HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tcwan@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: times two AND AD? anyone brave enough?
Date: 19 Dec 92 09:12:47 EST
Organization: Univ of Miami IR

In article <1992Dec19.112619.4086@midway.uchicago.edu>, N.W. Choe <nwc1@midway.uchicago.edu> writes:
[explanations about times two deleted]

> So, since the two use completely different and equally invisible
> schemes
> to compress data, does this mean that it is theoretically possible to
> quadruple the amount of data per disk-sector by using the two of them
> together? Or does one supplant the other- ie just as
> already-compressed
> items like JPEGs dont compress further, TimesTwo wouldnt be able to
> compress AD things further? What a scary thought, though.
> N.W. Choe    Beaver Consulting Co.- Chicago
> 5454 S. Shore Dr. #318
> Chicago, IL 60615     312.702.4605
> "Embarking upon the obvious to stumble upon the truth."

There's no such thing as a free lunch :)

Seriously, since all lossless compression techniques (ie: not JPEG related)
are bounded by the entropy of the data (entropy is a measure of the info.
content, this is a theoretical lower bound that cannot be exceeded if
information is to be reconstructed unchanged from the compressed version)
the use of two compression programs is unlikely to yield better performance.

In fact, it might make the final file larger than that obtained via either
method alone.

Most lossless compression schemes based on LZW and its variants give about
2:1 compression ratios at best.

Hope this helps,
t.c.
#I reserve the right to be wrong :)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: hank@well.sf.ca.us (Hank Roberts)
Subject: Re: Autodoubler
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:55:13 GMT


When I updated from AD 1.0.7 to AD 2.0, I noticed Desktop Reset's behavior
change.  It used to ask if I wanted to rebuild both my hard drives, giving
me the 'get info' warning on each.  So I'd just hit return 4x and walk away.

Now it asks me about the HD, warns me, wants a CR .... rebuilds it .... then
asks about the Ramdisk.

Minor annoyance. Any way to get it to act like it used to?
(pb100, running a RAMdisk all the time)
From: 2db5schraba@vms.csd.mu.edu (Aaron Schrab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Quadra 700 - How many monitors?
Date: 11 Dec 1992 20:09:50 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2db5schraba@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <1992Dec11.172422.23014@pcnntp.apple.com>, x.man@applelink.apple.com (Francisco De Leon) writes:
>You can have 4 monitors on a Quadra 700. Here's how:
>
>You have a total of 3 expansion slots on a Quadra 700. Two of these slots are
>Nubus slots so you can plug in two monitors with the appropriate Nubus card.
>1 expansion slot is a Processor Direct Slot (PDS) so you'll need to get a monitor

However, using the PDS blocks one of the nubus slots so the Q700 can use a
maximum of 2 expansion cards, not 3.

********* Aaron Schrab *************************************************
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>with a PDS card (most Mac monitor Mfg's make these). The fourth monitor can be 
>plugged in to the built in monitor port on the back of the Quadra. You won't need 
>to use any special software to do this.If you have any very technical questions
>on how to do this just call one of the manufacturers of monitors for the Mac 
>(Radius, SuperMac, RasterOps, E-Machines, etc.) and check with their technical 
>support people.
>
>Hopes this helps.
>Xavier De Leon
>"These opinions are my own"
From: Wayne.Wilson@med.umich.edu (Wayne.Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: *** WARNING *** Novell + QuickTime = Disaster
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:55:35 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.novell
Organization: Univesity of Michigan Medical Center
NNTP-Posting-Host: wilson.itn.med.umich.edu

In article <1992Dec16.004756.17276@midway.uchicago.edu>,
jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu (JohnC) wrote:

> Quicktime uses system 7 alias references to connect to files.  Aliases
> require that the underlying filesystem support directory structures called
> File IDs.  It sounds as though Netware doesn't.
  
  System 7 (7.0, 7.01 &7.1) alias's work fine from my 3.11 server. I don't
do Quick Time movies, so cannot comment on what or what might not be
happening there.

Wayne D. Wilson
Asst. Dir. 
Health Sciences Information & Networking
University of Michigan Medical Center
Wayne.Wilson@med.umich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: Re: Stuffit extentions and ".z"
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 17:37:19 GMT

In article <1992Dec8.023935.3077@ariel.ec.usf.edu> pollock@eggo.tmc.edu (Wayne Pollock) writes:
>In article <ByC4Hp.HK0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> sasg0244@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven Arthur Sivier) writes:
>>marc@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Marc Matteo) writes:
>>
>>>If I'm not mistaken the ".z" suffix is for UNIX "compressed" files.  I 
>>>don't know if there's a translator for them (there probably is) but there
>>>is an application called MacCompress that will "undo" them.  You can FTP
>>>it from all the usual places.
>
>The latest version of StuffIt (3.0.3) now contains a UNIX Compress (file.Z)
>translator.  Still, MacCompress has a place on my hard disk: it is faster
>than starting up StuffIt Deluxe (I suppose a really smart person would have
>it on all the time, if one downloads/uploads as much as I do! :-),
>automatically removes "file.Z" and replaces it with the uncompressed "file".
>It can decompress a folder at a time, so you can get all your .Z files to
>your mac and then decompress them in one fell swoop.
>
	Well, can't say much about launch speed, but we made a VERY 
conscious decision to NOT replace the original like MacCompress does.  The 
deleting of a user's data is not nice ;).  

>A nice feature in StuffIt 4 would be to unify the code for translators,
>and make them available to magic menu.  Then, any compressed file the SD
>knows about can be expanded with one key press (or menu choice), i.e., the
>Magic Menu Expand File.  What could be sweeter than that?
>
	We are working on a complete redesign of our "translator architecture"
both for the future of StuffIt and also work with future add-ons from Apple.
Being able to work with Magic is only a small part of what we hope to provide
in the future.

>PS  Who beside myself misses the "UnStuff..." DA that was taken out of
>    StuffIt Deluxe 3?  Speak up!
>
	So far as I know, Wayne, just you ;)  FWIW: the old one should work
just fine since it just calls the StuffIt Engine.


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From: gmc2371@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Is there a scripting language for the mac
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:29:53 GMT
Reply-To: gmc2371@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

YES, CHECK OUT QUICK KEYS...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: teddybur@netcom.com (John Sanger)
Subject: Re: ** WARNING ** AVOID TIGER SOFTWARE!!!!
Keywords: TIGER SOFWARE, DAVID SIEGEL, FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD!!
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:33:22 GMT

In article <101917@netnews.upenn.edu> isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia Isler) writes:
>
>If you are thinking of ordering from TIGER SOFTWARE, my advice to you
>is DON'T DO IT!  If you already have, call 1-800-888-6111 ext 4492 and try
>to get your money back before it's too late.
>
>I have filed a mail fraud complaint against
>them and have pro-bono legal help in order to get my money back. If
>you don't want to go through this sort of thing, order from a
>reputable place --  NOT TIGER SOFTWARE!
>
>
I have ordered and taken delivery of $1,000.00's in software from TIGER and
have never had a problem with either the order or the delivery.



Ciao!
	John S. :^)
	teddybur@netcom.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Folder protection
From: suhlmann@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 14 Dec 92 19:00:54 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

A friend of mine has a roomate at school who has been snooping around
in his Mac and taking applications and files. I was wondering if
there is a shareware/freeware program around that will lock a disk
or folders. He has tried Password, but it's a bit to easy to get around.
Thanks for any help,
S. Uhlmann
suhlmann@vax1.umkc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.invest
From: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Subject: Re: History was made today...
Originator: tmcreek@c00100-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:35:39 GMT


In article <craigw-181292084150@fnpm06.fnal.gov>, craigw@fnal.fnal.gov (Craig Williams) writes:
>In article <1992Dec17.191137.423@walter.cray.com>, huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
>wrote:
>> 
>> From the 1990 Almanac (I wish I had a later one)
>> Sales in Millions:
>> IBM  - 59,681
>> Apple - 4,071
>> 
>
>Well Troy, this year Apple sold more machines than IBM. Now I dont have
>exact numbers, and no that does not include all the clones either, but it
>does illustrate a graph pointing in a direction that Mac users like to look
>at.
>

Why don't we compare how many Apples and its clones sold vs. IBM and
its clones sold?  |-\    (For those who don't know, Apple has no clones.)

IBM is no longer a market leader in the market it created.  Therefore, the
fact that Apple outsold IBM in microcomputers means little.  The PC clone
market shadows both IBM *AND* Apple in sales of micros.

IBM is an enormous company.  PC's certainly are not their mainstay, and until
recently, they largely ignored the PC realm.  Mainframes are where they make
(made) their money, and since computers are now smaller and faster, mainframes
are becoming less and less useful in the big picture.

Send replies to:               | My opinions do not represent
     tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu      | anyone who does not feel the
     creek-tm@aza.csc.ncsu.edu | same way as I do.
From: thpr_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Thomas Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Are MacIIsi Cache Cards any good?
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:01:52 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Dec16.191201.7782@news.nd.edu> Jim Pinkelman <James.K.Pinkelman.1@nd.edu> writes:

>I'm considering trying to speed up my Mac SI by installing
>a 64K Cache Card with a 882 Math Coprocessor.  I'm 
>interested in how much the cache card itself will speed up
>miscellaneous tasks.

>I work with Deltagraph a lot and am most interested in speeding
>up plotting, etc.

>I'll probably buy it from Third Wave Computing (Mail Order).  Has 
>anyone had bad experiences with these guys?

>Thanks in Advance.

I have a Daystar Digital Fast Cache on my IIsi,
they claims it speeds it up around 40% incertain things.
Actually, certain test I have run indicated certain tasks sped up oveer 50%
NICE!
It does speed up Deltagraph Pro.
I've seen it on both machines with and without
a cache/FPU

Tom Parker
From: fran@pang.lbl.gov (Francis Pang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple 14" and 13" RGB comparsion?
Date: 15 Dec 1992 18:44:11 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Reply-To: fran@pang.lbl.gov (Francis Pang)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.140.142

14" and 13" have the same screen size.
what you can actually see is 12 1/2"(diagonal).
14" is made of trinitron tube while 13" is not.
according to the sale person, 14" is more power
saving and it has a stand that you can adjust
its position. it is also 60 dollars more expensive.

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:20771 comp.sys.mac.system:15302 comp.sys.novell:10631
From: englhq@jane.uh.edu (Franklet, Duane L.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: *** WARNING *** Novell + QuickTime = Disaster
Date: 17 Dec 1992 07:54 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: jane.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

>In article <60sis-b@massey.ac.nz> N.Perry@massey.ac.nz writes:
>>
>>Just in case this is unknown:
>>
>>WARNING: DO NOT place ANY QuickTime movie files on Novell file servers
>>to which you have references, EVEN if you move the
>>documents/applications containing the references. This problem has
>>been confirmed using the ScrapBook as well as my own software.
>>
This made me curious, so I copied a movie over to the file server. It
played fine. So I inserted it into a WordPerfect document. It played fine.
I then copied the document to a new folder on the server, thinking this
would surely mess up the path to the movie. Nope, it still played. I
then left the movie on the server and copied the document to my hard 
drive. The movie still plays. And so on.

Where's the problem?

Wouldn't it be a little more sensible to say, you can't use Wild Magic,
or whatever it is that gives you trouble, than to make a blanket statement
about all uses of QuickTime?

____________________
Duane Franklet
englhq@jetson.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas Turanski)
Subject: Counter-story with happy end (Re: ** WARNING ** AVOID TIGER SOFTWARE!!
Keywords: TIGER SOFWARE, DAVID SIEGEL, FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD!! maybe NOT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:04:46 GMT

In article <101917@netnews.upenn.edu> isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia Isler) writes:
>In August of this year, I ordered some software from Tiger Software, a
>mail order company in Coral Gables, Florida. Weeks went by and I never 
>received the software even though I specified and paid extra for
>overnight delivery.

[rest of bad experience deleted]

>I have filed a mail fraud complaint against
>them and have pro-bono legal help in order to get my money back. If
>you don't want to go through this sort of thing, order from a
>reputable place --  NOT TIGER SOFTWARE!

Sylvia and other net'ers,
  I have NO connection with Tiger, but I just did not want a company
which has served me fairly well get flaimed without also getting a
little praise.

  I am very sorry that you, Sylvia, had this bad experience and maybe
the experience _you_ had is more typical of Tiger than _my_
experiences have been. However, I have ordered a few products from
them including some hardware as well as software and have received my
orders in a fairly timely manner and at the best prices just about
anyware (being a student with no financial aid I usually have to "page
surf" the mags and netnews for a while before I can get something and
then HAVE to get it for the best price which a
semi-to-actually-reputable supplier can get it to me fore :). In
addition to low cost packages which their catalogs often carries, I
find many of their products to be from some of the best makers, always
the newest releases, and they have given me very good customer
service. One instance of this was when after buying a card for my
Sharp Wizard from them I noticed that the next catalog I got from them
had a lower price on the item. I called and they promptly put a credit
for the difference on my credit card.

  I really have no affiliation with them, but again thought that if a
company had served me, that I maybe owed it to them to serve them
back: `what goes around comes around'. If I'm wrong about Tiger I
wouldn't mind if someone was _nice_ enough to tell me about it...
at least before I order from Tiger next time <G>.

>Sylvia Isler >isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu >

Good luck all,
Andreas.
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From: ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu (Mark Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Automatic Mac printing
Date: 19 Dec 92 00:10:19 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu

I'm interested in setting up a network Mac so that it will                      
automatically print, and then purge, any files that are                         
FTP'd into a given directory. Does anyone know if there's                       
any software that can do something like this??? Thanks.
From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Crippling Systems?!?
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:13:23 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

Adam: 

Let's cut the bashing and get to the real question:

What would you like to see in a new technology-leading Mac?

What's missing from the Quadra 9xx and 7xx? 

And remember, try to keep the price under $7500 for a base unit.

I don't see any need to berate Apple for not reading your mind. 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
Subject: Re: ** WARNING ** AVOID TIGER SOFTWARE!!!!
Keywords: TIGER SOFWARE
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 05:05:44 GMT

lamont@rtsg.mot.com (Bradley Lamont) writes:

>Personally, I kind of avoided Tiger software after seeing one of their ads
>in MacWorld.

>In it they had a quote under a picture labeling the card as the Rocket 25
>and the picture showed a PC AT video card.  To me thats a good indication
>to stay far away. :-)

>Brad
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>Motorola, Inc.                           lamont@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu

The real give-away was the clone type edge connector on the "radius rocket".
I remember looking at that ad several times until I figured out what was
wrong.  Then I posted it at work to see who would figure it out.  No one
did :-(.
From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: ** WARNING ** AVOID TIGER SOFTWARE!!!!
Keywords: TIGER SOFWARE, DAVID SIEGEL, FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD!!
Date: 14 Dec 92 23:05:35 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory

In article <Bz9MHA.FBp@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell) writes:
>In article <101917@netnews.upenn.edu> isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia Isler) writes:
>>
>>If you are thinking of ordering from TIGER SOFTWARE, my advice to you
>>is DON'T DO IT!  If you already have, call 1-800-888-6111 ext 4492 and try
>>to get your money back before it's too late.
>>
>>I have filed a mail fraud complaint against
>>them and have pro-bono legal help in order to get my money back. If
>>you don't want to go through this sort of thing, order from a
>>reputable place --  NOT TIGER SOFTWARE!

I've had OK service.  They were out of some items, and then were wiped
out by the Florida hurricane -- but eventually did ship the order.
Perhaps they are having trouble with temporary chaos.

>I've always ordered through MacWarehouse and have never had any problems.
>They ship everthing next day.

Their delivery service is amazing.  I ordered a Norton 2.0 for a
crashed Powerbook at 4pm one afternoon from Aspen, and it arrived
mid-morning the next day.
From: sbpress@csws20 (The Stony Brook Press)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Please re-send address for * DTP * mailing list
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:58:35 GMT
Reply-To: sbpress@ic.sunysb.edu
Organization: The State University of New York at Stony Brook
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

wdp@gagme.chi.il.us (Bill Pfeiffer) writes:
: 
: I saw an article announcing a DTP mailing list but my host
: had expired the article already.
: 
: Could someone e-mail itt to me?
: 
: Thanks
: 
: William
: 
me too please


: 
: 

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From: Joe_Nartowicz@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:30:04 EST
Subject: Re: Upgrading an SE

Stephen,

With the line of accelerators made by DayStar, I'd consider buying an LC II or
IIsi in the near future. Apple is having a fire sale (almost) on the IIsi
3/40. They are offering a bundle with an extended keyboard and monitor for
$1,700. Then, when the IIsi gets too slow for you, you can easily accelerate
it with a DayStar card.

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From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: OK to pass diskette through airport X-ray?
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:21:29 GMT

Chen-Kuang Yu (yu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
: Hi,
: 
: 	Is it alright to pass diskettes through airport X-ray?  Is it
: ok if I include them in the luggage?  Are they as sensitive as the
: harddisk to strong magnetization?

They're sensitive to magnetization, but not x-rays. You can safely let is
through the x-ray.

A lot of people think the x-ray can damage the disk, so they put the disks
in the pocket instead. Don't do this. This will make the metal detector beep,
and someone will probably search you with a small metal detector. This small
detector generates a quite strong magnetic field that can damage the disk.

/Mats (who used to work with airport security)
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