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From: jwindley%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Jay Windley)
Subject: New version of Utah MacDump available
Date: 17 Dec 92 14:27:57 MST
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

The University of Utah Center for Software Science announces version
1.1 of MacDump, a package for backing up Macintosh hard disk volumes
to a Unix host via TCP/IP.  It will be available starting 1 January
1993.

Version 1.1 is a maintenace release.  It is being issued to correct a
few of the most frequently reported problems and will be the current
release until further notice.

.  Files larger than 4 megabytes are handled correctly.

.  The MacDump server deals better with compression INITs.

.  Unix clients correctly set the Macintosh clock and calendar.

.  Unix shell scripts have been corrected to provide accurate error
   reports.

.  Unix clients have the option to time out after some length of time
   so that automated backups will not hang on one faulty Macintosh.

.  The MacDump server does not bail out when it encounters file forks
   it cannot open.

.  Documentation suitable for the Unix man(1) command has been
   provided. 

Registered customers who have purchased version 1.0 or version 1.0.1
may upgrade to version 1.1 at no cost by electronic mail, or by
sending $15 handling fee to the address below (check or purchase order
in U.S. funds, please).

New customers may request a prospectus and place first-time orders by
contacting the address below.

   Loretta Cruse
   University of Utah
   Center for Software Science
   3190 Merrill Engineering Building
   Salt Lake City, UT 84112
   USA
   Telephone: (801) 581-5017
   FAX: (801) 581-5843
   Email: cruse@jensen.utah.edu

Please email technical questions and comments to dump-bugs@jensen.utah.edu.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Jay Windley  *  University of Utah  *  Salt Lake City
                    jwindley@asylum.cs.utah.edu
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From: pascal@CAM.ORG (Pascal Gosselin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Quickmail Administrator, ARA and LineShare ?
Keywords: ARA lineshare Quickmail
Date: 14 Dec 92 07:01:37 GMT
Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada

From what I have read of the LineShare demo documentation, LineShare
seems to rely on connect string results to determine whether or not
the incomming call is a FAX or DATA call.

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 !

-Pascal 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: michel@mmourg.fdn.org (Michel MOURGUES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: How fast is the PB100 serial port?
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 08:17:12 CET
Organization: Individual
Reply-To: michel@mmourg.fdn.org
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <louislam.724200669@vincent1.iastate.edu> (comp.sys.mac.comm), louislam@iastate.edu (Louis C Lam) writes:
> ...
> Both machines uses Sys 7.1 and I have the PB Tuner in the PB100.
> ...

As far as I know the PB Tuner is a patch necessary onlt for 7.0.x
systems. It's no more necessary for 7.1.
 

Michel Mourgues - Paris, France
michel@mmourg.fdn.org
From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacTCP
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:10:03 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au

bell@apple.com (Mike Bell) writes:

> System 7.1 has been a big win for me.

>Mike Bell
>Apple Computer, Inc.

Well some people don't have to pay for it do they :-)

Craig
--
Craig Richmond.  Computer Officer -  Dept of Economics (morning) 380 3860
  University of Western Australia    Dept of Education (afternoon)
craig@ecel.uwa.edu.au Dvorak Keyboards RULE!  "Messes are only acceptable
if users make them.  Applications aren't allowed this freedom" I.M.VI 2-4
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
Subject: Re: Source for Supra/v.32bis modem
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 17:28:04 GMT
Organization: Connemara - Computing for People
X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.0.1 12/13/89)
Status: OR

In article <1412@shrike.com> flash@austin.lockheed.com (James W. Melton) writes:
>The following information was posted sometime back on
>comp.dcom.modems and forwarded to me by my brother. I have not
>purchased one yet, but I am considering it.
>
>Supra V.32bis fax modem, latest ROMs
>$265 + $7 s&h
>No software, no cable.
>5 year warranty
>
>mac1@ra.msstate.edu
>
>I have no connection with the seller and am not responsible for
>anything.

I tried calling that guy and he never called back.  Email bounced.  Sigh.

Supra seems to be available from only a few mail-order vendors:

    CompuAbility  800-558-0003 (in Computer Shopper)
    S & W 	  800-874-1235 (in Computer Shopper)

When I called Computability, they were out of the $219 V.32bis internal
SupraFAXmodems, but had bare (no software) externals at $279 (+14 s&h)
and the external with DOS Fax s/w for $299.  S & W also had that at $299.

To my astonishment, a local vendor had the same price as ComputAbility
for an external Supra with DOS Fax s/w - $299.  The local place also
allows returns, so I'll save the shipping and pay the local taxes.  You
might ask Supra (800-727-8772) for the names of local vendors and check.

I have shopped prices on this purchase pretty heavily, including on
ZiffNet, Compuserve, PC Catalog, and Compustore Online. I haven't yet
checked with BottomLine Distribution (1-900-420-3737, $2/min), since I
would like to see their terms in an ad before calling a 900 number. 

(BottomLine was in the 9/92 Computer Shopper advertiser's index, but
their ad isn't on the page number in the index, and I couldn't find them
in any of 8 or 10 mags currrently on the newstand. Sigh.)

Does anyone have any other competitive sources for Supra modems? Is the
guy in Mississippi for real?  Any good purchase experiences with him?


--
Denis McKeon
galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu

QED: Quit and Eat Dinner
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: hatch@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Steven Hatch)
Subject: Re: America On Line <--> Internet ?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: The Turnaround Team, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:25:32 GMT

In article <matt-091292193809@wardmac9.med.yale.edu>,
matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu (Matt Healy) wrote:
...

> Several people replied as follows:
> 
> Internet -> AOL : name@aol.com  (delete spaces within name)
> 
> where name is the username on AOL
> 
> AOL -> Internet : just type the full Internet address
> 
> (I gather that, unlike many systems, AOL is smart enough to
>  recognize Internet addresses *automatically* !  I was *sure* the
>  answer would be something like ">Internet:xxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxx" like
>  it is from Compuserve.)
> 
Has anyone noticed that it may take a few days for your e-mail to arive on
AOL from the Internet?

--Steven H.
Internet: hatch@andromeda.rutgers.edu
AppleLink: Turnaround
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: ssocl01@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Supra v32bis or Teleport Gold?????
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:17:01 GMT

Hi anyone,

	I cannot decide which modem to buy: the Supra Fax/modem v32bis or the
Teleport Gold?

	Which one is more expensive?
	Which one is more reliable - I will have trouble sending any modem back
to reseller for fixing!!!!

	It seems to me that the SFM works for someone but not for others, 
especially in the send fax mode.

	I have no idea about how good the TP gold could be. 

	According to the Macuser december? issue they highly recommend the SFM.

	Where can I buy one of the above modems? Please include a fax number.
The firm should do international delivery as I am not living in America.

Thanks a lot,

Charles

14/12/92
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: No 14.4K seeting on ZTerm?
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 15:44:15 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <85523@ut-emx.uucp> phillips@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu (Sue Phillips) writes:

>Subject: No 14.4K seeting on ZTerm?
>From: Eric Lorenzo, lorenzo@spot.Colorado.EDU
>Date: 14 Dec 92 06:51:19 GMT
>In article <1992Dec14.065119.29953@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Eric Lorenzo,
>lorenzo@spot.Colorado.EDU writes:
>>I'm using ZTerm v0.9 currently with my 9600 baud connection.  I am
>planning
>>to get a 14.4K modem, but ZTerm doesn't have a setting for 14.4K.  ZTerm
>is
>>a great program and I'd hate to have to stop using it.  Are there any
>other
>>similar programs to ZTerm that accept 14.4K baud?

> Zterm Dose not have a 14k setting but it still works, you set it to the
>highest speed setting and it works just fine. I use a SupraFaxModem 14k
>and it works for me...

