lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum) (05/30/91)
I have used Set StartUp and have a number of DAs and Applications that start up automatically. However, sometimes I would like to just boot up with multiFinder. If I redo Set StartUp to choose MultiFinder only, then when I want to go back to the way it used to be, I have to start up all the apps and DAs (if I can remember them all) and then redo Set StartUp again. Alternatively, I can rename Finder StartUp in the System Folder and then name it back later. Occasionally I will also be dealing with some floppy that has a statup app and I would like to suppress it too. What I would like is if there is just some key or chord of keys that I could hold down at boot time to suppress the finder startup setting on that boot, the same way I can suppress many INITs. Is there any such key? -- Larry Baum Advanced Technology Center Boeing Computer Services uucp: uw-beaver!bcsaic!lbaum (206) 865-3365 internet: lbaum@atc.boeing.com
gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) (06/05/91)
I have written an INIT called "BootSwitch" that just does this. When the caps lock key is down, it suppresses the startup file (in multifinder). When the caps lock key is up, it runs the startup file. I'll try to post it to sumex in a day or two so that you can try it out. It is pretty bare-bones (i.e. only works with multifinder, doesn't work with 7.0), but I am considering enhancing it if there is more interest (anyone know how to check for system >= 7.0 ?) By the way, my mac is set to launch RR9.4 and autodial/login to a remote computer. My modem is wired to the Mac II power relay. I just hit the power-on key, come back 3 minutes later, and I have a terminal logged in halfway across town. I can hit the power key, hit the key-caps lock key, and come back 3 minutes later, and multifinder is running normally (no dial-in). Tres useful. If you are tricky you can even make BootSwitch choose between two separate startup files depending on the key-cap position. Or you can use it to reverse the sense of caps-lock-up and caps-lock-down. Unfortunately, there is no CDEV interface, so I need to write instructions on how to do these things. Don Gillies | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gillies@cs.uiuc.edu | Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana IL --
gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) (06/10/91)
I am sorry for the long delay in getting "Bootswitch" into the mac archives. I notice from the sumex "archive-queue.txt" file that the info-mac moderators are FIFTY SIX applications (about one month) behind. I really did post the application to the archive 5 days ago. As I said before, this INIT suppresses the startup app, or selects between two startup apps, depending on the CAPS-LOCK key at boot-time. Please send me email if you want a copy of the INIT in a timely fashion. Don Gillies - gillies@cs.uiuc.edu - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign --