What is included with the "Update 96"

Q 34. What exactly does the "Update 96" include? What differences does it make with my machine?

Martie Sandell wrote a great, detailed answer to this. Here it is:

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Subject: [1630] Re: The '96 Update..
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:14:29 -0700
From: sewsmartie <sewsmartie@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: "1630 Machine" <1630@lyris.quiltropolis.com>
To: "1630 Machine" <1630@lyris.quiltropolis.com>

> Does it make anything "work" better?

I found that my machine "tracked" better on the large stitches afterward. At the time I had mine installed it was only 4 days old and I was doing a demo in Sacramento. So it all was new to me then and I just keep remembering saying , "oooh!" quite a bit! As far as the zodiac goes.....how often do you use it? I do know that some have the "lost stitches" on a floppy that can be taken in thru the software and written to a blank key. I do not have them but keep hoping someone will email me them. "Hint"

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As for the changes on the update they are as follows:

Menu D-2 has 10 stitches, the quilting stitch has been added
Menu G-1 Has 11 stitches, entredeux stitch added
Menu H-1 Has 6 floral stitches with 1/5 (pansy-type with leaves and buds) 1/6 (daisy-type with stem and leaves)
Menu I-1 Is where the zodiac was (I think) and it has 7 wonderful florals; ivy vine, a variety of leaves......each can be used combined well with other stitches. I1/1 is a great one of pointed loops the is great fun to play with + and -.
Menu 1-2 is also new and has more of the above to use in combination. these really work well when stitched as a single pattern and then pivoting to make "frames" for Monograms or quilt lables.
Menu Q is the Large Script lettering and it now allows you 3 different sized letters, plus several letters have been changes slightly to be more Americanized. (I remember BEST the "S" which now looks like one. I used to have to use the "G" upside down and backwards to get an "almost" 'S'.
Menu T-1 has 7 small motifs and scrolls that are great used as single images on the edge of a buttonhole. T1/4 and 5 ar especially nice stitched in metallic "sliver" as single image hit and miss on dark fabric. they appear to be "jewels or sequins.
And perhaps the best part is that the built-in stitch designer now enables 5 sizes of stitch patterns..........9, 18, 27, 36, 45 mm stitches.

Yes, when I look at all this........I definitely say it is worth it!

I must admit I do miss 2 of the large stitches from the H-Menu, but I also understand they are among the "lost stitches'. If anyone has this floppy and wishes to email it to me I would be forever grateful. I am not big on the Zodiac (don't ask my sign, please <G> God made me the way He wanted to, sign or no sign) but there were a few, like the people holding hands, I did like or other uses. But those 2 scrolly designs I loved done in metallic on vevet and I do miss.

I think this is the main part of it..........someone add more it you can remember. I have grown so used to using the version 3 that it is just second nature to me now.

Martie

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