Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar From: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: More System 7.0 Peculiarities & Suitcase 1.2.10 Message-ID: <397@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 29 May 91 12:43:21 GMT Reply-To: dbarnhar@oiscola.UUCP (David C. Barnhart II) Organization: NCR/OISD Columbia Lines: 38 Does anyone else have the problem that Suitcase 1.2.10 trashes the color Puzzle DA? With NO other extensions (or Control Panel/Extension combinations except for Extension Manager 1.0) loaded except Suitcase 1.2.10, The color Puzzle tiles look like random dot patterns. In fact, it looks exactly the same way in black & white mode. Note that I have applied the patch to Suitcase 1.2.10 posted by Steve Brecher, but the unpatched version seems to function in exactly the same manner. I installed the system for any machine on a IIcx, but it doesn't have any of the cdevs for file sharing, networking, etc., since I'm not on a network. Also, as long as I'm not using Suitcase, I can use all my other cdevs/INITs, and the Puzzle DA still works fine. One other thing in 7.0 that affects Suitcase 1.2.10 (or any version, for that matter): When I boot 7.0 after running 6.0.4, the Desktop gets rebuilt, and the dialog also says "Updating Disk for new system" or something like that. At this point, it seems to reset the item in the boot blocks that determines the number of open files allowed. Usually I set Suitcase to allow 50 open files, but whenever I reboot System 7.0 after running 6.0.4, Suitcase reverts to only being able to open 12 files (its default). Is there any way to prevent this (short of never booting 6.0.4 from the hard disk)? Also, although this may have been discussed months ago, does System 7.0 really NOT support MFS disks? This would really be a serious oversight. I'm not one to complain to Apple about all the "bad" things in System 7.0, since it seems like a lot of hard work went into it, but such a "misfeature" as breaking MFS, would be too much, even for me! I have lots of MFS disks (> 200) that I really don't want to convert over to HFS. Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. internet: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar -- Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. internet: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar