Mac OS 8 Revealed

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mac OS 8 Revealed Tony Francis Addison-Wesley Developers Press Reading, Massachusetts • Menlo Park, California • New York Don Mills, Ontario • Harlow, England • Amsterdam Bonn • Sydney • Singapore • Tokyo • Madrid • San Juan Seoul • Milan • Mexico City • Taipei Apple, AppleScript, AppleTalk, Color LaserWriter, ColorSync, FireWire, LocalTalk, Macintosh, Mac, MacTCP, OpenDoc, Performa, PowerBook, PowerTalk, QuickTime, TrueType, and WorldScript are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Apple Press, the Apple Press Signature, AOCE, Balloon Help, Cyberdog, Finder, Power Mac, and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe™, Acrobat™, and PostScript™ are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. AIX® is a registered trademark of IBM Corp. and is being used under license. NuBus™ is a trademark of Texas Instruments. PowerPC™ is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. SOM, SOMobjects, and System Object Model are licensed trademarks of IBM Corporation. UNIX® is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Addison-Wesley was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial capital letters or all capital letters. The author and publisher have taken care in the preparation of this book, but make no express or implied warranty of any kind and assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the use of the information or programs contained herein. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Francis, Tony, 1956– Mac OS 8 revealed / Tony Francis. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-201-47955-9 1. Mac OS 8. 2. Operating systems (Computers) I. Title. QA76.76.063F76 1996 005.4'469--dc20 96-25119 CIP Copyright © 1996 Apple Computer, Inc. Developers Press is a division of Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Published simultaneously in Canada. Sponsoring Editor: Keith Wollman Project Manager: Sarah Weaver Cover design: Suzanne Heiser Text design: Kim Arney Set in 10 point Sabon by Tony Francis and Vicki Hochstedler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - MA - 0099989796 First printing, August 1996 Addison-Wesley books are available for bulk purchase…