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From: gyoungs@isis.cs.du.edu (Greg Youngs)
Subject: Re: Buying Writenow from MacWareHouse
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 19:18:32 GMT


WriteNow side upgrade through MacWarehouse for $69 if you own
ANY OTHER Mac word processor (that's just about everyone, right?)

Issue 11 p. 109 MacWarehouse catalogue.

Program disk, or fax title page. 

From: stevewi@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Steve Witten)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:38:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Problems with MicroPhone ???
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps

You need to set the default file signature that MP 4.0 uses when
it creates a file from a download operation to TEXT/TEXT.

I have had NO PROBLEMS with this and I've used MP since 1.0.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: lombardif@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Problems with MicroPhone ???
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 02:20:52 GMT

I have MicroPhone version 1.0 and MAC 241 communications programs.
I have tried to x-modem programs to my MAC SE, from a VAX at school.
But, all the programs I have brought back are listed as documents and I
can't get them to decode into an application with BinHex4.
Can someone tell me how to get an application from a VAX to my MAC and 
be able to use that application ?
Thank You,
Kevin Lombardi ( lombardi@cmpsci.suffolk.edu )   
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Subject: Panorama v. Filemaker Pro?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 12 APR 92 21:10:55    


 Hi, I'm looking for opinions on Filemaker Pro and Panorama (or any other
 database). 

 One thing I'd like is the ability to subdivide a field of a record (does that
 make sense?). For example, for a book collection, I might want to have a
 possibly empty field that could hold the titles and authors of short stories
 within a book. 

 System 7 features, such as P&S, are also important. Search and replace on
 fields would be handy. I assume this is a given, but import/export of
 tab-delimited text is a must.

 Thigns like "I hate (Filemaker or Panorama or whatever) because..." are also
 welcome.

 Thank you!

Richard C. Long			long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
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From: artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: MacTools Mirror Problem?
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:23:38 GMT
Reply-To: artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory


Has anyone experienced problems with the "Mirror" CDEV (version 2.2)
which is part of the MacTools package?  The CDEV keeps an invisible
"delete tracking file" in the system folder which allows you to
undelete any trashed file, assuming the actual disk tracks have not
been over-written.  Periodically I find that this delete tracking
file is damaged, and I am forced to use the CDEV to remove and
reinstall the file.  Of course, this always happens right when I need
to restore something I threw away inadvertantly.  Any ideas as to the
problem?  I'm running system 6.0.5 on a Mac II with all kinds of
extra inits (albeit a carefully checked-out set that has given me
no problems; no other inits or cdevs which track file deletes, no
defragmenter running). My only guess is that I am near the stops on disk 
space- an 80 meg disk which sometimes has only 1 or 2 meg free.

David  Artis
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle)
Subject: Re: Convert WordPerfect 5.1 to MS Word for MAC
Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 23:17:48 GMT

pgiltner@epas.utoronto.ca (Philip W. Giltner Jr.) writes:

>In article <Mar.31.21.46.49.1992.1157@romulus.rutgers.edu> levenson@romulus.rutgers.edu (Joel Levenson) writes:
>>vfoao07h@VAX.CSUN.EDU (George Mansoor) writes:
>>
>>>How can I convert a WP5.1 MS-DOS file to MS Word for MAC.  Using the DOS 
>>Well, I know that MACs can generally read IBM format, however, I would
>>like to know if there is a MAC translator out there.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Traveling Software's LapLink
Mac, which includes a number of file-format translators, too.  If you
have a Mac and a PC in the same room, LLM is the easiest way.

There's also the other side: floppydrives on the PC that read Mac disks,
either from MicroSolutions (drive) or Central Point (board for your
existing FD).

		Alex


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From: 445mathers@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Format Help?
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:05:18 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University


On occasion I have a problem with using disks formatted using a SE on
a plus and vice-versa.  Is there any way of formatting a disk so that
it will work for sure on both machines?

All of the disks that are pre-bought or demo seem to work fine on both.
Do I just need a copy of the system and finder to be equivalent?

Thanks for your help!

Mark

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au (Quinn "The Eskimo!")
Subject: Re: WriteNow 3.0 and assembly language
Organization: The University of Western Australia
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 02:31:44 GMT

In article <scott.702673933@mcl>, scott@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Scott Bronson) writes:
> 
> There is one solid fact that was muddied in the above paragraph.  Assembly
> will *always* run at least as fast as the high level language.
        ^^^^^^
No.  Wrong.  Incorrect.  Error.  This is only true if you have unlimited time
to implement your program.  If you're stuck on a time budget then you can be
faced with the following problem.  You have more than one algorithm that will
solve your problem but you can't figure out in advance (through algorithmic
analysis) which one will go faster.  So you must choose:  implement one in
assembler or implement a couple in HLL and do some profiling.

OK so this example is contrived but I hope you get the point.  Assembler
will always run at least as fast as HLL if you use the same algorithm *and*
you have sufficient time to implement that algorithm in assembler.

> The 680x0 was designed for the assembly language programmer.  It's assembly
> is among the cleanest for humans to write, but not so friendly for compilers.

680x0 is nice but it's not that nice.  It just doesn't compare to Macro-11 (-:
Can anyone say orthogonality?  [More to the point can I spell it?]  This 
concept of address and data registers is a real *pain*.  And all those 16 bit
limits )-: (on the 68000 at least).

Now if you want a truly nice processor designed for writing in assembler check
out the National Semiconductor 32000 series.  Yum.  I mean the VAX had 
"calculate polynomial" instructions but the 32000 has "move string of bytes
using a byte indexed translation table on each byte until you hit a zero (or
until you hit the end of the string)".

And I think you'll also find that some of the current crop of RISC processors
are not that bad on the assembler processor.  Certainly I've had a look
at the ARM, 88000, R3000 and Dec Alpha and they were all usable.
Anything with numbered registers (as opposed to AX, BX, etc (-: ) is OK by me.

> Thus, I find that coding up to 40% of your program in assembly is not
> unrealistic and doesn't add too much time do the development process.

On the contrary I find it adds quite a bit of time (although it may well be worth
it).  I think that the only sensible way to write in assembly language is to
first write the code in Pascal and then (by hand) recode the Pascal into assembler.
[Kudos to the author of UltraSlimFast.]  This gives great confidence in your
program because you know that the algorithm works and that the only errors were
induced by the recode.  Also you have a working Pascal version to fall back on
if the wheels fall off and the deadline falls due.

Quinn "The Eskimo!"   <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>  "Real Coke, Diet .sig"
Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Australia
  -- Seeing himself doing more assembler as C gets more popular

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: polvino@ssd.kodak.com (Joe Polvino)
Subject: GIF viewer for Mac II
Originator: polvino@vulcan
Organization: Eastman Kodak
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 11:54:14 GMT

I'm looking for an application that will display a .GIF file from the MS-DOS
domain on a Mac II with a color monitor.  The file itself is easily displayed
on a PC and I believe it has 8 colors.  The file in question is called
wxmap.gif and is found on the ftp server wasp.eng.ufl.edu (it is a weather
map of the US).

I've tried Adobe Photoshop, Aldus Freehand, and three others, but have had
no luck.  Any help would be appreciated.


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From: capri@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (71062000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: 300dpi graphics editor
Date: 10 Apr 92 05:08:24 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


More specifically, how about a 300dpi editor that handles bitmaps at
that level?  Probably not.  I just want to be able to edit scanned 
images.

Also, how about grey-scale printers?  Anyone know if the StyleWriter will
print at various greyscales?  Probably not?  How about LaserWriters?

Jeffrey WonderingAloudAboutTheLatestTechnology Osier, aka capri@ucscb.ucsc.edu
From: speno@clam.rutgers.edu (John P. Speno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Simple circuit-drawing program wanted
Date: 16 Apr 92 18:34:50 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


 
	Look into B^2 Spice and B^2 Logic, both from Beige Brown
Software although I don't know their address.  Spice deals with basic
electronics while Logic deals with digital stuff.  Other Logic circuit
design tools include DigSim and LogiMac.
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From: Mike_Steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: DosMounter or AccessPC???
Date: 15 Apr 92 21:26:06 GMT
Organization: Claris Corporation

In article <1992Apr11.154300.2034@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin) writes:
> 
> 
> In a previous message, diessel@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de (Thomas Diessel)
> says:
> 
> >Apple promised to deliver its own transparent DOS diskette translation
> >utility
> >which might be a licensed AccessPC.
> 
> True, but at least according to MacWEEK, this utility won't be free, so
> unless it costs quite a bit less than AccessPC or does something that
> AccessPC can't do, AccessPC is the better buy, IMHO.

