ring@cg-atla.UUCP (Steve Ring) (07/12/88)
A while ago, I wrote asking for help in stripping the system (4.1) of
resources that, for a Mac+, are not needed. This was taken from an article
in the Sept. '87, Mackey, re-printed from Mouse Tracks, Portland user Group,
by Ken Peterson. Specifically mentioned are
Type ID Size Why Comments
____ __ ____ __________ ______________________
cicn 31 906 MacII only special MacII Icon
DRVR 9 3282 in ROM .MPP Appletalk driver
DRVR 10 2404 in ROM .ATP AppleTalk driver
PACK 4 4536 in ROM Floating-point math
PACK 5 4190 in ROM Transcendental math
PACK 12 9792 Mac II only Color Picker
PTCH 105 5696 128/512 only Patch for 64K Roms
PTCH 630 12958 SE only Patch for II Rom
PTCH 376 12004 MAC II only Patch for II Rom
snd all 21471 MAC II only startup sounds
SNTH all 7380 Mac II only sound synthesizer
WDEF 0 2142 in ROM Default window definition
___________________________________________________________________
This amounts to about 85K that can be eliminated. A pared down system file
on a Mac+ would be highly desirable for any number of reasons.
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? Could some one confirm these are the correct ones, or otherwise respond ?
? in some way on how to strip the system file on a Mac+ to only what is ?
? needed on the Mac+ ?
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Steve Ring
CompuGraphic Corp.
Wilmington, Mass., 01887, (617) 658-5600, x5092sbb@esquire.UUCP (07/12/88)
In article <5106@cg-atla.UUCP> ring@cg-atla.UUCP (Steve Ring) writes: >A while ago, I wrote asking for help in stripping the system (4.1) of >resources that, for a Mac+, are not needed. Another good way of stripping a System for a Plus is to use the dreaded Installer [ :-) ] to install the System to a disk that DOES NOT already have one. That is, first delete the System, Finder, etc. from your target disk, then boot with the new System and run Installer. I found that this reduced the size of my Plus System from 330k to 280k (or numbers in that area). The 330k is the standard, unstripped size of the System, so even if the numbers are wrong, you get the idea. Oh yeah, if you do this, make sure you have 2 disk drives, or you're in for some swapping... :-( -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." {uunet,cmcl2}!esquire!sbb | - David Letterman
brewer@clio.las.uiuc.edu (07/14/88)
I don't know if people just didn't know it exists or what, but in
System Software 6.0 there is a set of installer scripts to do just that
(install a minimum System file on a particular disk) they are on Utilities 1,
I believe. They are called Minimum Scripts, and there is one for each type of
Mac (Plus, SE, II). I have not used them, but thats what Apple claims they do..
Robert Brewer
brewer@clio.las.uiuc.edu
{ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!brewerjg@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (J.Grant) (07/15/88)
In article <5106@cg-atla.UUCP> ring@cg-atla.UUCP (Steve Ring) writes:
)A while ago, I wrote asking for help in stripping the system (4.1) of
)resources that, for a Mac+, are not needed. This was taken from an article
)in the Sept. '87, Mackey, re-printed from Mouse Tracks, Portland user Group,
)by Ken Peterson. Specifically mentioned are
)
)Type ID Size Why Comments
)____ __ ____ __________ ______________________
)...
)PTCH 105 5696 128/512 only Patch for 64K Roms
)PTCH 630 12958 SE only Patch for II Rom
)PTCH 376 12004 MAC II only Patch for II Rom
)...
So, does 4.1 run on 64K ROMS ? Actually it doesn't, well not for
anyone that I know, unless you know different ...
Soooo, why is the patch there at all ???earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) (07/16/88)
In article <5367@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> jg@ukc.ac.uk (J.Grant) writes: >So, does 4.1 run on 64K ROMS ? Actually it doesn't, well not for >anyone that I know, unless you know different ... > >Soooo, why is the patch there at all ??? I have run 4.1 on a 512k with 64k ROMs. This was a long time ago, the only application which I ran was VersaTerm PRO 1.0, and I no longer have access to that machine, which was upgraded anyway, but I distinctly remember that it did run. I don't think the performance was real good, however. Earle R. Horton. H.B. 8000, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755