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Info-Mac Digest             Tue,  8 Sep 92       Volume 10 : Issue 216

Today's Topics:

      "Problems" with startup Icons (A)
      [ANS] mac: FDHD Upgrade (C)
      adding sound to QuickTime?
      ARA Won't Install (A)
      BinHex 5.0
      Can a Mac+ picture tube be used in a MacClassic? (a)
      Capturing TV Images (Q)
      Connecting from the Boonies [A]
      Consumer demand et cetera for Macintosh in UK (C)
      Excel 4.0 problem (R)
      formatting floppies (A)
      Info-Mac on CD-ROM?
      LC VRAM
      MacTCP
      MacTCP vs. file sharing? [R]
      Multiple Extension Levels? IDEA
      Need beep randomizer
      Need beep randomizer (R)
      New Quantum ProDrive (A)
      PB 100 Scsi Cable
      PBK and Procomm
      Planes, X-Rays and My Mac
      Printing of formulas
      QT & AD (2 msgs)
      Quadra: Ethernet/Localtalk (R)
      Radiobudin's e-mail address?
      Retrospect Remote Errors (Q)
      Why are my windows hiding ? (Q)

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 08:44:49 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: "Problems" with startup Icons (A)

In 10-215, Fergus J. Lalor muses about the odd way start-up icons appear on
screen in his spanking new Quadra--they sure didn't appear in such a crazed
fashion in his old IIsi.

Fergus is using System 7.0.1 on his Quadra because he has to do so. I
suspect he was using System 6.0.x on his IIsi. Anyway, the difference comes
about through the difference in Systems, not because of any hardware
change. There are actually three (count 'em--3) different spots that System
7 displays icons from. First the Extensions load, then the Control Panels,
then whatever is remaining in the System root itself (to ensure
compatibility with older inits and software that isn't smart enough to look
in the Extensions or CP folders for stuff--like the Prodigy software, which
can't print because it knows nothing about looking for a printer driver in
the Extensions Folder). Within each of those loading sequences, the order
of loading is alphabetical.

Playing with the loading orders by renaming the inits and moving them to
the "wrong" folder is a pleasant way of spending a dull afternoon. It can
also cure many conflicts and is always worth a try if you starting crashing
or freezing after installing a new init.  The sumex utility Init Wrap 1.2
is very handy in getting those icons displayed properly. One of my friends
has more than 50 inits installed and has been trying to teach them to dance
the lambada across the screen on startup. (The lambada, of course, is The
Forbidden Dance of Love.)

>(v) Why am I more interested in this problem than in all the tasks I "should"
>be doing on my Mac? (OK, you don't need to answer that one).

For the same reason that I am spending time answering your question rather
than doing what I "should" be doing on my OWN Mac!

Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 12:42:04 EDT
From: waxman@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Subject: [ANS] mac: FDHD Upgrade (C)

Yes (he/she) does have a real name and it is WAXMAN - is there somehting
wrong with this? <grin>

Anyway, this WAS my second posting on this topic, and the response was great.
Thanks to the people who replied, the upgrade is working faithfully.

As for your comments, I tend to disagree.  Having never opened or performed
work on the inside of a Mac before, this upgrade was extremely easy to
install.  I am appalled by the fact that Apple "requires" you have an
authorized technician install this upgrade.  I am an avid Mac fan, but they
need to open their doors some to expandability - as much as I hate to say it,
this sort of upgrade has been performed by PC users for years.

The installation requires the replacement of 4 ROM chips (can be done with a
regular screwdriver) and 1 socketed IC (need some sort of tool to pop the IC
out of the socket - I used a soldering tool).  Total time - maybe five
minutes.

The next question logically, is why did I have problems?  My first problem
was the correct placment of the 4 ROM chips.  Without the tech documentation
>From Apple, I had to take a guess.  My first guess was wrong and the machine
did not boot.  A quick switch of the chips and my next guess was better
- the machine booted.

The other "problem" I had was that I had overlooked the socketed IC - it is
only about .25" square as was not listed on the Apple parts list.  After I
found and installed this chip, everything worked as advertised.

Once again, thanks for all of the replies from everyone and Alan - if
you ever need someone to install an FDHD upgrade - drop me a note, I'm only
an hour and half away from you. 8 )

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:23 MST
From: LEVINE@MARICOPA.EDU
Subject: adding sound to QuickTime?

