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From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: DOS PostScript file to LaserWriter
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:15:44 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology


	How would one download a PostScript file from a DOS box to an original 
Apple LaserWriter in such a manner that the PostScript gets interpreted as 
PostScript rather than as ASCII text?  i.e. is there a DOS or Windows (but 
preferably DOS) equivalent to SendPS or LaserWriter Utility?  

Elliotte Rusty Harold		Department of Applied Mathematics
elharo@m.njit.edu		New Jersey Institute of Technology
erh0362@tesla.njit.edu		Newark, NJ 07103
From: sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel S. Tai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: System 7 Tune-Up and Gatekeeper problem?
Date: 30 Jul 1992 07:44:44 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: planecrash.berkeley.edu


Yup, the Finder's behavior is OK.  It needs to change its "fval" resource
to update your Finder preferences.

Gatekeeper is up to 1.2.6, and allows the Finder Res(Self) privileges.
The latest version will catch the new T4 virus and the ChinaTalk trojan
horse.  Go get Disinfectant 2.9 also to catch the MBDF, INIT 1984, and
CODE 252 viri, which came out early this year.

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Samuel S. Tai          | Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom.
sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu | Though it cost you all you have, get understanding.
                       |                                -- Proverbs 4:7 (NIV)
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From: martin@DMI.USherb.CA (Jean-francois Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Powerbook 100 and the others!!!
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:20:56 GMT
Reply-To: martin@DMI.USherb.CA
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. De Mathematiques et D'Informatique


In article 70580@apple.Apple.COM, bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
>In article <Bs41Ct.9rI@DMI.USherb.CA> martin@DMI.USherb.CA writes:
>|I think that by today standards, Apple should drop the Powerbook 100
>|and by the way the Classic. The latter is by far to slow. The Classic II
>|would become the entry level mac. After, Apple should come with a Classic IIe
>|(or something) that would look (in all aspect) to the SE/30 but with
>|more power.
>
>Well, I think that by today's standards, GM should stop selling
>Camaros, beause they are far slower than Corvettes.
>
>Of course, the people who can't afford Corvettes should just walk.
>
>bill coderre
>drives a somewhat older american "true" sports car


Well, I think you're right, Apple should continue to market the
Classic. But what if Apple drop the Classic and sell the Classic II
for the price of the current Classic? No body will lose (maybe Apple though).
Remember, system 7.0 is out there and is quite more ungry than system 6.0.X.
Yes you can use the Classic for communication software which don't ask too much
on the machine but these software runs on top of system 7.0!!!

JF Martin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: probulf@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Frank Probul)
Subject: Re: System 6 Net-Install
Originator: probulf@hphalle2g.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 10:11:30 GMT


|> "The files for this installation could not be found on your server volume
|> 'volume-name here'.  Please contact your Network Administrator about this
|> problem".
|> 
|> Now as I understand it, the actual Installation parms are stored in the
|> script.  So I ResEdited the script for the 6.08 Net-Install(v6.08) and
|> found a resource named "INFS".  I believe this resource contains the
|> file-names to read from and write to, because I found (near the bottom of
|> the resource) lines like File Name: "System Startup:System Folder:Startup
|> Device" as a parm to read from and File Name: "Blessed:Personal
|> LaserWriter SC" as a parm to write to.
|> 
|> For the Sys7 Install script, I found lines like File Name:
|> "Tidbits:Control Panels:Views" and File Name: "Blessed:ADSP".  and this
|> installer worked like a charm. (v7.0)
|> 
|> The Sys7 Installer had extra resources named:  ALRT, DITL, icl8, inaa,
|> inat, indo, infr, inrl, invs, and STR.  The Sys6 Install an extra
|> resource named: indm.
|> 
|> As all of the file names in the INFS resource are present on the server,
|> I am unsure of how to proceed.
|> 
|> Any help getting this Sys6 installer to work would be appreciated.  I
|> believe the problem is with the actual installer script and not with the
|> boot-up disk.
|> 
|> Thank-you, Steve Roth
|> Steve.Roth@med.umich.edu

Hello Steve,

try to get an Develpoer CD. There is the documentaion for the Apple Installer.
I don't know how to write installer 3.0-scripts, 
I only write 3.2 and 3.3-scripts.

You are right, the 'infs'-resource descibes the installer file specs.


I think you have to patch the 'indo'-Resource (Installer Disk Order).
The Installer 3.2 looks on these disk for the specified files. If this resource isn't available, not multi-disk-istallation is possible.

The 'infr' (installer frame work) and 'inrl'(installer rules)-resources are
needed for easy-install. If these resources are missing, no easy install is 
possible. I don't think you should create these resources, because you have to
rewrite the total easy installer for this option. This would be a lot of work.

The other resources are not requred for your installation (ALRT, DITL, icl8, inaa,
inat, invs, STR ).

Yours
Frankie
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Munich University of Technology
Department of Computer Science
Germany

AppleLink: Probul.F
Internet:  probulf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
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From: chandler@wc.novell.com (Mark Chandler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Fax Modem Recommendations?
Summary: what's a good fax modem?
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:19:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Novell, Inc. - Walnut Creek

I'm looking for a replacement for my Zoom fax modem.  I need
send and receive capabilities, and wouldn't be opposed to
voice mail either.  Ideally I'd like to run the modem and phone
off of one line.  Also, I'd prefer software that's not System 7
reliant.  Any pointers would be appreciated.



--
Mark Chandler               Novell, Inc.          510/975-4522
chandler@wc.novell.com      Walnut Creek, CA      510/938-2562 FAX
==================================================================
     The opinions expressed above are mine, not my employer's.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.pen,news.config
From: twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.sys.newton(was RFD: alt.apple.newton)
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 16:10:48 GMT

In article <cline.711902753@willow.cs.scarolina.edu> cline@cs.scarolina.edu (Ernest Cline) writes:

>The main reason I am in favor of an alt instead of a comp group is that it
>is not certain that Newton will be the final name given to it, in fact it's
>probably just an internal project name, much as the Saratoga I'm typing this
>on was.

Then I'll say it again: make a mailing list for Newton users, so that
it can be easily removed if needed, and that when the product finally
_is_ released, you can issue a proper RFD for it in news.groups.

-- 
____ Tim Pierce                / "You mean there are TWO of you, Pierce?
\  / twpierce@amherst.edu      /  God help us all."
 \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) /   -- Major Charles Emerson Winchester III
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PB 100 and Graphics Apps?
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:15:41 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <4891@gold.gvg.tek.com>, brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) writes:
> 
> With all of this frenzied talk about PowerBook 100 4/40 with disk drive
> for $900, my interest is piqued.  The price point makes it very tempting.
> 
> I have one question:
> 
> 		Has anyone tried to use a drawing application
> 		(like MacDraw) on a PB-100? 
> 
> I don't think I have any illusions about how well these programs will
> run on the PB-100....very slowly.  My principle set of interests focus around
> idea processing, in which I rely upon word processing and drawing applications.
> I was just hoping someone out there could tell me "Yeah, it's slow for 
> complicated things, but ok for simple drawings."  (Which I tend to expect)
> Or, maybe I'll hear, "Oh, geez, forget it, man.  Bag that idea right now.
> No way.  Uh-uh.  Nada.  Nope.  I'm outta here."  

If you have an SE, try it on that; then halve the time.  The PB100 is approx-
imately twice as fast as an SE.  I say approximately because I don't know what
effect having an LCD monitor instead of a CRT monitor has on the speed.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho)
Subject: Re: a non-techie view of Newton
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:24:26 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.002416.25398@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:
>
>In a previous article, umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho) says:
>
>>In article <1992Jul19.162959.3775@cl.cam.ac.uk> tmal@cl.cam.ac.uk (Mark Lomas) writes:
>>>
   [comments on Newton's usefulness deleted]
>>>A pen-based computer such as Newton may be very useful while you are in the
>>>office or stationary but I would be interested to see how it performs while
>>>you are travelling.  I suggest that a keyboard-based machine is much more
>>>suitable for somebody who likes to work while on the move.
>>
>>I agree, esp. if you are the type who hates wasting all thattime
>>sitting in a train :). But those teeny keyboards are a joke; I swear,
>>some men's fingertips are wider than the key and space! But, why can't
>>the pen be used sometimes, and used other times to punch keys?  Or an
>>"touch screen" like keyboard could be used, too. As someone noted,
>>Newton is the beginning; there's bound to be lots of improvement over time.
>>
>>CKC
>>
> Ah yes, but you evidently don't know that Newton doesn't care how crooked
>your handwriting is- its "Smart reading". If you scribble all over the
>screen "JOE FOR LUNCH", Newton will plop up, on one neat little line in
>12 point Helvecta "Joe for Lunch". If you draw a square which is crooked,
>or sloppy, Newton gives you a perfect square. See the August MacUser for
>more on this.
>-- 

Unless Apple's Newton is many times smarter than it's human namesake,
(and even then) I remain skeptical about your implication above
that Newton can decipher anything. FOr example, "Joe for lunch"
could easily look like "Jac tar lunch", with God knows what
implications for the situation. A written e that isn't fully 
closed looks very much like a stylized c. What I envision is that
people will write slower than they would on a notepad, wait
a few moments to verify that Newton had got it right, then go on
to the next thing. I can also see some people getting frustrated
as at some crucial point Newton helpfully translates into gibberish
some technical stuff, which must then be hastily corrected. Don't
get me wrong, I think it's a cool machine, but I think people
shouldn't expect miracles out of it. I don't think it's very useful
for quick notes that you won't keep because during notetaking
you won't save any time; however, it will save scads
of time on any info that has to be shared, filed away, etc.
I only skimmed the articles on Newton, but will it only recognize
a standard circle, square, triangle, etc? I guess you have to
put in that limitation, but that means that specialized shapes
are a wash, then.

CKC


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Carles Bellver <bellverc@si.uji.es>
Subject: HP PaintJet
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:49:08 GMT
Organization: SERVEI D'INFORMATICA - UNIVERSITAT JAUME I

Does anybody know how to get a driver for the HP PaintJet?

Thanks in advance.
From: uru@dea.greco-prog.fr (Uru [rauzy])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.binaries.sound.misc
Subject: Mac Converter sfil <-> FSSD
Date: 21 Jul 92 07:47:40 GMT
Organization: LaBRI


	I'm looking for a Mac converter between 
 	sound files (sfil) <-> sound files (FSSD).

	Does anyone known the name and where I can found a such converter ???

	Thanks for your answers.



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From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.apple.newton
Keywords: Newton
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 13:37:11 BST
Distribution: world
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
> In article <XF8coB23w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
> >byrne@cc.gatech.edu (Michael Byrne) writes:
> >> Don't call it "alt" anything--some sites can't get alt groups,
> >> and it certainly is a "comp" subject.  How about comp.sys.newton?
> >
> >All sites *can* get alt groups.  Some *choose* not to do so.  There is an
> >important difference.
> 
> No site "chooses" to do anything.

If you take "site" to be just the geographical location, obviously not.  I
had naively hoped you were able to take the mental leap and work out that
when I spoke of sites, I was speaking of both the computer systems and the
people who use them.

>  The administrators at those sites do the choosing.

Maybe at your site.  Here, the users all vote on which "recreational" groups
they'd like.  Votes are tallied, and the newsgroups arranged by popularity. 
Groups are picked off the top of the resulting list until we hit a certain
estimated volume.  I then take the list and implement it as closely as
possible, adding those groups which are considered to be work-related.

So if the users here don't get alt.sex.hamster.duct-tape, it's because they
choose not to get it.  (Or rather, they choose to have a more worthwhile
group instead.)

Of course, you might protest that maybe a single user really wants a group
but can't get it because nobody else wants it.  In fact, that's not the way
things work; it's weighted so that if I really, desperately wanted
alt.sex.hamster.duct-tape, I could put all my votes down for that newsgroup,
and it would go to the top of the list.

But of course, that's just local policy.  Other sites may differ.  However:

>                       The point is obviously "many people at various sites
> can't get alt groups," which is clearly true.

Not really.  If you ask around hard enough, it's possible to find someone
who's willing to mail you alt groups.  Unless your system administrator
restricts your mail access or screens your incoming mail, it's always
possible to get any alt group.


mathew
-- 
"Even the most bizarre of the unions (probably that between a cat's gall
 stone and a single note 'G' from CNN's ident theme) managed to convey a
 sense of rampant impropriety."  -- 'Fortran Five', Simon G. Lawrence Leonard

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: mucm000@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Fred Seaton)
Subject: Re: FAX modem for PB 100??
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:28:12 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.112658.18330@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
>Is there a better, faster, fax modem available for the PB 100?  2400 baud is  
>just too slow, I'd like a V.32/V.42 modem.  Does anyone know of any vendors  
>that do better than the Apple offering?
>
>Jim De Arras

The PowerPort modems from Global Village Communications sounds pretty
good.  Call MacConnection (800-334-4444) for the latest pricing info.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ulrich@tpki.toppoint.de (Ulrich Gall)
Subject: Garbo CD ROM- HELP!!
Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 08:35:27 GMT


Hi,


I am just a beginner on the Mac ( I use DOS ), so these
questions are probably quite stupid. Please answer anyway!


I have trouble reading the files on the Garbo CD-ROM.
All of them are TEXT type files, even the .SEA self extracting
archives. In the Docs, it says to run the .SEA files and they
will extract. I tried to extract stuffit.sea, but since its
TEXT not APPL I can't run it. I tried changing thew type to
APPL, and I was able to run it, only to get an error -39 ( not
sure about the number).

Some guy told me I needed MacBinary. There is a file called
MACBINRY.HQX on the disc, but it's a TEXT, too, so I have the
same problem with it.

I can't believe I'm the only one havig this problem with the
CD! And I can't be the only one who has the CD!

Please Help!!


Thanks in advance,

Ulrich
-- 
Ulrich Gall		ulrich@tpki.toppoint.de
2300 Klausdorf
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: a non-techie view of Newton
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:28:39 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 <1992Jul22.032426.14544@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho) writes:

>Unless Apple's Newton is many times smarter than it's human namesake,
>(and even then) I remain skeptical about your implication above
>that Newton can decipher anything. FOr example, "Joe for lunch"
>could easily look like "Jac tar lunch", with God knows what
>implications for the situation. A written e that isn't fully 
>closed looks very much like a stylized c. 

The Newton software will automatically "train" itself to recognize
quirks of its user's handwriting, so if you tend to write e's that
look like c's, it will know this.  It will also have an address list
in which to look for "Joe" and, probably, a builtin spelling and
grammar checker that will tell the handwriting recognizing, "tar
is a mispelled word in this context, do you have any other guesses
as to what it might be?"  Finally, Newton will ask you for confirmation
before it schedules the appointment.
From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:01:47 GMT
 <1992Jul15.115921.14033@msc.cornell.edu> <ajross.711328520@husc9>
 <5794.2a6ac834@hayes.com> <92203.173612ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
 <5805.2a6d64c8@hayes.com> <92205.170150ASI509@DJUKFA11.BIT
Organization: KFA  Forschungszentrum Juelich



First let me apologize for extending this thread in the direction of "my
computer is better/faster/bigger than yours". This was not my intention
espcially since this is no mac.advocacy group. I just wanted to say that if I
had to buy a computer for home use _and_ am willing to stand _some_ (not that
much that many people in this group think) inconveniences, then I would buy a
PC. If I had to buy a computer for professional use where every minute of
configuration hassle costs $$$ I would buy a Mac. And to make it complete, if
for some reason I could not buy a Mac for prof. use I would buy a IBM or some
other major company`s product. For my own use I would even buy the PC in pieces
and build it together myself. (Must be a horrible picture for a dedicated Mac
user).

So friends...PEACE.

However I can`t resist to make some remarks:

In article <torrie.712476567@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>, torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan
Torrie) says:
>
>ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
>
>>The FIRTS benchmark I referred to in my    post was a Dhrystone benchmark
>  Let's just say that the difference in code quality between Think C 4.0.5
>and GCC 2.1 is LARGE (and it's in GCC 2.1's favour).  Maybe if you had
>done a test using GCC on the Mac, you would have a valid comparison.
>However, see below.

I said myself the value of this (and every single one) benchmark is
questionable. This is the only benchmark source I have, so I used it. If some-
one could prpvide me a pointer to some other sources (e-mail) I would be glad.
Some other guy e-mailed me that Mac compilers in general don`t do too much
code optimization. If so the Mac is not to blame for it, but its surely not
one of its plusses.

Since Stallman advocates to boycott Apple, is there a port of GNU C for Mac-OS?
I`d be very interested.

e>The SECOND "benchmark" I ran was using Word 4.0 on the Mac and WinWord 1.1 on
>>the same PC with Win3.0 (not the fastest GUI of all times). The PC was       d
>equippe
>>with a ET3000 VGA board which is definitely not the fastest under the SUN :-)
>>and in fact already out of production. Both Word versions are functionally
>>equivalent and --- you might guess it --- the PC won this subjective
>>"benchmark" hands down. It is _my_ Mac and _my_ PC so why should I be that   h
>muc
>>biased ?.
>
>  So you're basing your views on Microsoft code?  Somehow, that doesn't
>sound like something I'd do.
>
That one is particularly interesting to me for some reasons. First: Do you
think MS`s code for the Mac is even worse than their code for the PC?
Second: On the Mac at least the OS is not from them. I would be glad if I could
say that for the PC too. Third: Do really all of you netters think that low of
MS ? I do since I know Windoze, but I used to think my Mac friends are happy
with their Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

Michael Bode.
From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:36:12 GMT
 <1992Jul15.115921.14033@msc.cornell.edu> <ajross.711328520@husc9>
 <5794.2a6ac834@hayes.com>
Organization: KFA  Forschungszentrum Juelich

In article <5794.2a6ac834@hayes.com>, bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman) says:
>> {mucho discussion deleted}
>Huh. Isn't your time worth something? Isn't that part of the reason for
>buying a computer in the first place -- in order to save you time and
>hassle to get something done? If the computer creates work instead of
>diminishing it, then it hasn't fulfilled it's job.
>
Depends on who has to pay for the machine. If it`s my boss then you`re right.
But there are even people out there who repair their cars themselves. I _can_
install OS/2 or Windoze on an Intel box (i.e. I know how to push in the disks)
and for some hundred $$$ I do it myself.

>So? What do you have? You have a CPU, Disk, Color display, Sound,
>printer, modem. Sounds like the IIsi, right? Almost, but not
>quite.

OK there is no microphone (I never use it on my IIsi) there is no ability to
put five CRTs on my desk an shuffle the mouse around them (who buys two
monitors for a 3k machine) and its five times faster for real cpu intensive
tasks.

>into a network using ARA! Then you'd need network protocols, wouldn't you?
>How about 32-bit color model in the OS? It's going to be hard to make
>use of that fancy display without a consistant OS support for the display.

Do we talk about DOS or PC compatible computers in the $3k league ?
For these machines there IS consistant OS(/2) support for the display.

>At least with the IIsi, you'd have an OS at least. With the list you
>presented, you don't even have an OS.
>
Agreed. Add $100 for an OS.

>Yup. Without good software, your 486 system is going to make a pretty
>expensive paperweight. Perhaps it won't fair too badly as an inefficient
>space heater.

And then it could sit there and heat the room together with an $3k IIsi without
any apps. And again it would have more power :-)

I let my boss buy me an IIsi for office and bought myself a 386 for home.

Michael Bode.
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