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Lawrence Flowers <leaf@teaftech.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> > I've got a problem that might fill somebody's time up.
> 
> I wish I'd never asked
> 
> > I think it might
> > be application related though. I use a program called ArtPro (it's a bit
> > like Illustrator 1000.0 might be like, it costs an arm and a leg and
> > it's dongle protected). When I copy something (which is not a thing it
> > does very well) the application quits with an unkown error. It may be
> > system related as I have had a lot of problems copying in Quark 4.0 as
> > well. My colleague runs Artpro on a PM9600/300 OS8.0 with no problems at
> > all, the only difference with mine is that its a 266mhz G3 and it has
> > slightly more memory. The machine does have another ADB device on - a
> > radius calibrator for the monitor but I wouldn't have thought it would
> > manifest itself in a problem with copying.
> 
> Bit above my head I think but..
> 
> Are you copying a file or part of an image?

Just copying to the clipboard any element except - surprisingly - text.
I can't say as I've had a problem with text.
> 
> The 9600's processor and the G3 are quite different and I belive handle
> Floating point calculations in a different way.  This might be significant as
> I have heard that the 9600 is still superior to the 266 G3 for Photoshop!

Well, I can't say as I've noticed any deterioration in speed (I did work
on the 9600 previous to the G3). You've sparked my curiosity now. I'm
going to test it tomorrow. If it's slower - I might swap. I'm pretty
satisfied with the G3 but I think the vendor had certain things loaded
on it prior to us acquiring it so I would hazard a guess that something
is clashing with something else. Too busy to reload the system just yet
though!

ArtPro is a well written piece of software with one or two minor
glitches but on the whole it does the job of specialised high-end
workstation solutions such as Barco or Dalim which cost tens of
thousands of pounds. What is surpising is the installation of it - 1 CD
- 1 application file and about 5 prefs files that belong in the same
folder. Who says you need four thousand files for a program! Microsoft
eat your heart out. It could be just ArtPro that has a problem with the
clipboard on the G3 but I have had bad crashes in Quark after a few
clipboard operations (and updating placed pictures in batches of any
more than ten).

Alan