MachID Wannabe is a Control Panel that allows you to fake a machine's Gestalt machine type ('mach').
Description
MacID Wannabe was written to trick Installer scripts into thinking they’re installing onto a particular machine. Many Installer scripts are written to only install on certain machine types, or to install particular files only on specific machines. This presents limitations when testing such a script for correct installation behaviour (in the case that you do not have access to the desired machine type), or installing onto an external HD that will be moved to different machine type. MacWannabe can be used to set any machine's Gestalt value to any other machine's Gestalt value ('mach' ID).
This control panel makes use of a System 7.5 trap call, so you need to run 7.5 to use MachID Wannabe.
NOTE: It is still highly recommended that you test your Installer script on every machine type that your script will support.
Using MacID Wannabe
• To change the Gestalt 'mach' ID, type in the number to which you want to change your Gestalt value representing the machine type, and close the Control Panel.
• To reset a machine back to its original Gestalt ID, click the "reset..." button, and close the Control Panel.
