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From: kkalan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kenneth Kalan)
Subject: Re: Software to shut down and startup a mac automatically
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:58:28 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.201630.21330@newsgate.sps.mot.com> Greg Ferguson <rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com> writes:
>In article <1993Jan01.140928.2808742163@ultramac.uucp> Dale Parkyn,
>parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca writes:
>> >to run to turn it on? It would be *very* dangerous software with much
>juju
>> >which could startup a Mac which is off. I would be inclined to inspect
>my
>> >CPU with an axe if I saw my machine turn itself on.
>> 
>> Do take the time to investigate...
>
>A bit patronizing?
>
>> There have been reports of ill fit of components that, given conditions,
>> shorted
>> or pressed the mechanism causing start up. Much to the consternation of
>the
>> owner.
>> 
>
> Reread the entire original article. It says, "software", I responded that
>software can *not* do it and that hardware is the only means.
>
>And the same conditions you mention also cause shutdown and reboot. We've
>seen
>it many times. The original request was for a "safe" means of forcing
>power-on
>and shutdown.
>
>> Also, PowerBook coupled with appropriate modem can wake from sleep to
>answer
>> call...
>
>No mention of owning a PowerBook was made. Most users are *not* using
>powerBooks, even though Apple shipped 400,000 units last year. However, I
>mentioned modems being able to do that.
>
>Regards,
>
>Greg
>
>Greg Ferguson
>Programmer/Engineer
>Desktop Networking Systems
>SPS, Motorola, Inc.
>
>rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com
>gregf@shaman.sps.mot.com

I missed the rest of the article, but I use PowerKey from Sophisticated
Circuts to turn on and off a Mac SE at preset times.  It is a combination
hardware and Software device.  You plug the Mac and up to 3 other devices
into it, while the device plugs into the wall and also the ADB port on the Mac.
It allows startup by pressing the power on key on the keyboard and also 
provides Voltage suppression on the power line to the items pluged into it.

I've been using it for about 4 months now without any problems.  It's used
to turn on the mac for a severly disabled person, whom then uses voice
control on the mac.

Ken Kalan
PP ASEL
kgk@nwu.edu
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From: starsabre@ultramac.uucp (JT August)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 21:53:57 CDT
Subject: Re: A command key to "Hide"?

System 7 Pack! 3.2 will modify your finder to put a Command-H hide function on
the Finder.

sorry, I got mine through local BBS, so I cannot tell you which net archive
might have it.

John
BTW:  AOL has it.
From: fairchil@helix.ucsd.edu (Kevin Fairchild)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Superclock Battery indicator indicates wrong?!?!?
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:02:44 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego


From fairchil Fri Jan  8 16:02:35 1993
To: /home/helix/fairchil/.article

Edison 1.0 requires 80K of memory.  I find it quite useful, though I have
to admit that as a new Powerbook user, I still don't quite understand all
these different battery indicaters, (Battery DA, SuperClock, Edison), that
all tell me different levels for my battery.  ???

Kevin Fairchild
Soon-to-be-late-of-UCSD

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: warn@newton.uvm.edu (Patrick D Warn)
Subject: Re: Superclock Battery indicator indicates wrong?!?!?
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:24:22 GMT

While I like what Edison does, it uses too much RAM to be a full time app
for me. I think it is around 300k. You might want to check this before you
put it in your startup folder.
--
                     Wondering what it all means,
                                 Pat
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From: Igor Livshits <igorl@uiuc.edu>
Subject: GateKeeper 1.2.7 info
X-Xxdate: Fri, 8 Jan 93 22:41:55 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16
Organization: NCSA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:42:19 GMT
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7735F53A50114C6@spiff.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

Howdy,

My GateKeeper complained just a few minutes ago.  But here's is the
answer from Chris Johnson (I hope he does not mind my reposting it) as
your copy will likely complain as well:

Users of Gatekeeper 1.2.6 will soon be receiving a warning stating that
1.2.6 is out of date and should be replaced with a more recent version. 
This warning appears automatically when modern versions of Gatekeeper
exceed six months in age and is intended to prevent people from
unwittingly
depending on obsolete versions of the program which may no longer offer
effective or safe protection from viruses. Inspite of the warning, though,
Gatekeeper 1.2.6 remains FULLY functional.

The six month time limit was chosen because it seemed likely that due to
the need for periodic bug fixes, functional improvements, and code to stop
new viruses, new versions would always be released within six months of
each other. Unfortunately, the testing/debugging phase for Gatekeeper
1.2.7 has run enexpectedly long and delayed its release beyond the
anticipated six months.

So, some form of 1.2.7 will be made available as soon as possible (if it
has bugs, it certainly has far fewer than 1.2.6), and, in the meantime,
Gatekeeper 1.2.6 remains as functional as ever even though it will
complain
about being out of date once every five days.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

When 1.2.7 is available, an anouncement will be posted in the comp.sys.
mac.announce newsgroup, it will be sent to all major Macintosh archive
sites, and posted to the comp.binaries.mac newsgroup.

----Chris


Chris Johnson

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From: chip@inter.interzone.ch (Marc Liyanage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: What is Maelstrom 1.03 game doing while loading?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 21:12:23 CET
Organization: Interzone Switzerland
Reply-To: chip@interzone.ch
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


Hi,

I just got a copy of the Shareware game Maelstrom 1.03. 

Every time I start it up, it displays a startup screen and 
a progress indicator labeled "Loading". It usually takes
about 10 seconds to complete. During this time, my harddisk
makes sounds that are very similar to the ones that my 
HD indexing program produces when searching.

Is this program scanning my HD for something?
Has anybody else noticed this behaviour? Is there a programm
that will let me check wich files are opened by the game?


Thanks


-Marc




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From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
Subject: Re: System 7.1 - Multitasking?? What else??
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:20:22 GMT

In <derosa.726261520@mica> derosa@rtsg.mot.com (John DeRosa) writes:

>I was reading a recent issue of Byte.  In an acticle
>on their best products of 1992, they talked about 
>the expanded memory of the Powerbook 180 and state,
>"The maximum RAM in the 180 has been extended to 
>14mb (an increase of 6mb over the 170) letting you
>tax System 7.1's multitasking capabilities even
>further."

>First, I did not think that 7.1 had true multitasking.
>What other capabilities does 7.1 have over 7.0.X?

Semantic problem. No version of the classic Mac OS (i.e. excluding A/UX) does 
pre-emptive multitasking, which is INCORRECTLY referred to as "true" 
multitasking. All for some time (version 5?) have offered a co-operative 
multitasking capability. This is very similar to how Windows multi-tasks 
Windows applications. In another sense, there techically IS pre-emptive 
multitasking in the for of interrupt tasking, but that is very limited. 

The reason I object to the 'true' terminology is that it is a subjective 
judgement. co-op systems can give as much illusion of two things happening at 
once as a pre-emptive, given well-written applications. Neither model gives you
the reality of two things happening at once. For that you would need multiple 
processors. The problem with Mac multitasking is simply that Apple has done 
such a superb job of maintaining appreciable backward compatibility with old 
programs and old programming techniques, and allowed programmers to be 
chauvinistic about demanding processor time. As a result, a lot of Mac programs
have 8-year-old code in them that still works, so has never been updated to 
work better with the newer systems. If you want to see Mac multitasking really
work, try using a late-model word processor while downloading with a late-model
telecomm program (or even an older one like Zterm that is written to live in a
multi-tasking environment) 

As for the rest of 7.1, it is mainly a rolling in of the Tuneup extensions and
some of Apple's other extensions plus the addition of enhanced foreign script 
systems (broadly, alternate alphabets and writing systems)  As far as I know, 
there is no real enhancement of multitasking operation over a tuned-up 7.0 or 
7.0.1.

Bill Stewart-Cole
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From: AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Andrew Vernon)
Subject: Re: How to use .afm-files?
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:57:59 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.094819.25096@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Herwig.Henseler@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Herwig Henseler) writes:
 
>Sorry if this is a FAQ: How Do I use the font-metric files which come
>with various free/PD/shareware-fonts? Does the LaserWriter use them
>if I put them in the System Extensions Folder, together with the Type 1
>font description?
 
.AFM files are useless unless you have a font editor like Fontographer, which
uses the information in modifying a typeface.
 
>Also: Why do Type 3 descriptions have no icon?
 
Probably because it wasn't assigned a creator code. .AFMs are text files
which contain font info, like kern/track tables, etc. You can open one
up in a word processor or text editor. Any file without a creator code or
the creator application tends to lose its icon.
 
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From: toma@baritone (Thomas Arneberg  {66642 CF/DEV})
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:59:13 CDT
Subject: PS Fonts: FontBank vs. Fluent Laser Fonts

Can anyone provide advice on Postscript fonts?

I have a IIci (system 7.0) with a TI MicroLaser printer with only 4 built-in
fonts, and I'd like to add some "novelty" fonts (headlines, cursive, etc.).

Someone has recommended against TrueType; he said they don't look as good
as real postscript fonts on a postscript printer. The same person said to
get ATM fonts since they'll look better on the screen, and he recommended
"Fluent Laser Fonts" by Cassidy and Green.

But I can't find that product anywhere in the Jan. '93 Mac User. I've
spotted a competing product, "FontBank Postscript Display Typefaces"
elsewhere. This includes *250* postscript fonts for $90!

Is one of these packages better then the other? Anyone know where I can get
"Fluent" if that's better? They both certainly seem better than the 
mega-buck Adobe fonts. I don't need a particular font, I just want lots 
of unique "niche" fonts to choose from for special occasions.

(Sorry for being so ignorant of this issue...I've been using my trusty Mac
Plus from early 1986 until this week, so I'm still using Times, Helvetica,
and Courier with the original bit-mapped screen fonts...)

Any tips are appreciated!
  - Tom A.
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Subject: PS Fonts: FontBank vs. Fluent Laser Fonts
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bbs@theporch.raider.net (Waffle BBS login)
Subject: Re: **IMPORTANT** System 7.1 Installer bug
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:12:36 GMT
Organization: MacInteresteds, Nashville's Macintosh User Group

bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:

>When I upgraded from 7.0.1 to 7.1 I discovered something interesting.
>If you just use the installer to move up to 7.1 (as opposed to a 'clean' 
>install) the installer duplicates the system fonts in both the system FILE and
>the fonts folder.  It also seems to stomp the purgable bit for the fonts 
>duplicated.  As a result these fonts are loaded in twice and are not purged 
>from memory, RAM like crazy.  When I removed the fonts from the system file 
>and rebooted I gained almost 100K of RAM back and 200MB of Hard disk space 
>from what 7.0.dot had used.  When I reinstalled the fonts that had been 
>duplicated the system heap stopped bumping into the application heaps and 
>causing 'There is insufficent memory to keep folder X open.' problem in the
>finder I had.

Yes, I had the very same problem and it caused me two evenings of grief as I
straightened everything out.  I wasn't sure what happened.  All I knew was
that the system had grown to gigantic proportions and fonts were in all the
WRONG places.  Thanks for your explanation and warning.

-David Anderson
Nashville TN
From: tompkins@dream11.ibmpcug.co.uk (Eric L. Tompkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7.1 and SE30
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 01:14:47 GMT
Organization: Dream Engineering
Reply-To: tompkins@dream11.ibmpcug.co.uk (Eric L. Tompkins)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1iki8uINNfuk@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> (comp.sys.mac.system), sarahh@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Sarah Highlander) writes:
> Is system 7.1 incompatible with the SE30?

I had no problems installing 7.1 on my SE/30.  Whenever I use any kind of installer
program, I always boot with the CAPS key down to disable extension loading.  Did you
run the new Compatibility Checker and follow its advice about removing system type
files it didn't like (although it says to remove a lot of stuff that really is compatible)?

You might have a hardware problem.  Bad disk, SCSIitis, etc.

If you have a decent backup, why not reformat your system disk and try to install
clean?  If that still doesn't work, and you're still confident of the quality of your
install disks, you'll need to check the hardware.

Not much help here.  Good luck.

Eric

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From: clumsden@TrentU.CA (cam lumsden)
Subject: Re: Rebuilding desktop ?
Reply-To: clumsden@TrentU.CA
Organization: Trent University, Peterborough
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:57:35 GMT

In article <delac-120193091202@dela.mgmt.purdue.edu>, delac@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu (Chas. DeLa) writes:
>There's a key press sequence under System 7 that allows you to rebuild the
>desktop without rebooting first.  Can anyone tell me what it is?
>
>Chas.
>
>Chas. DeLa                       Internet:  delac@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu
>Krannert Computer Center           BITNET:  delac@purccvm
>Purdue University                   Phone:  (317) 494-9564
>West Lafayette, Indiana  47907


You do a force quit of the finder by typing Cntl,Apple and Esc, then after 
giving permission for the Force Quit hold down the option and apple keys 
you will then be asked for permission to rebuild the desktop

							CL
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From: galster@plains.NoDak.edu (Dwight Galster)
Subject: 7.0.1 keyboard menu lost
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:37:16 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

I have a new LCII. Originally there was a menu item next to the Finder icon
to select keyboard layout (eg Dvorak etc.).  This has disappeared.  I don't
know what I erased or moved and I can't find it on the system disks.  The
control panel for selecting keyboard layouts is still in place, but I want
the menu back!  Please tell me how.

Dwight galster@plains.nodak.edu
Superior Christian Education Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
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From: Anand_Mani@edgeway.wimsey.bc.ca
Organization: EdgeWays! InfoLink - A FirstClass GUI BBS - "The Edge of Communications and GateWays to the World." North Vancouver, BC Canada
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 09:43:42 PST
Subject: Re: ATM, Suitcase and System 7.1?

Do System 7.1, Suitcase 2.1.2 and ATM 2.03 work together?
If no: what can I do? (As far as I know, Adobe doesn't sell ATM 3.0?)
Hello, 
Yes they do work together

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From: georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Georg Schwarz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Memory Management Question
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:45:56 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: marie.physik.tu-berlin.de
Keywords: Mac, Memory

(I have no idea how the Mac OS works internally, so please correct me
if I'm wrong:)
Whenever an application is opened under System 7 it reserves a specific
fixed amount of memory. It seems to me that this amount of memory occupied
cannot be changed while the application is running.
The  problem is that many applications need much of this memory only
temporarily in certain situations (e.g. when checking the spelling)
according to the "About this Macintosh" info.
Is it possible to have dynamic memory management on the Mac so that
an application allocates only the amount of memory it currently really
needs and leaves the rest for others?
(I'm talking about an 68020 LC with 4MB and System 7.0.1 with tuneup 1.1.1)
Thanks,
	Georg

georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de
From: paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple Introduces ColorSync color matching software
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:41:50 GMT
Organization: Taniwha Systems Design

In article <1993Jan10.103259.460@sics.se> ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg) writes:
>In <1ins7pINNn4s@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha) writes:
>
>If ColorSync is just consisting of software, how is it able to match different
>monitors and different output devices with each other?

Monitor/card vendors provide profiles for their devices - or they make them on
the fly from a calibration accessory.

>So have do we intepret this "industry standard" provided by Apple?
>
>Is there anyone out there who knows what ColorSync is?

More generally CS uses the QuickTime component manager to allow a user to
install different color matching methods - they ship you their standard one
but allow you to purchase one from a different vendor which might produce
a better quality of output or a faster match.

Think of CS as being two things:

	- an API for programmers to program to use color matching methods

	- a particular color matching method which is provided as default

I think that the first one is the most important.

So if another "industry standard" become the standard for matching then you
will just buy a component from that vendor and drop it in your system folder.


		Paul Campbell
		SuperMac

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From: gene@wucs1.wustl.edu (_Floor_)
Subject: Re: What about system 7.2 or 8.0!
Organization: The K-Zoo Crew
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:44:13 GMT

In article <C0I4Bw.3o3@DMI.USherb.CA> martin@DMI.USherb.CA (Jean-francois Martin) writes:
] Now that system 7.1 is out, what's is coming from apple this year and
] years to come? System 7.2, System 8.0? What these systems should be?
] At least, a Font Picker will make its debut in one of these? Something 
] else (better help support a la Windows, etc...) What do you think?

I wonder as well. After all, Apple says it will be distributing some
extensions later in the year to supplement Sys 7.1 that it originally
had planned to include in it. So the talk of what would be Sys 8 that were
started when it was realized Sys 7 was to fall short of expectations
seems to be far off in the future. But I'm wondering if Sys 8 will
ever be a reality - what about Pink? Taligent makes no claims of the
machines on which it will run (or is that makes claims of running on no
machines?), but I think we can be rest assured that Macs will be one.
I certainly wouldn't expect Apple to put out a rival operating system
to Pink if Pink is very popular....but maybe I'm wrong about this point.

I've been so pleased with the utter stability of Sys 6.0.3 and have been
able to find and run just about everything I need (and enjoy) that I've
been rather reluctant to go up to Sys 7. But since it seems as though it
will be a long time before anything better than 7.1 will come out,
I'm tempted to go ahead and upgrade...


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From: dan@camel.scubed.com (Dan Peterka)
Subject: MacTCP and Quadra's
Organization: S-CUBED, A Division of Maxwell Labs; San Diego CA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:39:39 GMT


Help!

I've got a Quadra 950 (Sys 7.0.1 - tuned) that I need to have running
MacTCP 1.1. I've used the network installer from apple to install
Appletalk 58.0 so that localtalk performs better, but now, I can't get
the MacTCP CP to show localtalk as a network option!  Ethernet is the
only choice in the window, and I'm not on an Ethernet.

The network CP shows all the proper choices - why not MacTCP?

As I understand things, the new MacTCP is needed for System 7.1, but
that's not what I'm running. I had MacTCP running properly (but
slowly) before Atalk 58.0 install.

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