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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #249
Date: 17 Oct 92 02:39:14 GMT
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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 16 Oct 92       Volume 10 : Issue 249

Today's Topics:

      [*] 2Way Network Speakerphone Demo
      [*] Address Book 3.4.1
      [*] Address Book Utilities
      [*] axo-calculator-10.hqx
      [*] electric-fire.hqx
      [*] MacStarter_C (THINK C 5.0 application shell source code)
      [*] orbs-return-202.hqx
      [*] Pentominos.hqx (pentomino-puzzle-solving application)
      [*] rebel startupscreen
      [*] sounds/cheech_and_chong.sit.hqx
      [*] Stapler1.0
      [*] Suitcase Updater 2.1.2.sea
      [*] System 7.1 New Features Read File
      [*] Teacher's Grading Program 1.40
      [*] TurboGopher 1.0.2
      [*] Video Poker ... NOT! version 1.1
      128k Mac
      3Com 3+Share over AppleTalk with System7
      accessories to print over ethernet?
      Anyone had mailorder experience with Bottom Line Dist.?
      Apple Tape Drive (Response)
      Basic, Forth, Medicine
      Chip Merchant (Q)
      connecting Canon BJ
      Desktop problem
      DeskWriter Drivers (A)
      dongles (NOT!)
      Empower (C)
      Error Types
      Flatbed Scanners (Q)
      FTP access to Macs
      Hayes Command Set Questions
      HD Defragmenting
      HyperCard with colors and Hypercard for windows (Q)
      Illustration program--recommendations?
      Keywords for archive
      Liken! Macintosh Emulator on Sun (A)
      Macintosh memory (again...) (2 msgs)
      Mac Memory (Here we go again)
      MaxAppleZoom <something similar for new MacII)
      Microsoft QuickBasic
      Powerbook 160/180 monitor port
      PowerBook 180 (Q)
      Problems mapping German Keyboard with US-System 7
      Quadras (C)
      Quadra vs. PC Drive Card
      Small Business Accounting Packages (A)
      SUN CD-ROM to a Macintosh?
      System Error #27!!!
      TCP/IP thru ARA
      Text file from a directory
      VRAM Question
      VT2xx/VT3xx terminal emulator, LAT (A)
      What's your favorite programming editor? (Q)
      Word "journal"
      ZTerm Receive Folder Problem

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:39:30 -0700
From: "Robert C. Barris" <rbarris@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Subject: [*] 2Way Network Speakerphone Demo

>From rbarris@orion.oac.uci.edu.

2WAY ONLINE DEMO 1.0.1 NOTES:

What is 2Way?  2Way is a hands-free speaker phone that works
over a Macintosh network.  It allows you to talk in real time
to another user on the network while leaving you free to work
on other applications.  You simply dial another 2Way user on
the network and talk with them through your built-in Apple
microphone.

ABOUT THIS DEMO:                This is a fully functioning version of
the 2Way application.  All copies of 2Way have a unique serial
number.  One unique copy of 2Way is required for each machine.
However, you may use this copy on more than one machine.
You will be able to speak for approximately one minute before
it notices the serial number conflict.  That should be long
enough to see that it works and check out the controls.  When
you purchase one additional copy of 2Way you will then have 2
functioning copies and you will not get the serial number
violation.

PREREQUISITES:  System 7 and a lightly loaded LocalTalk or
EtherTalk network.  To speak and listen you must have a built-in
microphone on one of the following computers:  Macintosh Quadra,
IIsi, LC, LCII, Classic II, Powerbook 140, Powerbook 170.  To
listen only you can have one of the following computers:
Macintosh II, IIx,  IIfx, IIci, IIcx and SE30.  The following
machines CANNOT use 2Way: Original Macintosh, Plus, SE, Classic,
Powerbook 100.  In addition, if your network is very heavily
loaded, performance may be unacceptable.

2WAY EXTENSION:
The 2Way Extension (part of this archive)
must be installed in order to run the application.

YOUR COMMENTS:
We welcome your comments and suggestions.  Our Fax Number is
(619)-452-3077.

ORDERING 2WAY:
2Way Computing is at 4370 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego,
CA 92122.  Our phone number is (619) 452-3888 or FAX us at
(619) 452-3077.  To order have your VISA or Mastercard number
handy.  2Way is priced at $49 per copy.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/two-way.hqx; 146K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:16:25 -0400
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <lasleyse@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: [*] Address Book 3.4.1

here is the latest version of Address Book, a program for maintaining
address/phone lists, dialing the phone, printing envelopes, etc.  This
is version 3.4.1.  Downloaded from Compu$erve.  Please note that I am
not the author of this program.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/address-book-341.hqx; 275K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:19:41 -0400
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <lasleyse@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: [*] Address Book Utilities

here are some utility programs for Address Book, a program for maintaining
address/phone lists, dialing the phone, printing envelopes, etc.  These
utilities are for version 3.4.1.  Downloaded from Compu$erve.  Please
note that I am not the author of these programs.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/address-book-utils-341.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:05:00 PDT
From: clements@ohsu.EDU (John Clements)
Subject: [*] axo-calculator-10.hqx

AxoCalculator 1.0

AxoCalculator is a general purpose programmable calculator, fully
integrated within a text editor. Calculations are performed by typing them
into the editor window then pressing "enter". Multi-line programs can be
executed by selecting them using the mouse, the pressing "enter".

