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From: al@expovision (Andre_Lalonde)
Subject: REVOLUTIONARY PROFESSIONAL FRENCH DICTIONARY & SPELLING CHECKER
Reply-To: al%expovision@CAM.ORG
Organization: Edition Electronique Expovision inc.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:27:53 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ANNOUNCING					October  1992

PRO LEXIS

A NEW AND REVOLUTIONARY PROFESSIONAL DICTIONARY & SPELLING CHECKER (IN  
FRENCH ONLY ) for QuarkEXpress 3.0 & 3.01 (X'Tension) ON THE MACINTOSH
Now available in the US and Canada
Fast & Powerful: 1,000 words per second on a 68020,
6,000 words per second on a 68030,
8,000 words per second on a Quadra 700
and over 10,000 words per second on a Quadra 950
Interface: Global listing of errors with word and error counts
Dictionary: 500,000 words
New "rSg" technology (Radical - Suffix - Grammar)
Easy to use: all mistakes identified in a scrolling window
Real-time showing of selected mistakes
Errors can be corrected in any order
Corrections in any text bloc (inclined, linked...)
Possible single step correction of repeated errors
Grammatical analysis, elisions, composed personal pronouns,
irregular plurals, invariable past participles and more...
Complete verb conjugations (all tenses, including the pronominal form)
Possible corrections of accents on capital letters
Correction of ligatures z and q (chef d'zuvre, coup de czur, cqtera)
Unlimited personal dictionaries
 (can import technical vocabulary and foreign language words)
Temporary dictionary with user defined settings
Fully compatible with System 6 and 7 on the Macintosh and OS 3.0 on the  
NeXT
Less than 500k on disk (decompressed)
Version 1.0 shipped with Main Dictionary and Proper Nouns Dictionary

Single or site licenses available

In the US and Canada, please contact:

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From: breger@santafe.sitka.sun.com (Ron Breger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Application Launcher from Menu-Bar?
Date: 16 Oct 1992 18:39:00 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: breger@santafe.sitka.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: santafe.sitka.sun.com

In article 71445@hydra.gatech.EDU, gt8798a@prism.gatech.EDU (Anthony S. Kim) writes:
> i saw at a local computer store a mac with a couple of triangles on both extreme
> ends of the Menu-Bar, which if clicked on, would show a list of application that
> you could open.  similar to the Apple System Menu Folder using system 7.
> 
> is this a shareware program?  if so, what is program called?
> 
> Please responds to gt8798a@prism.gatech.edu

This is a commercial program, MultiMaster (tm) which is part of Now Utilities.




Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,sci.med.occupational
From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
Subject: Monitors and eyestrain
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 05:16:28 GMT

Has anyone done research as tothe best methods for reducing eyestrain when
working on large monitors?  Things such as:

a) Which types of monitors produce the least flicker?  Right now I'm
   staring at a 19" sony trinitron from 1987 and it is, shall we say,
   less than flicker-free

b) What sort of desktop pattern is best?  Everyone loves having bright
   desktop patterns, but I never found them too comfortable to stare at
   all day.

c) In setting up text windows?  What text/background combinations are
   the least stressful for the eyes?  Although black text on white b/g
   produces the most realistic appearance, I should think that it is less
   than ideal for the eyes, since the screen is emitting significantly
   more light than white on black...

Please email responses and I will summarize.


--
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gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu       to be seriously considered as a means of 
N2GPZ in ham radio circles        communication. The device is inherently of
72355,1226 on CI$                 no value to us." -Western Union memo, 1877
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17745 comp.sys.amiga.misc:15097
From: rigby@pyramid.unr.edu (Wayne Rigby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga advice for Mac user please...
Date: 14 Oct 92 04:05:19 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno  Department of Computer Science

In article <1992Oct6.125723.4972@syma.sussex.ac.uk> paulr@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Paul Russell) writes:
>
>1) How do I transfer stuff from my Mac to his Amiga 600 ? I can
>   save stuff onto MS-DOS disks - can the Amiga read these
>   directly, or do I need some sort of utility ? If I need
>   a utility, what is it called, where do I get it from, 
>   and how do I get over the 'bootstrap' problem of getting
>   it onto his Amiga in the first place ? Or perhaps there is
>   a Mac utility which can read/write Amiga DOS disks ?

OK, if his A600 came with AmigaDOS 2.1, he has CrossDOS which will let him
read/write IBM 720K floppies (only double density floppies in the 600).  If
no 2.1, no way til you get a term program and a null modem cable.  I do
believe 2.1 comes with a simple AmigaTerm or something like that, but I don't
know if 2.04 has it.  I doubt there is a utility for the Mac to read/write
Amiga floppies.  My suggestion is to find someone there in the area who has
an Amiga or someone who is willing to send a floppy with a program to read
IBM floppies (several PD and/or shareware programs to do this).

>2) What compression/encoding scehems are used ? (Mac users:
>   what are the Amiga equivalents of BINHEX, StuffIt, Compactor,
>   etc) ?

You will be able to unarchive/unpack most stuff with just two programs,
Zoo and LHA.  Zoo will unarchive *.zoo files and LHA will unarchive
*.lzh and *.lha files.  There are several other archive types out there, but
you can probably do with just those.  .hqx is text encoded... I think both
zoo and lha are text ecoded too... Can't check as I no longer have access to
Amigas.

>3) What are some good sites where I can FTP stuff from (Mac users:
>   what are the Amiga equivalents of sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
>   ftp.apple.com, etc) ?

Don't know anymore... the old site that was the favorite is no longer.  It 
was mirrored to some other sites, though.  ux1.cso.uiuc.edu for Fred Fish
disks.  wuarchive has some stuff, hubcap.clemson.edu has some...  That's all
I remember from my fading memory.

>4) What is a popular freeware/shareware comms program, ideally
>   with ZMODEM ? (Mac users: what is the Amiga equivalent of
>   ZTerm, etc) ?

My favorite was VLT.  JrComm is good, and there are several others out there.
VLT and most of the good PD/SW software terms for the Amiga support a
module method of transfer protocols.  Need a protocol you don't have, say...
kermit, go download the kermit module, put it in the correct drawer and your
term program now supports kemit.  Very useful and easy to keep the transfer
protocols up to date.

>5) [Special bonus question for ham radio enthusiasts] Where can
>   I get freeware/shareware morse, packet and other ham radio
>   stuff for ther Amiga ?
 
It exists. PD or SW.  That's all I know.

Wayne Rigby
rigby@cs.unr.edu
From: S_HARASTA@V1.BARTS.LON.AC.UK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: request: help find font MELBOURNE
Date: 14 Oct 1992 15:50:25 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: _JUNKdayly


We are desperately looking for a font called MELBOURNE and would
greatly appreciate any information about where and how to get it.

Please write directly to me at

		 s_harasta@v1.barts.lon.ac.uk 

Since I might have occasional difficulties in accessing my mails,
I would ask you to be so kind to repeat your message to

		    peter@psy.oxford.ac.uk

if you would not get an acknowledgement reply from me. 


		Thank you very much,
						Sandor
From: kzollman@phys.ksu.edu (Kevin Zollman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Powerbook Survey
Date: 15 Oct 1992 21:29:50 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: bohr.phys.ksu.edu
Summary: Powerbook
Keywords: Powerbook

Hello all you Mac lovers,

	I'm conducting a survey about the physical size of Powerbooks.  I 
personally believe that a the small size makes it easy to lose.  Ahh but there 
are thoose who argue that the size is ideal.  What do you think?  Remember I'm
talking about size not weight!  Please send me you resonce via e-mail.

Thanks
--Kevin
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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 11:05:49 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

hzaj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

-> >>>In article <1992Sep30.164359.16118@cc.umontreal.ca> (comp.sys.mac
-> hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc), tsirbasc@ERE.UMontreal
-> CA (Tsirbas Christos) writes:
-> >>>> THE PERFORMA IS A GREAT FAMILY COMPUTER, BUT IT IS NOT THE
-> COMPUTER
-> >>>> FOR THOSE WHO USE THEIR CURRENT MAC FOR MORE ADVANCED FEATURES AND
-> >>>> HEAVY DUTY GRAPHICS OR DESK TOP PUBLISHING.
-> >>>
-> >>>Thank you for shouting the totally obvious.
-> >>Thank you for following up with the totally obvious. 
-> > Thank you for BEING totally obvious.
-> 
-> Whatever happened to subtlety?
->

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RESPONSIBLY LIMITING YOUR CROSSPOSTINGS?!?!?!?!?

This thread has appeared on every comp.sys.mac group.  Suggest we take it over
to alt.sex.bondage, to make sure that EVERY CREATURE IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING
WORLD CAN TAKE PART IN IT.

The breakup of comp.sys.mac into subgroups a few years back was obviously a
mistake.  I suggest we bring it all back together into one comp.sys.mac
newsgroup, so that we'll only have to see each message once, as damned few
people seem to practice responsible cross-posting.

Any takers?

--Adam--
 
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From: sanderso@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mark Sanderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Wierd Use for your Mac
Date: 16 Oct 92 10:19:11 GMT
Organization: Computing Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland

>I have found that a vintage Mac 128K makes an excellent door stop.
>Some other uses I can think of for a 128K....


I don't know about 128K Macs, but when our department upgraded a whole bunch
of 512 to Plusses, the back part of the casing had to be changed. Apart from 
seeing all the signatures on the inside back, these mac shells make good book
cases for your Inside Mac collection.



Mark S.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet)
Subject: Epson dot matrix with a Mac
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 07:18:24 GMT

Hi,
 
Can you people out there using Epson dot matrix printers with your Macs
tell me what sort of software you have to drive them?  I am using a Mac
Plus and an Epson LQ510.  Until recently, I was using the drivers that
Epson supplied in their LQ Printer Software, but it doesn't work with
System 7 and Epson is no longer supporting it.  If I can't find something
I will be stuck in System 6 forever...   :(
 
Are there any shareware drivers that are any good?
 
Are the commercial packages available actually worth the cost?
 
-------------------------
Kevin Fluet
fluet@ee.ualberta.ca
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: a-kraus@uiuc.edu (Albert L. Kraus)
Subject: Re: Another stooge trying to decode files from comp.binaries.mac
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: PES
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:43:09 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.195519.13735@tron.bwi.wec.com>,
bernardi@pql840.bwi.wec.com (Dave Bernardi) wrote:
> 
> I know we have been through this 1000 times before, but I must be missing 
> something.  I'm trying to use files that are posted in  comp.binaries.mac. 
> They look something like this:
> 
> ---
> (This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
> 
> :&NPZGQ9cG'ePER3J6@&ZB@GPFLjcDA3!8dP8)90*9#%!!!!"rmB!!!!!1,a6593
> 
> Do I need to do something to this ASCII file before I use one of the many 
> DeCompression utilities?
> 
> I have tried all different combinations of things with: Stuffit 1.5.1  
> CompactPro 1.32   tickle ....  I never end up with an executable type 
> file (application)
> 
> Thanks,
> - Dave Bernardi
Maybe this is only one of the parts for a multi part programm.
Try one that is a single app first.
Thanks!
Have a nice day!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Subject: Best inits/cdevs for managing multiple monitors?
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 00:26:29 GMT

Just picked up an external monitor for my SE/30, and I'm interested
in learning about the nice and/or indispensable hacks for making
good use of two screens.  I'll summarize, including some info on 
using A/UX on a two-monitor SE/30 ... thanks!

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From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: BIG Virus Question.....
Date: 12 Oct 1992 23:50:32 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu

> CHUCK WILLIAMS <34A6J53@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:

> is it illegal to knowingly possess a virus?


	not in this country, it isn't.  I don't know of any country
	for which the answer would be different, but I consider it likely
	that there could be a few ...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: peterco@eff.org (Peter Cohen)
Subject: Re: Info, please!
Originator: peterco@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 14:27:52 GMT

Well, the difference between the closed Mac's, like the Classic, Classic
II, etc., and the II's has to do with expandability.  The II series has
"NuBus" expansion slots, to accomodate various kinds of expansion cards.

Generally, software is cross-compatible.  The only time you run into
complications is with graphics-based software, like CAD programs and
games, and some (not many) educational programs.  The Classic series
doesn't support color, and some programs require color.
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From: adil@TSS.Corp.Sun.COM (Adil Lotia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Quicken / Managing your Money / EdScheme
Date: 15 Oct 92 23:40:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: gensym.corp.sun.com


Folks, I would like to get a package for doing some home finance
management, and am undecided between "Quicken" and "Managing Your
Money".

I have some mutual funds and it'll be nice if I can plug these in as
well to chart out the performance, net worth etc.  I had heard that,
between the two, Managing your Money was better suited for such use, but
that was a while ago and I don't know what Quicken has in it's feature
list now.

The MiniFinders in Aug. '92 issue of MacUser gives both of them a 5-mice
rating, but I feel that they are pretty easy on the mice.  [They also
gave Practica Musica a 5-mice rating, and while I like the program, I
find its user interface rather clumsy to not justify that rating.]

Can someone who has used these products send me their opinions?  These
days, MacConnection has a special deal on the latest version of MYM for
$32, so that makes it a little more attractive still.


Secondly, there was quite a favorable review in Macworld of "EdScheme"
as a teach-yourself-programming setup and I was thinking of getting it
for my wife. I know Lisp and Scheme, so I can help her if things get a
bit too rough. Again, I would like to hear your opinions if you've used
this package.


I'd prefer e-mail, but you can post as well.  I will summarize if there
is interest.

TIA,

-Adil    adil@sun.com  or adil@gensym.corp.sun.com
From: mharm@pollux.usc.edu (Michael Harm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Upgrade paths (LC --> ??)
Date: 15 Oct 1992 10:43:21 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu

Hi folks.

As an owner of an LC from last December, I'm now wondering
if Apple has any trade-up programs to *any* other machine;
in particular a CI or performa 600.  Any info?  Or should
I just get a daystar powercache and hope I never decide I
need another card slot for a big monitor, or ethernet or
whatever?  Or should I sell the LC at a reasonable market
price, and get a CI with an educational discount for a 
few hundred more?  Any ideas?  

Thanks.


Mike Harm
mharm@pollux.usc.edu
Univ. of Southern California
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rroberts@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ross Allan Roberts)
Subject: Lack of info on 128/256 MO's (MacWorld review complete.. NOT!)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:59:20 GMT

Well, after waiting for the MacWorld article to come out about MO drives,
I was a little disappointed. Half of the drives tested were of the 3.5"
variety, and of those NONE of them were the 256Mb format. This is the
kinda information I was lookin' for, and unfortunately, they weren't
there. Like,

> Can you format 128 Mb cartridges in the 256Mb drives? I know they
read/write okay, but what if wanna get a 128 and format it?

>Is the price of the media consistent at $59/99 for 128/256 discs?

>Kinda important to me... I would like to install A/UX on one of the discs
and use it for a 'startup' drive. Is this possible?

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From: unseen@mcl.ucsb.edu (Invisible One)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Scalable fonts, anyone?
Date: 14 Oct 92 07:32:45 GMT



I am an Amiga users (Hey! Put those rotten fruit down right this minute,
you rabid Mac fanatics!!), and recently bought a DTP program that will
convert Adobe type 1 fonts to Compugraphic (the format it prefers).

Which, of course, highlights the slight problem that I wouldn't know an
Adobe Type 1 font if it ran up and bit me on the nose. So tell me, kind
souls...

a) what is the file extension of an Adobe Type 1 font?

b) Is it a single file, or multiple files per font?

c) what the blazes is a *.sit file? I grabbed a couple of those from a 
       directory called mac/fonts/adobe, but if they're Adobe, my program
       didn't recognize them. 

d) Where, oh where, might I find some of the mythical Adobe Type 1 fonts?
	As in FTP sites and directories.

e) Why the hell do they call them "Adobe" fonts, anyways?!?! Are they
	made of clay, or what?!?!?!



thank you for any info you can provide. Please respond via e-mail, since
I, not being a Mac user, find your comp.sys.mac.* discussions dreadfully
boring. Not to mention worthless, irrelevent, and asinine.  :)

You may now return to talking about....  well, whatever it is you mac people
talk about.

:)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky)
Subject: Re: Wanted: Mac <--> Amiga sound file converter
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:12:35 GMT

scottb@netcom.com (L'etat des mortes) writes:

>I'm in need of a Macintosh Application that will convert Mac and Amiga
>sound files back and forth, is there such an animal?

The program "Amiga SoundConverter" will convert Amiga sounds to Mac sounds,
but not the other way around.  Send me e-mail if you want the FTP address
for this one-way program.

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From: sinkovics@wu-wien.ac.at (Rudolf R. Sinkovics)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Folder Security Program
Date: 8 Oct 1992 16:32:04 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Can anybody give me information on a reasonable prices program (maybe
shareware) which gives folder security ?

I tested FileGuard but found out that folder security is not automatically
granted for those folders residing in the protected folder. Thus several
folders within the protected (like control panel within the systems folder)
folders had  to be protected separately. 

I tested this on a dealer s machine and got the impression that protecting
the main parts of a hard disk in this way implied a substantial speed
drain. (Closing windows not this fast).

Am I right ?
Is there any such program which gives good folder protection and ease of
use ? I would like to allow guests on my machine. It s also no problem if
they see what is on the drive but deleting system and program stuff is
getting very tedious.
- Rudolf

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