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From: Rick.Igou@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Rick Igou)
Subject: Re: Random Start Up Screens
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 05:55:38 GMT

In article <yjc-300992140651@b61539.student.cwru.edu> yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome Chan) writes:
>  How can I randomise my startup screens? Is there a utility to do this?
>
>---
> The Evil Tofu

Yes.

Get Randomizer, by Jon Pugh.

It's at ftp.apple.com.

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From: din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Permanent ink cartridges for Stylewriter?
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:35:23 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Is there a place where I could get permanent ink cartridges for my
Stylewriter?
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From: jseboldt@pnet51.orb.mn.org (John Seboldt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: just switched to sys. 7 slow?? and macromaker??
Date: 3 Oct 92 02:25:01 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.

kriss@mcl.ucsb.edu (Kriss Boyce) writes:
>bw like macro maker, since my version will not run on system 7....maybe 
>there is a newer version? i could not find it at ftp.apple.com......
>thanks!
>kriss@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu


According to a tidbit I read in MacUser sometime ago, you CAN run Macro Maker
under system 7 -- if you put it in the right place within the system folder. 
I THINK it said you have to put it in the system folder, NOT in one of the
subfolders that System 7 creates.  To do that, you have to open the system
folder and drag it into the main level of the system, because if you drag it
to the unopened folder it gets automatically placed in the extensions folder,
or something.  Anyway, experiment along those lines to see if it works that
way.  (Real definite answer, huh? :-)  )

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From: din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: What comes with the Quicktime Starter Kit?
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:19:24 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Before I shell out my hard-earned money for the Quicktime Starter Kit,
I'd like to know what exactly is in it.  Could you give me an idea
of what programs I'll get and their version numbers?  Thanks!
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From: tsirbasc@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Tsirbas Christos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Poll on Educational Discount
Date: 26 Sep 92 17:03:10 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

I had no problems with getting my IIsi.  I put it on order while waiting
for my student loan, and when I went I called in to pick up my order, it
was there within 3 hours.  However, a friend who ordered a Classic had
to wait three weeks.  There is no standard delay.  It all depends on the
availability of the equipment and the goodwill of the people one is dealing withMy experience has been to call often an whine and kvetch until they give you
what you ordered just to get rid of you

Chris in Montreal
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: nicktrou@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Nikos Troullinos)
Subject: Resizing Word 5 Help window
Keywords: help window word5
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 00:36:05 EDT

Hello,

Does anyone know how to resize the help window in Word 5. I have a 19" screen
and everytime I scroll it I want to scream.

Thanks

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17111 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:13124 comp.sys.amiga:282
From: dac@dacami.cmhnet.org (David Culberson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Was the A4000 announced? 
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.16b 5/26/92 by Mikes Schwartz & Smith
Date: 27 Sep 92 00:34:30 EST
Organization: Culberson Plaza.  (One Marconi Place, Inc.)

In article <1992Sep26.020305.17130@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
>In article <1992Sep25.100936.28224@cs.ruu.nl> ajlmvoer@cs.ruu.nl (Tonio Voerman) writes:
>>>Here are the prices for the new Performa line from Apple (summarized from
>>>"Apple launches its Performa line", "InfoWorld", September 14, 1992, p. 31)
>>>and the Amiga specs and prices for comparison:

>  Are they officialy out yet ? When they are out then price them.

  Yes, there was a local store selling them for the prices he posted.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: m16547@mwunix.mitre.org (Arthur Gorski)
Subject: Re: Function Keys. Are they programmable?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:28:37 GMT

jltaylor@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Taylor) writes:

>Is there a good way to program the function keys on the Apple
>keyboard ??  It would be useful to have these definitions 
>available in whatever program happens to be running. Is this 
>possible?  Names of / pointers to shareware or commercial 
>programs would both be appreciated.  

QuicKeys by CE Software will do all of this and lots more.
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From: claudio@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Claudio S. Nascimento;E303)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac LC II - What is going on??
Date: 28 Sep 92 09:51:09 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London


Hi,

I have purchased a Mac LC II 4/40 a month ago, and have
experienced some strange problems. I would really appreciate if
somebody could throw some light on these..

These problems happen with and without extensions/cdev/inits
loaded (I have pressed the shift key to disable them). They
also happen whether the monitor (a 12" color) is in b&w or
color mode.

I also have been unable to repeat them consistently (i.e. they
happen at no specific way, I mean, they may happen any
time, whether I have just turned the machine on or have been
using it for hours).

I must say that it does not happen very often, but just enough
to get worried.

problems:

1) Quite often, I get the message "application unknown
unexpetdly quit. Error of type 1 has occurred".

What does it mean? How to solve it? (once I got the same
message but with a 90 instead of 1).

If I run the same application again, it usually run ok. This
problem happened with the shareware game Susan and with the
comercial game Mutant Beach (among other applications)

2) This problem really worries me. When using an application,
sometimes the screen freezes up. When i move the mouse, I can
see it (the mouse) on one portion of the screen and on the
other portion it just disappears. For example, it happened to
me yesterday, and at about half of the screen I could not see
the mouse.

When this happens, I have to restart the machine.

It happened to me using the game Mutant Beach and (gasp!!!!)
using Microsoft Word 4 (and I lost some typing on that).

What is going on?

Claudio
Organization: Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Thu,  1 Oct 1992 17:14:18 -0400 
From: John Hamilton Slye <jsbr+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: WARRANTY INFO NEEDED!


The automatons at our campus computer store keep telling me that opening
my IIsi will void the warranty. If this is true, why does Apple give us
specific instructions on how to install the adapter cards? I'm
interested in hard facts only (i.e. cite references please)

Help would be much appreciated...E-mail me directly please...

Thanks.




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From: bowler@athena.mit.edu (Bert Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: FTPmail from Sumex and UMichigan
Date: 30 Sep 1992 10:52:39 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

I know there are addresses where I can get files sent from both Sumex and
the UMich archives?  What are they?  (I remember that Sumex is at Rice,
while the UMich is some UMich address.)  I can't remember the exact address
for both.

Could some kind person please email me these addresses.

Thanks,
-bert smith

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
Subject: Re: Are power supplies the same?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:52:08 GMT

walton@gcnext.gac.peachnet.edu (Sam Walton) writes:
>CD-ROM or modem with external power know what I mean.

>Mine has the same pin voltages on the one at home as the ones at the office.
>The only difference is mine has 0.7 amps rated while the others are about
>twice that.

>My question: Is the amp rating on these supplies just that? A rating?
>Will I fry my new hard disk if I use these (bigger?) power supplies?

I MAY BE WRONG...	
  You MUST match pin voltages! The amp rating must meet at least the
minimum your drive will need. If a power supply has the correct pin
voltages and exceeds (or at least equals) the amp requirement then
you may use that other power supply...

Turn the flame up high if I am wrong here... it is a good question with
serious damage possible if incorrect...

Dale
still raw
parkyn@sfu.ca
From: tsirbasc@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Tsirbas Christos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Sys 7 and Sys 6 on a LAN: Which LaserWriter driver?
Date: 26 Sep 92 16:59:42 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Brian A. Levine writes:
_______________________

On a LAN with both System 7 and System 6 Macs, should all Macs have the
same version of the LaserWriter printer driver?  If so, what's the best
version to use?  (Just putting LaserWriter 7.1.1 on System 6 machines
doesn't seem to work.  Nothing prints, and I get error messages that the
file is damaged.)
 
Thanks,
 
--Brian
________________________

Brian,

The drivers will work with 6.0.7 and 6.0.8 only, earlier versions of system
6.0.x will cause conflicts, also make sure that all the 6.0.x machines are running the same version of the system software and the same version of the printer
driver, otherwise, you will have problems.  If all your 6.0.x based-machines
are running the 6.0.7  or 6.0.8 and driver 7.1.1, your conflicts should cease.

Chris Tsirbas
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bailey@argon.berkeley.edu (Jeff Bailey)
Subject: Re: Reading Mac Disks on a PC
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:34:59 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.213254.23338@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ayeon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex Yeon) writes:
>
>Hello,
>
>I am faced with a small challenge.  I need to be able to read 
>MAC HD disks on an IBM computer (also with a HD drive).  With a
>disk sector, I was able to see individual sectors on the MAC
>disk from the IBM.  I need to know if there are any 
>freeware/shareware/commercial software only solutions that
>will allow me to read and transfer MAC files from the disk to
>the PC.  Something like Apple File Exchange in the MAC (sorry,
>I don't have access to a MAC right now).  The files will be mostly
>text and compressed binaries.  If you have any suggestions,
>please email to ayeon@nyx.cs.du.edu and/or post here.  Thanks
> 
Solution:  ftp to uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu (128.171.44.7) and get the file
/pub/ibmpc/dskutl/mac-dos.zip
This should do the trick.
-Jeff
From: smt1179@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Tom Thatcher)
Subject: Re: My Grouch doesn't work!! HELP!
Reply-To: smt1179@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 13:39:37 GMT

In article <48092@shamash.cdc.com>, larimer@zeus.cdc.com (Mark D. Larimer) writes:
>In article <1992Sep29.194928.2743@dvorak.amd.com> Faisal M. Bhamani, 
>faisal@dvorak.amd.com writes:
>>
>>I have a Powerbook 145 and can not get the Grouch to work.  I
>>put it in the system folder and it automatically put it in the
>>appropriate folder.  When I restart and empty the trash, nothing.
>>What's the deal?  Does it have to have color? 
>
>The last I heard, the Grouch doesn't work on any System 7 machine.
>Sorry...
>
>Mark D. Larimer
>(Control Data Systems, Inc.) && (University of Minnesota)
>Internet: larimer@zeus.cdc.com
>
>Go Meanies (3-1) !!


Grouch version 2.5b1 works fine on system 7 machines.
It is available at sumex-aim.stanford.edu


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From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: No, I'm not doing the Mac FTP list anymore.
Date: 3 Oct 92 14:15:32 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

> 
> P.S.:
> I must admit that another reason is simply lack of motivation.  I am SICK
> of Apple Computer's shoddy equipment crapping out every year.  I can't
> maintain the list if the computer blows up annually, leaving me without a
> computer for 3 months of the year.  I am going to shop around for an Amiga
> or and IBM compatible before I spend twice as much on an inferior, sloppily
> manufactured Apple.
> --
> --mg                                                      mgleason@cse.unl.edu


        How old is your equipment?  I haven't seen those sorts of problems 
since the Mac SE and ImageWriter LQ.  If this is a real concern to you, DON'T 
get an Amiga.  Your problems will only get worse.  Also don't get any of the 
cheaper clones or even the new clone clones from companies like Compaq and 
Dell.  (Their older, pricier models are much better put together.)  What
Apple's shipping these days is as well built as anything else on the market and 
a lot better built than most PC clones.  (A few $20,000 models designed for 
mission-critical apps excepted.)

Elliotte Rusty Harold           Department of Mathematics
elharo@m.njit.edu               New Jersey Institute of Technology
erh0362@tesla.njit.edu          Newark, NJ 07102
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rankin@ms.uky.edu (David W. Rankin Jr.)
Subject: I will be doing it (was:No, I'm not doing the Mac FTP list anymore.)
Followup-To: rankin@ms.uky.edu
Summary: New maintainer for the Mac FTP list.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:45:26 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Mike Gleason and I have been discussing the Mac FTP list, and I have
agreed to take it over from him.  Right now, I am not sure when I will
be releasing the next version, since I am a sophomore undergrad who can
only put off homework so long ;), but I will be trying to put out a
revised list in the near future(read: a month or less time).

But I need your help. Please take a look at the old list and note any
out of date info, inacuracies, problems, etc., in addition to anything
about the list you don't like. Collect whatever you find and send it off
to me at rankin@ms.uky.edu (or one of the addresses below), and I'll see
if I can use your suggestions to make the list better. (I've also
redirected follow ups to myself, since I have real problems noting
relevent data among the many messages here. :)

I do think we all owe Mike thanks for the work he's done on the list
so far (you ought to see the code he wrote for it... :). I hope that
I can do as well of a job. :)

David W. Rankin, Jr.,  Mac Archiver for f.ms.uky.edu   Yorick on IRC
rankin@ms.uky.edu  rankin@ukma.BITNET rankin@ukma.UUCP uunet!ukma!rankin
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keep his commandments,/ for this is the whole duty of man."
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From: Glen.Stewart@f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Glen Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: RE: Re: Uncompress Z files
Date: 27 Sep 92 16:09:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.16542.2AC8E1DD
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI

I just discovered I hade MacCompress32 here too.






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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: wingo@apple.com (Tony Wingo)
Subject: Re: NOW Utilities 4.0 instability
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 19:57:19 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc

In article <7007@transfer.stratus.com>, mcote@sw.stratus.com (Mike Cote)
wrote:
> 
> 
> Yes, it is definitely very unstable.  Here's a list of the problems that I have
> found so far:
> 	1) Cannot launch a DA via an alias via the Apple Menu.
> 
> 	2) SuperBoomerang does not erase the "recently accessed files" menu
> 	   when told to do so.
> 
> 	3) SuperBoomerang crashes after using a single program for a while and 
> 	   opening a bunch of files (~20).  It drops into MacBugs with an
> 	   "overflow" error.
> 

4). SuperBoomerang traps into the debugger if you have dismounted a volume
that it knows about.

I'm glad someone else has noticed these.  I hadn't bothered calling NOW
about them because I'm running under 7.1 and I assumed that they hadn't had
a chance to test it in that environment.

-tony

>>usual disclaimer<<
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ayeon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex Yeon)
Subject: Reading Mac Disks on a PC
Summary: Reading Mac HD disks on a PC
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 21:32:54 GMT


Hello,

I am faced with a small challenge.  I need to be able to read 
MAC HD disks on an IBM computer (also with a HD drive).  With a
disk sector, I was able to see individual sectors on the MAC
disk from the IBM.  I need to know if there are any 
freeware/shareware/commercial software only solutions that
will allow me to read and transfer MAC files from the disk to
the PC.  Something like Apple File Exchange in the MAC (sorry,
I don't have access to a MAC right now).  The files will be mostly
text and compressed binaries.  If you have any suggestions,
please email to ayeon@nyx.cs.du.edu and/or post here.  Thanks

///Alex\\\
ayeon@nyx.cs.du.edu


 
From: rterry@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Ray Terry)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:55:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Help a neophyte with Binhex?
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc

>  I'm a unix sysadmin who has been delving into supporting our Macs for the
>  last 10 months. I need to know how to un-binhex a file I got off the net.
>  That is, assuming that the .hqx extension is what people put on the end of
>  their binhex'ed files....

You are correct that the .hqx suffix implies a binhex file.  Look for an 
un-binhexed :) copy of Binhex v4.0 (_not_ version 5.0) or the BinHqx DA.
After pulling the .hqx file down to your Mac you will then be able to 
complete the sex-change on the file.  That is one way, I believe there are
other ways, too...

Ray
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:17234 soc.culture.jewish:16771
From: chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Chaim R. Dworkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Hebrew Font for the Mac (with trop)
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:06:18 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <Bv5I57.5A5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dmmg1176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David M Marcovitz) writes:
>I am looking for a Hebrew font for the Mac.  I know that there is a

Look in israel.nysernet.org in the israel/fonts directory.  I doubt there
are any trops but there are some Hebrew fonts.




Chaim R. Dworkin
chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: mgleason@cse.unl.edu (Mike Gleason)
Subject: No, I'm not doing the Mac FTP list anymore.
Organization: NCEMRSoft
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:46:26 GMT

The subject says it all.  I just don't have the time anymore to keep the
mac.ftp.list current.  My advice for ftp'ers is to look on sumex-aim,
mac.archive, and ftp.apple.com.  If they don't have what you're looking
for, learn how to use the archie service.  If someone would like to
take over the list, please be my guest.

--mg

P.S.:
I must admit that another reason is simply lack of motivation.  I am SICK
of Apple Computer's shoddy equipment crapping out every year.  I can't
maintain the list if the computer blows up annually, leaving me without a
computer for 3 months of the year.  I am going to shop around for an Amiga
or and IBM compatible before I spend twice as much on an inferior, sloppily
manufactured Apple.
--
--mg                                                      mgleason@cse.unl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: David C. Doherty <doherty@msc.edu>
Subject: Old 800K drives. SCSI cables?
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6EE1CDC10010CAD@msc.edu>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 29 Sep 92 20:46:52 GMT
Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d10
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:51:43 GMT

I just had my SE upgraded to an SE/30 (don't delay!).
So now I have these 2 extra 800K drives.  Anyone
got any ideas?  Can I get cables which will allow these
to work as SCSI devices?  Cases?   Resale value?

Any thoughts are appreciated,

Dave Doherty