-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Which edition(s) of: "The Macworld Book of Secrets" had a free version or versions of Disktop? Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 01:03:26 -0500 From: "David Pogue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Martin A. Totusek'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It was the 2nd edition. Hope this helps! David Pogue "State of the Art" columnist, The New York Times http://www.davidpogue.com http://www.missingmanuals.com ================================== Latest books: "Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual" "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," 2nd Edition (covers Mac OS 10.2) "iPhoto: The Missing Manual" "The Flat-Screen iMac for Dummies" "Piloting Palm" > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin A. Totusek [mailto:bb553@;scn.org] > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:03 PM > To: David Pogue; Jim Heid > Subject: Which edition(s) of: "The Macworld Book of Secrets" > had a free version or versions of Disktop? > > > Which edition(s) of: "The Macworld Book of Secrets" had a > free version or versions of Disktop and which version(s)? > > -Martin Totusek > > THE MAC REFERENCE ARTICLE > <http://www.eskimo.com/~mtq/> > Tunes in the X key: Mac OS X and music software > <http://www.wormintheapple.gr/articles/music_in_x.ht> ml> > > Martin A. Totusek's Image & Sound Files > <http://mywebpage.netscape.com/martintotusek/> > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Judson) > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:59:05 -0600 (CST) > > I believe that the earlier versions of The Macworld Book of > Secrets, by Jim Heid & David Pogue, had a free version of > Disktop on the floppies, (or, later, CDs, but I'm not sure, > since I don't have a copy with me right now. I know the > latest edition has all its files on a > (password-protected) website, & I don't have the password, > since I don't have a copy of that edition. Maybe in the > public libraries...?) > -- > Over, > Jutso > > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:33:06 +0000 > Subject: Re: DiskTop > From: Phil Beesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 07:32 pm, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By all means, please mention any applicable software you > can think of, > > > anytime! > > > > That said, I wonder what version of DiskTop you're referencing? > > There's a huge (876K) current shareware ($49.95!) version 4.5.3 > > <http://www.prgrsoft.com/pages/disktop.html>, but was there > a freeware > > > old version good for Sys 6 or 7.1? If so, which? Thx. > > The version I have is 3.0.3 (1987) which was produced by CE > Software at that time. It's supposed to work on the 512Ke, > Plus, SE or II and I guess the current system version at that > time would System 5.0 or 5.1. The manual refers to DiskTop > 1.0 and 1.2 which were earlier shareware versions. > > Phil > > > > > > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
