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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: HELP!!! -Need Partitioning software!
From: ajkim@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Al The KeyMaster)
Date: 5 Sep 92 14:24:01 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

Hi there...

I was wondering, does any one know of any disk partitioning software that is 
compatible with System 7.0.1?

I have a copy of Silverlining, but it doesn't recognixe system 7 disk access 
routines...Help!

Also the software should be hard partitioning, and NOT file partitioning. 
Thanks!

please e-mail all answers to:  Ajkim@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
From: bobv@cherry.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (robert veranes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Excel Graphs inserted into Word
Date: 10 Sep 92 00:55:30 GMT
Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore

Does anyone know of a way to automatically insert Excel graphs stored in separate files into Word?  I am using Word 5.0 and Excel 4.0.  I generate the graphs and file them with a macro.  I have a Word document which is my template and needs to have a set of these graphs inserted in specific locations.  The print merge functions such as `include` will not recognize the excel chart file type.  Otherwise it could be a reasonable way of accomplishing this using the chart file names as a data file.

Thanks for any help.

Bob.
From: vutien@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr (Vu Tien)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Wonderful Claris Works (well.. almost)
Date: 8 Sep 92 07:12:41 GMT
Organization: Centre d'Etudes de la Navigation Aerienne
Originator: vutien@caros


A month ago, I complained about Claris Works because a 4KB Excel file
becomes 32KB when translated into Claris Works format. This complaint still holds
and all my spreadsheets still takes more disk space with CW than with XL.

But there is a compensation in other features of CW.

My wife discovered that, while doing a research report. She could open a drawing
temporary file, open a spreadsheet window in that drawing sheet, fill it as usual,
*ornate* it with comments, arrows, boxes, texts,.., then cut-and-copy it into
her report (a CW text processing file).

This is not extraordinary because this can also be done in WriteNow or MacWrite
with a PICT paste.
But wait, she can thrash the original tempo draw file with all the spreadsheet 
data and graphs, and still be able modify her spreadsheet in her text file.

All in all, this can be expected because CW is an integrated sw just as RagTime, 
but we are still amazed by these possibilities in a package of this low-price.

vutien.
From: mlobbia@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Kaneda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: 12" to 13" Extension?: SUMMARY
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:20:57 GMT

Well, most messages I received were ones saying either this doesn't exist,
or asked me to forward any replies I received to them.

randall@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Allan F. Randall) writes:
>Hi,
>  try Stepping Out II from Berkeley Systems. Its not perfect (doesn't
>  work for a lot of games), but allows a "virtual" screen of any size.
>  For most programs, it works great.
>
>Allan Randall, randall@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca
>NTT Systems, Inc.
>Toronto, ON

This program was also suggested by a few others, and seems to be the only
thing that could make a 12" monitor emulate a 13" one.  If someone wants to
post a slightly more detailed review, including the cost, I'd appreciate it.
-- 
///  Marcus Lobbia            ///
|||  mlobbia@sdcc13.ucsd.edu  |||
///  comtec!marcus@ucsd.edu   ///
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: fullerto@tuna.cis.ohio-state.edu (timothy dwight fullerton)
Subject: need text editor
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 08:31:49 GMT


	I need a text editor that allocates the same ammount of space for
each character so that I may store letters and articles on my Macintosh
and have them appear the same as when I first viewed them on the UNIX 
machines.

	A superior alternative would be do set up MacWrite II or Word 5
to do this. 

	Can anyone advise me in either direction?

		Thanks,

			Tim F.
			fullerto@cis.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: ljones@utkvx2.utk.edu (Jones, Leslie Lamont)
Subject: RE: WriteNow 3.0
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:56:00 GMT

     I sympathize with all those who are looking for an alternative
to WORD, but for me, that alternative is not WriteNow 3.0
     I purchased WN 3.0, learned to use it, and found a number of
likable features, particularly in the area of disk and RAM use and 
some niceties in the way the app operates.
     After a few days, however, I knew I'd stay with WORD. I missed some
of the very clever, useful features in WORD that I had taken for granted:
the ability to navigate Yes/No/Cancel dialogues from the keyboard, a list of
the last four open files, the ability to delete files from within WORD, etc.
     Couple this with the fact that WORD is THE standard, and WN just didn't
make any sense for me, though it may for others.
     This is not to say that WORD is without faults. It is big and slow,
and the manual is a tome. 
     Here are some features of WN I would like to see in WORD:
@ability to copy ruler settings easily and intuitively
@more WYSIWYGness in normal view

     I do love WORD's ability to let you set the default font, set save 
reminders, and generally customize the living hell out it.

     Here are some quirks I didn't like in WN:

@To use ruler, you must click on it, then click again to use it.
@After using ruler, you must click on the document window, where
 your cursor is sent to the beginning of the paragraph.
@Generally unattractive appearance, especially the icon and that
 TeachText Save/Don't Save/Cancel dialog box.

     The grass is always greener in another word processor, but in the 
rush to trash WORD and praise WN, some facts seem to have been left out.

--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Leslie Lamont Jones        ^^    Wildness is our tonic...                     
ljones@utkvx.utk.edu       ^^    We can never have enough of nature.
AOL: LeslieJonz            ^^    -Thoreau                                 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From: hopper@cs.ucsd.edu (Steve Hopper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: mounting unix files on a Mac
Date: 11 Sep 92 20:37:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego
Originator: hopper@empyrean.ucsd.edu


In article <1992Sep11.163218.26052@ncar.ucar.edu>, bill@lhotse.ucar.edu writes:
|> Does anyone in netland know how to mount Unix file systems on a Mac
|> that is tied into an ethernet (with an ethernet card) as well as with
|> a LocalTalk wire?
|> 
|> --Bill


Bill,

   We setup an unix appleshare unix dir by running the following script:

---------------------------------------
#! /bin/csh -f
echo "Creating Appleshare Folder $1"
mkdir $1

chmod 775 $1
cd $1

mkdir .finderinfo
mkdir .resource
chmod 775 .finderinfo .resource

touch .ADeskTop
touch .IDeskTop
chmod 664 .ADeskTop .IDeskTop

echo "  ***  Remember to update afpvols.  *** "
echo "  ***  add ~/$1:macfolder           *** "
---------------------------------------------


Then we run a util from the CAP2 package called aufs:

root   286  0.0  0.5  152  332 ?  S    Aug 23  2:18 /usr/local/cap2/aufs -U 

For the localtalk, you do have a router right?

You can also use NFS/share but I hear its real buggy.




Steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: b78261@venus.cap.mmc.com (Kevin Brislin)
Subject: Freeware Screen - FINAL
Organization: Martin Marietta
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:32:41 GMT

I wanted to thank all the people that e-mailed and posted to my request
for a freeware screen saver. Just to summarize, the winner according to 
all of you was Darkside of the Mac. However, I couldn't use that on our
net because no one has System 7 yet, so I went with Veil (another 
recommended piece of software.)
Again, thanks for the help.
Kevin
From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Disk Defragmenter
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:30:30 GMT
Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d10
X-XXMessage-ID: <A6DB7A29340101D2@williams.smcm.edu>
X-XXDate: Tue, 15 Sep 92 16:31:53 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.142545.6797@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Duane Clark,
duane@maddog.jpl.nasa.gov writes:
>INTHE BEGINNG DYD GODCRE8 HEAVEN PLUS EARTH. THE HLYSPRT CRUZD ONE
>TOTALEE VOID MONDO DARKNIS. THENN GODSAYD, "LET THERR BELITE." THERE
WUZ
>LITE. THELITE IS CALLED DAY, THEDARK IZZ NIGHTT. GODZRAD. HESED,
"XCLNT,
>FERSUR." DAYONE.
>Excerted from Genesis, as translated by Daniel Nussbaum using actual
>California license plates, no plate being used more than once.

Seems to me them Californicators don't have enough to do!  (Assuming
Nussbaum is one.)
___________________________________
William E. Williams, bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu
Divison of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jwj@arco.com (Jim Jennings)
Subject: Re: MathType vs Expressionist
Organization: ARCO Exploration & Production Technology
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:02:24 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.154647.16213@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> sticklen@cps.msu.edu
writes:
>In article <1992Sep14.102026.15333@lin.foa.se> eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson
>FOA2) writes:
>>Greetings
>>
>>We've had some (ha!) problems with MathType 2.05, Word 4 and Sys 7.
>>It has reached the level where we are considering converting to another
>>equation writer. For various reasons we're not interested in Formulator.
>>
>
>The version of MathType that I have is not causing problems with Sys7. Since I
>don't use WORD, i can't comment on that. The version of MathType we use is
>2.11. I am not sure if that is the most recent, but you might want to look
into
>upgrading your 2.05 version.
>

I have been using MathType 3.0 with Word 5.0 amd Sys 7 for about a
month.  I have had no problems.  Indeed, I like the combination alot.
....................................................................
Jim Jennings   Voice: (214) 754-6922   ARCO Exploration and    Plano
jwj@arco.com   Fax:   (214) 754-6010   Production Technology   Texas

Disclamer:  Don't blame my employer for any dumb things I might say.
From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Very slow writing to HD floppies -- Help?
Date: 7 Sep 92 14:05:09 GMT
Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
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X-XXDate: Mon, 7 Sep 92 15:06:07 GMT

Netters,
   I've noticed recently that my IIcx and IIci seem to be EXTREMELY slow
when writing to HD floppies.  The problem is particularly severe when
saving a large file (500K) from Microsoft Excel, but other applications
(notably Fetch) seem to run really slowly, too.  The odd thing is that
the Finder doesn't seem to be nearly so slow when copying files from the
hard disk to the HD floppy drive -- when running Fetch to download stuff
it's MUCH faster to save it to the hard disk and then copy to the floppy.
 Is it really so much more complicated to save a file than it is to copy
it from the hard disk to a floppy?  Could DOS Mounter be causing the
slowness (I haven't tried comparing speeds with and without it because it
seems like such a long shot)?

   Is this just a problem I'll have to learn to live with, or could there
be something wrong with my system.  I'm running 7.0.1 with tuneup in 8
megs of memory (no virtual).

				-W2
___________________________________
William E. Williams, bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu
Divison of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: AVERNON1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Andrew Vernon)
Subject: Re: Disinfectant 3.0: Next Virus Out...
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 06:21:43 GMT

From an article of late from John Norstad:
 
>> I was planning to do an ambitious new version 3.0 of Disinfectant with all
>> sorts of new features to take advantage of System 7. I even made the
>> horrible mistake of describing it and promising to release it publicly.
>> Unfortunately, over a year ago, when I was about half way through the
>> project, I ran out of steam. Since then, I have lost interest in viruses
>> and Disinfectant and moved on to other projects (mostly networking stuff).
 
I think it's unfortunate that a program like Disinfectant has to evolve,
but barring the immediate halt of virus development, We will still need
John and Disinfectant. I thank you for always providing new releases
within days of viral discoveries and the occasional bug fix when needed.
Even though I would rather have no new viruses, I can take comfort in
knowing that our Macs are safe with a fresh copy of Disinfectant in the
"Utils" folder.
Plus, to provide this level of support while receiving no direct compensation
is nothing short of generous.
 
>> Right now, I'm keeping Disinfectant updated as new viruses appear, but
>> that's all.
>>
>> I don't know when or even if I will ever get back to work on version 3.0.
>> The project is about as dead as it can get right now.
 
>> Note that when and if the next virus appears, Disinfectant's version number
>> will increase to 3.0. Apple's version numbering scheme doesn't permit
>> mutiple digits after the decimal point, so I can't go to v2.10. This will
>> probably cause all sorts of confusion, since people will think that is the
>> big new version with all the new features I was promising a year ago. Sigh.
 
I'm not sure what Disinfectant lacks that would need to go into Version 3
besides maybe an Apple Event here-and-there. The interface is clean and
effective. It effectively detects and removes viruses. Baloon Help
might be nice, but not essential, since the program is thouroughly documented
in the manual. Disinfectant is a plain-and-simple solution to the virus
problem. If somebody wants fancy-pants protection, they can order that
new Virex 4.0.
 
Thanks again, John...
 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=  A n d r e w   V e r n o n =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                       Anything is possible...
   BITNET: AVERNON1@UA1VM  DGIF#9691  Internet: AVERNON1@UA1VM.UA.EDU
           The University of Alabama  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joel E Callan)
Subject: Re: disinfectant 3.0????
Originator: callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 06:52:11 GMT

From article <j-norstad-030992121141@norstad.acns.nwu.edu>, by j-norstad@nwu.edu (John Norstad):
> In article <al196521.715456252@academ01>, al196521@academ01.mty.itesm.mx
> (Juan Carlos Guerra Escamilla) wrote:
>  
>>  does any of you know when is the version 3.0 of the popular anti-viral
>> program Disinfectant will be available for FTP.
>  
> I was planning to do an ambitious new version 3.0 of Disinfectant with all
> sorts of new features to take advantage of System 7. I even made the
> horrible mistake of describing it and promising to release it publicly.
> Unfortunately, over a year ago, when I was about half way through the
> project, I ran out of steam. Since then, I have lost interest in viruses
> and Disinfectant and moved on to other projects (mostly networking stuff).
> It appears that my attention span is limited to a maximum of 3 or 4 years
> :-)
> 
> Right now, I'm keeping Disinfectant updated as new viruses appear, but
> that's all.
> 
> I don't know when or even if I will ever get back to work on version 3.0.
> The project is about as dead as it can get right now.
> 
>>   i've heard about the posivility of a new mac virus does any of you knows 
>> any about this??? thanks in advise.
> 
> There was a big scare recently about a new "Aliens 4" virus. It turned out
> to be a false alarm.
> 
> There have only been four new viruses so far this year. We haven't seen
> anything new recently (since July).
> 
> Here's a list of recent versions of Disinfectant, the dates they were
> released, and the viruses they recognize:
> 
> v2.6    2/22/92.    MBDF.
> v2.7    3/23/92.    INIT 1984.
> v2.8    4/19/92.    CODE 252.
> v2.9    7/04/92.    T4.
> 
> Note that when and if the next virus appears, Disinfectant's version number
> will increase to 3.0. Apple's version numbering scheme doesn't permit
> mutiple digits after the decimal point, so I can't go to v2.10. This will
> probably cause all sorts of confusion, since people will think that is the
> big new version with all the new features I was promising a year ago. Sigh.
> 
> John Norstad
> Academic Computing and Network Services
> Northwestern University
> j-norstad@nwu.edu

  Well John, seems that you have nothing to hang your head about (in
reference to the "dead" system 7 version of Disinfectant 3.0). I don't know
if you get a chance to read this newsgroup very often, but I think it's
pretty amazing that you do (aren't you involved in a new project for a
newsreader or something like that?).

  I would just like to add, that I appreciate all that you've done for me
(as well as the rest of the mac community) by providing the Disinfectant
versions for free (in an extreemly timely fashion). I really mean that!

Thanks.

Joel E Callan   callan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
-- 
 In the meantime, happy computing!
         May you sit on the tack of success and rise to the occassion...

  /`-_                               !!!
From: hildreth@cg-atla.UUCP (Lon Hildreth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Quicken 4.0? 5.0? 6.0?
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:56:35 GMT
Reply-To: hildreth@cg-atla.UUCP (Lon Hildreth)
Organization: Agfa Compugraphic Division

In article <1992Sep10.193528.9907@hou.amoco.com> tachaimov@hou.amoco.com (Tom Chaimov) writes:
>I purchased Quicken 3.0 for the Mac not long ago.  I have
>a friend who runs Quicken 4.0 on his PC.  His version is
>a lot better than mine.  Apparently there's
>a v. 6.0 in the works for the PC.

>My question:  Anybody know anything about a Quicken
>upgrade for the Mac?  When's it coming?  Why is the Mac
>version so far behind the PC version?  I called Intuit and
>they were most heinously uninformative.

I spoke with the Quicken guy in the booth at the MacWorld Expo in Boston
last month.  He said that there were no firm plans for an upgrade at this
time but said that the company is always willing to listen to suggestions
for improvements.

What I'd like to know is how is the PC version so superior to the Mac
version?  I think the Mac version 3.0 is magnificent.  The only improvement
I can think of is to be able to Publish a report that my spreadsheet
program can Subscribe to.

-- 
Lon Hildreth		    Internet: hildreth@cg-atla.agfa.com
Miles Inc., Agfa Division   America OnLine: LHildreth
Wilmington, MA		    A Cub fan, but not a Bud man.
From: tcwan@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 + Sys 7 + VM ==> Paging Hell?!DIR
Date: 6 Sep 92 14:32:11 EDT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR

In article <1685A1C5A.RJONES1@ua1vm.ua.edu>, RJONES1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Bart Jones) writes:
> In article <1992Sep5.170132.13860@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
> tcwan@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>>
>>Has anyone managed to run Excel 4.0 w/ System 7 + VM successfully without
>>going through paging hell?
>>
>  
>    Are you running anything else that may be causing all this paging?  Granted,
> VM itself is the master of paging causes, but AutoDoubler wouldmultiply that
> quite a bit.  Just checking.

Nope, at least, not that it'll affect Excel. I have this problem even before
I installed Spacesaver 1.01 (which is a great program, IMHO, better since
it was part of SD 3.0!). Besides, I didn't enable diskwide compression, nor
compress Excel or any of the associated files.

I even tried disabling SpaceSaver and running Excel under VM, with the same
paging problem. It's beginning to look like Excel is doing something wierd
with memory and causing VM to write each page to disk as Excel does its thing.

[The pros and cons of Microsoft programs are another matter. I don't wish to
get into a flame war over this!]

So has anyone successfully run Excel 4.0 w/ VM?

Hopeful,
T.C. Wan

>  
>  
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Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 1992 16:00:16 -0400 
From: Todd Keenan Bowman <tb0o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Opinions on Castle of Dr. Brain

I'm considering purchasing the Sierra puzzle game, Castle of Dr. Brain. Has
anybody played this game yet, and how is it?

How difficult is the game? (e.g. as hard as Fools Errand)
What type of puzzles does it use?
How does it compare to other puzzle games (Fools Errand, 3 in Three, etc.)?
How are the graphics / sound?

Any opinions would be appreciated
thanks in advance
t
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Subject: Re: NON-QUICKDRAW GAMES
Reply-To: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:07:29 GMT

The Arashi/Storm source code package was missing at least one file.
I added that file and and cleaned up some other details. (One
minor bug has been fixed.)

The new archive should soon be available on ics.uci.edu. The
directory is pub/mac/think-c/code/. Don't take the file
if it is older than September 9.

If you are planning to write an arcade action game for the Mac
and you are using Think C, I strongly suggest that you take a
look at the Arashi package.

-- 
  Juri Munkki					       Windsurf: fast sailing
 jmunkki@hut.fi					      Macintosh: fast software
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
From: pld@cthulhu.hq.ileaf.com (Peter L. DeWolf)
Subject: Re: Dungeons of Doom
Reply-To: pld@ileaf.com
In-reply-to: caraher@pn32.petnet.med.umich.edu's message of Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:07:34 GMT
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
	<1992Sep10.133605.20002@athena.cs.uga.edu>
	<1992Sep10.200734.27880@med.umich.edu>
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 16:32:54 GMT

>>>>> On Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:07:34 GMT, caraher@pn32.petnet.med.umich.edu said:

> In article <1992Sep10.133605.20002@athena.cs.uga.edu> tedr@athena.cs.uga.edu
> (Ted Kalivoda) writes:
> I have a shadowy memory that they were trying to go commercial with it about
> four years ago, but I don't think anything ever came of it.

It was all fixed to run successfully on the Mac II, was enhanced in
various other ways, and was released commercially, as "The Dungeon
Revealed".  It's called this because a source listing is also
available.  As far as I know, the game is only available from the
publisher.  I found out about it when I wrote to the author of DoD
asking if he planned to update the game to work on my Mac II.

 - Peter
-- 
Peter L. DeWolf     |     Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
pld@ileaf.com       |     R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn.
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