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From: cjr1@pacs.pha.pa.us ( Christopher Rooney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ResEditing (or whatever)
Date: 17 Dec 92 23:01:12 GMT
Organization: Philadelphia Area Computer Society

In article <1992Dec14.091407.151281@bmug.org> Duncan_H._Keefe@bmug.org writes:
>I need information on ResEditing the LaserWriter driver.  I am trying to set up
>a Versatec (Xerox) large-format plotter to accept PostScript through Sun's

I can't help you with editing the LaserWriter driver, but I can make an
easier suggestion:  get MacPlot or PlotterGEIST.  Both are Chooser
selectable drivers that are user configurable for a variety of plotters.  I
get my drawings output at a service that has a Versatech 8068 (?)
large-format laser plotter.  I have a copy of MacPlot that I use to format
my drawing for ANSI (aka Engineering) E size, and they use MacPlot to send
my drawing to their Versatech which is emulating an HP 7585B plotter.  I'm
unfamiliar with PlotterGEIST, although I get the impression (don't quote
me) that it is easier to use.  Best you investigate this yourself.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: System 7.1 Phone Number?
From: chapman@sun.cis.ycc.yale.edu (Jonathan Chapman)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 20:52:50 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Yale University

Anyone still have the phone number I need to call Apple and order 7.1? Is
this still an option, or do I need to find a dealer?

********************************************************************************Jonathan
Chapman             *
Yale University              *"Resistance is fuitile. You will be
assimilated"
chapman@suncis.ycc.yale.edu *                      -Bill Gates
********************************************************************************
From: JohnM._Stafford@uu0570.foggybottom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Unauthorized printer users
Date: 14 Dec 92 05:27:53 GMT
Organization: Foggy Bottom / Washington, D.C.

Print Monitor can tell who is in queue to print on an attached printer.
Foggy Bottom - your FirstClass Mac connection in Washington, DC
From: abl9y@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Andrew B. Lederman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: A/ROSE
Date: 21 Dec 92 01:36:28 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Virginia

Can anyone tell me what the system extension A/ROSE is?  I have a new IIvx
in our lab and we are experiencng frequent crashes, so I'm trying to cut down onthe system to see what is causing it, and I have no idea wat this is for.

Thanks,

Andrew
From: aaron@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Aaron Schrab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Using "FIND" for backup in System 7?
Date: 17 Dec 1992 08:02:16 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Department MSCS
NNTP-Posting-Host: studsys.mscs.mu.edu

In article <1992Dec17.045521.5664@news.media.mit.edu> minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) writes:
>Someone suggested using the Finder's "Find" for making backups.  I can
>set it to "All at Once" and "file created after xxx".  Then all those
>files are highlighted -- but so are the folder names containing them.
>Anyone know a way to only select the files and not the folders?
>Otherwise the backups are too gross...

After the files are selected in this way do another find using the selected items,
and searching for files whose "kind does not contain folder". This should unselect all folders.
-- 
   <<<Aaron Schrab>>>       | <<<Even I have no idea what I say.>>>   
 aaron@studsys.mscs.mu.edu  |  The world isn't what I want it to be   
 Kammerling@aol.com         |  anymore. It used to be so easy ...    
 A.Schrab@genie.geis.com    |  to make believe.      -the Tick #4    
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From: cconstantine@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: PowePC Chip emulation, Why 68020??
Date: 16 Dec 92 07:31:19 -0800
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

Does anyone out there know why Apple chose to emulate a M68020 for its' PowerPC
chip for software compatability instead of at lease a 68030 which can do
virtula Memory and was the most stable chip (as far as software compatability
went) of the bunch????

Please respond via e-mail, as I don't read these groups offten.

Thanks.

Carl B. constantine
CCONSTANTINE@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: haase@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter Haase)
Subject: Can't Rename Hard Drive
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:00:59 GMT

A user in our Org has a IIci running System 7.0.1 and cannot rename the
Internal HD....File Sharing is Turned OFF...Upgraded to System 7.1 and
still cannot rename HD....Can anyone provide a solution????

Please E-Mail replies...Thanks in advance ---

<==================================+==================================>
  Peter Haase                      +    Internet: haase@meediv.lanl.gov
  Network Manager/MEE-Division     +    Applelink: HAASE
  Los Alamos National Laboratory   +    Phone: 505-667-2684

"The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
 reflect those of Los Alamos National Laboratory"
From: shiga@math.titech.ac.jp (shiga)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Printing Japanese fonts
Date: 16 Dec 92 04:49:54 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Tokyo Institute of Tech.

In article <Penelope_Theodore-101292103821@cis_staff-kntx32.cis.brown.edu>, Penelope_Theodore@brown.edu (Penelope Theodore) writes:
> 
> Can anyone offer advice on the best way to print out Japanese fonts from a
> Classic to a StyleWriter or HP DeskWriter? The Classic is running Japanese
> system software and EG Word, and a test with the DeskWriter yielded spacing
> problems. Would there be any advantage to using 7.1 with WorldScript and a
> Japanese script installed, and will Microsoft Word accept and print
> Japanese characters in this situation?
> 
> I have spoken with the supplier of Adobe Japanese fonts, and they offer
> ATM-J and two fonts that are System resident (apparently making for slow
> printing). Has anyone used this, I am wondering if this might be the best
> option. Thanks for any information/comments.

I use TrueType Japanese Fonts which are supplied from Apple Japan. Adobe Japan
sells ATM-J and Japanese Postscript (screen) fonts for ATM-J.  By using these fonts,
you can get good output of any Japanese document from a StyleWrter, DeskWriter and
others. I recommend you TrueType-J because Adobe's J-fonts have very strong 
copy protections. But I do not know how to purchase them in U.S.A., sorry.
As for MSWord, it does not match Kanji perfectly while it works as an English word 
processor under a Japanese system. So, it is better to use EG Word (now ver. 5.0) 
or other Japanese word processor to print Japanese characters.
Hiroshige SHIGA, Department of Mathematics Tokyo Institute of Technology
shiga@math.titech.ac.jp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: Daryl_Spitzer@mindlink.bc.ca (Daryl Spitzer)
Subject: Re: MacsBug tutorial?
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:44:44 GMT

> Where can one get the MacsBug manual?

Actually, I'd recommend these books:

        Scott Knaster's _How to Write Macintosh Software_
        (3rd Edition, I believe).

                Scott does a great job of explaining Macintosh memory
                management, the use of registers, and what compiled code
looks
                like as assembly.  An appendix gives one a good reading
                knowledge of 68000 assembly.

        Debugging Macintosh Software with MacsBug
        by Konstantin Othmer & Jim Straus

                After reading this book (using the disk with MacsBug and
                example programs) you'll be an expert.  It includes
                lots of great tips, and sections on debugging
                anything...CDEFs, CDEVs, INITs, drivers...you name it.

--
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From: eaiu243@orion.oac.uci.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP DeskJet hookup to Mac IIci
Keywords: DeskJet,Mac IIci
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:21:56 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of California, Irvine

In article <1992Dec17.154606@suned1.nswses.navy.mil> mjk@suned1.nswses.navy.mil (Michael J Kress) writes:
>Just spoke to an HP rep and he told me of several products
>that may do the trick.  I'd like to know if anyone has
>recommendations for or against any of these.
>
>	MacPrint from Insight Development

            Gets the job done. A friend of mine uses this to connect with his
dad's LaserJet IIp. Really slow, only does bitmap conversions (no support
of internal fonts.)

>
>	PowerPrint from GDT Softworks

            Incredibly studly. Wonderful. (Insert additional praise at
your descretion.)


>
>	Grappler from Orange Micro

            Only gives you output equivalent to that of Imagewriter line.
Buggy. (When I bought PowerPrint, the mail order house I bought it
from had dropped Grappler for lack of function.)


  I've had nothing but good experiences with GDT and their products. Highly
recommended.

