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From: wmurphy@cs.umb.edu (William E. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: ?Simulating chord keyboard?
Date: 28 Dec 92 14:25:13 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston


Anyone know of a (Shareware?) app or cdev that allows you to choose a few
keys on a standard keyboard or keypad and use them as a chord keyboard?

thanks in advance...

Bill
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: pg@sanitas.stortek.com (Paul Gilmartin)
Subject: Re: does "manja" exist?
Organization: Storage Technology Corp.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:38:13 GMT

Laura Lemay (lemay@netcom.com) wrote:
: My housemate is a professional chef.  Recently, she heard about a
: recipe application called "manja" which is apparently brand new,
: and raved about it for weeks.
: 
: I decided to get it for her for Xmas, but I can't find it anywhere.
: MacConnection and MacWarehouse insist that it doesn't exist.  My
: housemate claims she saw an ad for it somewhere, but now she can't
: find it.

A professional chef ought to know enough Italian at least to try the
spelling, "mangia".  :-)

Hope this helps.
gil
From: mcdougal@cs.uchicago.edu (Tom McDougal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Autoblack -- sys 6 screensaver
Date: 31 Dec 92 00:52:31 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Chicago Computer Science
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7679DA5B0011453@tango.uchicago.edu>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 30 Dec 92 00:40:37 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16

I need a screensaver for System 6.0.7.

It is for an old Mac Plus which I want to run off floppies.  (System 7
is just too big and too slow.)  

There used to be a nice little screensaver for System 6 called
AutoBlack (I think).  You had to rename it Macsbug and put it into
your System Folder.  All it displayed was a clock, but it did its job
well, and I paid the $5 shareware fee happily.

Unfortunately, I can't find it on any of the archives (I tried
archie).  Does anyone have a copy of this, or can anyone suggest an
alternative?  (Freeware or cheap shareware preferred.)

I'd be most grateful if you could send info by email.  Many thanks.

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Tom McDougal   mcdougal@cs.uchicago.edu   +1 (312) 702-9923

        1938, Seabiscuit wins photo finish
        and three free enlargements.
From: perednia@sandy.ohsu.EDU (Douglas A. Perednia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Recomendations on "Rolodex" -type Software?
Date: 30 Dec 92 22:29:19 GMT
Organization: Oregon Health Sciences University

I want to keep better track of people I call, addresses, etc. with contact  
manager-type software, but don't want to spend a fortune.  Some of the  
programs for doing this, e.g., ACT! cost $249 or more.  Are these programs  
worth the expense, and are there any cheaper alternatives that people  
would recommend?

Doug.

perednia@ohsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: world
From: bo3b@ultramac.uucp (Bob Overkamp)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 23:24:50 CDT
Subject: Re: Word spell checker not functioning

David Voelker inquires:
>Does anyone know of a way to restore the Word 5 spelling
>checker's functionality without having to re-install Word from >scratch?

You can choose Customize in the Installer, and choose to just install Spelling
(or most any combination of components), just like it says in the manual.

This brings to mind Swaine's Flames Brain Games in Dr Dobb's June 92

The acronym part of the Brain Games:
RTFM
RTFS
RTFB
RWFM? TFRM, TFUM, OTFG-SM?
IAEF, RTFM
YWTFS/WRSN&IWTFMASAP
IRTFM&ISCUTFS/W
ICRTFM; T1WWTFS/WWTFM2
FTFM&FU2
RWFM? TJOS, TKR, OTKS?

The anagram part of the Brain Games:
MAGIC LAND OF LOST TRIBES <=> Bill Gates and Microsoft

REAL FRIEND OR NUTS?
COMMENT IN JEST BY MIS; GRAD GETS POORER
(I am clueless for the last two)
bo3b

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: richs@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Rich Spiegel)
Subject: Need Recommendations for an INTERACTIVE graphing program
Reply-To: richs@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Rich Spiegel)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:57:52 GMT

	I am looking for recommendations for a graphing program with GOOD
real-time manipulation capabilities.  Specifically I need an 
application to rapidly plot data generated in a meeting/seminar 
environment, and then quickly access and zoom in on areas of interest,
or information regarding data points.

	Most graph programs I have seen are very awkward when it comes
to manipulating graphs and charts in front of meetings.  For example
a plot can be generated rather quickly using Excel, but to zoom in on
one particular area, both scales must be altered through a series of
dialog boxes, and there is no straightforward way to select a data
point and access it label, or location on the chart.  A nice interactive
way to do these would be with some kind of "select" tool which grabs an
area of the chart and immediately zooms in on that area alone.

	I'm not sure that an application exists with the qualities I'm 
looking for, but any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks.

	Rich Spiegel   richs@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu

NDM Group, 13-N421
Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, Maryland 20723
From: miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: MacTV is Good Show
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:55:49 GMT
Organization: University of Texas
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d10
X-XXMessage-ID: <A75CA4A78E019F2B@mac33.util.utexas.edu>
X-XXDate: Tue, 22 Dec 92 10:55:35 GMT

I have recently started watching MacTV, and it is a pretty darn
informative program! They have interviews with reps from different
software manufacturers, who demo their software. Last night they did
PhotoShop (?), SuperPaint 3, and Wallpaper. The whole show is a low-key
infomercial...there are no commercials.

According to the MacConnection catalog, the show is broadcast from
satellite Galaxy 6, Channel 22, every weekday from 8 AM until 9 AM ET. My
local cable company runs it only twice a week. To learn when it runs on
your particular cable company, you can call 800-800-6912. Ask for a free
subscription to their program guide, too.

Disclaimer: While full financial arrangements have not been worked out, I
hope to receive enough pay for running this announcement to retire rich
and move to Hawaii.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
  _     Miles Abernathy, N5KOB        =
 | |__  miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu       =
_|    | POB 7580, Austin TX 78713     =
\  * /  University of Texas @ Austin  =
  \/    tel. (512) 471-6521           =
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: bower@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Ty Bower)
Subject: Re: Where is Mountimage 1.2b2 or final
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:32:27 GMT

I used MountImage to install System 7.0.1 on my Mac II (which won't
read 1400k floppies.)

I've been told horrible things will happen to me, as MountImage corrupts
its files, and I should _immediately_ backup my hard drive and reinstall
System 7.0.0 from 800k floppies (real ones).

I haven't noticed any problems (well, one little one - my icon for the
Stylewriter seems to be lost.  BFD.) and I don't really want to
install again.

Should I?  What will happen to me if I don't?  Am I a bad kid? 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: casgrain@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Casgrain Philippe)
Subject: Follow-up to Statview Non-parametrics problems
Keywords: Mann-withney U, incorrect p-value
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:35:44 GMT

Regarding my own post about some Statview possible bugs:

The errors in StatView are not new to release 4.0, _but_, in the Mann-Whitney
U test, the probability given (p-value) is that of the 'z' value, not of the
'U'.  That can lead to problems if the sample size is small (e.g. < 30),
because when it is 10 < sample size < 30, Legendre and Legendre (1983)
suggest a correction to compensate for the assumption of continuity, which
is not computed by Statview.
 
Also, when the sample size is < 10, one should look in a "U-table" to determine
the actual p-value, and _never_ take the p-value (from the z value) given
by Statview.  Sample size is just _too_ small to suppose continuity, and
the probability should be computed with permutations of all possible cases.
 
Philippe
From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: QM vs Eudora/POP (was Re: QM vs MS Mail)
Date: 30 Dec 1992 20:59:00 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <C033KD.MDr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
writes:
>Supposedly unlimited.  Of course I've personally never tested that so I can 
>just say that about 200 users works fine and with quick service.  Argonne
>National Lab has one of the largest QuickMail systems I know of and would 
>guess they have quite a few more users than that on their QM "Nameserver",
>geussing at least 500.

We have about 650 QuickMail users in our NameServers. We also have about 4,000
mainframe mail users that we can contact via QuickMail. Their addresses can be
looked up by our NameServers.

>It is extremely awkward to run QuickMail on a PC that also needs to 
>run other protocols besides AppleTalk.

The new version (3.0) of Farallon's PhoneNetTalk (now called PhoneNet PC)
supposedly makes it easier to use other protocols along with AppleTalk. I
haven't read through all the materials yet - I want to make it live with
TCP/IP, probably the one from FTP.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
Subject: Re: ZTerm 0.9 & 8-bit characters
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:20:27 GMT

In <1992Dec21.070828.23990@news.cs.brandeis.edu> tabron@binah.cc.brandeis.edu 
("Sod the proles!") writes:

>After seeing so many of you rave about ZTerm, I decided to give it a try,
>having reached the conclusion that both QuickLink II and MacKermit "do not 
meet
>my needs" (read: suck cheese.) I'm very excited about ZTerm and the copy I
>ftp'd from sumex looks fine, and yet:

>ZTerm does not accept 8-bit characters for me.

>The only command I see that has to do with 8-bit characters (and yes, I 
>_did_ read the manual) is the option under, I believe, terminal settings where
>you can choose NOT to accept "high-bit" characters (I assume this means
>8-bit).Therefore I assume accepting 8-bit characters is a default. Therefore I
>can't understand why it doesn't do it.(That is one thing MacKermit will do, 
and
>it is vital to me.)

>Running 7.0.1 +tuneup, Classic II, Extension Manager, SuperClock,
>DiskDoubler,the usual suspects -- nothing exotic. Help?

>Judith Tabron
>Brandeis University


In what sense is it "not accepting" 8-bit characters?  A few things to check 
are both the terminal settings (which you mention) and the connection settins,
which you do not. Of course every system is different, but if you don't have an
8-bit connection specified, no amount of other fiddling will give you 8 bits. 
If what you need is a usually-7-bits connection with the occasional switch into
8 bits, that is quite easy, since the little parity/bits/stopbits indicator at
the bottom of the screen is really a pop-up menu, and you can use it to make 
the switch as needed.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: hameluck@mercury.cs.uregina.ca (Jeff Hameluck)
Subject: Re: Trouble with True Type / Pagemaker 4.2 / LaserWriter IIg
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:39:06 GMT
Organization: University of Regina, SK, Canada


	The problem I posted about problems with TrueType fonts in Pagemaker
4.2 with a LaserWriter IIg has been pretty much solved.  Thanks for the
help.  I'm just posting this so maybe I won't get swamped with mail for
the next six weeks.  Here's hoping.

Jeff Hameluck
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: smierch@fun.com (Edward Smierciak)
Subject: Geneology (family tree) applications for Macintosh
Reply-To: smierch@fun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 18:04:25 GMT

I'm looking for recommendatons/reviews for Macintosh software
intended for use in doing geneological research.

My Dad is trying to talk my Mom into getting a Mac.  She's
really into geneology, so he's working the "see what you 
could do!" angle with her. :-)  Thanks.  I'd be glad to
post a summary.


---

Ed Smierciak
From: ericj@eskimo.com (Eric Jorgensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Mac & Real Estate
Date: 25 Dec 92 17:35:43 GMT
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-


My uncle has a question for any of you Real Estate people who use Macs on the
job:

	What's your favorite software to use for Real Estate and why?

(Seems that all the local area stores either 1. can never answer or 2. aren't
Real Estate people anyway.)

Thanks in advance for any info - I'll relay the info to him.
--
ericj@eskimo.com

   You know when you've been programming too long when you type "Sleep();".
From: jackr@wpd.sgi.com (John "Jack" Repenning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: WriteNow French Spelling Dictionary?
Date: 3 Jan 93 03:25:20 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: dblues.wpd.sgi.com

Does anyone have a good French dictionary for WriteNow?  My French
needs all the help it can get!

Please email responses, as this is not a group I read regularly.



Jack Repenning			1-875	     jackr@wpd.sgi.com
Silicon Graphics, Inc.		            Off:(415) 390-3027
Visual Magic Division			    Fax:(415) 390-6056
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Subject: Re: Stuffit SpaceSaver..
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:27:27 GMT

In article <macarthu.724967929@ee.ualberta.ca> 
macarthu@ee.ualberta.ca (Thomas MacArthur) writes:

>I've had Stuffit Spacesaver on my computer for about a week now, 
>and although it is a very good product, I'd like to take it off.  
>The ONLY problem is that most of my Hard Drive has been compressed.  
>Is there a utility out there that scans my whole hard 
>drive and decompresses all Spacesaver files?  

Yes.  It's called StuffIt SpaceSaver.  Just use the control panel
to pick a file name or label (if running System 7) criterion to 
designate files to "Never compress", then name or label your 
hard disk accordingly.  All SS'd files are expanded automatically.

If StuffIt SpaceSaver is disabled for some reason, all compressed
files will show up with StuffIt icons;  current versions of 
StuffIt Lite or Deluxe will expand them automatically if they
are double-clicked in the Finder.

If SpaceSaver is purchased along with StuffIt Deluxe 3.0, or 
the 3.0 upgrade, the latest version of Magic Menu has menu 
options that can expand SpaceSaver files or tell you how many
SS-compressed files exist on a particular volume.

>If there isn't, then I guess I'll have to run Spacesaver, for ever

Nope.  SpaceSaver is simple to install or "de-install".
-- 
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: JIMPRYOR@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Jim Pryor)
Subject: Re: Quikeys - adding custom keys on many machines
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 04:54:31 GMT

You need to use the 'Save a Copy' function in QK's file menu to save
the keyset. Then drag the copy into the new machines Preferences/QuicKeys
Folder/Keysets folder. The problem is that QK stores several kinds
of routines (most notably, the contents of sequences) separately from
the files in the Keysets folder. When you save a copy, everything is
packed into a single file which is then redistributed when QK
next opens that file.
At least, my experience has been consistent with this being the case...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,misc.invest
From: nms@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (n.m.scribner)
Subject: EXCEL for investments??
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 05:33:21 GMT
Followup-To: poster

I am currently using EXCEL 3.0 on a Mac to keep track of a small
portfolio of stock and mutual fund investments for my family.
I seem to spend more time playing around with the spreadsheet
itself than using it.  

Has anyone heard of a spreadsheet template for such an application?
I would prefer a direct reply.

Thanks, Neal Scribner
From: lk1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lawrence Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Macromind Director
Date: 29 Dec 92 16:32:20 GMT
Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


   
Is there anybody out there using Director. I have a lot of questions.
Could you please acknowledge by sending me back mail. 

Thank You 
Larry
From: mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Recomendations on "Rolodex" -type Software?
Date: 31 Dec 92 15:27:09 GMT
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin  (Milwaukee, WI)
NNTP-Posting-Host: post.its.mcw.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Douglas A. Perednia (perednia@sandy.ohsu.EDU) wrote:
: I want to keep better track of people I call, addresses, etc. with contact  
: manager-type software, but don't want to spend a fortune.  Some of the  
: programs for doing this, e.g., ACT! cost $249 or more.  Are these programs  
: worth the expense, and are there any cheaper alternatives that people  
: would recommend?
: 
: Doug.
: 
: perednia@ohsu.edu
I use QuickDex which is a freeform database. It is very fast and easy to
use if all you want is a simple "Rolodex"type program

Mike
From: stefan@stefan.spn.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: rot13 Decoder for Mac?
Date: 23 Dec 92 18:11:21 GMT
X-Mailer: rnMac Buggy, I mean Beta, Test Version


> [...]
> 
> >Does anyone out there in Greater Netland have or know of a rot13 
decoder
> >for the Mac? Decoding those offensive jokes in rec.humor.funny with
> >pencil and paper gets old pretty fast.
> 
> NewsWatcher has a ROT13 command to en/decode the article you're
> reading on the fly.


and so has rnMac, a shareware program by roy wood.
From: dana@are.Berkeley.EDU (Dana E. Keil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Why can't Word correctly print Helvetica on my system?
Date: 23 Dec 1992 16:35:35 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley, Agr & Res Economics
NNTP-Posting-Host: are.berkeley.edu

You said you tried everything you could think of, but I did not see
"Fractional Widths" in your list of things you tried. Make sure the
"Fractional Widths" check box in the Page Setup dialog is checked
and see if that makes a difference. The "Fractional Widths" setting
is carried with each individual document so the setting would have
to be checked for all old documents even if you set the default to
be on for new documents. I find it handy to have the Fractional
Widths command/setting added to a menu (using the Commands...
dialog); that way a quick look at the menu will tell you whether
Fractional Widths is turned on for the document or not (a check
mark shows up next to the menu item when its on).

Another possible thing to try is to simply remove the TrueType
font, since you say you are printing to a LaserWriter II all you
really need is some of the bitmapped fonts for Helvetica which is
built into the PostScript printer.
-- 
Dana E. Keil           Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
dana@are.Berkeley.EDU                 University of California, Berkeley
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.utils
From: rick@wam.umd.edu (Frederick E. Brown)
Subject: Whats the deal with TimesTwo???
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:23:47 GMT

Ok, so what's the deal on TimesTwo?  I know
its a driver level compressor/decompressor in the
mold of Stacker for the PC but has anyone actually
used it?  Is it stable?  Also, how does it install?
Do you have to reformat the drive in order to use it
or can you just pop it on a REALLY full drive.  Sounds
like a much better solution than AD or SS but is it?
What kind of performance hit will I have to endure as well?
Lots of questions, anyone have the answers?  Thanx...

rick@wam.umd.edu
From: wstrain@azure.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jeff Strain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: TeachText font
Date: 29 Dec 1992 13:44:13 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Austin
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: azure.ppe.ppd.ti.com

In article <rtmd30-281292194146@220.1.50.175>, rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson) writes:
|> In article <rrgd50-281292125403@222.5.80.3>, rrgd50@email.sps.mot.com
|> (Chris Terwilliger) wrote:
|> > 
|> > I know I've seen this before, but can't find my reference to it.
|> > How do you change the default font in TeachText?????
|> > 
|> 
|> Oh Chris, how quickly you've strayed... I've only been gone a year and
|> already you seek others for answers... :-)
|> 
|> I'm not in the office this week but I'll log-in to my Mac and forward you a
|> copy of TeachText that's already modified for Monaco font. I have the mod
|> instructions on our server also, so I'll send that to you too.
|> 
|> Greg Ferguson
|> Programmer/Engineer
|> Desktop Networking System
|> SPS, World Marketing
|> Motorola, Inc.

Greg,

Could you post the mod instructions here as well?

Regards,

Jeff Strain

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From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Screen saver for Powerbook
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:16:06 GMT

choi@gsbsrc.uchicago.edu (Dongseok Choi) writes:

>Hello, netters!
> I missed the tread about screen saver program for powerbook.
> Is there any freeware/shareware screen saver program specailly
> designed for powerbook?
> Or, can I use 'Afterdark' or 'Pyro'?

I don't believe PowerBook screens need screen savers.
-- 
               -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  - 
                                     - - - 
           "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jmacphai@cue.bc.ca (James MacPhail)
Subject: Need Word Proc. with Zoom-in...
Organization: Softwords Research International Ltd., Victoria, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 01:56:54 GMT

I'm looking for a word processing application that has a zoom-in
or magnification feature.

Anyone know of such a beast?

This is for someone with less than perfect vision. Close-View is
too crude to be useful for someone that isn't sure what is going
on (lost dialogs, menu-bar, insertion point, not to mention extra-
jaggy text) Can see Chicago-12 ok, so dialogs and the menu-bar are
fine, we just need to expand the view of the document (without 
increasing the size of the text which would screw up the formatting)

Thanks for your help.

James MacPhail  jmacphai@cue.bc.ca  james@mirg2.phy.queensu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps