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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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Subject: Re: System 7.0 and Suitcase
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Date: 28 Mar 91 20:21:09 GMT
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In-reply-to: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com's message of 27 Mar 91 20:53:16 GMT

In article <4220@ryn.mro4.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:

>In article <17322@venera.isi.edu>, jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes...
>>It seems to me that this product is history, realistically.  Unless
>>the number of people who continue to use sys6 is great, and they don't
>>now own Suitcase, but would buy it in the future.
>
>I disagree. One use of Suitcase is to poont (tech term) your fonts and DAs
>into separate files. Why? So the Apple Installer doesn't blow away all your
>stuff every time you upgrade! All I keep in the System are the Apple DAs, and
>the Chicago, Geneva, and Monaco fonts. I've got close to 7MB worth of
>external suitcases. I'd hate to poont all that into the System file!
>
>Richard C. Long | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com            | Selfware: If you like
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 7.0, you just "poont" them into the
DAs or Fonts folders in the System folder.  Updating doiesn't change
the values of these folders, right?  Why would Suitcase be of any use
here?

Now, as for temporarily opening a file, that migh be true.  But I sure
don't do that, and I wonder how many users do...

jas
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