HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: justin@mik.uky.edu (Justin Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: mcvert 1.8.3 errors - HELP!
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:25:30 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Jack Brindle writes
> This problem occurs on other systems as well. I have encountered it on a
> MicroVax running Ultrix. Lint provides an interesting analysis indicating
> quite a few call problems. I have not looked into it very far, but I wonder
> if the problem is dependent on the size of variables (e.g. on a Sparc an
> int is 4 bytes, but may be only 2 elsewhere). I also note that the Sparc
> is a bsd machine, while Ultrix is System 5 (I think???).
> 
> If someone finds the cause of this problem, many of us would appreciate
> knowing the fix!

Ooh! What a novel idea! Run lint! :) <duh!>
I would appreciate it if those having problems would mail me the output of  
lint. I've heard the same problems with mcvert 1.83 now from users running  
Ultrix and DYNIX. DYNIX runs on multiprocessing 386/486 systems of course,  
but two DECstation 5000 users have mailed me about the problem, so evidently,  
it applies to VAX, MIPS and Intel-based platforms. I'm surprised not to have  
heard from any SGI users (yet), but it may just be a matter of OS (although  
ULTRIX is supposedly the same from platform to platform)..
Anyway, I would appreciate getting some output from lint from those that can  
provide it. I'll have a looksee and see what we can do (though I'll leave it  
up to the author to do it.. only fair, don't you think? He did go to the  
trouble to provide it for us.. :)
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From: pjl@sparc1.cs.uiuc.edu (Paul Lucas)
Subject: Re: postscript from microsoft word?y
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:52:18 GMT

In <1992Aug27.140549.3278@ducvax.auburn.edu> ggmar@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:

>In article <1992Aug25.230102.1@uncavx.unca.edu>, peake@uncavx.unca.edu writes:
>> In article <1992Aug25.210845.24852@athena.mit.edu>, 
>tracadas@athena.mit.edu (Philip W Tracadas) writes:
>>> 
>>> How do I make a postscript file from Microsoft word?  Isn't there some key
>>> sequence that I use in the print dialogue box?
>>> 
>>> thanks in advance
>>> -phil
>> 
>> 
>> In Word 5.0 there's a button to make the file postscript in the PRINT dialog
>> box.
>> 
>> 
>> peake@uncavx.unca.edu
>> peake@unca.bitnet

>After saving the Word document as a PostScript file, will any PostScript
>printer print the document with all the page breaks, tables, graphics, etc.
>that I saved when working on my Mac with an HP DeskWriter? If I upload the
>file to a Sun and print it out on a Sun Sparcprinter, will it look exactly
>like it was printed on a LaserWriter? My department doesn't have any funds
>for Macintoshes for the graduate students, so we either have to use the
>Suns or fight the undergrads for the Macs.

*****>	It ought to; if the dest. printer is a PS clone, you may be flaky
	results.  I've printed mac stuff on lotsa stuff...from high-volume
	Kodak printers to AGFA phototypesetters.
-- 
	- Paul J. Lucas				University of Illinois	
	  AT&T Bell Laboratories		at Urbana-Champaign
	  Naperville, IL			pjl@cs.uiuc.edu
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From: stu1d46@bmerh255.bnr.ca (Victor Koa)
Subject: Re: Looking for _Powerful_ Personal Organizer
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 12:53:26 GMT

I recently downloaded something called Do-It-All! (I think from sumex) which
really fits the bill for most of your requests.  I haven't played with it too
much yet, but it has an intuitive interface, and supports many of the features
you require.

Erik.
-- BNR doesn't even know I exist so how could my views represent theirs? --
From: stricher@masig.fsu.edu (Char Aznabul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: .dl viewer for the Mac
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:55:32 GMT
Distribution: na

Darrah Chavey writes

+ There is, at present, no .dl viewer available for Macintoshes. Furthermore,

For what it's worth, there is an x-based .dl viewer, so some example
source is available.

James
From: ruderman@phage.cshl.org (David Ruderman in Grace - CSHL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: NewsWatcher and System 7
Keywords: News, System 7
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:02:28 GMT
Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

I recently installed System 7 on my Mac LC which had 6.08
on it.

I was running NewsWatcher 1.02, and now I cant get any news on my
mac.  NewsWatcher finds the newsgroups alright, but tells me that
there are no articles in any newsgroup.

Any ideas?

Thanks

-dave
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Gavin Adams <gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com>
Subject: Re: How can one copy an audioCD sound ?
X-Xxdate: Mon, 31 Aug 92 15:24:52 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:31:02 GMT

In article <28AUG199211132625@utkvx2.utk.edu> Jonathan Cooper,
jcooper@utkvx2.utk.edu writes:
>the new apple cd 300 drive (double speed, photocd compatibility) is able
to
>send audio data to the scsi port.  older drives are not able to do this,
>thought i understand that the only thing preventing it is rom code in the
>drive.  somebody who felt like hacking sony's roms might be able to get
the old
>drives to send audio through the scsi port.
>
>the catch is that the drives will initially only be available as
internals in
>the new multimedia machines, which have mono sound output.  

I haven't heard of ANY CD-ROM drive capable of sending CD Audio (Red Book
or is it Orange) out the SCSI port.  Most drives have a line-level output
on the drive.  This can be routed to a stereo, DSP, whatever.

On PC's (IBMs) the line-out on the CD drive goes to a line-input on a
sound card.  Sampling to waveform files is normally done via DMA access,
and for CD quality audio (44 Mhz 16 bit sampling) a '386-based machine is
needed.

If this new Apple drive can send audio out the SCSI port and is under
$500, I'm really interested.

--- Gavin
Visualize Whirled Peas!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Mike.Lavery@f204.n2603.z1.ieee.org (Mike Lavery)
Subject: Rayshade-M
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2603/204 - Not Even Odd, Forest Hills NY
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 18:20:00 GMT

  Rayshade is a popular UNIX raytracing program; Rayshade-M is the port of 
this program to the Macintosh.
  Various messages in UseNet newsgroups have made reference to this 
program - a copy of which is at weedeater.math.yale.edu.
  My usual access to UseNet/InterNet is, for the most part, only 
mail/read.  I have tried twice using mail-ftp to obtain a copy of this 
program and maunal.  Though I have had no problem in getting things from 
other sites, both times I have tried, though the ftp transcript from the 
mail site indicates no problem, only a mangled 1 part of the program has 
arrived.
  QUESTION:  Is anyone familiar with this program and, in particular, with 
the copy at weedeater? (There is a notice that that site is being closed 
and that Princeton should be consulted, but I failed to find the Macintosh 
version there.  Perhaps, I was looking in the wrong directory.  Remember, 
I said, that I can only do this by mail ftp, which is not interactive.) 
Does anyone have a working copy of this program?   Does anyone know of an 
additional site where it might be located.
  I have tried POW-Ray v 1.0 and find it quite interesting, but would also 
like to have a look at the earlier program which seems to have some 
features that POV does not.


 * Freddie 1.3b2 *  The Mac QWK reader.

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From: brandy@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BRANDAUER CARL M)
Subject: Re: Pro-Cite info?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:32:51 GMT

ProCite data:

	Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc.
	P.O. Box 4250
	Ann Arbor, MI 48106
	313-996-1580 Voice
	313-996-4672 FAX
	D0017@AppleLink.Apple.com

I have been using ProCite for just a month or so and think that it is quite
powerful and fast.  However, like all powerful tools, it takes some time to
learn, something not helped by some strange organization of the screen
menus and by incomplete information in the otherwise excellent manual.

