Re: [WinMac] Mac OS 8.6

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 24 May 1999 23:20:12 -0500

[note from the moderator: I don't want this to degenerate into
another Windows/Mac war, but Dan provides some useful information
here]

        Hmmm, let's see: I didn't have to reinstall any drivers when installing
NT4's Service Pack 2, 3, 4, & 5. If we look at MacOS 8.5, we see that
Service Pack 1 ("MacOS 8.5.1") and Service Pack 2 ("MacOS 8.6") may have
needed new drivers. AND, these drivers operate down in CPU Ring Zero
(Supervisor or Kernel Mode), so they are indeed quite easy to break.

        And let's not forget how MacOS 8.5/SP2, err, MacOS 8.6 broke the latest
released version of Adobe Type Manager. I don't think any of the NT4
Service Packs did that trick...

At 07:38 PM 5/24/99 -0500, David Bell <db28@alphainfo.co.uk> wrote:

        [cut]

>In my view, while perhaps the 8.6 installer might have handled this a bit
>more cleanly, one always needs to take care in such situations, and be
>ready to re-install the additional drivers if necessary. (Surely it
>should not be necessary to point this sort of thing out on a list that
>deals extensively with Windows issues :-)

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