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From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
Subject: Re: IS CRYSTAL QUEST 2.2 S7 COMPATIBLE?
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 05:02:28 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

ljones@utkvx4.utk.edu (Jones, Leslie Lamont) writes:
>1. Is Crystal Quest 2.2 compatible with system 7; i.e., will it make my system

I picked up version "2.20z" which is "Copyright 1992" according to Get Info.,
It works fine for me under 7.0.1.

>I found CQ 2.2 on sale for $15, prompting this post. Incidentally, the same
>store has such antiquities as ThinkTank 512 (predecessor of MORE) and Execel
>1.03!

I got mine at MacWorld for $25 (actually $75 for 3 games) and it included
Critter Editor as well.

Since I picked up version 2.0 of Pararena (and knowing that they usually
do some minor bug fixes, etc) I also asked about upgrade policy.
They said that they will do upgrades for "free".  You just need to
send them a disk, postage paid.  Sounds good to me.  Even better would
be if they would post online updaters, and I suggested that, but
we shall see.

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From: dckim@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Comments on Miracle Piano teaching system
Keywords: Miracle
Date: 16 Aug 92 05:21:42 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University


	Hello everybody....

	  Has anyone used Miracle, one of those piano teaching system, for
	  Macintosh. I am thinking of getting me one but I would like
	  to hear other comments of it.


												Thanks in advance
												David Kim
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From: jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Optional blank line in Word 4.0 labels.
Date: 19 Aug 92 23:06:02 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

Hi, one of the ladies at work asked me to yell for help.

She's printing labels with either 5 or 6 lines depending on the presence of 
an organization name.  She can remove the empty line with an if-endif statement,
but this doesn't add a blank line after the address to keep them properly
spaced on the labels when printed.

If anyone know the proper why to say "if there is only five lines in the 
address, add an extra carriage return at the end of the address" please let me
know.

(If this description seems completely whacked-out, it because I don't do 
this myself, and am trying my best to describe what she wants to do.)

E-mail or post, either way works for me.

advTHANKSance,
Larry J
From: jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Typing Tutor for the mac?
Date: 18 Aug 92 00:42:51 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <1992Aug18.001055.2641@u.washington.edu> pmfisher@milton.u.washington.edu (Patrick Fisher) writes:

>	All libraries should have them.  They are called typing
>books.  Helped me out quite a bit FOR FREE.

>	Pat-

You were supposed to file out the card in the back and send it in with $20
or stop using the book after 30 days.

Larry J



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: t89par@tdb.uu.se (Par Svensson)
Subject: AutoDoubler conflict?
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 10:54:02 GMT

The other day I tried to defragment my harddisk by using the Norton Speed Disk,
but instead of a faster disk, I only got a crashed system file. Is Norton
Utilities incompatible with AutoDoubler, which I have installed?

/Par

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: himsolt@trillian.fmi.uni-passau.de (Michael Himsolt)
Subject: Word 5.0 problem : subscribed drawings update on every opening
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 09:01:53 GMT

I hope this is not a faq that has been discussed many times before :

I have a ~200  page MS Word document  with ~20 subscribed  Canvas
3.0 drawings. Each time I open the document, it seeems that *all*
drawings are re-loaded.

If I  close the  window without having  done a single  keystroke,
Word asks me  whether i  want so save  changes. If  I do so,  the
document gets ~ 300 kb larger (fast save). The effect vanishes if
I remove all subscriptions.

I have tried  it out with a virgin  system,  fresh installed word
(II si, german word & system), and the  effect remains.
 
Does anybody know a solution ?

Thanks in advance

-- Michael
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From: cht@athena.mit.edu (Chester Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: 3-D renderers/modellers.  (was: * Review: Infini-D 2.0)
Date: 20 Aug 92 01:41:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Aug20.014157.27737
Distribution: na
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Since we're taking about rendering programs, I thought it might be
a good time to ask a few questions.

I've been considering getting one of these programs and from what
I read in MacUser and MacWorld reviews, I have narrowed it down
to:  StrataVision 3d, Infini-D, and Ray Dream.

StrataVision supposedly has the most features and beautiful output
but is slowest at rendering and is somewhat hard to learn.

Infini-D doesn't have real spline curves and vertex editting.

Ray Dream's output is somewhat poor and thus requires buying 
another program called JAG.  Also has annoying interface with lots
of modules.


