From: info-mac-request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #222
Date: 15 Sep 92 22:11:09 GMT
Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 15 Sep 92       Volume 10 : Issue 222

Today's Topics:

      [*] bolo-map-collection-10.hqx
      [*] cindy-clock-14.sit.hqx
      [*] Excalibur 1.2
      [*] Hellcats Rescue
      [*] OpenSelection Code (pascal source)
      [*] Planet 3.5
      [*] Removing Old/Sending New CyberPort Files
      [*] Think C 5.0.3
      [*] third.qtm
      [*] TidBITS#142/14-Sep-92
      [*] Unit Conversion DA
      "Problems" with startup Ico
      Apple 13 inch monitors turning themselves off
      Apple and MIDI
      Black on white --> White on Black (Q)
      Boot Problems with system 7
      Change in kind of file for MSWord files -- SOLVED!
      Cryptic printing error
      DarkSide of Mac 3.0 (Q)
      Easy-to-Learn, Portable, GUI toolkit
      Eudora and La CIE Pocket 40
      Eudora documentation (A)
      Extension to divert numeric traps to FPU?
      Getting SuperDrive Upgrades (Summary)
      Hard disk name frozen problem (C)
      Hard Drive Problem (A)
      Help! Extensions not loading
      HOW TO PRINT MAC COMMAND SYMBOL?
      Installing RAM in a Quadra 700 (A)
      Installing RAM on an LC
      LaserWriter IINT and Greyscale (C)
      Localtalk + PC + HP XL300 question
      Macintosh product prices outside the US
      MacPlus vs. ADB-mouse (r)
      MacTCP, Tokenring, TN3270, abends
      Mode 32 for IIcx (R)
      Modem and Terminal Software Questions
      Need CP for alias
      Network mail (R)
      Now 4.0 Bug
      Performas
      plugging in a lot and to be answered
      plugging in a lot in my mac (A)
      Problem with FileMakerPro's PICT extension
      SCSI Device Sharing
      Shading cells in Word 4 (without Postscript)
      Shareware Support
      Simultaneous Ethernet & LocalTalk connections
      Snooper
      Summary - Corrup Vol Info Blocks
      Supra v.32bis modem (C)
      Syquest 88 cartridges (A)
      Syquest 88 carts, reliability
      Taiwanese System 6.07 or System 7
      Tape Backup for Macs
      Termy and its "terminals" & Telnet (Q)
      UK software prices

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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 15:00:32 PDT
From: macmod@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] bolo-map-collection-10.hqx

	Here's a collection of maps we enjoyed playing...

	_Islands_ is good, try _barrier reef_ for something different...

(Some of these we created, some may be duplicates of ones we
grabbed off the net... sorry for the confusion.)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-collection-10.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 15:15:13 EDT
From: J Eric Bush <jbush@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: [*] cindy-clock-14.sit.hqx

This is a little desktop clock that displays pictures of super
models and the current date and time.  The pictures are mostly
faces.  This is a system 6.0.4 and later program.  Cindy Crawford
, Paulina Poriskova, Kathy Ireland, Rachel Hunter and more are
included.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/cindy-clock-14.hqx; 830K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:47:04 EDT
From: zaccone@sol.cs.bucknell.edu (Rick Zaccone)
Subject: [*] Excalibur 1.2

Excalibur is a Macintosh spelling checker for LaTeX documents. It also
does a fairly good job with plain TeX files.  It reads files of type
TEXT and it is smart enough to ignore most LaTeX commands and a fair
number of plain TeX commands. Since it just ignores these commands, it
will also serve quite nicely as a spelling checker for any TEXT file
that doesn't contain any LaTeX or TeX commands. (It is not completely
accurate to say that Excalibur ignores LaTeX commands. It will process
any arguments that contain text).

Excalibur is a stand-alone application that we have tested with both
OzTeX and Textures documents. The fact that it is a stand-alone
application should not present any inconvenience since it works with
MultiFinder under System 6 and it is System 7 aware.

You will need System 6.0.4 or higher to run Excalibur.

There is extensive on-line help.  You will find it under the Apple
menu if you are running System 6, and under the Balloon Help menu if
you are running System 7 or greater.

Excalibur is free.

Some new features of Excalibur 1.2 include:

* It saves your preferences between invocations.

* You can convert dictionaries to text files so that you may edit them.

* You can convert text files to dictionaries.

* Excalibur recognizes Apple's extended character set.  This should
help non-English speaking users.

* Support for AMS-LaTeX

* Support for drag and drop operations

* LaTeX manual.

* Many other changes.  See Excalibur Genealogy in the help facility or
in the LaTeX manual for more details.

***Important***

If you have an old version of Excalibur, be sure to replace the
Standard Dictionary with the new one.  We found a couple of problems
with the old Standard Dictionary.

Rick Zaccone
zaccone@bucknell.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/app/excalibur-12.hqx; 393K]

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 6:44:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: A_WILLISGT@CCSVAX.SFASU.EDU (Ty Willis)
Subject: [*] Hellcats Rescue

This program has been previously posted to comp.sys.mac.games and America
Online.  I noticed that it wasn't on Sumex, so, here ya go... :)

Hellcats Rescue is an application which will resurrect dead 'Hellcats Over the
Pacific' pilots. POWs, MIAs, and discharged pilots, too...  Hellcats Rescue is
useless to anyone who does not have Hellcats Over the Pacific.

This post contains the Hellcats Rescue application, and documentation; they
are
stuffed and binhexed.

Please note that I am *not* the author of either of these programs!

Ty Willis
Stephen F. Austin State University
a_willisgt@ccsvax.sfasu.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hellcats-rescue.hqx; 4K]

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Date: 11 Sep 92 17:11:08 GMT
From: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] OpenSelection Code (pascal source)

Here's the code to have the finder open a control panel.
Just pass the control panel's fsspec to the openselection
function and it should open it. Actually I think it will
open any valid fsspec but I wouldn't bet on it. I haven't
stressed this code so there are probably some bugs in it.

Matt

[Archived as /info-mac/source/pascal/open-selection.txt; 7K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 14:07:19 +0200
From: Lars Gislen <larsg@thep.lu.se>
Subject: [*] Planet 3.5

Enclosed is version 3.5 of PLANET which supersed Planet 3.4.
PLANET is an application in which your Macintosh computes the coordinates of
the planets visible to the naked eye , the sun, and the moon.
When a solar or lunar eclipse is possible you can also investigate the eclipse
from any place on earth.
Version 3.4 added possibility to save the map and displayed sunrise and sunset
times. The user could select decimal or sexagesimal representation from the
default menu and also switch between azimuth origin north/south.
Version 3.5 computes directly the sunrise and sunset times by clicking on
icons on the screen and produces a new data table. Sunset and sunrise may be
calculated for the sun center in the horizon without refraction or the upper
limb touching the horizon with refraction. Also decimal/sexagesimal switching
is handled by clicking icons on the screen. A bug in the conversion decimal to
sexagesimal routine is fixed. Balloon help is included under system 7.0. A
more sophisticated About Planet dialog is added.
You should use a system 6.0.7 or later although it seems that 6.0.3 also
works. The application has been tested on MacPlus, Classic, ClassicII, LC,
LCII, IIcx, IIci, IIfx, and Quadra.
Shareware $25.

Lars Gislen, larsg@thep.lu.se
Department of Theoretical Physics 2
Lund University, Sweden

[Archived as /info-mac/app/planet-35.hqx; 117K]

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 15:28:23 -0700
From: James J. Leftwich <jleft@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: [*] Removing Old/Sending New CyberPort Files

Bill -

   Yes, please remove any older, existing CyberPort file from your
archive.  I am emailing you the newest, revised versions of both the
19" CyberPort and the 13" CyberPort (for those with 13" monitors).
These will come as separate mailings from this message.

  The two binhex files I'm sending are as follows:

1  -  CyberPort v2.0 19".hqx

	   When decoded becomes:

      CyberPort v2.0 19" D.sit

	   A Stuffit Lite* archive of a folder containing

      - CyberPort v2.0 19"  -  A 1024 x 768 PICT-format file - 418K
      - CyberPort 19" Info  -  A TeachText informational file - 6K


2  -  CyberPort v2.0 13".hqx

	   When decoded becomes:

      CyberPort v2.0 13" D.sit

	   A Stuffit Lite* archive of a folder containing

      1 - CyberPort v2.0 13"  -  A 640 x 480 PICT-format file - 190K
      2 - CyberPort 13" Info  -  A TeachText informational file - 6K

Thank you -

Jim Leftwich, Principal
jleft@well.sf.ca.us

[Archived as /info-mac/art/cyber-port-20-19inch.hqx; 273K]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/cyber-prot-20-13inch.hqx; 133K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:50:14 PDT
From: Bill Lipa <lipa@camis.stanford.edu>
Subject: [*] Think C 5.0.3

Enclosed find an updater for Think C, taking it to version 5.0.3.

Bill

PS: For you CMaster users, Jersey Scientific has requested that I mention that
Symantec has included a paragraph from them on how one can modify CMaster to
obtain 5.0.3 compatibility. They will also be posting an 1.0.9 patch shortly,
which uses a new hook in 5.0.3, which will insure that future Symantec
releases
will NOT require a co-ordinated change with CMaster, ie, 1.0.9 will work with
future THINK C releases unmodified.

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/think-c-503-updater.hqx; 463K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:03:15 +0000
From: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
Subject: [*] third.qtm

  third.qtm --- a QuickTime animated IFS fractal

 As the parameters in an iterated function system are changed,
 the resulting attractor changes (continuously).  Here is an
 example of that, based on two non-commuting affine
 transformations:

   (T1)    x' =  (1/3) x + (1/3) y
	   y' =            (1/3) y

   (T2)    x' =  (1/3) x           + e
	   y' =  (1/3) x + (1/3) y + f

 We watch what happens as the point (e,f) moves around a circle.
 [ref: Suppl. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 28 (1992) p. 350.]

 The individual frames were computed by "Fractal Attraction"
 (Academic Press), then made into a movie with Apple's QuickTime
 software.  This file is "flattened, data fork only", so it will
 be possible (Real Soon Now) to view it on platforms other
 than Mac.


 G. A. Edgar     Ohio State Univ.    edgar@math.ohio-state.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/third.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 22:25:57 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#142/14-Sep-92

TidBITS#142/14-Sep-92

 Gobs of great stuff this week, including a report on the just-
   released Performas! Also (deep breath), a bug in Internet email
   on CompuServe, news about Apple discontinuing more items, an
   upgrade for PowerPort/V.32 owners, a report from France about
   the new 4D, news about who will repair DataFrame hard disks,
   how to really do customer service, and finally, lower prices on
   Macs and a package of fonts from Apple!

Topics:
    MailBITS/14-Sep-92
    CompuServe Email Bug
    Apple Discontinues Tape Cartridge
    PowerPort Upgrade
    4D Goes Server
    Service Done Right?
    SuperMac & DriveSavers
    Hot Spiced Apples
    More Apple News
    Reviews/14-Sep-92

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-142.etx; 28K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 09:32 CDT
From: <NW01%SWTEXAS.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: [*] Unit Conversion DA

Dear Moderator,

Attached is Unit Conversion DA (UCDA) which converts a quantity
of one unit measurement to another.  Additional units and conversion
factors can be installed thru the resource editor.  More info on how
to use this DA is in the "UCDA Readme" file.

Nisai.
NW01@SWT.Bitnet

[Archived as /info-mac/da/unit-conversion-da.hqx; 20K]

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Date: 14 Sep 92 09:53:46 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: "Problems" with startup Ico

     "Problems" with startup Icons (A)
>I have a large number of goodies with startup icons on my recently-acquired
>Quadra 700 and I have noticed some differences in the way the icons display
>on bootup compared to my previous IIsi machine.  Instead of a appearing in a
>single (largely) alphabetical sequence there appear to be two separate
>sequences.

[...Stuff deleted...]

>       All of this prompts several questions:
>       (i) Why are their two sequences and does it matter?

I suspect you must have just moved from System 6 to System 7.  In System 6's
System Folder, everything is just thrown into the System Folder, and is loaded
in alphabetical order regardless of whether it's an INIT, a cDev, an rDev, or
whatever.  System 7's System Folder is more organized:  it has an Extensions
Folder (Sys 7's Extensions used to be called INITs under Sys 6), a Control
Panels folder, and a couple of other "grouping" folders.  The order which
things load in are:
    (1)  Alphabetically from the Extensions folder,
    (2)  Alphabetically from the Control Panels folder, and then
    (3)  Alphabetically from the remainder (root level) of the Sys Folder

That's why you have the two (actually you could have THREE alpha sequences -
maybe the stuff looading in from the third level don't display icons).


>       (ii) Virex 3.6 "ought" to load first but neither the settings in it's
>       control panel nor appropriate renaming alter it's position - which is,
of
> course, "first" in the second sequence.  Does this matter?

Virex, being a control panel, loads in the 2nd sequence of system goodies.
You
could make an alias of it and put the alias in the Extensions folder, or just
move the Virex file to the Extensions folder.  It shouldn't matter.

Hope this helps!

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

Date: 14 Sep 1992 20:04:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: usr4818a@tso.uc.EDU (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: Apple 13 inch monitors turning themselves off

 > My roomate's Apple 13" monitor (on an LC) goes black
 > periodically. This can be remedied by turning it off for a
 > few seconds and turning it back on.

This is the prime symptom of a failure of the high voltage capacitor in
this monitor. It will get worse and eventually the monitor won't work at
all.

 > He (my housemate) heard rumors that Apple will fix it for
 > certain serial numbered monitors.

Apple has a repair policy called the "13" RGB High Voltage Capacitor
Repair Extension Program" which is in effect until March 15, 1993.

The serial numbers effected are: 7000001 through 7101012, 5378111 through
5624450 and 9000001 through 9029500.

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

Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:21:09 EDT
From: Shekhar Govind <GS#0%LAFAYACS.bitnet@lafibm.lafayette.edu>
Subject: Apple and MIDI

In a previous note, I had asked for confirmation of a story re. Apple
Comp. and Apple Corp. patching up their differences about MIDI Manager.
The electronic roots of the rumor has been traced (ain't technology
great! :-).  It all started on Usenet a few godzillion bytes ago
when mxmora@unix.sri.com posted the following on one of the music
newsgroups:

>  At the developers conference, Apple said that they solved the
>  problem with Apple Corp and are working on midi support. I know
>  the new sound manager will have a midi synth driver that will
>  support general midi. This way you can write midi music for your
>  apps and know that the user will be able to hear the sound even if
>  they don't have a midi synth. So if you do have a synth it will use
>  that else the internal synth. "The new sound manager, Sucks Less!"
>  will be incredible.
>  etc.

After tracking it this far, I had to hear it from original party.  I
wrote to Matt (mxmora@unix.sri.com) asking for more details.  I got back
a prompt reply:

>  Not much I'm sorry to say. This years developers conference was
>  dismal about detail. They say its coming and its going to be great.
>  They showed some demos but did not give out any documentation.
>  The new QuickTime will have midi support and so will the new
>  sound manager. Apple realizes the importance of midi, so much so
>  that they will make it a standard system type. I think they
>  realized how bad they screwed up the current implementation so
>  they are going to do it right. They seem to have hired some young,
>  bright programmers who know about synths,midi and good
>  programming. The new sound manager alone takes up to 75% less
>  of the processor to play a sound. Its coming, and I hope real soon.

Matt, thanks for the news!
Apple, glad to see MIDI is still on your list of
"stuff-thats-gonna-be-fixed-real-soon-now"   ;-)

Cheers -  Shekhar Govind                      govi@lafayette.edu

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:44:10 +0000
From: pmb1@tower.york.ac.uk (Mike Brudenell)
Subject: Black on white --> White on Black (Q)

One of our Mac users is finding the black text on a white background in
applications' windows to be a problem.  Does anyone know of a
FreeWare/ShareWare anonymous ftp-able utility to let her either flip them
to white on black or choose her own colours?

I have checked through the cp section at Sumex-Aim and could only find
Aurora.  This is willing to change the window's background colour, but
apparently not the text colour.

Thanks in advance!
--
		Mike B-)                        pmb1@tower.york.ac.uk

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Date: 14 Sep 1992 16:26:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jerry LeVan <levan%eagle@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Boot Problems with system 7

Hello

I have a MacII with Daystar 40mhz accelerator and 20 megs of ram.
I have just upgraded to System 7.01 ( and have MODE32 installed also).
The system resides on an apple 160 meg hd. The FDHD rom/floppy set is
NOT present. (Just the old 800k drive).

The basic problem is that I cannot do a "cold" start. The system comes up
and generally hangs/chimes/crashes. However if I hit the reset switch after
the bad thing happens, the reboot goes smoothly! bummer. I have
found out that if I turn on Virtual Memory that I can do a cold start 95 %
of the time. (24/32 bit mode does not make a difference).

All twenty meg show up in 32 bit mode.

Does anybody have and explaination of this strange behavior?

(I have the same problem if I don't load the extensions at boot time).

Thanks

Jerry LeVan (matlevan@eku.bitnet or levan%eagle@eku.bitnet)

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 09:34:56 EDT
From: dom manno <V1723G%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Change in kind of file for MSWord files -- SOLVED!

A netter in the U.K. provided the solution to my problem. (In case you missed
the original post -- MSWord 4.0d files were showing up in the menu and in Get
Info as "Apple Share Updater README Docs.")
The bundle bit on the readme doc was bad. Trashing that file solved the
problem.
Thanks to Ben Fowler. (Thanks also to Alex Lewin who also responded.)

Take it easy, but take it!

Dom Manno
Journalism Graphics Lab, Temple University
v1723g@vm.temple.edu

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 07:57:14 PST
From: Tim Castle <opus@eltsac.mtv.gsc.gte.com>
Subject: Cryptic printing error

One of our users stumped me with this one:

He's got a Mac II and a Classic II, both running System 7.0, connected by
PhoneNet cabling; there's a Personal LaserWriter LS connected to the Classic
II, and he's running Gizmo Technology's ShadowWriter to make it available to
the Mac II over the network. It's been running fine since January. He decided
that he wanted a way to print on the PLWLS from the Mac II without having to
turn on the Classic II, so he got and A/B switch -- A goes to the Classic II,
B
goes to the Mac II, and the output goes to the Printer. When he hooked it all
up and tested it, the Classic II had no problems. The Mac II is acting
strangely, though. It will send a print job, the document will print out
completely, then PrintMonitor will report the following error: "Printing error
at 80; reason -50." He can't get the job to cancel, and the error won't go
away
unless he goes into the System Folder and deletes the print file from the
Spool
Folder.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

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

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:03:48 CDT
From: fjvanwet@cwis.unomaha.edu (Francis J. Van Wetering)
Subject: DarkSide of Mac 3.0 (Q)

Arrrggghhh!  I deleted this off my hard drive and replaced it with 3.2.
However, I did NOT read the part about "for color macs only".  Does
anyone still have a copy of DarkSide of the Mac version 3.0?  I have an
SE/30 here in my office, and enjoyed VaseDance very much.

with hope...
| F.  J.  Van Wetering, Ph.D.    INTERNET:    fjvanwet@cwis.unomaha.edu    |
| Management Information Systems BITNET: fjvanwet%cwis.unomaha.edu@UNLVAX1 |


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Date: 14 Sep 1992 17:41:34 -0500
From: suit@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (The Simple User Interface Toolkit)
Subject: Easy-to-Learn, Portable, GUI toolkit

				 SUIT

		  The Simple User Interface Toolkit
		 is now available for anonymous FTP.
	Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, the University of Virginia

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
			    What Is SUIT?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUIT is a standard library of GUI screen components (buttons, menus,
sliders, etc.), and allows *interactive layout* and specification of user
interfaces even while the application runs. SUIT is portable. Programs
using SUIT are written in ANSI-C, and run across all platforms with exactly
the same source code. Currently, SUIT runs on:
	* UNIX/X platforms: SPARC, SGI, IBM RS/6000, DECSTATION, Sun3
	* Color Macintosh & Macintosh Powerbooks
	* DOS 5.0
	* MS-Windows 3.1

This file contains information about what SUIT is, who uses it, where
to go if you need help with SUIT and of course, what you need to do to
get SUIT installed where you are.

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
			      Why SUIT?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
After experiences with other GUI toolkits, we found them all TOO HARD TO
LEARN, and have spent the last two years building a system that is easy to
learn.  How easy?  We've documented that undergraduates can use SUIT
productively after 2 hours with our ten page tutorial. We also have a 160
page detailed reference manual, and tons of example programs that show how
to use various widgets and features.

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
			    Who Uses SUIT?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUIT has already been used at a large number of beta sites; to help
convince you that SUIT isn't "flakeware," we are asking for "soliticed
testimonials" from SUIT users, vouching for SUIT's stability and ease of
use. Look for them on this newsgroup.

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
			  Who Can Get SUIT?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUIT, including all its source code, is available without charge
to Universities and other non-profit institutions.  For-profit
organizations can license SUIT for a hefty fee (site licenses only;
money is used to support students doing SUIT maintenance. Email
suit@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu if you'd like to license SUIT.)

No one may redistribute SUIT without our express written permission,
although executable programs built with SUIT may be redistributed.

Anyone may ftp SUIT for evaluation purposes.


 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
	   What Do I Need At My Site In Order To Use SUIT?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
This depends on the platform you will use:

UNIX/X:
	You will need at least X11R4 and gcc 2.1 or later
	or any ANSI-compatible C compiler.
	(If all you have is gcc 1.3X, send us mail. 'gcc -v'
	is how to find out what you have).

	On the RS6000, SUIT is known to work with
	version 3.1.5 and 3.1.6 of the operating system
	and version 1.1 of the xlc compiler.

MAC:
	System 6.0 or 7.0 and Think C 5.0

DOS:
	DOS version 5.0 and Borland C++ version 3.1

WINDOWS:
	Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Borland C++ version 3.1

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
			  How Do I Get SUIT?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Getting SUIT is easy: below are instructions for getting the SUIT demo
program and a README file that walks you through some of SUIT's most
powerful features. This README also shows you how to get the entire
SUIT distribution.

The more verbose set of instructions included below is also available
by typing

		finger suit@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu


Short Instructions For Wizards:
 ------------------------------
	anonymous ftp to 128.143.8.100
	cd pub/suit/demo/{sparc,dec,etc}  <----- your platform type here

	get README
	get demo.sui
	get demo         (on DOS & MS windows, this is demo.exe)

	remember to use binary transfer


Full Details For Normal People:
 ------------------------------
	The demo is made up of the following files:

	demo            -- an executable demo program
				(demo.exe on DOS/Windows platforms)
	demo.sui        -- a support data file that demo needs
	README          -- an ASCII text file that explains SUIT and
				tells how to get the whole SUIT distribution

	The files are in the directory
		pub/suit/demo/<arch>

	where <arch> is one of the following supported architectures:
		sparc
		sun3
		rs6000
		sgi (note: this version uses X-windows, not "straight GL")
		dec
		dos
		windows_3.1
		mac (these files are binhexed)

	Download these three files and run demo program (detailed
	directions are below, if you need them). If you like the demo,
	the README file has step by step instructions for getting
	the entire SUIT distribution.

	Again, thanks for your interest in SUIT.

				---- The SUIT Development Team



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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 07:37:00 PDT
From: "Tom Wilson" <wilsont@fedc04.fed.ornl.gov>
Subject: Eudora and La CIE Pocket 40

I'm running an SE/30 with 6.0.7 and I have had recurring problems with
Eudora (all versions) that only occur when my La CIE Pocket 40 hard drive
is on the SCSI port.  The problem is that when I select NEW MESSAGE, NEW
MESSAGE TO, and sometimes (maybe always and I just didn't catch the trend)
NICKNAMES, I get a "wrong volume type" error message followed by a "Eudora
Cannot Continue" message.

I've tried removing INITS and changing SCSI addresses and rebooting without
INITS and CDEVS and the only thing that cures the problem is rebooting
without the La CIE drive.

I really like my La CIE Pocket 40 hard drive and I really like Eudora as
well.  I haven't had a chance to test this phenomenon on another machine,
but I suspect that it would behave the same.  I am highly suspicious of the
La CIE Power cable that gets +5V power from the ADB.  I have several
docking modules and "T"s, all of which produce the same problem.  La CIE
claims that their drive does not overload the ADB.

I've already been in contact with Steven Dorner (Eudora's author).  He's
not aware of any specific problem although (as my failing memory recalls)
he had heard a few comments about similar experiences.

Does anyone know the ADB and the driver software well enough to comment on
this?

Tom Wilson
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
<wilsont@fedc04.fed.ornl.gov>

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 08:53:56 -0500
From: mcguire@utkvx.utk.edu (Michael A. McGuire)
Subject: Eudora documentation (A)

Host: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu  128.174.5.59
/mac/eudora/1.2man.pm.sit.hqx

Michael McGuire, mcguire@utkvx.utk.edu

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 13:06
From: HUENSD@VAX1.COMPUTER-CENTRE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK
Subject: Extension to divert numeric traps to FPU?

Dear netters,
Does anyone know of a system extension that will intercept calls to
the Apple numerics software and send them to the FPU instead? I don't
need the precision of the standard software but could sure use some
speed on some software that doesn't know about the FPU.

Many thanks,
David Huen, Univ. Birmingham,U.K.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 10:43:47 -0400
From: iom@dsunx1.dsrd.ornl.gov (MIKOLIC-TORREI I)
Subject: Getting SuperDrive Upgrades (Summary)

Thanks to all who responded.  As several people pointed out,
Falcon Microsystems has Upgrade kits on GSA schedule.  Our paper
work is already on it's way to them...

If anyone else is interested, the address is:
Falcon Microsystems
1100 Mercantile Lane
Landover, MD 20785
301-341-0146
Part Number is 1155-372 ($328, old ROMs returned).

Having the part number was the KEY!  When I called them originally (before
posting my query on info-mac), I didn't have it and just asked for a
SuperDrive upgrade.  THe response at the time was "we don't carry those".
While the Falcon person might have been a bit savvier, I bear as much of
the blame (if not more) for not expressing more clearly what I wanted.
Anyways, with the part numbe there was no problem at all.

Thanks again to all,

Igor Mikolic-Torreira
iom@dsunx1.dsrd.ornl.gov

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:22:20 -0800
From: kcary@pepvax.pepperdine.edu
Subject: Hard disk name frozen problem (C)

>I have a mixed network of system 7 and system 6 Macs. I have a problem that I
>can't change the name of some of the hard disks on the system 7 Macs (I have
>followed the instructions about turning file sharing off first).
>I have heard a rumour that this is a bug in System 7 and that it occurs
>forever after a system 6 machine accesses a volume on a system 7 machine. Is
>this true and is there a fix for it?
>
>Regards,
>Bob Kenyon

We have seen a similar problem with our hard drives in offices and labs.
The current _working_hypothesis_, advanced by our manager of academic user
services, Todd Burke, is that the locked names occur when there is a system
crash while filesharing is enabled. The idea is that filesharing uses the
system bit to lock the drive name. Thus, if there is a crash while
fileshare is on, at the next boot, filesharing finds the system bit set,
and politely does not un-set the bit, when fileshare is turned off.

An inelegant solution is to use RESEDIT to turn off the system bit. Perhaps
someone will suggest a slicker utility to un-set this bit.

Happy Hunting
-Kim

Kim Cary Systems Support Coordinator kcary@sun.pepperdine.edu kcary@PEPVAX
Grad School of Education & Psychology - Pepperdine University (iMho only!)
" I never met an L.E.D. I didn't like. "

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Date: 15 Sep 92 13:38:50 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Hard Drive Problem (A)

     Hard Drive Problem (A)
>I talked with Quantum tech support, and it seems that I have a case of the
>dreaded sticktion! :(  What's the fix?  Well, since my drive is out of
>warranty, buy a new drive.

I must of missed the original thread of this, but are you sure your drive is
out of warranty?  Drives (only 40MB internal hard drives -- I believe both
Quantum and Sony drives are covered) that are truly affected by stiction are
covered by a "recall warranty" that (from what I've been told) extends through
1993.  Quantum drives could be repaired (problems came about because of
improper lubrication of the "axle" the hard drive spins around.  The Sony
drives need to be replaced.  I've had 5 drives on SEs and IIcxs that have been
replaced under the "recall warranty" and one that wasn't (it was an 80MB
internal Sony drive).  All machines that were affected were purchased the
summer of 1990.  If yours WASN'T a 40MB drive, then this doesn't apply.  But
if
it WAS a 40MB drive (Quantum or Sony) in a machine purchased late '89 through
early '91, it has a good chance of being covered under the "recall".  Contact
your closest certified Apple rep for details (they have the serial number
range
for drives that are covered).  Hope this helps either you or someone else out
there in StictionLand!  ;-)

Thomas Scott, Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853
E-mail:  Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 20:38:40 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <C509393@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Help! Extensions not loading

Help! My extensions are not loading. In fact Extension Manager 1.7 is not even
presenting them in its window. And when I drop an extension or panel into the
System Folder it does not go into the proper folder. What's the deal? Eric.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:10 CST
From: CHUTEA@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Subject: HOW TO PRINT MAC COMMAND SYMBOL?

I AM WRITING A MANUAL FOR THE MAC AND NEED TO PRINT THE COMMAND SYMBOL.
HOW CAN I DO THIS?

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 18:15:10 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: Installing RAM in a Quadra 700 (A)

It's not too difficult. The best solution is to order the RAM from an
outfit like TechWorks that includes detailed instructions, and just
follow the instructions. You have to get the power supply and the
drive assembly out, but that's fairly straightforward. However, when
putting them back in, try to keep the cable frm the floppy to the
motherboard bent the same way. If you twist it into a different shape
(say to avoid its pressing against a VRAM SIMM) it's likely to come
loose and you will falsely believe that your amateur installation
efforts have destroyed your floppy.

Graeme Forbes

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:30:49 -0700
From: Philip.A.Thompsen@m.cc.utah.edu
Subject: Installing RAM on an LC

Could anyone recommend a source for information on installing RAM chips on
a Mac LC?  I want to buy two 4-meg SIMMs from the Chip Merchant, but they
told me that they don't include instructions on installation.  I've
installed SIMMs in a Mac Plus before, but never in an LC.  Is this an easy
do-it-yourself job?  Is there a good reference source I could consult to
show me the way?

Philip A. Thompsen (Panthony@cc.utah.edu)

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 11:33:24 EDT
From: przes@erim.org (Mark Przeslawski)
Subject: LaserWriter IINT and Greyscale (C)

In regards to Al Bloom's question about the Laserwriter IINT problems, I have
seen the problem many times here at work. Our company logo was distributed to
all the Mac owners to use in their viewgraphs. Unfortunately, I discovered
that
logo was made in a paint program and imported into MacDraw, etc as a very
intense "beast". I experienced the same problem (flashing light forever, even
over a weekend, and no output). I tried printing on other printers around
the building and discovered that it would never print on a IINT. It printed
fine on IINTX's, a ScripTEN, and even on an old LaserWriter Plus!

My short-term solution was to make a new version of the logo which looks
the same when printed and does print on a IINT. I warn people to stay away
>From trying to print detailed clip-art on the IINT's. The long-term solution
is a printer upgrade/replacement (when & if the capital equipment money
comes through).

- Mark Przeslawski
  E.R.I.M.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 08:34:17 PDT
From: driear@hal.com (Joe Driear)
Subject: Localtalk + PC + HP XL300 question

I recently bought a HP XL300 color printer and it works great
with my Mac over a localtalk network.  I also have a Daystar
localtalk board in my PC connected to the same network.  The
PC "sees" the printer on the network (i.e. a SHOW ALL shows
the printer) but can't find it to print to.  Daystar tech.
support is completely lost on this one.  Any suggestions on
what might be wrong?  The PC folks don't understand localtalk
networks so I thought I'd ask here.  (Yes, I know I can go in
over the parallel port, but the printer is 25 ft from the PC
and that's too far for a parallel cable.)
--joe (driear@hal.com)

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:25 GMT+1
From: "HEWAT@FRILL.BITNET FAX FRANCE(33) 76-48-39-06 TEL 76-20-72-13 OR (-26)"
<HEWAT%FRILL.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Macintosh product prices outside the US

With respect to the complaints about inflated prices for Mac products in
Europe, Murph Sewall neatly turns it around saying:
>Be sure and notify every consumer group you can identify at the
>first sign of European vendors lobbying for protectionist legislation.

Actually, as Phil Ryan points out, some US vendors refuse to accept orders
>From Europe - because it would hurt their European agents (who charge
double).
Is that 'protectionism' or what ?  Their marketing reasoning seems to be -
take the US retail price and add up to 100% for the 'trouble' of exporting.
Alternative reasoning would be - the US price is designed to recover
developement costs, so anything extra earned on exports is pure cream.

Fortunately, many other US vendors know that Europe is a market of 350 million
people.  They reply to faxes and email (some companies don't even bother),
charge normal market prices, accept credit cards (the same in Europe as the
US)
and ship products rapidly (2-3 days is not difficult to Europe).

Of course we should not accept protectionist practices (what was that about
Japanese active matrix displays ?) but apart from 'writing to the government',
buyers in Europe will soon learn which suppliers are ripping them off - thanks
in part to international forums like info-mac !

Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, France (hewat@frill.bitnet)

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 20:20:26 +0200
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <cbuser@pegasus.ch>
Subject: MacPlus vs. ADB-mouse (r)

Scott,
I think it's not that easy to use an ADB-mouse on a
MacPlus - or vice-versa. I am not an electrician, but
I was told that the circuitry is completely different
in the mouse.
However, there's hope for you. If your "dead" mice hace
only a broken mouse switch, just replace that. It is an
Omron standard switch (I think the same in the Plus and
the ADB version) that costs maximum $5 a piece if you
buy over 100 ;-)
I read somewhere about the exact part-number, but I
can't find the article again. Sorry.
Regards, Christian           cbuser@pegasus.ch

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 15:39:38 CDT
From: Larry Pickett <C4898@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU>
Subject: MacTCP, Tokenring, TN3270, abends

I'll take more cardful notes next time but does anyone know of problems
with MacTCP being used with a Tokenring 4/16 NB card?  I'm running tn3270
2.3d16 and about once a day tn3270 goes out to lunch and when I reboot
and/or shutdown and restart The ci behaves as is it doesn't have a TR card
installed.  Eventually it will recognize the card and all is well for
a day or two.  Anyone else having similiar events I haven't seen any
other comments along this line.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 20:22:33 +0200
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <cbuser@pegasus.ch>
Subject: Mode 32 for IIcx (R)

Dear Raman,

(1) Yes, you need Mode32 in a IIcx, if you want to use
more than 8mB RAM

(2) It should be free from any Apple dealer. If you can't
find it, contact the authors (Connectix Corp.)  at one
of the following email-addresses:
AOL: Connectix
AppleLink: Connectix
CompuServe: MACAVEN
or phone them at 1-800-950-5880

Connectix has also published the "Macintosh Memory Guide",
a 60 page booklet which should answer nearly all memory
questions. They also offer a HyperCard stack version of the
guide "free for the asking".  So, why not ask for one?

Regards, Christian         cbuser@pegasus.ch

-- I am not involved in Connectix at all! Just mention what I know.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 02:48:53 EST
From: jeff@picasso.ocis.temple.edu (Jeff Linder)
Subject: Modem and Terminal Software Questions

Greetings all, having just bought a 14.4, and being very thrilled with it, I
do have a few questions...

#1 - Does anyone know terminal programs that will support 4096 size Zmodem
packets?  Zterm only appears to accept 1024....

#2 - Does anyone know any tricks for getting a v.32 modem to connect to a
US Robotics HST (NOT dual standard) at higher speeds?

Also, just as a note.  I recently purchased by 14.4 S/R Fax v.32, etc. for
$289
>From MacProducts USA, including software and cable.  Please note that I have
nconnection to mac products, save as a VERY satisfied customer.  My friend has
the Supra modem, and mine seems equal in every way for less $$$  (this is not
to malign the supra, just another alternative.)

Anyway, thanks for any info...

Jeff

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 11:22:25 EST
From: Muhamad Syukri <u895555@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au>
Subject: Need CP for alias

Hi....

I have searched all cp/app/extensions in sumex or umich
which are dealing with aliases but all of them seem can not
give what I want.
I want a control panel or extension that gives me a list of
applications/file/folder in pop-up menu (like appollo) and
when I choose one of them it will create the alias in
the desktop. So I can delete it after I finish.

I need this as my Mac is only Classic II and some applications
is need to use drag-and-drop procedure to make it running.
I do not want to put all aliases (or applications) that should
be accessed using drag-and-drop in the desktop.
It's very small monitor !

Is such control panel (or extension or whatever..) exists ?

Thanks for the reply..

PS :
Sorry for the English, it's not my first language. I hope it's clear

= Syukri =
u895555@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au

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Date: 14 Sep 92 09:54:54 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Network mail (R)

     Network mail (R)
We are looking for a good mailer program to run on a local LAN.  We
have used Quickmail in the past which we have found very good.  But
alas it does not work in system 7 and untill we can afford the upgrade
we would like to get a cheap substitute.
Respond directly to me and I'll sumerize.
mike "P".....thanxxx

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

What do you mean "it doesn't work in system 7"?  I'm running several QM
clients
under System 7 right now (QM 2.5).  Even though my QM Server is running on a
IIsi with System 6.0.8, it is possible to run QM Server on a System 7 machine
(make sure you turn file sharing off on the QM Server).

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 13:53:45 -0700
From: salinger@Sonoma.EDU
Subject: Now 4.0 Bug

I have just confirmed what I feel is a major bug in Now Menus 4.0.
With Now Menus active it is impossible to type any accent marks
over the letter "a".

I have informed Now Software of this bug and it has been confirmed
by there Tech support person. This helpful person told me that he
would immediately inform the programmers and this bug would be fixed
in an upcoming bug fix 4.0.1. No time schedule for the update was
given. I was told that this upgrade would be posted in all of the
usual places, including sumex-aim. stanford.edu.

--Michael
salinger@sonoma.edu

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 14:28:01 -0400
From: "Tad Davis" <davist@a1.relay.upenn.edu>
Subject: Performas

Haven't seen any words about this yet, so I figured I might as well stick
my neck out.

My initial reaction is one of yawning disappointment: not because of the
features included in the Performa 400, which I had one of my many eyes on;
those features were pretty much known from the beginning. The yawn is in
reaction to the price. Apple still doesn't get it. Yes, they're cheaper
than other models, but they're NOT CHEAP ENOUGH.

In Philadelphia, I found five chains that admitted they were carrying, or
would carry, the machines: Silo, Circuit City, Sears, Staples, and Office
Max. There may be others, but those are the ones I found. All were selling
(or planning to sell) the Performa 400 for $1500 -- WITHOUT monitor. The
monitor is another $350, and that for a low-resolution color monitor whose
fuzziness gave me a major headache after only 10 minutes of
experimentation.

Before their release, some rumors put the prices as low as $700 for the
Performa 200. Frankly that's what it should have been. If the monitor for
the 400 had been included for $1500, I might have gotten the 400. But with
access to a university discount, I can get a IIsi with grayscale monitor
for $100 less than the 400+monitor, and it would more nearly meet my needs.
(Except that my kids can't get excited about grayscale.) If Apple set the
price of the 400+monitor at around 1200-1300, they'd probably make a
killing.

Why should Apple care, since they'll get my money anyway? (It's hard to
shake off the glow of real beauty once you've encountered it, even though
you know it's costing you.) Most people, being more rational than I am,
will compare prices to the PC clones across the aisle: razorsharp color,
speed that can blast the 400 out of the water, and tons and tons of
software in every computer store in the country. Not to mention enough
money left over to buy a small inkjet printer.

It won't matter to most people that System 7 is an aesthetic masterpiece
compared to Windows 3.1. On the Performa 400, they won't be able to see it
very clearly anyway. It won't matter, either, that an astonishing
proportion of Mac software is also beautiful, ingenious, adaptable, and
all-around brilliant. They'll see they can launch their MS/DOS programs,
even under Windows, in a fraction of the time and it still gets the job
done.

This is not the way to gain market share. What it is, is a way to convince
people that you were never really serious about your highly-touted
"bargain" in the first place. It reminds me of nothing so much as the early
EARLY days of the Mac, when with its 128k RAM, 400k floppy, no fan, no hard
disk, etc., etc., etc., it really was (compared to DOS systems available at
the time) an expensive toy.

Tad

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 13:41:14 EST
From: JT_Green@greenmac.nusc.navy.mil <JT_Green@greenmac.nusc.navy.mil>
Subject: plugging in a lot and to be answered

Reinder Verlinde <reinder@neuretp.biol.ruu.nl> writes:
> <intro and specs deleted>.
>In my opinion this translates to about 1.5 A at 240V or 3A at 120V
>(although I am not sure about this. there always crops up a 1/2 V2
>(halve of square root of two) in this calculations and I don't know
>whether the numbers above have taken this in account). These figures
>cover every Mac up to the IIfx; the Quadra's may or may not have
>identical specs (a 13" RGB monitor takes 160W maximum, Apple's two-page
>monchrome 100W maximum).
The relevant specification for the switched outlet's current capacity is the
300VA limit (which is the same for my Quadra 900.) To find the current rating
of the output divide 300 by the RMS volts which yields the maximum continuous
amperes. At 120 volts you have a maximum of 2.5 amps and at 240 volts you
would
have 1.25 amps maximum.  If you have the power (wattage) specification of a
device but not the amperage you would also need to know the power factor to
compute how many amps it draws:
  amps = (watts/volts)/(power factor)
note that the power factor is between zero and one.
A power station with a relay would be the best way to control multiple
devices,
maybe someone knows of an inexpensive one and could post a message for where
to
buy it? :)

p.s. This message reflects my personal opinion only and should NOT be
construed
in any way as reflecting an official government position.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 10:26:57 MDT
From: sharmony@nova.ta52.lanl.gov (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: plugging in a lot in my mac (A)

OK, gang, let's put this one to rest! In Info-Mac v10 #221 Jim Burmeister
wrote:

> I am confused with some of the recent postings regarding plugging things
> in the monitor power port on the back of the Macintosh. One person
> quoted power values for 5-volt and 12-volt lines coming out of the power
> supply.  It seems to me that these numbers would only be relevent to things
> which draw power internally, i.e. expansion cards.

That's right. The manual for my IIcx only lists these _internal_ values, which
are irrelevant to the original question.

> The monitor port is a
> switched 110-volt outlet, so its power limit would be tied to whatever
> device in the power supply switches that port on and off; I would think that
> this is some sort of a relay.

That'd be my guess, too.

> Could someone with a manual and/or some electronics knowledge post a
> definitive answer to how much stuff can be plugged into the monitor port,
> and what kind of damage could occur if that limit is exceeded?

Easy quick solution: pop the top of your Mac and read the label on the power
supply. My IIcx says, "Receptacle 110-240 V AC, 50-60Hz, 3A." My 19" Triniton
monitor pulls 2.6 amps at 100-120 VAC, so there wouldn't be much left for a
disk drive. The best solution if you're interested in having everything come
on when you power up your Mac would be some sort of a relay device like that
suggested by Jan Steinman in Info-Mac v10 #218.

Since, as Reinder Verlinde says, the power supply is protected by a 6 A fuse,
I'd guess that if you overloaded the receptacle you'd blow that fuse.
To replace it you'd have to take the power supply apart.

Steve Harmony

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 02:36:12 GMT
From: david@CS.UCLA.EDU (David Dantowitz)
Subject: Problem with FileMakerPro's PICT extension

A previous note asked about a simple data base for 16,000 names.
FileMaker Pro won out by far.

So, now, a FM Pro problem.  This is version 1.0V3 on System 7.

Question: How do I properly install the PICT extension?
(This is for a friend, not me, otherwise I could probably
read the manual :-)

This person has tried the extensions folder, the Claris folder and
a few other variations.  Has anyone else had any problems?

(I just thought to ask if they she rebooted the machine, but I think
she DID do that :-)

Thanks,

David
--
David Dantowitz
david@cs.ucla.edu

Singing Barbershop when I'm not doing parallel simulation

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 12:18:54 PDT
From: sheckler@leland.stanford.edu (Steven Heckler)
Subject: SCSI Device Sharing

     A few issues ago, I posted a question asking whether I could hook an
external hard drive without internal termination into 2 Macintosh machines
using SCSI cabling.  The answer is a resounding NO!  Here's why:

     The Macs at both ends of the chain would have SCSI ID=7.  This could have
very serious results for the internal SCSI circuitry on both machines.

     The file managers on both Macs could become terribly confused and
potentially nuke parts of the system on both machines.  This would be very
unfortunately.

     Solutions:

1.  Use LocalTalk connectors and phone cables to hook the 2 machines
together.
     This only supports 234K baud, but it would allow the external HD to
     be shared.

2.  Use DIN-8 to DIN-8 cabling to link both machines.  This isn't officially
     sanctioned by Apple, but rumor has it you can do this without frying
     your Mac.

3. Splurge and stick  ethernet cards in both machines.  This is probably the
     best solution if money is not a serious object (yeah, right).

     Hope this helps!

		Steve Heckler
		sheckler@leland.stanford.edu

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 13:35 PST
From: "DAVID R. ANDERSON" <MATHDAVE%CWU.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Shading cells in Word 4 (without Postscript)

I don't have a PostScript printer so I use a
"work-around" with my DeskWriter and Word 4.
The basic idea is simple (overtype a shaded
box with text), but it may be difficult to
position the text properly.

1)  Use a drawing program to create a box
    with the proper degree of shading, with
    no borders if plain shading is desired.

2)  Copy to clipboard and paste into Word
    document. Adjust to proper size using
    handles on graphic. This will be treated
    as a single character by Word.

3)  Use the "overstrike" command in Word to
    place both the BOX (graphic) and the TEXT
    (sentence, etc.) into the cell. The
    Word document should resemble:

      <command>-<option>-o(BOX,TEXT)

4)  Placement of the BOX and TEXT can be
    controlled by use of the superscript/
    subscript commands. If the TEXT is to
    be on multiple lines, use the "array"
    command just as in mathematical
    typesetting.

This method of shading is fairly easy to
use in practice. I hope it is helpful to
some.

Dave Anderson
Bitnet:     MathDave@CWU
Internet:   MathDave@CWU.Bitnet

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:18 CDT
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <LEMKE@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
Subject: Shareware Support

Wade Williams writes:

>
I think most people would feel that if you're going to ask for ?oney for a
product, then you *do* have an obligation to support it.

Like Microsoft and Apple?   :)

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 11:41:47 cdt
From: "Duckenfield,Paul" <DUCKENFI@AC.GRIN.EDU>
Subject: Simultaneous Ethernet & LocalTalk connections

	One of our departments has an Apple LaserWriter connected to their
computers via localtalk. However, they are also connected to the campus
fiber backbone via Ethernet. My question: is there a way for a Macintosh
to simultaneously use its Ethernet connection and its built in LocalTalk
port? At the moment, it appears to be necessary to chose between the two.

	I have seen somewhere a commercial product which offers this
capability (or something akin to it). Does anyone know if such a product
still exists or if there is a shareware equivalent?

Paul

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:59:07 EDT
From: "LISA L.W. BESKO" <besko@dasher.nscl.msu.edu>
Subject: Snooper

Has anyone used Snooper, the diagnostic program from MAXA?  Any opinions?  Is
it useful?

Please send any replies directly to me and I will summarize if there is any
interest.

Lisa Besko
Michigan State University
Cyclotron Lab.
BESKO@NSCL01.NSCL.MSU.EDU
BESKO@MSUNSCL.BITNET

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:13 MST
From: Steve Klaass <KLAASS@PC.BITNET>
Subject: Summary - Corrup Vol Info Blocks

Thanks to all who responded to our request:

>We have recently been witness to a rash of floppy disk failures on our
>Macintosh network.  The failures don't seem to be linked to any specific
>hardware/software combinations, i.e. we use LC's, LCII's, II's, SE's, etc. on
>the network, and a large assortment of network applications.

Here is a summary of what we found.
The critical clue came from Apple Technical Note #102 : HFS Elucidations.

"If a file is closed twice, it is possible to corrupt the file system on a
disk. If a program has been creating unreadable disks, this may be the cause.

One aspect of the file system that is not well documented is how it allocates
access paths to files that are currently open. As a result of this, it is
possible to get a rather cavalier attitude about opening and closing files."

And further on down...

"..think of what can happen if a program were to close a file, then the user
inserted an HFS disk. The FCB could be reused for the Catalog File on that HFS
disk. If the program had a generic error handler that closed all of its files,
it could inadvertently close its file again. If it thought its file was
still open it would do the close, which could close the Catalog file on the
HFS
disk. This is catastrophic for the disk since the file could easily be closed
in an inconsistent state. The result is a bad disk that needs to be
reformatted."

Our case was a classic case of the above example.  The network frontend we are
using, to make sure that any files it opened are closed upon exiting, saves a
list of all filerefnums it obtains.  Upon exiting, it runs through a
 "forceCloseAllFiles" routine, closing each refnum.  Often, the user had
inserted a disk immediately before exiting, so that the above scenario would
be
likely.  It would result in seemingly sporadic damage to catalog and extents
files.  We changed the file handling functions to remove numbers from the list
once the file had been closed, thus eliminating the potential of reclosing a
file.

For those who have had similar problems, look for any "generic file close
error
handler" in your software, and take a look at TN 102 - you may find that this
will solve your problem.


Steve Klaass
Network Services, Glendale College

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Date: 14 Sep 1992 22:21:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Shaw Bernard Wu <SQW6447@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Supra v.32bis modem (C)

I've used the SupraFAXModem v.32bis for about a week and have
not had problems with it.

It has 14.4k data and 14.4k fax (send and receive). Make sure you
get a RTS/CTS hardware handshaking cable. I previously used an old
borrowed hardware handshaking cable and I got transmission errors,
but after I got the MacConnection "Mac+ to MNP Modem" cable by
MacConnection (makes sense, eh?), my transmissions problems
disappeared.

The MacConnection cable is not labled as "hardware handshaking" but
MacConnection support said that it was. I was skeptical at first
and so I did a battery of tests...uploading and downloading a few
Mb's of stuff...and the Supra v.32bis/MacConnection cable appeared
bullet-proof.



Shaw Wu, NYU Stern School. <Sqw6447@ACFcluster.NYU.Edu>

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 15:33:12 -0400
From: Mark Halliday <markh@media-lab.mit.edu>
Subject: Syquest 88 cartridges (A)

Syquest 88 cartridges are a little flaky. We've found that if you
initialize them using SilverLining, reliability improves. The
problem appears to be that there are so a number of manufacturers
who each use their own formatting methods, none of which are
completely trouble free and few of which are totally compatible.
SilverLining has serverd us well though.

In other words: we've never had trouble with dust and are relatively
happy with 88s.

-Mark Halliday

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 21:53:19 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Syquest 88 carts, reliability

On Mon, 14 Sep 92 11:56:10 EDT you said:
>Someone mentioned several weeks ago that the Syquest 88 carts were
>had a high failure rate and were particularly susceptible to dust.
>Is this a higher failure rate than the Syquest 44s? In other words,
>if you are happy with Syquest 44s, will you be happy with the 88s,
>or are the 44s more reliable?

Reliability is relative.  Maybe someone running a truly large operation
can give you actual experience with all the alternatives.  I can only
report what I read in reviews.  The new SyQuest 88 technology has better
reliability statistics (mean time to failure) than the older 44's which
weren't bad.  Neither is as reliable as a sealed Winchester (hard
drive).  The Ricoh technology is a little more secure (and more
expensive) than the Syquest while the Bernoulli is about the same.  The
optical, optical-magneto, and floptical technologies are more reliable
than the older Syquest, Bernoulli, Rich cartridges, but not as reliable
as the latest in hard drives (which are roughly twice the reliability
they advertised five years ago).

The short version is that none of the removable technologies is
completely secure as a continuous use drive, but all will do the job of
storing backups and providing short term extra capacity.  As nearly as I
can tell, the SyQuest mechanisms still offer the lowest cost per
megabyte although some of the really massive (slow, and expensive in
total) optical drives may have gotten even lower in cost per MByte.

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 18:06:32 PDT
From: tsang@isi.com (Kam C. Tsang)
Subject: Taiwanese System 6.07 or System 7

Hi.  Can someone please tell me how to get the Taiwanese version of
System 6.07 or System 7.  Also it would be nice if someone can brief
me or point me to an article somewhere which describes the current
status of the Taiwanese version of the Mac (eg. availablity of word
processors, Poscript/TrueType fonts etc.)

Please reply by email as I do not read this group often.  I will
summarize if there is enough interest.

-kam

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Date: 14 Sep 92 13:43:34 EST
From: G.Buie/G-MSC@g-ate.uscghq.uscg.mil
Subject: Tape Backup for Macs

Hello... I wish someone would explain to me why you can get small backup tape
drive systems for a song ($200 or less) in the PC world, while Mac users
suffer with $600+ offerings. The tape mechanisms are usually the same, yet
there seems to be a premium associated with Mac devices.  I thought this sort
of pricing structure for periphs was going to disappear with the advent of
lower cost macs.  What gives?  If anyone has any insight, or knows of a cheap
tape system, please let me know at G.Buie/G-MSC@g-ate.uscghq.uscg.mil or
post here on info-mac.  Thanks.

Greg

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:04:51 +0000
From: pmb1@tower.york.ac.uk (Mike Brudenell)
Subject: Termy and its "terminals" & Telnet (Q)

I have been trying out the "termy" terminal emulator available in the comm
directory of Sumex-Aim and have stumbled at something.  I haved used the
"New Terminal..." command to create a new entry in the pop-aside menu of
defined terminal connections.  Does anyone know how to *remove* an entry
>From this list, short of deleting the "Termy Prefs" file in the Preferences
folder within the System Folder?  (This deletes *all* the defined terminals
>From your pop-aside list).

I am hoping to start providing Termy and the Kermit CTB tool to users
looking for a free terminal emulator with file transfer capability.

Related to this, does anyone know of a Telnet connection tool that would
enable to communicate over TCP/IP?

Thanks in advance!
--
		Mike B-)                        pmb1@tower.york.ac.uk

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92   1:31 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <RTL%SIVA.BRISTOL.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: UK software prices

Regarding Murph's Sewall's exhortation to we users in Europe to band together
and buy imported software or force local distributors to cut their prices,
well things may be more straightforward than he thinks.  There are already
quite a few companies that specialise in importing US software and they
freely advertise the fact in MacUser.  Prices are somewhat lower than UK-
sourced equivalents and these companies claim you'll still be a properly-
registered user, though whether the local technical support services will
be notified I don't know!  One should also bear in mind that US software
is sometimes a little different eg your spellcheckers probably wouldn't like
"256 colours".
It's probably cheaper still to bypass these companies and buy direct from the
States as Murph suggests.  I personally wouldn't be deterred and would buy US
software from any source if the price were significantly less.
It might seem attractive to try to do the same with hardware as US prices
are again much lower, but here one runs into shipping charges and possibly
import duties as well.  Consequently I don't know of any importing firms here
that bring in hardware on the same scale as software.
But I don't think we should get carried away discussing with all this
discussion of pricing, market repositioning, grey imports and whatever.  I
had intended to mention this at a later date but now seems appropriate: has
anybody ever considered computer users who live in the developing world?  Not
only is the hardware priced out of the reach of most, but you'd be lucky to
find an authorised software distributor anywhere, I suspect!  Consequently
most people get their software the obvious way, and I don't mean they mail-
order it from the States.  I know of students who leave England for their
home countries laden with dozens of floppies containing copied software.  To
be honest, I DON'T BLAME THEM - up to a point.
I could outline my reasons, but maybe some other time.  I don't wish to go on
as I'm not sure the Digest is the best place to be discussing this related
subject. I merely brought it up as I wanted to remind people that while
focussing on hardware/software prices in the West is most interesting, our
complaints look somewhat indulgent to those in less well-to-do countries.
If anybody else has thoughts on getting hardware/software into the developing
world legitimately, but at prices they can afford, I'm sure Bill Lipa would
appreciate them keeping their contributions concise and to the point.  Sorry
to have gone on a bit myself

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Date: 15 Sep 1992 , 12:04:31 EDT
From: SHAPIROB%OUACCVMA.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU

Subject: Imagewriter II Interface Specifications


Is the interface for the Imagewriter II (mini din) RS-232 or RS-422?
Can I sucessfully connect a parallel printer to the Mac printer port
using a serial to parallel converter? This would be especially nice
if I install an approprite postscript cartridge in my Laserjet IIp+
which only has the parallel interface. If the hardware can be connected
will the serial laserwriter drivers normally operate this postscript
printer configuration?

brian

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:12:35 PDT
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] rn-mac.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:12:35 PDT
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <backmod@camis.Stanford.EDU>
Message-Id: <CMM.0.88.716580755.backmod@camis.Stanford.EDU>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex-aim

Here's rnMac, a Macintosh newsreader designed to be used with UUPC and
ToadNews.  If you set up with UUPC as your uucp agent and ToadNews as your
news unbatcher/expirer, then you're set to use rnMac as a newsreader.  rnMac
also has limited capabilities as a mailer, too.  The program is shareware,
so send your $$$ to me at the address listed in the help or about boxes....

-Roy

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/rn-mac.hqx; 77K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 20:18:46 +0200
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <cbuser@pegasus.ch>

Dear Darren,
A while ago, there was a "commercial" beep randomizer
called Polly MacBeep, from Delta Tao Software (no info
about where they are, but they alse made Color Mac Cheese,
a color painting program). I got one at MacWorld Expo
Boston 2 or 3 years ago. If you'd like to know more, I
shall look into the mountains of old disks etc. whether
I find it again ;-)  It was - if I remember right - sold for
$ 10!
Best regards, Christian        cbuser@pegasus.ch

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