We can’t exactly write volumes about the Apple Classic Fonts. However, we thought we’d call them to your attention since you get them free with System 7.1. But they’re not installed by the Installer. You have to go get them from your Fonts disk yourself.
These fonts are the original 1984 bitmapped screen fonts. They’re not TrueType or PostScript fonts, so they won’t print smoothly on a laser printer (or any printer), particularly if you print an odd-numbered point size.
You install them as you’d install any font: Drag the suitcase file on top of the System Folder. (See Chapter 24 for more on fonts.)
Apple File Exchange (pre-System 7.5)
Apple’s advertising consistently says that your Mac can read disks from IBM-compatible computers. (We’ll call them DOS disks hereafter.) Yet for years, you couldn’t just shove a DOS disk into your Mac and watch its icon show up on the screen. If you tried, you’d get an error message telling you that the disk wasn’t formatted correctly. Today, Apple’s PC Exchange (System 7.5 and later) makes shove-and-play a reality. But before PC Exchange, the only solution was Apple File Exchange.
In System 7 through 7.1, Apple File Exchange lies on your Tidbits or Install 2 disk. Launch Apple File Exchange before inserting a DOS disk. After it’s running, you’re fine — insert away. The DOS disk’s contents show up on the right side of the screen.
Then you can select any file in the list on the left side and copy it onto the DOS disk by clicking the Translate button. Or you can select a file on the right side and copy it to
your Mac.
Of course, transferring the file to your machine doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a program that can open it. For more on converting DOS files to Mac, see Chapter 16.
Historical note: This program was originally created for Apple’s first SCSI hard drive, the HD SC 20, a decade ago. The program’s name stuck, even years after the original product’s demise.
Incidentally, if your Mac is one with an IDE hard drive inside (see Chapter 7), such as a 630-series or a PowerBook 150, you get a different drive-formatting program. Yours is called Internal HD Format, and it serves precisely the same purpose.
Hardware System Update (HSU)
There were two versions of the enabler known as HSU — 1.0 and 2.0.1. The 1.0 version affected the Mac’s clock accuracy, fixed the modem port for high-speed communications, and fixed a bug involving ejecting floppies when shutting down certain models.
HSU 2.0.1 fixed those problems, and more: floppy and hard drive problems with certain models, color and scrolling problems on certain monitors. The hodgepodge of little fixes also updated various control panels, enablers, and utility software (Apple HD SC Setup and Disk First Aid). Most significantly, HSU 2.0.1 introduced the new Sound Manager software, the most apparent effect of which was to replace the Simple Beep sound with a more boring beep (see “Sound Manager” in Chapter 4).
You don’t need either HSU if you have System 7.5 or later, by the way.
Birth of the DAM
The first Macintosh didn’t come with the Font/DA Mover program. The original designers provided no way at all for you to add or remove fonts or desk accessories to your computer.
In fact, the Font/DA Mover wasn’t even Apple’s idea. It started out as a shareware utility written by Don Brown, who later became a founder of CE Software and wrote such classic Mac software as QuicKeys. Apple finally acknowledged the practicality of Don’s DAM (as he called his Desk Accessory Mover) and added its own version to the official suite of System software tools.
