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From: wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree learning center)
Subject: Re: Why Apple's System 7.1 sucks in my opinion.
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:04:20 GMT

Hey don't any of you people know anyone with System 7.1 and a Super Drive
you could get a backup of the system for your machine...

or if you know someone who has already gotten the low density disks from
APPLE... unless you're living in the tullies this shouldn't be a problem

At least you could run System 7.1 until Apple sends ydou the right disks....

STOP being so uptight ... you have to go with the flow... :)

TED
From: bill@bessel.as.utexas.edu (William H. Jefferys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Tax software?
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:03:53 GMT
Organization: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas @ Austin

Has anyone out there used the Heizer Excel templates
for their taxes. According to their blurb, they do
produce IRS-approved signable forms on the laserwriter.
What has been your experience? With many people unhappy
with Chipsoft's treatment of Macintax, Heizer's templates
might be an alternative to TaxCut.

Bill
From: udsugar@mcs.drexel.edu (David Sugar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SuperLab - Cedrus address wanted
Summary: Cedrus Address
Keywords: SuperLab, Cedrus
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:58:05 GMT
Organization: Drexel University

In article <14126@ecs.soton.ac.uk> adr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tony Roberts) writes:
>Cedrus, the makers of Superlab advertise that internet support is
>provided with their products. I want to use this route to enquire
>about prices etc. and would be grateful if an existing user of
>superlab, or anyone who has the internet address for Cedrus could let
>me have it.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tony Roberts.


Yes, I can help you.  Presently I am working at Cedrus as a programmer
unfortunilty I don't know the price off the top of my head, but
here are some addresses you can send mail.  superlab@cedrus.com
or you  can mail Hisham Abboud (the programmer of SuperLab) at 
abboud@cedrus.com.  If you are interested in a demo
please mail your postal address and one will be sent to you.

   Dave Sugar

   sugar@cedrus.com
   udsugar@mcs.drexel.edu
From: edelson@ils.nwu.edu (Daniel Edelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Collaboration Environments
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:59:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern Univ.

I am looking for an environment that allows two users on the same
network to work on the same mac application at the same time.

I know about applications like Timbuktu and Carbon Copy that allow 
a remote user to see *every* application running on one mac, and
I know about applications like Aspects that are applications with
collaboration across the network built in.

What I am looking for is an environment that makes only one application,
not the entire mac session shared across the net, but it works for
arbitrary applications.  

Does such a thing exist?

Please e-mail. Thanks.

---------
Daniel Edelson   	Institute for the Learning Sciences
edelson@ils.nwu.edu 	     Northwestern University
(708) 491-3500                 Evanston, IL 60201
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Subject: Re: Quicken vs Managing Your Money
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Taligent, Inc.
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:03:28 GMT

In article <1ij9guINN6b8@hp-col.col.hp.com>, dana@col.hp.com (Dana
Johnsonx2136) wrote:
> 
> How do Quicken and MYM handle rolling over from one year to the next?  I have

Quicken stores all the transactions together. You don't have to switch to a
different file just because it's a new year.  If you want to do this, you
can use the Save A Copy command to copy all the 93 transactions into a new
file (optionally including prior uncleared transactions).

> Also, how well do these programs export data?  It is nice to be able to yank

Quicken has an export command that creates a text file.  (I don't have the
manual so I don't know what format it is, but it seems easy enough to
figure out.)  It also imports the same kind of file.

Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

lsr@taligent.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Anders Wallgren <anders@verity.com>
Subject: Re: MacMoney? Who knows about it?
Organization: Verity
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 02:00:55 GMT
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X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
X-Xxdate: Mon, 11 Jan 93 02:01:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.080704.5971@henson.cc.wwu.edu> John Hatten,
n7949188@henson.cc.wwu.edu writes:
>I've been seeing lot of discussion about Managing Your Money, and
Quicken,
>but very little about MacMoney. Is this software still being made?
Are the
>other two better? 

I used MacMoney for about two years, but switched to Quicken about
a year ago.

The MacMoney interface just got to me in the end.  It's very modal:
you can't have more than one account open at a time, and the
windows are fixed size.  There was also this annoying memory-saving
'feature' which loads a set number of records into memory at any
one time and you have to page through the sets by hitting a
next/previous button (in addition to the scroll bar).  All in all,
it worked, but the interface definately showed that it was designed
quite a few years ago when all Macintoshes had 9" screens and
little memory.

anders
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Michelle Beck <beck@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com>
Subject: MacX help: compiling Lsim fonts
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A76F57A9910129FB@shadowcat.etdesg.trw.com>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 5 Jan 93 23:20:09 GMT
Organization: TRW/ESG
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 23:23:03 GMT

If anyone can give me some assistance with compiling lsim fonts for use
with MacX I would greatly appreciate it.  There are two types of fonts,
those with .ff and .fb extensions.  MacX offers the choice to compile bdf
fonts, but not much more.  

Thank you,
Michelle Beck
beck@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: trocklin@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Tom Rocklin)
Subject: Re: Reverse Video Characters?
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:46:35 GMT

paulonis@kodak.com (Mike Paulonis) writes:

>I am looking for a way to generate reverse video characters (white 
>letters on a black background) in Microsoft Word.  I expect that the 
>solution may not be specific to Word, but maybe it is.  Is there some 
>way to do this short of generating a reverse video font?  If the answer 
>is no, then is there a way to take an existing (bitmap) font and convert 
>it to reverse video without using a commercial font creation/editing 
>program?  Post replies or email to paulonis@kodak.com.  Thanks.

This may be what you want...

1.  In the "Border" dialog box, set the shading to 100% (i.e., black)
2.  In the "Character" dialog box, set the color to white.

-- 
Tom Rocklin                                  374 Lindquist Center
319/335-5570                               The University of Iowa
319/335-5386 (fax)                            Iowa City, IA 52242

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Subject: Re: SuperATM & Aldus Prep
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 16:57:03 GMT

In article <20647.2B4AD96C@zeus.ieee.org>
Eric.Choi@p5.f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Eric Choi) writes: 

>This is not exactly why I bought SuperATM for. You think Adobe and Aldus will
>work together more prior to the release of SuperATM.

Aldus works closely with no one, not even Apple. This is a large reason
why I examined Quark XPress closely some four-plus years ago and why
I've never looked back since.

But I do wish you luck -- Maybe when they release PM 5.0?

--Jim, cynical enemy of Aldus products (even tho he's forced to use some).
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+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
|  Julien Finaudere' de la Main Pourpre      |  Jim Meyer DoD#680      |
|  Collegium Turris Animarum, Bryn Gwlad     |  purp@wixer.cactus.org  |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
|        If no one else listens to my opinions, why should you?        |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: siegman@EE.Stanford.EDU (Anthony E. Siegman)
Subject: Re: Macintosh Draw Program With Editable Coordinates?
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 05:15:23 GMT

In a recent posting I inquired

>> Are there any not-too-expensive drawing programs for the Macintosh
>> that permit direct numerical editing of points or coordinates (i.e.,
>> line vertices), and possibly other parameters, as _text_ (i.e., as
>> numbers in a table or array)? 

I should have kept the various replies I got so I could summarize
properly, but failed to do so.  However, to quote a recent posting,
the most common response was

>Check out Claris CAD.  It's allows you to do all this stuff.

and this seems to be true.  Some claimed that Canvas will also do
this, but that's not really true: You can bring up an editable dialog
box that will change the corners of the _bounding box_ for a Canvas
object, and the angle for an arc, but that's all -- not the vertices
associated with the object itself.  There were also a few mentions of
a pending program called IntelliDraw, but I've not been able to find
any more details on this one.

Thanks to those who responded whom I didn't already thank directly...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk
Subject: Re: KUDOS to STUFFIT EXPANDER- the best of the best!
Reply-To: L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk (Lloyd Wood)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:55:21 GMT

How can you register Stuffit Expander 3.0? It's free.
I prefer Stuffit Lite 3.0.3, as it's the most efficient compressor,
but use Compact Pro most times because you don't get people still using
Stuffit 1.5.1 whining about not being able to open archives.

L. (who wishes they'd take 'make 1.5.1 archive' out of Stuffit Lite
    and drag the world into the 1990s)
From: chapman@centerline.com (Scott Chapman, (Scott Chapman x233))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Quicken vs Managing Your Money
Date: 12 Jan 1993 21:43:57 GMT
Organization: CenterLine Software
Distribution: world
Reply-To: chapman@centerline.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: divine.centerline.com

In article 93Jan12155045@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu, trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
>>>>>> In article <C0r08A.52u@avalon.nwc.navy.mil>, Larry F. Brauer
>>>>>> <brauer@chinalake.navy.mil> writes:
>
>Larry> About 2 years ago, when I first purchased my Mac, I tried
>Larry> Quicken and was very disappointed.  The version I had was only
>Larry> a single checkbook register, nothing else.  No capability for
>Larry> credit cards, investments, loans, or anything else unless you
>Larry> made a separate file.  I then tried MYM and was very pleased.
>
>The current version is much better than what you describe.  It does credit
>cards, loans, etc....  I'm very happy with it.
>
>Bob

However, what MYM does, which Quicken does not, is handle payments to loans
correctly. All you do is specify what the interest is and where the principle
and interest should go. It then figures out, based on a given payment how
much of it goes to prinicple and to interest. Very nice...


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                                  |
                    Scott Chapman | chapman@centerline.com
              CenterLine Software | (617) 498-3230
                   10 Fawcett St. | (617) 868-6655 (FAX)
              Cambridge, MA 02138 | (Centerline was formerly Saber Software)
                                  |


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: cburns@ucs.indiana.edu (Chris Burns)
Subject: Default Font in OS 7 ?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:09:00 GMT

The February issue of MacWorld mentions a couple of control panels that can
be used to override the standard application font setting in parameter RAM.
 They're called "DeFont" and "It's Your Default".  Anybody out there have
experience with either...

Thanks,

Chris
From: breedsa@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Beaker???
Date: 10 Jan 93 18:23:01 CST
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Does anyone out there know anything about an organic chemistry program
called Beaker. There was a review on it in the November 1991 issue of
Macworld but I don't have my copy. If anyone knows anything about this
program, such as how to get it, thoughts on it, etc. please let me
know. Thanks

Shawn
From: bell-peter@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU (vineland expatriate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Road map software ???????
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:36:59 -0500
Organization: Yale University Science & Engineering UNIX(tm), New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: minerva.cis.yale.edu

there is a nice app at sumex called road atlas, which lets you enter a starting
and finishing city and calculates mileage and suggests highways....

I don't know exacly what directory it is in...

Peter
bell@minerva.cis.yale.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster)
Subject: Re: Tax software?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:38:55 GMT

The current Quick Start version of macInTax appears to have the following
bug: if you paste into a numeric field, the result is not used to update
calculations until you type some ordinary character in that field.

Also, I ordered the California state forms and received a "complementary"
version of SimCity. I don't print outs from it will please the state board
of equalization.
From: raf50@JUTS.amail.amdahl.com (Richard A Frankel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: App for making diagrams?
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:43:06 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corp.
In-reply-to: kent@centauri.dmc.com's message of 8 Jan 93 11:48:05 GMT


   In article <1993Jan7.150543.6699@news.eng.convex.com>
   (comp.sys.mac.apps), graham@convex.com (Marv Graham) writes:

> What MAC application program can I use to make diagrams for the foils
> in a presentation? The diagrams are like flow charts: boxes of various
> shapes connected by lines with arrow heads on one end.  I know about
> programs like Nisus that lets you make graphics, but you can't
> rearrange the graph without having to move all of the boxes and arrows
> individually. I would like a program that lets me specify the
> connectivity of the diagram and then rearrange by moving one or more
> boxes with the connecting lines folllowing along.

TopDown is a tool specifically designed for org/flow charts. It's ok.
For a more general purpose tool that will do what you want try
Intellidraw. I've been using it and it does some cool stuff in terms
of structured drawing. I like it better than the specialized charting
programs. It's got some bugs and quirks, but nothing else comes close
(short of a cad program like MiniCad).

rick
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: world
From: starsabre@ultramac.uucp (JT August)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 01:59:50 CDT
Subject: Re: How to make files invisible with sys7

Yes, you can make files invisible with ResEdit.  Open ResEdit.  Pull down to
"Get Info on Folder/File."  Select the file you will to make invisible with
the file select dialogue.  It will open a comprehensive info box on that file.
 Cheque the box marked "Invisible file."

John
From: chapman@centerline.com (Scott Chapman, (Scott Chapman x233))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Quicken vs Managing Your Money
Date: 8 Jan 1993 15:34:34 GMT
Organization: CenterLine Software
Distribution: world
Reply-To: chapman@centerline.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: divine.centerline.com

I cannot speak for Quicken, but I have rolled over to a new year twice with
MYM, and it is pretty simple, basically it walks you through the process and
tells you what it doing, and allows you to alter what will happen when the new
year is started.

Basically, it will do the following:
	1) remove all transactions from the previous year (except for unreconciled
	   transactions from the account you specify (generally checking accounts).
	2) remove all "closed-positions" from your portfolios (any something else,
	   but I don't remember, since I do not have many portfolios).
	3) Alter your budget values for the new year (in one os a couple of different
	   ways, e.g. as a percentage of the previous budget values).

Everything else will remain intact.

Works pretty nicely.

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                                  |
                    Scott Chapman | chapman@centerline.com
              CenterLine Software | (617) 498-3230
                   10 Fawcett St. | (617) 868-6655 (FAX)
              Cambridge, MA 02138 | (Centerline was formerly Saber Software)
                                  |
From: alan@hicomb.hi.com (Alan Greenspan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: looking for uw unix server source
Date: 8 Jan 1993 16:24:00 GMT
Organization: Hitachi Computer Products, OSSD division
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: squid.hi.com

Thanks to those who gave me advice on where to find MacLayers and uw.
Unfortunately, we don't have ftp access here yet.  I was able to find
a copy of the uw ver 4.2 mac application, but don't have the UNIX server
side software.  If anyone has a copy of the server source, I'd appreciate
it if you could email it to me.

Thanks,
Alan


-- 
Alan Greenspan			alan@hicomb.hi.com
Hitachi Computer Products
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: bbs@theporch.raider.net (Waffle BBS login)
Subject: Re: System 7.0.1 w/tuneup and System 7.1 Question!!!
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 13:11:31 GMT
Organization: MacInteresteds, Nashville's Macintosh User Group

baron@insane.sanders.lockheed.com (Robert P. Baron) writes:

>In article <Bzzsx4.A9C@news.iastate.edu> cmmiller@iastate.edu (Chad M. Miller) writes:

>>I plan on getting System 7.1 soon.  I have a question however:  Are
>>programs that are currently compatible with System 7.0.1 w/ tuneup
>>(what I have running on my IIsi) fully compatible with System 7.1?

>When I ran the compatibility checker on my MacIIsi I got a 1/2" thick report 
>listing all of the software that was no longer compatible. The only problems 
>I have seen so far (I've had 7.1 for 2 months) is AutoDoubler and ATM (I've 
>upgraded AutoDoubler and I'm waiting for the new ATM). 

I have one computer running on 7.1 and two on 7.0.1 with tune-up.  I've had
no problems except with ATM and I can work around that by putting my fonts
in their "old" places instead of the fonts folder.  7.1 does take up more
space, though, so if RAM is limited 7.0.1 would be better.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
From: mnc@cs.rit.edu (Marcus N Cannava)
Subject: How to prevent HD from mounting
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:48:11 GMT

Help!

Under System 6.0.7, is there a combination of keys that will prevent
the Mac from mounting any other drives (other than the startup disk)?
I wish to have the mac ignore my extra drive after it's loaded from
the floppy drive.. 

i.e., I have a hard drive and I'm booting off the floppy. Is there a
set of keys during startup that will prevent the machine from mounting
the hard drive at all? 

Thanks in advance!

\marc

-- 
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mnc@cs.rit.edu			|	And light on their toes,	|
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.oop.misc
Distribution: world
From: to5232@iscsvax.uni.edu
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:08:30 CDT
Subject: Looking for a C++ Compiler for the MAC


I am looking for a C++ compiler for the MAC.  I know of Zortech but I am still
not sure that they still produce it.  Can someone tell me of any C++ compilers
for the MAC and where I can buy?



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Subject: Looking for a C++ Compiler for the MAC
Date: 18 Dec 92 16:16:14 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Bob Polis <bobp@cc.mey.nl>
Subject: Re: File format for MS Word
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 09:24:18 GMT
X-Xxdate: Mon, 4 Jan 93 09:23:58 GMT
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Organization: Moret Ernst & Young

In article <wfDnEri00XQG1DhGB=@andrew.cmu.edu> Douglas Allen Luce,
dl2p+@andrew.cmu.edu writes:
>I'm looking for a description of the MS Word format that I might
>employ in detailed recovery analysis.  Just a document that explains
>how the data fork is formatted, and some explanation of whatever
>resources are used.

Microsoft has two internal (confidential) documents covering the exact
binary formats of Word 4 and Word 5 documents for the Macintosh. Of
course, they won't give that away to anyone, but if you have a good
reason (i.e. something that won't hurt Microsoft ;-)), then maybe you get
it from them. (I have them, but obviously I can't give them to you.)
My point is: just try Microsoft to convince you need these descriptions,
and ask for the 'Microsoft Word 4.0 Binary File Format (Macintosh
Version)' and 'Microsoft Word 5.0 Binary File Format (Macintosh
Version)'. Chances are that you can use them under a company-wide
disclosure.

Bob Polis
From: v065hjku@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Jason Osborne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: KUDOS to STUFFIT EXPANDER- the best of the best!
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:47:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


I came across stuffit-expander in the sumex archives by accident- my
version of stuffit-lite 3.0 blew up and I needed another copy.  Then
I saw this thing called stuffit-expander which was about 1/6 the size,
and decided to download it.  Imagine my surprise to find I had accidentally
stumbledupon the best downloading utility ever presented to the Internet!

For years I have been using DeHQX and Compact Pro for my downloading needs.
DeHqx is good, but if it hits a bad file it goes a little weird.  CP has
always been my fav because it can dehqx and decompress almost any file,
except stuffit-lite and DiskDoubler.  I have been using that for single-file
downloads, because it is cumbersome with batch jobs.  I hate having to
stare at my computer for an hour while it decompresses file after file.

Well, stuffit-expander is the best of both worlds- it does batches like nothing
else.  You take the binhexed files, and drag and drop onto the icon.  The
program then dehqxes it, and decompresses the files, leaving them in a
folder inside the original folder your downloads were in.  No fuss, no
muss.  It decompresses compact pro and stuffit files with ease- havent tried
others yet, but have a good feeling about them...

So I have dropped up to fifty files, come back in an hour to find them neatly
decompressed and awaiting my perusal!  This is one program I am keeping
and REGISTERING!  Ray Lau and Aladdin have built a truly great program.

One note: There is an interesting bug (?) in the program.  Every once in a while
a few files will be dehqxed but not decompressed.  So I have to go back
and re-drag and drop these.  They always decompress without problem on the
second drop.  Perhaps there is a problem with very large batches?  But the
MOST interesting thing about this bug is that the file which are skipped
are ALWAYS stuffit files!  The cpt files always decompress on the first go...
You make the call.

My advice:  If you ever download anything, get this program.  The first
time you use it you will see what I mean!

BTW_ I have absolutely no affiliation with Ray Lau or Aladdin.

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