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From: "Gary Hopkins" <wk00624@psilink.com>
Subject: Re: speed of screen savers (vs. effectiveness)
Organization: Gary Hopkins Typesetting
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:43:49 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)

>DATE:   7 Jan 1993 21:52:19 GMT
>FROM:   Robert Majors <majors@carson.u.washington.edu>
>
>Does anyone know if reducing the number of lines drawn, and/or reducing
>the speed of a screen saver would be of significant benefit for 
>increasing the lifespan of an Apple 13/14" HI-RES RGB monitor (which
>I believe has Sony parts in it)?
>
>-Bob
>majors@u.washington.edu

Theoretically, drawing fewer pixels would help, since the object is to 
avoid keeping pixels turned on.

Practically, as long as your chosen screen saver has some movement, even 
if it's slow, will tend to prolong the life of the phosphors (which are 
the chemicals on the inside of the screen which glow). I suspect you are 
being over-conservative about this, though. My monitor, which is 
essentially the same as yours, has been in almost constant (and I mean 
CONSTANT) usage for four years, and I can't see any burn-in on the 
screen. Yes, I do use screen-savers, but I don't pay any attention to 
what they do, just whether I like the way they look, or whether they 
cause a lot of hard drive access (which I try to avoid only because it's 
keeps me awake when I fall asleep near the computer). Chances are that 
the monitor will practically outlive its usefulness, anyway. By the time 
you "wear out" that monitor, it will likely cost pocket change to 
replace. In other words, it'll take years and years.

I suggest that you use a screen saver, but use the one that you think is 
pretty and let that be the only criterion.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: cirino@island.COM (Mark Cirino)
Subject: Re: Mac to Sun
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:28:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.135801.1702@lrs.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de> scharf@lrs.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Ron Scharf) writes:
>wstomv@wsinpa04.win.tue.nl (Tom Verhoeff) writes:
>
>>In article <1993Jan10.211456.11663@afterlife.ncsc.mil> mlbelan@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Mark Belangee) writes:
>>>I'm interesting in porting some text files from a macintosh to a sun using
>>>only disks.  Question: What's the best way to do this?
>>>
>>>I've tried saving the files to disks on my mac using MS-DOS format, but 
>>>I don't know how to tell the sun to read a MS DOS disk. I've heard that it
>>>is possible.
>>>
>>>Is there another way? Or, does anyone have a sol'n to this problem.
>
>>To read MS-DOS disks on SUNs you can use the public domain (?) software
>>package called mtools.
>
>If you have a SUN running SUN-OS 4.1.x (Solaris 1.0.1), you may directly
>mount MS-DOS disks. Your /etc/fstab should therefore include a line like:
>
>/dev/fd0   /pcfs   pcfs rw,noauto 0 0
>
>After mounting your disk, you can use the /pcfs directory to access files.
>
>Bye
>	Ron


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: bbs@theporch.raider.net (Waffle BBS login)
Subject: Re: I am buying a Mac, sometime soon
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 13:41:47 GMT
Organization: MacInteresteds, Nashville's Macintosh User Group
Keywords: help

mondays@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (I Give Up!!!!) writes:



>Ok, I plan to be buying a Mac within the newxt month or so.
>What I am asking for is peoples ideas on a couple of 
>macs. I am tossed between SI,CI,Quadra 700, or I am trying 
> to find someplace in town with one of the new VX or VI's (vi, anything
> named after that god-awful editor you know you are in trouble...;)so
> I can see what is up with those.
>So, if anyone who owns any of the above wants to drop me
>  a line with any suggestions, regrets or anything that could
>  help me out I will be forever grateful.

I have owned a VX for two months now (stepped up from a Classic).  I love it
and have had no problems.  Can't compare speed since anything is faster than
a Classic but some folk seem to sneer at the 16mz bus speed.  If you have
specific questions, don't hesitate to send me email.  

David Anderson
Nashville TN
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Can't Rename HD On PB160 -- Help!
From: scduncan@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Sean C. Duncan, Idiot)
Date: 8 Jan 93 00:31:22 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

Any clue as to why my brand-spankin' new Powerbook 160 will not let me rename 
the hard disk?  I have tried virtually everything (turning on and off 
Appletalk, fiddling with the sharing settings, booting from another disk, 
everything).  

Balloon Help tells me that "You can't change the name of this icon" or 
something like that... is this a new problem for the 160/180 or have other 
people had this problem? 

If anyone has any suggestions, please email me.

Thanks,
-- 
Sean C. Duncan, scd@einstein.bgsu.edu :: scduncan@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
"Like the sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."
_______________________________________________________________________ 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kolding@cs.washington.edu (Eric Koldinger)
Subject: Disappearing Icons....
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:09:43 GMT

I'm sure this one has been asked before, but what the heck.  My copy of Quicken
(and all associated files) has recently lost it's icon.  ResEdit shows a BNDL
resource containing all the correct icons, but the applications, documents, and
the BillMinder extention all show up with the default icons for their type.
Disinfectant claims that I have no viruses.  Any idea what happened?

My first guess is that perhaps I somehow have to applications with the same
signature (INTU).  Is there anyway of getting a list of applications that I
have and their signatures?

Thanks alot...

-- 
    				|   Eric Koldinger
    Your tax dollars at play.	|   University of Washington
	 			|   Department of Computer Science
				|   kolding@cs.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jbaron@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeffrey Baron)
Subject: Re: VISION 3D
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:19:08 GMT

Also note:
Vision 3d is the only program I have ever seen that has the feature:
Red/Cyan Stereoptic wireframe rendering.  Get out your 3d glasses,
cuz you're going to be seeing spinning moebius strips in 3d! (I made a
quicktime film of this...the program outputs PICS films which convert
easily to quicktime)  Outside of the somewhat screwy interface (I've no
idea how they made that 3d map of that town, but it looks GREAT in 3d!),
this is one of the coolest graphics package I know of (it's fast, too!)

(-)--Jeffrey Sittenfield Baron--(.)
(-)jbaron@silver.ucs.indiana.edu(.)
(-)-----Indiana  University-----(.)
(-)-----B.S. & Free in '93!-----(.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: charestm@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Martin Charest)
Subject: QuickTime in Nisus --> crash!
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:53:33 GMT


Hello there,
                                  I have a big problem in pasting
some little QuickTime movie in a Nisus document; after I pasted it,
word typing become very slow, and most often, Nisus quit suddenly
with a message error number 1 (memory problem? I don't think so; I
give Nisus a lot of memory... 1.7 Megs of RAM).
 
Is anybody out there having a similar problem?
 
I use QuickTime 1.5 with system 7.0/TuneUp on a mac IIci.
Please help!
                    Martin.
From: bcoyle@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Bill Coyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Old Hard Drive
Date: 12 Jan 1993 14:22:59 -0500
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.ucc.umass.edu

	I have an old style hard drive which has a row of dip switches on 
the back of it.  I am trying to get this to work with my Mac SE.  Does
anyone know how to set these dip switches.  I also have a 40meg sony drive
from another Mac which I would like to use as well.

							Thanx in advance!
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:21572 chi.forsale:2036
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:46:31 CST
From: <U53606@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,chi.forsale
Subject:    SALE TelePort FullFax for Mac $100 obo


I'm selling a TelePort FullFax for the Macintosh. Some features are listed
below. For sale for only $100.

- 2400 bps modem with MNP 4 and MNP 5
- Group 3 fax. 9600/4800 send and recieve.
- MicroPhone modem software
- full fax software

I will transfer all registration, and etc.

The modem works with Sys 6.0.5 and up, including 7.x. The modem has auto-on fea
ture that will turn the mac on. Auto-on will only work with macs that you can t
urn on via the kybd. The modem hook up through the ADB port and need no power c
able. Very complete package. Comes with other software offers.

Please send all replies to the address above.

thanks, paul
From: namk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Keesung Nam )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Looking for World Map
Date: 8 Jan 93 07:58:37 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hello. I am looking for a drawing of world map.
Does anyone out there know where I can find this file
from any anonymous ftp sites?
(PostScript file would be better...)
Thank you in advance...

Keesung
 


--
=========================================================================    
     Keesung  Nam                    |  Univ. of Pennsylvania
     namk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu       |  Dept. of Systems Engineering
=========================================================================
From: mlbelan@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Mark Belangee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac to Sun
Date: 10 Jan 93 21:14:56 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond

I'm interesting in porting some text files from a macintosh to a sun using
only disks.  Question: What's the best way to do this?

I've tried saving the files to disks on my mac using MS-DOS format, but 
I don't know how to tell the sun to read a MS DOS disk. I've heard that it
is possible.

Is there another way? Or, does anyone have a sol'n to this problem.

Mark.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
Subject: Re: SCSI id of a Laser Writer IIg
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:16:52 GMT

rowley@theporch.raider.net (Michael Rowland) writes:
>devices in between, but their SCSI ID's are not dependent on startup 
>order... they each have a fixed ID #.
>Some hard drives let you change their ID's by software...avoid them.

Why should 'hard drives let you change their ID's by software...avoid them.'
be avoided?

I think the Quantum LP105S allows Silverlining to software change the SCSI ID.
If the drive is being used in a person's non-changing equipment configuration
I don't see a problem with not being able to externally change the SCSI address
of a device.

But I am not one who thinks ignorance is blissful - so please enlighten me if
there are SCSI concerns worth learning...

Dale 
parkyn@sfu.ca
From: Chip.Brewster@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Chip Brewster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Need advice on MIDI and Macs
Keywords: MIDI
Date: 6 Jan 93 16:41:08 GMT
Reply-To: Chip.Brewster@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
Distribution: world
Organization: NCR Microelectronic Products Division

A friend of mine (actually my brother) would like to get started with
MIDI on his Mac Plus and Powerbook with a Casio 710x keyboard.  I told
him he would probably need to get a MIDI interface and that Finale seems
to be highly recommended.  Not being a regular Mac user myself I couldn't
give him specifics on what interface to buy or where.

I believe he wants to do some simple sequencing and transcription would be
nice too.  If there is an FAQ list on this subject or anyone has some advice
on what's good for a beginning setup, please let me know.  I've found the
really inexpensive packages like Dr. T's Tiger Cub are easy to outgrow.

Chip Brewster
NCR Microelectronics    | Internet: Chip.Brewster@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
2001 Danfield Ct MS470A | UUCP:     {uunet,ncr-sd}!ncrcom!ncr-mpd!bach!chipb
Ft Collins, CO 80525    | BELL:     (303) 223-5100 ext. 423
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jwh7k@hagar5.acc.Virginia.EDU ()
Subject: WANTED: comments on Salient's AutoDoubler
Originator: jwh7k@hagar5.acc.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:12:12 GMT


 For users of AutoDoubler; I would like your comments on this program. Is it
 fast opening compressed files, has it screwed up anything on the hard drive or
 the desk top and have you been happy with the over all performance of the
 program.
 Please send comments to: jwh7k@Virginia.EDU                         Thanks!
 
 | Bill Holman, jwh7k@virginia.edu, (804) 924-8109
 | Clinical Robotics Lab, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
From: bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Sumex is in need of a restucturing
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:47:49 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

brecher@husc8.harvard.edu (Jonathan Brecher) writes:
>bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:                                 
>>There is a large number of files that imply the need for a 'graphics' 
>>directory with with 'art' and 'program'  subdirectories. With these
>>directories the following programs could be moved out of the /info-mac/app
>>directory and into a /info-mac/graphics/program directory:
>>[list deleted]

>If you don't like the way sumex organizes things, don't use sumex.  At
>mac.archive.umich.edu we have always organized things in much the way you
>suggest.  We have a hierarchical directory structure that makes it easy to 
>find exactly what you want.  And if you CAN'T find what you want, you can
>always search our 800K descriptive index file, which is also available in a
>tab-delimited form for easy import into the database of your choice.  We have
>between 50% more and twice as many files as sumex does (depending on how and 
>what you count), including everything sumex has (except art, sounds, and 
>quicktime).
Personly give me /info-mac/font/tt/(filename) over mac.archive.umich.edu's 
/mac/system.extensions/font/adobe.type.three/(filename) setup anyday.
mac.archive.umich.edu's set up makes LESS sence then the 'graphics in the app 
directory' example of Sumex I gave , for this structure makes NO sence with 
the development of System 7.x.  Begining with this system 'cdev' became 
'control panel' and 'init' became 'extension'.  Fonts, das and fkeys are 
also in this directory, so is mac.archive consitering them inits (extensions)?
And under System 7.1 ALL fonts go in the FONT folder NOT the extension folder. 
This structure is LESS intuitive then Sumex's AND has pathnames that remind
me of my organic chemisty class.

The intent of the orginal post was to show that sumex, as good as it is, 
could do with some improvements and one of its managers agrees:
lipa@camis.Stanford.EDU (Bill Lipa) writes:
>I think your comments are very reasonable. I have been meaning to do a     
>reorganization for some time now, but time has been lacking. Hopefully       
>we will be able to do this early in the new year.                            

Comments on services helps refine them and, in the end more productive.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:21472 chi.forsale:2017 misc.forsale:34756 misc.forsale.computers:44911
From: U53606@uicvm.uic.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,chi.forsale,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Mac TelePort FullFax sale $125
Date: 7 Jan 93 05:47:02 GMT
 <93003.012423U53606@uicvm.uic.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

I'm selling a TelePort FullFax for the Macintosh. Some features are listed
below. For sale for only $125.00.

- 2400 bps modem with MNP 4 and MNP 5
- Group 3 fax. 9600/4800 send and recieve.
- MicroPhone modem software
- full fax software

I will transfer all registration, and etc.

The modem works with Sys 6.0.5 and up, including 7.x. The modem has auto-on fea
ture that will turn the mac on. Auto-on will only work with macs that you can t
urn on via the kybd. The modem hook up through the ADB port and need no power c
able. Very complete package. Comes with other software offers.

Please send all replies to the address above.

thanks, paul
From: ams@Auspex.COM (Allan Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac memory questions
Date: 5 Jan 93 04:03:35 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

In article <1993Jan4.173618.2468@mgi.com> eiswirth@vixvax.mgi.com (Steve Eiswirth) writes:
>After a co-worker installed 7.1 and was appalled at the memory hogging 
>going on in his 8mb IIsi, we're looking into buying tons o' memory.  
>My questions are:
>
>	1.  Can System 7.1 be set up to use less than the 5 megs that my
>	co-worker says it uses?

Yes, my son's Mac LC II has 4 MB, and runs System 7.1.  However, he
complains alot about insufficient RAM.

>	2.  I have a IIci with 8 1mb SIMMS installed; can I purchase, for
>	example, 4 2mb SIMMS or 2 4mb SIMMS, remove the appropriate number
>	of 1mb SIMMS, and install the new memory?  In other words, can you
>	mix and match SIMMS quantities?

On the IIci, Bank 1 must have 4 identical SIMMs.  Bank 2 may also
have a group of 4 SIMMs.
On my IIci, I have four 256K SIMMs in Bank 1, and four 4MB SIMMs in
Bank 2, for a total of 17MB.  Note that the internal display memory is
from bank 1, plus I have configured the disk cache (from the Memory
control panel) to use the rest of this first megabyte.  This is the
optimal arrangement, whereby display memory fetches occur only from
Bank 1 and instruction fetches occur only from Bank2 (so, no memory
contention).

>	3.  Will the Mac still work if you have empty memory slots?

On the IIci, Bank 2 may be empty.  All four slots of Bank 1 must be
populated, for the display to work.


			-allan
-- 
Allan M. Schwartz              +1 408 492-0900                 ams@auspex.com
From: eaiu243@orion.oac.uci.edu ()
Subject: Postscript Images wanted
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 11 Jan 93 01:10:48 GMT

Greetings, O Mighty Net Gods!
 
 
I work at UC Irvine's computer store, and we have one of those
sexy new LaserWriter Pro 630s on display. I'm trying to find
some good PS images to use as print samples, but am having
little luck. (GIFs are good, but GifConverter doesn't go
past 360dpi, and I don't know how to use PhotoShop. :-(
 
Anybody know of a site where I can find some nice image files?
You know, nice greyscales, maybe some text, etc. etc. :-)

MANY Thanks in advance,
Andrew Laurence


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: morrison@CATFISH.LCS.MIT.EDU (Joseph D. Morrison)
Subject: how can I convert an EPS or TIFF picture to PICT at 200x200 DPI?
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:46:15 GMT


A graphics shop created a picture for me, and sent me EPS, TIFF and PICT
files. The PICT file seems to be a bitmap, at a resolution appropriate for
displaying the picture on the Mac screen.

I'd like to transmit this picture using my FaxModem. I don't have any
programs with which I can manipulate the EPS or TIFF files.
I can paste the PICT file into MacDraw using TeachText, but when I
fax it, it looks terrible because it's rescaled to the 200x200 dpi
resolution using by the fax software.

Is there any software that can create a PICT file at a specified
resolution from an EPS or TIFF file? (I don't care if it's expensive;
the graphics shop has just about everything and will do the conversion
for me...)

Any help would be much appreciated. Also, I don't get a regular
newsfeed so I would appreciate it if responses could be mailed
to me (either to this account or to joe@gramarye.mv.com).

I'll summarize any answers I get...
Thanks!

- Joe Morrison
  Gramarye Software, P.O. Box 364, Londonderry, NH 03053-0364
  joe@gramarye.mv.com or jdm@quantum.epsilon.com
From: carlip@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Walter C3arlip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Laser printers
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:44:07 GMT
Organization: Ohio University Mathematics

Anyone out there know the details of laser printer workings?

I've been considering getting an HP Laserjet 4m and am curious:

* Allegedly the 4m uses a new Cannon engine (the BX maybe?) that
  provides 'true' 600 x 600 dpi resolution [though Macworld lists
  it as 600 x 300 dpi].

* The two new Apple Laserwriters advertise that they also provide
  600 x 600 dpi printing with '91 grayscales' resulting in apparant
  resulation of 1000 dpi.  I'm suspicious, though, since the engine
  used is the Cannon EX (which I thought was 300dpi) and the upgrade from
  3000 to 6000 dpi seems to involve only memory and software.

I'm interested in what is really going on here.
Can the apple printers actually produce different grays of dots or are
  the grays created in the usual way by mhalftone grids?  If so,
  wouldn't the additional gray shades by countered by the larger size
  of the basic gray dot?
If the old 300dpi laser engines could be made to generate 600dpi (allegedly
  by adjusting placement of the lasers more carefully?) what is really
  different in the new engine?

Thanks for any information you might have!

--Walter
-- 
_____________________________________________________________________________
Walter C3arlip				    **** carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu ****
(the "3" is silent)			
_____________________________________________________________________________
From: yoda@ele.crl.melco.co.jp (Kiyoshi Yoda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: how to connect a PC to  LocalTalk
Date: 9 Jan 93 07:02:32 GMT
Organization: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

I have a 486 PC and want to use an Apple LaserWriter on our LocalTalk.
My PC has an Ethercard, and we also have a GatorBox on the LocalTalk.
What else do I have to buy --  software & hardware  ?

----
Kiyoshi Yoda    
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: binder@mack.geg.mot.com (Ed Binder x2456)
Subject: test post II...Please ignore.
Organization: Motorola Government Electronics Group, Scottsdale, AZ
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:06:05

test test and test again

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  Ed Binder                                              Internet: binder@oz.geg.mot.com
  Motorola GEG, Scottsdale AZ                                 AOL: EDWARDFB

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