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From: rmh@taligent.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
Subject: Re: Pink Operating System
Organization: Semicolon Software
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:54:17 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.050953.3608@eci2.uucp>, jmm@eci2.uucp (John Macdonald)
writes:
> 
> |> Does anyone out there know if the Pink operating system will run on the
> |> Intel platform as well as the Power PC and Mac line?  Thanks.
> |> Carl
> |
> |We have not yet announced our target platforms. Until we do, it's best not to
> |speculate. (Sorry!)
> |
> |-- Rick Holzgrafe, a member of the Taligentsia
> 
> (chuckle) Until you do, the best (only) choice *is* to speculate.
> Since such speculation won't have any significant effect on the
> reality that will eventually unfold, I vote for it running first
> on a $9,999.97 personal Cray :-)

Well, that's what *I* run it on, but I'm not allowed to say that. ;-)

I just meant that people shouldn't shell out that $9,999.97 in the expectation
that it will eventually run Pink. It might, and then again it might not, and
then again it might but not right away. $9,997.99 is a lot of disappointment, so
I thought I should clarify our (non) position.

-- Rick Holzgrafe, a member of the Taligentsia
   Rick_Holzgrafe@taligent.com
   rmh@taligent.com

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From: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:30:56 CDT
Subject: Re: disabling extensions:  extension manager

Harvey Brydon (918)250-4312 (brydon@ASLVX1.SLB.COM) wrote:
: In article <1992Dec29.155209.16121@tdb.uu.se>, bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats
: Bredell) writes:
: >Peter Bell (bell-peter@yale.edu) wrote:
: >: In article <1992Dec23.141811.11598@tdb.uu.se> Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
writes:
: >: >Noam G. Nudelman (P88038@BARILVM.BITNET) wrote:
: >: >: 
: >: >: Hi,
: >: >: 
: >: >:   I am interested in changing some system extensions so that
: >: >: when I hold the Shift botton down while booting, they will NOT be
: >: >: disabled.
: >: >: 
: >: >:   Any help will be appreciated.
: >: >
: >: >As far as I know, it's (almost) impossible. Apple has made it with the
: >: >Tune-Up by adding a driver that loads the INIT somehow, but it's tricky.
: >: 
: >: yeah, as far as I know, the only solution is to use the extension manager
: >: control panel (at sumex, et al.) to select a group of extensions to 
: >: enable at startup, disabling the rest.  It works quite well.
: >
: >Yes, but this won't solve the problem. If you hold down the shift key, the
: >system won't load any extensions at all.
: >[...]
: 
: Two suggestions that I think do what you want.
: 
: (1) If you want some extensions to load and not others, move the ones you
: don't want into a temporary folder.
: 
: (2) While holding down shift disables all extensions, many (but alas, not
all)
: extensions allow you to set another key (caps lock, control, option,
command,
: or combinations of these) that disable that particular extension.  Why not
set
: all of these but the one you want to disable themselves with (say) the
option
: key?  I would avoid option/command and shift...
: 
: Any reason why one of these two things won't work for you?

The original question was about finding a way to force an extension to be
loaded even if the shift key is being held down. The answer is simple: when
the Mac boots, it checks to see if the shift key is down. If so, it doesn't
load any extensions or control panels. You can't change this behaviour.

Under system 6, the extensions checked for a key combination themselves, but
system 7 has made the shift key as an override that will disable everything.

One way to force an extension to be loaded is to write a device driver to
do all the job. Device drivers are always loaded at startup. The driver colud
be very simple, it's enough if it simply loads the extension code and starts
executing. As far as I know, no one has done it yet (except for Apple
themselves).

/Mats
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:16:37 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: WANTED: Address for Apple canada
From: $ennsnr@brandonu.ca
Date: 31 Dec 92 19:43:03 CST
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Do any of you have the address for the head office if Apple Canada? As well,
I would appreciate if if someone could also e-mail me the address of the
head office of Apple in the U.S.A.

Thas very much!

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From: liz@marvin.contex.com (Elizabeth Cyr Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Floating Point Co-Processor
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:20:27 GMT
Organization: Xyvision Design Systems


How does one add a floating point co-processor to a Mac IIsi?
Is this hardware (a board?) or software.

Thanks.

liz
From: zrh@uts.amdahl.com (Zealand R. Hatch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Hard disk spin-down software for desktop macs??
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:33:22 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In <zaphod-060193090344@gregt.winona.msus.edu> zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo) writes:

>  In a word, no.  The spin down is only a feature of the 2.5" portable
>drives.   Or so I'm told.

>- Greg Talmo  (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)

This is not correct.  On the Mac I have at home, bought used, there is a 
utility from a Hard drive vendor that allows you to spin down a drive.  It
worked for all of the drives I've attached to the system none were from the
same vendor as the utility.  So there is a SCSI command to spin down a HD.
I do not know of any utility that does automaticly unless you can copy one
from a powerbook.

Zealand
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From: eijkhout@cs.utk.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Disk / Auto Doubler. Executive summary wanted
Date: 6 Jan 1993 15:14:56 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: cupid.cs.utk.edu
Originator: eijkhout@cupid.cs.utk.edu

Could some kind soul tell me in a few lines what the difference
between the products in the subject is, and when I need the one
or the other?

-- 
Victor Eijkhout .............................. ``There are also a few bugs,
Department of Computer Science ......... though not as many as I've come to
University of Tennessee .................. expect in new Windows products''
Knoxville TN 37919 ................................(from a software review)
From: grandoni@iei.pi.cnr.it (Fabrizio Grandoni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: how to connect PC to LocalTalk
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:39:25 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac
Organization: IEI-CNR

In article <1740@loamx.adm.crl.melco.co.jp>, yoda@ele.crl.melco.co.jp
(Kiyoshi Yoda) wrote:
> 
> I have a PC and want to use an Apple  Laser Writer  on our LocalTalk.
> My PC has an Ethernet card, and there's a GatorBox on the LocalTalk.
> What else do I have to buy -- hardware & software ? 
> ------

I recently asked the same question; the answers I've got all indicate the
same solution:
Farallon Computing's PhoneNetTalk package (which was
formerly Apple's own software for the IBM PC & clones).

Farallon can be reached as follows:

Customer Service: (510) 596-9000
Internet Mail:    farallon@farallon.com
America Online, AppleLink, MCI Mail: Farallon

______________________________________________________________________
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From: kamel@umiacs.umd.edu (Ibrahim M. Kamel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,alt.binaries.pictures.d,comp.graphics.animation
Subject: Software for beauty salon : WANTED
Date: 7 Jan 93 23:25:47 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

I'm trying to find a software for beauty salon, to help the customer
to select the appropriate makeup color.  I don't have exact
specification, but the whole system should do something like this:
useing a vedio camera, the picture of the customer is displayed on the
screen. The customer select a product (e.g. lip stick,...), 
from a menu on the screen the effect appear on his picture on the screen.

If you have any information that might help me, please send
me a mail at (kamel@cs.umd.edu).
(please, don't post on the news since I don't check it frequently)

kamel@cs.umd.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rlw@elan (Robert Wald)
Subject: Alarm clock for a PB100?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Princeton University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 22:12:00 GMT

  Is there an application which can wake up a PB100 at a certain time
and make sounds? Frills would be nice, like random sound files,
but whatever. I tried counting down with Superclock and using the
portable to make sure that the PB100 would be awake at the right time,
but superclock stalled. I'm using 6.0.8. Something free or shareware?
I don't want to get quickkeys. Thanks

-Rob
From: dah900@doc.anu.edu.au (Debra A Hinton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Communicating a Mac with an IBM Mainframe System
Date: 7 Jan 1993 03:14:49 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
Distribution: world
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In article <1993Jan3.172622.7290@news.cs.indiana.edu>, "orestes appel" <oappel@moose.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
|> Hello  there,
|> 
|> 	I do need to communicate my Macintosh with an IBM system
|> (two of them, actually) running either MVS or VM. This will be done
|> through a telephone line and a modem (I have a UserID at the target machines).
|> 
|> Could someone indicate me a good communication software that would allow
|> me  to do this?
|> Please reply to my e-mail address, because I am not subscribe to the newsgroup.
|> 
|> Thanks in advance.
|> 
|> oappel@cs.indiana.edu  OR oappel@dino.conicit.ve
|> 
|> Thanks again


I am also interested in Macintosh - IBM Mainframe connectivity, please send 
me any info too.
Thanks.

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From: jsd@cs.bham.ac.uk (Jetinder Singh Dhaliwal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac sounds - Unix .au sounds
Date: 6 Jan 93 19:24:59 GMT
Organization: Birmingham University
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7718B4ECB01C708@holly.cs.bham.ac.uk>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 7 Jan 93 13:25:02 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16

This is my first article to a new group, so Hello World!!!!

I am currently being bugged by my fellow students wanting to have some of
the interesting sounds that I have on my Mac. But unfortunaley, for them,
I don't have a converter to convert Mac sounds to sounds that can be
played on the Sun-unix systems i.e .au sounds. 
I was hoping that someone might direct me towards an application that can
do this at the mailing address below.

Thanks in advance ,

						Jetinder


													jsd@cs.bham.ac.uk
(S.E.A.M.U.G-Software Engineers Apple Macintosh User Group)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bizarre@leland.Stanford.EDU (Bruce Templeton)
Subject: Stylewriter on an Appletalk network?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 01:36:09 GMT

I seem to remember there being a printer driver on the net which allows a
Stylewriter to be placed on an Appletalk network.  Does anyone know if there
is such a thing?

Thanks,
-bruce templeton
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
Subject: Re: SCSI id of a Laser Writer IIg
Organization: SPS
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:00:41 GMT

rowley@theporch.raider.net (Michael Rowland) writes:
: 
: Printers are not SCSI devices. They are usually AppleTalk (serial), or 
: sometimes Direct serial connected.
: 
In point of fact, the LaserWriters ARE SCSI devices.  Not for incoming jobs,
but for storage of fonts downloaded by the LaserWriter Utility.  You may
add an external disk drive for storage of fonts.

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From: rankin@ms.uky.edu (David W. Rankin Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: An apology, and news on the Mac FTP List
Date: 5 Jan 93 03:28:36 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Last year, I promised to take over the Mac FTP list and get the thing
shaped up again. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks later several of Apple's
new pricing schemes and non-Mac stuff all combined to produce a major case
of burnout (as my Calc 3 grades will show). However, I am now back, and
working on the FTP List and the f.ms.uky.edu archives once again, and hope
to have both in running order again soon, as my co-oping job allows.

As for the Mac FTP list, I'd like to ask for help from everyone. If you
know of a less commonly used ftp site that has Mac files on it (i.e. not
sumex, umich, etc.), I would appreciate you mailing me a short letter,
describing it some (name, ip #, directory(s) of Mac stuff, general outline,
etc.)

Thanks again, and have a happy new year.

-- David W. Rankin, Jr.  Mac Archiver and Computer Science Co-op
      Email> rankin@ms.uky.edu  rankin@ukma.{BITNET,UUCP}
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: peppert@iastate.edu (Kitchen Barbarian)
Subject: Opcode Master MIDI Disk Copy ?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:27:59 GMT

I've had two master disks go and hate waiting for Opcode to get its act
together and send me new copies.  Yes I do own the software so forget the
flames if you will, I'll scan the receipts and post them binsciid if it
will make you happy.  I'm just frustrated and want a way to copy the suckers.
I am willing to do nearly anything to get this done, seeing as I have lost a
lot of time already (HD install is out of the question for various reasons
which I can supply as well.)

-Tom

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ssocl01@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Where to buy Mathematica 2.1E cheap????
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:45:14 GMT

Hi all

	Can anyone tell me where I can buy the cheapest Mathematica 2.1-
enhanced? Can I buy it at university computing centers? How cheap can I 
buy it????

	Thanks a lot.

Regards

Charles
5/1/93
From: rmw@sdchemw2.ucsd.edu (Rob Whitnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: ShareVision address?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 01:50:25 GMT
Organization: UC San Diego Chemistry
Distribution: world
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Since I can't seem to cancel my previous article, I did find the
address for ShareVision later in the same MacWEEK issue. For those who
are interested:

ShareVision Technology
2951 Zanker Road
San Jose, CA 95134
Phone: 408-428-0330
Fax: 408-428-9871
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dh747612@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Dana Hartshorn)
Subject: FS:  Big Mac Monitors
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:33:14 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

19" b/w monitor, tilt/swivel
Megagraphics Megascreen 3000 19" mono w/8 month old nubus card.
1024 X 826 resolution.  Tilt/Swivel stand built in. $500

Apple 21" gray mon., tilt/swivel
Apple 21" (1024 X 880) mono with 4 bit display card.  Includes
original box for the monitor & all the cables.  $800

Dana
From: Hammond@biomail.sjsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: NSI 1.3: Where?
Summary: network software installer
Date: 5 Jan 93 23:17:25 GMT
Organization: Biological Sciences, San Jose State University

I'm looking for the Network Software Installer 1.3, and I can't find it on
ftp.apple.com. Any info as to it's whereabouts would be appreciated, including
directory path.

Thanks in advance, e-mail preferred...



John Hammond, netperson for:            |   I don't know why we're here,
  Biological Sciences                   |    but I do know we're supposed
  San Jose State University             |     to be kind to one another...
Internet: hammond@biomail.sjsu.edu      |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: szikopou@alfred.carleton.ca (Steven Zikopoulos)
Subject: modems: receive 9600 send 2400?
Summary: are there modems that will send at 2400 and receive at 9600?
Keywords: modems
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 07:24:40 GMT

I purchased an external 2400 baud send/receive modem.  I didn't bother
spending the extral money for a 'Fax' modem.  

Now, fax modems go at 9600!  (while in "normal" model they still go at
2400)  I was under the impression that the 9600 rate could ONLY be
used in FAX mode.

A few days ago, a friend of mind (has an IBM compat. not a Mac) said
that he was going to buy a modem and that he was going to make sure
that it was 2400 send and 9600 receive.  I was under the impression
that he ment a FAX modem and told him that you can't buy a modem that
receives at 9600 (unless you're willing to fork out the cash for it).

Was/am I wrong?  Can you buy modems that will receive at the amazing
rate of 9600 baud and send at 2400?

Please respond email (szikopou@ccs.carleton.ca)

Thanks..Steve

Steven Zikopoulos
Carleton University
From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: converting texinfo to mac usable format???
Date: 4 Jan 93 20:21:39 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

Does anyone know of a way to get gnu texinfo docs into Mac
usable format?  A program to convert to postscript would be
ideal, but anything that will let me print out a reasonable
copy would be a godsend.

Kindly send replies by email and I'll summarize in a day or
two.

Cheers,

Chris
From: david@cis.rand.org (David Shlapak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac FAX Software
Date: 12 Jan 93 01:19:58 GMT
Reply-To: david@cis.rand.org (David Shlapak)
Organization: RAND, Washington, DC


    Folks---

    I just bought a slightly-used Zoom VFX fax-modem from a DOS guy; thus,
I need to get proper FAX software for my Mac.

    I bought FAXstf LC, and it just seems to utterly suck.  All the dialog
boxes it puts up are garbled, and won't go away; I've gotta MacsBug my out
outta town.  I'm running a IIci with 7.0 (tuned 1.1.1); any idea what the
problem might be?

    Moreoever, anyone have any recommandations for good Mac FAX software?
I could sure use some good advice.

    Thanks.  Cheers.
					--- das


My opinions don't amount to much, so why should RAND want to claim them?
From: mross@antigone.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Ftp sites
Date: 11 Jan 93 11:07:38 GMT
Organization: Antigone Press, San Francisco, CA, USA

spirie@bfield.uucp (Steven Pirie) writes:
: Hello all comp.sys.mac.misc readers: 
:  
: I am looking for some macintosh ftp sites and don't know much about what
: services are out there. 
:  
: Could you please send me (via email or post) two or three names of the ftp
: sites that you love and value most. 
:  
: Thanks in advance 
: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Steven D. Pirie                                spirie@bfield.uucp
: Waterloo, Canada                             "Polar Bears? ... Here?"
: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

sumex-aim.stanford.edu
archive.umich.edu
ftp.uu.net

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FAX: 1-415-431-3650
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jray@gecko.cis.ohio-state.edu (john emery ray)
Subject: Connectivity MAC<->IBM HELP!
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:49:14 GMT


Does anyone know of a program like pcMacTerm or PC Anywhere which
will let you control your PC from a Mac *AND* have the PC access
Mac files DIRECTLY from the mac drive?? I don't need something which
transfers the files to the PC, I'd like something which simply reads
the file off of the Mac directly into whatever program needs it.
Serial connection only....

APlease email me if you have any suggestions!
THanks,
John


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,sci.electronics
From: rowley@theporch.raider.net (Michael Rowland)
Subject: Re: Need help w/testing solar cells again...lost all replies!
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:14:10 GMT
Organization: The MacInteresteds of Nashville, Tn.

rcamama@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Camama) writes:

> 	I have a project that involves testing solar cells for my university's
> (University of Texas at Austin) entry into Sunrayce '93.  It involves testing
> of solar cells for their power output over a wide V-I range from 0 volts
> at max current to 0 amps at max voltage, with the ultimate objective of findi
> the cells' fill factors.  I need to do this with a computer to reliably and 
> quickly record the V-I performance of the cells and with a budget for around
> $300 for hardware and software.  The arrangement should be for eigher
> a Mac+ or an Apple II family member (the two types of computers I'll probably
> ever have on hand for the duration of the project), but I'll accept ideas
> involving any type of computer.
> 
You can get a new PowerBook 100 for about $800.

jmr

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