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There is one called:

	The Complete Thompson Chain Hyperbible
	by Kirkbride Technology
	335 West 9th Street
	PO Box 606
	Indianapolis, IN 46206-0606
	1-800-428-4385

If you call the number, they will send you a brochure, a magazine
article, and for $5 a demo disk. It is available in KJV and NIV.
It is priced at $99 through January 1993.
I havn't tried it yet, but I've ordered the information and demo
disk. The marketing hype I saw makes it sound like the answer to
all of your spiritual and bible study needs but that's what
marketeers get paid for. It still sounds like a good product.
We'll see when the disk gets here.
From: stan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Stan Twiefel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: At Ease -- File maintenance?
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:58:24 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <16B4C547F.UC580591@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu> UC580591@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Evan T. Carpenter) writes:
>As far as this discussion goes, the question was brought to me
>almost six months ago.  I threw some ideas around, and bounced
>some of my friend Matt Skipton.  At the time we decided the thing
>to do was to hide things as has been mentioned.  Someone felt that
>was to extreme, and now they are looking for new ideas.  By the
>time that all of their requirements are met, it gets pretty
>complicated.  We know that a machine will still boot from a hidden
>System Folder, and Matt says that AtEase can also use applications
>which are hidden.  The simple solution; set AtEase to run exactly
>how you would like, hide EVERYTHING leaving only an alias of
>AtEase on the Desktop, and do NOT require a password to exit to
>Finder.  Does that answer the question?  I have had to solve more
>difficult question which have required; "removing" the Finder all
>together, having the machine shut down at a certain time, having a
>stand alone application to delete files, and having a hard drive
>with more than one System Folder on it.  Yey my ideas may be crazy,
>but at least I have thoughts to call my own.  College has made me
>cynical, it is time for me to leave.
> 
>"I am a giant opinion in my own mind..."

hmm.. this is pretty close to what I want, but not quite.. for a few reasons:
1)  What happens when the AtEase alias gets trashed?  Then you have to go
    over there, make the folder visible, make an alias, drag it onto the 
    desktop, make the folder invis, etc etc
2)  You still cannot double-click on a document on a floppy (or the hard drive
    for that matter) and have it launch the application because the finder
    does not recognize apps in invis folders.

all i'd be gaining by this is a folder of big buttons users can click on 
to launch an app (assuming they figure out how to launch AtEase after the guy
before then quit it...)  I could do the same thing by making an alias to
each app and throwing all the aliases on the desktop and not even purchasing
AtEase.  save a lot of money. 

It was a nice idea, though...
-- 
=============================================================================
Stan Twiefel	 			    The University of Texas at Austin 
stan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu			    -=-=-=-=Computer Science=-=-=-=-=
=============================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster)
Subject: Re: FaxSTF questions
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 07:00:26 GMT

In article <1ic2soINN4up@cabernet.cs.purdue.edu> knapp@cs.purdue.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:
>You get what you pay for. If you are too cheap to get a second phone
>line, and consequeently overload your single phone line with phone,
>answering machine, fax, ARA, and termininal emulation you cannot
>possibly expect this to be convenient. Get a second data only phone
>line.

My fax line is already my third phone line. I expect Mac software
written by other professionals to be at least as good as my
professional work.

>There are also hardware devices (such as Fax Line Manager or ACCO
>1-line plus) that switch between various data/voice alternatives
>automatically.

Thank you. It would be nice if the Mac + modem could do this, but
I really didn't expect it to.

>RTFM

Are you a pro? If so, what have you written so I can avoid it?

You should be able to turn Mac software on without having to
read a manual. Shortcuts should be documented in the software
so they can be learned as you work with the software.

>The disks include a tiny
>application called, surprise!, FaxStatus that toggles the status of
>the fax software. Takes about 1 second to do.

Read the manual yourself. FaxStatus is a desk accessory that 
shows you the progress of a fax transmission. It does not allow
you to turn the fax drivers on or off.

>Try GlobalFax from Global Village

Thank you, I will.
From: gt0151c@prism.gatech.EDU (Shaw, David P.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FaxSTF questions
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:20:48 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I have had FaxSTF all of four days and I like it.  I have tried two faxes and both sent beautifully with my SupraFAX V.32bis.  In fact, the quality was superior to almost any fax machine...I give FaxSTF a thumbs up.  I have a IIsi running 7.1.


-- 
David P. Shaw
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt0151c
Internet: gt0151c@prism.gatech.edu
From: lmk@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Simulation on the Mac?
Date: 11 Jan 93 19:09:46 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

Are there any simulation programs for the Macintosh?

I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Loukis Kissonergis
West Virginia University
From: lakerb@rcwusr.bp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Inventory/database program for Macintosh
Date: 9 Jan 93 16:10:01 -0600
Organization: BP Research, Cleveland, OH (USA)

In article <sfG5=Ey00WBL81gd95@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Amy L. Gilligan" <ag3n+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> I was wondering if there is any decent inventory packages for the
> macintosh at a reasonable price ( less than $500) or database programs
> that allow basic statistical analysis, such as determining cost of total
> inventory.  
> 
> I have a weekend business selling comicbooks that I want to buy a
> computer to keep records.  I am trying to decide between getting an IBM
> or Mac.  My preference is a mac because I use that at my full time job,
> but most inventory applications are written for the IBM.  I know I can
> do what I want with Dbase IV and a lot of programming to manipulate the
> data.  I am not familiar enough with Macintosh software to know if
> anything similar exists and whether it would be easier or more difficult
> to use that Dbase IV.  Thanks for any help.
> 
> Amy  
> 

I would recommend ShopKeeper, from ShopKeeper Software, PO Box 38160,
Tallahassee, FL  32315-8160  Phone 904-222-8808.

My wife and I ran a jewelry store on ShopKeeper for two years.  I reviewed
everything that would run on a Mac and settled on ShopKeeper.  Not only was
the price user-friendly, but the technical support was some of the best I've
ever seen in the computer business!

ShopKeeper takes you from ordering, receiving, through inventory, point-of-sale
and accounts receivable.  Good reporting, export to spreadsheet for more
detailed or more technical analysis.  Only a very few constraints about
selection of inventory numbers, etc., but handles a large number of inventory
categories for subtotals on inventory valuation, turnover, etc.

We'd still be using it if the economy hadn't forced the store to close ...

Rob Lake
BP Research
lake@rcwcl1.dnet.bp.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: "Mananafish" and Thought Pattern 2.0?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:01:48 GMT

The title tells the story: Bananafish Software has been promising the
free upgrade to Version 2.0 for a year now (I bought my copy of 1.2
last January).

So, is "Mananafish" still saying: "Manana" (tomorrow, someday...) to
users?

Thought Pattern has promise. I just they're working on the basic
information retrieval properties and not trying to make it just
another calendar program.

-Tim May
-- 
..........................................................................
Timothy C. May         | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,  
tcmay@netcom.com       | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
408-688-5409           | knowledge, reputations, information markets, 
W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA  | black markets, collapse of governments.
Higher Power: 2^756839 | PGP Public Key: by arrangement.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: kerr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Stan Kerr)
Subject: Re: MacX Question
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:24:09 GMT

pkellma@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Peter Kellman) writes:

>is there anyway to change the mouse button to key mapping so that
>the middle & right buttons do not use the arrow keys??  I much prefer
>the eXodus key mappings.

The only mappings Apple provides use the arrow keys. An intelligent 
keyboard macro program (that could distinguish key-down and key-up events)
might help, but I don't know if one exists. The $80 solution is to get
something like a Logitech mouse, which I use; you can get the 3 buttons
just fine, but the META key still can't be used.
-- 

Stan Kerr    
Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana
Phone: 217-333-5217  Email: stankerr@uiuc.edu
From: spielman@ux5.lbl.gov (Steven Spielman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Printing rotated text with MS Word on a LaserWriter LS
Date: 10 Jan 1993 05:39:39 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Reply-To: spielman@ux5.lbl.gov (Steven Spielman)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ux5.lbl.gov

I can't get Word (5.0a) to do a decent job with text oriented at 90
degrees (for example, the y-axis label of a graph).  I have a Personal
LaserWriter LS, which is a 300 dpi, non-postscript printer.  My
understanding is that the computer basically sends a bitmap of the
page to be printed, so the printer is too stupid to be at fault here.

