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From: pdelagar@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Ing. Pablo R. de la Garza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: At Ease and system protection
Date: 11 Dec 92 21:42:48 GMT
Organization: I.T.E.S.M. Campus Monterrey

Yesterday I installed At Ease in a LC II, and I was trying to find a way
to protect the hard disk from other users, but I couldn't find a way to
inhibit the floppy drive from booting, I created a disk with the minimun
system software and Voila!, I circunvented At Ease from loading.

Is there a way tell the system to first look at the hard drive for
booting or to put a password on the hard drive so users who load from
floppy cannot access it?

Pablo R. de la Garza
ITESM Campus Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
pdelagar@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: j3cheng@student.business.uwo.ca (Jonathan Cheng)
Subject: Re: .hqx files
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:23:58 GMT

cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu (David Alten) writes:

> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Would some kind person out in networld please tell me what to do once I
> >>download a .hqx file into my MAC harddrive?  How do I execute such a file,
> >>or do I need to encode it using something else?  I am downloading this from
> >>a UNIX based ftp site.  Any assistance you can give will be vastly apprecia
> 
> >All you have to do, is get a copy of BinHex version 4 or 5. And away you go.
> >
> >After BinHex has done it's stuff, it more than likely leaves you with a .sit
> >
> >Use StuffIt! to convert this file to Mac executables etc.
> >
> 
> OK, you get partial credit.  You need a program that will decode BinHex 4
> (not 5).  Compact Pro, StuffIt, and several other programs can do this. I
> recommend using StuffIt Expander 3.0, freeware, that will decode BinHex 4.0
> files and extract files stuffed with either AppleLink, Compact Pro, or StuffI
> 
> BinHex 5 is for the MacBinary format, usually denoted with a .bin extension.
> Such files should automatically be converted if you have a decent communicati
> program.  ZTerm!!!  ZTerm!!  ZTerm!!   :)

        I have a similar problem with hqx files.  The problem with all 
these solutions is:  what if I've downloaded the stuffit program, but the 
decoding program (stuffit) is itself encoded in hqx???  If I don't have a 
decoder already, how do I decode this decoding program?
        In other words, is there any shareware out there for decoding hqx 
which is available in unencoded form?  Or is there any encoded decoding 
programs that are self decoding/expanding?

        Sorry for the confusing message, but that's my state of mind 
right now.
        Thanks for your help.

Jon

j3cheng@student.business.uwo.ca (Jonathan Cheng)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Distribution: world
From: Joe_Nartowicz@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:26:59 EST
Subject: Re: MacX is that it?

Bill,

White Pine Software makes Exodus. It's first release wasn't very good (at
least for what we wanted when we compared it to MaxX) but they have put out a
few more releases since then and it's supposed to have gotten a lot better.

-- Joe
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From: ibe1109@draper.com (Ira Ekhaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: problem with mac mail to a unix box
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:38:45 GMT
Organization: Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA

hi,

At work I routinely get email (in MSword format) from people who use
Macs.  Unfortunately, I have a Unix workstation and the mail comes
through unreadable. 

The mail I get seems to be a variation of uuencode (a unix utility),
so I tried uuDECODE which does get me about half way towards a solution.

Has anyone encountered this, and do you have a solution?

thanks,

Ira
ekhaus@draper.com
Phone: 617 258 1109
Home : 617 484 6698
Draper Laboratories m.s. 7c
555 Technology Square
Cambridge , MA 
02139
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jack@sybil.jpl.nasa.gov (Jack Kobzeff)
Subject: Re: Mac 512K(!) Word Processor
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:17:45 GMT

In article <168BB1036D.ST32373@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU>, ST32373@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU
wrote:
> 
>   I know this is going WAY back, but do any of you know of a word processor 
> that does spell checking for the MAC 512K? Also grammar checking would be
> nice. I guess that's REALLY asking too much tho. If not, what is the WP that 
> combines these while asking the least of system resources? I have a 20Meg HD 
> also, so storage is not a problem. Thanx- Robert C. Bullock


Your best bet amoung current commercial software would be WriteNow. Great
prooduct. Nisus...eh...maybe...  Hmmm, Vantage is another possibility also
(if it's still around)....

