HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mworden@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu (Mike Worden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: eXodus Info?
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:28:38 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

I just ran across an ad for a Mac XWindows server called eXodus by White Pine
software.  Anyone out there ever hear of it/use it/know anything about it?
I'd be curious to know how it stacks up against MacX.

-Mike


Mike Worden
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
mworden@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu
			|	A scholar is just a library's way of
			|       making another library.	
							-Daniel Dennett	
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: dnb@meshugge.media.mit.edu (David N. Blank-Edelman)
Subject: Re: AppleTalk over SLIP? How?
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:33:26 GMT

> No.  SLIP only works with IP.  You *could* run AppleTalk over PPP,
> which can handle multiple protocols, but there are no products for
> the Mac which can support this yet.

Not quite true. The ARNS package by CAP's maintainer (David Hornsby)
allows you to connect via IP to an ARNS server running on your UNIX
host.  Its network cdev allows you to send Appletalk encapsulated in
the IP stream. Best of all, it is free.  It's available on
munnari.oz.au for ftp.
          Peace,
             dNb

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From: sbpress@engws8 (The Stony Brook Press)
Subject: Re: File tranfer in background
Reply-To: sbpress@ic.sunysb.edu
Organization: The State University of New York at Stony Brook
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:24:50 GMT

try macLayers that's in summex.

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From: kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: public or cheap ftp server for Mac wanted
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:19:51 -0500
Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
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X-Newsreader: InterCon TCP/Connect II 1.1b35

In article <1993Jan27.053937.23966@informix.com>, johng@informix.com (John 
Galloway) writes:
> What ftp server sw runs on the Mac? 
> 	-jrg 

Peter Lewis one of our Downunder friends has one that is pretty nice, drop 
him a note as to where you can find it.

Peter N Lewis <peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au>

That's his address.





Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: David C. Doherty <doherty@msc.edu>
Subject: Re: Need general help with MacX
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A78BF5CB11020CAD@msc.edu>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:18:19 GMT
Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:30:40 GMT

In article <C1HGCy.CFG@ucunix.san.uc.edu> Eliot Wilson,
ewilson@ucunix.san.uc.edu writes:
> I'm trying to help a new MAC user get his machine to display color
> X clients. When ever he open an X application from his RISC System/6000
> it opens in black and white. He doesn't have the MacX documentation.
> Is there an easy way to make this work in color, since he does have
> a color MAC? Please send replies to me directly, and I'll post

Jeepers, there seem to be a lot of people out there who have misplaced
their MacX manuals.  I'd suggest that you might call (800)366-9622 and see
if Apple can arrange to send another. The answer is on page 62.

--
David C. Doherty
Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Subject: Re: Making a mac modem cable.
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:27:42 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.195530.85011@laison.w8hd.org> jimh@laison.w8hd.org (Jim Hebert) writes:
> Peter G. White,pw4963@sarah.albany.edu, asks:
>
> > I got the 25-pin connector at radio shack but 
>  > they didn't have the correct 8-pin connector. 

>IInstead of wiring my own DIN-8 connectors, I usually buy a DIN-8 to
>DIN-8 cable marked as a "straight-thru" cable (commonly sold for use
>with switch boxes), cut the cable in half, and wire a DB-25 to the open

Minor nit:  it's not necessary to buy a "straight-thru" cable if one
is planning to cut the cable in half.  The "ImageWriter II"-type cable 
has all 8 pins wired and is probably cheaper and easier to find.
-- 
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-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
Subject: Re: Problems with ZTERM
Keywords: ZTERM DTE MODEM
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:19:21 GMT

I too was getting these low percentages for transfer rates, but the cps
numbers were pretty good, showing that with a 14.4 ZyXEL, I can get
anywhere from 1450-1650 cps, depending on the data I'm moving, so I was
moving the data about as fast as my modem could pump it.

So ZTerm has to be using the computer-to-modem link speed to determine
the percentage.  But this is a last resort, as it first tries to parse
the "CONNECT" message from the modem to guess at the true speed of the
modem-to-modem link.  This was failing on my ZyXEL as it printed out
"COMMECT 57600/V.32b 14400/V.42b" (or something like that).

The ZyXEL has a command "ATX6" to have this message printed out as
"CONNECT 14400/ARQ", which ZTerm then parses correctly.  Now my
percentage display typically shows anywhere from 100-120%.  You may want
to dig through your modem's documentation to see if there's a similar
flag to alter the CONNECT message returned by it.


	-- Parag Patel <parag@Netcom.COM>
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From: trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: uAccess 1.62
Date: 22 Jan 93 12:42:20 GMT
Organization: ASCI

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Endres <time@ice.com> writes:

Tim> In article <TRSNYDER.93Jan21152135@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> (comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc), trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
> (I was interested in the product; now I'm not.  If I'm going to spend $400
> for UUCP, I'll save up a little more, and get MachTen or A/UX, and do real
> UUCP, with real news/mail, etc....)

Tim> uAccess *is* "real" UUCP. Period. Better than many UNIX versions actually.
Tim> uAccess provides "real" mail and news.
Tim> uAccess is much simpler than UNIX UUCP, mail, and news.

Tim> uAccess does not give you the rest of UNIX, but please be careful
Tim> not to say that it is not "real" UUCP, mail or news, since it is.

My apologies.  What I meant was that I had a lot more options with a UNIX
OS.  I have my choice of INN, c-news, or whatever else comes along, I can do
NNTP, and I can use any of a number of free news utilities and powerful
free newsreaders, like trn or nn, as well as the other benefits of UNIX
(protected memory on A/UX, lots of free utilities, etc.)

I certainly didn't mean to say anything bad about uAccess.  From the spec
sheet I have, it looks like an excellant adaption of UUCP to Mac, and
something I was planning to purchase.

But the price seems *real* high, considering the main market I see for this
product:  computer hobbyists and small businesses.  (I may have the market
wrong; you'd be in a better position than I to say who purchases uAccess.)

Spending more on a communications package than I did on my 14.4 modem that
it'll use is a bit much....

(Add IMHO's liberally to the previous post)

Tim> tim endres - time@ice.com  (UUCP: heifetz!tbomb!time)

Bob
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From: yancm@engin.umich.edu (Eugene Harold Mcnay Ii)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.next
Subject: mac .ps on a NeXT printer? Pleas(e)!?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: 26 Jan 1993 18:49:35 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ocher.engin.umich.edu

First off, I HAVE read the FAQ(comp.sys.mac-FAQ)...8-).
Not only have I tried macps, but also dmm.laserstuff.

Problem: My mac 2ci is an orphan among NeXT's. I would
really like to be able to print out docs from my mac on
the next printer. Also, some text in the pict graphics files
did not print...I could probably live with this if I had to.

Sol 1: macps - I could preview the doccument and it looked
alright, but when printed - the bold fonts did not come out
at all.

Sol 2: dmm laserstuff. Cannot preview ps created with the
dmm varients. Printing comes out like Sol 1 above.

Sol 3: Just plain old macintosh postscript file. Cannot preview
but printing works just like 1 and 2 above.

I have also tried the fixes which tries to clean up long
lines (PSlinewrap) and converts 8 bit chars to 7 bit
(fix-mac-ps), with no effect.

I am talking with the author of dmm laserstuff, but thought
this crosspost might reach someone who has had experience with
bridging the mac <=> next printing gap.

Email or discussion would be welcome - I will summarize if
I can get the thing to work. I've already blown more time
than I care to just fiddlin'.
Helllp!, thanx,
gene
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:41:19 -0500 
From: Barry_Wolman@transarc.com
Subject: Re: emacs and MacLayers

wang_dj@syzygy.cs.jhu.edu (David J. Wang) writes:
> I seem to be experiencing a problem using emacs and MacLayers (in layers mode).
> The problem occurs when I try to save ( C-x C-s).  My computer just hangs, and
> the only way to escape is by  a hardware break.  Has anyone else had this 
> problem.  I am using MacLayers 1.20, and the latest version of emacs.  This
> problem only occurs when I am in layers mode.                            
> 

You've probably got MacLayes configured for x-on/x-off flow control.
The C-s is being interpreted as a request to stop output.  You can
"free up" your Mac by entering C-q and then use ESC-x save-file to
save the file.  Turn of x-on/x-off flow control and you should be OK.

Barry

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu (Matt Healy)
Subject: Re: What's an acceptable network load?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Yale U. - Genetics
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:46:34 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.235609.1163@news.mentorg.com>,
gam@sun_jimh.mentorg.com (Gary Merrick) wrote:
> 
> What is an acceptable percentage of bandwidth utilization on an Appletalk
> network? Could I consider the load percentage to be similar to that of an
> ethernet network?
> 
> For instance, a 40% load is generally considered to be total saturation
> of an ethernet network. (We've done this!) A low operating range is about
> 0-4%, a middle operating range is about 4-8%, and a higher one is about
> 8-12%.  Above that, you should work on decreasing the load one way or
> another.  (Opinions seem to vary about these numbers, but this is about
> the average from the articles I've read.)
> 
> I have been told that Appletalk can tolerate a higher utilization than
> ethernet without degradation. How does this work, considering the fact
> that only one device can talk at a time?
> 

1. Late at night, when nobody is around, I sometimes try sending
*lots* of packets.  Using /usr/etc/ping between Unix workstations
I cannot get above 36% untilitzation.  However, using ttcp between
two workstations I can manage throughput of about 80% of the
theoretical rate.  This rate can only be reached with one node
sending as fast as possible and the other node receiving but only
acknowledging every nth packet (where n is a fairly large number);
other nodes are nearly quiescent (total traffic from all other
nodes around 1/2 percent capacity).  Once you get significant
amounts of traffic from more than one source the collisions
rise very fast.

2. Appletalk is a protocol--software.  Ethertalk is a way of
sending Appletalk over an Ethernet.  Therefore there is no
way for AppleTalk over Ethernet to exceed Ethernet's limits.
LocalTalk is an Apple-developed cabling system for sending
Appletalk protocols over a cheaper and slower network.


Matt Healy
"I pretend to be a network administrator;
 the lab net pretends to work"

matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: dbasinge@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Basinger)
Subject: Looking for software
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:47:21 GMT

(Sorry if this is a FAQ)

I'm looking for the following software for MacTCP.

1. Latest version of Telnet (or the most stable one).
2. a good Mac based news reader.
3. a good popmail program

Also, any info on other MacTCP programs would appreciated.

Mike
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From: veizades@apple.com (John Veizades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Ping under Sys.6?
Date: 26 Jan 93 05:01:26 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Distribution: na
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1k25l9INN70t@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, marty@radarsun.jpl.nasa.gov
(Marty Slade) wrote:
> 
> Is there an implementation of UNIX ping for the Mac that works under
> 6.x? The version at sumex requires System 7.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
MPing which is somewhere out on ftp.apple.com implements the UNIX ping
command and runs under system 6 with MacTCP 1.1.1.

John...
From: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (grungy (John F. Gladu))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Netw. Software Installer 1.3 problems?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: 28 Jan 1993 17:57:52 GMT
Organization: Systems Support Center, BCM
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: j.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu

In article <1993Jan28.152042.12444@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, swalker@mta.ca
(Stewart Walker) wrote:
> 
> ulfis@cyklop.nada.kth.se (Anders Ulfheden)
> Using the new network software installer on an LC with Ethernet
> is a no-no for me. The Mac bombs if I use the network control
> panel thereafter.

Is the Ethernet board that you have installed supported by the version of
the NSI that you have?  I've found that I have to check what model of board
is installed before I run these installers.  I'm also using Asante's
Universal Network Installer 5.0.1 (I know that that covers the Asante
Ethernet cards.

Also, which version of the NSI are you trying to install?  Which version of
AppleTalk and the Network control panels does it have?

bcnu - John Gladu
Systems Support Center -- Baylor College of Medicine
INTERNET: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu  | VOICE: (713)798-7370
 US MAIL:  One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas  77030
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: photo@theporch.raider.net
Subject: Re: Global Village Internet A
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:01:05 GMT
Organization: MacInteresteds, Nashville's Macintosh User Group

don.page@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us (Don Page)  writes:

> A> I am interested in obtaining an Internet Address for Global Village 
> A> technical support or customer service. Please send it to me if you 
> A> know it?? 

>I don't believe that they have a Internet address, but you maybe able to 
>contact them through one of these ways.

Yes, they do have an Internet address: globalvill@aol.com
No, they don't respond very fast to Internet mail (like 2-3 weeks!)

-David Anderson
Nashville TN
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: gre253@its.csiro.au (Steve Green)
Subject: Re: Need nn-like newsreader
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Comms group, ITS branch, CSIRO
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 04:06:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.160006.14223@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu>,
reuber@cdv.eri.harvard.edu (Kent Reuber) wrote:
> 
> I'm interested in obtaining a Mac Newsreader. I know of three:
> 
>             1) Nuntius (currently using)
>             2) TheNews
>             3) NewsWatcher

NewsWatcher is GREAT - Thats what I'm using right now!

> 
> I know and like the UNIX newsreader "nn" because it sorts the news 
> by threads. Does anyone have any suggestions?

NewsWatcher sorts and optionally "compresses" threads - very nice.


> Because I'm running System 7.1 with 32-bit addressing, compatibility
> and stability are very important.

Runs under system 7 OK

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie)
Subject: Re: ISO an app to uncompress files with .sea extension
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: An Ol Ag surrounded by a bunch of unfriendly Seminoles
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 19:26:17 GMT

In article <1k16vgINN1dm@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, aaron@eng.umd.edu (Aaron Falk)
wrote:
> 
> I am in search of an application I can ftp that will uncompress Mac files with the .sea
> extension. 

On the mac, double clicking a sea (SelfExtracting Archive) will
uncompress it. If you're nervous about viri hiding in any seas
you have, then try Stuffit Expander (v3.01).

James
From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Hardware handshaking on a Plus? 
Date: 28 Jan 93 13:47:21 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1993Jan27.181046.16874@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, steelem@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (STEELE MARK A) writes:
> Does anybody know if a Mac Plus is capable of supporting a modem that
> requires hardware handshaking? 

I know.

> Specifically the Zoom V.32bis 14.4 fax-modem.  

If the Zoom modem supports RTS/CTS handshaking, then the Plus will support it.

Just make sure you have a standard hardware handshaking cable.

-- 
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Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. ! UUCP: uunet!hayes!bcoleman
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: pw4963@sarah.albany.edu (Peter G. White)
Subject: Psi powermodem IV
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:37:19 GMT

Just a note to powerbook owners searching for a modem:
I just bought a powermodem IV for $329 and the operator informed me that
I would receive a rebate coupon for an additional $50 off which would
bring the price down to $279.  I bought it from Advance Business Center
1(800) 7ADVANCE.  Even better than the APS deal...

-Peter

_______________________________________________________________________________
Peter White                                Internet:pw4963@uacsc1.albany.edu
State Univ. of New York at Albany          Bitnet:pw4963@albnyvms
_______________________________________________________________________________


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.laptops
From: medin@cincsac.arc.nasa.gov (Milo S. Medin)
Subject: v.32bis modems for Duo series
Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:42:51 GMT

Folks, does anyone know of a source for v.32 INTERNAL modems
for the Duo line?  My boss is trying to coax me into getting a 
Mac (when is a file not a file?) instead of a DOS machine as a new notebook,
but I insist that the machine be light enough (<4 lbs) and thin (less
than 1.5 inches thick) and that it have an internal v.32 or v.32bis modem,
since I mostly use it as a terminal to log into my Unix systems
when on travel, and an occasional viewgraph editing session,
and I carry it in my briefcase (not in a seperate bag).

Dell and Zenith both have systems that meet this criteria, and 
have PCMCIA slots where v.32bis modems can be installed.  Plus the
PC's typically have better Email and SLIP support than Macs do 
(I mean given you are normally a Unix user - not this quickmail 
nonsense), but most of the non-Sun people in my organization 
have Mac's and not DOS systems, so having a Mac would make it
somwhat easier to share things.  But if you can't get a reasonable
modem for it, then it's a moot point.  I know Global Village and PSI
both make excellent internal V.32bis modems for Powerbooks, but these
apparently aren't compatible with the Duo line.  I can't imagine why
Apple would come out with a laptop these days that you can't get a fast
modem for, but I guess that may be the case. In any case, I'm not a big
PC or Mac fan, so I don't much care which one it is as long as it lets
me interact with my home Unix systems effectively, though good dial up
IP support would be useful. 

Anyways, if anyone knows of high speed internal modem for the Duo's, I'd
be obliged in knowing the sources.  Apparently you also can't plug a mouse
or printer into the Duo's without the docking adapter either, so that's
a pain too (why can't Apple seem to offer the same capabilities that
PC vendors can?), but such is life.  

						Thanks,
						   Milo

PS Usual disclaimers about this not being the official opinion of the United
States Government apply...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: ckr2196@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Caryn K. Roberts)
Subject: Re: HOW DO I MAKE THE MOST OUT OF MY MODEM?
Organization: none
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:05:34 GMT

From article <C1FI05.Av3@acsu.buffalo.edu>, by v065hjku@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Jason Osborne):
> I have been fiddling around with a 2400 baud .v42bis MNP2-5 modem, and
> cannot seem to figure out how to maximize it's potential.  I tend to
> get a lot of CRC errors when downloading, which tends to cut the efficiiency
> of the downloads to @65%, which is pretty poor.  How can I fix this?
> The text seems fine, like when I am reading the newsgroups.  Much faster than
> my 1200 baud modem!  
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Jason Osborne | "Women- can't live with 'em, pass the beer nuts" -Norm
>               | "Do you like children?
>               |   That depends on how you cook them..."- WC Fields
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> For information on the Underground Phont Archive, drop me a note via email
> ______________________________________________________________________________
Typical, the increase in efficiency with modem compression protocols is most 
notable with text (ascii). Most of the efficiency is lost when transfering
any type of data which has been pre-compressed. In fact, the loss may cause
a transfer of such data type to be less efficient than using just a plain
vanilla modem (no MNP).

So when downloading/uploading files other than text, you might try with the MNP
stuff turned off.

Peace,
Caryn

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In real life the following works just fine:
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sgi.misc