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INDEXING THE "OLD" TECHNICAL NOTES
Last updated: 4/22/96
If you need a match between a Technical Note's old number and its reorganized (and Archived) number, you'll want to download one of the 3 enclosed files.
For example, old Technical Note 306, "Icon Drawing in 7," has been renumbered as Technical Note QD 18, "Drawing Icons the System 7 Way," and can be
found in the Archived Technical Note QuickDraw folder.
This renumbering predates the new & revised Technotes, thus only affects the Archived Technical Notes.
The 3 downloadable files are in Microsoft Word 5.1a format, binhexed for Web accessing:
ANNOUNCING:
New & Revised Technotes 1017 & 1037-1041
Presenting Technote 1017 - System 7.5 Update 2.0; System 7.5.3.
This Technote takes you through each new feature and bug fix incorporated into this newest System implementation, and provides reference to information
sources further discussing these changes. This is a must-read for all developers writing software for the Mac OS who wish to take advantage of the
new features and enhancements offered by the System 7.5 Update 2.0/System 7.5.3.
Thanks to Bob Abeles, Eric Anderson, Clinton Bauder, Michael Dautermann,
Godfrey DiGiorgi, Cameron Esfahani, Dave Evans, Nitin Ganatra, Frédérique Courard Hauri, Ian Hendry, Mitchell Kleinrock, Rich Kubota,
Darren Litzinger, Brian McGhie, Kip Olson , Mike Quinn, Alex Rangel, Amy Rapport, Jim Reekes, Ali Sazegari, Tim Schaaff, Jeri Sonneberg, Erik Staats, and
John Yen.
Special thanks to Bob Wambaugh, Brian Bechtel, Pete Gontier, Tom Maremaa, and Tim Swihart.
Also, thanks to Bob Filice and Mary Harrington.
Cary Clark (Apple Emeritus), one of the original architects of QuickDraw GX, contributes Technotes detailing two of the QuickDraw libraries:
QuickDraw GX MappingLibrary.c: Its Uses and Limitations and
QuickDraw GX OffscreenLibrary.c in Detail: Description, Uses & Limitations.
We've also got two Technotes contributed from our very own Vinnie Moscaritolo. Access & the Power Manager:Headaches
& Cures describes what to look out for when building an app which bypasses the Macintosh file system for communication, and
Write Cache Flushing: Techniques for Properly Handling System Shutdown addresses ways to flush the disk's write cache
during the shutdown process. Additionally, Jim Luther & Pete Gontier provide us with
an updated Inside Macintosh: Files Errata.
Lastly, as an added bonus, we've got Technote 1031 - History & Peregrinations: The Dogcow Goes QuickTime VR. This
Technote looks at some of the Dogcow's history and peregrinations, and follows with an explanation of the technique for creating a QuickTime VR object movie
with the Dogcow as star.
Check them out -- they're available for you to read right now!
CONTENTS
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[last modified by fch on 22-Apr-96]
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