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>Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:04:37 -0700
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>From: TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: G4 Powerbook + publisher's software problem (TBob)
>Cc: [log in to unmask]

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We are considering Deux Mondes, which has audio CDs, a good CD-ROM, 
and a "Cahier d'exercices" (electronic workbook) on CD.  My problem 
with this is that I cannot get the electronic workbook to do anything 
but freeze my G4 Powerbook, running OS 9.1 and with an Internet 
Explorer 5.1 (all seems to match specs).  I did register as directed 
by the product, but I can get no farther than a click on an 
individual exercise before all comes to a stop.  Please note that I 
do go several levels before I freeze and have to execute an emergency 
reboot. Actually, when the CD-ROM is inserted, it opens my Internet 
Explorer 5.1.4 (4231) automatically, and if I close it to look for 
the "startmac.htm"  file (as per direction on the package), all I 
find is an "automac.htm" file.  My machine seems to labor 
unnecessarily to open what is essentially an html file from the 
desktop.

When I try the same software on 2 different vitages of G3 iMacs in 
the lab, a 400 MHz running OS 9.0.4 and a 500 MHz running 9.2.2, it 
all works great.  When I go to my colleague's office and his G4 tower 
running OS 9.1 and the same IE browser, the software runs fine (so 
much for platform and OS problems).  I have made further comparisons 
between my G4 Powerbook and the tower G4 of my colleague using my 
system profiler.  His Mac OS ROM is 7.9.1, while mine is a 7.5.1. 
Also, though we both have PowerPC G4 processors, his machine speed is 
"533 Mhz", while mine is "400 MHz (300-400 MHz)".

The software jacket says I can run this also with Netscape 6.0, so I 
tried it with my 6.2 and it crashes the same way in the same place. 
I am stumped.  Am I dealing with a speed problem or should I be 
worried about an extension conflect? My little mind cannot seem to 
wrap around it.

Any advice?  If I cannot run it on my machine, I cannot be of any 
help to students...won't be able to incorporate activities into 
tests, etc.

TBob
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