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From: mikeho@seeker.mystic.com (Michael Ho)
Subject: My apps are trashing themselves
Organization: Mystic Software Pittsburg, Ca
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:50:45 GMT

Help... my apps are disappearing.

This isn't another disappearing folder question... this is stranger.  Every
so often, an application will die.  The app is still on disk, with an icon
and everything, but the program's suggested size in the Get Info box changes
to "n/a," the current size changes to 0, and it can't be opened (Finder 
reports an error of type -39).

The current size can't be changed after this happens.  The app has to be
retrieved from some other media.

This seems to have happened more since I started to use File Sharing.  It
did happen once before I was using file sharing, though.

Has anyone seen this before?  (Is this a FAQ?)  I'm using System 7 with 
the Tune-Up.  The only non-Apple extensions are ATM 2.0.3 and the DMM
LaserWriter utilities.  Oh, and the network drivers came from Cayman Systems,
the manufacturers of the Ethernet card we have.  (The card was not 
compatible with System 7.)

Please reply via e-mail to mikeho@seeker.mystic.com.  I can't keep up
with the volume in the c.s.mac groups.  Thanks!
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: mac@unison.com (Michael A. Casteel)
Subject: PB booting problem: HD not found
Summary: Help: PB boots to '?' icon
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:07:31 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Unison-Tymlabs
Keywords: PowerBook startup help

Ever since I upgraded my PB100 to 8Meg, half the time I boot it up
from shutdown, it comes up to the '?' icon like it can't find the
HD (which I also recently upgraded to 40Mb, but the problem didn't
start until I also took the memory up to 8Mb). So far, I have
been able to cure the problem by pressing the reset button (the one
closest to the front of the keyboard); the PB resets and proceeds
to boot from the HD. It always works first time.

Does anybody know what the problem is likely to be?

So, I was thinking it was something to do with SCSI. But, I thought
the ROM sent a SCSI reset every now and then when sitting at the
'?' icon anyway. I don't know what else pressing the reset button
would do to cause my PB to boot up. Could the 40Mb drive be 'slow' to
spin up?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: strange@zk3.dec.com (Steve Strange)
Subject: Re: Mac Plus Memory
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp.
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:54:40

In article <SIRE.92Nov12155742@thor.albany.edu> sire@csc.albany.edu (Daniel T. Smith) writes:

   I have just purchased 4Mb for my Mac+.  The finder only recognizes 2Mb
   only.  I this something that is inherent to the plus or what?  I seem
   to remember something about this being an architectural design.  What
   is the reason for this and/or is there any way around it?  I only use
   the Plus to run Word (it has no hard drive), so my idea is to use the
   extra memory as a ram-disk and load the system & Word into it.  I have
   successfully created a ram-disk of abt. 1Mb and loaded the system into
   it, but I am still clueless as to why I cannot access the rest.  

   Any ideas?

The Mac Plus should recognize all 4Mb.  You most likely need to cut the
resistor on the motherboard that enables the second SIMM bank.  I
don't remember if it's marked or not.

	Steve
From: mcmains@unt.edu (Sean McMains)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: TextEdit, International Scripts and others....
Date: 8 Nov 92 23:21:51 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas
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X-Xxdate: Sun, 8 Nov 92 10: 21:34 GMT
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In article <7NOV199211093584@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu> Alexandre Khalil,
9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu writes:
>  Hello, I am looking for a wordprocessor that, like TeachText, could be
used
>under Arabic/Hebrew System 6/7.
>
>  I have been told that the reason why regular wordprocessors fail to
pass 
>the international scripts tests is that they bypass TextEdit to handle
>text management more efficiently:
>
>  - Is there a wordprocessor that is more elaborate than TeachText (
font 
>and styles handling, formatting ) but still uses TextEdit ?

One of the main reasons that many (read "All") wordprocessors don't use
the TextEdit routines is that these routines are currently limited to
about 32,000 characters. Anything that wants to use more than this number
of characters must provide its own routines for text handling. Therefore,
one would be hard pressed to come up with a wordprocessor that will
likely be able to used instantly under the Arabic/Hebrew system software.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore)
Subject: Re: System 7.1/Suitcase 2.1
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 00:12:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.191841.2083@pacdata.uucp> alan@pacdata.com () writes:
>I recently upgraded my home Mac to system 7.1 and am now having an extreme
>annoyance with Suitcase 2.1 (it crashes miserably on startup)
>Is anyone else having this problem? Anyone found a solution? Anyone know
>an e-mail address for Fifth-Generation (I've got some mail headed their
>way but thats so slow)
>
>-- 
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>  Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here!
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>Alan McLachlan                       [ucsd|uunet]!pacdata!alan
>Pacific Data Products                alan@pacdata.com
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>

1) Do you have Suitcase 2.1.1 or better? It's the System 7.1-compatible
version.

2) If you've merely dragged all of your fonts into the Fonts Folder, drag
them out, restart w/ Suitcase 2.1.x, then close the suitcases. System 7.1
and Suitcase cannot open the same suitcases at the same time. If you want
to have suitcases open, take them out of the Fonts folder...

Hope this helps!

Jay (=
From: wmurphy@cs.umb.edu (William E. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: QuickTime 1.5 conflicts with File sharing
Date: 10 Nov 92 16:06:12 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

I also Have been having some problems with QT1.5 and startup crashes.
I orig. thought it was a conflict with QT and Quick Mail. BUT...

I was getting the same sort of problem, Quadra 950 (sys7 w/1.1.1)
would start, load the inits, then start to open QuickMail, and then
FROZE.

I narrowed it down to QT and (at least for the moment) solved MY prob.
by renaming it zQuickTime so that it would load a little later.

hmmm.... seemed to work.

Bill

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
Subject: Re: TextEdit, International Scripts and others....
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:01:40 GMT

k.vikor@alf.uib.no (Knut S. Vikor) writes:

>   WordPerfect, MacWrite, MS Word, WriteNow are all non-Arabic compatible
>with the same sort of symptoms as described. Evidently, the problems for
>each script is different (The problems with Arabic is basically its
>left/right direction change), so a program that works with Japanese may not
>work with Arabic and vice versa. 

I would just like to point out that if a program works for one script
and not another, then the programmer is not "doing it right". The
Script Manager allows you to figure out all of the necessary information
to properly handle any script. The programming is sometimes admittedly
tricky, but it is certainly doable.

pr
-- 
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Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC
System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC
Internet: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rob@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull)
Subject: Re: PAUSEING IN SYSTEM 7.1 OPERATIONS.......HELP!!!!
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:30:41 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

knapp@cs.purdue.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:

>In article <BxIyBo.94F@acsu.buffalo.edu> zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin) writes:

>I am having slightly different problems, and they occur both on my Mac
>II at home and at my PowerBook 170 in the office. Word always took
>about half a minute or so to start up, but since I upgraded to System
>7.1, MacTCP 1.1.1 and AutoDoubler 2.0 it takes more than twice as
>long.

On my machine (IIsi, 17MB RAM) this appears to be directly related to
the number of fonts installed. The pause is something like 5-10 seconds
with 200 fonts installed, going down to unnoticeable as the number of
fonts goes down to 30-40 or so.

>Edgar Knapp

	Robert
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: seaney@engr.wisc.edu
Subject: PCL Printer Driver
Organization: Univ of Wisconsin Madison
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:00:44 CST

 

Is it possible to get a Mac to generate PCL instead of postscript?  We have an
old HP II I'd like to use.

Thanks,
Steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jonesbb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian R. Jones)
Subject: Reducing RAM usage and a question on the LCIII
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:35:16 GMT

	I just downloaded Rtrace the other day and tries to run it - not enough
RAM.  So I tried rebooting with the shift key down to disable all extensions.
This gave me 2950k of RAM (I'm running on an LC 4/40) and Rtrace needs 3000k.
Is there anything I can do to decrease the system usage any further.  I'm
running a very anemic version of system 7.1 as it is.  I realize that the LC
is not really the best platform for this type of thing, especially since I
don't have an FPU.  (I realize that Rtrace needs one, but I have been hearing
runors about software emulations of an FPU and figured I would try and find
one)

	Question two!  I have been hearing rumors about the LCIII, the 25MHz
68030 with a full 32 bit path.  Supposedly, it will be offered at near the
same price as the current LCII (or Performa 400)  Will there be an upgrade
path fro the LC to the LCIII?  Or if not, how much can I sell an LC for since
I could use the opportunity to increase my hard drive space.  Thanks for any
help!!

-Brian

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore)
Subject: Re: Fonts and System 7.1
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 06:08:57 GMT

(forgive my judicious editings; I want to keep this brief...)

In article <184146@pyramid.pyramid.com> bms@pyramid.com (Bruce Schlobohm) writes:
>
>Ok, so I've received my System 7.1 upgrade, and ATM 3.0.  Last night I
>installed them on my PB140. [...]
>
>The install completed and all my fonts are in the Font folder.
>I noticed that the TrueType fonts were in suitcases with their
>respective bitmap fonts.  Should the Postscript fonts go in the
>suitcase as well?

PostScript fonts cannot go into suitcases, as they are separate files.
TrueType fonts are resources similar to fonts, so they can be put into
suitcases.

If you meant "in the folder", yes and no. Some older programs might not search
for PostScript fonts in the Fonts folder; if not, try moving them into the
Extensions folder. Another option is to use Suitcase 2.1.2 (the
7.1-compatible version) as it will maintain PostScript fonts in any folder
with an "open" (by Suitcase) font suitcase. However, you can't open the
fonts that are in the Fonts folder; instead, try making a "PostScript
Fonts" folder in your System Folder, and put the printer fonts and their
matching suitcases in there. (It gets around that nasty 128-file limit, too!)

>
>I was able to print just fine with my Postscript fonts in the font
>folder.  However, one of the Postscript font files had the same name
>as the matching suitcase with the bitmap fonts, so I renamed the Postscript
>font file.  Will this work?

I'm not 100% sure. PostScript fonts' names follow a special system; the
first 5 letters of the first word in the name, followed by the first 3
letters of any following words. (i.e. Courier is "Couri", a bold oblique
version would be "CouriBolObl".) A better bet would be to rename the font
suitcase; that shouldn't hurt anything.

>
>The documentation provided with the upgrade focused more on the new
>Numbers and Dates control panels, and hardly mentioned the Fonts folder.
>
No kidding. What a pain...
>-- 
>bruce schlobohm
>bms@pyramid.com

Hope this helps!

Jay (=

(geez, give me a second to work on one...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: 9999sc01@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Alexandre Khalil)
Subject: Mac file --> *.ps
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41A   
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:45:00 GMT

  Hello

  Possible, probable FAQ question : have mercy !!

  I need to convert Mac files to send them in PostScript format - *.ps -.
  The files will be in Mac Draw *or* WordPerfect *or* MS Word *or*
TeachText -which ever one is possible, but MacDraw is the one I am 
wishing for-.

  I will be using non-standard bitmapped fonts: will they pass along with
the rest?

alex
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: tbwa1@phx.cam.ac.uk (Bruce Adam)
Subject: PC keyboard on an A3000?
Followup-To: tbwa1@phx.cam.ac.uk
Keywords: Keyboard
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:58:00 GMT

I would like to re-box an A3000 and replace the existing keyboard with a
professional PC keyboard or something similar. I am aware of the alt keyboard/
mouse pads in the machine, and am also aware that I'd have to build some hardware
to get it to work. What I'd like to know - has anyone done this or does anyone
have any suggestions? Specs. on the Arc keyboard coding / PC keyboard coding
would be useful.

Any help at all would be appreciated, 'cos I'm not happy.

Cheers

Bruce Adam
From: smuench@i61s4.ira.uka.de (Stefan Muench)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Printing double-sided?
Date: 12 Nov 1992 16:35:27 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Institute for Real-time Computer Systems and Robotics (IPR), Germany
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: i61s4.ira.uka.de

Hi,

I'm new to this group. I looked up if my question has already
been answered but couldn't find it in the latest FAQ-article,
so maybe it's a new one.

I'm looking for a printer driver (it should work with an Apple
LaserWriter II) that is able to print odd and even pages. What
I want is to print a document double-sided on a printer that
doesn't support this feature, so the only way is to print first
all left pages, then inserting the same pages again the other
way round, then printing the right pages. This is very time-consuming
if you have a long document: Print from page 1 to page 1,
Print from page 3 to page 3, ... and so on.

Does anyone know of a program that supports this way of printing?

Please post or email the answer (smuench@ira.uka.de).
Thanks in advance.
-- 


Stefan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore)
Subject: Re: Finder 7 does not have 3-D look.
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 02:25:51 GMT

In article <1dul5eINNd3o@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bt402@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Merbil R. Gonzalez) writes:
>
>I have system 7 with 256 colors, but the windows look exactly like the black and white screens, help!!!
>-- 
>________________________________________________________
>
>Merbil Gonzalez     Internet:M_GONZALEZ@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU
>                             bt402@cleveland.Freenet.Edu


It would help if you posted what your system configuration is (BIG HINT
EVERYBODY!)
I'm assuming you have a IIsi, LC, IIci, or maybe even a Quadra. In short,
something with built-in video. Go to the Monitors control panel, and check
the "Options" button. There's a list of color depths. If you set the
internal VRAM to display no more than, say, 4-bit color, then you won't
be able to set it higher until you change it back. (Does this make sense?)

If not, email me with further confusion...

Hope this helps!

Jay (=
From: afry@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 1-800 number for Apple 7.1 upgrade?
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:27:21 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <92316.104135CADER@auvm.american.edu> CADER@auvm.american.edu writes:
>What is the 800 number for the system 7.1 upgrade.  I couldn't find it
>in the FAQ or in announce.  Thanks.


The special number to order the System 7.1 upgrade is:

                             800/769-2775

The personal upgrade $34.95 (plus tax & shipping)

Cheers,

Alan
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: ttak@ellis.uchicago.edu (toki  takeuchi)
Subject: Video Bulletin Board anyone?
Reply-To: ttak@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 18:20:20 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
Subject: Re: Bit-map fonts in Imagewriter II with Sys 7
Reply-To: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:41:41 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.025818.1643@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore) writes:
>Actually, the required size for bitmaps to print correctly on an
>ImageWriter II is 3 times the size (i.e., if you're printing a 12-point
>font, make sure you have a 36-point size also...)
>
>Hope this helps!

It would have helped if you'd been correct. :-)

 When printing bitmap fonts to the ImageWriter or ImageWriter II using the
"Best" setting, the output quality will be greatly enhanced if there is
installed a font _twice_ the point size actually used in the document.  This
is because the ImageWriter has two resolutions: 72 and 144 dpi.  When you
select "Best" quality, the system sets the printer to 144 dpi.  When the
document contains, for example, some 12 pt text, the system substitutes a
24 pt font.  At 144 dpi, it comes out the same size as a 12pt font would if
printed at 72dpi, but much less jaggedy, due to there being more dots.

The late, un-lamented ImageWriter LQ printer was the one that required
bitmap fonts at triple the point size, since it had a "Best" resolution of
216dpi.

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From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Type 1s with 7.1?
Date: 9 Nov 92 07:01:50 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca

>System 7.1 font management won't let the user pull out fonts from the
>Fonts folder if programs other than the finder are active/open. For
>users who have many fonts and need to close some of them some of the
>time, a suitcase type utility still has an advantage.

That was the first thing I tried with 7.1 and you most certainly can add
or remove fonts from the fonts folder while other programs are running.
You just have to quit and relaunch your applications for the font folder
changes to be reflected in the Font menu. 

I've heard claim that Suitcase II will allow you to open and close font
files and the changes will be reflected in application Font menus without
quitting and relaunching. However, I have not been able to get this to
happen using SuitCase II 1.2.12. I find that I still have to quit and
relaunch an application before its font menu reflects any changes in the
fonts opened by Suitcase. 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: ivan@next.csc.cuhk.hk
Subject: change the zone name of Apple Laseer Writer IIg
Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 02:26:44 GMT

Is there any utility to change the zone name of a IIg printer?
Is there any utility to dump the content pram of a MAC and the eeprom of a  
apple laser writer?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: aep@world.std.com (Andrew E Page)
Subject: Re: System Heap Woes!! Help Please!!
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:42:15 GMT


   Be aware that memory set asside for your RAM cache will appear
as part of the allocation for system memory.  The person who has
a 2000K system heap is probably using a large cache, which can
help when doing compiles with MPW using precompiled headers.

-- 
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