Wish I were...

Revision: V2.0
Author: Martin Blitz
Date: 14-Jan-1996

Abstract:

The "Wish I were..." control panel provides a method for a system to identify its
hardware as another hardware type, via the Gestalt "mach" selector.

The reason for creating this control panel was to assist individuals who install
clock chippers, especially to Power Macs. Some applications (for example MachTen)
use the response from the Gestalt "mach" selector to determine a Macintosh's hardware
type, and thus perform run-time configuration. Clock chipped machines may respond
with a value that does not correspond to an existing machine (for example, a clock
chipped PowerMac 6100 response as a 6100/80), and some applications may be confused.

This utility can be used to force Gestalt to respond with an acceptable value,
and thus the application will function correctly.

Installation:

Drop the "Wish I Were..." control panel and " Wish I were..." extension
into the System Folder, open the control panel, select the machine you want to
be, and restart.

Terms and conditions:

This control panel is FreeWare. It may be freely distributed (with this README file),
except as stated below. It would be nice to know the extent to which this control
panel propagates, so I would appreciate EMAIL or a postcard, a free vacation, a car, etc.
It's not required, but it would be nice.

o This control panel cannot be charged for or redistributed as part of a commercial
product without permission from the author.

o It may be included in Shareware/Freeware collections, and distributed as such.
I would appreciate copy of such distributions, such as CDROMs.

Author's address:

EMail: mblitz@ultranet.com

Snail Mail:

Martin Blitz
37 Calumet Ave.
Worcester, MA 01606

Revision history:

V1.0, 27-Feb-1995, Martin Blitz
- Original release
V1.1, 9-Mar-1995, Martin Blitz
- Fixed a typo which prevented proper initialization.
V2.0, 14-Jan-1996, Martin Blitz
- Changed name from "Who am I?" to "Wish I were..."
- Split from one control panel to a seperate control panel and extension
- Store gestalt information in preference file

Original file name: README - converted on Saturday, 25 March 2000, 18:33