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From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Jasmine Flower Icon Patch
Message-ID: <10330@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 6 Aug 88 08:55:40 GMT
References: <10201@dhw68k.cts.com> <55756@ti-csl.CSNET>
Reply-To: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Distribution: comp.sys.mac
Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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In article <55756@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@mips.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes:
>In article <10201@dhw68k.cts.com> thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes:
>>  [a patch to the Jasmine driver, eliminating the numeral in the icon]
>>
>Don't get me wrong.  I like to customize my Mac as much as anyone else, but
>this seems counterproductive.  Rather than complain about the Jasmine driver,
>I think you should appreciate the utility of having the SCSI address displayed
>inside the icon, especially if you move disks around to different Mac's.  I
>bet if someone came up with an INIT that did this for other drives, it would
>be pretty popular.
>

 It wasn't my intention to start a debate on aesthetics, and the merits
of the address-displaying icon, but rather to provide information to
Jasmine owners who like to have a choice.
 Take the "ShowINIT" routine, for example. Most INITs and cdevs are
using some form of it now to display an icon at startup --I think it's
great and informative. But a number of people I know absolutely hate
having a row of icons march across their screen. Thoughtfully, most
cdevs/INITs give you the **option** of whether the icon will be
displayed or not.
 The patch to the Jasmine driver is simply an option; enabling a choice
of icon, where the choice previously didn't exist. If you like the
"flower" that displays the SCSI address, that's great... but why is it
"counterproductive" to want a choice?
 By the way, the Jasmines have an external SCSI select switch that
displays the address number, so the utility of having it in the icon is
somewhat less important than on other hard drives...
 

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