[188] in bcs-newton
Re: The handwriting bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (laird@marble.com)
Fri Aug 20 15:16:31 1993
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 15:13:11 -0500
To: 20-Aug-1993 1317 <white@nest.enet.dec.com>
From: laird@marble.com
Cc: bcs-newton@world.std.com
>Hi everyone,
>
>In an otherwise "old news about Newton" Wall Street Journal article, there was
>a mention that the handwriting recognition bug might be caused by disconnecting
>the power adapter without shutting down the device or by alkaline batteries
>that were running low. "Apple says this behavior is caused by the way the
>software and the electrical systems interact....Apple says it will fix it in a
>new version of the software now being written."
>
>Has anyone else heard anything conclusive about that yet?
Well, every time I've called Apple (800-SOS-APPLE) they've asked me whether
I was operating off of wall power, so I would suspect that they suspect a
problem of being caused by low power. The (very nice) support people told
me that Apple was working on a software fix that would address the need to
reset periodically.
I am *really* looking forward to that software upgrade now...
>Ken, how did those Beaming Bistro pictures turn out? :-)
>
> Be Bold!
>
> --Catherine--*
- Laird Popkin laird@marble.com
Marble Associates 617/891-5555
