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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #270
Date: 12 Nov 92 08:10:59 GMT
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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 12 Nov 92       Volume 10 : Issue 270

Today's Topics:

      [*] 514 lines of new files, fonts, and things at mac.archive (11/10/92)
      [*] Bear.gif
      [*] bolo-map-editor-051.hqx
      [*] Bongo Bob-301.sea
      [*] Chassis 4.3.1 retransmit 01 of 10
      [*] flashwrite-2-11.hqx
      [*] gretzky-demo.cpt.hqx
      [*] ircle 1.1.4 sources
      [*] MacHack '93 Call for Papers
      [*] Programming the Mac in BASIC
      [*] Re: Rites Of Passage 2.1 HyperCard Stack
      [*] resubmission
      [*] SciCalc v1.2
      [*] Submission: /info-mac/source/c/RTrace-1.0-src.cpt.hqx
      [*] Submission for /info-mac/app/RTrace-1.0-app.cpt.hqx
      [*] Submission for /info-mac/source/c/RTrace-1.0-scenes.cpt.hqx
      [*] TidBITS#151/09-Nov-92
      [*] UPLOADING suntar1.3.2src.cpt.hqx
      [*] Vendor Email 1.4
      (?) Two Unrelated Questions...
      6800 Cross Assembler (A)
      7.1 & After Dark
      7.1 & Norton Disk Doctor 2.0
      Adobe 1.0 Postscript (Q)
      AD vs Norton Filesaver: replies
      Alternative to File Sharing
      Apple File Exchange
      Apple Talk Remote BAUD rate
      BBEdit & SpaceSaver (R)
      Boom sounds, please
      Calendar Program
      Calendar programs  ( R)
      Can't delete Word files (was Can't delete folders) (A)
      clip art pictures and GIF...
      comp.binaries.mac archive
      Creating Quicktime Movies using PD S/W
      DeskWriter problem
      Disk Drive Troubles
      Equation Graph and Quadra Sound
      FileMaker format for bibliophiles?
      Flickering monitor
      Font with Japanese diacritical marks
      Ftp'ing large files
      Getting a list of files on a server grouped by owner
      global file deletion
      HD power/supply
      How to clean a Mac (A)
      HyperQual: assistance needed
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #266 (2 msgs)
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #269
      It's a Girl!
      japanese language user group
      Location of *Macintosh Name
      Locked Partition or Locked Folder on HD20
      MacIIsi and 17mb - problems
      Macintosh Rumors - Any Info?
      Mac Minesweeper
      MacMoney (2 msgs)
      MacMoney, Anyone? (A)
      MacOberon (A)
      Mac Secret Trick list (A)
      MacTCP mystery
      Mail Order
      Micron--price of SIMMs
      Mount Volumes Before Finder Loads (A)
      Neurobiology simulations (Q)
      New HP IV LAser Printer (C)
      New ZBASIC? (A) (2 msgs)
      NFS, SLIP, Eudora, Finder: some questions
      Non-Proportional font
      nonTrashable folders
      NOW Utilties and WYSIWYG Font Menu Problem
      Old versions of software, just the facts (C)
      pinging a kbox
      Popup menus under system 7 ? (Q)
      Portable (not powerbook) to Apple 13 inch monitor
      Postscript previewer?
      PostSript to bitmap utility?
      Powerbook 180 & accessories...
      PowerBook Modem Commands
      Powerbook Screen and Warranty Problems (Q)
      Prometheus "Home Office" Fax/Data Modem (Q)
      Quadra 32 bit vid Scrambled
      Quadra Variable Speed Overdrive (C)
      rebuilding desktop loses icons?
      Recording to File on PB170
      Restrictions on number of connected fileservers
      Screen shrinkage on the Classic/Classic II
      Selling older software versions - more comments
      Setting up filesharing between System 7.1.1 hosts
      Shut Down
      Speed of Appletalk Remote Access
      Switching between windows without using mouse (A)
      Technical Suggestions for Apple
      the 7.1 fonts folder
      TimeKeeper
      Updaters for SpeedyFinder7
      use special gamma in built-in video (A)
      where is speedy-finder? (A)
      Windows for MacIntosh
      windows on mac (c)
      Wine stack--please reupload (R)
      Word 5.0a unexpected quitting
      X-Ray crystal structures (3d rendering)
      X for the Mac

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 09:04:10 -0500
From: mac-recent-request@mac.archive.umich.edu
Subject: [*] 514 lines of new files, fonts, and things at mac.archive
(11/10/92)

Hello!

Here is a list of new files added by Jon Brecher (brecher@husc.harvard.edu)
to mac.archive in the past week or so (the last section is actually a few
weeks old...).  One of our two ftp machines is being a little bit flakey
at the moment so if you're having difficulty getting into mac.archive,
use the ftp machine "carpediem.ccs.itd.umich.edu".  Also, if you have
AFS access in any way, remember that you can (and should) bypass ftp'ing
altogether by just "cd"'ing into the mac.archive directories.  They're
located at "/afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac".

Highlights in this list include a couple pages listing new fonts,
the new version of System 7 Pack (which allows you to enhance the 7.1 Finder
to speed up file copying and renaming, among other things) and some
Appletalk Remote Access scripts (we'll be moving these to a new "ara"
directory within the "util/comm" hierarchy in a few days).

[Archived as /info-mac/report/umich-new-stuff.txt; 18K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:21:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Byron C Mayes <byronc@ravel.udel.edu>
Subject: [*] Bear.gif

This is a .GIF file showing the location of "greater" Bear, Delaware, the
place where I currently live. I moved here because of the name: the .GIF
was a perk!

It's GIF87a, so any current viewer should be able to deal with it.
Size/depth is 640 X 480 (I also have a StartUpScreen version) X 16 colors
(so it dithers pretty well to black & white if need be).

Byron C. Mayes
University of Delaware

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/bear-delaware.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 21:14:48 -0500
From: Tom Barrett <barrett@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: [*] bolo-map-editor-051.hqx

Bolo Map Editor 0.51
9 Nov 92

(replaces file sent yesterday)

This is an application to edit maps for Bolo 0.95.

What does it do:
* reads maps from Bolo APPL's,  ResEdit files, or BMAP files, and saves
	to either BMAP files or directly into the Bolo APPL (ResEdit not
	needed to change maps)
* edits maps
* prints maps.

What doesn't it do (yet, anyway):
* selection box tool not yet written
* variable map size (must stick w/ 104x52)
* color
* undo
* any error checking, especially with files
* various other mac-interface tricks (if you drag to the edge of the
	window with the rectangle tool, the window doesn't scroll, for
	example).

The map must be stored in resource BMAP # 128 of the APPL, ResEdit
	file, or BMAP file.  All of the normal warnings apply (use at your
	own]
	risk, work only on a copy, etc).

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-editor-051.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 22:48:36 EST
From: Roby Sherman <rsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Subject: [*] Bongo Bob-301.sea

What!? ANOTHER update ALREADY!? Yes, well, what can I say... I've been
keeping busy... <grin>

--- About Bongo Bob v3.0.1 ---

Bongo Bob is a system extension (INIT) that will display a wacky, obnoxious,
or
meaningful saying when your Macintosh starts up.

--- Changes from previous version ---

3.0.1 - Added back the popular REPEAT function. See details below.

3.0.1 - Bongo Bob's fortune picker is now more rAnDoM!

3.0.1 - Bongo Bob no longer loses SYNC when his fortune files are changed.

3.0.1 - Cleaned up some obvious mispellings in the various fortune files.

3.0.1 - Added another few hundred fortunes to the "general" fortune file.

3.0.1 - Added "Bongo Bob - The App" program to the archive, an
	application version of Bongo Bob.

--- PhotoWare Notice ---

Bongo Bob is PHOTOWARE! If you decide to keep Bongo Bob in your software
library
please send the author a funny, odd, strange, weird, or wild picture of
yourself
(Please be sure to put your name, city, and state on the back of the photo.)
Your picture will be added to the author's "Bongo Bob Registered Owners
Collage"
which is on display at his apartment.

--- System Requirements ---

Bongo Bob system will work on any color or B & W Macintosh and requires system
6.0.5 or higher. NOTE: For best performance results, Bongo Bob SHOULD be used
on
a Mac running System 7.

--- Legal Mumbo Jumbo ---

Bongo Bob v3.0.1 - Copyright 1992 by Roby Sherman

Bongo Bob may be freely distributed through colleagues, friends, internets,
love interests, online services, user groups, or any  non-profit
organization.
Unauthorized commercial distribution of this product, without prior written
consent of the author,  is STRICTLY prohibited.

The programs in this archive may not be altered, removed, or distributed
seperately from the Bongo Bob archive without prior written consent of the
author.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/bongo-bob-301.hqx; 502K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 13:57:44 -0500
From: cah0@gte.com (Charles Hoffman)
Subject: [*] Chassis 4.3.1 retransmit 01 of 10

The original file is a Mac folder, which was compressed
with Stuffit, then reformatted with BinHex.  The result
was broken into 10 pieces of about 60K with the unix
"split" command.

CHASSIS
Chassis is a sample application which you can use as the
basis for your own simple applications on a Macintosh.  It
is written in THINK C (all source provided).  It is not object
oriented, but is highly structured.  A flowchart is provided
in MacDraw format.  Chassis is helpful for small applications
such as calculations, simple text processing, or adding a Mac
interface to an existing program.  It also is a good source
of sample code which actually runs.

Release 4.3.1
Contains a small fix to enable running on Mac Plus, major
changes to print routines, small fixes for cursor behavior,
and some changes to scrolling in Help routines.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/chassis-431.hqx; 593K]

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Date: 09 Nov 1992 16:26:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Me? Graduated? Nope. Not yet." <LJONES@utkvx.utk.edu>
Subject: [*] flashwrite-2-11.hqx

Sorry that I couldn't get the file to you Saturday. I just sent the file.
Here's the article again.

   Word processors do a good job of managing larger works - reports, papers,
theses. What most people need is an application or DA for handling small bits
of information quickly and easily. Enter the aptly-named FlashWrite ][ DA, the
shareware successer to Apple's own NotePad DA.

     Better than a word processor for small amounts of information:
     *launches faster, and launches with a keypress thanks to a control panel
     *doesn't require opening any files. uses pages instead
     *new pages and changes to old pages are automatically saved when you quit
     *only uses 20K, and can be used in System 6 without MultiFinder

     Advantages over NotePad DA:
     *unlimited number of resizable pages with up to 32,000 characters per
     page
     *can use any font or style, with point sizes from 9 to 24
     *pages can be printed, text files imported, and text exported with the
      creator code of your favorite word processor.
     *menu for switching between pages. pages are named
     *lightning-fast word count
     *word find and find again

     I use FlashWrite every time I turn on my Mac. I use it to keep track of
books, movies, CDs, and software I'm interested in. One page stores the serial
numbers for my electronics, one has ftp sitess and user names, and I use
another
to store interesting .sigs. For the person who wanted a monospaced text editor
for online messaging, use FlashWrite with the font for a given page set to
Monaco.
     FlashWrite ][ 1.1 is shareware, $15, by Andrew Welch, author of ToDo! and
Easy Envelopes Plus. This latest release is 32 bit clean, Quadra cache
compatible, and has Andrew's new address.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/flash-write-ii-11.hqx; 98K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:58:22 -0600 (CST)
From: chad paulson <cpaulson@mantaray.micro.umn.edu>
Subject: [*] gretzky-demo.cpt.hqx

This is the black and white version of Wayne Gretzky Hockey 1.1 Demo.  You
are limited to playing the last five minutes of the third period.  You
also are allowed play in overtime, if necessary.  Most options included in
the original game are functional in this demo.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/wayne-gretzky-hockey-11.hqx; 1169K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 20:53:00 MET
From: Olaf Titz <s_titz@ira.uka.de>
Subject: [*] ircle 1.1.4 sources

[Sources for the ircle program, a mac IRC client -- Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/ircle-114.hqx; 184K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 17:52:59 EST
From: waldemar@ai.mit.edu (Waldemar Horwat)
Subject: [*] MacHack '93 Call for Papers

				Call for Papers

	       Technical Conference for Macintosh Developers '93
			      June 16 - 19, 1993
			      Ann Arbor, Michigan


The MacHack '93 Proceedings Committee is soliciting papers for the eighth
annual Technical Conference for Macintosh Developers (MacHack '93).  The
conference is a technical forum on the Macintosh computer and personal
computing in general and includes programming, networking, operating system,
tools, novice, business, and research tracks.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-hack-93.txt; 2K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 13:48:38 PST
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] Programming the Mac in BASIC

   Here for what it's worth is an annotated list of books and other
references on programming the Mac in QuickBASIC and other BASICs.
Most of these are several years or more old, but some of them could
still be useful, especially for more novice or amateur programmers.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/programming-in-basic.txt; 7K]

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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 18:41:29 EST
From: jph613@cscgpo.anu.edu.au (John P Hughes)
Subject: [*] Re: Rites Of Passage 2.1 HyperCard Stack

RITES OF PASSAGE
A SCIENCE FICTION ROLEPLAYING MODULE ON HYPERCARD

Rites of Passage is a series of HyperCard 2 stacks that comprise a systemless
 science fiction roleplaying module. The theme is a post-cyberpunk world where
the distinction between human and machine has become muted by culture and
centuries of Virtual and computational experimentation. The module is
presented
in a workshop format, one of its main aims is to explore the nature of
being human in the 24th Century. Black Holes, possible aliens and deserted
spacecraft as well...

The two introductory stacks are large, each over 500K when decompressed.
 They together comprise 85 cards giving a fifteen minute sound, text and
 graphic introduction to the module followed by selections from the Characters
 stack. The introductory stack does NOT contain the full module: it will be
 released after convention play in early 1993. The entire series is
postcardware and may be freely distributed.

Rites of Passage requires HyperCard 2 and System 6.07 or higher. It will run
 on any Mac with the necessary memory. As it uses a large number of digitised
 sounds, a minimum of 4 Meg RAM is recommended.

VERSION 2.1

Versions 1.x of these stacks used MacIntalk, a voice generating utility no
 longer supported by Apple. The MacIntalk scripts caused system crashes in
 certain Mac II configurations, and they have been deleted in the current
 version.

In addition, several cards have been added or clarified in the current
version.
 The original large Introduction has been split into two stacks. Oh yeah, and
 the spelling...


Free Information!
Free Imagination!

Cheers
John Hughes

[Archived as /info-mac/card/rites-of-passage-21.hqx; 1331K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 09:48:55 GMT
From: gauthier@cict.fr (Gauthier Robert)
Subject: [*] resubmission

      You might have already noticed how some people like to talk about wine.
      They can go on for hours. Using this stack will give you an idea of a
      much that person knows what he is talking about.
      Moreover, you will also be in a better position to do the same if you
      feel like it, but more importantly, you will be able to make the most of
      your wine. You will learn how to keep it, how to serve it and the best
      part is that you will enjoy drinking it.
      Don't hesitate then to wander about in this stack !!!

[Archived as /info-mac/card/wine.hqx; 169K]

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Date: 09 Nov 1992 21:52:33 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steven R. Costenoble" <MATSRC@vaxc.hofstra.edu>
Subject: [*] SciCalc v1.2

Here is version 1.2 of SciCalc, a scientific calculator for the Mac.
Features: Algebraic entry with parentheses; power and root functions;
trig, inverse trig, and hyperbolic trig functions; logs and exponentials;
one variable statistics. Ten memories, remembered between uses. Good
color graphics (at least, I like them :-) ).

Should work with any Mac, System 6 or 7 (possibly even earlier Systems,
but it has not been tested). $10 shareware. Site license available.

Changes from version 1.0 (version 1.1 was never released):

> Added scientific notation mode and keys to choose between
  scientific and floating point notations.

> Added many more keyboard equivalents. Also, there is now a way,
  using ResEdit, to change these equivalents. It's a bit of a
  hack, but it works, and a better method will be forthcoming.

> The documentation is now a TeachText document, after several
  complaints about other formats.

> Removed a bug that gave an error when calculating 0%. (Why would
  you want to calculate 0%? You can now.)


Steven R. Costenoble
matsrc@vaxc.hofstra.edu


This file is a binhexed self-extracting Compact Pro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/sci-calc-12.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 11:36:30 EST
From: reid@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Subject: [*] Submission: /info-mac/source/c/RTrace-1.0-src.cpt.hqx

  This is the source distribution for Mac-RTrace-1.0.  It requires
  Think-C-5.0 to compile it and you can (optional) use the "Balloon Writer"
  from APDA in order to add the Balloon help to it once you've built it.

  About 50 scenes to use with RTrace are available in the
  file RTrace-1.0-scenes.cpt.hqx and more are available at the
  FTP site: asterix.inescn.pt [192.35.246.17] in the directory pub/RTrace.


  RTrace was written by Antonio Costa at INESC-Norte in Portugal.  The
  MacIntosh version was written by Greg Ferrar at Ohio State and myself
  (Reid Judd at Illuminati).

  RTrace supports these capabilities:
    point lights, directional lights, spot lights with fall-off, extended
    lights, 2 ways of defining surfaces, spheres, axis-aligned
    parallelipipeds, cylinders, cones, bicubic patches, polygons,
    polygonal patches, high quality 3D text, CSG operations,
    4x4 matrix transformations, textures, depth of field, diffuse
    distribution, stereoscopic pair creation, ...

    Procedural textures (with 4x4 matrix transformations) are also
    supported: checkerboard, color blotches, marble, bump map,
    fractal-brownian-motion, wood, glossy, image mapping, waves,
    and many others.

  Mac-RTrace uses parametric equations (using an algebraic equation
  parser) to define animations and it outputs PICT image, PPM images,
  and (of course) QuickTime movies.

  Enjoy,
	    -- Reid Judd

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/mac-rtrace-10.hqx; 643K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 12:26:02 EST
From: reid@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Subject: [*] Submission for /info-mac/app/RTrace-1.0-app.cpt.hqx

  This file contains the Mac-RTrace-1.0 application and complete manuals
  in Microsoft Word and TeachText format.  This version of RTrace
  requires at least a Mac with a 68020/68881 FPU but it is possible
  to build a version from the source that does not have this
  restriction.

  Two small scene files (demo.sff and sphere.sff) are included.

  RTrace was written by Antonio Costa at INESC-Norte in Portugal.  The
  MacIntosh version was written by Greg Ferrar at Ohio State and myself
  (Reid Judd at Illuminati).

  RTrace supports these capabilities:
    point lights, directional lights, spot lights with fall-off, extended
    lights, 2 ways of defining surfaces, spheres, axis-aligned
    parallelipipeds, cylinders, cones, bicubic patches, polygons,
    polygonal patches, high quality 3D text, CSG operations,
    4x4 matrix transformations, textures, depth of field, diffuse
    distribution, stereoscopic pair creation, ...

    Procedural textures (with 4x4 matrix transformations) are also
    supported: checkerboard, color blotches, marble, bump map,
    fractal-brownian-motion, wood, glossy, image mapping, waves,
    and many others.

  Mac-RTrace uses parametric equations (using an algebraic equation
  parser) to define animations and it outputs PICT images, PPM images,
  and (of course) QuickTime movies.

  Enjoy,
	    -- Reid Judd

     ILLUMINATI@AppleLink.Apple.Com
     2617 Sweetbriar Rd.
     Durham, NC 27704

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-rtrace-10.hqx; 535K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 12:02:39 EST
From: reid@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Subject: [*] Submission for /info-mac/source/c/RTrace-1.0-scenes.cpt.hqx

  This file contains about 50 scenes for use with Mac-RTrace.
  Included in this package are: many molecular models such as DNA, Jet
  aircraft, a triceritops dinosaur, and numerous examples of textures.
  More scenes may be obtained via FTP at asterix.inescn.pt [192.35.246.17].

  You will need RTrace in order to create and animate these scenes.

  RTrace was written by Antonio Costa at INESC-Norte in Portugal.  The
  MacIntosh version was written by Greg Ferrar at Ohio State and myself
  (Reid Judd at Illuminati).

  RTrace supports these capabilities:
    point lights, directional lights, spot lights with fall-off, extended
    lights, 2 ways of defining surfaces, spheres, axis-aligned
    parallelipipeds, cylinders, cones, bicubic patches, polygons,
    polygonal patches, high quality 3D text, CSG operations,
    4x4 matrix transformations, textures, depth of field, diffuse
    distribution, stereoscopic pair creation, ...

    Procedural textures (with 4x4 matrix transformations) are also
    supported: checkerboard, color blotches, marble, bump map,
    fractal-brownian-motion, wood, glossy, image mapping, waves,
    and many others.

  Mac-RTrace uses parametric equations (using an algebraic equation
  parser) to define animations and it outputs PICT images, PPM images,
  and (of course) QuickTime movies.

  Enjoy,
	    -- Reid Judd

     ILLUMINATI@AppleLink.Apple.Com
     2617 Sweetbriar Rd.
     Durham, NC 27704

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-rtrace-scenes.hqx; 407K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 20:58:57 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#151/09-Nov-92

TidBITS#151/09-Nov-92

 This issue overflows with a review of WriteNow 3.0, the syllabus
   for a free online course, "Navigating the Internet," and an
   alternative view of the Duo. We also crammed in some short
   announcements, including news of Disk First Aid 7.1, which fixes
   the disappearing files and folders bug, a letter about font
   clone piracy, and a warning for CPU users who have a
   just-released PowerBook. Tune in next week for all the great
   stuff that wouldn't fit!

Topics:
    MailBITS/09-Nov-92
    Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop
    WriteNow 3.0 Review
    Duo, An Alternative View
    Reviews/09-Nov-92

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-151.etx; 29K]

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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 13:37:09 MET
From: speranza@cirfid.unibo.it (Sauro Speranza)
Subject: [*] UPLOADING suntar1.3.2src.cpt.hqx

[Source cdode for sun tar application uploaded the other day -- Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/suntar-132.hqx; 363K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:57:05 EST
From: msimpson@loop.ausom.oz.au (Matthew Simpson)
Subject: [*] Vendor Email 1.4

Version 1.4 of the Vendor Email, BBS, FTP site and FAX  list!

Enclosed is a binhex4-encoded file containing a self-extracting folder with
three files in Word 4/5, Excel 2.2, Excel 4.0 and tab-delimited text format.
Each file contains a list of Email, BBS, FAX numbers and FTP sites for
Macintosh vendors. Depending on your needs, feel free to delete the others:
other than formatting they are identical!

My goal with this list is to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of those
companies that are on the internet or an internet-reachable service. I have
considered making a list with sales, tech support, and 1-(800) numbers, but
since my primary interest is in maintaining a list that is usable to those of
us who do NOT live in the U.S.A, and secondarily to promote those
forward-thinking companies who currently use electronic services, I will limit
myself to those companies making or selling Macintosh hardware or software
that maintain a BBS or active Email presence.

We will be adding more Australian vendor information to this list. If anyone
out there has any information to be added to the list please let us know.

I have the vendors entered alphabetically, without street addresses or
information regarding their products. I have a partial listing of AOL
addresses FAX numbers and FTP sites: please send me any appropriate
information that you might have!

Matthew Simpson

msimpson%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au
MACHOUSE@AppleLink.apple.com

November 10th, 1992

[Archived as /info-mac/report/vendor-emails.hqx; 100K]

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Date: 10 Nov 92 19:40:43 EST
From: Charlie Summers <72257.140@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: (?) Two Unrelated Questions...

Folks;

   1) Does anyone know of a freeware or (reasonably-priced) shareware
application that might serve as a front-end to MCI Mail? MCI sells a package,
but it is priced a bit steep for such a single-use product.

   2) In looking over information on the upgrade to System 7.1 (please, I am
not attempting to start another round of "How DARE they charge for it..."), I
am struck by the "Single-Use" license. If I understand the license correctly,
the upgrade may be installed on a single Macintosh. Between my office and my
home, I have a Plus, two SE/30s, a PB 145, and a PB 100. Correct me if I am
wrong, please, but does this mean if I should decide to upgrade to 7.1 I will
have to pay $200 (less a little change)?

   My thanks to all of you for any replies, which should be made to either
LOF@MCIMail or 72257.140@compuserve.com...or, of course, the digest (if others
don't mind the spent bandwidth).

	 Charlie Summers


Distribution:
  Info-Mac >INTERNET:Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 23:52 GMT
From: <LANKTON%COLOLASP.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: 6800 Cross Assembler (A)

>I'm looking for a 6800 (yup, sixty-eight hundred) cross assembler for
>the Macintosh. Any info greatly appreciated.

I've used the Crossbow cross-assembler for several projects. It is a
nice package with an acceptable editor and a built-in terminal emulator
so you can load your code into an EPROM burner. It will generate code
for a wide variety of 8-bit microprocessors, including 68xx, 1802, 8051
family and some others. It has a handy help stack, too.

from:
Onset Computer Corporation
199 Main Street, P.O. Box 1030
North Falmouth, MA 02536
(508) 563-2267.

Just a happy user etc. etc.,
Mark Lankton (lankton@zodiac.span.nasa.gov)

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:33:45 -0500
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: 7.1 & After Dark

According to a note posted on Prodigy, After Dark is incompatible with the
IIvx and the Performa 600. Berkeley Systems has issued an updater to fix
the problem. It's available for download from AOL or contact
Berkeley systems.

Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:33:53 -0500
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: 7.1 & Norton Disk Doctor 2.0

A note posted on Prodigy states that an Apple Technical Support
representative said Norton Disk Doctor 2.0 was incompatible with System
7.1. The poster (David Miller aka DavidIIci@aol.com) says:  "I tried
running it 3 times, and each time got halfway through the file scan portion
before it froze with a "Bad F-Line Instruction" error message."

Just passing along what I read, in the hope of saving some frustrated 7.1
user some aggravation. I haven't verified this problem myself since I
haven't installed 7.1 yet.

------------------------------

Date: 11 Nov 1992 09:21:32 -0700 (MST)
From: GERHARD@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Adobe 1.0 Postscript (Q)

Greetings -
I recently asked about converting AutoCAD (IBM)
to Mac formats.  Many useful replys were given.
I am trying one, and am having a problem:
AutoCAD will generate a Postscript file by plotting
(to a file) using the Postscript plotter driver.
The problem is that Mac programs (Word, Illustrator,
Cricket Draw, Canvas) will not read the resulting file,
even after following the directions given by
James Connelly (3 Nov) to convert it to an EPS file.
The first line in the AutoCAD output says it is
an Adobe 1.0 file (no EPSF notation).  Is this the problem?
Does anyone have a suggested means of resolving this problem?
(If not, I will simply get one of the suggested packages to
read .DXF files).  Thanks for any suggestions.

Peter Gerhardstein (gerhard@ccit.arizona.edu)

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 11:07:53 CST
From: PULLMANN@TRINITY.EDU
Subject: AD vs Norton Filesaver: replies

Thanks to all the folks who resonded to my question about using AutoDoubler
with Norton Filesaver. I heard from four or five people who are using the
two together with no problems.

It was pointed out to me by a couple of individuals that on a disk with
a lot of AD activity, Filesaver's list of files to track will fill up
with empty AD temp files instead of the important data files that you
and I might rather it pay attention to. Therefore, even though no actual
damage is being done by running the two together, AD is probably making
Filesaver a lot less potentially useful.

I'm still puzzled as to why the AD documentation refers to a possible
problem in Norton which would cause AD to malfunction, rather than the
other way around. If I get curious enough, I guess I'll call Salient and
ask them ;). I don't know yet if I'm going to purchase AD, though; one
person suggested buying DD instead, which made some sense as I use my
limited (20meg) HD space for applications, system stuff and utilities,
mostly, and keep my mutable files on floppies.  DD might be a better
choice for me.

Anyway, thanks for all the responses! :)
					Pat

Pat Ullmann  PULLMANN@VM1.TUCC.TRINITY.EDU or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 92 07:54:43 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Alternative to File Sharing

     Alternative to File Sharing Extension (C)

>There is a commercial product called Nok Nok which  is put
>out by Trik, Inc.

>This product gives you optional alerts (momentarily opens dialog,
>beeps, flashing menu bar alert, etc. , as well as a log file.
>It attempts to identify <guest> users by their Chooser name or
>Mac name.

>Oh yeah, they also allow for activation of Apple's File Sharing
>Monitor whenever someone logs in.

I have a few comments about Nok Nok.  I've been using it for a few
months now.  I originally got it to monitor who was logging into my
Mac (I share a few folders, one of which is a Public folder with
guest login), but it didn't always give me an accurate assessment
of this (often getting "Unknown user logging in from net/node ###/
###").  One feature that I find particularly appealing is that Nok
Nok can control the amount of time users are connected to your Mac.
You can set up values for maximum connection times for both guests
and registered users.  You can also set Nok Nok to disconnect after
a specified period of inactivity.  This is useful because of System
7's limit of 10 connected users using file sharing and the nasty habit
of some users to set up their machines to autoconnect to my shared
folders.  Or sometimes, they just like to logon to the shared folders
and stay connected for long periods of time.  Nok Nok will give the
users warnings of impending disconnection to allow them to save any
work as necessary.  Neat feature.

Just mu $0.02.

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:54 CST
From: <SWAECHTER%UTMEM2.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Apple File Exchange

Is Apple File Exchange incompatible with 32-bit addressing?

Steve Waechter
swaechter@utmem2 (bitnet)
swaechter@utmem2.utmem.edu (internet)

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:22 EST
From: "Jeffrey H. Getzin, (2*b)||(!(2*b))" <JGETZIN@vax.clarku.edu>
Subject: Apple Talk Remote BAUD rate

I posted a while ago without response, so I'm trying again.

Does anybody know how to change the BAUD rate for Apple Talk Remote Access?
We have a 9600 BAUD MODEM that for some reason keeps connecting at
2400 BAUD.

Please send your reponse through email to jgetzin@vax.clarku.edu.

Whoops, some line noise there.   I repeat the address:  jgetzin@vax.clarku.
edu.


Thanks for any help.

			Jeff

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:18:40 -0800
From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: BBEdit & SpaceSaver (R)

>--I have selected a BBEdit file, then compressed using the MAGIC MENU.
>--Subsequently, I open the file by double clicking, a blank doucument
>--appears on screen. I look at the file using the finder...it shows the
>--document as a Stuffit Deluxe Document having zero size. I haven't
>--been able to recover the original file.
>
	This is a known bug in StuffIt SpaceSaver 1.0.1, which has been
fixed in the forthcoming 1.0.2.  We apologize for the inconvience, and in
the meantime you can work-around the problem by keeping at least one
window open in BBEdit at all times.

------------------------------

Date: 11 Nov 92 07:37:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <eugene@rover.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Boom sounds, please

If anyone reading this message has any sound effects that resembles a
'boom' sound effect, could you PLEASE compress and hqx it and either
mail it to me at: "EUGENE@ROVER.BSD.UCHICAGO.EDU" or upload it to the
archives if you prefer.  It's sort of an emergency, so the sooner the better.
Mucho thanks in advance!

-Yuge

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:31:05 PST
From: Kee Nethery <nethery@parc.xerox.com>
Subject: Calendar Program

Been using Easy Alarms and it seems pretty cool. It has calendar stuff,
alarm stuff, macro kinda stuff and it has scripting that accepts XCMDs and
XFCNs. Haven't tried running a QuickTime movie as an alarm yet but some
AppleTalk XFCNs worked without a problem. Pretty cool.

Kee
Nethery@parc.xerox.com

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 16:32:09 CST
From: PULLMANN@VM1.TUCC.TRINITY.EDU
Subject: Calendar programs  ( R)

>I am looking for some help in finding a good calendar and scheduling program
>which is System 7 and 32-bit addressing compatible.  Any recommendations?  If
>you'll respond directly to me, I can summarize to the net.  Thanks.
>
>Steve Waechter

Hi, Steve. If you find one, let me know!:).  I can tell you that the one
you'll probably find at most of the ftp sites, CE Software's Calendar
Maker, works good with system 6 but, at least in my experience, has some
problems with system 7. Methinks it's been a long time since they updated
it. I downloaded it and played around with it, but under sys7 it broke so
often that I decided not to keep it.

Another limitation is that CalendarMaker imports only paint files. This
may be true of all calendar programs, I don't know. I sure would like
one that could utilize EPS artwork, but I've discussed this with the
list before and apparently there isn't such an animal.

Good luck.

Pat Ullmann  PULLMANN@VM1.TUCC.TRINITY.EDU or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 11:07:34 MST
From: sharmony@nova.ta52.lanl.gov (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: Can't delete Word files (was Can't delete folders) (A)

In Info-Mac V10 #269 Jay Poutinen said:

> RE: the person who can't delete folders until after a reboot--
> I have noticed that after closing a file in Word 5.0a--but not quitting
> Word--that I am unable to trash the file from the finder. I get the
> "can't delete file, file in use" message. After quitting Word, I am able
> to trash the file.
>
> I'm not sure why this happens. Could it be there is still a Word-temp
> file that exists that is "the open file"?

This is a "feature" of Word 5.0 and previous versions. I suspect Jay's
right and Word is holding some Word Temp file open. It usually happens to
me when I've made changes to a file and closed it without saving the
changes. After all, why save the changes if you're just planning to trash
the file any way?

I've found that Word will release the file (i.e. it will no longer be "in
use") if you save it after making changes, and then you can trash it.

Now, if you have a file that this problem is already happening with, it is
_not_ sufficient just to open it, save it, and close it. You must _change_
the file after opening it, then save it and close it. After you do this
song and dance, Word will let go of the file and not complain when you
trash it.

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 1992 16:02:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: BRYAN SMITH <BSMITH%COLGATEU.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: clip art pictures and GIF...

I was wondering if it is possible
to use GIF pictures as clip art
in such program as MS Word 5.0?

Bryan Smith
BSMITH@COLGATE.EDU
BSMITH@COLGATEU

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 17:25:53 EST
From: Larry Wink <FDMWINK@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu>
Subject: comp.binaries.mac archive

While looking for a recent post to comp.binaries.mac, a search of archie
revealed the following sites to be archiving comp.binaries.mac:

     Host isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp   (130.54.20.1)
     Host imag.imag.fr   (129.88.32.1)
     Host ftp.waseda.ac.jp   (133.9.1.32)
     Host cs.dal.ca   (129.173.4.5)
     Host cnam.cnam.fr   (192.33.159.6)
     Host srawgw.sra.co.jp   (133.137.4.3)
     Host reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de   (129.187.230.225)
     Host nic.funet.fi   (128.214.6.100)
     Host irisa.irisa.fr   (131.254.254.2)
*    Host wuarchive.wustl.edu   (128.252.135.4)
*    Host rascal.ics.utexas.edu   (128.83.138.20)
     Host akiu.gw.tohoku.ac.jp   (130.34.8.9)

Only two (*) are located in the USA and they are no longer actively archiving
the newsgroup (rascal stopped about 6 months ago and wuarchive simply mirrors
rascal and other archives).

Since not all postings to comp.binaries.mac end up at sumex-aim and the
bandwidth for international traffic is limited, I would like to know if there
are any USA sites that are currently archiving comp.binaries.mac?

If the archie search is correct, what are the chances of umich or sumex-aim
(after the new hard drive is on-line) archiving the newsgroup?

Please e-mail information to me and I will summarize for info-mac if there is
sufficient interest.

 --Larry Wink
 fdmwink@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu or ljw@pro-magic.oau.org

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 NOV 92 16:51:32 GMT
From: CMRCM%STAFFS.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Creating Quicktime Movies using PD S/W

What's the best way to generate a Quicktime Movie from a sequence of PICT
images, probably colour PICT's? Preferably, I'd like to be able to lay my
hands on a free/shareware package which can just bundle the PICT's into
a movie maybe with some control over frame speed, and maybe the ability
to add sound.

In the first instance, I need to be able to prove the advantages of
Quicktime with the absolute minimum outlay, once I've proved my point
I'll hunt for a good commercial product, such as Premiere, etc, but
first I have to convince the powers that be ......

I've got most of the Info-mac movies, which are great for demos, but
I'm stumped when somebody wants to create a movie, without cutting
and pasting current existing ones together.

Any suggestions will be gratefully received and replied to ....

Thanks for your help!

Craig Morgan
Staffordshire University, UK
email: cmrcm@staffs.ac.uk

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:13:06 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: DeskWriter problem

I've been having print-out problems with my DeskWriter, in that one of
the lines (#4) is not appearing, leading to a blank hairline at regular
intervals spaced down the page. I've tried changing the ink cartridge
and priming, but the line is still missing. Does anyone know of another
simple maintenance operation I could perform, or does the printer have
to go in for service?

Thanks in advance,
Graeme Forbes

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 21:06:49 PST
From: sheckler@leland.stanford.edu
Subject: Disk Drive Troubles

HELP!  Here's a problem for you technical whizzes out there:

     A friend of mine just purchased and installed System 7.1 on his SE/30
5/40.  Since this time, he has not been able to format either 800K or 1.4 MB
diskettes.  He gets the normal "formatting disk" and "verifying format"
messages, but then a "re-verifying format" message comes up, followed by an
"initialization failed message" and the disk being spit out of the drive.

     I'm pretty sure this is not an extension problem.  The machine will not
format diskettes even with the extensions turned off.  By the way, I have
updated the SCSI driver.

     I'm certain it's not the diskettes' fault--I've had no trouble formatting
them on my SE/30 (which, incidentally, is also running 7.1)

     I've cleaned his drive with a head cleaning diskette and will be blowing
it out with compressed air sometime during the next few days.

Questions:

1.  What other steps should I take to get the drive up and running?
2.  Should I try re-installing System 7.1?
3.  If this doesn't work, can anyone recommend a company in the south San
Francisco Bay area (or anywhere in that part of California for that matter)
that will repair the drive at a reasonable cost?

     Thanks for your help!  Please e-mail me directly at
sheckler@leland.stanford.edu and I will post a summary.

					 Steve Heckler

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 09:42:10 GMT
From: dbutcher@shelley.u.washington.edu (Derek Butcher)
Subject: Equation Graph and Quadra Sound

I am very impressed! Many thanks to the very helpful responders to my first
posting on Usenet regarding Equation Graphing programs. I received many
replies recommending some very good programs (I downloaded them all), but
to summarize, probably the most suited to my needs was xFunctions 2.2; I
would highly recommend it myself.

Now for a new query:

I have a Quadra 900 and when digitizing sound through the built in line level
ports I get a slight static burst with each sound impulse (similar to a poorly
tuned radio station). I have tried two different sources w/ very short high
quality cables, and the problem disappears when playing sounds recorded
with my Mac Plus, so it is definitely something to do with the Q900 input
ports. (BTW, I have tried both 22 and 44khz sources in case it was a sampling
error in the sound recording program; I have also tried multiple recording
programs - SoundEdit Pro, MediaGrabber, and the Control Panel).
Does anyone have any ideas?

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:56:38 -0800
From: Michael_Hayward@sfu.ca
Subject: FileMaker format for bibliophiles?

I was about to sit down and design a FileMaker database record and
layout(s) to track my book collection with, but thought that it might have
already been done by some other bibliophile out there.

