At 3/10/2005 12:08 PM, Robert Patterson wrote:
>The problem is that as computers change, your non-authenticated version of >Finale eventually will no longer work. For Mac users this is effectively >already the case. For Windows users the day is coming. If it isn't 64-bit >Windows, it will be Longhorn. If it isn't Longhorn, it will be some future >post-Longhorn version. If it isn't those, it will be some driver change, or >some midi or audio interface change. Does the 16-bit WinFin 2.x version >still run on Windows XP? Can you even install it on your current computer? >(It was distributed on diskettes that must have been sitting on a shelf for >at least a decade. Do they still work, even if you have a drive that will >read them?)
Aha. Good idea. I know that V3 works. I have the V2 disks. I will try an install and send a report.
The only problem with V3 is the long file name issue. You have to be able to interpret the C:\progra~1\finale~1\ mozart~1.mus filenames.
Most importantly: Playback still works. That is a huge hardware compatibility issue that MS dealt with.
>The fact is, the originally planned changes for Longhorn could possibly have >caused a substantial percentage of software obsolescence as compared with >that MacOS X caused for MacOS Classic users.
I have to agree. But that is from preliminary reports. MS has never done that in the past.
>So which happens first? Does MM vanish or does your next computer no longer >run your old version? One or the other (or both) is going to happen. There >is no escape, and authentication is merely one additional risk factor. A >migration path is essential. And expect not to be able to edit your files >after 10-15 years in any case, at least not without signficant rework.
Actually, you just save your old computers.
I have an Apple][e in the attic. I pulled it out the other day to print out my house building costs that I had saved in an Apple database.
I have a MacSE OS6 stored away. I haven't used it in the last year.
I also have an old computer running Win98 just to be able to scan images on. My $98 scanner with some kind of fake parallel SCSI ports doesn't work on Win2K. So I just keep the old computer around to scan paper docs ;-)
Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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