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From: pretzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel L Premetz)
Subject: Re: System 7 Tune-Up and Gatekeeper problem? 
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:23:04 GMT

I downloaded System 7 Tune-Up last night and installed it on my Mac LC.  When I
restarted my computer, however, a dialog box appeared on the screen stating
that "Gatekeeper has vetoed an attempt by 'Finder' to violate the 'Res(Self)'
privledge against 'Finder'."  This dialog box appears after almost every
further file related task that is executed.  My investigation into this matter
yielded the following from the Gatekeeper log:
 
The program "Finder" violated the Res(Self) privledge by invoking the procedure
SetResAttrs on its own 'CODE' resource 18.  This is a very suspicious operation.
  
So what's up?  I went into Gatekeeper and granted the Finder the Res(Self)
privledge.  Is this necessarily bad?  Has anyone else had any similar problems?
I am currently using Gatekeeper 1.2.1 and System 7 Tune-Up 1.1.1.
   
    
Daniel L. Premetz
     
pretzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
      

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From: msi@ESD.3Com.COM (Mark Isfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Trouble with mcvert Unix util
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:42:18 GMT

breck@ganzer.ecs.umass.edu writes:

>I picked up a bunch of stuff from sumex recently, converted it from
>.hqx to .bin with mcvert on my Unix system and downloaded it to my
>Mac.  Among the things were some self extracting archives.  When I
>tried to execute them to extract them I got errors about available
>memory, so I checked the memory settings in Get Info.  After a long
>pause, the Get Info box appeared.  Recommended was n/a, Current was
>zeroK.  Setting Current to a couple hundred K didn't help.  Some of
>them were Compact Pro SEAs and I was able to extract them with CP.
>Then I tried downloading the .hqx versions, debinhexed them on the Mac
>and started them.  They extracted without complaint, and the memory
>settings were normal.

>So what's going on here?  Is mcvert not creating the Get Info details
>or resource fork correctly?  I don't have any trouble mcverting .sit
>or .cpt files and decompressing them on the Mac, but then they only
>use the data fork.  Am I leaving out some command line option for
>mcvert?  Does mcvert really implement the Macbinary standard right?

I am pretty sure I have done this and have little trouble.  It is VERY important
to do the FTP's for MacBinary Files that use the Resource fork, in
MacBinary Format.  In other words you cannot do the same FTP download
if the file has any needed information in the resource fork.  

Well OK, I'm not sure that downloading a .cpt file in normal Binary
mode works, but I know things work well if you download in MacBinary
format.  Most FTP programs have a MacBinary format, including NCSA
Telnet, Xferit, and Fetch.

If you are using MacBinary then I cannot help unless you are using
BYU/NCSA Telnet between 2.4.13 and 2.4.19.  Somewhere in there was
a bug with the file information getting shifted by one word or so.
2.4.19 works fine.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: flowers@caltech.edu (Dave Flowers)
Subject: Re: NEEDED: Recommendations!
Reply-To: dflowers@caltech.edu
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 23:54:38 GMT

>mnc0678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.N. Cannava ) writes:
>> 	1. Need a hierarchical apple menu. Mine's getting waaaay too
>> 	   cluttered.

Now Menus (part of Now Utilities - commercial, but a good buy).  Combined
with the System 7 apple menu and aliases, there's no beating it.

>> 	2. Need a program to place frequently-used programs/files as 
>> 	   "tiles" on the lower-left of the screen for easy
>> 	   click-n-go.

System 7 - freeware.  I have a line of aliases to commonly used programs
along the righthand side of my monitor.  I also assign command keys to the
apple menu with Finder Commands (freeware, and there're others now), which
is really fun.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:13702 alt.config:4863 comp.sys.apple2:17834 comp.sys.handhelds:1724 comp.sys.pen:478 news.config:352
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.pen,news.config
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.sys.newton(was RFD: alt.apple.newton
Date: 23 Jul 92 23:39:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Jul23.193950.14111
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1992Jul23.192824.14109@husc3.harvard.edu> I write:
>In article <cline.711902753@willow.cs.scarolina.edu> cline@cs.scarolina.edu (Ernest Cline) writes:
>>alt.sys.newton  would seem to be the best place to put such a group.
>>
>>The main reason I am in favor of an alt instead of a comp group is that it
>>is not certain that Newton will be the final name given to it, in fact it's
>>probably just an internal project name, much as the Saratoga I'm typing this
>>on was. 
>
>Newton is *not* a code name, it is THE real name.  The first PDA
>itself may not be named Newton, but Newton is the name of the
>technology and Newton is the name of the operating system.  And these
>are the things most people are talking about.
>
>I comp.sys.pda is a good start, but every company is going to refer to
>their products as PDAs as well, or least the users will.  I think
>comp.sys.newton is the most appropriate since that's the place to talk
>about the Newton operating system and the various Newton products from
>Apple, Sharp, Toshiba and (eventually) others.

I also want to point out that Newton is an Apple-owned trademark and
PDA is not, so I think they're quite serious about calling it Newton
and I think other companies will use the term PDA for their own.

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.EDU
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: etnstj@bestemor.etn.ericsson.se (Tjemsland Svein)
Subject: Snappy Utilities for Powerbook 140 ???
Organization: Ericsson Telecom AS
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 10:04:51 GMT

Hello, Netters !

	My dad just recently bought a Powerbook 140, since he is pretty
new to the world of Macintosh, question is:

	1. Is there any "snappy" freeware, shareware utilities that
	   would be nice for him to have ?

	2. Do you have any experience with the Powerbook 140 (or the
	   Powerbooks in general) that you would like to share with
	   him. Any hints/tips are greatly appreciated.



Thanks people, you are a great source of information .... !


	
svein t.
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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple wish lists for Don Crabb
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 21:09:50 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:

BC> Then, when I did actually voice my opinions, you told me that 
BC> I was wrong for doing so. Apparently, the fact that my posts 
BC> come from a site that happens to contain the name of the company 
BC> I work for should somehow restrict what I have to say.

sorry.  I never meant to say that you couldn't have/voice your opinions.  If
that's what you heard, I'm sorry.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Quicktime Movies Compression
From: gcombs@vax1.umkc.edu (Gerald Combs)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:18:44 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: UMKC Computing Services

In article <jdb1.712596884@kepler.unh.edu>, jdb1@kepler.unh.edu (Jonathan D
Baumgartner) wrote:
> 
> In <thacker.43.712531252@cc1.unt.edu> thacker@cc1.unt.edu (Mark D. Thacker x2568) writes:
> 
> >Quicktime USES the JPEG compression algorithm.  I have tried compressing QT 
> >movies before and its a silly exercise because they are already compressed.
> 
> If they're already compressed, how come all the movies I've downloaded 
> have been compressed as Compact Pro or StuffIt files?    IF it doesn't
> do any good, why bother?

  QuickTime also stores uncompressed sound, among other things.  This is
why you can get extra compression with Compact Pro and StuffIt.

> Jonathan D. Baumgartner         		         "D O T H  G R O O V E"
> jdbaum@unh.edu
> 		 	 	      "It's just a matter of opinion" -- Primus
> 			  "I laughed 'til I stopped."  -- Tiny Toons Adventures
(BTW, I think Monty Python said this first.)

- Gerald Combs
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kjellr@sofus.dhhalden.no (Kjell Are Refsvik)
Subject: Mailer with UUdecode included
Organization: Ostfold Regional College
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:41:33 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for a Mac mailing program that includes an uudecode/encode option.
I am sick an tired of decoding every mail I get with graphics, manually.

Anyone?

Kjell Are :-)
From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Powerbook 100 and the others!!!
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 14:25:11 BST
Distribution: world
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
> In article <Bs41Ct.9rI@DMI.USherb.CA> martin@DMI.USherb.CA writes:
> |I think that by today standards, Apple should drop the Powerbook 100
> |and by the way the Classic. The latter is by far to slow.
> 
> Well, I think that by today's standards, GM should stop selling
> Camaros, beause they are far slower than Corvettes.
> 
> Of course, the people who can't afford Corvettes should just walk.

And those of us who like cycling to work should just be made to stay at home.


mathew
[ I mean, what kind of nut has a PB100 as his only machine? ]

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kmradke@iastate.edu (Kevin M Radke)
Subject: Helium and Wordperfect
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 00:12:44 GMT

Has anyone else had a problem with WordPerfect 2.03 crashing when
Helium 2.1.1 is installed?  It won't even launch!  Gets a bus error
I believe.  Works fine when Helium is not there.  Tried it alone
and still no success.

I've got an 	SE/30 8 meg ram
		sys 7.01 tuned with 1.1.1
		many extensions, but turned 'em off
Any suggestions?  The registration fee depends on this working
Note: It also crashed on a 	Quadra 700 20 meg ram
				sys 7.01 tuned with 1.1.1

						kevin
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From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (longish; a proposal)
Date: 27 Jul 92 07:36:19 GMT
Organization: KFA  Forschungszentrum Juelich

>I've been following this thread far longer than any reasonable person
>would, and it seems to me that the solution to this argument/discussion,
>if any such thing can be found, is to acknowledge that we are attempting
>to compare machines that are fundamentally different, and we're not bothering
>to specify our metrics of comparisons.  Precisly what is a "mac system
>comparable to a 386"?  Let's pull a comparison metric out of the air:
>
>Value =  (mips * A + megaflops * B + HD_megabytes * C + ram_megabytes * D +
>            monitor_colors * E + monitor_resolution * F) / Price_in_dollars;
>
>Fill in values of A,B,C,D,E and F according to your needs.
>
>Fill in the following form with how much each feature is worth to you, and    y
>appl
>each one to a given computer and add the result to the above value.
>This is your total value.
>
>Easy manipulation, addition, deletion of fonts: ________
>Consistent interface across all apps: __________
>Extensible System (allows Quicktime and who knows what else): _________
>Sound: __________
>drag 'n drop file system (no, the program manager in win3.0 don't count):
>_______
         (But WPS would count :-))
>Annoyance factor, from "abort, retry, ignore" and such: _______
>Cheap 3rd party add-ons: ________
>
Add:
Stability of the System _________ (This would rule out Win3.0 and System 7 at
                                   least in my experience)
Availability of critical apps _________ (No serious DTP for the PC almost no
                                         CAD for the Mac...)
Preemptive Multitasking  _____________ (This means AUX or OS/2 resp.)

Perhaps someone else will add more items to the list.

This seems to be the first reasonible post in this thread since long. (Except
mine of course /:-) )

Happy computing, Michael Bode.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: vturner@fred.nmsu.EDU (Vaughan Turner)
Subject: Re: Some questions about Powerbook 100?
Organization: Klein Bottles Inc.  Help Wanted: Inquire Within
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:38:10 GMT


Actually, there is a second serial port available for the PowerBook 100.

This is excerpted from the PowerBook Solutions Guide, on sumex (somewhere)

Second Serial Port Card

The Second Serial Port Card fits into the internal modem slot of the PowerBook
100 computer and gives the user a second RS-422 serial port for
instrumentation, or an external Modem Channel-A port for connectivity.  When
this card is installed in the modem slot, its mini-DIN 8-pin connector uses the
panel space designed for the modem's phone jack.

Empire Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA
805-543-2816
Available: Now
Price: $149

Hope this helps,

Vaughan
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: gunther@world.std.com (Gunther W Anderson)
Subject: Network Distributed Modem Support?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:29:41 GMT

My ultimate end is to have our Macs be able to access our NASI modems
on a Novell network.  However, first I would like to know what the
state of the art in sharing modems over an appletalk network is.
Does the capability exist at all?  Is the protocol for handling it
well documented?  Does a facility exist whereby I could have out
Macs talk to our PC-based NASI modems?  Would it be worth my time
to write an NLM to handle the translation between protocols?

If you can, please forward any responses to me via mail, in addition
to posting them.  I will try to read comp.sys.mac.misc often, but
I may miss it sometimes.


						Gunther Anderson

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Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:13711 comp.sys.mac.apps:12353
From: jskim@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jeffrey Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Canvas 3.0.1 Updater
Date: 24 Jul 92 01:48:34 GMT
Followup-To: poster

Does anyone know about how to update Canvas 3.0.0 to 3.0.4 using
the 3.0.4 updater posted in internet?  The updater requires that
the version be at least 3.0.1 or higher to update to 3.0.4.  Is
there a version 3.0.1 updater around?

I haven't found any such updaters, yet.  Please help.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kmradke@iastate.edu (Kevin M Radke)
Subject: Re: What's the umich temp FTP address?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:45:47 GMT

In article <CKD.92Jul29162242@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
>Kevin> == Kevin M Radke <kmradke@iastate.edu> 
>
> Kevin> This is great because I can Zmodem right to my mac, instead of
> Kevin> having to do a get filename and the sz seperately!
>
>Ah, but even that pales to the magic of SLIP, whence you can ftp
>straight to your Mac, automatically debinhexing as needed, while still
>having terminal sessions open...

I would love to do this, but my mac is connected by a 19.2k ISN line.  It
likes to eat those ^q and ^s characters... Could probably use ppp, but
they have been unsuccessful in setting that up.  Is there anything for
the mac in ppp flavor anyway?

I would not have had this problem if the IDIOT in charge of the dorms here
would have allowed out comp center to put ethernet to every room.  As far
as I know the only reason it didn't happen is because he said no.
(Probably because offices already have it, and we wouldn't want to please
the students, that would be bad, very bad...)  :(

Sorry about the bad attitude, I've got finals tomorrow...

						kevin
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From: george@mech.seas.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Trouble with mcvert Unix util [and xbin too]
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:21:36 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering

: I wanted to see if mcvert could do .sea archives,
:but evidently not...

just to rebut. I use mcvert regularly with .sit's .sea's and 
lots of other stuff.  The only problem i ever had was with
a file who's name was too long.
( sun sparc, OS 4.01 )





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: steve@sdf.lonestar.org (Steve Fuller)
Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 15:11:50 GMT

In article <ewright.711925511@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>In <1992Jul23.143042.14243@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
>
>Finally, you can't "rebuild the desktop file" in System 7 because
>there *is* no desktop file.  The desktop is now a database, not a
>file.  I only mention this because I thought, since you claim to
>be a programmer working on a Master's degree, that you might have
>some idea what you're talking about.   
pssst. most mac users (like me) still call it a file....
>
>
>Bestcase time for the Mac -- a few seconds.  
>Bestcase time for the PC -- a few minutes.
>Worstcase time for the Mac -- a few minutes.  
>Worstcase time for the PC -- several weeks.
>
Real Worstcase time for the PC -- possibly never.

Macs have built-in compatibility.

Steve Fuller
steve@sdf.lonestar.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: thacker@cc1.unt.edu (Mark D. Thacker x2568)
Subject: Re: Quicktime Movies Compression
Keywords: MAC
Organization: Computing Center, UNT
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:20:52 GMT

In article <4024@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> jamesc@gl.pitt.edu writes:
>From: jamesc@gl.pitt.edu
>Subject: Quicktime Movies Compression
>Keywords: MAC
>Date: 30 Jul 92 20:21:40 GMT
>I have recently come across some quicktime movies, but the files are too
>large to be copied onto disks.  Does there exist programs which will
>take a quicktime movie and compress it by converting each PICT frame to
>JPEG format(or other formats which require less space)?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>jamesc@gl.pitt.edu
>-- 
>===================

Quicktime USES the JPEG compression algorithm.  I have tried compressing QT 
movies before and its a silly exercise because they are already compressed.

Really, you just need to run StuffIt Deluxe and choose the Segment command 
to split the file into multiple parts (you choose how big - double sided 
disk, HD etc..) that can fit onto a floppy.

Mark Thacker
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Bob@insane.sanders.lockheed.com (Robert Baron)
Subject: PowerBook 100 in New England
Keywords: powerbook, price club
Organization: Information Systems Division, Lockheed Sanders
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 12:35:39 GMT

I'm interested in getting one of the $900.00 PowerBook 4/40 with the 
external floppy. Does anyone know if there is a Price Club in the New 
England area? Does anyone know if another outfit is retailing the PowerBook 
100 for this price (I tried OfficeMax in Nashua, NH yesterday, they told me 
some stores are selling Apple stuff but the manager didn't know which stores 
or what they were selling)? 
  Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Bob
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.pen,news.config
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.sys.newton(was RFD: alt.apple.newton)
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:12:45 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <cline.711902753@willow.cs.scarolina.edu> cline@cs.scarolina.edu (Ernest Cline) writes:

>The main reason I am in favor of an alt instead of a comp group is that it
>is not certain that Newton will be the final name given to it, in fact it's
>probably just an internal project name, much as the Saratoga I'm typing this
>on was. 

I disagree.  In the past, Apple never used internal project names
at product introductions.  The only reason why we know the internal
names is because they "leaked" out.  I think Newton probably will
be as much a product name as Macintosh.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Is DEC history???
From: tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:44:34 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

In article <1992Jul27.201600.28245@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, 
stu5s11@bcrka280.bnr.ca (David Simmons 1342678) writes:

> In terms of
> performance, the Alpha seem to be superior to the PowerPC
> chip. (Based on what I've read.) In addition they've got a
> list of ways that will make the Alpha a 1000 times
> more powerful during the next 25 years.

One big problem Alpha has is heat dissipation and power
consumption.  The first implementation dissipates 30+ Watts.
If you can get your hands on this weeks Digital News, take
a look at the *giant*  heat sink in the corner of the board.
Can you imagine this power hog in a portable or handheld?

On the other hand, it apparently scales through multiple
processor implementations nicecly (where the balance of
1-1000 performance gain is suppose to come).

Jonathan/tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc