hammen@puff.UUCP (Zaphod Beeblebrox) (03/19/86)
In article <10804@amdcad.UUCP>, jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) types: > In article <708@puff.UUCP> hammen@puff.UUCP (Zaphod Beeblebrox) writes: > >In article <10688@amdcad.UUCP>, jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) types: > >> In article <45@ur-tut.UUCP> akk2@ur-tut.UUCP writes: > >> > > >.....procedure to modify finder to make the startup disk remain the default > >> > >> NOTE: All of this is for Finder 4.1 ONLY, neither Keeper, nor the patch above > >> work with other (older or newer) versions of the Finder!!!! > >....... > >> > >> Jim Budler > > > >Keeper works with Finder 5.1, as I use it on my Lisa and Profile every day. > >I don't know how anyone with a large desktop file (mine is 132K) could ever do > >without it. Does anyone know who wrote it? > > It doesn't work with my Mac512, system 3 finder 5.1. It runs and the Mac Bombs > while closing the next application. Perhaps we have different versions, or > we are talking about different programs entirely. > > The one I am talking about keeps the boot drive in place on a given > disk, whether you run an application off another disk containing a system > file or not. Sounds like 'your' keeper is HFS oriented. > -- > Jim Budler > Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. > (408) 749-5806 > Usenet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amdcad!jimb > Compuserve: 72415,1200 Here's what my Keeper does. On a 512K or larger machine, it will keep the desktop file and the Finder in RAM, the upshot being that no matter how large a desktop file you have or how many files you have, quitting to the Finder is nearly instantaneous. This program works particularly well with hard disks (i.e. large desktop files). I downloaded it from the MacInternationalBBS and would LOVE to know who wrote it. I have discovered a couple of problems with it: one is with WayStation 2.1 (a minifinder substitute) and one deals with using the font/da mover and adding/removing fonts and da's. (you don't see a reduction of the size of the system file, and you can crash by trying to access a DA that is not in the system anymore). I have been using it for two weeks now, on both a Lisa 2 with a 10 meg profile and Finder 5.1/System 3.0 and a Mac Plus with Hard Disk 20 and same System/Finder. I have not tried it extensively on a 512K Mac, and wouldn't even think of trying it on a 128K Mac. I have also not tried it with other Finders and Systems. I do not believe it is dependant on HFS, as I'm running MFS on the Lisa and HFS on the Mac Plus. ============================= |---------------------------- | Robert J. Hammen |- ================= ------- | Manta Software Corp. |- == == ------- | U. of Wisc. CS Dept. |- == == ------- | U. of Wisc. Plasma Physics Dept. |- == == ------- | |- == == ------- | USENET: {ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!uwvax | == == | / \ | ================= ----== | !gumby!hammen !puff!hammen | + | ============================= hammen@{PUFF.WISC.EDU,GUMBY.WISC.EDU} | == | ============================= USNAIL: 45 N. Orchard St. Call the Manta BBS! 24 hrs. Madison WI 53715 (715)832-7420 300/1200/2400 AT&T: (608)251-2846
borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton) (03/21/86)
I have run Keeper on a 512K Mac with an HD20 under HFS and had no problems. I
even ran Switcher afterward to find out how much memory it took. Quitting from
the Switcher was fine... I downloaded Keeper from net.sources.mac.
-Chris
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Chris Borton, UC San Diego Undergraduate CS
Micro Consultant, UCSD
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