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From: dburr@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr)
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Subject: Re: Desktop Manager INIT - where to get it?
Keywords: Desktop
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Date: 17 Apr 91 06:30:06 GMT
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In article <13469@ur-cc.UUCP> afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry) writes:
>
>Having gotten a bit tired of waiting for the "Updating the Desktop" message
>every time I copy a file, I found a mail message from a friend (Jon Pugh)
>who had nicely explained the horror of the standard desktop and the resource
>manager.  An excerpt:
>
>	...but when you have a drive this big, the Resource Manager and the
>	Desktop file will kill you.  The Desktop file grows to such an
>	ungodly size that the Resource Manager chokes, the Finder dies, and
>	you crash in a nasty way. The solution is to use the Desktop Manager
>	INIT from Appleshare.  It works fine and replaces the Desktop file
>	with two other Desktop files, neither of which uses the Resource
>	Manager.  It is faster and eliminates the nasty wait when copying
>	files while it "updates the Desktop."
>
>My question:  how can I get my hands on this INIT?  I don't know how to
>access Appleshare, and I couldn't find it in any of the standard archives.
>
>I know that System 7.0 has the Desktop Manager built in, but I would like to
>have this for my 6.0.x systems while I wait with baited breath for System
>7.0.
>
>E-mail or post.  Thanks in advance.
>
>Alan
>
>-- 
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>|  Alan R Fry                       |   You know what I hate?                 |
>|  afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu      |   Rhetorical questions.                 |
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Well, it can be found by ftp'ing to apple.com, and you get a program called 
"Oscar" (I{ think it's in the "goodies" or something like that section).
Desktop Manager is included in that package.

But, I suppose if anyone REALLY wants it THAT BAD (naw, just kidding;
I recognize how useful a tool it is, and I myself don't know how I even
lived without it, so I'll be glad to mail out a copy to whoever requests
one.
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