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Open Transport Remote Access glitch

Rick Chin writes: "There is a problem with the Open Transport Remote Access extension/library, which has been confirmed by Apple. A unrecoverable crash/freeze will occur during the boot process if the startup disk is locked and the Open Transport Remote Access extension tries to load. This problem has actually been around since System 7.6 or 7.6.1. It affects many security or access control programs. Currently the easiest solution is to disable this extension."

Rick quotes the following from Apple Computer Developer Support:

"The behavior of the "OpenTpt Remote Access" shared … Read more

Making a Norton Disk Doctor startup floppy disk

So you downloaded the 3.5.1 update and patch for Norton Utilities and now you want to create a startup floppy disk with Norton Disk Doctor on it. Here is some advice from Symantec (Thanks, Koichi Takagi):

"The patchers are only for installed applications. They can't be used to update the floppy disks. Make a Startup Disk from the disk image, trash the Disk Doctor on it, and copy the updated Norton Disk Doctor 3.5.1 from your hard drive to it. Change its name to "Disk Doctor". That is critical. It can't … Read more

Post Week-end web sites

OS 8 tips Dana Nau has posted a collection of Mac OS 8 " quick fixes" to address "various problems with applications and system extensions."

Graphics news According to Macintosh Graphics News, PenTools is incompatible with Extensis PhotoTools. Moving the PhotoTools folder out of the Photoshop plug-ins folder solves the problem. The problem only happens if you have one or more PhotoBars showing. This web page also has some graphics-centric coverage of Macworld Expo.

Cachevariations When you buy your next Mac speed-demon, knowing the difference between external cache, in-line cache and backside cache will be increasingly important. … Read more

Post-Week-end updates

Aaron Light is a "$5 extension that makes Mac OS 8 look more like Mac OS 8, by patching the progress bars (including the startup progress bar), floating windows, and dialog boxes in third party applications that are not yet Appearance-savvy. Aaron Light also substitutes Espi Sans Bold 10 for Chicago 12 so that it can be used as your system font. Aaron Light requires Mac OS 8 and is free for registered Aaron users."

PageMaker 6.5.2 update is out.

Netscape Communicator 4.01a for the Mac is now available. Note: This file seems to have … Read more

AOL 3.x problems with Mac OS 8? No.

Bob Patterson found AOL unusually slow after updating to Mac OS 8. When he asked AOL tech support about this, he received the following surprising reply:

"Unfortunately, America Online 3.0 and Mac OS 8 are not compatible at this time. America Online and Apple are working together to resolve this situation but a resolution date has yet to be determined."

Update: Gene Steinberg (an AOL Forum leader) echoed my initial reaction to this: "That's absurd. AOL 3.0 is bundled with the Mac OS 8 CDs. It's definitely compatible, but sometimes tech support people … Read more

Apple Updates

Apple has released several updates in the last week or so. These include: Apple System Profiler 1.2.2 (a newer version than the one that comes with Mac OS 8) 55-6500_Video_Input_Update The 5500/6500 Video Input Update is a system extension that enhances system stability on Power Macintosh 5500, 6500, and Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh models when running video capture applications. MRJ_1.5 Avid Cinema 1.1.4