Fat Free v1.2.2

MikeTomTom — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:04:41 +0000

Application file:

This tiny utility application, is intended for 680x0 Mac users. It removes the PPC Data Fork of a FAT program's file, removing the PowerPC code & saving disk space (about 40% of the size of the fat application file). It removes the unused (& unrequired) PPC code from FAT Macintosh programs, if your FAT program is intended for use only on 68k Macintosh computers.

MD5sum & filename: 3fe13fbba3db23711c86b7938f3ad028 *fat-free-122.sit

I've found a use for this software where it wasn't intended to be used. - On PPC SheepShaver.

Compatibility:

SSW 7.0 - 9.x - a native 68k app, runs fine on PPC.

Very basic operation:
Simply locate your program to "unfat" & click OK. It's fast & takes about 2 seconds for a large program to become PPC code free.
There's no user-feed-back for when its done "unfatting" an application - so don't wait around for "Fat Free" to tell you its finished. Count to "5" and you'll probably be safe

Required:
Any Mac running SSW 7.0 or higher, with 16 KB free on Hard Disk and 50 KB of RAM to run. It won't run under Systems prior to SSW 7.0 - Increase the memory allocation for Fat Free if it fails with a "Not enough memory available" type error.

Note:
Only use this program on a copy of the application you intend to use for PPC data fork removal.

Category:

Utilities

Author:

Hubert Figuiere

Year released:

1995

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Mini vMac (68k)

Architecture:

68k

Fast Case

themacmeister — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:56:45 +0000

Application file:

fast_case_102_us.sit

A simple app to quickly create an empty font suitcase.

Useful for so many reasons.