Angus.Fox@UK.Sun.COM (Angus Fox) (04/03/91)
There are 2 intriguing things about TAbout the finder / About this Macintosh.U 1) There is an Icon of my Mac - a IIcx, alongside information about the system version and memory. IUve looked for it with ResEdit (when it doesnUt crash) but I canUt find it. My guess is there are icons of all the current MacintoshUs are available somewhere and I want to find them. 2) Option About the finder gives a screen I havenUt seen before of information about Finder copyright etc, I donUt remember before System 6 so could somebody tell me if it has been in the software before....... If you know - tell the world. Enquiring minds............. Angus Fox Sun Microsystems Europe Inc - Sitka Internet:Angus.Fox@uk.Sun.com Janet: Angus.Fox@sun.co.uk AppleLink:SITKAEUROPE Phone: +44 276 51440
wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (04/04/91)
In article <3751@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> Angus.Fox@UK.Sun.COM (Angus Fox) writes: >2) Option About the finder gives a screen I havenUt seen before of >information about Finder copyright etc, I donUt remember before >System 6 so could somebody tell me if it has been in the software before....... > >If you know - tell the world. Enquiring minds............. Gosh I feel old... :-) The picture from "About the Finder" in 7.0b4 and probably later 7.0 versions is exactly the same picture which one of the first released Finder versions used in the "About the Finder" box. I think the version was Finder 1.1g. To have seen this version, you need to have used a 128K Macintosh about 7 years ago. -- Mark Wilkins -- ******* "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude!" ********** *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * Mark R. Wilkins wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu {uunet}!jarthur!wilkins * ****** MARK.WILKINS on AppleLink ****** MWilkins on America Online ******
derek@leah.albany.edu (Cinderella Man) (04/04/91)
From wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) come these immortal words: >In article <3751@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> Angus.Fox@UK.Sun.COM (Angus Fox) writes: >>2) Option About the finder gives a screen I haven't seen before of >>information about Finder copyright etc, I don't remember before >>System 6 so could somebody tell me if it has been in the software before... > Gosh I feel old... :-) > > The picture from "About the Finder" in 7.0b4 and probably later 7.0 >versions is exactly the same picture which one of the first released Finder >versions used in the "About the Finder" box. I think the version was Finder >1.1g. > To have seen this version, you need to have used a 128K Macintosh about 7 >years ago. Did they really put that back? Good for them! I remember when it first disappeared I was pretty disappointed with the plain box it was replaced with. At least THIS Finder doesn't automatically create a new "Empty Folder" every time you boot! Tell me, is the new "About..." box in colour? August of '84... wow... seven years. >-- Mark Wilkins Derek L. -- + + "When nothing else remains, one must scream. Silence is the ultimate + + + crime against humanity." -- Nadezhda Mandelstam + + _________________________ [Affix disclaimer here] ________________________ + + + + + Each one's life a novel no one else has read -- Peart + + + +
gourdol@imag.imag.fr (Gourdol Arnaud) (04/04/91)
The icons are in the system file. See the Finder chapter of IM VI. The picture appeared long, long time ago. System One I think. (so young and yet a veteran :-) Arno. -- /======================//==========================================/ / Arnaud Gourdol. // On the Netland: Gourdol@imag.fr / / // Via AppleLink: Gourdol@imag.fr@INTERNET# / /======================//==========================================/
gavin@ramsay.UUCP (Gavin Eadie) (04/04/91)
In article <3751@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, Angus.Fox@UK.Sun.COM (Angus Fox) writes: > > 2) Option About the finder gives a screen I haven't seen before of > information about Finder copyright etc, I don't remember before > System 6 so could somebody tell me if it has been in the software before....... > > If you know - tell the world. Enquiring minds............. How quickly they forget ... that screen was the "About Finder" screen from the very first Finder ... a little nostalgia for us old farts who remember running applications in 128k ! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Eadie Ramsay Consulting 507 Second Street (313) 665-2819 Ann Arbor, MI 48103
chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) (04/04/91)
In article <11519@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes: > The picture from "About the Finder" in 7.0b4 and probably later 7.0 >versions is exactly the same picture which one of the first released Finder >versions used in the "About the Finder" box. I think the version was Finder >1.1g. > To have seen this version, you need to have used a 128K Macintosh about 7 >years ago. Oh, wow! I remember that, and I remember missing it when it went away... that was a nice pict. -- Ian Chai | "God loves you just the way you are, but Internet: chai@cs.ukans.edu | He loves you too much to let you stay that Bitnet: 2fntnougat@ukanvax | way." - Harry Poindexter
rvirta@utu.fi (Risto Virtanen) (04/08/91)
In article <3751@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> Angus.Fox@UK.Sun.COM (Angus Fox) writes: > >1) There is an Icon of my Mac - a IIcx, alongside information about >the system version and memory. I've looked for it with ResEdit (when >it doesn't crash) but I can't find it. My guess is there are icons of >all the current Macintosh's are available somewhere and I want to >find them. There is a book: Macintosh Programming Secrets by Scott Knaster (or was it Dan Allen; black film noir covers anyway...) that has a whole chapter about retrieving any icon from the Desktop file. That material is subject to change though, so use it at your own risk... Roisto Am I using digital computer if I count with my fingers?