AxoCalculator's list of built in functions may be extended by writing
programs and functions in Pascal, Fortran, Basic or C (only a subset of
features are implemented for each language). Functions written in
different languages can call one another. Programs can interact with the
user via standard dialogs. They can be assigned names which are then
appended to the "Calculator" menu. They can be automatically loaded at
startup time. Arrays and array calculations are supported too.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/axo-calculator-10.hqx; 281K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 17:29:09 -0400
From: trodrigu@spock.ecs.umass.edu (Tao R or Stephen L)
Subject: [*] electric-fire.hqx

Electric Fire - from trodrigu@zonker.ecs.umass.edu - .cpt format
Small, Elegant, Mesmerizing AD Module

This small After Dark module will mesmerize you with a startling variety
of beautiful displays, using textures, colors, patterns and symmetry.
It works very well in black & white, and in color.  Electric Fire is a
very polished little module created by Stephen Linhart at Enigma Games
and Dr. Cat at Dragon's Eye Productions, and its your for free!
Electric Fire is Copyright 1992 by Stephen Linhart.  This version (1.0)
is Freeware.  Needs After Dark.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/electric-fire.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:32 EDT
From: David Eck <ECK@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU>
Subject: [*] MacStarter_C (THINK C 5.0 application shell source code)

This is an application shell for writing quick, small programs
in THINK C 5.0.  If you are already a Mac programmer, you
probably have written your own such shell.  However, I am
posting this to info-mac because
   -- it might be useful for a C programmer who wants to
get started writing programs with Mac interfaces without
facing the darker parts of Inside Macintosh or the THINK
Class library
   -- it uses a window class to provide the basic functionality
of windows (This provides a concrete example of how objects can
be used in THINK C.  It is also a neat way of localizing the
changes you need to make in the shell to produce a working
program.)
   -- I have actually put in the time to write fairly detailed
comments explaining how to use the shell
   -- I have included the code for two sample programs, also
liberally commented (I have separately posted a compiled version
of one of these programs, pentominos, to info-mac)

    (What you are getting here is a self-extracting archive of
a folder that contains a THINK C 5.0 project file, several
C source files, and a README file.)

			       David Eck
			       eck@hws.bitnet

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/mac-starter-c.hqx; 108K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 17:29:45 -0400
From: trodrigu@spock.ecs.umass.edu (Tao R or Stephen L)
Subject: [*] orbs-return-202.hqx

The Orbs Return 2.0.2 - from trodrigu@zonker.ecs.umass.edu - .cpt format
Colorful 3-D Gravitational AD Module

This strange and wonderful After Dark module is like a cross between
a 3-D gravitational simulation and frenetic Macintosh pets.  This is the
sequel to 'The Orbs' Desk Accessory, now with color, sound, bouncing,
trails, variable gravity, control of the boundaries of space, good speed
performance on slow Macs, and colorful Orbs.  The Orbs Return is
Copyright 1992 by Stephen Linhart. This version (2.0.1) is Freeware.
Needs After Dark.

2.0.2 works correctly with Randomizer (even on the LC).

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/orbs-return-202.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:34 EDT
From: David Eck <ECK@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU>
Subject: [*] Pentominos.hqx (pentomino-puzzle-solving application)

This is a little program that solves pentomino puzzles
(trying to place the 12 tiles that can be made out of 5
connected squares onto an 8-by-8 board).  It's not all that
interesting, except that
   -- it gives a nice visual picture of depth-first searching
with backtracking
   -- it will work on several puzzles at once and is active
in the background
   -- it is an example of a program written using "MacStarter_C",
an application shell useful(?) for knocking off small programs
in THINK C. I am posting MacStarter_C separately to info_mac.

				     David Eck
				     eck@hws.bitnet

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pentominos.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 09:38:29 EST
From: Paul Savage <paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
Subject: [*] rebel startupscreen

This is a 640x480 colour startupscreen of the rebel flag (for all you
southerners). Enjoy.

Paul

paul@carbon.chem.csiro.au ------------ Australian Science
CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia ---------- Australia's Future

[Archived as /info-mac/art/rebel-flag-startup.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:41:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kay Ellen Pahany <kpahany@tenet.edu>
Subject: [*] sounds/cheech_and_chong.sit.hqx

From:  kpahany@tenet.edu <ALEXANDER PAHANY>

These are a few great sound samples from the movie Up In Smoke.  They are
"sfil" sounds, archived with Stuffit and compressed with Compact Pro.  "I
just thought of something funny...", Let me see your liscense..." and
"That really gets you...". I hope you like 'em, and if you get 'em, drop
me a line.
			     (cut here)
__________________________________________________________________________

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/cheech-chong.hqx; 362K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 17:22:41 CDT
From: Frank x7579 <owen@sgi.siemens.com>
Subject: [*] Stapler1.0

Do you often find yourself opening the same set of documents, applications,
and folders over and over again? If so, then Stapler is the application
you've been looking for.

Stapler is a Macintosh application which creates documents similar to
System 7's aliases, except that each Stapler document can contain
references to multiple files, folders, and applications. Thus, opening a
Stapler document opens all the files Rstapled togetherS in that document.
The files can be located in separate folders, on separate disks, and even
on separate floppy disks and AppleShare servers!

Because Stapler makes heavy use of System 7 features such as aliases,
AppleEvents, and balloon help, it requires System 7.0 or greater to run. If
you are not running the correct System Software version, Stapler will
inform you and quit.


  Chris Patterson   - patterson@sgi.siemens.com

[Archived as /info-mac/util/stapler-10.hqx; 158K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 10:22 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: [*] Suitcase Updater 2.1.2.sea

Suitcase Updater 2.1.2 will update your copy of Suitcase 2.0, 2.1, or 2.1.1
to 2.1.2.  The principal change in 2.1.2 is compatibility with System 7.1.


I found this file on America On Line...

Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

[Archived as /info-mac/app/suitcase-updater-212.hqx; 82K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 17:21:24 PDT
From: Suvrit Varshney  <xsvarshn@aunix.fullerton.edu>
Subject: [*] System 7.1 New Features Read File

Hi, since 7.1 is being released next week, here is a text
file that explains in detail the new features. MacWrite
Format.

[Archived as /info-mac/tech/system-71-new-features.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 19:41:59 PDT
From: jafl@Alice.Wonderland.Caltech.EDU (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Teacher's Grading Program 1.40

Teacher's Grading Program   Manage your student's grades quickly and easily.
 1.40                       Everything is organized into a simple worksheet.
			    Point, click, and type!

			    Up to 200 students & 100 grade sets per class
			    file.
			    Choose from three methods of computing final
			    grades
			    Seven different printouts including Home Notices!

			    Now you can also import student names and ID#'s
			    from a text file.  Saves time!

	    This is a commercial quality program!

John Lindal
jafl@alice.wonderland.caltech.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/app/teachers-grading-program-14.hqx; 121K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 14:36:54 CDT
From: root@boombox.micro.umn.edu (Dream Police)
Subject: [*] TurboGopher 1.0.2

Hello,

This should replace the file "turbo-gopher" in the comm directory.
You can call this version "turbo-gopher-102.hqx".

Bugfixes etc. are below.

October 15, 1992.  The current version of TurboGopher is 1.0.2

Outstanding Reported Bugs.
 ------------------------
None.

(WAIS-Gateway servers were not sending CRLF at the ends of
lines.  TurboGopher was displaying one long line.  This
will be fixed in the WAIS-gateway server.)
Mac back to ISO characters will be put in soon...


B = Bug fix.    C = Cosmetic fix.   Q = Quick feature Hack.

Version 1.0.2 (maintenance release) October 15th 1992.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
B  CSO window checkbox disable bug.  [Joel Cooper]
B  ISO a-acute/a-grave transpose, plus more substitutions [Pierre Cormier]
C  Now not dependent on any custom font.  [Kathryn Ruud]
Q  Left and Right arrow-key Previous/Next window cruising.
Q  Can double-click on Bookmark files.
Q  More feedback when document is saved to disk.
Q  Now can open TurboGopher by double-clicking Bookmark file (no connect)
Q  Creator of saved TEXT documents now configurable.

Version 1.0.1 is  a minor maintenance release
 --------------------------------------------
B  CSO window recycle bug.  [Mark Thacker]
B  BinHex compression bug.  [David Dexter]
Q  Arrow-key, Return Enter-key for selection.  [John A. Rocchio]
Q  Basic Japanese language support.
Q  Basic Traditional Chinese language support.
Q  Launch of StuffIt or Compactor under System 7.
C  AND checkbox disable in CSO window.
C  Connect timeouts scaled back.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/turbo-gopher-102.hqx; 277K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 14:01:45 PDT
From: Gary.Sager@Eng.Sun.COM (Gary Sager)
Subject: [*] Video Poker ... NOT! version 1.1

Video Poker ... NOT!  Version 1.1

It may look like Video Poker, but it's not. If you like to win, VPN lets
you cheat. If you like to understand, VPN provides tools. If VPN does
not convince you to stop playing Video Poker, it may make you a better
player.  Features of VPN include:

	1. strength analyses help understand probabilities.
	2. fast advice heuristics tell the best way to play a hand.
	3. play two hands at once to compare strategies.
	4. set up hands to study specfic situations.
	5. change pay outs to study their effect on strategy.
	6. better than average card graphics, with some surprises.

VPN should run on any 68020 or higher Mac with System 6.0.7 or later.
Card displays look best on a color monitor.

VPN is shareware.  Copyright 1992, Gary R. Sager; All Rights Reserved.
See the enclosed ReadMeFirst file for details.

Gary Sager,
CompuServe: 75270,1453
InterNet: 75270.1453@compuserve.com

[Archived as /info-mac/game/video-poker-not.hqx; 110K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 22:04:06 EDT
From: mflafeer@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: 128k Mac

Does anyone know which system software version was the last one to work on
the original (128k) Mac? If so, where can I get it?

Thanks.

M.Firoze Lafeer
mflafeer@athena.mit.edu

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:26:08 CDT
From: markd@saintjoe.EDU (Mark Davisson)
Subject: 3Com 3+Share over AppleTalk with System7

We have 3Com's 3+Share network software and we were wanting to use it to
use with the current version of System 7 on our Macs.  We are running
the network over AppleTalk and were wanting a driver or something that
could enable us to use version 1.6 of 3+Share with System 7.  Any help
would be much appreciated.  Thank you in advance.

markd@zeta.saintjoe.edu
Mark Davisson
Student Systems Administrator: Saint Joseph's College

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Date: 16 Oct 92 16:55:21 GMT
From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Subject: accessories to print over ethernet?

>I have a problem concerning a recently purchased laserwriter. I'd like to
>print on it from a IIcx which is elsewhere in the same building, but the
>cx is connected only to ethernet, and the laserwriter is connected to
>another mac via the regular built-in appletalk. (This other mac is on the
>same ethernet as the cx.) Is there a utility which will cause the mac
>in-between to act as a server and intercept stuff meant for this printer?

I saw the following software-only solutions, for bridging Ethernet and
LocalTalk, at the Mactivity conference in July. LaserBridge should do what
you want. In the following, "Show" refers to the Mactivity show price.

	      EtherBridge Series from Sonic Systems

Product       Description                                Retail   Show

LaserBridge   Allows up to 5 LocalTalk printers to be     $199    $100
	      shared on Ethernet

PowerBridge   Allows any Mac to be connected to Ethernet   149      75

SuperBridge   Allows up to 5 Macs and/or LocalTalk         249     125
	      printers to be connected to Ethernet

Sonic Systems
333 W. El Camino Real #280
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Tel: 408-736-1900
Fax: 408-736-7228

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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 23:06:29 -0700
From: i6bk@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Brian Korver)
Subject: Anyone had mailorder experience with Bottom Line Dist.?

A company called Bottom Line is advertising Supra modems in the back of
MacUser for incredible prices.  Anyone know anything about them?  Anyone
had good/bad experiences?  The only bad part is that they have a 900 #.
Here are the prices for the curious:

   Supra V.32 Fax Mac Package   $279
   Supra V.32bis Fax Mac Pkg.   $325
   Supra V.32 Fax Stand Alone   $225
   Supra V.32bis Fax "   "      $285

Any responses would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Brian
i6bk@odin.cc.pdx.edu

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Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 1992 23:34:20 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <JFRITZ%WVNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Apple Tape Drive (Response)

Ken asked recently,

> I've noticed that you can pick up an Apple Tape drive fairly cheap ( $150).
> So I'm considering picking one up for doing backups (the floppy thing is
> getting old). Is there any problem with these drives, other than being
> godawfully slow? I'd be using Retrospect for my back-up software. Thanks
> in advance for the info.

At the recommendation of one of the netters, I purchased a used Apple
Tape Drive just two weeks ago.  I did it for several reasons:

   1.  I was tired of exercising my wrists changing floppies backing up
       80 MB internal and 45 MB external drives.  I found myself putting
       off backups for dangerously long periods of time.

   2.  I have an Apple Tape Drive at work, so I can cross back up in
       case one of the tape drive fails.

It is s-l-o-w-w-w-w, particularly if it has to format a tape. (This
generally occurs only the first time and some DC 2000 cartridges come
preformatted).  Expect the drive to take 40 minutes or more to format
a 40 MB tape.  Once the tapes are formatted, things are a lot better.
Sure it can't keep up with the 2GB DAT drive on the office servers, but
for home machine backup, it's not that bad -- especially at $150.  I
use Retrospect with the Reto.SCSI extension.

Basically, realizing the limitations, I am a happy camper.  The drive,
which is used, arrived in a timely fashion and looks clean both on the
outside and inside (as much as I can see).

Jeff Fritz
West Virginia University

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:34:18 CDT
From: Ted Wei <MD34MXG@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: Basic, Forth, Medicine

1) for those Basic users out there, as advertized in MacTutor, a new BASIC
   package is coming out called "FutureBASIC"  it's in the final stages of
   testing and it seems to be very good.. So watch out Quick Basic?

2) There are currently 2 forth compilers in shareware/freeware, Pocket Forth
   and one other called Yerk.  Does anyone know if there is any sample code
   out there and does anyone have any experience with these products and have
   any complete programs that I can take a look at that uses the mac
   interface?

3) Needed!!!  a simple program (or complex)  that will allow me to quickly
   enter in my own words with definitions and allow me to look them up later?
   Something similar to Prograph's HELP database?  PC platform or MAC.
   Willing
   to pay for HACK time..

Thanks in advance,

Ted Wei, Jr
Tulane University School or Medicine

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Date: 16 Oct 1992 20:21:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: "WILLIAM P. KRAUTHAMMER" <F2EHG786@umiami.IR.Miami.EDU>
Subject: Chip Merchant (Q)

Hello to all.

I recently read (I believe in this newsgroup) that Chip Merchant in San Diego,
CA, offered great prices on SIMMs. So I called and, yes, it true. However, the
woman who answered the phone told me that their 4X8 SIMMs were not specified
to be low profile. I then called another SIMMs dealer that advertises
regularly
in MacUser, MacWorld, etc., and the fellow there told me that the owner gets
his components from abroad and assembles the SIMMs by hand in San Diego. The
price difference is about $10 per 4meg SIMM. My question is this: Are all
SIMMs
being sold today normally low profile (conversely, is it likely that Chip
Merchant is selling high profile 4meg SIMMs) and what are the reliability
implications of hand-made SIMMs?

I'm buying the SIMMs for a IIsi right now but I'll want to transfer them to
possibly a Q700, Q950, or Q? if and when I upgrade my machine sometime next
year (when prices drop to a level I can deal with). Is there a bottom line on
all this?

Please respond either directly to me via e-mail or post, as I suspect the
answer(s) may be of general interest to the group.

Sincere thanks.

  --Bill Krauthammer
    Internet: f2ehg786@umiami.ir.miami.edu

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 15:34:24 ITA
From: maurizio lana <LANA%ITOCSIVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: connecting Canon BJ

For a similar need (connecting a Brother M1324L) I bought PowerPrint from
GDT.
It contains drivers supporting nearly every non-Mac 9-, 24-pin and laser
printe
r, giving access to wonderful features as scalable reduction or enlargement
als
o on 24-pin (and bubblejet, I suppose) priters.
PowerPrint comes with a serial-to-parallel cable complete of red status
led...!

Installing it is a breeze. I'm completely satisfied with it.
Maurizio
PS: PP does many other things; you can reach GDT as GDT.MKT at
applelink.apple.
com

MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET  | phone & fax 39-11-837262
CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 09:40 +8
From: "Andes K.M.Cheung" <ETANDES@cphkvx.cphk.hk>
Subject: Desktop problem

I always uncheck the delete confirmation box at the getinfo window of the
trash.
And I usually make icons automatically aligned by setting the Views control
panel.  Recently, I found that both these resets to installation defaults each
time my Mac fx is restarted.  Perhaps other settings are affected also, but
the above two are what I had observed.

Does someone had come across similar problems? How to fix it? Or is it too
trivial such that I should read page XX of the Apple Reference Manual?

Although I can make the settings every time I restart the machine, my worry is
that it would be side effects of using something else.

Any comments or suggestions.


Andes K.M.Cheung
Assistant Educational Technologist
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 12:11:12 +0100
From: "Dr. Christoph van Wuellen"
<HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: DeskWriter Drivers (A)

Next to 2.1 came DW Driver 2.2. I do not know if it is slower.

The actual version is 3.1, available from the archives.

This newest version has, for example, better support for rotated text
when using TrueType, and has a previewer up to 416% which is 1:1 resolution.

For whatever reason, it only works correct for me if I always choose 'preview
first and print from there...

Version 3.1 has background printing, but I do not use it. It is Sys7
compatible
and at least supposed to be 32-bit and VM clean.

C.v.W.

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:34:47 +0800
From: rcjpjrv@uxmail.ust.hk (Rick Jarvis)
Subject: dongles (NOT!)

Seen in IM#248:
>My experience with Mac dongles is that they work fine: you just
>install them and forget them.
My (single) experience with dongles on the Mac strongly reinforced my
previous belief: such devices are an abomination. My wife had such an ADB
device attached to her IIcx on a day when she was not in. The IIcx was
worthless - wouldn't boot consistently and soon crashed when it did - until
the dongle was removed. Only one instance, but it sure confirmed my own
opinion: Mac or PC, such devices are bad news!

Rick Jarvis, Hong Kong Univ Sci & Tech, rcjpjrv@uxmail.ust.hk

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 07:54:48 EDT
From: "LISA L.W. BESKO" <besko@dasher.nscl.msu.edu>
Subject: Empower (C)

In thursdays digest Patchas@vm.nrc.ca was asking about Empower.  Recently
several of the Mac users here purchased and installed Empower.  Some of
the "features" are as follows:

	The Administrator can give several people access to the Mac with there
	own password.

	Empower can not be by passed by booting from floppy

	Only the administrater can boot from floppy.

So far all of the people using it like it.  I haven't read the manual but if
there are any specific questions I would be happy to try and find the
answers.

I'm the only one that doesn't like it, but that's because it makes installing
software and maintaining systems more difficult.

I hope that helps.

Lisa Besko

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:15:00 GMT
From: pebi@aem.umn.edu (Peter A. Bidian)
Subject: Error Types

Hi,

Can anybody tell me what errors of type 1 and 90 mean? It comes up when
I try to run ThinkC and MacHoneyX, respectively, before it closes the
application. I try to run them on an si.

Peter

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 06:24:27 BST
From: RM107@phx.cam.ac.uk
Subject: Flatbed Scanners (Q)

Hi there netters
I am planning to purchase a scanner for use by faculty at the Department
of Experimental Psychology here in Cambridge, U.K.  Given the present
economic climate etc. we only have 1500 stg to spend and would like to spend
it wisely.

The scanner will be used for everything from electron micrographs through to
pictures of faces, line-art and OCR.  It will initially be hooked up to a
B&W monitor/SE so we might be being a bit optimistic about what can be taken
off-line for editing.... perhaps a thunderscan is all that would work.

Meanwhile, could I ask you helpful people to let me have some idea of what is
the optimal scanner to go for in this price-range?  Impressions good and bad
welcomed!!

Some notion of the minimal system for the recommended scanner would also be
most welcome (so I can get THAT problem sorted out)

Please respond direct to me and  I will summarise for the digest or /report

Thanks IA

Roz McCarthy    rm107@uk.ac.cam.phx  (janet order)
		rm107@phx.ca..ac.uk  (world order)

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92   0:32 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <RTL%SIVA.BRISTOL.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: FTP access to Macs

As I mentioned a few weeks back, it's a real pleasure to have access to a
Mac that's on Internet so you can ftp stuff using Fetch or Xferit.
However, it stands to reason that it ought to be possible to ftp to another
Macintosh on Internet and grab files from it, or for somebody else on
Internet to ftp files from our Mac.  How can this be set up?  Does the
Macintosh which is to be accessed remotely have to be running A/UX?  Or can
anonymous logins/ftp file grabbing be enable some other way?
On a related topic - I know this one gets asked quite often so apologies for
putting the question again - I would appreciate any info people can offer
on any version of MacTCP newer than 1.1, currently shipping or forthcoming.
In particular, what features will the new release have?
Thanks

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:31:39 +0000
From: ptp1@cornell.edu  (Patrick T. Pruyne)
Subject: Hayes Command Set Questions

	I am optimizing the initstring settings for my MacSLIP/MacTCP
connection using my lo-tech, no-name, hand-me-down 2400baud modem (with no
manual togo with it).

	1.) Does anyone know of a compendium of Hayes command strings and
their meaning?
	2.) Can anyone interpret the following v32bis initstring (supplied
for a different modem, obviously) for me so I might better guess what to
try and what to toss?:

	&F X7 E1 Q0 V1 &B1 &C1 &D0   &H1 &R2 S0=0 B0

Much obliged!
Patrick T. Pruyne (ptp1@cornell.edu)

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 07:25 EDT
From: Pat Bauco <PBAUCO@CSBN1.Concordia.CA>
Subject: HD Defragmenting

Hello,
	I'd like to know if there is a utility to defragment files
available via FTP?  Something like whats available with Norton Utilities
but with a lower price tag.

Thanks

Pat Bauco
PBAUCO@CSBN.CONCORDIA.CA
BAUCO@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA

------------------------------

Date: FRI, 16 Oct 92 12:20:51 EDT
From: "Michel Gosselin" <ORSMICH%UQAT.UQuebec.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: HyperCard with colors and Hypercard for windows (Q)

Hi netter's,
We have designed a stack to teach different ways to manage back pain.  We now
plan to integrate some hundreds of color images to that stack.

So, Question #1:
What would be the best way to do that.
    Better to have all of our color images into PICT file or create
PICT ressources? (we will have some hundreds of them)
    Better to used QuickTime to compress pict file?
    Is there other color image format than PICT that can be used with HyperC?
    Is there other XCMD's than PICTURE available to manage PICT format
    and where can I find XCMD to manage QTime format ?

Question #2:
We plan to integrate those color images the first quarter of 1993
Is there at least a rumor of a new HC version with integrated color coming
soon?

The last one:
We have a need to transfer our stack to the PC Window environment :-(
Since Claris offer FileMaker for both mac and window, is there any plan for
HyperCard for window ?  If not, what are the possibilities?  (The window side
ot have to modify the stack.)

Many thanks for taking the time to answer me. I will summarize to the net :-)

Michel Gosselin, University of Quebec, Rouyn-noranda

INTERNET: michel_gosselin@uqat.uquebec.ca
BITNET: ORSMICH@UQUEBEC

$

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:15:56 CDT
From: PULLMANN@TRINITY.EDU
Subject: Illustration program--recommendations?

Does anyone have any advice/good experience/bad experience to report
regarding Adobe Illustrator vs. Aldus Freehand?  We're thinking of
buying one or the other, but I have no lit on either except for
manufacturer's advertisements.  What do y'all think?  Which one's
better?  Or is this comparing apples and oranges?

This is cross-posted to Mac-L and Infomac, so apologies to folks who
see it twice.  TIA for any input, and I hope everyone has a great
weekend.:)
	  Pat

Pat Ullmann  PULLMANN@VM1.TUCC.TRINITY.EDU or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

------------------------------

Date: 16 Oct 92 09:33:18 U
From: "Jonathan Maybaum" <Jonathan.Maybaum@med.umich.edu>
Subject: Keywords for archive

		       Subject:                               Time:9:09 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Keywords for archive                   Date:10/16/92
Jon Pugh's recent submission of his ATalk toggle fkey reminded me of a
recurring dilemma:  Although I don't want it now, I might well want it in  few
months, by which time I will have forgotten its exact name and whether to look
for it under FKEY, or COMM (because it has to do with network connectivity) or
CP (because I forgot that it was an FKEY), etc.  If submissions included a
list
of relevant keywords (in this case, e.g., APPLETALK, POWERBOOK,FKEY), and if
these keywords were indexed, one could more easily locate this particular
submission.  When I finally do get a PowerBook, it would be nice to be able to
find all of the relevant files scattered throughout the archive with one
search, rather than combing the subdirectories one by one or scrolling through
the list of files.  Also, it is not always obvious from the file name what a
particular submission really about.  In this case I don't think that I would
guess from the name that AT toggle is meant for powerbooks.  I'm not sure if
this is something the moderators would want to tackle, but maybe those folks
who are selling CDs of the archive could do it to add value to their product.

Jon Maybaum
Assoc. Prof. Pharmacology
Univ. of Michigan Medical School
jonathan.maybaum@med.umich.edu

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:49:04 EDT
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: Liken! Macintosh Emulator on Sun (A)

One of our clients once bought it and returned.  It worked well,
but the problem was the $700 price tag.  For an additional
$200-300, you can get a Classic II with 4 megs and 40 meg hard
disk.

				Hisham.

Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp.  [Internet: abboud@cedrus.com]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 03:52:11 GMT
From: robt@agsm.unsw.edu.au (Rob Trevor)
Subject: Macintosh memory (again...)

In article <9210142247.AA11669@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU>, Info-Mac Digest V10
#247, Matthew B Cravit <cravitma@student.msu.edu> wrote:

> Larry Rosenstein wrote:
>
> >> ...The VM system in 24-bit mode should allow you to use parts of the
> >> address space assigned to empty NuBus slots...
> [Stuff Deleted]
> >> You have to subtract 1MB for the ROM and 1MB for each occupied
> >> NuBus slot.
>
> I don't think that that's quite correct.  The system assigns (from what I
can
> ....
> So, can any of the techies from Apple finally put this to rest?  Since I'm a
> ...
> Matthew Cravit

Well Matthew, one of them did and you just ignored him :)  (Although Larry
no longer works 'directly' for Apple Inc., he is one of the remaining
'old-timers' of the Mac group at Apple.  And, yes, those words in '' have
been chosen carefully!)

Rob Trevor
robt@agsm.unsw.edu.au

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 10:35:04 -0700
From: Larry Rosenstein <lsr@taligent.com>
Subject: Macintosh memory (again...)

>I don't think that that's quite correct.  The system assigns (from what I can
>tell) 1MB to each possible NuBus slot, whether it is occupied or not, and
>in fact whether it exists or not.  24-bit addressing on, say a IIci, produces
>the same memory limit as it does on a IIfx, even though the IIci has less

Each slot in the machine has a number (you can find it on the circuit
board).  That number defines which part of the address space the slot is
assigned.  If the slot is empty, then the VM code will use that part of the
address space for running user apps.  If the slot is occupied the VM system
makes it appear that there is a 1MB non-relocatable block at that address.

Tech Note #285 has the definitive answer.  I don't want to repeat the tech
note, but it has a section on using VM with 24-bit addressing.  It also
described how you should install cards into NuBus slots so that you gain
the maximum contiguous virtual address space.


Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

lsr@taligent.com

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 14:33:29 EDT
From: Matthew B Cravit <cravitma@student.msu.edu>
Subject: Mac Memory (Here we go again)

I don't want to add too much more confusion to this issue, but:

I understand 24 vs 32-bit addressing at this point.  Now, why can the
Plus/SE/Classic only address 4MB of memory (22 bit addressing?)  What happened
to the extra 4MB of address space between 4MB and where the ROM/NuBus
allocation starts?

/Matthew

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:19:25 GMT
From: pebi@aem.umn.edu (Peter A. Bidian)
Subject: MaxAppleZoom <something similar for new MacII)

Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes:

>These are some of the responses so far to my earlier posted question
regarding
>MAZ:

>>From williams@sunny.mdh.umn.edu -

>>Regarding your question about MaxAppleZoom
>and System 7.0.1.  I have had no trouble running
>MAZ on my IIcx with 7.0.1 with Tune-up. I also run
>a variety of other extensions/cps such as Gatekeeper,
>AutoDoubler, MenuChoice, and about a dozen others with
>no glitches or conflicts.  My video card is a 1989
>vintage Mac II High Res card, if I recall correctly. My
>only disappointment is that I can't use MAZ on my home
>IIcx since I have a Micron video card. At least two
>other people I work with use MAZ with system 7.0.1 on
>Mac IIcx's.  Good luck.
>Al Williams
>PS: I use MAZ 1.43 (the last version avail. to my knowledge)

>>From chai@cs.uiuc.edu

>>Who claims it's incompatible? The Sys7 compatibility checker? That
>program is *way* too conservative. I'm running it in a similar config
>(I have more memory and disk space, but otherwise I think it's the
>same system as yours.)

>and finally from dfrick@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu -

>>I'm using MaxAppleZoom 1.43 under System 7.0.1(tuned1.1.1) on a
>MacII w/IIx ROMs. I assume you also have one of the older video
>boards.
>When I first ran the thing, it said it was incompatible. However,

On our MacII it works under sys7 with the tuneup too. Boy is that nice
when you work with MacX. But it doesn't work on a IIsi. Does anybody know
any similar software for the newer Mac II's?

Peter

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:51 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: Microsoft QuickBasic

In 10-248, Alex McKale mentions that the brochure from Microsoft about the
QuickBasic 1.00e update shows a cost of $10 for disks and freight.

I don't have the brochure, but I called Microsoft today at 1-800-426-9400
to order the update and was told it's absolutely free--no shipping or disk
cost whatever. I'm annoyed that it took so long to make an update
available, but the price is right!

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 10:30:05 EDT
From: Gene Mayro <V5356E%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Powerbook 160/180 monitor port

I have just spoken to an Apple Rep who tells me that the Powerbook 160
and 180's monitor port can be used as both an alternative monitor, and
as an extension to the Powebook's screen. He also told me that the
prices will start (for the 160) at about the current price of the 170. I
thought that the 160 was going to be priced around the 145 level, but
he's been wrong before about prices.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:15:43 -0400
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Subject: PowerBook 180 (Q)

Hisham Abboud writes:

>Anyone knows how the video built into the new PB 160/180 will work?
>Would it be in "presentation" mode, meaning that the external monitor
>and built-in display show the same picture, or b) as an additinal
>monitor that extends the desktop?
>Ideally, I'd be able to do both.  What's the scoop?

    Good question. I have read everything I could get my hands on, in
regards to the new powerbooks and Macs coming out on Monday, and I
haven't seen anything about this. It would be really nice if t there was
a control panel that would allow you to choose between presentation mode
and dual-monitor mode, though.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 17:18:30 MEZ
From: Dr Stefan P Mueller <ONM010%vm.hrz.uni-essen.de@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Problems mapping German Keyboard with US-System 7

We want to run the American version of System 7.0.1 on our Quadra 700 with a
German keyboard. I have added the German "keyboard layout" (from
info-mac/misc/many-keyboards.hqx) by dragging it into the System and switched
to
it in the Keyboard-CP. There are several discrepancies, however, between the
keymapping and the physical keyboard layout: It is especially painfull that
often used characters (such as e.g. the single quote ') are hidden double-
keystroke characters, or, even worse, the caret ~ is available only as an
accented blank. Both, however, are labelled keys on the German keyboard!

What am I doing wrong here? Could somebody be so kind to heIp me out on this
one
or do I really have to start up ResEdit and hack it myself?

Thank you very much!

Stefan

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:07:24 -0600
From: williw1@mail.auburn.edu (Wade Williams)
Subject: Quadras (C)

>A Mac user here recently got a Mac Quadra 700 and has had all sorts
>of problems with the thing (crashes, won't print, won't save, you
>name it.) The one card he has in the machine is a Mac II PC Drive Card
>that he transferred from his Mac IIcx when he got the Quadra.
>
>Almost all of his software is the latest revision, and should work with
>the Quadra. Could this card be causing some of his troubles?

Though I love my Quadra, I admit I had a few problems at first.

In fact, with several Quadras, I've found them to be flaky out of the box.
The solution is to reformat and reinstall fresh system software.

Wade Williams
Academic Computing Services, Auburn University
williw1@mail.auburn.edu

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:18:26 -0400
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Subject: Quadra vs. PC Drive Card

Erik Stiegler write:

>A Mac user here recently got a Mac Quadra 700 and has had all sorts
>of problems with the thing (crashes, won't print, won't save, you
>name it.) The one card he has in the machine is a Mac II PC Drive Card
>that he transferred from his Mac IIcx when he got the Quadra.

>Almost all of his software is the latest revision, and should work with
>the Quadra. Could this card be causing some of his troubles?

    It's possible that the card is the problem, but if the card has
software to control it, like control panels or extensions, then it could
very well be a conflict with this software and the Quadra.

-Hades

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:45:39 EDT
From: abboud@cedrus.cedrus.com (Hisham A. Abboud)
Subject: Small Business Accounting Packages (A)

Rick,

> Does anyone have any experience with small business accounting packages
> for the Mac?  I'm looking for something that can keep track of Accounts
> Receivable and Accounts Payable.

I've been using MacMoney for about 4 years, and getting sick and tired
of it.  I ordered the M.Y.O.B. (Mind Your Own Business) demo diskette ($5),
and was impressed.  I have also on order Accountant, Inc.  I'll evaluate
it too, but frankly, I'm already leaning towards MYOB, mostly because of
the limited 30-days support policy of Accountant, Inc's publisher.

Both packages will do Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, checkwriting,
and a whole lot more.

						Hisham.

Hisham A. Abboud, Cedrus Corp.  [Internet: abboud@cedrus.com]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 13:16:25 PDT
From: dcc.wbst129@xerox.com
Subject: SUN CD-ROM to a Macintosh?

Hello,

Does anyone know if its possible to hook up a SUN CD-ROM drive (SCSI 2) to a
Macintosh with a SCSI 1 connector?  Will the CD-ROM perform without any
problems on the Mac?  Will I need a CD-ROM driver?

Thanks in Advance,
Dan Chen

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:42
From: MORTOND.TIC@commlan.safb.af.mil (Morton, Lt Dennis P)
Subject: System Error #27!!!

Have any of you System 7 programmers out there encountered a System Error
#27 (file system map trashed, or something like that) when calling
OpenNewEdition? No matter what I try, the error always happens at that
call. Nothing prior to the call causes any errors and all the parameters
to the call are valid (from what I can tell). Yet, as soon as I step over
the call, I get dumped into MacsBug at the same location (something like
003ac.. ) with my only recourse being the reset switch (es, ea, and rs
don't work). I've tried it on different partitions with the same result.
The same code worked until I installed 4 more megs of RAM in my system.
Is there a connection? Please e-mail responses directly to me and I'll
summarize if enough interest is shown.

Details: Think C 5.0, System 7.0 + tuneup, SE/30 8 megs RAM. I'm adding
publish capabilities to TinyEdit (just for grins).

Dennis Morton
mortond.tic@commlan.safb.af.mil

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:57:25 EDT
From: nsteffen@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Subject: TCP/IP thru ARA

On com.sys.mac.com Kevin D. Sears (searsk@med.ge.com) wrote:

KDS> Yes chief, you can have your cake and eat it too! I'm reading
KDS> NetNews from home as we speak(or type). Here is my
KDS> configuration/setup. I am assuming that the ARA part is working
KDS> for you correctly(ie you can connect to your network and see
KDS> zones, printers and other network resources).

MOMMY ! DADDY ! LOOK WHAT KEVINS GOT!!!! I WANT ONE TOO!!!!!

I have tried to contact him directly but as yet no luck.

My set up is similar to his but I can't seem to get TELNET, FTP, or PING
running. I haven't tried news yet.  Trying things one at a time between
home and work gets to be a laborious process......:-/


Any way here goes.

Local Config(ie work)
 ---------------------
Mac IIfx (System 7.0.1 w/TuneUp 1.1.1)
AppleTalk Remote Access v1.0
Asante Ethernet Card
MacTCP v1.1
USR Courier v.32bis

Kevin said that his connection uses a Gatorbox CS.

My ethernet connection runs to a Brouter to a broadband then to a MILNET
gateway.

At work I have currently been selecting Ethernet from MacTCP and it
wasn't until just recently that I found that if I select REMOTE ONLY
>From the Network Control Panel that I could even access the REMOTE only
>From MacTCP at work.  If I had EtherTalk selected in the Network
Control Panel all I saw in MacTCP was Ethernet and Ether Talk (4) which
showed all my AT zones..  I may be making an unwarranted assumption that
Ethernet is the Proper selection for the called MAC but it seems logical
at the moment. I will try the other combinations on each trip home.

Remote Config(ie home)
 ---------------------
Mac II (System 7.0 w/TuneUp 1.1.1)
AppleTalk Remote Access v1.0
MacTCP v1.1
SUPRA v.32bis

Since our net is not RARP or such capable I have assigned this machine a
unique IP address and identified the gateway.

When I do get an ARA connection I can see APPLETALK servers that are
beyond our local WAN and those in another WAN 60 miles away.  What I
can't do is call in and see/hit anything via TCP/IP

I have access to NCSA telnet, TCPConnect II, VersaTerm, NewsWatcher,
Nuntius, and a PING application if any of that helps.

I would sure appreciate any help getting up and running if anyone could
find the time.

Thanks,

Norm Steffen

aka nsteffen@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 21:01:40 -0400
From: siegel@world.std.com (Rich Siegel)
Subject: Text file from a directory

To make a text listing of a directory, you can use BBEdit 2.1.3, which
is in the info-mac listings. Hold down the Option key and choose "Paste
File..." (which becomes Paste Folder Listing...) from the File menu.


--
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rich Siegel                              Internet: siegel@world.std.com
Software Engineer & Toolsmith
GCC Technologies

It's not just a job, it's an adventure.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 14:43 CDT
From: "Richard Z. Toptani"
<XM0SRZT%LUCCPUA.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: VRAM Question

Just wondering if one has a Mac with 0.5Mb or 1Mb of
VRAM, and if one uses an external monitor with a NuBus
card, avoiding the onboard video, if there is any way to
use that VRAM for something else? Or does it just sit there being
wasted.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 01:18:09 PDT
From: "Peter Van Avermaet, DS-E @BRO, 856-7959  16-Oct-1992 0917"
<vanavermaet@player.enet.dec.com>
Subject: VT2xx/VT3xx terminal emulator, LAT (A)

Both Chris Tanski and Jim Schenk asked about CTB-compliant VT2xx/VT3xx
terminal
emulators - Jim wanted to have a terminal emulator over LAT.

I think you should have a look at the "PathWorks for Macintosh" offering
>From my employer, Digital Equipment.

Of course, it contains more than just terminal emulators, and that would
be reflected in the price... .

Regards,
Peter Van Avermaet
vanavermaet@player.enet.dec.com or

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 10:03:14 EDT
From: gbrown@va.med.umich.edu (Greg Brown)
Subject: What's your favorite programming editor? (Q)

Is there a good programming editor that works with the mac?
Can it show the difference between a tab and spaces?
I know there are some shareware editors, but do they suffer
>From more bugs that commercial editors?

Thanx for all your recommendations.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 16:55:20 -0400
From: reiserdb@ttown.apci.com (David B. Reiser)
Subject: Word "journal"

Does anyone know how to unravel Word's fast save scheme? A friend left a whole
document selected while he went away to do something else. When he came back
the window was empty, he closed the document intending to open his old
document (noent
not realizing he was saving an empty copy...

Anyway, I was able to retrieve the text of the file by changing creator and
type codes, opening the file, and stripping out the PICT gibberish, and
saving to a new file. But it occurred to me that the file got destroyed by
someone hitting a key with the whole document selected -- meaning that I
should
have been able to recover the file more or less simply by removing the last
change flag in the fast save format "journal". Has anyone else ever
successfully
attempted such an operation?

Thanks.

David Reiser
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
reiserdb@ttown.apci.com
Don't count on my opinions being representative of my employer's views.

------------------------------

Date: 16 Oct 1992 04:54:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: F2EHG786@umiami.IR.Miami.EDU
Subject: ZTerm Receive Folder Problem

Hearty greetings to all!

This is my first-ever post so please turn those flames on low if I unwittingly
breach any rules of netiquette. Also, my apologies if I've posted to the wrong
newsgroup--I didn't know how to post to comp.sys.mac.comm.

As for my ZTerm (0.9) problem:

I had selected a floppy disk as my Receive Folder (so I could scan for viruses
before opening any downloaded files). One not-so-fine day, I decided to
reformat and rename that particular floppy (it was given to me by someone and
had a funky name I can't recall anymore). Now, whenever I try to d/l or to
open the Receive Folder from the pull-down menu I get an unimplemented trap
message and one choice: Restart. I know why I am getting the unimplemented
trap
message but I don't know how to fix the problem. I've tried installing a fresh
copy of ZTerm but to no avail.

Has this ever happened to anyone else and, if so, what was the solution?
Alternatively, any educated guesses? I'd sincerely appreciate any
suggestions.

Please use e-mail, as I suspect this is a fairly obscure problem. If there is
interest, however, I'd be more than happy to post a summary.

Thanks :-)

  --Bill Krauthammer
    Internet: f2ehg786@umiami.ir.miami.edu
    CIS: 75720,1547

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