This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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The list won't be released. However, you can see if a specific creator type has been assigned by using the "C/F Registration Requests" HyperCard stack that's on every Apple Developer CD. -Jim
You searched your whole disk (not just the current selected file) and didn't find any of the words you saw in the message? Hmmm…
The easiest method would probably be to search your hard disk for the text "Please insert disk module" (or a part of that string). For example, I saved your message on my disk, used Norton Utilities Disk Editor to open the volume and then Find "Please insert". It told me…
The two I can think of off the top of my head are from Intercon and The Wollongong Group – both are commercial products. There may be others so you might want to search a product database like RedGate, or ZiffMac or MacWorlds's reviews. – Jim
Apple doesn't release the list of registered creator and file types. There's a good reason: Developers may (and should) register creator and file types early during development. Apple doesn't have any way of knowing when the products associated with those types get released (or if they ever get released) so…
Writing Disk Driver
Message #162892
>>>By the way, I contacted Developer's Support on this issue any their response was, >>>we knew the file system was slow however we didn't realize it was that slow! Who told you that? I work in Apple's Developer Technical Support group and provide primary support for the Macintosh file system…