Jack Kobzeff     (jack@jato.jpl.nasa.gov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: hhll@stein.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas)
Subject: Re: MacCenter vs MacConnection
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:50:57 GMT

drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick) writes:

>In <1992Dec15.054532.26952@u.washington.edu> hhll@stein.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas) writes:

>>Not only that, but MacCenter will not accept a credit card order unless
>>you provide your social security number, which is directly contrary to the
>>policies of both the MasterCard consortium and Citibank (my card issuer).

>Not to mention illegal.  The social security number is not to be
>used for any purpose other than Social Security Administration and
>Internal Revenue Service matters.

This isn't quite true. Only governmental agencies are forbidden from using
it. Merchants are not barred by law from asking for whatever ID they feel
like for non-cash transactions. It's scummy, and counter to bank card
policy, but not illegal.

 >David Dick
>Software Innovations 
>[the Software Moving Company; converting software to UNIX for over a decade]

Steven Hodas
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: tsandeson@mta.ca
Subject: .sit suffix sites for mac
Reply-To: tsandeson@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:06:55 GMT


   Hello:


  I seem to have run into a problem, There are anonymous FTP sites out there
for the mac that contain files such as......  bubba.sit.....now I know this
is a mac file but every time I download any file with just sit as the
suffix it will not open, it just kicks me off my retieval program. Why is 
this happening? any mac program with.....bubba.sit.hqx works O.K. but files
with just .sit screw up majorly........HELP HELP HELP


  Oh in return for your help I will tell you about a new graphics program
that you might not know about, it is called VISION3D. Best of all it is 
shareware......and I might add an EXCELLENT 3D Program via anonymous FTP.


   O.K.    Here's the FTP number for you,

129.128.16.96

  I think it is under graphics dir, but not sure...If you see architec dir, 
try under that.

O.k.  just found another site that has it also,

OOPS.......its in .bin,   which is another suffix that I have problems
downloading to the mac. Any help with these two suffix's would b great.

  TONY SANDESON
From: sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel S. Tai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Best use of RAM disk?
Date: 13 Dec 1992 07:57:35 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: planecrash.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Dec12.202128.14204@umiami.ir.miami.edu> f2ehg786@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>I'd like to start using a ram disk, a la Maxima, and I was wondering what other
>have found to be the most effective way to set it up as far as maximizing
>speed. I've got a IIsi, 17MB RAM, and the applications I use most often are
>Word 5.1 and Microphone II 4.0. My system folder itself is too large to
>effectively put on a RAM disk, but perhaps the system and finder only? Or how
>about Word, or MicroPhone? What is a good size to set my RAM disk to?
>
>I'm sure this has already been discussed a million times in various newsgroups
>and I apologize for boring you vets, but a few of us might be interested.
>
>Thanks for reading and responding.
>
>Bill Krauthammer
>f2ehg786@umiami.ir.miami.edu
>


It is possible to cram an entire System folder onto a Maxima RAM disk:
The System Folder on my 80 MB internal weighs in at 6.9 MB, and I've
managed to futz all of its capabilities onto a 6 MB Maxima RAM disk.
Aliases are the key...

1.  You don't have to copy the StartupScreen over, since a Maxima-
    equipped Mac first boots off the System Folder on the hard drive
    (so displaying the StartupScreen), and then switch-boots the RAM
    disk.

2.  Place aliases of items on the hard drive's Apple Menu Items into the
    RAM disk's Apple Menu Items.  Ditto for the Startup Items folder.

3.  Alias control panels that don't contain INIT code, and thus don't
    show up in the boot sequence.

4.  The majority of the space  on the RAM disk will be occupied by the
    System file.  I haven't tried this, but you might get more savings
    if you used Suitcase II or some other such ilk and moved all your
    fonts off to the hard drive.

5.  The rest will be taken up by INITs and preference files.  Not much
    you can do about these.

After all these measures, the System Folder on my RAM disk weighs in 
at 5.3 MB.  I try to keep at least 500 K slack space for the print spool.

For applications, I use a 4 MB AppDisk.  The nice thing about AppDisk is
that if you need more elbow room, you can immediately get it by quitting
AppDisk.  Also, you can resize it without rebooting.

This still leaves me 7 MB usable memory for applications and the System.
This is usually more than sufficient...

Hope this helps.

-- 
-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
Samuel S. Tai          | Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom.
sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu | Though it cost you all you have, get understanding.
                       |                                -- Proverbs 4:7 (NIV)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: Re: Aladdin Email Support?
Keywords: Stuffit, Aladdin
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 04:34:26 GMT

In article <1992Dec19.030520.19874@midway.uchicago.edu> amun@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>Has anyone out there communicated with Aladdin by email? 
>	
	You might want to check the address you used, the correct one is:
aladdin@well.sf.ca.us.

>That was Sunday. This is Friday. This makes me wonder how much
>support I can expect from them--after all, I'm trying to give them
>money and they aren't responding.
>
	Sorry for the delay, the person who handles the mail on the Well was
out this week with flu (as was most of our support department) and I would
bet that you will get a message on Monday/Tuesday when she gets back in.


-- 
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Leonard Rosenthol			Internet: 	leonardr@netcom.com
Director of Advanced Technology		AppleLink:	MACgician
Aladdin Systems, Inc.			GEnie:		MACgician

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,osu.mac
From: fseipel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Frank E Seipel)
Subject: Connecting Epson ActionWriter 4000 to Mac +
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 02:08:03 GMT

 I have an Actionwriter 4000.  I wish to connect it to a Macintosh.
The printer has a parallel port; I am aware that I can purchase something
called a Grappler to allow me to connect the parallel printer to my
Mac Plus's serial ports.  My question is whether the printer will behave
like an Imagewriter (underline, bold, print Macintosh fonts installed
in the System Folder).  In other words, what software, preferrably
public domain, can make the printer act like an Imagewriter?  I have
downloaded Chuck's printer drivers from seq.uncwil.edu, but I'm not
sure they will do the trick.  I can acquire a Grappler for $30, but want
to be sure it will be useful before I purchase it.  Thanks in advance
for any assistance.
 On another note, I have a Hewlett Packard 2603A.  This is a daisy wheel
printer I currently have hooked to my Mac's serial port.  I am using
a driver called Daisy with it.  Problem is, no underlining, no bold
(double strike), and it doesn't work with any software except something
called Mockwrite, a simple desk-accessory word processor.  I would
like a decent driver for this printer, if such an animal exists.

-- 

                                  New ACEC BBS (614) 267-3342 3/12oo bps
Frank Seipel                      A.C.E.C. BBS (614) 471-8559 3/12/24oo bps
fseipel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Pandora  BBS (614) 471-9209 3/12oo bps
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
Subject: Re: Apple Quality is sh_t !
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:59:01 GMT

Ravi Konchigeri <mongoose@leland.stanford.edu> writes:

>Do you find the second monitor to be useful?  People ask me why I have two
>monitors and I tell them that it's very handy.  For example, you can write
>replies to a post on one screen, while seeing the post on the other.  I use
>the 9" to stick palettes on when I'm working on graphics (like Freehand, which
>has about ten million of them).  Does anyone have any interesting uses for the
>second monitor?


>"Why ask why?  Computers never do.  They just crash."

>Ravi Konchigeri.
>mongoose@leland.stanford.edu

How about using 3 monitors with hellcats over the pacific.  Now that is
what I call serious overkill, but fun. :-).
From: Michael_J._Bell@fourd.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: (Q) Size of file openable by TeachText program
Date: 16 Dec 92 11:30:24 GMT
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS

Teachtext should be able to open files up to 32k long...that's cuz of
limitations in the coreedit facility.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (John A. Feinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Word 5.1 caveats
Date: 19 Dec 92 19:51:54 GMT
Organization: UB

Word 5.1 does not change settings to the toolbar or Address list until after
you quit the program!  So if you spend a lot of time customizing the toolbar,
or adding some addresses to the address list, it would be a good idea to quit
immediately afterwards, to save the changes.  I personally entered an entire
address list, only to be forced to do it again after the computer locked up
before I quit Word.  Also, it is a good idea to keep a copy of the Word
toolbar prefs file handy.  The last time the computer locked up with Word 5.1
running, the Word toolbar prefs file was  corrupted, and I had to erase it.
Incidentally, this is mentioned in the booklet that came with Word 5.1, but
it is buried.  I didn't notice it until after the address problem occurred,
since it was mentioned near the back of the book.

John Feinberg
SUNY Buffalo
From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Sys7 RAM disk on MacIIsi ?
Keywords: RAM disk system 7 IIsi Quadra
Date: 12 Dec 92 03:55:30 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

mlf@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Mike L Forster) writes:
|My friend has a Quadra 700.  On her Mac, the Memory control panel enables
|the creation of a RAM disk as a portion of RAM.  Once initiated, this RAM
|disk is recreated on every startup sequence.  In fact, if you restart 
|rather than shutdown, the Mac even retains the contents of this RAM disk
|across the restart.

|I have a MacIIsi.  The Memory control panel does not provide this
|RAM disk option.  Why not?

All Macs test memory during a boot. Older Macs test destructively,
leaving the memory empty afterwards. Newer Macs do not destroy the
contents of memory.

This behavior cannot be changed because it's in the ROMs. No patch or
INIT could fix it, it's too early in the boot.

When the Quadras, Powerbooks, and newer Macs were designed, they
simultaneously switched the memory test and added the RAM disk. The
Apple RAM disk is automatically disabled on machines that don't
provide the non-destructive memory test.

Now, there are third-party and shareware RAM disks that work on all
Macs, but they do not retain the contents of the RAM disk after a
boot.

Be that as it may, I've found that a RAM disk is the most powerful way
to speed up a Mac.

bill coderre

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Apple Crippling Systems?!?
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 15:32:19 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Dec12.211420.264@physc1.byu.edu> seth@physc1.byu.edu writes:
>
>Well, not enough actually... I want a machine that doesn't have all that
>junk that they have. I don't care about built-in ethernet... I don't care
>about all the extra space in the Q950... All I want is four simm sockets, a
>pds/nubus setup like the IIsi. I like the Quadra built-in video, and since
>it obviates the need _for me_ to have to buy a video card, I would want it in
>my  machine. It should be a 33 MHz 040 cpu. That is it. Basically it would be
>a IIsi running a faster, better processor, and with better built-in video. I
>don't need all that extra junk they make you buy when you want a very powerful
>mac.

How about a Q700 with a 33MHz 040?  You still get the built-in
ethernet, plus you get both a Nubus AND a PDS (rather than one or the
other-- you can also choose two Nubus slots)-- but you are pretty
close.  You can get this today with a Q700 w/accelerator (actually I
think it only makes it to 32MHz, but that's pretty close), or, rumor
has it, very soon, with the Q800.

Cost?  Around $4000 would be my guess.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
Just say NO to police searches and seizures.  Make them use force.
(not responsible for bodily harm resulting from following above advice)
From: aaron@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Aaron Schrab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Why doesn't someone write a ShutdownSound Extension?
Date: 19 Dec 1992 03:25:08 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Department MSCS
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: studsys.mscs.mu.edu

In article <BzH9Ms.DHn@ns1.nodak.edu> fleckens@plains.NoDak.edu (Clint Fleckenstein) writes:
>This is about the *best* time to play a sound (like the Looney Tunes
>"That's All Folks" sound).  Yet with all the cool and appealing types
>of extensions at the various FTP sites, there isn't anything to do a
>sound at shutdown.   

There are several ways to play sounds at shutdown. You could use either
SndControl or Sound Master to play a sound at shutdown. SndControl will
even let you randomize the shutdown sound among several different ones.
Another option if you are using System 7 is to use the Shutdown Items
application. This creates a folder that performs an function much like the
Startup Items folder. This application will also let you launch other things
at shutdown and allow you to do timed or delayed shutdowns.

I hope that this helps.
-- 
   <<<Aaron Schrab>>>       | <<<Even I have no idea what I say.>>>   
 aaron@studsys.mscs.mu.edu  |  The world isn't what I want it to be   
 Kammerling@aol.com         |  anymore. It used to be so easy ...    
 A.Schrab@genie.geis.com    |  to make believe.      -the Tick #4
From: Malcolm Pradhan <pradhan@camis.stanford.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Crippling Systems?!?
Date: 12 Dec 1992 18:30:24 GMT
Organization: Section of Medical Informatics, Stanford University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 36.181.0.94
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X-XXDate: Sat, 12 Dec 92 18:31:58 GMT

In article <75489@apple.apple.COM> bill coderre, bc@Apple.COM writes:
>Let's cut the bashing and get to the real question:
>
>What would you like to see in a new technology-leading Mac?
>
>What's missing from the Quadra 9xx and 7xx? 
>
>And remember, try to keep the price under $7500 for a base unit.

 Ok:
 
  DSP
  DMA
  SCSI-2
  128K CPU cache
  More RAM slots (Q700)
  2.8 Mb floppy disks
  
 On the software side:
 
  Memory protection (nuKernel, if it ever gets out..) - it's sad
   to have such a powerful machine and have it crash because a
   small programs dies. No I don't want to install AU/X.
  Multi Threaded support in OS.
  DSP libraries, and codecs for QuickTime codec acceleration.
 
 I know every extra gadget costs money but Macs need to have that extra
something (or somethings) to justify their purchase in a PC world,
and the Mac GUI isn't going to be able to do it forever.

Regards,
Malcolm
--------------------------------------------
Malcolm Pradhan
Section on Medical Informatics
MSOB X-215, Stanford University, CA, 94305
pradhan@camis.stanford.edu  (415) 725-3398
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick)
Subject: Re: MAC emulators on unix?
Organization: Software Innovations, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 00:08:21 GMT

In <1992Dec17.170515.16064@netcom.com> leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:

>In article <BzE426.6uo@ansoft.com> Jon Gotow <gotow@ansoft.com> writes:
>>In article <1992Dec16.161953.13720@mcs.kent.edu> Stephen Scott,
>>sscott@mcs.kent.edu writes:
>>>Has anyone heard anything about LIKEN - this claims to be a macintosh
>>>emulation environment for unix systems.  I found it in a SUN World ad
>>>by a company called Andataco.  However, the "fine print" at the bottom
>>>of the page says - "Liken is a trademark of Xcelerated Systems Inc." 
>>>So I assume that Andataco is the marketing firm.
>>
>	I haven't actually used LIKEN, but it and all of the others 
>emulators have a problem that will be hard for them to overcome, and that's
>supporting "resource compressed" products.  

Why?

David Dick
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rees@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au (Rees Griffiths)
Subject: Re: How to add RAM to 10 MB in LC?
Organization: Macquarie University, Australia.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:56:58 GMT


      We just received a 4 Mb LC II and before turning it on I upgraded the
VRAM to 512K.  To my horror the 2 SIMM slots were empty.  I thought damm
we've been sent a 2 Mb machine.  Wrong on starting it there is 4096K
available.  However the maximum RAM size is still 10Mb.  So when you put in
the two 4 Mb SIMMS, where does 2 Mb go???????

Rees

_________________________________________________________________________
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       School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
       N.S.W.  Australia   2109
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