I just ran MacDraw II v1.1 in Classic under 10.2.8 without a hitch. Ran and saved fine on a 120GB hard drive. Then I rebooted into 9.2.2 and the file opened without a problem. The key is that MDII won't work with more than 256 colors and the displays/monitors control panel needs to be set accordingly.
on 10/21/05 12:36 AM, Andrew Grebneff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> MacDraw: Not really on this list, as it doesn't work at all in >>> Classic, but I missed it terribly. Found JfDraw.jar though which >>> looks promising and has even more features and it's free. Others >>> might want to check it out. >> >> MacDraw Pro works just fine in classic. There's a bug in the >> program, though (which also manifested in OS 9, iirc) in that you >> cannot re-save a file if MDP is running from a disk > 2GB. >> >> A workaround I've discovered (very useful since I have several >> professors with LOTS of old figures in MacDraw Pro) is to make a >> disk image using Disk Utility, then storing the MacDraw program on >> it. It doesn't need to be very large at all. >> >> Then when you want to use MacDraw Pro, double-click on the disk >> image, then double-click on the MD icon. > > I have and use Macdraw II, and it does not work on a HD larger than > 700mb, nor apparently with an OS later than 8.6. I cannot use it on > my G3, so have to keep my old 6116 (with G3 upgrade) in use for it. > The same goes for Macdraw Pro. > > This is something that I have not been able to get around. Actually, > now that I think of it, I DID have MDII working on my G3ed 9600 with > 4gb and OS9.0... for a while. Then eventually it refused to open. I > was told by other listees that it should NOT have opened at all. And > MD Pro worked... until I tried to save, which it absolutely refused > to do. > > I found that MD Pro had a bug that didn't occur with MDII, but cannot > remember what it was. But I preferred MDII because of this. Initially > I managed to open MDII files in MD Pro, but eventually it refused to > work. > > MDII has a bug in that the layers are not to scale and have a fixed > point somewhere in any "group"; the further from this point you draw, > the worse the mismatch. This does not show up on the screen, but you > soon find out when you print! > > If you want to make labels with separating lines and you want to > print the lines, I don't know of any program other than MDII/Pro > which will do this. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
