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From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: Re: SpaceSaver or AutoDoubler?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:06:04 GMT

In article <BARNETT.92Nov11113902@grymoire.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.ge.com writes:
>In article <1992Nov9.183741.13676@netcom.com> leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
>
>>  Assuming that the files are typed appropriately for the MacOS (ie.
>>filetype = GIFf), SpaceSaver will ignore them since, as you note, they are
>>already compressed.
>
>What if they are not? I don't typically change the file types after I
>transfer them over. 
>Will SS try to compress them over and over and over and over and over...
>
        If the file is not typed as a GIFf file, then whenever it would be
asked to compress the file (you label it, the machine idles, etc.) it would
try to compress it.  If it did not make it any smaller, then it would be
ignored - otherwise it will leave it compressed (if it did indeed compress it).
You could also always "tag" it as "never compress".

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Word & flashing lines
From: poulin@violet.ccit.arizona.edu
Date: 5 Nov 92 11:36:11 MST
Distribution: comp,local
Nntp-Posting-User: poulin

In article <BRAD.HEDSTROM.92Nov4100209@volt.UVic.CA>, Brad.Hedstrom@engr.UVic.CA (Brad  Hedstrom) writes:
> I'm using Word 5.0a and MathType 3.0 and have noticed that lines which
> have a MathType PICT in them are redawn *twice* each time a new
> character is typed; thus you get a flashing line as you type.
> 
> For example if I insert a MathType PICT here XXX, and then type more,
>                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> each new character typed after the PICT is redrawn twice. 
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this? 
> 
> Is it fixed in 5.1?
> --
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Brad Hedstrom                             |       Elec. & Comp. Engr. Dept.
> Grad Student, Research Assistant, and     |          University of Victoria
> Occasional Macintosh Consultant           |          Victoria, B.C., Canada
> Internet: hedstrom@sirius.UVic.CA         |           (a.k.a. Brazil North)


   It sounds like a problem that occurs in MSWord when you have background
repagination turned on.  Instead of checking the text every now and then to see
if repagination is necessary, it seems that Word continually scans the text. 
In Page View, you can often see this problem with textual lines that lie within
two or three lines from the top of a new page.  I'd expect that a PICT would
just slow this process down until it drives you insane....

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From: muse@athena.cs.uga.edu (Doug Muse)
Subject: Re: NewsWatcher
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: University of Georgia - UCNS
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:58:00 GMT

In article <cfarmer-111192160005@mac20-152.ncsa.uiuc.edu>,
cfarmer@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Chuck Farmer) wrote:
> 
> What is the most recent version of "Newswatcher"and where is it available?
> 
> Thanks
> Chuck
> cfarmer@ncsa.uiuc.edu

The most current version is 1.3d6.  John Norstad who is the author of
Disenfectant has taken over the programming from Steven Falkenburg.  It can
be found at Northwestern Univ. at ftp.acns.nwu.edu in the directory
/pub/newswatcher.  A wish list for future versions can also be found in the
directory.

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From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Re: Dollars and Sense Upgrade???
Date: 11 Nov 92 03:55:44 GMT
Organization: CMC Network Systems (Rockwell DCD), Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Just jumped in to check if anyone mentioned Dollars and Sense, and yes
they do, and it sounds like someone just answered my question, but the
answer has expired here:

I am using DAS rev 4.1.c, and would like to upgrade to a newer version.
I also need an additional copy - even if just 4.1.c - for my church
treasurer. WHERE CAN I BUY EITHER ? MONOGRAM seems to be out of
business, and the mail order houses don't seem to have it.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Subject: Re: Disk Optimization troubles/questions
Organization: 3M Company
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 18:30:35 GMT

In article <83025@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
>This is what I do because Sys 7 keeps the Desktop DB and DF open, keeping
>me from doing my disk defrag with Speed Disk:
> [steps deleted]

This is what I do:

      Run DiskExpress II from AlSoft.  Period.

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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Friday, 13 Nov 1992 09:46:17 CST
From: <U59985@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: DiVA's VideoShop

I was just wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with VideoShop.
 I just got it and I just wanted to say that I'm extremely disappointed with it
. I'm going to return it. It crashes very, very often. I would open the recordi
ng window and the program would quit. I get a Application quit error ID 28. I d
on't know if being HyperCard based has anything to do with it.

I'm also wondering if anyone out there has a QuickImage videocard. I've had som
e problems with the QuickImage card, QT1.5 and VideoShop. Apparently they don't
 work together. Going back to QT1.0 solves the problem.


Thomas
From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SpaceSaver or AutoDoubler?
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:39:02 GMT
	<BARNETT.92Nov9105449@grymoire.crd.ge.com>
	<1992Nov9.183741.13676@netcom.com>
Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com
Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY

In article <1992Nov9.183741.13676@netcom.com> leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:

>  Assuming that the files are typed appropriately for the MacOS (ie.
>filetype = GIFf), SpaceSaver will ignore them since, as you note, they are
>already compressed.

What if they are not? I don't typically change the file types after I
transfer them over. 
Will SS try to compress them over and over and over and over and over...
--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu (David Alten)
Subject: Re: File Splitter
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 03:20:22 GMT

>Does anyone know of a PD/ShareWare program that will split a large file up
>to be stored on floppies?  The easier to do, the better.  I need to back up
>a very large file (~3 MB) and my only backup resource is a 3.5" floppy disk
>drive.
>
>I know of some commercial backup packages that can do this, but I would
>rather support the ShareWare industry.  Compression would be nice, too, but
>is not necessary.  The people who use this will be Mac novices, so it
>should be very easy to use.
>

Well, the obvious solution is to get Compact Pro or StuffIt.  They will
compress files/folders, and segment them to any size (or until the disk is
full).  Since novices would be using this, I suggest Compact Pro.  It's a
small (94K) shareware app and is pretty straight forward.  Stuffit has a bad
habit of hogging the CPU, and you have to wait for 30 seconds (on my Classic)
before you can see anything.  It makes the mac appear frozen on slower
machines.

Both are available at sumex, umich, or your favorite mac site.

-- 
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From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: ATM?! What's the difference?
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:14:50 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps

In article <Bx7qL7.5CH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>,
cbsmith@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Chris Smith) wrote:
> 
> -- 
> $7.50 ATM gives you display postscript. The expensive one gives you "Multiple Master" capability if you are into it.
> 
> --Bo ("the One who Knows")

ATM does not give you Display Postscript.  Display Postscript involves a
lot more than just fonts; it is the entire display or printout.  At best,
one might say that ATM is a subset of Display Postscript.

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From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Ideal?!? (was Re: SpaceSaver or AutoDoubler?)
Date: 6 Nov 1992 18:46:26 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu



||> ...I WANT...  MY CHOICE... [ emphasis added by Werner ]
||
||        Finder labels are ideal for that.
>
> As I originally stated they are most definitely NOT ideal, the key 
> problem being that they don't work with System 6. --Elliotte

	maybe there are different/differing needs, solutions, ideals ...

	it is nice to see a discussion bring out alternatives (and problems
	they entail) though...  probably, there are no single "best"
	solutions for each and everyone (and, maybe, one should avoid
	creating the expectation even).  What is important is to learn
	about the limitations and (possible) problems in order to make
	informed choices (and to motivate creation of software and
	software changes to address the needs and shortcomings).

			Cheers,		---Werner
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From: keithb@advtech.uswest.com (Keith Bechard)
Subject: MacProject Problems
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: U S WEST/Advanced Technologies
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:20:25 GMT

I have not used my MacProject II for a while and it appears that it does
not support System 7.  It does not support the application menu (the little
application icons on the right of the menu) and I am unable to copy and
paste between MacProject and other applications.

I am using MacProject II 2.0v1.  Does anybody know if there is an update
(other than the upgrade to MacProject Pro)?

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From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Network Modems (can it be done ?)
Date: 6 Nov 92 19:32:04 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca

In <1992Nov5.202335.23701@sierra.com> tbiggs@sierra.com (Todd Biggs) writes:

>Is it possible to have a modem attached to just one machine on
>an appletalk network which can then be used for dial out by any of
>the machines on the network ?  The machines will be dialing out
>and connecting to unix, vms, pc and MAC systems.

>If this is possible is it hardware or software controlled and who
>makes the hardware or software ?

Software solutions:

PortShare (there was a demo on info-mac but it is not there now, an archie
search should locate it somewhere).

I think Hayes makes a modem sharing program called Hayes Connect or
something like that. I recall seeing it in a MacZone ad and that it was
inexpensive.

Hardware solutions:

Shiva Netserial (share any serial device including a modem, dial-out only)
Shiva LANRover (dial-in using ARA and dial-out using any comm software)
Shiva Netmodem (dial-in using Shiva software and dial-out using any comm sw)

Other companies also make serial sharing devices, but I have no other
references handy.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Organisers/Calenders
From: Stephen Marshall <marshall@kauri.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:03:59 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Victoria University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
X-Xxdate: Fri, 6 Nov 92 09:08:00 GMT

Hi, I have been asked to recommend organiser/calender software to
colleagues here at the university. We are after something that provides a
daily diary and calender, with reminding functions, even possibly address
book and phone lists. What are people using and what do you recommend?
Commercial or PD would be fine, also pointers to any reviews would be
good.

Thanks for any help,
Stephen
From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Where to get more XTNDs?
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 17:41:44 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu> writes:
> BW's import and export capabilities are built on the XTND file
> translators. It comes with a bevy of translators that will allow it to
> use most common formats, and since XTND is an extensible technology, more
> translators can always be added as they become available.

Where can one find more XTND translators?  I'd like to improve ClarisWorks'
import abilities a bit.  I seemed to recall seeing some XTND stuff on
ftp.apple.com, but when I went back and looked I couldn't find any...


mathew
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I'd have bought an IBM.

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From: lam@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken Lam)
Subject: Adobe --> TrueType font conversion software?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:06:03 GMT

Does anyone know of a cheap Adobe->truetype font conversion program?
Preferably FW/SW/PD, but cheap commerial is O.K. also.

Please email replies..


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: heuring@riker.cs.colorado.edu (Vincent Heuring)
Subject: Accounting Software
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 17:32:29 GMT


Anybody on the net have any comments or opinions about the
Great Plains Accounting software package?

And does anyone have recos for multi-user accounting software
other than the Great Plains package?


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From: eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: ATM?! What's the difference?
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:40:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.2AF8CFE6.10918
Organization: University of California, Irvine

Does ATM 3.0 offer Type3 support? Does any ATM?

Thanks,
Andrew Laurence
From: HarriRehnberg@salient.com (Salient Software)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: How does Autodoubler perform on a Powerbook?
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 11:37:01 PST
Organization: Fifth Generation Systems
Reply-To: HarriRehnberg@salient.com (Salient Software)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v3


In article <BxCp3A.84u@access.digex.com> (comp.sys.mac.apps), hacker@access.digex.com (Dark Hacker) writes:
> In article <parkyn.721066714@sfu.ca> parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
> >
> >AD does work well and increased effective size of the 40MB HD to ~55MB.
> 
> Gripe here about Autodoubler... 55 megabytes is *NOT* what I call "double"
> the hardware capacity of a 40 megabyte drive.  I would expect a LOT more
> compression out of AD than ... what is that about 25%?
...
AutoDoubler achieves an AVERAGE of 50% compression.  The compression
you can get on a HD depends on it's content and arrangement.

AutoDoubler does NOT compress the following:

1. The system folder.  If you have a 40MB drive and a 18 MB system
folder you will NOT achieve 50% compression.  You can use the AutoDoubler
Internal Compressor to compress the INITs, CDEVs, and applications
in your system folder.

2. Invisible files such as the desktop data base files which can get
very large if not rebuilt according to Apples recommendations.

3. Soft partitions (invisible) that do not appear in the AD control panel
(smaller than about 3MB are considered floppies) or if they do appear in
the control panel but are not enabled for compression.

4. The "Hard Disk" created by SoftPC.

5. Locked files/folders/disks.

6. Files smaller than the block size for the HD.  If you create a
file with Teachtext that contains "ABCD" (NOTE: NO RETURN) then do
a get info on that file you will see something similar to the following:

	2K on disk (4 bytes used)

	The "2K" is the space occupied on disk and the block size with the "4 bytes
	used" is how much space the data takes up.

You can minimize the block size for your hard drive when you do a
low level format (initialization) of your drive (check the manual
for your software).

7. Files/folders/drives/labels excluded in the AD CDEV.

8. Files/folders/drives whose names end with ".dc".

9. 4D data files.

for all FGS products FIFTHGEN@aol.com
for AutoDoubler & DiskDoubler techsupport@salient.com
From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Looking for Good Utilities Package
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:31:57 GMT
Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d10
X-XXMessage-ID: <A71EE1BA480101D2@williams.smcm.edu>
X-XXDate: Thu, 5 Nov 92 19:35:38 GMT

I currently have SUMII, which is evidently out of date.  What do people
recommend as a general utilities package for Macs?  Here is what I use
SUMII for, more-or-less in order of frequency (not necessarily
importance):

1.  Tune up hard disk (degragment files and free space),
2.  Read data from floppies that have become unreadable for various
reasons,
3.  Alter file type/creator,
4.  Scan through a disk or a file in hex mode.

I am not particularly interested in backup/restore (I have DiskFit pro
and I like it), HD partitioning, or encryption/decryption.

Any recommendations?  If people reply by E-mail to cut down on network
use, I'll be happy to summarize back to comp.sys.mac.apps.
___________________________________
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Divison of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Jane.Hogan@cc.utas.edu.au (Jane Hogan)
Subject: Recovering files - WriteNow and Word
Organization: Computing Centre
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:15:57 GMT

What is easier to recover WriteNow files or Word?

A regular part of our user support here is the recovery of crashed floppies
and shonky files that no longer open. You know the sort of thing - distraught 
student has no backup, no print out and they have been using the same floppy 
for the past two and a half years. Most of our students and staff use WriteNow
because it is easy and has footnotes or Word which has even more bells and 
whistles.

Anyway - we have varying degrees of success - usually with Norton, sometimes
SAM (although they've joined forces now I believe), occasionally Fedit. Other
tricks are to try and pump the text into other apps such as Pagemaker etc.

We seem to have a far higher success rate at recovering Word files rather
than WriteNow (like 2 out of 3 Word files, maybe 1 in 7 WriteNow). - is it 
because Word files are inherently more robust? Have other people had the same 
experience?  


Thanks in advance

Jane
From: thomas@camino.mic.cl (Thomas Fruin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Application to share SCSI devices over LocalTALK?
Organization: El Camino
Reply-To: Thomas Fruin <thomas@camino.mic.cl>
Distribution: world
Keywords: Sharing SCSI Scanner
Summary: ScanShare permits sharing scanner
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:25:21 CST


In article <1992Nov12.054101.28760@netcom.com> (comp.sys.mac.apps), truher@netcom.com (Joel Burke Truher) writes:
>
>Does anyone know of an application (similar to ShadowLAN)
>which allows one user to use the SCSI device (e.g. scanner)
>attached to another user's Mac?

ScanShare is software that enables your Macintosh to share Apple Scanners with
other Macintosh computers connected to your network.

Contact netprod@stalker.srcc.msu.su for more information.

-- Thomas Fruin

   El Camino
   Temuco, Chile                           thomas@camino.mic.cl

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