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From: drew@cat18.CS.WISC.EDU (Shawn Drew)
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Subject: Re: Suitcase&Pyro updaters, Bob init?
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Date: 30 Dec 88 19:57:22 GMT
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In article <1427@mace.cc.purdue.edu> du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Ted Goldstein) writes:
>
[complaint about suitcase and pyro updaters]

>    Also, I did manage to download and unbinhex the Bob init.
>Now, what does it do???? There is no documentation, and I am
>not in the habit of installing mystery inits! Can someone please
>fill me in on what Bob init is?
>Thanks in advance!
>
I may sound like a Scrooge, but DON'T BOTHER!  I innocently put it into my
System Folder and rebooted.  It was an interesing demo.  Any and all text
that was normally displayed, wasn't.  In other words, no program or file
names would appear in the Finder, and if I remember correctly, no text would
appear in menus (this last one might be wrong).  After seeing what it did,
I took it out of my System Folder, seeing as it didn't do anything.

I rebooted and got a Sad Mac icon!   I forget what the error code was, but
it sure gave me the shivvers!  I had to reboot from a floppy just to get my
40meg hard disk to mount!

If you do plan on using it, use it on a backup floppy system only.

Just a friendly warning.
>Ted Goldstein
>Purdue University School of Technology
>du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu 


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