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From: jrh@de.deere.com (John R. Howell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Mac in a UNIX world
Date: 15 Sep 92 12:58:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: Deere & Company

In article <william.zwicky-140992155547@wezwicky.cray.com>,
william.zwicky@cray.com (Bill Zwicky) wrote:
> 
> ... 
> I'm looking for some Mac software that
> will enable me to "export" Mac files so that they can be "mounted" by Unix
> workstations on the network. Does "NFS" exist for the Mac platform?

I do not believe there is any software that allows you to "export" nfs file
systems. There are nfs "clients" available for the mac from a couple
different sources.  I use Intercon's NFSshare, but I also understand
Woolongong (sp?) makes one too.

You may want to look at TOPS.  I believe this will allow file systems to be
shared between macs, pcs and several unix machines.

> I'd like to be able to print from a Unix workstation to the LaserWriter
> connected to my Mac.  Does an lp daemon exist for the Mac that will
> "listen" for print requests from.

Let's suppose the LaserWriter is an AppleTalk printer on a network. 
Localtalk or Ethernet. If so, there are several software packages available
that run on the unix machines that allow printing to go to the Apple
LaserWriter.  CAP is available for free and there are a couple commercial
packages.

However if the printer connected to your Mac is not an AppleTalk printer, I
think you are out of luck.

Intercon is working on a utility that would allow you mac to print to a
unix lpr printer though.

John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Herb Schilling)
Subject: Is there a way to switch startup screens on boot ?
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:18:40 GMT


I was wondering if it is possible to switch your startup screen at boot time.
When I boot up, sometimes I want to have my startup screen on one monitor for 
debugging and when I am just using my Mac for non-programming tasks I want the 
other one. 

If that is not possible, is there some kind of FKEY or QuicKey extension to
change monitors quicker ? I know it is no big deal to change it, but
it's always nice to do things a cooler way.  :-)

Thanks.
-- 
Herb Schilling , NASA Lewis Research Center , 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 142-5
Cleveland, Ohio 44135 . (216) 433-8955       sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: lind@ils.nwu.edu
Subject: Getting rid of the SE/30 monitor
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:58:34 GMT

Here's a question for all of you system hackers to ponder:

I have an SE/30 that I built myself from catalog parts. (It actually resides in
an IBM ps/2 case for a bit of hardware-borne irony) So, naturally it doesn't
have the standard SE/30 9" monitor on it.  In and of itself, God knows, this is
no great loss, except for the fact that the system can't be persuaded that it
isn't there.  The result is, I have a dead-zone in the corner of my nice 13"
monitor where my mouse (and in some cases windows) can go and get lost because
they are "on the main monitor".  All I  can do is put this in the least-used
corner of my screen with the monitors control-panel.  Very annoying.  

Anyone have any solutions, or is this just what I get for building my own?

Thanks,

Jeff Lind
From: cooneys@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Neat CDEVs--but how turn them on?
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:06:15 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

Sorry if this is a naive question: I've d/l'd two nifty 
CDEVs that I'd like to use: LONG/SHORTDATE and POPCHAR.
I put both in the Control Panel, as directed by my Mac book. 
But how do you activate them?

Both give a nice little panel with options to select, but 
nothing happens, even after rebooting.

Anyone using these who can take a minute to help me? (I'm 
using a Quad 700 & System 7.0.1.)

               -- Seamus Cooney, Department of English, 
		  Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
		  e-mail: COONEYS@wmich.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: tip@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy I Panagos)
Subject: SYS 7 and MACRO Maker????
Summary: Looking for Macro Maker Upgrade, I think.
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Distribution: NA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:04:01 GMT

	I only recently upgraded to sys 7, and found that I now have
trouble when I run one of my favorite utilities, Macro Maker.
I've searched through a few FTP sites for upgrade info, but was
unsuccessful.  I'm running a 4/80 SE30 without virtual not in 32Mode.
	Does anyone know what I can do to bring Macro Maker back on-line?






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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (CSP1DWD)
Subject: Postscript Preview'er
Date: 6 Sep 92 15:41:48 PDT

Anybody know of any postscript preview pgms for the MAC?

-- Denis 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: andreasm@cs.tu-berlin.de (Andreas Mueller)
Subject: Function Keys for Soft PC on a PowerBook 
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 08:33:02 GMT

Hi, I have a PowerBook 145. The PowerBook has no function-keys.
Several Dos-Programs need the function-keys.
Does anybody have a solution for this problem.