Yes, that's right.  The Mac talks to the modem at (say) 57.6 KBPS and the 
modem talks to the distant modem at (say) 14.4 KBPS.  It works fine, 
if:

 - you configure the modem to use hardware handshaking with the mac 
rather than XON XOFF handshaking (study your modem manual to be sure)

 - you use a modem cable that will carry the hardware handshaking signals
(not all mac modem cables do)

 - you configure the modem so that it will maintain the same modem-to-
computer data rate regardless of the data rate negotiated with the distant
modem (typically the AT command is \J0).  Some modems, unless programmed
otherwise, will drop the modem-to-mac data rate to match the phone line
data rate, and your communications software suddenly cannot understand 
the modem.

And in fact you should specifically go out of your way to set things up
so that the modem-to-computer data rate exceeds the phone line data rate
_if_ your modem has data compression and is talking to a distant modem
that also has data compression.  If you don't do this, namely if you
set the computer-to-modem rate to match the intended phone line rate, you
will be giving up whatever benefit would have come from the data compression.


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW  (intellectual property lawyer)
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112-0228
voice 212-408-2578     fax 212-765-2519
From: t89djo@tdb.uu.se (David Jonsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Supra Modem cable
Date: 12 Dec 92 15:22:46 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Timothy David Sharpe (gadget@engin.umich.edu) wrote:
: Is it possible to buy the cable separately, or make it?
: I don't see the need for the whole macpac, just the cable.

You also get a FaxSTF in the macpac version, not to forget.
The modem cable for highspeed is very easy to make. Open the PICT id 0 in
Apple modem tool with eg ResEdit to get a nice picture of it or try to 
interpret the following:
>Mac pins (din 8)       Modem pins DB25
>
>1      DTR                  DTR (20)
>                            RTS (4)
>
>2      CTS                  CD(8)
>
>3      TD-                  TD(2)
>
>4      GND                  signal gnd(7)
>   connect to pin 8 too.
>
>5      RD-                   RD(3)
>
>6      TD+                   N/C
>
>7      N/C                   N/C
 7                            8 Carrier Detect
>
>8      RD+                signal gnd(7)
>

David
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P.O Box 353          Postal giro 499 40 54-7
S-751 06  UPPSALA    Internet E-mail t89djo@tdb.uu.se
SWEDEN
From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Zyxel:  file transfers die randomly?
Date: 12 Dec 92 16:01:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bz5Lu3.Lxs
Organization: University of Delaware

Maybe someone else has seen this?

I've installed a Zyxel in place of a Supra v.32bis in hope of setting
up a 16.8 Zyxel-Zyxel link.  The Zyxel connects cleanly (19200/V32b 
14400/V42b to an ATI v.32bis) and stays connected during interactive 
sessions, but drops carrier within 5 - 10 minutes when I run a zmodem 
download -- after transferring the right amount of data without errors.
The Supra w/ same setup routinely ran 5 to 10 meg transfers unattended.

This occurs with the old Supra-suplied HH cable and HH cable made 
according to fig 1.2.2 in the c.s.m.c FAQ.  I'm using "AT &F" factory
settings on the Zyxel with DTE set at 19.2.  Comm app is MP II v.4.0,
with hardware handshaking enabled.  The docs imply that MP II v.4.0
uses RTS/CTS handshaking, which is consistent with the csmc cabling.

Before I try to buy back the Supra, should I be using a different init
string?  Different cabling?  Comments, info, suggestions appreciated.4

BTW, the Zyxel puts out enough RF interference to kill FM reception.
Is this normal?  It's in a plastic case;  the docs look like those
for any other class B FCC approved device.   Thanks for reading ...
-- 
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.appletalk
From: cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld)
Subject: Re: 'comp.sys.mac.mactcp' newsgroup?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.appletalk
Organization: Cleveland State University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:43:51 GMT

Stephen C. Trier (trier@odin.ins.cwru.edu) wrote:
: In article <1glr8lINNdka@nigel.msen.com> emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti) writes:
: >the other name for the group if you were picking two would be
: >'comp.protocol.tcp-ip.mactcp' to go along with the existing 'tcp-ip.ibmpc'
: >group.

: I think this is an excellent idea.  However, I think the name could be
: improved.  Why not "comp.protocols.tcp-ip.mac"?  This way, questions
: about TCP stacks other than MacTCP would still be covered.  (As an
: example, consider the recent thread about why the NCSA Telnet built-in
: stack advertises a different window than does NCSA Telnet over MacTCP.)

: I have broadened the list of newsgroups to include comp.protocols.appletalk,
: because many number of MacTCP questions find their way there.  Perhaps a
: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.mac* group would help unify the disparate TCP-on-Macs
: discussions.

: comp.protocols.appletalk readers, you will find Ed's initial suggestion in
: comp.sys.mac.comm and comp.protocols.tcp-ip.

: -- 
: Stephen Trier                      "We want to offer you a price that you
: Network software type               just can't afford to take advantage of."
: Case Western Reserve University         - Sales blurb from HSC Software
: trier@ins.cwru.edu

I think this is a very meritorious idea.  Where is the call for votes?
o

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Joe Rosenfeld			cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu
Automation Librarian           joer@inca.law.csuohio.edu
Cleveland State University
"We look for things ... to make us go!"
From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Fax capabilities of Microphone Pro?
Date: 20 Dec 92 19:03:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BzKnMJ.DGp
Organization: University of Delaware

Could someone who has tried Microphone Pro comment on its
FAX capabilities?   Specifically:

Does the fax side work by INIT, CDEV, faceless bg app, 
separate stand-alone app, etc?

Can faxes be sent and received with MP Pro open (with no
open data connection, obviously)?  In general, how well do 
the data and fax capabilities coexist?  

Not a fax question, but will MP Pro work reliably with DTE
set at 38.4 or 57.6?  (I've been using 19.2 with MP II v.4.0.)
-- 
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Internal NuBus modems for Q700?
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:15:30 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info


    I was wondering what kind of internal modems I can get for a Quadra
700. I assume that they would have to be on a NuBus board, but this is
not a problem. Anyone got any info on these kinds of modems, I'm sure
they must be out there. Thanks. Later.


--
-Brian V. Hughes
	     "If you could care less, then why don't you?"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jpb@newssun.med.miami.edu (Joe Block)
Subject: Re: QuickMail vs Microsoft Mail
Organization: University Of Miami, Medical School
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 18:01:02 GMT

tnakada@eis.calstate.edu (Tom Nakada) writes:
: wlopez@vitalink.com (WLopez) writes:
: > 
: > We are considering purchasing Microsoft Mail for our PC community but would 
: > like to be able to exchange mail with our Mac community who are already on 
: > QuickMail.
: > 
: MacWeek just gave Lotus's cc:Mail 2.0 thier "Diamond" Award for (in their
: opinion) "best cross-platform mail".
: 
Lots of stuff deleted...

: reliable E-mail to everyone's desk, however, cc:Mail 2.0 is the one to
: look at first." 
: 
: - MacWeek 12.14.92 pg.65 (reviewed 08.03.93)

We went with Quickmail because you can run it on DOS machines as well.  Call
them and ask them to send you a demo package, it'll run for 30 days.  You can
administer it, add users, use it for real to see how it fits your needs rather
than MacWeeks.  MacWeek usually has excellent reviews, but it is nice to be 
able to subject a product to your own conditions before you buy.

cc:Mail has one major flaw.  I got their demo, and it turns out that you have
to have a publically writable directory on your server machine.  Anyone can 
just delete the contents of the mail folder if they don't want someone to
receive an irate email they sent, and there is no unsend function to keep
people from figuring this out.  Even if they do it out of ignorance/stupidity
rather than malice, the cc:Mail files seem too vulnerable to me.  

Also, their supposedly "working demo" only gives you access to one account,
and doesn't let you get administrator access.  I was very concerned with ease
of administration, so this also factored into my recommendation to go with
Quickmail.

Anyway, I'd recommend just going with Quickmail.

jpb
From: Jim.Redelfs@macnet.omahug.org (Jim Redelfs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: RE: U.S. Robotics BBS??
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:54:44 CST
Reply-To: jim.redelfs@macnet.omahug.org
Organization: Macnet Omaha
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm

> Does U.S. Robotics have a support BBS?  If so, what is the Phone Number?
  
Yes.  It is  708-982-5092. 
  
JR

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: simon@archsci.arch.su.edu.au (Simon Hayman)
Subject: Re: Eudora Support
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: University of Sydney
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:52:01 GMT

In article <9212141613.AA18858@draco.src.honeywell.com>,
drdan@src.honeywell.com wrote:
> 
> I try to look a year or two downstream. I've noticed that in my work,
> software has about a half-life of about a year (e.g. in a year, any given
> package has a 50% probability of being upgraded). That may be because of an
> increase in capabilities, but it often may be to maintain compatibility
> (e.g. System 7, new Powerbook, mutual bugs and interference between
> applications and extensions...). What if the application stops being
> upgraded? For example, I still see MacWrite and MacPaint files, so I have
> to keep the capability to cope with them. They are easy. I don't know how I
> would cope with Revisionist 1.4 files (for example) in 4 years.

Commercial software doesn't necessarily have any greater life,things live
and die quickly out there in the commercial world - one could ask what ever
happened to Honeywell Information Systems and their products?

>For Eudora the file format
>problem doesn't exist, because we have a long term committment to Unix and
>the Internet, and the Eudora files can be simply transmitted to a unix box,
>and we can go back to using "mail" or emacs (yugh). So I recommend it to
>individuals who like good elegant email packages.

This is the key - standard simple file formats, e.g. text, so there are no
problems in changing software EXCEPT learning the new acquistion.
From: victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (V Menayang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Modem port speed on a PB100??
Date: 16 Dec 92 04:43:15 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin

In article <1992Dec12.160246.25649@walter.bellcore.com> mo@bellcore.com writes:
>Has anyone run their PB100 serial port faster than 9600 without
>wholesale data loss??  I have a multitec portable v.32bis data/fax
>modem with the factory Mac cable and when trying to run at 14.4

I don't have any problem setting my speed to 19200
(with a practical peripherals modem).  But, that's
the maximum speed I can get the PB100's port to
work with.

I'm almost sure that 19200bps is the fastest that
a PB100 can take.

-victor

-- 

-------------------------------------------------------------
Victor Menayang                     victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu 
=============================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: Barry Cooper <bjc3@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Using Zoom modems for ARA?
X-Xxdate: Wed, 16 Dec 92 23: 10:57 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: bjc3@cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:07:00 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.153659.29841@netnews.noc.drexel.edu> Andrew W.
Miller, milleraw@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu writes:
>> My personal experience using both Zoom and Supra modems was miserable. 
>>I just could not get them to connect at 14.4.
>
>Is this a problem with the modem or with ARA.  I have a similar problem
>with my Twincom 14.4k modem.  It will not connect using ARA at 14.4.  But
>when I call a BBS at 14.4k the modem works fine.  What is so different
>about ARA?  Is there any way to fix this?

Sorry, I don't know the answer, but I had somewhat similar experiences,
ie. I could connect to BBSs sometimes using White Knight , but hardly
ever using ARA.  However, I can only repeat that switching to the USR DS
modems _completely_ corrected the problems.  Now all my connections are
high speed and stable.  It seems to me therefore that ARA is somehow more
demanding of the modem, perhaps of the modem's ability to handle a
certain level of line noise.  I saw somewhere on the net that another
user had fitted a filter of some kind that he said he got from AT&T.  If
I remember correctly it was a radio frequency filter.  Good luck.
Barry Cooper
bjc3@cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
Subject: Re: You get what you pay for? (Was Re: Eudora Support)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:17:17 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.193250.25022@ornl.gov>, Jamey Maze <jnm@ornl.gov>
wrote:
> What if
> Qualcomm continued to provide Eudora for free, but provided an optional
> 800-number technical support service?

That is EXACTLY what we are thinking about.  We do NOT intend to charge for
Eudora, only the support.
--
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.