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Which "useless" extensions are not worth the RAM and time to load nowadays?
Posted by: Paralel on 2023-02-28 22:29:02 I use Extensions Manager all the time. Especially with my lower-spec machines, I regularly turn off all networking while playing a game, for instance. That reminds me, I found an Extensions Manager version that works for System 7.1.x that I need to upload to the Macintosh Garden. It's apparently the same as the version for MacOS 7.5.x but the restriction to 7.5.x weren't implemented yet.
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2023-03-02 01:34:51 That reminds me, I found an Extensions Manager version that works for System 7.1.x that I need to upload to the Macintosh Garden. It's apparently the same as the version for MacOS 7.5.x but the restriction to 7.5.x weren't implemented yet. I'm pretty sure EM started off as one of the shareware titles Apple licensed for inclusion in the base OS from 7.5+. Can't remember what it was called in its previous existence, though.
Posted by: Crutch on 2023-03-02 03:02:47 Comflict Catcher, I think (which was actually a commercial product at one point)
Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-02 03:38:39 Didn't Conflict Catcher carry on into the OS 9 days though?
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-02 03:52:02 Yeah, I don't think it was Conflict Catcher.
Posted by: Crutch on 2023-03-02 03:59:35 You’re right, I’m wrong. I had thought Conflict Catcher was licensed by Apple and a more full-featured version continued as a commercial product. But that isn’t true. I think maybe Extensions Manager was always just … Extensions Manager? Here’s a version with a screenshot running under System 6: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/extensions-manager
Posted by: Paralel on 2023-03-02 08:22:09 I'm pretty sure EM started off as one of the shareware titles Apple licensed for inclusion in the base OS from 7.5+. Can't remember what it was called in its previous existence, though. I think you're right, but this one has the (c) Apple copyright in the info box, so I think it must be from after said acquisition.
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2023-03-02 08:27:00 I think you're right, but this one has the (c) Apple copyright in the info box, so I think it must be from after said acquisition. Yes: from memory, there was a beta of it on some of the developer CDs that would work with 7.1. It might be that version. Though IME, Extensions Manager even from 7.5 works fine with 7.1, it just complains a lot.
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-02 08:39:13 Yes: from memory, there was a beta of it on some of the developer CDs that would work with 7.1. It might be that version. Though IME, Extensions Manager even from 7.5 works fine with 7.1, it just complains a lot. Some software I use, I forget what, puts a version in on System 7.1. It looks just like the normal version and doesn't complain.
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-02 08:40:39
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-02 08:46:31 7.5.3 came with 3.0.3 7.6 came with 4. 9 came with 4.0.4. Doesn't seem it changed much after 7.6. The size trebled between v3 and v4.
Posted by: Paralel on 2023-03-02 09:00:51 This one reports as version 3.0 flat. Also, 1947?! They wish they had that kind of computing power in 1947.
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-02 09:16:00 This one reports as version 3.0 flat. Also, 1947?! They wish they had that kind of computing power in 1947. I guess my machine was a secret advanced projects IIci.
Posted by: olePigeon on 2023-03-02 09:51:10 I'm pretty sure EM started off as one of the shareware titles Apple licensed for inclusion in the base OS from 7.5+. Can't remember what it was called in its previous existence, though. I think it was always called Extensions Manager, by Ricardo Batista.
Posted by: Cory5412 on 2023-03-02 10:37:41 from 7.5 works fine with 7.1, it just complains a lot Just as a sidenote, I absolutely love how many things this applies to. You can pretty much piece together an entire 7.5 install using the 7.1 Finder and System File if you really want to, but I don't know if there's "literally any benefit to that at all" other than saying you did it. (The more common way would be to use mostly 7.1-era stuff but with selected 7.5 components to make one or two things like networking better, but.)
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