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From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: BinHex problems...
Date: 11 Oct 92 22:31:44 GMT
Reply-To: aland@cs.brandeis.edu
Organization: As little as possible

GILMART@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Paul Gilmartin) writes:
>In article <1992Oct10.213322.24458@unlinfo.unl.edu>
>aberigan@nde.unl.edu (A. Berigan) writes:

>>I have a need to get a .hqx (BinHex) decoder to a Mac LC II with System
>>7 installed.  Because of various problems, I can only download text
>>files.  I can uuencode a file, transfer it to a non-Mac system, uudecode
>>it, and transfer that file to an HFS volume, but likely the file will
>>have a "document" filetype when read by the LC II.

>>Is there a format that I can retrieve a BinHexing application in that
>>when I store the file on the HFS volume, the LC II will be able use it
>>as is?  Could I be losing important resource forks doing this?

>It's even as you fear: the resource forks are lost.

>You must get _one_ more essential piece that isn't shipped with the Mac;
>it might be any of:

>    1) A full-featured comm program.

This will help a little, but how would it help with .hqx files?  Of
course, you could use Mcvert on Unix and then a program such as Zterm,
etc. to download in MacBinary.

>    2) Compact Pro or Stuffit (for BinHex).

Yep, either of these (or both) will be very useful...  They can
convert binhex files, as well as expanding the archive files...

>    3) Mac2Macbin Apple File Exchange filter  (AFE itself comes with Mac)

This is 'overkill' if you get Stuffit Lite 3.0.x.

>    4) BinHex 4.0 or MacBinary.

Either app in #2 will do BinHex, & any Mac terminal (comm) program
should include MacBinary file transfers automatically.

>    5) (?? AccessPC ?? I don't know if this works; just hearsay.)

I don't think so...  But maybe.....

	-=Alan
From: brennan@HAL.HAHNEMANN.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Resetting the (print) Chooser options.
Date: 8 Oct 92 12:55:26 GMT


      A bit ago, I asked if anyone knew of something that would
   reset the Chooser's print options after a certain amount of 
   time.  Unfortunately, I asked two (or more) questions in the
   same message and this one wasn't really answered or understood.

      The problem is that User A *knows* his resume needs to be
   formatted for the laser printer and sets the Chooser to the
   LaserWriter.  User A finishs, heads to the laser station, prints
   and feels like he's accomplished something.  :^)

      User B sits down, types in a quick letter to Mom.  Prints - 
   but isn't connected to a laser printer.  After that little bit of
   confusion, we reset to ImageWriter.  Prints - and Mom would not 
   be proud.  Letter home is as ugly as sin.

      Ideally - something that would permit conversion between the
   two printer formats *seamlessly* - so that the unknowning user isn't
   stung by the forgetful user.  Or, a background timer that resets the
   options when the machine has been inactive for a certain amount of 
   time.  Or, any other suggestion that would solve the above problem ...

      Sure - teaching the user is the BEST method, but the user is often
   stung once or twice before the lesson is learned.

      andrew.  (brennan@hal.hahnemann.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: CDROM problem
From: bobjen@darwin.ntu.edu.au (Bob Jenner)
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:50:02 +0900
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Distribution: world
Organization: NTU

In article <612@wavefront.wti.com>, matthew@wavefront.wti.com (Matthew
Coohill) wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Sorry for the previous post(s).  This one will only go to this group
>   as to save anyone any unneccessary pain.
> 
> 	I would like to use my new SGI CDROM drive on my Mac IIsi running
>   System 7.0.1.  I've heard tell that you need a "Foreign File Access" file,
>   a "CD ROM Driver" and/or a "CD Remote INIT".  Is this true?  How do I get
>   them?  Is it possible for someone to BINHEX them and then uuencode them
>   and mail them to me???
> 
> 	matthew@penguin.wti.com
> 
> 	Thanks!
> 
>   Matt Coohill (green-horn)

You will find a disk image on ftp.apple.com in the system directory.
Cheers
Bob Jenner
Northern Territory University
Darwin, Australia
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bernardi@pql840.bwi.wec.com (Dave Bernardi)
Subject: Thanks: Another stooge trying to decode.....
Organization: Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, Baltimore, MD
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 12:59:00 GMT

Thanks to everybody that helped me out with this problem.  I was just being
stupid and didn't realize that it was a multi-step process to make these files
usable.  1st make the into a binary.  2nd uncompress it.

Thanks again.

