Yeah, that would be nice. I'll add it to the Macintosh Garden! --Dave
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Christian Wacker<[email protected]> wrote: > > I would love to send it off, I'll see if i can make it a .sit file or > something so that it won't die on the way to my PC for emailing (I > don't have my Mac collection online yet, still working on it) > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Cyrus Griffin<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I remember that! We used to have the grouch in the trashcan when I was >> little... Think you could send that my way? I'd love to put it on some >> of my old macs, for old times sake :) >> >> Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) >> -------------------- >> Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: >> >>> >>> well I feel like a complete Arse... "The grouch" is just a trashcan >>> animation... I must have some other extention enabled that saves pram >>> settings, because the battery has been physically removed, and it >>> would >>> loose the settings unless this extention was in the folder... >>> any idea why this happens? >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Christian Wacker" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:25 AM >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE >>> >>>> >>>> If you cannot find batteries, I did come across a wonderful extention >>>> that _seems_ to replace the need for a battery by saving the Pram >>>> settings to disk before shutdown. This extention is called "the >>>> grouch" I found it on a floppy that was for some odd reason in the >>>> drive of my PowerMac 6100 and when installed on both my Classic and >>>> LCII (Both with dead batteries) it retains all setting after boot >>>> (including the color settings on the LCII). I don't know where to >>>> find >>>> it, or how to dump it, but if I get instructions, I will post a copy >>>> of it for you, or you might be able to find a copy yourself. >>>> -hope that helps >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "Ken Daggett" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:13 AM >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Supid question about battery on Plus/SE >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 8 Jun 2009, at 08:55:17 PDT, Christian Wacker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> sorry, my Email client sent 2 copies of the message in different >>>>>> states of completion. My full message is a few above this one >>>>> ----------- >>>>> Well, given that I read messages "off line" rather than >>>>> fuss with the web interface, it would be helpful if enough >>>>> of the original message were included to understand the >>>>> subject of the discussion. >>>>> >>>>> Launching a browser and navigating to a website, sorting >>>>> messages by thread and reading the stack just to get the >>>>> meaning is usually just too much. >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> > >> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
