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From: rmh@taligent.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
Subject: Re: Tax software?
Organization: Semicolon Software
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:52:27 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.180641.14111@hou.amoco.com>, zmyd02@hou.amoco.com (Denton
Meredith) writes:
> 
> Not everyone was affected by the bugs in the '91 version [of Macintax]...I had
a relatively
> simple return, and had no problems whatsoever.  Having heard about these
problems,
> however, I decided to give ChipSoft a call;  they claim to have fixed all the
> problems some users experienced and also claim to improved and added to the
> features of the program.  I plan to use MacInTax again this year and we'll see
> how it goes.
> 
> Meredith Denton

I, too, had no trouble with Macintax for my '91 returns. So we ordered it again
for '92. But the headstart version wouldn't print on my Deskwriter with the
(current and correct) driver; I had to re-install an older driver (and I'm glad
I kept a copy around!) Also we tried to read in last year's return as a basis
for starting this year's, and it failed. (Repeatedly; we tried a variety of
options, and gave the program huge amounts of memory, with no success. Our
return was not particularly large or complex, either.) The problem with the
newer Deskwriter drivers was at least documented; but the ability to read in
last year's files was an advertised feature supposed to be present even in the
headstart version. We concluded that it can't print and it can't read its own
files. We will be asking for a full refund and trying TaxCut instead this year.

-- Rick Holzgrafe, a member of the Taligentsia
   Rick_Holzgrafe@taligent.com
   rmh@taligent.com
From: mross@antigone.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SuperBoomerang 3.02 DEAD?!
Date: 11 Jan 93 10:59:29 GMT
Organization: Antigone Press, San Francisco, CA, USA

rbriber@enh.nist.gov writes:
: Anyone have ideas on why SuperBoomerang 3.0.2 would suddenly die?  It comes up
: during startup with an X through it and when you try to open it the message
: appears that "Super Boomerang cannot be used now.  There may not be enough
: memory avialable or the control panel may be damaged."  I reinstalled SB and
: reinstalled the system and it still doesn't work.  This is on a Quadra running
: 7.0.1 w/TuneUp 1.1.1.  SB worked fine for monthes previously!?
: 
: I tired superboomerang as one of the only "extra" extensions (to eliminate 
: any possilbe conflicts, which seemed unlikely 'cause nothing had changed) and
: it still fails during startup.
: 
: Rob
: rbriber@enh.nist.gov
: 

Besides the obvious fix (get version 4.0.1p), have you set your Mac to 32-bit recently?




 
-- 
Michael Ross
Antigone Press, San Francisco, California
e-mail: mross@antigone.com
FAX: 1-415-431-3650
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: rsvanc00@nx14.mik.uky.edu (Randolph S. Vance)
Subject: Re: Why Apple's System 7.1 sucks in my opinion.
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Path: nx14.mik.uky.edu!rsvanc00
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:34:09 GMT

Apple said that they would be shipping out System 7.1 to me within two
weeks, as they were haveing trouble keeping the low density disk copies
in stock. I'll wait until the end of February. If I and other owners
haven't received our copies by then, then perhaps a Class Action
lawsuit against Apple might be needed?

Nah, nothing that drastic. I'd just probably return the 1.4 MB disks and
demand my money back. If I have to wait EIGHT MORE WEEKS for my money,
.....well...:/

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From: goodman@equinox.unr.edu (Dr. Philip Goodman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: How to create PS file from WORD 5.1 ?
Date: 6 Jan 93 06:53:55 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

I'd like to create a PostScript file (ie text) file to upload to
internet to colleagues.  I'm using MS WORD 5.1 on the Mac - which
is great for reading PS files and converting and PRINTING the PS,
but how do I take an elegant WORD document and make an ascii text
file to upload for (non-Mac) folks to print on their own systems?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Phil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: UC580591@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Evan T. Carpenter)
Subject: Re: At Ease -- File maintenance?
Organization: University of Missouri at Columbia, U.S.A.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 12:00:21 GMT
X-Posted-From: mizzou1.missouri.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

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..."
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: August Guillaume
Subject: Word 4.0 Repagination Problem
Keywords: Microsoft Word
Organization: AGT Ltd. Research & Development
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 23:24:24 GMT

I'm having problems preventing rows within a table from appearing on
different pages.  This only occured in a large complex document and I
couldn't recreate it in a small test document.  If anyone has had
similar problems and knows what might be the cause, please respond!

Situation:  All cells are marked with the "keep with next" and "keep
lines together" paragraph attributes.  In normal display mode the page
break is correctly positioned at the top of the table.  In print
preview mode (and on paper printouts) the page break is REPOSITIONED
to the middle of the table corresponding to the location consistent with
a table not containing any keep attributes.  The table is not large and
the surrounding paragraphs do not have the keep attributes.

Why is the page break repositioned when activating print mode and why
are the keep attributes being ignored?

Thanks for your interest

Roger Neame
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: tedcrane@cs.cornell.edu (Ted Crane)
Subject: Re: Tax software?
Organization: Tompkins County Computing, Ithaca, NY
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:53:44 GMT

In article <86346@ut-emx.uucp> miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy) writes:
>I dislike ChipSoft (MacInTax) because their advertising is deceptive. I
>got a direct mail solicitation a month or two ago, that said something
>very similar to "You can have MacInTax for $39.95." It was a lie...there
>was a $4.50 s&h fee.

I actually purchased their "upgrade" package at this price, with the same
surprise billing.  Luckily, it was a VISA purchase. I
	1) Immediately called Chipsoft and complained.  They promised
           to credit the $4.50.
        2) Contacted the VISA issuer and contested the $4.50.
As of 6 weeks after the purchase, ChipSoft had not yet issued the credit.

I was, and still am, pretty upset about Chipsoft's marketing, slow response
to consumer complaints, and (possibly) empty claims of "improvements" to their
products.  They add features which might make MacInTax easier to use for
simple returns, but do not correct basic design and interaction problems that
make MacInTax hard to use for longer returns.

But, well, it's the only product on the market.  (Yes, I tried TaxCut Headstart
and many necessary features didn't work---like itemization sheets).
-- 
- ted crane, alias (tc)                  tedcrane@cs.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation
From: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke)
Subject: PICTS-To-Movie application help needed
Originator: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:39:44 GMT

I am trying to get PICTS-To-Movie working on my Mac SE/30 running sys 7.01.
There are no explicit instructions, and I have tried everything I know to try.
Can anyone please help with some positive experience with this program?

Thanks,  -Jeff

---------------------
Jeff Parke <jeffp@vcs10.vetmed.wsu.edu>
also:   jeffp@WSUVM1.bitnet   AOL: JeffParke
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine class of 1994
Pullman, WA  99164-7012
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for battery PB discharger
From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo)
Date: 6 Jan 93 08:19:58 -0600
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: world
Organization: Winona State Academic Computing

In article <1993Jan4.212139.5593@linus.mitre.org>, dsb@mbunix.mitre.org
wrote:
> 
> Has anyone seen a battery discharger/recharger in the adds???  The powerbook
> battery suffers from the NiCad "Memory" effect.  The powerbook only allows the
> battery to discharge about 50%, then after one or two discarge/charge cycles
> the battery "forgetts" it is supposed to be a three hour battery and becoms a 1
> 1/2 hour battery.  I have seen a device advertised in, I believe. MacWeek, that
> both discharges to zero and recharges the battery, but, I don't remember
> exactly when or where.

  The "Memory Effect" is most likely a myth for PB batteries.  But Lind
Electronic Designs makes a charger/discharger that works slick (I've got
one).  One of the big mail-order firms should carry it.

- Greg Talmo  (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
                                  |The opinions expressed above are my own,
"A censor is a man who knows more |and do not necessarily reflect the
than he thinks you ought to."     |opinions, tastes, or policies of Winona
                - Granville Hicks |State University, its faculty, staff or
                                  |students.
From: John T. Chapman <jtc1@cornell.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro externals?
Date: 12 Jan 1993 15:35:37 GMT
Organization: Office of Computing and Statistical Consulting
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.236.42.176
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
X-XXDate: Tue, 12 Jan 93 15:48:45 GMT

In article <TRIANTOS.93Jan12062150@netcom.Netcom.COM> Nick B Triantos,
triantos@netcom.Netcom.COM writes:
>Sorry, but there's no way to do FileMaker Pro externals right now.
>Hopefully, that would be something that will be implemented in the
future.
>

Nick, others:

Might it be possible to use FM Pro 2.0's AppleEvents to talk to a custom 
program that does the controlling he wants? I realize this means 
familiarity with AppleEvents and all, but it seems to me that you should 
be able to write some sort of application to control equipment that 
accepts AppleEvent scripts and commands.

Not as smooth as an external code resource, but might work...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mcdan@berlioz.nsc.com (Eric McDaniel)
Subject: Excel 4.0 icons
Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:11:46 GMT

I recently installed Excel 4.0 on my hard drive.  I had a few
Excel 3.0 files lying around, which I opened and saved in Excel 4.0
format.  So far, so good.

When I got back to the desktop, I noticed that the Excel 4.0 files
all had generic icons.  No amount of rebooting, desktop rebuilding,
using "SaveABNDL", or reinstalling Excel could convince thos
stubborn files to display anything other than generic icons.  The
icons for all other Excel file types (3.0, SYLK, Charts, Macrosheets,
etc) appear as they should.  Oh, except for the Excel Help file,
which also has a generic icon.

Is this a problem with Excel 4.0, my desktop, or me?  Any other
suggestions?  Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks in advance.
-Eric McDaniel
mcdan@berlioz.nsc.com
From: lipa@camis.Stanford.EDU (Bill Lipa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: MiniCad+4 vs. DesignCAD 3D
Date: 5 Jan 1993 23:02:31 GMT
Organization: Stanford University School of Medicine
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: camis.stanford.edu


Has anyone compared MiniCad+4 and DesignCAD 3D? I am considering getting one
of these applications for some CAD work, primarily engineering. While 3D
support is desirable, the 2D support must be excellent.
 
If anyone has either a positive or negative reaction to these products, I'd
really appreciate hearing about it.
 
Bill Lipa
lipa@camis.stanford.edu
From: mdtaylor@apple.com (Mark Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Mac PostScript to large EPS
Date: 12 Jan 93 00:14:08 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Apple Computer

I would like to have a multi-page document printed by a printing service
on a large PostScript printer they have there so that I can avoid trimming
and taping lots of LaserWriter pages together.

How can I create the EPS file they need for their printer?  I assume I have
to perform some transformation on the PostScript file produced by the
System 7 LaserWriter driver to create an EPS file and remove the 8-1/2 x
11"
page breaks.

Thanks very much!

- Mark
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From: mnc@cs.rit.edu (Marcus N Cannava)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: How to prevent HD from mounting
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:26:51 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

Just posting to thank everyone who responded -- the sequence of keys is
shift-option-command-delete to prevent the HD from mounting during
startup.

Thanks again, everyone! 

\marc

-- 
--
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mnc@cs.rit.edu			|	And light on their toes,	|
				|	My RE-spect for tigers,		|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: ogil@quads.uchicago.edu (Brian W. Ogilvie)
Subject: Query--shareware spreadsheet besides BiPlane?
Reply-To: ogil@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:09:32 GMT

Greetings.

A few months back someone mentioned a shareware spreadsheet other than
BiPlane 2.0a (which seems to crash on my PowerBook). If anyone
remembers its name, could they please let me know?

Thanks much.
-- 
Brian W. Ogilvie           DISCLAIMER: You think I have time to
b-ogilvie@uchicago.edu       think about everything I post?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie)
Subject: Re: Looking for X11 over dialup (SLIP or PPP)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: An Ol Ag surrounded by a bunch of unfriendly Seminoles
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 17:21:34 GMT

In article <1ifml7INNpmn@hal.com>, frankb@hal.COM (Frank Bieser) wrote:
> 
> 
> I know I'm shooting in the dark here, but I would like to find
> software for the Mac that will allow my Mac to act as an X server
> to X client software running on a remote machine over a dialup
> line using TCP/IP with SLIP or PPP.  Any insights for me out there?

MacX (Apple, latest version: 1.2)
eXodus (White Pine [?], latest version: ?)

Others?

James
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From: george@mech.seas.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: looking for pre version 1.1.1
Date: 12 Jan 93 23:55:26 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering


archie shows the latest ftpable version of "pre version" to
be 1.0, but the autor tells me that a now finally system7 ready
version 1.1.1 is available via compu$erv.
Does anybody have it or know where i can get it ( for free, of course ).

pre version is a system of automatically saving backup versions of 
documents for any application. btw.



--
  /   george jefferson
\/ *  george@mech.seas.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: muse@athena.cs.uga.edu (Doug Muse)
Subject: Usage Tracking
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: University of Georgia - UCNS
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:41:04 GMT

Is there a program that can track usage (i.e. programs used, length of time
used, Finder activitiy, etc)?  I am looking for a shareware version that
could be used in an educational institution.  This program could be a
control panel or extension.  If there is one specifically designed for
Novell Netware, then it is preferred.  Please include ftp location and
directory when responding.

Please e-mail responses.  I will post a summary.

Thanks for all the help.

___________________________________________________________________________
        DOUG MUSE                    The University of Georgia          
  muse@athena.cs.uga.edu   University Computing and Networking Services 
  dmuse@uga.cc.uga.edu                 Athens, GA 30602-1911            
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: churchwell@vms.ocom.okstate.edu (Kimberly B. Churchwell)
Subject: Re: Looking for Terminal Emulators
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:54:16 GMT

In article <jgladu-110193085853@128.249.27.63>, jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu
(grungy (John F. Gladu)) writes:
> I'm looking for vt320 and vt420 emulators for use on Macs.

We've used White Pine's Macxxx emulators (Mac240 and Mac320) for a
couple of years now with no problems.  While they wouldn't be my
emulators of choice for a dial-up connection (no auto-redial, for
example), they work quite nicely for hardwired connections, which most
of ours are.  Mac320 is available for around $100 from the usual
mail-order vendors.
-- 
Kimberly B. Churchwell, Prog./Analyst, Okla. State U.  | TANSTAAFL, but
Osteopathic College--churchwell@vms.ocom.okstate.edu   | even so, I never
BIX--kchurchwell  AOL--KChurchwel  CIS--72170,1552     | quit hoping.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca>
Subject: Re: Why StuffIt is so "big" (was Re: Can't UnStuff)
X-Xxdate: Tue, 12 Jan 93 23:54:34 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research/Northern Telecom
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:54:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.062120.20407@netcom.com> Leonard
Rosenthol, leonardr@netcom.com writes:
>Onto a different, though related subject, someone else
commented that because
>of all our recent updates that StuffIt is not stable - that is
FAR from the
>truth.  Sure we fixed bugs, but let me give y'all some ideas
as to why there
>were each version.
>
>StuffIt Lite 3.0 - first release
>StuffIt 3.0.1 - bug fixes and initial Deluxe release
>StuffIt 3.0.2 - minor fixes to coincide with SpaceSaver 1.0.1
update
>StuffIt 3.0.3 - MANY new features, plus support for WorldScript
>StuffIt 3.0.4 - fixes (and support for) Easy Open
         ^^^^^
         ^^^^^

3.0.4 ???   When and where ?
From: tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MiniCad+4 vs. DesignCAD 3D
Date: 6 Jan 93 06:55:33 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.2.12

I haven't used DesignCAD but I have used MiniCAD 3+ and can vouch for
its general coolness. I went through the tutorial with no problems
and had a lot of fun learning to use its features. I am not an 
engineer or an architect, and am principally interested in its
3D applications, but I have seen ClarisCAD demonstrated by a pro,
and MiniCAD seemed to run rings around ClarisCAD.

Tonio

-- 
Tonio Loewald | tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au | Life is short. Be nice.
"You can lie/You can cry/For all the good it'll do you, you can
die/But when it's done/And the police come/And they lay you down
for dead/Just remember what I said" (Paul Simon-not the senator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Kevin B. Woodside <woodside@bnr.ca>
Subject: Re: GifConverter or JPEGView better?
X-Xxdate: Thu, 7 Jan 93 21:21:44 GMT
Organization: Northern Telecom Canada
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 21:19:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.192745.23713@sura.net> Bill Barnes, wbarnes@sura.net
writes:
>Well, every time I tried to get GIFConverter to open a JPEG file, it
failed.
>I'd count that as not working with JPEG files.
>
>So I guess JPEGView wins by default, huh?  8-/

Don't be too quick to default to JPEGView.  The newest version of
GIFConverter I pulled off of sumex-aim.stanford.edu handles JPEG files. 
If you're looking at using either one or the other, then I would pick
GIFConverter.  Might as well use the one that handles the most formats!

As an aside, I must say I have had some difficulty opening JPEG files
with GIFConverter.  It seems to hang on me occasionally, causing me to
have to reboot my machine.  I don't know if this is a bug in the program,
or corrupted JPG files.

Kevin

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