Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!umd5!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsp!gillies From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Some Mac II Misc. ramblings. Message-ID: <76000076@uiucdcsp> Date: 14 Dec 87 18:52:00 GMT References: <3148@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Lines: 30 Nf-ID: #R:batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu:3148:uiucdcsp:76000076:000:1171 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Dec 14 12:52:00 1987 On a similar note: I am searching for nifty color PICT resources for my Mac II. I have so far located: 1. A color version of Cheryl Tiegs 2. A color BMX motorcyle logo (wierd colors). Please send me e-mail if you know of other public domain color pictures floating around out there (preferably digitized, but beautiful 3-d renderings such as the floating mirrored balls from Apple are o.k. too). I will summarize if there is interest. Also, does anyone know if there is a color camera program for the Mac II? This would help in capturing some PICTs from 3-D programs. -------------- Removing ADB Devices ------------------------ According to a recent article (MiniMicroSystems?), each ADB device has a dirt-cheap microprocessor (TMS-1000?), and one of the ADB pins is a POWER pin. This reduces the manufacturing cost of a mouse by $3. So when you disconnect your mouse/keyboard, you are actually erasing/resetting a program stored in the microprocessor's ram (bad news), which was loaded during boot-up. -------------------------------------------------------------- Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}