HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Subject: Re: AIM Alliance
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:46:53 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <1992Nov11.083557.5814@etek.chalmers.se> janolov@cdg.chalmers.se (Jan-Olov Lantto) writes:

>I don t know if anyone has posted information about the PowerPC 601, but I
>just got some and I thought I would share it. Here it comes:

>   40/60 integer/floating point specmarks at 50 Hz
>   50/80 integer/floating point specmarks at 66 Hz

Now that would be impressive.  But I think these
figures are for for chips running at 50 and 66 *MHz*. 
:-)


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mikeh@ausom.oz.au (Mike Hamilton)
Subject: Contact address for Abaton
Summary: What is Abaton's address/telephone number in USA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 04:18:00 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne
Keywords: Abaton

Can anyone supply the USA address/telephone number for Abaton? I need to
update the software for an old 300FB scanner (if I can get it), and can't
seem to find an Australian distributor.

If replying my email, please use my *full* address  (below).

Thanks,

Mike


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Re: 25 mHz IIsi--another success story
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 11:44:59 EST

In article <1992Nov8.122315.19265@doug.cae.wisc.edu> carter@cae.wisc.edu (Carter Gregory) writes:
>In article <!hk1+l@rpi.edu> simsh@crockett1a.its.rpi.edu (Chewbacca) writes:
>If you seriously think a IIsi differs from a IIci by about $10 dollars and
>a few "materials" your sadly mistaken.
>
>Machines are designed and manufactured according to set engineering specs.
>
>This has nothing to do with Apple STICKING people for upgrades.
>
>My primary concern here is people actually thinking they are "getting a
>free ride" by doing this upgrade and that they are going to be saving
>big bucks by doing it.  Nothing could be further from the truth.
>
I don't think anyone seriouly thinks this.
I believe that those who are going to try this realise they will be getting
a possible 25% performance boost for $10. Now, I'd call this pretty
close to a free ride...  If it doesn't work, then the original xtal goes
right abck into the socket.  Why do you object so much to this concept?
Are you aiming for a career in Enginnering Liability Control or
something that has a title like that? 
Certainly it coudn't be anything to do with design...
From: rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Monitor size and resolution
Keywords: multi-sync, multiple resolution, monitors
Date: 11 Nov 92 08:44:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov11.084438.5761
Reply-To: rseymour@reed.edu
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

In article <8610023@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> dlc@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dennis Clark)  
writes:
> In comp.sys.mac.hardware, hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) writes:
> 
> > dlc@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dennis Clark) writes:
> > 
> > >In comp.sys.mac.hardware, guiyu@spectra (Kui Yu Chang) writes:
> > 
> > >> MON size	resolution	hori. freq(Khz)
> > >> --------	----------	---------------
> > >> 12"		 512 x  384	24.15
> > >> 13" or 14"	 640 x  480	35.0		 <-- [also 15"]
> > >> 16"		 832 x  624	50	(approx.)<-- [also 17"]	
> > >> 19"		1024 x  768	60	(approx.)<-- [also 20"]
> > >> 21"		1152 x  870	68.24
> > >> 
> > >>Above are the STANDARD resolutions used on the respective SIZE of the
> > >>monitor.  True, you can display 1152 x 870 on a 14", but a 14" is not a
> > >>STANDARD to display it. Thus, when people say 16" resolution, they mean
> > >>832 x 624.
> > 
> > >  Hmmm, I am running a SuperMac Spectrum 8 card with a Sony 16" at  
1024x768 -
> > >it is NOT WYSIWYG however, but it is nice.
> > 
> >     The person above was not talking about multi-synch monitors that can
> > display other resolutions than the "standard" resolution for the
> > monitor's size. 16" standard resolution is 832x624.
> 
>   Neither am I, this is a standard SONY 16" Trinitron monitor, not a multi-
> sync.  It is a 60HZ monitor and a standard in the unix market.
> 
> DLC

	Your talking about two different things here. In one case you have  
mulit-synchronous monitors, and in the other multiple resolution. Multi-sync  
monitors are built to be compatible with a variety of graphics (hardware)  
drivers by accepting more than one scan rate. However, multiple resolution  
monitors are able to display more than one resolution, thus allowing hardware  
pan and zoom.
	The above stated 16" Sony is multiple resolution (often this is the  
sole province of the driving hardware (i.e. board)). This is independent of  
it's being multi-sync. The pixel resolutions given above are the *standard*  
resolutions at each size (note other size designations, the trend seems to be  
to use the bezel dimensions [case in point AppleColor 13" --> MacColorDisplay  
14" even though they are the same monitor with different curcuitry]). 
	In a multiple resolution setup, other resolutions may be used (i.e. the  
1024x768 used on a 16" monitor as above). However, when displaying at higher  
resolution, the display is no longer WYSIWYG, so this limits it's usefulness  
for publishing, graphics, or layout.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ashwin@gatech.edu (Ashwin Ram)
Subject: Monitor mysteriously blanking out
Reply-To: ashwin@cc.gatech.edu (Ashwin Ram)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:01:22 GMT

I have a IIsi with a 13" high resolution color monitor that's about two years
old.  Recently I've been running into a bizarre problem.  When I switch on
the system, the monitor comes on normally and then fades out slowly to
darkness within a minute or two.  (Sometimes it does not come on at all;
sometimes it will fade out spontaneously after using it for a while.)  If I
leave it as it is for 15-20 minutes, it will slowly fade back on.

Yesterday, it faded out within a couple of minutes of switching on the
system, and did not come back on for 30 minutes.  I leaned over the monitor
and started to pick it up, and suddenly it came back on slowly.  But when I
left the monitor, it faded back out again.  It was almost as if it needed
some "warming up".  I then held my hands over the front edge, around the
screen area, for a few minutes, and sure enough, it came back on.  Once it
had been on for a while, it stayed on.  Again, it's almost as if it needed
some warming up.  Now I don't want to switch it off because if it doesn't
come back on I won't be able to use it.

Is this a common problem with these monitors?  Does anyone know what this
might be due to, and how to fix it?

All suggestions much appreciated!

Thanks,
Ashwin.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: patlin_s@cubldr.colorado.edu
Subject: Missing memory found, and a printer question
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:11:20 GMT

Thanks to those who explained the missing memory to me, it was indeed the
lack of video ramm that caused the problem.  Odd system 7 doesn't atribute
memory taken to run internal video to operating system expenditure (or some
other reasonable category.)

Also, another question:

When I first bought my printer, a few weeks ago, it showed up in the chooser
as "QuicKor TS."  Now it calls itself an "LZR 960."  While I know this is the
same model printer, I am at a loss to determine WHY the switch occured, and
all my fiddling won't switch it back.

Any gurus out there have a clue as to how this might happen? Is it a sign of
iminent disaster?

Scott.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu>
Subject: Re: Appleshare network slowdown
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A725AA3AFA010205@isbdeskmac.acs.unt.edu>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 10 Nov 92 11: 04:42 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:04:53 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.174624.23765@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Cecelia A. Dorn,
cad0410@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>We have a user center utilized by faculty and students offering
>an Appletalk network of 15 macs (overseen by a MacII fileserver: 40M
>hard drive--approx. 12M free).  Recently we have noticed a slow down
>in network performance and I was wondering if anyone out there has any
>suggestions on diagnostics/optimizations/etc that can be done.  I'm
>particularly interested in procedures and if necessary, in software
>(product names please) that we can purchase to help evaluate the
>net's performance.  Do you think this problem could be as simple
>as optimizing the server's hard drive?  (Incidentally this lab has
>been in operation for approximately 2 years with no similar problems).

It's worth checking the degree of fragmentation on the hard drive, though
usually a slowdown caused by disk fragmentation occurs very slowly over a
period of time.

It's also very important to make sure you're keeping your net virus-free.
If an Appleshare file server becomes infected with WDEF, it can slow down
unbelievably -- sometimes taking many minutes to open a window from a
workstation.

Finally, it is worth evaluating the network's performance as well, as
dropped packets could easily result in a slowdown as well. I don't know
any of the program's names right off hand, but there are several
non-commercial ones that will be able to help you in this regard.
==========================================================================
Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu>        |          University of North Texas
==========================================================================
"An open mind, in questions that are  not ultimate, is useful. But an open
mind about  the ultimate  foundations either  of Theoretical  or Practical
Reason is idiocy." - C.S. Lewis
==========================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cad0410@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Cecelia A. Dorn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Appleshare network slowdown
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:46:24 GMT
Reply-To: cad0410@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

We have a user center utilized by faculty and students offering
an Appletalk network of 15 macs (overseen by a MacII fileserver: 40M
hard drive--approx. 12M free).  Recently we have noticed a slow down
in network performance and I was wondering if anyone out there has any
suggestions on diagnostics/optimizations/etc that can be done.  I'm
particularly interested in procedures and if necessary, in software
(product names please) that we can purchase to help evaluate the
net's performance.  Do you think this problem could be as simple
as optimizing the server's hard drive?  (Incidentally this lab has
been in operation for approximately 2 years with no similar problems).

Any help ASAP greatly appreciated,
Cea Dorn
From: jav@rhiannon.sitka.sun.com (Joyce Vanderpoorten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Internal Fax Pumps, Fax Modem
Date: 12 Nov 1992 17:39:34 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: jav@rhiannon.sitka.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: rhiannon.sitka.sun.com

Does anyone out there use an Internal Fax Pump in their
Macintosh or Unix machine.  I am looking to purchase and
need a place to start my reasearch.

Thanks in advance.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac:450 comp.sys.mac.hardware:20930 comp.sys.mac.system:13750
From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: ?Two monitors on MAC IIcx w/System 7.0.1
Summary: How the heck do I get two monitors up simultaneously
Keywords: two-monitors,MAC IIcx,System 7.0.1
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:36:21 GMT

Don't have any manuals to RTFM and I know this isn't too hard for
those well versed with MAC's and MAC/OS.  

I just installed System 7.0.1 (w/"tune" disk) on a MAC IIcx for
first time.  We already had a portrait monitor and display adapter
card but also had a spare MAC color monitor and color display adapter
card.  To my understanding these can work together, so I put the color
display adapter card in along with the portrait card, but when I boot
ONLY the portrait monitor is active, color monitor is powered up but
nothing appears.  I selected "Monitors" under control panels and it
seems to only see the portrait display card.  I have verified several
times the cards are in correctly, only other card in besides these
two is a 3COM ethernet card.  I did unplug the portrait display card
and just had the brand new color card in their but got no picture
on the color monitor.  I took the cable from the color card and connected
it to an adjacent MAC's color monitor of the same kind and got no display
their either.  This is a brand new color monitor and card.  Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac:448 comp.sys.mac.apps:16800 comp.sys.mac.misc:18841
From: arends@Yosemite.metaphor.com (Dale M Arends)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Serial Port Network Server
Keywords: Serial Port Network Server
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:38:15 GMT
Followup-To: email
Distribution: na
Organization: Metaphor Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA
Originator: arends@yosemite

Does anyone know of a program (INIT/cdev/cp/extension) that allows the
Macintosh to act as a network server for a device connected to its
serial port?

I have a serial printer that I want to make available on the network and
don't particularly want to use a Shiva NetSerial ($$$) or similar device.

If you have or know of such a program, please let me know via email.

Thanks,
Dale
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Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employer.  They
probably aren't interested and maybe don't agree and therefore ...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Subject: Re: 4D XRef info wanted please
Organization: 3M Company
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 18:29:58 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.172854.11271@bio.vu.nl> rgaros@bio.vu.nl (Rene G.A. Ros) writes:
>:   4D Xref (I have version 2.0) is basically a REPORTING tool only.  It
>:   can't make global changes or anything useful like that :-)
>There is no tool available which can do these usefull things, or can XRef
>'print' to a document and use a wordprocessor to search!!??

You can actually save the XREF to a text file, but it comes out in a
format which you really have to 'parse out' in order to make useful.
ACIUS includes a database which will "digest" the text file and give you
something workable.

>:   Now if we could just figure out why ACIUS thinks XRef needs it's own
>:   color pallette....
>I do hope it uses the password settings from the structure file..

Yep, it honors Designer passwords.

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From: trrrc@rc.rit.edu (Thomas R. Ridley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
Subject: Is 4D Mail Externals Available?
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:12:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.databases
Organization: RIT Research Corp

Hello,

Subject line says most of it. I am interested in having 4D and MS Mail
communicate with each other. My Microsoft Mail docs include a blurem about 
"4D's Mail Externals" being available from Acius, Inc. So I wondered if any
of you have/had that product and what your experiences may/might be.

Thomas R. Ridley
RIT Research Corp
trrrc@rc.rit.edu
From: jjwright@gandalf.rutgers.edu (     Jay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
Subject: 4D question
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:41:30 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


greetings,

i just created a 4d application, my very first one :) and i wanted to
change the background screen from the 4d emblem to something that i
create in paint (perhaps) or some other graphics file..  or even a
blank back drop would be fine.  anything but the 4d emblem.

is there a way to do this, i figure there must be, but i couldnt find
anything about it in the manuals.

any help is appreciated..

thank you

jay

jjwright@remus.rutgers.edu
From: rswanson@zeus (Roger Swanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
Subject: Filemaker Pro layout question
Summary: Any way to have non-repeating area in column format.
Date: 11 Nov 92 18:34:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxKE97.Dt5
Organization: U of Illinois

I'm working on a Filemaker Pro file, and I'd like to set up one of the 
layouts for a report that would show fields from five records in column 
format instead of rows. What I'd like to do is list the field names on
the left hand side once, followed by the five records. When I tried to do 
this, all of the field labels repeat with each of the records. Does anyone
know if there is a way to set this up to that the field labels are only
printed once, followed by the records? I know this is fairly easy to do 
if I were to list the records in rows and put the field labels in the 
headers, but my boss wants it the other way if possible. Any and all help
with this would be quite appreciated.

Thanks,

Roger Swanson     
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
From: wolfgang@fraser.sfu.ca (Wolfgang Richter)
Subject: Re: Filemaker Pro layout question
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 01:21:28 GMT

rswanson@zeus (Roger Swanson) writes:

>I'm working on a Filemaker Pro file, and I'd like to set up one of the 
>layouts for a report that would show fields from five records in column 
>format instead of rows. What I'd like to do is list the field names on
>the left hand side once, followed by the five records. When I tried to do 
>this, all of the field labels repeat with each of the records. Does anyone
>know if there is a way to set this up to that the field labels are only
>printed once, followed by the records? I know this is fairly easy to do 
>if I were to list the records in rows and put the field labels in the 
>headers, but my boss wants it the other way if possible. Any and all help
>with this would be quite appreciated.

>Thanks,

>Roger Swanson     

Would the following work?
-  Create a field with the serial number attribute so that each
   record is numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.
-  Create calculated fields that display certain text if the record
   number is 1, 6, 11, etc. 
-  Design a layout that shows the calculated fields just to the left
   of the data you wish to print out.
-  Specify 5 across labels.

I can see a few problems with my scheme, but it is the only thing
that I can think of that may do a bit of what you want.

Another option would be to export the data in merge format. It can
then be loaded into MS-Word and you can have it do a fancy mail
merge to get what you want. In fact, I think it would be fairly
easy to do.
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From: Allan.Balliett@p914.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Allan Balliett)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
Subject: RE: FM pro 'stupid' question
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 07:22:44 -0500

 EB> I'm quite new with FileMaker pro (1.0*) so maybe this is a 
 EB> very stupid question but anyway. 

 EB> Is there a way to have FM go to the next field (when entering 
 EB> data) with a normal return instead of those tab's? 
 EB> thanx etienne 

A 'quick' fix on that one is to us QuicKeys to alias the return key to 'next
field'
From: wb1o+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Matthew Beaver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
Subject: 4D: Assigning Unique Integers
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:45:21 GMT
Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Is there a way to assign a unique integer to a field outside of the #N
comand in the layout editor?  I have no problem creating the Unique
number with #N in the default value box for the field in the layout. 
The problem occurs when I create a record in a script, assign different
values, save the record, and then display it with Display record.  The
value doesn't get asigned in default if I save the record beore I
display it.  I cannot do the assignment in the script either.  I get an
error when I say [Project]Project_Num:=(#N). Is there another comand for
this?

Any ideas are very welcome.

Thanks in advance,
William Beaver
Carnegie Mellon University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
From: rgaros@bio.vu.nl (Rene G.A. Ros)
Subject: 4D XRef info wanted please
Organization: VU Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:02:57 GMT

Hi,

Can someone tell me what 4D XRef exacly does? Does it 'produce'
only a lot of paper or can I, for example, find and replace
in all procedures and scripts???

Thanks in advance,

Rene'

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Rene G.A. Ros                         Amsterdam, Netherlands
rgaros@bio.vu.nl                    rgaros@nikhefk.nikhef.nl
************************************************************
My English is niet very well en ook nog not so snel,
but that comes later wel.
************************************************************
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
Distribution: world
From: Robert_S._Fukuda@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 01:04:08 PST
Subject: 4D 2.2.3 multi-user

I have built an application using 4D 2.2.3. I have been using it in single-user
mode and would like to start using it in multi-user mode so that I could have
someone else working in the application at the same time. So, I have a few questions
about 4D in multi-user mode...

1. Will the application run using system 7's file sharing capabilities? Does a
mac have to essentially become a file server for 4D to work  or can the mac
which has the application run the application simultaneously with another user
on the network?

2. How much of a performance drop will occur using the network? How much of a
difference would using ethernet make?

3. Will I have to re-write sections of code to make things work in multi-user?

4. Any other problems that you can tell me about?

Thanks in advance! 
          Bob
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