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Grex Micros Item 97: Mac System 7.1 Update 3.0 ....
Entered by rcurl on Thu Jul 7 06:02:44 UTC 1994:

Mac System 7.1 has had several updates - the most recent being 3.0.

17 responses total.

#1 of 17 by rcurl on Thu Jul 7 06:05:20 1994:

I have run Sys 7.1 Update 3.0 on my Mac Powerbook. I can't say it
has changed the look or behavior of the system much, except for
replacing TeachText with SimpleText (a *great* improvement), and
*an undocumented screen saver*. The screen just dims after a few minutes
of idle. That's OK...but can it be controlled? I could find no Control
Panel that controlled this (and nothing about it in the accompanying
documentation).

#2 of 17 by srw on Thu Jul 7 13:39:49 1994:

I have read some good things about SU3.0, but haven't gone to the trouble
yet. I don't know anything about the controls for the screen dimmer, tho.
I'll let you know if I spot something.

#3 of 17 by kentn on Thu Jul 7 18:22:50 1994:

Sys 7.5 is on the way...

#4 of 17 by srw on Thu Jul 7 23:23:18 1994:

Yes and it will incorporate SU3.0 .

#5 of 17 by tsty on Mon Sep 5 08:14:26 1994:

For a few dollars more?

#6 of 17 by srw on Mon Sep 5 20:04:37 1994:

Sys 7.5 will probably cost more than I want to pay.
I don't expect to upgrade early, or perhaps at all.
SU3.0 will be rolled into it as part of the package, though.

#7 of 17 by hawkeye on Tue Sep 6 17:32:59 1994:

7.5 seems much "faster" than 7.1 -- primarily because they re-wrote
the disk caching routines.  I like 7.5 and will be installing it on all the
dept. machines as soon as I get my hands on a CD of it.

#8 of 17 by srw on Fri Sep 9 08:06:55 1994:

Perhaps I'll reconsider.

#9 of 17 by rcurl on Fri Sep 9 18:12:27 1994:

Our department has installed it on all lab machines. Now you get a progress
bar, as it boots. wow

#10 of 17 by hawkeye on Mon Sep 12 15:04:42 1994:

Hey, don't be sarcastic, or you won't get any help!  ;-)

#11 of 17 by rcurl on Mon Sep 12 16:17:27 1994:

Whoops! I forgot that my Sysop is watching 8-/.

#12 of 17 by n8nxf on Thu Sep 10 10:46:13 1998:

Odd. I found 7.5 to be slower than 7.1.  As an interesting side note, just
for the fun of it I dropped WindowShades from 7.5 into the the System
Folder of this SE running system 6.0.8 and rebooted.  It works!  I get a
warning message saying that WindowShades may cause problems with any OS
other than 7.5 but no problems yet.  Makes me wonder else I can drag into
6.0.8 to modernize it?

#13 of 17 by arthurp on Fri Sep 11 03:10:28 1998:

What is this WindowShades?  I haven't seen a Mac up close in years.

#14 of 17 by n8nxf on Fri Sep 11 11:27:13 1998:

(Click on any title bar of any open window a few times and the window
disappears leaving only the title bar behind.  Click on it a few times again
and the window reopens.  Nice when you have multiple windows open and you
want to go between them.)

#15 of 17 by rcurl on Fri Sep 11 16:53:44 1998:

It is built into later OSs, with a button in the upper right corner for
opening and closing windows while leaving the title bar in place.

#16 of 17 by arthurp on Sat Sep 12 02:39:28 1998:

Cool feature.
I use(d) a little 'finder' in my Winblos 3.1.  Neat also.

#17 of 17 by n8nxf on Tue Sep 15 11:29:44 1998:

I also have used the file finder that came with 7.5 in 7.1 without problems.
I like the OS 7.5 file finder better.  I've not tried it with 6.0.8 and
doubt that I will.

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