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Subject: Re: 3.0 FontPanel acceleration is broken (BUG!!?)
From: wasfy@perdita.gac.edu (Michael Wasfy Nicolas Ibrahim)
Date: 10 Oct 92 12:32:22 -0600

In article <Bvt4nH.Dq9@news.cso.uiuc.edu>  writes:
> Manuel Alberto Ricart writes
> > BTW, what about adding all of that and a shelf on which to pop all of
> > my favory fonts? - I have been asking for this for a while.
> 
> The shelf has so many functions it could be used in a number of different  
> places.  For example, NewsGrazer (storing news articles or news folders or  
> whatever) and Edit (allows one to not use the pasteboard as much if the right  
> data is just a drag-and-drop away), just to name a couple.  Any place where  
the  
> same or similar data is accessed frequently sounds to me like a good place to  
> consider a shelf.  It's definately one of the unique features of NeXTSTEP,  
and  
> I think it's really handy.
> -- 
> -- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
> -- NeXTmail ok

I think one of the best places to add a shelf would be on top of the save/open  
panel of applications.  This way it would be a breeze to organize files from  
specific applications/projects.  This is especially useful when you like a  
small save panel and thus can only see two levels of the directory hierarchy.

Michael Ibrahim
wasfy@nic.gac.edu
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From: timm@xongmao.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren)
Subject: Re: Plea to NeXT: Re: (Shipping packaging)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:56:04 GMT

ede978e@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson) writes:

>This is a plea to Next about their packaging, OR how to ship a monitor
>so it will definately get broken!!!.

>All the lies between the monitor, in its pillo case and the outside of the
>box is about 4 cm of air. No foam nothing, hence if there was something
>my monitor would have stood a good chance of not getting damaged. Unfortunately
>the damage was not just cosmetic, when the montior switched on, I had a dead
>pixel (right near the bottom where a penetration of the packaging occured and)
>it was unfocused and blurry in patches directly underneath the damage which
>had occured to the box.

>PS. You might say, well you are in Australia, what do you expect.  I say this
>In this day and age if people cannot get a piece of electronic equipment from
>continent to the other in one piece I think we haven't really accomplished much.

Terribly sorry to hear about your misfortune Robert...I agree wholeheartedly
with your last sentiment...no amount of precaution when shipping things is
too much.  I've had many things come to me from individuals that didn't
put any packing material at all in the box.  I guess they just have never
seen the way a shipping company operates, and assume that their package
is treated as nicely as they would treat it.  

As for the NeXT boxes, they aren't much different than any other
manufacturer's, and shippers are usually happier when you send something
in it's original packaging.  I assume that companies probably must meet
some sort of guidelines as to their packaging if they want carriers to
assume any damage risk.  When I sent my NeXT monitor, I padded out the
inside of the box with tons of newspaper.

In any case, the point of my post was to also point out that it's
quite impossible for a pixel to be dead on a monitor.  That's only
possible on LCDs.  You've got a piece of phosphor missing.  If a pixel
were actually dead, you'd have a problem with your video hardware,
not the monitor.

Sorry to pick nits when it's of no use to you :-).

-- 
Tim McClarren     | "...a bajillion brilliant Jobsian lithium licks."
timm@ncsa.uiuc.edu|
(217)244-0015     |
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From: roettig@ifi.unizh.ch (Thomas Roettig)
Subject: Re: Alternate monitors
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 09:05:17 GMT

In article <Bvu0pG.2zr@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> klenfest@cerberus.UWaterloo.ca  
(Kurt Lenfesty) writes:
> In article <1992Oct8.151651.11629@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>  
> lmccullo@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael McCulloch) writes:
> > >Has anyone out there tried hooking up alternate color monitors to
> > >the NeXT? The 17" trinitron is pretty steep from them and is available
> > >from some of the mac mail order places for around $1200. Does the
> > >NeXT monitor have any extra cable routing or extras like their  
> monochrome
> > >display does or is it just a color monitor with a standard cable?
> > 
> I purchase a Nanao F550i multiscanning monitor for my NeXTstation
> colour turbo, but I ran into a lot of problems.  First was the
> hookup cable - the 13W3, but also the NeXT does not do its signal
> syncing on the same color as other computers (this was explained to
> me by Nanao after I called them about problems getting the picture
> to fill the whole screen).  Other monitors might not have this problem.
> I'm glad I bought a third-party monitor - it works with other computers
> quite well (I had both my p.c. and my NeXT hooked up to the same monitor
> and could switch back and forth with the touch of a button).
> NeXT is very unhelpful when you don't buy their stuff.  I don't like
> NeXT for the service I have received in the midst of paying them
> thousands of dollars.

Hi

I have the Eizo(=Nanno in Europe) T560i and so about the same problems as you.  
Was there a solution to the picture size, getting it to fill the screen?
Does Anybody know?
Thank's for any information


Gruss 
Tom
_____________________________________
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From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Can we save the Cube?  Was: Fed Up!
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:15:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.000533.9372@znext.cts.com> zeke@znext (james dehnert) writes:

[ ]
>
> I have nothing but praise for Sam and his efforts to keep the Cube alive.  I  
>bought my cube ( instead of a Color Station ) using the same reasoning Philip  
>did, but I haven't given up yet. 

Hmm...as I recall, I posted a note indicating that my Cube had been spoken for
either by (a) myself (irrational) or (b) someone who had offered me a fair
price for it. I indicated the approximate offer ($5kUS) and that it was an
issue of thinking over what it would be like to be without my Cube ( in the
meantime I bought a 486 and repurchased a ci, as many here have their feet
in several platforms). What's the point, you may ask? It's the word "yet" in
your note. I have not given up yet.
 
The Cube was and is a computer with something special about it. I make no
appologies for supporting the MO. It was, is and NeXT will eventually realize,
a good idea. The way NeXT handled both the MO and the ND was deplorable.
Every company makes mistakes, and I assume they will make up for it at some
point.
 
 
[ Interesting note re the possibility of upgrading a Cube one day to colour,
 not via the ND...]
 
Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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From: rscott@spock.NMSU.Edu (Joseph Good)
Subject: Public Window Server Bug??
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:25:16 GMT


In our NeXT cluster here, most everybody is running with the Public
Window Server set on.  I heard about some glitch, and I am trying to
warn people here.

Where can I find more info on this so I can present a viable argument?

Thanks!

-jdg

--

Joseph Good
+-------------------+ - More than just a band....
| Green Dot Brigade | - It's a whole damn army of dots...
+-------------------+ - And we've declared war on the 7-Up dots...

rscott@nmsu.edu (NeXT mail welcome!!) (main account)

atlantis@acca.nmsu.edu  (Just plain ol' Unix) (seldom used)
From: andrew@cubetech.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: On SW for NRW
Keywords: software, NeXT RISC workstation
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:34:04 GMT
Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.

In article <1992Oct8.180935.17530@athena.mit.edu> jgshir@athena.mit.edu (John G Shirlaw) writes:
>Given that NeXT clames that I forget who but one of the major vendor managed to
>port there software to NS486 in less than a day.  I would guess/hope that the
>same porting situation will occure with the NRW.  Thus unless the companies
>making the software using porgramming languidges other than C and IB shouldn't be
>a problem on porting.


_everyone_ who has had the opportunity to port stuff to NS486 has
reported the same thing.  Illustrator only needed to be recompiled
(i.e. type "make").  Same deal with Pages by Pages.  In fact, they
were demo'ing Pages on a Dell in their booth at Seybold.  Bruce said
that they only needed to type "make."

Way to go NeXT!!!


andrew

-- 
andrew@cubetech.com     | "We shall not cease from exploration
Andrew Loewenstern      |  And the end of our exploring
Cube Technologies, Inc. |  Will be to arrive where we started
                        |  And know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot
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From: lbrahm@denver.cba.du.edu (Lans Brahmantyo)
Subject: How to Get Music Kit for 3.0?
Organization: University of Denver
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 16:54:06 GMT


Anyone knows how and where I can get Music Kit for 3.0?

--

...................... Brahm ....................................
                        Q. Image & Advertising
                        Lans_Brahmantyo@denver.cba.du.edu
                        NeXTmail Preferred
			303.733.7176  744.8279 (fax)
From: kehoe@fortuity.sf.ca.us (Daniel Miles Kehoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: NeXTWORLD article on SQL database apps -- any suggestions?
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:06:30 GMT

I'm a NeXTWORLD magazine contributing editor researching an article  
on applications that use database servers (Sybase, Oracle or other  
SQL servers). I've looked at the prominent commercial applications,  
such as Parabase, SQLBuddy, & OTProvide, but I'm interested in  
hearing about any applications or utilities I may have missed, as  
well as comments you may have about products you've used. Do you use  
any SQL database client apps or tools? How do you like them?

Please reply via email to
kehoe@fortuity.sf.ca.us.
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From: tm8t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tod McQuillin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Fixed Width Fonts for Stuart/Terminal Users
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:05:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.8ert4PK00XQD0Yyb9q
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman) writes:
> A little while ago I posted an article enquiring about fixed width fonts
> to use with Terminal/Stuart with the usual "mail me, I'll summarise".
> After waiting for nearly two weeks I've had to conclude that everyone is
> perfectly happy with the standard fixed-width fonts.

Well I'm not!  I can't believe the inconsistency of Ohlfs in different
point sizes -- it doesn't even look like the same typeface.  Not to
mention that it always prints in courier on the printer.  Courier
itself, of course, is about as far from ideally suited for screen
display as you can get.  I would be ecstatic to see a Line-Printer (a
la HP Laserjet) or Lucida Sans Typewriter screen font for the NeXT.
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From: John Perry Barlow <barlow@eff.org>
Subject: Fax Arrivals and 3.0
Keywords: fax , 3.0
Reply-To: John Perry Barlow <barlow@icecube.pinedale.wy.us>
Organization: Annuit Coeptis
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 23:00:13 GMT

Could someone please tell me how one is supposed to know that a fax has arrived  
under 3.0? It used to turn up in my Active.mbox, but it now appears there's no  
way short of actually checking periodically in /usr/spool/NextFaxes.

There's got to be a better way that this.

And don't tell me to read the manual. I don't have one and neither does anybody  
else. (Must not have been enough room on that CD-ROM disk...) 
-- 
************************************************
John Perry Barlow	barlow@eff.org
P.O. Box 1009		NeXTmail to:
168 South Franklin	barlow@icecube.pinedale.wy.us
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From: pascal@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca (Pascal Gaudette)
Subject: Re: CAD for the NeXT
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:05:22 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.141011.12991@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>  
byrne@cstore-next.cl.msu.edu (Eric J. Byrne) writes:

>  Here is some collected info I have about CAD for the NeXT...
> (...)
> Company : Ditek	
> Product : DynaCAD
> When :	Q4 92	
> What :  mechanical CAD package, extensible like Autocad
> 
> (...)

Hmmmm, I don't know from whom you got that Q4 92 figure. My
best info is "some time in the not too distant future". Right now
Ditek is puting a lot of effort towards having their Windows version
ready before COMDEX.

--
Pascal "The Rascal" Gaudette       pascal@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca
MacNUG president                      | *NeXTmail encouraged* 
graduate student, McMaster university | Je ne suis pas infaillible.
Physics and astronomy dep.            | Vive le Quebec LIBRE!
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From: robinc@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Robert Delucca)
Subject: HELP! can't log on as root
Organization: Johns Hopkins University - Homewood Academic Computing
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 18:57:19 GMT


I just changed the buffers in the ROM monitor using the following procedure, and
now I get "WorkSpace Manager error" when I log on as root. I get logged out.
I CAN log onto my account. Here's what I did:

localhost> shutdown now

# sync
# sync
# halt

ROM>p

then I changed buffer to sd- nbu=64, and pressed return on all other questions.
BUT when I tried to log on as root, I couldn't. I DO have the corrct password.

I see that the buffer is indeed set to 64 on boot. I tried undoing this with 
same procedure, and the buffer was back to default. No go. I tried sd- nbuf=64
with same result.

Any suggestions? I'm on an NS Turbo with 3.0 built (not with Upgrade.app).

Robert de Lucca
rdelucca@rosemary.uucp.jhu.edu

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Keywords:
From: cue@apple.com (Eddy Cue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Seagate St1480 drive install
Date: 13 Oct 92 03:57:38 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

I have just acquired a Seagate ST1480 (420MB SCSI) drive. I would like to
replace the internal 105MB in my Nextstation. Does anyone have detailed
instructions on installing it? This would include formatting, system
software, etc). I plan on updating to 3.0 at the same time.

Eddy Cue
cue@apple.com
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From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
Subject: Re: Pict pasting in Executor 1.2.1 ????
Organization: ARDI
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 06:23:09 GMT

Dear Jagannatha and other interested folks,

Although you can't directly "paste" TIFF or EPS images into Word running
under Executor, you can save TIFF and EPS images to a file and then read
the file into Word 5 running on Executor.

[long pause while I look up the relevant section in our new manual...
 hmm... although EPS and TIFF are in our index, none of the references
 address this problem... let's skim the entire manual (it's only about
 100 pages)...]

I'm VERY embarrassed that this information isn't in our manual, but here's
what you need to do:

1.  Save the graphic to a file.  If you're saving a TIFF file, be sure
    to save *without* an alpha-component.

2.  Run Word 5 under Executor and position the cursor where you want the
    graphic to be placed.

3.  Choose "Picture..." from the "Insert" menu.

4.  Choose "All Files" from the "List Files of Type:" pop-up menu.
    NOTE: This step is needed because the file containing the graphic was
    created on the NeXT and hence the newly created file doesn't have
    a "type" associated with it.  If you created a TIFF or EPS file from
    a program running under Executor, you could skip this step.

5.  Select the file that contains the graphic and click on the "Insert"
    button.

6.  Word 5 will now present you with a list of convertors that might be
    relevant for reading in this file.  Pick "TIFF" or "EPS" as approrpriate.
    This step is necessary for the same reason that step 4 is.

Your Graphic will now be embedded in your document in its original size.
To resize, select the lower-right corner of the bounding box and hold down
the shift key as you move the corner.

TIFF images will be visible as images, although they'll be displayed on
the screen in black and white, even though internally they're stored as
(and will be printed as) gray scale.

EPS graphics will only be visible as rectangles that have the filename in
them.  However, the graphic *will* be printed in PostScript when you print.

By the way, our manual was written entirely in Word 5 under Executor 1.2.1,
so anything that you see in it (we use both embedded TIFF and embedded EPS
images) is something that you can do as well.  No smoke, no mirrors.

I apologize for the omission of this information in our manual.  Posting
to the net worked in this case, but I'd suggest first sending e-mail to
questions@ardi.com, and if that doesn't work sending e-mail to the Executor
mailing list ("executor@ictv.com" to join send e-mail to
"executor-request@ictv.com").

NOTE:  We just discovered that Executor 1.2.1 doesn't work with the
       new ADB keyboards.  We're frantically putting together a patch to
       remedy this and have been slightly remiss in answering e-mail sent
       to questions@ardi.com.  Expect replies shortly.  Since our ad in
       NeXTWORLD, we've been swamped with calls and orders.  We'll be hiring
       another tech-support person or four in November and that too will
       help restore us to our normally fast replying selves.
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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: NeXt: fire your head of product distribution
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:15:45 GMT

andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern) writes:

>In article <Bvo482.JvE@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct5.163926.2680@schaefer.math.wisc.edu>  
>>haller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Kirk Haller) writes:
>>> NeXt: If you don't have something in stock, let your customers know,  
>>otherwise
>>> get the orders right!!!!!!
>>
>>NeXT still doesn't keep a stock, do they?  That was one of
>>the things they impressed me with when I was out there
>>years ago.  Machines were built basically on demand.  Is
>>that still the case?  Are they having trouble keeping up? 
>>Is there a shortage of some of the components?

I haven't heard anyone flame NeXT for CPU shipment delays in a long
time.  They tend to ship things that they manufacture themselves in
record time, when you compare them to other companies like Apple.
(I am comparing lead times that we have experienced here on our
campus.. your results may vary)  The main problem lately (and the
subject of 99% of the flames) has been the NeXT CD-ROM drive, whose
mechanism NeXT does not manufacture.  They are dependent on someone
else (I guess Sony).  Just like when Mathematica 2.0 upgrades were
so slow... NeXT was dependent on Wolfram.  
-- 
David Lemson                                                (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
NeXTMail accepted                                  BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
Subject: Re: _nextstep_ television show!
Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 03:00:17 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.103122.13824@udel.edu> pyrros@braindamaged.cis.udel.edu  
(Christos T. Pyrros) writes:
> Cable-TV channel "The Discovery Channel" has a show called _nextstep_ running
> on Tuesday nights at 9:00 pm Eastern time.  The show is slightly similar to
> the show _Beyond 2000_.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this show?
> 
> Isn't the word "nextstep" copyrighted by NeXT, Inc.?  (or whatever the
> appropriate legal term is...)
> 
> 
> Chris

CBS saturday morning has a graphic:

    Ne
    XT

with capitalization exactly like the NeXT cube logo, in the same square format,  
which they use in rotation with other forms of the word 'next' to promote the  
coming show!  The letters are all black, but to myself and my wife, it sure  
went into the NeXT trademark 'socket' in our brains!

NeXT, better check out the TV!

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling)
Subject: Re: ND memory question
Reply-To: mcarling@NetForce.com (M Carling)
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 00:48:40 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.215224.11582@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>  
jim@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov (L J "Jim" Kiraly) writes:
> If I replace my 100ns NeXTDimension memory with 70ns memory, will it  
make any  
> difference?  e.g. Does the ND board register the memory speed, or does  
it  
> presume a 100ns memory interface?

It makes no difference. You can, however, use 8MB SIMMs, though this is   
not supported by NeXT.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
General Manager, NetForce Inc.
--
"High tech is potent, precise, and in the end, unbeatable. The truth is,  
it reminds a lot of people of the way I pitch horseshoes. Would you  
believe some of the people? Would you believe our dog? Look, I want to  
give the high-five signal to high tech."
                          George Bush, 4/25/89
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From: mike@buran (Michael Wesemann)
Subject: SciPlot 2.0
Reply-To: mike@fiasko.rz-berlin.mpg.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Berlin
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 11:25:41 GMT

SciPlot 2.00 is now availble. 

Whats new: 
- compiled for NeXTStep 3.0
- NeXTStep 3.0 help function 
- some bug fixes

Available on: 
- sonata.cc.purdue.edu (/pub/next/submissions)
- fiasko.rz-berlin.mpg.de (/pub/next/science)

Mike
From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: hot key for unix expert preference
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:45:03 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <1992Oct12.172200.17544@wam.umd.edu> sra@nxstep.com (Rich Andrews)  
writes:
> As far as going back to the non expert mode: why? :-)

Actually, after years of that attitude, I'm considering
switching to non-expert mode and making some good
hidden files.  I have so many .files and other things
cluttering up my browser that it really would be more
efficient for most uses.  As you said, it's easy to get an
expert view if you need it. 

ab
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From: alberto@parsec.mixcom.com (Manuel Alberto Ricart)
Subject: Re: How to get an extra dock space (remove recycler) in 3.0
Reply-To: alberto@parsec.uucp
Organization: I keep everything where I <most likely> can find it.
Distribution: world,local
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:52:04 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.233427.3820@arizona.edu> paul@nextus.tucson.az.us (Paul  
Tognato-Haddad) writes:
> Command drag the recycler icon from the dock (press command, click your  
> mouse button on the icon, and then move it somewhere).  Put a new program  
> in the same spot that the recycler just occupied.  Log out and then log  
> back in again, you'll notice that the program is still in the same spot  
> and the recycler is now in the lower left corner of the screen.
> 
> Neat, huh?
Yeah that is really cool.

Actually you may do this to any other running application on the dock, to get a  
temporary spot.

Other goodies:

Command drag a file to the docked app, to get it open!


-- 
Manuel Alberto Ricart
alberto@parsec.mixcom.com <NeXTMail Welcome>
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