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It starting to appear that Apple may be dropping support for running PowerPC applications on the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” release. If this is true, since Remember? is currently PowerPC only, that would mean that Remember? will not run on Mac OS X 10.7 making Mac OS X 10.6 the last supported OS version.

If this does come to pass I will provide a method to export existing occasion data to iCal format to ease the transition but I can’t promise that Remember? itself will be converted to run on “Lion.” I’ll be more specific once Apple provides a 10.7 release date and confirms that PowerPC apps won’t be supported.

There are a few more details on the Remember? product page.

I’ve just discovered that as a consequence of my changes to the way occasion files are managed in Remember? version 4.5 file names have a shorter overall length limit. I’ll take a look at how I can fix it but for now occasion file names should be limited to 21 characters or less or you might get an error code -37 (invalid file name) when saving or editing occasions in that file.

It certainly took long enough but Remember? version 4.5 is now available for download! The most significant change is that the last supported year has been extended from 2018 to 2134 but it also adds the ability to save backup copies of occasion files when you add, delete or otherwise edit occasions as well as a few other minor bug fixes and cosmetic changes.

What is not included is a native Intel™ version of the application. That isn’t supported by the (ancient) development system I use to maintain the current incarnation of Remember?.

A few things you should know about this version:

• It uses the same occasion file format as version 4.3 EXCEPT when events are scheduled for years beyond 2018. When those events are present previous versions of the application should refuse to open the occasion file but the best bet is to not tempt fate by running a mixed environment of old and new versions.
• The new occasion backup mechanism saves copies of occasion files when you change them but the backup copies reside in the same folder as the original occasion file so it is not a substitute for a proper external backup plan such as Time Machine.

As usual there is no upgrade charge if you’ve already paid and there are no registration codes or other limitations on the application as it is still distributed as true Shareware.

I hope you enjoy the update!

Dave

Oddly enough, this:

was not the low point of my day.

Not many people probably remember that a large personal computer show/expo was held in Atlantic City way back in the late 70s. The show was the brainchild of John Dilks, a great guy who also co-owned and operated one of the earliest independent computers stores in the South Jersey shore area (The Computer Ark). If I remember correctly the PCC shows ran for two or three years total before the expense of running them in A.C. made them impractical.

I still remember writing BASIC demos for John to run on his S-100 computer at a local air show to drum up interest in PCC.

Working through some old boxes I bumped into the brochure for what I believe was the first PCC in 1977:

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