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From: david@sherpa.uucp (Dave Quarles)
Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
Organization: Personal System Computing :-) Gulfport, FL
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:09:16 GMT

In article <12NJ03Ac615K00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:
> tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel) writes:

> } On a technical level, you can simply set the invisible bit with ResEdit.
> } I don't know if the Control Panel will read invisible files, but it might
> } work.  However, DON'T DO THIS.  It's not enough copy protection to be

     (rest omitted)

> I want to second this.  Don't use invisible files.  Consider what happens
> if I try out your application, don't like it, and drag it into the trash.
> But I've still got your invisible files taking up space on my disk.  I'll

      (rest omitted)

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I have another suggestion (2 actually)

1.  PARTITION your drive and password the partition.  Many people won't
    even know it is there or how to get around the password.  My latest
    upgrade from Central Point Software's 'MacTools Deluxe 1.2 has a very
    slick partitioner.

2.  Use a program like ' Secure ' from Central Point Software.  They 
    have a DA that does this very nicely and comes up when you click
    on the 'Secure'd file or document.  It won't let you run the program
    without the password.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-   Dave   =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
From: hardin@dino.cad.mcc.com (John Hardin)
Subject: My Mac no longer plays sounds!  Any suggestions?
Organization: MCC CAD Program, Austin, Texas
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:25:39 GMT

My MacIIsi was borrowed by some visitors to our company for demo
purposes.  Upon return, my Mac no longer plays ANY sound -- NOT EVEN
AT BOOT TIME!  I've checked the Sound CP to make sure the volume is
turned up (which it is).  I'm clueless...any suggestions?

-jwh
--
John W. Hardin		    phone:  (512)338-3535
MCC			    email:  hardin@mcc.com
3500 W. Balcones Center Dr  fax:    (512)338-3897
Austin, TX  78759-6509	    uucp:   ...!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cadillac!hardin

From: bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:56:53 GMT
Subject: Re: I want an agent that . . .
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc

> Arrgh!  There you go again!  What about people who are paralyzed?
> Or don't even have fingers?  What if I wnat to eat a sandwich while I work?
> 

Didn't your mother ever teach you not to program with your mouth full?

Must be a great voice recognizer, to workthrough peanut butter.

:-)

ScottB
From: donald@dvinci.USask.Ca (David Donald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: HELP AGAIN!! Still need printer redirection utility!!
Summary: A redirection utility is needed (must work with System 6.0.7)
Keywords: Printer, utility
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:17:17 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan

Pretty much like the summary says, I need a printer redirection utility that 
will function so as to redirect printer output (ie, from the information that 
would normally go to, say, an Imagewriter) into a file in some sort of text - 
readable format.

The intended usage is with an accouting package that will print invoices, but 
will not let the user modify their format to any reasonable extent.  The user
intends to print them to a file and then edit them with a word-processor.  I 
realize this is maybe not such a good idea, but it's what she wants.

Thanks to all (in advance, obviously.)

Dave
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Stylewriter Refills
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:33:53 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications

In article <1992Aug17.102420.16535@bernina.ethz.ch> Andreas Wuertz <wuertz@systech.tik.ethz.ch> writes:
>Is there a European (pref. Swiss) distribution channel for this product?

Yes, there is one. They are Dataquest; you need to speak to Rene
Schneider (a man), and his addresss is Moosmattstrasse 30, 8953 Dietikon,
Switzerland, Ph. 01-742-0055, Fax 01-742-0015.

And tell him that Jenny at The Brimble Group sent you. :) No, that's NOT
me, but she's the young sales-lass who was kind enough to repeat all
that over the phone (several times) so that I could type it here for
you.

--Purp, filling his squirtgun.
-- 
+---------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Jim Meyer     | If I express an opinion, you | purp@wixer.cactus.org |
| Austin, Tejas | can bet no one else agrees.  | aka jimpurp@pro-lep   |
+---------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673)
Subject: Re: Disappearing icons in System 7
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:04:00 GMT

In article <Aug.14.11.23.28.1992.5499@remus.rutgers.edu>, ficara@remus.rutgers.edu (Ken Ficara) writes...
>par@nwu.edu (Pete Rodriguez) writes:
> 
>>Lately, I've been seeing Macintoshes running System 7 and System 7 tuner
>>with a most unusual problem.  Instead of the usual "specialized" icons
>>(like the "V" shield for Disinfectant 2.9), there's only a blank
>>extension-type icon.  Other files have been similarly affected (MS Word
>>documents have a blank document icon).  I have no idea as to what is

This is a FAQ.  Using the TuneUp usually gets rid of the problem, but if you 
still have it, there's a utility available by ftp from many sites called 
save-a-bundl which will restore the special icons most of the time.  I've seen 
a suggestion recently to paste a "custom icon" (use any bitmap at all, since
you will be cutting it again) into the Get Info window, then cut it again. This 
will reset the bit that tells the finder about icons, so it might work for you.

Susan Kayser		NCF::KAYSER  or  kayser%nssdca.span@star.stanford.edu
Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
Greenbelt, MD
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola)
Subject: Re: How much should I offer for a Mac Portable?
Reply-To: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 07:07:53 GMT

Kristen Lepa writes
> I would offer under $1000 [for a minimally equipped
> portable].  Is this stupidly over- or under-estimated? 

You should be able to get a PowerBook 100 for under $1000  
(at least, that's edu price around here), so you might  
consider that instead.

--
-
Stefano Pagiola
Food Research Institute, Stanford University
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
Subject: Re: * America On-Line vs. Prodigy vs. Genie...which one??
Reply-To: aland@cs.brandeis.edu
Organization: As little as possible
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:36:05 GMT

smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie) writes:

>>What is this hangup people have about wanting to do things the hard way????
>>If you like Compu$serve without Navigator you must just LOVE Unix and DOS!

>A true AOL evangelist at work. Doncha just love it.

Actually, yes.  I'm a Mac evangalist in part, as well as a Unix and
Telecommunications 'guru' for the Brandeis University Computer Science
Department.  I like AOL because it is easy to use; I dislike
Compu$erve because I can't afford it...  I can get most of the same
information from either service, and pay less _despite_ AOL's GUI then
I would via Compu$erve, due to the rate differences.

AOL lets you do almost anything without having to memorize keywords.
You can configure the software to do it.  This software is the lowest
common denominator.  They can set the system up to do whatever they
want, knowing it won't break anyone's terminal program.  CI$ can't.
They are limited to supporting TTY &/or VT100 for the most part,
unless people spend an additional $10 - $80 for CIM or Navigator.

	-=Alan
From: judson@watnxt2.ucr.edu (Michael Judson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: FAQ repost request
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:25:46 GMT

Hey, eharold@ld@lt.nt.nt.net, could you repost the FAQ you just posted?
The format didn't quite come out right.
Thanks.

--
"I drank what?" -- Socrates

judson@watserv.ucr.edu
From: jalbert@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Jalbert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: How to color a mac II
Summary: Can't locate a color utility
Keywords: mac II color
Date: 21 Aug 92 02:09:45 GMT
Reply-To: jalbert@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Jalbert)
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Greetings all,

A good friend of mine would like to have his mac II running system 7 come up 
colored. I come from the DOS world, and I told him that Windows allows the 
coloring the windows and background using one of the standard Control Panel 
utilities. Icons are easy to color as well. To my great surprise, this seems 
to be hard to do on a mac! I was somewhat astonished since macs existed way 
before Windows did, and you'd think mac users would have experienced such a 
basic need. Such a feature should be part of the system, you'd think. 

First, we noticed some Color item in the mac control panel (or was it the 
Apple menu?), but it seems very primitive and limited. My friend is adamant 
that this just won't do. 

I downloaded for him as many FAQ I could find about macs, laptops, systems, 
tricks, etc. He went over them and said that there was no mention in there of 
any decent coloring utility. Now that's surprising. 

I then got busy FTPing from a bunch of sites. I located "colorfinder" but my 
friend indicated that it only could color icons, not handle windows, 
background patterns, etc. Not good enough. 

I was given some "colorize" utility, but it only allows you to color 
application boxes. It does not color things automatically at the system's 
level. Not good enough.

Then we got lucky. My friend was given some "kolor" program which seemed to do 
what he wants, but won't run properly under system 7. At one point, the system 
crashed hard and we had to wipe up the hard disk completely in order to have 
the mac accept to reboot at all from it. Talk about incompatibility! We have 
no idea where this kolor thing comes from. 

At this stage, we're running out of ideas. So I thought I'd ask around. Does 
anybody know of some FAQ that might explain it all, some FTP site that might 
have it all, or some commercial program that might do it all? My friend sure 
would be delighted.

I just thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance for any info. I did my best to help 
my friend out, but I ran out of options! 

Franky
From: Rootboy@llnl.gov (Root Boy Slim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: PowerBook Insurance
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:07:52 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: CSo @ LLNL

I've been told that somebody out there knows who insures PowerBooks against
loss, theft, damage, & ???!  And it's supposed to be REASONABLE...

Root Boy sez... Boogie 'Til You Puke!
From: vreddy@das.harvard.edu (Venkatesh Reddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: QuickTime playing
Keywords: UNIX, MAC
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:44:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Aug21.144404.5273
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

I don't know if this is where to put this, but is there a way to play quicktime
movies on a color SUN terminal on UNIX< or on an Iris SGI machine?

-- Venk --
From: watson@clark.edu (Dennis Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Sys 7 Tuner woes (Disappearing Files)
Date: 15 Aug 92 23:00:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: clark.1992Aug15.230030.9749
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa.  USA

In article <2A8AAB39.2CCC@deneva.sdd.trw.com> broten@alder.sdd.trw.com (Thomas A. Broten) writes:
>
>Most of the disappearing files and folders occurences I know about involve 
>damage to parts of the file system's directory structures. Tune-Up 1.1.1 
>should "prevent" this damage from occurring. It won't "repair" the damage. 
>Your files and folders will continue to disappear.
>

The new version 2 of MacTools has a utility to go thru the directory and
fix it.  I have never had the disappearing files problem, so I haven't
tried it, but the docs claim it will fix the dis. file prob.

Dennis
watson@clark.edu
From: rwatkins@BBN.COM (Ron Watkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: apple-remote-access
Date: 21 Aug 1992 14:58:16 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: rwatkins@BBN.COM (Ron Watkins)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

...sorry i don't have the documentation so i thought i'd
ask quickly here...

using the remote access...
seems great because you don't need a netmodem...however
the "office" modem connects to some "machine" vice the
"appletalk network"...my question is...
1.  can this machine be the appleshare server ?
2.  if not, does the machine it connects to have to be
a dedicated station.

thanks for any implementation description...

a final question...can anyone provide a pointer to an email
program called Eudora and Popper....supposedly in Public
Domain...

again...thanks

ron watkins

rwatkins@bbn.com


Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:15082 comp.sys.mac.apps:13479
From: bsala@weber.ucsd.edu (Brian Sala)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: updating Suitcase 2.0 -> 2.1.1
Summary: updater won't update. help!?
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:22:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu

help.  I got the suitcase 2.1.1. updater off of sumex or some such
thing, took it home, unbinhexed and unarchived.  I then followed the
instructions to the best of my ability, dragging a copy of Suitcase
2.0 from the extensions folder (am running 7.01 +tuneup on IIsi 5/80)
to the folder containing the updater.  I launched the update and
updated the app, then dragged the original out of the extensions
folder to a third folder, replaced it with the updated copy (renamed
to 2.1.1) and rebooted.  On reboot, I discovered my original app back
where it began and the copy had been un-updated and corrupted, back in
the folder containing the update.  

I tried removing Applicon, rebooting and redoing the same update
steps.  same result.  I tried removing Suitcase from the extensions
folder altogether, then updating a copy. same result.

I'm not running any other funky extensions or control panels that I
can think of.  what stupid thing am I doing wrong? (I haven't checked
to see whether the app. was locked...duh...but I don't think it
is...).

this is a brand new IIsi, with an even newer logic board (the original
was f***ed up when I got it) plus a Nubus adaptor.  

please help.  email to bsala@ucsd.edu or post. thanks
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:14722 comp.sys.mac.wanted:7484
From: ccastjs@prism.gatech.EDU (The Amazing Jim Stembridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: How to screen dump pulled down menus?
Keywords: How to screen dump pulled down menus?
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:43:41 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Design Department - Designing Yesterday Tommorrow

I need to get some screen dumps of menus into my pagemaker document.
When I pull down the menu, I type Shift-Apple-3 to get the screen
dump but nothing happens cause I'm still holding the mouse button
down. Is there any way to do this?? Either mail or post your
responses please. Thanks!
-- 
                      ccastjs@hydra.gatech.edu
                I don't know nuthin bout anythin.......
From: eli@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Eli Lev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Outbound Vs. Powerbook
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:57:06 GMT
Organization: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Hello to everyone,

I've been using a IIci at work and I love it. Recently, I went to a
computer show where I saw the Outbound notebooks.  I played with a
powerbook 170 at one time and I liked the ergonomic design.  The one thing
I noticed on that particular powerbook is that after people started playing
Crystal Quest, the button above the track ball began to get stuck all the
time, and only the lower button could be used.  The Outbound, on the other
hand, uses their "track bar" which seems to be a neat concept and not as
likly to be prone to button problems which I noticed on the Powerbook.

Has anyone used (or is using) an Outbound notebook?  Could you possibly
tell me how you like the track bar and the general ergonomics?  Also, have
you used their upgrade paths, and are the notebooks reliable and completly
compatible?


	Sincerely,

	E. Lev
	eli@aplpy.jhuapl.edu
From: squid@carroll1.cc.edu (Craig C Schanning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Hardware or Software for Blind People.
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:08:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: carroll1.3283
Reply-To: squid@carroll1.cc.edu (Craig C Schanning)
Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI

I am looking for some hardware or software that would 
enable one of my employee's who is blind to use the
MacIntosh.  Can anyone give me some information on some
products?  Do products like this even exist?  If so, where 
can I get them and for how much do they cost?  
I will appreciate any input/advice/information.

Thanks!

-- 
***************************************************************
*          Craig Schanning - squid@carroll1.cc.edu            *
*    And the next thing you know,  ol' Jed's a millionaire    *
***************************************************************
From: barretpj@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Phil J Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: AD module: Say What??
Date: 17 Aug 92 10:31:46 GMT
Organization: Aston University

The AD Module Say What? is part of More After Dark volume 1.
You'll have to purchase the collection - which is excellent value, even
over here in the UK!

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    /  //\ / /    Computer Science     /\/    barretpj@uhura.aston.ac.uk    /
   /__// // /    Aston University     /\/                                  /
  /   / // /    Birmingham, UK       /\/ On a quest for knowledge & power /
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
From: yuppie@bradley.bradley.edu (Daniel Funderburk)
Subject: Re: My Mac no longer plays sounds! Any suggestions?
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 16:00:08 GMT

>My MacIIsi was borrowed by some visitors to our company for demo
>purposes.  Upon return, my Mac no longer plays ANY sound -- NOT EVEN
>AT BOOT TIME!  I've checked the Sound CP to make sure the volume is
>turned up (which it is).  I'm clueless...any suggestions?

What I find that usually happens is the speaker gets shorted out because
of contact with the mother board.  Just take off the top of the case, and
press down on the contacts to the speaker with a small screwdriver.  The
contacts are pieces of metal located just to the rear of the board.  In 
shipping, or in common usage the board will touch these contacts.  A screw
in the corner of the motherboard next to these contacts would solve this
problem.  BTW there's already a hole predrilled were it would be needed, but
no plastic socket on the case to screw it in.  Did apple know of this 
problem before maybe???  Your guess is as good as mine.  :-)

Dan Funderburk
Bradley University
PC Resale
(Future owner of an SI if they ever ship it!)
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: First Taligent Won't Run Existing Apps
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:15:35 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <1992Aug19.014443.1@vax1.umkc.edu> tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu writes:

>"Taligent won't be a robust platform on day one," said
>Guarino, in a session at Apple's first Enterprise Computing
>Conference held here last week. "A year [after the operating
>system is shipped], Taligent will provide interoperability
>with AIX, System 7 and OS/2 applications, and it may be a
>converged operating environment by the late '90s."

As usual, IBM has it arse-backwards.  The ability to run
System 7 and OS/2 applications is important for users who
are just migrating to the new operating system, especially
during the first year or so, when there will be little native
software available.  It will become less important as time 
goes on.


>"Delaying compatibility may be a big mistake, analysts said.

For once, the analysts are right. It sounds like IBM is 
in a hurry to release the new OS as soon as possible and 
is willing to sacrifice compatability to do it.  I hope 
Apple doesn't make the same mistake.  Better to get it
right the first time around than try to fix it later.
(Hasn't IBM learned anything from OS/2?)


>"It's our belief that the brain trusts in our universities
>are looking for something beyond Unix," Guarino said.

This seems to be part of the problem right there.  He
confuses universities with developers.  This guy seems 
to think that computers are still primarily for university
"brain trusts" who have nothing better to do with their time 
than write all their own software from scratch.  If Taligent 
follows that strategy, it will be about as successful as NeXT.


>So what's this say for the future or Taligent?? Will they be
>doomed if they don't ship Mac-AIX-OS/2 modules before 1996??
>Thats four years from now...roughly three after NT ships...

Assuming Windows NT ships on schedule, which is doubtful.
Even so, NT will only bring Windows up to the level of a
bad System 7 clone.  Since a Taligent application on a PowerPC
may run ten times faster than a Windows NT app running on
Intel hardware, there's not really much comparison.
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: What's MPW?
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:38:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: wixer.1992Aug14.163811.14924
Organization: Real/Time Communications

In article <1992Aug13.213844.7450@newshost.unh.edu> K_LEPA@unhh.unh.edu 
    (Kristen   Lepa) writes:
>I've seen references to MPW at ftp.apple.com and other places.  What does
>MPW stand for and what is it?  I've got the impression that this is 
>distributed by Apple and it's a language.  Am I right?

MPW = Macintosh Programmers' Workshop. It's not so much a language as a
set of developer's tools. For instance, there is MPW Pascal (and I am
sure, MPW C). As for distribution, I dunno. I just hear things. :)

--Purp, programming hobbyist.
-- 
+---------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Jim Meyer     | If I express an opinion, you | purp@wixer.cactus.org |
| Austin, Tejas | can bet no one else agrees.  | aka jimpurp@pro-lep   |
+---------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: stchang@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steven Kuk-Jin Chang)
Subject: Re: Mac LCII worthwhile? / Video Possiblities
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 01:06:20 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.185613.23550@news.cs.indiana.edu> krawling@banana.ucs.indiana.edu (Ken Rawlings) writes:
>
>	How worthwhile is a Mac LCII? Apple's current back to school pricing on
>the machine makes it pretty attractive, but i'm wary of whether it is powerful
>enough to be usable.
>
>	I'd like to also buy an Apple 16" monitor to go with it, but the
>literature seems to imply that they are incompatible. What do I need to make
>them work together(I saw a reference to a VRAM upgrade, but this seems to just
>increase the bitplanes.

Apple doesn't support the 16" monitor for the LCII, I havent heard of any
third party support for it either.  The VRAM upgrade is not relevant in 
this situation
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc