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Re: Some unrelated questions (again)

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From: Robert Joseph Hammen
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1987 19:00
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In article <1771@rti.UUCP> rcb@rti.UUCP (Randy Buckland) writes:
>I am a fairly new Mac owner and have a few questions:
>
>	1. Does anyone (like from Apple) know if the new Multifinder/System
>		will fix the problem with the second internal floppy on
>		the SE (drive is deselected too much)

Apple announced that a patch will be in the next System file, released with 
MultiFinder. In the meantime, if you are desperate for a fix, get Copy II
Mac 7.0. They have a fix for the problem that is an INIT resource that patches
the drive on startup. They also now have an INIT that allows you to undelete
files from your hard disk (when used in conjunction with MacTools 7.0). Also,
all programs are now supposed to function properly on the SE and II.

>	2. Does anyone use dot matrix printers other than the IMagewriter.
>		The specific case I have in mind is something like an Epson.
>		I would like to find a printer driver that would do both
>		text and graphics (probably by bitmap drop) with
>		little/no compatability problem. (so, I'm an optimist)

I haven't used them, but SoftStyle (in Hawaii) makes drivers for a number of
non-Apple printers. They had a package called EpStart which allowed you to
use an Epson printer with the Mac. I don't think it was 100% compatible, but
it's better than nothing...


Robert Hammen	Computer Applications, Inc.
hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu	Delphi: HAMMEN		GEnie: R.Hammen
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From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Joseph Hammen)
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Subject: Re: Some unrelated questions (again)
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