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From: scs@adam.mit.edu (Steve Summit)
Subject: answers & thanks re: preserve finder comments while rebuilding desktop?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: none, at the moment
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:06:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.215349.25575@athena.mit.edu>, I wrote:
> ...If those comments weren't important, I wouldn't have put them there!
> If the finder is not willing to preserve comments when it
> rebuilds the desktop, it seems to me it should be possible to
> write a little utility which saved all comments into a file
> somewhere so that they could be reliably and automatically
> re-applied after a desktop rebuild.  Does such a utility exist?

In fact, such utilities do exist; two suggested were Norton
Utilities' FileSaver, and the freeware CommentKeeper init.  I
just grabbed a copy of CommentKeeper (I couldn't seem to find it
on sumex-aim.stanford.edu as advertised, but it was also at
mac.archive.umich.edu), and it did the trick.  My desktop file is
finally rebuilt and cleaned up (I wish I could say the same for
my physical desktop :-( ), my new colorized icons are finally
showing up, and the comments were all preserved.  Thanks to
Russell Owen, Brian Connell, and Richard C. Long for their
answers, and kudos to Maurice Volaski for writing CommentKeeper.

					Steve Summit
					scs@adam.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: pdevri95@ursa.calvin.edu (Paul De Vries)
Subject: Yikes!  Mistake!
Summary: Source for reading graphics, etc.
Keywords: mac misc graphics etc
Organization: Calvin College
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 13:02:38 GMT

Apology: I miss-responded in that last post -- you can probably figure out what went wrong!

Now, as for source code... I can't think of any offhand.  As long as you can do decent file-handling, the specs for assorted image formats are all over the net.  I've got -- or had, somewhere -- the specs for tiffs, gifs, and picts... if nothing else, consult the ADPA or Symantec's THINK people....

- PD
From: ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu (Mark Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: SCSI Extension Cable Problems
Date: 21 Nov 92 16:54:01 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu

I recently installed a SCSI extension cable between my Mac and
an external hard drive, but this immediately resulted in a
host of problems - I/O errors, crashes, etc. - so out it came.
Most things *did* work, though, and I got positive reports
from Norton Disk Doctor and Disk First Aid, though Salient's
DiskTester said the disk was "unreliable" while the extension
was in place.

Now, the guy at the computer store where I bought it warned
me that it wasn't a good idea, saying that Apple explicitly
recommends against using such things. The total length of
the main cable + extension was only around 12 feet or so.

Why should this have been a problem?

Thanks,

   Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: yane@fraser.sfu.ca (Yan Choon Ee)
Subject: Powerbook 160 & Apple II GS RGB monitor
Summary: Can connect PB 160 and Apple II GS RGB?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:30:59 GMT

I have an old Apple II GS RGB monitor lying around, and I was just
wondering if I can connect this to my Powerbook 160. 

Can this be done, or will it do something monstrously detrimental
to my Powerbook?

yan choon
-- 
Yan Choon Ee
Simon Fraser University        Internet: yane@sfu.ca   
"Diplomacy is saying the nastiest thing in the nicest possible way."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Dim, fuzzy, SE screen
From: rgbrib@husc8.harvard.edu (Richard Bribiescas)
Date: 22 Nov 92 14:51:43 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University Science Center
From: victor@delial.DoCS.UU.SE (Bjorn Victor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Q: Price of PB100 4/40 or 4/20
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:01:57
Organization: Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden
Distribution: eunet
Reply-To: Bjorn.Victor@DoCS.UU.SE
NNTP-Posting-Host: delial.docs.uu.se

Before going ahead and purchasing a Powerbook 100 here in Sweden, I'd
appreciate some quick replies telling the price in other countries
that I'll likely visit the next couple of months, including Scotland,
Germany, France and perhaps Italy.  If the saving is significant, I
might stand the delay...  I'm primarily interested in the cheapest,
but still usable configurations, i.e. 4/20 or 4/40.

Yours,
-- Bjorn Victor			Bjorn.Victor@DoCS.UU.SE
Dept. of Computer Systems	tel: +46 18183169
Uppsala University, Sweden	fax: +46 18550225; tlx: 812 6154 7102 SICS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: agoodrid@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Stephen Klautky)
Subject: binary transfer problem
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:57:00 GMT

I'm interested in downloading some of John Pugh's binary files
from apple.com.  I am working on a MacII (without MacTCP)
connecting to a VAX account - which does the file transfers.  I
tried setting the VAX transfer to binary then downloading to the
Mac with Macbinary (using NCSA Telnet 2.5).  However, I still have
problems opening the files.  Am I doing something wrong?

Is there information lost/changed in the transfer between apple.com
and our VAX using "binary"?  If so how can I get around this?

