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In article <361@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> kovatch@skybridge.UUCP (Scott Kovatch) writes:
>In article <1427@mace.cc.purdue.edu> du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Ted Goldstein) writes:
>>
>>    Also, I did manage to download and unbinhex the Bob init.
>>Now, what does it do???? There is no documentation, and I am
>>not in the habit of installing mystery inits! Can someone please
>>fill me in on what Bob init is?
>>Thanks in advance!
>>
>>Ted Goldstein
>>Purdue University School of Technology
>>du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu 
>
>When I picked up bob from comp.binaries.mac it was touted as a 
>"True graphics interface."  Boy, was that ever true.  bob eliminates all
>(and I do mean all) text from the desktop.  Filenames, disks, etc. only
>have their icons showing.  The only possible use I can think of is if
>you have young children that can't read yet and like to use the Mac.  Other
>than that, I thought it was a useless piece of code, and threw it away
>after about 20 minutes.
>
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>Scott Kovatch					kovatch@skybridge.sdi.cwru.edu
>Case Western Reserve University			CompuServe:         76344,3477

Boy, you have no humor in you.  I love the Bob init.  Of course it's useless.
That's the whole point.  On the other hand it points out 2 important and won-
derful points about the mac.

	1) On how many machines could a 7 byte program effectively and reliably
	   disable all text going to any screen attached to the machine.  The
	   only way I could see to do this reliably on a PC would be to phy-
	   sically fry the character generator (and this would differ on every
 	   card).  The nature of mac programming (the toolbox) allows for 
	   clean efficient patching of the system.

	2)  On how many machines would you have been able to do ANYTHING for
	   20 minutes before throwing out the init???


Just my opinions.

Josh

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