Free Space is a small window that shows you how much space is available on all the disks connected to your Mac. It’s not complicated; the Display menu controls all the program’s options, so if you want to list all the mounted volumes in alphabetical order, you can do that. Play with the program, tailor it to your tastes, and see if it suits you.
I find Free Space very convenient when trying to move files from a hard drive onto floppies. It lets me know if there’s enough room or not on a disk without littering the screen with a blizzard of Finder windows.
What sort of high-powered machinery does Free Space need?
It should work on any Mac with System 7. You shouldn’t even have to cross your fingers.
I have tested it on several Mac LCs and a Power Mac 6100/60, and it has worked well. You mileage, I do hope, won’t vary.
Is this shareware or ain’t it?
Not really. It is freeware, and as such, you’re free to share it. I still retain all rights to Free Space, so I can dictate these terms: Give Free Space to your friends and mortal enemies, as long as you give them the original unmodified archive. Any free distribution, or distribution with a nominal online fee, is kosher by me. Info-Mac, BMUG and BCS have my blessing to place Free Space on whatever CD-ROMs it will fit on. Anyone else who wants to “share” it for a fee should obtain my permission first.
I would also like to hear from you. Send testimonials (or at least whether it works or not on whatever Mac model you have) and suggestions via e-mail.
But Free Space’s About box says “This is shareware!”
So? In that context, it just sounds more poetic.
What’s new? or “The Official Free Space Growth Chart”
Version 1.2 — 22 August 1994
• Free Space is officialy placed on America Online and the bigger FTP sites with a 21-gun salute.
Version 1.2.1 — 25 August 1994 (Nuts, it wasn’t perfect.)
• The window should zoom better now, especially with a Mac Plus, SE, Classic, Portable or PowerBook 100, where zooming didn’t work at all.
Addresses and stuff
E-mail: PiranhaGuy@aol.com, bhw@christa.unh.edu
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