Ed tells the story of his efforts to make System 7 look like Yosemite by creating his own Kaleidoscope scheme. In the process, he remembers just how painful it was to work in a fragile, crashy, data-loss-prone OS.
Links for this episode:Last episode: intro to Kaleidoscope ResEditthe large cicn hackclip2cicnwaferbaby's pixhell cartoonssoftware and tools for editing schemesUniversity of Michigan software archiveEmaculationK official site "tools and goodies"includes Pink Elephants, Scheme Factory, Regia scheme templateBasiliskStuffit Expander (OS X version!)ClarisWorks emulation kitGraphicConvertercurrent version (9.4)old version (5.9.5)ancient version (2.2)scheme format reference guidesK2 resources [PDF]K2 intro [PDF]type and creator codesxScopefeatures that haven't always been in Mac OSQuick Look (10.5)window edge resizing (10.7)app switchingApplication menuLiteSwitch [WayBack Machine]Application palette (8.5)click-to-open menus (8.0)Behold, the (un)finished product:
