I'm back again, so you'd better be ready to do some hacking.
First, a correction or 2
It has been brought to my attention that the hack for changing the ASCII table assignments does not work on the PowerBook 170.
This file also contains an "improved" version of the font included with vol.4.
Next, a few advertisements
If you have a lot of HyperCard stacks, please consider using the script fragment which I have uploaded (search for: EFEDULA) which, when copied and pasted into your Home stack's script, will give you a menu through which you can quickly access any of your stacks (complete instructions are included).
While you're at it, look into the cursors and sounds I've uploaded as well (the "Radioactive Cursor" has been rather popular).
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Helpful Hint
Whenever you're doing something very important with ResEdit, make sure to save every several minutes, because ResEdit seems to have a tendancy to unexpectedly quit at the most inconvenient times.
Now for the fun part, Hacking
If you have certain sound, font, etc. which you want to substitute with another sound, font, etc., read on
1) Copy the resource you want to use as the subsitute
2) Open a copy of the victim
3) Paste the resource
4) Write down &/or memorize the id number of the resource to be changed (DON'T LOSE IT BEFORE YOU FINISH), and delete it
5) Change the resource id of the new resource to that of the old one (using "Get Resource Info")
If you want to change the memory allocated for the Finder, and don't have a System 6 startup disk, here's what you do
1) Open a copy of the Finder with ResEdit
2) Open the "SIZE" resource
3) Scroll to the bottom, where you'll see 2 numbers (the size in bytes)
4) Increase both numbers by 1024 per K
Note: I would recommend that you increase them by at LEAST 50 K (51200 bytes) to get any difference in speed and performance of the Finder
Note: If you have the RAM, set the disk cache to 256 or more for similar results
Lastly, if you want to change a certain phrase or word (i.e. Copy, Move, Searching on, No matching items were found, etc.), there is a relatively simple procedure
1) Open copies of both the System and Finder
2) Open the "STR" and "STR#" resources in both
3) Change every instance of the phrase to be changed to the new phrase
note: for large STR#'s, "Open Using Hex Editor" and "Find ASCII" and the rest should be self-explanatory
