Macintosh PC Exchange: Version 1.0.2 Update (5/93)
Article Created: 5 May 1993
This article discusses version 1.02 of Macintosh PC Exchange.
This article discusses version 1.02 of Macintosh PC Exchange.
Version 1.0.2 resolves several technical problems reported by PC
Exchange customers and is available to customers at no charge.
Mac PC Exchange 1.0.2 doesn't include any new features or enhancements
over the previous version 1.0.1, but incorporates fixes for the following
problems:
* PC Exchange 1.0.1 wouldn't recognize certain brands of pre-formatted
PC floppy disks. Instead, PC Exchange asked users if they wanted to
initialize the floppy disk. Version 1.0.2 of PC Exchange should now
recognize all brands of PC-format floppy disks, regardless of the
method used to pre-format the disk.
* Occasionally, the first file that users selected from a locked, PC-format
floppy disk wouldn't open, or the content of the document would appear
as garbage characters. If users unlocked the floppy disk, all files on
the PC-format disk would open without difficulty. With version 1.0.2 of
PC Exchange, you can open documents from a locked, PC-format floppy disk
without problems.
* When PC Exchange initializes a floppy disk that is damaged, the
initialization process can take a long time to update the damaged disk.
Version 1.0.2 of PC Exchange displays a new message while a damaged disk
is being updated. This message reports the progress of the disk update
and gives the option to cancel the disk initialization.
* If there isn't enough free space in the application heap, a format
failure or system crash could occur when PC Exchange is formatting a PC
floppy disk. This problem shouldn't occur with version 1.0.2 of PC
Exchange.
The Macintosh PC Exchange 1.0.2 update kit includes an 800K program disk
and a cover letter.
Exchange customers and is available to customers at no charge.
Mac PC Exchange 1.0.2 doesn't include any new features or enhancements
over the previous version 1.0.1, but incorporates fixes for the following
problems:
* PC Exchange 1.0.1 wouldn't recognize certain brands of pre-formatted
PC floppy disks. Instead, PC Exchange asked users if they wanted to
initialize the floppy disk. Version 1.0.2 of PC Exchange should now
recognize all brands of PC-format floppy disks, regardless of the
method used to pre-format the disk.
* Occasionally, the first file that users selected from a locked, PC-format
floppy disk wouldn't open, or the content of the document would appear
as garbage characters. If users unlocked the floppy disk, all files on
the PC-format disk would open without difficulty. With version 1.0.2 of
PC Exchange, you can open documents from a locked, PC-format floppy disk
without problems.
* When PC Exchange initializes a floppy disk that is damaged, the
initialization process can take a long time to update the damaged disk.
Version 1.0.2 of PC Exchange displays a new message while a damaged disk
is being updated. This message reports the progress of the disk update
and gives the option to cancel the disk initialization.
* If there isn't enough free space in the application heap, a format
failure or system crash could occur when PC Exchange is formatting a PC
floppy disk. This problem shouldn't occur with version 1.0.2 of PC
Exchange.
The Macintosh PC Exchange 1.0.2 update kit includes an 800K program disk
and a cover letter.