Subject: Re: replacing finder
To: Rick C. Petty <pett0019@gold.tc.umn.edu>
From: Coevoet Marc <mcoevoet@vub.ac.be>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/21/1995 09:43:27
>
> On Sat, 16 Dec 1995, The Great Mr. Kurtz <davagatw@mars.utm.edu> wrote:
>
> > AFAIK, most of them just delete the finder file and leave only one
> > program on the disk, which is then the one that gets launched. If you
> > really want to try something, take a simple program, rename it Finder,
> > put it on disk with a minimal system file for your system (the Disk Tools
> > disk would probably be a good source), and, using Resedit, change the
> > file type to FNDR and the creator to MACS. Then, see if it'll boot. If
> > it did, you're all set. If not, we know that something else is different.
>
> I'm certain this will not work (I think I've tried it before)...
Yesterday I did this on a 7.1 system. It *works*. I found an old
mac II, 851 incl, with only 2Mb Ram (8 x 256kb), so you see why I
needed this. I will have to add some ram though :-/
Marc
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