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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Iconic links??
Summary: Done, depending on whay "minimal"
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Date: 4 May 89 23:15:04 GMT
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This has been (sort of) done.  There is a Public Domain program called
Launcher, which is actually a small (14K) application.  You can
duplicate this application several times, then initialize each copy
to launch a different program on startup.  For example, I have a folder
with 7 copies of Launcher, named: {MS Word}, {PageMaker}, etc.  You
can even do some customization as to whether the screen is in B&W or
Color mode before the program is launched, as well as specifying any
document.  The bad news is the 14Kbytes each.

I forget where I got the program (maybe CompuServe, I think).  It works
fine on my SE, System 6.0.2.

If there is interest, I may find a way to get it to the net.


Wayne Folta          (folta@tove.umd.edu  128.8.128.42)