Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!pacbell!att!mtuxo!mtgzy!mtgzz!drutx!clive From: clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Is MultiFinder running (really, Apple backpatching Color QD) Message-ID: <8258@drutx.ATT.COM> Date: 13 Jul 88 21:01:29 GMT References: <13829@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: resident visitor Lines: 23 From article <13829@apple.Apple.COM>, by tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot): >>Another thing, I would like to see the Color Quickdraw code patched for the >>Plus/SE machines, so that the color calls would revert to the basic b/w calls. >>This can't be too hard, can it? Again, why write twice the code so that the > > The reason this isn't done is because it would cost over 4K of system heap > space. > Really? 4k? out of 1 meg minimum on the Mac's that System 6.0 supports? If this is the reason it isn't done, I respectfully suggest that it's a decision that ought to be reversed, thus ensuring a lot more future software compatibility, and much less developing grief. The Sound Manager was added last time (Sys 6.0); surely it takes (w/snd) a similar amount of space. I and others probably like it. The compatibility is probably worth a lot more. Please! In 7.0! Thanks! Clive Steward