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Re: PCTools v8 Ships FAST!

#197
From: Kevin Freeman
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 18:33
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In article 720895818@Isis.MsState.Edu, kwg3@ra.msstate.edu (Kevin W. Gregg) writes:
>sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Oct21.161555.4131@dragon.acadiau.ca> 861033h@dragon.acadiau.ca (Michael S. Hogan) writes:
>>>zatar@dadstoy.uucp (Terry Stockdale) writes:
>>>
>>>>I haven't installed it yet, so no observations yet on the software.  
>>>>But, the COMPANY is trying a lot harder this time and we don't have to
>>>>put up with the 6 week delivery of v7.  
>>>
>>>I'd be interested to here if they have incorporated support for EXTERNAL
>>>tape backup units yet.  I understand that v7 was a rather nice system
>>>but couldn't give it a try with my Backpack 120 because it didn't support
>>>externals.
>
>
>>More importantly, is it fully debugged.  v7 has  TON of bugs and I doubt
>>I was experiencing incompatibilities since I was running it on a true
>>blue PS/2 55SX.  Thanks.
>
>>Gerald Sylvester
>
>Gimme a break, on the opening screen with the default 2 windows (graphics
>showing) in the little blocks where little trees and branches are shown
>to subdirecotries/folders, in about 50% of the places there is a '4'
>where one of these little branches should be.. or is this just me?
>
>please reply to cee1@ra.msstate.edu
>
>thanks
>
>-- 
>
>
>-----------------------------------------The Kapital K
>                                         kwg3@isis.msstate.edu


Are you sure that those '4's aren't the numbers that tell you how many directories deep it goes when the window is too narrow to show them all? I've never had ANY problems with v.7, so try expanding the tree window horizontally.
|<evin Freeman
kfreeman@ugly.uvic.ca

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