Eeeek A Bug!

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by David Dunham

The release of Snapz Pro 1.1.0 seems to have taken care of the outstanding issues with SP and OS 8.5.x.

Slithereens - There's a workaround for a problem reported last time. When some users tried to open Slithereens, they got a message with the legend:
"Error
Main
-8300 or -18
Quit"
Alex Metcalf, of Bubble Trouble fame, discovered that Sithereens was apparently trying to use new features of the Display Manager software without checking to see if they were there. Installing the Display Enabler extension has taken care of the problem for most users. If you experience this problem, let me know at help@AmbrosiaSW.com and I can send it to you as an attached file.
Apeiron - The new Blue and White G3s also have the USB input, so you can open Apeiron and start a game, but you can't move the crystal shooter at all. Fortunately the new G3s also have an ADB input, so you can plug in an ADB mouse and blast those pesky catarpillars to bug heaven.
I've gotten a couple of reports from people getting random type 1 errors in EVO when using a Sonnet G3 upgrade card. I've contacted Sonnet and I'm waiting for a response. In the meantime, if you're using a Sonnet G3 upgrade and EVO, with or without problems, let me know.
I've been in contact with a user who reported crashes to the Finder when playing Swoop and that it wouldn't save his prefs. Disabling extensions eliminated the former; had no effect on the latter. Then when he switched back and forth from PageMaker and Word '98, he also experienced crashes to the Finder. His testing led him to believe that ColorSwitch Pro may be the culprit. After removing CSP he still experienced problems with his Finder. Further testing led to the Page Tool 2 plug-in for Pagemaker from Extensis.
I contacted Extensis, and they contacted me immediately saying that Page Tools is not fully OS 8.5.x. compatible. Their thinking was that the problem was probably the Start Pagetools application. They suggested that deleting the application may eliminate the conflict. Pagetools won't automatically launch anymore when Pagemaker is launched, but it can still be accessed manually.
Until next time...

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