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From: cporter@bioch.ox.ac.uk (Chris Porter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: ARA modem control files
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:20:54 GMT
Organization: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Originator: cporter@newton.bioch


I need some information about how to construct a modem control file for 
Appletalk Remote Access. What I want to do is to connect two Macs connected to 
separate lines on a Starmaster PACX.

The commands I need to send are;

<break><ret>     : This wakes up the system and returns a "Which service"
                   prompt.
<Pause>          : To allow the response of the system.
T2D44DBC<ret>    : Or a similar string to say which outward line to connect to.

On the face of it this seems quite simple. The sequence above should open a line
to the listening Mac. Will this be enough to get the listening machine to 
respond? 

Any help on how to construct an ARA modem file which will do this would be 
appreciated. Also, any comments on whether this is likely to work, or 
suggestions on how to make it work better, would be gratefully received (I've 
never used ARA).

Thanks in advance,

Chris Porter
Genetics Laboratory
University of Oxford.
<cporter@bioch.ox.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore)
Subject: Re: 7.0.1* Pointless Floppy Flip-Flops
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Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 07:19:04 GMT

Well for one thing, you don't need more than one Tuner; you only need the
latest version (1.1.1) Maybe that's why? Anybody else have 2 tuner INITs
running?

Jay (=
From: jjaslow@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jason (Jazzie) Jaslow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Postscript files
Date: 13 Dec 92 19:12:47 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


I have just received a postscript file of a document from a friend.
It was made my selecting save to postscript file while printing to a
laserwriter.  Is there anyway to open the file and have the postscript
commands read and performed instead of just displayed?

Jason Jaslow

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: lwwarpup@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Lonnie W. Warpup)
Subject: System 6.08 Printing Problems
Keywords: 6.0.8 LaserWriter LS
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:18:59 GMT

I am currently using a system switcher program to switch between 7.1 and
6.0.8 because of various programs that don't like 7.1, and I can't seem
to get 6.0.8 to recognize my Personal LaserWriter LS printer.  As far as
I know, I have the latest drivers and everything.  Please help.

-Lonnie
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Distribution: world
From: Chris_Norman@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:08:51 PST
Subject: DeskWriter Shortage

I have tried with no luck to find a B&W DeskWriter in the Bay Area. There are
just none to be had. This is somthing I have not read about. It is the oldest
and I guess still the most popular flavor of the DeskWriter around. If any one
else has had this problem please post it. 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: 7.0.1* Pointless Floppy Flip-Flops
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:29:27 GMT

John Jack Repenning (jackr@wpd.sgi.com) wrote:
: There are several questions here: Can anyone tell me how to avoid
: this?  Can anyone explain it to satisfy my curiosity?  Can someone at
: Apple try to make sure it doesn't happen in the next release?
: 
: Set up: I have a Mac SE/30, running 7.0.1* (both tuners).  I have four
: floppy icons on the desk top, representing four floppies that I
: inserted and then Cmd-Y'd out.
: 
: "It": when I drag something from the hard disk to the trash (an
: operation which, it seems to me, has nothing to do with any of the
: floppies), I have to insert each floppy twice, in rotation, before the
: trash goes all bulgy and happy.  Something roughly similar happens
: when I empty the trash.
: 
: "More It": Actually, I lied.  I "only" have to cycle through three of
: the floppies; the fourth (well, actually, the first) doesn't feel the
: need to play this game.  [I don't feel the need, either, but my
: feelings are not germaine, apparently!]
: 
: The four floppies are: Blue Scratch, Orange Scratch, It's Pink and
: Wrinkled, and If It's Pink Don't Scratch (I sometimes get a little
: silly when naming floppies late at night ....).  I can't recall when
: they were formatted, so feel free to assume funny things in that
: regard (maybe 7.0 floppies flip-flop? maybe un-tuned ones do?).  This
: evening, I inserted Blue Scratch, trashed some files, emptied the
: trash, copied some files on, then Cmd-Y'ed it out.  Then, I inserted
: Orange Scratch, trashed, emptied, and Cmd-Y'd.  The pink party needed
: no trashing when inserted and Cmd-Y'ed.  Since that time, I've been
: drag-n-dropping files, one by one, from the hard disk onto these
: floppies, and (as each copy completes) drag-n-dropping the hard-disk
: files to the trash.  Which is why, by now, I have the floppy flip flop
: process memorized!
: 
: Explanations, oh net wizards??

What happens if you increase the disk cache? Set it to a huge value and try
again. I'm not sure it will help, but I'd be very interested to know the
result.

/Mats
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: aroest@fwi.uva.nl (Axello de Roestello)
Subject: Regular crashing in ROM _Jackson, why?
Keywords: macsbug, crash, _Jackson, 
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:23:53 GMT

Help!
For the last couple of months my Mac has been very 'crashy'. When I installed 
Macsbug it showed me that it always goes into the debugger in the ROM ROUTINE 
_Jackson, as shown below. Macsbug shows that many different programs could be 
running at the time of the crash. Programs that have this behaviour are: 
Nuntius, JPEGView, Eudora, Telnet. These are quite reliable programs on other 
machines.
system specs: MacIIci 8/160, RasterOps 8/24XLi, sys 7.01 + 1.1.1, external 1Gb, 
formatted with Micronet Utils 5.1.9 (anyone knows where to get a new one?),
I have various inits running.

Does anyone know what this routine Jackson does, what it's for and why it is 
in ROM? I mean, what good is a routine that jumps in the debugger immediately?
Any help would be highly appreciated since I'm thoroughly lost on this one.


Axel
===========================
This is a log from Macsbug: 

 System error #25 at 4083143A _Jackson+0000
 Disassembling from 40831420
  _DisposCIcon
     +0020  40831420   MOVEQ      #$00,D0                                 | 7000
     +0022  40831422   MOVEA.L    (A7)+,A1                                | 225F
     +0024  40831424   MOVE.W     (A7)+,D0                                | 301F
     +0026  40831426   BNE.S      _DisposCIcon+002A          ; 4083142A   | 6602
     +0028  40831428   MOVEQ      #$02,D0                                 | 7002
     +002A  4083142A   _NewHandle ,Immed                     ; A322       | A322
     +002C  4083142C   BNE.S      _DisposCIcon+0032          ; 40831432   | 6604
     +002E  4083142E   MOVE.L     A0,(A7)                                 | 2E88
     +0030  40831430   JMP        (A1)                                    | 4ED1
     +0032  40831432   MOVEQ      #$19,D0                                 | 7019
     +0034  40831434   JSR        ([$1524])                               | 4EB0 81E1 1524
  _Jackson
     +0000  4083143A  *_Debugger                             ; A9FF       | A9FF
     +0002  4083143C   _NewHandle ,Immed                     ; A322       | A322
     +0004  4083143E   BNE.S      _DisposCIcon+0032          ; 40831432   | 66F2
     +0006  40831440   RTS                                                | 4E75

===================
My ROMbase is at 40800000, so this is clearly a ROM routine

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: 32megs on a IIFX 32bit addressing?
From: wnkunzelm@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Jeff Kunzelman)
Date: 14 Dec 92 11:13:56 -0600
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Distribution: world
Organization: City Of Winona


I just installed a 32meg upgrade into a Mac IIfx. Total RAM is 36megs. When
I 
turn on 32 bit addressing certain programs crash when launched. Without
32bit addressing the system suckes up 32megs. Anybody know a fix to solve
this problem?

/s/
Jeff
From: erics@infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: startup items not working...
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 22:04:44 PDT
Organization: Reigning Cats and Dogs
Reply-To: erics@infoserv.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (wood,christopher) writes:

> My office-mates' macintosh (Mac IIci, 20 MB RAM, 7.0.1 with tuneup,
> extension manager and bunches of other inits, internal and external hard
> drives with lots of free space, Supermac 21" color monitor and board)
> has suddenly developed a problem I've never seen before:  None of the
> startup items start up.  All the rest of the inits work.  We've
> reinstalled the software from locked floppies, scanned with
> disinfectant, deleted the startup items folder and restarted, and put
> aliases back in the newly recreated folder.  I've run out of ideas...
> 
> The only thing odd is that he's starting up from an external HD (A
> micronet 240 MB, with two low-level partitions.)  The problem started
> after his internal HD crashed; we reformatted, and restored from
> backups, but now no startup items...
> 
> Has this happened to anyone before?  How did you fix it?

Well, this happened to me when I first upgraded to System 7.0.1. It
turned out that one of the floppies I used in the install had disk
corruption. When I installed with a good set of disks the problem went
away.

-----
Eric Smith
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CI$: 70262,3610
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Snap-shots of pup-up menus? (help)
From: tnakada@eis.calstate.edu (Tom Nakada)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:30:08 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

yuri@sanken.osaka-u.JUNET (Yuri A. Tijerino) writes:
> Hello my invisible friends,
> 
> Does anyone know how to take snap-shots of the screen under system 7
> when a pop-up menu or a regular menu is active?  I have tried to do it
> by using the command-shift-3 sequence, but it won't take the snap-shot
> until the menu is not active anymore.  Does anyone have a suggestion?
> 
> Yuri Tijerino
> Osaka University
> --
[sig deleted]

Try the shareware FlashIt! at sumex-aim.standford.edu

info-mac/cp/flash-it-23b1.hqx

Very nice and reasonably priced at $15 (last I recall).

Or you can go commercial and try Capture or Exposure Pro for more money.

Happy Holidays!

Tom

tnakada@eis.calstate.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: sue ann huang <huang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: sad mac error HELP
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 08:15:53 GMT


Please help interpreting the following sad mac message when I boot the Mac.
I checked the sadmaccode in ftp.apple.com but don't quite understand it.

First, I had a crash, then I rebooted the Mac but found the following code
0000000F
00000003

I took all the RAMs off, and maybe pressed command-option-P-R. I got another
code after rebooting.
0000000F
0000000A

If you happen to know the cause and problem of the Mac, please e-mail me.

Thank you very much.

huang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: Don Lee <DL10@cornell.edu>
Subject: Printer Selection
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A755FB01E701EC78@cu-dialup-0414.cit.cornell.edu>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 17 Dec 92 09: 38:09 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: dl10@cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d15
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:35:16 GMT

Where exactly does the printer selection get stored - that is,
once you select something in the Chooser, how does the System
"remember" this information?

...and does anyone have any idea on why my printer selection gets
"lost" everytime I reboot?

Thanks...

Don Lee (DL10@cornell.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rajiv@athena.mit.edu (Rajiv A Manglani)
Subject: Re: Norton Essentials for PowerBook (was GUM)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:12:17 GMT


In article <75558@apple.apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Eeyore's Evil Twin) writes:

|> 
|> o You can set the hot-key for putting the system to sleep to "ctrl-opt-esc"
|>   but it won't work. oops. Setting it to 'ctrl-opt-Z' does, though.
|> 
|> o There's an option that allows you to tell NEP to bypass that wonderful
|>   AppleTalk dialog completely, or to choose a default fault (sleep or 

|> And one other "oh, neat" -- I just noticed that NEP puts up a spinning disk
|> cursor when the disk is spinning up, so you know why things suddenly froze.
|> Nice subtle touch.
|> 

But how does it compare to CPU? Which one should I buy?

Rajiv
From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Help: Hayes Connect 3.0 vs AE/ShadowLan
Keywords: appletalk network connect shadowlan
Date: 14 Dec 92 21:08:44 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

friedman@netcom.com (Greg Friedman) writes:

>I'm trying to decide on a product that allows me to share non-networkable
>serial devices on a small appletalk lan.  The two commercial products
>I am considering are Hayes Connect 3.0 and AE/ShaodowLan.  Both products
>claim System 7.x compatibility as well as CTB compatibility. I am looking
>for any and all feedback/comparisons between these products. Please
>let fill me in on any of the following issues:

I don't have Hayes Connect, but I do have an AE QuadraLink, Shiva NetModem,
Shiva NetSerial, and another (generic) netserial like device.

>+ compatibility issues - init conflicts, application conflicts, etc.

The AE drivers conflict with Shiva drivers.  I don't know who is to blame,
but you can't use both of them at the same time.  I have a number of other
problems with Shiva drivers, so that is what I would consider most likely,
but I am not sure.

>+ ARA - do these products work well in an ARA environment?  One of the
>        devices I want to share is a high speed modem that I use for
>        incoming and outgoing data and ARA calls.  Any problems here?
>        Do these products correctly handle "busy" devices?

I don't use ARA often, but the last time I did, I found out that Shiva
3.7.3 won't let you use ARA with a NetModem!

>+ performance degradation - how much of a performance hit does the
>        server mac take when a virtual session is in progress? Would
>        a high speed modem connection (14,400+) cause a serious hit?  
>        Does intensive cpu activity on the server affect connections?   
>        [Anyone know if either of these products attempt to work at
>        interrupt time?]

If you are really concerned about server performance degradation, I would
take a serious look at a Shiva NetSerial.  I hate the drivers, but the
NetSerial and a fast modem might fit the bill for you.  I also use the
device that comes as the LabelWriter AppleTalk option in this capacity,
but to use with a modem, you must use a CTB tool - which is not an option
for everyone.  I happen to use lots of CTB aware apps, so it is my preferred
solution.  If you need something that can pretend to be a printer or
modem port, and you want to offload the work, go with the NetSerial.

>Both products are comparable in price (~$70 street).

Maybe the software is about $70, but you ought to figure in the
cost of the QuadraLink.  I happen to think the QuadraLink is worth it
(and pay the extra for the DMA version), but you should also look into
the other options I mentioned (NetSerial and CoStar) if you really
don't want to take resources aweay from some host machine.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: tbandit@athena.mit.edu (Carlos E Reategui)
Subject: Re: 7.0.1* Pointless Floppy Flip-Flops
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:28:41 GMT

----------

I tryed sending this dirrectly to jackr@wpd.sgi.com but it bounced so I'm
replying here.  Hope you guys don't mind.
******
jackr@wpd.sgi.com writes:
> Set up: I have a Mac SE/30, running 7.0.1* (both tuners).  I have four
> floppy icons on the desk top, representing four floppies that I
> inserted and then Cmd-Y'd out.

When you cmd-y a floppy it does not leave an image on the desktop.
You were probably doing cmd-e for eject which does leave an outline
of the floppy on the desktop.
 
I always use cmd-y (put away) because it doesn't leave an image on
the desktop and therefore I avoid the problem you are talking about.
One more thing when the system asks you to insert "name" floppy you
can abort that by pressing cmd-period.
 
Hope this helps
 
Carlos
tbandit@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: stm0@gte.com (Steven McClure)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: PB 160/ Sys 7.1
Keywords: cumulative system size
Date: 15 Dec 92 21:36:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham MA

I have a similar problem with a Mac IIfx, sys 7.0.1 tuneup 1.1.1, 8MB RAM,
160MB HD.  I boot it and have a system of 2000K, and over the course of a
few hours of routine hacking, the system always winds up growing (usually
to about 3000K before I reboot it.)  I haven't tracked the problem down yet
as I haven't had time to really sit down and figure out the details, but it
does seem to be based in opening and closing applications (like Word, Excel,
Hypercard, etc.)

I'd love to hear any possible causes/solutions to this problem.



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Distribution: world
From: Michael_J._Bell@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:44:12 EST
Subject: Re: How does KeyCaps know which keyboard was used?  [also: Dvorak]

In facts there's been a Dvorak Keyboard Layout file floating around the online
services for a while.
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From: Bill Stearns <whs1@cornell.edu>
Subject: 7.1 Install barfs on Quadra 700
X-Xxdate: Wed, 16 Dec 92 16: 07:07 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: whs1@cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:03:49 GMT

The system 7.1 Install disk would not boot my Quadra 700 with 20MB RAM &
E-Machines 16" monitor.  Symptoms were a blank dialog box that constantly
rebuilt its border which appeared after the Welcome dialog box had
appeared and then cleared.
I was able to get around this by creating a RAM Disk and copying the 7.1
Disk Tools System to it and setting the RAM Disk as the Startup Disk,
rebooting and running the Installer.
- Bill Stearns
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Quicktime natural bit depth
From: ibhan@husc10.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:01:47 GMT

AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Andrew Vernon) writes:
>QuickTime is based on a 16 bit pixel. If you use another depth, Quicktime will
>redither the movie to 16 bits. The only major slowdown is if you try to use
>QuickTime on a 1-bit display (Then it will also look crummy ;-)

Actually, with QuickTime 1.5, I've notice that the 1-bit playback is
significantly faster than that of the 2 or 4 bit playback rates.  
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From: Stormbringer <mateyg@rpi.edu>
Subject: Problem with 16" Graphics
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A754D52A57015538@stormbringer.stu.rpi.edu>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 16 Dec 92 12:44:26 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:44:39 GMT

I recently downloaded some 832x648 color graphic screens from apple.com. 
Only 
when I open them in Teachtext do I get to see them in full 24-bit color. 
Here's
a question (possibly relateing to the problem: one of those 24-bit images
takes
up only 95k of disk space, while another Pict (converted from a Gif) of
the same
size, but only 8-bit, takes up nearly 900k of space.  While the large PICT
functions normally as a startup screen, the one from apple.com displays a
9" 
picture of b&w garbage centered on the screen.  I have tried to convert
the
image to a larger PICT, but have failed.  One conversion program could
not even
display the image, even though it has the smae type and creator as the
functional
startup screen.  My question is:  what the hell is going on?!?! ---> Why
won't 
they work as a startup screen?  Why are they so small compared to other
PICTs?
Programs used:  GifConverter, Giffer, TeachText, Image, PixelPaint,
Imagery &
Imagic.  I don't have access to Photoshop.  All I want to do is use the
24bit
color 832x648 images from apple.com as startupscreens.  Can anyone help
me????
Please email me ANY help you have... Thanks  :)

George
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