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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Moving a LOT of fonts -- what're the limits?
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Date: 28 May 91 17:05:33 GMT
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 I've got about 6MB of mostly bitmap and some TrueType fonts that I've
 collected over the years. Yesterday, I loaded them all from floppies into a
 folder on my hard disk. I created an empty suitcase, and selected all the
 font suitcases I had (using the neat new Find command). I then option-dragged
 all of them to the empty suitcase, to create a font package I could open with
 Suitcase. The Finder put up its copy dialog, eventually ending up with
 something over 1000 items to copy (I imagine because of all the point sizes),
 so I went to watch TV. I came back a little while later to an error of type
 (-195) [or was it -192], "resource not found". The only way I could get this
 to work was to copy the font suitcases in smaller chunks, say about 250
 "copy items" at a time.

 Are there intrinsic limits to what the Finder can copy, then? What are they?

 System: Mac IIci, 8MB real RAM, with +4MB fake, System 7 Golden, Suitcase
 1.2.10, nothing running but the Finder.

 Thanks,

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