*** Can anyone who has one or more of these programs please
comment on how they like it and whether my suppositions are true?


Thanks and please reply any way you like!
Chester Liu

cht@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Larry Slack <las1@cornell.edu>
Subject: PD Printer Util & First Things First?
Nntp-Posting-User: las1@cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d1
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:10:37 GMT

Hello,

I'm looking for TWO pieces of software, hence the subject line.

1)	I need PD or SW software that will keep a record of documents that
were printed from a pacticular Mac.  A while ago, I had seen a system
extension (PD or SW) software that created a text file (in the system
folder) of names, dates, and times of printing.  I tried to locate this
extension on SUMEX and other sites with no success.

2)	"First Things First", a PIM, used to be available on SUMEX as a SW
product. I realize that it has been released with newer features as a
commercial program but all I really need it for is the clock function -
yes, I've used SuperClock 3.9.1, but I cannot change the location of
SuperClock (at the top of the screen) as is possible with FTF.  Similarly
to the printer software, I can't find this on SUMEX, etc.  Has it bneen
removed?

If you know where these software products are located, or is you have the
described SW/PD products would you please send me mail on how to get them?

Thanks!

Larry Slack
Computer Support Specialist
Family Life Development Center
Cornell University
G-20-3 MVR Hall
Ithaca, NY   14853-4401
INTERNET: las1@Cornell.Edu
YELLNET:   607-255-7794
FAX:          607-255-8562

"Great moments were made for aspirin ..."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jbush@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (J Eric Bush)
Subject: Cindy's Desktop Clock
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:35:45 GMT


If anyone is interested, I have a short little desktop clock program that
display some nice pictures of Cindy Crawford.  If you would like to have
a copy of this program, send email to: jbush@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu.
Please include a complete internet address for return mail.  This program
should only be run on machines with at least 16 shades of gray to look
decent.

Eric
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From: Rick.Igou@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Rick Igou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Looking for Fun Typing Program
Date: 22 Aug 92 18:43:35 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <bic.714182910@piglet.mmwb.ucsf.edu> bic@piglet.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Bruce Cohen) writes:
>
>	I am looking for a fun typing program for my 11 year old son.  
>
>	Thanks.
>
>-Bruce

Try Typing Tutor V, by Kriya Systems. It's available for Macs and features
a typing game called Word Invaders, in which you type various words as
they drop or pass overhead to score points and preserve certain graphic
land-masses--much like the old Space Invaders game.

It also provides drills and practice sessions, and provides a letter by
letter speed and accuracy chart.

I don't work for Kriya or own stock or any other, &c, &c, &c.

-Digou

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: dave@prc.unisys.com (David Lee Matuszek)
Subject: Re: Idiots and word processors (was Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of.)
Organization: Paoli Research Center - Paoli, PA
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:30:52 GMT

In article <ferch.713466167@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca> ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch) writes:
>
>This is an over-simplification. For simple documents, yes translating with
>XTND is fine, but many formatting features will not always translate
>properly. Let's see you take a 50 page report in Word that uses styles,
>automatic T.O.C., multiple columns, tables (via the Insert Tables
>feature), headers, footers, footnotes, text-wrapped graphics,
>keep-lines-together, keep with next paragraph, etc. and try to translate
>it to Nisus or MacWrite II and then back to Word. You will lose a lot of
>formatting whether you use XTND or MacLink Plus. This translates into a
>lost of lost time and, of course, a lot of lost money for many users.

I agree completely.

But having said that, let me add that I used MS Word from version 1.00
through version 4.0.  I ditched it a year and a half ago in favor of
Nisus.  Recently I had to write a significant report (about 80 pages)
at work, using Word 4.  It drove me up the wall.  After a couple of
days I brought in Nisus, finished the report, saved it in Word format,
and used Word for the final touch-up (very little effort
needed--mostly spell-checking, since I had brought in only the
bare-bones Nisus program and ran it from floppy).  I found it much
faster and easier than coping with Word.

> And yes, there are a lot of Word users that can and do use all those
> features. Until there is a universal word processing file format,
> exchanging documents between users of different word processors is going
> to remain a frustrating endeavour. Sure, for the occasional exchange, XTND
> is fine, but for day to day back and forth editing, it's not acceptable.

IMHO it's fine for "day to day back and forth editing," but in really
large projects with tables, wrapped graphics, etc., it may not be
acceptable.

Your mileage can and will vary.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jay@rosemount.com (Jay Warrior)
Subject: Need complete path to..
Organization: Rosemount Inc
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:38:30 GMT

Somebody mentioned the CDEV called Trimmer which cuts down the size of
those large PostScript files. Could someone give me a path (system/directory/
filename) where I can find a copy ?
--jay
From: hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Misc questions...
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:51:47 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

In article <1992Aug20.145010.2550@cc.umontreal.ca> soubyran@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Soubyran Richard) writes:
>
>Hi Fellow Macers!
>
>2. Is there a utility which would permit me to run X-Windows on my
>   Mac IIci? I am connected to a SGI Indigo at 9600 bauds (direct
>   connect modem).
>
The program you're looking for is MacX, available from Apple for about $219
street price.

h.
From: artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Fetch and GIF Weather Maps, SUMMARY
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:50:33 GMT
Reply-To: artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Thanks to all who had advice about making FETCH properly download
GIF weather maps via FTP from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu.  Most respondants
suggested making sure I was using "binary" and ".gif" suffix mapping,
which I was.  Mike Califf, however, gave me the magic solution.  To
do this I had to update to FETCH 2.1b4 (Sorry, I don't know where to get it 
via FTP, a friend at work gave it to me).  I didn't see a way to do the below 
tip with FETCH 2.06.  Plug: FETCH is a great program!

-------------------------------------- E-Mail text from Mike Califf follows:

There are two steps necessary to make the file transfers work.
[deleted text about binary, suffix mapping]

The second is a little less obvious.  Under the "Customize" menu select
"Preferences" and select the Topic "Miscellaneous" from the Popup menu.

You need to check the 'Use "TYPE I" to retrieve binary files' checkbox.
Otherwise Fetch uses "TYPE L 8" to switch to binary mode and the IBM
mainframe at UIUC quite happily does 8-bit ebcdic to 8-bit ascii translation.

(Jim added this option at my request - I was having problems getting the
files from VMD also :-)

Mike Califf
califfm@baylor.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Deane Yang <yang@fields.waterloo.edu>
Subject: Writing screenplays
Organization: The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 12:53:53 GMT


My wife has been using Microsoft Word version 4 to write screenplays. As
far as
I can tell, this is the software most commonly used by screenplay
writers. I was
wondering if anyone had found any other word processor, say Nisus,
suitable for
writing screenplays.

I already owned WriteNow and upgraded to the latest version, hoping to
get my 
wife to switch to it. Unfortunately, WriteNow does not support an
all-caps 
character style. Also, I couldn't figure out how to define a paragraph
style 
that includes adding space before and after the paragraph.

Some of you may wonder why an all-caps style is needed. That was my 
initial reaction. I told my wife that her screenplays would look a lot
nicer 
if she used bold face and italics instead of all caps. Unfortunately, the 
industry still demands the old-fashioned format. She even switched her
font 
from Times or Palatino to Courier to make it look like it came out of a 
typerwriter. One reason for this is that people estimate the running time
of the 
film by the number of pages in the screenplay. The nicer fonts compress 
everything substantially, causing people to underestimate the length.

Deane Yang
From: j-norstad@nwu.edu (John Norstad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: How do Nuntius/NewsWatcher/other work??
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:29:01 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Northwestern University

In article <yogi.714139783@coombs>, yogi@coombs.anu.edu.au (Michael
Hanslip) wrote:

> CAN I ASK A POTENTIALLY STUPID QUESTION AT THIS POINT?
> WHERE DOES ONE OBTAIN MACSLIP????
> I HAVE JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PAINS OF GETTING EUDORA TO WORK 
> FROM HOME AND THIS SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.

Not stupid at all.

MacSLIP is a product of Hyde Park Software.

Hyde Park Software
P.O. Box 7133
Austin, TX 78713
info@hydepark.com
(512)454-1170

John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
j-norstad@nwu.edu
From: hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Optional blank line in Word 4.0 labels.
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:35:42 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

In article <57299@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell) writes:
>Hi, one of the ladies at work asked me to yell for help.
>
>She's printing labels with either 5 or 6 lines depending on the presence of 
>an organization name.  She can remove the empty line with an if-endif statement,
>but this doesn't add a blank line after the address to keep them properly
>spaced on the labels when printed.
>
It seems to me that the easiest thing to do would be to get a program that
does labelling for you, instead of using MS Word. Iw
(oops) would try FastLabel. Unfortunately, I don`t remember who makes it.

h.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: david@sherpa.uucp (Dave Quarles)
Subject: ..  CANNOT  U N P A C K  a game called 5-Stix ........
Organization: Personal System Computing :-) Gulfport, FL
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 15:57:01 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: Help - cannot unpack a game called 5-stix

I downloaded a game called  " 5-Stix "  and cannot get it unpacked.

Does anyone know why Downline, Stuffit, UnStuffit Deluxe, or Compact
Pro 1.33 cannot dent this archive ??

Any help will be appreciated.

-----------------------------------------------  Dave  -----------------
From: Paul.Conaway@p22.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Paul Conaway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FaxStf
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 00:32:47 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.22 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

On 8/8/92, Peter Bierman writes: 

  PB> lud@wam.umd.edu () writes:
  PB> 
  > I am using a Supra V.32bis modem. Rom version 1.000
  > 
  PB> You need the Rom version 1.200c. It fixes a bunch of fax problems.
  PB> 
  PB> ---
  PB> The opinions I express are rarely my own, because my own are far too
  PB> outragous to post here.
  PB> 
  PB> IntNet:zaphod@bluemoon.rn.com    FutureNet: #33@#10
  PB> The Metropolis (614)-846-1911
  PB> 
 
  Peter, I took a look at my friends FaxSTF software and I liked what I saw.
He showed me what drivers came with it and I couldn't find one that seemed to
fit my modem. I have a PPI 14400FXSAV.32bis modem. We tried to get it to work
with a couple of the drives but no luck. What driver should I be using? Or
does FaxSTF have drivers for the PPI 14400FXSAV.32bis modem? My manual says
that the modem supports type 1 faxes. Any help would be greatly appreciated?
Thanks. Your next question I guess would be 'why didn't I use the fax software
that came with the modem?' It only came with DOS software for faxing. I called
PPI and they said they were still working on a version of the software that
would work with my modem and would call me when it was ready. It is currently
in Beta. I'm not holding my breath. Thanks again.

Paul

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From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: HD backup software
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:48:09 MST
Reply-To: tosh!starta@enuucp.eas.asu.edu (John Starta)

flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui) writes:

> What's everyone's favourite HD backup software?

Retrospect by Dantz Development.

john

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <JNeedleman@MCIMail.com>
Subject: Re: AutoDoubler conflict?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 13:13:01 EDT
Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6BA9CDCE6017110@via.ccb4.merit.edu>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 21 Aug 92 13:15:08 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.171119.298@ziff.com> Robert Hess,
robert_hess@macweek.ziff.com writes:
>> The other day I tried to defragment my harddisk by using the Norton
Speed Disk,
>> but instead of a faster disk, I only got a crashed system file. Is
Norton
>> Utilities incompatible with AutoDoubler, which I have installed?
>
>There should be no problem with this scenario. However, I don't know
offhand if
>Speed Disk is considered a "literal" to AutoDoubler. If not, the
defragmentation
>process would be MUCH faster if you reboot without AutoDoubler or turn
it off
>prior to defragmenting. This is due to the fact there's no reason for
Speed Disk
>to be handed files in their native, fully-expanded format since it's
simply going
>to relocate them.

I'd just add that you're best off disabling ALL inits when defragmenting
in any case. Matter of fact, you probably should boot from the Norton
"Emergency" disk and run Speed Disk from there--I've heard a few horror
stories of tragic crashes while defragmenting the active system disk!

Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: dave@bradley.bradley.edu (David Vessell)
Subject: Automap for Mac?
Organization: Bradley University
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 16:29:33 GMT



I've been looking at that program Automap, the intelligent road atlas, and
I thought it would be a wonderful companion for the Powerbook I just
bought.  Can anyone tell me if Automap is available for the Mac?

I'd also like to know if Civilization by Microprose has been issued for the
Mac.
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From: lee@snoopy.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: * Review: Infini-D 2.0
Date: 18 Aug 92 03:01:43 GMT
Reply-To: lee@cs.umass.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Software Development Lab, UMass, Amherst
In-reply-to: folta@cs.umd.edu's message of 18 Aug 92 00:09:54 GMT

In article <59728@mimsy.umd.edu> folta@cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes: