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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 <1991Apr8.134459.30976@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> jtsweet@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan Thoma Sweet) writes:
>dburr@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) writes:
>
>>In article <1991Apr8.051959.18050@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> rhumphre@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Robert P. Humphrey) writes:
>>>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.
>>>
>>>	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

>
>>Think again.
>
>>From page 26 of _Zen_and_the_Art_of_Resource_Editing_, (c)1990 BMUG,
>>ed. Derrick Schneider:
>
>>"...however, one of these is a lie.  Many people want to edit the way a disk
>>will look when it is inserted in the drive, so they edit the floppy disk they
>>see in the Finder.  However, this is to no avail.  The icon for an inserted
>>floppy disk is built into the ROMS of your Macintosh.  This disk is actually
>>used very seldomly.  Well, it was worth the shot anyways."
>
>>I have tried to change the disk icon as mentioned above, and it didn't
>>work.  The Finder used the disk icon in memory.
>
>>Now that I think about it, actually, the system file icon IS editable.
>>My mistake.
>
>>However, I still have yet to find the location of the "drawn Mac" used in
>>the Welcome to Macintosh screen.  It certainly isn't in MY system file.
>
>>What kind of mac do you have anyway?  Perhaps they aren't in your version
>>of the ROM.

>
>I know about this one:
>
>There is a program out there that will let you edit your startup, bomb, and 
>disk request ICONS and messages, I cant recall it's name, but it's probable
>that it's on sumex.
>

	This is the application to which I am refering.

	-Bob
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