Thanks in advance.

andreasm@cs.tu-berlin.de
From: mlbizer@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Marc Bizer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: SpeedyFinder7 control panel
Date: 10 Sep 92 15:24:01 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
X-XXMessage-ID: <A6D4D11E4E01B96E@slip-10.ots.utexas.edu>
X-XXDate: Thu, 10 Sep 92 10:17:02 GMT

To all fellow Finder hackers:
	I strongly recommend that you try the wonderful control panel by Victor
TAN, SpeedyFinder 7. It speeds up file copies, adds command-M and
command-Q for "make alias" and "quit" to the Finder menus, turns of
ZoomRects, enables option-drag for trashing and deleting files, and much
more. SpeedyFinder7 (1.5.2) can be found on Sumex in the /cp
subdirectory. The question I have is this: can anyone supply his e-mail
address? He can be reached on various Australian BBSes and on AppleLink
(AUST0116), but I need an INTERNET address. Please post to both the
newsgroup and to me directly at mlbizer@bongo.cc.utexas.edu.
	Thanks for your help.
	Yours truly, 
	Marc Bizer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (A. Lani Teshima)
Subject: Can't load Sys 7 tune-up--why?
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 08:15:24 GMT


I got the system 7 tune-up files from ftp apple.com, and unbinhexed,
etc. etc. and now have all the pertinent files on a floppy I have
named "System 7 Tune-Up." When I follow the directions and try to
install from the floppy, I get a window that said something like "The
name of this disk is correct but this is not the right disk. Please
insert "System 7 Tune-Up" disk to continue" or something like that. I
made sure the floppy actually said exactly what it should've said. It
still won't work. What am I doing wrong? I don't want to reload
everything onto my hard drive until I've tuned up.

Thanks in advance! :)

Aloha--

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Geoffrey J. Noer)
Subject: Re: U.S. System 7.0.1 with Icelandic fonts?
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 18:28:31 GMT


> I suggest you get the whole icelandic system and then replace menu
> and string resources. That's an easier way to have an icelandic system with
> an english front.

Where can I get the Icelandic fonts?  (I'm trying to get a hold of the
Icelandic New York/Times truetype font so that I can write letters to some
Faroese friends of mine.)
I have helvetica working on my American system with no problems--I renamed
the font so that I have both versions available.

Thanks,
Geoff
gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu

P.S. I would prefer an E-mail
response.
From: jjaslow@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jason (Jazzie) Jaslow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: My DA's won't work under Multifinder...
Date: 7 Sep 92 00:30:38 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <Bu5y08.GqI@news.cso.uiuc.edu> beyer@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu (John  Beyer) writes:
>
>I have a Mac IIci with 8MB of memory running 6.0.5 that has just
>decided not to allow me to run any Desk Accessories while running
>under Multifinder.  When I switch it to Finder, the DA's run just
>fine.  
>
>John Beyer  (beyer@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu)
>Chief Consultant
>Materials Research Lab Center for Computation
>University of Illinois (U-C)


For DA;'s to work under 6.x.x multi-finder you need to place the file
DA Handler in your system folder.  It's found on your System Tools Disk.
The work differently under multi-finder in that the finder calls the
Handler to run the DA's instead of the usual way under the finder.

Jason T. Jaslow
University of Pennsylvania
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro)
Subject: Re: Powerbook 100 Quicktime/32bit QuickDraw?
Date: 10 Sep 92 05:00:53 GMT
Keywords: quickdraw powerbook 100 quicktime init extension

In <alen.716083615@crash> alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro) writes:

>A friend of mine (with no net access) has just bought a cheap
>powerbook 100 and upgraded it to 4Mb RAM.
>She has the quicktime extension and would like to run it but
>when the desktop appears a dialog is displayed that says...
>Quicktime could not load because it requires 32 bit quickdraw...
>I thought System7 had 32 bit QD internal. Is there a control
>that needs to be switched?
>email me and I'll summarize

Summary of responses:
	All respondents report that 32-bit quickdraw will not run
on a 68000 (only 68020 and above). So Quicktime is not available on
the PowerBook 100 (bummer!!).

thanks to all for the info

--alen
alen@crash.cts.com
From: tcora@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: NEWS
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:27:28 GMT
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Many people have flamed:
Dan.Hughes@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dan Hughes) writes:
>
>Oh, brother. Why don't you get in a time machine and go back to Nazi
>Germany circa 1933 and sleep with Hitler you fascist, racist bitch! Then
>the allied bombers can bomb your bigotted ass in to oblivion with the rest
>of that sorry country.

I'd like to suggest to one and all that this account was probably
broken into. Flaming won't help, but it certainly will clot up
c.s.m.s. So let's let it all lie, or mail copies of it back to
postmaster@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org, so he can deal with it.
Suggesting that fidonet be "cut off" from the internet is worse than
useless. Posts of this sort come from all over the place. Fidonet is
no more or less prone to such than any other site. Let's get back to
Macs and ignore the rest of this flamage, OK?
-- 
 
                tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: gurgle@netcom.com (Pete Gontier)
Subject: Re: The original JumpStart
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 00:25:30 GMT
Organization: cellular

shiekh@ICTP.TRIESTE.IT (Andy Shiekh) writes:

>JumpStart 1.0, by Karl Joung in 1986 moves things around (surpercharges) to
>make for a faster launch of the application.

If I remember correctly, an Apple engineer familiar with the internals
of the Resource Manager once posted that the use of this program was
no longer safe. It was something about the moving of the resource map.
-- 
 Pete Gontier // EC Technology // gurgle@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: nasadk@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Kristopher Martin Nasadowski)
Subject: Re: My DA's won't work under Multifinder... 
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:22:24 GMT

hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs) writes:

>In article <cd2ys3h@rpi.edu> nasadk@rpi.edu writes:
>>In article <Bu5y08.GqI@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, beyer@mrlaxs.mrl.uiuc.edu (John  Beyer) writes:
>>
>>[System configuration of 8MB RAM IIci w/ System 6.0.5 not running
>>desk accessories under Multifinder]
>>
>>Did you install the file "Backgrounder"(sp?) It's purpose it to
>>allow you to use the DA's in Multifinder. Without it, you can't.
>>It gets installed in the System Folder.


>I believe you mean "DA Handler".

Er, yeah right... that's what I maean. Really!

Nazman
<nasadk@rpi.edu>

Sorry for the confusion, thanks for the correction.
What does Backgraounder do?
From: isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia Isler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Floppy icons won't disappear when disk is ejected
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:26:09 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hello,
Sometimes when I eject a disk from my Mac Classic 4/40 running System
7.0, the icon does not disappear. Furthermore, the System continually
asks for the disk when I try to do something else in the Finder. 

When this happens, I try dragging the disk to the trash and using the
'put-away' command but nothing works.

Does anyone know if there is a solution to this problem?

Thank you,
Sylvia Isler
isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Sylvia Isler
isler@gradient.cis
From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Windows NT = Death of the Mac?
Date: 2 Sep 92 23:35:05 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <2SEP199210495504@gergo.tamu.edu> (comp.sys.mac.system), dave@gergo.tamu.edu (Dave Martin) writes:
> In article <1992Sep2.034018.933@tamsun.tamu.edu>, dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) writes...
> }Microsoft looks to be dividing into a low-end/high-end strategy
> }with DOS version ? with Windows version ? on the low-end and Windows
> }NT on the high-end.  NT looks like it's going to provide the features
> }commonly associated with systems like UNIX, as well as some other
> }things that not many operating systems implement yet.  It's still
> }very vauge, though.
> } 
> }NT also has very stiff hardware requirements.  A good 16 MB of RAM
> }and a 200 MB hard disk looks like a fairly minimal configuration.
> }This won't catch on on the desktop for at least another 2-3 years.
> 
> Don't forget that the current estimated suggested retail on Win/NT is a few
> hundred dollars on top of the cost of this minimal configuration. This is
> definitely not going to be a low-end product. Even with site licensing (what
> little that Microsoft offers), it's going to cost a fortune for a company to
> buy copies for everyone, so they'll start with just a few initially. Like
> you say, it'll take a few years to get going. 

You really never really know about prices until ship day.  I wouldn't
be surprised if Microsoft has learned a lesson or two about pricing
and volume from selling Windows 2.  

As long as there is some profit in it, you *can* make up for a cheap
price with volume.


There is a large installed base that will never go to Windows NT,
but then, there is a large installed base that will never even go to Windows
as it is today.  The big battle ground is what people use on new machines
(Apple keeps this simple by not supporting System 6 on many of their new
machines, Microsoft can't quite do that :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: jhkim@gorai.kaist.ac.kr (Jeong-hyun Kim)
Subject: Re: PB cursor after sleep
Organization: KAIST
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 05:58:43 GMT

mkim@athena.mit.edu (Michael C Kim) writes:
> I noticed that after I turn the PB 140 from sleep, the cursor becomes blurred 
> out. When I click on something, it becomes the arrow again.  Is this normal? 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Michael Kim
> 
My PB 170 has the same problem. It probably has to do with a certain extension
or control panel file, but I haven't tried to find out what's wrong cuz I
have too many ex's and cp's installed to track down the small problem.

Jeong-hyun Kim
From: triantos@acsu.buffalo.edu (Nick B Triantos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: SpeedyFinder7 1.5.3 problem.
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:45:46 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: The University at Buffalo
Originator: triantos@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu

I recently write:

>I just dl'ed SpeedyFinder 1.5.3 from sumex.  The readme says to not open the
>control panel until restarting. I put it in the System Folder, it got moved to
>the Control Panels folder, and I restarted.  Now, my right-most menu in every
>program (e.g. "Special" in the Finder, etc) is spaced over too far, and only
>the first two letters of the menu name show up.  The menu is still fully
>functional, though.  Restarting with SpeedyFinder no longer there makes
>everything a-ok.

