A little while back, I created a small group of cut-and-paste icons, borrowed from Mac OS 8 screen-shots, and named it “Fake-8.” As Fake-8 grew into a formidable set of ResEdit icon-improvements, aimed at System 7 and ‘030 users, so did it’s demand. With this latest release, Fake-8 climbs to a higher level of customization and accessibility.
Enclosed in this package, you’ll find more than just a color-scheme preview. With the registration of my first public color-scheme, “Full-der,” a ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION to Fake-8 comes along. The subscription will allow users to have new Fake-8 additions while they’re still new, along with other Extensions (including floppy and cursor enhancements), Icons (especially those that cover up that ugly hard-drive one), Desktop Patterns, color-scheme, and updates in order to make your Fake-8 experience more complete than a color-scheme alone can accomplish.
With the promise of the ultimate level of customization comes the final aspect of owning a Fake-8 subscription: each subscription owner is entitled to one CUSTOM piece of software per year. Have a JPEG/PICT that you’d like to see tiled all over your desktop? Got an idea for a cursor (other than that old arrow)? Maybe you’d like your floppy disk or CD-ROM icons to have a new look. If you have the image (for desktop patterns), icons (for floppy/CD-ROM replacements), or even just a sketch done in ClarisWorks (for cursors), YOUR custom software, conceived and dreamed of by YOU, can be made a reality with just a simple e-mail.
Here’s how a subscription works: once a month, subscription owners will receive an e-mail attachment of UNDER 100K. For the once-a-year FREE customization mentioned above, all resources must be mailed to the owner. All packages are delivered ELECTRONICALLY, via e-mail.
Fake-8 started as a means of providing ‘030-users with some of the Appearance enhancements denied by Mac OS 8. A subscription, for ONLY $5.00, takes that idea one step further, benefitting not only ’030-users, but owners of ALL Macs. If you are interested in keeping your Mac looking new, if you are interested in the ULTIMATE level of custimization, purchase a Fake-8 subscription.
Requirements:
e-mail-attachment-capable e-mail program
at least a 256-color (8-bit) Macintosh or compatible
System 7.1
Kaleidoscope 1.5 (for color-scheme support)
A desktop-pattern installing utility (including Apple’s ‘Desktop Pattern’ control panel, or Avernus’ ‘Texture Installer’
mail all subscriptions (check or money order ONLY) to:
