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From: jonwd@uwtc.washington.edu (Jon Wiederspan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperHIT???
Date: 23 Nov 92 17:42:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov23.174229.459
Organization: Technical Japanese Program
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A73657873401CA3F@harajuku.tjp.washington.edu>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 23 Nov 92 17:40:23 GMT
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In article <1992Nov23.164804.25145@macc.wisc.edu> J. DeMerit,
demerit@vms.macc.wisc.edu writes:
>In article <By15pE.Ax0@news.udel.edu>, bertsche@ravel.udel.edu (Steven
Bertsche) writes...
>
>>Is HyperHIT still available?  If so, could someone provide contact
>>information for the developer?
>
>
>I looked around and couldn't find info -- But I think (pretty sure, not 
>positive by any means) the developer is Softstream International.  Try
the 800 
>directory.

HyperHIT is still alive and kicking.  I'm using the relational version
which should be
up to version 2.0 either now or very soon.

Contact:
SoftStream International Inc.
(609)866-1187 or (508)991-4011
MCI Mail - DADATTOMA-343-3595
APPLELINK  D3033

The developer is Griffin Sofware.  For information on them, call:
(708) 893-7238

Jon Wiederspan                             jonwd@uwtc.washington.edu
Research Consultant - Software Design
Technical Japanese Program
University of Washington
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: herman@amc.ece.cmu.edu (Herman Schmit)
Subject: Creating Card Buttons automatically
Originator: herman@amc.ece.cmu.edu
Reply-To: herman@amc.ece.cmu.edu (Herman Schmit)
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:34:53 GMT


I am a novice Hypercard programmer, which will probably become obvious.

I want to create a stack that helps me organize my research ideas.  I
have seperate cards that contain information about each concept, idea,
or reference.  I would also like to have buttons that link areas of
text in my card to other cards.  Obvious.

The problem is, I hate to go through the monotony of creating new
buttons.  I'd like have those buttons automatically created,
when I create a new card.  After they are created, I will link them to
the relevant card and change the appearance of the button (transparent
to rectangle probably).

Is there any way to create new buttons automatically in the card
domain?  What message do you send to create a new button (if there is
one)?

I've tried to use the background, but setting the link in a
background button sets the link for the corresponding button in
every card using that background.  Is there a way that background
buttons can be automatically moved into the card domain?


Thanks in advance,

herman
From: seth@merk.com (Seth Theriault)
Subject: Looking for PostScript -> PCL program...
Reply-To: sltheria@artsci.wustl.edu
Organization: Technology Partners, Inc.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:41:18 GMT

Here's the situation:

I own a Mac SE/30 which I use here at college for writing papers, connecting to
the mainframe and the occasional game (OK, I play games a lot..). Being a poor
college student, I don't have my own printer and I hate treking to the lab to
print out papers at 2 in the morning. My roommate, however, has a PC and an HP
LaserJet III (I am jealous...). He said that he has been able to find programs
that will covert PCL documents for printing on PostScript printer.

My question is: Is there a utility out there (to run on either a PC or my Mac)
that will take a PostScript file that I create and make it printable on his HP
LaserJet?

Please reply by mail, and I'll post a summary if need be....

Seth

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rlancast@andy.bgsu.edu
Subject: Sys 7.1 Problems
Organization: Bowling Green State University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:40:23 GMT

I ordered System 7.1 on October 21 and received it this past Friday (November
20).  I have two problems and one observation as a result of the conversion to
7.1.
FIRST PROBLEM:  My StyleWrite no longer allows background printing.  In fact,
the 7.1 Installer doesn't even load Backgrounder and Print Monitor into the
System Folder.  I added them manually from the distribution disks and it made
no difference.  I even went back to the last printer driver upgrade from Apple,
installed the drivers and old versions of BG and PM, and still nothing.  I'm
back on 7.1 drivers now and can print, but only in foreground.
SECOND PROBLEM:  I ordered the 7.1 disks from Apple the same day I heard about
availability.  I told the clerk that my SE/30 has only low-density floppy
drive, so he arranged to send the 800K disks.  Apparently, most people needing
800K get the high density diskettes first and then order 800K from Apple. 
Unfortunately, the documentation comes with the high density and not the 800K,
so I had to phone Apple again.  They said they would send me the documentation
promptly.  In the meantime, though, I don't know how to contact Apple for help
with my StyleWriter problem.  I'm under the impression I get some free support
because of purchasing 7.1 but, without the manuals, I don't know what to do
next.
THE OBSERVATION:  After the installation, all of the fonts were moved to the
new fonts folder except for the Geneva fonts which were provided with MacInTax.
 I had to move those fonts manually.

Has anyone with a StyleWriter and 7.1 noticed or solved this problem?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ron Lancaster                      csnet:  rlancast@andy.bgsu.edu
Department of Computer Science     bitnet: RLANCAST@BGSUOPIE
Bowling Green State University     Office: (419) 372-8697
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0214     Message:(419) 372-2337

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: altizer@iam.unibe.ch (Robert Altizer)
Subject: Re: System 7.1 = $$$
Reply-To: altizer@iam.unibe.ch
Organization: Motorola SPS
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:53:40 GMT

In article 3727@pro-freedom.cts.com, pip@pro-freedom.cts.com (David Pipgras) writes:
>Just got and sent back System 7.1. Not worth it.
>
>System 7.1 requires you to upgrade virtually all your software, as most
>things will not work properly, or are just plainly incompatible with 7.1,
>including Publish It Easy 2.9, Illustrator 3.2, Ready,Set,Go! 4.5a,
>HyperCard 2.1, Most CD-ROM drivers, Scanner Drivers, Monitor Drivers,
>Printer Drivers, (all non-apple of course), MacLabelPro, After Dark, ATM
>2.3, OnCue II, Adobe Type Reunion, Adobe Type Align, MacPaint, MacDraw...
>
>....And many, *MANY* more...
>
>
>
>Seems Apple does not feel $99 for the software upgrade is enough, and also
>wants you to have to pay $$$ for third party upgrades too!  Out of 50 some
>applications on our HD, only about 12 of them were "compatible" and of
>them, about four were only "sorta" compatible (i.e. may randomly crash....
>
>
>We called several companies, and found many of them are encouraging Apple
>(oops!) Encouraging people to tell Apple what they can do with System 7.1
>(and I don't mean lower the price either---)
>
>
>Dave
>==============================================================

Gosh Dave, maybe I'm just lucky, but I haven't had any problems with most of the
software you mention.  The only minor problem I've had is running Reflex Plus,
which can't use 32-bit addressing, but works fine with it turned off.  Maybe you
shouldn't believe the Compatibility Checker report without testing - you may
find, as I did, that most things work fine.  Remember, the citations in
Compatibility Checker are supplied by the software vendor and are as likely to
be marketing/upgrade oriented as they are results of objective tests.

Regards,
Bob

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From: alex@fiskville.mc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: BIG ICON TROUBLES!!!!!!
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:48:41 GMT
Distribution: comp

This is a sticky one and I have seen it several times... 

Your HD icon is showing a standard document icon probably because you gave  
it a customized icon in System 7 and then either lost or deleted the  
invisible "icon" file that resided at the root level of your drive (the  
file in which the custom icon information was actually stored).

As far as I know, there are only two fixes for this problem (though there  
may be others I am unaware of). 1) You could back up your files and  
reformat your drive. This is actually the easier of the two fixes. 2) You  
can back up your software and use your drive formatting software (either  
the apple formatter or which ever custom one you might have) to delete and  
recreate the driver partition on your HD. I have done this on an Apple  
formatted drive and it worked fine and I lost no data. 

Good luck and please forward to me any other responses you may get on  
this, particularly if you find a better solution.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: mason@cis.umassd.edu (Mason L. Bliss)
Subject: Re: weird "tones" from my Mac
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:37:22 GMT

In <1992Nov22.214638.4721@afterlife.ncsc.mil> pkellma@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Peter Kellman) writes:

>I have seen several postings describing Macs that play a series of
>tones. Mine has just started...when I dial into my internet host
>(Sun) using my high speed modem (Practical Peripherals PM14400FSXA)
>I get a series of tones briefly when it connects (but only sometimes).
>Sometimes it's fine.  Does anyone have any ideas??  I am using System
>6.0.7 and my comms package is Hayes SmartcomII V3.3.  

Is the noise possibly coming from your modem?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: chrism@col.hp.com (Chris Magnuson)
Subject: Re: How to write a script for the Mac?
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:20:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

   Be aware that White Knight does not currently function under A/UX 3.0.

   The scripting capability is nice though.

Chris Magnuson
chrism@col.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard Company
719 590 2963
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore)
Subject: Re: 7.0 vs. 7.0.1 on MacII
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 01:26:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.164301.5820@urbana.mcd.mot.com> willcox@urbana.mcd.mot.com (David A Willcox) writes:
>I have an "old" MacII, currently running System 6.0.8, and I'd like to
>upgrade to System 7.  My problem: an 800k-only floppy.  System 7.0
>is available on 800k floppies, 7.0.1 is not.  (Then, of course, there
>is also 7.1, also no 800k option.)
>
>My question: Are there signficant problems in 7.0 that have been fixed
>in 7.0.1, meaning that it would be a bad idea to use 7.0?
>
>If 7.0 is a bad idea, does anyone have a suggestion for how to get
>7.0.1 onto the internal disk of the MacII?  I know of two possibilities:
>
>(1) Pay the $500+ to upgrade the floppy.  That gives me a second
>    floppy, but costs a bit of change for something I wouldn't use much.
>
>(2) Buy an external drive and connect it to another machine to do the
>    installation.  At least this gives me more room to grow!
>
>Any other ideas?
>
>David A. Willcox		Motorola MCG, Urbana, IL

(3) Buy AE PlusDrive; it allows you to use HD disks without getting the
ROM upgrade. Costs $250 or so from MacWarehouse.

(4) Buy the System 7.1 upgrade and ask for 800K disks. 7.1 does indeed
come on 800Ks, but you have to specify which ones you want.

Jay (=
From: rod@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Word 5.0a subscribing to PICT + EPS?
Date: 17 Nov 92 16:51:07 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

Does anyone out there know if Word 5.0a can subscribe
to editions in PICT+EPS format that are published by,
say, Adobe Illustrator 3.2?  I've tried this and it
doesn't seem to work - the picture looks OK on 
the mac, but prints as PICT (nasty chunky bitmap kinda
look) instead of using the EPS - anyone got any clues
on this?  Can work 5.1 do it?

Setup is a mac Powerbook 100, system 7.01 + TU 1.1.1,
Word 5.0a.

Thanks in advance, 
 Rod Chapman
 rod@minster.york.ac.uk
From: fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu (Faisal Nameer Jawdat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Suitcase II 1.2.12 and Sys 7.1
Date: 15 Nov 92 13:39:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.cf1hz8e00aw_412ucP
	<2221@sousa.tay.dec.com>
Organization: Sophomore, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

In article <D2150056.ifh17h@erics.infoserv.com>, erics@infoserv.com
(Eric S. Smith) writes... 
>You don't *need* Font/DA Mover. You can create an empty suitcase by
>making a copy of an existing one and dragging all the fonts out of it,
>then dragging the fonts you want into it.

i haven't used systems earlier than 7 to any degree to know the answer
to this, but isn't it true that in earlier systems than 7 you couldn't
open up a suitcase, but had to access its contents with font/ds mover?
From: danmcd@cs.arizona.edu (Daniel L. McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: WANTED: HD size vs. smallest block table
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:15:04 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson


I couldn't find the answer to this in a FAQL, so I guess I'll post.

I'm looking for a table that looks like this:

	Partition size		Minimum file size
	==============		=================
	32MB			512 bytes
	...			....

(NOTE: The above example is not based in fact.)

I'd like to see this because I just purchased a 210 MB HD, and the minimum
file size is 4K!!! (Ouch.)  I'd like to optimally partition it, but I
don't know if the 16-bit block counter I've heard about is signed (32K blocks)
or unsigned (64Kblocks).

Thanks.  Post, E-mail, etc. away!
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From: jtarr@husc10.harvard.edu (Jeff Tarr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,connect.audit
Subject: Re: System 7.1 General Controls - No desktop color!
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:44:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc10.jtarr.721943078

In an attempt not to waste any additional bandwidth I'll clarify my original post on
this subject.  It seemed that I no longer had the color palette available when modifying
my desktop pattern in the General Controls.  It had turned out that a Shareware program, 
Desktop Textures, was the culprit as it modified my system file.  

-- 
Jeff Tarr
Harvard University
jtarr@husc.harvard.edu
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Harvard University
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Subject: Re: Linking SE/30 with Classic II
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:15:45 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.144029.17608@husc3.harvard.edu> mcrae@husc8.harvard.edu writes:
>In article <1992Nov19.085527.12367@wuecl.wustl.edu>, har1@cec2.wustl.edu (Hasnol Abdul Rahman) writes:
>> I have a question for you all out there. I want to link a SE/30
>> with Classic II. What is the best way to do so? I just want to
>
>In Steven Bobker's article in the "Bridges" section of the October '92
>MacUser, he says that "what is sold as an ImageWriter II connector cable"
>will do the trick. I guess it makes the same pin-to-pin connections as the
>LocalTalk or PhoneNet connectors would. 

Wrong.  An ImageWriter II cable running between two macs will function
as a null modem connector, letting the user link the machines over a 
serial connection (ie, two terminal apps, etc.).

>(Hmm. It can't be _quite_ that simple, I don't think... depends on what's
>actually inside the connector boxes...)

Localtalk cables are wired differently, and have fewer pins. 
The connector boxes contain terminating resistors that 
automagically work when only one device is connected.  It's a 
different setup for a different purpose.
-- 
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Michael.Malloy <Michael.Malloy@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Finder Bus Error on startup
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:45:39 GMT






I have been having a problem with my SE/30 for the past week. Every
time that I start-up my Mac with the extensions on I get a "bus
error-Finder". When I rebuild by desktop it functions just fine for
the rest of the day. If I restart during the day it is just fine. With
extensions off it works just fine. I have noticed this problem ever
since I installed Word 5.1. Do I need to replace the finder or do I
have some type if Init conflict since I installed Word? I am using
system 7.0.1.

-- 
Michael.Malloy@mixcom.com
From: dowdy@apple.com (Tom Dowdy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: How does Dark Side "Kitten" work?
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:57:51 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Nov11.062814.6916@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>,
timm@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Tim Menzies) wrote:
> Puzzled about how Dark Side "Kitten" works. I thought it was simple random
> number generator for the wool and another one for the kitten that
> random selects one of N behaviours (sit, run, catch...). BUT, the
> Kitten module is the SECOND LARGEST of all the Dark Side modules. So,
> is it (shudder) replaying a set of canned scenarios???

Well, the utimate source is to look at the code (available, check out the
docs for details):

But I'll give you the algorithm (as I remember it).  The kitten attempts
to stay "close enough" to the ball to check out what it's doing.  The
kitten will run until it gets to a point where it thinks that the ball
is "close enough" (in pixels).  At that point, the kitten (satisfied that
the ball won't attack it from behind, no doubt) goes through its "resting"
motions (lick, scratch, lie down, sleep).  The behaviors are always in this
order, but it's random which one it will start with.  If the ball
exits the "safe area" the kitten will startle, wake up, and go after
the ball again.  Repeat.

The ball motion is just a basic x and y velocity with a "damping" effect -
plus a random wiggle each move.  After some random amount of time, the
ball is given another "kick."  I suppose I could code in other ball
behaviors, but this one was the simplest to do.

The reason Kitten is so large is just all those darned bitmaps.  Which
brings up an interesting point.  Faders like this are mostly artwork
rather than code - so if any of you out there have interesting artwork
to contribute, I'd be more than happy to do a fader.  I've been wanting
to do a "fishtank" and some kind of "flying kitchenware" for a long time -
and I have all of the code I need to write it.  But I'm not an artist
(as if you couldn't tell from most of the DarkSide pictures :-) ) so I
haven't bothered to work on these modules yet.

> Can't sleep at night. Someone tell me soon. Alternatively, can someone
> give me Tom Dowdy's email (author of Kitten)??

Right here.

 Tom Dowdy                 Internet:  dowdy@apple.COM
 Apple Computer MS:81KS    UUCP:      {sun,voder,amdahl,decwrl}!apple!dowdy
 20525 Mariani Ave         AppleLink: DOWDY1
 Cupertino, CA 95014       
 "The 'Ooh-Ah' Bird is so called because it lays square eggs."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf)
Subject: Re: System 7.1 = $$$
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:45:35 GMT

It seems more likely that you have an init conflict.  I installed 7.1 on my 
IIci, which has many of the programs you mention, plus a ton of inits, and 
everything worked fine.  Even the stuff Apple said needed to be upgraded 
(MacTCP 1.1 to MacTCP 1.1.1) works fine under 7.1 (I'm still using MacTCP 1.1).
 Or perhaps something else is corrupt, like your HD or your installer disks?

Bob
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jma@phoenix.oulu.fi (Jacob Matthan)
Subject: Appearing Files???
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:14:49 GMT


Dear Netters,

I have heard of disappearing files and folders. Has anyone reported files
which mysteriously appear in folders.
On Tuesday 11th of November at 23.56 when the PowerBook 170 was on
but unattended, a file has appeared within a folder. I only disovered it
three days later after I had given my PowerBook to the Apple
Dealer to change my 40 MB Hard Drive to a 120 MB Hard Drive.
The Apple dealer transferred all my data from the smaller hard drive
to the larger one. I have not checked whether the file is on the old hard drive,
but I guess it must be.
The file has only a name, and a very clear and shocking one at that. However,
for purposes of this scientific discussion I shall not now reveal the name of
the file. The file shows as a document having zero K size. I tried to open it
and I was asked whether I wanted to open it using Teach Text. This I did and
found the file to be totally empty.
I used CanOpener and Compact Pro to determine the type of file it was.
Both indicated that it was a TEXT/MACA file. I do not think that I have any
text programme on my hard disk which is described as MACA  and I do not
know what text program it represents.
Only my wife and I live at home. No one else has access to this computer. My
modem works but there is no remote access facility to the PowerBook. My
wife does not know how to handle the computer so she can be ruled out as
having created the file. I certainly did not create this file.
I would like to know how a file could have been created and found itself in a
folder far removed from the folder containing my communications software. No one has ever tried to ftp into my PowerBook and I do no think it is possible as I do not have any sophisticated communication program.
Any explanations please - and then I will reveal the startling name of the file along with a summary of the responses.
J. Matthan
Oulu, Finlan