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From: rhumphre@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Robert P. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Changing HD ICON / What about Disks?
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In article <1991Apr8.044814.10844@agate.berkeley.edu> dburr@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) writes:
>In article <1991Apr7.221348.5837@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> jtsweet@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan Thoma Sweet) writes:
>>All this tak about boot blocks, etc. ahs got me thinking.  Using facade you
>>can also change the Icons of floppies (for example I have a Question mark on
>>and Untitled disk), but if facade doesn't recognize the disk, the disk's Icon
>>is the normal Disk Icon.  I've looked through the finder and system for this
>>Icon (for the disks) but I can't find it.  Anybody have any ideas?
>>
>
>Alas, my friend, your search is fruitless.  The disk icon, as well as many
>"standard" Mac icons (the system file icon (the little Macintosh), the 
>"Welcome to Macintosh" screen icon (the Mac being drawn in squiggly lines),
>etc.) are stored in the Macintosh ROM.  so, unless you have a team of lawyers
>that can beat Apple, a ROM decoder a ROM burner and a ROM editor, you're out
>of luck.
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	Sorry, my friend, but no.  All three of these can be found in
either the System, Finder, or the Desktop.  (I can't remember which.)
I myself have seen both the system file icon and the disk icon, and I
have used a utility to change the Welcome to Macintosh icon to the
Bananna Jr. icon, and have changed the text to read "Macintosh-  The
power to crush the other kids."  (Sorry, SNL!)
	The only things like that that I know are in ROM are the arrow
cursor, and perhaps a watch cursor.

	Bob
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