HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: moss@mdd.comm.mot.com (Barry Moss)
Subject: Re: PS Fonts: FontBank vs. Fluent Laser Fonts
Organization: Motorola - Mobile Data Division; Richmond, BC
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:13:19 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.162505.4079@walter.cray.com> toma@baritone (Thomas Arneberg  {66642 CF/DEV}) writes:
>Can anyone provide advice on Postscript fonts?
>
>I have a IIci (system 7.0) with a TI MicroLaser printer with only 4 built-in
>fonts, and I'd like to add some "novelty" fonts (headlines, cursive, etc.).
>
>Someone has recommended against TrueType; he said they don't look as good
>as real postscript fonts on a postscript printer. The same person said to
>get ATM fonts since they'll look better on the screen, and he recommended
>"Fluent Laser Fonts" by Cassidy and Green.

I can't comment on the relative quality of the fonts; however, I tend to stay 
away from TrueType fonts in order to avaoid the additional time required
to download the TrueType driver to my Postscript printer. The general 
impression I have received is that TrueType fonts are preferred over
postscript fonts only if you are using a non-Postscript printer.

>But I can't find that product anywhere in the Jan. '93 Mac User. I've
>spotted a competing product, "FontBank Postscript Display Typefaces"
>elsewhere. This includes *250* postscript fonts for $90!
>
>Is one of these packages better then the other? Anyone know where I can get
>"Fluent" if that's better? They both certainly seem better than the 
>mega-buck Adobe fonts. I don't need a particular font, I just want lots 
>of unique "niche" fonts to choose from for special occasions.

I've purchased the FontBank package and have been generally very pleased with
it. I still haven't used more than 20% of the fonts in this package although
its nice to know I have them around should I ever need them. :-) I can't
comment on the Fluent Fonts package, but I still use Adobe fonts whenever
possible for text (as ooposed to the novelty display fonts used for headlines).
I think that Adobe puts more effort into their font design than some of the 
inexpensive font publishers and this can become quite noticible when using small
type sizes and/or high resolution output (e.g. 1240 dpi Lino output).

Barry Moss
-- 
Barry Moss				 (604) 277-1511
Motorola: Mobile Data Division, 11411 Number Five Road
Richmond, BC, Canada  V7A 4Z3
Disclaimer: These opinions are my own, not those of Motorola.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: Peter Ferschin <ferschin@eigvs4.una.ac.at>
Subject: Folders f. Hell on IIvx w. 7.1
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75E07FE1501A62C@eigmq1.tuwien.ac.at>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 23 Dec 92 11: 11:42 GMT
Organization: Institute f. Computergraphics, TU Vienna
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:09:35 GMT

Does anybody know about this Problem and how to solve it?
I've heard it only from a friend, who reported, that the installation
is clean (whatever this really means).

Please help, maybe this has been discussed here before, but I didnt read
it.

Thanx
From: rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
Subject: Re: WANTED: utility to kick users off a shared volume
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Motorola
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:20:53 GMT

In article <BzpA75.D49@rahul.net>, jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger)
wrote:
> 
> Pete Kelly (pfkelly@bnr.ca) wrote:
> 
> : The beta was called "Nok Nok Pro".  The final version is now 
> : "Nok Nok A/S".
> 
>    Do you know the company that makes this?  Perhaps a phone number as well?
> -- 
> Jonathan Heiliger ........ Electric Power Research Institute
> Internet: -/- jonathan@rahul.net -/- jonathan@mecca.epri.com -/-
> Telephone <*> (415) 855-2888

The company is Trik Software. They have an internet address, but I don't
have it with me.

Trik, Inc.
800-466-TRIK
617-933-8810

AppleLink: TRIK

Hope that helps,

Greg Ferguson
Programmer/Engineer
Desktop Networking System
SPS, World Marketing
Motorola, Inc.
From: erics@infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Memory settings
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 18:19:06 PDT
Organization: Reigning Cats and Dogs
Reply-To: erics@infoserv.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


hampel@siemens.com. (Ken Hampel) writes:

> I'm sure this has been discussed before, but what (if any) advantages
> are there in running your Mac in 32bit mode. I have a IIsi and don't
> notice any speed differences between 24bit and 32bit mode so I usually
> just keep it in 24bit mode. Are there factors other than speed that would
> influence one's decision to be in 32bit mode?

