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From: craigw@fnal.fnal.gov (Craig Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: How do I create a binhex file on unix?
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:35:47 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Fermilab - Batavia, IL
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In article <1992Dec19.192336.368366@magicbb.uucp>, sharkman@magicbb.uucp
(Matt Daw) wrote:
> 
> To encode to BinHex use BinHex 4.0 which is available in a lot of places. If
> you still can't find it I will send it to you.

I think what he meant was while running under Unix. I know versions of
binhex exist for unix, but I can't remember where. All I can suggest is do
an archie search and look for one that falls in a unix directory.

To do an archie search put prog <name> on the subject line and send it to
archie@ans.net

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From: mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Supra Fax Modem
Date: 29 Dec 92 22:33:08 GMT
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin  (Milwaukee, WI)
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Terry Dailey (Terry.Dailey@p0.f222.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG) wrote:
: Is anyone using a SupraFAx 14440 modem out there? If so is are you  having any problems with it? I'm thinking of bying one and just want  to know if it would be a wise move...
:  
: Thanks...                            Terry D.
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From: jpm@cs.hut.fi (Jussi-Pekka Mantere)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: IMAP server for Mailstrom
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: 31 Dec 92 00:13:00 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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In-reply-to: trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu's message of 30 Dec 92 20:38:51 GMT

Bob Snyder <trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu> writes:

   Mailstrom is available from sumex-aim.stanford.edu under /imap.  The server
   you need to run is under /imap as well.

Better check ftp.cac.washington.edu:/mail/imap2.3.tar.Z, or later.

Cheers,

Jussi-Pekka Mantere
From: michaelf@psg.com (Michael Fetzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: X.25 for the Mac?
Date: 22 Dec 92 07:52:04 GMT
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US

I'm not entirely sure what question I'm asking. :) I access teh net via
Tymnet right now, and noticed that they offer X.25 connections. Is it
possible to take advantage of this with my Mac, and a stadard modem?
I have a Supra V.32bis, if that makes a diff. Is there Mac software I need
to complete the setup? What? Where can I get it?

Mike
mfetzer@ucsd.edu
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From: pmuniyap@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Pravin K Muniyappa)
Subject: PRODIGY-INTERNET-WHAT's the DEAL???
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:11:16 GMT

Hi,
     Is there any way to send mail to and from prodigy to and from the 
internet.  I don't know if there is.  Thanks in advance, Oh and please reply by
personal email, as I don't get to news to often.  Thanks again.
                                                  Regards,
                                                  Pravin Muniyappa

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From: ci427@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Quickmail Administrator, ARA and LineShare ?
Date: 27 Dec 1992 19:43:35 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ci427@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Birnbaum)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, pascal@CAM.ORG (Pascal Gosselin) says:

>Now, that's great for those who want to have incoming FAX and ARA support
>on the same modem, but I want to have QuickMail administrator and ARA
>running on the same modem and phone line.
>
>If you know how to do this, drop me an email !

I suggest you do what I did, send the author some mail. His address is
butenko@stalker.srcc.msu.su

Incidentally, what is and how do I get a file from Sumex.  The author told
me he just finished writing a script for my ZyXEL and it was on Sumex. 
I've heard the name but I don't know what it is.  Thanks...

      Steve
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Microphone Pro TCP/IP Tool
From: wbaker@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 31 Dec 92 18:15:33 -0500
Distribution: world
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: owen@astro.washington.edu (Russell Owen)
Subject: Re: VersaTerm
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:15:14 GMT

My two bits on VersaTerm:

It's a great program with a few limitations. Getting the bad stuff out of
the way first...
- only one window even for multiple sessions (e.g. telnet);
  this is telnet users who connect to multiple computers,
  and is why I presently use NCSA Telnet instead
- no zmodem support (but does have kermit, xmodem and ymodem)

The gripes aside, VersaTerm is superb, a paragon of fine Macintosh
programming. It's one of the best terminal emulation programs available,
AND a very good deal, as well. For less than $100 (mail-order) you get:
- emulation for VT100, VT200, Tek 4014 and some DG terminal
- the quality of the emulations is superb
- very fast screen updates
- comm. toolbox support (and includes lots of comm. tools)
- lots of TCP/IP stuff, including MacTCP, FTP client (nearly as good as
Fetch),
  FTP server (runs all the time, much nicer than NCSA's server but not
  as flexible as FTPd), an  NTP time client and a time server
- a good implementation of SLIP, that works with all MacTCP applications
  (by reports; I've not personally tried it)
- easy to edit sessions menu (phone #s, telnet addresses, etc.)
- nice macros, maybe not as fancy as Microphone's, but very useful & easy
to use
- robust -- one of the least buggy programs I've used
- superb support. This is one of the best supported programs you can buy!
  VT was one of the first programs to support the background file xfers,
  comm. toolbox, system 7, 32 bit mode, you name it. And bugs (what few are
  found) get fixed FAST. Upgrades are $20, from any version, no matter how
old.

If you use Tektronix graphics, then consider VersaTerm PRO. This adds Tek
4105 graphics (nice), and displays and saves graphics as vectors instead of
bitmaps (making cut/paste and printing much nicer). It also permits
multiple graphics windows. Other than the nice Tek graphics enhancements
(and remember that even normal VT has Tek 4014 emulation), VT PRO is
identical to normal VT.

Russell Owen
owen@astro.washington.edu
From: phong@triples.math.mcgill.ca (Phong Co)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: What/Where is MacTCP?
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:49:11 GMT
Organization: McGill University


Hi all, I'm a longtime PC user who has decided to take the Mac plunge.

I won't be getting my Mac until next month, but I'm trying to educate
myself until then.  I have seen in this group several mentions of 
MacTCP, and it sounds intriguing.  I need to know:

	is it shareware, and where can I download it, or

	is it commercial, and where can I order it, and for how much.

I am assuming that this package will allow me to connect to the Internet
from an ordinary serial phone line, and that I can get things such as
finger and ftp working with it.

Also, though I'm sure this is a FAQ, what is the "BEST" comm program to
use for routine remote logins?  Preferably one with enough features to
satisfy most users without being too complex.  zmodem would be nice, but
I'm not even sure if my host supports it.  I am interested in shareware
as well as commercial applications.


Thanks!


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Phong Co (phong@math.mcgill.ca)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: ssocl01@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Help: How to get Apple's PMP to upload??
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 11:01:28 GMT

Hi all,

	Please can anyone help me!!!!

	I have been very frustruated since I bought my Apple's Personal
modem plus. It is a v21,v22,v23 modem.
I managed to get it to down load files at 98% of the 1200
bps. BUT I have no way to make it UPLOAD at any rate at all!!!!

	I don't have access to the modem's manual since I bought it second hand.
I notice there are 4 switches(tiny ones) at the back of the modem and I 
know that if they are properly adjusted they might enable me to
 upload at 1200bps.

	Can anyone tell me what those switches are for???? 

	Can any APMP users help me to get my modem up and uploading????

	Also I want to find out what commands I can use to test what
speed my modem is running(uploading and downloading)
. Are there any commands which enable me to set modem speed????

	Thanks alot

Charles
31/12/92
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: Re: Smartcom II offer ?
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 07:08:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.194459.22256@svcdudes.com> dwade@svcdudes.com writes:
>In article <6568.2b344b48@hayes.com> bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman) writes:
>>In article <lux.724649824@sol.UVic.CA>, lux@sol.UVic.CA (Michael O'Henly) writes:
>>>     So I bought Smartcom II, found it a slick little program, and
>>> promptly discovered that it's 24 rows and we don't care how big your
>>> screen is...
>>
>>I've heard of people asking for this, but I admit I really don't understand
>>it.
>
>	That's because you're a programmer :-)
>
	I'm a programmer (and the one who implemented >24 support in MPII4)
and I not only understand it, but use it!!  

	If you don't have a host which can handle it (any Unix host can, thanks
to termcaps), then you don't understand it.

>>A VT100 (actually we emulate a 102) has 24 lines of 80 or 132 characters. You
>>can't have any more.
>>
>>Certainly, by a change in programming, you could increase the number of lines
>>to anything you want (even larger than the screen), same for the number of
>>characters (to any reasonable limit).
>
>	MicroPhone II allows this.  But it's also important to note that most
>hosts don't know about these kinds of changes, and just draw to the bottom
>of the screen anyway.
>
	There are two issues here - the first is when a host allows >24
lines and the term program doesn't know about it, the second is when you
resize the terminal, but the host doesn't know about it.

	MicroPhone (and most other general purpose comm software) does not
have any way to inform the host that the terminal size has changed.  If the
software knew what type of host it was talking to (like a Unix box) it could
send the command to the host (stty rows x), but this is not the common case.

	On the other hand, there are two ways for the host to control (or
detect) the terminal size.  There is an undocumented DEC sequence for changing
the number of rows (and columns) that a host can send to a terminal - 
MicroPhone II supports this sequence.  The other thing that can be done via
a host proram is to send a "move cursor to" command with VERY large values
and then retrieving the new locations - the result will be the bottom right
corner and the size of the terminal!

>>More specifically, how many hosts are set up to deal with a VT102 with
>>more lines (and characters) than a real VT102?
>
	Any Unix box and a number of others.

>>If someone could adequately explain this to me, perhaps we can justify putting
>>this feature on the ol' enhancements list.
>
>	I think our NeXT version only does 24.  I'm not sure about the
>Windows version, I think it will let you pick but I haven't double checked.
>
	MPII for Windows supports > 24 lines and I belive that the NeXT
version does as well.

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From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Smartcom II offer ?
Date: 22 Dec 92 10:14:24 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1992Dec20.212221.86859@fourd.com>, Jim_Johns@fourd.com writes:
> Concerning comments by Bill Coleman (bcoleman@hayes.com,Internet)
> 
> How nice to receive such an *author*itative response to my question about the 
> Smartcom II upgrade offer.  

You're welcome.

> I have received a variety of responses, most of
> which have been positive about the program.  Two substantive questions have
> emerged, however.  A couple of responses and one company (MacConnection) have
> informed me that Smartcom II does not support ZModem file transfer protocol. 
> I assume this is incorrect?  

Yes. Smartcom II has support ZMODEM since version 3.2. 3.2 shipped in 1990
in the late summer.

> Others have suggested that Smartcom is happier working with Hayes modems, that with other high speed modems, settings may have to be made/remade with init strings where they might be more automatic with
> a Hayes modem.  Is there truth to this?

"Happier?" Well, it is easier to work with Hayes and some Hayes-like products.
The secret is this. Smartcom II sends a special command to the modem, which
causes the modem to spew out exactly what type of modem it is, and the features
it supports. (This command, BTW, is documented : ATII4)

With Hayes modems, this reply contains the correct information for performing
all kinds of operations, such as the "Maximum" feature, where Smartcom II
places a call using the maximum speed the modems connecting are capable of
performing. 

With other modems, this information may or may not be correct. Further, the
commands to access special features of the modem (like error correction,
compression and whatnot) are different from modem to modem (as are the 
responses).

The fortunate thing is -- most modems work fine with the default behavior.
There are setup strings to access special features Smartcom II doesn't
know about. 

If your modem doesn't work fine, there's a feature for disabling all of
this special behavior. It is checkbox called "Use reduced command set."
When this box is checked, the program only uses the most basic "AT" commands,
and a number of special features are disabled (eg "Maximum").

Bottom line: Smartcom II should work with just about any modem. 

-- 
Bill Coleman, AA4LR                ! CIS: 76067,2327    AppleLink: D1958
Principal Software Engineer        ! Packet Radio: AA4LR @ W4QO
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. ! UUCP: uunet!hayes!bcoleman
POB 105203 Atlanta, GA 30348 USA   ! Internet: bcoleman%hayes@uunet.uu.net
Disclaimer: "My employer doesn't pay me to have opinions."
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -Steve Hackett.
From: mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Supra Fax Modem
Date: 29 Dec 1992 13:42:49 -0600
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin  (Milwaukee, WI)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Distribution: world
From: Doug_P._Weber@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:57:01 PST
Subject: Re: Inexpensive 9600bps modem?

I use a Zoom VX V.32bis modem   (that's the modem name).  Its a V32/42bis
compliant modem which I purchased for $265.  Have had mine over 6 months in
heavy use, works great!  Love it for ARA.
Try Mac Connections.

**** From Planet BMUG, the FirstClass BBS of BMUG.  The message contained in
**** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Mac SE and 14.4k modems
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:32:25 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Dec20.173612.84694@uu0570.foggybottom.com> allan_e._levy@uu0570.foggybottom.com writes:

>I think you may be better off setting the comm at 19.2, you can lose characters
>otherwise.

Well, yes, but with data compression the theoretical data rate is 57.6 KBPS.
It would be a pity, by setting the wire data rate at 19.2 KBPS, to forgo
the faster possible data rate.


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW  (intellectual property lawyer)
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112-0228
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From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Smartcom II offer ?
Date: 22 Dec 92 10:05:21 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <1992Dec21.023526.9873@icaen.uiowa.edu>, dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert) writes:
> wang_dj@syzygy.cs.jhu.edu (David J. Wang) writes:
>>>In article <6568.2b344b48@hayes.com>, Bill Coleman writes:
>>>> The moral dilemma is this -- how is this VT102 emulation? You'd now be 
>>>> emulating a different terminal, not a VT102.
> 
> I'll chime in and second (or is it fourth by now?) this as well.  It is
> patently ridiculous to claim a limitation of your program is a "feature"
> providing better VT102 emulation than other programs.  

I don't think it is "patently ridiculous" at all. First of all, I don't
claim this is a "feature." It is just the way the current program works.
There are several reasons for this, and one of them is the dedication to
rigorous emulation. (In light of comments received here and in mail,
some of that dedication may be misplaced)

> I've heard of one
> comm program (I think it is for the PC) that claims to emulate the VT100
> *perfectly*.  It goes so far as to have a switch which allows you to turn
> on/off the bugs present in a real life VT100!  

Pray tell, which emulator is this?

> Why not have an 'anal' switch
> for Smartcom II, which greys out the option real users want for controlling
> the number of lines?

Come on! I'm not being dogmatic here. I opened the question to input. I'm
listening. I'm taking notes. And you proceed to blast me as being 'anal' for
a design decision made years ago on the basis of the information on hand at
the time. Give me a break. That's no way to convince me.

> I have only a Mac Plus, so you'd probably think I wouldn't care about this.
> But I do, quite a bit actually.  I run 'screen' on the Unix host I connect to,
> which really needs a status line.  It can run with 24 lines, but it is much
> more convenient to have 25, which my Plus has the room for.  I simply wouldn't
> use a comm program, no matter how good it was in any other way, if it didn't
> provide me the capability for 25 lines.

Actually, screen size in the terminal has nothing to do with screen size on
the computer. The (virtual) terminal could be any reasonable size, and its
display is then mapped to the scrolling window of the program.

So, even on a Mac Plus, you could have 2000 lines by 256 characters. You 
just wouldn't be able to see much of it.

-- 
Bill Coleman, AA4LR                ! CIS: 76067,2327    AppleLink: D1958
Principal Software Engineer        ! Packet Radio: AA4LR @ W4QO
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. ! UUCP: uunet!hayes!bcoleman
POB 105203 Atlanta, GA 30348 USA   ! Internet: bcoleman%hayes@uunet.uu.net
Disclaimer: "My employer doesn't pay me to have opinions."
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -Steve Hackett.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: MacIntercomm Screwed Over, anybody else?
From: bfoulk@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 31 Dec 92 13:41:36 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

I just received my next day delievery of MacIntercomm from Mac'sPlace.  From
the description in the ad, the MacIntercomm I was ordering was suppose to have
a legendary "powerful scripting" w/the package I ordered.  That it not what I
received.  I got version 1.0 w/a bastardly little readme saying that I only
received version 1.0 of MacIntercomm and I had to send in my registration card
to get version 1.1 (w/scripting).  It was my understanding that version 1.1 had
already been released and that exactly why I waited to order several monthes
after the first version had been released.  The little note inside the box
implies that the 1.1 version had been released in August.  Has this been
released or not?!

Nothing could have pissed me off more than to already paid my 80 bucks for a
program w/o scripting--the only reason that finally made me decide to order it. 
I suggest that Mac'sPlace redo their damn ad to make it plain and
obvious that 1.0 is being shipped and you have to send out a registration card
to get the new version.

Mercury's policy of upgrading is pure bullshit.  I bought the damn program and
had it shipped over night just to get the 1.0 version (useless as it may be)
the damn registration card to send in.  What service, eh?  Then I made a long 
distance call to Mercury system to get a damn answering machine.  Wow!  There
is a little more money I've wasted nicely.  Well, its good to complain,
I thank you for reading my bitching.  Has anybody else had this same problem or
am I the only one that pissed off over this?  Is the 1.1 version really
released?  If not, I'm going to package up this damn box and send it back to
Mac'sPlace.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
Subject: Re: QM vs Eudora/POP (was Re: QM vs MS Mail)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:24:17 GMT

In article <C033KD.MDr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim
McKay) wrote:
> Supposedly unlimited.  Of course I've personally never tested that so I can 
> just say that about 200 users works fine and with quick service.  Argonne
> National Lab has one of the largest QuickMail systems I know of and would 
> guess they have quite a few more users than that on their QM "Nameserver",
> geussing at least 500.

Someone else told me 8000 for their QM network.  Which is all very nice,
but there are some 70,000 people in ph at UIUC alone.  Eventually, I think
you have to go to a text-based system; you just don't point and click
through 70,000 names.  And that's just ONE (albeit large) institution.

> Someone (was it me?) once said that Eudora is like a VW Beetle and 
> QuickMail is like a Chevy Celebrity. I personnally like that comparison. 

I'm not sure what the heck that's supposed to mean.  :-)
--
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.