Thanks,

Steve     AGOODRID@VAXA.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU
From: rock@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM (Bill Petro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Performa Plus Monitor vs. Sony Trinitron
Date: 17 Nov 92 16:49:01 GMT
Organization: SunSoft, Colorado Springs, CO

There has been much discussion that for the Performa line, the 14" Sony
Trinitron monitor is superior to the Performa Plus monitor. The Performa
Plus runs about $400, and the Sony CPD-1304 can be obtained from a
mail-order house for about $600.

Is it worth the 50% premium for the Sony?  Has anyone actually seen one
side by side?  Most of what I've read on the net has been recitation of
reviews from Macworld or Macuser.  And there has been some confusion as
well... some have said that the CPD-1320 is the monitor for the Performa,
when it seems that it is for the LC and LC II only.

So what's the scoop?

Bill Petro

     Bill Petro      bill.petro@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM
"UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven"  Matthew 19:12
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,aus.mac
From: tnorthtj@cc.curtin.edu.au (Tim North)
Subject: MacEKG or StarTrek screensaver info?
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:45:18 GMT

Does anyone have any information/reviews/warnings regarding either of the
following two products?

  1.	MacEKG (a hardware diagnostic program) or

  2.	Star Trek screen-saver.
 
Regards,
Tim North.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams)
Subject: Re: Apple Crippling Systems?!?
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:18:09 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Apple Computer Inc.

In article <1992Nov23.051058.6554@mcs.drexel.edu> tjhendry@mcs.drexel.edu 
(Jonathan Hendry) writes:
> The point is that, I believe, the floating point operations that WERE
> implemented don't work. In other words, Motorola makes an 040. They test
> it, and find that the floating-point operations are not "up to spec". So
> they sell it as the 680LC40 (or something to that effect) as an 040
> minus the floating point functions. 

Actually, this isn't what Motorola is doing at all.  The 68LC040 (the 
processor with no floating point) is a different chip than the 68040 (the 
one with floating point hardware).  To the best of my knowledge, Motorloa 
is not shipping 68040s which fail FPU tests as 68LC040s.   The main reason 
the LC040 is cheaper than a 'full' 040 is that the die is smaller - 
they've removed the (not inconsiderable) chip area used for the floating 
point hardware, thus resulting in a smaller piece of silicon.  The whole 
idea here is not to pay for floating point hardware if you really don't 
need it.  (The performance of the vast majority of Mac applications really 
depends on integer, not floating point, performance.  There are some 
exceptions to this, but in general it holds true.)  Incidentally, the 
pinout for the two processors is identical, so you could theoretically 
design a machine using a 68LC040 which could be upgraded to a 68040 just 
by swapping processors.  

- Dale Adams
From: marcus@westminster.ac.uk (Marcus Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: d e v e l o p
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:18:23 GMT
Organization: University of Westminster

I am a  d e v e l o p  subscriber (through work) and I've been expecting
the November issue for some time now. I'm worried that something has gone
wrong with my subscription as I got a 'change of address' slip sent to
me for no apparent reason a while back (I ignored it).

Have other UK  d e v e l o p  subscribers received anything after 'Hack
to the Future' ?

Marcus Harvey, University of Westminster IRS
JANET: marcus@uk.ac.westminster
INTERNET: marcus%westminster.ac.uk@ukacrl

                                                          ...Bubble Up!
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From: HarriRehnberg@salient.com (Salient Software)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Autodoubler
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 09:24:30 PST
Organization: Fifth Generation Systems
Reply-To: HarriRehnberg@salient.com (Salient Software)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v3


In article <parkyn.721079061@sfu.ca> (comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer), parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
> I also encourage use of Autodoubler among my cliendts...
> 
> Should be using at least version 1.0.7 (i) or 2 (i).
> 
> There are some side effects from compression such as not being able to 
> use the Find File feature of Word 5.x.
...
The Find File feature of Word 5.0 works fine with AutoDoubler, except
that you need to select "All Files" in the Find File dialog. You can
still search the text inside of a compressed file, also.


Sincerely,
terry morse
Compression Products
Fifth Generation Systems

for all FGS products FIFTHGEN@aol.com
for AutoDoubler & DiskDoubler techsupport@salient.com
From: HarriRehnberg@salient.com (Salient Software)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Bad Sector
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 16:37:05 PST
Organization: Fifth Generation Systems
Reply-To: HarriRehnberg@salient.com (Salient Software)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v3


In article <1992Nov8.205527.29321@leland.Stanford.EDU> (comp.sys.mac.misc), Ravi Konchigeri <mongoose@cardinal.stanford.edu> writes:
|	My computer was sitting idle today when Autodoubler popped up this nice
|little dialog box.  It said something like, "Autodoubler has caught an
|error or type -20999 ... The file is good but your hard disk might be
|bad.  Please contact tech support."  I looked up -20999 in the
|SystemErrors DA and couldn't find it.  Does anyone know what this error
|is?

-20999 is a AutoDoubler internal error.  It means that AutoDoubler
encountered a checksum error while checking the copy against the original.

Run the Disk Tester utility that came with AutoDoubler and see if
it reports the same errors.

If you are running a version earlier than 1.0.7 and the file the error
occured on is a graphic file then you might contact Fifth Generation
Systems at 1-800-766-7283 and order the update to 1.0.7 (it's free).
Some graphic files contained bit patterns that caused checksum errors
in earlier versions.

|  When I ran Silverlining it found a bad sector.  Is there any way I
|can map out the sector without re-formatting?  If not, what's the best
|way to get around this.

Silverlining has the capability to map out a bad sector.  The version
we looked at is 5.3.1 but it does have a "Map out manually" command
available.

|Also, when I try booting any of the files that
|were in the folder that Autodoubler caught the problem in, Finder gives
|me a "Not enough memory" message when there's clearly enough memory. 
|Thanx in advance.
...

The Finder (due to the bad sector) may be attaching a very large segment
of your disk to that file.

for all FGS products FIFTHGEN@aol.com
for AutoDoubler & DiskDoubler techsupport@salient.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Subject: Re: Macweek
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:37:20 GMT

GAYNOR@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) writes:

>The burning question is: do you -work- for the university?

>When I was a student, I worked as a student consultant.  Since I
>worked for the university (Ohio State), I was able to very truthfully
>use OSU's huge computer and employment numbers in my MacWEEK
>subscription form.  And since I was a consultant, talking to dozens of
>folks daily (giving recommendation on hardware, software, and other
>such), I could say that I had influence in buying decision.  :-)

>Look at what you do from the -letter- of the law, not the spirit.  And
>you may find that you look a lot more impressive than you think...

As a Mac manager at major University, I am very imfluenced by student 
computing services workers and what they point out in MacWeek.  So students
be sure to count those Macs in the labs you work in.  You make a difference
in what folks buy.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:07:39 EST
From: <TJK111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Powerbook 160 & Apple II GS RGB monitor

Yeah... It wont work.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dbl@gtech.com (David B. Loughlin)
Subject: Mac LCII vs. IIsi - help?
Organization: GTECH Corporation, West Greenwich, RI
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:24:36 GMT

This is my 1st post, so please don't flame me if I am in the wrong
group.  

I need some purchasing advice - I am about to buy a mac and I am
trying to decide between the LC II and the IIsi.  The users will be
mostly my wife (teacher) and daughter (age 12), for educational,
home, and game programs.  I also dream of someday developing
educational programs on it (C or C++).

I will be getting a color monitor, extended keyboard, a modem
(eventually) and probably an HP DeskJet C printer.  I will 
immediately increase memory to 8 or 9 Mb, and will start with an 
80 Mb disk drive.

My question is, is the IIsi worth the approx. $600 extra (under the
educator's discount)?  Will I realistically ever need its greater
memory expansion potential?  Is the IIsi's 20 Mhz 68030 all that 
much faster than the LC II's 16 Mhz chip?

Since the educator's price INCREASED after the recent drop in list
price, should I wait until January hoping for prices to drop?

Thanks in advance for any help you folks can give me.  Feel free to
respond to my email address.

        Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rrgd50@email.sps.mot.com (Chris Terwilliger)
Subject: AFE Word to text
Organization: Motorola
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:26:35 GMT

Is anyone aware of an AFE translator or other utility capable of converting
Macintosh Word documents to plain text documents?  I have a slew of them to
do and don't want to do them one at a time.  Thanks.



* Chris Terwilliger, KB7PPT                rrgd50@email.sps.mot.com *
* Motorola                        "And now, the sequence of events, *
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From: olsenc@carson.u.washington.edu (Clint Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Problems with Afterdark & PB160
Date: 17 Nov 92 08:34:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov17.083403.4310
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

Hello:

My girlfriend just purchased a Powerbook 160 4/80.  She tried installing
Afterdark and it doesn't work correctly.  The only non-standard thing about
the configuration is that she has an extra monitor plugged into the video
out (14" Apple Color Monitor, but it looks more like 13").  The main monitor
is set the the color monitor.

When demoing, it yelps about not having enough memory.  After getting an
this error, it bombs out.  She cannot run Afterdark again unless she
reboots her Mac.  It says, "Afterdark is not installed, to install, restart
your Macintosh," or something like that.  Note:  some of the demos did work;
most did not.

We checked her system by clicking on "About this Mac.." under the upper-left
apple and the only thing running was the system.  It was only consuming
about 1.5 Mbytes of RAM.

