Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!ames!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!cg-atla!ring From: ring@cg-atla.UUCP (Steve Ring) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Stripping the System Message-ID: <5106@cg-atla.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 17:38:39 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Compugraphic Corp., Wilmington, Mass Lines: 35 A while ago, I wrote asking for help in stripping the system (4.1) of resources that, for a Mac+, are not needed. This was taken from an article in the Sept. '87, Mackey, re-printed from Mouse Tracks, Portland user Group, by Ken Peterson. Specifically mentioned are Type ID Size Why Comments ____ __ ____ __________ ______________________ cicn 31 906 MacII only special MacII Icon DRVR 9 3282 in ROM .MPP Appletalk driver DRVR 10 2404 in ROM .ATP AppleTalk driver PACK 4 4536 in ROM Floating-point math PACK 5 4190 in ROM Transcendental math PACK 12 9792 Mac II only Color Picker PTCH 105 5696 128/512 only Patch for 64K Roms PTCH 630 12958 SE only Patch for II Rom PTCH 376 12004 MAC II only Patch for II Rom snd all 21471 MAC II only startup sounds SNTH all 7380 Mac II only sound synthesizer WDEF 0 2142 in ROM Default window definition ___________________________________________________________________ This amounts to about 85K that can be eliminated. A pared down system file on a Mac+ would be highly desirable for any number of reasons. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Could some one confirm these are the correct ones, or otherwise respond ? ? in some way on how to strip the system file on a Mac+ to only what is ? ? needed on the Mac+ ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? -- ...!{decvax,ima,ism780c,ulowell,laidbak,cgeuro,cg-f}!cg-atla!ring Steve Ring CompuGraphic Corp. Wilmington, Mass., 01887, (617) 658-5600, x5092