jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss) (12/02/88)
In last weeks MacWeek magazine there is a wonderful box which lists all the resources that the Installer updates removes, or installs, when you upgrade to System 6.02. One of those is INIT 30, for Fancy Mouse Tracking. Its only 318 Bytes long. Furthermore its not installed when you use the minimal script. Does anyone know what this does? I have tried taking it out, and putting it back (rebooting of course), and playing with the control panel mouse settings but I can't tell any difference. Must be some subtle effect! Jim Meiss jdm@emx.utexas.edu jdm@fusion.utexas.edu
tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) (12/19/88)
In article <8420@ut-emx.UUCP> jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss) writes: > In last weeks MacWeek magazine there is a wonderful >box which lists all the resources that the Installer updates >removes, or installs, when you upgrade to System 6.02. > One of those is INIT 30, for Fancy Mouse >Tracking. Its only 318 Bytes long. Furthermore its not >installed when you use the minimal script. > > Does anyone know what this does? > > I have tried taking it out, and putting it back (rebooting >of course), and playing with the control panel mouse settings >but I can't tell any difference. > > Must be some subtle effect! Prior to Macintosh II, there were only 2 mouse speeds. INIT 30 replaces this with the five speeds now available today. It is not needed for the Mac II, as it is in ROM. _emt
holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) (12/20/88)
In article <22462@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes: > >Prior to Macintosh II, there were only 2 mouse speeds. INIT 30 replaces >this with the five speeds now available today. It is not needed for the >Mac II, as it is in ROM. > > _emt I'd like more! I know there's a commercial CDEV that does this, but, $50 for the ability to change 8 bytes in memory seems too high. Does anyone know how to get a handle to these 8 bytes? I couldn't find anything in IM or tech notes. Thanks Fred Hollander Computer Science Center Texas Instruments, Inc. holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.
tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) (01/05/89)
In article <65919@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes: >In article <22462@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes: >>Prior to Macintosh II, there were only 2 mouse speeds. INIT 30 replaces >>this with the five speeds now available today. It is not needed for the >>Mac II, as it is in ROM. > >I'd like more! I know there's a commercial CDEV that does this, but, $50 >for the ability to change 8 bytes in memory seems too high. Does anyone >know how to get a handle to these 8 bytes? I couldn't find anything in >IM or tech notes. It's in the system file. Resources 'mcky' numbered 0 to 4 are the ones to change. 0 is tablet, 4 is fastest. _emt
victoro@crash.cts.com (Victor O'Rear) (01/08/89)
In article <23342@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes: >In article <65919@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes: >>In article <22462@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes: >>>Prior to Macintosh II, there were only 2 mouse speeds. INIT 30 replaces >>>this with the five speeds now available today. It is not needed for the >>>Mac II, as it is in ROM. >> >>I'd like more! I know there's a commercial CDEV that does this, but, $50 >>for the ability to change 8 bytes in memory seems too high. Does anyone >>know how to get a handle to these 8 bytes? I couldn't find anything in >>IM or tech notes. > >It's in the system file. Resources 'mcky' numbered 0 to 4 are the ones to >change. 0 is tablet, 4 is fastest. > > _emt There is also a CDEV called Pointing Device 1.2 that will modify the mcky resources. I thought I got it off comp.binaries, but I will send to the moderator if he asks. -- =============================================================================== | Victor O'Rear {hplabs!hp-sdd, cbosgd, ucsd, nosc.mil}!crash!victoro | | USnail: P.O. Box 3972, La Mesa, California 92044, United States of America| | mil : crash!victoro@nosc.ARPA and home: (619) 588-7423 (Sand Eigo, Ca) | | | | "Fools, Idiots! Don't they realize that they are dealing with forces | | beyond comprehension!" - "Doctor Science" | ===============================================================================