I used it frequently on my IIsi 17/80... Kept it a useable machine well into the mid '90s. Chatting w/ my son about it last night. He remembers it to be a function of early versions of Alladin's Spring Cleaning.
Jim Bill Brown wrote: > Yo compacters everywhere, > > To my thread here: > > >>>On any number of compact and other Macs that come across my bench. I >>occassionaly >find application software that includes the parenthetical term >>"...(trimmed)" in >its name... My ramblings about Mac information sources has >>not yet explained this >"trimmed" thing. Any knowlege on this one? >> > > Our Jim Arnott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> responds: > > >>I'll bet that it's always on a 68k machine, isn't it? > > > I do believe this is so. I will watch for it. > > >>There's an app that trims all the fat (PPC) code out of earlier apps. >>Forget what it was called, but I used to use it on my 68k machines. > > > Could be Jim has this one nailed. To do this code stripping task, I use a >combination of PowerPCheck by Alessandro Levi Montalcini and StripPPC by In Phase >Consulting. These do not leave a "(trimmed)" as a part of the application title. I >wonder which code stripper does? Also, I use Strip68k on my Power Macs to achieve the >same purpose again without any "(trimmed)". I will watch for some of these trimmed >apps to be amused that they ever contained dual code. Code stripping is a useful tool >working on small hard drives. I'm not sure new people with low end 20 GB hard drives >will ever understand this. > > Bill > > > > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
