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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MacWorld Expo in Boston
Date: 31 Jul 92 05:43:00 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <2427@cthulhuControl.COM> (rec.travel,comp.sys.mac.misc), cbraun@Control.COM (Corinne Braun) writes:
> Anybody visiting Boston or from the area who will be attending
> the MacWorld Expo want to meet for some socializing next week?

If anyone wants to say Hi, I'll be working in the Peirce Software
Booth (surprise!).

Drop by Bayside booth 336.

Of course, I'll force you to have a look at Smoothie, but it shouldn't
be toooooo painful :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.apple.newton
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:52:27 GMT

Ernest> == Ernest Cline <cline@cs.scarolina.edu> 

 Ernest> There has been a lot of discussion of late about Newton the pen
 Ernest> based PDA that Apple will be introducing soon.

Maybe discussion should be in comp.sys.palmtops or comp.sys.handhelds?
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
   ``The First Amendment is often inconvenient.  But that is besides the
  point.  Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation
         to tolerate speech.'' --Justice Anthony Kennedy, in 91-155
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: I'm in a jam. Pls. help me decide
Organization: Civil Engineering, Univ of BC
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:49:52 GMT

Hiya Macphiles,
I'm stuck in a fairly knotty problem and have to find a solution fairly
soon. I _have_ to pick up a new Mac within the next three weeks. These are
the options that I have:
1. IIci CPU 5/80 with extended kbd (no monitor) for about $150.
2. 4/80 Powerbook 140 for no charge.
3. 4/80 Powerbook 170 for about $600.

Before anyone chokes on the prices, let me explain that this is a form of
payment for services I rendered. I am in a quandary as to which of the
above I go for. Can I attach a colour monitor to either of the Powerbooks?
How does the peak RAM capacity of the Powerbooks compare with the IIci's?
The IIci is a good machine w.r.t. expansion slots, but the Powerbooks are
snazzy machines.

I will be in a similar situation again later this December. Since Apple is
about to release more Powerbooks and a 33MHz IIzi (from Macleak) in
October, I don't know if taking a PB170 now and a IIzi later is better, or
taking a IIci now and one of the 33MHz Powerbooks in December makes more
sense.

HELLLPP!!! Any tips, views, advice will be greatly appreciated.

Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jdb1@kepler.unh.edu (Jonathan D Baumgartner)
Subject: Async Serial Laserwriter driver: help!
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:43:39 GMT

Okay, I snagged a copy of this, but it came with NO documentation.  Could
someone explain to me how to get it to work?

fish on ..


-- 
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jdbaum@unh.edu
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			  "I laughed 'til I stopped."  -- Tiny Toons Adventures
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Seeking Digital Font
From: Alan R. Heyd <IA8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:42:53 EDT
Organization: Penn State University

I'm looking for a font that resembles the numbers (and letters) that are
generated by most LED or LCD displays.  If there is such a font could some
kind soul point me in the right direction?

Thank you,

Alan Heyd
ia8@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: How to Make The Namer Work in Sys 7!
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
	<mike.w.miller.40-210792080412@derwentm.cc.nd.edu>
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:02:05 GMT

Mike> == Mike W. Miller <mike.w.miller.40@nd.edu> 

 Mike> I'm surprised no one's posted the correct answer for this one...

 Mike> To use the Namer in System 7, simply drag the device files [...]

Well, the Namer (and SendPS, which has a similar problem) are subsumed
by the LaserWriter Utility, which is available on ftp.apple.com, and has
a much spiffier icon.

So the real solution is to get that, and junk the old stuff... :)
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
   ``The First Amendment is often inconvenient.  But that is besides the
  point.  Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation
         to tolerate speech.'' --Justice Anthony Kennedy, in 91-155
From: cole@nepenthe.unx.sas.com (Tom Cole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Neophyte networking configuration queries (Localtalk <> Ethertalk)
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:57:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Originator: cole@nepenthe.unx.sas.com



Folks,

        [Apologies if this is FAQ or wrong group, I just couldn't find
a better choice given our news feeds...]

        I have a (probably stupid) set of questions about networking.
In short, I want to try to move towards upgrading a small localtalk
network to an Ethertalk network.  Here's some basic configuration
data:

        o  The network consists of a Mac II, a Mac SE, a couple of
           networked printers, and a networked modem.

        o  The Mac SE has an accelerator card already occupying its
           slot, so I can't add an ethernet card.

        o  The two Mac's talk using a Phonenet-based phone line,
           while the rest of the stuff is in the same room as the
           Mac II and uses normal Apple Localtalk connectors.s


        I am _assuming_ that I want to do something generally like
put an Ethernet card in the Mac II, get a SCSI-based Ethernet box
for the Mac SE, and get an EtherTalk to Localtalk bridge to put all
the rest of the devices on (printers and modem).  My questions then
are:

        o  Is this a valid assumption about the kind of configuration
           that I need?

        o  Can use use 10-Base-T (or whatever it's called) between
           the two macs over the existing phone line wiring used by
           PhoneNet?

        o  What kinds of cards for the Mac II, adapter box for the SE,
           and bridge would one recommend?

        Since this is a home system, I want to do this as cheaply as
possible.  I am assuming that I can find prices on the order of $200 
for a NuBus card for the Mac II, $300 for an external SCSI Ethernet
box, and $500 for a bridge.  Are these out of the question?  Any
recommendations on configuration, products, or places-to-buy would
be a real help.

        Please reply via e-mail even if you copy to the net, as I
don't get much of a chance to read news these days.... :)

        Thanks for any and all help that anyone can provide...



-- 
Tom Cole, SAS Institute Inc. VMS R&D  cole@nepenthe.unx.sas.com
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:13633 alt.config:4831
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.apple.newton
From: marshall@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Stephen Marshall)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:51:55 GMT
Organization: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

>Well, my vote goes for comp.sys.newton. 
 
Yep me too. Why wait for it to be released when we can have so much fun 
dreaming and arguing about what it will be like 8-)

Stephen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.pen,news.config
From: david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us (David Schachter)
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.sys.newton(was RFD: alt.apple.newton
Organization: Greenwire Consulting
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 17:50:04 GMT

I am against the creation of an Apple Newton newsgroup >at this time<.  There
are plenty of newsgroups already, and as a UNIX system administrator, I'm
I'm familiar with the pros and cons of creating and managing newsgroups.  As
a PenPoint programmer, I see only about ten articles a week in comp.sys.pen,
not including the RFD articles.  Let's wait until the traffic in comp.sys.pen
grows before hiving off a bunch of groups.

Creating a newsgroup for a "product" that is still vapor is questionable.  In
time, it will become obvious if we need a Newton newsgroup, a PenPoint news-
group, a PenDOS newsgroup, a PenPal newsgroup, a Momenta newsgroup (NOT), and
so on.  Currently, however, Newton is in the same category as the Trilogy
machine and the DEC-ten-again (DECsystem-10/II): neat specs, but not real.

This is my opinion, which is mine, which is, as I said my opinion, about the
dinosaurs, that is my opinion, about them.  Thank you.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
Subject: Re: Powerbook, Price Club, pricing ($899 PB 4/40 w/drive)
Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:01:42 GMT

In article <1992Jul15.233723.13025@telebit.com> brent@telebit.com (Brent  
Chapman) writes:
> wade@hobbes.ucsd.edu (Wade Blomgren) writes:
> 
> >According to MacWeek, Apple will soon start distributing Powerbook 100's
> >with 4MB RAM/40MB HD and external floppy in Price Club cash & carry 
> >membership warehouses, for "possibly as low as $900".  
> 
> They already have.  I was at the Sunnyvale Price Club last week, and
> was surprised to notice PowerBook 100's in one of the display cases.
> Unfortunately, I didn't notice the price (I already have a PB 140).
> 
> 
> -Brent
> --
> Brent Chapman                                   Great Circle Associates
> Brent@GreatCircle.COM                           1057 West Dana Street
> +1 415 962 0841                                 Mountain View, CA  94041
Well, here in Richmond, they are selling like hotcakes!  PB 100 4/40 with  
external drive, M4159LL/A at $899 at Price Club!  One store sold out in a  
couple of days, another store still has some.  
These are new, in the box!

I now own a Powerbook!

What a deal!

Jim De Arras
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Subject: Re: Newton Developers?
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:06:49 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <4892@gold.gvg.tek.com> brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) writes:

>	Apple stated there would be some development system available that
>	will be platform independent, specifically a Mac-based one, and a
>	Windows version.  (Also in MacWeek, same time frame.)

Apple has, in fact, said a little more about it than that.  The 
Newton development system will be based on a new object-oriented
language specifically designed for handheld PDA systems.  This
means that there will be some learning curve, but at least we
won't have to worry about things like converting between C and
Pascal strings as we do on the Mac.


  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: oleary@epx.cis.umn.edu ()
Subject: Re: looking for "virtual screen" software
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 05:05:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.123036.5712@iscsvax.uni.edu> hausmann@iscsvax.uni.edu
writes:

>Just how large of a virtual screen can be created?  (Say, on a IIcx under
>System 7)

Contrary to what others have said, Stepping Out II works just fine under
System 7 (I have version 2.02 on my SE/30).  The control panel allows me
to set up a virtual screen 116.3 inches wide and 65.6 inches high.  A screen
that large requires 4908K of memory in 1-bit mode.

         ---------   Doc


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: fosterr@ucs.indiana.edu (Ray Foster)
Subject: Re: Autodoubler needs Diskdoubler?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:25:33 GMT

In article <91729@bu.edu>, ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu (Mark Hayes) writes:
> 4 - The worst thing about AD-only is there is NO WAY TO DECOMPRESS
>     A FILE. I find this absolutely ridiculous. The only way to do it
>     is to make a copy of the file (which will be created uncompressed),
>     then delete the original, then rename the copy. I'm not kidding.

This is not true. AutoDoubler comes with a utility called ADExpand which 
will decompress any file it has compressed. I believe it's actually the
same thing as DDExpand, the free expander for DiskDoubler archives. (AD 
uses the same file formats as DD.)


Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:13647 alt.config:4838
From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.config
Subject: Re: RFD: alt.apple.newton
Keywords: Newton
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 13:34:20 BST
Distribution: world
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

byrne@cc.gatech.edu (Michael Byrne) writes:
> Don't call it "alt" anything--some sites can't get alt groups,
> and it certainly is a "comp" subject.  How about comp.sys.newton?

All sites *can* get alt groups.  Some *choose* not to do so.  There is an
important difference.


mathew
-- 
Down, boy!  There's a good dogma.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: mkary@math.bu.edu (Michael Kary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: That Blinking Cursor
Date: 25 Jul 92 15:38:17 GMT
Organization: Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston
Originator: mkary@math.bu.edu


The Mac comes with a conrol panel that allows the cursor blink to be
set to slow, medium or fast. I would like to be able to set it so
that it doesn't blink at all, i.e. so that it is on all the time. It
would alo be nice to have the insertion point thicker. Does anyone
know of a commercially available control panel or other utility that
would do the job?

Please respond by email and I'll post a summary.

Thanks,

Michael Kary  mkary@math.bu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: How to ftp with PC for stand-alone MAC?
From: kayser@cmu.unige.ch
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:13:57 +0200
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland

I am a frequent user of ftp using my pc connected to world via
a vax. I recently tried to start to download files also for
my mac at home, not connected to anything at all. Transport
medium between pc and mac is floppy 3.5 with mac-in-dos
for reading-writing in the pc and afe in the mac. I do not
have binhex4.0 or macbinary or anything that compresses or de-
compresses in my mac at the moment and must start from scratch.
So how do I start? I would like to be able to ftp stuff into
my pc and then bring it to my mac on floppies.
Thanks for bothering, please answer also by e-mail, I can not
browse the net every day.

Bengt Kayser
From: eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
Date: 28 Jul 92 08:47:14 GMT
Organization: FOA, Linkoping, Sweden

smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
>you had to put out as much or more than a mac.  When clones first appeared
>few took them seriously, but now they are at least 100% cheaper than a
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh, so you get them for free now? ( :-), sorry couldn't resist)


>Sang J. Moon
--
Erik Svensson			Research Officer
Guided Weapons Division		National Defense Research Establishment (FOA)
Stockholm			Sweden

net.address: 	eriks@fenix.lin.foa.se

"I've got LOT's of common sense. I just choose to ignore it." -- Calvin
From: gregf@shaman.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Need to lock folders/apps (MacPasswd)
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:11:40 GMT
Reply-To: gregf@shaman.sps.mot.com
Organization: SPS

In article <1992Jul19.015402.9454@news.unomaha.edu> richm@odin.unomaha.edu  
(Rich Molettiere) writes:
>MacPassword, a shareware product, will prevent selective copying/deleting
>of files/folders.  If you have an AppleLink account, it can be downloaded
>from there, otherwise, let me know.  Or perhaps someone knows where it
>can be ftped.
>
>Rich Molettiere
>Omaha North High School
>Omaha, Nebraska

MacPassword 2.9 is available on SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU in  
/info-mac/??something-or-other??. Probably the SUMEX index would show it.  
Maybe the /util folder has it.

I can email the most recent 2.9.2 demo.

Greg Ferguson
rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com
From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PB100/Price Club Story in MacWeek
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:21:25 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Jul27.172204.4000@oswego.Oswego.EDU> I wrote:

>There's been a lot of speculation about this recently on the net.  Just
>read a story in the 7/13 issue of MacWeek which might be of interest.

... and in this week's (7/27) MacWeek another story says:

	"...Apple this month dropped the PowerBook 100 with 4MB RAM, a 40MB
	hard disk and external floppy from its retail price list.  The
	configuration is now available at the Price Club, a San Diego-based
	wholesale merchant, with a price tag of between $800 and $900.

	The other PowerBook 100 configuration, which comes with 2MB RAM,
	a 20MB hard disk and an external floppy will follow suit.  Sources
	said that Apple is considering selling it through mail-order 
	distributors...."

Now this might be the one to wait for if you want a really low-cost
notebook...

.............................................................................
....Boyd Ostroff / Technical Director / SUNY Oswego Department of Theatre....
...............Voice: (315) 341-2987 /  Fax: (315) 341-3394..................
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kmradke@iastate.edu (Kevin M Radke)
Subject: Re: What's the umich temp FTP address?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:10:27 GMT

In article <schweda.712203502@vincent1.iastate.edu> schweda@iastate.edu (Christopher Schweda) writes:
>
>What's the temporary umich FTP IP number? I've heard that the machine is
>down but that it is still accessible. I saw an address a couple posts
>back but forget to save it -- and now I can't locate the old message.
>
>Any help would be much appreciated. Please post any responses, as I'm
>sure there might be others wondering the same thing.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Chris Schweda

Remember, those of us on AFS (Iowa State included!) can easily link up
with the archives by
                      ln -s /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive archive
This is great because I can Zmodem right to my mac, instead of having to
do a get filename and the sz seperately!

					happy AFSing
					kevin


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: maynard@esther.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley)
Subject: Re: System 7 "map" control panel
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 22:17:11 GMT

[Stuff about the map control panel deleted]

Am I the only one who thinks this control panel sucks? I hate the thing.
Every time I use it I have to get the manual. How do you set the time
right? How do you set your location? How do you blow up the mapsize? Which
of the various flashing thingies corresponds to what? This is, to my mind,
the single most user-hostile product put out by Apple right now. It should
not only be resized to make use of the variable size contro panels can now
have, but it should have massive amounts of balloon help added.

Maynard Handley
From: minow@apple.com (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple has patent on female synthesized voice?
Date: 16 Jul 92 22:03:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: kip-6.minow-150792163429
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Apple Computer Inc. MACDTS

In article <1992Jul6.065600.1819@ms.uky.edu>, sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Jul2.235507.26635@ccu.umanitoba.ca> vnelson@ccu.umanitoba.ca
(Gerald Vernon Nelson) writes:
> :This sounds unlikely.  The first female synthesized voice I can recall is
> :found in National Semiconductor's Posi-Talker.  This was a point of sale
> :price announcer.  This was in supermarkets in the early 80's, 2 to 3 years
> :before the introduction of the Mac.
> 
Posi-Talker was, if I remember correctly, a "stored voice" synthesizer --
similar to the telephone company's "the number you have dialed, ..."
system.
I do not believe it was a text-to-speech system.

DECtalk, released in January 1984, was the first commercially-available
text-to-speech synthesizer with both male and female voices. DECtalk also
had a child's voice and, eventually, an "older" voice. DECtalk's inventor,
Dennis Klatt, published extensively on the algorithms needed to synthesize
human speech. You might look for his articles in JASA.

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com
The above does not represent the position of Apple Computer, Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: sjked@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Newton at MacWorld?
Reply-To: sjked@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:57:35 GMT

Does anybody know if the Newton or a prototype of it will
be shown at MacWorld in Boston? Usually they have somethin
new from apple, and QuickTime was last year. (With system 7)
Please reply by e-mail.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: gwg33762@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Garret W. Gengler)
Subject: Looking for program to let superdrive read PC disks
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:41:07 GMT

Howdy Folks.

I remember, very recently, running across a program that was either an init
or control panel that made the 'superdrive' (the 1.44 meg one) read IBM PC
formatted disks automatically.

But, now that I need this capability, I can't seem to locate the file.
Since I don't even know the name or where I saw it, I'm kind of stuck and I'm
beginning to think I dreamed it up.

Any help in identifying this program (name, FTP site, etc.) will earn you
eternal gratitude (class 4).

Please respond email, since I'm not reading this base regularly right now.

Thanks in advance,
Garret
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