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From: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SuitcaseII vs. MasterJuggler
Summary: I prefer SuitcaseII
Message-ID: <11331@well.UUCP>
Date: 16 Apr 89 20:30:45 GMT
References: <7755@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
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In article <7755@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, cloos@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (James H. Cloos Jr.) writes:
> I'm deciding whether to purchase SuitcaseII or MasterJuggler, and would
> like some info on them, as funds for this are limited to one or the other.
> 
	I own both products and have settled on SuitcaseII for a number of
reasons.  when I first got MasterJuggler (v1.0 at Boston '88) I was quite
impressed with the MANY features that it offered.  It combined the features
of not only Suitcase (and then some) but also of SoundMaster, OnCue and a 
couple of other utilties.  Since I had the memory I was willing to give it
the memory it needed to accomplish that task UNTIL I installed it and went to
open all of my suitcases (Fonts, DA, etc.) only to discover that when opening
file number 13, I got an error message telling me it could not open moore than
12 files.  No problem, I thought, Suitcase had a setting as to how many files
it could open, so I figured so did MJ and I'd just change it.  Read through the 
docs, nothing.  Finally called their TechSupport and was told that 12 files was
a HARD CODED MAX and that was that and they had no intention of changing it.
Well MJ went bye bye from my hard disk and has not returned.  I am very content
with SuitcaseII, not only for that reason but also because SCII allows me to
change open suitcases.  This means if you want to add/remove FONTs/DA, etc. from
a suitcase you have open, you don't have to first close it (like you do with
MJ) - you just make the changes.  VERY NICE!!

> One thing I noticed, is that I was unable to open any sound files with
> SuitcaseII, though sounds installed in the System could be sampled.  I
> would prefer to be able to store my sounds in "suitcases" rather than in
> the System, so this is quasi important to me.  (Until I purchase my own
> Mac, I'll be stuck with 1Meg machines; too large a System will be
> cripleing; the ability to easily change my default "beep" while still
> keeping the System file relatively small is a very nice perk.)  Can
> SuitcaseII open sound files?  Can MasterJuggler?
> 
	You were probably not doing it correctly.  All of my sounds are
stored in a file called (appropriately enough) 'mySnds' which SuitcaseII is
nice enough to load for me.  You need to use the 'Open Any File' option to
get it to find your snd file (or it needs to be a special type, which I forget
and the former is easier anyway!).  You can also keep multiple sound files if
you really want :-)

> (As a sidenote, I've heard something lately about a Sound/FKey mover a al
> Font/DA mover; do the sounds have to be in a Sound/FKey mover document for
> SuitcaseII to recognise them?  Where can I get this program if so?  Is it
> 3rd party, shareware/freeware, etc.?)
> 
	I believe there are programs(note the s) called Sound Mover and FKEY
Mover that do what you want.  Sound Mover is part of the SoundPackage by the
same guy who did IBeep (forget his name).  FKEY Mover was done by Carlos ???
many moons ago and is supposedly no longer compatible with current O.S./MF.

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