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From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: When is a CLI faster than a GUI?
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:11:39 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1992Oct3.203840.34763@news.th-darmstadt.de>, wallmann@backus.pu.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Natuerlich!) writes:
> In article <1992Oct1.202130.27323@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> ccw@prefect.uucp (26554-wood) writes:
>>
>>Where have you been?  (this group is such a fun flame-fest!)  Have you
>>not heard of the "Apple Menu" on a macintosh?  With System 7, which has
>>only been out for a year now (maybe more...) it's trivial to add an
>>application to the apple menu, and once you do, it's a single menu
>>selection that's _always_ available.  
>
> Well how many apps can you stick in there, a dozen, twenty a hundred ?

There's a number of tricks to accomidate a large number of apps. One thing
that I do is I've created a folder for various tools that I use, called
(appropriately) Tools. I put this folder in the Apple menu, and selecting
it gives me a nice little Finder window of tools I can run.

Of course, there's a number of Apple Menu extender INITs, like HAM, which
allow you to access these kind of folders directly from the Apple menu. I
don't happen to use one of these, but this can allow access to hundreds of
Apple menu items with ease.

And finally, the Apple menu is even more useful than a Path, because Paths
only help you to find applications (provided you remember the correct name).
You can stick anything in the Apple menu: documents, applications, control
panels, folders, desk accessories. About the only thing you can't stick in
there are chooser devices. (Too bad)

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From: faisal@dvorak.amd.com (Faisal M. Bhamani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: My Grouch doesn't work!! HELP!
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:49:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: dvorak.1992Sep29.194928.2743
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

I have a Powerbook 145 and can not get the Grouch to work.  I
put it in the system folder and it automatically put it in the
appropriate folder.  When I restart and empty the trash, nothing.
What's the deal?  Does it have to have color? 

Faisal Bhamani

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.comm
From: toddwall@rock.concert.net (R. Todd Wall -- Catholic Diocese of Raleigh -- Computer Services)
Subject: What is a .hqx file?
Organization: CONCERT-CONNECT -- Public Access UNIX
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:48:00 GMT

	On many of the FTPable sites there are files labeled .sit ..  I've
fiqured out how to unsit them.  However, receintly there has been a 
number of files labeled  .hqx ..  How do you unhqx them???



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     / ______/ __/   / / / __.  // //        kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
   _/ (_) (_/_(_/_  (_(_/ (_/|_</_</         gentleness and self-control."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: valsta@kuusi.metla.fi (Lauri Valsta)
Subject: Re: X-Window???
Organization: Metsantutkimuslaitos
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 08:49:50 GMT

Michael F. Kamprath <kamprath@space-grant.sprl.umich.edu> writes:
>		
>	4.	Finally, there is no way to print, or otherwise save, the image of a
>		window in MacX. 

Which version of MacX are you talking about? At least in 1.1.7 you have the command (in Window
menu) 'copy screen to clipboard' which lets you select a rectangular using mouse and
copies that as a pixmap. Paste in your favorite application and go on.

-- 
| Lauri T. Valsta   Finnish Forest Research Institute |
| valsta@metla.fi   Helsinki, Finland                 |
From: lawrie@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Duncan H. Lawrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PowerBook 170 modem
Keywords: powerbook modem globalvillage gold dialling
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:05:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: m.1992Sep29.220539.17245
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL

I'm haveing trouble getting a powerbook 170 to dial the
phone.   The problem is that it will dial the phone ONCE
only, then I have to restart or it will just hang up the
line without dialling.  This happens with Eudora,
AddressBookPlus and the Hypercard Dialler.  (Actually, when
I replaced the original modem with a GlobalVillage Gold, the
HyperCard dialler started working but AddressBookPlus and
Eudora still have the problem.)  Oddly, WhiteKnight works
fine, and will even clear the problem like a restart,
allowing me one more phone call. 

I've talked to all the vendors/gurus except Apple, and nobody has
a clue.  Is anyone else having this problem?

Duncan Lawrie
cs.uiuc.edu
-- 

Duncan H. Lawrie
(217)333-3373
Fax: 333-3501
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: WHITESR@APPSTATE.EDU (*Steve White         )
Subject: Inkjet v IW II: Speed?
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 11:20:39 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24


Although an upgrade in print quality would be nice, my biggest
complaint about the Imagewriter II's performance is speed.

Would moving to the HP inkjet or sylewriter improve speed? With current
drivers, is HP or sylewriter faster? One faster with graphics or text?
Both graphics and text?

What is the downside of such a move? I guess I would give up the
capacity of cutting stencils on my printer, but is this the only
real negative?

Thx, Steve
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From: erics@infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Radius DirectColor/GX
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 09:22:55 PDT
Organization: Reigning Cats and Dogs
Reply-To: erics@infoserv.com
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


Lou_R_Ordorica@cup.portal.com writes:

> I am considering purchasing a Radius DirectColor/GX 24-bit video
> card for use with my IIsi.
> 
> I would love to hear from any owners of this video card - is it
> worth purchasing?

I guess that depends on how much you're purchasing it for. I have a
DirectColor/GX board on my IIci. It seems to me that this is old technology
now. Hasn't it been replaced in the Radius product line by the 24XP,
or something like that?

Having a separate video board in the IIci is nice, of course. 24-bit
video is also nice, but I rarely have an opportunity to use it (I've
also noticed some strange anomalies while running in 24-bit depth, but
I can't say that the card is to blame). I believe it is compatible only
with the 13" 640x480 style of monitor.

The RadiusWare software offers some nice features, like large menu fonts
and a built-in screen saver, if you're into such things. However, the nicest
feature, tear-off menus, which I came to rely on under System 6, doesn't
work under System 7. They initially sold a "System 7-compatible" upgrade
without bothering to mention that tear-off menus weren't supported.
After months of misleading promises about an upgrade that would support
tear-off menus, Radius abandoned the project. 

My impression about Radius and their support is that they put a lot
of effort into products that they see as key to their future growth,
like the Rocket. But if you're talking about a product like the
DirectColor/GX, good luck getting them to listen to your concerns.
Because of the way that they handled the System 7 upgrade for RadiusWare,
I doubt that I will be purchasing any more Radius products in the future.
 


-----
Eric Smith
erics@infoserv.com
CI$: 70262,3610


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: using a Sun QIC-150 SCSI tape drive
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 03:42:27 GMT

nagel@Cigna.COM (Mark Nagel) writes:
>Has anyone out there used a standard QIC-150 unit on a Mac IIci?  I
>am testing a box that has one in it and SCSI Probe can see it and
>determine what it is and such, but the backup program in MacTools
>Deluxe (not the newest version) doesn't see it.  When I looked in
>the MTD manual, it said it only recognizes Apple tape drives.  Are
>there any programs out there that can backup to a QIC-150?  I would
>think there would be, but I don't remember reading about any.
*----
Relax Technologies has at least two backup programs for the Mac
that work with the Archive 2150S QIC-150 SCSI drive.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mjulian@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael R Julian)
Subject: IIsi accelerators
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 13:35:59 GMT

I have a IIsi with 9mb RAM that I am considering adding an accelerator card of 
some type to.  It already has the Nu-Bus adapter card (w/FPU) installed and my 
question is: are there any accelerator cards available for the IIsi that can be
used on the Nu-Bus slot?  Also, if any such cards are available (I've noticed
the Daystar cards are all PDS) will the FPU on the adapter card still be used
in conjunction with the accelerator, or will I need to buy another FPU as part
of the accelerator?

