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Subject: Re: Old Pixar Showplace 2.0 program questions
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On Friday, April 2, 2010 4:01:57 AM UTC-6, TERRY wrote:
> Hi does anyone happen to still have patch updates for Showplace 2.0 to
> 2.1 + 2.2?   I found a copy of this relic software and it won't boot
> after installation... I get TYPE 10 system error on a Powerbook G3 and
> crashes my machine.  The copy of Glimpse 1.0 also crashes - same error
> msg.  Was there ever a PPC patch to fix this?  Thanks so much!


I have Showplace 2.2.1.  Also it wants to run on a 1993-1995 Mac using System 7.0 - 7.2.  The newer macs running OSX + Classic are emulation not the real deal.

I am able to run Showplace + Typestry on G3 System 9.2.2 but I get crashes on the object insertions and primitives.