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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #16
Date: 22 Jan 93 03:15:39 GMT
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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 21 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 16

Today's Topics:

      [*] InfoMaker sample docs
      [*] lpDaemon - a BSD compatible printer daemon for the mac
      [*] lpr-12.hqx
      [*] QuickBasic PCR (LaunchApp)
      [*] QuickBasic PCR (MDEF & GetIndPattern)
      [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 4
      [*] System 7 Pack! 3.3 Release
      [*] System Errors Explained. A Handy DA.
      [*] the stack itself
      [*] TwiLight screen saver version 7.1.2
      (Q) from Brazil and with a Classic II dead ...
      10-finger typing?
      3M 3.5" diskette drive clea
      Another reason for .hqx
      Apple's Demand Estimation (Phhht!!)
      Associating snds to actions in FM Pro 2 (Q)
      AutoDoubler [Actually Gatekeeper] woes (C)
      Bad F-Line (JASE)
      BinHexing on the net
      BinHex vs. Binary
      CAD software
      Daystar Digital a mickey mouse operation?
      Dual Monitors
      E. Vishniac's Whereabouts - Many Thanks!
      Earth GIF
      email address for Electronic Arts?
      EPS, GIF, or PICT Maps
      Folder size limit setting on server
      Font savants
      Footnotes in MS-Word 4.0
      FrameMaker woes - try Quark? (A)?
      GrayShare on PLW LS and PLW SC ?
      IIsi sound problem?
      InBox Questions (R)
      Investment software (Q)
      Is there a free Mac Unix?
      Mac Password Protection
      Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS (C)
      PageMaker and RTF
      PICT to RAST conversion
      PowerBook 160 trackball speed
      PowerLock Problem (Q)
      Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT (3 msgs)
      reclaiming HD space - instructions
      Russian Language translation software
      SRP & IPO via FTP?
      SuperDrive  Problem
      The Stacker
      Tremendously Huge PostScript Files
      Uncompressing .Z files

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:14:07 -0500
From: Clare_Durst@brown.edu
Subject: [*] InfoMaker sample docs

	Ross Moran submitted InfoMaker a few days ago. He'd recommended
InfoMaker to me when I was looking for a util that would insert tabs into
text files downloaded from a mainframe or whatever, *even if there were no
spaces between fields for the tabs to replace*.  I downloaded what turned
out to be the not-quite-latest version from AOL, which came with examples,
and Ross uploaded the LATEST version to Info-mac, but without examples.
Since I found the examples extremely helpful in understanding how to make
it do its thing, I'm here sending them along.  For the (admittedly
specialized) task of parsing files, especially ones of a kind you'll handle
frequently, InfoMaker beats out MacSink or Tex-Edit and can handle bigger
files and do more things than Columnbo.


Clare Durst, Coordinator, Sys&Pub                      * (401)863-2676
Office of Dean of College, Brown University      * Clare_Durst@brown.edu
Box 1828, Brown U., Providence RI 02912

[Archived as /info-mac/util/info-maker-examples.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 15:15:41 +0800 (WST)
From: "Casper A. Boon" <casper@mips.cs.murdoch.edu.au>
Subject: [*] lpDaemon - a BSD compatible printer daemon for the mac

lpDaemon and LPR
 ---------------

lpDaemon is a utility that implements the Berkeley Line Printer Protocols on
the Macintosh. It normally spools postscript file sent from a unix host and
sends them to a LaserWriter on the Mac network.

LPR is an lpDaemon client that submits jobs to a printer queue.  Typically a
text file is to a unix print queue.

lpDaemon and LPR run under system 7 and require MacTCP.


Casper Boon
Jan 1993

casper@mips.cs.murdoch.edu.au

[Archived as /info-mac/util/lp-daemon.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 16:28:06 GMT
From: sygnet@iap.fr (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: [*] lpr-12.hqx

lpr 1.2 is a small Application that sends Postscript files
(that you can create on a Mac by "printing to a file"
using the LaserWriter driver) on a Ethernet TCP/IP network
to a choosen address and pass it to the lpd queue in order
to print on a printer attached to a Unix box.

Some people requested such a program, I didn't write it and
don't remember where I fond it, but here it is.
(Warning: this lpr 1.2 is not to be confused with
/info-mac/util/mac-lpr-1.3.hqx that just do background
poscript printing on a Mac)

[Archived as /info-mac/util/lpr-12.hqx; 63K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 16:25:59 -0800
From: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] QuickBasic PCR (LaunchApp)

Pure Code Resources for QuickBasic (PCR)

A long time ago I was going to release a library of PCR's for
QB. I never got around to finishing up the library since I no longer
program in QB, so I decided to post them to the net in case there are any
other QB programmers that could use these PCR's. I'm making them freeware
because I don't have the time to support them.  If you want the source for
any of these PCR's, it can be had for a small fee. If there are any bugs,
let me know and I try and fix them.

Good luck and I hope these are of some use to you.


Matthew Xavier Mora

 --------
Enclosed is a PCR that lets you launch an application given its
full pathname.

Usage:
CALL
LaunchApp(filename$,volumename$,DirId&,vrefnum%,sublaunch%,VARPTR(result%))

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/qb-pcr-launch-app.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 16:48:22 -0800
From: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] QuickBasic PCR (MDEF & GetIndPattern)

Pure Code Resources for QuickBasic (PCR)

Enclosed is a PCR that lets you use a pattern menu in your QB
programs. This test program also includes GetIndPattern to load
the pattern from the resfile. DisposeMenu gets rid of the pattern
menu.

Note:

A call to menu(0) will return one less that the menu's ID number.
For example Menu(0) will return 127 instead of 128 for a menu
whose ID is 128.


