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From: bhanafee@picasso.ads.com (Brian Hanafee)
Subject: Re: Is Auto-Doubler worth it?
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA 94043, +1 (415)
	960-7300
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:10:14 GMT


In article <1993Jan5.180653.16824@mlb.semi.harris.com> bob@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Robert Gillen) writes:
>I have an LC with a 40mb drive that is almost full. I received an offer to buy
>Auto-Doubler for $19.95 which is about $40 less than I've seen other places.
>Is this a good comression program? Any other suggestions? Please respond 
>by e-mail to bob@dw3f.ess.harris.com or through the newsgroup. Thanks in
>advance.

Better be careful which version you are getting.  The $19.95 might be
1.0.something, rather than the current 2.0, which would cost you
another $20 or so (I don't remember exactly how much).

AutoDoubler 2.0 is a great improvement, for three reasons:

1.  It seems to be more compatible overall.  I'm not sure why, but two
freeware games I have started to work better when I upgraded.  (Work
better, in this case, means that the high score list started working
again.  It is saved within the application, which may indicate where
the problem was.)

2.  It includes the Autodoubler Internal Compressor application, which
allows resource (as opposed to file) level compression.  This has
noticeably increased to speed that some (previously uncompressed)
applications open on my computer.  Your mileage may vary, depending on
the speed of your processor and the speed of your hard disk, and the
application itself.

3.  It includes CopyDoubler, which speeds disk copying, allows control
of whether compressed items are expanded, and makes your trash empty
faster (and gives the option of overwriting deleted files, to make
sure they stay deleted).

--
Brian Hanafee                         Advanced Decision Systems
bhanafee@ads.com                      1500 Plymouth Street
(415) 960-7300                        Mountain View, CA 94043-1230
From: casgrain@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Casgrain Philippe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for postscript preveiwer
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:20:58 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

ratcliff@ucsd.edu (John Ratcliff) writes:

>Are there any good postscript previewers available for the Mac
>that can display any laserwriterable file?

>Thanks for any pointers, public domain or commercial.

Try info-mac/util/mac-ghostscript-251.hqx on sumex.stanford.edu for PS files;
most drawing programs allow you to read eps files nowadays.

Philippe
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: steinman@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch (Jan Steinman - Bytesmiths, 3946)
Subject: Re: Tax software?
Reply-To: steinman@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch
Organization: Ascom Hasler AG
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 12:21:34 GMT

In case anyone's taking count, here's another "thumbs down" on ChipSoft. I
suspect anyone who did not have trouble with 1991 MacInTax had pretty trivial
taxes, and did not stress the system. For instance, I started filling out a
form by mistake, and I never was able to get rid of it, or even delete certain
fields -- it ended up adding in $0.02, which I subtracted out near the end
of the form to keep it from screwing up everything else.

That was just one of the many problems I had. If you do a 1040EZ, I'm sure
MacInTax is fine, but if you have investments, rental income, and run a
business, forget it!

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From: bms@penguin.eng.pyramid.com (Bruce Schlobohm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Tax software?
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:25:44 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology, San Jose, Ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin.eng.pyramid.com

In article <86346@ut-emx.uucp>, miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy) writes:
| I dislike ChipSoft (MacInTax) because their advertising is deceptive. I
| got a direct mail solicitation a month or two ago, that said something
| very similar to "You can have MacInTax for $39.95." It was a lie...there
| was a $4.50 s&h fee.
| 
| I decided they are slimeballs.

So what do you think of Adobe for their "free" offer of ATM for $7.50 s&h?
I know, :-) :-)

-- 
bruce schlobohm
bms@pyramid.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: RUSHING@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
Subject: Pagemaker upgrade question
Organization: SYSTEMS & COMPUTING
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 12:01:04 PST

I saw in this morning's paper that Aldus is going to announce
an upgrade of Pagemaker for IBM and Mac's.  My school's computer
lab just bought a copy of Pagemaker for the Mac last
week.  Does anyone know what the upgrade policy is?  Will
we have to pay the full upgrade fee?
 
Tim Rushing (rushing@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu)
IALC Microlab Coordinator, Wash. State Univ.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jammer@eskimo.com (Lyle Harwood)
Subject: Re: Can Word & Excel Share Spellcheck&Help Stuff?
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:10:44 GMT

jnsims01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu wrote:
: Why is it that Microsoft Word and Excel do not or cannot use the same
spell
: checking utility and main dictionary? Why don't they use the same Help
: facilities? Am I missing something here, or am I doomed to duplicate
more than
: a megabyte of disk-consuming junk? Any suggestions or help greatly
appreciated;
: post or e-mail as you feel inclined...
: 
:  My wife AND my employer ignore my opinions - feel free to do the
same!
:
.......................................................................

No, they can't. Microsoft continuasly ignores user's needs, and this
is a prime example. 
This is why I use Claris products.
Claris used to be Apple (still is, depending on who you ask)
and SURPRISE, their stuff is all compatible, and uses the Mac interface.

I own Claris Macwrite, Resolve, Macproject and Filmaker, and use
ONE dictionary and help system between ALL of them.

I don't mean to insult you or degrade your software in any way,
I jus mean to score a point anywhere I can for a company and 
software system that I believe to be truely well designed.

I'm biased. (Olbviously). Slightly fanatic.
Claris forever!

:)
Lyle
.
From: kby@cco.caltech.edu (Kimo B. Yap)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Excel 4.0/3.0 compatability problems
Date: 6 Jan 1993 01:59:43 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: alumni.caltech.edu
Summary: Excel 4.0/3.0 macro compatability problems
Keywords: Excel 4.0 3.0 compatability macros

I have a (large) application that was written in Excel 3.0.  Has anyone noticed
any of the following problems with macro sheet compatability between 3.0
and 4.0 on the Macintosh?

1.  CREATE.OBJECT, when working with a multiple selection (two columns) and
    being told to create an XY chart (first column = x) either makes a bar
    chart or makes an XY chart with about 5 series on it.  Works OK for
    non-multiple (two column) selection.

2.  ROW.HEIGHT told to unhide previous rows from 100 to 16384 under some circum-
    stances places you in never-never land as far as location on the spreadsheet
    with only one (upper left) or less cells visible and inability to scroll
    around with scroll bars.

As far as I have tried, these do not appear to be bugs in 4.0 for Windoze, just
for the Mac.  They work in 3.0 for the Mac as well (program was developed in
3.0).
E-mail replies preferred as I skim this group quickly and may miss posts.
Thanks in advance.-kby@alumni.caltech.edu
From: Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: File Sharing
Date: 11 Jan 93 19:03:08 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Apple

In article <1993Jan8.194618.8862@wixer.cactus.org>, bcombs@wixer.cactus.org
(Brian Combs) wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> A friend of mine is using System 7 File Sharing with a Toshiba Optical drive.
> They want to know if there is any way to switch optical cartridges w/o having
> to reset sharing.
> 
> Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks...

Only current way is to use AppleShare 3.

Apgar@Apple.com   |   Eric Apgar  alias  Gar   |   I said it, NOT Apple.
From: lars@nl-halvorsen.jsc.nasa.gov (Lars Halvorsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Help!!! Does anyone know where I can download Apples CD-Rom Driver??
Date: 6 Jan 93 14:25:32 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Krug Life Sciences, Inc.

In article <1993Jan4.174408.11532@sarah.albany.edu>,
jr5090@sarah.albany.edu (Josh Reiss) wrote:
> 
> I'm helping a friend with a IIcx & sys 7.1 & a hitachi cd-rom drive. His old
> cd-rom driver no longer works with the new software.
> 
> Does anyone know the site I can download this from????????
> 
> 				-Josh Reiss

Apple's CD-ROM driver version 4.0.2 can be downloaded from 
ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3) in the directory /dts/mac/sys.soft/cdrom. 
I don't know if it will work with a Hitachi drive, though.

+--------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Lars S Halvorsen         | lars@nl-halvorsen.jsc.nasa.gov  |
| Krug Life Sciences, Inc. | halvorsen@medics.jsc.nasa.gov   |
| Houston, Texas           | AppleLink : LARS                |
|                          | CIS : 75100,44     AOL : LarsH  |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------+
From: kmushal@eis.calstate.edu (KAYE MUSHALIK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing?
Date: 13 Jan 93 04:30:47 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

tosca@crispin_sun.cs.adfa.oz.au (Crispin Russell) writes:
> Anyone heard of or knows where I can get Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing  by
> Mindscape.  Contact number/address for Mindscape?  Any opinions on the 
> product welcome, I have been told it is fun to use and that there is a Mac
> version but little more.  I understand it is about $50
> 
> Thanks in advance.  Mail to me or post the net as you see fit.
> -- 
> ===========================================================================
> #### Crispin Russell (Sys.Prog.) ==== NET: tosca@SPARCserve.cs.adfa.oz.au #
> ### Dep't of Computer Science ==================== phone: +61 6 268 8155 ##
> ## Aust. Defence Force Academy ================== fax  : +61 6 268 8581 ###
> # Northcott Drv Campbell ACT 2600, AUSTRALIA ========================= ####
> ===========================================================================
> Disclaimer: I may be employed here but that only implies I am engaged in 
>             useful work here.
> ===========================================================================

Crispin,

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing by The Software Toolworks is available from 
MacWarehouse for $32.00 American. To order-800-255-6227, fax 908-905-9279,
or write P.O. Box 3013, 1720 Oak Street. Lakewood, NJ 08701-3013, USA. 
Don't know what their overseas shipping costs are. 

Hope this is helpful.			***Kaye***
From: guelzow@brandonu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: ZTerm0.9 portbuffer size
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:40:12 GMT
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Does anybody know how I can increase the size of the portbuffer in ZTerm0.9?
It is currently 4K and I occasionally receive data that fast that the buffer
runs over and data is lost. (This happens if large amounts of text are scrolled
onto the screen, e.g. when listing file information.)

Thank you
Andreas 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andreas Guelzow  Dept. of Mathematics & Comp. Sc. Brandon University MB Canada
Guelzow@BrandonU.Ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.oop.misc
From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Looking for a C++ Compiler for the MAC
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:45:08 GMT

cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole) writes:
>Beyond that, the rumor mill has been churning out stories of a Think C++ 
>standalone ever since Symantec bought Zortech. I would be VERY reluctant about
>going out to get MPW and either C++ compiler now given that there is a pretty 
>good chance of a standalone Think C++ RSN. Not that MPW is so awful, but If you
>already have Think C, or even if you don't, it will almost certainly be cheaper
>and less demanding of hardware to wait for the Think C++

      Don't hold your breath.  It's been almost 18 months now.

      If you log on to the Symantec support BBS (408-973-9598) you can see
that almost no messages ever refer to the Zortech Mac product, and that
all the action revolves around Windows and OS/2.  It's clear that
Symantec is putting their resources into the Intel platform products,
where the market is.

					John Nagle
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.apps:19631 comp.graphics:13631 comp.graphics.animation:1561
From: dougal@willard.UUCP (Dougal Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation
Subject: Re: PICTS-To-Movie application help needed
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 22:31:04 EST
Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814

jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke) writes:

> I am trying to get PICTS-To-Movie working on my Mac SE/30 running sys 7.01.
> There are no explicit instructions, and I have tried everything I know to try
> Can anyone please help with some positive experience with this program?
> 
> Thanks,  -Jeff
> 
> ---------------------
> Jeff Parke <jeffp@vcs10.vetmed.wsu.edu>
> also:   jeffp@WSUVM1.bitnet   AOL: JeffParke
> Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine class of 1994
> Pullman, WA  99164-7012

Are you referring to the HC stack written by some guy in Europe?  I've 
used that utility to convert a sequence of PICT files into a QT movie 
with no problems.  Give some more details about your problem....

     Dougal

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emory!uumind!willard!dougal
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,uchi.mac
From: scb1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Samuel C. Blackman)
Subject: Help with .tar & .ps files with Mac!
Reply-To: scb1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:05:30 GMT

I've got a bit of a problem, which I've been trying to solve on my own to
no avail, so I appeal to the wisdom of the net ...

I'm trying to get ahold of a copy of "Zen & the Art of Internet".  Simple
enough, right?  Well it seems that I can only find it either in .tar format
or .ps format.  Fine.  So I go to sumex-aim.stanford.edu and get Tar 3.0
to convert the file.  

Well of course it doesn't work.  Various error messages.  Chaos.  Fire &
brimstone.  Ok, I say ... I'll try to print the PostScript version.  Makes
sense.  LaserWriter is a postscript printer.  NOT.  35 pages of raw PostScript
code later, still no luck.  

So now I ask you.  How do I print a copy of Zen & the Art of Internet onto
paper?  How do I convert .tar files to Mac text files, or .ps files to 
files which my piddly little Mac can interpret? 

Please e-mail replies to scb1@midway.uchicago.edu.  Thanks a million!

-- Sam


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From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Drawing program with publishing facilities
Date: 7 Jan 1993 20:54:37 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <1035@rc1.vub.ac.be> sdkerpel@vnet3.vub.ac.be (Sven De Kerpel)
writes:
>Can anyone inform me about this. I'm looking for a drawing program which can 
>use the system 7 publish and subscribe tools. (like MS Word and EXcell do)

FreeHand 3.1


David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
Subject: Re: ZTerm0.9 portbuffer size
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:58:20 GMT

In <1993Jan5.104013.2925@brandonu.ca> guelzow@brandonu.ca writes:

>Does anybody know how I can increase the size of the portbuffer in ZTerm0.9?
>It is currently 4K and I occasionally receive data that fast that the buffer
>runs over and data is lost. (This happens if large amounts of text are 
scrolled
>onto the screen, e.g. when listing file information.)

I suspect there is a better solution. I can't say for sure how Zterm handles 
port reading, but a little simple math says to me that it should be hard to 
overrun that buffer, because for any connections over 2400 bps (240 cps max) 
you should be using RTS/CTS flow control (which does a fine job of preventing 
overflow) and for 2400 or less you're talking about over 17 seconds worth of 
data backing up. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that you are getting a 17 
second stall, but the problem is NOT likely in a too-small buffer. More likely
is loss because something else on the computer is turning off interrupts for 
too long, so the little tiny buffer on the serial chip is getting overrun. This
is very possible if you have an older mac running lots of tweaky little INITs 
that have the arrogance to turn off interrupts for 1/80th of a second (long 
enough to overrun the 3-byte buffer before the driver gets a chance to read it)
Obviously you can also have serious problems if you have things running 
alongside Zterm, but that is all too obvious a problem...

As for how to change it, the only way is to get some serious hacking tools and
start searching for code equating to the allocation of that buffer and the 
passing of it to SerSetBuf. Does that sound fun?
From: suhler@pollux.usc.edu (Paul Suhler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Wanted:  PC Graphics Converter
Date: 5 Jan 1993 10:05:00 -0800
Organization: USC Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu

I'm looking for some program that will let me convert black-and-white
drawings in PICT to some format like .BMP that can be included in a
WordPerfect document on a PC.  I suppose that I'd convert the output
with AFE, but I'll whatever works.

None of the stuff on Sumex seems to be what I want, although I may
have missed something.

Please e-mail to me and I'll repost if there's interest.  Thanks,

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: ulrich@tpki.toppoint.de (Ulrich Gall)
Subject: TAR for Mac to read DOS ASPITAR tapes?
Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V.
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 17:50:45 GMT


Subject says it all, is there a Mac version of ASPITAR?


Thanks in advance,

Ulrich
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2300 Klausdorf
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Distribution: world
From: Sean_P._Peisert@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:02:54 PST
Subject: Disinfectant

When's 3.0 coming out?  (Maybe System 7 savvy)?

**** From Planet BMUG, the FirstClass BBS of BMUG.  The message contained in
**** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.
From: mancini@fysik.uu.se (Derrick C. Mancini)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: HELP: Problem installing OzTeX
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Date: 10 Jan 1993 20:24:35 GMT
Organization: Fysikum, Uppsala Universitet
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: usx221.fysik.uu.se

OK.  Downloaded all the OzTeX stuff from Michigan (v 1.4).  Read the old
text file there, too.  No info about intallation (equivalent to the
original
readme file).  However, put everything where I knew it should be.  OK.  Run
OzTeX, print DVI file containing user manual.  Fine.  Try to TeX anything
else, can't do it: complains that there is a fatal error in the format
file,
I should change config or rebuild format.  OK, go to rebuild format.  Need
to run INITEX.  INITEX won't run because TeX.pool doesn't exist.  Well,
there
is nothing to deal with this situation in manual, and there is not readme
file for installation.  What do I need to do?

Also, someone at Michigan should add a current readme file that explains
how to install OzTeX 1.4 - the old file there is useless.

Derrick C. Mancini
Fysiska Institutionen  -  Uppsala Universitet
Box 530  S751 21  Uppsala  Sverige
mancini@fysik.uu.se
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: rkmossm@pbhyb.PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman)
Subject: Re: Now Up-to_Date: Memory & other costs?
Reply-To: rkmossm@PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:07:00 GMT

Has anyone gotten their copy yet? I ordered mine direct from NOW way
last November and all I get when I call is "It will be released next
week." Has it? Has anyone else who ordered it early gotten their copy 
yet? Has anyone seen it in the stores/magazines?

-- 
Richard K. Mossman  {att,bellcore,sun,ames,decwrl}!pacbell!rkmossm
510/823-1479
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From: chapman@centerline.com (Scott Chapman, (Scott Chapman x233))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Quicken vs Managing Your Money
Date: 6 Jan 1993 18:37:58 GMT
Organization: CenterLine Software
Distribution: world
Reply-To: chapman@centerline.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: divine.centerline.com

In article 19752@udel.edu, gray@tinman.asel.udel.edu (John Gray) writes:
>I bought a copy of Quicken for my mom's use.  After looking at a while
>I was very disappointed that it didn't handle loans payments is a nicer
>fashion.  By nicer I mean that I would like to see Quicken figure out what
>went to interest and what went to principal, but it doesn't.  Does MYM?
>
>John


Yes, MYM does the right thing. I used to use MacMoney (which is in many ways
similar to quicken), and I was using about 90% of its functionality, and was
dissappointed it didn't do everything for me (track IRS, tax estimation, etc...).

When I switched over to MYM, I was pleasantly surprized that I only used about
30% of its functionality. Although with continued use, I probably use about
75% of its  functionality. Excellent product! A must for anyone wanting to
do more than simply writting whecks and balancing accounts...

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