Zen Mac 2.0

File	zen-mac-20.hqx
Size	971.4 KB
Version	2.0
Category	Game
Developer	AOL

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Zen is a simple "Fortune Cookie" application for the classic Macintosh that displays a randomly chosen saying drawn from a plain-text fortune file. Drop an alias of Zen into your Startup Items folder and your Mac will greet you with a fresh, often dryly amusing aphorism every time it boots.How it worksOn launch, Zen opens its companion "zen" file, picks one entry at random, and presents it in a resizable window. The fortune file is plain text and can be edited in SimpleText or any other editor, so users can prune the bundled sayings or add their own collection.What's new in 2.0Version 2.0 introduces a reworked interface with a larger, resizable window suited to longer fortunes. Earlier 1.x releases were locked to a small fixed window; the redesign makes Zen more comfortable as an everyday startup companion.Author and licensingThe Macintosh release was distributed by TacitR (TacitR@aol.com) as freeware, free to redistribute. Macintosh Garden also credits Franklin Veaux as author of the work. Zen is a tiny, single-purpose utility in the long Mac tradition of "novelties and fun" desk accessories.System requirementsZen 2.0 is a classic Mac OS application packaged as a BinHex (.hqx) archive. It runs on System 7-era Macs and remains usable through Mac OS 9; no special hardware or extensions are required beyond a working text editor for customizing the fortune file.