What computer is this? I can't think of anything capable of OS X with a resolution that tiny... Unless it's a desktop plugged into a really small screen? 
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What computer is this? I can't think of anything capable of OS X with a resolution that tiny... Unless it's a desktop plugged into a really small screen?
CRTs don't have a native resolution, and 640x480 was once common. I've run OS X at that, although it's a bit cramped.
Ah, a CRT. Didn't think of that. Why run it at that size though? Couldn't you get it to something better?
This would generally be an OS 9 issue, but many older games are full screen at 640x480. I like setting the resolution to where the game will be a reasonable size on the screen, and 640x480 is perfect.
The poster is running an Apple 1 emulator, so that might drive the resolution also.
Thought I'd toss in these two for old times Classic sake.
1) A Mac OS 8.1 feature: pop-up windows.
When an open folder window's top bar is dragged to the desktop's bottom,
it'll "disappear below view" but leave an index tab (named with the folder's name).
Pop-up/tabs can make a Pseudo-Dock:
So fill a folder with useful aliases, resize the window to fit as appropriate, than drag the top to desktop's bottom.
There the tab lurks, awaiting to pop up (pops up with the window's very bottom still anchored).
Mouse-over with a drag & drop file, the window pops up, continue to drag file on an app alias.
The chosen app boots & opens the file (i.e., GraphicConverter's alias opened by a jpeg file).
Then move the mouse out of the area so the pop-up window drops back down to just the tab again, out of the way.
Pulling or dragging the tab upward far enough will detached the opened window from the bottom.
David Pogue wrote in MacWorld's Mac Secrets 5th Ed (1999) that the early beta-test versions of Mac OS 8 allowed tabbed windows on all four edges of the desktop.
Not so in the official released versions. Consensus was too many tabs/pop-ups = too confusing.
2) A-Dock by Jérome Foucher (Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2.2)
Long ago, I think I paid $8 for this shareware, now freeware.
One-click launcher, contextual hide & quit of apps, collapsible dock, choice of skins.
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/a-dock-301
1) A Mac OS 8.1 feature: pop-up windows.
When an open folder window's top bar is dragged to the desktop's bottom,
it'll "disappear below view" but leave an index tab (named with the folder's name).
Pop-up/tabs can make a Pseudo-Dock:
So fill a folder with useful aliases, resize the window to fit as appropriate, than drag the top to desktop's bottom.
There the tab lurks, awaiting to pop up (pops up with the window's very bottom still anchored).
Mouse-over with a drag & drop file, the window pops up, continue to drag file on an app alias.
The chosen app boots & opens the file (i.e., GraphicConverter's alias opened by a jpeg file).
Then move the mouse out of the area so the pop-up window drops back down to just the tab again, out of the way.
Pulling or dragging the tab upward far enough will detached the opened window from the bottom.
David Pogue wrote in MacWorld's Mac Secrets 5th Ed (1999) that the early beta-test versions of Mac OS 8 allowed tabbed windows on all four edges of the desktop.
Not so in the official released versions. Consensus was too many tabs/pop-ups = too confusing.
2) A-Dock by Jérome Foucher (Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2.2)
Long ago, I think I paid $8 for this shareware, now freeware.
One-click launcher, contextual hide & quit of apps, collapsible dock, choice of skins.
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/a-dock-301
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A VERY long time ago I used to use Finder tabs under OS9. They were great to allow quick access to server folders. If you needed to copy a file from one place to the next just grab it, hover over the finder tab and drop in the folder it needs to go.
It was a really useful thing back when one monitor was the norm. Not so much now. I've got three displays at work and six at home.
I must say that I enjoy the simplicity of everyone's Dock that has been posted. I have never been one to cram it to the point where I had to use magnification, but I also am not sparing about putting things in the Dock either.
Just found an old screenshot of my iBook G3 on OS9.2.2 with A-Dock. Secondary apps were lauched using X-lauch which is the launchpad icon. Unfortunately it was covered up by the Classilla window. 
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Here's the whole bottom row of display 1 on my G5. I've shifted the dock to the left in order to have a place to keep frequent folders and files for easy access. Right now all I've got there is a folder of DMGs, which is where my PPCAppStore downloads go.
I've recently started using Notational Velocity as my note-taking app. I've tried VoodooPad, and I really like the idea, but it's just too many features in an app that should be simple IMO. I'm also using Tenfourbird as my email/contacts/calendar app and I'm currently trying to find a way to sync it with iCloud.
I've recently started using Notational Velocity as my note-taking app. I've tried VoodooPad, and I really like the idea, but it's just too many features in an app that should be simple IMO. I'm also using Tenfourbird as my email/contacts/calendar app and I'm currently trying to find a way to sync it with iCloud.