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From: asm@eecg.toronto.edu (Anees Munshi)
Subject: Re: more icons in dock? (actually Engage)
Date: 26 Sep 92 18:15:07 GMT

rdm@fnbc.com writes:

>If you don't mind spending a few $$$ you should look into Engage!  from 
>Atherton Software Works  (415) 321-3720 -- info@asw.com

>I have NOTHING to do with them --- I just use their product and it is GREAT
>for extending the dock, (you can even dock folders and working files.)

>They do have the most grotesque licensing scheme in the world though, so be  
>warned about falling in love with the package on a network (It's license 
>is linked to user AND machine...so good luck when you log into a machine
>that you don't normally use)
>- rdm@fnbc.com

Worse, the version I bought *writes* to the installation
floppy, thus effectively disabling my ability to sell the
program if I should choose to do so. Bizzare and inconvenient.

Be forewarned! Write-protect and duplicate the original floppy
before installing the program.
From: rhess@consilium.COM (Richard L. Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Has anyone gotten NextDeveloper/Demos/CDPlayer.app to work?
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:49:32 GMT
Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California.
In-reply-to: tim@rri.UUCP's message of 29 Sep 92 12:43:22 GMT
X-UserAgent: GNUS 3.13  [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ]


  CDPlayer works for me but it doesn't auto-launch when I insert an audio CD.
Here's the /tmp/console.log that results from trying it;

+---------------------------------------------------[ start ]
Software Version 3.0 (Hyper3B)
sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (2,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label)
sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (2,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 4 (no valid label)
sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (2,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 8 (no valid label)
sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0
sd1 (2,0): sense key:0x5  additional sense code:0x64
    SCSI Block in error = 12 (no valid label)
	DISK UNFORMATTED
	Disk is Write Protected
Sep 30 08:31:00 Workspace: Mounted scsi disk at /cdaudio
cdaudio.util: CANNOT OPEN CDPlayer
+---------------------------------------------------[ end ]

  What's wrong with cdaudio.util?

Dick...

  
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From: asp@chem.ucsd.edu (Alexander S. Polinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Need help installing ZyXEL U-1496E modem
Date: 1 Oct 1992 16:01:44 GMT
Organization: University of California San Diego, Chemistry
NNTP-Posting-Host: sdchemi3.ucsd.edu

Hi everyone,

I am looking for help trying to install ZyXEL U-1496E
modem (still with 2.1 OS). First of all, I have already
tried FAQ, read all documentation including that coming
with OS 3.0, and even sent several messages to an active
participant of modem-discussions on this group, Tom Marchioro,
who helped me with my initial stupid questions (thanks, Tom).
My apologies if these problems have been already discussed
here - I don't have regular access to Internet.

I still can't make this modem work with my NeXT cube (68040).
Here is what I have done.

1. I put the following line into my /etc/remote:

modem|Dial-out on cufa at 9600 baud:\
       :pa=none:dv=/dev/cufa:br#38400:\
        :el=^C^S^Q^U^D:ie=%$:oe=^D:

2. In in /etc/ttys I put

ttyda   "/usr/etc/getty D9600"          dialup          on

3. After reboot, I opened Terminal window and typed "tip modem".
If I do it for the first time after rebooting, I get "connected"
in the window, and after that tip does not react on anything,
whatever I type is not echoed on the screen, and the only way to
get out is to close the window. Now, if I open another window and
type "tip modem", no "connected" is received, and tip suspends again.
I found that instead of rebooting I can remove the lock file from
/usr/spool/uucp/LCK. Then I am getting the "connected" response,
but tip still suspends. Very similar things happen if I try to dial
some number with tip - it always suspends.

Here is what I checked:
1. I checked wiring in the cable - it corresponds exactly
to what is described in the Manual for 68040.
2. I brought the modem back to the store, they connected it to
a PC with some communication software, and the modem worked fine
with no special configuring. The only difference I noticed
was that when they connected the modem to their serial port
and turned it on, the following LED indicators were on: 
HS(high speed), DTR, DSR, CTS and EC(error correction).
When I connect the modem to the NeXT, same indicators are on
except DTR.
3. I decided that my serial port might be broken. I was lucky
to find a person with a Cube who was kind enough to try my modem
on his machine. The result was exactly the same as I had on mine.
BTW, he had 3.0 installed.

I don't know what to think and what to try next. Is there anybody
who is using this modem? Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong?
I am not going to use the FAX part of the modem. Do I still need
some special driver? Thanks in advance

Alex Polinsky
Chemistry Dept
UCSD
apolinsky@ucsd.edu
From: coco@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (felix.lugo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Edit.app in 3.0.  Goto Line # removed!
Date: 6 Oct 92 23:02:56 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <PAUL.92Oct6104321@music.sie.arizona.edu> paul@music.sie.arizona.edu (Paul J. Sanchez) writes:
>Did I miss something, or did they actually remove the "jump to line #"
>feature (command-l) from Edit?  How could they do this???
>--paul

	You need to order front Edit's Preferences panel, select "Developer
Mode", quit and then restart Edit.  This will enable the Line Range menu under
Edit->Find (among other goodies)!

--Felix
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: curtis@accnxt1.tamu.edu (Curtis Johnson)
Subject: Re: SPARC (NeXT : -) 10
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:13:14 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.120257.7774@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mdw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com  
(mark.d.wuest) writes:
# In article <1992Oct1.174314.21388@cs.mcgill.ca> samurai@cs.mcgill.ca  
(Darcy BROCKBANK) writes:
# >I just had a peek at a SPARC 10 machine.
# >You should see some of the cool features it has:
# 
# My office mate just got one (so why is the machine by my NeXT an IPX?)
# and you forgot the coolest feature:  $18,000.  Don't think you'll be
# seeing one by my NeXT at home (winning lottery tickets can change
# this opinion).
# 
# Mark
# -- 
$18,000 probably wouldn't get you a Sparc10 that was too powerful, the  
multiprocessor versions are around $50,000+ if I remember correctly
--
Curtis A. Johnson

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----                           |
Curtis A. Johnson 	   |	"The best thing a man can do for his  
culture curtis@accnxt1.tamu.edu	   |	 when he is rich is to endeavour  
to carry out
NeXTmail accepted          |	 those schemes which he entertained when  
he
Texas A&M University       |	 was poor."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: cwagner@ee.ualberta.ca (Chad Wagner)
Subject: VT100/4010/4014?
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 22:20:14 GMT

Are there any free programs to due DEC VT220 or 
Tektronix 4010/4014 terminal emulation?

Chad G. Wagner
Electrical Engineering Student
cwagner@bode.ee.ualberta.ca

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From: wherndon@smiley.mitre.org (William Herndon)
Subject: AUUUUG! December ship on July order!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:18:05 GMT


    Well I just got the word from my local NeXT resellor:  The NS3.0/
    CD-ROM bundle that I ordered in early July will not ship until mid-
    December.  I only have on thing to say about this:

	Aaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!

    How dare NeXT advertise 3.0, promote 3.0, and then practically force 
    us to upgrade to 3.0 by changing media yet AGAIN!  Over 5 months is 
    not an acceptable delivery time frame!  Do you hear me NeXT?  If any
    other company tried to pull this, they would quickly cease to exist,
    and I'm beginning to wonder how NeXT DOES stay in business.

    I love my NeXT, but I'm beginning to hate NeXT Inc.


        	        	       	       	       	       	       	       
                                                               - Max

  | William R. Herndon               \ The MITRE Corporation, Dept. G023 |
  | EMail: wherndon@smiley.mitre.org  \    Secure Information Technology |
  | NeXTMail: bill@mephisto.gotham.com \                ( 703 ) 883-6393 |
  |                                                                      |
  |         "When you're cool, the world bores you."   - Calvin          |
From: wattsj@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John Watts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: fax modem will not send faxes -- help; data mode works
Summary: used to "fax" -- doesn't anymore
Keywords: NeXT computer, fax, HSD
Date: 26 Sep 92 19:38:33 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc
Distribution: na
Organization: Purdue University

I have an HSD InterFax 24/96 fax/data modem.  This modem worked
out-of-the-box for fax, but at first I could not manage to get it to
transmit in data mode.  after some net.help with configuring kermit,
etc., I do have it transmitting data.

Now, unfortunately, I cannot manage to send a fax.  All the settings
in PrintManager are - so far as I can tell - the same now as they were
when the fax capabilities worked.  When I try to send a fax (in
WordPerfect using "fax" in the print panel), I receive an error
message to the effect of:

  fax cannot be sent ...
  fax software failed during transmission ...
  restart computer & try again ...

I've tried restarting, but that does not help.  Same message on next
try.  Any clues ?  Where should I be looking ?  The notion that
restarting might help seems to suggest that there is probably a very
specific thing going wrong or a specific place I should be looking,
but without more detailed knowledge of the NeXT OS, I can't guess what
those specific things/places might be.

Some other possible clues ...

(1) Between the time I could & could not "fax", I did manage to get
the data transmission capability of this modem to work.  I played
around with a lot of possibilities before getting this to work, but I
do not *recall* that any files had to change ...

(2) A moment ago, I noticed that PrintManager has the faxmodem set as
available "private" ...the modem's manual suggests that setting
availability as "private" should put the modem in fax mode ... the
modem is clearly available to transmit in data mode right now.

(3) When I last ran through PrintManager to see what the settings were
for the fax modem, I hit the first panel's "fax options" button, went
to that panel, saw that everything was still set as it was when fax
capabilities worked, hit the "cancel" button & returned to the first
PrintManager panel.  No problem so far.  When I tried to get out of
PrintManager by hitting the "ok" button on its first panel, the button
stayed highlighted & the "spinning disk" cursor came on & stayed on so
long as PrintManager was in the foreground.

Any clues from the net ?

Thanks.  

John Watts
Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
From: audley@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Christopher D Audley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Need Reformatting Guidance
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:19:37 GMT
Distribution: na,local
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

In article <1992Sep30.200636.3780@arizona.edu> d_mc%McCube.tucson.az.us@arizona.edu (Don McCollam) writes:
>I have a HP 97548S hard disk which is formatted at 512 bytes/block.  I  
>would like to do a low level reformat to change it to 1024 bytes/block.

I noticed recently, while running a rebuild of 3.0 from the CD-ROM, that
the internal hard drive was formatted to 1024 bytes/block.
( NS Mono/Turbo, Seagate 250 ) Is the rebuild procedure from the CD-ROM
reformating the drive with larger blocks or were they always that size
and it was never noticed?

Chris

-- 
Christopher D. Audley
Elec & Comp Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
Internet: audley@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: coco@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (felix.lugo)
Subject: Re: 3.0 and WriteNow
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:07:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep26.051106.442@metrosoft.com> gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) writes:
>In article <1992Sep25.064104.3256@prim> prim!dave@germany.eu.net (Dave  
>Griffiths) writes:
>> 
>> Does anyone know if the 2.x version of WriteNow is as binary compatible
>> as WordPerfect?
>> 
>
>WriteNow 2.1 works fine on my cube running 3.0. Bummer about the lack of a  
>read-only version though. It's going to be hard to remember not to send  
>out .wn files...
>
>Gordon

	Anyone notice that the Sybase DB-Library package in 3.0 includes
some documentation in WriteNow format!  Oops ...   8^)

	I'm sure glad the 2.1 version still works but I wonder if we're
licensed to use it under 3.0 (need to check the license agreement again)!

--Felix
From: pluther@percy.rain.com (Pat Luther)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: formatting DOS disk
Date: 29 Sep 92 14:24:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: percy.BvCG1M.1Ix
Organization: Percy's mach, Portland, OR

I thought there was some really easy way to do it, but if so, I 
can't find it anywhere in the NeXT manuals, or the on-line
documentation.  
I know it can do it because if I stick a DOS floppy in there, It
will reformat it into DOS again....

How do I choose what system I want the floppy to be formatted as??

					??pat

-- 
Pat Luther: Lex's Evil Twin
picard!pat@percy.rain.com <-- NeXTmail OK.
pluther@percy.rain.com (sometimes quicker)
luther@uop.edu (could take days, or even weeks)
"If there's nothing wrong with me, then maybe there's
 something wrong with the universe!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: andrew@cubetech.com
Subject: Re: Is the NeXT a true UNIX box?
Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 00:18:16 GMT

In article <80892@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
>Is the NeXT a true UNIX box, or is the UNIX part grafted on a non-
>UNIX OS, like A/UX.  (I am not sure how A/UX is designed, so flame
>away if the above statement is BS.)

It looks, feels, tastes, and even smells like 4.3BSD, because it is
4.3BSD.  But it uses the Mach kernel (so does OSF/1) and has a bunch
of other NeXT add-ons (NetInfo for instance).  NeXT ships a really
good unix.


andrew
-- 
andrew@cubetech.com     | "We shall not cease from exploration
Andrew Loewenstern      |  And the end of our exploring
Cube Technologies, Inc. |  Will be to arrive where we started
                        |  And know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: Mark-Tarbell@suite.com
Subject: Re:  Audio CDs on CD-ROM Drive
Reply-To: suite!tarbell@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Suite Software, Anaheim CA.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:17:32 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.192653.26512@psisa.psi> ph@pencom.com (Patrick  
Hester) writes:
> When you copy from CD to DAT you are NOT getting direct digital  
transfer.
> You are introducing an analog step in between. So the CD reproduces  
> perfect analog signal which is then redigitized. There is some loss but  
> not enough to notice on a single copy.

Wrong. That's why CD players have digital outputs and DAT decks
have digital inputs.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: oliverm@nevada.edu (Moises Oliveira )
Subject: Re: Comments on 3.0 thus far
Organization: Organization? Ha, don't make me laugh
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 04:50:36 GMT

In article <8341@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> clt@eotvos.physics.purdue.edu (Carrick Talmadge) writes:
>In article <1992Sep23.195218.25904@ornl.gov> woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) >  
>20)  I had a line in /etc/crontab to do an updatedb every night.  this  
>> used to prepare a way so that find filename would very quickly give me  
>> a path to that filename.  It doesn't work any more.  I can't tell that  
>
>This is a problem with the new version of find, which no longer has the "fast  
>find" capability in it.  What I find particularly humorous is that  
>/usr/lib/find is still present and /etc/find.codes (the find database) can  
>still be found in /usr/bin/find using "strings -8".  The fix is to replace  

The "fast find" capability is still present.

Thats why /usr/lib/find still creates /etc/find.codes.

That's also why /usr/bin/find still has the filename embedded

There is no need to replace /usr/bin/find.

It works.
From: jashley@garbo.cs.indiana.edu (John Michael Ashley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: AUUUUG! December ship on July order!
Date: 30 Sep 92 03:38:10 GMT
Reply-To: jashley@cs.indiana.edu
Organization: Indiana University Computer Science


In article <1992Sep29.171805.29275@linus.mitre.org> wherndon@smiley.mitre.org (William Herndon) writes:
       Well I just got the word from my local NeXT resellor:  The NS3.0/
       CD-ROM bundle that I ordered in early July will not ship until mid-
       December.  I only have on thing to say about this:

	   Aaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!

I wish everyone would quit griping about ship dates and how they want
to maim and murder because they don't have their 3.0.  This noise is
obscuring all the bug reports.

Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: rpruess@yoyo.weeg.uiowa.edu (Rex Pruess)
Subject: Re: Terminal Options
Organization: U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:34:18 GMT

roy@watserv.ucr.edu writes:
   > I was looking through the source of some App the other day and noticed
   > there was a command to open up a Terminal. The command used was...
   >
   >	Terminal -Shell blah blah blah...
   >
   > Does anyone know if there are any other command line options to Terminal?

I used my Remotes application to partially answer your question.  (Remotes
is intended to simplify the management of remote Terminal & Stuart sessions.
Under NeXTSTEP 3.0, it is of questionable value with Terminal due to the new
features provided via Terminal.  It is still useful with Stuart though.)

I enabled debugging on Remotes to dump out a few of the command line
parameters used.  Here's one example:

/NextApps/Terminal.app/Terminal -Shell "/usr/ucb/rlogin pinball"
   -WinLocX 150 -WinLocY 820 -Rows 24 -Columns 80 -NXFixedPitchFont Ohlfs 
   -NXFixedPitchFontSize 13 -Meta 27 -Translate YES -Keypad YES 
   -StrictEmulation NO -Autowrap YES -Scrollback YES -AutoFocus NO
   -SourceDotLogin NO -CustomTitle pinball

If you're not using NeXTSTEP3.0, then don't use the -CustomTitle parameter.
My guess is that *any* defaults data base variable for Terminal can be
tossed onto the command line.  Tinker with the various Preferences options
& check values via "dread -o Terminal" or your favorite way to do so.

I was hesitant to reply to your note since Terminal3.0 can now save (& open)
windows.  I question the value of using command-line parameters under
Terminal3.0.  But, I use Stuart so I don't know all of the quirky things you
can do with Terminal's command-line parms.

Hope this helps.
--
   Rex Pruess, Weeg Computing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
      NeXTmail: Rex-Pruess@uiowa.edu ......... Phone: (319) 335-5452
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: coco@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (felix.lugo)
Subject: Re: OD under 3.0
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:37:05 GMT

In article <1actp1INN9km@gap.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes:
>
>I'll agree with "supposed to".  The OD works, but 3.0 Workspace doesn't
>seem to think that it's a removable media, and the Eject operation is not
>lit and does not function.  Nor does dropping the OD in the recycler.
>Nor does logging off.  In fact, the only time I tried logging off with
>the OD still mounted and all, the system froze.
>
>The only thing that does work is to umount and disk -e as root.
>
>I have also had problems ejecting CD's, but I haven't played enough with
>that to characterize the problems completely.
>
>Mark Adler
>madler@cco.caltech.edu

	That's weird, everything you just mentioned works for me in 3.0.
Granted, I've had several occurences of the above, but it does not happen
EVERY TIME!  I've even had Workspace tell me that some other application is
using the OD and a message on the console indicating exactly which application
is involved (in that case Edit was responsible).

--Felix

Xref: sparky comp.sys.next.misc:20551 comp.text.tex:11941
From: ede978e@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.text.tex
Subject: ispell under NextStep3.0
Summary: ispell under NextStep3.0
Date: 6 Oct 92 02:36:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: monu6.1992Oct6.023630.23378
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus

If anybody has ispell running under NextStep3.0 could you
please mail me the binary. (NeXTMAil is fine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: bnocker@puma.cosy.sbg.ac.at (Bernhard Nocker)
Subject: Re: How to Listen to audio CD's painlessly via CDPlayer.app
Organization: University of Salzburg / Austria
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:58:04 GMT

In article <Bv6yB1.5r5@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David  
Lemson) writes:
> gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes:
> 
> >jgg@proforma.com (J. G. Gregory) writes:
> >> 2. Open Preferences.  To the right, click on the UNIX certificate  
icon.
> >>    Under "Security Options" turn on "Public Window Server".  This is  
a
> >>    security weakness, and I don't understand how severe.  However, I  
am
> >>    a standalone site,  [...etc...]
> 
> >For people who are not a standalone site (ie, if your NeXT is on the  
> >internet), this is a significant security hazard.  In my own opinion,  
it is  
> >not a good idea to do if your NeXT is on the internet.  It is no  
problem to  
> >do if your host is standalone, as JG's is.
> 
> To further emphasize why this is a hazard - when you have Public
> Window Server turned on, anyone who has an internet connection to your
> machine can perform tasks on your machine with the same security
> equivalence as the person who is currently logged into the console
> of the machine. (without a whole lot of trouble)
> -- 
> David Lemson

I can see no reason to enable PublicWindowServer!?
BTW, do you know Reinhard Fendrich? I'm listening that CD at the 
moment (of course with autolaunched CDPlayer after inserting the disc :-).

--
Bernhard Nocker                          Beware root :-)
University of Salzburg's Department of Computing Studies
Jakob-Haringerstr. 5	5020 Salzburg    Austria, Europe
+43-662-8044/6750		  bnocker@cosy.sbg.ac.at
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