harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) (01/13/86)
Good morning! Several comments/questions: o In response to my question about an HFS version of RedEdit, several people have advised me that it came as part of a Dec. supplement. I'm a Certified Developer and had been receiving the supplements for the past year, but no HFS (Dec?) supplement. Should I have expected this? o I've been advised that Fedit V3.5 is somewhat HFS compatible; only available from the author for $30. o It's rumored that Finder V5.1 is floating around... Can someone mail it to me or post it to the net? (By the way, non-HFS use of Finder 5.0 and up still yields value; as in the Small Icon display, etc.) o On a number of other hard disks, notably those used with the DEC Rainbow, there are programs floating around to cause the head to move to a track which is not used for data. This is intended to put the head over non-data when moving the drive and hence reduce the risk of damaging an important area on the disk surface due to bumps. The HD20 is so portable that I find myself moving it along with the system quite a bit. Does anyone know if such is possible/desirable on the HD20? o Does anyone know of a way to make a Microsoft Basic program a Startup program? Of course you can make BASIC the Startup application, but this does not automatically run a BASIC PROGRAM. The manual is silent on the subject, yet I wonder if there is a special name you can give a program which BASIC will look for and RUN if found... o Videoworks is AWESOME! A PERFECT application for the Mac! It does for presentations (or just as an art form) what MacWrite did for the printed document! Try it, you'll like it! (Perhaps we can exchange animation sequences?) Have a good day! Jeff
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (01/16/86)
In article <408@decwrl.DEC.COM> harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) writes: > >o It's rumored that Finder V5.1 is floating around... Can someone mail it >to me or post it to the net? (By the way, non-HFS use of Finder 5.0 and up >still yields value; as in the Small Icon display, etc.) > No one can legally post it to the net. As for using Finder 5.n without HFS, anyone who either uses a non-released Finder ( some of the 5.n ones fall into this category ), or uses a released Finder in a way that Apple warns against ( using 5.n with a non HFS system falls into this category ), deserves whatever happens to them. >o On a number of other hard disks, notably those used with the DEC Rainbow, >there are programs floating around to cause the head to move to a track >which is not used for data. This is intended to put the head over non-data >when moving the drive and hence reduce the risk of damaging an important >area on the disk surface due to bumps. The HD20 is so portable that I find >myself moving it along with the system quite a bit. Does anyone know if >such is possible/desirable on the HD20? > It depends on the disk. Some hard disks want to have the head at a particular place, and require software to put it there, some put it there by themselves when power is removed, and some don't care. If Apple did not supply such a thing, it is probably safe to assume that it is not needed. If you want to be sure, call Apple. -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim