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From: ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Atari Falcons $799... Who cares?
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:52:02 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


  What in the heck is this blitting crap that the Atari-oids tout?


Anything you can do w/ a falcon, you can do with an Amiga.

I should not rag on the falcon.  Anyone dumb enough to buy one of those
machines needs to brag about SOMETHING.  At least Amiga has a multi-
tasking system that is one of the best around for personal computers.

Just my 2 centavos,

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   I would rather have a frontal lobotomy than Windows NT!
From: forman@ide.com (Bonnie Forman)
Subject: Sony monitor
Originator: forman@owl
Organization: Interactive Development Environments, SF
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 17:29:38 GMT

I'm thinking of selling my 6-month old Classic 2 4/40 and
buying an LC2 4/40.

I was recently quote a price of $429 for a 14" RGB Sony
Monitor, model #1320.

Does anyone know anything about this particular Sony model?

	Bonnie
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From: neath@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Ian Neath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PDA's an unfair advantage
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:28:12 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

somebody wrote:
>> (5) It would be the demise of our educational system if people
>>  with PDA's had an advantage over people without them, because
>>  more wealthy people who could afford PDA's would have an unfair
>>  advantage over people who couldn't afford them.

mharm@pollux.usc.edu (Michael Harm) wrote:
> This is a bit silly, I think.

> A professor of mine has a blurb on her door which quotes educators
> over the past 300 years lamenting the current state of education.
> Prarie educators in the 1700's bemoan the fact that students don't know
> how to prepare bark for writing on.  Later they gripe that students
> can't make their own ink.  In the early 1900's they say the ballpoint
> pen will be the death of modern education.

To go back even further, Plato, in the Phaedrus, writes:

"...this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learner's
souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to
the external written characters and not remember of themselves.
And so the specific which you have discovered is an aid not to
memory, but to reminiscence."

What was he writing about?  Writing on tablets in the first place.

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    Ian Neath, PhD     | There are four kinds of people in this world:
neath@psych.purdue.edu | cretins, fools, morons and lunatics - U. Eco
From: ctaylor@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Q 700 memory question.
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:38:37 GMT
Organization: Wright State University

I have a Q 700 on order w/ a Mac 16" color monitor and a Video Spigot
board.  I have 4-256K VRAM simms to install as well as 4 1-MB simms.  My
question is whether the 8MB RAM will be enough or whether I should spring
for 4-4MB simms {ca. $400}.  I am told that installing memory in a Q 700
is complicated, so since I have to have the VRAM installed anyway
what's another mere $400?
Please reply to:
ctaylor@desire.wright.edu
ctaylor@wsu.bitnet  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799... WHO CARES! Just try to emulate it.
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:42:32 GMT

robert@world.std.com (Robert Sadowski) writes:

>This guy has just convinced me that he has the coolest PC ever.

>Aside: Please take this to an advocacy group. No one cares what PC you have
>or what it can do...


Actually, my PC is rather lame compared to what some of my friends have,
and two of them have just ordered the new Gateway 486DX2/66MHz with
the 2MB video ram localbus ATI ulltra graphics accelerators.

My PC IS alot better than any sub-30MHz '030  box.  Of course, Amiga
people (like the guy I was responding to) will tell you that those 
so-ladylike blitter and music chips make up for the lack of cpu power.  
They say this probably because they don't know that you can add all this 
functionality and more to a PC for about $300, which is less than the 
difference in price between a modern PC and a reasonably powerful Amiga.

------------
Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dcho@scott.skidmore.edu (douglas cho)
Subject: Re: Password protection on a Mac
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 01:02:38 GMT

In article <81119@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
>
>  What is the best password protection for the Mac that
>is resistant to intermediate users?  For beginning users, At Ease
>is OK, but for my use, At Ease is not sufficent.
>
>  Why can't Apple put BIOS password protection in ROM, like Dell, IBM, and
>all AMI BIOS clone makers do?
>
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>             (Insert standard disclaimer here)
>
>   I would rather have a frontal lobotomy than Windows NT!


Try MacPassword. It's terrific.

Cheers,

Doug.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Distribution: world
From: Michael_C._Llaneza@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 22:42:33 PDT
Subject: Re: mathcad vs mathematica

	MathCAD is a numerical analysis and desktop publishing system for
advanced mathematics. It does graphs and computations and fantastic
looking outpu.
	Mathematica is a symbolic algebra system complete with a built in
programming language. It has an amazing feature set. Both are available
in college bookstores. I got Mathematica at SFState in CA. Look for the
MathCAD demo floating around or call them. Also look at books on
Mathematica in a good computer oriented bookstore.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: mmartin@dante.nmsu.edu (Marilyn Martin)
Subject: Appleshare 3.0/server security
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:37:52 GMT

One of our clients just upgraded to Appleshare 3.0.  The new feature which
allows use of the server as a workstation during file server service also
means that the server itself is no longer secure from the user.

The manual recommends operating the server without a monitor to provide 
security. Our client uses an SE/30, so that's not possible.

I thought a temporary solution would be to remove the keyboard and mouse -
but they need to turn it on and off - would Apple File Server withstand a power-off rather than an orderly shutdown?

What would be a good security software (inexpensive preferably)? 

Thanks in advance
Marilyn
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:39:50 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

hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:

>For hopefully the LAST time friends, the accelerator slot in the P600 is 
>_not_ a cache slot such as the one in the IIci!  The Performas do not
>support cache-enable and -disable functions, therefore the slot must be
>used for a card which replaces the 030 on the motherboard with, most
>likely, a faster 68040 chip.  This is OK, mind you, it's just that these
>accelerators cost a lot more than a simple cache card.

    While it is true that accelerator cards cost more than cache cards,
I'm pretty sure that it is also the case that the accelerator slot of
the P600 costs less to produce than the cache slot of the IIci.

>Apple says that Daystar's Powercache 040 (a _processor_ card) is
>compatible with the P600.  Last I checked, 040 based Powercache cards
>cost from $800 (40MHz) to about $1500 (50MHz) w/fpu, street prices.
>That's a far cry from a ~$200 fast cache card which generally gives a
>lot of bang for the money.

    Um... Daystar's Powercache cards are '030 cards not '040. But
Daystar does make cache cards of sorts for the Quadra 700/900 and 950,
but I have no idea if they would be compatible with the accelerator slot
on the P600.

>It would be interesting, though, to see performance/price comparisons of an
>accelerator/fpu equipped P600 vs the IIci with its cache/fpu.

    Agreed, this would be very interesting to see. The speed comparison
that still blows me away though is the one found in this months MacUser,
where a P600 running in 1 bit mode was beat by a IIsi running in 1bit
mode. Since the P600 has dedicated VRAM and the IIsi doesn't AND the
P600 has a "faster" '030, how can the IIsi run faster?

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-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) 
   "You know Television has gone to hell when, with every commercial,
	 you find yourself hoping to see the Energizer Bunny."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rrwood@canrem.com (limited shell account - Roy Wood)
Subject: HP LaserJet III problem
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:21:10 GMT

A friend of mine is trying to get an HP LaserJet hooked up to his Mac and
is experiencing some problems.  He's got a serial cable, up-to-date software
from HP, and seems to have done everything right.  He tries to select an HP
via the chooser, but none are listed in the available printers box (yes, he
can select an HP from the printer type box on the left).  So, it seems like
the drivers are installed correctly on the Mac, but the connection is not
being made to the HP, since the docs say the printer is supposed to respond
intelligently enough to alert the Mac to its presence and list it by name in
the available printers box of the chooser.  

I'm going to have trouble getting to see this guy for a while, so I won't be
able to do the obvious thing and check the physical connections just yet.
However, the guy is pretty bright, so I think that is not the problem.  In the
meantime, is there anyone out there who has encountered a similar problem and
has found a fix?  I'd love to hear from you if you have....

-Roy Wood

p.s. the local computer store is staffed by useless boneheads.
From: yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Random Start Up Screens
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 30 Sep 1992 18:04:00 GMT
Organization: The Tofu Society of Singapore
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61539.student.cwru.edu

  How can I randomise my startup screens? Is there a utility to do this?

---
 The Evil Tofu
From: markst@chips.com (Mark Storkamp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799... Who cares?
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:44:21 GMT
Organization: Chips and Technologies, San Jose, CA

In article <80783@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
>
>  What in the heck is this blitting crap that the Atari-oids tout?
It's basicly the same blittering crap the Amiga has.

>                                         At least Amiga has a multi-
>tasking system that is one of the best around for personal computers.
Personaly I thought the Radio Shack Color Computer had the best :-)

Mark Storkamp
From: mstankus@oba.ucsd.edu (Mark Stankus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Software for small business?
Date: 4 Oct 92 04:29:11 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Mathematics @ UCSD

Hi,

I am posting this note for a friend. Please send e-mail to me
(mstankus@oba.ucsd.edu).

What kind of programs are there out there to manage a small
business? (I know, a spreadsheet -- but more is probably
needed). Here is the situtation:

     Low cost is important. Nothing big and fancy (no scanners
     or big time hardware).

     The store sells used sporting goods (both
     consignment and not).

     Keep track of inventory (what is on the shelf,
                              when were things sold,
                              how much profit was made)
                     
     Since the store is used, the inventory changes often.
     If something is there after a specified number of weeks,
     it would be nice to have the program beep or something.

     etc. etc.

Thanks in advance.

Mark Stankus
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mstankus
mstankus@oba 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: fh11@sol.acs.unt.edu (Brozovic Douglas)
Subject: Turbo mouse software
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:17:25 GMT

I am having trouble with the old turbo mouse software. 
When using any of my standard editors (qued/m, Sigma Edit, Alpha) 
while using the old software my cursor tends to jump.  What I mean 
is if one continues to hit the space bar there is no telling where 
the cursor will move; down five lines, or worse, down five lines 
while selecting the text in between *and* deleting it (with the 
next key stroke!!!!!)!!!!                           
                                       
Is it possible to get the updated software via ftp?  Anyone out there 
having similar difficulties?                                          

Note that when I got rid of the associated turbo mouse software the
problem stopped with all the editors.

Thanks in advance
Doug Brozovic
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.forsale.computer,misc.computers.forsale
From: vladimir@intrepid.com (Vladimir Vukicevic)
Subject: Re: Price of a Macintosh II Plus with UltraDrive 20
Organization: Intrepid Technology, Inc.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:02:07 GMT


> What's a Macintosh II Plus?
>                    ^^ ^^^^
> I've heard of the Mac II (and the IIx, IIcx, IIfx, IIsi, IIci....).
> I've heard of the Mac Plus (9in B&W screen built in, 1meg ram).
> 
> But I've never heard what happens when you breed the two together....

 A Classic (II) ? :)

	- Vladimir
	- vladimir@intrepid.com

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From: mkary@math.bu.edu (Michael Kary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: That Blinking Cursor
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:49:43 GMT
Organization: Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston
Originator: mkary@math.bu.edu


I posted this once before and got no replies except people asking me to pass
the info along if I got any solutions. Come on netters!

The question is: how can I get the cursor to STOP BLINKING. The control
panel lets you set the cursor blink to slow, medium or fast; I want to have
it on (visible) all the time. I find the blinking very distracting and
annoying.

Email me and I'll post a summary... if I get any replies!

Michael Kary  mkary@math.bu.edu


Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17303 comp.sys.mac.wanted:9065
From: un032463@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Accelerated 8 Bit Video Card For Sale!
Date: 2 Oct 92 06:05:32 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

For Sale!!!

	Three month old E-MACHINES Accelerated 8-Bit Video Card.  I am asking   
$300 for the card.  E-Mail me if you want any info on it.  I also have an
E-Machines T16 for sale too.  Let me know!

							Mike
From: yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PC floppies on the MAC
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 28 Sep 1992 15:01:02 GMT
Organization: The Tofu Society of Singapore
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61539.student.cwru.edu

> In article <1992Sep27.234756.8795@cs.mcgill.ca> Sandro MAZZUCATO,
> pedro@cs.mcgill.ca writes:
> >      I don't know much about MACs. Someone I know is looking for a 
> >shareware/freeware program that will allow him to read PC disks on his
> MAC

  Don't forget Apple File Exchange! It's on your Tidbits disk! It allows
you to read IBM disks! It's not shareware, it's part of system software (I
hope!).

---
 The Evil Tofu
From: stillmmd@cnsvax.uwec.edu (Mark Stillman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: dissection simulation software needed
Date: 1 Oct 92 10:51:37 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire

I am looking for Mac or MS-DOS software to replace dissection in college-level
biology courses.  I need the company names,phone numbers, cost, liscensing
info, and any other information you can give me.

E-mail me at Stillmmd@cnsvax.uwec.edu.

Thanks a million,
Mark

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17167 comp.sys.mac.hypercard:3619 comp.sys.mac.programmer:16284
From: pgj@Apple.COM (Paul Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: X-Window??? Consider eXodus...
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:08:20 GMT
Organization: A/UX Engineering, Apple Computer Inc.

In article <BvB3Iw.J3D@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
>In <1992Sep28.185300.12461@news.nd.edu> dwalton1@bach.helios.nd.edu (david walton) writes:
>
>>>Try MacX, published by Apple as far as I know. It only works as a client, 
>>>I think it is...you still need an actual X Station.
>
>>MacX (currently version 1.1.7) is an X-Window Server that will let X clients 
>>connect over a TCP/IP network (either directly over an Ethernet, or over 
>>a LocalTalk network that is connected to a DDP/IP gateway).  You don't need 
>
>No no no no no... I have to suggest Exodus as an alternative. MacX has
>given me and our department such headaches that I cannot begin to 
>describe them. yes, we are registered.
[...long description of hassles with MacX and Apple Tech Support follows...]

Although I don't doubt that this was an aggravating experience, it
would be mistaken to generalize from this anecdote that MacX is a
unusable or unsupported product.  I am relatively new to Apple, and I
don't know the history of this particular problem.  However, I would
like to assert the following:

	--- MacX 1.1.7 has characteristics (mostly stemming from
	    overloading screen numbers with display characteristics)
	    which confused many X clients.

	--- the forthcoming 1.2 release will allow these characteristics
	    to be modified on a user-selectable basis, mitigating most
	    client interoperability problems.

	--- the MacX developers (of which I am one) are committed to
	    fixing any bugs reported (delta our other responsibilities,
	    which are legion).

By all means evaluate competitors to MacX: that is the beauty and strength
of the shrink-wrap software market.  However, if you find something busted,
please let us know so we can fix it.

				/Paul Jensen
				Apple Computer, Inc.
				pgj@apple.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Amiga graphics on a MAC?
From: galeana@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:49:05 GMT
Organization: Northern Arizona University

Is there a way to get amiga graphics on a mac?.  I tried using Imagery by Jeff
Lewis, but when I insert the amiga disk with the graphics, it tells me if I wantto format the disk.

Any responses or REplys would be greatly appreciated.

Juan
galeana@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17265 comp.sys.mac.system:12470
Organization: Bar-Ilan University Computing Center, Israel
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:23:58 IST
From: Noam G. Nudelman <P88038@BARILVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Voice Navigator update for Quadra 950 ??

Hi,

  A friend has purchased voice navigator and it doesn't seem to work on
his Quadra 950.

  Is there a special version for Quadras?
  What is the latest software version ?

Thanks alot for helping,


                                       Noam G. Nudelman

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Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17182 comp.sys.mac.hardware:18056
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Anyone got info on the Sony 1304 monitor?
From: jan@camhpp12.mdcbbs.com (Jan Vandenbrande)
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:24:05 PDT
Organization: M&E (Division of EDS), Cypress CA

In article <1992Sep27.081822.25051@news.iastate.edu> ongh@iastate.edu (NightOwl) writes:
>In article <gee.717567858@vincent2.iastate.edu> gee@iastate.edu (Gary W Clayburg) writes:
>>In <oivindi.25.717342620@dhhalden.no> oivindi@dhhalden.no (OIVIND IDSO) writes:
>>
>>>I recently received recommendations to buy the Sony 1304 as an alternative 
>>>to Apple's 13" RGB Hi-Res monitor. It only costs $395.
>>
>>exqueeze me?
>>where can you get this monitor for $395?  I don't think I've ever seen it under
>>$500.
>>>                       **** SCHWING! ****
>>>                          ************
>>
>>
>
>absolutely no way this monitor cost below $500 even. i think he might have
>been referring to the 13" version..i think the model is 1402 or 1302. but that
>thing only cost around $330+ when i was in california in summer. 
>
>Also, if i'm not mistaken, this monitor is no more in production.......(i might
>be wrong)
>i think it's a relatively decent monitor...i have the 1304 and it works fine
>with my Mac, but not too sure about the 13"versionOD.
>

1320 =~ 330US$ (RGB)
1304 =  Not made any more
1304S=~ 550US$ (Multisync, SVGA)


-- 
Jan

jan@camhpp12.mdcbbs.com		(work)
jan@lipari.usc.edu		(school, usually works, forwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu ((COSC148O) 92F00761)
Subject: Re: Password protection on a Mac
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:06:36 GMT

>>>  What is the best password protection for the Mac that
>>>is resistant to intermediate users?
>
>>Try MacPassword. It's terrific.
>
>My needs are (maybe) slightly different.  We have a Mac LC II which is
>used between three departments, and each wants to lock the others out of
>certain directories on the built-in hard drive using a password system.
>What would be a good program to do this?  Preferably Free/Shareware,
>available via FTP somewhere specific.
>

I don't understand. If three different people  use the same computer, why
not partition the HD and each user could encrypt his/her partition. Of course,
a hard partition would be better than a soft partition. You could have one
partition called, say "Applications", and then "User 1", User2, User3. This
might not be the best solution, but it's up to you to decid what to do.

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