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From: weinhous@castor.hahnemann.edu (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MacInTax 92 Woes...[going off on tangent]
Date: 23 Nov 1992 18:18:00 -0500
Organization: Hahnemann University
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In article <23NOV199217315752@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673) writes:
:In article <1ehdckINNa2u@castor.hahnemann.edu>, weinhous@castor.hahnemann.edu (: Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.) writes...
:> 
:>I just had the same experience with the MacInTax Geneva font and Word 5.0,
:>5.0a, 5.1 and 5.1a. The text in the Font Box (in the ribbon) and the text
:>in the Style Box (in the ruler) would become corrupted (an overwrite with
:>different spacing between letters) rather frequently.
:> 
:>After trashing the MacInTax Geneva fonts, and reinstalling the Apple 7.0.1
:>Geneva fonts all is well.
:
:This is not necessarily the fault of MacInTax.

It may be the fault of MacInTax's Geneva Font.

:						I have the same problem with 
:Word 5.0a--the text in the Font Box and Style box becomes corrupted, and this 
:occurs regularly, without MacInTax.  MicroSoft suggested that the Settings
:file might have been corrupted, but I replaced it without solving the problem. 
:
:Susan Kayser		NCF::KAYSER  or  kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov

Susan, try trashing ALL of the geneva fonts in your system and then
installing a fresh set from the Apple system disks.

Good luck.


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From: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Help with Retrospect Remote
Date: 15 Nov 1992 21:40:43 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681  USA
Distribution: world
Reply-To: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland)
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In article <1992Nov15.003202.107974@bmug.org>, Chris_Schram@bmug.org writes:


> Using System 7's personal file sharing to get around having to use any
> Remote INITs. (for Retrospect Remote 1.3)

This is a really bad idea.  The remote inits will make your life much easier
as well as the users of the systems you are backing up.  The remote inits
allow the user (victim) to adjust the system load between their application
load and the load caused by the file access for the backup job.


> Recently we upgraded the memory on two of the machines, necessitating for
> the first time the use of 32-bit addressing.

32-bit addressing is NOT required...no matter how much memory you may have.
I currently have 20M of memory and have developed the policy of only using
32-bit addressing/virtual memory when I need it.  Many older applications
still burp if these features are enabled...so to skip the hassle, I disable
these features.  Incidentally, R/R works fine with virtual memory and 32-
bit addressing on my SE/30.


> Then the problems started:
> Now, if one of the computers has lots of files to backup, the tape drive
> goes off-line during the compare cycle after about 40 files, sometimes much
> sooner.  You can imagine the hassle.
> 
> Now the Questions:
> 1) I realize I'm not supplying a lot of detail here, but has anyone else
>    seen this problem?

Yes...I rearranged the SCSI daisy-chain and the SCSI addresses...For some
strange reason I fixed the problem!


> 2) Retrospect Remote INITs seem to come in packs of 10 or more, and are not
>    cheap. Would using Remotes instead of file sharing fix this?

First, Retrospect Remote comes with a 10-user license as standard.  You should
look through your stuff to try to find the info.  Serial numbers should be in
the packaging somewhere.

Secondly, using the remotes will save you tons of grief.  Also, DO NOT NEGLECT
to install "Retro.SCSI" in the backup machine's systm folder...It should
increase your tape transfer efficiency by a huge amount if you have a
compatable drive.  And, as I think about it, if you do not use it, the drive
may act flakey.  I know for sure that the drive cycles much more often if the
Retro.SCSI init isn't installed.


>
>    Is there anyone out here with more Remotes than they need who would be
>    willing to transfer one or two licenses to me?

I'm using all of mine...Sorry. 

> Thank You -- Chris Schram -- crs@cypress.com

Your welcome.  Hope this info helps you.

Mike

Mike Rowland (Contractor),  MS 475
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA 23681
internet: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: f0975893@jaguar.csc.wsu.edu
Subject: Re: Postscript to PICT/TIFF ?
Organization: Washington State University
Date: 23 Nov 92 11:40:05 -0800

In article <1992Nov23.094436.9529@fys.ruu.nl>, walsteyn@fys.ruu.nl 
	(Fred Walsteijn) writes:> 
If you have access to a Unix system running GhostScript ("gs")
> and the PBM tools then you might try the following script:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> #
> # the GhostScript file "pstoppm.ps" must reside in the 
> # same directory as this file !!!
> #
> gs -dNODISPLAY -q pstoppm.ps > /dev/null <<%EOF
> ($1:r)ppm24run
> quit
> %EOF
> ppmquant 256 $1:r.ppm | ppmtopict > $1:r.pict 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Store this in an executable file named "pstopict"; put it in your 
> "bin" directory and convert your ps file using the command:   
>   pstopict yourfile.ps
> The script will create the file yourfile.pict, which may resemble
> the ps original (ha-ha).

As far as I know, ppmtopict only creates a 72dpi image of the ppm file.
Unfortunately, this is fixed and not adjustable. If someone, or the author
if he is reading this) would care to correct this so that the output was
300dpi, those of us with QuickDraw printers would be eternally greatful.

There is a workaround (that I have not tried yet) and that is to add the
line "scale 4 4" to your postscript and then resize the PICT image to 
25% once you have it on the mac. You should get an image around 300dpi.
As I said, a ppmtopict program that does this directly would be preferable.

> Transfer the file to your Mac in binary mode and set the file's creator
> and type; or use CAP with a sensible extension mapping.

If you have ghostscript and the pbmtools installed, you might like to try
ps2eps-mac (vers 1.1) for UNIX based systems. It is available from sumex
in the /info-mac/unix directory I beleive. This creates an eps with
embedded pict file in macbinary format. Once transferred to the 
mac it can be read into WORD 5 (not 4 or below unfortunately). You then
have a low-resolution PICT for the screen (72dpi) and embedded post-
script for printing on a postscript printer. Any annotating performed
on the PICT file is also added to the postscript. The picture may be
resized etc. without any loss in picture quality. A great application
for importing postscript output into a word document.

Richard
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From: mbess@draco.unm.edu ()
Subject: Color desktop picture on IIsi	
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 17:27:54 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Keywords: 
I was wonderingis anyone knew of a shareware solution to this problem. I have a IIsi and would like to add a picture to the desktop. I've tried Deskpict and it doesn't work. I would also like to avoid buying Now Utilities(I heard it has something that works). Also does Wallpaper allow you to put pictures on the desktop or just patterns? Any info would be of great 
help.
Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Paul Robichaux)
Subject: Macintax or TaxCut? (was: Re: MacInTax 92 Woes)
Reply-To: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov
Organization: New Technology, Inc.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:51:14 GMT

I have been a happy Macintax user from 1987 until last year. Even
after waiting for, and applying, the many bugfixes that Chipsoft sent
out, I still had more trouble than the process was worth. I ended up
filling out, and filing, my return by hand.

This year, MECA has their tax package available for the Mac also. From
what Rick Zaccone said about Macintax '92, it doesn't sound like
Chipsoft is doing much better this year than last. Any experience with
TaxCut out there?
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From: Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu>
Subject: Re: Powerbook Apps and Utilities Question.
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X-Xxdate: Sat, 21 Nov 92 09: 27:51 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:27:28 GMT

In article <aland.722218024@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> Alan D.,
aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu writes:
>Also -- Any suggestions for the following problem?  I got my PB160
>4/40 yesterday morning; I currently have 8.7 megs free, and am TRYING
>to get onto the network, but NCSA Telnet 2.4 doesn't seem to work, &
>MacTCP isn't available to me... :(  I also wouldn't mind getting
>Eudora up & running...

You'll need MacTCP to use either Telnet or Eudora, as both use TCP/IP
protocols. Eudora, at least some older versions, comes with MacTCP, if
I'm not mistaken.
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From: cromwell@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Batch conversion for images
Date: 15 Nov 92 12:09:53 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <Bxp8Gt.71C@rahul.net>, mike@rahul.net (Mike Smithwick) writes:

> I am in need of converting about 1800 Windows .BMP formatted images to
> PICT format. Are there any batch image conversion packages available up
> to the task? Preferably one which will read through a directory structure
> on its own convert any image files it finds and reconstruct the 
> directory on the target device with the new images.

I don't know of any batch converters, but I have successfully used
automac to record a macro that moves through the list one by one and
converts them in what ever app you happen to have.  Two
suggestions-use plenty of window pauses and use the arrow keys instead
of the mouse...and rebound or boomerang is also a must.
-- 
Rick
From: Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Latest ATM?
Date: 21 Nov 92 22:34:03 GMT
Organization: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ

There is no good dim sum in Michigan! 

  mu> From: msung@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Michael L Sung) Date: 19 Nov 92
  mu> 14:42:40 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID:
  mu> <98348@netnews.upenn.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
  mu> 
  mu> In article <1992Nov18.205159.7582@cerritos.edu> jacobs@cerritos.edu
  mu> writes:
  mu> 
  > 
  > What is the latest up-to-the-minute version of ATM? Does it ship with
  > sys7.1 like I was hearing about? If not is there a deal on it somewhere?
  > 
  mu> The latest version is 3.0.  This version is used for Adobe's
  mu> multiplemaster font technology.
  mu> 
  mu> msung@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
  mu> --- Squish v1.01

ATM 3.0 is now recommended for System 7.1 and required if you move yours fonts
into the new font folder.
  mu>  * Origin: zeus.ieee.org * [140.98.1.1]  (1:107/10)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: calypso@stein.u.washington.edu (Kent Shih)
Subject: Adobe Fonts
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:07:38 GMT


     I am thinking about using Adobe Fonts.  Any suggestions to what fonts
     packages I can begin to use?

     If I were to use Adobe Fonts, should I discontinue using TrueType
     Fonts?

               -kent


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov (James L. Felder)
Subject: Re: IBM-pc -to- Mac TEXT conversion: HOW?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Sverdrup Technology, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:14:57 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.224105.9381@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>,
carlip@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Walter C3arlip) wrote:
> 
> A colleague of mine needs to use TEXT files on Macs and IBM-pcs.  He has
> Macintosh PC-Exchange, but to my shock PC-Exchange does not provide
> a mechanism for converting IBMs line endings (CR-LF) to Macintosh
> line endings (just CR, right?).  
> 
> I know that Apple-File exchange will make the conversion, but this is
> very inconvenient and not something that we want to deal with several
> times a day.  What I'd really like is . . . a pair of drag-drop
> file converters that convert mac text files to ibm text files and
> verse-visa.  Anyone know of such a beast?
> 
I don't know about the drag and drop converters, but many of the Macintosh
TEXT editors (not word processors) have the option to filter line feeds
when saving a file and will automatically convert from other formats to Mac
format when reading in a file.  My understanding is that line feeds are
really the only difference between text files on the two platforms.  The
text editors could then do the conversion if needed.  If all you what to do
is edit these files, you could just keep the files in PC format, and have
the text editor convert them to Mac format when reading and back to PC
format when saving.

My recommendation for a text editor is bbedit.  It is available in info-mac
at sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  For more complexity on the order of emacs there
is alpha also available from sumex.

I hope this helps.

-Jim

James L. Felder            (216)891-4019         -My opinions are MINE-
Sverdrup Technology, Inc.  jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov  I think that should
NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland 44135        cover all bases, 
                                                  don't you.

"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge -
    other people gargle"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mukasa@panix.com (Michael Mukasa)
Subject: Re: HELP-De-ciphering Sad Mac Codes
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:55:16 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Panix, NYC

In <1992Nov18.021608.22623@samba.oit.unc.edu> Mike.Oniffrey@launchpad.unc.edu (Mike Oniffrey) writes:

>Over a period of about eight hours, My SE got to the point where it simply
>not boot at all - not even a re-boot belltone when I tried pushing the
>reset switch on the side.

>It started with an occasional lockup of the screen; a re-boot cured that.

>It then progressed to screenlock _with_ a random pattern of black or white
>pixels across the screen.  I could still get the machine to re-boot.

>Finally, it would lock up, dead cursor, and when I tried to reboot, the
>SAD MAC icon would come up with the following code sequence:

>            00000005              or           00000004
>            15001F00                           00003F00


>Multiple tries at re-booting would bring up the same icon with changes in
>the code sequence and the random across-the-screen pattern of pixels.

>If anyone would be so kind as to post or E-mail to me directly a list of
>sad Mac error codes, I would be most appreciative.

>Mike Oniffrey
>InterNET:  Mike.Oniffrey@launchpad.unc.edu
>   Voice:  919.549.7878
>     FAX:  919.549.7070
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>        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
>           internet:  laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80




Please post the results if you can I would be very intersted in knowing
the results as well.

Thank you in advance.

Kiggundu.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: anderj2@vccnw04.its.rpi.edu (Jason Anderson)
Subject: Re: Canvas 3.0
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:13:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov21.174839.29241@wam.umd.edu> lud@wam.umd.edu () writes:
>
>Could someone please tell me how to curve text in canvas.  I have tried unsuccessfully and I would really like to know how to do it.  Please tell me if a special type of font is needed and common examples of those fonts..
>
>Thanks in advance..
>(lud@wam.umd.edu)


Yes, what you do is draw a curve and place your text on the screen.
Then, highlight both the text and the curve and chose Bind Objects (I
don't remember which menu it is under.)  This will do the trick.
However, I have not figured out how to center it.  In other words, all
my text comes out lower on one side of the curve if I use an arc to
bind.  If anyone can help with that, I am sure we would both
appreciate it. :)

Jason

P. S.  Are there any good books out there with tricks and techniques for
       Canvas 3.0?
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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro speed ?!?!
Date: 23 Nov 92 18:30:20 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

jordi@marsun1.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (JORDI Stephane) writes:

>We always work on the same 4 major databases. Actually, the first user turning
>on his Mac starts FileMaker. Then every user is a client to his database.
>I've heard that letting start FileMaker on the server itself instead of a 
>user's Mac with the requested databases is faster.
>Is it true that we access the dabase faster when running on the server ?

    When dealing with multiple users in FM Pro, your speed is determined
by the speed of the Host Mac. If that host mac happens to be a Q950, and
the database file that it is accessing is on the internal HD instead of
on an AppleShare Server, then you will be seeing a speed increase over
your current set-up. But it is important to remember that if you have
more than 5 users in any single database at the same time, you will
still be crawling. There are limits to FM Pro's multi-user capabilities.

--
-Brian V. Hughes
	"Young children should not to try this kind of thing at home.
	    		Use a friend's home."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: lee@rose.brandeis.edu (charles lee)
Subject: Need a SLIDESHOW application...
Keywords: slideshow
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:44:31 GMT

Would anyone know of a good slideshow application that will display
high-resolution (1000x1000 and more) color graphics that have been
scanned/created in a paint application?

I've tried Gallery, but it crashes frequently, which rules it out
for demostrations. (BTW, I'm showing graphics of celluar mechanisms
to a class I am teaching and I's using the mac to do it...)

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

-Charles Lee
 Structual Biology Department
 Brandeis University
From: espen@coli.uni-sb.de (Espen J. Vestre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: LaTex fonts on a Macintosh
Date: 20 Nov 92 08:48:36 GMT
Organization: Computerlinguistik, Universitaet des Saarlandes
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In article <1992Nov19.153222.29920@news.columbia.edu> David Epstein,
de11@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu writes:
>Here's a basic question -- I use LaTex on my Macintosh, but I'm not
>thrilled with the basic CMR font. How do I find and install another
>font, say an equivalent to Times-Roman or Palatino? I FTP'd over to

Which TeX system are you using for running LaTeX, then?
Both TeXtures and OzTeX have the possibility of using postscript fonts.  
OzTeX even includes a ready-to-use LaTeX format file which uses the Times
font instead of CM.  It should be easy to modify the source file for this
format if you want e.g. Palatino instead.
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From: willson@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen R. Willson)
Subject: Controlling Printer Access
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:49:30 GMT

Could someone recommend a software package; shareware, freeware, or
commercial; that can hide a printer from all users except for a given group?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jconklin@scott.skidmore.edu (jason conklin)
Subject: Re: MS-Dos reader
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:01:36 GMT

rw91@ecs.soton.ac.uk (R Wilson) writes:
> Is there any app in the PD to read/write to MS-dos
> format disks?

try apple file exchange folder, I think that apple distrubtes it for
free...
From: GS#0@lafibm.lafayette.edu (GS#0000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Canvas 3.0
Date: 23 Nov 92 05:49:51 GMT
Organization: Lafayette College
Originator: news@lafcol

In article <y011sfq@rpi.edu> anderj2@vccnw04.its.rpi.edu (Jason Anderson) writes:
>In article <1992Nov21.174839.29241@wam.umd.edu> lud@wam.umd.edu () writes:
>>
>>Could someone please tell me how to curve text in canvas.  I have tried unsuccessfully and I would really like to know how to do it.  Please tell me if a special type of font is needed and common examples of those fonts..
>>[...]
>[...]
>However, I have not figured out how to center it.  In other words, all
>[...]

Center the text in  the text block before binding.
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From: Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu>
Subject: Re: Talking Clock in 7 ?!
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X-Xxdate: Tue, 17 Nov 92 11: 59:06 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:58:55 GMT

In article <BxuLzE.9Aq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> the End,
jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu writes:
>Is there any hope for an fkey function in 7 or resurection of Talking
>Clock in another form.

Well, you can use ResEdit to install the FKEY resource into your system
file. I had it led on my PB140 running System 7.0.1 for a while, and it
worked fine. (In fact, come to think of it, I think the FKEY is still
installed. Thanks for the reminder).
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mind about  the ultimate  foundations either  of Theoretical  or Practical
Reason is idiocy." - C.S. Lewis
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