What if it does the same as AccessPC for the same price?  I haven't seen
it, and I don't know what it will cost, so I don't know whether that will
be the case, but if it is, would AccessPC still be the better buy?
From: bmyers@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Billy Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: More Disk Space
Date: 6 Apr 92 06:18:29 GMT
Reply-To: bmyers@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Billy Myers)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: bmyers@doc.cc.utexas.edu

I noticed that More Disk Space is finally shipping, but I haven't
seen one message that it is having compatability problmes.

Anyone using it?  Any trouble so far?

>Billy Lee Myers, Jr.     bmyers@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
From: jonathan@bcvms.bc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Filemaker Pro 2.0 release rumors or hard data
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:27:04 GMT
Organization: Boston College

In article <1992Apr14.223255.18920@cs.dal.ca>, armstrng@cs.dal.ca (Stan Armstrong) writes:
> Someone spoke of Filemaker Pro 2.0 in a recent post on Filemaker Pro for
> Windows. Does anyone have any info, hard or otherwise, on a projected
> release date? I love the program and am actively developing on it now,
> but I'm not sure my client with a Classic will be able to tolerate its
> lack of speed. :-({_

Supposedly increased speed is on the feature list for 2.0.

The question is where & what functions....
From: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (Duncan Langford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: PixelPaint Pro Problem!
Date: 8 Apr 92 10:48:34 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

I've PixelPaint Professional, but because my IIsi only (!) had
5 meg, the program didn't run too well. Still, I'd produced the artwork I
got it for, so this wasn't /too/ terrible.

However... about 3 weeks ago I ran it again - or tried to. It told
me that my Mac - the identical mac it'd been running on slowly but
happily before - wasn't suitable for PPP. I was understandably puzzled,
but thought it might be a memory problem, and as I was about to go to
17 meg and didn't need immediate artwork I left it. Yes, you're there
already. Even with 17 meg, PPP won't run. I can't see anything in the
manuals which throws any light; I've tried a complete reinstall from
the original disks... nothing. I haven't changed my configeration,
other than to move to 7.0.1* (could this be the problem???)

any ideas? Please?

- duncan
From: darragh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (John Darragh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: How to print Freehand 2.02 figure in Word 4.0D?
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:36:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: cpsc.1992Apr7.113641.1152
Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science

I've got a Freehand 2.02 figure that I need to include in a Word
4.0D document.  Using Print2Pict 1.3 and the clipboard I can
include the figure in Word, but when I try to print it on my 4M
HP IIP (with PostScript cartridge) I get a postscript error "ndf" 
or some such.  The Word document displays fine on the screen and 
PrintMonitor says that despite the postscript error the document 
is okay.
 
Is there some way to get this to work?  Or a better way to
transfer the figure from Freehand to Word?  I'm using system
6.05 and HP's LaserJet IIP driver version 1.3.
 
Thanks,
 
John					darragh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
From: denbeste@andy.bgsu.edu.bgsu.edu (William C DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: AShare 3.0 and screen savers?
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:23:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: bgsuvax.9801
Originator: denbeste@orchestra

hlindley@alfred.carleton.ca (Hugh Lindley) writes:
> In <2252@news.duke.edu> kvd@hercules.acpub.duke.edu (Karen Van Dusen) writes:
> 
>>Does anyone have experience with running screen savers (DarkSide, After
>>Dark, Moire, whatever) on their AppleShare 3.0 server?  What are you
>>using?  Have you had any trouble?

I am using darkside 3.0 on my appleshare 3.0 server.  I chose darkside
becuase I like being able to launch and quit it without rebooting.  The
fact that it modifies no traps is also a big plus.

> 
> I have never tried to implement a screensaver on an AppleShare server,
> and probably never will. Why not just turn the constrast on the screen
> down while you are not using your server. That way you won't have to
> worry about slowing it down, or having any software conflicts.

I agreed completely until I upgraded to Appleshare3.0/System 7.  Now, if
you have physical access to the server, you can wander around it at will.
A password protected sceen saver restores the same level of privacy I had
with system 6 and appleshare 2.x. As an added bonus, I can securely leave
admin logged in.

I realize that a malicious type coiuld reboot the file server, but this would
cause my workstation to say "The server went away"., and I would be aware 
that this happened.  This is enough to stop anyone here with physical access.
> 
> Probably not the answer your looking for, but only a suggestion.
> 
> Hugh_Lindley@Carleton.ca    
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Claris bashing (and a bit of DeltaPoint bashing)(was: Misc Bashing)
From: stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger)
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:28:37 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

In article <19738@castle.ed.ac.uk> egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
>In article <1992Apr1.210152.14212@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> bjag@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Bharathi Jagadeesh) writes:
>--
>--While we're bashing Microsoft, I thought I'd throw in a few bashes about
>--Claris.
>
>For my 2 cents, I think it's pretty piss poor that MacDraw Pro doesn't
>support Publish and Subscribe. Was it a secret or something? Even the
>bug-droids at DeltaPoint managed to include P&S in DeltaGraph Pro, so
>I don't see why Claris had such difficulty.

Because they had frozen the feature set for MacDraw Pro before
they could include any of the System 7.0 features. 

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From: dks@athena.mit.edu (dks)
Subject: Re: Claris bashing (and a bit of DeltaPoint bashing)(was: Misc Bashing)
Organization: MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 15:11:38 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.152837.2483@otago.ac.nz> stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) writes:
>In article <19738@castle.ed.ac.uk> egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr1.210152.14212@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> bjag@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Bharathi Jagadeesh) writes:
>>--
>>--While we're bashing Microsoft, I thought I'd throw in a few bashes about
>>--Claris.
>>
>>For my 2 cents, I think it's pretty piss poor that MacDraw Pro doesn't
>>support Publish and Subscribe. Was it a secret or something? Even the
>>bug-droids at DeltaPoint managed to include P&S in DeltaGraph Pro, so
>>I don't see why Claris had such difficulty.
>
>Because they had frozen the feature set for MacDraw Pro before
>they could include any of the System 7.0 features. 


Is this supposed to be an excuse, an explanation, or a definition
of the problem?


Curious,
Dhanesh
From: miyazaki@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Takeshi Miyazaki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Any System-7 compatible menu-bar clocks available?
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:14:40 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU

In article <1992Apr10.233255.1587@nixhub.UUCP> dburr@nixhub.UUCP (Donald Burr) writes:
>I use Superclock 3.9.1.  It's 32-bit clean, and deals with the Balloon
>Help (it moves the clock over so it doesn't overwrite it; all you have
>to do is check "leave space for On Cue or Easy Access icon")

Moire overwrites Balloon Help. I thought it is a feature. :)

(Yes, you can access Balloon Help even if it is overwritten.)

-- 
Takeshi Miyazaki (miyazaki@ee.princeton.edu)
From: costello@stx.UUCP (Michael E. Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Acta (Was: Re: Fair Witness)
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 92 18:51:22 GMT
Organization: BCS*Mac
Reply-To: stx!costello@world.std.com
Distribution: comp
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v3


In article <1992Apr4.100652.2090@stat.appstate.edu> (comp.sys.mac.apps), whitesr@stat.appstate.edu writes:
|  > Can anyone comment on whether it is worth this huge investment or
|  > suggest similiar programs with better price/performance ratios?
|  > 
|  
|  I have used Acta 7 for outlining.  I have found it very easy to use.
|  Other benefits: Handles picts and text in the same document; simplified
|  DA version also available; under $100 mailorder.
|  
|  
Yet another option is In Control from Attain. I, too, am an avid Acta7
user; In Control is in some ways similar but also adds a sort of matrix
orientation, sorting, and entry helpers (like user-definable popups,
etc.). Acta seems more natural for writing, and does have publish/subscribe.



Michael Costello, Executive Director * costello@world.std.com * 617-631-8188
     BCS*Mac  *  The Boston Computer Society Macintosh User Group
From: howarth@uth.tmc.edu (Jack W. Howarth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Virtual 3.0
Date: 9 Apr 1992 03:09:11 GMT


   Does anyone know when Connectix will be sending the free upgrades
of Virtual 3.0 to current owners?
          Jack


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From: dave@gergo.tamu.edu (Dave Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: DosMounter or AccessPC???
Date: 12 Apr 92 03:32:00 GMT
Organization: Geochemical & Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In a previous message, tobias@athena.mit.edu (John W Tobias) says:

>If Insignia's product is compatible with tuneup, then the choice is clear.

Of course, Apple should be shipping it's entry soon (this month?), which is
supposedly based on stuff licensed from Insignia. I'm looking forward to it,
since I've given up on Dayna ever getting DOSMounter to work right. 

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