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Re: More random questions and irritations

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From: Paul Durrant
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00
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In article <1998051200205272698@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:

> 1) Has anyone found anything in the Application Support folder yet?

Not yet. Applications will need to b e revised to support it. It's intended
for applications to put needed files that are usually dumped in the
preferences folder. The idea is that eventually the Preferences folder will
contain *only* preferences (not, say, email archives) and so can be safely
trashed if necessary

> 2) Why does my TV (Apple Video Player) frequently go into
> nearly-but-not-quite-full-screen mode without being asked?  Why does it
> often respond, not to *one* channel-changing click on the remote, but
> only to *two* clicks or more (with two or more changes of channel)?  Why
> do BBC1 and BBC2 often come on with no sound and only acquire sound
> after a flip to ITV or C4 and back?  [6200, 40MB RAM, 8.1, RAM Doubler]

No idea.

Paul
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Subject: Re: More random questions and irritations
Date: 1998/05/12
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