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From: cullen@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Peter Cullen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: getting system 5.0 & a question
Message-ID: <9150@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: 9 Aug 89 18:00:30 GMT
Reply-To: cullen@sunybcs.UUCP (Peter Cullen)
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Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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With all the horror stories being posted about Apple dealers I thought I would
share my experience about getting System 5.0. I originally bought my GS from
a local Apple Dealer who has just been bought out by ComputerLand. In the past,
I had had trouble with computerland and didn't like having to deal with them
now. But I decided to give them a try. So I went there and asked the Salesman
if they had the new system software for the GS. After asking someone else he
found out that, yes, they had a store copy that they were copying for their
customers. Then he asked If I brought any disks with me. Not expecting them
to have system 5.0, I hadn't brought any with me. So he disappeared and came
back with the sytem 5.0 software along with a couple of blank disks. He said
he would give me the disks if I would make the copies myself since he was 
running behind for the day. Not a bad deal if I say so myself.
  I guess my point is that not all apple dealers are dense when it comes to
new products and some are downright nice.

So I have just started to use 5.0 and I noticed something strange with the
finder. When I attempt to change the name of my ramdisk, the name reverts back
to the previous one. That is, I double click "RAM5", delete RAM5,
and type in a new name. Then as soon as I click on another icon, the name I
typed in changes back to RAM5. Is this intentional, a bug or am I doing
something wrong? I don't have any new documentation for 5.0 but this would
work under 4.0 without any problem.
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