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From: tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald)
Subject: Re: Advice needed on Syquest
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date:  4 Oct 92 10:13:34 GMT

The Syquest 88MB cartridge drives are pretty marvellous
in my experience. They can also READ (but not WRITE) 4MB
cartridges (that should read 44MB not 4MB :-) ).

By and large, the difference between Syquest drives rom
various vendors is:
1. software
2. termination and ease of changing SCSI ID
3. housing
4. power supply
and of course price.

So, for example, if you already have external SCSI devices,
termination is an important issu (ie. removal of termination)
and so is ease of changing SCSI ID. If you already have a
good hard disk utility, software is not important.

Tonio Loewald

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From: brydon@asl.slb.com (Harvey Brydon (918)250-4312)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Folder Protection Utility Wanted
Date: 27 Sep 92 21:32:07 GMT
Reply-To: brydon@dsn.SINet.slb.com
Organization: Schlumberger/Anadrill Sugar Land, TX

In article <1992Sep23.090836.6651@cs.hut.fi>, pandy@elektra.cs.hut.fi (Andreas
Holmberg) writes:
>
>I'm looking for some sort of utility that would allow me to write
>protect the program folders on a machine. 
>
>The situation is I'm involved in the management of some twenty Macs,
>used by students ...

I think you want Folderbolt from Kent Marsh Ltd.  Check with mail order
companies for availability overseas.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Jim Pinkelman <James.K.Pinkelman.1@nd.edu>
Subject: Global Village Teleport/Fullfax modem Good or Bad ??
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6F1EFF20301401E@jpinkelman.aero.nd.edu>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 2 Oct 92 12:24:18 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:12:42 GMT

If anyone has experiences with Global VIllage's Teleport Fullfax,
or as it is now called, Teleport Bronze, I would appreciate your 
opinion of whether or not it is any good.

I'm specifically interested in how well it's Mac Wakeup and answering
machine capabilities are.

Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flop
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 00:50:00 GMT

daver@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu (David Ray) writes:

>If I was a student (again) I would not get a PDA because:
>(1)Most of the time spent revising the notes into a legible form is *not* from
>copying them word for word, but from thinking about how to organize the
>material. There just isn't very much time savings

As a student, I never bothered revising my notes.  They usually were only
good until the next test anyway!  However, if having a PDA meant I took
better (or more) notes in the first place, that would have been an advantage.

>(2)There were many times such as after-class discussion where information
>went by so quickly I barely had time to rip out a page of paper and pencil
>to jot it down. I couldnt imagine how a PDA could keep up with pencil and paper.

You could do it as 'ink' instead of recognized text and not worry about
the speed.

>(3) As mentioned by a previous poster, the PDA can't possibly read my
>scribbling correctly. Only *I* know how to decipher my handwriting. What if
>your only record of an equation was scribbled quickly. On paper you could
>tell it is a "q" because you know your own writing, but the PDA thought it was
>a "g". And suppose you never checked to see if the PDA interpreted your
>writing correctly. The PDA could cause you to get it all wrong. Or, you have
>to check the PDA's interpretation of what you write every time, which is a
>bigger hassle than pen and paper.

As above - use ink in that case.

>(4)The money used on a PDA could be spent elsewhere, like tuition.

$500-$100 does not go that far for tuition.  One semester if you are lucky.

>(5)It would be the demise of our educational system if people with PDA's
>had an advantage over people without them, because more wealthy people
>who could afford PDA's would have an unfair advantage over people who couldn't
>afford them.

Replace "PDA" with "calculator" "computer" or "tutor".  Still object?

>(6)Too fragile for a daypack. I like to be able to throw my pack across a
>room and not worry about what's inside. Leave the computes at home.

I can't see that they would be that fragile!  I would be more worried
about losing the pen!

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From: rhk@ausom.oz.au (Ralph Kerle)
Subject: Software to learn to play read and write music
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 08:06:58 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

Can anybody inform me if there is a software application available
that will allow you to learn, to play read and write music similar
to a Typing Tutor but by plugging a music keyboard (for example a
Casio or some similar device) into the Modem port of the MAC
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From: olds@vab02.larc.nasa.gov (John Olds)
Subject: Need help using Canon CLC500 with Macs
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:33:11 GMT


   Hi! I need some advice on connecting a Canon color laser copier (CLC500)
up to my Mac and SGI workstation network. Here's the situation.

   We own a CLC500 and Canon's Intelligent Processing Unit (IPU) 48D. It
has a SCSI port and accepts RGB-like files. It is currently connected 
directly to a SGI 320VGX graphics workstation, and the workstation can
print graphics files to the CLC500.

   The SGI320 is on an Ethernet network with other SGI workstations and
several Macs. We also have Macs on Appletalk that are connected to the 
Ethernet via routers.

   Ideally, I would like to be able to print color postscript files to
the CLC500 from the Macs and the other SGI workstations without having
to perform alot of manual file conversions, ftp'ing, etc. Also, I would
like to minimize the additional hardware requirements, so replacing our
IPU48D with a EFI Fiery is probably out.

   Freedom of the Press (FOP) was suggested. It runs on either a Mac or the
SGI. I understand the Pro version (~$3000) can take color PS files and
convert them to a format that the IPU can read. It's supposed to produce
pretty nice output. However, it does require some manual file transfer
to get the color PS files to the SGI 320VGX, and then to envoke FOP Pro.
FOP Pro may be able to be set up as a background process, but the file
exchange is still an inconvenience.

   Is there any way to set up a Mac print server running on the SGI
workstation (IRIX 4.0.5) so that a Mac user can just select the CLC500
in the Chooser and have the transfer and print take place automatically?
Is there a similar solution for a print server for the other SGI work-
stations on the network? Maybe a dedicated Mac running FOP Pro in the 
background along with a Mac based print server is a better idea? Of course,
that would mean an additional hardware purchase, and I am trying to 
avoid that. Also, the Mac based print server solution may not be right
for the other SGI workstations. In addition, we use the CLC500 as a scanner
into the SGI 320VGX, so it's preferable that it stay where it is.

   Any help or experiences would be appreciated.


Thanks,
John

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From: chuck@gte.com (Chuck Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: System 7.0 "errors"??
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:46:37 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: GTE Laboratories

In article <1992Oct2.122351.1@ssdvax.mdcbbs.com>, cuy@ssdvax.mdcbbs.com
wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I hope someone can help me out here with a System 7.0.1 question...
> I just got the new system, and every now and again, I'll get what I
> think is a system error...pretty much the Mac tells me, "...an error
> of type XX..."
> 
> Is there a listing of what these errors are??  I looked over on
> FTP.APPLE.COM, but I couldn't make heads nor tail of what was in there.
> 
> I'd appreciate it if you could post any suggestions.  I used to have a
> system error code list for 6.0, and I'm hoping that someone has put
> one together for 7.0.
> 
The 7.0 errors are listed in the appendix of Volume 6 of Inside Mac, under
the title "Result Codes."  I also just saw a posting by someone else that
the System Errors cdev has been updtated to show these, as well.

Chuck Hoffman
chuck@gte.com
GTE Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
(617) 466-2131
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supposed to help each other.
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From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flop
Date: 7 Oct 1992 01:18:50 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au

kriss@mcl.ucsb.edu (Kriss Boyce) writes:

>Just wondering....why not just draw a day planner grid in any ol' 
>spreadsheet......that's what i do.....

Coz the trusty old SE/30 don't fit in my pocket and beep me when I'm late!

Craig
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if users make them.  Applications aren't allowed this freedom" I.M.VI 2-4
From: Kip.Kippley@macnet.omahug.org (Kip Kippley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: RE: Software to learn to play read and write music
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:48:04 CST
Reply-To: kip.kippley@macnet.omahug.org
Organization: Macnet Omaha
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc

The best theory software that I'm aware of is "Practica Musica". The easiest
manuscript writing software/learning tool is Pyware MusicWriter (Three levels
from $119-595).


                     ** Kip **
From: jonvw@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Jonathan Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: hey what is the IIvx
Summary: IIvx spec questions
Date: 4 Oct 92 22:59:01 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


  I have heard about the macintosh IIvx.  Can anyone tell me what the specs are.Is it the same thing as a performa 600,  just with a different name.
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From: cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman)
Subject: Performas are here, now!
Organization: Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
Date: 26 Sep 92 21:25:16 GMT

Saw a performa 200 and 400 today at office depot.
Look pretty interesting...the 200 was like a Classic, and
the 400 looked like an LC, but had a IBM-lookin' monitor (you
know, with the unfashionable little base)

Both came with Claris works installed on the hard drives, and
the saleman said that third party software came installed as
well...


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From: feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (John A. Feinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: NOW Utilities 4.0 instability
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:12:40 GMT
Organization: UB

I recently upgraded to NOW Utilities 4.0.  Is it my imagination, or is this
package much more unstable then version 3.0 was?  When I had 3.0 running, my
computer (a IIsi w/system 7.0.1 & tuner 1.1.1) virtually never locked up.  Now,
with the exact same extensions and control panels, and NOW utilities 4.0 instead
of 3.0, it locks up within minutes of being turned on.  The only solution has
been to turn off nearly all extensions and control panels other than the NOW
utilities 4.0.  I would just go back to 3.0, but I really like the new NOWmenus
and the new interface for boomerang.

John Feinberg
SUNY Buffalo
feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu  uh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: Glen.Stewart@f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Glen Stewart)
Subject: RE: Re: Wanted: Screen `expander` utility for a Mac Plus
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:34:55 GMT

There's also a Big Screen Init, that I was still able to use with System 7.  I 
have it here on the BBS.





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From: kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799... :-(
Reply-To: kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 12:10:02 GMT

:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( 
Let's move this superfluous discussion to comp.sys.trash or somewhere
else. No Mac user is interested in this eternal twist between Atari and Amiga!
:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

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From: billie@camelot.bradley.edu (Eliot Frick)
Subject: Desktop PICT?
Organization: Bradley University
Date:  4 Oct 92 21:46:19 GMT


I'm looking for a program to allow me to put a PICT file, (or GIF, JPG,
etc.) in my desktop.  I have an LC II.  I recently D/L'd DeskPict v1.1 from
sumex-aim.stanford.edu, but apparently it only works on the II series, (or
so the readme file says).  If anyone could post or mail me the name of a
program that works on the LCII for the aformentioned purpose, I'd really
appreciate it.  Danke.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Subject: QuicKeys: How do you make the safe fall on the bunny?
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 07:03:27 GMT

In QuicKeys, there's a way to make the Energizer Bunny appear, and
there's a way to make a safe fall on him.  Can anybody tell me how to
make the safe fall?

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From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: looking for info/opinions on "WristMac" product
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:23:20 GMT
Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA


Somewhere in one of the catalogs that mysteriously started coming when
I got my Powerbook a few months ago (my first Mac!) I remember seeing
an ad for a watch/personal organizer that interfaces with Mac-side
software.  I think it was called WristMac or something like that.

Well, my watch is about shot, and rather than getting another dumb
watch, I am now wondering about this product.

1) is anyone out there familiar with this product (preferably actual
users)?

2) where did I see that ad?  (Who carries the product, in other words)

Please email; I'll summarize to the net.

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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: RE: Reading Mac Disks on a PC
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 92 01:29:12 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

ayeon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex Yeon) writes:

AY> I am faced with a small challenge. I need to be able to read 
AY> MAC HD disks on an IBM computer (also with a HD drive). With 
AY> a disk sector, I was able to see individual sectors on the 
AY> MAC disk from the IBM. I need to know if there are any freeware/shareware
co-
AY> mmercial software only solutions that will allow me to read 
AY> and transfer MAC files from the disk to the PC.

Common Link, from Pacific Micro, works well.  PLI also has a similar utility. 
Both have been advertised in the back of PCWeek lately, or else check your
local library's copy of Ziff-Davis's Data Sources if you can't find these
products/companies.

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From: npchen@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Nien-Po Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: how to make a postscript file smaller?
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:50:07 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Department

Hi netter,

I know this is a FAQ but I missed them.  I heard that PStrimmer can do this
.  Is it true?  How can I get it?

thank you in advance.
From: fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PDA'S are flop
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:20:52 GMT
Organization: Harvard Math Department


It seems that the PDA supporters are basically defending the Newtons
as being a DayRunner or Wizard on steriods.  I'm VERY supportive of
the Newton concept, but I think that's really selling them short,
even though I agree that will be their first and most obvious use.

As someone already mentioned, Newtons will be used to send faxes, read
mail, and take notes.  But Newtons will also be used to read books,
get stock quotes, receive the latest news stories, find your way in
the Montreal subway system, translate your English into French while
in Montreal, and, of course, play games.  Newtons will be used by
every Tom, Dick, and Harry in a personalized way using personalized,
easy-to-write, forms to do what they do now, only easier.  My wife is
a doctor and she intends to use Newtons to replace her endless slips
of papers in her pockets.  All of this should be possible on the first
PDA using announced or heavily rumored third-party products.

In the near future, I'm confident Newtons will allow a group people to
work on a project simultaneously (sharing information as necessary),
Newtons will read Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) to determine 
your exact position on Earth, and display that information on a map
so you can find your way around, Newtons will be used to watch full
length feature movies stored on optical disks at 30fps using a
future version of QuickTime, Newtons will use Casper-like voice
recognition rather than handwriting, and Newtons will allow users to access
services while on the move to shop, make airline reservations, and
check movie times.   None of this is pie-in-the-sky stuff, but is just
the integration and/or miniaturization of existing technology.  I can't
remember if this was a rumor or was in a MacWorld interview, but Apple
will release in mid-1993 a notebook-size Newton that will serve as a white
board so a group of people can sit around a conference table, each
with his or her own PDA, and all see the same image at once.  Soon,
this will be extended to sitting around the same continent, rather
than conference table.  Apple is also working with Toshiba on a Newton
with a built-in CD-ROM drive that will be able to display movies using
a QuickTime-like application.

PDAs, with the Newton operating system to power them, are the
beginning of the easy-to-use information devices that we have seen in
science fiction movies for years.  The objections of the "PDAs are a
flop" group remind me of the objections we heard to windows and icons
in the early 80s.  That reason alone is enough to make me think
they'll be a big success :-).

In any case, we shouldn't get caught up in the idea that PDAs are
just for gadget-freaks looking to replace their datebook.

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kohn@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Kohn)
Subject: mac driver for HP LaserJet III
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 23:08:51 GMT


	I`m working for a professor here who has a 386 box, a Mac Plus w/ 40
MB HD, and a Hewlwtt Packard LaserJet III.  He wants to use the printer for
both computers.

	I believe he'll need a Y-cable (or A-B box) and some kind of
PostScript emulator like Freedom of the Press.  The LaserJet III is not
PostScript-compatible without an expensive upgrade.

	Has anyone done this before?  Do you have suggestions for specific
products and stores to buy them from?  Would Adobe Type Manager allow you to
print?  What kind of driver would be needed?  Where would I get it?

	Please e-mail your response.  Thanks.
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From: Glen.Stewart@f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Glen Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: RE: Setup for BBS needed
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:59:47 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI

I could be wrong in saying that Second Sight supports Kermit, but I know White 
Knight does, so would assume SS does as well, coming from the same company and 
all.

I know Hermes, FBBS, WWIV do not support Kermit.

Hope this helps ever so slightly.  Last I heard, SS was around $150 or so.

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From: cgk@mitre.org (Chriss Koch)
Subject: AppleShare Folder Privileges
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:33:38 GMT



Does anyone know of any utilities other than FolderShare(TM) and S.A.P. for
changing the default folder privileges of folders created on an AppleShare
volume?

FolderShare(TM) is a CE Software product, and the latest version is 1.1.
S.A.P was written by Gabriel Lawrence, and 1.0 is the latest version that I
know about.

Both of these seem to work OK.  I just want to make sure there aren't any
other choices.

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Colorado Springs, CO 80906       | one will notice.      --Rich Hall
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