- authorized repair personnel have a clue as to what they're talking
- about.
-
- Hope this helps!
-
- -- Dave
-