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From: johnw@bnd2.bnd.oz.au (John Warburton)
Subject: 8mm & 4mm tape copying services??
Organization: B&D Doors, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:29:23 GMT

Hello all,

	I have a number of 8mm (and soon 4mm) that are coming to
	be around 2 years old. I would like to send them off
	to somewhere where the data will be copied to brand new
	tapes.

	Does anyone know of a place that offers this service???

	Thanks

	John

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Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.wanted,aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: ricky@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr RS Mcconachy)
Subject: Wanted: Manuals for original HP LaserJet
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 23:43:44 GMT

G'day people,

Has anyone out there got some manuals for an original HP LaserJet
(not +, 500, series II/III - the original 1986 model) laying around
in some corner of their office?  If you do have any docs for one of
these beasts that you want to get rid of or would be willing to
photocopy parts of please email me at the address below.  Thanks in
advance, 

Richard McConachy
ricky@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au
From: brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: Re: Post Codes
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 08:07:49 GMT
Organization: University Computer Club --- Perth, Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au
Keywords: post,code,australia

brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant) writes:
>brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant) writes:

Gee, this is a really one sided conversation....

>>Greetings all,
>>   Does anyone know where I can get the post codes for Australia in electronic
>>form ???
>>Please mail me....  If there is a response I will post the result...
>Wow.... I now have the post codes.... Thanks to all who replied...
>BTW, Chris won the award for replying the fastest....

Well... That last post was a panic post because the number of replies
was growing as I was invoking elm.  I now have 2 copies of the post
codes for Australia. One of them is about 250k uncompressed. The other
contains _state_ information for each burb, and is about 500k.  Many
people posted to me requesting that they revc. a copy of the postcodes
so I suppose I will upload them to some ftp site.  Any suggestions as
to which site would appreciate such obscure net data???  I also was
told that the entire list is available via the Post office.  I have
sent away for a new list. But the other lists are very useful for the
now. If you want them, they are on this machines ftp thingy under
/pub/misc/misc

They will be deleted in about 1 week, so please hurry....


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Brendan Langoulant
brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au
From: brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: Post Codes
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 01:31:43 GMT
Organization: University Computer Club --- Perth, Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au
Keywords: post,code,australia

Greetings all,
   Does anyone know where I can get the post codes for Australia in electronic
form ???

Please mail me....  If there is a response I will post the result...

--
Brendan Langoulant
brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au
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Brendan Langoulant
brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au
From: s924741@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Anthony Salerno)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: MacPlus for sale
                 Sytem includes:
		 Full manuals
		 Imagewriter2 printer
		 Lots of software!
		 Price $999 dollars(negotiable)
			      Write letter if interested!!
Date: 12 Oct 92 07:18:47 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

summary: Price $999 dollars


Keywords: Macplus


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From: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au (Martin Levins)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Re: Help! (What are DeskTop Folder and Trash Folder ?)
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:08:09 GMT
Reply-To: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au
Originator: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au

From article <9228610.7736@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, by news@cs.mu.OZ.AU:
> WHAT ARE "DESKTOP FOLDER" AND "TRASH FOLDER" ???
> 
> When I switch from system 7.0.1 to system 6.0.7, two folders (with plain folder
> icon) appear in the HD window.  They are "DeskTop Folder" and "Trash Folder". 
> What are these folders ?  Is it harmful or just a result of system management
> difference between system 7.0.1 and system 6.0.7 ?
> 
System 7 and system 6 handle the trash differently.

7 doesn't empty the trash on shutdown (or eject of a floppy) as does system 6

The files that may remain in the trash have to stay somewhere - they
go into a folder (invisible under 7) called Trash folder, the OS
then makes the contents of this appear in the trash can.

Similarly with Desktop items

Try this:

Under 7, move an item to the desktop - ie off a volume and onto the grey screen
(or plaid or whatever your desktop looks like)

Switch to 6 and notice that the Desktop Folder now contains that item.



Martin Levins                               Internet: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au
Director of Computing                                     Applelink: AUST0479
The Armidale School                                      Phone: +61.67.738219
Australia                                                  Fax: +61.67.738230
Xref: sparky aus.mac:1101 aus.forsale:1614
From: gip@albatross.dsto.gov.au (Grant Philp)
Newsgroups: aus.mac,aus.forsale
Subject: ImageWriter II goodies 4 sale
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:59:32 GMT
Distribution: aus

For sale,

ImageWriter II cut sheet feeder ( original snow white colour )
Thunderscan image digitiser

Both are in perfect condition with all manuals and software.
I no longer have a use for them as I no longer have an ImageWriter!.

The best reasonable offer by next Tuesday ( 20th October ) gets them.

Grant Philp

gip@aeg.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: ken@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Ken Taylor)
Subject: Re: MacPascal to THINK Pascal conversion
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 23:34:30 GMT

Michael Strasser (ednstras@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au) wrote:
: It has been suggested to me that THNIK Pascal can be used to compile old
: MacPascal programs.  I would like to confirm that it is suitable for
: the program we have here.  We have MPW Pascal already but will consider
: buying THINK Pascal for this program.
: 
: The program uses the MacPascal text and drawing windows, and some functions
: which are not available in MPW Pascal.
: 
: The program uses:
: 
: 	HideAll
: 	SetText
: 	SetTextRect
: 	SetDrawing
: 	SetDrawingRect
: 	StringOf
: 	OldFileName
: 	ReadString
: 	Read and Write with enumerated-type parameters
: 
: How many of these functions are available in THINK Pascal?

All of the above..   The text window implementation is very rudimentary, but
works fine for quite alot of simple tasks..

Ken
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 Perth, W. Australia     |     one of them"     - Happy Rhodes
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.system
From: Chris <Myrddin@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Wanted: SmoothTalker speech synthesiser information...
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A704777193030542@maths-g16-m02.cc.monash.edu.au>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 16 Oct 92 21:43:13 GMT
Organization: Dies Immortales
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 03:43:23 GMT

 ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR
:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 
I'm just on my way out to shoot myself :-) but I thought I'd mention the
fact that my version of SmoothTalker does not run without MacinTalk or on
a Mac LC.
Then again it doesn't run _with_ MacinTalk either, or on my old Mac 512.
It is no more. It has ceased to be. It has rung down the curtain and
joined the choir invisible. It is an ex-program.
May it rest in peace in the eternal bliss of Silicon Heaven, where choirs
of calculators sing and it will be welcomed by my late ABSpeak program
(also with former ability to "talk").
Xref: sparky aus.mac:1115 aus.forsale:1628
From: s924741@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Anthony Salerno)
Newsgroups: aus.mac,aus.forsale
Subject: Macintosh for sale!
Date: 15 Oct 92 06:28:45 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
Distribution: aus
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

>       Macintosh plus for sale.
	      System includes:
		  Imagewriter2 printer
		  Full manuals
		  Lots of software
		  Price $999 (negotiable)
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Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.speech
From: martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas)
Subject: Macintalk (was Re: Wanted: SmoothTalker speech synthesiser information...)
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:38:36 GMT

jkatz@netcom.com (Joseph Katz) writes:

>martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas) writes:
>>I have MacinTalk 2.0 (Copyright 1988-89, incl revisions by G. Kearney)
>>which works fine on my PowerBook 100 under System 7.01.
>>[stuff about SmoothTalker deleted]
>2) I and my partner wrote MacinTalk.  The copyright remains with us.  
>   Apple was only given a non-exclusive license to distribute MacinTalk on
>   Macintosh computers.  I don't know who G. Kearney is, but he/she does
>   NOT possess the copyrights to MacinTalk.

Sorry about that.  The *full* text of the version resources is:
	2.0 c 1988/89 Apple Computer, Inc. rev. by G. Kearney
I guess G. Kearney is the person who patched the binary of version 1.0.
Which brings me to some questions I've always wanted to ask... 

Joe, what's the story with Macintalk?  Why was development of Macintalk
stopped after it originally came out?  Did you develop it into an 
alternative commercial product instead?  What happened to the plans
for different voices?  Are we still legally allowed to use patched
versions of Macintalk?

Martin

P.S. I've added comp.speech to the distribution.
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Newsgroups: aus.mac
From: u9041869@cs.uow.edu.au (Anil Patel)
Subject: Classic / Macintosh . Going Cheap
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:14:51 GMT



___________________________
Macintosh Classic For Sale
___________________________

		2 Megabyte RAM
		40 Meg Hard disk

	Lots of commercial games .
	Good Software .
	All orignal boxes, manuals , cords .

	Reason why
	----------

	Owner Graduating

	As new why pay more .

	Price	$1500.00 ONO

Anil

email

u9041869@cs.uow.edu.au
From: peterb@gu.uwa.edu.au (Peter Broadribb)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Re: Telefinder
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:41:39 GMT
Organization: University Computer Club --- Perth, Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au

sydney@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:

> RE: Aust dist for Telefinder.
>
> NO - there is no agency here. You need to go direct to the people
> in USA - Spider Island is the name of the company.
> I don't have the phone contact though sorry.

The details for Spider Island are:

  Spider Island Software
  4790 Irvine Blvd, Suite 105-347
  Irvine, CA 92720
 
  voice 714-669-9260
  fax 714-669-1383
  bbs 714-730-5785
 
  AOL: SpiderIsla

They also have a CompuServe account which I don't know the number of.
Internet email can be sent to spiderisla@aol.com

Pete
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PO Box 856, Victoria Park WA 6100, Australia     Work fax: +61 (9) 324 2030
From: crhodes@spam.ua.oz (Colin Rhodes)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Virus?
Keywords: System 7, Virus
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:29:20 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Stats Pure & Applied Maths, Uni of Adelaide, Australia

Hello,

I have a problem what is either a virus or a system bug on my network of 12 
Macs. The problem is that whenever you get information on an application
from the finder then the machine restarts itself. Folders and files come
up fine, but applications don't work. As you can imagine, this makes
life with Word 5 interesting as it tries to get all that information!

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Colin.
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From: s924741@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Anthony Salerno)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Assembly language programs requied!
Date: 15 Oct 92 06:23:31 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
Distribution: aus
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

>       Assembly programs required for macintosh plus!
>                I would appreciate if anyone could send me mail if they
>                     can get  hold of any programs or similiar!
	   Willing to exchange for other macintosh programs including Wingz,
		turbo pascal,composer,pagemaker etc. 
		     
			     THANK YOU!!
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From: u6104701@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Re: PC emulators
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:09:12 GMT
Organization: The University of Melbourne

In article <1992Oct14.013320.25837@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>, nickn@mummy.agsm.unsw.OZ.AU (Nick_Nikov) writes:
> Users,
> 
> What sort of emulators are available for a Mac. Am using a Mac SI.
> 
> The problem is to access CDs off a Netware server but the retrieval 
> software is written for a PC.
> 
> Many thanks....
> -- 
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> Nick Nikov  		    Internet (AARnet): N.Nikov@unsw.edu.au
> Australian Graduate School of Management,	Tel: 61 2 931 9263
> P.O. Box 1, Kensington. N.S.W. 2033.		Fax: 61 2 662 7621
Thers is a product called SoftPC

l can not tell you much about it except that l've heard it uses lots of 
memory.

martin
U6104701@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
From: u895555@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Muhamad Syukri)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Host for true type fonts (where?)
Summary: fonts
Keywords: fonts
Date: 9 Oct 92 06:05:37 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.

Hi...

Sometime ago, somebody (from ANU?) posted an article to this group
that s/he has uploaded some truetype fonts (from ftp.cica?)
to a host somewhere in Australia. And we can downloaded them.
At that time, I didn't read it carefully.

Could anybody point me to the host, please ?

