HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Path: dime!nic.umass.edu!caen!uunet!wupost!darwin.sura.net!dtix!mimsy!folta
   From: folta@cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
   Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
   Date: 18 Aug 92 00:09:54 GMT
   References: <1992Aug14.170306.17501@njitgw.njit.edu>
   Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
   Distribution: usa
   Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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   > Also, alphamaps are now used which I know nothing about, so don't ask me.

   I believe ID 2.0 supports an Alpha channel, which is like the Red/Green/Blue
   channels that give an object color, except that it provides transparency.

   For example, say you rendering an animation of a flying logo as it zoomed
   across a static background. You could render the background once and save it
   off, then render the logo with no background, saving a lot of time. The Alpha
   channel would let you then merge the two. You couldn't simply assume that, say,
   black in the logo corresponded to empty background, since the logo could
   contain black. (Background-color is not the same as Empty.)

   Another use for Alpha would be to render a building and then insert it into
   different location photographs.
   -- 


   Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)

Exactly right.  It's also significant to note that anti-aliasing information
generated by Infini-D 2.0 is stored in the alpha channel, so that when you
paste a rendered image in a program like PhotoShop, the image will not only
appear smooth around the edges, the edges will actually blend with whatever
you paste the image onto.

2.0 can also use alpha channel information in pictures that are imported into
the program, which allows you to create some very nice composed surfaces.

Finally, the original poster stated in his review that Infini-D 2.0 is not a
spline-based modeler.  While this is true in the strictest sense (shapes are
not represented internally as splines by Infini-D), version 2.0 can use splines
(bezier curves, in particular) to create 3D models, either by importing them
as Illustrator or FreeHand format EPS, or by subscribing to them directly from
either Illustrator or FreeHand.  I think that the subscribe option is
particularly appealing, because it lets you use the very well implemented
bezier-editing tools in FreeHand or Illustrator, rather than having
yet-another-non-standard-bezier-curve-tool in Infini-D.  Of course, I
implemented the EPS features in 2.0, so I'm biased... :-)

								-Peter
--
/-------------------- Peter E. Lee, Software Conductor ----------------------\
|                       Specular International, Inc.                         |
|                    lee@cs.umass.edu or (413) 256-1329                      |
\-------- Beauty is 24 bits deep, plus eight bits of alpha channel ----------/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Ray Zimmerman <Ray-Zimmerman@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Money Management Program Wanted
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6B7CAB5A601E0B5@ziklag.ee.cornell.edu>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 19 Aug 92 14: 53:57 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: rz10@cornell.edu
Organization: Electrical Engineering, Cornell University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d8
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:49:17 GMT


In article <3996@moscom.UUCP> Troy Shouse, tds@moscom.UUCP writes:
>I am posting for a friend who has a Mac and a lack of control over
>money.  So I am either asking you to send donations or email me some
>names of software programs both shareware and for purchase that are
>good for simple accounting and money management before she goes broke.
>
>She said she has called the local distributors and software stores
>who essentially told her to get an IBM. Please help. Surely there
>must be something.

Well, you can forget about buying the IBM.  It's not necessary.  I
just bought "Managing Your Money 5.0" from MacConnection for $32.
Granted, it's not shareware, but it's inexpensive and from what I've
seen so far it seems easy to use and should be able to do anything
you'd want a personal finance program to do.  I'd recommend it.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Ray Zimmerman                         Ray-Zimmerman@cornell.edu  ::
::..................................................................::
::  THIS SPACE FOR RENT. THIS SPACE FOR RENT. THIS SPACE FOR RENT.  ::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm
From: johnsh@aix.rpi.edu (Hugh Johnson)
Subject: boss!  de binhex, de binhex ...
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:33:27 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.174455.3883@spock.retix.com> tonyg@spock.retix.com (Tony "Salty Dog" Goulding) writes:
>I use a prog called Downline.  You can configure it to sit around
>polling a specific folder (your download folder).  When it finds a
>stuffed, binhex'd or packed file, it will expand them (optionally into
>individual folders and optionally delete the originals).
>I'm not sure where it is just now, but check archie.
>P.S., I use it under 6.0.7 - not sure if its ok for 7.

Downline works fine under System 7.  And quite well, I might add.  Would be
nice if it knew how to uncompact, though.


-- 
===============================================================================
# Hugh Johnson # Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute # Troy, NY # johnsh@rpi.edu #
===============================================================================
From: gfmartin@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: WANTED: Cataloguing
Date: 13 Aug 92 03:30:13 GMT
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada


	Does anyone know of a Macintosh share/freeware program for 
library cataloguing? I'm looking specifically for something to keep 
track of my record collection - so I'll need some versatility (to 
file a list of songs on each record.) Some basic search features 
would also be a nice bonus. 
	Please email me - I don't come here often. Thanks.

Geoff Martin
gfmartin@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Glenn Stauffer <stauffer@cc.swarthmore.edu>
Subject: Re: Short Nuntius/NewsWatcher review
X-Xxdate: Sat, 15 Aug 92 15:43:02 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College Computing Center
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 14:43:37 GMT

In article <futor-140892092400@chinacat.llnl.gov> randy j futor,
futor@llnl.gov writes:
>The version of Nuntius I evaluated wouldn't allow me to mark one article
>in a thread unread & leave the rest marked as read -- NW allows this.
>

I prefer to use the Nuntius thread handling features as opposed to
marking.  There are options
in both the article and thread menus for various selection options.  It
took me a little getting
used to (I too prefered the NewsWatcher method), but find that I've
adapted to the point where
I prefer Speck's methods.

>I really like the ability to have multiple grouplists!  I have my
"morning
>newspaper" group, my Mac group, a group called "technobabble", & 3
>or 4 more.

If you use the Nuntius, File:Open Special option, you get a heirarchical
listing of your
personal grouplists.  I find that this works very well.  I have Nuntius
set so nothing loads
until I load a personal grouplist from the menu.

The only negative is that there is not an option to delete these
grouplists from the menu.  I 
restructured some grouplists and had to delete unused grouplists by
searching for them in the 
Preferences folder.  I also have had rare occaisions where a grouplist
became corrupt and 
forced me to rebuild it - this points out an advantage to Nuntius's use
of read-seen-new files 
for each news group - I retained all of that information for the
individual news groups that
made up the corrupted grouplist.

Glenn Stauffer
stauffer@cc.swarthmore.edu
From: futor@llnl.gov (randy j futor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Is there a MacTCP-based Archie client??
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:21:36 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: CSo @ LLNL


 u_banzai@mcl.ucsb.edu (Marc Tamsky) wrote:
> 
> I am looking for a Mac based archie program that will allow me
> to query archie servers.

Me, too!  I keep meaning to ask Mr XferIt, Steve Falkenburg, if he would
consider coding up such a beastie with XferIt's exceptionally intuitive
look-n-feel ( nb:  This is *not* sarcasm!  I like XferIt. ).

__
\/  -+-  randy  -+-  all generalizations are flawed  -+-  futor@llnl.gov
From: wilde@hri.com (Scott Wilde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Morph is excellent!
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:26:16 GMT

I've only seen the package(i.e. not in action), and while it looks REALLY REALLY neat,
it seems to me that it is mostly just an expensive toy.  After all, once you've finished
morphing Dan Quayle into a clown and all that, what can you _DO_ with it?  In some ways I'm reminded of Monet from Delta Tao, which lets you convert arbitrary pictures into Impressionist style images.  It's fun to play with for a bit, but then what?  (I realize that
Morph could probably be useful for graphic arts/advertising things; I'm talking about the
average end-user).  For $35 I'd buy it instantly, but for $90 I can think of better ways to
spend my money. (All IMHO, of course).

Scott
wilde@hri.com
From: Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Idiots and word processors (was Re: Microsoft Wor
Date: 12 Aug 92 05:14:57 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Harvard University Office for Information Technology

In article <1992Aug10.102854.14583@husc3.harvard.edu>,
silvers3@husc10.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith) wrote:

[One blank line and a .sig].  Perhaps we should change "word
processors" in the Subject: line to "news readers"....

Nah....  That would be mean....  ;-)

Conrad C. Nobili  N1LPM  Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU  Harvard University OIT
From: mikey@nrc.com (Mikey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Archie
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:23:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: nrc.1992Aug19.192349.17475
Organization: NRC
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6B7EE1B2C01CA7A@homer.nrc.com>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 19 Aug 92 12:24:59 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d8

What is it??? If it is something I want...Where do I get it???

Thanks....
From: Robert.H.Gross@dartmouth.edu (Robert H. Gross)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: copy protection/licensing solution?
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:13:07 GMT
 <mwalker-110892145014@mwalker1.npd.provo.novell.com.>
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0d55@newshost.dartmouth.edu

In article <mwalker-110892145014@mwalker1.npd.provo.novell.com.>
mwalker@novell.com (Mel Walker) writes:

> Unless the password was distributed to all who had a pirated copy. What's
> to stop me from recieving the password at work, and taking it home to
> unlock my pirated copy. (Purely a hypothetical case!!!!!)

The user would call up the company and read a number directly from the
computer screen. The number would be generated based on the clock and
perhaps the number of files present on the user's open volumes. This
number would be unique since it depends on the users configuration AT
THE TIME OF THE CALL. Even if he/she were to give the password for
license extension to a friend, it would not be likely work on any other
system.


Bob Gross
bob.gross@dartmouth.edu
From: dauter@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Michael Dautermann)
Subject: where to get Re: Extension to inhibit superimposition of startup icons?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Summary: mac.archive.umich.edu, where else?
Keywords: iconwrap, mac, archive, pd, shareware
Organization: We're from the government, ma'am
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 10:00:05 GMT
Expires: Sun, 20 Sep 1992 04:00:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.074210.25563@lin.foa.se> eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2) writes:
>dlbg1912@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David L. Berk) writes:
>
>>I know there must be something out there that will cause the startup
>>icons on my humble 9-inch SE screen to begin a new row of marching icons
>>*above* the initial row to avoid the superimposing of icons.
>
>It's called IconWrap. I just looked at Sumex and couldn't find it. Use archie
>and if you can't find it, mail me and I'll send you a copy.

  
look on mac.archive.umich.edu, of course..... here's the entry from our
index (in the 00help directory as index.txt)

 INIT/ICONWRP      6     5/29/89    BinHex4.0,StuffIt1.5.1
 /mac/system.extensions/init/iconwrap.sit.hqx

    This INIT causes StartUp ICONs to wrap when they reach the edge of
    the screen.  


Get on our "frequent ftp'er" mailing list .... send me a message at
"mac-recent-request@mac.archive.umich.edu".

Hope that helped...



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mshields%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Michael S Shields)
Subject: Re: Look & Feel
Date: 12 Aug 92 23:07:13 MDT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Summary: Patents on software, no way
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

In article <mwalker-120892170321@mwalker1.npd.provo.novell.com.> mwalker@novell.com (Mel Walker) writes:
>In article <D88-JWA.92Aug12220307@dront.nada.kth.se>,
>d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) wrote:
>> 
>> But something A comes up with, and a patent officer thinks is
>> "unique," may be intuitively obvious to me when I start
>> working (not having even seen the original program, much less
>> the solution)
>> 
>> Consider advertisement airbrush graphics; most people use the
>> same techniques to create highlights and "chrome" effects; but
>> these techniques are not patentable. The same should hold true
>> for programming "techniques" (algorithms)
>
>Consider automobiles: if one company comes up with a new process to
>manufacture fuel-injection systems, it would be patentable. The same should
>hold true for new programming "processes" (algorithms).
>

But I think that Jon's reasoning is more in line with what has been going on
as long as programs have been written.  This, to me, would be a sort of
precedent. Granted, this argument could be used in other instances and isn't
the greatest, but think of it this way, would you really want to license 
quicksort from whoever held the patent??  Or would you want to have to reinvent
the wheel all the time to stop from infinging on the patent??

Not the best argument, but by $0.02

Mike
mshields@peruvian.utah.edu
From: chuck@gte.com (Chuck Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: copy protection/licensing solution?
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:49:08 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: GTE Laboratories

In article <1992Aug11.193753.29423@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>,
Robert.H.Gross@dartmouth.edu (Robert H. Gross) wrote:

[...]
> the user is required to fill out and send in a registration card after
> the original purchase. On that registration card is a "password"
[...]
> He/she can renew simply by calling the company
> and providing the password and serial number of his/her program. If the
> password and serial number are OK and not already renewed, the company
> would calculate a string for the user to type into a dialog box to
> refresh the expiration date of the currently running program.
[...]

I think it's a good idea, but I would do the whole thing over the phone. 
Since the user makes up the password, there's no real reason for a paper
card to be sent through the mail.  I would start with the registration
expired (with the nuisance messages you described), so the first call would
take the place of the card.

The system would need to provide you, the vendor, with some identifying
information for that particular copy of the program, like the serial number
you described.  I also would provide 800 service for the call.

I'm writing a program now for my high school classmates which has roster
information which would need to be updated from time to time.  I think this
is a good idea, and I will incorporate it into my code.  (I went to high
school right after they invented chalk.)

> PS - the above assumes that there is a valid way to check the date/time
> on the computer that cannot be fooled by just changing the clock - this
> can be done.

Have the program "remember" it's previous run time, and not run if the
clock now says something prior to that time.  Initially set the previous
run time to the date you issued that copy of the software, or some bogus
date meaningful to you as a developer.

-Chuck Hoffman

I'm not sure why we're here, but I am sure that while we're here we're
supposed to help each other.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
From: smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead)
Subject: Re: ?? NOTEPAD & SCRAPBOOK DA Files ??
Keywords: DA files, hassles, mounted volumes
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 07:44:00 GMT

geg625n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Dave Bulman) writes:

>I have a curious problem with the NOTEPAD and SCRAPBOOK DA's that I would like
>an explanation/solution for.

>I have a Mac+ (2.5Mb ram) using Finder Z1-6.1.4 and System 6.0.7 with an
>external 42Mb HDD partitioned into 4 volumes.  The system and most of the
>applications that I generally use are on one volume with uilities et al  of
>various kinds distributed among the other volumes.

   That's weird. It really shouldn't matter what application you open the
DA's from because the Notepad File and Scrapbook File are both opened by 
their DA's. Are you starting up from different partitions?
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MacWrite II : Automatic Stationery Format ?
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:36:20 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.032849.15741@emr1.emr.ca>, knguyen@emr1.emr.ca (Kim Nguyen) writes:
> 
> Hi netters,
> According to the document, I create an Automatic Stationery file called
> "MacWrite II Options" as my default setting, and put it in System Folder.
> Upon opening, it just gives me the standard format. Again, I put "MacWrite
> II Options in Preferences Folder, but to no avail.
> Can any friends out there give me hints ?
> Thanks for your help.

Put it in the Claris Folder.

Mike Steiner
MacWrite SQA Test Engineer
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for app to run DA's under System 7
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:59:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.1992Aug19.175947.10524
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

aad35939@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (A A DeGuzman) writes:

>I'm looking for an app to install a few (4) DA's to run under System 7.
>I found this program on mac.archive.umich.edu called DASh, but it opens all
>of the DA's when launched. I basically want the equivalent of DA Handler
>(from Multfinder - System 6) - just a File and Edit menu. If anyone knows of
>such an app, any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Am I the only one who doesn't understand this request? One of the
great things about System 7 is the fact that you no longer need an app
to install DA'a any longer. You just drop them into your system folder
and let it do the rest. System 7 treats each DA as if it were an
application unto itself.

--
-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info
		   "A clear case of curare poisoning
	       of one of her Majesty's Cold-Cream Guards"
						   -- Durlock Holmes
From: stricher@masig.fsu.edu (Char Aznabul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FETCH and GIF Weather Maps?
Date: 13 Aug 92 02:30:17 GMT
Distribution: na

David A. Artis writes
+ I read in one of the alt.pictures groups about GIF weather maps, updated 
+ hourly, available at FTP site vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (you have to tell Fetch to 
+ change working directory to wx).  I got into the site ok, and tried 
+ dowloading a few examples, using "binary".  However, I've not been able to 
+ get any of the files to display with any of several Mac GIF viewers- each 
+ says the file is damaged or in an invalid format.  A friend on an IBM PC 
+ downloaded the same files and had no problem displaying them with his GIF 
+ viewer. Any ideas?

Go under the menu Custom. Select Suffix Mapping. I think there is an
entry for the .gif extension. Edit this, selecting the application you
want to view the gifs with. This is for v2.1b2. v2.06 has a less friendly
method of doing it, but is similar, and is found under the Fetch menu.

The file type has to be GIFf.

James
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: rcarvin@x102a.ess.harris.com (carvin robert 60184)
Subject: Help! Stuffit Lite Problems
Organization: Harris ESS, Melbourne, Fla.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:00:49 GMT

I have fetched Stuffit Lite from several sources via anonymous ftp and
run into the a problem each time.  The file is always binHexed and
compressed.  The process I use is as follows:  I telnet to a local unix
host and then initiate an ftp to the internet host (sumex-aim, etc.) and
get the file.  Next I put the file from the local host to my se/30 and
use stuffit 1.5 to unbinHex  the file.  The result is a self extracting
application which I execute.  Finally, when I attempt to running Stuffit
Lite that has resulted from these operations, I am told that Stuffit Lite
is damaged and to check my disks for a possible virus!  Neither SAM 2.0
Virus clinic nor disinfectant 2.8 finds anything wrong with my hard
disk.  This has occurred three times, using three different sources for
the software.  I am sure that I am making an error, but I can not find
it.  If anyone has an idea that might cure the problem, please let me
know.

Thanks
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Everette Gray Allen <everette@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: NewsWatcher1.3bx...Now I have to find another news reader!!
X-Xxdate: Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:44:16 GMT
Organization: NC State Computing Center
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d6
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:44:05 GMT

In article <bernard-100892224350@kashmir.cs.colorado.edu> Bernie
Bernstein, bernard@cs.colorado.edu writes:
>better idea. It is not a good time to get on a soapbox and tell the
>world why you have given up on the future of the program.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
Subject: Re: Can anyone tell me what is "fixed" means ?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 21:29:53 GMT

hsiung@wsl.dec.com (Daniel Hsiung) writes:

>Hi all ! I am not familiar with the apple C, I need to know 
>what "fixed" stands for, is it an int or is it a char equivalent ?
>or this is anything else ? I am talking about syntax like 
>	fixed 	FHatom;
>	int 	count;
>	........

This would have been more appropriately posted to
comp.sys.mac.programmer; followup to there please.

Fixed is fixed point number. It is documented in Inside Macintosh.

pr
--
Pete Resnick             (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?)
Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC
System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC
Internet: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu