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From: jwells@netcom.com (Court Jester)
Subject: Largest Unused Block in the Finder..?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:58:49 GMT

I'm just curious whether this is normal or not..

When I choose About This Macintosh from the Apple Menu, I
notice that the number after the "Largest Unused Block"
alternates between two values, both just one K away from
each other.

Is this anything I should be concerned about? (Btw, this
is in System 7.1)

Thanks!
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From: hampel@siemens.com. (Ken Hampel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Memory settings
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:26:46 GMT
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but what (if any) advantages
are there in running your Mac in 32bit mode. I have a IIsi and don't
notice any speed differences between 24bit and 32bit mode so I usually
just keep it in 24bit mode. Are there factors other than speed that would
influence one's decision to be in 32bit mode?

Also, for a IIsi, what is the optimum disk cache size?

Thanks,
Ken
From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Quicktime natural bit depth
Date: 21 Dec 92 01:07:35 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <168C19755.AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu> (comp.sys.mac.system), AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Andrew Vernon) writes:
> Jeffery,
> In article <1gqjp1INNni1@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU>
> You ask:
>  
> >What is the natural bit-depth that Quicktime movies use?  If I use a different
> >depth, will I see a serious performance hit?
>  
> QuickTime is based on a 16 bit pixel. If you use another depth, Quicktime will
> redither the movie to 16 bits. The only major slowdown is if you try to use
> QuickTime on a 1-bit display (Then it will also look crummy ;-)

Well, wrong on a few points.

The "natural" bit depth of a QuickTime movie is dependent on a number
of variables such as which compressor was used and what options were
used with that compressor.

The Video Compressor does use 16-bit as its "natural" bit depth, but
the Graphics Compressor uses 8-bit.  The Animation Compressor
can use a wide variety of bit depths.

Also, QuickTime 1.5 displaying a movie on a 1-bit device isn't
really too bad - beyond the obvious limitations.  They do a nice 
dither and it is really quite fast!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: reriksso@klaava.Helsinki.FI (era eriksson)
Subject: File copy unsuccessful -- what to do? 
Organization: .ObJoke
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:48:06 GMT


Firstly, I couldn't find anything on this in the FAQ list. It +ought+ to
be in the FAQ, IMHO. Maybe it's in the Apple manuals... <sigh> 

Often when I try to copy a few files to a disk more than a month old, I
get a message (in Finnish; can't give you the exact English wording but
you'll recognize this one) telling me that the copy operation was
unsuccessful, and offering me the options to either Cancel the copying
or Continue. 

If I'm copying multiple files, clicking Continue will sometimes result
in the next file being copied to the disk just fine.  A trick I
sometimes employ when calamity strikes is to select a small bogus file
along with the file I +want+ to copy, and copy them both.  If I'm lucky,
the bad spot on the disk will be within the bogus file, and clicking
Continue will copy the desired file just fine.  That's if I'm lucky (and
there's enough free space on the disk). 

I was under the impression that System 7 would handle these cases more
gracefully. Now, if I had a mountain of empty disks I wouldn't mind
much, but this usually happens with disks that are 70% full of my own
archives and somewhere where I can't just cough up a new disk instead of
the faulty one. 

I've occasionally tried Disk 1st Aid (the one that comes with the
System; haven't found the newest one yet) and MacTools on these faulty
disks, but that usually leads to either (a) the disk being flagged as
perfectly OK or (b) the whole disk being completely trashed, so I don't
do it anymore. 

Also, MacTools will usually somehow succeed in copying a file to a
semi-faulty disk. Problem is, 50% of the times, the copy will be
unreadable. 

With my limited understanding of the Mac file system, I'd guess
+some+ innovative and good-hearted person should have come up with a
utility which will scan the unused portions of the disk and flag the
unusable sectors as bad in the allocation table (whatever it's called on
a Mac disk). Question is, what? Where? How? 

Any other thoughts on this topic would be most valued. If this topic has
already been beaten to death, I'd appreciate if some of the gurus could
write up some sort of summary and mail it to me. 

Thanks, and pardon my unstructured prose, 


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From: los@coos.dartmouth.edu (Charles Dubuque)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: System 7.1 32bit enabler??
Date: 3 Jan 93 01:24:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

I have heard that System 7.1 includes a 32bit enabler for older Macs
(II, IIx, IIcx, SE/30) to run in 32bit mode that is different from the
Connectix MODE32 control panel. Is this true? I didn't get one in MY copy 
of 7.1, although maybe because I was one of the first on my block to get
7.1, I missed something in the general release?

So, if this beastie exists, please say so. And if it does and if it's
not too large, could someone mail me a copy?

Thanks,
Chuck Dubuque
ced@dartmouth.edu
los@coos.dartmouth.edu
From: dwv@magic.ucsb.edu (Dave Valentine;GS 2012;3471)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Strange Error at startup
Keywords: macintosh, system, system 7.1, startup
Date: 31 Dec 92 19:07:02 GMT

I had a strange error at startup. I had my system freeze up, then when I
started up, the finder couldn't load my startup-disk, so finder kept on
resarting itself. I tried the disk tools disk, and it booted, and loaded the 
disk, three windows would appear, then the finder would just cycle through
them. I couldn't get the the finder to start up the disk first aid. 
I rebuilt the desktop, and this didn't solve the problem. I reinstalled
the system, and that fixed it. Disk first aid said that the disk needed
opps  did not need fixing.
Any ideas on what the problem was?
System 7.1, Mac IIci, 32-bit enabled, various inits.
thanks,
david valentine
dwv@magic.ucsb.edu

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From: Erik_Sherwood@cybermac.sadye.emba.uvm.edu
Organization: Adrenaline Online, (802) 425-2332, a FirstClass system
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:39:43 EST
Subject: Re: Can't Rename Hard Drive

I don't really know why the mac in question would act like that, but if you
have to rename the hard drive, try booting up with a System 6 floppy (or the
system 7 disk tools disk) and rename the disk under system 6.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: Tony Huang <tonyh@msc.cornell.edu>
Subject: Hardware/Software to shut down and startup a mac automatically
X-Xxdate: Sat, 2 Jan 93 21: 25:34 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: tth1@cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 19:21:48 GMT

In article <1993Jan1.003342.19914@news.nd.edu> lynda freier,
lfreier@darwin.helios.nd.edu writes:
>Is there a shareware or freeware program that will automatically
>startup a mac in the morning and shut it down at night, safely.
>Are there any payware programs?

There's just such a device called PowerKey. It's a combination of
hardware and cleverly designed software. It can turn your Mac and/or
any peripherils on or off at any preset time or periodically if
you wish. The software is one of the most System 7-savvy programs
currently available. It can send or recieve Apple Events or run a
QuicKey at startup or shutdown (or any time). So theoretically you
can do almost anything unattended. The external device looks like a
power strip and there's nothing to set (you program everything on the
Mac through the control panel). It uses your Mac internal clock!
(What a clever design?!)

I have had the device for about a year and it has become indispensable.
The device can be purchase from your favorite mail order house for
about $75 (bundled with QuicKeys Lite). I can recommended it without
reservation. BTW, I'm just an extremely satisfied customer (The device
has also been reviewed by MacUser/Macworld recently and they highly
recommended it also).

Tony Huang
tonyh@msc.cornell.edu

P.S. If you need more flexibility to operate your Mac unattended, try
Easy Alarm and Frontier (assuming you already have PowerKey and
QuicKeys). I'll add Apple Script to the list when it becomes available.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro)
Subject: ResEdit 2.1.1 and window placement? HELP!!
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Date: 28 Dec 92 17:22:34 GMT
Summary: My windows fall off the bottom of the real screen
Keywords: help resedit window position

Well here we go again...I have ResEdit 2.1.1 on a Mac SE/30 8/200
running System 7.1, many inits (oops extensions).

I have the res templates for disassembly installed (the ones that
give a "modules" menu). Not sure where I got them from...I think it may
have been from apple.com or sumex. I used to have a full page display. Now
I have a shorter display. When I had the FPD I used to use it to display
the "code disasembly" window full page. Now I'm back on a shorter display
and my "code disasembly" window falls off the bottom of the screen. There
is no zoom box on these windows so I cannot get them back up.

I use 2 screens, I put the 9" above the now-shorter new display and moved the
code disasembly window up (till I could get at the size controls). Trouble
is, after quitting ResEdit, the new window size/position was not saved.
I tried to get into "preferences" but that crashes my mac.

Any ideas? I may have to go back to an unmodified ResEdit and start over!!

tia
--alen...trying to turn a Sparc into a Flame

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From: ira@Apple.COM (Ira Ruben)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ResEdit 2.1.1 and window placement? HELP!!
Keywords: help resedit window position
Date: 29 Dec 92 08:56:59 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro) writes:

>Well here we go again...I have ResEdit 2.1.1 on a Mac SE/30 8/200
>running System 7.1, many inits (oops extensions).

>I have the res templates for disassembly installed (the ones that
>give a "modules" menu). Not sure where I got them from...I think it may
>have been from apple.com or sumex. I used to have a full page display. Now
>I have a shorter display. When I had the FPD I used to use it to display
>the "code disasembly" window full page. Now I'm back on a shorter display
>and my "code disasembly" window falls off the bottom of the screen. There
>is no zoom box on these windows so I cannot get them back up.

>I use 2 screens, I put the 9" above the now-shorter new display and moved the
>code disasembly window up (till I could get at the size controls). Trouble
>is, after quitting ResEdit, the new window size/position was not saved.
>I tried to get into "preferences" but that crashes my mac.

>Any ideas? I may have to go back to an unmodified ResEdit and start over!!

I am not sure where you got the CODE editor and what version it is (probably
2.4 from a developer CD or 2.9 from an ETO), and it's been a while since
I looked into things, but I believe if you can get into ResEdit, open the
ResEdit Preferences file in the Preferences folder (in the System Folder),
then delete the 'ilrP' resource.  That's where the CODE editor remembers its
prefs.  It will revert to its default settings and recreate the ilrP
resource.

The window position "logic" has changed a number of times (certainly after
2.4) and it tries to be "intelligent" about moving its prefs among systems
with different monitor configurations (or vice versa).  Maybe one of these
versions will get it right :-).  At any rate, the newest version is 2.12 and
will appear on the next ETO.  By the way there are no further versions planned.
2.12 was just "sitting on the shelf" (since last March) so I decided to let 
it out on the next ETO.

Ira Ruben
Apple Computer, Inc.
From: chuckp@u.washington.edu (Chuck Pliske)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: looking for fixed-space screen fonts
Date: 22 Dec 92 23:43:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec22.234312.8679
Organization: University of Washington
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75CE80D1D01372A@chuckp.staffdev.washington.edu>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 22 Dec 92 23:43:09 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13

I need a bunch of fixed-space bitmap fonts.  The majority seem to be 
proportional.  Does anyone know of a collection or a source?

Thanks,

Chuck
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
Subject: Re: Mac OS on PC
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:06:22 GMT

>Have you seen the book "Undocumented Windows"?  It even points out where MS 
>apps have used undocumented calls.  Could that book be one of the reasons
>the FTC has been making a bit more noise of late?

I've seen it, but the FTC's probes go back further than it's publication. The 
problem was clear to Win3 developers real early on...


>Actually, it is illeagel to "dominate" a market.  A company or group of
>companies (a trust) may not hold monopoly status in any market without the
>express permission of the feds.  These laws are called the "anti-trust"
>statutes and were put in place some time ago.

Semantics... MS can legally 'dominate' the OS market as it does... but it 
cannot 'dominate' it by being the sole provider of operating systems. They can
get away with what they have largely because of their illingness to license, 
and because there are real alternatives. One facet of Apple's monopoly on Mac 
OS's that has kept them safe is the fact that the product was essentially free.
I would not be surprised if the move now to a charge for 7.1 may relate to the
availability of non-Apple operating systems.


>It seem that MS is guilty of the charge of not fully documenting Windows.  
>But I'm not sure that this should be considered non-competitive behavior.
>Although MS is powerful, they are not powerful enough that there are 
>substancial barriers to entry in either applications or operating systems
>software markets.


Maybe not, but the problem is that they have sold Win3 as an operating system 
that others can program for. They don't tell you that if you want applications
that take full advantage of it, you may have to buy MS applications. They also
sell developers and publishers of development systems products that fail to 
provide the same development support their own developers get. The argument 
against such acts is that in a way it reserves for MS the higer-performance 
segment of the application market. Whether that is accurate is debatable, but 
it looks very suspicious for Word and Excel to be so strong in the Windows 
applications market. The question becomes : how did the knowledge of the Excel 
developers compare to those of 1-2-3 for Windows? (i.e. what did Lotus know, 
and when did MS deign to tell them?) 

I guess I look at the situation and compare it to the Mac: suppose no one but 
Claris had been told about the Standard File Package until system 7? It seems 
absurd, unethical, and likely illegal.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie)
Subject: Re: MacRecorder Driver 1.0.2
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: An Ol Ag surrounded by a bunch of unfriendly Seminoles
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:24:07 GMT

In article <BzJ4us.5BM@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim
McKay) wrote:
> 
> babb@sciences.sdsu.edu (J. Babb) writes:
> 
> >I put MR driver 1.0.2 in my extensions folder but when i go to the Sound
> >control panel, no macrecorder.
> >What gives?
> >Jeff.
> 
> I had the same problem.  Assuming you have a II, IICX or IIci, try this:
> 
> 1.) Load the non-appletalk Imagewriter driver so that it showws up in 
> the Chooser.
> 2.) Pick the IW in the chooser and click on modem then printer ports icons
> a few times
> 3.)  Reboot.
> 
> Apparently the folks at MAcromedia claim Multifinder and Sys 7 don't reliquish
> the serial ports so one needs to reset the EPROM withthis kludge.  Then
> it should work ok thereafter.  If you have a 900 or IIfx, there's a serial 
> switch Extension you need to use instead.

There's also a conflict with virtual memory in system 7 that causes 
the MR driver to not function.

James
From: eazy@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Anderson-Zych)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Software that cuts power to a disk drive
Summary: Is there a program that cuts power to a hard drive?
Keywords: power software
Date: 29 Dec 92 23:48:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Recently I finally was able to upgrade the hard drive on my SE.  Rather than 
being stuck with a slow 20MB drive, I now have the pleasure of using a fast
120MB drive.

The new drive is on a shelf a few feet away; that way I don't have to
listen to its fan.  I have nothing on the old drive and don't plan on using
it anytime soon.

Is there a program that will let me shut off the old internal drive?
I know about SCSI Saver, and don't like it.  It doesn't turn the drive off; 
it just spins it down.  What I want is a program that will let me specify
what drive doesn't need to be turned on.  The next time I power up, that drive]
would not.

A long shot, I know, but maybe someone has a solution.

Thanks in advance,
Happy New Year]

Eric

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From: arnold@i81s15.ira.uka.de (Arnold Niedermaier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: A/ROSE
Date: 21 Dec 1992 10:53:29 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: i81s15.ira.uka.de


A/ROSE is a multi-tasking operating system that runs on a 
NuBus card plugged into any Macintosh family of 
computers. It stands for Apple / Realtime Operating System.
A/ROSE will run on any 
NuBus card as long as the micro-processor used is a 
member of the Motorola MC68000 family.

        The card-dependent routines of A/ROSE reside as resources 
in the A/ROSE file.  The A/ROSE file is 
currently  put into the System Folder.  
These resources specify all the hardware specific 
information that A/ROSE needs to run and communicate with 
the Macintosh and other NuBus cards.

I hope this is enough information for you to decide for deleting
the A/ROSE file.



Nevertheless, we are interested in getting into contact with 
other people who use NuBus cards and have some experience in
programming those cards.


Arnold

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: bhanafee@picasso.ads.com (Brian Hanafee)
Subject: Re: IMPORTANT-7.1 installer quirk
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA 94043, +1 (415)
	960-7300
	<1992Dec22.152737.946@sunova.ssc.gov>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:14:01 GMT


In article <1992Dec22.152737.946@sunova.ssc.gov> cca@sscux1.ssc.gov (Charles Allen) writes:

>When I did the 7.0 to 7.1 upgrade, here's what happened with fonts:
>
>All fonts moved to the new Fonts folder.
>
>Geneva, Monaco, and Chicago were ALSO in the System file.  I left them
>there (what happens if someone moves the Fonts folder?).

Geneva is the font most mac users have set for file & folder names on
their desktop.  (Check your Views control panel.)  That's probably why
it stayed in the system file.  System 7.1 is perfectly happy to use a
font that's only in your Fonts folder, though (I tried it).


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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 09:57:02 MST
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: $stephan@sasb (Stephan Fassmann, Software)
Subject: HELP: Word 5.0a Temp files where?
Organization: BYU
Distribution: world

Help:

Where does MS Word 5.0a keep its temperary files?
Can I change where they go?

Thanks a lot.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mfraase@mr.net (Michael Fraase)
Subject: Re: Help!  Need to locate update to MacTCP 1.1.1
Reply-To: mfraase@mr.net (Michael Fraase)
Organization: Arts & Farces
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:16:34 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.151919.10546@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, 
mstov@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (michael.p.stovsky) writes:

> Everything looked great, but my Mac crashed when I rebooted.  After playing 
> around with the control panels and extensions, I discovered that MacTCP 
version
> 1.1 was the culprit.  I called Apple's support line and they confirmed that
> it is necessary to upgrade to version 1.1.1.  They claimed this version is 
free
> and available from services as well as dealers.  I've looked around the net 
and
> have not been able to locate this file.

There's a copy in the XGator 2.0 demo. Look in the /demo directory of the 
sumex archive.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jared@netcom.com (Jared Slosberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Desktop Patterns in Black and White Only
Date: 30 Dec 92 17:47:21 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

When I go to the General Control Panel, all I get are black and white
desktop patterns to choose from, even though I have a color monitor and
everything else is in color.  How do I get color patterns.

Thanks,

Jared