[comp.sys.mac.digest] System 8.0 vs. DA's

huntzing@ARDEC.ARPA ("Hugh A. Huntzinger", CCL-S) (12/28/88)

Re:  System 8.0 vs. DA's

...Sorry for posting this so late, but you know how the holidays get...

As just a dumb User & not a programmer, just one stupid but hopefully
fundemental question:

What's the difference between a DA and a program running under Multifinder?

I know that DA's are installed with the Font/DA Mover into the System file,
but couldn't part of the concept for system 8.0 to be to trim down the
System's file size & maybe put the equivalent of DA's into a file that gets
automatically loaded up upon bootup?  Kind of like a (gasp!) AUTOEXEC.BAT?


-hugh  <huntzing@ARDEC.ARPA>

"Everyone you'll ever meet will think he's a small arms expert."
				-my Boss, on my first day on the job.

Small Caliber Ammunition Branch, Close Comabats Armaments Center, US Army
Armament Research Development & Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
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