I would like to add some sound to animations I am creating in both Stratavison
3D and also Cinemation. My problem is that Aobe Premiere
3D and also Cinemation. My problem is that Adobe Premiere is forcing movies to
be sized in 1 aspect ratio. I know I can reshape the winodw in MoviePlayer,
and
save it in MovieConverter, but the quality seems to being compromised
greatly.
Is there any way to splice in my sound to my animations?

Thanks inAdvance,

    *       *   <> alan levine
   * *     **   <> center for learning & instruction
  *   *   * *   <> maricopa community colleges
 *     * *  *   <>
*       *   *   <> levine @ maricopa.edu

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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 15:47:24 -0400
From: mjkobb@media-lab.mit.edu
Subject: ARA Won't Install (A)

Greetings!

  David Van Nuys writes:

> I can't seem to get Appletalk Remote Access to install on my Mac
> IIci 8/80, running sys 7 and tuneup 1.1.1
>
> I've tried turning off all extensions but that doesn't seem to help.
> The ARA installer tells me that it has installed successfully but
> when I reboot and double-click on the application, I get a message
> saying either the application didn't install correctly or one of the
> extensions is turned off, but as far as I can tell the extensions
> installed are turned on.  I've tried installing over and over again
> with the same result.
> David Van Nuys

I had the same problem.  It's a case of a badly-worded error
message.  What you need to do is this:  Go into the Chooser, turn
AppleTalk on, and reboot.  With the new TuneUp, if AppleTalk is off,
its code is not loaded at startup (thereby saving room).  This,
however, does not mesh well with ARA.

If you are not on a local AppleTalk network (i.e. one connected to
your printer port), you will probably also want to go into the
Network control panel and select "Remote Only" so that you can still
use your printer port for other things, too.

Hope this helps!

--Mike Kobb
MIT CSSC Student Consulting
mjkobb@athena.mit.edu

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 12:04:54 PDT
From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu ( John Thoo )
Subject: BinHex 5.0

On Tue Sep  8 09:57:11 1992 <Bruce_Kahn@dg.com> wrote:
%   Pls do not encourage others to use the BinHex 5.0 program.  While can
% read/write BinHex 4.0 (aka just BinHex to most users) it can create files
that
% are not decodable by many packers that provide BinHex 4.0 en/decoding
support.
% BinHex 5.0 may have had some improvements over 4.0 but 4.0 is so widely used
% that users do not even use 4.0 anymore when talking about it. The 5.0
archives
% may be considered corrupt by many users and so they will have to throw out
the
% archive or find 5.0.
%
%   There are also those Unix (and other platforms) users who have programs
like
% mcvert and binhex that do not support the 5.0 format.
%
%   All in all, while 5.0 may exist, untill it gains wider acceptance
(doubtful
% given the failed push of 3-5 years ago) pls do not use it for sumex-aim
% uploads...

Yes, I AGREE with Bruce wholeheartedly.

 ********************************************************
 * Please resist the urge to use BinHex5.0 to hqx your  *
 * files for submission to sumex-aim (or anywhere else).*
 ********************************************************

The only reason I posted BinHex5.0 is someone ran across some files
(specifically, the OzTeX pk-files at <midway.uchicago.edu>) that
required BinHex5.0 to de-hqx.

I hope that I didn't err in my judgement to post BinHex5.0 to the
sumex-aim archives.

[Bill--if you think it's wise, then go ahead and remove BinHex5.0
>From the archives.]


Cheerio!  (and thanks, Bruce, for bringing this up :-)
--John.
<jb2@math.ucdavis.edu>

[We will not accept submissions in BinHex 5.0 format -- we require 4.0,
 as it is the commonly used format that so many tools have come to
 support. I'll leave 5.0 in the archive for now in case it is useful to
 people in some strange circumstances as described above, but if it
 becomes confusing, I'll remove it. -Bill]

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 11:06:28 EDT
From: Tony Silva <tsilva@sparky.aaec.com>
Subject: Can a Mac+ picture tube be used in a MacClassic? (a)

I had complete success replacing a broken MacClassic CRT with one from
a Mac+.  I'm told that tubes from Mac512's also work just fine.

