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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #220
Date: 13 Sep 92 20:59:48 GMT
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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 13 Sep 92       Volume 10 : Issue 220

Today's Topics:

      [*] Agonized shriek
      [*] SpeedyFinder7 1.5.3
      [*] SpinCursor Library 1.01
      Apple, Apple Corp. & MIDI (Q)
      Apple marketing in Europe ... (C)
      Application Menu problem
      Becoming a Certified Apple Weenie ;-)
      Change in kind of file for MS Word files
      Clearing Clogged Jets
      DA's and Multifinder (A)
      Eudora Docs
      formatting floppies (A)
      i/o error, bad checksum
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #219
      keyboard layout in GreekKeys for Mac (A)
      Keyboards for foreing languages (Greek and many others)
      Looking for an old Sat Night Live sound...
      MacBBS in Portugal
      MacTCP licensing
      More ARA problems
      More Eudora/pop problems
      need help converting PostScript file to ASCII text
      Nisus curiosity
      PB100 Answers --- Thanks!
      plugging in a lot in my mac
      Powerbook Modems (Q)
      Shareware and freeware
      Shareware programs
      speedy-finder bug
      SpeedyFinder7 alert problems...
      SpeedyFinder7 Bug (2 msgs)
      SpeedyFinder7 Problems
      Speedy Finder bug
      Truetype Laserwriter fonts
      User name in print dialog - I wish (Q)
      Why chime the easy way when there's a so clever hard way?
      Wingz Upgrade (2 msgs)

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 0:43:01 CDT
From: hoffmann@astrog.physics.wisc.edu (Dominik Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] Agonized shriek

This is the sound uttered by Rob Williamson the night before giving his prelim
talk. At the time of this desparate cry (a prolonged "aaahhhrrggggh") his talk
was only eight hours away, it was 2 a.m. and he had not come up with many
viewgraphs.

The sound makes a good error beep. It was created on a PowerBook using the
built-in microphone.

Dominik Hoffmann
(hoffmann@vms.macc.wisc.edu)

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/rob-sound.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 22:02:13 EST
From: Jason Haines <jasonh@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Subject: [*] SpeedyFinder7 1.5.3

Enclosed is Victor Tan's SpeedyFinder7 control panel device, in it's latest
form, version 1.5.3.

All bug reports, comments, etc. should be sent to:

jasonh@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU

I will forward all mail to Victor Tan, and return mail replies from Victor.

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
SpeedyFinder7 v1.5.3 - additional release notes

Important Information - read this!

I initially released v1.0 to 1.4 locally within the Sydney region. Version 1.5
was uploaded to sumex-aim and has since gone all over the world. This has
completely taken me aback. The InterNet was a completely foreign concept to
me.
I am still learning how to use a UNIX OS and failing miserably.

I understand that people were having trouble getting bug reports to me because
they saw no recognisable InterNet address. I hope that the new document fixes
this problem as I have provided two InterNet addresses (the second actually
mails AppleLink). Thus instead of users complaining madly over the network and
not doing anything about it, you can hassle me (but not all at once about the
same problem, please).

I think you should also know that this Control Panel was originally an
Extension
without an interface. I only put that interface in for my benefit. In fact,
the
whole idea was really written for my benefit. Despite the fact that many users
complained that v1.5.2 did not work with other applications and caused
dialogue
boxes to be misplaced, those problems never occurred during its development on
my Macintosh (they still don't). I also think you should know that I am in no
way obliged to fix those problems that I had never encountered. But because
I'm
such a nice guy :-) I have chosen to do so and to implement ideas suggested by
other people as well. I call this support for you. How about you show some
support for me and send that recommended fee of Aus$20.00 to me?

On a lighter note, it is week 9 of 15 of the second semester for me. I will be
overloaded with examination pressure in the coming 6 weeks. However, I will
continue to support this product (assuming you support me; and why not because
this is such a RcoolS Control Panel) and will also continue to reply to mail
for
the next three weeks. After that, I will enter examination wind-up and may or
may not choose to reply to mail. You can continue to send me mail and I will
log
it and reply after the completion of my examinations (early November). Sorry,
that's just the way it is! That period will be about 5 weeks duration. If the
bug is urgent then label it so, but don't abuse that privilege!

If you are installing this over an older version, please do not open the
Control
Panel before you restart (or hassle with mail about bugs if you have). You
should restart before opening the new versions Control Panel. This is because
I
haven't implemented a separate preferences file yet.

