Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run

Welch, John C.(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:51:47 -0500

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> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:42:16 -0500
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
>
>
> Dear Tom,
>
> Autostart is enabled & disabled in the QuickTime Control Panel... But
> there's a known bug that was entered with - And acknowledged by - Apple 19
> months ago when the AutoStart 9805 worm came out. Apple claimed they fixed
> it by setting the default to *DISABLE* autoplay in the QT3 control panel.
>
> Guess what?
>
> I just took delivery at a customer site YESTERDAY of a G4/400 Sawtooth
> w/MacOS9... And in my initial setup, the QuickTime Control Panel had
> autoplay ENABLED.
>
> Those assholes...
>
> At 08:27 AM 12/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> is it possible to make a mac cd-rom (using toast) that will auto-start,
> run, play -- when the user puts it into their mac??
>>
>> the concept i'm working on/with is the windows autorun.inf file that tells
> the computer what to do...
>>
>> yes, i know autorun is not universally loved, but the people i work for
> don't know very much about software in the first place, sigh...
>>
>> thank you!!
>>
>> :) tom
>>
>> --
>> tom@visualwave.com
>
>
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