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MSWorks and the IIsi

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From: Andrew Bennett
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 1991 19:50
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I just got a Mac IIsi (replacing an old SE with 2 floppy drives.  Yay!), and
discovered something disconcerting with Works:

When I was copying my files off of the old hard drive (an external HD20) and 
onto the new one inside the si, it kept hanging.  I rebooted and tried smaller
amounts, but still the hanging.

Finally, I discovered it was Works desktop files that were causing the hanging!
What's in these files that could kill an si?  Or is it killing 6.0.7, and the si
was just the unlucky victim in this case?

Also, when running Works on the new machine, it:

a) can't use desktops, even when they're opened from inside the program

b) hangs when opening all but the smallest databases

c) tries to print beyond the margins, causing letters on the edge to be
truncated.  Since the document had 1" margins, I know it's not a physical
limitation of the Laserwriter (besides, it never did this before).

What gives?

-Drew

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