Re: WinMac Digest #3 - 07/02/98

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 14:13:37 -0400

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From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
[mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of david dobedoe
Sent: Friday, July 03, 1998 5:58 AM
To: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: WinMac Digest #3 - 07/02/98
Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time,

Prem Shah wrote
To sum it up: create a small System folder with only the folowing
extensi ons:
Appearance Extension
Text Encoding Convertor (if 8.1)

Remove the Finder and put in a copy of VPC.
Open VPC with ResEdit and "Get Info" on the file. Change the file type
an
d
creator codes from: APPL/VtPC to FNDR/MACS.

The computer will now load VPC thinking it's the Finder. This speeds
thingsup quite a bit.
I like the sound of this solution and have been thinking- Could I set up
something like this on an SyQuest drive cartridge or similar, I am
constantly fighting to reduce the build up of junk on the hard disk to
keep space free for photoshop etc.
Anybody out there tried this approach?
Prem Shah, i also live in edinburgh, any chance of seeing you set up
working?
david
david@dobedoe.demon.co.uk
work tel: 0131 555 4343
home tel: 0131 554 6340

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