I would greatly appreciate any info e-mailed to my address.
Thankyou in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jscoggin@netcom.com (Jerry Scoggins)
Subject: Re: Apple and NeXT move off of 680x0 base (was Re: 68050)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 06:28:27 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

sfuller@tamsun.tamu.edu (Steven Eric Fuller) sayz:
>PowerOpen (the PowerPC OS) will be A/UX 4.0 *and* AIX 4.0. The MacOS will

Oh Joy...  The WORST two versions of UNIX ever invented.  
I can't wait.  <smirk>

>run on top of it. (and so will DOS,Windows,OS2,perhaps WinNT...) Talk about
>compatability!

Talk about a mess.  I have this driver with this program on this base.....

>/s Steve Fuller        sfuller@tamu.edu        Texas A&M University

++jerry(); // jscoggin@netcom.netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: coburnn@spot.Colorado.EDU (COBURN  NICHOLAS SCO)
Subject: PLI Syquest (new) for sale
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 23:29:22 GMT


I have a PLI Infinity 40 Turbo Removable drive (syquest 44) for sale.  The
drive just arrived three days ago, and we decided that 44 is not big enough
for us.  The drive has been turned on for a total of 5 minutes.  Everything
is included.  PLI drive, cables, software (PLI Utilities) box, TWO Syquest
carts (both brand new with unused labels), all documentation, original box
and packaging, blank warranty registration card, etc. (this is good for a 
two year warranty).  Price for everything - $590 (the drive alone is $598
from MacZone (where I purchased it), and this does not include the extra
cart.

Please respond ASAP, as I need to sell this fast.  If you do not think that
$590 is a fair price, leave me some mail, and we can talk about it.


Nick
(coburnn@spot.colorado.edu)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: louis@well.sf.ca.us (Louis Jaffe)
Subject: Re: New Performa monitors do not meet ELF emissions standards
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:51:56 GMT

Older Trinitron 13" monitors sold under both Sony and Apple names were
among the highest EMR emitters for their size.  Due to widespread publicity
and fear of liability, most of the mainstream monitor makers are meeting
the Swedish specs in new models.  I recently saw a Sony brand 20 inch
trinitron labelled "low emission."  However, if a product isn't specifically
labelled as low emission and according to what spec, you really don't know
what you're getting.  The only way to find out might be for you or the 
dealer to call the manufacturer and talk to the product managers.  LJ
From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What happens to the PB 145 when the 160 comes out?
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:11:57 GMT
Reply-To: geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU
Organization: Amos Tuck School

In <1992Sep28.194022.250564@magicbb.uucp> Matt_Harrop@magicbb.uucp writes:

>The PB145 required little to no development $$$.  My bet it is that it
>will go the way of the 100 on October 19.

I doubt it. The net rumor is that the 145 will be discontinued but
everywhere else the expectation is that the 145 will be the B&W, less
expandable, no video output, etc low end of the PowerBook line.

Which makes more sense to me.

-Geoff
--
geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU - Computing Support Consultant, Tuck School of Business
_____________________________________________________________________________
 Cerebus for Dictator in 1992!!    |    He doesn't love you, he just wants
     "Vote for me or else."        |           all of of your money.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mmarx@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Matthew Marx)
Subject: Re: New Mac Price Cuts
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:21:31 GMT

But no price reductions on Powerbook models? What gives? Or is Apple
waiting until just before October 19 to drop the bomb? Any rumors about?
-- 
Matt Marx                   "All I've got is all I need
mmarx@csli.stanford.edu      but I get no sleep and I'm tired to the bone."
Who/Knows '92                      -- Richard Marx

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Andreas Wuertz <wuertz@tik.ethz.ch>
Subject: Re: Monitor flicker
Organization: Federal Institute of Technology
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 09:41:50 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.040734.10395@news.columbia.edu> Gabe M Wiener,
gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu writes:
>a) Can monitors degrade and flicker?  Can this be corrected easily?  Or
is
>   it just a degeneration of the tube/
Just a guess: maybe it's the age of the phospor coating. After being hit
by the electron beam it continues to glow for a certain time. Maybe this
time gets shorter when the coating gets older.

