The Mac had to use PIC - after all, the original system was based on the
Motorola 68000, and an MMU was an extra-cost chip that they felt they didn't
need. The wonder to me is that, having invented a general purpose meta-data
mechanism, they didn't put the Finder Info in there.  Whatever.

You might find this Technical Note, entitled "Managerial Abuse" interesting:

http://devworld.apple.com/ngs/lpp/adrpub/docs/dev/technotes/ov/ov_08.html

It points out some traps that programmers can fall into by abusing
the various facilities that the MacOS provides, including the
"Resource Manager."

	Erik E. Fair	fair@clock.org