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Subject: Re: WindChooser question...
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Date: 8 Dec 89 12:11:26 GMT
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From article <17822@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU-, by earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle
 R. Horton):
- In article <32600003@inmet- dvb@inmet.inmet.com writes:
 
-- I picked the WindChooser from mac.binaries and thought it was swell.
-- (Alex's shrinker was the one for me...)
 
-- However, I noticed it held onto a chunk of memory (especially when
-- there is only a meg) and was wondering if it would be possible to just
-- paste the WDEF (or something) into the system and save some the memory
-- and init-time.
 
-      You can do this.  You also have to edit the 'ROv#' resource for your
- ROM revision so that the ROM WDEF gets overridden.  On a Mac Plus, for
- instance, open the System File with ResEdit, open 'ROv#' 117, add an
- item of "TYPE" WDEF and "RES ID" 0.  It will still use up a chunk of
- memory, because normal operation uses the ROM copy of the WDEF.
 
I was thinking about taking advantage of ROv#'s to write WindChooser II, but
AltWDEF was released with an eminently better Shrinker WDEF, so I sort of
abandoned WindChooser. (Additionally, no one could tell me where to find the
ROM version without hard-coding it into the cdev and comparing with a Mac
model chart (and the Environs call certainly doesn't work on my SE/30)). I'm
not interested in encouragement to do this thing, but I just thought I would
point out that you cannot do this ROv# business with the newer versions of
AltWDEF, because they require their INIT for support. Not the best strategy,
IMHO, but apparently this was the only practical thing for Alex to do. 
 
P.S. I've now sent AltWDEF off to c.b.m twice, so either somebody doesn't like
it or it gets lost somewhere on the way, the latter of which I doubt.
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