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- From: johnson@ssvax1.ssd.loral.com (Christopher Johnson)
- Subject: Re: A list of important share/free ware inits for a new user
- Message-ID: <johnson-060193084852@158.184.5.170>
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- Organization: Space Systems/LORAL - Palo Alto, CA
- References: <1993Jan5.151438.17346@rtsg.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:06:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.151438.17346@rtsg.mot.com>,
- lamont@catfish16.rtsg.mot.com (Bradley Lamont) wrote:
- >
- > What inits/cdevs would you reccomend to a new user of a macintosh.
- > I am trying to help several people and am making up a list of what I
- > feel is improtant to have but is relatively cheap.
- >
- > SuperClock
- > DepthGuage (for color machines)
- >
- > What else do you think is essential?
- >
- > Brad
- > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Bradley H. Lamont email: lamont@rtsg.mot.com
- > Wireless Enterprise Systems lamont@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
- > Motorola, Inc.
-
- Generic
- -------
- Facade - Disk Icon based on name of disk
- SuperClock - Menu Bar clock and timer
- Switch-A-Roo - Screen depth changer
- Flash-It - Screen capture utility
- PopChar - Pop up character selector
- MaxAppleZoom - Makes 13" monitor a little larger
- WindowWizard - Gives pop up menu of all open apps and windows
- SCSIProbe - List of SCSI devices and Cmd-key will mount devices
- Save a BNDL - Actually a program. Allows the reset of the Desktop files
- with
- an option of restarting the finder.
-
- System 6
- --------
- Kolor - Set colors of various parts of windows
- Color Finder - Allows color Icons on the desktop
- TrueType - Allows TrueType fonts to be used
- Layout - Application - Change Icon spacing and other stuff under
- Finder
-
- System 7
- ---------
- Helium - Balloon Help toggle
- Default Application - Set the default program for file types
- AKA - Create an Alias by Control dragging
- Folder Icon Maker - Actually a program but very nice. Will create a
- folder
- Icon with a small icon in it.
- FinderEdit - Application - Allows editing of Sys7 finder settings
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