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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: About the Finder
Message-ID: <53671@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Jun 91 20:23:13 GMT
References: <25199@well.sf.ca.us> <53610@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Jun4.153128.22774@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Jun4.153128.22774@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes:
>In article <53610@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
>>In article <25199@well.sf.ca.us> smoke@well.sf.ca.us (Nicholas Jackiw) writes:
>>>On a related note, try hitting the Option-key ten or twelve
>>>times while displaying the Monitors cdev's about box. [System 7.0] 
>>
>>I first saw notice of this goodie a couple of weeks ago in either
>>this newsgroup or in c.s.m.system. It was mentioned as a 7.0 goodie,
>>but the other night, when I was playing on a friend's Mac running
>>6.0.7, I discovered that the Monitors control panel in that system
>>does this, too!
>
>I thought this one had been around for quite some time--the ability to
>put the startup screen and MacsBug on a different monitor than the
>menubar.  Just hold down option, click on the happy Mac, and drag it to
>the monitor of choice.
>
>Or am I missing something, and there is MORE to this in System 7.0?

Yes, you're missing something. Reread the second line of your quote
from Nicholas' posting. We're talking about the Monitor cdev's
About Box, not the main display. You get the About box by clicking
on the version number.

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