Well, I've figured out (I think) a small incompatibility.  I also use
MBarCompress 1.1.  Turns out that when I take out MBarCompress, everything
becomes OK (except that my menu bar isn't compressed anymore, of course).

I'll be writing a note to Victor TAN about it.

-Nick

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Predecrement David)
Subject: FAQ: Make system use less RAM?
Organization: Tomobiki-cho
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:31:45 GMT

I know this is a variation of a FAQ, but I didn't see the answer I'm 
looking for. :-)  (Not "why is it so?" but "how can I change this?")

I had to re-install System 7.01 and now it "uses" 3 Meg RAM out of 8 avaiable.
What can I do to cut it down to, say, 2.25 or 2.5 Megs?  (As it used to be...)

BTW: The System 7 Tuner extension is still in the Extensions folder.  
Does it matter that I re-installed the System, but did not "re-install"
the Tuner?

Thanks for your help.
--David
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From: U53606@uicvm.uic.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ATM for free, or is it?
Date: 6 Sep 92 20:53:54 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

It only took me about 3 weeks for me to get my ATM copy from Adobe. Besides, wi
th all the free pd type 1 fonts floating around, I'm sure some one has come up
with a clone of the standards.


-paul
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: davecole@cie.uoregon.edu.uoregon.edu (Dave Cole)
Subject: Wanted:  Good cheap C compiler.
Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:13:34 GMT

  If anyone has a good cheap C compiler that they are tired of, and want
to sell, I would be interested.  Please E-MAIL.

Dave

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: sgrenander@NASAMAIL.JPL.NASA.GOV (Sven Grenander)
Subject: Re: 7.x.x Finder Heap Allocation ?
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:50:35 GMT

In article <boyd-080992001653@kip2-50.apple.com>, boyd@apple.com (Scott Boyd) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Sep2.191821.22486@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, 
> gpb@gpb-mac. (greg berryman ) wrote, suggesting that you alter the Finder
> to give it a larger heap.
> 
> Don't do this.  It won't get you what you want.  Finder has two sub-heaps,
> and their sizes are fixed.  You won't be altering their sizes when you
> adjust
> the Finder's heap size.
> 
> It is far more likely that you are running out of Finder heap because some
> poorly-written software is allocating memory in other people's heaps,
> including Finder's.  You might try looking through your extensions to
> see if you can spot the offender.
> 
> scott
> boyd@apple.com
> 
> 
Scott,

Given your address I would assume that you know what you are talking about,
but empirical evidence overwhelmingly shows that increasing the Finder
heap size reduces the problems that I (and at least a few others) have had.
If you are correct, then the empirical evidence seems to imply that the 
increased Finder heap allocation cures the symptom (OOM warnings and random 
crashes) but not the underlying problem (misbehaving extensions was your 
suggestion).

Do you have any suggestions for how one would go about tracking down these
underlying problems ? Is there for example any system 7 MemWatcher utility
which could help trap offending apps or extensions ?

A review of IM VI is no doubt in order if one is to understand the two sub-
heaps that you mention, is there some other information source that you can 
recomend, such as a TN or something similar which addresses this specific
issue ? In particular, is there any reference which describes how a fixed heap
can satisfy the requirements from the lowest Mac to one at the high end with
dozens of simultaneously running apps, tens of disk partitions, zillions of
open windows over half a dozen monitors, gobs of open files and who-knows-how-many 
extensions ?

Thanks,

-Sven
From: meh@sybase.com (Michael Hushour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Bit-mapped screen font scaling not working?
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:54:53 GMT
Reply-To: meh@sybase.com (Michael Hushour)
Organization: Sybase, Inc.

After recently printing (using Word 4.0) a document I'd received on
a floppy, I noticed that several other applications (e.g., Excel 4.0)
began to display some of their menu/screen text differently than
before printing the document.

It appears that the scaling of the standard bit-mapped Chicago font
to any size other than the 12 pt size for which the bit map is
provided.  This applies only to the screen font version of Chicago,
the lazer printer is OKAY.

The font is normally (e.g., whenever 12 pt size is displayed) fairly
even width for all the lines making up each character.  Now the other
sizes show characters made up of thick and thin lines.

While I understand that the scaling of these fonts often produces
ill-formed characters, the change is so extreme from what had been
displayed previously under several diverse applications, that I think 
this is a case of impared processing.

How does a bit-map screen font get scaled to sizes not explicitly
provided?  Does this process ever get scrambled?  What do I need
to recover, re-install System and Finder?

Many thanks,

Michael