Is there anyone who has gone through this exercise that would be willing to
share the results with me? (Or who would be willing to suggest other
successful approaches) Thanks!

...Michael Hayward              hayward@sfu.ca

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 19:00:54 IST
From: "Dr. Michael Silverstein"
<MTRMS01%TECHNION.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Flickering monitor

I just noticed that my trash and hard disk icons
tend to flicker,
regardless of where I put them on
the screen (13" RGB connected to a IICi).
I have never noticed this before, although
it may have been doing it (although I doubt
it).  At this point in time it is driving me
el loco.

My solution:  just make sure I do not
leave these things chosen on the desktop....

Any comments out there??

Thanks,   m  i  k  e

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:54 EST
From: Kenny <KFREUNDLICH@LUCY.WELLESLEY.EDU>
Subject: Font with Japanese diacritical marks

Some folks here at Wellesley College are looking for a public domain font
(preferably TrueType) that has the normal Roman alphabet -- but with the
diacritical marks -- straight lines -- over the "o" and "a", etc.

It wasn't obvious from the fonts stored in the sumex archive (keisen,
yoshinogari, tokyo) whether any of those would do the trick.  The few
I tried didn't.

Any ideas?

Kenny Freundlich

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 19:07:20 IST
From: "Dr. Michael Silverstein"
<MTRMS01%TECHNION.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Ftp'ing large files

A request, a plea, to those out there
(or on other mac.nodes) who submit big
humoungous files to the servers.  This
especially applies to the delicious quicktime
movies that are being turned out...

Could you segment your files into 1M or 2M
bite size sections using whatever shareware
segmenter is available?

The reason I ask is that ftp'ing the large
ones takes so long I have a small margin
of success since I get errors and time outs
along the way.  If I could sequentially FTP
bite size bits then I would have a success
rate closer to 100% and spend less time
retrying the ftp and cursing...

A big heap
(well, lots of little  heaps)
of thanks, m  i  k  e

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 16:34:16 EST
From: Alex.Sirota@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: Getting a list of files on a server grouped by owner

I would like to ask anyone on the net if they know of a product or program
that sorts files on an AppleShare 3.0 server by owner of that file?
I would like to collate info on how much K a user is using on a server?
Please respond to alex.sirota@umich.edu
Thanks

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 18:44:08 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: global file deletion

A couple of people have written in to the list and to me
personally suggesting that a Frontier script was overkill for
simply deleting a bunch of files when you could just use Find
All at once and delete them that way.

This is certainly true, but remember, the whole point of such a script
(I'm only suggesting one person write it, as long as they do it correctly)
is that you can easily run it whenever you want without having to
remember specifically what to type each time. In addition, it could
loop over all mounted volumes at once, whereas you'd have to Find
separately for each volume in the Finder (I have four volumes, so
that would be a pain). The script would be generally more flexible
as well, being able to delete all files of a certain type and creator
(junk temp files that sit around), things like unattached aliases,
possibly prefs files that had no program (although that's possibly
a bad idea since I have prefs files for apps that I only use from
SyQuest). The point is that such a script would be more powerful and
flexible than just mucking about in the Finder all the time, and as
something that could work with Frontier Runtime, it could be easily
made available to a large number of people without requiring the overhead
of a custom program or extension.

Frontier scripts haven't quite caught on as the sort of thing that
people write and then distribute to the world at large like extensions
and apps, but there's no reason for that. Runtime is $25 shareware
and can do almost everything Frontier can. I'm working on a script
right now that will work with StuffIt Deluxe to defunk every possible
sort of archive and store the original in a separate folder - it works
now, but I just have to add BinHex and SEA support and I'm as always
strapped for play time. That script is currently an item in my Finder's
Scripts menu, but there's no reason it couldn't be an agent that runs
every startup, or every two hours, or whatever.

Perhaps the overall point is that there are many ways to accomplish
tasks, but people might do well to think about using Frontier and
Runtime as a method of accomplishing some of them. As a user, it's
easy and produces fewer conflicts than loading down your machine with
extensions and apps.

And yes, we're working on reviews of Frontier and Runtime for TidBITS.
:-)

cheers ... -Adam

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 1992 17:51:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: DAVE@utkvx.utk.edu
Subject: HD power/supply

I recently upgraded my internal hard drive and I would like use the old drive
as an external hard drive.  Where do find an external box/power supply.
Secondly, has anyone heard of an upgrade path for PB170 users to 180's.
Thankx in advance. :)

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:31:31 PST
From: Kee Nethery <nethery@parc.xerox.com>
Subject: How to clean a Mac (A)

>  Can anybody recommend a good cleaner that'll restore some of the
>attractive Apple Platinum without doing something nasty like melting
>the plastic?  :-)  I've tried a few common cleaners, and they don't
>seem to quite get the gunk out.

I have sponge scrubbers at home with a green plastic scrubbing background
on one side "no scratch" or something like that. Anyway, they seem to do a
great job of cleaning mac cases. Even removes the "tarnish" caused by the
plastic sitting in the sun.

Kee
nethery@parc.xerox.com

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:44:57 GMT
From: tchristen01@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: HyperQual: assistance needed

Colleagues,

I have recently been following a discussion about HyperQual (Mac) and
Ethnograph (IBM compatible) software on QUALS-L : the Qualitative
Research for the Human Sciences List.  The software has several uses
but essentially permits text from interviews to be analysed.

It prompted me inquire about purchasing the software with the Computer
Shop at Computer Centre, Curtin University of Technology.  Unfortunately
they know little about the software and are searching their sources to
find an Australian distributor.  Hence my question to the network.

Is there a networker who is familiar with HyperQual or HyperResearch and;
	i.   is willing to answer some of my questions,
	ii.  has some experience with using the software,
	iii. has an address for an Australian distributer.

Please forward suggestions to my email address.

Regards,
Steven Christensen
Internet:       tchristen01@cc.curtin.edu.au

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 1992 09:36:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai <ZSUZSI@medcor.mcgill.ca>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #266

How to chain a Mac SCSI removable optical disk (LaCie) to the InfoServer?
What is needed in addition to VAX/VMS 5.5-1, the InfoServer, Pathworks for
Mac up and running? Any help, reference, please?

Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
MEDCOR
McGill University
zsuzsi@medusa.mcgill.ca

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 1992 09:44:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai <ZSUZSI@medcor.mcgill.ca>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #266

How to use/access the InfoServer from a networked Mac via Pathworks?
What is needed (to be done) and how to do it?
Vax/VMS, PAthworks for Mac, Mac System 7 with TuneUp 1.1.1.

I would like to get in touch or just hear about everyone involved in
developing
courseware or lecture notes on the Mac. Also, anyone who is using multi-
media development platforms. I would gladly make up an information system
based on the responses I get to summarize what software/hardware/subject
matter/type of development (research-commercial-just for my course) exists.

Please spread the word and send me details.

Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
MEDCOR
McGill University

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 03:59:14 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <rwk@crl.dec.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #269

    Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 13:19:04 GMT
    From: news@cs.uri.edu (News Administrator)
       The problem is not that Micron can't make a quality product
    at a fair price.  The problem is that Japanese manufacturers
    routinely make a good product and sell it in foreign markets
    at a price BELOW COST.

But this is only illegal if it's a foreign manufacturer!

In addition, the definition of "below cost" that is applied
is completely screwy.  The cost of manufacturing something
isn't something that you can just crank in the numbers and
get out a single answer.

Imagine the results if domestic manufacturers were held to
the same standards!  It would be illegal to have an
introductary sale, since that's when costs are the highest,
and your competitors would surely insist on suing you.

I have no objection to anti-trust provisions; those are
much more fairly designed and have a much more reasonable
standard of proof, besides.

You talk a lot about memory and televisions, but if you'll
note, the Japanese never DID take advantage of their supposed
monopoloy.  The prices have kept ON falling!  If things worked
the way you assume, and if they were in fact actually losing
money on these, they'd be bankrupt by now.  Same with televisions,
but more so.  The only time prices go up is when someone tries
to pull some protectionist stunt like this.  Then we pay more,
and then the Japanese earn more, and the US manufactures still
don't go into the memory business.

But you know what?  The Japanese don't have a monopoly on chips.
(Or TV's, either).  This suit was against a *Korean* manufacturer.
That's right.  While the US has been getting out of the memory
and TV businesses, other countries have been getting *in*.

The reason for the low prices is not predatory practices, it's
COMPETITION. Yes, competition can even drive prices temporarily
below break-even.  You either get more efficient, or you go
out of business.  The Koreans are keeping the Japanese on their
toes, and we all benefit.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:11:52 EST
From: Paul Savage <paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
Subject: It's a Girl!

I thought this might be the quickest way to tell all my net.macintosh.friends
the news. For those of you who don't know me from Adam, sorry for the wasted
bandwidth. Last night at 2:42am Jennifer and I had a baby girl, 9lb 1oz.
Mother and baby are healthy and well, father is exhausted :-)

Cheers,

Paul.

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 1992 21:29:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: TIFFERTG@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU
Subject: japanese language user group

	are there any user groups out there that deal with using japanese
on macs?  now that worldscript has been formally announced, i am extremely
interested in getting plugged in to the japanese speaking mac community and
nippon-izing my se/30.

	thanks!

	glenn d. tiffert  (tiffertg@acfcluster.du)

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 92 07:52:30 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Location of *Macintosh Name

     Location of *Macintosh Name* in Sys7? (O,A)
On Fri, 30 Oct 92 2:23:19 EST, Martin Levins <mlevins@metz.une.edu.au> asks:

>I asked this question before, but didn't express myself clearly enough
>it seems.

>What I'm after is the location (or locations) of the name that is set
>using the "Sharing Setup" control panel in sys7.

>I can't seem to get rid of it when student in my labs set it to anything
>other than null.

>I've tried removing/replacing the "User & Groups Data File" to no avail.

>Virtually the only thing that gets rid of it is reformatting the disc!

I don't *exactly* have an answer, but I do have some observations.

When I changed my user name and machine name, I noticed two files
with new file modification dates:  the "User & Groups Data File" and the
"System" file(!).  I'm not sure exactly what's being modified, but it looks
like if you want the "Sharing Setup" name to be reset, you'll need to
replace both these files with fresh copies.

Sounds like a job for RevRdist!  You could try replacing all lab Macs'
System  and U&G Data Files with clean, preconfigured files from a
server using the RevRdist update application.

OK, so maybe I *DO* have an answer!!!  ;-)

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:34:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Les Ferch <ferch@ucs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Locked Partition or Locked Folder on HD20

In a Mac Plus lab that I manage, we keep software that is only to be used
for courses on a password protected partition on each hard drive (ethernet
won't be installed until the Macs are upgraded). I recently got two
hand-me-down Mac Pluses to add to the lab which both have the old Apple
HD20 (floppy drive port) hard drive. I can't use Silver Lining to
partition a non-SCSI disk, so I'm stuck for a way to put the course
material on these machines in a protected fashion.

Is there any program that can partition an HD20 and provide password
protection? If not, how about a cheap folder locking program?

P.S. One important criteria is that the main partition on all the lab hard
drives (including the HD20s) are kept locked (i.e. read-only) so I can't
use a folder locking program that requires write access to the disk unless
this is used in conjunction with a hard partitioning program.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:10:07 CST
From: tlh9d6e@PANAM1.PANAM.EDU
Subject: MacIIsi and 17mb - problems

A faculty member here on campus just received a MacIIsi 5/80 and 4 - 4mb
SIMMS to be installed.  This will get them up to 17mb, which is the legal
maximum allowance for the IIsi.

After installing the 4x4mb SIMMS the "About this Macintosh" recognizes all
17mb of memory but the "System Software" is taking up 10.x mb and leaving
only 6.x mb available to other software.  WHAT GIVES?????

I took it back down to the original 4x1mb SIMMS and the "System Software"
is taking up a little over 1mb and 3.x mb is available for other software.

32 bit addressing is ON and there is no weird inits loading.

Anybody in NETLAND know what is going on??!!

Any and all help appreciated.

Terry L. Hartman
Coordinator - Microcomputer Services
University of Texas - Pan American
TLH9D6E@panam1.panam.edu

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:16:53 -0600
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <nem52463@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Macintosh Rumors - Any Info?

Hello everyone -
	During mid-August, MacWeek had a couple articles about the upcoming
Apple release (it WAS upcoming, anyway) including the IIvx, new Duos, and
new PowerBooks.  In the same issue, they mentioned that Apple was working
on a color inkjet printer and a color version of the OneScanner with color
Ofoto software.  Anybody heard anything about these?  Also, what exactly is
supposed to be released in January (I've heard about an LCIII and a couple
of new -040 based Macs)?  If you've heard anything, please pass it on.
	Thanks!!

		Neil

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 12:01:57 -0500
From: :cfoc::cfoc::mrgate::"a1::stovaljw"@cfoc
Subject: Mac Minesweeper

From:   NAME: JEFFREY W. STOVALL
	FUNC: PD-TECHNICAL
	TEL: (919) 371-4863                   <STOVALJW AT A1 AT CFOC>
To:     NAME: VMSMail User "Info-Mac
<"INFO-MAC@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU"@ESDS01@CFOC@MRGATE>


Does anyone on the Infomac net know of a Macintosh version of
Minesweeper?  My officemate has been driven to the comfort of an
IBM compatible just to play this highly addictive game.  I don't
have direct ftp access to sumex, so I haven't been able to search
the archives.  If anyone does know of a Mac version of
Minesweeper, please let me know.  Thanks!

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 17:54:31 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MacMoney

In Regards to your letter <199211092203.AA22820@nwnexus.wa.com>:
> I am now using MacMoney.  Stay away from it!  (I'm using version 3.5.?)
> It crashes frequently, even though Survivor Software assured me it was
> System 7 compatible.  I've been using it for 5 years now, and ready for
> a change.  I bought Quicken, but frankly wasn't too impressed.  Maybe
> I didn't give it enough time...  I've now bought M.Y.O.B. to handle
> both personal and company finances.

Really? I'm surprised since I've used MacMoney for about five years now too
and have had almost no crashes, especially in the latest version under
System 7.0.1. No great lessons here, just another experience...

cheers ... -Adam

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:56:18 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: MacMoney

On Mon, 9 Nov 92 15:28:35 EST you said:
>I am now using MacMoney.  Stay away from it!  (I'm using version 3.5.?)
>It crashes frequently, even though Survivor Software assured me it was
>System 7 compatible.

Odd, I've been using MacMoney 2.52.02 for over a year in 32-bit mode on
a Quadra 700 without (knock on wood) a single crash I can attribute to
MacMoney (I don't recall ever having crashed while using MacMoney).  It
turns out to be '040 cache compatible as well as 32-bit clean.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:08:18 cst
From: David Bourne <david-bourne@uokhsc.edu>
Subject: MacMoney, Anyone? (A)

> I am now using MacMoney.  Stay away from it!  (I'm using version 3.5.?)
> It crashes frequently, even though Survivor Software assured me it was
> System 7 compatible.  I've been using it for 5 years now, and ready for
> a change.  I bought Quicken, but frankly wasn't too impressed.  Maybe
> I didn't give it enough time...  I've now bought M.Y.O.B. to handle
> both personal and company finances.

I've been using MacMoney for a couple of years and am reasonably happy with
it. I run it on a IIci under system 7.0 tuned (1.1.1). I tried running it
under 7.0.1 but it didn't work. I called Survivor and they suggested going
back to 7.0. I did some time ago (months) and it has been stable ever since
(KOW :-). I'm curious about its performance under 7.1. An earlier version
would cause very occasional problems. (I had back-ups and had to reeenter a
few weeks data once or twice :-(). I've used e-mail for tech support (a plus)
and upgrades (very reasonable $5-$10). Just a satisfied user. David Bourne.

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 92 13:35 +0100
From: Eckehard Scharein <scharein@imdm.uke.uni-hamburg.dbp.de>
Subject: MacOberon (A)

Hi netters !

MacOberon will always be downloadable from
neptune.ethz.ch
in the directory /Oberon/MacII (that may have changed)
because the programming language Oberon has been developed
at the ethz in switzerland (thats the swiss technical university
for all the non-europeans) as hhave the predeessors Modula-2 and
Pascal. The current version is 2.4.2 or something like that.

Greetings
Ulf Dittmer

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 92 07:58:44 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Mac Secret Trick list (A)

     Mac Secret Trick list (A)
>...after changing the lables in this or other ways, how does one restore
>the lables to their original settings without retyping them?

Just copy a fresh copy of the Labels control panel from the System 7 Tidbits
disk (it's in the Control Panels folder).


Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 11:54 EDT
From: Jan Richard <jrichard@ACC.HAVERFORD.EDU> (Jan Richard)
Subject: MacTCP mystery

We run LocalTalk/AppleTalk connections to some of our offices, which are
connected via a Gator Box to the backbone, over which we run TCP/IP.  We
are using MacTCP 1.1 and NCSA Telnet 2.5.  On all but one of the systems
connected in this way, a LocalTalk icon appears on the first screen of
MacTCP so you can select the zone.  On one Mac (an LC II running 7.0.1),
however, we were not able to get the LocalTalk icon to appear in MacTCP.
At first, we could not get NCSA Telnet to work;  it said the MacTCP drivers
were not installed.  After reinstalling numerous things, including the
system, Telnet did start working.  However, we never were able to get the
LocalTalk icon to appear in MacTCP.  Does anyone know what makes that icon
appear? I noticed when resediting that system file and my own that the
other had fewer drivers.  In particular, I don't remember seeing the .MPP,
.ATP and .XPP drivers that are in mine.  I don't know what those are, but
they sound like some sort of protocols (.ATP = AppleTalk?).  Can anyone
suggest what we might do to get the LocalTalk icon to appear in MacTCP?
How is it determining the correct zone?  I should say that even when we
weren't able to get Telnet to work, the zones all appeared in the Chooser
ok, which would suggest that it wasn't a hardware problem at all.  Please
send responses to me and I will summarize if we are able to figure out what
the problem was. Thanks.

	  Jan Richard                          jrichard@haverford.edu

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:18:47 -0600
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <nem52463@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Mail Order

Hello everyone -
	Has anyone dealt with Bottom Line Distributors lately?  They've got
a good price on the Suprafax V.32bis MacPac, and I'm wondering if they're
(oops - their) service is any good.  If you've got any comments, please pass
them on or mail them to me at n-mickelson@uiuc.edu.  I'd appreciate your
help.
	Thanks!!

		Neil

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 19:20:17 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: Micron--price of SIMMs

I'm not sure infomac is the right place for debates about economic policy
but I can't resist commenting on the unsigned posting in the recent
digest from someone described as a "News Administrator". According
to this individual, the recent SIMM tariff is justified because
Japanese companies use the strategy of dumping below cost to kill
competition and then charge what they like, and we suffer from this
because of our "tolerant" ways.

First, it was Korean, not Japanese, companies who were the target
of the Commerce Department ruling. If you can't get the basic facts
right, what's your economic analysis worth?

Secondly, the alleged strategy will only work if there are no other
companies in the market competing with you, or if you have price-fixing
deals with them. A Korean is company is no more likely to be able to
arrange price-fixing with the Japanese chip manufacturers than it is
with the American ones, and given the small American presence in the
market, it's only hope of gaining thro' dumping *would* be to fix prices
with the other large producers. Dumping to get rid of Micron gets them
precisely nowhere. Or maybe Hyundai and Samsung think they can wipe out
the Japanese companies as well. Good luck to them.

A small American company almost certainly does have higher production
costs than say Samsung, who, because they make so many different things,
probably can only make an intelligent guess at how much their chip
manufacturing "really" costs them. Cost on the margin? Absolute cost?

Anyway, my understanding is that current law doesn't require proof that
the foreign company is dumping, only that a US company is "harmed"
by the foreign company's pricing policy. If that is the case, it
simply encourages inefficiencies that you and I will have to pay for.
There shouldn't *be* any small companies in the 1meg SIMM business; you
need the economies of scale.

Note that I say "1 meg" SIMM business. US companies ought to be on the
cutting edge of the most advanced chip technology, design and manufacturing.
But it's probably not the role of the world's leading industrial power
to dominate the low-tech commodity end of the business. And so far as
I'm aware, the US does still dominate the high end of the chip business -
microprocessors, niche and advanced memeory chips, and so on. And contra
the "News Administrator", it has a perfectly decent opportunity to seize
the high-end of the TV market as well, if high definition TV can be
mass produced quickly enough at attractive prices. Driving up the
prices of current TVs, devices as about as sophisticated as toasters,
by putting tariffs on Hitachi, makes no consrtuctive contribution to
that process, indeed only delays it. The same goes for low-end memory
chips.

Graeme Forbes

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 00:38:16 PST
From: Les Ferch <ferch@ucs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Mount Volumes Before Finder Loads (A)

>I'm looking for a freeware init that will mount all hard drive volumes at
>startup before Finder loads. I already tried SCSI Probe. It will not do
>it. SuitCase II works, but it is commercial software.

How embarrassing! I missed the blatantly obvious. SCSIProbe has an
"Options" button which provides an option to "mount volumes at bootup".
Once I checked this option all was well. Thanks to John Thoo for pointing
me in the right direction. My apologies to all for missing something so
simple. :-)

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 07:56 EST
From: RADICE@urvax.urich.edu
Subject: Neurobiology simulations (Q)

Neurobiology simulations (Q)

Does anyone know of neurobiology simulations? I have a colleague
who is setting up a Mac Lab for teaching neurosciences and
wants to know what's available.

Gary Radice
University of Richmond
Radice@urvax.urich.edu

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 12:35:39 GMT
From: deckert@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Dirk Eckert)
Subject: New HP IV LAser Printer (C)

Just recently ordered the HP 4M for $2238. That should give the answer to
mail order prices. That is about $1000 less, than if I had bought it in
Germany (already taking customs and transport into consideration). Some-
one tell me where they get the outrageous prices around here....
Dirk
--

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:00:47 PST
From: Les Ferch <ferch@ucs.ubc.ca>
Subject: New ZBASIC? (A)

>I heard somewhere that there is a new product from Zedcor that is designed
>to replace ZBASIC?  Does anyone out there know if this is true?  If so,
>what is the name of the product and is it shipping?  I know about
>QuickBasic and TrueBasic and I must say I'm not impressed.  On another
>note, does anyone know of a book that relates BASIC to the Mac?

In Info-Mac Volume 10 Issue 250, I wrote:

This week I received a brochure on FutureBASIC and PG:PRO. FutureBASIC is
a new BASIC development system from Zedcor and is the successor to ZBASIC.
Rather than retype the entire brochure here, I'll just type in a quote
reprinted in the brochure...

"FutureBASIC is not only the strongest BASIC on the Mac, but it is
arguably the most advanced environment available for the Mac in any
language. With its drop-in tools, in-line assembler, local variables,
Pascal-style records, and object-like command statements, it provides both
high and low-level interfaces to Mac programming. Throw in PG:PRO, a very
sophisticated CASE tool from Staz Software, Inc., and you have the most
productive development environment for the Macintosh."

			  Ross Lambert - Editor, Inside Basic Magazine

The suggested retail price of FutureBASIC is $229.95, but the upgrade from
ZBASIC is only $79.95 ($99.95 after October 31, 1992).

The price for PG:PRO from Staz Software is $169.00.

If you want more details, don't ask me, call or write:

Zedcor, Inc.
4500 E. Speedway, Suite 22
Tuscon, AZ 85712-5305
800-482-4567 Ordering
602-881-8101 Administrative
602-881-1841 Fax
602-795-3996 Technical Support

Staz Software
443 Yacht Club Drive
Suite 1008
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
601-255-7085

Disclaimer - I have no connection with either company. I'm just on their
mailing list because I bought ZBASIC years ago.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:21:58 PST
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra.stanford.edu>
Subject: New ZBASIC? (A)

The new ZBASIC is called "FutureBASIC" from Zedcor; my copy arrived
today, but I haven't had time to try it.  Anyone interested in BASICs
for the Mac, especially FutureBASIC (or QuickBASIC) may want to
subscribe also to the magazine "Inside Basic" and associated floppy
disks published by

   Ariel Publishing, Inc.
   P. O. Box 398
   Pateros  WA  98846-0398
   (509) 923-2249

Personally I still like QuickBASIC; I find it simple, clean, powerful
and easy to use (inexpensive, too), especially when combined with the
"Ariel shell" that was published in one of the first issues of Inside
Basic.  However, Microsoft apparently either plans to orphan or
abandon it, or is being stupidly coy and uninformative about their
future plans for it.

I will mail separately a list of books on programming the Mac in
BASIC.  None of them are very recent, but some might still be useful.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 22:42:08 EST
From: Theodore Lee <tmplee@TIS.COM>
Subject: NFS, SLIP, Eudora, Finder: some questions

(Yes, I've checked the FAQ and the recent traffic.)
(For those with better memories than they ought to have, yes, I'm
still undecided as to whether to upgrade from my Apple IIGS to a Mac
or a 486; the answer to this may help.)

a (non-A/UX) Mac connected to a Sun (SunOS Unix) via a TCP/IP network
and have directories on the Sun appear to the Mac as volumes (e.g.,
show up on the desktop.)  Exactly what software is needed at both ends
to make this happen?  In my case, the Mac would be dialing into a
SLIP-server that is connected to the internet and the Suns in question
are located at a couple of places on the net. (One respondent
mentioned something about the Sun looking like an Appleshare server,
but admitted he hadn't the foggiest idea of what the software was --
he just used it as a tool.)

I assume that when this is set up one can navigate around the remote
Sun's file system structure with the Finder and other typical Mac
applications.  Is this in fact true? How does the fact that Unix files
have no file type, resource fork, or other "Mac" attributes get dealt
with?  Can ordinary Mac applications use the files on the remote
system? (For instance, could WordPerfect on the Mac read, create, or
modify WordPerfect files stored on the Sun -- which in turn came from,
or went to, WordPerfect 5.1 via PC-NFS on PC-clones?)  Can one
manipulate the Sun's directory with the Finder? (move
files/directories around, change names, change attributes?)  I believe
on a Mac one can cause a file to be printed simply by dragging the
file's icon on top of the printer's icon (or am I making this up --
I'ved never used a Mac connected to a printer.)  Could one cause a
file on the Sun to be printed (locally) the same way?

Or would it make more sense to use MacX? (I'll have a V.32bis link)

And, one quick Eudora question: I currently use Emacs RMAIL via a
terminal emulator to deal with mail.  Eudora sounds like the right
thing to do on the Mac, provided it can do most of what I can do with
either RMAIL or mh.  When mail is retrieved via Eudora/POP is it
possible to keep an archive copy behind on the Sun? (I really want my
mail to stay on the Sun, and just use the Mac to read, manipulate,
reply and compose it.) (I'd grab the Eudora documentation, but it
looks like its in a form that I'd need the Mac to understand!)

Many thanks for your collective indulgence,

Ted Lee <tmplee@TIS.COM>

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:07:24 PDT
From: Rick_Sutcliffe@faith.twu.ca (Rick Sutcliffe)
Subject: Non-Proportional font

	   Non-Proportional font
Netters,
   In writing text materials for computing science, I like to present
programs in a non-proportional font.  Courier looks terrible, however, and I
have not seen anthing that looks much better.  (I like Bookman for the main
text, BTW.) The font should have a good distinguished bold and be very
legible.  It must be available for the Macintosh.  What are your
recommendations?  Please let me know whether your suggestion is:
(1) in Type 1 or TrueType
(2) general characteristics (serif, sans-serif, narrow or ??)
(3) commercial, freeware, or shareware (how much where applicable)
(4) where available
   If I get more than two or three replies, I will summarize back to the net
as well as to all those who write.

Rick Sutcliffe   rsutc@twu.ca   Trinity Western University

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 11:26:47 MDT
From: Roger Marks <marks@bldr.nist.gov>
Subject: nonTrashable folders

I've been getting some comments on my question about nonTrashable folders, and
they indicate that my question wasn't posed clearly enough. Let's consider a
typical example:

I run Downline, which takes an hqx file, creates a new folder, and sticks into
it the text header of the hqx file as well as the de-binhexed version of the
file. I take out what I need, then throw the whole folder in the Trash. On
Empty Trash, the files disappear, but the folder remains. The error message
reads, 'The item "foo folder" could not be deleted, because it contains items
that are in use.' This error continues whenver I do Empty Trash, until I
reboot. Quitting Downline does NOT solve the problem, even if I do it before I
throw out the folder. Holding down the Option key does NOT allow the Trash to
be emptied, although it does suppress the error message.

This problem is not limited to folders created with Downline. I haven't done
an
exhaustive study, but today it happened with folders created within Igor. The
Finder, however, seems to be exempt; folders created by it seem to be always
deletable.

This problem has annoyed me for several months, ever since I [up?]graded to
System 7.0.1 tuneup from System 6.

I'd be happy to hear any suggestions.

Roger
Marks@bldr.nist.gov    NIST/Boulder,CO

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:38:25 GMT
From: miller@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Geoffrey M. Miller)
Subject: NOW Utilties and WYSIWYG Font Menu Problem

I didn't have the chance to read the original article, but what I think is
the problem is that WYSIWYG Menus is not loading at startup, instead it is
coming up with a red X on it in the startup process...

You need to delete the old WYSIWYG Prefs file in the Preferences folder in
the system folder... this will cause the program to regenerate its prefs file

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:56:17 -0500 (EST)
From: COLMENARES@rhoda.fordham.edu (VAX Academic Support)
Subject: Old versions of software, just the facts (C)

According to a New York Times article (Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992; Business Section,
p. 12) "piracy comes in many variations. [1] Some dealers illegally make
copies
of popular software on a customer's hard disk as an incentive to buy a
machine.
[2] SOME USERS GIVE AWAY THE OLD VERSIONS OF THEIR SOFTWARE AFTER THEY RECEIVE
AN UPGRADE. [emphasis mine] [3] People selling used computers may leave
software on the hard disk, after copying the original software onto their new
machines. [4] An office computer manager may purchase 20 copies of a program,
and then conveniently ignore the fact that 30 users are using it."

Another interesting comment in the article is: "Pirates seem to feel little
guilt. Maybe its is because stealing  software is unlike stealing a tangible
object---the original never disappears."

Josephine Colmenares
Fordham University
colmenares@fordmrh1 via BITNET
colmenares@rhoda.fordham.edu via Internet

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 11:26:24 PST
From: Gregg L. Kasten <gregg@CS.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: pinging a kbox

Hello! I have a kinetics/fastpath question:

If I know the ip address of a k-box, is there any sort of software I
can use to "ping" (see if it is working) it from the outside, like
>From the internet?  Also, is there a way I can "ping" it from the
inside (i.e. from the localtalk side)?

Thanks for any information,
Gregg L. Kasten
gregg@cs.stanford.edu

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:54 CST
From: <DG06350%SWTEXAS.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Popup menus under system 7 ? (Q)

Hi,

	I have been having some major problems with popup menu's under
System 7. I am using Think C 5.0.2 on a Mac SE. I am using the pop menu
in a modal dialog, it worked for me several times and then when I went
to add a second popup menu in the dialog box it all went to *ell.
	For a while I couldn't compile the application, also when I tried
to use the debugger I just got a blank dialog box before the application
would run. The errors I got upon trying to compile said
	"internal ZREF error -  remove objects".

	As far as the resource I am using Resedit and it verifies my
resource as being ok. Here is how I set up my resource:

	I create a dialog box resource ID = 257. It references Ditl 257.
In Ditl 257 I have 5 items.
	item 1 is a button "save"
	item 2 is a button "cancel"
	item 3 is static text "Stroke"
	item 4 is a control, it references resource ID = 200
	item 5 is a control, it references resource ID = 201

My CNTL functions are both set up as follows:
	Bounds Rect: 0 0 20 150
	Value:  0
	Visible:        True
	Max:    0
	Min:    200             ;note one points 200 the other to 201
	ProcId: 1008
	RefCon: 0
	Title:  0

MENU are as follows:
	200             201
	Title           Title
	  hook           on green
	  slice          on fairway
	  putt           in bunker

Menu Id is set to 200 and 201, MDEF are set to Zero.

The problem is sometimes my dialog box won't show anything but the down
arrow and when you click on that you get an illegal instruction error
or an odd address in the debugger.

Also, I have noticed if I go back into Resedit, it also does not show
the popup menu, it only shows the arrow. It is like it has lost its way.
I also notice that the MDEF ID has been changed to 5.

I call the routine from program as follows:

#include "CadDef.h"
#include "Globals.h"
/* Handle Stroke input routine */
GetShotInfo()
{
	int itemHit, dialogDone = FALSE;
	int     itemType;
	Rect    itemRect;
	Handle  itemHandle;
	DialogPtr       ShotInfodialog;
	ControlHandle StrokeType,PlaceType;
	GrafPtr savePort;
	PenState        savePen;
	char    theChar;        /* these two are from handle event */
	GrafPtr oldPort;


	ShotInfodialog = GetNewDialog (257, NIL_POINTER, (DialogPtr)
			MOVE_TO_FRONT);         /* -1L, I believe */
	ShowWindow(ShotInfodialog);
	SetPort(ShotInfodialog);

	while (dialogDone == FALSE)
	{
		ModalDialog(NIL_POINTER, &itemHit);
			switch (itemHit)
			{
				case    1:
					DisposDialog(ShotInfodialog);
					dialogDone = TRUE;
					break;
				case    2:
					DisposDialog(ShotInfodialog);
					dialogDone = TRUE;
					break;
				case    3:
					break;
				case    4:
					break;
				case    5:
					break;
			}
	}
}


So,
	Are there any dramatic errors. I am calling this dialog box from
another dialog box, which is called from another dialog box.(Bad style,
but it should work).
	Have I corrupted the resource?
	Set up the POPUP under system 7 incorrectly?
	Made in correct Modal Dialog routine calls to handle the Control?

Please send any response to:

	DG06350%swt.decnet@relay.the.net

or post an answer.

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 20:55:46 EST
From: Rich <RMILLER%VTVM2.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Portable (not powerbook) to Apple 13 inch monitor

Any ideas on how to connect a Mac Portable to a Apple 13 inch monitor.  It has
video out, byut I was told it is not a std.  plug and play configuration.
Appl
elink Technical Info Library is not very specific.  Any idea?  Thanks

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 12:54 EST
From: Mark London <MRL@NERUS.PFC.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Postscript previewer?

Can someone recommend a postscript previewer package, either commercial or
PD?
Thanks.

MRL@PFC.MIT.EDU

Mark London
MRL@NERUS.PFC.MIT.EDU

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:35 EST
From: JALLISON@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: PostSript to bitmap utility?

Does anyone know of a utility or a method for converting PostScript files to
bitmaps suitable for use with Persuasion or Powerpoint.  The files in question
seem to be print jobs sent to a file. They open up in Illustrator as boxes
only.
They do print OK using the LaseWriter Utility to download them. Actually these
are the NSFNET Topology files available from the Internet.

Thanks,

Jim Allison
Clark University IRC

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:55 CST
From: STJONES%MTSU.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Powerbook 180 & accessories...

Last month I sent a note saying I was about to take the PowerBook plunge, and
asked if folks thought I should wait for the new PowerBooks.  Well, thanks to
the good advice, I waited, and a PowerBook 180 is now in the process of being
shipped to me.  So my question is this: What accessories should I get / need?

Specifically:
	1) Printer --  I am looking closing at GCC's new PowerBook printer.
I have their BLP Elite, and love it.  Any other suggestions?  Must be
protable.
I know Kodak makes one, but must use "The Grappler" to use it.

	2) Carrying case -- any and all suggestions welcomed here.  Want to be
able to take the PowerBook, printer, spare battery, recharger, AC power
supply,
spare floppies, and a note book or two, and "miscelleaneous".  Any thoughts?

	3)  Software -- specifically, PowerBook utilities, both commercial and
shareware.  I know of Connectrix's utilities, and the makers of TouchBase are
about to come out with a set, as well as a third party (forget the name).  Any
opinions here?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Steve Jones
Assistant Professor of Design & Technology
Middle Tennessee State University

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 17:40:13 JST
From: attjpn!attjp4!lss@attibr.att.com
Subject: PowerBook Modem Commands

Does anyone know where I could get a list of ALL the "AT" commands for the
original APPLE PowerBook Modem?  I know there is a DA that lists many commands
but not all of them.  Specifically, I'm looking for some sort of "time out and
hang up due to inactivity" command.  I have seen this type of command on many
other MNP modems.

Thanks,

Larry Staples

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:05:12 GMT
From: Mike Reddy <mike@sun-a.computation.umist.ac.uk>
Subject: Powerbook Screen and Warranty Problems (Q)

Dear netters,

I have two problems with a Powerbook 140 which I inherited from my aunt two
months ago:

1) It has in the past few weeks been sent for repair three times with a blank
screen. I believe that the problem seems to be the video cable (well that's
what the applecentre told me). Is screen blanking a common problem with the
powerbooks, or is my aunt haunting the thing?

On a related point, how fragile is the powerbook (in other words am I causing
the cable to come loose). It is 8 months old and under warranty (I hope - see
later) and, as far as I know I have looked after it carefully. What I am
trying to ask is, am I expecting too much from a portable? Are they really
easy to break? If they are, the whole idea seems pointless. I used to carry a
Classic in a carry bag EVERY DAY on public transport and never had one problem
with it! Why has my powerbook been in the shop for a total of 25 days in the
two months I have had it?

2) Here is the real problem - I would have been tempted to think that the
machine was a dud as it had hardly been used at all by my aunt before she left
us. It is even now having some apple engineer trying to trace the problem.
(third time lucky?) - Under normal circumstances I would have felt justified
asking for a new machine, but it was bought in the US.

The first time I took the thing in for repair, I was told that, while under
warranty, it was an american `global' warranty which requires me to reclaim
the cost of repairing the machine from Apple US. I had to pay 42-00 (english
pounds) for the original repair, and I am not sure whether I am eligable to
reclaim the fee for a computer which I didn't actually buy. I certainly don't
have an american bank account!

Since then, the machine has (mysteriously) developed the screen blanking fault
twice more - always withing a few days of getting the machine back - for which
the company (Fairhurst Apple Centre Manchester) has offered to re-repair it
at no charge. My question is, can I request a new machine if the problem is
still not sorted after this latest `little holiday'?

To do this, I would have to be eligable for the original owner's warranty and
get a machine from a UK applecentre when the thing was bought in the States.
Is this possible? Can anyone from Apple US or UK confirm what rights I have
in the matter?

In summary I need to know:
a) Is the screen blanking a common problem in the powerbook 140's?
b) Is there anyone who can give me an idea of how rugged the things are? One
example of a person who knocks one round without problems could circumvent any
accusations that it is my negligence which is causing the problems.
c) Have I inherrited the warranty with the machine? Can I reclaim the repair
fee from Apple US?
d) How would I go about getting a replacement, if that was possible
considering
the original source of the machine?

My apologies for the length of this posting, but I'm sure that you can
appreciate my need for information. Is there anyone from Apple out there who
can help me?

Yours Mike Reddy & a (terminally?) ill powerbook 140

(mike@uk.ac.umist.co.sna OR m.reddy@uk.ac.umist)

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 17:36:57 PST
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <siegman@sierra.stanford.edu>
Subject: Prometheus "Home Office" Fax/Data Modem (Q)

   Ads are appearing for the Prometheus "Home Office" fax/data modem
at about $260.  Claimed to be a Group III fax modem plus 2400 bit/sec
Hayes compatible data modem plus automatic recognition and switching
of incoming voice, fax, or data plus Mac software and cables.  Anyone
tried this unit?

siegman@sierra.stanford.edu

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:06:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Guy Kuo <guykuo@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Quadra 32 bit vid Scrambled

My Quadra 700 finally received new VRAM's to make a total of 2 meg VRAM
after the Korean tariff. Happily I installed the chips but alas switching to
millions of colors grossly disrupted the display on my Apple 13 inch display.
All works fine up to 8 bits/pixel but at 32 bits, only the left ~1/5 of
the screen works correctly. The remainder of the display has repeated ghosts
of the left most fifth interlaced with less and less of the display which
should be present. By the rightmost fith of the screen, only every fourth or
fifth scanline is present with the remaining scan lines black.

Interestingly a screen shot of this scramble looks normal (when I view it
in 8 bit mode.)

Has this happened to anyone else? Are the VRAM's to blame or the
motherboard? Since I have to use all the VRAM at once I can't just swap
out a board to test them. I hope it's not the motherboard. Please Email
any ideas. I'll sumarrize later.

Guy Kuo <guykuo@carson.u.washington.edu>

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 17:43:30 EST
From: mem@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu (Mel Martinez x8378)
Subject: Quadra Variable Speed Overdrive (C)

Well, like Guy Kuo, I too decided to go for it and install a Newer Technology
Variable Speed Overdrive in my Q700.  I ordered it on thursday from
Hardware-That-Fits for $219 + sh.  It arrived yesterday (monday).  Last night
I installed it.  Took less than an hour.  I probably could have done it in
about 20 minutes, but I am pretty methodical, plus, like Guy, I decided to
solder one of the connectors.  Mind you, I build rocket-based experiments and
work with electronics all the time.  I have access to an electronics lab with
excellent tools.I think that it might be a good idea for most 'Average Joes'
to have a skilled tech do the installation.  Although no soldering is
required in theory, in my particular case one of the pins that needs to be
grasped with a 'hook' clip was inaccessible due to the fact that the Quadra's
crystal was originally installed too tight against the motherboard to slip
the hook under (without damaging it, that is).  So instead I soldered a small
wire onto the pin from the back sided of the motherboard and brought it up
through a convenient hole located right next to the spot.  I then soldered it
to the Overdrive's hook connector and wrapped it in shrink wrap so no
conductor would be dangling exposed.  I had a moment of serious trepidation
when I put it all back together and tried to boot.  Nothing happened.  No
startup sound.  Oh yeah, the keyboard lights began flashing in unison!  The
problem turned out to be the other connector, the 'claw' not gripping
completely.  I readjusted it while checking with a multimeter and *presto* it
was fixed.  The Overdrive's intruction booklet specifically mentions this as
a possible proble to look for so it does not seem serious.  The connection
has not come loose since. Still, I may decide to solder this connector later.

I hope this doesn't sound like a long, involved, complicated process.  It was
actually very easy and the instructions are very good.  I could probably do
it all over in about 15 minutes.  Similarly, I think I could remove every
change with no sign of having been inside my Mac in about the same amount of
time.  My warranty expires real soon anyway.

The performance jump is amazing.  Every benchmark in the Speedometer suite is
increased according to the new clock speed except disk drive performance.
I.E., with the clock currently set at 35.5 MHZ, all the benchmarks came in at
approximately 35.5/25 = 1.42 times their previous performance ratings!
Graphics are so fast now that it is almost unnerving how windows 'pop' up on
the screen and then vanish intantly when you dismiss them.  I don't even feel
the urge to get rid of my ZoomRects anymore!  This has GOT to be the best
'bang for the buck' deal available as far as peripherals go.  The Quadra 900
version is an even batter deal, since that version is selling for $119 in
HTF's current MacLeak ad.

In short:  I give this product 5 Mice all the way.

I do caution that if your particular motherboard has it's 50 MHz crystal
stuck in as tight as mine, you may want to have a good tech do the
installation. Otherwise, it is easy.  If you are wondering about this before
you buy, here is a way to check:  Open the lid of your Q700.  Look for a
chip in a rectangular metal package, about a half-inch long by 3/8 wide by
about 3/16 thick, right near the 68040 cpu (the big thing with the massive
heat sink on top.).  This object should have '50 MHz' printed on it and have
'Y5' printed next to it on the motherboard.  This is the crystal oscilator
that is divided down by 2 to provide the Quadr's 25 MHz system clock. The
corner nearest the 68040 and towards the front of the computer should be
marked with a small dot printed on top of the package.  This is the pin you
will need to grab.  If you can see a clear gap here between the clock chip
and the motherboard, it should be no sweat.  If it looks tight, you might try
and gauge the gap by sliding a sheet of paper or card under the gap.  To
grasp it with the hook, you only need about the thickness of a new playing
card or so. If it is too tight for this, you should probably consider getting
help in the installation.


Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
mem@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu

Disclaimer:  No affiliation with Newer Technology or Hardware-That-Fits
except as a *very* satisfied customer.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 12:16:38 EST
From: Paul Savage <paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
Subject: rebuilding desktop loses icons?

I find that whenever I rebuild the desktop many of my icons go back to being
generic. In addition, some of my files forget which applications they belong
to
(ie. a teachtext document will just be "document" in the file type). Has
anyone
seen this problem before? I feel reluctant to rebuild the desktop if this is
going to happen.

info: Mac IIsi, system 7.0.1, tuneup 1.1.1

Paul.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:42:26 EST
From: moran@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Thomas Moran)
Subject: Recording to File on PB170

I need some help on a problem I'm having in writing an application to
record audio data directly to a file on the hard disk.
The application is being written for a PowerBook 170.
I am using the SPBRecordToFile routine, and have no problems if I record
synchronously.  But, when I record asynchronously the program often gets hung
up in a loop somewhere.  This loop is not part of my code.

Please send any insights, hints, or help of an sort to me directly.


Thanks          Tom    moran@itd.nrl.navy.mil

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 17:23 BST
From: Raza Rizvi x320 <RIZVI@CITI.CRANFIELD.AC.UK>
Subject: Restrictions on number of connected fileservers

Hi - Does any one know what controls the number of fileservers a machine can
log in to?

The MAC SEs (4Mb) at this site can log on to a maximum of three fileservers,
although they seem to be able to mount any number of volumes from those
servers eg. I had 24 volumes on my desktop the other day.

MAC IISIs with 5mb can log on to at least six fileservers (I ran out of other
servers to try once I reached 6!).

All the fileservers are running using Pathworks/MAC 1.1 and I can't find
anything in the documentation suggesting that it is a Pathworks problem
rather than a System 7.0.1/Chooser limitation.

Any ideas?

Raza Rizvi
RIZVI@citi.cranfield.ac.uk

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 17:02:16 CST
From: gpwidin@mmm.com
Subject: Screen shrinkage on the Classic/Classic II

In early September, there was a discussion of the shrinking screen
problem on Plus/SE style Macs.  Larry Pina's book includes instructions
on how to correct this problem, but in reviewing them, they appear
not to be applicable to the Classic/Classic II.  These newer machines
have an access port on their back panel, which provides (I think)
access to 2 pots and 2 different VOM test points for making the same
kind of adjustment as Pina describes.
The question is: what are the specific adjustment instructions for this
shrinking screen problem for the Classics?
In humble thanks for the wisdom of the Internet...
	Greg Widin      (gpwidin@mmm.com)

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:29:39 +1100 (EST)
From: RYANPH@mrl.dsto.gov.au (Philip FX Ryan)
Subject: Selling older software versions - more comments

Scott Maxwell recently posted that one could not sell to a third party an
old copy of a program that you have upgraded.

This is totally true (as far as my understanding of property law and
intellectual property law goes - I'm only a Physics PhD who's doing Law
part time :-) ).

But his (correct) statement of the software companies selling you a licence
to use their product begs a question:

If I buy MacWoop version 1, and my friend does also, then, come the time
for MacWoop version 2 and we need to buy 2 upgrades. Or do we?

If one has a 'licence' to run MacWoop - then surely that should include the
right to use the latest version - particularly when traditional upgrade
costs are 'sold' to the users by saying that they are 'mostly packaging'.
Of course one can argue (and lawyers would do so until they were blue in
the face) that this is not the case, that an 'upgrade' is really just a new
product that the company is selling you for a discount price. However, if
that is true, then you still own a licence to use the earlier version which
you can therefore do with as you please (since the two versions are
different products).

To repeat the line of argument: the software company has two choices, it
can either say that the new product 'fixes' the old one, in which case my
friend should surely be able to 'fix' his copy as well, from my upgrade.
Otherwise, the company can say that the new version is a new product, in
which case, buying the upgrade I have licenced a new product, and thus own
two licences, one of which I can transfer to anyone I like.

If this does seem a bit hazy then an 'escape' to such legal to-ing and
fro-ing is to always buy a 'competitive upgrade' to the other company's
product. That other company has NO RIGHTS over your licence to the first
product, so that it can certainly be sold to your friend.

(I want to enrol in Intellectual Property Law next year - any _real_
lawyers out there willing to speak up?)

Phil Ryan
Melbourne, Australia

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 17:54:34 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul" <COURCOUL@VMTECQRO.QRO.ITESM.MX>
Subject: Setting up filesharing between System 7.1.1 hosts

I'm sorry to increase bandwith with a probably trivial FAQ but I just
can't get it to work....

How do you set up file sharing between two LC/ii's with System 7.1.1 ?
I've installed filesharing, enabled the thing, set up each host's admin.,
created the users & groups, but I still cannot "see"  the other machine
on the Appleshare list on the Chooser. Funny thing, but any other machine
w/Appleshare on the network CAN see both LC's ! Oh, also, I've published
the folders I want to make publicly available, with all the pertinent
read/write/access permissions.

What am I doing wrong (or neglecting to do) ? RTFM has failed to offer a
solution....

Thanks in advance,

JMC             <- does this qualify as a valid signature ?

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:33 EDT
From: LEARYJ%SNYCORVA.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Shut Down

I have been having a problem with shutting down my LC.  For the past
week when I shutdown a bomb message comes up and says somthing like
finder error type 41 and asks me to restart.  So far I've had no
problems going ahead and shuting down but from what I've geard this is
not a good practice.  I have also checked for viruses and used the
Norton utilites-NOTHING showed up as faulty.  I reistalled system 7
because the message implied that the finder was screwed but this did
nothing.  What is wrong?
Alex Leary
learyj@snycorva

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:36 EST
From: "Jeffrey H. Getzin, (2*b)||(!(2*b))" <JGETZIN@vax.clarku.edu>
Subject: Speed of Appletalk Remote Access

How does one set the speed at which ARA communicates?   We have a 9600 BPS
MODEM, but for some reason it only connects at 2400 BAUD, which is slower
than quicksand.

Please respond via EMail since I sometimes miss posts to this group.

			=(*(* Jeff *)*)=

jgetzin@vax.clarku.edu

THANKS!

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:33 PDT
From: "RGB Technology, Inc/703-834-1500" <SATRE@cisco.nosc.mil>
Subject: Switching between windows without using mouse (A)

> Is there any way of switching between different open windows
> on the desktop without using the mouse? I would like to find
> a keyboard shortcut that would allow me to bring each of the
> open windows to the foreground in sequence.

Apollo is a shareware utility that provides capabilities similar to
the old OnCue (but goes far beyond).  Using Apollo, you can set up
a hot key combination for cycling among applications (actually two
separate hot keys: one for cycling through without hiding the current
app; one for hiding the current app before cycling).  You can also
enable a window selection feature which presents all windows (for the
current application) in a pop-up menu whenever you click the mouse
while holding a user-defineable key combination.

Beta versions of Apollo have been available for some time now and
Jeremy Roussak, the author, is going to be releasing v1.0 soon.
The beta version (in the archives I believe) is solid; I used
it for months without problem.  The release version adds many
more features.

Steve Satre
RGB Technology, Inc.
Reston, VA
(703) 834-1500

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:29:24 +0000
From: ben@geography.leeds.ac.uk (Ben Fowler)
Subject: Technical Suggestions for Apple

Is there a person, or a an e-mail address within Apple that would welcome
technical suggestions concerning the Macintosh? If so, may I have contact
details.

I am in the process of preparing one or two replies to questions sent to
info-mac which seem to me to be best solved by improvements (admittedly
minor improvements) to the the Mac OS. It would seem good manners to
mention this to Apple before publishing anything, particularly anything
implying defects or omissions in their flagship product.

It may be that if such a facility existed then it would become swamped and
would have to be withdrawn, it may be that Apple are confident that they
can generate all the ideas that they need internally, but, as I mentioned
above, I feel that the onus is on me to make use of whatever Apple does
provide.

Ben Fowler,
Troublemaker, saboteur and mole

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:13:56 est
From: "Maxwell Smart (Soell, Oliver)" <SOELL@DICKINSON.EDU>
Subject: the 7.1 fonts folder

My mother is a typesetter and uses tons (and I mean tons) of fonts, and she
wants to know if all the fonts in the font folder will be opened on startup
and will therefore use all that memory. She now has 7.0.1 (tuned) and uses
Suitcase 2.1 with all the sets and that. She wouldn't need the sets if, in
7.1,
all the fonts are available, but not opened until called upon. Otherwise, the
more fonts you have in there not being used the more memory wasted. This is a
rather simple principle, and Apple should have had enough sense to implement
this into the system software, but recent experiences concerning Apple lead me
to think that this will not be the case. Any comments?
Thanks a lot

Oliver Soell
Dickinson College
Soell@Dickinson.edu

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:36:25 EST
From: Dave Elbon <SYSDAVE@ukcc.uky.edu>
Subject: TimeKeeper

One of my favorite applications is TimeKeeper, which displays an analog
clock.  I'm using version 1.01a which is dated 1987.  It still works, but
I occasionally now get "Application 'unknown' quit because of error 87"
alerts with the foreground application stopping while TimeKeeper is running.
I'm not sure there is a connection, but I haven't seen the error when it
isn't running.  This is with system 7.0.1* on a Mac IIci and a Mac IIsi
with 32-bit on and VM in use.  Is there a newer version or something along
the same lines available somewhere?  I think I got it from the archives
originally, but I can't seem to find it now.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:02:46 +1100
From: Ben Kremer <benk@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Subject: Updaters for SpeedyFinder7

Dear Sir,

  My friend has written an updater for SpeedyFinder7 which updates it to
  v1.5.5.
Should this file be sent to your archives, it is *not* to be placed for ftp or
any sort of public file transfer. Please remove all copies of the files. This
is his request.

 Thank you.

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 15:37:02 EST
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: use special gamma in built-in video (A)

Gary,

Gamma correction is intended (mostly) for color monitors.  The
Mac uses the RGB color model, basically an orthogonal 3D system.
Unfortunetly, real life colors are not as linear as the Mac wishes
they were.  To correct for the difference, Mac video cards can
optionally support gamma correction, and most do.  The
correction often results in brighter colors.

If you want to know more about it, there is _some_ information
in Apple's Designing Cards and Drivers handbook, available from
APDA.  Also, RasterOps have a utility that lets you change
the gamma function; it's on their forum on AppleLink.

				Hisham.

Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp.  [Internet: abboud@cedrus.com]

------------------------------

Date: 10 Nov 92 07:54:32 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: where is speedy-finder? (A)

     where is speedy-finder? (A)
>I remember some people spoke about a speedier finder than that coming
>with our Macs (no zoom rects, and so on).  I searched for it on sumex-aim
>but didn't find it. Where is it?

Look at sumex:  info-mac/cp/speedy-finder7-154.hqx

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:47:23 PST
From: LISTSERV%RICEVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Windows for MacIntosh

This is from the INFO-PC list

John

 ---------------------------Original message----------------------------

Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 4:30:02 EST
From: MACKINNON@osse.nrl.navy.mil

I heard that Microsoft is going to come out with a version of Windows
for the MacIntosh. I can imagine what the advertisements will be:

Are you tired of the user-friendliness of your MacIntosh? Then get
Microsoft Windows for MacIntosh, featuring limited on-line help and
poor documentation! Why settle for intuitive keyboard commands when
you can have confusing F-key combinations? But don't take our word
for it--here are some satisfied customers:

"I couldn't stand all the easy drag-and-click commands on my
MacIntosh. Now I can do everything with wordy commands that only work
on one file or directory at a time!"
- -- Ralph Blernson, IBM user for 15 years

"I hated the 'automatic startup' files. Now, I can go back to my
AUTOEXEC.BAT file and pray I've got everything set up right! Plus,
MS-Windows even disabled the Find File command, so I can search all
my directories by hand to find those utilities I lost!"
- -- Joey Boring, still using a VT-52

"What's with these 30-odd letter file names? I like MS-Windows much
better; it only lets me use eight characters! Thanks for clearing up
the confusion!"
- -- Mark Rodgers, who thinks HP calculators are easy to use

"By using the Memory Mismanagment(TM) utility, I can have my computer
ignore the 32 MB of RAM it's got and only see 640K of it! Just like
the good old days!"
- -- Horace Kludge, using the "leading edge" of technology on his WANG

"Multi-tasking? Who needs it? When I run a program, I want it
FINISHED before starting another one! And MS-Windows lets me do
that!"
- -- Donald Hapershnalzik, still programming in COBOL

"All those fonts on my MacIntosh keep confusing me. But with
MS-Windows there's only one! My word processor is much easier to use
now that I have no choice on the font!"
- -- Larry Linkworm, still confused by his VCR

"MS-Windows even disabled the control panels! Once again, my speaker
is set at full volume, and I have no choice on how the displays look!
That gives me lots more time to run the limited programs that work
under Windows!"
- -- Marty Halfgear, who is fascinated by bright and shiny objects

And look at the other options available:

* Non-standard keyboard commands. It's much more fun to learn new
commands with each new program you get, right?

* Different system requirements for each program, requiring a reboot
each time!

* The "3.3" option, which forces you to partition your hard drive
into 10MB segments!

* Limited mouse support

Ms-Windows for MacIntosh. For De-Evolutionary people.

mackinnon@osse.nrl.navy.mil

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:58:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Eldon Barber <ribarbe@eis.CalState.EDU>
Subject: windows on mac (c)

> "I couldn't stand all the easy drag-and-click commands on my MacIntosh.
Now I
> can do everything with wordy commands that only work on one file or
directory
> at a time!"
>   -- Ralph Blernson, IBM user for 15 years
>

Ralph, Is that not DOS?

> "I hated the 'automatic startup' files.  Now, I can go back to my
AUTOEXEC.BAT
> file and pray I've got everything set up right!  Plus, MS-Windows even
> disabled
> the Find File command, so I can search all my directories by hand to find
> those
> utilities I lost!"
>   -- Joey Boring, still using a VT-52
>

It's in there Joe.

> "What's with these 30-odd letter file names?  I like MS-Windows much better;
> it
> only lets me use eight characters!  Thanks for clearing up the confusion!"
>   -- Mark Rodgers, who thinks HP calculators are easy to use

8 by 3's, Mr. Rodgers, are peculiar to DOS.

>
> "By using the Memory Mismanagment(TM) utility, I can have my computer ignore
> the 32 MB of RAM it's got and only see 640K of it!  Just like the good old
> days!"
>   -- Horace Kludge, using the "leading edge" of technology on his WANG
>
???

> "Multi-tasking?  Who needs it?  When I run a program, I want it FINISHED
> before
> starting another one!  And MS-Windows lets me do that!"
>   -- Donald Hapershnalzik, still programming in COBOL

Donald, you can Multi-Task.

>
> "All those fonts on my MacIntosh keep confusing me.  But with MS-Windows
> there's only one!  My word processor is much easier to use now that I have
> no choice on the font!"
>   -- Larry Linkworm, still confused by his VCR

C'mon Larry, Windows uses more font formats that macs do, Plotter fonts,
 TrueType, ATM fonts, PostScript, Bitmapped...

>
> "MS-Windows even disabled the control panels!  Once again, my speaker is set
> at
> full volume, and I have no choice on how the displays look!  That gives me
> lots
> more time to run the limited programs that work under Windows!"
>   -- Marty Halfgear, who is fascinated by bright and shiny objects

Indeed there are several very powerful control panels in Windows, Marty,
you can indeed do all of there things you ask for.  DOS programs work while
your in windows.

>
> And look at the other options available:
>
> * Non-standard keyboard commands.  It's much more fun to learn new commands
> with each new program you get, right?

Amen!

>
> * Different system requirements for each program, requiring a reboot each
> time!

Things aren't as buggy as they used to be.

>
> * The "3.3" option, which forces you to partition your hard drive into 10MB
> segments!

??? an option that forces you to do something?

>
> * Limited mouse support
>
> Ms-Windows for MacIntosh.  For De-Evolutionary people.

If I had my choise between Windows and DOS,
DOS would be my sys of choice.
~~:-)
ps.  If you've read the online help in Windows, you'd know MS doesn't plan to
port Windows to non-DOS machines.  However, look soon for NeXTstep on a '486
platform near you.

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:17:15 -0800
From: marcush@leland.stanford.edu (Marcus Edward Hennecke)
Subject: Wine stack--please reupload (R)

I have tried to download the Hypercard stack wine.hqx with several
downloading tools, but the file seems to be corrupted. Could whoever
uploaded the stack upload it once more? Turbogopher says the file is
incomplete. Maybe a piece was snapped off at the end.

Thanks,

Marcus
marcush@leland.stanford.edu

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 18:50 GMT
From: Simon Shum <SJS2@VAXB.YORK.AC.UK>
Subject: Word 5.0a unexpected quitting

Sorry if this is an old chestnut - I've checked recent infomacs without luck
for an answer.  My Word 5.0a has suddenly started quitting unexpectedly
with a Type1 error.  I can guarantee doing it by a combination of redefining
Normal style and then turning Fractional Widths on or off.  One or other order
works everytime.  This is without any extensions running.

I know Word had style management problems, but I thought that was between
different documents/machines, and the 5.0a patch was supposed to fix that.

Thanks,

Simon

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 16:51:20 EST
From: "James A. Connolly" <CZRT%MUSICA.MCGILL.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: X-Ray crystal structures (3d rendering)

I'm wondering if anyone knows of software for which x-ray structures
can be displayed on the Macinotsh.  Specifically, I want a program
capable of reading atom coordinates and thermal parameters which can
then be used to generate ORTEP(tm) plots with thermal ellipsoids and
hopefully even octant shading.

I know this can be done on the IBM-PC, but printing is not available
as far as I know.  I really want a Mac application since all of our
writing and presentation work is done on Mactintosh.


3-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING

If the above cannot be done, is it possible for art programs that
do 3-d rendering to accept (x,y,z) coordinates and three values (a,b,c)
which determine the size of an ellipse at each point (x,y,z).

What programs are available for 3-D rendering?  What comments can people
make about the one they're using?  Which is "the best", "most useful",
"most friendly" etc.

Thank you for replying to the list or to me personally.
Personal replies will be edited into a response for the list.

Thanks again,     ...James Connolly, dept. of Chemistry @ McGill

CZRT@MusicA.McGill.CA

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:40:19 +1030
From: Paul Johnson <pjohnson@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
Subject: X for the Mac

Can anybody recommend a good X-server for the Mac? Is there a shareware
version that I can try out?

Does anybody have anyexperience of running an LCII as an X-server?

Thanks, Paul Johnson

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:56:24 EST
From: Louis Brousseau <408260@acadvm1.uottawa.ca>

Does anyone know of a software that will synchronize the clocks of Macs'
on an Appletalk network? Also does anyone know if the ImageWriter II can
be accessed from a network without the network card, i.e. using
SuperLaserSpool
or another software, similar to GCC's print monitor. Please reply directly
to me at 408260@acadvm1.uottawa.ca.

Thanks!

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:47 EST
From: "Russell Aminzade: Trinity College of VT"
<AMINZADE%UVMVAX.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>

Whaddya know! I wrote to the nets on Monday about "Ars Magna," the old
anagram program for the Mac that I was wishing somebody would update, and just
moments ago there was an "All things considered" piece on the person who
probably wrote the program, Mike Morton of Waipahu (sp?) Hawaii.  If you are
out
there, Mike, or if anyone in Hawaii can help us track him down (search the
internet!), lets see if we can get somebody to continue his work.  Among the
anagrams for Tuesday, November 3rd (I love these):
	vain retry, bush demoted
	voters endured my habit
	hey, voters, endure my burden
	renovated bruised myth
	removed buttery danish
	earthy Vermont buddies
	treasury debt hit venom
	No truth served by media

Other favorites: "George Herbert Walker Bush" gives us "huge berserk rebel
warthog", "Ronald Wilson Reagan" gives us "No, darlings, no ERA law " (I
misquoted this one in my last posting...).  "Governor Bill Clinton" doesn't
have
much good stuff (among them "Revolting Lincoln Orb")

"All things considered" gives us "deadliness chortling" and "Doris isn't
challen
   ged"
(announcer says that there was a Doris Grumbach on their Morning Edition
staff,
and now we know why she left).

National Public Radio" presents us "calibration upon Dial","Panda oil
lubricatio
   n"
"Brittanica Audio Poll" "Plaid Urban Coalition", "No diabolical puritan", and
"O
   ld
built-in paranoic"

Mike mentioned a 1987 Byte magazine article by him, and mentioned that he
hoped
someone would take over his work.  I can make this promise...if somebody can
tak
   e
the heart of this stuff (probably psuedocode algorithms) and create an XCMD
that
takes a string and returns a text record (hmm...maybe it's gotta write a
file...
   this can
be a LOT of stuff), I will develop a hypercard stack with a Jazzy user
interface

Alternatively, there must be some people out there who can write it from
scratch
   .

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