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From: dplatt@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Dave Platt)
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Subject: Re: Color compatibility across full Mac line
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Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 17:38:19 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 29 17:38:19 1987
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I agree that a "color QuickDraw compatibility" feature could be a nice
thing to have, but that it isn't a good idea to install such a beast
in the "standard" System file... 20k on disk, and another 20k of
memory, may well be more than many people will want to have consumed
by default for a feature that they may never need.

Could the patches to implement "color QuickDraw" stubs simply be
released in an INIT file, and then dragged into the user's System
folder (or moved by the Installer) for boot-time installation by Apple's
neat "INIT 31"?  This wouldn't require the implementation of a new
patch-installation facility (one less thing to release!).