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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Not just a "scrn" resource...
Message-ID: <1991Apr13.134057.3423@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 13 Apr 91 13:40:57 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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I've got both 7.0b4 and 6.0.7 on my hard disk. I have my screen
configured to come up in colour when I boot up with 7.0b4 ('cos it
looks nicer), and black-and-white when I start up 6.0.7 ('cos it's
faster for when I want to do some *real* work...).

Your screen settings are stored in the "scrn" resource in the System
file. The odd thing is, the display card also seems to remember its
setting from the last time I ran "Monitors" (which would have been
under 7.0b4). Thus, when I boot up 6.0.7, the initial "Welcome to
Macintosh" screen is in colour, including the "Cool Mac" icon. Then
it suddenly switches to black-and-white, before the march of the INIT
(sorry, Extension) icons begins. And this consistently happens every
time I boot up 6.0.7.

Anyone else noticed this? I'm running a vintage slowpoke Mac II
with a moderate number of INITs, no virtual memory capability,
and far too little hard disk.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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