I hope that this version addresses most if not all of the conflicts and
problems
that people have been reporting to me (which by the way I do thank you guys
for). That's the reason for the lengthy delay in release. Also, if you've
received advice from me or from somebody else to switch to 32-bit mode to
solve
the dialogue box problem, that's no longer necessary in this release. You can
switch back to 24-bit mode. If there's an idea you would like to see
implemented
and I haven't done so then continue to hassle me. Also, if there's a problem I
haven't fixed then bug me, or my bugs will bug you!

Thanks,
Victor Tan (13-Sep-92)

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/speedy-finder7-153.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 16:52:32 GMT-0500
From: rudman@mondo.engin.umich.edu
Subject: [*] SpinCursor Library 1.01

NOTICE: This should replace the older version of the library

This is the SpinCursor library, AGAIN ... UGH.

Some of you may have already noticed there was no protection against
installing more than once, and so the cursor jumped all over the place
before finally dying a horribly yucky death.  I installed a global variable
called gCursInstalled, and this will fix it; now you can call
BeginSpinning() and StopSpinning() without worry as to what will happen.

Some notes for first-time users (read: people unaware of what a VBL task
can do)

o  VBL-based spinning cursors will probably continue to spin even after the
   Macintosh has crashed.  During true Mac crashes, however, the cursor
will
   not MOVE anywhere, it will just spin.  Good? Bad? You be the judge.

o  It would be a nice gesture for you to call StopSpinning() if you receive
   a suspend event, and then BeginSpinning() (if necessary) when you
receive
   the resume event.  Otherwise, you may be "giving the gift of spinning
love"
   to other processes; this is defined in the dictionary as "NOT NICE".

o  Before you allow a user to quit your program, you should issue a
   StopSpinning() just to be on the safe side.  Otherwise, the VBL will
   remain in memory, and it will attempt to JMP to a CODE which is no
longer
   available. Can we say "crash" boys and girls? I knew you could...

o  Some people are very, very accute, and they have noticed some small
flicker
   in the spinning cursors.  This is because the calls to SetCursor are NOT
   always called in sync with the actual monitor vertical retrace.  I will
be
   working on this; in the mean time, it's just a SMALL flicker, more
noticeable
   on machines with nice big 16" screens.

o  Okay, here's the scoop: SetCursor DOES NOT MOVE MEMORY under these
   conditions. SetCCursor MIGHT, however. Nobody at Apple was willing to
try
   and put a color example into the new Inside Macintosh line of books, so
I
   thought OK, I will.  According to someone who sounds like they know, the
   color cursor call has a 0.1% chance of failing.  I say, Hell...   I lock
   everything and do the best job I can of keeping things from moving. I
guess
   with something as sick as a VBL, anything can happen; but I say it's
safe.

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please feel free to
send me mail personally (no, you don't have to voice your opinions over the
net  ;)   )

send to: rudman@engin.umich.edu

Daniel E. Rudman
The University of Michigan
Computer-Aided Engineering Network
Macintosh Systems Administration

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/spin-cursor-101.hqx; 111K]

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 02:48:32 EDT
From: Shekhar Govind <GS#0%LAFAYACS.bitnet@lafibm.lafayette.edu>
Subject: Apple, Apple Corp. & MIDI (Q)

Any one care to confirm the grapevine story that Apple Comp. and
Apple Corp. have resolved their differences about MIDI Manager, and that
said sys. ex. will now get the full developmental support of Apple Comp?
Also the tons of cool stuff reportedly being incorporated into the MIDI
Manager? Sounds too good to be true....what gives?

Cheers - Shekhar Govind                         govi@lafayette.edu

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 16:25:32 +0100
From: me@suzuka.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Subject: Apple marketing in Europe ... (C)

Eric Eisenhandler writes in Mac-Info Digest V10 #219:
 ---------
Recently there has beeen a string of complaints about Apple's European
prices in INFO-MAC. In no. 217, Michael Eytan points out that it isn't
just Apple who are ripping off European customers by charging roughly
twice the US prices - he gives an example of software.
...[deleted]
 ----------

Unfortunately prices of software are not multiplied by TWO but much, much
more.
Let me give another recent example: some time ago I saw an advertisement in
the journal 'Neural Networks' for a somewhat watered-down version of a neural-
net soft called 'Professional II' that was offered at $100. I sent in the
offer
with a payment via my credit card. Yesterday I got a phone call from the
French subsidiary, offering the same soft for 1990FF, VAT not included -- ie
for 2360FF with taxes ($492), viz FIVE times the US price!!! This cannot,
imho go on like this.

My point in this posting however is *not* to complain, but to try to get
all European Mac users on this list to get together and try to do something:
address the European Commission or the European Parliament and/or write to
professional journals. Of course, this may sound naive since the interests
of the european computer industry is that US soft should be expensive. But
I am open to any suggestion and willing to take on the role of a
clearing-house
To parody a former slogan: 'mac-proletarians of Europe unite'.

Please send me mail privately at address below. Thanks

--
Michel Eytan                                    eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr
Labo. Info., Log., Lang.                        T: +33 88 41 74 29
Univ. Strasbourg II                             F: +33 88 41 74 40


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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 14:00:16 PDT
From: "Don W." <webbd@CCVAX.CCS.CSUS.EDU>
Subject: Application Menu problem

Sorry if this is another FAQ, but Application Menu doesn't
work for me.  It's an addition to the Finder menu that
lists all the applications on your hard disk and switches
to whichever you select.

It lists applications all right, but when I select one
Applications Menu hangs and seems to go into a loop.
Is there something wrong with the device or have I overlooked
something?

I'm using an LC II 4/80 with System 7.0.1*.  Please copy to
me offlist if you can help.

Don W. -- DonWebb@CSUS.EDU

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 06:51:44 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <smaxwell@engin.umich.edu>
Subject: Becoming a Certified Apple Weenie ;-)

Well, it just goes to show that there can be TOO much information
for a person.  I have so many Mac info sources now that it is getting
hard to remember where I saw what.

I did find the info on becoming a Authorized Apple Technician (Weenie
 ;-).  It was not in the digest as I orignally thought.  It is in the
latest MacWorld (I actually find a few useful things in there every once
and a while).  It is "How To/Quick Tips" section.

For those of you who expressed interest, here is a brief summary:

Apple has a program called the Dealer Sponsored Servicing Owner
program.  Basically a dealer "sponsers" you for the enrollment
in the MANDATORY Apple "certified" training class, sells you the
service parts & modules, and answers any technical-service questions
(I don't know about other dealers, but I tend to know more about
Macs the the majority of the people at my dealer; OK, well, at least
as far as sales people go :-).  More info you should ask your dealer
for a DSSO Product sheet, which they can get from the local Apple
customer service manager.  If you own or manage more than 100 Macs
(Bummer, not rich enough for that yet ;-) , you can apply for the
DSSO program at a local Apple Sales office (1-800-767-2275 for the
closest sales office).

I hope some others find this of use.  I don't know if there are any
costs associated with this, such as cost of the class, etc.  I am
going to look in to it 'cause it would be nice to be able to crack
the Mac w/o worrying about the warranty (but then my IIsi is out of
warranty any ways!).

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
smaxwell@engin.umich.edu

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 09:10:24 EDT
From: dom manno <V1723G%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Change in kind of file for MS Word files

This is a weird one that we here haven't been able to figure out, so we're
throwing ourselves on the mercy of the Digest.
We're running a lab with two Mac IIx's, one of which is the file server for a
network of 18 machines (16 Mac Pluses and the Mac IIx's), the other is the
only
machine running System 7 (the others run 6.0.7). We installed Sys7 over the
summer.
Recently we've noticed that on the Mac running Sys7 all of the MS Word (4.0d)
files show up on the menus as "Apple Share Update" files. When you check "Get
Info" for any of these files, the kind is listed as "Apple Share Updater
README
Doc."
This affects only Word files, files created in other applications are not
affected. Also, the Word files appear normally on menus on the non-Sys7 Macs
as
well as in Get Info.
We've run Disk First Aid on the internal hard drive, found nothing. Ran Norton
Utilities, it found bad bundle bits and invalid dates in the Finder and
allegedly fixed them. When we checked the files after running Norton, the
problem was NOT fixed.
We have rebuilt the desktop and reinstalled the system, to no avail. We have
checked for viruses using the latest versions of Disinfectant and Gatekeeper,
and both found nothing.
I can't think of anything, but that means nothing as I am only a lowly grad
assistant who had never even seen a Mac until 18 months ago. More to the
point,
my boss, the lab supervisor, is at a loss too.
So the obvious questions are:
   1) What is the problem?
   2) How can we fix it?
   3) What is the potential for serious damage?
If you prefer, e-mail me directly and I'll post the results to the digest.
Thank you very much for any help.

Take it easy, but take it!

Dom Manno
Journalism Graphics Lab, Temple University
v1723g@vm.temple.edu5

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Date: SAT, 12 Sep 92 11:02:39 EDT
From: Louis_Bergeron%UQAT.UQuebec.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Clearing Clogged Jets

Reprinted from Macworld September 1992 page 148.
"For those of us who refill ink jet cartridges, clogged jets are a recurring
problem. Clogging is most common in cartridges that have not been used for a
while. The cure: Fill the bottom of you ink-bottle cap, or any shallow
vessel, with ink (Skrip brand has worked best for me) and place the jet end
of the cartridge into the pool of ink. After soaking a half hour or so, the
cartridge should be fine. This technique has kept my three cartridges alive
for over two years now.
Paul Smith  Anaheim  California"
I tried that trick on cartridges refilled a few months ago and it worked
perfectly. Cleaning the head of the cartridge delicately with alcohol will
produce an even better result.
Louis_Bergeron@UQAT.UQUEBEC.CA

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 06:47:21 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: DA's and Multifinder (A)

In 10-219 we're asked:
>I can't open my DA's when I'm using Multifinder.  I have a Mac SE, 2.5
>megs, and am using system 6.0.5.  Does anyone out there have any
>suggestions as to what my problem might be?

I'll bet you don't have DA Handler installed in your System Folder. That's
needed to assign memory to your DA's in system 6.0.x under Multifinder.
It's on one of your System 6 installation disks. Alternatively you can hold
down the option key while selecting your DA under Multifinder. That will
load the DA into the memory available for the active application, and the
DA will work then even without DA Handler installed.
Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 02:41:29 -0400
From: Scott E Maxwell <smaxwell@engin.umich.edu>
Subject: Eudora Docs

Is there documentation for Eudora?  The stuff I downloaded from
the archives did not have any documentation.  It had a couple
of readme files, but they did not explain half the stuff.

Thanks,

Scott Maxwell
The University of Michigan
smaxwell@engin.umich.edu

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 17:23:04 +0200
From: "Hr.Enkner" <enkner@grz08u.unileoben.ac.at>
Subject: formatting floppies (A)

To the moderators:
Excuse me first message was corrupted, my error.
original message follows
 ---------------------------------------------------
>Can someone tell me the quickest way to format a large batch of floppies
>(HD)?

When I want to format a batch of floppies I use a batch of Mac+s. :-)
To be serious: When I buy my floppies at my lokal Apple dealer, I ask him,
to use some of his macs for formatting. With say 5 Macs the process can be
done very quickly. You have to hurry up inserting, ejectingand labeling
the disks.
Try this before you waste your time searching for fast formattors.
I would not use them, as they usually dont know bad blocks, as sys 7 does.
Stefan Enkner
Leoben/Austria

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 17:03:26 +0100
From: me@suzuka.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Subject: i/o error, bad checksum

I have dowloaded and used the init B.A.D. recommended by Tom Scott.
This init is *great* I urge you to try it if you have the message above.
[Archived as /info-mac/ex/badinit.hqx; 15K]

--
Michel Eytan                                    eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr
Labo. Info., Log., Lang.                        T: +33 88 41 74 29
Univ. Strasbourg II                             F: +33 88 41 74 40


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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 18:01:11 CDT
From: "Brad Schultz" <brad-s@gopher.ccbr.umn.edu>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #219

I am having the problem with Speedy Finder7 1.5.2 putting dialogs out of sight
in the upper left hand corner of my PB 145 as well.

Non-apple extensions:
	QuicKeys        Hierarchy       Connectix Powerbook Utilities
	HAM             CE Toolbox

	Brad Schultz
	brad-s
	@gopher.ccbr.umn.edu

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 06:47:29 -0400
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: keyboard layout in GreekKeys for Mac (A)

In 10-219 Maurizio Lana wonders:

>Does anyone know if it is some way possible to modify the keyboard layout of
>GreekKeys in order to make it conformant to the TLG transcription?
>I think of two ways: hacking the software; getting a new layout from SMK.

Two other ways:

1) Get QuicKeys, a commercial macro utility from CE Software. It allows you
to define an alias for any key that you type. So you can define "q" to be
the keystroke that produces "theta" in SMK, and so forth. You can toggle
QuicKeys on and off by a simple keystroke as well, so the changes you make
can be turned off easily even within the program that you're using it for.
The whole procedure would take only two or three minutes. QuicKeys costs
about $100, and has so many other useful features that I'd urge everyone to
get it.

2) Get FontMonger by Ares Software or some similar font editor. You can
simply rearrange the actual GreekKeys font to match the TLG transcription.
Jeff Needleman  <needje@msen.com>

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Date: SAT, 12 Sep 92 13:06:52 EDT
From: Louis_Bergeron%UQAT.UQuebec.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Keyboards for foreing languages (Greek and many others)

Get INFO-MAC/MISC/MANY-KEYBOARDS.HQX
For those interested, there is a product that can be used to customize your
keyboard and create as many keyboards as you like. It's fully compatible with
both System 6 and 7. Many people using the same machine can use their own
keyboard. You create keyboards by moving characters around with the mouse. It
won't create any new characters, but you can access some by typing one
instead of two keystrokes. It will just change the location of those already
existing by accessing the KChr resource. You can switch keyboards with an
F-Key or a DA. There is also another F-Key to access every possible
characters like with PopChar, but it's better because you can select the
size. It's name is MacKeymeleon II.
The price in Canadian dollars is 119.95$ which I think is a bit too high. I
wrote to them about that. Perhaps site licensing is available. I have been
using the product since 1984 and could not live without it. It's available in
both French and English and could be translated easily in other languages
since the menus are rather simple.
For informations:
Logiciel Avenue
2162 boul. Charest Ouest
Sainte-Foy
Quebec
Canada  G1N 2G3
FAX (418) 681-1055

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:15:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: JK_APPLEREP@UNHH.UNH.EDU (Joe Kazura)
Subject: Looking for an old Sat Night Live sound...

I'm looking for the clip of when Dan Akaroid (sp?) says to Jane Curtain...

"Jane, you ignorant slut you..."

I will pay money for that sound!  :)

Thanks,

Joe Kazura

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 11:40:48 PRT
From: Rui Bento <SCEIOC23%PTEARN.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: MacBBS in Portugal

  HI
  MacBBS in Portugal Phone: +351-1-823053
  Many conferences: Mac NeXT, Sun, Vax ...
  CD-ROM and 240 Megs hard Disk.
	       Sincerely
	   Rui Bento
E-mail:
       Bitnet : sceioc2PTEARN
ps: in a few months will be setup a PBBS (for HAM))with Net/MAC or other soft
if available for Packet BBS

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 11:55:23 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: MacTCP licensing

On Thu, 10 Sep 92 17:25:02 -0700 you said:
>Murph Sewall suggests:
>>On the other hand you could tell the "why should I pay for it" logic
>>that MacTCP is free but the IP number is $100 (that is if that can't
>>prove they have a legitimate license, they can't play).
>>
>You could say it, but it would not be true.  An IP number does not cost
>$100.  And even if it did, who would get the money?  Certainly Apple or
>APDA has no claim on it.  They do not own the Internet.

Missed the point, I think.  If the objective is to discourage software
piracy, then IP numbers should not be provided to users who cannot
demonstrate that they have a legitimate copy of TCP software (for
whatever platform).  Of course, as has been pointed out.  Users CAN
legitimately say, "Oh, in that case Eudora will be fine; I'll use that,"
and once they have an IP address can then load up with all sorts of
other software that ALSO uses MacTCP.  As has said, you can
only install one copy of MacTCP no matter how many licenses you
acquire.  The legal position that you can only use MacTCP with the
software it's licensed with is based on a logic that never contemplated
the technology it's being applied to.  However, it also seems evident
that Apple's pricing structure for licenses makes an Internal use
license the far and away rational economic choice.  So the whole issue
ought to be moot for any organization that doesn't need professional
help at Bellevue.

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 03:54:31 GMT
From: John Quiggin <jxq302@anu.edu.au>
Subject: More ARA problems

We have just acquired ARA and people want to dial into our modem at both
2400 baud and 9600 baud. Are any of the ARA settings capable of handling
this. The modems are all Australian made and hence don't appear in the
set supplied by Apple.

Thanks

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 08:46:48 EDT
From: "A. Zakai" <ZAK@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
Subject: More Eudora/pop problems

========================================================================
I am trying to run Eudora at home and connect to my pop server over Appletalk
Remote and tcp/ip.
Running the same configuration (ie same Eudora folder in the system folder)
over the LAN (ethernet-netware-tcp/ip) works fine and yet from home I get
and error that the connection to the pop server failed halfway.
All other tcp/ip application seem to work fine and I can actually telnet
to the pop server (though I can not logon to it with my user/pswd I wonder
if I should be able to.)
The setting is an SE/30, system 7.1, MacTCP 1.1.1b2, ARA 1.0, Supra V32bis
connected at 9600 and Eudora 1.2.2 (same error with Eudora 1.3b46.)
All local expert are baffled, I have asked this question before on a net list
but could not solve the problem.
I would appreciate any lead that folks could come up with, any new idea to
check out is welcome.

Thanks --Zak

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 13:46:35 EDT
From: edavies@cs.tufts.edu (Eric Davies)
Subject: need help converting PostScript file to ASCII text

Does anyone out there have any suggestions as to how I could take a
file of PostScript code and convert it to a plain ASCII file?  I'm
interested only in the text of the file, not the formatting, but I have
yet to find a way to convert from PostScript to ASCII text.  If you
think you have ANY ideas, please let me know by sending e-mail to
edavies@cs.tufts.edu (I'm not on the info-mac subscription list yet).
If there's interest, I'll be happy to summarize to the net.  Thanks a
lot.

Eric Davies

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 21:15:19 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: Nisus curiosity

If you've suddenly found yourself having trouble getting your
customized command keys in Nisus to be recognized, it may be that you have
more than 28 items in your Menu Items folder in your System 7 folder.
The solution, according to Vol.1 #1 of Nisus Software News, is to
move the Menu Items folder out of the System Folder, assign your
command key equivalent, then move the MI folder back in. Incidentally,
customized command keys are one of the small features that's so
well implemented I couldn't bear to give it up, and so abandoned
thoughts of FrameMaker. You can even assign 2 letters to the key,
since Nisus can tell the difference btw command-S (Save) and command-
SA (Save As...) so long as you don't pause  between the S and the A.

Nisus Software has also announced that it is now shipping Nisus Compact
with the spell checker and other modules. If you bought NC without
those modules, call Nisus and they'll ship them to you for the cost
of processing.

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:15 EDT
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <CDBSDUC@grove.iup.edu>
Subject: PB100 Answers --- Thanks!

I would like to thank those who responded to my questions about installing RAM
in a Powerbook 100 and recommending a disk space saving program:

>   ? ? ?              lewin@ksr.com
>   Alan Hewat         HEWAT@FRILL53.BITNET
>   Bill Jenkins       wcj1@cornell.edu
>   Bryan Hilterbrand  bryanh@stout.gvg.tek.com
>   Dave Duff          duff@starbase.MITRE.ORG
>   Doug Reeves        dreeves@ese.ogi.edu
>   Eric Pugh          Eric_L._Pugh.ES_AE@xerox.com
>   Hank Dolben        Dolben@UNH.edu
>   John O'Hair        johair@afit.af.mil
>   Jon Butler         JBUTLER@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
>   Kee Nethery        nethery@parc.xerox.com
>   Rob Winters        rwinters@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov
>   Scott E Maxwell    smaxwell@engin.umich.edu

The consensus was that it was much easier to open and install RAM in a PB100
than either a PB140 or PB170 (and, we'll assume, the newer PB's). It also void
the warranty, but, as several pointed out, if you're careful, there should be
no problems. Others mentioned that since a dealer will only charge $25 or so
it
might be best to let them do it (which I might... but I doubt it).

I was also told that Citibank was either out of PB100's or nearly so. I
ordered
one this morning, and the woman I spoke with said that some people have
ordered
five and six at a time. They had less than a dozen left, and I got one. It's
shipping the 18th, and I should have it by the end of the month (a good excuse
not to do any more dissertation work till then, right?).

Several people recommended AutoDoubler, and a few suggested Aladdin's
SpaceSaver. One suggested that I avoid these program since they spend a lot of
time using the disk (obviously), which contributes to battery drainage much
faster than if I just ran a carefully arranged disk.

Thanks again, to everyone. People have said it before, but I'll say it again:
this is a great example of how others come to the aid of a total stranger;
some
sent very elaborate instructions about how to disassemble the PB, all were
very
polite and helpful.

Enjoy your weekend, all!

Robert Brockman CDBSDUC@IUP.BITNET  or  CDBSDUC@GROVE.IUP.EDU

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:47 MST
From: <FRIESEN%NAUVAX.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: plugging in a lot in my mac

 I have looked through all of my IIci documentation and cannot find any
information on output watts limits for my Mac.  Could you, Reinder, tell
us where you found that information for your IIsi and what it says?
Thanks...
		     Aric Friesen

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 13:08 IST
From: Michael Green <SOUGD%HUJIVM1.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Powerbook Modems (Q)

Can you powerlibrarians tell me which is the best 9600 data/fax modem with
send/receive to purchase for the PB?

I am not in a macintuitive part of the world, so I would also appreciate you
sending me information on the places offering the best deals on a PB170 with
8/120 (and presumably on the new models when they appear in October) - all
this
in the hope that I can bribe a friend to purchase it for me and deliver it
personally by hand.  The deals should preferably be in the NYC area, but if
there is a significant price difference, and if you think you know of a
*dependable* mail order outlet, I would entertain other options too.

Am I right in saying that ARA comes as part of the package?

I would further benefit from opinions + prices on Ethernet cards for the PB.

Similar information on Syquest 88mb drives with whatever label would also earn
my deepest gratitude.

Information on any or all of these items please.

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Date: SAT, 12 Sep 92 01:29:06 EDT
From: Louis_Bergeron%UQAT.UQuebec.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Shareware and freeware

The two recents books about sharewares and freewares are:
***The Mac Shareware Emporium: A Guide to Over 450 Shareware Programs
by Maria L. Langer and Bernard ;J. David
P.O. Box 212 Harrington Park
NJ 07640
Published by Prentice Hall Computer Publishing ISBN 0-13-151945-X
The price is 34.95$.
***The Mac Shareware 500 by Ruffin Prevost
Vantana Press
P.O. Box 2468 Chapell Hill
NC27515
Perhaps those who bought these books could give feedback on the net.
Louis_Bergeron@UQAT.UQuebec.CA

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Date: SAT, 12 Sep 92 00:10:17 EDT
From: Louis_Bergeron%UQAT.UQuebec.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Shareware programs

Bryan Smith want to do a compiling of the best Macintosh Shareware. It's been
done very recently. I saw two new books with respectively 500 and 450
sharewares at the recent MacWorld Expo in Boston. These books have a
description of the sharewares and they are ready to be used on diskettes.
If I remember well they were not expensive. Also Educorp have a large
collection of sharewares on diskettes. All these people certify that there is
no virus in the sharewares they distribute.

Louis_Bergeron@UQAT.UQUEBEC.CA

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 21:37:54 PDT
From: swart@prodsql.prodigy.bc.ca
Subject: speedy-finder bug

So Paul (this guy I know) has a problem with his SE/30 and speedy-finder 7
version 1.5.2.  Here is his message as dictated to me over the telephone:

"I, too, have experienced the `misplaced dialog' problem with SpeedyFinder.
 I am using an SE/30 with a built-in monitor [poor guy] and I haven't
noticed this problem with the earlier version."

Paul reads the info-mac archives, but has no more account on account of his
recent graduation (poor guy).  You can respond to me by e-mail, or you can
post something in the mailing list.

Steve Wart

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 14:09:11 EDT
From: Scott Kaplan <sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu>
Subject: SpeedyFinder7 alert problems...

To add my voice to Marcus Harvey's about SpeedyFinder7, there does seem to be
a problem with the alerts in the Finder.  It's not just your 8*24 GC card,
as I am running my 13" Apple RGB from my IIci's internal video circuitry.
I have th exact same problem, with alerts appearing far enough into the
upper-lefthand corner of my screen that I don't see about half of the box.

I threw out the little docs and such that came with the extension.  Does
anyone know who the author of this little wonder is?  I like it a lot, and
even leave it running despite this one nuisance of a bug.  I'd love to see
that fixed.

Scott Kaplan
Amherst College
sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 09:11:39 GMT
From: hyongel@cco.caltech.edu (Hyong Chol Lee)
Subject: SpeedyFinder7 Bug

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

>I have a feeling that SpeedyFinder7 doesn't like my Apple 8*24GC card (what
>does :-( )
>as finder alert dialogs seem determined to appear half off the top left of my
>Apple
>13" monitor screen when it's installed. Hmmm... should've checked it with my
>IIci's
>internal video. No such problems with the IIfx and RasterOps 19"
monitor/8-bit
>card at
>work.

>Anyone else getting this? I would quite like to run this init!

Try turning off the 'Add "Quit" selection' under Cool Options - worked for
me.

--
				- hyong
hyongel@punisher
"You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may.
Try them and you may, I say."

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:39:54 GMT
From: mzajac@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Stephen Zajac)
Subject: SpeedyFinder7 Bug

In digest <9209112146.AA08589@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU>
Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes:

>I have a feeling that SpeedyFinder7 doesn't like my Apple 8*24GC card (what
>does :-( )
>as finder alert dialogs seem determined to appear half off the top left of my
>Apple
>13" monitor screen when it's installed. Hmmm... should've checked it with my
>IIci's
>internal video. No such problems with the IIfx and RasterOps 19"
monitor/8-bit
>card at
>work.

This happened to me too, on a Powerbook 170 (no 8*24GC card).  Turning off the
"add quit menu item to finder" features fixes the problem.

Michael Zajac

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 08:08:59 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <C509393@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: SpeedyFinder7 Problems

Marcus writes that he is getting alert box problems when running Speedy
Finder7--the box is displayed half off the screen--and attributes to his
display board. I'm having the same problem on my IIsi using internal video.
Doesn't seem to be an extension conflict. Any other problems? Eric.

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 09:05:17 EDT
From: "A. Zakai" <ZAK@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
Subject: Speedy Finder bug

Marcus Harvey reoports a problem with Speedy Finder and his 13" screen,
I seem to have the same problem with dialogs half out of the screen with
an SE/30-Micron Xceed video card-Apple 13" monitor.  --Z

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 03:51:40 GMT
From: John Quiggin <jxq302@anu.edu.au>
Subject: Truetype Laserwriter fonts

Hi all,

Is there anywhere I can Truetype versions of Palatino, Zapf Chancery and
other "LaserWriter Plus" fonts?

