Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Re: Performa 600 vs. IIvx
From: ibhan@husc10.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Date: 21 Dec 92 21:56:48 GMT

Actualy, you are wrong on one point there.  The IIVx and P600 have the
same video capabilities: no support for 16" or larger monitors.  Max out
at 16-bit on 14".

--
	       -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  -
				     - - -
	   "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 21:59:22 CST
From: C572607@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: phone monitor

I have a couple of questions about monitoring a phone line using a mac.
First, I would like to be able to monitor the number of calls received
and the times such calls were received.  I've noticed that if I leave my
communications program running, it will tell me if my phone rang when
I was gone.  I'm looking for software (free/share) to help tell the time
of such incoming call.
Second, (and this is really not practical at this time, because Missouri
doesn't have Caller ID) I'm curious as to whether anyone has been able to
monitor incoming calls, record the time, and record the originating
number in those states that have Caller ID.
Robert Cook
c572607@mizzou1

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:01 CST
From: Carlos Aramburo <CHARLY@UDLAPVMS.PUE.UDLAP.MX>
Subject: PowerBook (sleep mode) ?

	Hello Friends, I am looking for a public domain software that
	it can awake my PowerBook 140. I have a problem because i have a
	fax-modem attached to my machine and i want to put it in sleep mode
	and wait for a fax, but the problem still. I need some kind of
	software
	wich can awake the powerbook and receive the fax.
	If you know something about that, please tell me.
			Thanks in advance.

Carlos Aramburo G., University of the Americas, Puebla MEXICO
e-mail : charly@udlapvms.pue.udlap.mx

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:04:15 EST
From: Matthew B Cravit <cravitma@student.msu.edu>
Subject: Prograph

I saw a programming system in the Michigan State bookstore that looked really
interesting - called Prograph 2.5 (I think).  Also, the price was only $130,
which is far less than what I seem to remember seeing it advertised for
elsewhere.  Has anyone used Prograph who can share opinions or observations
with me about it?  Will it run on a PB100 2/40 (soon to be 4/40) under either
System 6.0.8 or 7.1?

Thanks

/Matthew
cravitma@student.msu.edu

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:45:30 GMT
From: Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
Subject: Questions about Apple formatted hard drives

In article <5750@gold.gvg.tek.com>, bryanh@stout.gvg.tek.com (Bryan
Hilterbrand) wrote:
>
> I have a PowerBook 100 with a verrrrrry small 20MB hard drive.  The
> hard drive size reported by the Finder is 18.6MB.  I've read articles
> in this newsgroup that say Apple doesn't format hard drives to full
> capacity.  Does anyone know why they do that?  I'm thinking about
> backing up my hard drive and reformatting it to get the extra space
> (hey -- every megabyte counts on this small of a hard drive).  Before
> I do that, is the Apple supplied SCSI formatter on the 7.01 disks able
> to format the entire disk, or will I end up with the same capacity that
> I have now?  I'd appreciate any tips about reformatting the hard drive
> that you can supply to a (computer literate) Mac novice.


With Apple HD SC Setup you can see some information about the HD.
Click Partitions and then click Custom and then click Details. There is
usually unused space on hard drives; you will see gray space in the bottom
of your partition map with the size to the left if you click the Details
button. You can use SilverLining to increase the partition size on an
Apple HD SC formatted drive without either installing SilverLining or
reinitializing (so I've heard...)  (I prefer to keep my Apple drives
Apple-formatted). If  you dont have SilverLining and are willing to
reformat your hard drive
you can use this unused space. Open Apple HD SC Setup, Click Partition,
Select your main Macintosh volume and delete it, then click and drag
>From just below the top partition all the way to the bottom, select
Macintosh volume in the resulting dialog and then you will not be
wasting any space on your hard drive.

Apgar@Apple.com   |   Eric Apgar  alias  Gar   |   I said it, NOT Apple.

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:26:06 +0100
From: Gunnar Wenngren <GunWe@PP.LiU.SE>
Subject: Re Types and creators

>
>Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 15:29:48 +1000
>From: m.connell%ucq.edu.au@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
>Subject: Creators and Types
>
>>From: "Bill (J.W.) Brine" <brine@bnr.ca>
>>Subject: Creators and Types
>>
>>Is there a list of creators and types for various application
>
>Apple currently has a "confidential" database of all Creator's and Types
>they know about.
>
>I have a list of about thirty+.
>
>If anyone would like send me an email (I use Eudora so BinHex  etc. if you
>like) of your list of Creators and Types and I will deposit the resulting
>file on Sumex in info-mac reports or the such.
>
>Merv Connell
>Mac Support . University of Central Queensland, AUSTRALIA
>email    m.connell@ucq.edu.au
>
The only list of creators and types that I've ever seen is in appendix B in
the
SUM II manual. For some reason the manual to its successor Norton utilities
does
not include such a list.
Good hunting! Gunnar

Gunnar Wenngren
Universitetet i Link|ping           Link|ping University
581 83 Link|ping                    S-581 83 Link|ping, Sweden
tel 013/281050                      tel +46 13 281050
fax 013/282814                      fax +46 13 282814
	      email Gunwe@pp.liu.se

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:37:08 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: SIT! vs SITD (A)

On Thu, 17 Dec 92 17:44:19 -0500 you said:
>Has anyone used the random-dot-stereoautograms program out of Sumex-aim?
>I pulled this out and after de-binhexing got a .sit file that Stuffit 1.5.1
>doesn't recognize.  The file had a "SITD" code instead of the usual "SIT!"
>but stuffit 1.5.1 couldn't handle it with either code attached.
>
>Duuuh... is there a version of Stuffit that 1.5.1 can't handle that has
>passed me in the night?  or is the posted version of this program a little
>wacked?

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

You really ought to complain to Leonard Rosenthol about Aladdin's record
keeping!  Surely you sent in your fee for that ancient copy of StuffIT
eons ago and should have received the update notice Aladdin sent all
registered users last August (be sure an ask how you missed out on the
previous upgrade 18 months earlier or the one they should have sent you by
return mail when you registered your 1.5.1).

Meanwhile, drop .sit (or .cpt) files on:
/info-mac/util/stuffit-expander-30.hqx

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:59:17 PST
From: Kee Nethery <nethery@parc.xerox.com>
Subject: suggested new mac features (C)

I connect my PB100 to my Mac2ci via the scsi cable quite frequently. Sure
would be nice if the Mac2ci treated the PB100 LCD screen as a second screen
just like it treats the hard drive as a second disk. hint, hint.

kee nethery

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 05:52:00 PST
From: f_rushingrg@ccsvax.sfasu.edu (Ron Rushing)
Subject: Supra144v32bis and Telebridge ??

Greetings From Nacogdoches--

I'm having a bit of trouble and thought some of you folks might have an
answer--

Trying to make remote LocalTalk net connections (both single user dial-in
and net-to net) using a Shiva Telebridge and Supra 144 v.32bis modems.
Most of the time, the connection works at the 57.5k rate ( as expected).
However, it is not 100% reliable. A "noticable" number of times, I cannot
establish a connection.  The only way I have found to make it work again is
to reprogram BOTH modems.

Currently, during this testing phase, this is not a problem since the
modems are within 100ft of each other.  This will become a problem once
they are placed in their remote locations  :-)

Apparently, somthing is changing the settings--or I don't have exactly the
correct ones  (most likely the case...).

Anyone have a suggestion ?

Ron Rushing
Education Media Center  S.F.A  University  f_rushingrg@ccsvax.sfasu.edu

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:46:03 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: System 7.1 and incompatibilities

On Fri, 18 Dec 92 09:56:18 -0800 you said:
>I realize that as more new features are introduced, there comes a time when
>the indefinite preservation of downward comparibility becomes impractical.
>But I would have thought that System 7 should have been able to support any
>application that worked under System 6.0.4 plus Multifinder - but we all
>know that it does not.  And I am both amazed and appalled that System 7.1
>seems to be creating as many problems as it solves.

Don't blame the system software (either 7.0 or 7.1).  Programmers who
religiously followed Apple's programming guidelines developed software
on a Mac Plus that runs just fine on a Quadra 950 or a Duo 230.  I've
got some 1987 programs that are 32-bit clean, '040 cache compatible, and
run just dandy under 7.1.

I suspect that it's not too hard to overlook some detail in the
guidelines (ask anyone whose had to send betaware through a dozen
revisions), but it's the software that deliberately tries to bypass some
guideline (versions of Excel that address the FPU directly, for example)
that breaks when Apple ships new hardware, new ROM code, or new System
software.  The whole point of the programming guidelines is that Apple
offers NO guarantee that violating programs will work with future
hardware and software.  Oddly enough, the 1987 Mac II patch of MacinTalk
witch is NO LONGER supported software (anyone writing software should
NOT count on it) works fine under 7.1 and in 32-bit mode on a Quadra.

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:53:50 -0500
From: "Steve Marsh"  <marsh2@nrlfs1.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: The TaxMan Cometh, and the TaxMan Taketh Away

(apologies for the mangling, but he certainly never GIVETH!)

Just my $.02 on Andrew Tobias' TaxCut for the Mac, 'cuz I just received
the Headstart Edition (they misplaced my original order). It's been
available for DOS systems for a few years, and this is the first Mac
version put out. They only have New York and California State versions
so far.

Anyway, I just tried it out, and it seems to be extremely easy to use.
The main user mode involves an 'interview' procedure, which requires
simple yes/no or typed answers. The program chooses questions based
on previous answers to figure out which forms you need. The interview
can be exited and re-entered at will. The program also allows you to
go directly to the relevant forms and type in values directly. It also
allows for estimated entries (shown in italics) for approximate values
that aren't finalized yet. It also has a variety of data import formats
(e.g., MacInTax, DOS/Windows versions of TaxCut, Quicken, and MYM), but I
haven't used any of these. Of course, you can file electronically too.

Overall, it seems to make tax preparation almost fun(!) as long as you
don't dwell on the fact that all of those neat dialogs, worksheets, and
informative blurbs are all there for the purpose of taking $$$ from your
wallet. During the interview, there are comments on what 'typical' responses
are, and the impact they may have on your return. Additional help is
available as well. It even has a 'what if' function that lets you compare
alternative scenarios (e.g., filing jointly vs. separately, for those
afloat in marital bliss).

These are my initial impressions along with a feature summary. TaxCut is
available directly from MECA Software, Inc., and is only about $30. The
price seems to be a bargain, considering the efforts and general tax-based
grief that can be avoided. The phone # for orders/inquiries is
1-800-288-6322.

I am not affiliated with MECA, or Andrew Tobias, or anything else like that.
I'm just a new user relating my positive impressions of this program. Of
course, your mileage may vary.


- Steve Marsh  "marsh@anvil.nrl.navy.mil"   ;-)

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:29:46 -0600
From: bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov
Subject: Using bitmap graphics (Q)

Brad's favorite clip art has some great art in it. However it is all done
at screen resolution (is it 78 dpi). Stuff that looks great on the screen
can look really jaggy when printed, at least if I cut and
paste to a word processor. Some of them would look fine printed tiny (that
is, printed out pixel for pixel at 300dpi on the laserprinter and thus
about 1/4 as large). Is there an easy way to do this? I am using Works 3.0.
Just grabbing the corner and shrinking it looks awful - I lose all detail.
Would I not loose the detail when printing if I could shrink it the exactly
right amount?
Bryan Walls
bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:56:56 PST
From: Willie Strickland <willie@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Vantage DA

Does anyone know an email address for Dave McWherter, author of the DA
"Vantage"?  Or does anyone know how to change the default folder for the open
dialogue?  It resides (of course) in the Apple Menu Items folder, so that is
the default folder.  But I almost never want to open anything in that folder
or save anything to that folder.

Thanks,

Willie Strickland
willie@igc.org

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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 00:26:58 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: WHO is crippling the computers?

The day job's been in the way ;-)  I've been grading term papers and
final exams and haven't been able to keep current answering my mail--

On Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:56:45 EST you said:
>This topic also goes to the old issue of "is apple deliberately cripppling
>some of its computers"? Sadly, I think the answer is YES. Apple is not
>offering more computer power for the $, instead there are introducing a
>blizzard of new computers that are all incrementally "distinguishable"
>on the basis of cpu clockrate, presence or absence of an FPU, and width
>of the data bus. This is all marketing driven; there is no significant
>savings in a $2000+ computer system in using, say, a 20 mhz 68030, instead
>of a 25 mhz!

"Market driven" implies giving customers what they want.  WE are NOT the
market!  The "market" wants 486 (because it's the latest isn't it) never
mind that its a castrated SX without a cache or an FPU and as many
megahertz as can be afforded, never mind that a 25 MHz 32-bit system
will deliver about the same performance as a 50 MHz ISA (16 bit) system
(what's a bus?).  The "market" thinks a 486SX 50/25 with an ISA bus with
4 MBytes of RAM running Windows is faster than a Quadra 700.

Most MeSsy DOS boxes do not have FPU's so even DOS software that will
take advantage of one if it's there is written for systems without
coprocessors and the vast majority of customers are happy campers.
Apple is only doing what's necessary to compete effectively in a market
that puts 99% of its importance weight on a few features and otherwise
seeks the lowest possible price.

>So, HARUMPH! I am starting to seriously think about Windows NT on an alpha,
>which will be non-crippled hardware and on OS designed by Dave Cutler, who
>hails from DEC; a company that knows about REAL computers, not crippled
>consumer "niche" products.

The Amiga of the late 1990's.  That is, the Triumph (DEC Alpha PC) is
beginning to look more like vanquished.  Virtually all developers are
betting that NT will be so late that the Pentium will have swamped the
market before the Alpha is ready to ship.  Hence, as is the case with
the Amiga, you're likely to end up with superior hardware for which
serious software and third-party support will be extremely limited :-(

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Date: 21 Dec 1992 09:28:17 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <ANTOLAK%RADPH6.DECNET@relay.the.net>
Subject: Word 5 Equation Editor

> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 21:52:42 SET
> From: Matthias <SCHRODER%CERNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
> Subject: Trouble with WORD 5.0 Equation Editor
>
> Dear friends of the WORD,
>   I have a serious problem with the Equation Editor, delivered with
> WORD 5.0. I need a character that is produced by option-l. This works
> quite nice inside WORD. But when I try to use it in an equation using
> the Equation Editor, I can not create that character! The famous and
> oh so intelligent EE does not allow me to choose the font for characters
> that are made by hitting option-l (as well as some other option-character
> combinations).

....

The equation editor in Word 5 is usually in Math mode (by default). In math
mode, it tries to interpret what you type as mathematics (i.e. variables,
operators, and so on). It has rules for interpreting what is a math symbol,
what is a function, and so on. Traditional math typesetting uses certain
typestyles and spacing options for and between elements, and the editor tries
to interpret what you are typing. Try typing "sinx" and the editor gives
"sin x", because as soon as you finish "sin", it changes the "sin" to normal
non-italic text and adds an extra space because there should be a space
between
the function and its variable.

My guess would be to try putting the editor into "text" mode when you need the
special symbol. If you don't know how to do this, read the manual. It is short
and sweet, and goes more into how the math mode works.

Another option would be to try the formula feature (see the glossaries folder
for ducumentation) and let Word typeset the equations for you. I recently did
my thesis using the formula glossary, and it worked fairly well, once I set up
my own modified formula glossary, with my personal preferences. If the
equations are very complicated, then this may not be a good option.

Hope this helps.        John A.

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Date: 21 Dec 92 08:44:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <eugene@rover.uchicago.edu>
Subject: ZModem for VMS (Thanks)

Thank you to all who have responded to my request for a compiled VMS
version of ZModem.  I got one response telling me that it could be found
at: "urvax.urich.edu".  I think you CD to the HAYES.VAXVMS directory, and
just do a binary ftp from there

There were also many people who also needed to get ZModem for VAX/VMS.
I tried to respond to most of you, but in case I missed you, this article
is my response.

Note to Anyone Trying to use this ZModem:
The SZ and RZ programs seem to work fine when I dial in to the VAX at
2400 bps.  When I try to dial in at speeds like 9600, I get a hell of
a lot of CRC errors.  I haven't found a way around this yet, but I'm
just warning anyone out there who might get the same errors.  If you
find a solution to this problem, please write an article, or send me
personal E-Mail at EUGENE@ROVER.BSD.UCHICAGO.EDU.  Thanks!

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