Usage:

CALL GetMDEFMenu(menuNo%,menuResno%,VARPTR(MenuHndl&))
GetIndPattern Index%, PatResID%, VARPTR(pat&)
DisposeMenu MenuHndl&


_______________
Footnote:

A long time ago I was going to release a library of PCR's for
QB. I never got around to finishing up the library since I no longer
program in QB, so I decided to post them to the net in case there are any
other QB programmers that could use these PCR's. I'm making them freeware
because I don't have the time to support them.  If you want the source for
any of these PCR's, it can be had for a small fee. If there are any bugs,
let me know and I try and fix them.

Good luck and I hope these are of some use to you.


Matthew Xavier Mora

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/qb-pcr-pattern-menu.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 18:18:44 EST
From: Michael Fulmer <mfulmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 4

This is my 4th set of Simpsons sound samples. As were the others, these were
recorded at 11KHz and are contained in a folder in a self-extracting archive.
In the name of each sound file I have put the episode number (visible in the
closing credits) of the show each came from, in case any of you want to track
down the circumstances of the sound. For those who don't yet know, the
Simpsons
FAQ and Episode Guide are archived at ftp.cs.widener.edu [147.31.254.132] in
the pub/simpsons directory. These files are a great help if you are logging a
Simpsons video tape collection, and its just darn fun readin', too! nJOY!

Five fingers! Freak show!
Michael Fulmer
mfulmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/simpsons-grp4.hqx; 468K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:57 EDT
From: STEIN78@WILMA.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
Subject: [*] System 7 Pack! 3.3 Release

System 7 Pack! 3.3 - the System 7 Customizer!

Just recently awarded 4 stars by MacUser magazine! (Feb. 1993)

System 7 too slow? Too inflexible?

You need the System 7 Pack!

-Increases speed of Finder copies by 300%
-Increases speed of Finder by removing ZoomRects.
-Change Finder's menu command keys!
-Add application-document links. (e.g. MacWrite ---> MS Word.)
-Change the way the Finder displays the date in its windows!
-And Much More!

Or, you can order directly by calling Insanely Great Software at
1-800-368-5195.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/system-seven-pack-33.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 14:38 GMT
From: Big Nose <LAWA%IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: [*] System Errors Explained. A Handy DA.

In response to several recent requests for info on what the
System Error numbers mean, the following is a DA which does
just that. It was written by Bill Steinberg, and although it
won't help you fix your machine after it's crashed, it will at
least make you sound more authoratative when you phone your
Computer Department to moan at them.

Regards

Andy Law

[Archived as /info-mac/util/sys-errors-da.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 3:50:37 -0600 (CST)
From: PSHUTTO@MERLIN.NLU.EDU (MACJEDI)
Subject: [*] the stack itself

  I don't think I can send both this message and the stack in one message.
Sorry.

Movie Nudes 2.1 is a Hypercard stack that lists over 300 occurences of
nudity by male and female actors in the movies. Complete information is
in the stack itself.

Cecil Hutto
PSHUTTO@merlin.NLU.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/card/movie-nudes-21.hqx; 231K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 09:31:40 +0100
From: robert@info.win.tue.nl (Robert Lukassen)
Subject: [*] TwiLight screen saver version 7.1.2

Hello moderators,

please find enclosed the latest update of the free screen saver for
Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Classic II computers. This version (7.1.2)
replaces the earlier releases (7.1.0 and 7.1.1) and fixes a bug that
caused the screen saver to malfunction on 68000 based machines (Classics).
My apologies to all that have experienced this problem and thanks to the
many people that have helped me since the first release.


Description:

This is a screen saver for Macintoshes which support the Apple brightness
control panel. It dims the screen to a user brightness level that the
user can set via a user-friendly control panel. It uses almost no memory,
runs completely in the background and uses little CPU time. While dimmed,
programs continue to run, so print-jobs are not interrupted.

Full balloon help is implemented and documentation is included in the
package (a TeachText document).


Needed:

A Macintosh computer which supports the Apple brightness control panel.

System 7.0.1 or later.

A postcard of your home town, since this software is postware.


This version replaces all previous versions, in particular the version
currently archieved at sumex as info-mac/cp/twilight-711.hqx. Thank you.

Robert 'MacBear' Lukassen

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/twilight-712.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:40:27 EDT
From: mazzuca@inf.puc-rio.br (Daniel Anibal Mazzuca)
Subject: (Q) from Brazil and with a Classic II dead ...

Dear Netters,

During the last months I have been writing my PhD thesis in a Mac Classic II.
All goes right until yesterday when I tried to turn it on. Sunddenly,
exactly when it was loading the TOPs extension, a bomb system message
appeared:
"Bus error, please restart and press down the shift key to ignore the
extensions" (or something like that). So I did and the desktop appeared
normaly.

After that, I shut the Mac down, turned it off, diconnected the printer, modem
and TOPs cables and intented to restart it again. At this time a strange
melody
played and a white screen appeared. Nothing else. I have intented to restart
it
several times but I always got the same result.

note: the system icon didn't appear and the Mac didn't access nor the hard
drive neither the floppy drive.

Here, in Brazil, there is not authorized dealer and I don't know what I can
do.
Could I do something from the keyboard (pressing some magic keys) ? Has anyone
heard about that problem ? What's wrong ? Any suggestions ?

note: The Mac was not moved and it is very well treated.

Configutarion:
Mac Classic II 4/40 System 7.0.1, StyleWriter, Teleport modem and Tops
network.

>From Brazil:   Maria Claudia Mazzuca
e-mail:         mazzuca@inf.puc-rio.br

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:01:48 PST
From: Markus Fromherz <fromherz@parc.xerox.com>
Subject: 10-finger typing?

I am looking for a program that teaches 10-finger typing.

Please respond to <fromherz@parc.xerox.com>.

Thanks!

Markus Fromherz

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Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:29:38 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: 3M 3.5" diskette drive clea

     3M 3.5" diskette drive cleaner (A)
jbthoo@ucdavis.edu (John Thoo) asks:

>I bought the 3M floppy drive head cleaner for my SE/30, and
>was ready to try it until I read the instructions ... the first
>of which asks me to determine if my floppy drive is single- or
>double-headed.  Could someone please tell me?  Thanks much.

All disk drives since (I think) the Plus have been double-headed
drives (capable of accepting double-sided, or 800K disks).  If
your machine can format a disk to 800K (DS/DD disks), then it's
double-headed; if you're limited to 400K then you have a single-
headed drive, but I don't think the single-headed drives have been
around for about 7-8 years.

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:27 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: Another reason for .hqx

In 10-15, Barry Brown wonders about the usefulness of the .hqx format
(under the subject "Expander 3.0.1 woes (R)").

In addition to Bill Lipa's explanation that archive files are often mailed
to users and/or pass through odd machines that are better at handling text,
I'd add that the files are mailed to the archives as well. Uploaders don't
have to wait for an FTP connection to be available to submit a file to the
archives, and the archivists don't have to fuss with the files more than
necessary. The archivers take the "blurb" at the beginning and reprint it
in the digest, and then the entire file with "blurb" is stored as an .hqx
file in the archives. The result is that when you download the .hqx file,
you have the original summary description as text as well.  That's very
handy for many of us, and would be lacking if files were kept in binary
form.

I agree that it's quicker and easier to download a smaller file in binary
format. But it takes only a few seconds for me to type "hexbin *.hqx" on
the VAX system I'm using (hexbin is an alternative to mcvert) and convert
the files. Many users of the archives don't have such tools available.
Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:35:11 -0600
From: nem52463@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
Subject: Apple's Demand Estimation (Phhht!!)

Hello again!

After reading IM #15's (long) entry about PowerPC vs. 68060 and
Windows NT vs. Taligent, as well as possibilities for Apple's new
machines, I thought I'd add my $0.02.

My biggest problem with Apple right now has two parts: pricing and
bad estimation of consumer demand.  As we all know, Apple's prices
are too high.  I don't mind paying a premium over PC prices if I
know I'm getting a machine with better quality, a loyal installed
base, and excellent softward - and I believe we get those machines
>From Apple.  When I'm paying TWICE what my roommate did for his
486/33MHz clone for an equivalent IIvx system, however, AND AT
EDUCATIONAL PRICES, NO LESS!!, I get a bit upset.  I may not be
the best economist in the world (I only needed two course to satisfy
the Social Science requirement), I KNOW demand for Macs is high enough
that if Apple lowered prices significantly AND PUBLICIZED IT
AGGRESSIVELY, their sales would go through the roof.  Total revenue
would definitely increase (see any ECON textbook's section on price
elasticity of demand, and realize that Apple's is HIGH).  If total
revenue increases, we see even more neat stuff from Apple, and
everybody wins (except PC clone makers, but who cares?).

But we've got a problem.  Apple can't estimate demand worth a darn, as
we've seen since the October 19 machine rollout.  I ordered a Mac IIvx
system in mid-November (IIvx 5/80 with CD-ROM, 14" monitor, Extended
Keyboard II, QuickTime Kit, PC Exchange), and it totalled over $3700.
I've not seen ANYTHING since then.  I stopped by the campus store
yesterday, and they said that Apple's taking about TWELVE WEEKS to get
these out the door.  T W E L V E   W E E K S !!!!  Did they really
think their first "multimedia-ready" Mac wasn't going to sell like
crazy?  Didn't they realize that the Performa 600 and 600CD were going to
do alright at the stores?  WHY AREN'T THEY CRANKING OUT MOTHERBOARDS
LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW???

The same thing with the new PowerBooks...I understand there's a problem
with flow of the active-matrix screens in the supply channel for the
PB 180, but why aren't they on top of everything else in the PB line?
We're constantly hearing about delays in orders, etc., etc.  THE
PRODUCTION LINES SHOULD BE GOING NON-STOP; if Apple can't handle it,
CONTRACT PRODUCTION OUT to good firms, as has been done before!!

Don't get me wrong here.  I love the Mac, I support Apple and I toast
their future good health.  I'm excited about PowerPC and the 68060, but
when my IIvx won't even be in my hands when the next line of machines
is announced (that's my guess, anyways), I tend to get a bit despondent.
So come on, Apple, get the executives THINKING, ask your engineers what
they can do to fix problems, and LISTEN to them!!  And by the way, when
you see an order for "MICKELSON," please rush it to the University of
Illinois!!!!


Neil E. Mickelson
n-mickelson@uiuc.edu

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:07:17 +0100
From: news@divsun.unige.ch
Subject: Associating snds to actions in FM Pro 2 (Q)

>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
>Path: usenet
>X-Xxdate: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:03:15 GMT
>Organization: Dpt. Anthropology, U of Geneva, Switzerland
>X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17

Hello world,

I wonder if someone could tell me if it's possible to associate a sound
to an action (a button actually) in FileMaker Pro 2.0 ?

Sounds can be 'played', but only if they're in a picture/sound field.
Moreover, one needs to double click it to play the snd, and fields can't
be defined as buttons (i think).

Has anyone any ideas ? Thanks in advance.
--
David C. Roessli  -  Dpt Anthropology & Ecology  -  U of Geneva  -
SWITZERLAND
Email roessli@sc2a.unige.ch  |  Phone +41(22)343-6930  |  Fax +41(22)300-0351

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:47:11 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM%VTVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: AutoDoubler [Actually Gatekeeper] woes (C)

On Tue, 19 Jan, Jack Repenning replied to Charlie Mingo, in part:

>"The point" (that it appears Charlie missed) is that GK's whole
>purpose is to detect actions whose most probable explanation is viral
>activity.  GK is the only viral protection available that protects
>against viri not yet known at the time of writing.

Say what? SAM has been doing that for some time, in addition to the viri
that it knows about. The AD README says that three SAM Intercept checks
must be disabled for the two programs to coexist. Just as for GateKeeper,
you must create a privileges entry for both AutoDoubler and CopyDoubler
checking file/other. Is there an additional conflict?

Am I missing something again? I get confused so easily.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: 20 Jan 1993 21:28:24 -0700
From: "Apgar, Eric" <apgar#m#_eric@msgate.corp.apple.com>
Subject: Bad F-Line (JASE)

Found this on AppleLink... (JASE stands for just another system error)

The Motorola documentation states that a bad F-line exeception occurs if:

1)  Opcodes that have bits 15-12 equal F, bits 11-9 equal to 0, and the
remaining bits are not part of a valid MMU opcode cause a "bad F-line"
exception (i.e. the CPU tried to execute garbage).

2)  Opcodes that have bits 15-12 equal to F and bits 11-9 not equal to zero
are
treated as coprocessor instructions (e.g. FPU).  If the coprocessor is not
present and responds with a bus error then you also get a bad F-line
instruction.

All of the reasons given for bad F-line are valid:  init/cdev conflicts,
software that isn't 32-bit clean, programs that think an FPU is present but
isn't, RAM errors, corrupted system software, insufficient memory size for the
program, buggy programs, etc...  These can be nasty to diagnose, even for
someone who has a debugger and is used to examining particle traces, core
dumps, and chicken entrails.

Apgar@Apple.com   |   Eric Apgar  alias  Gar   |   I said it, NOT Apple.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 20:51:55 CST
From: Raph Koster <RKOSTER3@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Subject: BinHexing on the net

Regarding the comments of someone who called BinHex a "pain"... I for one
would be UNABLE to download files if they were not in BinHex or uunecoded
format. The VM mainframe and the terminal program that my university
hands out won't do binary downloads. The entire archive at UMich is
useless to me because binary capability is expected.

Just wanted to put in my fraction of a dollar... (1/50th, that is...)

-Raph Koster
rkoster3@ua1vm.ua.edu

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:05:59 -0600
From: Dave@GERGO.TAMU.EDU (Dave Martin)
Subject: BinHex vs. Binary

>[As you mention, it permits the mailing of files. As we have mail and
>Bitnet servers, this is important. It's also generally more reliable to
>sling a text format such as Binhex around through weird machines and
>connections. By using mcvert on your host machine (if applicable), you
>can get rid of the extra overhead before downloading. -Bill]

What about using a portion of the new disk for binaries, at least while
there is room to spare? I don't know how much work this would take to set
up or maintain -- ya'll certainly do enough free labor as it is -- but it
might make things easier for those who prefer to keep the bandwidth down
(since BinHex'ing makes the files larger).
I'd be willing to lend a hand, as I'm sure others might be as well.

Is this a feasible idea, or even a desired possibility?
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU - DBM@AOL.COM --

[I don't want to have to maintain two separate images of the archives, one
 in binary and one binhex. Every change and fix then has to be made in two
 places instead of one. Maybe there is a mirror site that holds the files
 in binary form? -Bill]

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Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:38:21 -0700 (MST)
From: ALAN LEVINE <LEVINE@maricopa.edu>
Subject: CAD software

Our colleges are looking for reviews/evaluations of any CAD software,
for Mac or PC. Please direct any info to me:
{-- alan levine\   maricopa community colleges\  levine@maricopa.edu

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:44:46 PST
From: herren@middlebury.edu
Subject: Daystar Digital a mickey mouse operation?

I wonder if anyone else has had such serious problems in dealing with
Daystar Digital?

We purchased a 64K cache card for one of our IIsi servers running
FirstClass. Our intent was to also install an ethernet card in this machine
as well. Upon delivery of the cache, and based upon the recommendation on
page 24 of the manual, I called Daystar tech support for their
recommendation of a specific model of ethernet card. They recommended a
particular model from Dayna. We ordered the Dayna card they specified but
when it arrived, it didn't fit with the cache card. So, another call to
Daystar. This time they said, "oh, we should have recommended the E/si and
not the E/30." So we repurposed the E/30 card and ordered the E/si from
Dayna. It arrived. Exact same physical problem with installing it with the
cache card.

Another call to tech support. (their manual claims to have tested the
installation with all of the cards they recommend). Now they tell me, "Oh,
we have a new design for the the adapter card that should work." (why do I
feel that "should" is the operative word here?). I explained that our
spring semester is about to start and I need to have this machine
operational RSN and asked if they could ship me the new design adapter and
when and if it works, I'd ship the older design back. I was told by the
tech support person that she couldn't authorize that (fair enough) but that
a customer service rep would call me by 5pm that day to arrange the
cross-ship.

48 hours later I still hadn't heard from anyone so I called back again. Ah,
I find out, that a cross ship will delay the shipping of the new design
adpater for at least two days. It would be faster if I would return my
existing adapter first. (Hmmmm. Federal Express from Vermont to Flowery
Branch, GA and _back_ is faster than Federal Express one way from GA to VT?
I was born in the south, lived much of my life in the south and still own
land there but I don't recall it being _that_ much slower than the rest of
the nation...but then, I lived in Nashville, TN, not Georgia).

Caveat emptor...

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:19:43 CST
From: fiel@idnsun.gpct.vanderbilt.edu (David Fiel)
Subject: Dual Monitors

Is there a way to use two monitors at the same time on a Mac IIsi?  I don't
want to use another video card, which would provide a split screen effect.
Rather I want the same picture on both monitors.  Would a simple Y cable
work or would that overload the drivers of the internal video?  Thanks
for your help.

David Fiel  *  fiel@idnsun.gpct.vanderbilt.edu

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:58:02 +0000
From: steven.taylor@mrc-applied-psychology.cambridge.ac.uk
Subject: E. Vishniac's Whereabouts - Many Thanks!

Hi there all,
Many thanks to everybody who responded to my query as to Mr. Vishniac's
address; wouldn't you know it actually appeared in the VERY SAME ISSUE as
my message!!
I would also like to apologise for consistently spelling his first name as
Ephriam when in fact it should have been Ephraim.

Thanks once again,
Steve
steven.taylor@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:04:17 -0600
From: spectre@uiuc.edu (Ian)
Subject: Earth GIF

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:
>I was looking for a good GIF of the earth.  The most popular one
>about is a view of Africa and the Middle East.  I would like
>to have an angle showing the United States.  Any suggestions?

The problem is that the best Earth picture we have shows Africa and the
Middle East... the Shuttles fly too close to the earth to get good full
earth picts, and so the good pict is from the Apollo program... and
there ain't no more Apollos. (Can you believe it, they even threw out
the *plans* to a lot of the parts, so we can't even just build new ones
if we so desired? We'd have to reverse-engineer them, or design new
ones.)

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:19:13 -0500
From: ai888@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Flesher)
Subject: email address for Electronic Arts?

Does Electronic Arts (publisher of Deluxe Music Construction Set)
have an email address for customer support? Failing that, a phone number?
There's no hint of these in my aging manual, and I have recently run into
a few problems with the program that I'd like to ask them about.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:18:06 PST
From: wyattw@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Wyatt A Webb)
Subject: EPS, GIF, or PICT Maps

Hello all!

I am looking for crisp line art maps of the United States (just the
contiguous 48 is fine) and of the world.

I would prefer a flat map, not the ones that look like they've been
peeled from a globe (what are those called?).  I like Greenland looking
bigger than South America ;-)

Thanks for any pointers!!

	-Wyatt

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:58:53 PST
From: spohn@rcf.mayo.edu
Subject: Folder size limit setting on server

Does anyone know of any fileserver administration layered products that
will allow imposing folder size limits using Appleshare fileserver 3.0.x?
I'm hoping that I won't have to completely replace the entire fileserving
package to accomplish this.

Thanks in advance!

- Al Spohn   spohn@mayo.edu

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:08 CST
From: "Robert E. Front" <T121267@twncu865.ncu.edu.tw>
Subject: Font savants

Font savants,

I am preparing a camera ready volume of poetry and am looking for a
suitable typeface. I'm especially interested in Electra, a Linotype
face designed by W. A. Dwiggins, which was used in the first edition
of The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Anyone who knows where this
font can be obtained or anyone interested in being commissioned to
create a Truetype or Laser quality Electra please respond directly to
my e-mail address.

Thanks,
r o b e Thanks,
r o b e r t

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:43:17 -0600 (CST)
From: "Francis J. Van Wetering" <fjvanwet@cwis.unomaha.edu>
Subject: Footnotes in MS-Word 4.0

Can anyone tell me why MS-Word places so much space PRIOR to a footnote
when printed?  More importantly, can anyone tell me if this can be avoided?

F. J.  Van Wetering, Ph.D.     INTERNET: fjvanwet@unomaha.edu
"If it jams, force it.  If it breaks, it needed to be replaced anyway."

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:56:39 cst
From: David Bourne <david-bourne@uokhsc.edu>
Subject: FrameMaker woes - try Quark? (A)?

> it for under $200? (The font problem will only affect you if you have
> different character sets with the same family name, as in the three
> Lucida NewMath fonts. Otherwise it *is* just like having Type Reunion
> installed.)
I'm just guessing but is it possible using ResEdit ti create two (three) new
fonts with different names but the same font information. It should be
possible to give each of these distinct family names and font IDs etc. You
could even install them into Framemaker to avoid confusion with other
prgrams. You would need to do a global change font in program in which you
have the files now. (Just 'thinking' as I write - maybe writing before
thinking) I can't give you the complete answers from memory but maybe these
ideas will help.

David Bourne
OU HSC College of Pharmacy
1110 N. Stonewall Ave
Oklahoma City, OK, 73117-1223
(405) 271-6471
david-bourne@uokhsc.edu

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:18:45 GMT
From: sygnet@iap.fr (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: GrayShare on PLW LS and PLW SC ?

Hi

I've read various things about GrayShare. I know it
enables a StyleWriter II to be shared among
mutliple users on a AppleTalk network. But is it possible
to network a PersonalLaserWriter LS ? How about a PLW SC ?
And what about its grayscale rendering ability on a StyleWriter II
and on the above mentioned PLWs ?
Finaly can one buy GrayShare alone ? If yes, how much is it ?

Thanks for any information you may have.

J.F. Sygnet <sygnet@iap.fr>

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:44:51 PST
From: herren@middlebury.edu
Subject: IIsi sound problem?

Just for the record, I have been running a IIsi on my desk for well over a
year with another 21 of them in a lab just beneath me and we've never
experienced the sound problem so many folks have raved about (gee, I almost
feel left out!). It it possible that I'm running something that prevents
the problem or that others are running something that causes it?

------------------------------

Date: 21 Jan 1993 17:19:39 -0500 (EST)
From: 00bkpickeril@leo.bsuvc.BSU.EDU
Subject: InBox Questions (R)

>May be someone has answers to the following questions:
>
>1. what is the latest version of INBOX ?
>2. is INBOX Quadra compatible ?
>3. is there a distributer of IMBOX in Germany ?
>4. any other contact address ?
>
>Thank you for your help !
>
>Hans
>kroeger@fn.dornier.de

Inbox is QUITE dead.  CE bought the program from Sitka (TOPS) and
offered Inbox users and very nice deal on CE Mail.  (About $25 per
node, as I recall--I didn't take them up on it.)

Quadra compatible?  Ha!  Inbox was hardly system 6 compatible!

I suppose you could try calling or writing CE.  They may offer you
some sort of discount on CE Mail.

A quick look at the ole' QuicKeys box reveals:
CE SOftware, Inc.
P.O. Box 65580
W. Des Moines, IA 50265
(515) 224-1995

--Brian Pickerill  <00bkpickeril@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu>

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:32:57 -0500
From: "Steve Marsh"  <marsh2@nrlfs1.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: Investment software (Q)

Howdy all,

I'm looking for any free/share/buy-ware for tracking investments,
particularly commodities & futures. Among the features I'm looking for
are the ability to plot high/low/close prices, various running averages,
and account bookkeeping (bought/sold/current value). Any trend analysis
capabilities would be a bonus. All replies welcome (I'm just paper-trading
now, so I still have a shirt on my back!)


- Steve Marsh  "marsh@anvil.nrl.navy.mil"   ;-)

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:58:07 +1100 (EST)
From: RYANPH@mrl.dsto.gov.au (Philip FX Ryan)
Subject: Is there a free Mac Unix?

Hiya

I have spent the last week or two getting and testing a couple of ftp-able
versions of Unix for the 80386.

(one is 386bsd by Bill and Lynne Jolitz - requires a minimum of 40 MB of
your PC hard disk; the other is Linux by Linus Torvalds - it requires less
than 386bsd => however for Unix, you really want 100 MB+)

Anyway, I know that there is A/UX, and MachTen (the first takes over the
computer and allows you to run Mac software; the second is just another
System 7 application), I was just wondering if any net gurus knew of any
'public' or 'cheap' versions of Unix for Macs.

It would seem to me that a port to the Mac could take advantage of the
Mac's ROMs to do a much better X-windows than PCs. Also, there are less
hardware complications with Macs cf PCs, so you would think that it would
be easier to do a Mac port.

(Also saw a hint in Andy Ihnatko's MacUser [January '93] column that a
version of Unix - bsd 4.3 - might be in the works.)

Of course, one could always say that it would be easier to port whatever
software it is that one might to run in Unix, to the Mac, than to port Unix
itself. Who knows?

Phil Ryan
Melbourne, Australia

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:25:51 -0600
From: jedwards@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Judy Edwards)
Subject: Mac Password Protection

I am looking for a reliable shareware password protection software for my Mac
iis
iiSI with System 7.  Can you make a suggestion/recommendation?

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:27 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS (C)

In 11-15 Mike (FRIDBERG@SENSEI.PFC.MIT.EDU) suggests White Knight as a
program to use for establishing the 8 bit VAX hookup to read Cyrillic
characters.

White Knight is a great program and as Mike says will have no problem
establishing the right connection over a modem. But the original questioner
specified an AppleTalk or TCP/IP connection without a modem; White Knight
can't do that.  Yet.
Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 15:23:22 EST
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: PageMaker and RTF

Hi everyone,

Can PageMaker read RTF files?  Thanks,

			Hisham.

Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp.  [Internet: abboud@cedrus.com]

------------------------------

Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:50:04 -0500
From: Don Seltzer <dseltzer@draper.com>
Subject: PICT to RAST conversion

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               PICT to RAST conversion
I'm looking for a Macintosh utility that converts from PICT format to the
bitmapped RAST format used on Sun and other Unix workstations.  The closest
thing that I have found is Imagery 1.8 which does the conversion the other
way.

Don Seltzer (dseltzer@draper.com)

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:46:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott Kaplan <sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu>
Subject: PowerBook 160 trackball speed

I read your original post on info-mac, and I thought someone who
was an actual frequent PB user would answer first. Apparently not.

If you have the speed all the way up in the control panels and
the trackball still moves that slowly (and you know from using,
what was it, a PB 145?, how much quicker it should be), it sounds
like your PB 160 has a mechanical or electrical problem of some
sort.  It does not sound like a software problem or anything that
can be fixed with ResEdit (I've never heard of modifications to
mouse or trackball speed by ResEdit...Not that it can't be done
but it's never been needed.)

I would take that PowerBook back to where it was bought and make
them check it out.

Scott Kaplan
Amherst College
sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:06:28 EST
From: leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: PowerLock Problem (Q)

Hello netters,

I'm puzzled with the startup application called PowerLock 3.1 which
was recently uploaded to Sumex. For some reason, the decoded
program is useless. It can't be launched nor is it recognized in the
cp folder. If double-clicked, I get the famous message "... could not
be opened because the application that created it could not be found".

The application was downloaded as a .hqx file and then decoded with
Stuffit Expander 3.0. That's as far I can get! BTW, I did the downloading
twice, just in case that was the problem.

Am I the only one with this problem?

Thanks for any help.

Leo G. Leduc
leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca

------------------------------

Date: 20 Jan 1993 23:12:26 -0800
From: HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT

In article <1993Jan21.024645.18182@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au>,
Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au> writes:
>>raw performance, as the 601. It will be faster in real use because
>>only "native-mode" RISC applications will fully exploit the 601.
>
>You use of "native-mode" seems to imply some sort of sleeze on the
>part of the PowerPC to support 680x0 code (akin to the 386's
>Native, Protected, Real and Virtual 8086 modes (bletch)).  However
>the PowerPC processor won't have been contaminated with this sort
>of backward compatibility hack.  The '0x0 support will be done
>entirely in software, which is going to make it slow but at least
>it wont blight the world for years to come.
>
Completely true, I didn't mean in any way to disparage PowerPC. I
think it will be a standard through the early days of our third
millenium (A.D., of course)
>
>I think your analysis of Windows/NT vs Taligent is flawed for one
>big reason and that is that Taligent is producing a radically
>different operating system/user interface.  Windows/NT is basically
>Mach 3.0 with a standard operating system server bolted on top
>(and a Posix server too I suppose).  But it's not radical.  It's
>basically the same as unix except that it doesn't carry around all
>the baggage that unix carries around.  It's more like a classic
>"Operating System".  On top of that it runs (da da da!) the Windows
>user interface.  [Microsloth actually advertise it as "Has the same
>user interface as Windows 3.0" like it's something to be proud of.
>Shame shame shame.]  This is not an exciting product.
>
>Taligent's Pink on the other hand may well be exciting.  From what
>I understand it has been design (like the Mac) from the user interface
>down (not from the hardware up like most OSes).  Sure it has some
>sort of microkernal underneath but it's new and interesting.  For
>example it's unlikely you'll get applications under Pink (certainly
>not in the classic Macintosh sense).  Programs will come as objects
>that extend the basic user interface in a consists manner, telling
>the user interface how to deal with new forms of data.
>
Whoa! Nellie! Windows NT 3.1 (the first version for whatever reason)
is what you say but Microsoft is well on its way with Windows Cairo
(I think that's the development name of it anyway), a fully
object-oriented paradigm-shifting OS, like Taligent (I shan't call
it Pink, a silly development name that invokes images of bubble-gum
wads in my mind).

By the time we get to Taligent, NT will have a similar architecture
with modularized code (e.g. the table function of "Word" will
actually execute the code from "Excel"). Microsoft, like Taligent,
is attempting to remake the face of computers.

>For example take a look at how the Mac user interface is growing,
>with things like File Sharing, OCE and GX all extending the Finder
>to support the seamless integration of new forms of data.  This
>is all done through a technology called Finder extensions.  Apple
>wont tell us (programmers) how to do that (because they fear we'll
>run amock and destroy the user interface of the Mac).  However
>
>As for other operating system developments I think you'll find
>that the first PowerPCs from Apple will ship with PowerOpen,

Probably true, certaintly true for IBM's PowerPCs at first. Regular
users (i.e. those of us who think UNIX makes Klingon seem
comprehensible by comparison) won't be buying until microkernel
System 7 for RISC is available.
>

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:46:45 GMT
From: Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>
Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT

In article <1jj5mdINNc5t@morrow.stanford.edu> Mark Rogowsky,
HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu writes:
>Ah, I've been away sooooo long....
>
> [ lots of interesting stuff ]

Before I begin in earnest I'd like to nitpick one thing...

>raw performance, as the 601. It will be faster in real use because
>only "native-mode" RISC applications will fully exploit the 601.

You use of "native-mode" seems to imply some sort of sleeze on the
part of the PowerPC to support 680x0 code (akin to the 386's
Native, Protected, Real and Virtual 8086 modes (bletch)).  However
the PowerPC processor won't have been contaminated with this sort
of backward compatibility hack.  The '0x0 support will be done
entirely in software, which is going to make it slow but at least
it wont blight the world for years to come.

---

I think your analysis of Windows/NT vs Taligent is flawed for one
big reason and that is that Taligent is producing a radically
different operating system/user interface.  Windows/NT is basically
Mach 3.0 with a standard operating system server bolted on top
(and a Posix server too I suppose).  But it's not radical.  It's
basically the same as unix except that it doesn't carry around all
the baggage that unix carries around.  It's more like a classic
"Operating System".  On top of that it runs (da da da!) the Windows
user interface.  [Microsloth actually advertise it as "Has the same
user interface as Windows 3.0" like it's something to be proud of.
Shame shame shame.]  This is not an exciting product.

Taligent's Pink on the other hand may well be exciting.  From what
I understand it has been design (like the Mac) from the user interface
down (not from the hardware up like most OSes).  Sure it has some
sort of microkernal underneath but it's new and interesting.  For
example it's unlikely you'll get applications under Pink (certainly
not in the classic Macintosh sense).  Programs will come as objects
that extend the basic user interface in a consists manner, telling
the user interface how to deal with new forms of data.

For example take a look at how the Mac user interface is growing,
with things like File Sharing, OCE and GX all extending the Finder
to support the seamless integration of new forms of data.  This
is all done through a technology called Finder extensions.  Apple
wont tell us (programmers) how to do that (because they fear we'll
run amock and destroy the user interface of the Mac).  However
Pink will (ok, should if it does the Right Thing (tm)) be entirely
based on that sort of technology.  The SmallTalk environment has
supported this sort of thing from Day 1.  Apple (with any luck)
will bring it to a desktop near you.

As for other operating system developments I think you'll find
that the first PowerPCs from Apple will ship with PowerOpen,
an OSF/1 based unix (basically AUX 4.0 but not based on System V
-- and there was much rejoicing) with AIX, BSD and (now that
OSF and USL have become chums again) System V compatibility built
in.  On top of that it'll run Mac applications in exactly the same
way AUX does.

Macintoshes come out.  This will have the long rumoured microkernal
(NuKernal???) to replace the Mac OS while still running the
Mac compatibility libraries (most probably derived from the AUX
ones).

Share and Enjoy.

Quinn "The Eskimo!"      <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>     "Support HAVOC!"
Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Australia

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:39:55 -0600
From: Dave@GERGO.TAMU.EDU (Dave Martin)
Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT

>This sounds a lot like MS-DOS/Windows/Intel vs. Mac. One dominates,
>the other owns a niche that it holds with the iron fist of customer
>loyalty. Apple and IBM each have 15 percent of the PC market right
>now (approximately). That gives them less than one-third of the
>potential NT vs. Taligent battleground as far as hardware-vendor-
>sells-you-your-software logic.

You forgot one thing -- Taligent doesn't have the FTC hanging over its
head, while Microsoft could have a ruling as early as next month. Depending
on the level of the FTC's decision, this could make a major dent in
Microsoft's ability to retain their choke-hold on the market, especially
since their practice of selling MS-DOS & Windows to the PC manufactures for
bundling with the PCs is one of the major portions of the investigation.
I'm sure ol' Gates has a number of plans in the wings to bypass the effects
of whatever rulings come about, but it still might take him a while to
implement them fully. If the FTC rules that there needs to be a "chinese
wall" between the various segments of MS, or even that Microsoft needs to
be broken up (ala Ma Bell) into separate companies for OS and Applications
(MSWindows, Inc. & MSWordExcel, Inc.) there will be a big rush to fill in
the openings left behind. This could give Taligent the edge they could use
to get a firmer foot in the door.

Regardless, it is amusing to watch (and forecast) the directions that the
computer industry goes (rarely the same direction from all players at the
same time ;).

Dave
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU - DBM@AOL.COM --

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 00:16:19 CST
From: gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu
Subject: reclaiming HD space - instructions

(1) Start-up with the Disk Tools floppy.

(2) Launch Apple HD SC Setup.

(3) Select Partition and then Custom.

(4) A map of the disk's partitions appears.  At the bottom is the
    "extra" space in gray.

(5) Select details.  The window shows any available storage as
    free space.  If there isn't any, then the disk is already
    partitioned for maximum capacity.  Remember this is for Apple
    hard drives!!!

(6) Select OK, then Done, and then quit without making any changes.

(7) If there is space to be reclaimed, BACK UP YOUR HARD DRIVE!

(8) Restart with the Disk Tools disk and launch Apple HD SC
    Setup again.  Select Partition and then Custom again.

(9) Now click on the name of your HD in the map.

(10) Select Remove.  At the warning "continuing will destroy
     data...", select OK.

(11) The entire disk map should now be gray except for the driver
     at the top.  Put the mouse pointer just below the Driver
     partition and drag the partition down to the bottom (if you
     select the Driver partition by accident, select Done and
     start over).

(12) Now a new screen asks you to select the type of partition.
     Choose Macintosh Volume.

(13) Select OK.

(14) When you get the message "Partitioning was successful",
     select Done and then choose Quit.

(15) Restart and enjoy the extra space.  Of course you will
     have to restore your hard disk which takes a while!

Hope this helps those that asked for the details.

All disclaimers apply (especially since I am giving instructions
on how to destroy *ALL* of your data!).


Gary L. Gray                *  Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu  *  University of Wisconsin-Madison

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:26:11 -0500
From: Brian K. Kobleur <wk01803@worldlink.com>
Subject: Russian Language translation software

Hello Netters!

I'm trying to find software that will translate documents between Russian and
English.  I'm looking for something that will work along the lines of those
handheld devices, only perhaps a bit more sophisticated.

And, as it's not my money I'll be spending, money is no object!

Thanks,

Brian

PS. E-mails preferred...

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Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:48:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "David C. Garrett" <SSA92FAJ12@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU>
Subject: SRP & IPO via FTP?

Thanks to all who responded to my question about IIvx bundles and 6.0.8.  I
would list you by name but my mailer imploded ;)

A follow-up question, then, triggered by someone who mailed me the November
16th Apple Suggested Retail Price list, in MS Word format:

Since my on-campus Authorized Apple Dealer is a yutz, is there any way for me
to get these SRP lists myself, over the net?  Anonymous FTP is good...I looked
at ftp.apple.com but 'twarn't there, that I could see.

I want the latest latest SRP list, and the Higher Education Purchase Program
Individual Purchase Option Product List (IPO). I deal with people from both
inside and outside the college community - so I need both.  Well, not NEED, as
such.  It would just make life easier for me and lots of people I know.

If I can't get them myself, then perhaps some kind soul who DOES have access
could send them to me?

A neat thing I found out about was the Apple Fax Info line, 1-800-776-2333.  A
computer guides you through the menus (Mac Bible joke: "If you are calling
about DorkMaster Pro for the PC, press 1.  If you are calling about DorkMaster
Pro for the Mac, press 2.  If you have ever known lust in your heart, press
3.").  You can get brochures and spec sheets mailed or faxed to you.  Designed
especially for people who can't get satisfaction from their local dealer.
Like me.

Thanks, everybody.

-Dave    ssa92faj12@rcnvms.rcn.mass.edu

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 21:24:03 -0500
From: cq973@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Chung)
Subject: SuperDrive  Problem

My SE30's FDHD can't read my disks.  I've tried cleaning the drive with
3M's head cleaning kit, I tried blowing compressed air into the drive,
I tried spraying hi-purity solvent into the drive, but the problem still
persist. When I stick a perfectly good diskete into the drive, it spits
the diskette out says something about disk error.

Question: do I have to replace my disk drive?  how much does replacement
cost?
	  does anyone have any other suggestion beside replacement? are there
	  any other FDHD that's compatible with Apple's that other vendors
	  are selling.

Any helpful suggestion is welcome.

Thanks in advance.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:51:52 -0500
From: Pierre Tanguay <Pierre_Tanguay@UQTR.UQuebec.CA>
Subject: The Stacker


Hi netters, have you ever heard of a program called the "Stacker"?  It
supposed
to stack your hard disk and increase it's capacity.  Is someone have an idea
on
how it is working and what it is suppose to do?

Thank's for your help.


**************
Pierre Tanguay
Trois-Rivieres University
tanguay@neptune.uqtr.uquebec.ca
**************

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 11:33:16 +0100
From: bernabe@cnm.us.es (Bernabe Linares B.)
Subject: Tremendously Huge PostScript Files

Dear Moderators,

I have a Powerbook 100, and when I want to print on a Laserwriter what I do
is printing a PostScript file and then transfer it (usually with a Floppy or
via
FTP) to a Unix system in my office. It works, however the PostScript files
produced (by my Powerbook and the Macintosh in our office), are tremendously
huge (over 1MByte for a few pages without graphics). They also take a VERY
VERY
long time to be printed on the Laserwriter. I removed the bitmap fonts in the
System Directory, so that the system would be forced to use the scalable
fonts,
but then the PostScript files were about 3 times larger !!!
Does anyone out there know why this happens and how to avoid it?
Thanks,

Bernabe

Internet: bernabe@cnm.us.es
 --------------------------

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Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:01:36 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Uncompressing .Z files

     Uncompressing .Z files
jcarson@usc.pppl.gov asks:

>Is it possible to uncompress *.Z files after they have been downloaded to
>the Mac, or can it only be done during a unix to unix transfer.

To which I say:

You can, by using MacCompress.  At sumex:/info-mac/util/maccompress-32.hqx.

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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