Speed has nothing to do with it. How much memory do you have? If you
want to use more than 8 MB of physical memory, you need to be in 32-bit
mode.

-----
Eric Smith
erics@infoserv.com
CI$: 70262,3610


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: twent@wam.umd.edu (Anthony J. Went)
Subject: saving laserwriter output as a PS file?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:25:11 GMT

(I'm not a regular mac user, so apologies in advance if this is a dumb or
FAQ question...)

I've been using a music transcription software package on my brother's
Macintosh IIsi.  I would like to be able to print the postscript output
to a disk file so I can upload that file to my account at school and dump
it to a laser printer there.  The program makes no provision for this, as
far as I can tell.  Is there some sort of driver available that I can install
that will allow me to dump laserwriter output to a disk file?  The program
uses two fonts that I had to install in the system (screen and postscript
versions) if that makes any difference.

If anyone knows of a solution, please email me.

Thanks, and happy new year!

Tony
twent@wam.umd.edu

-- 
Tony Went (twent@wam.umd.edu)                           University of Merryland
     "I'd like to hear my options so I can weigh them, what do you say?
      Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds..."
					- Phish
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: gurman@umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov (Joseph B. Gurman)
Subject: Re: Split Infinitive in System!
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13:30:50 GMT

David Johnston <davidj@daveland.demon.co.uk> writes:

>In article <725437806.AA00941@contrast.wlink.nl> Peter Kocourek,
>qsi@contrast.wlink.nl writes:
>>Playing with ResEdit and my System file, I managed to trash it; upon
>>re-installing the "Ask before emptying" dialog of the trash can was
>enabled
>>again, and to my horror I discovered that it contains a split infinitive
>>"...to permanently remove..."
>>
>>Am I just a sole lunatic in a wasteland of solecisms who notices this?
>>
>>(Sorry, I had to get this off my chest. :-))

>I'm afraid phobias about split infinitives are not allowed on the
>grounds that they were artificially imported from classical
>languages. If I could be bothered, I'd check with my mother who
>has a degree in these things but I can't so there.

    Now all of this has no place in comp.sys.mac.system (perhaps
alt.english.grammar?), but in the spirit of the thing, I, for one, find
split infinitives as hard to take as ending a sentence with a
preposition, and that, as Churchill is reputed to have said, is
"something up with which I will not put." Or was it shall....
    Happy New Year, grammar fans!
						Joe Gurman
--
J.B. Gurman / Solar Physics Branch / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center /
Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@uvsp.gsfc.nasa.gov
| Federal employees are prohibited from holding opinions under the Hatch Act.|
| Therefore, any opinions expressed herein are somebody else's.              |
From: IO92143@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Donna Foster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: System 7.1 ftp-able?
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:49:17 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

Since I haven't seen 7.1 on bric-a-brac, I assume it won't be available for
ftp-ing. Can someone confirm or deny this? Thanks.
From: suhler@pollux.usc.edu (Paul Suhler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Experience with StuffIt Spacesaver?
Date: 22 Dec 1992 15:58:51 -0800
Organization: USC Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu

Has anyone tried out StuffIt Spacesaver?  I'd like to run it on a
Mac II under 7.01 and maybe even on a PB 100.

Thanks,

Paul Suhler
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: anil@cs.titech.ac.jp (Anil Bhatia)
Subject: Lost and found: LAYO resource in Finder
Organization: Tokyo Institute of Tech., Dept. of Computer Science, Japan
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:54:38 GMT

Looking for LAYOut resource in Finder under system 6.
If anyone finds similar in sys 7 it belongs to me.
Plesae return and apply for reward.
Anil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: 7.1 and Zmodem -- HELP!!
From: t303grey@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 22 Dec 92 20:24:34 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

  It seems System 7.1 doesn't like Z-modem protcol. Microphone II 4.0 and
ZTerm 0.9 both stop transfering after 3-5 min when downloading. I'm not running
any INITs (oops Extensions) at all. Here's my system config....

Mac IIsi
17MB RAM
Logitech dual slot with FPU
Logitech 64K cache
Microne Macro Color 30 video card.
Zoom V.32bis FaxModem

  Problem disappears when I boot from 7.0.1/1.1.1 disk. Is this a known
problem? Is there any way around?

  Thanks in advance.

DevilCat
From: chrism@cirrus.com (Chris Metcalfe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: THINK C 5.0 Bug?
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:31:07 GMT
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.

I'm trying to work through the examples in Mark & Reed's "Macintosh Programming
Primer."  In the "Timer" program I've run into a problem:

	
	#define		INCLUDE_SECONDS  TRUE

	unsigned long	gCurrentTime;
	Str255		myTimeString;

	GetDateTime( &gCurrentTime );
	IUTimeString( gCurrentTime, INCLUDE_SECONDS, myTimeString );

		.
		.
		.

	DrawString( myTimeString );

IUTimeString seems to returning garbage in myTimeString.

Is this a known problem in THINK C 5.0?

Email would be appreciated.
From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Info wanted on Pink OS
Date: 2 Jan 93 19:57:24 GMT

sm@sys.uea.ac.uk (Shaun McCullagh) writes:

>Hi,

>I'd grateful for sources of info on Pink OS, currently being developed by
>Apple & IBM.

I believe it's being developed by Taligent.  I don't think they've
released any information on it beyond that it will be entirely object
oriented.
-- 
               -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  - 
                                     - - - 
           "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: tmorris@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Tim Morris)
Subject: "Sticky" mouse button???
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:24:38 GMT

Since installing system 7, I've noticed a highly irritating side effect:
a sticky mouse button.  Quite often, clicking the button results in the
mac behaving as if I was still holding the button down.  Usually this
happens when I'm pulling down a menu (a-la Windows for the PC) or in a
scrollbar.  It's also annoying the #*!?# out of me.  Anyone know how
I can stop it doing this?

System 7.1 with TuneUp, occurred on both Quadra 700 and SE, no mind
boggling extensions that I can think of, definitely not a hardware
problem (I've tried several different mice on each system).

Ideas...?

Thanks in advance,
Tim Morris.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: wprobarg@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu (W. P. Robarge)
Subject: Re: Insufficient Memory messge
Organization: Crop Science Dept., NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:48:05 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.184615.3622@pbhyb.PacBell.COM> rkmossm@pbhyb.PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman) writes:
>I have a IIci with 8 MB of memory and only about 256K of it set for cache.
>Over the last few days I have been getting two different messages about
>memory problems and would like to find out what to do about them.
>
>BTW, I am running with Sys 7.0.1 and the only things open on the desktop
>are the finder and one application at a time.
>
>The first message comes when I send something to the laserprinter. I get
>the message box that says there isn't enough memory to print now and
>gives me options to print later, cancel, or print now. If I select "print
>now", it does print just fine.
>
>The second message came just last night. I was trying to open a file in
>Electronic Home Design (a low cost home planning package) and got an
>"Insufficient Memory" message. That's all the message said. When I clicked
>on O.K. the application opened, but not the file I was looking for.
>
>When I look at "About this Macintosh" it shows a 4 MB unused block of 
>memory. So, what gives? More importantly, what can I do about it? I
>don't think more memory is the answer in this case (although it wouldn't
>hurt). Something somewhere is staying resident in memory that isn't 
>showing up visually.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help. 
>-- 
>Richard K. Mossman  {att,bellcore,sun,ames,decwrl}!pacbell!rkmossm
>510/823-1479
>=========================================================================
>"I need to put some distance between overkill and me!" -- E. John (1988)


If I had to guess I would say your problem is not allocating enough
memory to your application (click on icon, then get information).
Unlike sys 6, sys 7 will not automatically expand your application
to use all the memory available. Another common problem is a crash
when trying to save to disk. If your application says it needs 300K
to run, it means just that. Printing and saving to disk require
more space (most of the time).

The only other possible thing I have noticed is that sometimes I
get a similar message from our Laserwriter IIg which is hooked
up to our Ethernet. If the printer is left on for a long time without
being used, it seems to need to reset itself before printing. The
message we get is that there is not enough memory in the printer
to handle the document. This is not the real problem when printing
a half page of text on a 5 meg printer. I usually have to reset it
from software or go upstairs and turn it off. Any comments on this 
would be welcome.

wayne robarge
NCSU - Raleigh, NC

:wq

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: bruno@nariwork20.ethz.ch (Bruno Rechberger)
Subject: Mac IIci Problems
Reply-To: bruno@nariwork20.ethz.ch
Organization: ETH Zurich
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:38:22 GMT


Recently we have upgraded our Mac IIci to 20MB RAM. Therefore we turned the 32bit addressing on. After that PC Exchange crashed the Mac every time a DOS disk was inserted. The funny thing is that PC Exchange works fine on a IIfx (8MB RAM) with 32bit addressing turned on. We also have similar problems with some other programs (Task It, Talk, TurboGopher).

Any ideas? Thanks for help!

Bruno
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: Regular crashing in ROM _Jackson, why?
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 21:03:46 GMT

Axello de Roestello (aroest@fwi.uva.nl) wrote:
: Help!
: For the last couple of months my Mac has been very 'crashy'. When I installed 
: Macsbug it showed me that it always goes into the debugger in the ROM ROUTINE 
: _Jackson, as shown below. Macsbug shows that many different programs could be 
: running at the time of the crash. Programs that have this behaviour are: 
: Nuntius, JPEGView, Eudora, Telnet. These are quite reliable programs on other 
: machines.
: system specs: MacIIci 8/160, RasterOps 8/24XLi, sys 7.01 + 1.1.1, external 1Gb, 
: formatted with Micronet Utils 5.1.9 (anyone knows where to get a new one?),
: I have various inits running.
: 
: Does anyone know what this routine Jackson does, what it's for and why it is 
: in ROM? I mean, what good is a routine that jumps in the debugger immediately?
: Any help would be highly appreciated since I'm thoroughly lost on this one.
: 
: 
: Axel
: ===========================
: This is a log from Macsbug: 
: 
:  System error #25 at 4083143A _Jackson+0000

   [deleted]

System error #25 means out of memory. Try giving the application that is
causing the crash more memory.

/Mats
-- 
Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)     Ph:  +46 18 187817
Department of medical systems                  Fax: +46 18 187825
Sweden                                         Think straight - be gay!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rkmossm@pbhyb.PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman)
Subject: Insufficient Memory messge
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:46:15 GMT

I have a IIci with 8 MB of memory and only about 256K of it set for cache.
Over the last few days I have been getting two different messages about
memory problems and would like to find out what to do about them.

BTW, I am running with Sys 7.0.1 and the only things open on the desktop
are the finder and one application at a time.

The first message comes when I send something to the laserprinter. I get
the message box that says there isn't enough memory to print now and
gives me options to print later, cancel, or print now. If I select "print
now", it does print just fine.

The second message came just last night. I was trying to open a file in
Electronic Home Design (a low cost home planning package) and got an
"Insufficient Memory" message. That's all the message said. When I clicked
on O.K. the application opened, but not the file I was looking for.

When I look at "About this Macintosh" it shows a 4 MB unused block of 
memory. So, what gives? More importantly, what can I do about it? I
don't think more memory is the answer in this case (although it wouldn't
hurt). Something somewhere is staying resident in memory that isn't 
showing up visually.

Thanks in advance for any help. 
-- 
Richard K. Mossman  {att,bellcore,sun,ames,decwrl}!pacbell!rkmossm
510/823-1479
=========================================================================
"I need to put some distance between overkill and me!" -- E. John (1988)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: hashem@netcom.com (Basil Hashem)
Subject: What determines what's a System Extension?
Reply-To: hashem@netcom.com (Basil Hashem) 
Organization: Netcom 
Distribution: world 
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:09:19 GMT


A question for Finder folks:

How does the Finder know if a file is a "System Extension"? For example,
when double-clicking on an Adobe printer font description, the Finder
reports that's it's a system extension. How does it know this? I checked
for an INIT resource or a bit that's set in the Finder flags but couldn't
find anything relevant. Can anyone clue me in on this?

Thanks.

-- 
"I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous"
Basil Hashem
basil@netcom.com
KPMG Peat Marwick
From: vuori@netcom.com (Veikko Vuorikoski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Installer insufficient memory message?
Date: 31 Dec 92 01:57:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


	I was trying to install System 7.0.1, which I downloaded from Apple,
but when it gets to end of the first disk, it gives an Insufficient Memory
message. I've tried giving it all the memory I had(3.5 megs) and turning
off all extensions, but it still won't work. Any ideas?
	Thanks in advance...
From: dwv@magic.ucsb.edu (Dave Valentine;GS 2012;3471)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Sherlock CD
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:00:08 GMT

Michael.Davidson@macrocosm.omahug.org (Michael Davidson) writes:

>(Konstantin Peric S.W.I.F.T.) writes:
>>The problem is that the game crashes ("corrupt scene file") randomly when
>>playing the video scenes. Sometimes, it'll play out the entire scene, and othe
>>times it will crash at random intervals.

>If MTR's suggestion doesn't fit, try this. If I remember correctly, you need to
>turn 32 bit addressing off to use Sherlok Holmes cd rom.

I have had no problems with 32-bits on. But I have the latest apple drivers. I suggest updating the CD ROM driver, checking your inits, and making sure that
your not running any other apps in the background (ie word with repagination on)

Best of luck,
dave valentine

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: punjabi@leland.Stanford.EDU (sanjeev punjabi)
Subject: Mac System Error ID=2 & ID=3
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 04:05:58 GMT


I am using a Mac Plus with 2.5M RAM and System 6.0.
I would like to know what System Error ID=2 and System Error ID=3 imply?
How does one fix these errors?  I received some new software called RATS
for statistics in which:
1.  an attempt to open the help menu results in system error id=2
2.  an attempt to run a program in RATS results in system error id=3 if multi-
finder is not in use and it results in the application unexpectedly quitting
(3) if multifinder is in use.

So, what is wrong?  Thanks.
        Sanjeev
From: jderyck@engn.uwindsor.ca (John De Ryckere)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Why does 7.1 system need 9921k?
Date: 1 Jan 1993 19:13:19 GMT
Reply-To: jderyck@engn.uwindsor.ca
Organization: VLSI Research Group - University of Windsor

Hi David.  I think the culprit is probably your system file.  Open up your system
folder then your system suitcase.  There should be _no_ fonts in there.  If there are
fonts in their remove them and install any needed ones in the fonts folder.

There is a bug in the 7.1 installer script that causes it to leave all of the fonts
in the system suitcase when this should not be the case in 7.1.  In addition a bit
is changed in the resource fork that causes these unwanted fonts to be unpurgeable
(ie if you have two copies of Times 24pt bold both will reside in memory)

Also check your memory control panel to be sure 32 bit mode is on.

I hope this helped,
John

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: smg@coconut.cis.ufl.edu (Scot M. Gardner)
Subject: Mac date format changed, want to get it back
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 21:19:51 GMT

Recently I had a Mac's date format change. It used to be the 
standard US format (month/day/year) and now it is some other 
format (year/month/day). I can't figure out how to get it back!
(I feel like such a user (: ). I'm sorry if this question gets 
asked a lot, I could not find it in the FAQ.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Scot




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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Software to shut down and startup a mac automatically
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Motorola
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 07:19:42 GMT

In article <1993Jan1.003342.19914@news.nd.edu>,
lfreier@darwin.helios.nd.edu (lynda freier) wrote:
> 
> 
> Is there a shareware or freeware program that will automatically startup a mac  in the morning and shut it down at night, safely. Are there any payware programs?

Excuse me, but if the machine is off in the morning, how is software going
to run to turn it on? It would be *very* dangerous software with much juju
which could startup a Mac which is off. I would be inclined to inspect my
CPU with an axe if I saw my machine turn itself on.

Automatically restarting is possible, as is automatically shutting down.

It is possible to have additional external hardware start the Mac at a
preset time or when a phone call is received. ADB attached modems can
"press" the power-on switch on call receipt. Or, an external power timer
can turn on the power if you've got a Mac with a locking power switch ala
Plus/SE/Classic/LC or the IIci/IIfx switch which can be pushed in and
twisted to lock it down.

Greg Ferguson
Programmer/Engineer
Desktop Networking System
SPS, World Marketing
Motorola, Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system