HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: obi@gumby.ocs.com (Kuryan "Obi" Thomas)
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!
Reply-To: obi@gumby.ocs.com
Organization: Online Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:30:57 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.200806.25101@ccu.umanitoba.ca>,
ejohnso@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Eric Johnson) writes:

> I think what CIBC has done is really sh***y, you might also write to the 
> President of the bank complaining about it. And take your credit card business
> elsewhere.

I agree. Being a small bank is no excuse (if in fact CIBC is a small
bank). I have had a similar problem with a mail order company (believe it
or not, that company later became Dell Computer). It wasn't even as bad as
what cyor@logos.uwaterloo.ca describes. Yet, my relatively small Virginia
bank twisted their arm into coughing up a refund.

Unfortunately, I am not aware of the law in Canada on these matters. In
the US, you don't have to pay for services or products you haven't
received. Period. Perhaps you may want to check with your Province's
attorney general (or Canadian equivalent) to see what recourse you have.
And please make sure you keep "hard copy" of all communications with this
company.

I wish you luck.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: justin@mik.uky.edu (justin sullivan)
Subject: Re: mcvert 1.8.3 errors - HELP!
Keywords: mcvert UNIX Mac
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 05:45:49 GMT

In <0EI6QR@parrot.in-berlin.de> majnun@parrot.in-berlin.de (Albrecht Hofheinz) writes:

>I just got the new mcvert 1.83, but unfortunately I cannot use it,
>because it gives me always the followeing kind of error:

>(This is an example):

>Converting     Zync.sit                       type = "SITD", author =
>"SIT!"
>hqx_to_bin_fork: writing 62 too many bytes

>last perror (may not be relevent): Error 0
>/usr/local/mcvert: exiting

>The previous version (1.6) worked fine for me. What's going wrong?

   Are you running this on a Sequent (DYNIX) system by chance? For some peculiar
reason, it only does this to me when I run it on a Sequent Balance (compiled
with gcc 2.0). 
   I've run it on an HP & RS/6000 with gcc 2.2.2 and on a NeXT with NO problems.
I talked to the author about it, and neither of use can see a reason for it
to do this, particularly since it doesn't occur on other systems..
If you AREN'T using a Sequent, I hope you'll let me know (or if anyone else
out there that uses 1.83 has this problem). No currenlty known solution or
workaround. I suspect it's linked to the bugs in the past release that had
problems with extra long lines, because it doesn't always write "62 too
many bytes."

   Personally, I've run it in debug mode and all that jazz, but it doesn't 
reveal anything useful. Hopefully, this doesn't scare off potential mcvert
users, since 1.83 is pretty good (except for this one problem, which as I
said only seems to occur on Sequents), and worth upgrading to (if you can).

--Justin
From: gotimer@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Gene Gotimer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Frame Maker abyssmal support
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:21:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
X-Organization: (formerly David Taylor Research Center)

To be fair to Frame, I felt I ought to follow up to my original
message, which was a copy of a fax I had sent them.

To recap: I faxed a note to them complaining about their
internal miscommunications and problems with their demo software
for the Mac.  I sent it primarily to vent some steam.

A day or two later, I received a call from Patrick Hanavan, one of
the representatives I had dealt with and consequently complained
about.  He was very polite (as usual, politeness was never a problem
in my phone calls with Frame) and apologized profusely for any
inconvenience they may have caused me.

He mentioned that he had checked his notes and the customer database.
He let me know that my info in the fax was all accurate, and that
they had handled the situation poorly.  Apparently I had been entered
into the database three separate times, which led to the excessive
phone calls.  Apparently, a restructuring of sales regions was taking
place when I called, and a combo of new employees and unfamiliarity
with the new structure led to misdirecting my calls to Ms. Lerner.
In fact, Mr. Hanavan should have been handling me the whole time.

He may have been just saying what I wanted to hear, or he may have
been sincere.  I don't know, and it doesn't really matter.
I think the important fact is that Frame did not simply circular file
my fax/complaint.  Instead, they promptly looked into the situation
and responded to me.  It goes a long way to restoring my faith in
their customer service/sales department.

I plan to send another fax to Frame explaining just that.  No reason
my communication with them should be entirely negative.  They deserve
to know when they've done something right as well.

Now, if only their demo for the Mac worked...
-- 
****************************************************************
**     Gene Gotimer              gotimer@oasys.dt.navy.mil    **
****************************************************************
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Remote Access Qs
Reply-To: sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:37:13 GMT

The first of a slew of Qs I'll have {it in re\/} Remote Access:

How can I customize the initialization for my modem and the modem I 
dial in to? Specifically, I want to change to autoanswer on 5 rings. 

I first make a backup copy of, e.g., Abaton Fax in the extensions 
folder and change the ATS0 command using MS Word 4.0. Of course, this 
creates a _MSW_ type document. Remote Access only recognizes docs with
the right creator type so this changed file is invisible to it.

So how do I change the doc type of my modified MSW modem
initialization file into Remote Access? I tried ResEdit but can't
figure it out. 

As far as modems are concerned, I've asked for a Prometheus Ultima 
Home Office to be put on the line I dial up. It's 14,400 bps data, 
9600 fax, and voice mail -- autodetecting each mode. MacWorld didn't 
say great things about its technical merits but I need its _features_.
Anybody else have opinions or suggestions for a modem configuration to
be used on a Merlin telephone system with multiple lines, etc.?

Thank you.

sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
From: sticklen@cps.msu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers??
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:46:37 GMT
Organization: AI/KBS Lab, Michigan State University

In article <1992Sep03.021531.6059@brtph560.bnr.ca> Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca>
writes:
>In article <182qlvINN2e7@early-bird.think.com> Paco Ojeda,
>Paco_Ojeda_Gonzalez@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu writes:
>>I have been using Thought Pattern for storage of random thoughts and data
>>for quite some time. When I stopped by their booth at MacWorld Expo
>>Boston last month and saw that they're adding a "to-do" and a "calendar"
>>type entry, I flipped! I had no idea that they were working on such an
>>upgrade. In any event, I spoke with the owner at length and he was a very
>>nice and helpful man. The demo of Version 2.0, which will support these
>>new features was really cool and it should be out sometime this fall.
>
>And the owner (of Bananafish Software) is also *very* open to suggestions
>about what people want to see in the final product.  Not only are there
>new calendar and to-do additions but settable reminder alarms and a full
>address book function too.  
>
>And the *best* part is that each bit of information can be cross-indexed
>throughout.  You should theoretically be able to have a reminder pop up
>which will lead you to someone's name in the address book portion and
>then easily navigate to every bit of related information including any
>calendar appointments or other scraps of data.
>


anyone know an 800 number or any number for the vendor of this Thought Pattern
product? i tried MacWarehouse and they do not carry it.

  ---jon---
From: darryl@grenada.ign.island.COM (Darryl Trujillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SendPS problems with System 7?
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:37:20 GMT
Organization: Island Graphics, Santa Rosa, California

timw@county.lmt.mn.org (Timothy Wright) writes:


> (Michael Feldman) writes:
>>I'm a new System 7 user and seem to be having problems with SendPS,
>>which I use frequently to dump ASCII files to my printer. SendPS
>>2.0 seems to run OK but has trouble retrieving the name of the
>>printer from the LaserWriter driver. Any thoughts on this?
>>

>SendPS 2.0 expects to see a LaserWriter driver loose in the System Folder
> (The System 7 installer puts it in the  Extensions Folder).   Try moving the
>LaserWriter driver out of the Extensions Folder to the System Folder (make
> sure its called "LaserWriter").

>You might want to leave an alias or a copy of the LaserWriter driver in the
>Extensions Folder, but I have never personally encountered a situation where it
>has to be there.

An even better solution is to use the LaserWriter Font Utility, which
is supplied with System 7.  It can download PostScript files as well
as type 1 fonts, and it has no problem with the LaserWriter driver.

I think it's A Good Thing that Apple is finally supplying a utility
that takes care of this common need.

-- 
Darryl Trujillo
Island Graphics Corp.                    darryl@ign.island.com
Sonoma County, Ca.
From: klarer@spdcc.com (Steve Klarer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Stuffit SpaceSaver vs MDS or Autodoubler
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:09:43 GMT
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

Does anyone know anything about the virtues of Autodoubler, More Disk Space,
and Stuffit SpaceSaver?  I have the second of these (MDS). I like the 
way it kicks in and works quietly when I'm not. I also like its ability to
segment large files or folders.  Stuffit SpaceSaver came with my new 
Powerbook. It appears to run faster but I'm not sure whether to switch over
to it or not. Anyone have any experience with these? How about with
autodoubler?

I'll be away from new access for a week and so would appreciate any replies
in e-mail. I'll summarize if anyone expresses an interest Thanks.

Steve

klarer@ursa-major.spdcc.com
From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Quorum: Equal?
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:39:13 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: USC-ISI


What's the latest news of quorum's Equal and Latitude UNIX-based
Mac emulators?

jas
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From: al196521@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Juan Carlos Guerra Escamilla)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: disinfectant 3.0????
Summary: relase date???
Keywords: virus
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:50:52 GMT

Hello all!  :)

  does any of you know when is the version 3.0 of the popular anti-viral program Disinfectant will be available for FTP.

  i've heard about the posivility of a new mac virus does any of you knows any about this??? thanks in advise 


                                        Carlos Guerra E.    Coca-Cola
                                   Internet: al196521@academ01.mty.itesm.mx
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673)
Subject: Re: Which packages are PowerPoint's competitors?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 22:45:00 GMT

In article <ECK.92Aug26161738@saul.upenn.edu>, eck@saul.upenn.edu (Brian J. Eck) writes...
> 
>   I've recently been asked to find a good presentation-making
>application for our Macs.  It's been a few years since I've been
>heavily into Mac presentation, so I'm not up on the latest
>developments.
> 
>   I used to use MS PowerPoint, and I believe it's still around; I'm
>fairly sure there are other applications that match/beat it in terms
>of price, performance, etc.  My only requirement is that the
>applications be able to use color and output it as color PostScript.

Aldus Persuasion usually gets the top rating. 

Susan Kayser		NCF::KAYSER  or  kayser%nssdca.span@star.stanford.edu
Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
Greenbelt, MD
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: JPEG decompressor? (Summary)
Date: 29 Aug 92 02:17:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Aug28.221733.15201
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1992Aug29.000004.26165@cello.hpl.hp.com> sears@cello.hpl.hp.com (Bart Sears) writes:
>Use JPEGView only if you want to view something quickly, you don't
>want to pay the shareware fee, and you don't mind a poor image.  Since
>this is postcardware, I am going to send a postcard to the author
>suggesting that he pick a custom color palette as that is the major
>problem I have with this program.

Thanks very much for the summary.  I just want to say that *if* you
are lucky enough to have a 24-bit color system (and I realize this
thread is about people who don't), I think JPEGView is pretty good. It
does have the annonying habit of crashing if you have a bad or
incomplete file; it would be nicer if it could politely tell you
something's amiss rather than take out the machine.  Does anyone know
if the beta version of GifConverter handles bad JPEG files better?

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138
From: iscjcw@uccvma.ucop.edu (Jerry Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Label software wanted
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 31 Aug 1992 15:35:05 GMT
Organization: University of California, Office of the President
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ajax.ucop.edu

In article <1992Aug28.172746.17324@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
davidw@jessica.Stanford.EDU (David J. Whelan) wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations for software that can print on a
> wide variety of laser printer labels?  I'm interested in a program
> that can handle "free form" label information as well as structured
> labels for addresses.  Ability to include graphics would be a plus.
> 
> Thanks,
> David J. Whelan
> davidw@jessica.stanford.edu

I have found Avery's MacLabel Pro to be an extremely useful package - it
comes with templates for all of the avery labels and transparencies -
handles text, graphics, mail merge, etc.

One word of caution. MacLabel Pro will ONLY work with certain printers.
More specifically, it only appears to work with Apple's LaserWriter driver,
although I use it here at work on a variety of non-Apple printers, but
using the LaserWriter driver. MacLabel Pro will not, for example, work on
my system at home, where I have a GCC printer.

-----------
Jerry Wilcox - iscjcw@uccvma.ucop.edu
All opinions expressed are MINE -- I'd have a different job if the
University wanted me to speak for it.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.unix.aux
From: Minh Lang <minh@inst-sun1.jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: $$$$$$$$$$$$$         WARNING  !!!!!         $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
X-Xxdate: Tue, 1 Sep 92 11:07:41 GMT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:09:48 GMT

In article <parkyn.715021817@sfu.ca> Dale Parkyn, parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca
writes:
>Start with a call to the customer service number of your Card company to 
>determine how to cancel payment.  Take time to prepare yourself
emotionally
>for a calm discussion with the 'voice on the phone'.  You might need to
send
>evidence of return of the product?
>Be polite!  The Card company rep had nothing to do with the source of
the 
>problem!

Yes, I believe that the VISA bank can take back the money even that
it was paid. I have a GOLD VISA from Chase Manhattan bank, and in 
2 cases, what I needed to do was sending  a letter to the bank, and
the bank took care of the rest. I didn't even need to call the vendor.
I just sent back the merchandise (with a return receipt) to the vendor.
I believe that the bank has the power to do so. The problem is if your
bank is willing to do that? If not, you should think of bringing your
business to another bank.

+------------------------------------------------------------+
 Minh Lang, Software Engineer  - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Instrumentation Systems Group - Instrumentation section 375
 Note:  My employer has nothing to do with what I said here...
+------------------------------------------------------------+
From: moon!cyberden!koden@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: ...  ZTERM  HAS  STRIPES  ... ??  How to remove ??
Keywords: Zterm .9 alternates hilight, normal, hilight, normal, etc.
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 21:28:12 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

david@sherpa.uucp (Dave Quarles) writes:

> I tried to use Zterm 0.9.
> 
> After the screen fills to the bottom, it begins to scroll as one would
> expect.
> 
> However, the lines alternate like this:
> 
> NORMAL
> HILIGHTED
> NORMAL
> HIGHLITED
>     
>     .
> 
>     .
> 
>     . 
>    etc.
> 
> This is very annoying to view.
> 
> How is this eliminated ??
> 
> I'll admit I have not read the docs completely, but I don't see
> how this would be a desirable feature.
> 
> Not only do the lines alternate as described, but when the <ret>
> key is pressed the highlighting switches to the lines that were
> un-highlited and the highlited return to normal.
> 
> Talk about flicker !!!!

well, i have the problem too but only when i try to run white text on a 
black background. the problem only seems to be there on B&W macs. so the 
only solution is to live with black text on  white background.. to change 
it, choose the color menu item under one of the zterm menus..
 

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KodeN (John S. Cho) moon!cyberden!koden@well.sf.ca.us    --- Marin County
"In case you're wondering, yes, Koden is from the Shannara books." -- Moi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca>
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers??
X-Xxdate: Wed, 2 Sep 92 03:22:24 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research/Northern Telecom
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 02:15:31 GMT

In article <182qlvINN2e7@early-bird.think.com> Paco Ojeda,
Paco_Ojeda_Gonzalez@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu writes:
>I have been using Thought Pattern for storage of random thoughts and data
>for quite some time. When I stopped by their booth at MacWorld Expo
>Boston last month and saw that they're adding a "to-do" and a "calendar"
>type entry, I flipped! I had no idea that they were working on such an
>upgrade. In any event, I spoke with the owner at length and he was a very
>nice and helpful man. The demo of Version 2.0, which will support these
>new features was really cool and it should be out sometime this fall.

And the owner (of Bananafish Software) is also *very* open to suggestions
about what people want to see in the final product.  Not only are there
new calendar and to-do additions but settable reminder alarms and a full
address book function too.  

And the *best* part is that each bit of information can be cross-indexed
throughout.  You should theoretically be able to have a reminder pop up
which will lead you to someone's name in the address book portion and
then easily navigate to every bit of related information including any
calendar appointments or other scraps of data.
From: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: disinfectant 3.0????
Date: 3 Sep 92 22:06:00 GMT
Reply-To: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman)
Organization: Organization?  We don't need no steenking organization!
Discliamer: Upon my being captured or killed, my professors will
            disavow any knowledge of me, my statements, and/or
            my mission.


In article <j-norstad-030992121141@norstad.acns.nwu.edu>,
Citizen j-norstad@nwu.edu (John Norstad) writes :
>Here's a list of recent versions of Disinfectant, the dates they were
>released, and the viruses they recognize:
>
>v2.6    2/22/92.    MBDF.
>v2.7    3/23/92.    INIT 1984.
>v2.8    4/19/92.    CODE 252.
>v2.9    7/04/92.    T4.
>
>Note that when and if the next virus appears, Disinfectant's version number
>will increase to 3.0. Apple's version numbering scheme doesn't permit
>mutiple digits after the decimal point, so I can't go to v2.10. This will
>probably cause all sorts of confusion, since people will think that is the
>big new version with all the new features I was promising a year ago. Sigh.

  Hey John,

  You could start numbering 2.9.1, 2.9.2, etc.  The third digit in version
numbers are "bug" fixes, right?  Well, isn't adding new code to deal with
a new virus "fixing a bug?"  (Virus almost equals bug, so follow the logic?)

  :)

|--------------------------------|    "If you were happy all of your life,
|      J. Taggart Gorman Jr.     |     you wouldn't be human - you'd be a
| jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu |     game show host."
|--------------------------------|             Winona Ryder, in _Heathers_
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: robinson@EE.Stanford.EDU (Heyward G. Robinson)
Subject: Re: Looking for _Powerful_ Personal Organizer
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 16:37:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep03.012717.5456@brtph560.bnr.ca> Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca> writes:
>In article <MERLYN.92Sep2134838@romulus.reed.edu> Randal L. Schwartz,
>merlyn@ora.com writes:
>>Yes, I have Thoughtminder.  
>
>What's Thoughtminder ?

I think that he means ThoughtPattern.  The current version of
ThoughtPattern (1.3) does not include a calendar.  The program
contains many useful information management features, however,
including notetaking, keyword indexing, file management, and alarms.
You can find a demo of it on Sumex in the demo folder.

The program is being completely overhauled and will include a calendar
and address book in version 2.0, which will be released later this
fall.  I think that version 2.0 will address many of the features that
Randal needs.  He is correct that there is currently no single program
that serves as an integrated personal information manager.  Most
vendors have opted to focus on a single need: a calendar, an address
book, a notetaker, etc.  Version 2.0 of ThoughtPattern will be the
first to integrate all these functions (and many others, including
file management) into a single program.

-Heyward Robinson

Disclaimer:  I am a consultant to Bananafish Software, publishers of
ThoughtPattern.  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps