[WinMac] Re: Incompatibility


Tim Scoff(casper[at]nb.net)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:52:10 -0500


>>Is there any known incompatibility with MacOS 8.0 and the Desktop Printer
>>Utility? I have a DPU app that was modified by UnipriNT, and the same
>>version works fine on 8.5.1 and 7.6.1. The machines running 7.6.1 are
>>StarMax Mac clones, and I was trying to upgrade the StarMax to 8.0 (since
>>it won't do any higher). I copied the DPU from the G3 running 8.5.1 over
>>to the StarMax running 8.0, and it still doesn't work. Is this something
>>unique to 8.0 or StarMax? Thanks -- Jason
>
> Yes, a minor incompatibility, IT DOESN'T WORK ;) Apple has a TIL article
> about that, basically saying that it doesn't work under 8.0, the code is
> not there. I think it works under 8.1 but I wouldn't use it under
> anything. It causes all sorts of headaches and weird stuff like the
> devices falling off the chooser, etc.

        It works perfectly under 8.5. I use it all of the time to
print from home to my printers at work.
Tim Scoff, MCSE
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