Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!unix!mxmora From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: MaxAppleZoom theory Keywords: MaxAppleZoom Message-ID: <25760@unix.SRI.COM> Date: 25 Jun 91 17:18:52 GMT References: <77@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> <7700@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <7709@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Reply-To: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora) Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA Lines: 30 In article <7709@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> ospwd@mathcs.emory.edu (Peter Day {EUCC}) writes: >(2) If MAZ stops working, you can make it start working again by >removing the video card and replacing it in the SAME slot, since >removing the card apparently clears the memory where MAZ keeps its >date. > >(3) After resetting the video memory, you can determine the date it >will stop working again by moving the Mac clock forward a year >until it fails, then using a binary search to find the exact date. I got a crazy idea, How about sending your shareware fee to the author? :-) Maybe then he will send you a full working copy if what you descibe is true. Matt -- ___________________________________________________________ Matthew Mora | my Mac Matt_Mora@sri.com SRI International | my unix mxmora@unix.sri.com ___________________________________________________________