[Ham-Mac] RS232 - RS244

[John E Bastin, K8AJS]

At 16:49 -0500 04/23/2002, Richards wrote:

>what is this ResEdit thing?? I found the Apple Modem Tool with sherlock. But
>when i try to look at it, the finder tells me that it adds functionality to
>the computer and that if i want to do that then add it to the extensions
>folder;which is where it already is!
>So i guess that is where ResEdit comes in????
>

Yep, you're exactly right.

ResEdit is a utility, published by Apple Computer, to edit file 
resources. It comes with NO documentation and no support, and is a 
great tool for viewing and editing resources.

You would first run ResEdit, and then use it to open the Apple Modem 
Tool to see all the goodies inside. You can also very quickly and 
easily corrupt a file if you're not careful, so the wise thing is to 
always work with a file COPY and not the original file.

ResEdit was last updated in 1994, the latest version is 2.1.3, but it 
still does a good job. I searched at the Apple Web site to find it 
now, but it looks like it's hiding somewhere in the Developer's 
section and would take some digging to find. If you want a copy of 
it, the easiest way to find it would be to go to VersionTracker at

http://www.versiontracker.com/

and type ResEdit in the search field. It's about a 465K download.

If you really want to find out how to use it and similar tools and 
learn what they can do for you, the best place is ResExcellence at

http://www.resexcellence.com

where you can learn more than you ever wanted to know about mucking 
around in the resources of Macintosh files.

Hope this helps.

73,
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