[WinMac] what happens to third-party extensions with new OS releases

Marc Bizer(mlbizer[at]mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:10:10 -0600

On 11/25/99 at 10:10 AM -0800, Dan Schwartz wrote:
> Just look down the WinMac list for the last few days... Speed Doubler,
>Magic Menu (sorry, Len!), Virex, Conflict Catcher... The list goes on and
>on of Extensions & Control Panels that were broken by System 7/8 upgrades.

It is normal for third-party extensions that work by patching traps
to break with a new release of the MacOS, especially something like
SpeedDoubler which patches the OS so extensively. Virex has been
buggy from the start, and it could be argued that it has never been
completely stable. And as for ATM, it was making file system calls
which Apple had been discouraging for a long time.

But the good news is that updates to almost all of these extensions
(except SpeedDoubler/RAMDoubler) were made available *for free* when
OS 9 was released or soon after.

        --Marc

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