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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Black Apples
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:55:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: outpost.D2150035.fgp3r1
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Oct6.175207.11961@sierra.com> (comp.sys.mac.misc), tbiggs@sierra.com (Todd Biggs) writes:
> I've got a Mac IIci running system 7.0.1 on a color Radius
> monitor with a very strange problem.  The Apple in the upper 
> left corner of the screen is black.  The machine is also crashing 
> a lot.  Are these two things related ?  I've tried
> reinstalling the system but that doesn't seem to fix it.
> Any ideas ?

The black Apple usually means that you have Grays selected in the
monitors control panel.  This can be confusing if you have Millions
of Colors turned on since you do see plenty of colors on your screen,
but the Apple menu is still black if you have grays selected.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: cs108069@pandora.sdsu.edu (John DeRose)
Subject: Re: Managing a student Mac lab
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:07:53 GMT

As to your first question, it would be helpful to know approximately
how many stations (Macs) you are planning for and the total number of
students you'll have accessing them.  It might be a difficult to limit
the student's access time.  One recommendation is to go with AppleShare
v3.0.  This would take care of the login monitoring.

From personal experience I've found that the latest version of FileGuard
is vastly superior to FolderBolt.  But FileGuard is expensive and it may
not be necessary if you go with a file server.  If you do go with a file
server, you could keep the applications stored on it and use the individual
hard drives as boot drives only.  Using a resource editor, it is very simple
to make any folder `invisible' and thus not so accessible.

How much security do you need?  What types of applications will you be using?
Have you decided on any particular Macintosh models (do you need color, etc.)?
I'll be glad to help answer your questions so any additional information you
have would be extremely useful.  :-)
From: kontio@niksula.hut.fi (Ari J Kontiainen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: MacWEEK internet (or Applelink or Compu$erve) address?
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:04:58 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Can MacWEEK (customer service) be reached from netland?  Does someone
know a possible internet, AppleLink or Compu$erve address to them?

Thanks,

	Ari Kontiainen
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From: cramer@Eng.Sun.COM (Sam Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: What's a good Plus upgrade?
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:18:04
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
	<1992Oct15.023349.14019@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: gaxx
In-reply-to: smt1179@ritvax.isc.rit.edu's message of Thu, 15 Oct 1992 02:33:49 GMT

>>>>> On Thu, 15 Oct 1992, smt1179@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Tom Thatcher) said:

Tom> The only upgrade for a mac plus that is worth the money is more RAM,
Tom> to 4 megs.

Tom> Anything else costs nearly as much as a new Classic II/ Performa
Tom> 200.($<1200) If you discount the hard drive at $300, you are paying
Tom> $900 for a 68030, 4 megs RAM, superdrive, and a new CRT, new power
Tom> board, etc.

Tom> Any CPU/accelerator upgrade costing even just a few hundred will still
Tom> leave you with a 4 to 6 year old CRT and a notoriously buggy
Tom> power/video board ld

I beg to differ.  The Plus power supply may be cheaply upgraded (as a
preventative measure) or easily fixed if it breaks.  Replacement CRTs are
also available if required (though I don't know what's wrong with a 4 to 6
year old CRT; mine seems to be going strong).

Many people on the net speak highly of the Brainstorm accelerator, which
gives you a 2X speed-up for about $200.  $200 is a lot less than $900.  If
you want an '030 there are a number of accelerators available (including
some which provide full- or two-page display support).  An outfit called
MacMobile Systems (213-734-2222) seems to have particularly aggressive
prices on such accelerators (e.g. 33Mhz '030 w/FPU, 2 page frame buffer,
auxiliary power supply for $780).

Sam
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: smargari@nmsu.edu (Susan Margarit)
Subject: Re: PB 100, is System 6 Possible??
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
	<1992Oct5.161542.13826@uwasa.fi>
	<1992Oct5.232934.23471@tamsun.tamu.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 03:54:04 GMT

Well, I 'downgraded' to system 6.0.7 last night. The portable upgrade
mentioned is actually the 'portable' cdev. That has the controls for
hd sleep and system sleep. It also controls the ramdisk and the screen
brightness. It also enables you to control the brightness by holding
down a modifier key and pressing the up and down arrows. Actually, a
more elegant method than the dial on the lcd screen. Ricardo Batista's

brightness cdev works fine too for dimming the screen after a
specified period. 

It's also much faster working with 6.0.7. I feel like I just put in an
accellerator. Now if I can just figure out how to file share with my
IIcx running 7.0.1....

Jim Margarit
From: bordier@imag.fr (Jerome Bordier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: No, I'm not doing the Mac FTP list anymore.
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:57:05 GMT
Organization: IMAG Institute, University of Grenoble, France

In article <1992Oct1.184626.8781@unlinfo.unl.edu> mgleason@cse.unl.edu (Mike Gleason) writes:
>The subject says it all.  I just don't have the time anymore to keep the
>mac.ftp.list current. 

I think Apple should reward you for services which appear to be some kind of
"evangelizm" !
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: billie@camelot.bradley.edu (Eliot Frick)
Subject: Stuffit Query
Organization: Bradley University
Date:  9 Oct 92 06:55:43 GMT

Unfortunately, in order to D/L anything here at Bradley, I must D/L via
a lan system in the library, (or computer dorm), in which all the
computers are IBM clones.  The ISN where I call in from my Mac has no D/L
capabilities.  So, I must D/L onto a IBM formatted disk and then use
AccessPC to read the disk, then I use Stuffit Lite 3.0.1 to decompress
the Mac stuff I D/L.  Here is the problem:  Stuffit reads .hqx files just
fine, unbinhexes them and then often I must unstuff them, but Stuffit
cannot read .sit files from an IBM formatted disk.  I've tried everything,
and no luck.  Anyone have a similar problem?  Any cures?  Thanks.
--
"Hampton, this is the 90's.  Take out a loan and buy a clue."  -Plucky
"Rock band auditions today: Must be able to play 3 chords and grimace
musically.  See Steve Dallas."
billie@camelot.bradley.edu
From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (R. Scott Truesdell)
Subject: troff or nroff available?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Reply-To: truesdel@ics.uci.edu, dutt@ics.uci.edu
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:18:12 GMT

I'm looking for a troff/nroll that runs on Macs. Freeware, Shareware, or
commercial product. If anyone knows if these are available could you please
respond to :

  dutt@ics.uci.edu


Also I'm interested in emacs for Macintosh. I have some old Old OLD
programs called 'microEMACS' and 'uEmacs' (<-- it's actually a 'mu') and
wonder if these have been updated in the last decade and/or if there are
other emacs editors available for Macintosh. Again, either freeware,
shareware, or commercial software would be helpful. Please send replies to
:

  truesdel@ics.uci.edu

  --scott
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17538 ba.market.computers:4906
From: moon!cyberden!system@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,ba.market.computers
Subject: WANTED: Megagraphics (Mass Micro) Mono card #8531-E400
Date: 8 Oct 92 00:30:28 GMT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Howdy,

Looking for the card #8531-E400 for an old Zenith Megagraphics 19" mono
monitor. Need the cable too. This is a real old monitor setup so perhaps
someone has one of these cards laying around... then again... perhaps not.

If you want to part with one, email me... else this monitor becomes a neat
prop to destroy at an upcoming Xorcist show.


__________________________________________________________________________
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From: hapa@cats.ucsc.edu (Doug Easterly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Software to create a default documents file?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 15 Oct 1992 19:06:32 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsco.ucsc.edu
Summary: Looking for some recommendations....


I am looking for any software that will allow me to
force applications to save to a default document file.
My supervisor is new to computing and tends to create
files and forget where he saved them or what he named
them.

I know that the version of System 7 used on the Performas
does this, but is there any shareware, freeware, or
even commercial software I can find that will allow me
to do this without changing system software?

I'd appreciate the help.

Doug Easterly
hapa@ucsco.ucsc.edu

-- 
Sandra's seen a leprechaun,	   Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Eddie touched a troll,		   Susy spied an elf,
Laurie danced with witches once,   But all the magic I have known
Charlie found some goblins' gold.  I've had to make myself.
			-Shel Silverstein
From: ch166@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Louis Moreau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac IIsi bus error
Date: 8 Oct 1992 05:03:17 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I'm getting a lot of errors #1 on my IIsi (under both 32 and
 24 bits mode and both system 7 and 6). I`m used to bombs and
 errors but what really worry me is that error  #1 is a BUS error.
 Sounds like a hardware error, no ?
My questions are:
 
- Is it really a hardware problem or a software one ? Should I 
send my mac back to my very friendly (!) and competent (!!!)
 authorized mac dealer ?
 
- Does it happen on other mac models ? (I`ve never seen it on a SE)
 
- Did it happen to someone else or am I cursed ???
 
I think the 's' in Mac II si stands for 'Strange' as in 
Strangely dispearing sounds, Strangely self-rebooting, Strange
 bus errors etc.   :)
 
                                    Louis
--
From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flop
Date: 10 Oct 92 22:15:35 GMT
Reply-To: jsp@pls.amdahl.com
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

jbailey@world.std.com (james d bailey) writes:

}How about this for a new application only available on a PDA.  Use the
}built in microphone to record a lecture or meeting.  As the recording 
}is happening the user is also taking notes.  

It sounds like a great idea, but, uh, exactly how are you going to store
all that audio?  How many megabytes would a one-hour lecture fill?  Ok,
so you've got a PDA with a 500MB hard drive in it.  Now the whole thing
is filled up with one lecture.  Do the PDA hard drives just slide in and
out, like floppies?  How expensive are these removable 500MB drives?  How
many of them do you want to buy to record all the lectures you attend?

--James Preston
From: apdoo@alice.att.com (Alan Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mobius and Railgun accelerator/display reviews
Keywords: For the Mac SE and the like
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:02:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: alice.23908
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ


Hi, I'm the guy who asked people for experiences with the Mobius
accelerator/display system versus the Magic Railgun system. I got more
requests for info than info itself, so in the interest of dissemination
of information, here's what I got.


From: hapa@ucsco.UCSC.EDU (Doug Easterly)

I am currently using a 25mhz "Railgun" in my Mac SE right
now. Actually, the "Railgun" is a Novy ImagePro with a
PMMU built into the '30 processor, and the math co-processor
option installed. It is a good board, and quick. I have had
no problems with it yet, and am very satisfied.

I think the Mobius board is also made by Novy, and I would
guess that the only differences might be in the options that
come plugged into the board. 

A third source for the same board (more or less) is Novy
(or Systech, as they now call their accelerator board division)
but I don't know the specifics of their pricing.

Doug


From: kruger@mantle.Berkeley.EDU (Mike Kruger)

Alan,

I bought a Mobius acc. for the Classic in the
lab along w/a Mobius 19" Monitor.  Everyone in the lab is
please w/both the monitor and acc.

With the new prices out, you might consider seeing
what it would cost you if you sold your SE and bought
a new machine.

If you have any specific questions about my impressions
regarding the mobius acc, feel free to e-mail me.

BTW, I have no affiliation w/Mobius other than as a
satisfied customer.

Michael



From: Mehrtens_T@msm.cdx.mot.com
Regarding your posting:

We use quite a few Mobius Mac SE '030 accelerator/ 2-page displays here. 
Alone, the units work as marketed.  The '030 accelerator wirks with all
software, except FrameMaker.  You have to turn off a quick redraw option in the
program, and everything is fine.  Surely speeds up the SE quite a bit.

Now, if only the users would replace their 20meg hard drive with something
real...

I have no information on other displays.

The Mobius does not work with the Asante EN/SC SCSI ethernet unit.  From what I
hear, it's Asante's fault.  Others here are still looking into the problem.

Tom Mehrtens <Mehrtens_T@msm.cdx.mot.com>
Motorola Codex

_________________________________________________________

That's it. Hope it helps you make up your mind, I'm still not sure
what I'm going to do...


Alan Weiss
apdoo@research.att.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: js@Turing.ORG (Jon Schull)
Subject: Superkey equivalent for the Mac?
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:19:54 GMT

I'm new to the mac, but already well-addicted to certain
keyboard macros on my PC.  Is there a shareware equivalent to
the DOS program Superkey?   One which allows you to remap
keys, or have one Ctrl-Key combination stand for many keystrokes?
From: kris@media.mit.edu (Kris R. Thorisson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: MIDI on the Powerbooks
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:08:11 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory

Some time ago I heard that there were problems running MIDI
on the Powerbooks (some or all--can't remember) because of
a certain power saving scheme. Is this true? Does anyone
know whether it's been fixed or if there are any remedies
for it?

Thanks,
=kris
From: billa@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Bill Anklam)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 20:44:33 GMT
Subject: Re: FPU &/or accelerator
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (SRSD MWTD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc

Greetings,

Sounds like you are the exact same situation I faced 6 months ago....

I have a number of programs that require an FPU or will take advantage of
it if its available (e.g. MathCAD, Mathematica, etc.) but the overall
system speed of my 1.5 year old LC is currently satisfactory for the bulk
of the work it performs at home (though I must admit to a lot of 'speed envy' 
considering that I use an HP720 workstation at work).

You can purchase the PowerMath LC from DayStar Digital
(~ $118 mail order) since if you eventually want to buy an 'accelerator'
you can upgrade to the DayStar PowerCaches for the difference in 
list price between the PowerMath and the PowerCache of your choice.
Unfortunately when I wanted an FPU all 3 of the mail order companies I called
were out of the PowerMath with next expected delivery of 2 weeks.
So I ordered the Applied Engineering FastMath LC instead (~ $108). 
It works fine and it sped up my FFT routines by ~ 10X.

Steve Kanefsky (kanefsky@halcyon.com) recently made a series of postings
describing in detail the performance of the 50MHz PowerCache in his LC II.
(IT WAS GREAT! Thanks Steve.) If you'd like a copy of the postings 
send me a reply by email and I'll send it too you.

Bill

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From: cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: SoundMaster --> 7.0 snd?
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:37:37 -0400
Distribution: world
Organization: Georgetown University


	I am a new sys 7 user and was wondering if there was a PD 
utility to convert SoundMaster sounds to Sys 7.0 snds.  I have quite a 
few SM sounds and would like to take advantage of 7.0's click and drag 
sounds.

	Thanks.

Colin

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: NOW Utilities 4.0 instability
From: jacobs@cerritos.edu
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:52:19 PST
Organization: Cerritos College, Norwalk CA

In article <73162@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
> mcote@sw.stratus.com (Mike Cote) writes:
> 
>>The review of NOW Utilities 4.0 in the current MACWeek is very positive although
>>they mention instability problems, too.  I hope that an update is soon
>>forthcoming.
> 
> NOW software has announced that they're aware of a number of problems and
> instabilities, and have stopped all development of other projects to get an
> update to NOW Software 4.0.1 out as quickly as possible. I'm expecting to
> see it released any time now. I'd guess two weeks at the outside, but maybe
> much sooner.
> 
> Also, for folks who who were upset about the 'loss' of some of the Now
> Software tools with 4.0, Now has announced Up to date 2.0, which now
> includes the functionality of the old Alarmclock extension. Registered users
> of Now Software will get a chance to buy it for (I think) $29 as an upgrade,
> which is a hell of a deal even for the original Up to Date, and it looks
> like 2.0 is significantly better. So this seems to be, in the long run, a
> really good deal for users.
> 
> -- 
> Chuq "IMHO" Von Rospach, ESD Support & Training (DAL/AUX) =+= Member, SFWA
>   chuq@apple.com | GEnie: MAC.BIGOT | ALink:CHUQ =+= Editor, OtherRealms
> 



	2 weeks ago I ordered the upgrade for NU 4.0 . One week ago I heard
about all the instability problems. I just recieved 4.0 in the mail today,
Should I assume that It would be in my best interests not to install it until
there is a bug fix released?

Karl
 
________________________________________________________________________________Karl Jacobs - Jacobs@cerritos.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead)
Subject: Re: HELP! What is "DeskTop Folder", & "Trash Folder" ?
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 09:00:27 GMT

news@cs.mu.OZ.AU writes:

>WHAT ARE "DESKTOP FOLDER" AND "TRASH FOLDER" ???

>I have a question about strange folders, "DeskTop Folder" and "Trash Folder".
>I am using system 6.0.7 (with desktop Manager) and system 7.0.1 (with 
>Tuner 1.1.1) in a same 230 HD (IIci).  Switching is done by system switcher.  

   System 7 uses a folder for the Trash so I can remain full when you shutdown.
The Desktop Folder is used so certain app's can find things on the Desktop,
Like BeHierarchic. Put an alias of your drive in the Apple Menu Items folder.
The items actually on the Desktop will show up in the Desktop Folder. Each
disk has one of these (if something is present on the Desktop).
   They won't hurt anything when you're running under 6.0.x. Just use 'em
like a normal folder.

Muff


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: pinto@fidalgo.stanford.edu (John Pinto)
Subject: PICT <--> QuickTime coversion
Organization: Psychology Dept, Stanford Univ.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 03:49:44 GMT

Hi there!  I have a set of equally sized PICT files that I would
like to incorporate into a QuickTime movie.  Is there any simple
way to do this, or any free/shareware for collecting PICTs and
converting them to QuickTime format?

Thanks. --- John (pinto@psych.stanford.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flopclose
From: niblack@bbs.mdcbbs.com
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:41:42 GMT
 <1992Oct6.060120.1@bbs.mdcbbs.com> <1992Oct6.152053.16121@husc3.harvard.edu>
Organization: EDS, DELCO CHASSIS
Nntp-Posting-User: niblack

In article <1992Oct6.152053.16121@husc3.harvard.edu>,
 fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry) writes:
 
...stuff deleted...

> As someone already mentioned, Newtons will be used to send faxes, read
> mail, and take notes.  But Newtons will also be used to read books,
> get stock quotes, receive the latest news stories, find your way in
> the Montreal subway system, translate your English into French while
> in Montreal, and, of course, play games.  Newtons will be used by
> every Tom, Dick, and Harry in a personalized way using personalized,
> easy-to-write, forms to do what they do now, only easier.  My wife is
> a doctor and she intends to use Newtons to replace her endless slips
> of papers in her pockets.  All of this should be possible on the first
> PDA using announced or heavily rumored third-party products.

...more stuff deleted...

> Newtons will read Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) to determine 
> your exact position on Earth, and display that information on a map
> so you can find your way around, Newtons will be used to watch full
> length feature movies stored on optical disks at 30fps using a
> future version of QuickTime, Newtons will use Casper-like voice
> recognition rather than handwriting, and Newtons will allow users to access
> services while on the move to shop, make airline reservations, and
> check movie times.

...even more stuff deleted...


EXACTLY! 8)

(You must have been reading the MacWEEK of 6/8/92 that had about 6 articles
on Newton and PDAs)  I can't wait to get my hands on one of these things!

Shawn
From: lederman@taney.uscghq.uscg.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: GIF to get on the MAC.
Date: 14 Oct 92 08:24:57 EST
Organization: United States Coast Guard

In article <14OCT92.04553591@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu>, galeana@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu writes:
> I ftp'd into some site that carried many graphics with the .gif
> I have an account on a vax/vms system and I use FTP to get into some site.
> Know do I have to type image or binary before I get the graphic, or do I get
> the graphic to my account and use a program (GIFConverter).

    When you run FTP on the VAX to retrieve the file from a host
 you DO have to say BINARY to get it on the VAX in the proper
 format.  Files with the .GIF extension are binary (unless the
 site has converted them with BINHEX, in which case they should
 have an .HQX extention).  You will also have to transfer them
 down to your Mac in a Binary format with whatever transfer
 program you use (Kermit, Zmodem, etc.).  At that point
 GIFConverter should be able to read the file.  You may have to
 use the "look in every file" option.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc