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From: phicks@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Phillip Hicks)
Subject: What machine do we need?
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 04:29:14 GMT

     Hello to those in net-land. I seek your collective wisdom. I
am writing to you from the Very Large Array (VLA) in west central
New Mexico. The VLA is a radio astronomy observatory for
scientific research. We use a Mac II (no letters) for the
telescope operators to keep a log of each observing program and
document our procedures. The Mac II has 8M of memory, using System
7.0.1 (TuneUp 1.1.1),an ethernet card, CPU = MC68020, FPU = 68881,
and it has a math-coprocessor. Include also the fact that it has
dual monitors and an external hard drive (80K, the internal is
40K). We run a network of 3 Macs at our main site and 3 Macs at
our office building 50 miles away. Sorry about asking you to wade
through the above, but hopefully it will give you sufficient
information to answer my question.
     The telescope operators spend some 30% of their time at the
Mac II running an observing log program using Excel 4.0. Using
something besides Excel would probably require many hours of work,
I rather not take the re-write route. Updating documentation is
another chore and we use WordPerfect 2.1. They complain, validly I
think, about having to turn their attention away from the array's
performance to use the log program. Summed up, they want a faster
machine. Now the dilemma.
     What should we do; upgrade, buy a new machine. My boss says
that money will be a factor and that a factor of 2 speed increase
is not worth it and to look for a factor of 5 or so. Please help
me collect some ideas on what to do. I need some ideas of the
amount of speed gained (I know, hard to determine and depends on
what we use it for) and the cost.
     Thanks in advance for all your help. I'll summarize if there
is sufficient interest. Please respond by e-mail.

phicks@macops.nrao.edu
phicks@nrao.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: HyperCard Programming Question
From: codish@chen.bgu.ac.il (Shlomi Codish )
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 17:14:57 GMT
Organization: Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

I have been using HyperText for minor stacks I use everyday. I don't think
your question can really be answered. Yes, Hypertext is quite easy to learn.
But it isn't easy to really use it unless you have some programming background
as you still nedd to structure any program longer than say 200 lines.

I found the books by Danny Goodman very useful, as well as taking other people's
stack apart.

Hope that's of use...

Shlomi

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: twosheds@.cray.com (Jay Vollmer)
Subject: Background printing under 7.1
Originator: twosheds@ferris
Keywords: Background printing PrintMonitor System 7.1
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 6 Nov 92 09:49:11 CST

	Hey you guys:
	What happened to background printing to my StyleWriter under
system7.1?  These buttons in the chooser window are grayed.  This is the case
when using drivers with version numbers (7.0, 7.1, 7.2.2) in combination with
system 7.1.  Anybody know how to fix this?

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Macintosh virtuoso        | SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK STOP
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From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MaxAppleZoom
Date: 10 Nov 92 22:07:34 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc

In article <cmhaar-031192174205@mac2867-2.chem.nwu.edu>,
cmhaar@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Chris Haar) wrote:
> 
> In article <kexUqti00WBM4=_r9k@andrew.cmu.edu>, jh6r+@andrew.cmu.edu
> (Jonathan L. Hutchison) wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know where I can get a copy of MaxAppleZoom that's
> > compatible with system 7?
> > 
> > Jonathan Hutchison
> 
> MAZ is compatible with system 7, but incompatible (as of the latest version
> that I've seen) with the newer Mac video cards.  If you have a ci, si, LC,
> etc. it doesn't work.

I believe that the 8*24 card is the most recent video card that Apple has
released.  MAZ is compatible with it.  You're right in that it is not
compatible with internal video of any Macintosh.  However, if you put an
Apple video card into a ci, si, LC, etc, it should work with the card.

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Distribution: world
From: Robert_J._Brown@uu0570.foggybottom.com
Organization: Foggy Bottom / Washington, D.C.
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 22:26:05 EST
Subject: Re: Deskjet 500 and Greyscale printing

    Todd:

    This isn't really a reply, but actually a related question.  Apple
has been advertising that its Stylewriter inkjet printer supports
grayscales as well.  Has anyone been able to figure out how???
Foggy Bottom - your FirstClass Mac connection in Washington, DC

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
Subject: Re: "WORD" 4.0
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:39:37 GMT

Check your favorite ftp site for "/quill-204.hqx". Usually in the DA section.
A document viewer type DA that will open Nisus, Word, MacWrite, and other
documents. Pictures can also be viewed.

Dale
parkyn@sfu.c

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bassman@iastate.edu (Bass Genius)
Subject: Re: Madness/RAGE found?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 03:29:25 GMT

In <BxF9MH.6t@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM> jfw@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM (John F. Woods) writes:

>Someone recently posted a question about the Madness/RAGE cdev, wondering
>what had happened to the promised upgrade.  I was just leafing through the
>back of MacUser, and happened across a small ad for "Insanity 1.0", from
>"UV Wave" (I think, the logo is kind of hard to figure out); the picture
>of the screen in the ad looks an AWFUL LOT like Madness/RAGE, plus the ad
>copy mentions the Moof .45 weapon.  $28.95+$2 shipping and handling, but
>I don't think *I'll* be bothering to order it, considering that I was told
>by the original authors that my payment would buy an upgrade...
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Same here....I also don't like the fact that I can't de-install it from
my machine so I can use it on another...
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From: gk1@acpub.duke.edu (Gavin  Kistner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: A folder from hell
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:05:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.6868
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc

While people are on the subject of invisible folders and stuff, could
anyone tell me where the invisible folder "Move&Rename" comes from, and if
I should leave it lying dormant or kill it?

I just like to keep my computer as tidy as possible...

Thanks!

_______________________________________________________________________________
"If this is reality, where are the armadillos?"          
Gavin Kistner          ( gk1@acpub.duke.edu )
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: gleeson@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Red Mountain)
Subject: Re: PRINTING AND CHARGING PLUS ID FACILITY
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:06:09 GMT

In <1992Oct29.182226.3812@news2.cis.umn.edu> Patrick Parker <pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu> writes:

>In article <1992Oct29.111652.203185@uctvax.uct.ac.za> cavillac@uctvax.uct.ac.za
>writes:
>>
>>What I want to know is if there exists an application, cdev, initor whatever
>>that can keep somekind of control over the number of pages printed as well as
>>the user that printed them on a networked laserwriter Plus. I am thinking
>about
>>something that will ask for a username and a password in the print dialog as
>>well as creating, keeping, updating a file with the printer stats.
>Yeah!!!  I've been looking for some utility to do this for a heck of a long
>time!!  I've looked through magazine after magazine for something and have come
>up empty.  What I thought might be the ticket would be something to more or
>replace Apples Print Server, something that tracks print pages, shuts the user
>down after a set number of pages, etc.
>Anyone??  Anyone have solutions??

Y'all might be interested in a product (although still in beta testing) 
called MacBouncer (you know, as in doorman with muscles). It's been developed
here at Melbourne University, and does pretty much what you're asking for.
The person to get in contact with is:
Peter Kakris (email kakris@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au )

Hope this helps,
Marty.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf)
Subject: Re: Does SpeedyFinder7 work for System 7.1?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:58:56 GMT

SpeedyFinder does work under System 7.1.  Make sure you have the most recent 
version of SpeedyFinder; and beware, since even that one seems to behave, well,
oddly at times.  Nothing concrete or reproducible, but certain programs just 
seem to bomb out more often when SpeedyFinder is installed (under system 7.0 as
well).

Bob
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: IIe emulator card questions
From: oberland@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:00:43 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University

A couple questions...

I am FINALLY convincing my parents to get a Mac(yay!-only 4 years, that took!)

They have a whole SLEW of IIe programs(and IIgs).
Q:
I can get a LC and the Apple II card, but how compatable is it?

It can apparently run prodos, so it should be able to run SOME IIgs
software.  Is this possible?  I figure a modem(null) transfer would
overcome formatting problems.

Running IIgs software would be seriously neat, but I dunno.
Is it only Prodos-8?

Q #2:
Is it(the card) compatable with ANY Mac other than the original LC?
Can it be worked into ANY OTHER machine, somehow?

Q #3:WHY doesn't Apple put out a EVERYTHING compatable version?
I know a LOT of people who WANT the card, but don't have a LC.
They often have Si's or older Mac II's. (or even B&W machines)

Q #4:What about a IIgs emulator card?

Q #5:With the new LC coming out, will it accept the card?  This is the machine
that my folks are going to get, hopefully.  If so, they would be greatly
enthused about the prospect of getting a Mac.(Currently, it is due to their
needing what a Mac can do, but they are not too happy at having to get rid
of the IIe software(not to mention the IIgs stuff, some of which is a LOT
better than what would replace it on the Mac))

Q #6:WHY not come up with an AppleII/IIgs emulator in software?
With the new machines coming out, it would be acceptable, speed-wise.
(Soft AT workat about the same speed a IIgs emulator would-4mhz or so)
1 Mhz for IIe is probably do-able on a classic, and no sweat for 16Mhz
computers.

Well, any help/comments would be appreciated
Joe
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Friday, 13 Nov 1992 12:28:53 EST
From: Jon Carr <IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Transfer an 3MB file on 1.4 MB Discs?

In article <1992Nov12.095437.5524@news.lrz-muenchen.de>,
dranidis@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Dimitris Dranidis) says:
>
>Hallo Mac-netters,
>
>I have ftp-ed an hqx file which is almost 3.1MB in hex and 2.2MB in
>bin format.  I can only copy the file from a workstation to my MAC
>with 1.4 Floppy dics.  What should I do?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dimitris
>
If you don't have a file compression utility that can transfer files
betweem a Mac version and a Unix version, and you can then segment
the file (I have never seen such a beast), your up the well known
attributary without a means of propulsion.

However, while the file is still in BinHex form, it is just a simple
text file.  Use a word processor or text editior to spit the file
into 1.44Mb size chunks.  Then you can save them to your floppy.

Hope this helps!

    -----> Jon                                   Jon Carr
    -----> IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU               36 Forest Ave
                                                 Orono, ME 04473
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rajiv@athena.mit.edu (Rajiv A Manglani)
Subject: Re: Need info on shareware sites
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:31:00 GMT

In article <3106@contex.contex.com>, liz@marvin.contex.com (Elizabeth Cyr Jones) writes:

|> I've recently bought a Mac, and would like any info about popular sites
|> for shareware programs. I'm frustrated, because for the IBM folks

ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu and look in /info-mac
also: ftp.apple.com and look in /dts

Rajiv
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz)
Subject: Re: what to do w/ Mac 512k
Reply-To: goer@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 06:04:58 GMT

I've had several replies now regarding the Mac 512k, and everyone seems
to agree that it's worthless, except as a terminal.  Now I already have
a perfectly decent terminal emulator already (running on another com-
puter), so this doesn't help much.  Should I just trash the thing?  Can
it be used for *anything* other than hanging off a modem, and still
have some redeeming value?


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: nbl@solomon.technet.sg (Ng Beng Lim)
Subject: PowerBook 145
Organization: TECHNET, Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:28:55 GMT


Just like to find out what is Apple USA policy on upgrading of System 7.1
for those with the Powerbook 145.
Will Apple provide a free upgrade?  Or are they charging?



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From: Alec Plumb <aplumb@ucsd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Heap Fix for Sys 7
Date: 9 Nov 1992 22:49:59 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego - IGPP
Distribution: world
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X-XXDate: Mon, 9 Nov 92 22:57:02 GMT

Is there a heap fixing utility for system 7.x.x?
I have a Mac IIci here, running system 7.0.1 & tuneup 1.1.1, which often
freezes up.  When I look at the about this macintosh box, I see that the
system software bar has only a tiny sliver of free space, thus my desire
for a heap fixer.

Any suggestions?  (Please reply via e-mail, I will summarize if warranted)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rick@CERCA.UMontreal.CA (Richard Lefebvre)
Subject: software using digitizer ?
Organization: CEntre de Recherche en Calcul Applique
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:43:04 GMT

I'm looking for the following software/hardware combination:

I want to take a graph (x-y plot) put it on a digitizer and
be able to pick the data out of it. Sor in the following
steps :
- point at origin with the puck
- point at a location on x axis, and tap out it's number 
- point at a location on y axis, and tap out it's number
- then point at the various data-points and get the numbers back

is there some software that will do this, or some thing in the same
line, or is there some digitizer that includes that type of
software with it.

Thanx,
      Rick


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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Utility to list file sizes
Date: 9 Nov 92 04:35:15 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Nov8.004141.1@tesla.njit.edu> (comp.sys.mac.misc), erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) writes:
> 
> 	Does anyone know of a utility, payware, shareware, or whatever, that 
> will produce a listing of all files on a disk and their sizes?  If it produced 
> listings for folders too, that would be even nicer.

How about the Finder?  Use the View by name option, then open your
first level folders by *option* click on them.  This will open all
the folders within them too - all the way down.

To see the folder sizes turn them on in the Views control panel.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: M21760@mwvm.mitre.org
Subject: Compiler Validation Test Programs?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:20:39 GMT

>I'm looking for commercially available compiler validation test programs
>for the Think C, Think PASCAL, and MPW C compilers.  If you know of any,
>please respond to brian@babel.ho.att.com.
>
>Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Ravi Konchigeri <mongoose@cardinal.stanford.edu>
Subject: Bad Sector
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A722BF29010100ED@kimball-pc-316.stanford.edu>
X-Xxdate: Sun, 8 Nov 92 12:57:13 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 20:55:27 GMT

	My computer was sitting idle today when Autodoubler popped up this nice
little dialog box.  It said something like, "Autodoubler has caught an
error or type -20999 ... The file is good but your hard disk might be
bad.  Please contact tech support."  I looked up -20999 in the
SystemErrors DA and couldn't find it.  Does anyone know what this error
is?  When I ran Silverlining it found a bad sector.  Is there any way I
can map out the sector without re-formatting?  If not, what's the best
way to get around this.  Also, when I try booting any of the files that
were in the folder that Autodoubler caught the problem in, Finder gives
me a "Not enough memory" message when there's clearly enough memory. 
Thanx in advance.


"When common sense breaks down you invoke quantum mechanics." - Prof.
R.F.W. Pease.

Ravi Konchigeri.
mongoose@cardinal.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Subject: Re: Apple //e (DOS, ProDOS) programs on Mac?
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:36:52 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.175025.24418@u.washington.edu> starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky) writes:
>jwells@netcom.com (Jason Paul Wells) writes:
>
>>starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky) writes:
>
>>>I'd heard there was a way to run Apple //e-type programs on the Mac, assuming
>>>one can get them on a 3.5" disk first.  Is there such a utility/program/init/
>>>whatever that will let me do this, and if so, where can I get it?  (FTPable?)
>
>>>Thanks...
>
>>Well, one way is to get an LC and the Apple IIe Card. You can then even get
>>a 5.25-inch drive to connect to the card.
>
>Well, I do have an LC, and that card did look interesting, but perhaps it's
>a little expensive?  (Does anyone have a price on it?)

You can get the Apple IIe card direct from Apple for only $145,
including overnight shipping.  The phone number is 1-800-795-1000.
The part number is A1043.  The 5.25" drive (not required but nice) is
$259, part number A1024.  Those are list prices, so you may even be
able to find them locally for less.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dowling@hubcap.clemson.edu (william a dowling)
Subject: Re: Background printing under 7.1
Keywords: Background printing PrintMonitor System 7.1
Organization: Clemson University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:08:04 GMT

twosheds@.cray.com (Jay Vollmer) writes:

>	Hey you guys:
>	What happened to background printing to my StyleWriter under
>system7.1?  These buttons in the chooser window are grayed.  This is the case
>when using drivers with version numbers (7.0, 7.1, 7.2.2) in combination with
>system 7.1.  Anybody know how to fix this?

Well how bout using the one that caame with 7.1  version 7.2.3?
Also although background printing is driver dependant,  the driver doesn't
do the work.  Make sure you still have a copy of 'printmonitor' in the
extensions folder.  Just having it in the system folder won't do you and
good.  Try these, restart and see what happens.
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