68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

Home | Members | Search | FAQ

Little tidbit.

Author	Topic
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 12 Jul 2003 : 17:18:12 Does anyone remember the "PowerBook Control Strip" from System 7.5? It was the exact same control strip as the one that we now know and love, but at that time, Apple only supported it on PowerBooks. However, if you do a custom install of System 7.5, and select the control strip as one of the items to be installed, it will work on your desktop Mac. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
thequietman Junior Member Canada 127 Posts	Posted - 12 Jul 2003 : 20:05:26 Yeah, I had that installed on my LC 580. It makes it seem more like OS 8 and it's a whole lot easier for Audio CD playing. --------------------------------------------- I want to be unique just like everybody else.
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 12 Jul 2003 : 20:41:12 I used to do that all the time, and there were a few developers who made control strips for various applications they made, so it was really nice. I wonder if the SDK for the strips is still around? :)
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 12 Jul 2003 : 22:15:02 Should be. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 13 Jul 2003 : 20:23:45 Yeah . I've been doing that for a while. I never do easy-install anymore. This "control strip trick" thing also works in System 7.1.1 "Pro"... -------------------- master of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice™ and figure-head of the Peoples' PDS Republic --------------------
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 13 Jul 2003 : 20:26:45 Same here. Custom installs all the way, baby! "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
thequietman Junior Member Canada 127 Posts	Posted - 13 Jul 2003 : 22:01:31 Oh yeah, there is a lot of useless stuff installed in Easy Install. I always reformat any new computer I get and do a clean custom install with everything I need, nothing I don't --------------------------------------------- I want to be unique just like everybody else.
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 13 Jul 2003 : 23:40:28 It's like Apple was trying to hide something from us. Now if I get a Powermac and put OS X on it, I wonder what goodies I will find if I do a custom install? :) But as I sit here typing this on my virtual macintosh, I feel sad because I forgot to install the control strip. Oh well, I can re-install it. :)
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 14 Jul 2003 : 01:44:44 I think they wanted us to spend more money to buy a PowerBook, so that we could use a free gizmo that already worked with our current Macs. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
~tl Junior Member United Kingdom 312 Posts	Posted - 14 Jul 2003 : 04:43:22 hehe .... just installed it on my LC ... cool i can now change the ammount of colours without even opening a control panel Orcadian MLA Division 68ks Liberated: 2
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 14 Jul 2003 : 05:22:50 Beats the lame taskbar based resolution switcher MS Clunkies use. Forgot, that includes me. Speaking of Apple technology, Apple recently updated it's patent it filed in 1995 about allowing multiple "personas" to use a machine at once and switching between them. Seems like Apple is playing that stupid game again. Every time Apple plays with the same rules as others, it always loses, can't Steve Jobs get it through his aging brain? Go back to old school values, people would rather be rock stable and have fewer colors than have a millio colors but puke when they have seen too many. (Like my wallpaper) Apple needs to invent it's own rulebook and gameplan, not copy Microsoft's.
thequietman Junior Member Canada 127 Posts	Posted - 14 Jul 2003 : 08:35:16 Well I for one would love to see the true "Multiple Users" thing in OS X. It is so much handier to just switch out of one account for someone to check their email than to quit every one of your apps (perhaps an encoding process that can't be stopped without ruining it) and log out. Yes it is used in Windows XP too, but it is a really useful feature and will give people a reason to actually use Multiple Users. --------------------------------------------- I want to be unique just like everybody else.
~tl Junior Member United Kingdom 312 Posts	Posted - 14 Jul 2003 : 09:09:21 but you have to say the user switch / cube thing is really cool Orcadian MLA Division 68ks Liberated: 2
Christophillis Forums Squadron Commander USA 688 Posts	Posted - 16 Jul 2003 : 06:37:03 I have to agree. The whole cube roll over thing in Panther is VERY cool, and quite impressive. From one user to another, Music keeps playing in iTunes and never skips a beat. When you switch back the song time and info is all right and (if it's long enough) its still playing. -------------------- Christophillis- Portable Squadren Commander 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23 Or just 6 Commander, you have the helm. I'll be in my ready room.

68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

© 2001-2003 68kMLA

68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.