[comp.sys.mac.programmer] ResEdit 2.1 and the Plus

hankin@sauron.osf.org (Scott Hankin) (06/25/91)

    In the ResEdit Reference For ResEdit version 2.1, there is a section
    titled "Prerequisites" which states:

	To run ResEdit 2.1, the system you use must have at least 128
	kilobytes of ROM and at least 1 megabyte of RAM memory. (sic) That
	is, ResEdit 2.1 doesn't run on the Macintosh Plus or earlier
	machines.

    This runs contrary to my experience to date, as I have been using
    ResEdit 2.1 on my Mac+ for some time now.  Admittedly, I have not yet
    used every feature available, but it seems to work just fine.

    My question: have I been lucky?  Am I headed for a fall?  Or is the
    documentation in error?

    It would be a shame if this much improved and nifty tool were to become
    unavailable to those of us using old, small machines.  There are still
    some things (even on a Mac+) that I cannot do (easily) any other way.

- Scott

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guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andreas J. Guelzow) (06/25/91)

In article <hankin.677861704@osf> hankin@sauron.osf.org (Scott Hankin) writes:
>
>    In the ResEdit Reference For ResEdit version 2.1, there is a section
>    titled "Prerequisites" which states:
>
>	To run ResEdit 2.1, the system you use must have at least 128
>	kilobytes of ROM and at least 1 megabyte of RAM memory. (sic) That
>	is, ResEdit 2.1 doesn't run on the Macintosh Plus or earlier
>	machines.
>
>    This runs contrary to my experience to date, as I have been using
>    ResEdit 2.1 on my Mac+ for some time now.  Admittedly, I have not yet
>    used every feature available, but it seems to work just fine.

A Mac Plus has 128K ROM and at least 1M RAM. It therefore fulfills the
requirements. 



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Andreas J. Guelzow                       <guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Department of Mathematics & Astronomy        University of Manitoba