>b) I've been told that flicker is always *much* more pronounced when
viewed
>   out of the corner of one's eye...and indeed I find that when I look at
>   my screen that way, there are certain areas in my visual field where
the
>   flicker seems much stronger.  How come this is so?  Does it have to do
>   with the distribution of rods on the retina?  Or perhaps the point
where
>   the optic nerve connects?
On your retina you have two types of reception cells: those for only
black and white and those for colors. The ones for colors are slower and
need more light than the ones for b/w (that's why everything is grey in
the dark). Now in the center of your retina (the white spot) you only
have color cells, and the more you come to the edge of the retina the
more b/w cells (and less color cells) you find. So when you look at
something out the corner of your eye, you look at it with mainly b/w
cells, which are faster and better suited for flicker perception. Try the
opposite: at night, look at a starry sky with one eye covered. Find a
solitaire star and stare slightly BESIDE that star (not sure about WHICH
side; left, right, above or under). You'll notice that it disappears. At
night the white spot (with only color cells) doesn't deliver any
information. It is normally substituted by information from cells beside
the spot plus information from the other eye (which all deliver 'black'
in the above situation).

Andy (wuertz@tik.ethz.ch)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu (Edward J. Hartnett)
Subject: need to upgrade a 512e (kinda like a mac plus)- can I?
Organization: CIRES, University of Colorado
Date: 27 Sep 92 15:56:13

Hi!

I have an old mac. One of the very first, 128K machines. Long ago I
upgraded to mac plus roms, 512K, and an 800K disk drive. Now that I'm
a little affluent, I thought I should upgrade my mac again, since I'll
just spend the money on beer anyway! So I have a few questions. Any
ifnormation would be helpful, and if it appropriate I'll post a
SUMMARY of replies. Please email me as I don't usually read this
group.

1 - I plan on getting a macrescue w/ scsi drive from Mac Warehouse for
$139. What does this give me aside from the scsi port (which is why
I'm buying it)? Does this price sound reasonable? Will it allow me to
chain scsi devices? (I.e. is it really a full scsi bus?)

2 - I need maybe a 40MB hard drive to put on that scsi. Will any scsi
drive work? Or does it have to be manufactured for the mac
specifically?

3 - Can I add memory to my machine? How much can I add? 

5 - Is there any way I can get apple talk to work on this machine?

4 - Does anyone have any other upgrade suggestions?
--
Edward Hartnett			ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
From: ecr2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Corp. Reed)
Subject: ISDN for the Macintosh
Keywords: ISDN
Reply-To: ecr2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 16:56:30 GMT

Is there anyone out there who can confirm the existence of ISDN cards
for the macintosh?  Better yet, is there someone who can recommend
one?

Thank you,
Corp Reed
chthonic mac programmer
corp@uchicago.edu



Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: streater@unixjr.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Tim Streater)
Subject: Re: Is the Stylewriter good for personal use (?)
Keywords: stylewriter, home
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 04:43:00 GMT

In article <derosa.717778489@mica> motcid!derosa@uunet.uu.net writes:
>
>I have gone through several original Apple branded StyleWriter ink
>cartridges and I will guarantee that a slightly wet finger will 
>most definately smear the output.  Worse case: take a printout into
>a rain shower.  Bad news.

Typically I do not take the output into the shower, either indoors or out.
I did the wet-finger-smear test on StyleWriter and DeskWriter output, before
I made my purchase. There was a *slight* difference, near as I could tell.
But when I write a check with a felt pen I run the same risk (actually worse
with a fiber tip). I just think it is an insignificant point.

Tim


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: atreyus@lascar.puc.cl (Marcelo Vasquez)
Subject: Anybody using Flashcard?
Organization: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:33:14 GMT

Hello World!
	Is anybody using flashcard to route TCP packets trough the appletalk?
I have a question for the Flashcard gurus. Can I make MacTcp asign the IP number
with aserver on the network or I need a FastPath or Gatorbox for that?
I want to use Bootp to give the mac their numbers. The manual of MacTcp says  
hat you need a DDP-IP converter. Is that what the Flashcard is ?
thanks


Marcelo Vasquez
atreyus@lascar.puc.cl
From: andyb@twisty.eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Andy Babinszki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Where to find a Cyrillic keyboard???
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 15:32:23 PDT
Organization: A Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike
Reply-To: andyb@twisty.eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Andy Babinszki)
Distribution: comp
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <ERICSC.92Oct5220838@csa.bu.edu> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), ericsc@csa.bu.edu (Eric) writes:
> Does anyone have any information on where to get a Russian keyboard or
> even a template to layover another keyboard so show the cyrillic alphebet.
>   Thanks in advance,
>  
> -=-=-=-=-=-
> Eric J Schmoyer              | 1216 Comm. Ave Apt. 7 Allston, MA 02134
> Internet: ericsc@csa.bu.edu  | Voice/Fax: 617/734-7459
> DISCLAIMER: My opinions are strictly my own, so nayh.   #include <diclaimer.h>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun.
> 
> 

I see I am not alone on my quest.  After roughly 6 months futile searching,
I have an individual at Apple on the case.  They are trying to get
me a REAL Apple Cyrillic keyboard.

Initially, I got the Russian system software from Apple, so all I
needed was the keyboard.  I thought that would be a cinch.  NOT.

So listen, when I first set out I tracked down 2 so called template
manufacturers.  After 3 weeks of leaving messages on the answering
machine of the first, I abandoned them.  The second Co. had something;
and I could get through to them so I just ordered the product.  At
$300.00 USD, it was more expensive than the original Apple keyboard,
so I expected something really special.  What I received was a sheaf
of 8 1/2 X 11 inch sheets with the key layouts drawn on them and some
software, essentially the cyrillic fonts.  So it goes.

I could have come up with that much myself; and for free!  So I sent
the stuff back.

Next I tried Apple for the keyboard.  "Not in Canada, try the California
office." OK.  "Not in California, try the office in France." WHAT?!

I have a colleague who went on a trip to Russia.  I asked him to bring
one back for me.  He couldn't find one.

There is now someone at Apple who has taken up my cause.  And I have
great hopes ;-) that something will come of it.

------
Note: The names have been omitted from the above to protect the innocent.
      Namely ME.



AB.

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Andy Babinszki          andyb@twisty.eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca
                        "Hello?  Hello?"  (604) 664.4545
From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Performa Plus Display
Date: 30 Sep 92 02:04:27 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1005695.2AC68F4D@cmhgate.fidonet.org> Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:
>
>CW> and I'd say it was closer to quality of years back when *some* 
>CW> computers ran through an RF modulator to a television.

>Well, now, hang on.  The original poster starts out talking about 

That's me! :-)

>I don't know which one you looked at, but I strongly
>suspect you looked at the Performa Display, not the Performa Plus Display. 

I agree.  I was not impressed with the "Performa Plus Display", but it
certainly wasn't anything like an Apple II RF modulated screen!  Text
was sharp enough, but the contrast and color saturation weren't very
good.  It was certainly no match for Apple's 13" and 16" Trinitrons.

.............................................................................
....Boyd Ostroff / Technical Director / SUNY Oswego Department of Theatre....
...............Voice: (315) 341-2987 /  Fax: (315) 341-3394..................
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From: Lou_R_Ordorica@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Radius DirectColor/GX
Date: Thu,  1 Oct 92 07:55:29 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world


Hi,

I am considering purchasing a Radius DirectColor/GX 24-bit video
card for use with my IIsi.

I would love to hear from any owners of this video card - is it
worth purchasing?

Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware