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Macintosh Q& A
Q
Can I get a list of all board IDs?
A
No-that information is confidential. MacDTS registers board ID and functional sResource equates so developers don't use equates that are already in use, but they can't distribute the list because the database contains information on unreleased products.
However, even if the list could be distributed, any program that depended on the information in it would be obsolete as soon as a new board came out.
It is recommended you use the Slot Manager's ability to find certain cards or functions. That way, you only need to write your code once, and it will work with newer boards. That's why QuickDraw can find video cards years after it was frozen in ROM. It does so by calling the Slot Manager and looking for boards that perform the QuickDraw compatible video function.
Q
How do you catch a penguin?
A
Before we answer that question, perhaps a little biology is in order. Penguins, by necessity, must be both water and air tight, or they would freeze their little bergies off in the Antarctic seas. Well, that's a problem if you happen to be warm blooded, because there's really no way to sweat (since penguins don't have hands, they were never able to invent Gor-texr). To handle this problem, they have capillaries in their feet that swell when warm and act as a radiator.
So, to catch a penguin, all you have to do is chase it across the ice. The running will heat the penguin, which in turn, will heat the penguin's feet. Once the penguin gets hot enough, he will stick to the ice (what scientists call "the tongue to the sled effect"). All you have to do then is walk over and pick them up.
PLEASE NOTE:
When picking a penguin up we can't overemphasize how critical it is to use slightly warm water to thaw the feet first. Penguin podiatrists are expensive, and very hard to find.
Q
I'd like to write James Brown in jail. Where do I write to?
A
You can write the Godfather of Soul at:
James Brown, prisoner ID #155413
Broad Rivers Correctional Institute
4460 Broad Rivers Road
Columbia, SC 29210
Brown is serving concurrent six year and six year & 3 month terms for a wild, two-state car chase which happened September 24, 1988. He won't be eligible for parole until 1992.