Thanks for your help.

= Syukri =
From: sydney@peg.pegasus.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Re: Telefinder
Date: 11 Oct 92 17:49:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #R:1aasb3INN3st@huon.itd.adelaide.e:-1480928241:peg:993500103:000:449
Nf-From: peg.pegasus.oz.au!sydney    Oct 11 12:49:00 1992



RE: Aust dist for Telefinder.

NO - there is no agency here. You need to go direct to the people
in USA - Spider Island is the name of the company.
I don't have the phone contact though sorry.

However, you may also download the latest version for users
on CLUBMAC BBS - 02-314-1322 (login as "guest" with password "guest")
This version is for connecting to a HOST - it is NOT the host creator.

Hope that helps.

- Michael Ney
sydney@peg.apc.org
From: anthony@medicine.adelaide.edu.au (Anthony Dunstan)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Charging for LaserWriter usage.
Date: 16 Oct 92 07:01:41 GMT
Organization: Medicine Faculty, Adelaide University.
NNTP-Posting-Host: simak.medicine.adelaide.edu.au
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
X-XXMessage-ID: <A7049F22F802380B@simak.medicine.adelaide.edu.au>
X-XXDate: Fri, 16 Oct 92 16:32:34 GMT


Greetings,

I am about to set up a few Classic II's and a Laser Writer NTR
for student use.

If anyone has information regarding resource card solutions for print
charging then I would appreciate the help.

What I am looking for is contacts/Aus distributor names for products
that people have either seen working or have heard positive things about.

Thanks for your help,
Anthony.
_______________
Anthony Dunstan.
anthony@medicine.adelaide.edu.au
Medical Faculty, Adelaide University.
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: siegel@world.std.com (Rich Siegel)
Subject: Re: MacPascal to THINK Pascal conversion
Organization: GCC Technologies
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 04:36:43 GMT

In article <ednstras.718593184@kraken> you write:

>The program uses the MacPascal text and drawing windows, and some functions
>which are not available in MPW Pascal.
>
>The program uses:
>
>	HideAll
>	SetText
>	SetTextRect
>	SetDrawing
>	SetDrawingRect
>	StringOf
>	OldFileName
>	ReadString
>	Read and Write with enumerated-type parameters
>
>How many of these functions are available in THINK Pascal?

All of them. THINK Pascal is a genealogical descendent of Macintosh Pascal,
and supports the old Mac Pascal special-purpose routines for backward
compatibility.

R.
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Newsgroups: aus.mac
From: afreeman@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Andrew Freeman)
Subject: Re: Telefinder
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 06:31:26 GMT

Telefinder is available from databasics pty ltd (02) 415 1350, who have been
running their own system for about a year and can help you with technical
issues, talk to Ricky or Michael.

Spider Island are available on:

Ph: 714-669-9620
Data: 714-730-5785

I think if you can afford t First Class is a better BBS anyway

Andrew Freeman
AAPDA Support
16 Rodborough Rd
Frenchs Forest
02-452-8077
From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Re: SE/30 ROM pictures
Date: 12 Oct 1992 08:33:50 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au

jacelaw@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Joseph Law) writes:

>Does anyone know about getting the developers ROM pictures on an SE/30.
>The developers of the Macs are supposed to have digitized their faces. 

>What are their addresses? So that when the programmers button is
>pressed, one can type g HHHH HHHH and get a picture.

I am not sure about the SE/30, but on an SE, you can type

g 41D89A and it will give you a cyclying set of 3 pictures of the
developers.

This is from memory.

Craig
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if users make them.  Applications aren't allowed this freedom" I.M.VI 2-4
Newsgroups: aus.mac
From: paw@ausom.oz.au (Peter Watson)
Subject: Re: DIY SIMM install = void warranty???
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:32:25 GMT
Reply-To: paw%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

Just for the record - the Apple warranty is _12_ months!
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|| PO Box 493     ||     InterNet : paw%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au   ||
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Newsgroups: aus.mac
From: gkm@cc.uow.edu.au (Glen K Moore)
Subject: After Dark
Summary: Unfo required on a package called AFTER DARK
Keywords: After dark
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 00:17:52 GMT

Can anyone tell me about AFTER DARK? What is is, where do I get it? Is it any good etc
Glen
gkm@cc.uow.edu.au

Xref: sparky aus.mac:1086 aus.archives:198 aus.general:1843 aus.aarnet:982
From: davidw@its.CSIRO.AU (David Woodgate)
Newsgroups: aus.mac,aus.archives,aus.general,aus.aarnet
Subject: Archie.au's Old Info-Mac material to stop
Date: 9 Oct 92 06:56:48 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: CSIRO ITS
Originator: davidw@steps


The collection on archie.au of material that has been removed
from the info-mac archive will stop on Tuesday 13 October 1992.

This will mean that the directory /micros/mac/info-mac/Old will
be deleted.

Please note that the standard shadow of the Info-Mac archive is
being maintained.

This change is required because of there being a lack of disk
space to maintain the Old collection along with full shadows of
the Info-Mac archive and the University of Michigan Macintosh
archive.

It is hoped that the Washington University archives will be
adopting this service soon. Announcements will be made in
appropriate newsgroups at that time.

If there are any concerns about this change, please let me know.

					David Woodgate
					davidw@archie.au
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.system
From: edwka@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Wing K. Au)
Subject: Re: Wanted: SmoothTalker speech synthesiser information...
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 03:12:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.034855.25468@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, Chris Short <Myrddin@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au> writes:
> Stephen !
> I still own a copy of Smoothtalker?, but it uses MacinTalk which I have
> been unable to get to run on my Mac LC, I also have the feeling that
> MacinTalk would be unable to run on any Mac using system 7.

I have been using Macintalk on my LC for more than 12 months and there does
not seem to be any problem (using System 6.0.7).  However, I have not tried it
with System 7.

Wing Au,
Department of Education,
University of Newcastle.
From: ianf@chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au (Ian Florance)
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Re: Assembly language programs requied!
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:36:17 GMT
Reply-To: ianf@cs.adelaide.edu.au
Distribution: aus
Organization: The University of Adelaide
NNTP-Posting-Host: chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au

From article <s924741.719130211@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>, by s924741@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Anthony Salerno):
>>       Assembly programs required for macintosh plus!

There are lots of examples in back issues of MacTutor.

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From: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
Newsgroups: aus.mac
Subject: Help! (What are DeskTop Folder and Trash Folder ?)
Date: 12 Oct 92 00:40:11 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia

WHAT ARE "DESKTOP FOLDER" AND "TRASH FOLDER" ???

Hi.

I have a question about strange folders, "DeskTop Folder" and "Trash Folder".
I am using system 6.0.7 (with desktop Manager) and system 7.0.1 (with 
Tuner 1.1.1) in a same 230 HD (IIci).  Switching is done by system switcher.  

When I switch from system 7.0.1 to system 6.0.7, two folders (with plain folder
icon) appear in the HD window.  They are "DeskTop Folder" and "Trash Folder". 
What are these folders ?  Is it harmful or just a result of system management
difference between system 7.0.1 and system 6.0.7 ?

I found that trash folder was a real "trash can" in the system 7.0.1, because
when I switched from system 7 to system 6, there was a file which I put in
before switching (without selecting "Empty Trash" command). I guess that,in
system 7, trash is treated as a kind of folder, and it remains as a folder 
when I switch from system 7 to system 6.  Am I correct ?
But what is the "DeskTop folder" ?  There is nothing in it.  Nothing 
happened when I trash it in the "trash can" in system 6.

If you have any idea/suggestions about these annoying folders, please post 
it or mail it to me.

Thanks in advance.

Noriaki Onodera (noriaki@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU)
Photonics Research Laboratory
Dept. of E. & E. E.
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia
Newsgroups: aus.mac