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From: sysop@stech.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does the non-developer have to BUY Multifinder?
Message-ID: <324@stech.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 07:21:08 EST
Article-I.D.: stech.324
Posted: Wed Nov 25 07:21:08 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 02:51:51 EST
References: <577@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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in article <577@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, chris@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Chris Schanzle) says:
> 
> 
> After talking to my rather uninformed dealer, they told me that the System
> Update 5.0 (including Multifinder, System 4.2, Finder 6.0 [I think that's
> all correct])  IS NOT A FREEBEE.
> 
MultiFinder comes on four disks with a rather hefty manual.  If you
don't have the manual, you'll find it very hard to use.  That's why
Apple is charging for it if you get it through a retail outlet.

However, MultiFinder IS system software.  You can download it from a
number of on-line services (I believe that CompuServe has it - somebody
correct me if I'm wrong) or you can purchase the disks alone (for $8)
from a user's group like BMUG.  If I remember correctly, there was a
message not too long ago about where to send for the disks.

Yes, the dealer is making a small bit of money from selling MultiFinder,
but when you consider that all other software upgrades from Apple have
been free from dealers, this isn't so very wrong.


Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop

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