Pending Mac 3.5.1b5 VM.

John M McIntosh johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com
Mon Jun 30 16:18:11 UTC 2003


This is now on the ftp server.

On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 11:23  PM, John M McIntosh wrote:

> I've a macintosh 3.5.1b5 VM here that that supports:
>
> The ability to type (or not type) into a floating window, something  
> missing in the 3.5.1b4 VM.
> The ability to display or not display the window title (which is the  
> image name).
> The ability not to be hidden when Quicktime or the DVD player goes  
> into full screen mode when we are a floating window.
> The ability to raise the ceiling of memory allocation above 512MB. The  
> maximum due to interesting virtual memory allocation patterns and  
> Virtual Machine usage issues seems to be about 1GB under optimal  
> conditions.
>
> As usual early adopters can email me for an early copy so I can ensure  
> these features work
>
> I will point out some of these features are os-x only. It seems at  
> this version number and given Apple's  expectations for os-x it's time  
> to introduce os-x only features and 'perhaps' forgo os-8/9  
> compatibility for  some of these behaviours. However I will take  
> comments on this action, but for example I'm not  sure how floating  
> windows with keyboard input would work in os 8.5?
>
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