Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!ospwd From: ospwd@mathcs.emory.edu (Peter Day {EUCC}) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: MaxAppleZoom theory Message-ID: <7723@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 22:51:27 GMT References: Organization: Emory University Information Technology Division Lines: 41 > From: chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) > A) What makes you think there is ANYTHING stored in "RAM" on a video > card after the power is shut off? (IS it? Do you know if Toby cards > have NV RAM?) How can removing the video card and putting it back in make a difference? Also, after the card is replaced, the display reverts to black and white and must be reset to color. Clearly some stored information got lost. Perhaps NV RAM in the Mac related to the display gets cleared, and that's where the date is stored. > B) Why wouldn't MAZ just write the date to its resource fork? Replacing MAZ with a fresh copy did not fix the problem. Thus it had not written the date to itself. > C) This theory seems to be predicated on a horrible hack. Not to > mention amazing coincidence. It is the only explanation I can propose which fits the facts. > From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) > > I got a crazy idea, How about sending your shareware fee to the > author? :-) I did, since I have used up my evaluation period and want to keep using it. However, I think it is fun to try and figure out what is going on based only on experiments. I proposed a theory which makes predictions that you can test. > Maybe then he will send you a full working copy if what you descibe is > true. I hope so. I asked him for one. -- Peter Day | DOMAIN: ospwd@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu ITD -- Uppergate House | UUCP: gatech!emoryu1!ospwd Emory University | BITNET: ospwd@emoryu1 Atlanta, GA 30322 | PHONE: +1 404 727-7678 FAX: +1 404 727-2599