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From: Dean Utian on 9 Apr 2008 09:50
Dave C wrote:

> Dean, those old trial versions can be like gold when you need them!
>
> OT: What has happened to Updatestage.com? Have they finished with Director?

Hi Dave,

I have Trials from version 7 onwards. And they do come in handy.

Updatestage.com - a bit of history.
* Was created by Gretchen Macdowall, who was a very active member of the
Director and Xtras community. She sold and supported many Xtras. The site also
became a popular resource for the Mile High Table and bugs and quirks list.
* At the beginning of last year, Gretchen retired from Xtra and Director work.
At that point, I took over the Mile High Table.
* A few weeks later, Mark Andrade bought the domain from Gretchen and asked if
the Mile High Table could remain on the updatestage site. I agreed and
maintained editing control of the page.
* In the last week, Mark has moved on from Xtra and Director work and started
shutting down his sites, including updatestage. I looked at taking over the
updatestage.com domain but that did not work out. So, now the updatestage Mile
High table is at:
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/MileHighTable/
A bugs and quirks list will come at some point too.

regards
Dean

Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au

From: Bubonis on 10 Apr 2008 15:20
Thanks for the tips, all. :)

To clarify: I don't have the .dir or .dxr files. The only thing I have is an
..exe file (48.6MB) and a "classic" Mac application (74.8MB), both of which
being stand-alone projector applications. Also, there is no copyright issues
involved here. The artwork in question is original artwork created and owned by
my friend. The original files were lost in a house fire about ten years ago, as
was the computer that created them and a large number of other original files
(not to mention, well, pretty much everything my friend owned).

I ran the .exe file through Zena Pro which gave me seventeen (17) .dir files,
each one being 48.6MB. Each file is named after the application (so
"application.exe" gets me "application.exe_1.dir", "application.exe_2.dir",
etc).

If I run the first file through dirOpener I get what appears to be an
identical copy of the file (except that it's renamed). If I run any of the
other 16 files through it, I get a dialog asking me for "MUSIC.DIR" which I
don't have.

None of the files can be opened in Director 11, which is all I have installed.
I'll check around and see if I can find someone local with a copy of Director 4
that I can try. Thanks again, all. :)


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