Dave Bernardi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: sgrenander@NASAMAIL.JPL.NASA.GOV (Sven U. Grenander)
Subject: Re: Another question about CheckFree
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:20:21 GMT

In article <91ay03MHa0Oy00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, jsp@uts.amdahl.com
(James Preston) wrote:
> 
> 
> I've just gotten the CheckFree software and I'm considering trying it out.
> One thing, however, that doesn't seem to be addressed in the documentation:
> For all the bills that I pay, they want you to return the bill stub along
> with your payment.  Obviously, if you use CheckFree, the merchant doesn't
> get that stub, even if CheckFree sends one of their laser drafts by mail.
> 
> Has anyone that uses CheckFree had a problem with this, like a merchant
> complaining about the lack of the stub?  A couple of the merchants that
> I will be paying (such as Cable TV and my condo homeowner dues) are
> certainly not on the electronic banking network and so will be receiving
> these laser drafts.  I'll probably end up calling them directly to ask,
> but I was just interested in also hearing other CheckFree user's response
> to this question.
> 
> --James Preston

Why CheckFree at all ?

I actually used CF for what must have been close to a year before
terminating the "service" after a hell-week of confusion (back in '90 I
think).

After the termination I had to conclude:

1 - The "service" did not save me any money.
2 - The contract provided protection for CF, none for me.
3 - When payments were lost I was the ping-pong ball in a game between CF
and the merchant (you think it is confusing to deal with a merchant to
straighten out a billing error ? Try doing it when you claim that someone
else was making the payment on your behalf, but you don't know when or
how).
4 - No way, my credit rating is too valuable.

Just my personal experiences.


-Sven
From: marcus@westminster.ac.uk (Marcus Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Lisp (Xlisp as an example) for the Mac
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:19:15 GMT
Organization: University of Westminster

In article <10520029@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes) writes:
>> orst.edu but that particular Lisp package has been archived as a "fit"
>> file (NOT a "sit" file).  I guess this is a predicessor to SIT files
>> or something.  I tried opening the "fit" file with Stuffit Classic
>> 
>
>Well, if "sit" means stuffit, does "fit" mean what I hpoe it doesn't mean?
>
>:-)
>
>ScottB

Fluffit you mean? ;-)

Marcus Harvey, University of Westminster IRS
JANET: marcus@uk.ac.westminster
INTERNET: marcus%westminster.ac.uk@ukacrl

                                                          ...Bubble Up!
From: erico@Apple.Com (Eric K. Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Help Me Install SIMMs!!
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:14:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <wen9GSm00WBKI4z4cD@andrew.cmu.edu>, wt00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Wen
Tai Tan) wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how to install 4 4meg SIMMs into a 5/80 ci? The May
> issue of MacWorld explains it somewhat but....I remember someone saying
> that they screwed up the banks (Bank A was actually bank B?). Could
> someone clarify this?
> 
> MacWorld also says that Bank A shares memory addresses with the built-in
> video RAM, thus SIMMs of 2MB or greater will slow down the built-in
> video.It this true? Does that mean I have to install my SIMMs in Bank B?
> I'm using the built-in video.
> 
> Thanks in advance.......
> 
> 
> -Wen
> -wt00@andrew.cmu.edu

Although either configuration will work, for better performance put the 4
4Mb SIMMs into bank B, and move the 4 1MB SIMMs to bank A.  

Have Fun

Eric
From: ch166@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Louis Moreau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi bus error
Date: 8 Oct 1992 16:25:49 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


 
>Tell us more about: your EXACT system configuration (sys7: tune-up
>installed? what extensions? what hardware? how much RAM? which HD
>driver?)and WHEN the errors occur. Have you ever done a virus check
>recently? Have you checked your HD recently?
 
It`s a IIsi with 5Mb and math co-processor. The HD driver is from Apple.
The bus error (#1) has occured with 6.0.7 and 7.0.1 with and without
 Tune-up 1.1.1. It also occured in 24 and 32 bits mode and with virtual 
memory on/off. It also happened without any init or cdev activated.
 No virus detected with disinfectant 2.9. The Hard drive is OK. It also
 happened without the co-processor and Nubus adapter.
There is no coherent pattern: it occur at random. I may do the same
 operation twice and get an error only once.
 
>for your sound problem: Does it occur regularly? Does it help if turn up
>the sound to full and then back again? Then it's a HW problem that you
>can fix yourself.
 
My only problem with sounds is that sometime, the sound level sets itself
to 3. When it happens, I use a Fkey to switch it higher. It`s just annoying.
But some users have more serious troubles.
 
The bus error is more disturbing...

--
From: balkwill@ncs.dnd.ca (Bob Balkwill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mobius 030 Upgrade for Mac SE - Good dea?
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:54:37 GMT
Organization: DND, Ottawa, CANADA

We have an old, very slow, Mac SE which should be either replaced or
upgraded.  I'm looking at an advertisement for a 'Mobius 030
Accelerator' which claims to increase the speed by six times.  I don't
doubt the CPU speedup but it seems to me that part of the current
machine's problem is a very slow hard disk.  I also don't know what
compatibility problems may exist with the Mobius product.

I'd appreciate it if anyone having experience with this accelerator,
or others, could point out any pros and cons.  E-mail or posts would
be fine. Thanks.

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From: wwalker@qualcomm.com (Bill Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi bus error
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:38:02 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.

In article <1b0felINN9j8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ch166@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Louis Moreau) wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm getting a lot of errors #1 on my IIsi (under both 32 and
>  24 bits mode and both system 7 and 6). I`m used to bombs and
>  errors but what really worry me is that error  #1 is a BUS error.
>  Sounds like a hardware error, no ?
> My questions are:
>  
> - Is it really a hardware problem or a software one ? Should I 
> send my mac back to my very friendly (!) and competent (!!!)
>  authorized mac dealer ?
>  
> - Does it happen on other mac models ? (I`ve never seen it on a SE)
>  
> - Did it happen to someone else or am I cursed ???
>  
> I think the 's' in Mac II si stands for 'Strange' as in 
> Strangely dispearing sounds, Strangely self-rebooting, Strange
>  bus errors etc.   :)
>  
>                                     Louis
> -- 

Our computer support staff recently learned from Adobe that a corrupt font
file can frequently cause type 1 errors, and that font files can easily
become corrupted if they are copied many times.  Why this should be, I have
no idea.

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Bill Walker - WWalker@qualcomm.com - QUALCOMM, Inc., San Diego, CA
All opinions expressed are mine, and do not reflect those of my employer.
"First thing we do, we kill all the lawyers." - Shakespeare
From: hlsw_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Dave Hollinsworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Amiga AIFF sounds --> Mac sounds?
Date: 16 Oct 92 04:44:45 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

Does a program exist that would convert an Amiga AIFF sound into a Mac sound?
I've got "AmigaSndConvertor", but it says that it only handles IFF files, and
it said that the AIFF file was not an Amiga sound when I tried to open it.

Any other suggestions?

-- 
********  Dave Hollinsworth  *******  hlsw_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu  ********
*     "Dont dream it - be it." - theme from the Rocky Horror Picture Show     *
************  DISCLAIMER:  They're my opinions.  Are they yours?  *************
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:16:30 EDT
From: <SXL136@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: SEX SEX SEX

    Okay, now that I have your attention, let me ask the following question:
Is there any way that, on an SE, I can view color GIFS stripped of color, in
other words, is there a program that will somehow turn colors into B&W. I find
it extremely frustrating that I can't view color GIFS, and you think there
would be a way to circumvent the annoying pattern of computers, that is, the
trend toward ever faster,better machines and forgetting about us dinosaurs.:-)
 C'est la vie...
    -Sean LeBlanc
      -Man is the poet who kills, woman the angel who eats.

         -Greg Bear, Queen of Angels
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From: IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Jon Carr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: FTP site for QuickTime
Date: 12 Oct 92 20:19:47 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

Does anyone know of a really good FTP site for QuickTime movies?

I've looked on sumex, umich, and rascal.utexas.  I found a few
things on sumex: A satalite plot of Huricane Andrew's path,
and the Zapruder film, but not much else.

Any input would be much appreciated.  Thanks.
From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Black Apples
Date: 9 Oct 92 19:57:21 GMT
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: tbiggs@sierra.com's message of 6 Oct 92 17:52:07 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.175207.11961@sierra.com> tbiggs@sierra.com (Todd Biggs) writes:

>I've got a Mac IIci running system 7.0.1 on a color Radius
>monitor with a very strange problem.  The Apple in the upper 
>left corner of the screen is black.  The machine is also crashing 
>a lot.  Are these two things related ?  I've tried
>reinstalling the system but that doesn't seem to fix it.
>Any ideas ?
>


Apart from the other (obvious) advice given, you may wish to check
your Radiusware version and notes.  SOme versions put the apple in
black in certain modes.  It's a bug, but a harmelss one.

Other Radius bugs areless harmless, but very situation-specific.

jas
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jennings@halcyon.com (James Jennings)
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flop
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 08:37:59 GMT

>It sounds like a great idea, but, uh, exactly how are you going to
>store
>all that audio?  How many megabytes would a one-hour lecture fill?

Last winter i saw an article in the paper that said a small company in
California had applied for a patent on a solid state "data card" that
will cost $25 each and hold a gigabyte. If memory serves, its also
called the "Gershon Device" for lack of a better name. The article also
said that Apple and AT&T are providing capital to bring this thing to
market. 

Of course there is a big difference between a patent and a product, but
if this pans out, it will turn the PDA from an expensive and clumsy toy
into a useful, multimedia note taker. 

If, if, if. It's easy to be cynical and dismiss stories like this. 

I can hope, can't I?

James
From: cew6@po.CWRU.Edu (Carlin E. Wiegner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: HELP! Problem with TI microlaser...
Date: 11 Oct 1992 13:43:20 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu



I have a Macintosh Classic and a TI microLaser and for some
reason the mac says "looking for laserwriter...." HELP!
 
Background: I sent the printer in to get some things changed
(It has the appletalk card)and since its return it hasn't
printed anything because the computer doesn't recoginize it.
I got a PS (Postscript upgrade) and I was wondering if that
means I need a new ver9ion of the laserwriter dbiver. Could
you please email all rep,ies.... Thanks a ton....
CW
From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flop
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 20:42:54 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:

JP> It sounds like a great idea, but, uh, exactly how are you 
JP> going to store all that audio? How many megabytes would a 
JP> one-hour lecture fill? Ok, so you've got a PDA with a 500MB 
JP> hard drive in it. Now the whole thing is filled up with one 
JP> lecture. Do the PDA hard drives just slide in and out, like 
JP> floppies? How expensive are these removable 500MB drives? 
JP> How many of them do you want to buy to record all the lectures 
JP> you attend? 

Nononono, you miss the point.  You're going to come home and plug that $19.95
half-credit-card sized 500MB flash RAM card into your desktop PowerPC (~$995 w
monitor) and have it crunch on the lecture, doing voice recognition and
putting it all into text.  Then, after you've finished grabbing a sandwich,
you're going to sit down to it all and try to make sense of it.  :-)

--Adam--
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Masud Cader <mcader@worldbank.org>
Subject: Daystar and SE/30
X-Xxdate: Tue, 13 Oct 92 20:35:54 GMT
Organization: The World Bank
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d10
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:30:46 GMT

Could someone please tell me about their experience with the SE/30 Dystar
card.  If I buy into it, I would use the extra slot for (Passthru slot)
for a Radius color pivot monitor.  

I am especially interested in specifications, speed experiences, and
compatibility.  I read the reports at sumex already, and they do not let
me know enough about the final shipping Daystar card.  

Example, if I disable the init does my Mac SE/30 revert to its factory
processor?  If I do not buy a math co-processor, will my software which
requires a co-processor still work at the higher CPU clock speed, or do I
have to disable the card?  In light of the IIci price drop does it still
make sense to upgrade with a Daystar (How is the 33 MHz upgrade...similar
to a Performa 600? Is the 40 MHz similar to the IIfx, and finally is the
50MHz similar to a Quadra 700?). Note:  Similarity is defined in terms of
performance. Comments are requested.

---Masud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Patrick Parker <pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu> 
Subject: Re: NOW Utilities 4.0 instability
Reply-To: pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:21:06 GMT

In article <2AD23A0F.26190@news.service.uci.edu> eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu
(Andrew Theodore Laurence) writes:
>I hooked up to America OnLine the other day, and NOW had posted a 
>message in their "area" saying, essentially, that "NOW has curtailed
>all development efforts until the above problems are dealt with." A
>list preceded the above, but it was far too lengthly for one who hasn't
>upgraded yet to remember. :-)


I would be interested in seeing what these instabilities are.. because I am
having considerable problems now since I've upgraded.  Whenever I launch a
program, my hard drive will sit and read for a good 15-45 seconds before the
program even begins to start.  I'm also experiencing a similar lag when I start
up, where the desktop is about to appear and instead, I get a 15-45 second hard
drive read, my FX was dying.  Now.. take this and multiply it by the number of
times you start a program through the day.. and you'll soon find yourself going
back to NOW 3.0 as I've done.

Other than this problem, the only other hangups I've found is SuperBoomerang
randomly seems to disable itself in Word 5.0a and WYSIWYG seems to be adding
cryptic fonts in it's control panel listing, most obviously not even fonts.

Patrick Parker
-pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: mmh2941@rigel.tamu.edu (Mary Haskett)
Subject: Sys 6.07 & 7.01 on same network
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:01:00 GMT

Hey there,
I manage a small mac network in a lab environment. All the machines
are on system 7.01 but I need to re-install 6.07 on one of the machines
because of a software limitation. Any tips on doing this and having
the printer work smoothly? I know I need the 7.01 printer drivers on
all machines, is there anything else I should know? Thanks.

Mary Haskett
Texas A&M University
E-mail at MMH2941@RIGEL.TAMU.EDU
From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Coprocessor emulation for Powerbook 145?
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:21:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: nwnexus.1992Oct16.232148.2866
Distribution: usa
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service

In article <1992Oct16.201517.16675@src.umd.edu> ddev@src.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes:
>Are there any extensions out there which can fool the powerbooks into thinking
>they have a math coprocessor?  Thanks for any pointers.

Yes, there's one called "Software FPU."  It's at the usual archive
sites.  Beware, however: on my accelerated LCII (68030 @ 50mhz) the
software FPU runs at .03 times the speed of a 16mhz 68881 FPU (according to
Speedometer).

--
Steve Kanefsky