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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #93
Date: 10 Apr 92 01:26:19 GMT
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Info-Mac Digest             Thu,  9 Apr 92       Volume 10 : Issue 93 

Today's Topics:

      [*] Alias Director
      [*] Alternate Universe Navigator Microsoft Word 4.0 Instructions
      [*] Imagery1.7
      [*] Laser printer for personal use (report)
      [*] NIH Grant Templates
      [*] SndVolume: Quickly set your speaker volume
      (Q) Typeographical quote printing problems?
      [DAVIDD@ZENO.MSC.Colorado.EDU : LAB HELP ] (2 msgs)
      [Q] Launch limits and A.S. 3.0
      Alternative to MAZ
      Answers to your LC 2 questions
      Answer to Word 5.0's merging problems.
      AutoDoubler and AppleShare problem (C)
      Automatic downloads?
      Bootable RAM Disks
      Cryptic System Errors (C)
      Cryptic Sytem Errors
      DiskLight-Canvas 3.0 conflict (Q)
      Excel recalcs
      Floppy Desktop (Q,A)
      Floppy desktop files (A)
      Flushing Unused memory
      FORTRAN 77 for the Mac
      How do I "ftp"?
      How do you generate the clover symbol on command key?  (Q)
      How to Update White Knight?
      How to use White Knight 11.13 updater
      HyperCard information
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #89
      Isopropyl alcohol and "rubbing alcohol" (C)
      kid-proof finder
      LC 256K VSIMM (Q)
      LC 2 Question (A)
      Macintosh LC II  (Q)
      Making Movies (Moov's?) (2 msgs)
      MS-Word & icons
      Nisus demo launching
      Numbering Equations in Word
      plotting time series data (summary)
      PowerBook170 pixels blinking (Q)
      PowerBooks vs Outbound
      Printing Mac-generated postscript files in Unix (Q)
      QT compressors (A)
      Reassuring Report on " * URGENT * Mac Virus" Posting
      Reply to Word 5.0 print merge problems
      res-edit-tips Considered Harmful
      Resedit forced to quit while trying to open files (Q)
      Screen fonts ???
      StyleWriter
      Suggestions for monitors (>= 19") (Q)
      SW compatibility with Quadra (Q)
      Thanks for the help!
      The Mac LC II PDS slot (Q)
      Using Fax/tel on one line
      Wanted: word frequency counter (C)
      Wanted: word frequency counter (Q)
      Word 5 Irritations / zipped Icons (A?)
      Word Frequency Counter (R)
      Word List Address (A)

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 18:03:21 -0400
From: Humayun Lari <lari@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: [*] Alias Director

Alias Director is a small, elegant System 7 utility designed to make creating
aliases much easier.

In its simplest form, you can use AD to quickly create aliases for items
without the annoying "alias" suffix that the Finder always appends.
If you like to stack aliases on the desktop for easy access, you can also
optionally create aliases without icons to save screen space.

What separates Alias Director from similar utilities is its automatic mode.
As you make aliases for items, their locations are automatically saved in a
pop-up menu in the main AD dialog box. When you want to use a location again,
you can choose it from the pop-up instead of navigating through folders.
For maximum speed, if you hold down the first letter of the name of a location
while dropping an item on AD, an alias will automatically be created and placed
in that location. If you hold down the Option key, the alias will instantly
appear in your Apple menu.

Alias Director is written by Larry Harris and is "conscienceware" -- see the
ReadMe file for details.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/alias-director.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 23:50:29 CDT
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <LZCB%UTDALLAS.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: [*] Alternate Universe Navigator Microsoft Word 4.0 Instructions

  Format of original instructions was MacWrite II. I mistakenly thought
other wordprocessors had a look with all translators by default. I have
submitted a version of new instructions in Microsoft Word 4.0 format.
I am in contact with Claris Technical support for any other required
translations to formats I might not have translators for.
   You may mail me for other translations to the board as you require.
I don't want to present the instructions in flat text any more than
I like using IBM's, but if you request, I shall mail it you individually.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mini-super-space-docs.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 1:33:51 MDT
From: Thomas MacArthur <macarthu@ee.ualberta.ca>
Subject: [*] Imagery1.7

This is the newest version of imagery.  It's really 1.6, but when I uploaded
it to the system I forgot to rename it!  (Sorry!)  Anyways, this version fixes
bugs that occur with converting newer GRASP files, PXC's, and PICs.  Also
fixed is the problems with crashing on Mac IIsi and ci's. 

The author wants to update the current version to sumex, but doesn't have
CxZdCaccess to a Unix server.  I'm just helping him mail this to you,but
if there's anyway that you could help him, it would be greatly appreciated!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/imagery-17.hqx; 284K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 09:19:20 PDT
From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu ( John Thoo )
Subject: [*] Laser printer for personal use (report)

Hello, all!
 
Some days ago I posted a question asking whether people thought
I should buy the TI microLaser PS/17 or the GCC BLB Elite.
 
First of all, I would very much like to thank all of you who
responded to my query directly. (I would list the persons, but
I'm sure that I'd inadvertently miss someone; so, choosing the
``lesser of two evils,'' I've decided not to list any persons :-)
 
I'm attaching all the responses I received (sans the headers),
which could be archived in  /reports. However, one person said
``Feel free to ask any questions,'' and so I left his Internet
address appended to his response.
 
And for posting on the digest, here is a
 
SUMMARY
=======
 
Most of the respondents recommended the TI because they've had
good experience with it.
 
The GCC received one positively *negative* recommendation:
``I'm also looking for a Laser Printer and I wouldn't go near the GCC.
t doesn't seem very reliable to me. Who knows if its drivers will
function in the future?''
 
However, it should be noted that the reason most of the respondents did not
recommend the GCC is that they've not had much opportunity to use it and,
thus, have no opinion on it.
 
One respondent was quite persistent in recommending the new Apple
LaserWriter NTR. I would like to thank him very much for his persistence,
because I think I might just abandon both the TI and the GCC, and go with
the NTR after all.  :-)
=======================
 
Again, thanks to all who took the time to answer my query.
 
Cheers!
--John
<jb2@turing.ucdavis.edu>

[Archived as /info-mac/report/gcc-buble-ti-laser-comp.txt; 14K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 10:48:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: LIVESEY@merry.radonc.washington.edu (John Livesey)
Subject: [*] NIH Grant Templates

About 14 months ago, I submitted to Info-Mac some templates that
my colleagues and I have used for preparing Grant applications to
the National Institutes of Health.  Like another govt agency that
requires forms to be submitted (can you say 1040), the NIH revises
its forms on a regular basis.  Here are templates for both new
(form PHS398) and renewal (form PHS2590) applications to conform
to the printed forms revised 9/91 [but released 3/92 and required
for all new submissions as of 5/1/92].

These templates require Microsoft Word (ver. 4.0 or 5.0) and 
Microsoft Excel (ver. 3.0).  You're welcome to try translating
into versions other programs can use, but I make no warranties.
[As it is, I make no warranties anyway].  

These templates are postcard-ware (or e-mail-ware): if you find
them helpful, send me a postcard or e-mail.  Feel free to 
distribute them to your friends and colleagues, post them on servers
or bulletin boards, and share them with user groups.

Good luck with your grant applications!

John Livesey
University of Washington
(Livesey@u.washington.edu or Livesey@MAX (bitnet)

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/nih-gran-templates.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 23:52 EST
From: ELIOT@cs.umass.EDU
Subject: [*] SndVolume: Quickly set your speaker volume

SndVolume by Christopher Eliot
       A free utility for setting the speaker volume.

If you have system 7 and BeHierarchic, Now Menus or a similar
extension then your Apple menu items folders show up as
hierarchical menus.  SndVolume is a collection of tiny
applications that take advantage of this to let you change
the speaker volume on your mac almost instantly.  You put the
folder into your apple menu items or control panels folder and
you can select any sound volume directly from the apple menu.

You may want to put the original 'Sound' control panel inside
the SndVolume folder to keep it all together.  In fact, the
items in the SndVolume folder are normal Macintosh applications.
You can launch them any way you wish.  For example, you also
might want to put a copy of one of these into your Startup
Items folder.

There is no charge for this package (see copyright notice
below.)  If you feel like sending me a postcard, a little money
or one of your programs that would great but you are under no
obligation to do so.  Hopefully it will make people's lives a
tiny bit easier.  I don't intend to upgrade this package.

I can be reached as ELIOT@cs.umass.edu 
or P.O. Box 371/Leeds, Mass. 01053 (USA).

SndVolume is copyright (c) 1992 by Christopher Eliot.
It may be used and distributed freely provided the package is
complete, includes this file and there is no charge for such
distribution (other than the normal charge for connect time,
if applicable.)  I disclaim any responsibility for problems
that may arise from using this package.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/snd-volume.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 11:40:38 PDT
From: jesse@devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jesse Wright)
Subject: (Q) Typeographical quote printing problems?

When I print these days I loose all typeographical marks such as double
& single quotes and em dashs.  The screen display is fine, just
printing. Regular quote marks (") work fine.  In the printed output is
space for the characters but not the characters.  I am sure this is a
system problem because it occurs with all most all of my printing.  I
can't find any description of the problem elsewhere (in books or
e-mail archives).

My environment is:
    MAC IIfx, System 7, 16 mbytes memory, 32 bit addressing on
    The Type 1 font files in are System Folder:Extensions with
	an alias in the System Folder
    QMS PS 410 Printer

I've tried without success:
    PageMaker 4.2, MS Word 5.0, Claris Works
    Turning off smart quotes substitution and entering in the characters
      by hand.
    Printer resident fonts and Type 1 Adobe downloaded fonts
	New Century Schoolbook (printer resident)
	Utopia Regular (Type 1)
    ATM on and off
    True Type fonts (from Apple and Type 1 converted using Metamorphosis)
    Reinstalling Laser Prep and LaserPrinter driver from System 7 disks
    System 7 tuneup
    Virus scan using Disinfectant 2.4 and SAM Virus Clinic
    Turning off all extensions

I think the font is ok because when I use KeyFinder I can print the fonts
with the typeographical quote marks.

Help!  Any idea's?  I'll post the results to the net when the problem has
been found and fixed because I've noticed a few similar queries.
-- 
Jesse Jay Wright Phone: (818) 306-6436

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Date: 09 Apr 1992 08:31:57 -0700 (MST)
From: DAVIDD@ZENO.MSC.Colorado.EDU
Subject: [DAVIDD@ZENO.MSC.Colorado.EDU : LAB HELP ]

Does ANYBODY know how I can lock a printer OUT so that only certian users can
use it? I have a PAINTWRITER that I want only ART STUDENTS to use, and I
want to keep all other hacks off.  I was thinking about playing with the
driver maybe. I can NOT send PS commands as it NOT a PS printer. Thanx-

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Date: 09 Apr 1992 08:35:34 -0700 (MST)
From: DAVIDD@ZENO.MSC.Colorado.EDU
Subject: [DAVIDD@ZENO.MSC.Colorado.EDU : lab help ]

The MAC II (large II, IIx, IIFX) CAN go sideways but it is a good idea to
keep the power suply end the high "upper" ens so you don't drag heat across
the motherboard and cards. VideoSpicot is good for QuickTime ONLY, and NOT
for FULL SCREEN GRABS, SuperMAc even admits this. MacIIfx is 32BIT CLEAN,
NO need for mode-32, and only 8 SIMM slots in II series max. Thanx-

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 22:10 EDT
From: "BEST WAY TO ACCELERATE A MAC = 9.8M/SEC~2" <ACSCS@umassd.edu>
Subject: [Q] Launch limits and A.S. 3.0

Hi Folks,

I have just installed a file server using System 7.01 and Appleshare
3.0 (some of the improvements are fantastic)

Anyway, I was under the impression that one could use single user
packages as multiuser by setting a launch limit thereby saving disk
space (for those who work for software companies reading this list, we
do have licenses, it's disk space we are worried about)  This seemed
to work fine for MSWord, Excel3.0, but it does not work on
PacerLink5.2b or StatviewSE+ eventhough these are set for 10 launches,
once the package is opened by one user, the others are locked out
(busy or missing error)

Is there certain criteria software must meet to be able to work with
the launch limits?  Our workstations are using sys6.0.x, does the
software accessed from the server need to be compatible with system7.0
eventhough it is being run on a 6.0.x machine?

Any thoughts would be welcomed.
Chris Sullivan
UMASS Dartmouth

ACSCS@UMASSD.EDU

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 22:10 PDT
From: Michael Tsao 310 207-5879            <IZZYLX5@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Alternative to MAZ

Read the documentation that came with MAZ.  The author of MAZ doubts there
 will ever be a version of it that works with built-in video.

Michael Tsao
izzylx5@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
AOL:  Mits
Phone:  (310) 207-5879

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 22:48:01 PDT
From: Thomas Garcia <tgarcia@unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject: Answers to your LC 2 questions

This is a reply to:

>1)  IS this LC 2 an equivalent/better than the Mac SI?
>2)  Does the LC 2 support VM?...i.e. does it have a PMMU chip?
>3)  Is the LC 2 a true 0030 machine?
>4)  Will upgrades from an LC to an LC 2 be made available?  and do y'all think

>that they will be expensive?

1) The Mac LC2 is NOT better than the ][si.  It has a 68030 at 16 Mhz,
   which is more like a Classic II, or Mac SE/30 (the ][si is a 68030
   running at 20 Mhz.  The truth is, its probably not as fast as the
   SE/30, because it's internal bus is only 16 bits, instead of 32 bits,
   like the SE/30 or the ][si. However, it supports Color monitors with
   built-in video, something neither the SE/30 nor the Classic II have,
   and it is cheap!

2) Since it DOES have the 68030, the LC 2 supports Virtual Memory.  The
   68030 has the PMMU built-in.

3) As to whether the LC 2 is a "true 030" machine, I wonder what you
   mean by that... my comments on Q1 might give you the answer.

4) Apple has always had a goo upgrade policy... it always offers upgrades
   for those poor people stuck with old machines... I always wondered
   when can anybody expect an upgrade from a IBM PC-XT to a PS/2 from IBM...
   You will probably see upgrades... you will probably find them EXPENSIVE
   coming from Apple... the low-cost stuff has not reached that part of
   Apples list-price yet.  If you think upgrade, think accelerator boards;
   there are many out there at great prices.

Hope this helps...

Thomas C. Garcia - The University of British Columbia - tgarcia@unixg.ubc.ca

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 22:26:40 PDT
From: Thomas Garcia <tgarcia@unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject: Answer to Word 5.0's merging problems.

This is a reply to Mic Voelker and Nick Faller who posed a question
regarding Word 5.0 inability to merge more than 40 or so files in
one single pass.

This is not a problem of version 5.0 only, since it was also a problem
we had with version 4.0.  We often merge from 200 to 2000-3000 files
and this has been a headache for us.  We called Microsoft and they
gave us the following explanation:

Each "INCLUDE" statement generates some sort of code that gets stored
in a *fixed* 64 kilobytes space within Word (not related to the
amount of RAM dedicated to the application).  This space, depending on
the kinds of files you are merging, allows up to about 40 or 45
INCLUDE stateents. Acording to Microsoft THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID THIS.

The way we have gone about it is that we will change our way of doing
things a bit.  Right now, huge reports are being printed that are a
combination of ORACLE database outputs from a SPARC 2, with Word files
containing graphics (that ORACLE can't handle). We will use Mac database
(4th Dimension) to store this graphics and their associated information,
in which case a PRINT REPORT of some sort will do us fine, thank you.

If you are not merging as many files as we are, one way to make it less
painfull, is to do the following:

    1. When you are rady to merge the file, only merge the first 40
       files (using the *new and improved* PRINT MERGE dialog box),
       by indicating you want to print record 1 to 40.

    2. Once the merging for those forty files is done (you should have
       no problems with that many files), find out which one was the
       last file merged, and delete IT and everything above it (to the
       top).

    3. Merge the next forty files ("print records 41 to 80").

    4. And so on...

Although I cannot solve your problem, at least is nice to hear somebody
has been struck by the Microsoft lightning Bolt too...

Thomas C. Garcia - The University of British Columbia - tgarcia@unix.ubc.ca
 

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 01:07:30 -0400
From: "Alan D. Danziger" <aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Subject: AutoDoubler and AppleShare problem (C)

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>Someone mentioned that:
>This is not always true.  In fact, it is false exactly when I need it.  I
>use AD an am genreally pleased with it.  However, when my colleagues mount
>my volumes ontheir Macs and try to pull files to their machines, they get a
>nasty surprise -- the files are compressed.

>This is unfortunately true, and I didn't notice it until last night when
>someone connected to my Mac's public folder and tried to get files down.
>This is a bummer. It might also affect people using FTP who pull files from
>this Mac (I am running the FTP server in NCSA Telnet). 

I would imagine it would...  AD monitors all FINDER activity, as well
as anything which uses the standard calls to copy files.  However, AD
can't monitor what goes on ON ANOTHER MACHINE.  It works exactly as
advertised on your machine.

>If AutoDoubler were truly transparent it would work with File Sharing.
>It seems strange that if I initate the file copy to a mounted AppleShare
>volume, the file seems to be automatically uncompressed properly.
>If someone else initiates it by mounting my Mac as an AppleShare volume,
>the files come over as compressed DDExpand files. I haven't tested the
>results of pulling the files via FTP yet.

I would almost bet that the FTP'd files would also be DDExpand files.
That's why DDExpand is free.  You can give it to whoever needs it...

>Salient should fix this - I am disappointed that an otherwise beautiful
>product has this strange wart on it.

I don't see it as a "disappointment."  It makes perfect sense to me.
Anything which is done on the Mac AD is installed on, will work as
expected.  Anything which is done on a Mac without AD, won't.  Sounds
good to me.

	-=Alan

Please Note: I am removing myself from the debate.  I've made my point
	     many times, and don't want to tie up bandwidth repeating
	     myself.

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:07:39 -0500
From: Mel Wilson <mwilson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Automatic downloads?

To help decrease traffic on the net I would love to be able to create a couple
of Unix shell scripts to download files at say two or three in the morning,
while I am sleeping and the net is not that busy.  Ideally I would love to
have the crontab facility on my Unix account do this at night and in the
morning I dial-up and download the files.

If anyone knows of a unix program or script already available, please let me
know.  I've never written any scripts but I am not afraid of tryin if someone
could point me in the right direction for passing commands to the ftp program
>From a script(s).

I love info-mac, but the prime times that I can access it seem to also be
the prime times for everyone else and I can never access it as frequently as
I would like to.

Thanx in advance...

Mel Wilson

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 00:54:58 CDT
From: cbarkley@tusol.cs.trinity.edu (The DarkMage)
Subject: Bootable RAM Disks

Greetings:

	I recently saw an article in one of the technical mags about a man who
stuffed 32 megs of RAM into his IIci and ran a monster RAM disk on it.  The
neat trick was, he has gotten his actual system folder on there so that he
could take advantage of the great speed for the System resources, etc.  Does
anyone know how such a trick might be accomplished?  The only RAM disk utility
I have is AppDisk.  It works very nicely for most purposes (OK, for runing my
Quicktime movies smoothly), but I don't know how I might make it bootable.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Christopher Barkley
The DarkMage
cbarkley@tusol.cs.trinity.edu
Reality is a State of Mind

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:47:41 -0600
From: wadew@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Wade Williams)
Subject: Cryptic System Errors (C)

>One thing that has always struck me as a most bizarre anomaly in the
>Macintosh world, is the numeric error messages.
>
>Why doesn't the Mac give any description (bus error, divide by zero)
>in the error alert?
>
>Anyone know?

Well, I'd suspect the primary reason is because no matter how much
description you were given, it wouldn't do you any good.

Remember that the Macintosh is a common user's computer - meant for
the masses.  Ninety-percent of users (on Macs or PCs) would have no
idea what a bus error is.  Even though I know what it is, it's
usually just a software bug that causes the error, though it can also
be something as obscure as a corrupted SCSI driver.

On top of that, most error messages not only mean nothing to the
average user, but also to the "power user/hacker."  For most users it
would do nothing but confuse them to put it the System Error:

"Truncation indicator alone is wider than the specified width."

Those with enough knowledge to know what it means also know where to
look up the "cryptic" number.

To top it off, even if the error message is informative, it doesn't
do most people much good.  Knowing there's a bug in your program
causing the computer to crash doesn't get your computer fixed.  You
still have to wait for the company to update the product.  

Wade Williams
wadew@ducvax.auburn.edu

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 01:27:53 -0400
From: "Alan D. Danziger" <aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Subject: Cryptic Sytem Errors

In comp.sys.mac.digest, Marcus Harvey writes:

>One thing that has always struck me as a most bizarre anomaly in the
>Macintosh world, is the numeric error messages.

>Why doesn't the Mac give any description (bus error, divide by zero)
>in the error alert?

I'm under the impression (possibly mistaken, but...) that for them to
return anything other than a number (signed integer, in this case)
would require some kind of table lookup, which they wanted to avoid
because of the system resources it would require.  Let's put it this
way...  If the system crashes, they didn't know what parts of the
software would be corrupted, so they make the error dialogs use as
little as possible...

	-=Alan

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 23:26:55 EDT
From: Kitto Weikert <AP201125@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: DiskLight-Canvas 3.0 conflict (Q)

I light of recent statements concerning problems with DiskLight, I thought
this would be the best place to ask: is there a documented conflict btwn
Norton's DiskLight and Canvas 3.0?  It's happening to us (Canvas freezes
as soon as you open a document, but only with DL active) on a IIsi 5/40,
sys 7 (double-toooned). Just seeking verification of sorts....

Thanks


      Kitto

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Date: 9 Apr 92 16:24:16 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Excel recalcs

                       Subject:
                       Excel recalcs
We have a situation where a few of my users work with several large Excel 
databases (~ 1 MB in size).  They have many formulas and tables defined in
these databases.  The problem is this:  even though they have manual
recalculation enabled, often it will go into recalc for no apparent reason. 
The configuration is Mac II, 8 MB RAM, 40 MB hard drives running System 7 + TU
(1.0).  They access the files over a LocalTalk network on a IIcx, 5 MB RAM
server w/ internal 40 MB drive and external 150MB drive (which the data is on).
 One thing that they notice is it seems to happen whenever they switch
applications (most noticeably when they bring up QuickMail to read their
messages), it slips into recalc mode, tying up the machine for between 45
minutes and an hour.  We've tried it with and without TU, with and without
virtual memory, fiddled with the RAM cache a bit, to no avail.  It's making
this office very unproductive when their machines get tied up for an hour at a
time.  Please help!!!  < : 0

 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

 Carpenter Hall Annex
 Phone: (607) 255-0966
 Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 09:05:24 PDT
From: banuilo@hac2arpa.hac.com (Greg Banuilos)
Subject: Floppy Desktop (Q,A)

>On Tue, 7 Apr 1992 18:17:40 -0400 you said:
>>Is there any way to remove the desktop file from a floppy without having to
>>format the disk? In other words, if i have a 1.44MB floppy, copy 800K worth
>>of junk onto it, and immediately trash it...it leaves 12K or something on
>>the disk (in the form of a desktop file).
>
>The easy way - eject the disk, hold down command-option and reinsert the
>disk (rebuild the desktop).
>
>The sophisticated way - use a utility such as MacTools Deluxe's File
>Edit to delete the (empty) Trash folder.  I'm not sure whether it'll let
>you delete the desktop folder too, I haven't tried it.

The above is true only for System 6.  I think under System 7, if you try
to rebuild the desktop of an "empty" floppy, nothing happens since there are
no "bndl" resources present, hence the desktop file is unchanged.

I found that if you create an empty folder, then do the rebuild of the desktop,
the desktop file will be rebuilt to the minimum.  

I notice this a lot when I move floppies from System 6 <-> System 7.  
Under System 7, the floppy uses 1K, but under System 6 a floppy uses 7K.
If I fill a floppy under Sys6, take it to a Sys7 machine and delete it, it
will say the floppy uses ~19K.  Doing the above procedure a few times, 
evenutally created a "Disk Error" on either a Read or Write Finder operation
under either Sys6 or 7.   

Just a note.

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 12:39:30 PDT
From: Les.Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Floppy desktop files (A)

>>Is there any way to remove the desktop file from a floppy without
>>having to format the disk? In other words, if i have a 1.44MB
>>floppy, copy 800K worth of junk onto it, and immediately trash
>>it...it leaves 12K or something on the disk (in the form of a
>>desktop file).
> 
>The easy way - eject the disk, hold down command-option and reinsert
>the disk (rebuild the desktop).
> 
>The sophisticated way - use a utility such as MacTools Deluxe's File
>Edit to delete the (empty) Trash folder. I'm not sure whether it'll
>let you delete the desktop folder too, I haven't tried it.
 
I have found that the first method (rebuilding the floppy dekstop)
does NOT reduce the size of a floppy disk's desktop file when using
System 7. It's a nuisance, because sometimes you want to maximize
the space on a used (but empty) disk and this would be a nice way to
do it if it worked. The second method works fine though.

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

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 01:26:08 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Flushing Unused memory

On Wed, 8 Apr 92 02:40 EDT you said:
>I have an annoying problem.  I am running an SE, Sys 7 with 2.5 megs and
>memory allocation is sometimes messed.  I have a robust system, taking
>1.4 megs.  Seeing how the newer applications are expecting hoards of
>memory, I have none to spare.  Sometimes, when I quit all running
>applications, the "About This Mac..." tells me there is a 1.7 block of
>memory used.  Is there a utility out there that would reallocate that
>lost memory back to use.  If I restart, memory is back to normal, of
>course.

A well known feature of System 7.  There was a technical explanation in
the digest about a year ago that I won't attempt to misquote.  With
luck, System 7.1 will ship in May (or not too long after) and repair
that problem.  On the other hand, another rumor says that Apple will
soon stop selling systems with less than 4 MBytes of RAM, so even better
recovery of space in the System heap may not help for long (developers
will soon be writing for the "standard" 4 MByte system).

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

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 23:12:26 CDT
From: Tamer M Selim <tmselim@icaen.uiowa.edu>
Subject: FORTRAN 77 for the Mac

 
Recently someone asked about existing FORTRAN compilers for the Mac.
I do not recall seeing any replies written to the digest.  Is there
such a compiler, or at least a good FORTRAN code editor available.
 
I would be particularly interested in what replies the person
originally posting the request got.
 
--Tamer

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:01 EST
From: DRBH@db1.cc.rochester.edu
Subject: How do I "ftp"?

Those of us on bitnet apparanetly have to download files that
have been archived with info-mac by sending a "get" message
to macserve@pucc.  That works fine, but it doesn't tell me how
to get things by "ftp".  In fact, I'm not quite sure what ftp is or what it
stands fo.  I would like to acquire DiskCopy so that I can convert the
system 7 tuneup v1.1 image to a disk, but DiskCopy does not seem to
exist at macserve.  HELP!  How can I "ftp"?  To whom do I send a message,
and how do I send it?  Any suggestions most welcome
Barry Hall

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:16 CST
From: Dan Lunderville <Dan.D.Lunderville@uwrf.edu>
Subject: How do you generate the clover symbol on command key?  (Q)

Hello,

How do you generate the clover symbol found on the command key on Mac
keyboards?  I have searched through the fonts I have with PopChar, but
I could not find it.  I have the standard Mac fonts and the LaserWriter fonts.

Thanks for your help.

Dan Lunderville               Internet:   Dan.D.Lunderville@UWRF.EDU

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

Date: Thu Apr 9 12:17:59 1992
From: usmoda@ramstein.af.mil (MG Fryer;US Mission;SHAPE)
Subject: How to Update White Knight?

  I recently downloaded the updater file for White Knight, but can't get
  Updater 1.2.1 to recognize that this file exists. Is this not an Updater
  file? What is the proper way to update White Knight?

  Thanks in advance for the replies. 

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

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 09:00:01 EST
From: Khanh Kim Nguyen <knguyen@cc2smtp.emr.ca>
Subject: How to use White Knight 11.13 updater

 Hi everybody, I have 2 questions :
  - I've downloaded WK 11.13 updater from Sumex and put it in WK folder. 
Double-clicking on it,it comes up with alert saying that it needs an application 
to do the job. Please show me how to update WK.
  - In order to trim down the system, can I take Finder Help out of System 
Folfer ? 
  Thanks in advance ! 

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 14:35:42 EDT
From: Alex.Sirota@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: HyperCard information

I have two questions about HyperCard.
1. Where is the best place to get most up to date versions and what are
   they? Does the latest version cost?
 
2. What was the trick to get the userlevel to 5? It was something to do
   with magic. I know this is probably a FAQ so if you can direct me to it
   I would be grateful.
 
Alex Sirota

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

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 17:23:47 EDT
From: IBY170%URIACC.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #89

RE: Deskwriter C Drivers 2.0


I recently ftp'd the appropriate file for the new drivers because I'm tired
of waiting for hp to send me them.  One problem, somehow the two files would
not work correctly for me when I copied them to each installer disk.  The
result is that my installer doen't work.  My quick fix was to trust System 7
in puting the appropriate files where they go and copying the layout of my
previous driver.  Unfortunately, the background printing fails to work unless
I forcibly open the hp PrintMonitor file and leave it running in the background
I assume hp will eventually send me the installation package soon but if there
is someone who could tell me where the installer puts each file, I'll fix it
myself.



                                            Jonathan Cyr,
                                            University of Rhode Island
                                            Student Senate
                                            iby170@URIACC

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 12:50:06 PDT
From: Les.Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Isopropyl alcohol and "rubbing alcohol" (C)

>I find a pencil eraser works fine too, as long as you don't drop
>rubber inside the computer box!
 
Oh no! Here we go again. The reason this whole discussion about
alcohol got started was because someone suggested using an eraser
and others warned against doing this with gold contacts. :-)
 
PS. Does anyone know where "Methyl Hydrate" fits into great alcohol
debate?

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 08:18:55 GMT
From: sdpage@andersen.co.uk (Stephen Page)
Subject: kid-proof finder

>I read a note about a product that allows to control what
>specific applications a Mac can run.  

Apple have a new version of the Finder in the works, which will provide a
more secure environment. This was first thought of for use of Macs by
children (for some reason this seems to be called K-12, which is a
meaningless term outside the US -- Apple International Evangelism dept
take note!).

Those of us involved with very large-scale business systems have a different
reason to look forward to this new secured environment.  We need to have a
constrained environment to use in remotely-distributed managed services, where
we can't afford to have users meddle with things outside the supported set of
features. A number of interesting conclusions can be drawn from the fact
that Apple noticed the need to fix the problem for children before they
fixed it for large-scale commercial computing :-)

Apple have mentioned the new Finder in their recent System Software Fora, but
there is no release date yet.

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 08:22 CDT
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <LEMKE@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
Subject: LC 256K VSIMM (Q)

Outside of making jewelry, for which I have no talent (among other things)
what can I do with the 256K VSIMM that I took out of my LC when I upgraded
to a 512K VSIMM?

-Dwight

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 01:14:59 PDT
From: thorn@Popserver.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: LC 2 Question (A)

Gordon:

The cover story of the May Macworld was about the introduction of the LC II.
If you're really serious about upgrading, you should read their article.  But
I can answer some of your questions:

1)  IS this LC 2 an equivalent/better than the Mac SI?  No, the LC II will not
    be as fast as the IIsi.  In fact, the LC II is not really any faster than
    the original LC.

2)  Does the LC 2 support VM?...  Yes.  That is really the only advantage of
    the LC II over the LC.

3)  Is the LC 2 a true 0030 machine?  Yes and no.  It does have the 68030
    microprocessor (still 16 MHz), but only has the 16-bit data path of the 
    original LC II.  And it still does not include a math coprocessor.

4)  Will upgrades from an LC to an LC 2 be made available?  and do y'all think
    that they will be expensive?  The answers to questions 1-3 suggest that
    you would be pretty silly to want to upgrade from an LC to an LC II.  You
    would be much better off spending your money on RAM SIMMS so that you
    can run your applications without virtual memory--that would be cheaper
    and give you a much faster machine than an LC II using VM.

Hope this helps.

-- Shannon Thornburg

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 13:43:49 EDT
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: Macintosh LC II  (Q)

It seems the LC II is now in stock at dealers.  It's a really good
price/value, probably a IIsi killer.  I have a question about its
68030 CPU though.  Is it the same cheap one used in the Classic II
(16 bit path) or is it the full-blown version (32 bit path)?

Thanks.  A purchase order was about to go out, but I thought I'd 
ask first!

						Hisham.


Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp.  [Internet: abboud@cedrus.com]

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

Date: Thurs Apr 9 1992
From: mgx@mvten.ssd.ornl.gov (Michael Galloway)
Subject: Making Movies (Moov's?)

Hello,
I downloaded QuickTime and WildMagic the other day along with a couple of 
qt movies.  This quickly peaked my interest in making movies.  I am 
interested in turning groups of PICT files in qt format.  Does someone 
please point me in the right direction?  Thanks in advance.

Michael Galloway, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge Natl. Lab.
mgx@mvten.ssd.ornl.gov

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

Date: Thurs, 09 Apr 1992, 09:35:00 EDT
From: mgx@mvten.ssd.ornl.gov (Michael D. Galloway)
Subject: Making Movies (Moov's?)

Hello,
I downloaded QuickTime and WildMagic along with a couple of movies the other 
day and quickly developed an interest in making movies.  I would like to be 
able to assemble groups of PICT files into qt format.  Could someone point 
me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance!

Michael D. Galloway
mgx@mvten.ssd.ornl.gov

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 22:15:30 GMT
From: kite@busadm1.cba.hawaii.edu (Ben Nagata)
Subject: MS-Word & icons

Has anyone else seen this:

	Having purchased a new batch of software, one of our depts asked me 
to install it. After a reformat and Sys 7.0 installation (w/tuneup), I 
noticed that all the application icons showing at the upper right went 
generic (that is, a diamond-shaped page w/ a hand holding a pen). No matter 
what I called up, icons were all generic. Looks like MS-Word's system mods (
w/o asking the user for an OK) was the cause (but I could be wrong - that's 
why my eyes are brown, I'm full of *). No, seriously this was an irritation.
	But then, when I installed MacDraw Pro, the cr*p really came down - 
the mac started experiencing crashes.
	To hazard a guess the MS-Word and the MacDraw Pro made sort of 
system changes that causes Mac hiccups - they do use some shareware DA's, 
but these were carried over from the old system and caused no problems back 
then.

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 09:40:08 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Nisus demo launching

In Regards to your letter <9204090138.AA32034@sumax.seattleu.edu>:
> My Nisus folder contains a folder that holds the 3.06 Demo. Double-clicking
> a Nisus file, even one created with 3.06/040, launches the demo. I will
> try storing the demo elsewhere, tho' that's a guarantee of forgetting where
> it is when I want it. And I don't want it launching over the network in
> place of my local 3.06/040. Any other ideas?

Compress the demo and only expand when you want to show it off.

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 21:52:48 PDT
From: Raman.Uppal@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Numbering Equations in Word

Does anyone know of a package that allows one to autamatically
keep track of and renumber equations in MS Word. I do not
need the Bib feature and therefore am looking for
something simpler than WordRef. Thanks.
 
useruppa@mtsg.ubc.ca

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 8:56:57 MET DST
From: bach@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Michael Bach)
Subject: plotting time series data (summary)

Dear colleagues:
I recently enquired about software to plot time-series
data, where the curve would be created as a polygon.
Summary: Use Igor. There is a demo on two ftp sites in Finland.
Igor can be used to treat data in a spreadsheet way,
but also has a symbolic way to manipulate data (powerful
macro language, sort of). It also goes a long way towards
analysis with tools to identify & measure peaks, do DFT etc.
I discovered myself shortly after my request, that Ragtime,
which we occasionally use, also produces its graphs as 
polyline objects.
Thanks to all who replied, greetings, Michael.

-- 
Dr. Michael Bach, Opthalmological Dept.,
University of Freiburg, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany
(049)(761)270-4060 <bach@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>

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

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 20:11:04 EDT
From: Shekhar Govind <GS#0%LAFAYACS.bitnet@lafibm.lafayette.edu>
Subject: PowerBook170 pixels blinking (Q)

Last night, my PB170 screen started behaving oddly:
what appeared to be random columns of pixels started to "blink".
Tried various stunts with INITs/system/finder/memory to no avail.
Lanched Canvas to find out more about the "blinking"....
...Starting from the left of the screen, the 7th column of pixels, and
   every 8th one therefater was afflicted.
...A vertical line drawn on the screen would "disappear" when placed on
   any of these pixel cols. (7,15,23,31  etc.)
...It gets more weird. If an object with black fill was placed on the
   screen, the offending pixels in the same rows as covered by the
   object would start behaving themselves and return to normal.
...The blinking did not affect the display of large black-filled objects
   The above two would suggest that it wasn't a hardware problem (?).

My fingers were itching to dial the Apple SOS number, but I had to wait.
Well, this morning I bring the PB to my office, startup,   reach for the
phone and....(wouldn't you know it!)... NO MORE blinking pixels.

Called Apple anyway...the techie I spoke with said she had never heard
of a similar problem from any one, the unspoken question on her mind
being what kind of drugs I was on [for those with enquiring minds, my
preference  is Darjeeling Tea with sugar & cream  :-)  ].  She suggested
I try to replicate the problem.  I thanked her and hung up.

Does any one know whats going on? Any one seen this happen to their/
their neighbour's PBs?  In retrospect, the only thing different between
last night and this morning was that till last night, the battery hadn't
been discharged for a couple of weeks (and the PB was plugged in
whenever I worked on it).  When the blinking started, I had unplugged
it while I tried to figure out what was going on.  In the process I had
discharged the battery completely; this morning I started with a freshly
charged (actually, charging as in present continious) one. The only
recent system patching I have done was with Tuneup 1.1 (3 days ago).

System: 7.0.1, Tuneup1.1, 4Mb
Non-Apple INITS: SuperClock 3.9.1, Apollo 0.7b, Disinfectant 2.7.1
(not that INITs matter...the problem HAD persisted without ANY of them).

Cheers.

Shekhar Govind        govi@lafayette.edu   or   gs#0@lafayacs.bitnet

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

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 01:21:06 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: PowerBooks vs Outbound

On Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:49 EDT you said:
>-the 170 requires system 7.  I am content with 6.05 on my Mac II.  I'd
>rather not deal with two different desktops--minor point, though

A real problem; if you get used to System 7 you'll no longer be content
with 6.0.5 (7 runs fine on a Mac II ;-)  If you'll probably switch
eventually, why not now?

>-I have no use or need for the fax/modem, hence am paying a premium
>for this item.

Yes, and no, I think the active matrix display is worth the premium and
consider the modem a gift.

>-the additional memory is expensive (the educational price for
>4 Meg is $700 (seven hundred)).

One thing I like about the Envisio display adapter is that it will use
the 2 expansion SIMMs already in the Powerbook - for a little less than
$800, you can have a video output and 6 MBytes of RAM.  I find it's not
hard to live with the 4 MBytes of RAM and use virtual from time to time.

>-I am led to believe that there is no upgrade path via motherboard
>swap.

Upgrade to what?

>-the 40 MB drive may be inadequate in time and I've been following
>acrimonious, sometime humerous,  "debates" about users' favourite
>compression applications (AD, DD).  Its apparent that one ought to
>steer clear of these and merely install  a larger drive, but that
>is not an available option.

Apple will soon be releasing an 80 MByte drive for the 140/170.  Rumor
has it that current owners will be able to swap their 40 MByte drives
(and an as yet unannounced amount of $$$ for an 80).  I've been using
Auto Doubler on my 170 for more than 2 months.  I get an effective 56
MBytes and haven't had any trouble at all with AutoDoubler (worth it's
weight in gold it is).

>-the active matrix display is nice but not necessary, and a dead
>pixel on the screen is quite inelegant (our campus microcentre
>had one on its demo and it looked like a zit).

I used a borrowed 140 for a few hours; I find the active matrix display
a HUGE plus.  The more you use it, the more you'll appreciate it
(especially if you get to spend much time with an backlit LCD's light
tricks).

>Now, in running this past someone, I was told about the Outbound
>notebook. I hadn't heard of this product before.  I'd appreciate hearing
>from anyone with anything relevant to say about the Outbound.  I'm also
>curious how Outbound gets the Macintosh ROMS since I was under the
>(obviously mistaken) impression that there are no mac clones.

I've only had limited exposure to the Outbound.  It's a nice enough
implementation.  I'd rather have an active matrix display, but the
Outbound display appears the equal of the PB 140's.  I found the roller
bar mouse pointer pretty easy to get used to, but it does one thing that
would drive me completely nuts after awhile.  Sliding the bar left and
right moves the cursor only about 3/4 of the way across the display; you
have to hold the bar against the stop while the cursor sort of "motors"
the remaining distance.  That is the cursor wants to be on the right
side or left side of the display; every time you want to go completely
to the other side, you have to put up with the spring-loaded putt-putt
effect :-(  Sorry, but I tend to use the whole display; especially on a
small (under 16 inch) screen.

I also prefer the PowerBook's wrist rest design (especially on a
airplane or in a reclining chair -- my preferred environment :-)
Perhaps, my preference is simply a matter of having gotten used to it.

The Outbound beats the stuffing out of any MeSsy DOS notebook I've seen.
As to the ROMs, the Outbound isn't properly a clone (and the ROMs are
not the new one MByte ones in the PowerBooks).  Here's an item from the
September 1990 Vaporware column -

Outbound to License Mac ROM.
Apple and the makers of the nine pound Outbound laptop have entered into
an agreement that makes Outbound the first third party licensee of
Macintosh ROMs.  At under $4,000, the Outbound laptop is both a lighter
and less expensive alternative to Apple's MacAnvil.  - PC Week 30 July

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

Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 09:13:33 CT (Aus)
From: nick@cs.adelaide.edu.au (Nick Capon)
Subject: Printing Mac-generated postscript files in Unix (Q)

I am told that others have had worse problems printing PS files that I 
generated that way, but I can't try it. I would be interested in the
answer.... 

Nick Capon - nick@cs.adelaide.edu.au

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

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 00:03:57 EST
From: ZMEG000 <ZMEG%AACC.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: QT compressors (A)

   Matt,
     There is a file here on sumex-aim archives called
QT Batch Compressor, It will do just what you want.
Slick and fast. I think it is in:
/info-mac/art/qt
   But check first.
Take care,
    Mike (ZMEG@AACC)

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

Date: 09 Apr 1992 10:33:13 -0700 (MST)
From: "Ed Winograd, Colorado College, 719-389-6450" <EWINOGRAD@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Reassuring Report on " * URGENT * Mac Virus" Posting

Yesterday I posted a messge with the heading

   "* URGENT * Possible Mac Virus Attack Report/Questions"

about a possible virus attack at Colorado College.  Here is a reassuring
(for us, at least) report of what we've found.

1. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT A PROLIFERATION OF MICROSOFT WORD TEMPORARY
   FILES IS *** NOT UNUSUAL ***.
                ^^^
   In particular, if the Mac crashes while Word files are open, temp files
   can remain for each open window, and in the System Folder.  And even
   under normal circumstances, Word can fail to clean up its temp files.

   This could explain the appearance of those files on the couple of Macs
   here that can't find their hard disks.  I haven't been able to track down
   the people who were actually using the Macs when they went down, but if
   Word was running at the time, those files would be left. So,

             ***************************************************
             *** THE MICROSOFT WORD TEMP FILES PROBABLY      ***
             *** DON'T INDICATE ANYTHING UNUSUAL, beyond     ***
             *** the fact that the Mac expereinced a crash.  ***
             ***                                             ***
             *** Their presence is *** NOT *** a sign of any ***
             ***                       ^^^                   ***
             *** possible virus problem                      ***
             ***************************************************

2. We've received Disinfectant 2.7 (not 2.7.1), and it doesn't report
   anything unusual.  We'll try 2.7.1 as soon as we can FTP it.

3. The number of systems experiencing problems turns out to be less than was
   reported to me yesterday, so we could be dealing with a coincidence.

4. Although it's possible that we do have a virus problem here, that's
   looking increasingly more unlikely.

5. After successfully dealing with the Michelangelo Virus scare on IBM PC's
   and clones (where my real expertise lies), with a minimum of user panic,
   I should have sought out more * local * Mac help before putting out
   potentially frightening/worrisome messages on the Internet.

Thanks to the following people who responded with helpful suggestions to my
posting: Eloise Kleban, Steven Nygard, Randy Bradley, Wade Williams, Ralph
J. Zottola, Pete Tamas, Kip Ferguson, Gordon Dohle, Murphy A. Sewall, Mike
Stark, Bob Martin, and Russell Aminzade.  You all responded informatively
and understandingly to a Macintosh rookie's request for help.

We haven't been able to try out all your suggestions yet, but I'll post a
final report when we have.

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

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 09:54:29 -0800
From: tgarcia@unixg.ubc.ca(Thomas C. Garcia)
Subject: Reply to Word 5.0 print merge problems

To Moderators: This message was sent directly to the original senders
               of the question, with a copy to you.  I trust you received
               the copy, but if not, please post it so that it can be
               distributed.

-----

This is a reply to Mic Voelker and Nick Faller who posed a question
regarding Word 5.0 inability to merge more than 40 or so files in
one single pass.

This is not a problem of version 5.0 only, since it was also a problem
we had with version 4.0.  We often merge from 200 to 2000-3000 files
and this has been a headache for us.  We called Microsoft and they
gave us the following explanation:

Each "INCLUDE" statement generates some sort of code that gets stored
in a *fixed* 64 kilobytes space within Word (not related to the
amount of RAM dedicated to the application).  This space, depending on
the kinds of files you are merging, allows up to about 40 or 45
INCLUDE stateents. Acording to Microsoft THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID THIS.

The way we have gone about it is that we will change our way of doing
things a bit.  Right now, huge reports are being printed that are a
combination of ORACLE database outputs from a SPARC 2, with Word files
containing graphics (that ORACLE can't handle). We will use Mac database
(4th Dimension) to store this graphics and their associated information,
in which case a PRINT REPORT of some sort will do us fine, thank you.

If you are not merging as many files as we are, one way to make it less
painfull, is to do the following:

    1. When you are rady to merge the file, only merge the first 40
       files (using the *new and improved* PRINT MERGE dialog box),
       by indicating you want to print record 1 to 40.

    2. Once the merging for those forty files is done (you should have
       no problems with that many files), find out which one was the
       last file merged, and delete IT and everything above it (to the
       top).

    3. Merge the next forty files ("print records 41 to 80").

    4. And so on...

Although I cannot solve your problem, at least is nice to hear somebody
has been struck by the Microsoft lightning Bolt too...

Thomas C. Garcia - The University of British Columbia - tgarcia@unix.ubc.ca

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 20:17:41 PDT
From: Jack Repenning <jackr@dblues.wpd.sgi.com>
Subject: res-edit-tips Considered Harmful

I picked up something called "res-edit-tips" from the info-mac
archives, and cheerfully followed its lead into a quagmire.  This is a
warning to other unwaries!

The document contained in the package, "Five ResEdit Tips," includes
instructions to "decorate your desktop with a selection of 16x16,
32x32, and 64x64 pixel patterns."  When I followed the directions to
install a 64x64 pattern, it worked at first, but after the backdrop
was changed from the "General" control panel, I can't get back to the
ResEdited ones, only the "General" ones.  Not only that, but somewhere
along the line (I think it was at this time, but am not sure), the
color patterns disappeared from my General CDEV, leaving me only with
black-and-white ones.  So, I'm stuck with glaring B&W's as my reward
for trying to create a restful colored backdrop!


Jack Repenning
jackr@wpd.sgi.com

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 21:20:17 -0500
From: charles@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
Subject: Resedit forced to quit while trying to open files (Q)

My resedit 2.11 launches fine, but it is somehow forced to quit while trying
to open a file (any file) and gives out a message : "application "unknown"
is forced to quit:  error # 3", which is illegal instruction error.  This
happens often, but not all the time.  Might to something to do with memory
management?

HELP!!

charles c. hsieh

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 10:41 EST
From: "Felix Kreisel (617)253-8625" <KREISEL@SPARK.PFC.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Screen fonts ???

Hello.  I am running System 7 on a Mac LC.  My system file contains a lot of
bit-mapped fonts and also their True-Type versions.  Do I need the numerous
bit-mapped fonts?  They consume memory, disk space and cause delays in opening
the System file.  I understand that they are necessary for pre- 6.4 systems.
Is that their only value?  
One more thing: my printer vendor provided me with sets of screen fonts in
addition to printer fonts.  Why would I want to install these screen fonts in
place of the standard Apple fonts?

Thank you much,  Felix

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 05:31:58 PDT
From: Sait.wbst129@xerox.com
Subject: StyleWriter

I am interested in buying a printer and my budget is real low.  I have seen the
StyleWrite available at an educational price of $299.  Is there any other
printer out there in the same price range?  Does anyone have any horror stories
related to the StyleWriter.

Any comments/suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,


Suaad
Internet: Sait.wbst129@xerox.com

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 10:07:01 CDT
From: emery@cs.utexas.edu
Subject: Suggestions for monitors (>= 19") (Q)

A friend of mine is interested in buying a large-screen
monitor for a Mac IIci.  Any suggestions on the purchase
of such a monitor, color or monochrome, would be welcome
(recommended brands, mail-order firms, etc.).

Thanks,

-- Emery (emery@cs.utexas.edu)

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Date: Thu 9 Apr 92 06:36:25-PST
From: "PSI%SPAN.DORNIERF::KROEGER"%ESTCS1.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU (HANS KROEGER)
Subject: SW compatibility with Quadra (Q)

I will get a Quadra 700 in the near future.
Can anybody tell me whether the following SW is compatible (040 cache,
virtual memory, 32-bit):

MacFlow 3.5.4
White Knight 11.13

Thank you so much for your help !!

Hans Kroeger

please reply to    kroeger@foca.dnet.nasa.gov

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Date: 9 Apr 92 07:50:17 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Thanks for the help!

                       Subject:
                       Thanks for the help!
I'd like to thank everyone that responded to my requests concerning the sumex
mirror and my phone/fax line manager.

I was able to attach to the mirror wuarchive.wustl.edu and download files I've
been trying to download from sumex for a few days now.

A couple of people pointed me to the Fax Line Manager that MacWarhouse and
Dartek both advertise.  Dartek has a 3-line manager for $99.00 and a 4-line
manager (fax/phone/modem/ answering machine) for $149.00.  One respondent
reported that MacWarehouse has one for $139.00, but I don't see it advertised
(I'm looking in Volume 10.0a of the MacWarehouse catalog).

Thanks again for all the help.

 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

 Carpenter Hall Annex
 Phone: (607) 255-0966
 Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:51:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <lrymal@tenet.edu>
Subject: The Mac LC II PDS slot (Q)

	Essentially, the only difference between the LC II and the LC 020
is the fact that the LC II has a 030 brain and can directly support
virtual memory.
	A question asked earlier that none of us have been able to respond
to is the PDS slot of the LC II.  
 
1)  What 'kind' of PDS slot is it, other than an 030 PDS?  Is it kin to
    SE/30 PDS or to the SI PDS?  Is it perhaps 'another' standard?
 
2)  Will it be able to run SE/030 or SI PDS cards?
 
3)  Will it allow for 24 bit video cards?

4)  IN other words, other than virtual memory, does the LC II offer some
    advantages over the LC 'classic' by way of its PDS?  If so, what are they?
 
	I sure wish someone could answer these questions.  I have been
delaying getting an external monitor for my LC and wondering what to do
about an upgrade (or should I get a Daystar accelerator instead?).  
	Sigh.... delays, delays, delays... all because of lack of info.

--Larry Rymal
  Texas Education Network
  lrymal@tenet.edu

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 23:45:20 PDT
From: Paul.Antaki@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Using Fax/tel on one line

Just a quick response about using a tel/fax/modem on one 
telephone line.
My personal experience and that of people I know is that these
"switchers" seldom work. Even the fax machines that come with
built-in voice/fax switches can fail to function properly.
I believe that a fax has to be 100% reliable. This means using
it on a separate line.
Paul

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 01:56:41 PDT
From: thorn@Popserver.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: Wanted: word frequency counter (C)

I've often wondered why these big, high-priced word processors for the Mac
(MS Word in particular) don't do a simple thing like count the number of
occurrances of words in their documents.  It can be a very helpful tool for 
improving your writing style, one I used often on my Commodore 64 in a program
called OmniWriter.  Microsoft's programmers could learn a thing or two from 
the folks that put OmniWriter together.

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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 01:27:55 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Wanted: word frequency counter (Q)

On Wed, 08 Apr 92 21:07:41 EST you said:
>I'm looking for a program that will do a word frequency count on a file
>and give me a report. I'd write simple program to do this myself but
>I don't know how. (I'd be able to do it in C for DOS but I don't know C
>for the Mac. - much less own a compiler.) Can someone point me to a
>word frequency counter? I would like a simple listing of words with the
>frequency reported next to it.

Try info-mac/app/concordance.hqx

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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 10:04:55 SET
From: Matthias <SCHRODER%CERNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Word 5 Irritations / zipped Icons (A?)

In IM 10 V 92 Gareth J. Baker reports that Word 5 zipped the Icons
of After Dark after the installations. To me it sounds as if your
desktop got a bit to big. Try to rebuild it by pressing option-command
on startup.

If you have not done this for a long time and do it under Multifinder,
your finder my run out of memory. Just give the finder more memory (in
the Get Info box) or switch to Finder only (more work, because you have
to switch back later...) and then try it again.

 Good luck, Matthias.

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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 13:15:38 EST
From: Toby Tsuchida <UOG11811@vm.uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Word Frequency Counter (R)

Located at SUMEX info-mac/app is concordance.hqx
It does word frequency counts and much more. (although I've yet to
pull it down and look at it.)

And a summary thanks to: David Palmer; Murph Sewall; thorn@Popserv..;
                         Louis Janus; WCR%knox.bitnet..; Mark F. Heiman.
for pointing me to it.

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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 09:36:49 PLT
From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
Subject: Word List Address (A)

Thanks to those who wrote me about the Word List.  As noted in an
earlier issue here, the BitNet address originally given was no longer
valid.

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