Hi All,
I was tinkering around with my MP2100 yesterday, doing things I probably
shouldn't, and managed to blow away the system patch in it. Formerly, it
displayed in the memory info: 2.1 (717260) -1
And after I messed it up, it displayed: 2.1 (717006) -0 in the same spot.
I read in the FAQ about the system patches, and in the Readme that
accompanied the 717260 download from Apple, it said that the MP2100 shipped
with 717260 installed. But I guess they actually just installed the patch
at the factory, as opposed to having new ROM chips.
Another thing I noticed which was interesting (to me at least) was that the
system RAM info was Higher under 717006 than it was 717260. With 717260 the
memory info slip displays something in the range of 3980K of System Ram.
But under 717006 it said 4042K of System Ram (Or something in that area, I
didn't write it down. It was over 4000 though.) So the System Patch loads
itself into DRAM I guess? Or writes into the Flash, but on restart loads
into RAM?
One other thing I have noticed, is that the heap displayed by Avi's Backdrop
and Dashboard has dropped from around 400K down to about 150K. Though as I
said, the indicated System Ram still shows the full 4MB. Everything still
works, I did a restore from a card, and the card I keep all my packages on
works fine.
Now a question about the system patches. I have read that there was a patch
from Apple numbered 717246 that was identical to the 717260 patch, except
that supposedly it displayed '(c) Newton Inc' instead of '(c) Apple
Computers'. People appearantly wanted to use that patch instead of 260 so
their Message Pad could say '(c)Newton Inc'. So here's my silly question.
Where does it say (c) Apple Computers? Not in the memory info. Not in the
extras drawer. I don't have the 717246 patch, though I've been scouring the
web for it. I'm just wondering if it makes any difference, considering I
can't figure out where the (c) Apple.. message is to begin with.
-Stephanie
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