At 4:03 AM -0700 5/30/97, frissell@panix.com wrote:
At 12:33 AM 5/30/97 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
- PGP 5.0 with fancy user interface for Win32 only.
Note that 4.5 is Win/32 only but 5.0 is also available for (the latest) Macintosh OS. [So "latest" that Tim May can't run it.] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Newsflash: With the prodding and help of Vinnie M., I took a day last week and installed the latest versions of all of my major applications. I successfully ran the installation on my bootleg copy of PGP 5.0 (obtained from my friendly spy), but have not yet spent time integrating it with Eudora Pro 3.1, which I understand is possible. (Please: No helpful suggestions. All of the information I need to do this is apparently contained in the docs...I just haven taken the time off from doing other things to do this.) For those who know and care: System 7.5.3, MT Newwatcher 2.3.1, Eudora Pro 3.1, Netscape Navigator Gold 3.01, and various UUdecoders, helper apps, etc. To again paraphrase my .sig: "There's something wrong when it takes a day or more to upgrade apps to be compatible and there's no visible productivity improvement." Actually, I used to follow the Macintosh technical stuff more closely. I read "MacWorld" and "MacUser" cover to cover every month, I sometimes read "Mac Technical Journal" and other technical sources, I messed around with ResEdit, had a couple of volumes of "Inside Macintosh," had C and C++ avialable, and all that stuff. Upgrading from one version of a system to another was not too stressful. However, in the last several years, probably echoing the path many of you have taken, my focus has shifted to a more "platform-agnostic" path, centered on the Net and Web and on writing messages and participating in Net virtual communities (like Cypherpunks). I just want my main Internet apps to keep working as they have, and don't much care about Apple's stuff like "CyberDog" and PowerQuickToolsPro, or whatever. Sadly, the Mac OS is now very bloated, and I no longer have the time or interest to read the details and upgrade the many apps to the minor rev levels needed to ensure compatibility. (So sue me.) Once a "constellation" of apps is running smoothly, I am reluctant to change any of them unless the benefits are very clear. (And I could see no significant changes in going from System 7.1.3 to 7.5.3...the Mac OS is of course still missing basic OS features such as multitasking and memory protection.) Vinnie M. tells me I should do the upgrade to System 7.6...I think I'll pass on this for now. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."