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Article #27211Streamlining the System File
From: Steve Ring
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1988 17:59
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1988 17:59
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Somewhere along the line, I received the September '87 Mackey newsletter
(Volume 2, #9). In their discussion on ResEdit, ('Stripping the System",
author - Ken Peterson, Portland Mac User Group), they mention that if you
have a Mac+ (or 512E), then you use ResEdit to delete up to about 85K of
unused and unnecessary Mac II/SE system resources that are obviously not
required when one has a Mac+. They suggest a partial list from 4.1 system
file as follows:
Type ID Size Why Comments
____ __ ____ ___________ ________
cicn 31 906 Mac II only Special Mac II icon
DRVR 9 3282 in ROM .MPP AppleTalk driver
DRVR 10 2404 in ROM .ATP AppleTalk driver
PACK 12 9792 Mac II only Color Picker
PTCH 376 12004 Mac II only Patch for II roms
snd all 21471 Mac II only Startup sounds
SNTH all 7380 Mac II only sound synthesizer(?)
My question then is this list still valid?, Has anyone else done this?, what
is the new list (with system 4.2)?, can us Mac+ users still delete Mac SE &
Mac II resources that we obviously don't need in our system file? How do we
now go about deleting these resources? The 85K I can save on an 800k disk,
might give me room for more fonts, applications, etc. I don't have a hard
disk yet. I haven't seem much discussion about this - probably cause most
people have hard disks. Any help would be appreciated.
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Steve Ring
CompuGraphic Corp.
Wilmington, Mass., 01887, (617) 658-5600, x5092
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!m2c!ulowell!cg-atla!ring From: ring@cg-atla.UUCP (Steve Ring) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Streamlining the System File Message-ID: <3107@cg-atla.UUCP> Date: 14 Apr 88 17:59:16 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Compugraphic Corp., Wilmington, Mass Lines: 32 Keywords: system file, resedit