The organization of the screen menus strikes me a strange because the
numerous option screens are accessed from different menus.  Thus, fonts,
point sizes and the like are changed in a 'Configuration' screen accessed
from the 'File' menu, what parts of a bibliographic entry are printed,
other stylistic options from various screens gotten at through the
'Bibliopgraphy' menu.  An approach such as the multiple choice screen used
in Word 5 would be very nice.

Be aware that your friendly school computer school may not have the best
price for ProCite.  After paying $300+ here I found that one of the big
mail order places (Mac Zone??) was asking $198.
From: meh@sybase.com (Michael Hushour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: My 'Chicago' font shows oddly in certain point sizes
Summary: Characaters altered in some sizes after printing Word doc
Date: 27 Aug 92 20:40:05 GMT
Followup-To: meh@sybase.com
Organization: Sybase, Inc.


On my IIci (under 6.0.5) I have the Chicago 12 pt font installed (which
I believe is used as the prinicpal menu font).  Several programs (e.g.,
Excel) use this font at other point sizes as well (so I assume that such
programs are able to map to 10 or 14 pts based only on a 12 pt definition).

Recently I printed a Word document, given to me on a floppy (scanned for
virus on input), which used fonts (?) I don't have installed.  The document
printed OKAY, but since then any use by an application of Chicago at other
than 12 pt size produces characters which do not have the uniform stroke
width of Chicago.  

For example, in any pt size other than 12, two of the vertical stokes of 
a W are thin and only the third has the appropriate thickness.  The 12 pt
size displays just fine.

So I'd like to understand how this happened, how to avoid it in the future,
but most importantly, how to restore the font display to the correct format.

Many thanks for any help you can give,

Michael
From: rfisel@informix.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: disinfectant 3.0????
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:43:35 GMT
Reply-To: rfisel@informix.com
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <j-norstad-030992121141@norstad.acns.nwu.edu> j-norstad@nwu.edu  
(John Norstad) writes:
> In article <al196521.715456252@academ01>, al196521@academ01.mty.itesm.mx
> (Juan Carlos Guerra Escamilla) wrote:
>  
> >  does any of you know when is the version 3.0 of the popular anti-viral
> > program Disinfectant will be available for FTP.
>  
> I was planning to do an ambitious new version 3.0 of Disinfectant with all
> sorts of new features to take advantage of System 7. I even made the
> horrible mistake of describing it and promising to release it publicly.
> Unfortunately, over a year ago, when I was about half way through the
> project, I ran out of steam. Since then, I have lost interest in viruses
> and Disinfectant and moved on to other projects (mostly networking stuff).
> It appears that my attention span is limited to a maximum of 3 or 4 years
> :-)
> 
> Right now, I'm keeping Disinfectant updated as new viruses appear, but
> that's all.
> 

John,
One relatively simple thing that would make Disinfectant much more system-7  
friendly would be to reduce its size a bit, so it could fit on a 1.4M floppy  
with a minimal system file and finder. All that Monty Python stuff is really  
cute, but I get a little worried when my emergency virus disk can't include it  
and the system all at once.

This is a suggestion, not a complaint (far be it from me to complain about such  
an excellent - and free - product). Thanks for the service you've provided to  
the Mac community.


Rick Fisel 
(rfisel@informix.com)
opinionated employee of opinionless
Informix Software
I prefer replies by email. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: dauter@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Michael Dautermann)
Subject: Re: WHERE IS DEPTHKEY ?????
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Summary: you may be looking for DepthCharge....
Keywords: mac, archive, whoopie
Organization: We're from the government, ma'am
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 21:05:50 GMT
Expires: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 04:00:00 GMT

In article <54+njd.btoback@netcom.com> btoback@netcom.com (Bruce Toback) writes:
>I haven't seen DepthKey. Have you tried Switch-a-Roo? It sounds like
>it does the same thing: switching between two configurable screen 
>depths on any given monitor. I can send it if you can't find a copy
>locally.

  
you may be looking for this.... and it's on >> MAC.ARCHIVE.UMICH.EDU <<
  
from our index, found in the "mac/00help" directory as the "index.txt" file...

 CDEV/DEPTHCH     18     7/15/92    BinHex4.0,Compact1.33
 /mac/system.extensions/cdev/depthcharge1.7.cpt.hqx

    Easily change the screen depth (monitor colors/greys) with
    this control panel.  Also allows you to change the Sound
    volume just by hitting some keys...

  
get on our mac.archive frequent ftp'er mailing list... drop me a message
at "mac-recent-request@mac.archive.umich.edu"!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Envelope/Label Printing Software?
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:14:06 GMT

The subject line more or less says it.  We're looking for a program
for printing envelopes and/or labels which can import addresses from a
list and hopefully handle Informix or SQL interface (? that last bit my
boss told me to insert...).

We're hoping to minimize the amount of equipment we need to buy.
We've got a HP LaserJet IIIsi printer, which we can get an envelope
feeder for if we want/need to, but ideally we just get a program to
handle it all.  I read the May 92 MacWorld review of label programs,
including FastLabel; it sounded fairly reasonable, but can it handle
envelopes and what sort of files can it import?  Failing that, is a
label printer really worth getting?  Is the LabelWriter II still good?

As always, I appreciate any advice net.people can give me.  Thanks!
-- 
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Disclaimer:  The author apologizes for any thought-provoking material he may
	     have accidentally included and promises not to do it again.
Datclaimer:  My employers wouldn't WANT to share some of my opinions.
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From: dchopp@vicente.math.ucla.edu (David Chopp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Postscript previewer?
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:49:15 GMT
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department

Does anyone know of a postscript previewer program?  I have a Mac SE and
have some postscript files on a Sun that I would like to view from the Mac.
The program need not be too sophisticated since the file primarily contains
just a large collection of lines, no macro definitions.  Any help would be 
appreciated.  Please E-mail.

Dave Chopp
dchopp@math.ucla.edu
From: mintz@lsil.com (Doron Mintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Typing tuturs?
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:34:49 GMT
Reply-To: mintz@lsil.com
Organization: LSI Logic Corporation

Can anyone recommend one please?

If you do, please mention a bit about the features of the program.

I'll post a summary if I get responses.

Thank you
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 Microsoft help system???
Originator: torrie@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
Date:  4 Sep 92 02:01:49 GMT

kgantz@cup.portal.com (Ken H Gantz) writes:

>I just upgraded to Excel 4.0 and am puzzled by this message
>I get from time to time. Every once in a while when I try to
>access HELP, I get a requestor which says something like THE
>MICROSOFT HELP SYSTEM IS OUT OF MEMORY and then a second
>requestor that says UNABLE TO ACCESS HELP. After getting these
>requestors, I checked ABOUT EXCEL and find 1.9 megs, of the 2
>megs alloted to Excel, available. Once I get the help system
>requestor, I cannot access HELP again until I restart Excel.

  I had these problems with an extension conflict.  In my
case, I could NEVER get the Help system up (even after immediately
starting up Excel) so long as I had this particular extension
installed.
  Unfortunately, I can't remember what the offending extension was,
(although it may have been MemInit) but I would suggest that this is
probably your problem.  Try removing extensions and see what happens.

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From: triantos@acsu.buffalo.edu (Nick B Triantos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.programming,utcs.grad,utcs.under
Subject: Re: Prograph v.2.5:  Is it any good?
Date: 30 Aug 92 21:10:58 GMT
Organization: The University at Buffalo
Originator: triantos@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu

In article <17q357INN194@cs.utexas.edu> javier@cs.utexas.edu (Javier H. Seen) writes:

     For those who are knowledgeable of Prograph v2.5 (i.e., purchased
     and/or  experimented  with the package), I'd like to ask you what
     you think of it.  In particular,

       * Does it have a steeper learning curve than conventional Mac
	 application programming (say, using THINK C v5.0.2)?

Well, that will depend upon you (I hate to sound so evasive), because although
Prograph seems to be a very nicely designed development system, getting used to
programming in such a "non-traditional" manner (drawing boxes, and linking them
with lines), seems difficult for some experienced programmers, myself included.

       * Are the OO capabilities well designed?  Is graphical programming
	 of this genre faster and better than other well-established
	 CASE tools?  (Is Oracle a good comparison?)

Haven't used Oracle..Can't touch this directly, but the OO paradigm seems to be
very well implemented, comparitively.

       * Since both Prograph and THINK C are  sold  at  a  low  market
	 price of approx. $199.00 (though I'm sure THINK  C  can  be  
	 purchased at lower
	 educational prices, but I need to check that out), which one
	 would you suggest me to use in order to actually learn Mac
	 application programming?  Let's say that my intentions are
	 geared toward industry requisites (for instance, I've worked
	 with X11R4, so that falls within "industry-based" application 
	 production software).

I too come from experience in X11R4, and so THINK C seems to be the easiest for
me to adapt to.  The whole structure of X11 programs and Mac programs are, in
general, the same, but the exact toolbox calls and their parameters are simply
different.  Event loops, menus, and so on are conceptually the same on both
platforms.  And by the way, I paid $125 for THINK C by calling Symantec and
getting the name of the educational distributor.

     I appreciate your advices beforehand.

Oh, and one last note...Call TGS Systems (sorry, I don't have their # anymore),
and ask them to mail you the demo.  It's an interactive Hypercard stack that
will really let you see what Prograph is all about.  They were very helpful to
me.

Good luck.  I hope all this helps!

-Nick


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: djpegg@utkvx4.utk.edu (PEGG, DAVID J)
Subject: Re: Word 5 Questions
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:30:00 GMT

When you get a postscript error such as "undefined MTExt" or
"undefined York" I found the only sure way to fix it was to
replace the equation editor settings file with a new one
then double click each equation then close it. I learned to
always carry a copy of an old settings file  which I dropped in 
the system folder before I did anything. (I was on a semi-
public Mac. I also did this with Word prefs)
If you don't have one just delete the old and start fresh.

Also, never switch fonts in the equation editor. I know for
sure the New York font will cause problems. Leave it Times.

MicroSoft knows about this. They asked me to send a copy of
an unprintable file to them. I dunno when they'll have a fix.

Joe Dellwo
From: fore@athena.cs.uga.edu (Howard Fore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: ATM on a Quadra?
Date: 30 Aug 92 06:19:16 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <D8QPBXF8@cc.swarthmore.edu> annie@cs.swarthmore.edu (Annie Fetter) writes:
>I have ATM 2.0.2, and it won't run on my Quadra.  Is there a newer
>version, and does it work on a Quadra?  Is there any sort of upgrade for
>ATM?
 
I'm not sure about 2.0.2, but I know that 3.0 ( yes, 3.0) does work just fine
on both the 700's and 950's. Did you check it for 32-bit cleanliness? I know
that the current street version of Streamline is NOT 32-bit-clean.

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fore@athena.cs.uga.edu                                      William S. Burroughs
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From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Which packages are PowerPoint's competitors?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 21:37:14 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

eck@saul.upenn.edu (Brian J. Eck) writes:
: 
:    I've recently been asked to find a good presentation-making
: application for our Macs.  It's been a few years since I've been
: heavily into Mac presentation, so I'm not up on the latest
: developments.
: 
:    I used to use MS PowerPoint, and I believe it's still around; I'm
: fairly sure there are other applications that match/beat it in terms
: of price, performance, etc.  My only requirement is that the
: applications be able to use color and output it as color PostScript.

I use MORE, from Symantec. The leader is reported to be Persuasion, from 
Aldus. Both are powerful and use outliners to develop the ideas on the
slides. (I use MORE primarily as an outliner, in fact).

PowerPoint may now have an outliner, from what I recall reading.

Any of these three will do the job. All cost around $250-275, street price.


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