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From: jhlieske@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jay Henry Lieske)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: systems/programs
Summary: Mac/Atari problems
Keywords: help!
Message-ID: <13954@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 19 Feb 90 03:12:02 GMT
References: <5682@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: jhlieske@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jay Henry Lieske)
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Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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Responding to: 9 Feb 90 19:26:55 GMT 
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) 

	Having moved from the Atari ST to the Mac (by selling the 
old 1040 and buying an SE, and keeping my Epson LQ800), I 
understand some of your confusion.  First of all, you need to 
know that Mac files contain _resources_, which include code
fragments, fonts, pictures, text, etc.

	The _System_ file is merely the repository of the most
important resources; _Finder is a program that acts as the 
shell.  The corresponding files in TOS on the ST are built into
the ROM.
	The Installer programs copies resources from one file to
another; in theory, you should't have to copy the entire
System file from the Epson disk; you just need to copy certain
resources, which the Installer will do for you.  I installed
the Epson LQ driver on my Mac SE w/System 6.02, and it works OK.
I have had problems with other programs (Arkanoid for one) that
don't run with the driver installed.

	I don't know how to interpret your problem with the Russian
tutorial; perhaps you need to copy some fonts to the System file.
Make very certain, though, that you have only ONE copy of the System and
Finder on any disk; multiple copies is the cause of many problems.

	Hope I was of some help.
	--Jay