Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!apple!well!brecher
From: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SuitcaseII vs. MasterJuggler
Message-ID: <11334@well.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 89 03:22:26 GMT
References: <7755@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <7755@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>,
cloos@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (James H. Cloos Jr.) writes:

> 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. ... Can SuitcaseII open sound 
> Files?  Can MasterJuggler?

Both products can open files containing 'snd ' resources.  Suitcase II's file
selection dialog will show files having the file type codes 'Smg2' (created
by The Sound Man utility) and 'SFIL' (created by the Sound Mover utility,
which is a shareware product included on the Suitcase II product disk by
Sound Mover's author's permission).  If the file has another type code, the
"Show all file types" checkbox in Suitcase II's file selection dialog will
allow you to open it.

> 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.

There is no direct relation between the size of the System file and RAM
usage.  The advantages of keeping resources in suitcase files rather than in
the System file are flexibility and convenience, not reduced RAM usage.  The
System file is not read into RAM as a whole; it is a disk repository of
resources which are read into RAM as they are used, and remain in RAM only
while they are used.  The same is true of suitcase files.

I am the author of Suitcase II.
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brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)