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From: 9531sons@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Jamie Sonsini)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Tn3270
Keywords: tn3270 comten
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:39:33 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.misc

We've recently installed a new feature in our Comten FEP (it's a
alternative to an IBM 3475 FEP) which connects our mainframe systems
into our campus Internet.  From our local Unix systems or from our DOS
PC's we can execute versions of Tn3270 and connect to our IBM hosts.
The situation isn't the same from those of us with Mac's, however.

Using the version of Tn3270 from Brown Univ (Version 2.3D26 MacTCP) I'm
not able to establish a connection. I get a "full screen" window with a
4-A-[box] on the lower left corner and a System "clock" in the middle
left.  That's it. No VTAM "splash" screen etc.

The folks at Comten indicate that they believe the Brown Tn3270 (this
same version) should work just fine, but when we've run a trace it
seems like the Brown Tn3270 isn't negotiating properly.  I am able to
connect to other IBM host systems around the country (like BROWNVM,
etc) with no problems.

Anyone got any ideas?  Any help would be MOST appreciated.  Thanks,

				Jamie Sonsini
				UC Santa Barbara
				9531sons@ucsbvm.bitnet

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From: ph@physiology.oxford.ac.uk (Patrick Haggard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Writing MAC-readable floppies from Sparcstation
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:22:03 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Physiology Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.


Two possibilities:
1. use DOS 1.44MB as interchange format, with the PD mtools package on
SUN and AFE on Mac.
2. Get SUNtar from sumex at Stanford, and use tar or bar as
interchange format.

I recently switched from 1 to 2, because it's quicker and easier.
Patrick
From: hdk@ausom.oz.au (Dieter Krebs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Information on: The IIvi, IIvx, and Performa 600
Date: 22 Aug 92 07:25:00 GMT
Reply-To: hdk%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

Yes they do! its called the Quadra 950
From: angst+@CMU.EDU (Jon C. Slenk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: ?:Mac operating systems
Date: 17 Aug 92 07:53:52 GMT
Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

A friend and I were talking about kul Macintosh stuff. I have just
recently learned how to hack the Mac and I find that the tool box is sota
nifty. My background is programming in C under Unix, so the one problem I
have with the Mac is it's lack of a "real" operating system.

Thusly:

There are Mach implementations for the Macintosh. Could someone describe
how these interface with the rest of the Mac system, especially the
Toolbox routines?

What about A/UX?

It semms to me that the ideal Macintosh would be to take the Mach
microkernel (3.0), and then port the Toolbox routines to sit on top of
that. You would get all the benefits of real memory protection, VM,
messages, etc. etc. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance for any comments (email, please)
-Jon.

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Jon Slenk           angst+@cmu.edu     EVERYTHING is
Carnegie Mellon     Pittsburgh PA      Disclaimed
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead)
Subject: Re: Zapping P-RAM under System 7
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:28:45 GMT

hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng) writes:

>In article <yuan1.714154544@husc9> yuan1@husc9.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan) writes:
>>A quick question; how do you zap the P-RAM on a IIci under System 7?  I can't
>>seem to find the info in the System 7 Reference.
>>
>>Feel free to e-mail to save bandwidth.  Thanks in advance!
>>
>A corollary to this question is, what does zapping the PRAMs do? And why 
>would you want to do it?

   Hold down Command-Option-P-R right after your last extension pops up.
Hold the keys until a dialog appears asking if you really want to do that.
   Parameter RAM holds certain information the System uses, like printer and
port information, key repeat rates, speaker volume, etc. Zapping it simply
resets all of this.
   If you have a weird bug you can't track down, zap your PRAM.
   BTW, if you need to rebuild your desktop and don't feel like rebooting,
type Command-Option-Escape and click the Force Quit button. (Make sure you 
don't have anything important running in the background.) Oh, do this while
in the Finder. Then hold down Command-Option. You can also quit the Finder
if you need some extra memory.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: gilmore@venice.sedd.trw.com (Larry Gilmore)
Subject: Re: strange "click" when appl. quits
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Summary: appl AND backgrounder
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Carson, CA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:37:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.005228.27329@ems.psu.edu> jmr@aaron.ece.psu.edu (Joe Reinhardt) writes:
>
>I have been noticing a strange "clicking" sound from the speaker when
>an application or DA quits.   The clicking is not too loud, but loud
>enough to be annoying.
>
>I am running system 6.0.7 on a Mac SE, under multifinder.  
>Virus scans show nothing.
>
>The clicking only occurs when an appl. or DA exits, not during multifinder
>switches.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>-Joe
>
>

I get the same thing, except I notice it when I've queued a print job and
the printer finally grabs the first sheet, the "mystery click"!  It seems
to me to be a recent acquisition, but I can't put a finger on any specific
addition or change.  Similar setup as above, but I am running Sys7 printer
s/w.

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TRW SEDD, DH1/2849
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Ray Zimmerman <Ray-Zimmerman@cornell.edu>
Subject: HELP:  SCSI drive not recognized
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6B6AF3AD301E0B5@ziklag.ee.cornell.edu>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 18 Aug 92 18: 44:26 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: rz10@cornell.edu
Organization: Electrical Engineering, Cornell University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d8
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:39:56 GMT

A friend of mine just bought a used 90MB CDC external SCSI drive and
we can't get it to work on his Mac Plus.  I put it on my IIci and
formatted it with Silverlining 5.33, installed Sys 7.0.1 and things
work fine.  It'll even boot from this disk with no problems.

However, when we put it on his Mac Plus it isn't even recognized.
He's got an old 20MB SCSI that works fine on the Plus, but the 90MB
spins up but doesn't mount.  When we run Silverlining it says something
like:
	SCSI bus not responding, please check that devices are connected
	and turned on.

We've tried with several different cables, with and without a
terminator (including the exact configuration which worked on my IIci)
Any ideas?  Please reply ASAP via e-mail.  Thanks,
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Ray Zimmerman                         Ray-Zimmerman@cornell.edu  ::
::..................................................................::
::  THIS SPACE FOR RENT. THIS SPACE FOR RENT. THIS SPACE FOR RENT.  ::
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola)
Subject: Re: First Taligent Won't Run Existing Apps
Reply-To: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 19:31:08 GMT

> Soliciting comments on the following:(long)
> 
> "First Taligent OS Won't Run Existing Apps"
> 
> BOSTON -- The first edition of Taligent's
> object-oriented operating system will not run existing
> OS/2, Macintosh and AIX applications, an IBM official
> confirmed last week. 
> [more deleted]

Doesn't surprise me, but who cares?  The feature list that  
Taligent _promises_ reads almost exactly like the feature  
list that NeXT is _shipping_ NOW (and has been for almost  
two years).  Why worry about future vapor?
Also, NeXT has very good emulators available that allow  
both DOS and Mac apps to be run.  NOW.  So again, who cares  
what Taligent may or may not do in five years time?
--
-
Stefano Pagiola
Food Research Institute, Stanford University
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: g5000005@nickel.laurentian.ca
Subject: DOS on a Quadra?
Organization: Laurentian University
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:35:01 GMT

Greetings!

	I am an experienced MS-DOS user (no flames please!). I have used MAC 
applications in the lab where I work. As I approach finishing my thesis and 
my impending departure from this environment, I am interested in getting a MAC
of my own. 

	I have a couple of questions that I hope someone out there can help
me with.

	First, has anyone loaded a DOS operating system onto a Quadra? If so, 
what programs did you use?

	Secondly, I guess the first question should have been CAN you load a
DOS operating system onto a Quandra? {I know the literature says so, but...}

	If anyone out there has tried to use DOS programs on their MAC's, 
I'd be interested to hear about your experiences and comments. I know, I know -
why  would anyone WANT to run DOS app's, right? Well, this cowboy does. I've 
spent too much money on  equipment and programs to give up on DOS {My 286 cost
me way more than what 486's are costing now} From what I've read and heard, a
Quadra sounds like I could get the best of both worlds.

	Thanks in advance for your comments.

NN
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: stu5s11@bcrka280.bnr.ca (David Simmons 1342678)
Subject: Re: DOS on a Quadra?
Reply-To: stu5s11@bcrka280.bnr.ca (David Simmons 1342678)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:01:11 GMT

Soft PC for Windows is already on sale. At least one distributor
was advertising it in MacUser. The cost was $419 (U.S.).
(I'm wondering when a PC emulation will cost more than
a PC!)

The most important improvement is the development of special
video drivers that allow drawing routines to run in
Native (68000) code. Since draawing takes up a lot of time
in a GUI, the improvement in speed should be very noticable.
This is actually very similar to how mac programs will run
on the PowerPC.

Unfortuneatly it still won't make PC video games work.

------------------------------------------------------------
John Andrusiak
From: newton@cs.utexas.edu (Peter Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Anyone know prices for new machines?
Date: 12 Aug 1992 11:49:44 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: burr.cs.utexas.edu

Has anyone heard any pricing informations for the new machines-- the
performas and zx and zi?  I recall that someone said that Apple was
planning to be more competitive with PC prices.  I wonder if the 600
or zx or zi will be less than $2000 not including the monitor.
-- 
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Peter Newton (newton@cs.utexas.edu)
From: terry@col.hp.com (Terry Thero)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: HELP! What is a "*.cpt" file ?
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:42:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: col.1992Aug21.144231.3108
Distribution: na
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Hi,

   I downloaded some '*.hqx' files from sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac.
   After de-BenHexing these files I came up with some 'sea', 'sit', 'pit'
   and 'cpt' files.

   After reading my 'Stuffit Deluxe' book, I was able to handle the 'pit'
   suffix files, but I couldn't find out anything about the 'cpt' suffix
   files.

   What are they, and how can I extract the INIT's, or CDEV's, or the
   executables that are contained therein? Is there some extractor pgm
   available from the above mentioned source?

   Please e-mail me. Thanks for the help.

						CU
						twthero

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From: A.L.Radtke@bradford.ac.uk (Drew Radtke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Gifconverter 2.3b1
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:20:08 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: s3535@mail

c60c-2am@web-2f.berkeley.edu (Peter Yung) writes:
>Does anyone else one the net have problem with the new release of Gifconverter?
>I got it from sumex and it doesn't seem to work.  When I run it, it says
>something like "Unable to continue due to program error."  At first, it was
>just because I have a SE, but the some thing happened on my friend si.   
>Does anyone have the scoup on this?  Thanks.

I got it and it works as well as the other ones have. I've got a Mac II
running 7.0 tuned-up.

However, it won't display all of my jpegs; that is, it cuts off the
bottom bits. Is this a bug or a feature?

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From: ccy@po.CWRU.Edu (Cheung C. Yue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Hook-up for 3 serial lines to IIsi
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:07:47 GMT
Reply-To: ccy@po.CWRU.Edu (Cheung C. Yue)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


I have a need to hook up 3 peripherals to my IIsi via the modem/
printer ports.  The 3 are 1) external modem, 2) Appletalk connection
to the Laser printer, and 3) connection to a laboratory machine
(a DNA synthesizer).  The IIsi has only 2 such ports.  What options
do I have?  Is an AB switch a possibility?  Could some sort of a
Y-connector be constructed?

ccy@po.cwru.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Zapping P-RAM under System 7
From: yuan1@husc9.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan)
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:36:23 GMT

smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead) writes:

>hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng) writes:

>>In article <yuan1.714154544@husc9> yuan1@husc9.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan) writes:
>>>A quick question; how do you zap the P-RAM on a IIci under System 7?  I can't
>>>seem to find the info in the System 7 Reference.
>>>
>   Hold down Command-Option-P-R right after your last extension pops up.
>Hold the keys until a dialog appears asking if you really want to do that.
>   Parameter RAM holds certain information the System uses, like printer and
>port information, key repeat rates, speaker volume, etc. Zapping it simply
>resets all of this.

Thanks to everyone who sent me this info via e-mail.  HOWEVER, I just tried
this and was greeted with a "do you really want to rebuild your desktop"
message.  This can't be right, can it?

-nhy

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nina@panix.com                              survives formal education."
yuan1@husc.harvard.edu                                  - Albert Einstein
From: yuan1@husc9.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Zapping P-RAM under System 7
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:01:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc9.yuan1.714247294

yuan1@husc9.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan) writes:

>smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead) writes:

>>hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng) writes:

>>>In article <yuan1.714154544@husc9> yuan1@husc9.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan) writes:
>>>>A quick question; how do you zap the P-RAM on a IIci under System 7?  I can't
>>>>seem to find the info in the System 7 Reference.
>>>>

Well, zapping P-RAM seems to have gotten much more complicated under System 7.
Thanks to walkere@cs.rpi.edu (Ellen Walker), jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim 
Jagielski), hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose),
mlw@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Martha L. Wilson), and
lloyd@janus.jhuapl.edu (Lloyd Taylor) for writing.  On my Mac IIci, at
any rate, no dialog box appears; holding down command-option-p-r RIGHT
AFTER restarting the Mac caused it to pause for a second and reboot
again, as Helen Rose and Lloyd Taylor pointed out.  However, the
timing seems to be important; 4 out of 5 tries resulted in a normal
boot-up procedure and a dialog box about rebuilding the desktop.  Oh,
well.

Thanks again,
-nhy


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yuan1@husc.harvard.edu                                  - Albert Einstein
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: htnguyen@sscvx1.ssc.gov
Subject: INFO WANTED: Sony 16" & 19" Monitors
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:19:09 GMT

I am looking for any information on the following SONY display
monitors:

	GDM 1603 (16" display monitor)
	GDM 1902-12 (19" display)
Thanks very much in advance.  Email: htnguyen@sscvx1.ssc.gov
From: cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: * America On-Line vs. Prodigy vs. Genie...which one??
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:14:22 GMT
Reply-To: cory@enigami.mv.com
Organization: EnigamI, Inc., Nashua, NH
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Aug13.112405.2445@nic.csu.net> (comp.sys.mac.misc), marc@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Marc Matteo) writes:
>My gripe with AOL is that there's no capacity for **learning**.  At some time
>and at some point with any other BBS you have to type the characters 'ATDT' 
>followed by a phone number.  With AOL it's possible to logon without even      
>knowing what their phone number is.   

Is this necessarily bad?  Consider: the idea of phone numbers is one
based on technology who's time has come and gone.  The idea of using
a modem is beginning to end (why bother with a modem, when you can
(soon) make a point to point network connection via ISDN?).  I would
hope (but put no faith behind) that we would be able to eliminate
both modems and phone-numbers in 10 years.   Instead, if you want
to connect to someone for the first time, some kind of menu-based
selection mechanism:

	Person or Company?		Company.
	Local or Long Distance?	Long Distance.
	What State?				California.
	Company Name?				Apple Computer, Inc.

	Apple Computer has several access points.  Which department do
	you want: Customer Service, Legal, Finance, Human Resources,
	DTS, or a specific employee:

							Customer Service.

	Do you want to save the access information in your personal directory?
							
							Yes.

	Name:					Apple Customer Srvc.

All further contact would be via selecting the entry from the personal 
directory.  The technology to do this has been here for 10 years.

>To download files one normally uses some sort of protocol, no?  Zmodem, B+, 
>Kermit, xmodem, etc.  Tell me, what protocol does AOL use?  What is an AOL
>user going to do when he see his first menu of download protocols?

A dirivitive of Z modem.  Why would a AOL user ever see such a menu?
 Again, it is a technology that I hope soon pass: why do you need
a protocol such as kermit, if you have an error free (e.g. self correcting)
digital network connection?  What protocol does rcp use?  Why does
the user need to negotiate the protocol?  If the bandwidth were improved,
if we were not imitating the technology of the '60's on computer systems
of the '90's, the system would figure out the best protocol by itself!

+C



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Cory Kempf                    EnigamI, Inc.
cory@enigami.mv.com           ...!decvax!enigami!cory
Annon:	wi.5036@wizvax.methuen.ma.us

"F' cryin' out loud, it's *your* life; shouldn't you at least examine 
your lifestyle values to see if they are really what *you* want."
										--Keith Lim
Organization: Middle East Technical University - Computer Center
Date: Friday, 21 Aug 1992 12:40:44 TUR
From: <A43345@TRMETU.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject:    Apple, Sculley's fax number?...


 Hello,
I need Apple's fax number. Does anyone know the number?


thanks...

Kadir Koc
a43345@trmetu.bitnet







Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,umich.archives
From: dauter@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Michael Dautermann)
Subject: mirrors of mac.archive.umich.edu... yes Virginia, they really do exist
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Summary: where else to look around for our groovy files...
Keywords: mac, archive, mirrors, everywhere, just, look
Reply-To: myke@umich.edu
Organization: We're from the government, ma'am
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 10:52:08 GMT

  
I mentioned it before in my last "recent files" posting, but just to push
the list a little bit further (and correct a bungled typo), here's
the list of mirror sites for mac.archive.umich.edu that I know about...

for Austrailia, "archie.au" has a very up-to-date mirror in 
 "/micros/mac/umich"
in the United Kingdom, "doc.ic.ac.uk" has a so-so up-to-date
 mirror in the "/mac/umich" directory (some of the files still
 in there are out of date, notably the "00archivebeingkilled" file,
 which is no longer applicable... don't worry, our archive isn't
 going anywhere for a long while!
And here in the U.S., "wuarchive.wustl.edu" has a closer-to-up-to-date
 mirror in the "mirrors/archive.umich.edu/mac" directory.  


All of these sites have access to a special machine that has been set up
solely for mirrors to do their work off of.  If you or some hardware 
guru you know has a good amount of disk space and cpu to spare, could
handle the accolades of appreciation from folks near you who could use
a mirror, why not consider setting up a mac.archive.umich.edu of your
own!  For details, drop me a note at "mike@mac.archive.umich.edu".  We 
can have you set up for mirroring fast fast fast.

Coming soon to mac.archive (do NOT send me e-mail on this yet, it's just
about ready to go now, I'll announce it...), an e-mail file retrieval 
server!

And to get files to us via e-mail, send your binhexed goodies to
"macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu".  Not only will we get it, but so will
seven other Macintosh ftp sites around the world.  What a great deal...





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From: pricec@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (price carl wayne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: User group in Santa Rosa California???
Date: 14 Aug 92 21:51:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Aug14.215131.9376
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept.

I know someone in Santa Rosa that is looking for a Mac User Group in 
his area.  If you know of one please e-mail me so I can pass the info
on to him.

Thanks in advance.
--Carl

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Computer Engineering Student	*      * boredom, vice, and need.            *
Oregon State University		*      *                                     *
pricec@prism.cs.orst.edu	*      *       ---Voltaire                   *
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc