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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #92
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:27:11 GMT
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Info-Mac Digest             Wed,  8 Apr 92       Volume 10 : Issue 92 

Today's Topics:

      [*] 1 more Worf-ism sound sample
      [*] Apollo 0.8b1 (part 1 of 2)
      [*] bsa-logo.hqx
      [*] ChooserUser 1.2
      [*] dmm-laser-711-supplement.sea.hqx
      [*] fontcle&.hqx
      [*] Here is latest Novy Smart Cache software as requested
      [*] Here is latest Novy software as Requested
      [*] HyperTint Demo 1.0 Part 1 of 6
      [*] mac-bread-board.hqx
      [*] MacMan 1.0.2
      [*] NON-corrupt HP DW C drivers 2.0
      [*] PiratesDataEditor.cpt.hqx
      [*] SCSI Probe device identification & mounting cdev version 3.4
      [*] Strip-Mac! v1.1 (/game/stripmac11.hqx)
      [*] Submission: Progression v1.0 Solitaire
      [*] Super Yahtzee 1.0
      [*] TCONTOUR UPDATE
      [*] tele-print-express.hqx
      [*] TidBITS#116/Nisus_Intro
      [*] TidBITS#117/Nisus_Features
      [*] TidBITS#118/Nisus_Details
      [*] TrashMan 4.0.1
      [*] uploading suntar1.2.2
      (Q) UNIX Troff File -> MS Word??
      32-bit Quickdraw (C) (2 msgs)
      [I spent four years prostrate :  Word Mac list (A)]
      ABOUT OUTBOUND
      AD and File Copies
      Adobe Garamond
      AD on Network (A)
      AD on Network (A?)
      Alternative to MAZ [Q]
      ARA access through modem pool (Q)
      Auto-Doubler lies--NOT!
      AutoDoubler and AppleShare problem (C)
      AutoDoubler and Retrospect
      Compu$erve CIM for tcp/ip ?
      Connectix and Insignia (...)
      contact cleaner
      Cryptic Sytem Errors
      Desktop publishing on Classic
      Difficulty Subscribing to Word-Mac (Q)
      English language instructional programs
      Ethernet BBS
      Floppy desktop files (A)
      Flushing Unused memory
      font puzzler
      From Salient
      Hard Drive, Stylewriter and IIe card summary
      IIfx, IIcx memory (A)
      Imagery 1.7
      Info-Mac Digest V10 #91
      International System software
      Isopropyl alcohol and "rubbing alcohol"
      Isopropyl Alcohol Preferred for Cleaning (C)
      Isopropyl Alcohol Preferred for Cleaning (R)
      LC 2 Answers.
      LC II -- the answers
      mac apps over internet
      Maps on the Mac
      Moving Lines on LC Screen
      NewsWatcher problems
      Nisus: 2 questions
      Phone/Fax/Modem Share
      PowerBook 170 internal modem
      Printing Mac-generated postscript files in Unix (Q)
      Prolog syntax (Q)
      QM Printing problems
      Quicktime image compression
      RE- Compression
      Request for Info
      Retrospect and AutoDouble
      Science software
      simple mailing list programs
      SuperDisk fact
      TI microLaser vs. GCC BLB Elite (R)
      TuneUp
      Tuneup Foulups
      Virtual 2.0 = SIMMs (?)
      Wanted: word frequency counter (Q)
      Weaving Software (R)
      White Knight Updaters [Q]
      Word 5 crashes (C)
      Word 5 Irritations

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 17:09:28 BST
From: P.Jimmieson@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: [*] 1 more Worf-ism sound sample

Hi,
   I downloaded the worfisms samples from Sumex, and realised that
my favourite Worf-ism was not amongst them - so I sampled it myself
and include it here to add to the collection. It's Worf saying
"Sir, I protest, I am *not* a merry man!" from the Q-Pid episode.


Phil Jimmieson        phil@csc.liv.ac.uk

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/warfisms-grp2.hqx; 80K]

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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 19:34:13 WET DST
From: jeremyr@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
Subject: [*] Apollo 0.8b1 (part 1 of 2)

Apollo 0.8b1
============

This is the fourth beta release of Apollo.  I used to call Apollo
an application launcher, but since it now handles desk accessories,
control panels, folders and documents, I should think of a better
description.

v0.8 fixes several bugs found in the previous release (0.7b2).
New features include application "settings" (default folder, default
document, sound level, screen depth, hide others) and the ability
to have documents in the main menu and in groups.  The menu can be
drawn in any font and many sizes.

Like previous beta releases of Apollo, v0.8 is free.  When finished,
Apollo will be shareware.

Jeremy Roussak (jeremyr@dcs.qmw.ac.uk)

[Archived as /info-mac/util/apollo-08b1.hqx; 176K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 08:30:28 -0700
From: Brad_Stone@yvax.byu.edu
Subject: [*] bsa-logo.hqx

>Does anyone have any clipart showing Boy Scouts of America type insignia, etc.
>If you could please post it to Sumex, since I can't FTP from here.


  Here is a very nice PICT image of the BSA insignia for the archives.

     - Brad Stone
       Computer Support Coordinator
       Brigham Young University

Brad_Stone@byu.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/boy-scouts-insignia.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:13:37 -0500
From: volaski@contra.med.buffalo.edu
Subject: [*] ChooserUser 1.2

ChooserUser 1.2 is a freeware control panel that lets you control who can
change the owner name (or user name under System 6). It also allows the
owner name to be changed at startup, either manually or automatically. This
program will be particularly useful to public Macintosh labs found in
university settings.

It replaces ChooserUser 1.1.

Maurice Volaski

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/chooser-user-12.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 20:10:29 EDT
From: Don Markuson <dmm@tiger1.Prime.COM>
Subject: [*] dmm-laser-711-supplement.sea.hqx

Enclosed is a *supplement* to my DMM LW Stuff version 1.1 package of
LaserWriter goodies which includes necessary additions for the new
LaserWriter 7.1.1 driver recently released by Apple with the new v1.1
System 7 Tune-Up distribution.

Being a supplement, it can only be used in combination with the original
DMM LW Stuff version 1.1 package already available at this site.

DMM LW Stuff is a FREEWARE package of goodies and documentation that help
you understand how the System 7 LaserWriter driver works and what you can
do to overcome some of its anomalies, like why it generates such huge
PostScript files compared to previous drivers.  One of the goodies is
building N-up thumbnail printing support right into the LaserWriter driver.

Comments, questions, and suggestions may be directed to:

..Donald Markuson
  dmm@tiger1.prime.com     <-- Best method

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ddm-laserwriter-stuff-addons.hqx; 121K]

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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:35:05 PDT
From: Robert_T._Chancellor.LAX1B@xerox.com
Subject: [*] fontcle&.hqx

Font Clerk 2.0 is a font utility which allows printed reports on installed
fonts. It contains a filer for TrueType which allows reports and viewing of
only those font types. Both portrait and landscape printing is supported, as
well as sample text on screen.

Please let me know if you encounter any bugs. I will be inproving on this
product as time permits.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/font-clerk-20.hqx; 77K]

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Date: 3 Apr 92 15:49:00 EDT
From: "Charles E. Bouldin" <bouldin@sed.eeel.nist.gov>
Subject: [*] Here is latest Novy Smart Cache software as requested

Smartcache17.hqx is the 1.7 release of the Novy Systems disc caching utility.
If you have a Novy accelerator board, Smartcache uses the otherwise discarded
motherboard memory as a LARGE disc cache. Again, only useful if you have a
Novy acclerator.

I checked with Novy systems before posting this. It is fine with them, as it
is already freely available from their own BBS. They are at (904) 427-2358,
in Florida.

Chuck Bouldin

[Archived as /info-mac/util/novy-smart-cache-17.hqx; 51K]

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Date: 3 Apr 92 15:49:00 EDT
From: "Charles E. Bouldin" <bouldin@sed.eeel.nist.gov>
Subject: [*] Here is latest Novy software as Requested

The Novy498.hqx file is the 4.98 version of the Novy Software for the 030/882
boards that are sold by Novy Systems. They are only useful if you have
a Novy Accelerator board, but there was a specific request on infomac for
it, so I posted it.

I checked with Novy systems before posting this. It is fine with them, as it
is already freely available from their own BBS. They are at (904) 427-2358,
in Florida.

Chuck Bouldin

[Archived as /info-mac/util/novy-030-software-498.hqx; 78K]

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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 92 12:32 PST
From: John_Miller@mindlink.bc.ca (John Miller)
Subject: [*] HyperTint Demo 1.0 Part 1 of 6

HyperTint Demo 1.0:  a demo version of a set of XCMDs that add color
to HyperCard 2.0/2.1.  Features:  colored "backdrop" pictures, the
ability to simulate colored buttons and fields, visual effects
supported in color, keystroke and text scrolling speed optimizations.
To use this product, you must be comfortable with HyperCard at the
scripting level.  The demo version of the XCMDs demonstrate
HyperTint's capabilities but will not work in other stacks.


John Miller
Symplex Systems

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/hyper-tint-10.hqx; 276K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 10:04:11 -0400
From: Eric Conger - Microcom <conger@rock.concert.net>
Subject: [*] mac-bread-board.hqx

This is a demo version of a product which is available now.
MacBreadboard simulates a digital hardware trainer.
Its features include a simulated breadboard, LEDs, dip switches,
and over 30 TTL chips.  Users select TTL chips from a menu, 
and then 'draw' wires to connect the power supply, LEDs, other
chips etc.

MacBreadboard is an excellent tool for learning about
digital electronics without investing in expensive hardware. 
This demo includes four TTL chips (AND, OR, INVERT and EXOR).
The full version looks incredible in COLOR!!!

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/mac-bread-board.hqx; 110K]

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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 17:35:41 PDT
From: macdevil@netlink.cts.com (Leonard Cayetano)
Subject: [*] MacMan 1.0.2

MacMan is another great arcade game that copies all (almost)
the features of the classic Pac-Man.  The only thing missing
are the intermissions between certain levels.  Other than
that, you have everything:  ghosts, fruits, and of course, 
if you get that far, keys.  

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-man-102.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 22:23 CDT
From: Greg Radke <TNF70@EVAX.IASTATE.EDU>
Subject: [*] NON-corrupt HP DW C drivers 2.0

Here are the .image files for the Hewlett-Packard DeskWriter C 2.0
drivers.  The previously posted copies were incomplete and would
NOT install on my system.  Several other people had the same problem
I believe.  Use "DiskCopy" (availble via anonymous ftp at 
ftp.apple.com) to place the images onto 800k disks.  These files
require the following:
	1. Un binhex 4.0
	2. self extracting into two (2) .image files (Compact Pro)
	3. Use DiskCopy 4.2 to place on floppy

NOTE: This software is copywrite by HP 1992.  You must follow there
lisence agreement.

Greg Radke

[Archived as /info-mac/util/hp-deskwriter-c-drivers.hqx.hqx; 992K]

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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 16:04:47 PDT
From: bkuo%phakt.usc.edu@usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo)
Subject: [*] PiratesDataEditor.cpt.hqx

This is a little utility I whipped up during one day of my
spring break, which allows you to mangle Pirates! saved games,
to give you as much gold as you want, different titles, and
change other stats.  This is all from hacking around in
FEdit, so there aren't any guarantees--but so far, it's been
very successful for me (try invading any city with 65534
men!!). As always, only alter copies of your saved games :-)

This has been tested on a Mac II with System 6.0.5 and 6.0.7,
and a Mac Powerbook 140 with System 7.01. Bug reports and
comments, and any additional hacking information to: bkuo@
chaph.usc.edu.  Enjoy!

Benjamin Kuo
bkuo@chaph.usc.edu

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pirates-data-editor.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 21:09:14 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: [*] SCSI Probe device identification & mounting cdev version 3.4

SCSIProbe 3.4
The most recent incarnation of Robert PolicUs control panel for
identifying and mounting SCSI devices.  This version permits changing of
drivers when new volumes are mounted, a particularly welcome feature if
you have removable media formatted by different software.

replaces /info-mac/cp/scsi-probe-33.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/scsi-probe-34.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 14:11 +8:00
From: North_TJ@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: [*] Strip-Mac! v1.1 (/game/stripmac11.hqx)

This is the third release of Strip-Mac!. Enjoy.

Strip-Mac! is a slightly risque, computer-moderated card game for two or more
adult players. Players take turns in drawing a card from the deck. If an 
appropriate card is turned up then play passes to the next player, otherwise 
the original player must choose between actions that include: removing a piece 
of clothing, taking a punishment card and purchasing a reward card. Play 
continues until one or all players are naked; what happens next is up to you. 
:-)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/strip-mac-11.hqx; 400K]

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 10:54:22 CDT
From: wolf@fangio.cipl.uiowa.edu (Michael J. Wolf)
Subject: [*] Submission: Progression v1.0 Solitaire

Below is a binhexed Compact Pro self extracting archive of the solitaire
card game Progrsssion v1.0.

There is complete online help available from within the application, and a
brief README file.

Thank you.

M Wolf

[Archived as /info-mac/game/progression-10.hqx; 61K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 09:03:31 CDT
From: "Brad Morris" <bmor@midway.uchicago.edu>
Subject: [*] Super Yahtzee 1.0

Super Yahtzee 1.0 Shareware $10

Super Yahtzee is an adaptation of the dice poker game which plays both
single yahtzee and triple yahtzee.  It features animated dice, digitized
sounds, computer players, color support, etc.  Works on Mac+ through Quadra,
System 6 or higher.  

[Archived as /info-mac/game/super-yahtzee-10.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 14:34:37 EDT
From: drjohn@mtu.edu (JOHN PILLING)
Subject: [*] TCONTOUR UPDATE

TCONTOUR 2.2
A program for visualising data that is a function of three variables not the usual two. Good for materials science - geology ternary systems etc.

Needs system 7.0 and a MacII with 68881 or 68882 FPU and colour!!!!

Improvements:

1. Bug in Export of colour maps fixed
2. Full support of cut/copy and paste in TEXT/PICT formats
3. Can overlay data points and values on the contour maps
4. Supports a variety of line profiling /sectioning options
5. User definable interpolating / weighting functions !
6. Data window is now in the form of a spreadsheet.

John Pilling  (drjohn@mtu.edu)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/t-contour-22.hqx; 132K]

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 13:21:59 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] tele-print-express.hqx

What Is TelePrint Express?

TelePrint Express is a revolutionary new way to buy printed goods using
the Macintosh.  You can use it to buy stationery, envelopes and business cards,
as well as checks for your Mac's accounting package.  You can also buy signs, 
rubber stamps, even custom T-shirts.

What do I need to run TelePrint Express?

TelePrint Express requires a Macintosh Plus or later with at least 2MB of RAM, 
a hard disk, and a copy of HyperCard 2.0 or later.

How Do I Place an Order?

Once you have decided what you want and have completed the process of selecting
and approving all the attributes of all the items you want to order you should
select the 'Accept Order' button on the order screen. When you do so, you will 
be asked to give us authorization to charge the cost to your Visa or Mastercard.
You can send your order to us via modem if you have a Hayes compatible modem
attached to your modem port, or you can save your order to a blank disk and
mail it to us.  Either way, you can expect to receive your order in three to
five business days from our receipt of the order.

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

I am posting this file to the archive for a friend, who works for the company.
Other than that, I have no affiliation with them.

This is basically an 'electronic catalog', which presents you with their 
products, lets you lay things out the way you want, and then dials in your
order for you.  I have used it, and it seems like they have done a pretty good
job.
This is a pretty neat idea, I think.  You can include your own custom (pict or
postscript) logos, print multi-color, etc.  You can even have HUGE posters
made! 
They also do custom mousepads, and mugs and things, though I haven't had time
to look through the entire catalog.

Download it and give it a try!  (and check out their prices, too)

Dan Walkowski

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/tele-print-express.hqx; 557K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 22:55:05 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#116/Nisus_Intro

TidBITS#116/Nisus_Intro
=======================
 
 Thinking about upgrading to Word 5.0? Thinking about switching to
   a different word processor? Think about Nisus. Nisus is arguably
   the most powerful word processor to appear on the Macintosh, and
   it has features that no other program can even approach. Despite
   this incredible power, Nisus has some potentially serious flaws
   for creating complex formal documents. This review uncovers the
   power and the problems to help you decide which program to use.
   Part one of three.
 
Topics:
    Nisus Introduction
    Typing, Clicking, and Moving
    Windows
    Menus
 
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-116.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 22:56:32 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#117/Nisus_Features

TidBITS#117/Nisus_Features
==========================
 
 The 2nd part of our three-part review of Nisus.
  
Topics:
    Rulers and Styles - I
    Rulers and Styles - II
    Rulers and Styles - III
    Find/Replace
    Macros and Programming
    Broken Bells and Feeble Whistles
 
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-117.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 22:57:54 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#118/Nisus_Details

TidBITS#118/Nisus_Details
=========================
 
 The 3rd part of our three-part review of Nisus.
 
Topics:
    More Bells
    A Miscellany of Nits
    Nisus Conclusions
    Nisus Details
 
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-118.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 02:11:43 -0500
From: Dan Walkowski <walkowsk@ta1.cs.uiuc.edu>
Subject: [*] TrashMan 4.0.1

(v 4.0.1)
Why pay $40 for TrashMaster, when you can have TrashMan for $10?

TrashMan scans and 'time-stamps' the files in your trash, deleting them after
they have been there 'a long time'.  You decide what 'a long time' is, in days,
hours, and minutes.
TrashMan also allows the selective emptying of trash on particular volumes,
with optional ejecting afterwards (handy for dealing with floppies!).

TrashMan 4.0.1 runs as a faceless background app (not in the app menu!) and has
a completely rewritten algorithm, which scans incrementally and continuously,
(no more pauses as TM scans!).  The Engine speed can be adjusted too!

It has now been split into 3 parts, the Engine, the Controls, and the Emptier.

Thousands of people worldwide use TrashMan.  Give it a try today, and see what
the System 7 trash can _should_ have been like.

Dan Walkowski

(this version fixes a bug which made the Engine refuse to run on certain 
 machines. additional error checking and more helpful dialogs were added.)
---cut here---

[Archived as /info-mac/util/trash-man-401.hqx; 158K]

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 9:18:47 MET DST
From: speranza@uqbar.cirfid.unibo.it (Sauro Speranza)
Subject: [*] uploading suntar1.2.2

 We've been reported a problem which happens when running
suntar 1.2.1 under the Finder of System 6 in machines with
WaitNextEvent in ROM: we've fixed the problem in this new
release, suntar 1.2.2.
 Really, we've done again the thing that caused that problem:
when releasing a bug fix, we haven't undone a few little-tested
improvements done between the previous release and the bug
report: they are pretty and useful... probably this release
should be considered a beta, and it would be better not to
delete the previous one.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/sun-tar-122b.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 18:09:52 -0700
From: jiangwu@bigdog.berkeley.edu (Jiang Wu)
Subject: (Q) UNIX Troff File -> MS Word??

Hello:

I have many UNIX troff formatted files that I want to download to my Mac.
The troff files were written using the ms macro library.  Is there any
program that will convert my troff files into Mac formatted files?

Specifically, I want to get rid of all the .** lines and join all the lines
in a paragraph together by removing the "newline"'s.  Also, I want to
keep all the formatting such as bold-face, fonts, etc.

Any suggestion will be most appreciated.

Jiang Wu
-- jiangwu@bigdog.berkeley.edu
   jiangwu@postgres.berkeley.edu

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 20:32:39 PDT
From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu ( John Thoo )
Subject: 32-bit Quickdraw (C)

On Mon, 6 Apr 1992 07:23:38 -0600 you said:
>>1) What is 32-bit QuickDraw?
>
>An INIT that extends and cleans up the color capabilites of your Mac.
> (Layman's terms).
>
>>3) Will it install on a SE/30 w/ 68030 and 68882 FPU?
>
>Yes.
 
It is my understanding that the SE/30 has 32-bit Color QuickDraw burned
into its ROMs.  But then again, my understanding has often been flawed :-)
 
--John.

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 10:08:15 PDT
From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu ( John Thoo )
Subject: 32-bit Quickdraw (C)

>>It is my understanding that the SE/30 has 32-bit Color QuickDraw burned
>>into its ROMs.  But then again, my understanding has often been flawed :-)
>
>Well..close.  The SE/30 has Color QuickDraw in the ROMs.  It does not
>have 32-bit QuickDraw.
>
>Machines such as the IIsi, IIci, IIfx...and now a whole host of
>others - Quadra, LC, LCII, do have 32-bit Color Quickdraw in the ROMs
>and thus, don't need the INIT.

Aha!  See?  I told you that my understanding has often been flawed  ;)

Thanks for setting me straight, Wade.  Boy, learn something new
everyday!

Cheers!
--John.

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 17:45:35 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <tcora@pica.army.mil>
Subject: [I spent four years prostrate :  Word Mac list (A)]

I got this, following my post about an alternate Internet address for
Word-Mac. Turns out that the Internet address is the ONLY one these
days...
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil

----- Forwarded message # 1:

Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 11:38 EDT
From: "I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper and I was free..." <A_HILL@ACC.HAVERFORD.EDU>
Subject: Word Mac list (A)

Word Mac is no longer WORD_MAC@HVRFORD.BITNET, it's now 
WORD_MAC@ACC.HAVERFORD.EDU because we lost our BITnet connection this past 
February.  The list is still up and running happily, though, and new 
subscribers are always welcome.  To subscribe, send mail to 
MAILSERV@ACC.HAVERFORD.EDU; leave the subject line blank, and put SUBSCRIBE 
WORD-MAC in the body of the message.  If that doesn't work, send me mail and 
I'll work on it myself.

Ashley Hill
Editor, Word-Mac
A_HILL@ACC.HAVERFORD.EDU


----- End of forwarded messages

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:49 EDT
From: "FRED M. HOPPE (416) 529-7070 EXT. 4581" <HOPPE@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA>
Subject: ABOUT OUTBOUND

I've been looking enviously at the Powerbook 170 to supplement the
Mac II (original, unupgraded) I have.  But there are some features about
the 170 package which are steering me away and I wonder if there are others
who have been down this road before me.
       -the 170 requires system 7.  I am content with 6.05 on my Mac II.  I'd
        rather not deal with two different desktops--minor point, though
       -I have no use or need for the fax/modem, hence am paying a premium
        for this item.
       -the additional memory is expensive (the educational price for
        4 Meg is $700 (seven hundred)).
       -I am led to believe that there is no upgrade path via motherboard
        swap.
       -the 40 MB drive may be inadequate in time and I've been following
        acrimonious, sometime humerous,  "debates" about users' favourite
        compression applications (AD, DD).  Its apparent that one ought to
        steer clear of these and merely install  a larger drive, but that
        is not an available option.
       -the active matrix display is nice but not necessary, and a dead  
        pixel on the screen is quite inelegant (our campus microcentre
        had one on its demo and it looked like a zit).
       -the 140 does not have a floating point co-processor and so seems
        a dead end machine for scientific purposes; they're being dumped
        at Future Shops for $2400.
       -finally, let me enlighten you American users:  the Canadian 
        educational price is $4410

Now, in running this past someone, I was told about the Outbound notebook.
I hadn't heard of this product before.  Sorry, but I don't read MacUser or
other Macintosh magazines. Yet I do read info-mac regularly and am
wondering why no-one has commented on his or her experiences with the
Outbound.  I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with anything relevant to say
about the Outbound.  I'm also curious how Outbound gets the Macintosh
ROMS since I was under the (obviously mistaken) impression that there are no
mac clones.  Thanks in advance to all who reply. 
Fred.

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

Date: 08 Apr 92 20:50 GMT
From: ENDPOINT@AppleLink.Apple.COM (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: AD and File Copies

Attn:   o Info-Mac Digest
SentBy: Robert Hess
 
                       Subject:                               Time:1:45 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          AD and File Copies                     Date:4/8/92
RE: "I also suspect that it would be very difficult for AD (perhaps
impossible) to realize when a remote machine was copying a file and expand
it."
 
Basically correct. It's possible but very difficult and would probably slow
down copies. The really cool solution is for AD to implement cross-network
communications (perhaps via AppleEvents) and ADSP copying; this would let AD
do a compressed copy VERY quickly.
 
Robert Hess
 

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

Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 18:07 PDT
From: Michael Tsao 310 207-5879            <IZZYLX5@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Adobe Garamond

Adobe Garamond is definitely a commercial product and can't be copied.
  However, if you'd like to get the latest version of ATM along
with Garamond for $7.50, call Adobe at 800/521-1976 and ask for
extension 4400.  That's in MacUser, Jan 92, page 224.  However,
they'll take their own sweet time about mailing it to you so if
you need Garamond right away you'll have to get it from some
mail order place.
Michael Tsao izzylx5@mvs.oac.ucla.edu

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 10:05:20 -0800
From: John_Rosborough@sfu.ca
Subject: AD on Network (A)

Jerry Wilcox made this comment in a recent digest

>I'm also interested in the problem with Retrospect Remote, because we use that
>to backup our network. I wonder if the problem is that AD needs to be
>installed on the machine which is doing the remote backup?

I'm not sure what the problem is that Jerry is referring to, though I
suspect it's a previous comment that Retrospect takes 3 times as long to
back up when AutoDoubler is installed.

I have used Retrospect Remote to back up both my own hard drive and network
volumes (server and other users) for at least six months now and found it
reliable and easy to use.

I have had AutoDouble on my machine for about 3 weeks and I am satisfied
with the performance and reliability.

Before Autodoubler was installed, Retrospect backed up my hard drive at an
average rate of 12.9 megs per second (3 samples). After AD, the rate is
12.4 megs per second (9 samples). Not a significant difference.

Tech specs. Mac IIfx, 8 megs, system 7, tuneup 1.1, 105meg partition of a
210 meg Quantum drive. 
 ---------
John Rosborough  Computer Support Assistant,        (604) 291-3275
                 Faculty of Education
                 Simon Fraser University
                 Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 19:28:32 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: AD on Network (A?)

On Tue, 07 Apr, Jerry Wilcox commented on Igor Livshits' posting:

>I'm a very happy user of AD on my (non-networked) machine at home. I
>have thought about installing AD on my office machine because I have a
>small hard drive which is always overflowing, but I don't want to
>cause problems for my colleagues.

Just give your colleagues copies of the freely distributable ADExpand,
Jerry. That's what I do on our two-Mac home net with AD on Leslye's Mac.

>I'm also interested in the problem with Retrospect, because we use that
>to backup our network. I wonder if the problem is that AD needs to be
>installed on the machine which is doing the remote backup?

According to Lloyd Chambers (whom I sent a copy of Igor's note) that is
exactly the "problem." If you're going to use AD you must have AD.

The only problem I found with Retro when backing up Leslye's disks last
weekend was that Retro had found an AD Temporary Files folder when it
launched (the Retro archive) and crashed when it could not find that
folder during the actual backup. I used ADExpand to decompress Retro's
archive files, and told AD to pretty please never compress them. Lloyd
said that was about the best I could do in that situation.

One thing that bothered me about the Retro backup was due to unchecking
the "compress" Retro option. The disk was AD'd, right? The backup went
very much faster than before, but I was annoyed that the 14M System
folder (untouched by AD) was backed up uncompressed. Then I saw Adam
Engst's note to Igor in today's Info-Mac. It took me a while, what with
being old and stupid and all, but I figured out what Adam was doing.

Adam did not mention that his "Don't Compress" selector can only be
used in ARCHIVE, not in BACKUP, mode. He also did not mention that each
item in that list had to be NOT'd, and that the items must be AND'd
together -- much like the "Compress" selector built in to Retro. It is
a real bore at this advanced age to actually learn something, but the
exercise was worthwhile. I may even learn how to automatically deselect
the 14M of virtual memory (Leslye likes it) that I only mostly remember
to turn off before backing up her hard disks.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: 8 Apr 92 14:57:09 GMT
From: mschatzberg@mhnj.sbi.com (Mike Schatzberg)
Subject: Alternative to MAZ [Q]

We upgraded a Mac IIci to an Apple 8-24GC video card and an
E-Machines ColorPage T16 monitor.  MaxAppleZoom revision 1.4.3
does not affect the size of the screen.  We are running 7.0.1,
tune-up 1.1.  Any ideas out in net.land ?  Is there a newer
revision?  Will it work on this hardware.

Mike Schatzberg, Salomon Inc, 745 Route 3, Rutherford, NJ 07070
Phone: (201) 896-7622           email: mschatzberg@mhnj.sbi.com


Mike Schatzberg, Salomon Inc, 745 Route 3, Rutherford, NJ 07070 USA
Phone: (201) 896-7622   Email: mschatzberg@mhnj.sbi.com

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 15:34:58 -800
From: oreilly@netcom.ubc.ca (Dennis O'Reilly)
Subject: ARA access through modem pool (Q)

We would like to make ARA available to users with Macs at home
through our general modem pool. The general modem pool provides 
access to other services like Unix systems. When users dial in 
they have to type their network id and password and the name of 
the service they want to connect to.

Making ARA available through a general modem pool requires that 
the ARA client be able to enter a network id and password and be 
able to select the ARA service after connecting to the modem pool 
server. Has anyone succeeded in doing this? 
 
   Dennis O'Reilly  (oreilly@netcom.ubc.ca)
   University of British Columbia

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

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 21:41:10 -0400
From: "Alan D. Danziger" <aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Subject: Auto-Doubler lies--NOT!

In comp.sys.mac.digest 'Igor' writes:

>Paul Potts writes:  (paraphrased)
>>- It is very unlikely that someone could take an AD compressed file, copy
>>it to another disk, take it to another machine, and then have troubles
>>with it.
>>This is because when copying from an Auto-Doubled disk to another volume,
>>even another attached hard disk, the file is automatically decompressed.

>This is not always true.  In fact, it is false exactly when I need it.  I
>use AD an am genreally pleased with it.  However, when my colleagues mount
>my volumes ontheir Macs and try to pull files to their machines, they get a
>nasty surprise -- the files are compressed.  Of course, I can give everyone
>a copy of the Expand utility, but the manual clearly states:

>	"AutoDoubler will automatically expand the file.  This avoids
>	your accidently giving someone a compressed file, yet leaves the
>	original file compressed."

Right...  So, if you copy from a system with AutoDoubler installed,
the files will automatically be expanded.  Otherwise you need a
program to expand them.  It's not a "nasty" problem, though...  The
files have a proper type & creator for what they are...  They think
they're DiskDoubler files, and so they are...  If you had used
SuperDisk, the files would NOT have shown any difference from
uncompressed files; when your colleagues tried to open them, they
_would have opened_ in whatever app., and come up as garbage...  This
way people KNOW and have a chance to uncompress the files.

>Another problem is that AD decompresses files for Retrospect Remote
>effectively increasing my backuo times by a factor of 5 or 10.

>When I talked to Salient about these problems, they clearly indicated that
>these will not be fixed.

Did you read the files which came with AD?  They clearly said that
backup programs should copy the files compressed, and if they don't,
you should speak to the backup software makers...  Have you talked to
Dantz about the 'problem'?

	-=Alan
	aland@cs.brandeis.edu

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 16:59:39 EDT
From: Paul Potts <potts@itl.itd.umich.edu>
Subject: AutoDoubler and AppleShare problem (C)

Someone mentioned that:
This is not always true.  In fact, it is false exactly when I need it.  I
use AD an am genreally pleased with it.  However, when my colleagues mount
my volumes ontheir Macs and try to pull files to their machines, they get a
nasty surprise -- the files are compressed.

This is unfortunately true, and I didn't notice it until last night when
someone connected to my Mac's public folder and tried to get files down.
This is a bummer. It might also affect people using FTP who pull files from
this Mac (I am running the FTP server in NCSA Telnet). 

If AutoDoubler were truly transparent it would work with File Sharing.
It seems strange that if I initate the file copy to a mounted AppleShare
volume, the file seems to be automatically uncompressed properly.
If someone else initiates it by mounting my Mac as an AppleShare volume,
the files come over as compressed DDExpand files. I haven't tested the
results of pulling the files via FTP yet.

Salient should fix this - I am disappointed that an otherwise beautiful
product has this strange wart on it.

-Paul Potts-
Office of Instructional Technology

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 12:07:38 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: AutoDoubler and Retrospect

I've obviously raised more questions than I answered with my
posting on AutoDoubler and Retrospect. I'm going to check into
this more carefully with Salient and Dantz, but here's what I
do and why I do it.

AutoDoubler is supposed to be transparent to backup applications
so they don't expand AD files when backing up. This does not
seem to be the case with Retrospect, or perhaps just with
Retrospect and certain settings. I haven't determined that yet.
So the problem is that AD expands files before letting
Retrospect read (and compress) them. My theory then, which was
held out by testing, is that if we prevent Retrospect from
trying to compress the files, it won't read them in the same
way and thus won't cause AD to kick in and expand them.

If you look in the Retrospect browser at file compressed with
AD, they appear to be ADExpandUtil files, which indicates that
AD is indeed fooling Retrospect to a certain extent (otherwise
Retrospect would see the original file types as the Finder and
other programs do). If we prevent Retrospect from trying to
compress the file by creating a Don't Compress selector that
has a NOT(DDAP creator), then Retrospect will merely read those
bytes in and write them out again without trying to compress.
THat's good. I do not understand why having Retrospect compress
files would change the read process such that AD feels that it
has to kick in, but that's apparently what's happening.

Now, my experiences are with Retrospect on a single machine. I
spoke incorrectly when I said that this necessarily applies to
the Remote cdev (I'm actually running the version of Retrospect
that comes with the Remote cdevs which is why I got confused).
I do not know and have not tested how this will work when
backing up a remote volume over the network using the Remote
cdev, although this technique very well may work too.

Let me talk to Salient and Dantz and see if I can get an
explanation for all this stuff for real. All I know is that I
had AD expanding when I used Retrospect and by adding that
creator to the Don't Compress Selector I prevented AD from
expanding and speeded up the backup significantly.

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 13:03:00 +0200
From: "jordi@sc2a.unige.ch ==> S. Jordi, Geneva, Switzerland" <JORDI@sc2a.unige.ch>
Subject: Compu$erve CIM for tcp/ip ?

Hi there,
Does anybody know if Compuserve has a TCP/IP compatible version of its
CIM program ? As I'm not connecting to CI$ through a modem, I can't download
files in xmodem, zmodem, CompuserveB format...
(Of course, I need a TCP/IP CIS for a Macintosh!)

Thanks for any help!

Sincerely,
Steve Jordi-Dpt of Geophysics-U of Geneva-Switzerland-jordi@sc2a.unige.ch

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 00:17 CDT
From: "Thomas L. Hausmann" <HAUSMANN@iscsvax.uni.edu>
Subject: Connectix and Insignia (...)

I need email addresses for these (Conectix, Insignia) companies if they are 
on the net.

Didn't someone post a list of vendors and email addresses once?  Should this be
a FAQ or a report in the archives?

-Tom

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 11:54:44 -0500
From: baim@aaec1.aaec.com
Subject: contact cleaner

As I remember my chemistry, the first three alcohols are:

Methanol: CH3OH
Ethanol: C2H5OH
Isopropanol: C3H7OH

The "strength" as a solvent decreases as the molecule gets larger.  As
better-qualified others have stated, methanol (methyl alcohol) is highly
toxic and is often "denatured" to inhibit consumption.  Isopropanol is
rubbing alcohol and is also usually "denatured" for the same reason.  The
denaturant is sometimes phenolphthalein (the familiar acid-base indicator
which also gives ExLax its "zip", hence its use as a cure for drinking the
wrong stuff).  I imagine the denaturant could leave a residue on your
contacts.  Sandwiched between methanol and isopropanol is good old ethanol
(grain alcohol).  So, go buy some cheap high-proof domestic vodka (by law:
distilled water plus pure ethanol) and clean your contacts.  As a bonus you
can then celebrate your successful repair or "forget" your broken equipment
:-)

You can also go to Radio Shack (ugh!) and buy spray cleaner for TV tuners
which will work fine.  Make sure you buy color-tuner cleaner which HAS NO
LUBRICANT (check the label) so you don't get residue.  You can also contact
(no pun) Soft Solutions (they sell Mac repair parts) for their Stabilant
22a which is an exotic contact conditioner from Canada.  This stuff is
expensive but a little goes a long way and, once applied, will keep your
contacts clean forever (unless you unplug-and-plug them often).  BTW: in my
experience, gold contacts don't need much cleaning since the gold doesn't
oxidize.  The socket you plug them into, however, may not be gold.  This
argues for the spray cleaner which you can squirt into the sockets too.

Paul

PS The ChemE Phd wrote that Methanol is highly corrosive.  It's certainly a
powerful solvent, but is corrosive the word for it? Just wondering...

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:44:36 GMT
From: marcus@sun.pcl.ac.uk (Marcus Harvey)
Subject: Cryptic Sytem Errors

One thing that has always struck me as a most bizarre anomaly in the
Macintosh world, is the numeric error messages.

Why doesn't the Mac give any description (bus error, divide by zero)
in the error alert?

Anyone know?

Marcus Harvey, Polytechnic of Central London IRS
marcus@uk.ac.pcl.sun - JANET  marcus%sun.pcl.ac.uk@ukacrl - BITNET/EARN

                                                          ...Bubble Up!

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 01:03 EDT
From: CA95ME53@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
Subject: Desktop publishing on Classic

Hello out there in netland,
  I was wondering if anyone knew of a shareware desktop 
publishing program that will function well with the memory 
constraints of a Classic.  A member of my campus user group 
asked me for help and I am now turning to you.  Thanks in 
advance.
_______*Matt Cable*______
|CA95ME53@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU|

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 08:24:31 EDT
From: Edward Ver Hoef <verhoef@europa.asd.contel.com>
Subject: Difficulty Subscribing to Word-Mac (Q)

In two recent digests (v10-87 being the latest) there was reference 
to a list dedicated to Microsoft Word that is maintained at (I would
 guess) Haverford College.  At least the address that was given was 

>WORD-MAC%HVRFORD.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU

I have tried to send a subscription message to this address but my 
message was rejected by (I believe) Cornell.  The explanatory 
message said

> RSCS rejected mail w/tag: HVRFORD   WORD-MA.... Is the hostname 
> misspelled?

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?

Ed Ver Hoef

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

Date: 08 Apr 92 17:29:17+0200
From: Jacob Palme SKHB <JPALME@SKHB.dafa.se>
Subject: English language instructional programs

Can I get advice on Macintosh software (payware or freeware) for
learning the English language: Spelling, grammar, pronounciation
etc. My son is going to study English soon. For him English
will be a second language, but educational material for
English as a first language may still be useful.

Please reply directly to me, I will summarize for the list.

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 08:06:40 EDT
From: nsteffen@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Subject: Ethernet BBS

Good morning Netters,

I'm trying to help revitalize our stagnant MAC user group by tracking
down a BBS type system that will function across our "internet".

The Mac contingent here is growing and approaching 1000 in number.  Most
are connected to via Local Talk or Ethernet back bones which are in
turn interconnected via a broadband system. We are currently running
3Com (that is supposed to change in about 6 months), AppleTalk, Decnet,
and TCP/IP protocols; and they all seem to do well in this environment.

The primary features were are looking for are "the elusive user
friendliness", file storage and transfer, and especially the public
e-mail portion of the bulletin board.  The file transfer and storage
function could be picked up by one of our dedicated servers but
a one stop shopping approach would be preferable. 

Freeware would be optimum (of course) but share/commercial products
would also be considered.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Norm Steffen

internet:  nsteffen@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 09:28:52 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Floppy desktop files (A)

On Tue, 7 Apr 1992 18:17:40 -0400 you said:
>Is there any way to remove the desktop file from a floppy without having to
>format the disk? In other words, if i have a 1.44MB floppy, copy 800K worth
>of junk onto it, and immediately trash it...it leaves 12K or something on
>the disk (in the form of a desktop file).

The easy way - eject the disk, hold down command-option and reinsert the
disk (rebuild the desktop).

The sophisticated way - use a utility such as MacTools Deluxe's File
Edit to delete the (empty) Trash folder.  I'm not sure whether it'll let
you delete the desktop folder too, I haven't tried it.

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 02:40 EDT
From: <GIOVANDR%DAYTON.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Flushing Unused memory

Hello,
        I have an annoying problem.  I am running an SE, Sys 7 with 2.5 megs
and memory allocation is sometimes messed.  I have a robust system, taking
1.4 megs.  Seeing how the newer applications are expecting hoards of memory,
I have none to spare.  Sometimes, when I quit all running applications,
the "About This Mac..." tells me there is a 1.7 block of memory used.  Is
there a utility out there that would reallocate that lost memory back to
use.  If I restart, memory is back to normal, of course.
                                        Thanx
                                        Dave
                                        Giovandr@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 13:27:18 -0500
From: baim@aaec1.aaec.com
Subject: font puzzler

calling all font gurus...

If I have a Postscript font file (Type 1 or 3) but no bitmap screen font. 
And, I have a utility such as FontSizer or FontMonger which will happily
render bitmap NFNTs from the Postscript, but ONLY for fonts I have
"installed".  How
do I hack an existing screen font (FOND, NFNT, etc) to point to my innocent
PS font file with its funny name, so I can install the hacked screen font,
trick my rendering utility into finding the PS font, render new sizes of
the "new" font, and clean out the old bitmaps which were from some other
font anyway.  Leaving me with a compatibly named screen font/PS font set
for Mac?  In other words, how is the link between screen fonts and PS fonts
implemented?

PS if I had Fontographer, it would work directly with the PS file but I
don't want to spend a gazillion dollars for just this functionality.

Thanks in advance, responses directly to me to spare poor info-mac. Any
answers that WORK will be submitted to the archive for future generations.

Paul

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

Date: 08 Apr 92 23:59 GMT
From: ENDPOINT@AppleLink.Apple.COM (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: From Salient

Attn:   o Info-Mac Digest
SentBy: Robert Hess
 
                       Subject:                               Time:4:49 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          From Salient                           Date:4/8/92
I forwarded some of IMD to Lloyd Chambers at Salient. Here's his reply
(forwarded here with his permission):
 --------------------------------------------
Item    3499523                 92/04/08        12:27PDT
 
From:   SALIENT                         Salient, Lloyd Chambers,PRT
 
To:     ENDPOINT                        ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS
 
Sub:    Re: Commentary
 
It's simple really--the remote machine sees DiskDoubler compressed documents
(or DDExpand or ADExpand util documents).
 
It's unreasonable to expect AD to do its thing over the network that way--it's
analagous to AppleShare. AppleShare must be installed on each client that
wants to connect to the server. In this case the remote machine is the
"server". The client needs AutoDoubler if he wants to see regular files.
Otherwise, the client can use the AD Expand Util to decompress them.
 
Lloyd Chambers
Salient
 ----------------------
 
When I suggested that perhaps he missed our point (that copying over a network
should work like copying to a floppy, that the server decompresses a file
prior to giving it to the client) he said that he he thought the idea was not
only cool, it was awesome...and not possible at the file level.
 
Robert Hess
 

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

Date: 8 Apr 92 02:54:56 GMT
From: jonesbb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian R. Jones)
Subject: Hard Drive, Stylewriter and IIe card summary

	I posted a couple of questions about two weeks ago (sorry about the
lag time - these darn things called "exams" keep getting in the way!) about
the future of the Stylewriter, the new IIe card for the LC and the Quantum
105 LPS hard drive.
	First, the Stylewriter is a printer based on Quickdraw (built into
System 7) and a result the computer takes care of all the font manipulation\
and rendering and tells the Stylewriter what to do.  As a result, the Style-
writer will work with Truetype, ATM or whatever else comes along.  So it will
be around for a while anyway since everyone seems exceptionally pleased with
the print quality and even the speed when the new driver is used.
	The difference in the new IIe card for the LC is a little more vague.
The two responses I received indicated that the update was to make the card
compatable with the LC II and thus System 7.  I am not positive of this.
	As to the Quantum 105 LPS hard drive, almost every response indicated
that I should get it from APS.  One supported Mirror Technologies.  One note
said that the 105 meg drive was being discontinued in favor of the 120 meg.
I hope not since a 15 meg increase is currently an $80.00 difference!  Many
kind people indicated that, yes, hard drives do wear out.  This is called the
Mean Time Between Failure or MBTF.  The MBTF for modern drives is apoximately
50,000 hours.  Some drive will fail long before this time and others never in
the user's lifetime.
	I usually try to respond individually, but about 30 replies and a tight
schedule wouldn't allow it.  So, my deepest thanks to those who helped!!

									 -Brian

P.S. I had one response asking about my perfect margins.  How did I do it?
     Pure luck!!!!

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 09:02:36 -0600
From: wadew@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Wade Williams)
Subject: IIfx, IIcx memory (A)

>I know that the Mac FX/CX are not new macs...so in order to be 32Bit-clean you 
>need to use the control panel MODE-32 from apple/conectrix....

With the IIcx, yes.  However, the IIfx does have 32-bit clean ROMs.


>However, once this is installed on the system, is it possible to put 16MB simms 
>in the FX/CX?...I figure that the CX/FX have about 8 to 10 slots 
>respectively...giving a possible total of 128MB to 160MB or so (not incld. 
>Virtual Memory...) am I right on this? or not...

Each have 8 SIMM sockets.  Yes, you should be able to install 128
megs of RAM.  However, keep in mind that *each* 16-meg SIMM will cost
somewhere around $1,000 maybe more.


Wade Williams
wadew@ducvax.auburn.edu

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:23:39 -0800
From: John_Rosborough@sfu.ca
Subject: Imagery 1.7

Jeff Lewis has written a great program called Imagery for converting
various picture formats from one to the other, and particularly for reading
and converting many foreign formats to Mac. 
The latest version in the archives is v1.5 I believe, v1.7 lives on
compuserve and America On Line. I don't have accounts on these sources.

Could someone who has an account on one of these sources please download
Imagery 1.7 and post to info-mac.

Thanks.

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 08:58:10 EDT
From: milan@mjm.xyplex.com (Milan Merhar)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V10 #91

Yes, Motorola has a free BBS that supports the 680xx family of
processors, as well as their single-chip micro families. I have seen
some of the single-chip assemblers in various anonymous FTP archives,
but haven't seen the 680xx ones.

The assemblers are intended for embedded systems use, so may not
provide output in a form suitable for direct use in developing Mac
programs. The price, on the other hand, is right...

The BBS number is (512)891-3733. Type "bbs" to start the login, then
respond to the questions.

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

Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 20:24:04 EST
From: Pete Tamas <GNOME%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: International System software

On Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:21:00 EST <91287@TAYLORU> said:
>Does anyone know where I can find a list of the script systems available for
>system 7.  I am particulary interrested if there is one for the bengali
>language, but I am curious what other ones are available.

Forest Tanaka at Apple was a great help getting me a copy of the Hungarian
system software. If all else fails, write to him at Apple (I don't have an
e-mail address).

The FIRST place to look is the developer cd which has copies of all the
system software. Good luck!-Pete

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

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 22:18:03 -0400
From: garmenjm@arvx01.dnet.dupont.com (Jaime Garmendia, NYI team, Berazategui - Argentina, 8-541-3285)
Subject: Isopropyl alcohol and "rubbing alcohol"

Caution should be taken with commercial "rubbing alcohol" for use on electronic components: Some "rubbing alcohol" formulations contain, besides isopropyl and
water, camphor, to give it a "heat" sensation when rubbed. Do not use it
to clean contacts if it contains camphor, it may gum up the contact. The
good thing is that it can probably be cleaned with a good contact cleaner, 
which you can get at any Radio Shack. If you have to, use only pure 
isopropyl alcohol or even ethanol. I find a pencil eraser works fine too,
as long as you don't drop rubber inside the computer box!

Jaime Garmendia
DuPont Argentina

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 10:52:19 EDT(-0400)
From: ed@titipu.meta.com (Edward Reid)
Subject: Isopropyl Alcohol Preferred for Cleaning (C)

In Info-Mac Digest V10 #91, Cheinan Marks writes:
> isopropyl alcohol is much easier to get (for the reason mentioned
> above).  Any drug store will carry it.

And most drug stores carry 91% isopropanol at about the same price as the
more common 70%.  However, I don't know whether the 30% or 9% remaining water
will cause a problem around printed circuit boards.  Anyone know?  Are the
alcohol preparations sold for cleaning 100% alcohol, or are they less?

Edward Reid  (8-}>
  eel:   ed@titipu.meta.com  or  nosc.mil!titipu.meta.com!ed
  snail: PO Box 378/Greensboro FL 32330

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:30 CDT
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <LEMKE@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
Subject: Isopropyl Alcohol Preferred for Cleaning (R)

Why not use ethyl alcohol--it has always done wonders for my personal
contacts?  :-0

-Dwigiht
(Dwight, dammit)

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 09:30:28 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: LC 2 Answers.

On Tue, 7 Apr 1992 07:08 EDT you said:
>I am an owner of a Mac LC.  Now I have seen/heard that the Mac LC 2 is out.
>
>1)  IS this LC 2 an equivalent/better than the Mac SI?

Nope, it's only about 5% faster than your LC and is closer to the old LC
than to any other Mac.

>2)  Does the LC 2 support VM?...i.e. does it have a PMMU chip?

That's the real difference between the LC and the LC II.  The 68030 has
the PMMU function integrated with the CPU, so the LC II does do VM.

>3)  Is the LC 2 a true 0030 machine?

Not really because it's still using the same 16-bit bus that the old LC
and the Classic II use.  The CPU itself is the same one that the SE/30
and the PowerBook 140 use.  The bus affects speed, but as far as software
is concerned, the LC II is an '030 machine.

>4)  Will upgrades from an LC to an LC 2 be made available?  and do y'all think
>that they will be expensive?

Yes.  Because the LC II motherboard is nearly the same as the Classic II
motherboard (which was adapted from the LC motherboard), it seems likely
that the price of the LC II upgrade will probably be about the same as
the Classic to Classic II upgrade (about $600 list).  I doubt that it's
worth it; you'll gain more by investing in a couple of 4 MByte SIMMs
instead.

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 13:21:17 +0200
From: Christoph van Wuellen <HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: LC II -- the answers

Nearly impossible that you do not know, but here it is...

The LC II is essentially the old LC, with the 68020 replaced by the 68030.
This means, you do not need a PMMU and can have VM.

This means, the data bus to the RAM is only 16 bit, so speed will me very
similar to the LC and NOT to the SE/30, IIsi.....

4 MB of RAM are soldered on the motherboard, so you do not need to buy two
1MB RAM Simms. However, the memory controller did not change, so plugging
in two 4MB Simms will give you a total of 10 MB (like the old LC), and NOT 12.

Upgrade? STOP KIDDING! The few percent performance gain certainly is not worth
a new motherboard. VM? Buy two 4MB Simms for your old LC, much better, much
quicker, much less $$.

These are the most essential facts of the LC II (from my memory). ///CVW

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 10:02:13 -0400
From: eddie@frosty2.whoi.edu (eddie scheer)
Subject: mac apps over internet

I am a beginner at getting mac apps over the Internet; I wanted to get
the dmm-laswerwriterstuff package to my mac. I did the following:
1) ftp anonymous-- binary transfer of dmm...hqx file;
2) ftped the mcvert...shar scripts;
3) Ran the mcvert scripts and created mcvert;
4) Removed the text messages at the start of dmm....hqx file, and ran
   mcvert -x on the file to create: DMM_LW_Stuff_1.1.sea.bin
I assume this is now a MacBinary file....
5) using Versaterm Pro on my Classic, and Kermit on my Decstation, (with
   binary mode on the Dec kermit, and Macbinary mode in Versaterm) I 
   transferred the file to the MAC.
The file size on the Unix machine was 415318 bytes; After transfer to the
MAC, it was 414827. ????
6) According to your help files, this ".sea" file should uncompress itself.
When I doubleclick the application, I get "application damaged or busy". If
I try to open it in Resedit, it says it is damaged, and if I try a repair, 
it won't do it.
                                    What am I doing wrong???
                                         <eddie@polar.whoi.edu (128.128.24.5)

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:12 +0800
From: IANHART%HKUCC.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Maps on the Mac

I am looking for a good source of up-to-date and accurate maps (not
designer clip-art).  We particularly need maps of South-East Asia and China.
Replies either to the List or to me:
ianhart@hkucc.hku.hk (Ian Hart, Director, Centre for Media Resources,
University of Hongkong).
Many thanks

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

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 23:33:03 CDT
From: Chris Obyrne <cobyrne@helios.uwsp.edu>
Subject: Moving Lines on LC Screen

I turned on my LC today and lo and behold I have these light
colored lines moving slowly up the screen. The lines extend
all the way across the screen horizontally and have about a
10 degree angle slanting down to the right. Could anyone
enlighten me on this problem and is it serious? Thanks in
advance for helping me out.

Chris O'Byrne
UWSP

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:31:23 -0500
From: zzt@ornl.gov  (Jon Tischler)
Subject: NewsWatcher problems

I seem unable to make NewsWatcher connect to my server.  I am using a Mac
II and the news server is an Ultrix based machine.

When I tell NewsWatcher to
   Get Group List from Net ...


It puts up its little status window and goes:

   Authenticating User ...
   Establishing FTP Connection ...
   Sending Port Request ..
   Requesting File ...

   Alert:  File not Retrieved Successfuly

At this point nothing else happens.  Is there something special about
Ultrix servers or my connection method that I need to know?  

Jon Tischler                 Solid State Division
ORNL, Bldg 3025              internet  zzt@ornl.gov
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6030     bitnet    zzt@ornlstc

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 17:25:35 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <PL0BALF@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
Subject: Nisus: 2 questions

I recently upgraded from Nisus 3.06 to 3.06/040, the Quadra-friendly variant.
I find I have two problems.

My Nisus folder contains a folder that holds the 3.06 Demo. Double-clicking
a Nisus file, even one created with 3.06/040, launches the demo. I will
try storing the demo elsewhere, tho' that's a guarantee of forgetting where
it is when I want it. And I don't want it launching over the network in
place of my local 3.06/040. Any other ideas?

One solution is to launch the application itself, then open files from within.
But this results in an "Untitled" file appearing, no matter how often I
instruct the Prefs *not* to do this and save the Prefs file. Perhaps I
should create a new Prefs file. But wouldn't this mean I'd have to redo all
the other prefs manually, specifically the command-key equivalents? Thanks
for any suggestions.

Graeme Forbes
PL0BALF@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU

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

Date: 8 Apr 92 08:14:10 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: Phone/Fax/Modem Share

                       Subject:
                       Phone/Fax/Modem Share
We're looking at sharing a single phone line for a phone and a fax machine
(possibly a modem line in the future).  Recently I saw a device that would do
that in MacWeek or one of the other Mac trade mags, but now I can't seem to
find it!!!  Does anyone have any recommendations for a device that they've seen
or used?  Please provide price, company name, and company phone #.  Thanks in
advance!  : 0

 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

 Carpenter Hall Annex
 Phone: (607) 255-0966
 Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 13:50:29 PDT
From: doug@ap.nisd.cam.unisys.com (Doug Hardie)
Subject: PowerBook 170 internal modem

I just received my PowerBook 170 and have not been able to get the internal
modem to work properly.  I have turned on the internal modem, but do have
MIDI manager.  It dials properly and the answering modem is heard.  I then
get a connect 2400 message followed either by garbage, or quiet where I
only get garbage for the characters I type.  I am using Kermit.

The exact same software setup works just fine on my Mac+ with external modem.
I even used the same phone connection just to be sure.  Is there an 
incompatability between the PowerBook and Kermit, or with MIDI manager?

-- Doug

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

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 17:28:09 PDT
From: king%rana.usc.edu@usc.edu (Irwin King)
Subject: Printing Mac-generated postscript files in Unix (Q)

Dear Netters,

Does anyone have problems in printing Mac-generated postscript files under
System 7.0 on Unix systems?  When I produce a postscript file using the
"postscript output" button in the printing dialog and transfer it via
FTP to a Sun and try to print it with the regular 'lpr' command I get
the first page with correct font and style formatting but subsequent
pages will loose all formatting information.

It seems to be a problem of printer driver on System 7.0 but I do not
know of anyone else having this so I am uncertain whether this is an
isolated case or not.  Your comments and suggests are welcome.  Thanks
in advance.

Irwin

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 11:11 EDT
From: "Mark Nutter, Apple Support" <MANUTTER@grove.iup.edu>
Subject: Prolog syntax (Q)

I recently downloaded the UPMAIL Prolog package; many thanks to the authors for
making it freely available.  One problem I'm having:  according to the book I
found in our library, the Prolog syntax for defining a rule looks like this:

owns_this_make(Person,City,Make) :- address(Person,Street,City,State),
   owns_car(Person,Make).

This, however, results in the message:

!Error in call: Undefined predicate :-/2

Hey, all I know is what I read.  Is my book not Edinburgh syntax?  Can somebody
in netland help me out?  Please respond directly to me, and I'll summarize if
there is any demand for it.  Thanks.

Mark Nutter
manutter@grove.iup.edu

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

Date: 8 Apr 92 15:36:20 U
From: "Tom Scott" <tom_scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu>
Subject: QM Printing problems

                       Subject:
                       QM Printing problems
Is anyone having problems printing QM memos out in graphical format?  I've got
some users that get Postsript errors or get errors -8128 and -8133.  They're
running System 7 on IIsi's and printing to a LaserWriter (not a Plus or a II).

Sometimes their messages print fine; mostly they don't.  If they switch to text
format, no problems!  Any help would be much appreciated.

 From the desk of:
Tom Scott

 Cornell University

 Carpenter Hall Annex
 Phone: (607) 255-0966
 Tom_Scott@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 14:17 EDT
From: CA95ME53@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
Subject: Quicktime image compression

Hello netters,
  Does anyone know of a shareware graphics program which can read quicktime compressed graphics files and save them in other formats?  I tried  using GifConvertor 2.2.10 but it only reads the black and white images, losing all of the colors.  I am trying to find a good way to save my large collection of startup screens in a more compact readable format.  Another related question, can ImageCatalog read quicktime compressed files?  Thanks in advance!
_______*Matt Cable*______
|CA95ME53@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU|

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

Date: 08 Apr 92 23:48 GMT
From: ENDPOINT@AppleLink.Apple.COM (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: RE- Compression

Attn:   o Info-Mac Digest
SentBy: Robert Hess
 
                       Subject:                               Time:2:01 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          RE: Compression                        Date:4/8/92
I ought to stay the heck out of this but here goes...
 
SuperDisk is well known (conversations ad nauseum on CompuServe) to be
dangerous because it does not write secondary files when performing a
compress. AutoDoubler, on the other hand, reads the file to be compressed and
writes the compressed form to a different file; only after the entire original
file has been completely compressed and verified for integrity is the original
file deleted. This is why AutoDoubler (and DiskDoubler) can be considered 100%
safe.
 
Side note: one thing of which most people are unaware is that AutoDoubler
contains a "free" feature. Since AutoDoubler often doesn't have enough memory
to launch an application into RAM and must, therefore, decompress the
application (or even large document) to disk, you get a pseudo backup. For
example, let's say that I have a 30M FileMaker Pro file which is AutoDoubled.
I open it and, since I don't have 30M of RAM available, it gets decompressed
to disk. I crash (in FMPro?!? Shocking!). I reboot. I feel ill when I remember
that recovering a 30M FileMaker Pro file could easily take all weekend. While
I am busy pounding my head on my desk, AutoDoubler finds the compressed
original in its temporary folder and drops in into my root directory (in a
folder named "AutoDoubler Rescued"), saving my life (assuming that I remember
which file is the corrupted one and which is the good one).
 
Robert Hess
 

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

Date: 08 Apr 92 17:32 GMT
From: ENDPOINT@AppleLink.Apple.COM (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: Request for Info

Attn:   o Info-Mac Digest
SentBy: Robert Hess
 
                       Subject:                               Time:9:21 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Request for Info                       Date:4/8/92
I'm preparing an article on AFP-compliant file servers on UNIX-based machines.
Three examples would be EtherShare, U/Share and Locus
Computing.
 
How many of you out there use any of these packages? Why did you chose that
package? On what hardware are you running? What has your overall experience
been? Have you tried Mac-based AFP-compliant packages such as AppleShare 2.0
or 3.0? How has performance been and how many people do you support? What
sorts of questions would you like to see addressed in the article?
 
Thanks for your help. Please email me responses rather than sending them to
the digest.
 
Robert Hess
Internet: rhessjr@darkside.com or 74660.612@compuserve.com
AppleLink: ENDPOINT
CIS: 74660, 612
AOL: RHessJr
 

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

Date: 08 Apr 92 20:51 GMT
From: ENDPOINT@AppleLink.Apple.COM (ENDPOINT! Mktg Info Sys, M Cobb,PAS)
Subject: Retrospect and AutoDouble

Attn:   o Info-Mac Digest
SentBy: Robert Hess
 
                       Subject:                               Time:1:36 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Retrospect and AutoDoubler             Date:4/8/92
RE: "I'm also interested in the problem with Retrospect Remote, because we use
that to backup our network. I wonder if the problem is that AD needs to be
installed on the machine which is doing the remote backup?"
 
Here's how it works:
 
If AutoDoubler is running on the Mac acting as the backup Mac (the "server",
so to speak), files FROM THAT MAC'S DRIVES will be handed to Retrospect in
compressed format; AutoDoubler has Retrospect marked in its exclude resource
as a program which should be given files as they are, not decompressed.
 
However, when Retrospect calls across the network to a Retrospect Remote and
asks for a file, there's no way for Retrospect Remote's INIT to call on
AutoDoubler to NOT decompress the file and AutoDoubler has no way of knowing
that it's Retrospect Remote which is asking for the file (because it's an INIT
patch not a process).
 
Of course, Dantz and Salient could get together and write some kind of
communication between Retro Remote and AutoDoubler but at this time the Retro
INIT gets treated like any other piece of code asking for a file to be opened:
the file gets decompressed first. Due to this, files backed up via Retro
Remote will be backed up decompressed. Those backed up with Retrospect WITHOUT
Retro Remote will be backed up compressed because AutoDoubler has a way of
knowing who is asking for the file and, therefore, whether or not to
decompress it first.
 
By the way, if anyone wants it, I'll write a tiny application which lets you
edit the resource which AutoDoubler references when determining whether an
application should be handed a file in normal (decompressed) or compressed
format. I could whip together a ResEdit template in a few minutes, too...
 
Robert Hess
 
 

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:13:57 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kirk Beckendorf <kirkb@tenet.edu>
Subject: Science software

Hello,
Anyone have any suggestions for science software that is appropriate for 6th
 7th and 8th grade science students. I will be using the software at a
middle school computer lab on LC's.
Thanks, Kirk.

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 15:02:19 EDT
From: lou@cs.rutgers.edu
Subject: simple mailing list programs

Someone from a campus organization here asked me for info on simple
mailing-list software. Can anyone give any advice?  Thanks.

Needs:
- run on 1 meg SE
- handle a few mailing lists, mostly small but one around 700 names
- record up to 10 or so pieces of info about each name, including
	mostly boolean fields but also a few numbers or dates
- select names to print based on one or two fields
- print address labels on image-writer labels (continuous form) or 
	laserwriter (those 3-across label sheets)
- some simple merging to insert names/addresses/etc in form letters
- relatively cheap - on the order of $100 or a little more.


Some possibilities we are considering:
- My "advanced" Labelmaker/database/maillist from MySoftware Co.
- ProCite 2.0 from Personal Bibliographic Software
- Filemaker Pro from Claris

Any advice on these or other programs?  Thanks.

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 11:24:56 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: SuperDisk fact

In Regards to your letter <9204080038.AA13055@sumax.seattleu.edu>:
> This is the second time Adam has submitted this "fact".  What is the "piece
> of cake" procedure for reproducing the file corruption?  Is there truly no
> recovery procedure?  Is the alleged bug still in the current version of
> SuperDisk?  Has it actually bitten anyone?  Does AD et al avoid the same
> problem under the same conditions?  Has Adam verified any of this himself
> or is this another "I heard" story?

I'm submitting it because it's important. I said the last time
what the bug was and how to reproduce it, which is why I didn't
repeat the procedure a second time. If you crash  your Mac or
lose power while compressing a file from the Finder by adding
.s to the file or folder name, the file SuperDisk is working on
is toast. As far as I know it cannot be recovered - the test
files that I wasted were certainly munged beyond my recovery
skills (and yes, I tested it myself for a while after
responding to a complaint from Alsysis that SD did not corrupt
files. They admitted that in those circumstances it did corrupt
files every time). This is not a problem _after_ the file has
been compressed the first time, but that first time is just
waiting for trouble. We reported this bug in our comparison of
SuperDisk and DiskDoubler in TidBITS some time ago - I think
the version then was 1.7.3, and I do not know if Alysis has
changed any of the subsequent versions (or if there even are
any subsequent versions). They certainly did not send a fixed
version to me - if they had I would have corrected that
statement in a later issue of TidBITS. I suspect that SD 2.0
will not have this bug.

AutoDoubler (and DiskDoubler) do not share this bug because they always
work on a copy of the file. In extensive testing and beta testing
I've never seen a file corrupted by either program no matter how hard
the Mac crashes or for whatever reason.

I do not know how much data has been lost to this in the real world,
but then again, I don't know very many people who use SuperDisk so
I'm not in a position to know.

> People have criticized my postings but this is pure hand-grenade style
> "reporting".  Put the pin back in this one Adam before you blow your own
> foot off (especially if your foot is in your mouth at the time :-).

Sorry, Paul, but I am reporting fact as I know it. If Alysis has fixed
this bug in a version after 1.7.3 and has shipped that version to
all users of SuperDisk but me, I apologize. I don't believe that has
happened though. The corruption is easy to test - if you use SuperDisk
you can do it yourself.

Take a large uncompressed file like Word (a small one will compress too
quickly for you to make sure that you interrupt the compression
process). Add a .s to the end of the name, and while you see the SuperDisk
icon changed, indicating that SuperDisk is compressing, hit the programmer's
switch. Then try to run that file. It crashed out of sight each time
I tried, and others have duplicated my results as well, not to mention
the fact that Alysis doesn't deny that it can happen. As I said before,
this is an extremely unlikely situation in normal working practice,
but that's no excuse.

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 02:34:23 GMT
From: rlvd_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Robert Levandowski)
Subject: TI microLaser vs. GCC BLB Elite (R)

In digest <9204080025.AA07423@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes:

>I have had good luck with the TI MicroLaser.  The postscript is genuine
>Adobe and the printer looks just like a LaserWriter to the Mac. The output
>is crisper than that from our low-end LaserWriters but this may be ageing
>of the mechanical hardware.  One warning though: the 1.5MB of memory that's
>standard in the TI isn't enough for downloaded fonts or complex page
>images.  I would definitely add a couple of Meg additional memory (~63$ per
>1MB board, note: these are not SIMMs!).  The other thing to compare is
>operating costs.  The TI uses a three-part system with different page-life
>for each part.  The pieces are expensive, but the most changed part (the
>toner cartridge) is the cheapest.  I haven't done any real cost per page
>analysis though.

>I haven't worked with the GCC at all.

>Paul

I love my TI microLaser PS35. I will definitely second that remark about
the memory, though. I made the mistake of ordering mine without an
upgrade. You need a minimum of 2.5 megs to do much of anything. However,
for the adventurous, I have an APD file for 1.5-meg TI microLaser PS35s that
will allow you to get _some_ work done, albiet slowly. Email me if you're
interested.

--Rob Levandowski
  Computer Interest Floor / University of Rochester

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 09:02:44 -0600
From: wadew@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Wade Williams)
Subject: TuneUp

OK, I'm going to get flamed for this one and a lot of "but on *my*
machine" commments, but that's the way it goes.

Now, with the second release of TuneUp, we've once again seen TuneUp
blamed for everything under the sun.  Some call TuneUp "notorious"
for the problems it causes.

Let's keep three things in mind:

1) Installing any product with any type of virus protection enabled
is a possible cause of your problems.

2)  For every 1 report that "TuneUp did this, or TuneUp did that"
there were probably 100 people that installed it without incident.

3)  Many people, (myself included) have been known to blame problems
on products (the "there's a *bug* in .... syndrome) only later to
find out the cause of their problems was their own stupid mistake. 
Please note again that I'm saying I've done it more than once myself.
 

The whole point is, don't jump to conclusions.  Because a few people
have problems and immediately fire off a heated message blaming
TuneUp (which might not be the culprit) we get some beginners who are
afraid to go within 10 feet of a TuneUp disk.

Wade Williams
wadew@ducvax.auburn.edu

[The following process is completely predictable: 1) new system release
 or extension comes out 2) hordes of complaints and whining about how
 it killed someone's hard disk, etc. etc. Regular as clockwork. Which
 is not to say that problems don't happen, since of course they do. But,
 there is a sad tendency for people to blame the system software for
 problems that are not really its fault. -Bill]

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 20:20:10 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Tuneup Foulups

On Tue, 07 Apr, Michael Silverstein joined others in saying

>I heard of someone elses bad experience with the new
>Tune-Up too late...and this seems to repeat them...

Folks, how many times do we have to say it? Do not install tuneup with
ANY extensions active! Before running any tuneup, reboot with the SHIFT
key depressed to deactivate extensions. Better, if you have two floppy
drives, boot with one floppy and install from the second.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 19:05:28 EDT
From: mat@moeng2.minc.umd.edu (Michael A. Taylor (Sociology))
Subject: Virtual 2.0 = SIMMs (?)

Are there any disadvantages of using Virtual 2.0 to increase one's
RAM?  Would using Virtual 2.0 lead to a drastic reduction on the
life-span of my hard drive?  In the long run, would it be more cost
effective to purchase Virtual 2.0 or SIMMs?

I will summarize any valuable responses and foreward them to the
digest.  Thanks in advance.

Mike Taylor
mat@moeng2.minc.umd.edu

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

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 21:07:41 EST
From: Toby Tsuchida <UOG11811@vm.uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Wanted: word frequency counter (Q)

I'm looking for a program that will do a word frequency count on a file
and give me a report. I'd write simple program to do this myself but
I don't know how. (I'd be able to do it in C for DOS but I don't know C
for the Mac. - much less own a compiler.) Can someone point me to a
word frequency counter? I would like a simple listing of words with the
frequency reported next to it.

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

Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 10:11:33 EDT
From: jvaughan@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Jon Vaughan)
Subject: Weaving Software (R)

Here's some info on weaving software for the Mac.  I'm told that the
one of the most sophisticated programs is 'Swiftweave' (cost $250+-).  For info
contact

Robert W. H. Sinkler
2762 Uniion St.
San Francisco, CA 94123

(415) 931-2701

There is also an organization called Complex Weavers (membership 1500 in
23 countries) that facilitates learning more on the use of computers as
design tools in weaving, the use of computer-interfaced looms (for
complex patterns--the '90's 'Jacquard' loom) and other use of computers
in weaving.  Contact is:

Complex Weavers
Sue Beevers
P.O. Box 214
Clinton, NY  13323


   --Jon
-- 
Jonathan Vaughan            
jvaughan@hamilton.edu

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

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 23:40:31 EDT
From: s0067284@Calvin.EDU (Jeffrey Veen)
Subject: White Knight Updaters [Q]

I use White Knight 11.08 at work and have seen sumissions of updaters for it.
Problem is, they only work for the previous version and I apparently missed
the 11.08 -> 11.09 release.  Anyone know where these are available?

Jeff.
s0067284@calvin.edu

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Date: Tue,  7 Apr 92 22:37:31 EST
From: jimk@pro-scat.cts.com (Jim Kauffman)
Subject: Word 5 crashes (C)

On Wed, 1 Apr 92 Robert Andrew Charles wrote:

 RAC> OK, so I finally got Word 5, was working on my very first report,
 RAC> then BOOM.  Well, not exactly.  I pasted a drawing created in
 RAC> Claris CAD 2.0 v3 into the document, then tried to edit it in
 RAC> Word using the "Picture" utility.  Sometimes it crashes when I
 RAC> double-click on the document, sometimes when I try to close the
 RAC> "picture" editor window, sometimes when I open the document. What
 RAC> the heck is going on?  The application "unexpectedly" quits with
 RAC> either an error ID 1,24, or maybe 25.  Each time I have been
 RAC> running Claris CAD in the background.  I have a IIsi 9mb Sys. 7,
 RAC> Tuned up.  I reinstalled (no extensions) same problem.  It still
 RAC> happens when no extensions are running.  Any input is
 RAC> appreciated, but for now I'm going to reinstall Word 4.

I have not been impressed with the Word 5.0 built in graphics editing. I
too have had crashes when trying to edit imported drawings (from MacDraw II
and Canvas). Even if it does not crash, just opening a graphic and then
closing it without attempting to edit has corrupted parts, typically text
annotations, of some graphics. Having been sufficiently traumatized, I have
sworn off graphics editing within Word until it is fixed. There is no
reason, however, to throw out the baby with the bath water. The rest of
Word 5.0 (at least those parts which I have had occasion to use in my
normal work) work just fine, and its new features were worth the switch
>From Word 4. I'm certainly not going to go back!

Jim K.
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 09:50:52 +0100
From: "G.J. Baker" <gge@cxa.daresbury.ac.uk>
Subject: Word 5 Irritations

Hi,
Just to add to the list of gripes with Word 5. I have just installed it on my
SE/30 and its zapped the After Dark icons. Even after reinstalling After Dark
the program and its modules have lost their distinctive icons.

Any body got any idea of the cause and any possible solution (apart from
dumping Word 5 !!)

Regards
Gareth J.Baker			Internet:gge%cxa.dl.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 10:02:03 -0700
From: Brad_Stone@yvax.byu.edu

>Does anyone have an internet address for Dove computer company?  I want to
>write them to see if they plan on coming out with a faster data modem
>part of their fax plus setup.
 
Dove Computer:

America Online:
        DOVE1

Applelink:
        DOVE.SUPPORT
        DOVE.SUPPORT@applelink.apple.com (from Internet)

CompuServe:
        72230,653
        72230.653@compuserve.com (from Internet)

GEnie:
        DOVECOMPUTER



     - Brad Stone
       Computer Support Coordinator
       Brigham Young University

Brad_Stone@byu.edu

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 13:53:23 BST
From: Bernard Khoo <BCEK1%UK.AC.CAMBRIDGE.PHOENIX@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>

svspire%sandia.gov@UK.AC.EARN-RELAY
Subject: [*] Collected Powerbook 170 tips

This is a compilation of the tips that have been sent to me in response to my
posting (so far). Many of the tips apply to other Powerbook models as well.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/powerbook-170-tips.txt; 13K]

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