Thanks

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 21:15:21 BST
From: John McKinley <jdm16@phx.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: User name in print dialog - I wish (Q)

With the upgrade to system 7 on the network here a problem arose - the name on
the cover sheet, by which user can identify their own work when they go to
collect it from the bookshop, is taken from the Machine Name. This is fine for
machines used by one person only, but ours are public access, and it's less
than obvious to casual users that they can change the name, let alone the
method for doing so. On the other hand, wouldn't it be great if there was an
editable text field in the Print ... dialog box for the name to be printed on
the cover page? The name would default to the whatever has been specified in
Network SetUp. Personally, I think this would solve a lot of problems with
"lost" output.

Just an idea. The question is, how feasible is it, and has anyone done it?
Does
anyone feel like doing it? I must admit that I wouldn't know how to start.

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

Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 11:53:51 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Why chime the easy way when there's a so clever hard way?

On Thu, 10 Sep 92 20:12:55 PDT Russell S. Finn said:
>You can make AlarmsClock chime the hour; just set up an alarm which
>goes off on an hour boundary, repeats every hour, and resets itself
>after one second.  (I'm away from my Mac now, but hopefully you can
>figure out how to do this from this description.)  The only drawback
>is that your Mac will chime everytime it starts up (or at least when
>it starts up after being shut down across an hour boundary); but I
>find this approach quite satisfactory to allow AlarmsClock to replace
>SuperClock.

The other drawback is that you only get a single "chime" on the hour.
I've got nice sounds for a cuckoo clock, china clock, and Big Ben.
SuperClock bongs the time, but can be a bother at noon since it hogs the
whole CPU while it does it.  Riccardo Ettore's SndControl
(info-mac/sound/program/sound-manager-package-175.hqx) isn't
asynchronous either, but holding down the option key will halt the
sequence if you'd rather not hear 11 or 12 cuckoos--a far more elegant,
if less clever, solution.

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 11:40:43 EDT
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <PATCHAS@VM.NRC.CA>
Subject: Wingz Upgrade

Some two months ago I noticed an item in MacWorld (or was it MacUser?) about
Informix's intent to upgrade Wingz to version 2.0. I promptly phoned them to
confirm this, and to get some idea of a release date. The person I spoke to
did confirm that Wingz 2.0 would be out sometime this fall, but was unable
to give me a more precise date. I have Wingz 1.1 and will definitely be
upgrading at the earliest opportunity.

Hang in there Wingz owners! or, even better get on the phone and let Informix
know you are watching them. Informix can also be reached at

		 wingz.jvr@applelink.apple.com

Cheers.

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

Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 21:10:44 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: Wingz Upgrade

Informix swears that Wingz for the Mac has not been dropped. They claim
to be working on a 7-savvy version to be released later this year. I
got this from tech support 3 months ago, and again last week from sales.
I called again because Informix News arrived with its usual gushing over
Informix products but nary a mention of the Mac Wingz. I'm going to wait
until the end of the year and if Wingz 2 still isn't here, switch to 1-2-3.
Unless Lotus is working on a Mac Improv. Anyone know?

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 13:11:06 PDT
From: bnhirsch@wisslc1.weizmann.ac.il (David L. Hirschberg)

Dear Netters:  I am looking for a font that has a hexagon symbol in it to
use in a figure legend.  It is not in Symbol font.  If anyone knows of one,
or has one,   please let me know.  Thank you.  David

David L. Hirschberg
bnhirsch@wisslc1.weizmann.ac.il*

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

Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 09:39:04 -0400
From: kkirksey@world.std.com (Ken B Kirksey)

> >
> >The switched power from a Mac IIci is limited to 3 amps. (This is in
> >an Apple tech note somewhere; I don't have the reference handy.) I
> >suspect that a SyQuest and a color monitor might be approaching that
> >limit.
> >
> 'an Apple tech note somewhere'? In the manuals for my IIsi this information
> can be found where it is expected, in the appendix describing the hardware.
> I would be surprised if this would not be the case for a IIci (I haven't
> checked the 3 amps limit you mention, though)
>
> Reinder
>

The info wasn't in my SE/30 manual.  Might not be in the ci manual either.
The 3 amp limit only applies to the +12V supply; the +5v supply has a
max and peak load of 12A. The following table from _Guide To Macintosh Family
Hardware, 2nd ed._ gives the output loads for the IIcx and IIci power
supplies.

Table 6-21 Total power at DC output loads for the Macintosh IIcx and IIci

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Load Conditon       +5V       +12V         -12V         Total Power
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum Load        2A        20mA         20mA         10.5W
Maximum Load       12A        1.5A          1A          90W
Peak Load*         12A         3A*          1A          108W

*For a period of 15 seconds, maximum, 10% duty cycle.  The +12 supply may
drop to 11V during the peak load; the +5V and -12V supplies conform to the
limits listed previously in this section.


				   Ken

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