Where can I find that piece of software? I remember seeing it when I was a little kid and thought it was hilarious (I was probably 6). I had forgotten all about it. Is it available for download anywhere?
James >You compacters everywhere: > >Funny thing. I have that little piece of controversial Mac history known as >The Grouch v 2.5.b3 on all of my Macs from SEs and Classics and every 030 >of any kind. It used to be on all of my 040 Macs until MacOS 8.1 got on to >them. Well, I have an external hard drive here that is loaded with the >master load. Actually, I've a closet shelf full of external drives, one for >each kind of load that I do. I've master load drives for the SE, the >Classic, the SE/30, the Classic II, and the Color Classic, so this seems on >topic here. And The Grouch is on all of them. In all cases, when booted to >the external, these master load disks perform just like an internal drive. >Specific to my question here is, yes, Oscar, The Grouch, comes out of the >trash and sings just fine when running from an external hard drive. > >I have undertaken to create a SyQuest 135 disk for each of these master >loads. Our compacts will boot just fine to a SyQuest. Another backup seems >a good idea and they are much more portable which is a plus in my work. >Well, when the SyQuest disk has been created, fully configured, and heavily >diagnosticated, guess what? The Grouch doesn't sing when booted from the >SyQuest disk. Actually, The Grouch doesn't even come out of the trash. >Nothing! At first I thought it was The Grouch extension file became >corrupted when it transferred. Nope. Then I thought it was the System sound >software. Nope. Other sounds are just fine. The Classic I was working with? >Nope. The same thing happens when I do this with the SE as well. I can load >this master load from the SyQuest to another compact and, again, Oscar does >his thing just fine. I haven't tried it with an 030 compact or better yet. >My current guess is that the SyQuest drive, operating at about half the >transfer rate of a regular hard drive, just isn't supplying the file fast >enough. > >Any idea here? > >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> > --> 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/> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store >http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
