HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: QuickMail vs Microsoft Mail
Date: 16 Dec 92 20:46:26 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <1992Dec16.003013.3027@NOC.Vitalink.COM> wlopez@vitalink.com
(WLopez) writes:
>We are considering purchasing Microsoft Mail for our PC community but would 
>like to be able to exchange mail with our Mac community who are already on 
>QuickMail.

We chose to put QuickMail on our PCs.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: simon@mmpe.mineral.ualberta.ca (Simon Tortike)
Subject: Re: comp.sys.mac.engsci: Good idea
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:49:26 GMT

adz@mitre.org (Andrew D. Zenowich) writes:

>I would also like to see this group co e up.

Since I made the original (foolish?) suggestion that someone should set about
making this a reality, I guess I should put my money where my mouth is. I
have got a copy of the guidelines for usenet group creation, and will be
following the required procedure with a official posting of a call for
discussion in the next few days (once I get all my grades out) for
a new group entitled comp.sys.mac.ENGSCI. I'll include a list of specific
points which can be addressed by the new group, and expect many more to
be added. As required, I shall also coordinate the vote tallying by setting
up special mailing accounts.

Watch this space for more on comp.sys.mac.engsci...

--
Simon Tortike                       | tel     : 403/492-3338
Asst. Prof. of Petroleum Engg.      | fax     : 403/492-3409
Dept of Min-Met-Pet Engg.,          |
University of Alberta,              | Internet: simon@mmpe.mineral.ualberta.ca
Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.       | 
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.apps:18634 comp.sys.mac.misc:20677 comp.sys.mac.wanted:11809
From: kelly@lclark.edu (Kelly Wainwright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Grammar Checker Recommendations?
Date: 15 Dec 92 21:52:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Dec15.215210.24225
Organization: Lewis & Clark College

The subject today is Grammar Checkers.  The writing center here is currently 
trying to select a grammar checking application to recommend to students, 
especially those with dyslexia.  Please let me know if you are currently using
a grammar checker, the name and company's name, whether you are satisfied or 
not and what special features it offers.  I would really appreciate any 
suggestions either posted here or sent to me via e-mail.  I will post a 
summary of what I get.

Thanks in advance,
Kelly Wainwright
kelly@lclark.edu
From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: re: Compression Utility Question
Date: 11 Dec 92 21:54:26 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

In article <1992Dec11.123944.349@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK>, Scott.Walsh@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Scott Walsh) writes:
> Try AutoSqueeze, its PD and available at all the usual places ....
> 
> its a bit slow ..butt then it is cheep
> Cheers
> -- 
> SCOTT ......
> voice : 0483 31115 x43720
> email ee11sw@surrey.ac.uk


    AutoSqueeze is an early version of what later became one of the payware 
transparent compressors.  It's buggy and can cause data corruption and data 
loss.  I'd stay away from it.  If price is a concern, SpaceSaver's only $35.

Elliotte Rusty Harold		Department of Mathematics
elharo@m.njit.edu		New Jersey Institute of Technology
erh0362@tesla.njit.edu		Newark, NJ 07102
From: jhi@netcom.com (John Im)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Rename an account in Quicken?
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:45:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <2340@shaman.wv.tek.com> Alan.Jeddeloh@tek.com writes:
>Anybody know a reasonable way to rename an account in Quicken 3.0?  My
>checking account is still named "Checkbook 91"!

It took me a while to figure this one out, although I suppose it's in the
manual somewhere.  Anyway, go to the "Accounts" menu and select "Account List".
This gives you a window with a list of all your different accounts.  Select
the one you want (single-click), then go to the "Edit" menu and select
"Edit Account".  This even lets you change the maximum balance on credit
card accounts (something else I couldn't figure out for a while).

Oh, regarding the most recent version...  I was just sent release 8 a couple
of weeks ago.  It fixes a problem with the Billminder extension, as well as
a few other minor things.  I really wish they'd let people know about new
versions.  I thought the Billminder problem was a conflict with one of the
30+ extensions I use.

- John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: graham@convex.com (Marv Graham)
Subject: RAM DISK programs for the MAC??
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 17:47:32 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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.

Where can I get a program (driver, INIT, CDEV??) that will let me use some RAM
as a DISK?  There are many such drivers available for the PC.  Aren't
there any for the MAC 

Marv Graham; Convex Computer Corp.  graham@bach.convex.com
From: thpr_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Thomas Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Duplicating Coppy Protected Floppies
Date: 13 Dec 92 23:08:23 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Dec13.223121.9053@mercury.unt.edu> mcmains@unt.edu (Sean McMains) writes:

>In article <Bz7qJ7.12q@umassd.edu> Howard S Shubs, hshubs@cis.umassd.edu
>writes:
>>Ah, I see.  Opcode is apparently a company begging to have its user
>>protection scheme cracked.  Good luck.
>>
>>BTW, there -is- no such thing as "good" disk-based copy protection. Just
>>FYI.

>Also, for what it's worth, the invisible "key" files also reference their
>physical location on the drive, so simply copying them won't work. At
>least, this is my theory from OpCode's warnings to be sure to de-install
>their programs before performing a defragmentation on a drive.
>==========================================================================
>Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu>        |          University of North Texas
>==========================================================================
>"An open mind, in questions that are  not ultimate, is useful. But an open
>mind about  the ultimate  foundations either  of Theoretical  or Practical
>Reason is idiocy." - C.S. Lewis
>==========================================================================


Could someone give me a short list of what OpCode produces,
I'm not really familiar with them.
Thanks.

Tom Parker

thpr_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.apps:18762 comp.sys.mac.misc:20860
From: pharris@ucscm.ucsc.edu (Peter Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Using CLUTs on 256-color PICTs????
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:42:41 GMT
Organization: University of California Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: twilight-mac07.ucsc.edu
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
X-XXMessage-ID: <A7576AE07C010257@twilight-mac07.ucsc.edu>
X-XXDate: Fri, 18 Dec 92 20:47:44 GMT

You might try Adobe PhotoShop, which allows you
to edit CLUTs and, I believe, apply different
ones to different images. Also, try some of the
public domain image processors from the feds. I
would start with Image (available via anon ftp
all over the place) and go from there.
Peter Harris
University of California Santa Cruz
From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Interleaf CGM to Macintosh PICT
Date: 14 Dec 1992 13:31:08 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math.
NNTP-Posting-Host: function.mps.ohio-state.edu


Canvas (commercial program for Mac) comes with a plug-in called "CGM I/O".
I don't have any CGM files to try it out on...
-- 
  Gerald A. Edgar                Internet:  edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu
  Department of Mathematics      Bitnet:    EDGAR@OHSTPY
  The Ohio State University      telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office)
  Columbus, OH 43210             -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mike@pmafire.inel.gov (Mike Caldwell)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 18:33:08 GMT
Organization: WINCO
Subject: Sending Postscript Files to LaserWriter under 7.0
Distribution: world

I need to send postscript files from a UNIX machine to my local
LaserWriter.  I have sendps, but it doesn't seem to work under System
7.0 or 7.1.  It can't open the printer driver for the  LaserWriter and
it couldn't find the printer name.  Does anyone know what it requires
to send a postscript file to the LaserWriter un System 7.0?

Thanks,

Mike
---------
Mike Caldwell (mike@pmafire.inel.gov or mike@inel.gov)
Paths: ...uunet!pmafire!mike 

-- 
Mike Caldwell (mike@pmafire.inel.gov or mike@inel.gov)
Paths: ...uunet!pmafire!mike
From: bhuttam@woods.ulowell.edu (Bilal A. Bhutta  aka The Nukeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Questions about Graphing apps, demos etc.
Date: 17 Dec 92 18:07:02 GMT
Organization: Nuclear Eng. Dept, UMass-Lowell


Hello there,
   I currently use CricketGraph 1.3.2 for plotting, but its beginning to prove
inadequate for my needs and have been contemplating updraging to more powerfull
package. I tried SigmaPlot but it was so slow, even on an SE/30 that I wouldn't
even think of using in on my good ol' Plus. I have not tried either Igor or
Kleidagraph (sp?) so can't say much there. Where can I get demos of these
packages and of CricketGraph III. The features I basically want are spline curve
fitting, multiple y-axis (not just double y-axis), "broken" x-axis, medium-level
data manipulation capability etc. I would appreciate pointers from experienced 
users in the netland. Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Bilal A. Bhutta

p.s. Even DeltaGraph Sucks! I bought it way back but never liked or used it! :^(

----
Nuclear Engineering Dept.
U Mass-Lowell
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: siegel@world.std.com (Rich Siegel)
Subject: Re: MacPascal
Organization: GCC Technologies
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 16:18:20 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.150214.20942@midway.uchicago.edu> ejw1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

>>MacPascal is broken under System 6.0.* and 7.* .  The problems in 6.0.* can
>>be worked around, but certain procedure calls in 7.* give you the bomb. 
>>Despite this, Symantec, as far as I have been able to ascertain, do not
>>intend to do any further development on MacPascal and further will *still*
>>sell it in this state.

Version 3.0.3 works reasonably well under System 7, though it is not 32-bit
clean and is not guaranteed to be totally compatible. Getting updates from
a previous version can be problematic, but if you drop me E-mail I may
be able to be of assistance.

R.



-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rich Siegel                              Internet: siegel@world.std.com
Senior Software Engineer
GCC Technologies
From: ctaylor@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: 7.1 & AfterDark Fish! failure
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:20:18 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

I just instlled 7.1 on my Q 700.  The AfterDark Fish! module does not runbut
returns me to a frozen Finder.  I had the same problem w/ 7.0.1 which was
solved by turning off the sound in the fish! module and then turning it back
on.  So far this has not worked w/ 7.1.  I have AfterDark 2.0v. Any
suggestions?

Charles S. Taylor
Professor of Philosophy
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435

ctaylor@wsu.bitnet
ctaylor@desire.wright.edu

Until our next electronic ramble . . .
From: jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu (John Moulder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Statview Printing problem
Date: 14 Dec 1992 21:29:13 GMT
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin
Reply-To: jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu (John Moulder)
NNTP-Posting-Host: moulder.radbio.mcw.edu
Keywords: Statview

Is anyone else having a problem printing from the new version of Statview?

System: 6.0.8
LaserWriter Driver and Prep: 7.0
Statview: 4.0
Appleshare PrintServer 3.0

Problem:  When printing "views" the program crashes as soon as it finishes 
spooling to the printer (it does printing correctly).


John Moulder (jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu)      414-266-4672
Radiation Biology Group
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc
From: ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Interleaf CGM to Macintosh PICT
Date: 16 Dec 92 15:19:47 GMT
 <grismore-141292084611@130.248.208.99>
 <aggie-141292191307@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu>
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich

In article <aggie-141292191307@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu>,
aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie) says:
>
>There are three commercial apps that handle graphics conversion (sorry,
>I don't remember), and Canvas 3.*.
>
>The results where disappointing with my relatively complex NCAR CGM
>files. Very poor resolution, and Canvas would bomb more times than
>not. That may well be a function of the brain-damaged NCAR CGM's
>than the programs in general.
>
I have justed started using Canvas3.0 for converting and modifying CGM graphics
 files and have been fairly pleased.  No problem with resolution.  I am importi
ng zycor zmap+ graphics from the Sun SparcStation and other cgm files from a
PC application.  The only complaint I have is that Canvas is a bit slow with
larger files (100kb+) on my SE/30.

Harald S. Poelchau
Forschungszentrum Juelich (KFA)
Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: searsk@med.ge.com (Kevin Sears)
Subject: SUMMARY: Visual Impaired vs a GUI I/F
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: GE Medical Systems
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 23:04:57 GMT

Initially, I posted this message to comp.sys.mac.app and misc.handicap. The
latter newsgroup failed to receive it.

>I have a friend who is legally blind. His eye disease will eventually lead
>to total blindness.

>Yesterday, we were having a discussion about computers for the blind when
>he made the statement that GUI's such as on the Mac or Windows is of no use
>to a blind person.

>While work has been done to get computers to "speak" regarding plain old
>command line stuff, I was wondering if anyone has wrestled the GUI problem
>to the ground?

The best feedback I received of an existing Mac product is from Berkley
Systems(yes, the makers of AfterDark, the Mac/Windows screensaver). The
product is called "Out Spoken" which lists for $495. It uses the Macintalk
voice synthesizer driver to generate the voice. A key testimonial to the
product is that both tech support persons on this product are visually
impaired. The product has been on the market for 3 years. The Windows
version of this product is in development.

Also, Bo Kersey of the Univ. of Texas has a friend who is working on
software for the Mac that reads text intelligently. Hopefully, I will get
some more feedback from Bo's friend on the project.

While voice input was not requested, someone did remind me of Voice
Navigator(by Articulate Systems) as well as Apple's continuing work in this
area(code name "Casper").

Other findings brought a number of misc. phone numbers of which may be of
use but I have not had time to explore them.

Trace R&D Center 608-262-6966
Closing the Gap 612-248-3294
Apple Community Affairs 408-974-2974

Thanks for all of your feedback!

Kevin D. Sears
GE Medical Systems
searsk@med.ge.com
(insert disclaimer here)
(insert funny here)
(insert wisdom here)
Organization: Valencia University (Universitat de Valencia)   SPAIN
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1992 11:47:02 EST
From: <CANTERO@EVALUN11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject:    delete files

HI


 We want to delete files in background mode and deleting files more 1 month
old. It's possible ????


                       Thanks in advanced
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: dy@shire.math.columbia.edu (Deane Yang)
Subject: Chinese word processing
Organization: Mathematics Department, Columbia University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:49:46 GMT
X-Posted-From: shire.math.columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Could someone provide me with some information about
doing word processing in Chinese on the Macintosh
or on an IBM PC?

The only info I have indicates that this can be done
with the usual word processors, like Word, by using
a Chinese system. But what if I want to do both
Chinese and English word processing without having
to switch systems? Offhand, I think a word processor
specifically designed for Chinese would be more efficient.
Does such a thing exist?

If I want the Chinese system for the Mac, how do I
get it?

Also, is it really practical to do Chinese word
processing on a Mac? The main difficulty appears
to be the input process. Is the situation any better for
an IBM PC?

I would appreciate any information and advice on this.

Deane Yang
From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Add'l StuffIt Unpleasantness (Was: Re: Stuffit Lite unpleasantness)
Date: 12 Dec 92 16:09:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Dec12.160942.13646
Reply-To: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Originator: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu

In article <962@pacs.pha.pa.us> 
 cjr1@pacs.pha.pa.us ( Christopher Rooney) writes:
>In article <BywHrq.H2t@news.udel.edu> 
 johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
>>In article <955@pacs.pha.pa.us> 
 cjr1@pacs.pha.pa.us ( Christopher Rooney) writes:
>>>        1) With Disinfectant 2.9 selected in the Preference dialog as my
>>>           anti-virus app, I would get an error, after unstuffing, saying
>>>           that it wasn't responding to AEvents (Disinfectant would then open
>>
>>In this case, it might help to read the manual.  Disinfectant does not
>>support AppleEvents.  
>
>This is not what I was told before.  Obviously, this was erroneous
>information.

This is an understandable confusion.

Anti-viral appleevents were a feature of a never-released-not-to-be-soon-
available-anywhere beta version of Disinfectant circulated among the
disinfectant working group and MacMash several viruses ago.

They were picked up and actually encorperated in other products.

Disinfectant has stayed at the less ambitious level of 2.x because
of the limits on John Norstad's time and the need to respond promptly
to several viruses. Some features for 7.0 compatability and such were 
retofitted, instead of finishing cleaning-up a drastic code re-write.

-- 
    Albert Lunde                      Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: hector@cs.toronto.edu (Hector Levesque)
Subject: OzTeX -> N-up printing??
Keywords: TeX, DVI files, Postscript, dvips, psnup
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:05:14 GMT

I would like to print drafts of TeX documents 2-up and sometimes 4-up.
Although I have the DMM LW Driver installed, which allows N-up printing from
most applications, OzTex completely bypasses the usual Print dialog.  Also, if
I use OzTeX to create a Postscript file, the Postscript appears to be
sufficiently non-standard that again I can't modify it to print N-up (even on
a Unix machine).

But here's what does work: move the DVI file to a Unix machine, use "dvips" to
create a Postscript file there, run that file through "psnup" to make an N-up
version, and ship the new Postscript file back to the Mac, and then send the
result to the printer with Apple's LaserWriter Font Utility.

Other than this glitch, OzTeX is fine.  But there must be a better way!  What
would be ideal is another application that could take DVI files and give me
access to the ordinary Print dialog so that DMM could do the N-up conversion.
Any ideas??

Thanks for any help.

Hector Levesque
U. of Toronto
hector@cs.toronto.edu
From: callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joel E Callan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: After Dark Fish! and Quadra?
Date: 12 Dec 1992 15:42:15 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From article <wingo-111292091416@wingosmac.apple.com>,
by wingo@apple.com (Tony Wingo):
> 2.0v works just fine for me on a Q700 (32-bit mode, compatiblity off, no
> VM). Every module I've tried, including freeware things I've picked up off
> the net, work just fine.
> -tony
> 
>>>usual disclaimer<<

Tony, just what do you mean "compatibility off"? Is that the 040 cache?

I have been thinking about upgrading my ci to a 700, but the price is really
too steep to be practicle, it would be cheaper to get a new 700. Along those
lines, any idea as to why that machine has been dropped from production?

Looks like Apple is making new models as fast as Honda changes the models of
their motorcycles. I owe more on my ci now than what the thing is worth, and
to top it off, I got it at student price from the local university (I'd be
crying in my beer if I could afford the beer:-(

  /`-_                   callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
 {     }/ Joel E Callan             Hey, why do you think I have the answer?
  \   ./  2909 N. 44th Street         May you sit on the tack of success
   |___|  Milwaukee, WI  53210        and rise to the occcasion!
-- 
  /`-_                   callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
 {     }/ Joel E Callan             Hey, why do you think I have the answer?
  \   ./  2909 N. 44th Street         May you sit on the tack of success
   |___|  Milwaukee, WI  53210        and rise to the occcasion!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: siegman@EE.Stanford.EDU (Anthony E. Siegman)
Subject: The New Nisus QUED/M 2.5
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 18:48:28 GMT

   A couple of initial comments on the new Nisus QUED/M 2.5, which
just came out:

* The "Transfer" menu, which was one of the attractive features of
QUED/M 2.09, with the ability to set up a specific set of transfer
menu items which will open up another appplication with the current
active file open in that application, appears to be completely gone.

For someone who wants to edit say a TeX source file in QUED/M, then
quickly transfer into Textures with that file open (or a similar
feature for any other programming language), this is a big loss, and
the Transfer capability in the new 2.5 much less useful.

Is there a way to do this via a macro?  I don't see any mention of
"Transfer" in the Macros section of the manual.

* You're supposed to be able to assign command keys to menu items with
the Assign Menu Key command, and conflicts with existing key
assignments are supposed to be flagged.  I tried to assign "command-T"
to "Tile Windows".  It works; but the conflict with the initial
default command-T for Transfer was not flagged; command-T doesn't
disappear from the Transfer item in the Edit menu; and attempts to
remove it were unsuccessful...?

Anyone from Nisus reading this...?


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: bobv@cherry.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Robert Veranes)
Subject: Losing Caps while saving files
Keywords: word, now utilities
Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 01:15:07 GMT

Whenever I try to save a file in Word 5.0a I am unable to use capital letters.  Using the shift key results in nothing showing up.  I am running Now Utilities and Directory Assistance from Norton.  Uppercase is fine within the application.

Any ideas.  Thanks,

Bob Veranes