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- BiggerDesk
- Hacked 1991, Steve Klingsporn
- Internet: klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu
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-
- Overview
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- I've toyed and hacked at MaxAppleZoom, first alleviating the great
- feature that prevents you from using it these days, the date limit.
- Next, I've torn out all of the control panel code and associated
- resources, and have inserted someone's bug fix for MAZ that makes
- it so that the right-hand edge of the screen doesn't display the
- horizontal "bands" in 1-bit mode. The new file is called
- "BiggerDesk," and is only 6K, is a System Extension, and goes
- into the 7.0 Extensions Folder inside of the System Folder.
-
- I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE. I IN NO WAY EXPECT TO
- BE PAID, ETC. FOR THIS. It's just a service. The product
- belongs to Naoto Horii in Belgium.
-
- I will classify my hack, the NOP'ing of the _DrawCicn call,
- "BabeWare," though, which means that if you hate the damn
- showInit icons on startup, you MUST send me the name and
- phone number (specifications would be nice too) of a really
- beautiful young lady in great shape, between the age of
- 20-25.
-
-
- Required
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- You must have paid your shareware fee to Naoto Horii for MaxAppleZoom
- version 1.3.1 or earlier. You must first find and download MaxAppleZoom
- so that you have his address (to send your fee) and the original
- documentation.
-
- Macintosh II-class machine with an old "Toby frame buffer"
- Apple 8-bit video card. Anything of a class 8*24 card or above
- will not work.
-
- AppleColor Hi-Res RGB Monitor or SONY equivalent.
-
-
-
- Basically, the author put this inhibitor code in MaxAppleZoom that
- compares the current date with some other funky address and prevents
- those who "never sent in their fee" from using MAZ. Unfortunately,
- this guy has seemingly disappeared with little or no support for
- his product. It's a damn great product -- increases the size of
- your usable desktop. So, someone had to be brave and hack some
- things together with ResEdit.
-
- A dude named Bob on the Internet provided the first patch, a NOP
- at some branch point that alleviates the date problem. I've tested
- this with 1999 and 2002 as well as 1980. You're fine now, enjoy.
-
- The next hack is someone's -- dunno their name, but they wrote this
- little INIT called "maxapplefix" that fixes the banding on the
- right-hand side of the screen. I pasted the INIT code and gave it
- an ID of 2 into the MaxAppleZoom file.
-
- Took out all of the 'cdev' (control panel interface) code and
- the associated ('zsys, mach,' etc.) resources. Even with Bob's
- patch, the control panel wouldn't work past the "deadline date."
-
- Gave the file a type "INIT" and left the creator the same. Renamed
- it to "BiggerDesk" with the same special character preceeding the
- "B." Have it load first.
-
- NOP'd out the call to _DrawCicn cuz I hate startup icons.
- If you're like me, I suggest the INIT called "noIcon." Great. No
- more damn startup icons.
-
- Anyhow, you're left with a 6K init that doesn't do much but what
- it's supposed to, and has a little fix in it. Great!
-
-
- Seeing as I usually come under attack, please don't send me any
- flame mail saying "Hey, you f'n communist, that was Naoto's program
- and you messed with it." I advise that if you have this file,
- you should have the "real" MaxAppleZoom and documentation.
-
- Hey, here's something I can ask for in return for this:
-
- Anyone have a dial-in # that I can call to access the INTERNET
- -- live internet so I can telnet to Colorado? In the 708 or
- 312 area code, please, and if it includes logging into someone's
- account to jump over, hey, that's cool.
-
-
- If you have a problem with the SYNC settings, you can set them
- by setting your Mac's date way back and using the control panel
- (MaxAppleZoom, the original) 1.3.1. Set the sync, restart,
- and using ResEdit, copy the "DATA" resource into BiggerDesk.
- Haven't tried it, but my guess is it works. You don't need
- the narrow screen thingy cuz well, the bug is fixed.
-
- I've tested this on and only on:
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- Macintosh IIfx 8MB
- Running System 7.0
- In 32-bit addressing mode with 30 MB's of Virtual Memory.
-
- Should work for you. If not, I'm sorry. I'm no genius and
- this code really is and I have no clue what it really does,
- so I can't really help.
-
-
- Hope this is as good for you as it is for me,
-
- Steve Klingsporn
- klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu
- MOOF!!!
-