Re: Thought.Day program problem

[hinchlif@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Peter Hinchliffe)]

jchappel@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeanne Chappell) writes:

>I have installed what looks like a neat little program called Thought.Day.
>The program prints a Thought for the Day upon entering the Finder or at
>boot up.  I get the error message:

>       Thought for the Day:

>       PPRead (Thought) Error:

>       ToolError: 76

>Does anyone know what this means?  The program is shareware (was on the
>A2-Central July, 93 disk) and was written by Ken Burtch of Pegasoft - no
>E-mail address given in the Docs so I assume he is not on an online service.

>BTW:  I am using System 6.0.1

>   Jeanne

The solution to your problem is very simple. I know, because I fell into
the same trap when I first installed it. The docs instruct you to copy
one of the "THOUGHTS" files to the *:System.Setup folder. What they
don't make completely clear is that you must copy the _THOUGHTS file
only_, ie, take it out of the folder it comes in when you unpack the
archive.
 
I must say that Though.Day provides a very entertaining start to a
computer session. I'm also very pleased to see that Pegasoft still
exists...
 
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