Just for kicks, we started the virtual memory (8 Mbytes total) and this
had no effect on the errors.

Whattya think?  Bogus screensaver?

Please send email.  Thank you in advance.

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From: afry@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Colour Powerbooks
Date: 19 Nov 92 17:33:48 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <19NOV199210331784@vax2.concordia.ca> wes@vax2.concordia.ca (Wes Schyngera) writes:
>This may be a stupid question, but here it goes anyway: If
>the PC world can enjoy colour notebooks, why can't Mac users?
>Obviously Apple must be working on them, but it seems a little
>unfair that once everyone has bought their Powerbooks and Duos
>yet another line of laptops will come out, making even the 
>impressive Duo system seem a little obsolete. What's the story
>here, how long before these things come out? If colour PB's are
>only a year or so down the line, why bother buying one of the
>current models?
>
>--Wes--


Good questions.  Color (us spelling :-) notebooks are in the works at
Apple.  Right now the color screens are too big and suck too much power for
Apple's tastes in notebook computers.

You mentioned the current line becoming obsolete when the color line comes
out.  You're absolutely right, but you have to remember that there are only
two kinds of computers:  experimental and obsolete.  The minute you can buy
a computer, you are guaranteed that it is obsolete.  That's just how it is.
You pick a good obsolete computer and use it.  There is no point in always
waiting for the latest technology unless you have a specific need that the
current technology can't handle (for example, if you really need portable
color for graphics work, etc.)

Why buy the Duo system now?  For starters, so you will have it *now*.  Why
bother buying any current Mac when the Power PC's will be out in '94?  So
you can use a computer for the next year plus!

On the more practical side, the color powerbooks are bound to cost more than
whatever the b&w/grayscale line costs when the color machines come out, and
maybe even more than the current Duo prices.  It's also important to
remember that a computer is not an investment; the value will continuously
decrease from the day you buy it.  So even if you wait a long time to get a
nice computer, it will still become less valuable and less useful over
time.  You will just have waited longer to get it.

None of this is meant as a flame, Wes, just my opinions on the process of
computer purchasing.  I bought an SE/30 just before they were discontinued,
and I'm sure many PB 180 and Quadra 950 users wouldn't consider it worthy of
formatting their flppies.  But I like it a lot, and I have been able to do a
ton of work on it in the time I have had it.

Good luck finding the right machine,

Alan
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From: yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Software for making Comic Strips
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 23 Nov 1992 12:39:03 GMT
Organization: The Tofu Society of Singapore
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61539.student.cwru.edu

Are there any software available for Macintosh computers to do comic
strips?

---
The Evil Tofu
From: yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: NewsWatcher and the Apple Interface Police
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 23 Nov 1992 20:48:20 GMT
Organization: The Tofu Society of Singapore
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61539.student.cwru.edu

I've been using NewsWatcher for the last couple of months and I've grown so
used to it that I routinely press `*' when I want to close a window---even
when I'm not in NewsWatcher.

I wonder if anyone else has the same experience?

Is this interface rot? :)

---
The Evil Tofu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: dim, fuzzy SE screen
From: rgbrib@husc8.harvard.edu (Richard Bribiescas)
Date: 20 Nov 92 11:20:26 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University Science Center


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
Subject: Re: HELP THE (nearly) BLIND!
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:05:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.194952.29872@henson.cc.wwu.edu>,
george@henson.cc.wwu.edu (George Hartnell) wrote:
> 
> Hi there, the Technician has a request for a patch for enlarging the cursor
> in all Mac applications (and/or) just the finder for a sys7 machine. The
> user has severly limited 'tunnel vision' and needs to be able to SEE the 
> pointer. Any ideas?
> 
> Best regards, G.

Check the FTP sites for FindCursor by Mike Samuels. It allows a special
keystroke to change the cursor into a thick-bordered box (16x16 pixels). If
you want to permanently change a cursor, I suppose you could touch it up
with ResEdit. In any case I think you're limited to the 16x16 size, though.
If anyone has found a way to create cursor replacements larger than that,
I'm interested in hearing about it.

Chris Ellens     /  My Canada includes: Every bitching, whining    /
ellens@bnr.ca    /  province, aboriginal, feminist, minority, and  /
                 /  special interest group.                        /
From: hmayor@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Heather Mayor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Multiple selection in wordprocessing?
Date: 20 Nov 1992 15:54:04 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu

I would like to select multiple text items from a long document
and paste them together in a new document.  I can use the
table option in Word5 and then the ouline view and begin
juggling items to be together but it's very time consuming.
Also the items are so disparate in size that the database
approach either File Maker Pro or Works 3 is even more
cumbersome.  I want something quick.  Drag and drop in Word 5
is only OK for short lists and some of mine are pages long!

Any ideas?

-hdm

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