Ed, as usual you're one step ahead of me. Thanks. John R....
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em315
Jul 13, 2010 4:26 am
John, Which extra step do you mean? If you use the Desktop Printer Utility to create a printer "with LaserWriter8" and select "Translator (PostScript)", the...
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jrethorst
Jul 13, 2010 3:12 am
... Tom, your report here that SymLink worked with SheepShaver was major news, since we now have seamless access from the SS/Unix disk to our entire OSX hard...
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Thomas J. Rostafinski...
tjrostaf
Jul 12, 2010 3:24 am
Thank you, John. I had tried disabling the Graphic Font Menu option, as well as turning off Adobe Type Reunion, which I have used for years along with Adobe...
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jrethorst
Jul 11, 2010 3:19 am
I have not had this difficulty, although I am starting to wonder in general about the 25 Oct 2009 build, apparently done by someone over at emaculation.com...
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Thomas J. Rostafinski...
tjrostaf
Jul 10, 2010 4:54 pm
Hi, Everyone. Have any of you had difficulties with starting WP up in recent SS builds? With the latest SS builds, that is, the ones from 18 or 25 October...
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em315
Jul 5, 2010 5:24 pm
Let me eat my words. I found a SheepShaver setup on my disk based on OS 8.6, in which Adobe PS successfully sends printer output to a file on OS X. I don't...
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em315
Jul 5, 2010 2:26 pm
John, I haven't been able to get Adobe PS to work with SheepShaver for months - crashes every time. LaserWriter8 works, and the virtual printer can be set by...
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WH
arvaess
Jul 5, 2010 2:43 am
John - Don't see an easy way to respond personally, so the 'party line' is free to listen in....... (Grew up in VERY rural environs, thus know all about 8...
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jrethorst
Jul 4, 2010 11:11 pm
... The LaserWriter 8 driver was not in the Extensions folder, but I happen to have a copy of LaserWriter 8.7.3 so I put it in the Extensions folder. ... Let...
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w hunter jr
arvaess
Jul 4, 2010 10:14 pm
This just appeared as I worked to send some 'perspective' insight which might help. Brief, to augment: 1. What does the Adobe driver provide in terms of...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Jul 4, 2010 9:32 pm
John Never figured it out. Assumed it was some problem in my system where I'd added something that no-one else had. It's somewhat reassuring (if frustrating...
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WH
arvaess
Jul 4, 2010 8:17 pm
Don't have SS-WP configured so as to test at the moment, but offer a couple of caveats for 'thinking' (rather than telling') from my printing goober archives....
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jrethorst
Jul 4, 2010 6:59 pm
N.B. the Laserwriter 8 and Adobe PS drivers are very similar, but the L8 requires you to choose Print to File each time you print, so the Adobe is one step...
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jrethorst
Jul 4, 2010 6:48 pm
... There's also a copy, as "LaserWriter_8.6.1.smi.bin", in the Files section here. John R....
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Steve Kane
skanecocom
Jul 4, 2010 2:11 am
I installed the Chooser you uploaded into the Apple Menu Items folder. The LaserWriter 8 driver was not in the Extensions folder, but I happen to have a copy...
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jrethorst
Jul 4, 2010 1:22 am
It should be in the Apple menu. I've put a zipped copy of the file in Files > Temporary_Items here. John R....
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Steve Kane
skanecocom
Jul 4, 2010 1:02 am
The Chooser appears to be missing. Where should I be looking for it? It is not under the Apple Menu, nor in Extensions, nor in Control Panels....
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jrethorst
Jul 4, 2010 12:47 am
I'm rebuilding printing in SS-WP, and am getting crashes with the Adobe PS driver. When I go to the Chooser and select Laserwriter 8, printing is OK. Do you...
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em315
Jul 2, 2010 1:13 am
Am I right in thinking that it's impossible to print an envelope using the method that sends a PDF from Sheepshaver (or Basilisk II) to OS X, and then prints...
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Steve Kane
skanecocom
Jul 1, 2010 9:14 pm
... I am getting the same crash when attempting to print. I used EasyFind to locate and delete all files with SheepShaver in their name including the invisible...
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jrethorst
Jul 1, 2010 2:20 pm
... Did you delete SheepShaver's prefs file, an invisible file at the root level of the user's Home folder, titled ".SheepShaver_Prefs"? The installer should...
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Philip Utley
putley165
Jul 1, 2010 1:20 pm
I removed my copy of SheepShaver and associated files, using EasyOpen. I downloaded your latest version, “SheepShaver-WordPerfect Install 1.2.3.dmg” and...
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Philip Utley
putley165
Jun 29, 2010 4:24 am
Many thanks for the SheepShaver version of WordPerfect. It maintains the old WordPerfect panache in a new environment. You asked for issues with the current...
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David Schmalz
ddschmalz
Jun 27, 2010 4:37 am
Since this off-topic topic is so popular, I'll mention that I alleviated my Flash problems on my PPC Mac by installing a program called Clicktoflash. It was a...
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Phillip M. Jones, C.E...
pjonescet
Jun 26, 2010 7:26 pm
I too am not into games. Based on my experience on my computers both Macs (but both PPC Computers) I couldn't use them any way. When Flash works they act like...
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Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
Jun 26, 2010 7:26 pm
A company with a virtual monopoly on a given market share purposefully breaking other people's websites/apps with their own software to gain a tighter hold on...
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ordhaj
Jun 26, 2010 7:23 pm
I have to agree. Flash may be buggy (and so may anything else), but no process should be able to bring down an operating system. If it can, there's a problem...
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Chad Smith
gimpshopdotnet
Jun 26, 2010 7:23 pm
WPMAC - WordPerfect *MAC* Antitrust laws exist because of hundreds of proven conspiracies. - Chad W Smith "I like a man who's middle name is W." - President...
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Frank Mitchell
frankgreendog
Jun 26, 2010 8:37 am
Hello Chad, Fair enough. I wasn't aware of any of that - I'm not into games anyway. Sounds very much like one of Microsoft's tactics. Thanks, Frank ... --...
