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- >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Cutts <tjrc1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> writes:
-
- Tim> I have had some problems with my registered version of
- Tim> Executor/Linux 1.99k, running on my 486DX PC.
-
- Thank you for registering. We have a 30-day money back return policy,
- so if we can't solve your problem, you'll still be able to return it
- and get your money back.
-
- Tim> They concern the application FoxBASE+/Mac version 2.0, which
- Tim> I use to maintain a database of cell stocks in our liquid
- Tim> nitrogen freezers at work. The only real Macs we have to do
- Tim> this work on are some decrepit old Mac Classics, and I have a
- Tim> reasonable PC (DX33, 20Mb RAM, 17" monitor), so I jumped at
- Tim> the chance of running Mac programs on the PC instead of the
- Tim> Classics, especially in a 1152x900 X window!
-
- If we can get FoxBase to run, I think you will indeed prefer Executor
- on your machine to those classics.
-
- Tim> So, I set to work installing a few Mac programs, including
- Tim> FoxBase. FoxBase runs fine (seems to, anyway), although help
- Tim> does not seem to work, and it gives 'File not found' messages
- Tim> whenever I try to open any database or program file. Anyone
- Tim> got any ideas?
-
- Here's the rub. We don't have a copy of FoxBase to test with, and
- right now we're fairly broke, so we can't run out and buy one (that
- should change within a few weeks).
-
- However, 1.99m is due out soon, and it has many filesystem bugs fixed,
- so there's a chance (although I suspect it is < 50%) that FoxBase 2
- will just work, once we release 1.99m.
-
- However, if after 1.99m is released, it still doesn't allow FoxBase 2
- to run, we'll try to work with you to see if we can't pin down exactly
- what is going wrong with the filesystem to confuse FB so.
-
- In addition, since this will take some time, if after working with us,
- you still decide you want to return Executor, we'll honor your
- request.
-
- We don't always make offers like this, but FoxBase is an application
- that we really would like to work, and we also like to reward people
- who do pay the license fee for Executor.
-
- Tim> PS... had some trouble printing too... says it can't find a
- Tim> printer. I thought that Executor/Linux used the lpr
- Tim> mechanism to print? Or do I need to set something up first?
-
- Printing under Executor/Linux in 1.99k is broken. It should work
- better in 1.99m.
-
- ================== 1.99m Status Report ==================
-
- 1.99m is running over here, however, testing has shown that about five
- out of fifty bug fixes that we applied did not actually correct the
- bug they were meant to correct. At this point we've fixed enough bugs
- that we're willing to release 1.99m as is, but I have to put together
- some paperwork for a BIG COMPANY, and that momentarily is taking
- precedence over getting 1.99m out the door.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-