What happens is this: Rotated text gets printed at 72 dpi.  It happens
with Pasted PICT objects, as well as ones made with Word's own PICT
editor. 

Not a disaster, I know, but it looks sloppy, and it seems like it
doesn't have to be this way.  Claris CAD can print rotated text at 300
dpi.  Word can even print 300 dpi bitmaps o.k.

Has anyone discovered an antidote for this?  
Is the problem solved in Word 5.1?

--steve spielman
spielman@ux5.lbl.gov
From: Tom Haberlandt <haberlat@ccmail.dayton.saic.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: WANTED: Tar Application for DAT
Date: 8 Jan 1993 20:23:11 GMT
Organization: SAIC
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: haberlandt.dayton.saic.com
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X-XXMessage-ID: <A7734CDE30021AA1@haberlandt.dayton.saic.com>
X-XXDate: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:23:10 GMT

I'm looking for a program (commercial,free,share) that can 
read/write tar format tapes (2.3 G DAT drive).

We use Retrospect for backups, but I need to be able to exchange
tapes to/from UNIX boxes.

__________________________________________________
Tom Haberlandt	| haberlat@ccmail.dayton.saic.com
SAIC		|
Dayton Ohio	| #include <standard-disclaimer.h>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: a-giles@uchicago.edu (Aaron Giles)
Subject: Re: GifConverter or JPEGView better?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Reply-To: a-giles@uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago High Energy Physics
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:53:02 GMT

In article <petere-070193124038@129.83.90.13> petere@tesla.mitre.org (Peter D. Engels) writes:

> GIF and JPEG are two different formats, requiring different applications
> for viewing.  I may be wrong, but I don't believe that GIFConverter will
> work with JPEG files.

Don't be misled by the names of these applications! :-)

GIFConverter will open JPEG files for you, as long as you have
QuickTime and a god-awful amount of memory.  It will also, as
its name implies, load GIF files.

JPEGView, which requires QuickTime to begin with, will open GIF files
for you, as well as the advertised JPEG files, with much less memory
overhead than GIFConverter.

Both applications let you open PICT files; GIFConverter will handle
several other formats as well.

JPEGView continues to be called JPEGView for historical reasons (e.g.,
name recognition).  I suspect GIFConverter has similar reasons for
keeping its name, but I won't say for sure, since I didn't write it.

In any case, if you have GIFs and/or JPEGs, try out both viewers and
decide for yourself.

Happy viewing!

Aaron Giles
JPEGView Author
a-giles@uchicago.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca>
Subject: Re: Is Auto-Doubler worth it?
X-Xxdate: Sat, 9 Jan 93 23:17:22 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research/Northern Telecom
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 23:17:25 GMT

Subject: Re: Is Auto-Doubler worth it?
From: Night Hawk, shawley@ucunix.san.uc.edu
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:27:55 GMT
In article <C0LEyK.HGx@ucunix.san.uc.edu> Night Hawk,
shawley@ucunix.san.uc.edu writes:
>
>	I have found that Auto-Doubler has some amazingly virus like
>activities... I removed it from my Machine about two months
after
>starting to use it because I started getting mysterious FLink
(Finder Link)
>errors that even Norton Disk Doctor could not correct... the
problem was
>cured when I remove ADoubler from my machine and re-formated
the Hard
>Drive.   This was a painful process because I lost several
important
>files that I did not have back ups of... I have also seen
ADoubler
>interfereing with Apple's Fax Modem software on powerbooks. 
so I guess
>the summary of my response is:  _Use_it_at_your_own_risk!!!!_

Please specify VERSION NUMBERS when you make contributions like
this.  The latest version of AD which I am using (2.0) is quite
stable.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: d88hakah@odalix.ida.liu.se (Hakan Ahl)
Subject: Re: AD 2.0 and non-US MacOS'
Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:27:03 GMT

David C. Roessli <roessli@sc2a.unige.ch> writes:

>As anyone got a patch kit for AutoDoubler 2.0 in order for it to run
>on non US operating systems ? I recently bought v2.0 from the US, but it
>refuses to run on my localised OS.

One solution is to set the 'System region code' field in the itlc
resource in the system file to zero (USA).

H. Ahl
Sweden

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jammer@eskimo.com (Lyle Harwood)
Subject: Stock market ap
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:58:51 GMT


Hi, guys. I'm interested in buying and selling stocks, bonds, and
futures.
I got the mac, I got the modem, and I want to know if there's any way
or any ap that will let me call in, get data, analyse data, and place
buy and sell orders from my mac.
Any comments?
Thanks, Lyle
From: ps296au@sdcc4.ucsd.edu (Steven Cobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: New SenPS ?
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:43:36 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

There was a utility called SendPS 2.0 that was usefull for sending
postscript files to the printer.  Unfortunately, it does not work on
system 7.X 'cause it's looking for the LaserWriter file in the
System folder and not under extensions.  Sumex only has SendPS 2.0
also.  Is there a newer version somewhere? Or a similar way to get
raw PS to the LaserWriter?

Thanks,
-- 
  \________/\      ______________________    __________________________________
Steven Cobb  \    /   scobb@ucsd.edu     \__/                Graduate School:
              \  /                                           It's not a job...
         UCSD  \/ ision Lab                                  It's an indenture.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mek@guinan.psu.edu (Mark E. Kotanchek)
Subject: Re: Mac Disertation Word Processor
Organization: Penn State Center for Academic Computing
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 13:54:22 GMT

In article <ARIE.93Jan4155753@quip.eecs.umich.edu> arie@eecs.umich.edu  
(Arie Covrigaru) writes:
> >>>>> On 4 Jan 93 19:06:42 GMT, segall+@cs.cmu.edu (Edward Segall) said:
> | Article-I.D.: cs.C0CFrB.np.1
> | Nntp-Posting-Host: n3.sp.cs.cmu.edu
> 
> | brianj@bedrock.cs.umd.edu (Brian Johnson) writes:
> 
> |>I'd like to hear some opinions about word processors for large
> |>projects (my dissertation).
> 
> |>I have a Macintosh at home and at school, as well as access to UNIX.
> |>I prefer not to use latex.
> 
> |>Latex		Nasty for images.
> 
> |>MacWrite	No support for multi-piece projects.
> 
> |>Microsoft Word	Minimal support for multi-piece projects
> |>		ok references with WordRef
> |>		good tables, list generation
> |>		good for figures
> 
> |>WordPerfect	Nice, clean looking interface
> |>		multi-piece projects with publish and subscribe?
> |>		table and list generation
> |>		automatic figure numbering and cross references
> |>		support for bibliographic references???
> 
> |>I have not tried any others
> 
> |>Is Nisus the way to go?  I am still a poor grad student working on his
> |>dissertation so money is a factor, but so is time.  I wnat to
> |>concentrate on writing - not tables, figure numbering, citations, etc.
> 
> |>Thanks for any feedback.  Any pleasant dissertation writing tales out
> |>there?
> 

[pros & cons of MS Word and a recommendation of FrameMaker munched]

My recommendation would be for FrameMaker. I use it it on my NeXTstation  
as well as my Powerbook 170 and for doing technical documentation it kicks  
MS Word's butt. A special favorite of mine is the equation formatter also  
being a symbolic processor so I can easily rearrange, expand, simplify,  
transform, etc. equations.

Academic price here at PSU is $247 which is a little heftier than the  
academic price of $67 for MS Word; however, you get what you pay for...  
and in this case, that is particularly true.

Mark.
--
Mark Kotanchek
Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB
Applied Research Lab/Penn State
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804
From: knapp@cs.purdue.edu (Edgar Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FaxSTF questions
Date: 6 Jan 1993 10:13:17 -0500
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: cabernet.cs.purdue.edu

In article <C0F7Gr.L2D@well.sf.ca.us> oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster) writes:
>In article <1ic2soINN4up@cabernet.cs.purdue.edu> knapp@cs.purdue.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:

>>The disks include a tiny
>>application called, surprise!, FaxStatus that toggles the status of
>>the fax software. Takes about 1 second to do.

>Read the manual yourself. FaxStatus is a desk accessory that 
>shows you the progress of a fax transmission. It does not allow
>you to turn the fax drivers on or off.

Well, it's called FaxState instead. Big deal. Look on your original
disks.

Edgar

(knapp@cs.purdue.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Patrick McClaughry <patrick_mcclaughry@sematech.org>
Subject: Re: System 7.1 & Video on Quadras
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7732EC69001160E@manzana.eng.sematech.org>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:14:46 GMT
Organization: SEMATECH
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:12:28 GMT

System 7.1 & Video on Quadras

I have a Q700 running 7.1 with internal 8 bit video on a 
13" monitor and I use Photoshop, Illustrator
and Canvas regularly without a single trouble like you 
described.  Did you have any particular apps in mind?

--Pat
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:33:26 EST
From: <BJH@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Road map software ???????
Distribution: usa
 <1993Jan11.194227.21970@ulysses.att.com> <1it0arINNoeq@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU>

I found it under info-mac/apps/road-map.hqx, I believe.  I wasn't impressed,
though, because you had to select your origin and destination from a small map.
If there isn't yet, there should be a much better product available.

Brian
From: krk@oit.itd.umich.edu (Kenneth Knight)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Mac Ghostscript 2.2.5 help
Date: 7 Jan 1993 16:05:56 GMT
Organization: Office of Instructional Technology, University of Michigan
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: helen.oit.itd.umich.edu

I've just downloaded Mac GhostScript 2.2.5 and am trying to get it to run. I
am having no luck. I open a file from the MacGS window and am then presented
in the command window with an unexpected error -21 and what looks vaguely
like a stack dump. How do I get this program to work? 

Thanks,
  *** Ken **
krk@oit.itd.umich.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673)
Subject: Re: Can Word & Excel Share Spellcheck&Help Stuff?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:53:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.133241.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>, jnsims01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes...
>Why is it that Microsoft Word and Excel do not or cannot use the same spell
>checking utility and main dictionary? Why don't they use the same Help
>facilities? Am I missing something here, or am I doomed to duplicate more than
>a megabyte of disk-consuming junk? ...

The Word dictionary and spell checker are much bigger and more thorough than 
the one for Excel. Naturally, a spreadsheet hasn't the same need for a big 
dictionary as a word processor.  At a guess, one of the following (or maybe 
both) is/are true: 1) Since Excel doesn't need as big a dictionary, etc, MS has 
provided a small one, for those who aren't using Word, to save the diskspace. 
Since this means a huge waste of disk space for those using both, who I would 
guess are the majority-- 2) The Word spell checker (and maybe the dictionary)
have been leased from another company, and MS doesn't want to pay the lease fee
for Excel, which doesn't need it. 

Then there's PowerPoint. The installer loads MS Graph and the Equation Editor
and some converters into a folder in  Extensions. The identical files are
loaded by Word into the Word folder. Why couldn't MS be consistent, and avoid
this duplication? There's over 1 MB of stuff involved, I think. I haven't
checked yet to see if PP has supplied still a third dictionary and spell
checker (but I think it shares those with Excel, at least). 

Susan Kayser		NCF::KAYSER  or  kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
Greenbelt, MD
From: carl@class.gsfc.nasa.gov (Carl F. Hostetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Help: PageMaker hates screen savers
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:44:33 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: NASA/GSFC

Whenever my screen saver (which now happens to be Moire, but the same
thing happens with AfterDark, etc.) kicks in, it causes PageMaker
(v. 4.2, but earlier versions did the same) to blank part or all
of the page it is currently printing. Can anyone tell me how to
avoid this (other than by turning off the screen saver, which is what
I do now)?

|===================================================================|
|         Carl F. Hostetter      carl@class.gsfc.nasa.gov           |
|                                                                   |
|                    Ars longa, vita brevis.                        |
|          The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.            |
|  "I wish life was not so short," he thought.  "Languages take     |
|  such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about."  |
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