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From: jwa@vipunen.hut.fi (Jyrki J Wahlstedt)
Subject: Re: Misc questions...
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: 1 Sep 92 20:54:52

In article <0105011F.brjskb@dragon.enigami.mv.com> cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf) writes:

>>2. Is there a utility which would permit me to run X-Windows on my
>>   Mac IIci? I am connected to a SGI Indigo at 9600 bauds (direct
>>   connect modem).
>Two: MacX by Apple, and eXodus by White Pine Software.  I have never
>used either, so I can't comment on them.

  I have used MacX in DEC PathWorks environment and it works quite
  well. It takes a lot of memory, however, you might need 2 MB
  reservation.

>>3. My boss, Professor Legendre, is undertaking a book on bio-stats.
>>   He would like to know which is the better DTP to use: PageMaker,
>>   FrameMaker or Nisus. His book will be about 400 pages and it
>>   will contain many mathematical expressions. He knows that in
>>   FrameMaker there is an equation editor.

>Nisus is not a page layout package, it is a word processor (a powerful
>one, but a word processor, none the less).  PageMaker is a Page Layout
>package.  I think Frame is too, but I have never used it either. 
>For writing text, I would recommend a word processor.  Yes, page layout
>packages can write text, but then again, so can draw packages.  I
>would not recomend either one for serious writing though.

>There are also mathematical expression packages for creating expressions.
>If your boss is into serious math writing, he probably should at least
>look into these things.

  For that purpose I'd say: FrameMaker. It takes some time to learn,
  but it has a host of good features, you can even us it as a word
  processor (waste!), it has spelling checker, automatic numbering
  (multi-level) etc. Have a look!

>>6. About laser printers now... should we go for another LaserWriter
>>   II NT or go for HP, Texas or any other brand? The volume of
>>   paper printed is not that important... as long as the printer is
>>   ps compatible. By the way.. could you tell me what is the
>>   difference between ps and eps?

>Personally, I would go with one of the RISC based printers.  Much
>faster, usually at a lower price.  If you are not planning to print
>a lot of pages, you might also look into the deskwriter and stylewriter.

>Postscript is probably a desirable feature, as most of the publishing
>peoples want postscript (so proofing to a postscript device is a better
>idea than a non-PS).

  Know LaserWriter NTR? It is the new, small, RISC-based printer from
  Apple. If you print pictures, IIf and IIg could be alternatives also.
  Otherwise, HP produces high quality printers with their Resolution
  Enhancement Technology. QMS has a good assortment, too.

  PS files are self-contained documents, that you can e.g. dump to
  a printer. EPS stands for Encapsulated PostScript. These documents
  are meant to be used in other documents, they may not contain any
  printing commands (e.g. showpage), if I remember right.
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From: steele@vlsi.caltech.edu (Craig Steele)
Subject: Re: Helix Tracker - The Authors Please
Reply-To: steele@vlsi.caltech.edu (Craig Steele)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:30:33 GMT

 > I'm looking for the authors of Helix Tracker - I understand this is
>  a company called Helix Technology.   Are these the same people who
 > produce Double Helix?

Probably.   That sounds like one of their database demos.  The company 
has recently reorganized and has just announced a successor program
to Double Helix:  Helix Express.

Phones: (800)364-HELIX, ext. 234, (708)205-1669, ext. 234,
FAX (708)291-7091.  Helix Technologies, 4100 Commercial Ave.,
Northbrook, IL 60062.

Craig Steele, steele@vlsi.caltech.edu
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From: bowman@reed.edu (Eric Bowman (bobo))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Reference Manager, similar software info request
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:20:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Sep2.182017.8078
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

Could someone tell me who to contact for info/demo of Reference Manager?
Has anyone used it?  Is there better bibliographic management software?

Thanks,
bobo
bowman@reed.edu
From: chandler@wc.novell.com (Mark Chandler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Backup Program Wanted
Date: 31 Aug 92 22:58:40 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc. - Walnut Creek

After a potentially dangerous episode over the weekend, I'm looking for
a new backup program.

I currently use DiskFit 2.0, but find its "restore" features lacking.
I want to be able to specify which files to restore (not ALL of them)
and have the option to overwrite the existing ones.  Finder-readable
files are nice, but I'll trade that for more flexibility.

Any recommendations are appreciated.  I'll post a summary if there's
enough interest/responses.


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chandler@wc.novell.com      Walnut Creek, CA      510/938-2562 FAX
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     The opinions expressed above are mine, not my employer's.
From: cullum@lclark.edu (Mike Cullum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Timbuktu in classroom
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:43:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Aug27.214359.3692
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

Greetings,

I am exploring the possiblity of using Timbuktu as a classroom teaching
tool.  The lab has 25 Mac //si, 9MB RAM/80MB HD.  All are on ethernet.  What
we would like to do is use Timbuktu to display for the entire class what
the instructor has on his screen.  We would also like to give the instructor
the ability to view/control/display for all any screen in the room.  Ideally
the instructor would like to selectively disable any or all keyboards and 
mice in the room, but won't ask for software miracles. ;^)

Has anyone had experience using Timbuktu in this manner?  Are there other
ways to accomplish this that are better?  Hardware?  Software?

I would be happy to post a summary if I can get replys by mail.

Thanks,

Mike Cullum
Academic Technologies
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon

Internet:  cullum@lclark.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
Subject: Re: CPUseless???
Reply-To: aland@cs.brandeis.edu
Organization: As little as possible
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:16:17 GMT

Robert.H.Gross@dartmouth.edu (Robert H. Gross) writes:

>In article <1992Aug20.054101.17922@morrow.stanford.edu>
>HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky) writes:

>> The clock disappears in Excel 4.0 and Word 5.0, among others. Those
>> applications are my bread and butter. I can't see the clock now,
>> either, in my terminal program.

>I just went back and checked Word 5 and Excel 3 (I don't have 4.0) and
>they work fine (e.g. the clock is visible). I admit that I don't use
>the dialog or menu keys, but the parts that I DO use seem to work fine.
>I wonder if we have some kind of INIT conflict here?

No, the problem is that if an application puts so many menus on the
bar that there is no more room, the clock goes away rather than
overwriting the app's menu bar.  SuperClock does the same thing.  It's
a feature, not a bug. ;)

Unless, of course, that Microsoft (We're big, we're bad, we write code
for ourselves, forget everyone else) products are notorious for being
incompatible with Apple's guidelines.

What I did was get MICN (Menu Icons) from Sumex and use it to
'shorten' menu names to an icon.  It's great!

	-=Alan
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From: robinson@EE.Stanford.EDU (Heyward G. Robinson)
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers??
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 16:47:42 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.124637.19533@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> sticklen@cps.msu.edu writes:
>
>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---

You can purchase ThougthPattern from Mac's Place.  Their number is
800-367-4222.  You can also buy it directly from Bananafish Software.
Their number is 415-929-8135.

-Heyward Robinson
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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Autodoubler kills desktop?
Date: 30 Aug 92 14:06:13 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Aug28.020754.21623@oswego.Oswego.EDU>, braun@Oswego.EDU (Stephen F. Braun) writes...
>I have also installed Autodoubler and found that it interfears with
>my DiskExpressII.  No bombs either, but DEII gives me a directory error.

 I run AutoDoubler and DiskExpress II together with zero problems. I have
 v1.0.7 of AD, and v2.11 of DE II. Perhaps your copies are older? Have you run
 Disk First Aid on your drive? There may be other problems unrelated to AD or
 DE.

Richard C. Long			long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
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From: sears@cello.hpl.hp.com (Bart Sears)
Subject: Re: JPEG decompressor? (Summary)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:00:04 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories


A bit more info on JPEG viewers/converters for the Mac.  All of the
comments are with respect to viewing JPEG (or other 24 bit images) on
an 8 bit screen.

After doing some detailed comparisons between ppmquant and the JPEG
Group release 3 code, I now feel that the JPEG group release 3 code
does the "best" job of color quantization that I have seen to date.
There are only two drawbacks.  First, there is not a "good" mac
application which uses this code.  Imagery/JPEG v0.6 for the mac uses
the release 2 code which does a very poor job of color quantization.
However, the newest version of Imagery is expected soon and it will use
the release 3 code.  The second problem is that this code is fairly
slow, it took about 3 minutes to decompress a 600x800 jpeg, quantize,
and write it out as a gif file on a SE/30.

I am not very happy with JPEGview v1.1 for the Mac.  It uses QuickTime
to decompress JPEG files.  It does this fairly quickly (35 seconds for
the same 600x800 image).  However, it makes no attempt to pick a good
color palette, it just uses the current palette.  This can lead to
some fairly poor images.

I had not tried GifConverter 3.2b1 as it was advertised to also use
QuickTime for the decompression.  However someone said that it did a
fairly good job.  When I tried it out, I found that like JPEGview, it
does use QuickTime for the decompression, however, unlike JPEGview, it
tries to pick a "good" palette for the current image.  This make all
the difference in the world.  While these images are not quite as good
as using the JPEG Group release 3 code, they are pretty good.  And
best of all, it only took 45 seconds to decompress, quantize and
display the image (10 seconds more than JPEGview and 1/4 the time of
the JPEG Group release 3 code).  Note that this is a shareware program
($45) while I believe that all of the other programs I have mentioned
are freeware/postcardware.  Also note that this is a beta release (and
is known to have bugs), although the author promised a beta 2 release
which should fix the worst bugs.

To summarize:

For the absolute best JPEG images on a 8bit screen, the JPEG Group
release 3 code does the best job.  The source is available if you want
to compile it yourself and it is expected that there will soon be a
release of Imagery which will provide a nice front end for the mac.

To view a jpeg file in a reasonably short amount of time, use
GifConverter.  However it is shareware and it is currently buggy, but
expect a stable release in the near future.

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.

							Bart
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From: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Archive search and listing program...
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:22:42 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Does anyone know of a program that works more or less like the Finder's Find 
File, but will search into either Compact Pro or Stuffit 3.0 (Lite) archives?

I am in search of such a program both for finding missing files and for listing
all of my current files easily.  Preferrably, it would allow name, date, and 
file type search parameters.  If it could show the folder organization inside
archives, that would be great.

Also, does anyone know of a utility that will convert all Compact Pro archives
on a volume to Stuffit Lite archives?

Thanks in advance,

Jess Holle
From: ra_novy@DAL.MOBIL.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 add-ins
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:46:01 GMT

Richard C. Long writes
>
> I dislike the way add-ins are handled in Excel 4.0. The add-ins Manager
> stores the full path of an add-in module, and complains if there is a
> single quote (') or a bang (!) in the path. Well, of course my disk is
> called "Rich's Disk" and Excel didn't like that.

This prompts me to comment on an experience I had with add-ins in Excel 3.0.
When I installed 3.0, my hard disk was named Novy's HD.  I had to remove the
quote later because an auto-HD backup app that we use didn't like quotes. 
Well, this caused a problem when I started using the Solver add-in later!  It
seems that Excel kept the HD's old name, so it couldn't find the Solver add-in
file, which sits somewhere within the System Folder.  I was fortunate to
remember the HD name change and suspect that it was the source of the trouble. 
Re-installing the add-ins solved the problem.

I really like Excel, but I have one more gripe.  I started writing macros a
couple of weeks ago, and I think the documentation is short on detail of how to
do it (to put it kindly).  One thing that confuses me to this day is when a
variable is a reference and when it is simply text.  I'll catch on to it
sometime.

Bob Novy
ra_novy@dal.mobil.com
Dallas, TX

No profundity today.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: derek@netcom.com (Derek LeLash)
Subject: Re: Please wake up?!
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 07:09:45 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Aug26.235431.8867@riacs.edu> owen@olympus.arc.nasa.gov..arc.nasa.gov (Owen S. Nishioka) writes:
>In article <1992Aug26.205412.4556@hou.amoco.com> tachaimov@hou.amoco.com (Tom Chaimov) writes:
>>
>>When After Dark goes to sleep, I get the
>>"Please wake up!" message scrolling
>>across the menu bar region of my monitor.
>>Great, except that there's no pop-up
>>notice anywhere, I'm not running any
>>applications, and I'm wide awake.
>>
>I thought this was the message you would get when yur mac was sleeping,
>ie. screen saver on, and the alram clock (or timer w/SuperClock) went
>off.  Is it possible that you set the timer/alarm clock, forgot about
>it, and it has been going off since?
>
If there is a printer icon next to the message, it means the printer needs
attention (it's out of paper, or whatever).  I guess this is After Dark's
way of displaying stuff from the notification manager...?  (no flames from
propheads if I'm wrong, please :-)

Derek
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From: egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Word 5.00 bug (?)
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:09:09 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <Btp1y8.DFA@world.std.com> jtk@world.std.com (Joseph T Kelley) writes:
=>Remember that Word is not completely Wysiwyg in Page layout view.  If you have 
=>hidden text that shows on the screen (you can use Preferences to totally hide
=>hidden text) it shows in layout but not in Print Preview.  Also, if you have
=>line numbers, they are visible in Print Preview and the paper output-only.  
=>Hope this helps.

Nor in Print Preview - I often seem to have text that runs into the margin
when seen in PP, but prints fine.



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From: WHITESR@APPSTATE.EDU (Steve White)
Subject: FAQ is STILL wrong re MAXIMA!
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:10:31 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

The following is found in the FAQ for this group.

     II.   The Question of the Year:
             Why is my system using so much memory?
    * * *
    If you're staying with System 6, Maxima from Connectix ($45
      street) will let you use the extra memory as a RAM disk.
    * * *

This is still WRONG. I wrote the author of the FAQ months ago and
explained the error, and I posted to the group re the error after
that. Why has this not been corrected, especially since it is
"question of the year"?

I know Maxima. It is a friend of mine. And, Maxima can do more than
make extra memory available as a RAM disk!! Right now I have 14,336K
available as full application memory under System 6.07 -- thanks to
Maxima and an understanding wife who consented to buying more
simms!! Also thx to Maxima, I ALSO have 3052K available as a RAM
disk! What a great product!!!!

Please correct the FAQ.

Steve
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From: Paul.Conaway@p22.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Paul Conaway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: RE: ZTerm 0.9 and Quadra 950 problem
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 21:18:50 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.22 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

To: ednstras@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Michael Strasser)
   
MIchael Strasser writes in a message to All on 24 Aug 92

 
 MS> From: ednstras@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Michael Strasser) Newsgroups: 
 MS> comp.sys.mac.apps Organization: ITC, Griffith University, Brisbane, 
 MS> Australia 
 MS> We have a new Quadra 950. I tried to use ZTerm 0.9 on it but 
 MS> any attempted ZModem downloads failed with this message: 
 MS> ### Receive (Z) test.txt: Error: -120 in WriteData 
 MS> I have seen ZTerm work well on an fx. 
 MS> Has anyone else seen this problem with Quadras and ZTerm? Is 
 MS> there a fix? I would like to use this program: it seems very 
 MS> good in other ways. 
 MS> -- Mike Strasser Internet: M.Strasser@edn.gu.edu.au. Education 
 MS> Division Fidonet: 3:640/308.2@fidonet Griffith University Brisbane, 
 MS> Australia 
 
Mike, I have an Si and I had few problems after I deleted the folder that my
downloads were going to and I'm pretty sure that this is what to me. To fix it
I recreated the folder again. My suggestion would be to create a download
folder and then use zterm to make that folder the folder your files download
to. I hope this isn't too vague. 

Paul


 
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From: WHITESR@APPSTATE.EDU (Steve White)
Subject: Reopening multiple files:Utility wanted
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:11:37 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

Under sys 6.x, I am searching for a utility that, with one command,
takes a snapshot of all currently open applications and documents so
that at a subsequent computer session all of those applications and
documents can be relaunched/reopened with one command.

I tried the Tiles demo several months ago, but I found it to be a 
memory hog, and I had trouble getting it to work with some Excel
files.

I can accomplish the desired result with QuicKeys, but it
appears that I MUST select EACH application and document one at a time
for inclusion in one of its macros. I would like the utility do
this labor by giving it one command that tells it to take the snapshot.

Also, it would be great if the snapshot were editable so that I could
add or delete items in it.

Any suggestions for a sys 6.x utility?

Any suggestions for a sys 7.x utility? Maybe this is the reason that
I need to reformat my hard drive and jump to 7.x?

Steve
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From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Pro-Cite info?
Date: 4 Sep 92 08:30:58 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

bowman@reed.edu (Eric Bowman (bobo)) writes:

>In our never-ending search for the best bibliographic software, Pro-Cite has
>been mentioned.

>Anyone have a phone number for them?

313-996-1580.  You can also send mail to them on AppleLink (D0017), AOL
(PBSINC) or internet (AOL and AppleLink can both receive internet mail,
and they have a quickmail-smtp bridge).

>Anyone have anything good or bad to say about Pro-Cite?

I used to work for PBS (on Pro-Search). That being said, I would suggest
you get the "Trial Size" disk and take a close look to see how it will
meet your own needs.

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