--Andrew
From: fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu (Faisal Nameer Jawdat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: QuickTime 1.5 - unimplemented trap?
Date: 12 Dec 92 00:13:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.0f_PhD200Vp=AUNkcm
	<1gaq66INN3m3@mathj.usc.edu>
Distribution: world
Organization: Sophomore, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

In article <1992Dec11.131312.208@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> Rob Winters
<rwinters@nhq vax.hq.nasa.gov> writes: 
>I recentlt got ahold of JPEGView 1.1 and was trying to use it
>to display JPEG images. Better than 4 out of 5 did not display
>without errors (brightly colored rectangles and other scrambling).

I had this problem for a while.  It turned out that the problem was
not jpegview - it was that I was ftp'ing jpgs with fetch in automatic
mode, where they should be done in binary mode.


-- faisal jawdat                  | "Certainly the game is rigged.
email: fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu       | Don't let that stop you;
if mail handler barfs             | if you don't bet, you can't win." 
fj05@andrew.cmu.edu               |        -Lazarus Long
From: qsi@contrast.wlink.nl (Peter Kocourek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: RE: HELP: IIsi with SLOW hard drive
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:23:28

Usenet News System wrote in a message on 10 Dec 92 to All

 UNS> Set your disc cache to 32K and your disc will go fast again... 
 UNS> Benchmarks showing this were posted last month, Apple NZ is 
 UNS> still trying to find out an explanation for us (Apple NZ verified 
 UNS> it on their machines, this is not a IIsi only "feature"). If 
 UNS> you've got no INIT's at all then 384K cache will speed up the 
 UNS> video on your IIsi, any INIT's and you won't need this much 
 UNS> - experiment with Speedometer

I wasn't here a month ago, but I have run my own benchmarks (with a program
ported from Unix, called Iozone), and I can confirm this. I don't have the
exact figures at hand right now, but the cache slows the harddisk access down
tremendously; incredible but true.

YHS:QSI!
From: denbeste@enigma.bgsu.edu (William C DenBesten)
Subject: Re: Experiences installing 7.1
Originator: denbeste@enigma
Reply-To: denbeste@enigma.bgsu.edu
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:30:53 GMT

smt1179@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Tom Thatcher) writes:
> In article <moofie-041292174645@90.190.20.255>, moofie@apple.com (Steve Klingsporn) writes:
>>
>>
>>Just checking, but you _did_ do a _clean install,_ right?
>>It's not really all that cool to do an install _over_ existing system
>>software.
>>
>>
>>Steve
>>
> 
> Excuse me, but what _exactly_ is a clean install?  Are we supposed
> to remove our old system (i.e. trash) before launching the installer?
> And if so, how does the installer know which fonts, printer drivers,
> and networking options we want?
> 
> I have been under the impression that the installer looks at what you've
> got, deletes the old stuff, and puts in the new stuff, preserving your
> DA's, prefs, INITS, etc.
> 
> If I have to trash my entire system folder before installing (after first
> locating and moving all my personal preferences files, extensions, 
> control panels) its not worth the effort.

The "Apple Party Line" is that you can install a new system on top of an
existing system and all unneeded things will be removed.  Some people have
encountered problems with damaged resources not being recognized as damaged
and replaced.  Other people (including me) are "cautious".  By installing
a system on a disk that does not have a system, my odds of having
a clean, non-corrupted system are as great as possible.

I install systems in the following manner:
	1) boot from a floppy.
	2) if your installer is on your fileserver, login.
	3) remove the finder from the system folder and trash it.
	4) rename the system folder to "Old System Folder"

	at this point, the installer will not be able to find the old
	system folder and will instead install a fresh one.

	5) run the installer to install the desired (customized) system.

	6) open both system folders in "by name" mode.

	7) systematically go through each file in the old system folder
	   and decide if it:
		a) is something that I added and need, including pref files.
		b) is obsolete (ie MacWrite prefs or word temp file #37)
		c) was replaced by a newer version during the install.
		d) is something I should replace with a more current version

	8) go through the system and make the same decisions.

I have replaced literally hundreds of systems this way.
		
-- 
William C. DenBesten is denbeste@bgsu.edu or denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: drew@netcom.com (drew)
Subject: Re: How many Bytes in a Kilobyte (The answer may surprise you.)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:47:08 GMT

there is no discrepancy, merely a misunderstanding.  i presume this is
explained in the mac reference manual.

the finder's get info command reports two measure:  the actual number
of bytes used in the file (e.g., for one of my files, 78,040) and
the number of KBs allocatted to the file on disk (for same file 77KB).
the file system allocates blocks of fixed size (size of allocation blocks
depends on size of disk, might be .5KB or 2KB, etc.  This simply means that
the total bytes allocated for this file (used up in disk space) is
77*1024 = 78,848, while the actual number of bytes within that space
used by the file to store its information is 78,040.
In general the difference between actual bytes used and bytes allocated
by the fsys can be up to the allocation block size -1, and one would
expect it, for random file distributions, to average at half the size
of the allocation block.  this wasted disk space is called internal
fragmentation.  the only way to recover it is to use smaller allocation
blocks, with the disadvantage that more space is wasted in the fsys
allocation tables...and more file fragmentation, and slower fsys access.
you can manually split a larger disk into smaller ones (hard partitions)
which will reduce the allocation size, with the disadvantages mentioned
above, and the additional disadvantage that you will arbitrarily run
out of space (in one partition) when there is space available (in other
partitions).  depending on your usage mode, such partitioning could
actually be a benefit...but for most people, it's just a pain.

-drew@netcom.com

In article <1992Dec12.140350.1@tesla.njit.edu> erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) writes:
>
>    How many bytes are there in a kilobyte as reported by the Finder in 6.0.7?  
>Some simple tests revealed that my Finder thinks there are only about 1010 
>bytes per K.  For instance my FAX Manager folder is 304,262 bytes.  Finder's 
>Get Info reports that as 301K.  Disk Doubler's Savings command also reports 
>that as 301K or about 1010 bytes per kilobyte.  SpaceSaver's Magic Menu 
>correctly to my way of thinking reports that as 297K or 1024 bytes per kilobyte 
>(rounded down by about 0.1K.)  Needless to say that different programs can't 
>agree on the number of bytes per kilobyte makes comparing the various file 
>compression utilities more difficult than it should be.  I expect this 
>weaseling about bytes/K from hard disk manufacturers but not from the Finder!  
>Can anyone explain what's going on?  Note that I have tried the obvious, i.e. 
>booting with extensions off and looking only at uncompressed files.  The Finder 
>really seems to think there are only 1010 bytes in a kilobyte.
>
>Elliotte Rusty Harold		Department of Mathematics
>elharo@m.njit.edu		New Jersey Institute of Technology
>erh0362@tesla.njit.edu		Newark, NJ 07102


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From: veloso@husc10.harvard.edu (Manuel Veloso)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Modifying LaserPrep file in System 7.1 for LJ IIISi
Date: 13 Dec 92 07:48:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc10.veloso.724232904

pyrros@braindamaged.cis.udel.edu (Christos T. Pyrros) writes:


>We have a Mac SE/30 printing via a Novell 3.11 network to an HP LJ3Si.
>The problem is that we can't leave the 3Si in PostScript mode, because
>most of the users are DOS (ugh!!).

>All I need to do is get the Mac to spit out a "swtich to PS mode" command
>at the very beginning of each and every print job; it's just a 2-line
>command.

>Any ideas as to how I can do this?  Has anyone else done this before?

>Thanks,

>Chris

Well, assuming that the command can be sent over appletalk (& interpreted
by the printer), you could find, um, stuff the command in text into a
(or the) PREC 103 resource in the Laserwriter driver (see: LoDown o
on Downloading)...the PREC 103 gets downloaded in front of every job.
There doesn't seem to be a way, though, to download something after a job
(to switch the printer back to HPGL?). You could redefine the /quit operator,
maybe, to switch it back to the original emulation.

Manuel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Distribution: world
From: Duncan_H._Keefe@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:14:07 PST
Subject: ResEditing (or whatever)

I need information on ResEditing the LaserWriter driver.  I am trying to set up
a Versatec (Xerox) large-format plotter to accept PostScript through Sun's
NewsPrint software (the plotter hangs off the Sun).  It works; however, the largest
size I can get in Page Setup is tabloid (11x17).  This breaks up the files
into tabloid-size chunks, which are useless.  The System 6.0.7 ImageWriter
driver was easily edited (through the PREC resource); the LaserWriter driver
is dissimilar to the point that I can't figure it out.  How do I edit the page
size options?  Suggestions, comments, ANYTHING appreciated.

(Yes, I have already asked both Sun and Versatec.  "It's an Apple problem.")

Duncan Keefe
Mac Mgr, SBRA Architects, Boston.......voice 617-423-1700 x192
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
Subject: Looking for Info on the LaserJet +
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:01:04 GMT

   I recently came across an opportunity to buy an old HP LaserJet Plus for a
really good price, and I am looking for information on this laser printer.  I
am familiar with the later HP LaserJets, but I am not familiar with the early
ones like the Plus.  Specifically, what would I need to get this printer to
work with a Macintosh, beyond a driver and a cable?  Would I need to expand 
the memory?  Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rmz@ifi.uio.no (Bj|rn Remseth)
Subject: Problem with Jasmine disk under system 7.0.1 on plus and SE machines
Organization: Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:34:59 GMT
Originator: rmz@gyda.ifi.uio.no


I have an old Jasmine DirectDrive 100 that causes Mac plus  and and SE
machines to freeze up during system startup.  The symptoms are:

   1) The machine boots from another disk running system seven
   2) The startup sequence seems to be going normally until it should
      look up the jasmine drive and place its icon on the desktop.
   3) At that time the drive light on the jasmine turns red, 
      stays red, and the machine freezes up.  It isn't even possible
      to move the cursor with the mouse.

I tried this on two  different Mac SE machines, and  one Mac Plus, and
the  behaviour is the   same on all  machines.   An  SE-30  will  boot
normally, the jasmine disk comes up as usual and nothing freezes.

If the bug is in  the disk drive itself,  it  must be a rather  subtle
one, as the disk seems to be working all right on  all of the machines
above when they are running system six or lower.

This is a problem as my home box is an old  plus, don't plan  to buy a
new machine anytime soon, but would like to run system 7 very soon.

My   theory is that  there  is   some kind of   bug   or  at least  an
incompatibilty in the  SCSI driver code in 7.0.1.  that will only bite
older machines. Does  anyone know if a  newer version of the system or
some of the tuneup kits will fix this problem?



--
                                                    (Rmz)

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From: zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 32 bit addressing in 6.0.8 (Optima, not Virtual)
Date: 16 Dec 92 03:29:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: UB

In a previous message, jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore) says:

>In article <PW.92Dec15165228@campeau.lucid.com> pw@campeau.lucid.com
>(Paul Wieneke) writes:
>>How does one turn on 32-bit addressability in 6.0.8?  There is nothing on
>>the control panel for this and I can't find any "memory" control-panel
>>documents on any 6.0.8 system disks.
>
>There is no Memory control Panel for 6.0.x to initiate 32-bit addressing.
>You must use a 3rd-party utility--"Virtual" from Connectix is one, I
>believe--to give you 32-bit addressing.

Close; the utility required for 32-bit addressing under 6.0.x *is*
from Connectix, but it's not Virtual; it's called Optima, and it's
often bundled with certain third-party SIMMs.

Note, however, that Optima will *not* work with MultiFinder; if you
want 32-bit addressing under 6.0.8, you'll be able to run only one
application at a time.  This applies not only to the released versions
of MultiFinder but also to 6.1b7 and 6.1b9; none of them will work with
Optima.

 -- Dave