Thanks to the following for their help:

    David Fiel <fiel@idnsun.gpct.vanderbilt.edu>
    Shahrol <shahrol@harper.stanford.edu>
    folks at Tech Computer

Tony Silva, Atlantic Aerospace Elec. Corp., (617)890-4200, tsilva@aaec.com

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:46 CST
From: "Robert E. Front" <T121267@twncu865.ncu.edu.tw>
Subject: Capturing TV Images (Q)

A colleague of mine is applying for a grant to buy equipment
that would enable him to capture television or VRC images on
his Macintosh LC. I know such beasts exist but absolute
zilch about them. He needs prices, dealer's names, addresses
and fax numbers and of course, most importantly, what this
equipment can and can't do. We have MacWeek(?) and MacWorld in
the library, haven't looked there yet. Any leads, personal
experience, hearsay, reports that have appeared are all
welcome. Ah yes, do these companies ship overseas (we're in
Taiwan) so we'd need to know that also. Price doesn't seen
to be a crucial factor.

r o b e r t

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 10:05:27 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: Connecting from the Boonies [A]

In 10-215, Pat Pruyne asks for help connecting someone in the 413 area code
in MA to the net for minimal cost.

I've gone through the various lists of connection methods and agree that
there's no site reachable by a local phone call. The fellow can hook up
through The World or through Merit, but these would involve either calls to
Boston (closest) or using something like the CompuServe network to handle
the phone calls, adding $4-5.60 per hour to the costs. Since the guy ran up
hundreds of dollars in fees to AOL (which charges about $6 per hour), such
a connection wouldn't save much money.

I'd suggest...oh, stop all that groaning. You know what I'm going to
suggest. I've suggested it a hundred times before. But the answer is still
the right one.

Call MCIMail at 1-800-444-6245. Sign up for a mailbox at the rate of $35.00
PER YEAR. You will only have a mail link to the net, granted, but there's
very little that can't be done through the mail link. (Check the other
offers at $10 per month or $5 per month for students--they might be better
choices for the guy.) MCIMail offers UNLIMITED receipt of Internet mail.
You get your Internet mail or files by, say, using a z-modem download at
9600 baud or 2400 baud, by dialing a toll-free 800 number which will work
for the Boonies. There is no connect time, no storage charge, no phone
cost. Result: you need not pay more than that basic dime a day--and you can
subscribe to any list handled by a listserv.

How do you get files? Request them from ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com or from the
new BART server at the University of Michigan (I suspect there'll be an
announcement in this issue of that) or from the listserv at Rice. Info on
all of these is readily available. Even the largest file can be retrieved
in that fashion. Send them to your box at MCIMail.com and download them. No
problem. (I'd suggest sending the request for such files through AOL,
making sure to specify that the files are to be mailed to the MCIMail.com
box. That's cheaper than sending the request from MCIMail itself. Dec and
BART allow such redirection; Rice does not.)

What about telnet and Usenet news? You'd have to go to the commercial
suppliers for that--but those services weren't what ran up those hundreds
of dollars in billings on AOL. The best list for locating such suppliers is
available by anonymous ftp at liberty.uc.wlu.edu, filed as:
/pub/lawlib/internet.access



Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:43:24 +0000
From: Kris Hampel <kris%sst.ph.ic.ac.uk@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Consumer demand et cetera for Macintosh in UK (C)

In Info-Mac V10 #214, ben@geography.leeds.ac.uk (Ben Fowler) writes:
>
>I have been "in the market" for an entry level Mac since March, and at
>every branch of Lewis's, Dixons and Wildings where I have asked, I have
>been told by the men and women "on the shop floor" that they are extremely
>keen to sell Mac's, but are far from sure whether they will get an
>agreement with Apple to retail Mac's...
>
Erm, I believe that our local "Wildings" has had macs on display for a good
few months. I'm not sure about the other retailers though I know that the
low end Macs have been advertised in the big pc superstore in south London
also...

Are you sure this is Apple's fault and not retailers being slow off the
mark?

Nb I believe education pricing is still better than the cheapest retailers
(if you are eligible of course).

Kris Hampel ==> kris @ sst.ph.ic.ac.uk <== --- just a satisfied customer

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 07:28:47 -0400
From: bewilson@Kodak.COM (Bruce E. Wilson, ECCR-PA, B95-A, X8886
(bewilson@kodak.com))
Subject: Excel 4.0 problem (R)

I had this problem (out of memory error with Excel 4.0 help), in my
case on a IIfx under system 7.0.  According to uSoft Tech support,
the problem is a conflict with SAM, versions 3.0 - 3.05.  Typical
uSoft to blame someone else, but the problem did go away when I
switched temporarily to Virex and stayed away when I upgraded to SAM 3.0.9.
Hope this is helpful

		Bruce Wilson (bewilson@kodak.com)

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 13:22:54 EDT
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: formatting floppies (A)

> Can someone tell me the quickest way to format a large batch of floppies
> (HD)? Does the shareware utility Fast Formatter work, or is there a better
> alternative?

If you have Norton Utilities 2.0, you can also use Floppier.  I use
Floppier to duplicate diskettes, not format them; but the target
diskettes are sometimes unformatted, and Floppier will take care of them
on the fly.

A better solution I found is to simply buy all diskettes preformatted.
It saves quite a bit of tear-and-ware on the drive.  And it's a lot faster.

Hope this helps..

						Hisham.


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

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:14:05 EDT
From: kassardj@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Vahe Kassardjian)
Subject: Info-Mac on CD-ROM?

Dear Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
I recently heared about the publication of an eventual
CD-ROM that would contain most of SumexUs/info-mac files.
I think this is a great idea and am interested in knowing when
it is projected to be available and how to get it.
Regards

--
--  Vahe Kassardjian          kassardj@iro.umontreal.ca
--  tel:  (514) 270-0272, (514) 284-2284

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92  17:06 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <RTL%SIVA.BRISTOL.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: LC VRAM

This is for the guy who sent me a short answer to my question on LC VRAM;
unfortunately your address syntax is so weird I can't seem to get any mail
gateway to understand it!  So Mr MacDuff (if that's really your name) at
the University of British Columbia (am I right?) - I do have a spare 256k
VRAM which you could have if I can't find another use for it.  Can I use
it to boost VRAM in a Quadra 700 or Mac II?  And if you do write back,
tell me what all those }'s and {'s in your address mean!

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 10:14:05 EST
From: Phil Williams <williams@plasma.physics.lehigh.edu>
Subject: MacTCP

Yo Netters,

I have recently downloaded the MacTCP control panels from sumex (in the Eudora
release).  I am using them in conjuction with the NCSA telnet.mactcp program
and trying out LeeMail 1.2.4 on a MacIIsi with 5 meg RAM and an Asante MacCon3
ethernet card.  Here's the problem....Sometime upon lauching either of the two
above applications my computer crashes.  Has anybody else experienced this
problem or have any ideas on how to fix it?

A second problem I am having is using the domain name server.  I have the name
and address set properly in the control panel but when I try to send mail I
can
only use IP numbers.  Why??

I would appreciate any help anyone could give me on these problems.  Thanks in
advance.

Phil Williams

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 07:50:02 PST
From: Tim Castle <opus@eltsac.mtv.gsc.gte.com>
Subject: MacTCP vs. file sharing? [R]

matt neuburg, phd <clas005@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:
>Do file-sharing and MacTCP conflict under system 7? That is, might
>the reason I am having trouble getting TCP to work be that I have
>file sharing turned on on my computer?

No, they don't conflict. I'm running both without any trouble. If you're
having
trouble with TCP, it may be that some of the numbers in the MacTCP control
panel aren't correct. Check with your network manager to make sure. I don't
know of any software that conflicts directly with MacTCP.

Tim Castle       castlet@eltsac.mtv.gsc.gte.com
End-User Computing, GTE Gov't Systems, Mountain View, CA

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 05:54:09 -0400
From: Gary Goldberg <og@access.digex.com>
Subject: Multiple Extension Levels? IDEA

Naw, Extension Manager is too 'you must plan ahead and fix things yourself.'
I mean that the Apple system extensions used to be included in the next System
release, and now they'll (apparently) stay as extensions. For instance, if I'm
having extension conflicts, I can press the shift key, but then I lose QT, the
MIDI manager, the Tuner, etc. All we really need is either a check flag that
says 'load no matter what' as part of the System, or two load levels, like
shift only cuts out the non-Apple exectensions, but option-shift kills all of
the extensions. With EM, you have to know before you reboot that you want
things different. And the other startup managers contribute to the problem
becuase they're INITs also. - Gary

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:51:44 -0400
From: ad841@yfn.ysu.edu (Robert Winston)
Subject: Need beep randomizer

 > I remeber there was a program that would play a different
 > sound for every system beep. If anyone knows where on sumex
 > (or any other site) this is let me know.

You will probably receive many replies recommending Soundmaster,
but I'd like to suggest you try SndControl.
SndControl is hidden inside of
info-mac/sound/program/sound-manager-package-175.hqx
Unlike SoundMaster, SndControl does not keep all your sounds in
RAM (unless you specify in the control panel that it should).
Even if you attach relatively small sounds to a dozen Finder
actions, it can easily add up to half a meg or more. Hardly
makes sense to keep your shutdown sound sitting in RAM all day,
does it?
The Sound manager package includes Sound Mover, a Font/DA type
utility that converts almost any kind of sound file into a sound
suitcase or a System 7  double-clickable sound file. Sort of a
GIFConverter for sounds.
________
Robert E. Winston    bx341@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 07:54:02 PST
From: Tim Castle <opus@eltsac.mtv.gsc.gte.com>
Subject: Need beep randomizer (R)

Darren Cokin <cokin@aludra.usc.edu> writes:
>I have been reading the digests for a while, and I remeber there was a
>program that would play a different sound for every system beep.

It's called Speed Beep, and it's up to version 2.0.6 now. I don't know if it's
on sumex, but it's on AOL and CompuServe, if you have those. If you can't find
it, I can post it to the archive.

Tim Castle       castlet@eltsac.mtv.gsc.gte.com
End-User Computing, GTE Gov't Systems, Mountain View, CA

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 13:12:19 EDT
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: New Quantum ProDrive (A)

Jeff Fritz writes:

> Has anyone heard any word of new hard drives coming from vendors
> based on the ELS series?  I asked GCC, but their response was that they
> had no word of any new drive from Quantum.  (Do you think that GCC
> reads MacWeek?)

Jeff, announcing a drive isn't the same as producing it.  It usually
takes 3-6 months to ramp up production lines.  In addition, some
companies wait another 2-3 months to make sure all bugs and problems
are ironed out from the product before they commit to it.

					Hisham.


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

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:49:12 PDT
From: Eric_L._Pugh.ES_AE@xerox.com
Subject: PB 100 Scsi Cable

In Info-Mac Digest, Issue 215, Lance (cf043@cleveland.freenet.edu) asks about
prices on PB 100 SCSI cables - check with Creative Computers, (310) 542-2292.
The cables were going for about $40.

/Eric

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 8:55:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: WALSH@TRITON.TAMU.EDU
Subject: PBK and Procomm

I need to communicate with some oceanographic
instruments (a CTD and sediment trap motors)
and of course the software is DOS. I'd like
to get a powerbook and use SoftAT to run
Procomm, but I need to know how much disk
space SoftAT needs (i assume i need to
set up a hard partition to act as the DOC
(DOS!) C drive. I also need to know what the
cable needs are, I assume i would go through
the modem port, but do i need to make my own
cable (and therefore need the pin map) or
is there a standard interconnect cable available?
Any Info will be appreciated.

Ian Walsh
Walsh@Triton.Tamu.EDU

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:16 EST
From: CDCLARK@INDSVAX1.INDSTATE.EDU
Subject: Planes, X-Rays and My Mac

Hey there -

I need to get some information about a problem I encounter
frequently and that is airport security.  Call me
paranoid - because I will not send my mac IIsi throught
the airport x-ray scanner.  Because of my fear, I wind up
setting up the entire system showing that it is not a bomb
(although I fear at times that if the bomb icon ever came up
on the screen I would be arrested)  and having to take it apart
and put it back into the bags.  This takes me usually about 5-10 minutes
but, I really would like to not have to do this.

1.  Can anyone tell me if it is safe to put my mac and external HD throught
the x-ray's at the airport - I was warned never to do it at Laquardia or
Kennedy
2.  Is it safe to put the monitro throught the x-ray.

3.  Are there different x-ray beams that are used at airports or is it
different intensities of the same type of beam.

I will post all responses made to me (cdclark@indsvax1.indstate.edu)

I will be flying quite a bit in the next month or two and really could
use some good responses to my questions.

Lastly, please don't tell me to go get a powerbook -- I am a student and
have a very tight budget.  Thanks in advance for setting aside my phobias
Chip Clarke
cdclark@indsvax1.indstate.edu

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:06:55 +0200
From: "H. Schlichter" <schlicht@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
Subject: Printing of formulas

I tried to print a MS-Word 5.0 document which includes formulas generated
by the formula editor (1.0a) supplied by Microsoft. I was not able to
print the document on the NEC Silentwriter 2 S60P.

The Mac said: "the document is okay"; the printer said: the document
contains wrong postscript code.

I am using System 6.0.7. Do I have to upgrade to System 7 in order to
print formulas?

I also tried generate a Postscript file and print it Unix Postscript
printers.  However, I had to use a German System File which included
changed control commands; Ctl-F was renamed into some other, undocumented
control command combination. The changed combination was not available. Is
this typical for Apple that it changes most of the control command
combinations when the US-Version is transformed into other
Language-Versions?

/Hans

E-Mail:  schlicht@informatik.tu-muenchen.de

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 09:47:00 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: QT & AD

In Regards to your letter <199209080738.AA14315@nwnexus.wa.com>:
> I wouldn't agree with Adam Engst that you can't compress QuickTime movies
> much.  I've found that I can get anything between 10-50% compression using
> a variety of compression utilities.

Yup, I was just plain wrong. That'll teach me to answer things based
on theory rather than on practice. If the QT compressors don't do
a good job, then there's room for AD to compress more. I didn't know
that that was a possibility with QT. :-)

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 09:52:41 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: QT & AD

In Regards to your letter <199209080738.AA14315@nwnexus.wa.com>:
> In 10-124, Adam C. Engst opines that AutoDoubler won't do too well
> compressing QuickTime movies, since they're already heavily compressed.
>
> Adam's right, as usual. The "not-the-waltons" movie in sumex is 1197k
> uncompressed on my disk and 1089k by the AutoDoubler Smaller method, for a
> savings of 9% or 112k. Not a big help.

I wish, Jeff. :-)

No, this points out why I made the mistake originally. In theory,
all QT movies should be tightly compressed, as this one apparently
is. Bill Lipa and others have informed me that this theory is unfortunately
not backed up by reality, thus AutoDoubler may be of some use with
some QT movies.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 07:15:49 -0400
From: bewilson@Kodak.COM (Bruce E. Wilson, ECCR-PA, B95-A, X8886
(bewilson@kodak.com))
Subject: Quadra: Ethernet/Localtalk (R)

My office area (cubical farm) is wired only for ethernet.  We have the
laser printer connected to a Dayna EtherPrint.  Works well enough
that I don't realize it's there.

Usual disclaimers apply.

		Bruce Wilson (bewilson@kodak.com)

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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 11:08:10 GMT
From: Michael Everson <EVERSON%IRLEARN.UCD.IE@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Radiobudin's e-mail address?

Could someone please send me the e-address, AppleLink or otherwise,
of the Icelandic Apple dealers, Radiobudin? I sent a message to them
via an old AppleLink address, but it was bounced back by the
mailer-daemon.

Tho"kk,
Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: +353-1-706-2745  Fax: +353-1-283-7778

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 14:13:22 EDT
From: grant@itd.nrl.navy.mil (William Grant)
Subject: Retrospect Remote Errors (Q)

Does anyone have a good understanding of what the following error
means in Retrospect Remote:

Trouble reading files, error 519 (network communication failed)
Execution terminated by an error

I have RTFM and the FM doesn't explain all of the possible errors.
This is one of the several errors that is just listed in the manual.

For the record: Host machine (IIci) is running Sys7, communicates over
appletalk with the remote machine (FX) running 6.0.8.  Several other
machines (IIci) running both 6.0.8 and Sys7 were backed up in this
same session without problem.

Please reply direct to me at "grant@itd.nrl.navy.mil" and I will
summarize for info-mac.

Liam Grant, NRL, Code 5541, Washington, DC 20375-5320, (202) 767-0552

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 10:03:15 EST
From: williams <williams@tours.inra.fr>
Subject: Why are my windows hiding ? (Q)

	I have the following problem on a Mac IIci running system 7 with
tune-up 1.1.1.
	Double-clicking on an application's icon causes it to load, but its
window stays in the background.  The window can ba activated by clicking in
it,
or by a further double-click on the application.
	I have various extensions (PopChar, Apollo, Mac TCP..) and I am
progressively removing this in case the problem is here.  However, this is a
lengthy process and I just wondered if some net guru had an idea of what was
going on.

John Williams (INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, C.R.Tours, Nouzilly,
France)
williams@tours.inra.fr

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