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From: ala@fico.uucp
Subject: Re: Two questions about colour
Reply-To: ala@fico.UUCP (Adryenn Ashley)
Organization: The Fair, Isaac Companies, San Rafael, California
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 19:56:57 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.163333.1@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au> edd701ssft@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
>Question 1 :
>Is there an application that will enable me to save colour pictures
>(eg gif, tiff, jpeg, bmp) as colour startup screens ? 

SuperPaint can save graphics as PICT documents.  You can create in another
graphic application and then copy into SuperPaint (I believe the latest and
greatest release is still in B&W).  Then name it 'Startup Screen', pop it 
in your system folder,
and go on to Question #2.
>
>Question 2 :
>Is there an application that will enable me to change my boring background
>desktop to a colour picture ?

DeskPict is an application that you pop into your system folder and it will
take whatever you have named as 'Startup Screen' and make that your desktop.
>
>If you know the answer to one or both of those questions I would greatly
>appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me!
>
>Vincent,

Glad to be of service.

Adryenn

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: dms50304@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darkman)
Subject: Re: SPA piracy raid at Oregon?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:15:59 GMT

jahnke@biosci.arizona.edu (Jerome Jahnke) writes:

>would fall back on our laurels. The Communist creed of "from each according to
>his ability, to each according to his need" does not work, the fall of mother 
>Russia should make that clear to you.

Off the subject, but Russia wasn't a "true" communist country.  It was there
own version of it. :)

-- 
___________________________________________________________.
|   Daryn Sharp    /\ University of Illinois /\ Engineering |
| Darkman@uiuc.edu \/    Champaign-Urbana    \/  CS Major   | 
!___________________________________________________________!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: gyoungs@nyx.cs.du.edu (Greg Youngs)
Subject: Re: does autodoubler work with gatekeeper 1.2.6?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 15:53:19 GMT

knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:

>In article <parkyn.711263886@sfu.ca> parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) 
rites:
>>knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:
>>>>been holding off until it works with gatekeeper. Does the new gatekee
er  
>>>version work with AD?  

>>>Yes, GateKepper 1.2.6 works fine with AD 1.0.7i. No, GateKeeper Aid
>>>still causes AD to scatter temp files all over your disk. What's
>>>worse, every app you launch is decompressed to disk since GK Aid
>>>intercepts the launch to open files read/write, thereby forcing AD to
>>>expand them to disk rather than only into RAM.

>>Edgar, does this mean that I could remove GateKeeper Aid to improve
>>Autodoubler problem of leaving temps and decompressing into memory only

>>And yet leave GateKeeper in place to catch nasties before they do their
>>dirty deeds?

>That's how I have it set up. GateKeeper is enabled, GK Aid disabled at
>startup. Works just fine. Note, however, that GK Aid does catch a few
>viruses that GateKeeper doesn't.

>Edgar

If disabling GK Aid allows me to use AutoDoubler at the cost
of lost virus prection, will Disinfectant extension fill the
gap for protection?
 
Thanks!
From: stricher@masig.fsu.edu (Char Aznabul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SPA piracy raid: Call for Solutions
Date: 24 Jul 92 22:25:25 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Jul23.081608.15309@sdf.lonestar.org> steve@sdf.lonestar.org  
(Steve Fuller) writes:

+ 1. Each copy of the software sold had a physical registration card.
+ 2. Each card has a serial number.
+ 3. The user MUST have registered (sent in the card) to get an upgrade.
+ 4. Software is only shipped to owners address.

Ok, how do you insure that a registration card is properly entered into
the database and that database is kept safe?

How many people have sent in registrations and not heard a peep? I know
I have.

James
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: miyazaki@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Takeshi Miyazaki)
Subject: Re: Top Ten Software Rip-offs, 1992-07-13
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 13:57:33 GMT

In article <4s4PoB17w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
>miyazaki@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Takeshi Miyazaki) writes:
>> They replied that there is an international version of AD, and they are
>> happy to send me. I have not yet bought AD, though.
>
>Hmm...  I wonder if they'll sell me an international version of AD if I phone
>them?

I don't know. But if you need to use UK system and Swahili system (or
Japanese or whatever) on a HD with Switcher, it would be a good excuse
to ask. 

>Also, did they say whether the international version costs any more?

No. I thought that it will be a minimal cost.

>Oh, and why do they bother having two versions in the first place?

Agreed. There are many smarter ways to prevent people from purchasing
software from mail order houses overseas. One way is to restrict
upgrade of the customers who bought from the U.S. To check the country
code of system file is a brain damaged way, since it is irrelevant to
the place you use the software.

-- 
Takeshi Miyazaki (miyazaki@ee.princeton.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: drew@netcom.com (Drew Wade)
Subject: Re: PowerBook 170 Briefcase??????
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 23:50:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

i use one made by targus.  it's really a generic laptp bag 'cause that's all
i found last dec when i looked, but it works well.
black with red trim, not bad looking, padded handle, shoulder strap.
i use the bottom compartment for pb170 and charger, upper for papers, etc.,
as briefcase, including a zippered compartment for miscellaneous little
thingies.

there may well be better custom-designed ones?  don't know.

-drew wade
drew@objy.com

In article <haase-210792131649@macpkh.meediv.lanl.gov> haase@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter Haase) writes:
>Can anyone recommend a case for a PowerBook 170 that can hold acc
>and Papers?????
>
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>
>"The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
> reflect those of Los Alamos National Laboratory"
From: arends@Metaphor.COM (Dale M. Arends)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SoundTracker
Keywords: SoundTracker, MODs
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:18:39 GMT
Reply-To: arends@Metaphor.COM (Dale M. Arends)
Organization: m4

In article <36125@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, faraullo@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (THE BIG "F") writes:
|> Sorry to dump such a question in this forum, but my postnews
|> fucntion is knid of iffy right now, and I know I can post here.
|> 
|> I'm looking for the large Sound Tracker archive. I remember that it
|> had nothing but MODs, but I can't find the address. If someone could
|> drop me the address, I'd appreciate it. Thanks
|> 
|> Frank
|> 
|> faraullo@sdcc13.ucsd.edu

Try ftp.brad.ac.uk in the directories /incoming and /misc/mods.

Dale
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Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employer.  They
probably aren't interested and maybe don't agree and therefore ...
From: jwang@phy.duke.edu (James Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Summary: Looking for a JPEG-app (A)
Keywords: jpeg graphics compress
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:38:37 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Jul23.173342.8944@nntp.hut.fi> k32116h@puukko.hut.fi (Petri Riihikallio) writes:
>
>I couldn't find PictCompressor, but it is said to do what I wanted.
>
>PictPixie is a tool to test different compression methods and levels. It
>works OK and did exactly what I wanted. I downloaded it from ftp.apple.com.
>
>Thanks to Larry, Mike, Sam and Rick.
>

Actually, PictCompressor and PictPixie are both the same program.  Except the
former has been polished off ("officialized by apple" if you will) for release
under the QuickTime banner.  PictCompressor, the new one, has more than doubled
in size and the compression sample actually reflects the result now.

Speaking of doubled program sizes, all quicktime utilities have undergone a
similar un-diet.  Anybody know why it is so?  And does any one know why the
new MoviePlayer has lost its elaborate palette interface to those of the 
Simple Player?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: nigel@socs.uts.edu.au (Nigel Pearson)
Subject: Hex/Ascii Binary File Editor
Organization: Computing Sciences, Uni of Technology, Sydney.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 00:21:39 GMT

	Can anyone recommend a PD/Freeware/Shareware binary file editor.
Only requirement is that it needs to be able to edit a 7Mb+ file on a
Mac without that much memory.

	Thanx.

-- 
    Nigel Pearson, research dog's-body @ University of Technology, Sydney.

   AARNet: nigel@socs.uts.edu.au       Talk: (Sydney) 330 1799, fax 330 1807
   Hardcopy: Nigel Pearson, SOCS, UTS, PO Box 123, BROADWAY, Australia, 2007
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho)
Subject: Re: Molecular Modeling
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:11:29 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.100336.20348@ousrvr.oulu.fi> Juha Pirttil{ <juha@skynet.oulu.fi> writes:
>
>
>In article <6869.2A692686@psycho.fidonet.org> Wayne Johannason, 
>Wayne.Johannason@f30.n377.z1.FIDONET.ORG writes:
>
>>I need a Mac or IBM program that would allow me to 'sketch' small DNA/RNA
>>strands and display small compunts.  Any Molecular Modeling program
>would be
>>much appriciated.  Espically with source code present.  Are there any
>program
>>that can display replication?  Any information/programs would be much
>>appriciated.
>
>MacMolecule. Is archived at sumex-aim.stanford.edu.

As mentioned before, MacMolecule takes in files with atomic
coordinates, not interactively. However, if you can set up the
file, its output is excellent. I suppose one could calculate
the positions of the atoms relative to the origin as replication
occurs, but that would certainly be hideously time-consuming.
Perhaps some sort of 3D modelling program could render an
acceptable image.

CKC
>
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From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: A/UX 3.0 vs. MachTen 2.0
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:15:16 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

MacWeek did a review of A/UX 3.0 a few weeks ago.  The following caught
my attention.  Does anybody have further information about this?

	"While Apple's A/UX is the dominant native Unix for Macs, Carnegie-
	Mellon University in Pittsburgh is about to release Mac-Mach, a
	public domain implementation that will be available for $100 on
	CD-ROM with full source code.  It is reputed to have comparable
	features to A/UX."

.............................................................................
....Boyd Ostroff / Technical Director / SUNY Oswego Department of Theatre....
...............Voice: (315) 341-2987 /  Fax: (315) 341-3394..................
..............ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu / ostroff@cboard.UUCP................
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Why aren't MacDraw Pro graphics always WYSIWYG?
From: pjl@sparc5.cs.uiuc.edu (Paul Lucas)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:55:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keywords: MacDraw Pro WYSIWYG Microsoft Word Copy Paste

	I'm doing illustrations for a technical paper using MacDraw Pro
	1.5 then copying/pasting them into a Microsoft Word 5.0. 
	Things that look "lined-up" on screen in MacDraw Pro, even when
	zoomed-in, are slightly "off" when pasted into Word...  very
	annoying.  (This also happened with the 1.1 release of MacDraw
	Pro and Word 4...so it's not a new problem.)

	One example is that, since MacDraw Pro _still_ doesn't allow
	arrow-heads on the ends of arcs (a long-standing gripe), I have
	to put my own arrowheads (really-short arrows) on the ends of my
	arcs.  It look fine in MacDraw Pro, but sometimes, the
	arrowheads no longer align when pasted into a Word document.

	Anybody got any ideas?  Any Claris people reading?  (I've been
	meaning to call tech support.)

		Software:	System 7 w/TrueType, MacDraw Pro 1.5,
				Microsoft Word 5.0
		Mac:		SE/30
-- 
	- Paul J. Lucas				University of Illinois	
	  AT&T Bell Laboratories		at Urbana-Champaign
	  Naperville, IL			pjl@cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
Subject: Re: PowerBook 170 Briefcase??????
Reply-To: aland@cs.brandeis.edu
Organization: As little as possible
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:41:12 GMT

dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (David C Blume) writes:
>In article <45491@shamash.cdc.com> paul@svl.cdc.com (Paul Kohlmiller) writes:

>> I used and liked the Kensington case for the PB170. 

>I like this one best, too.

A friend of mine told me that Radio Shack sells a case that works
perfectly, and costs $15.  I'm tempted to buy one now, before they
raise the price, in case I ever get a PB.  I can use it for other
things in the interim...

	-=Alan
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Inits that would be nice for a powerBook
From: <GFX@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:17:21 EDT
Organization: Penn State University

Hi!

I've been using my new PB for a couple of weeks now, and even
though I still think this is the best thing that happened to
me since I bought my first mac 8 years ago, there are a couple
of things that could be improved. Such as:

1) you, init writers, could you come up with something to sense
whether the PB is powered-up from battery or AC? Let the user
define a series of actions depending on the result. At minimum,
the init might control the "battery" cp settings, so we do not
have to restart the mac to save energy (or forget to reset the
speed to high when the PB is plugged...) Ideally, battery would
create a ramdisk, copy files (e.g. system files), set the startup
disk and restart the mac.

2) I have extensively modified Hypercard's datebook to come up
with a reasonably useful personal manager. For a while I placed
the system, HC and datebook in Ramdisk, until the system crashed
and lost unknown number of appointments and modifications to the
stack. I would really love an init that would copy a file, or a
set of files, from the ram to the HD, either at fixed intervals,
at shutdown, or otherwise.

Thanks,

Stephane
From: meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: * How accurate is FontMonger?
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:55:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

Howdy,
	I'm interested in getting FontMonger since Infini-D only allows
the use of True Type Fonts. I need to convert some Type 1 -> TT and was
wondering if there was any loss of information such as kerning or any
other important data. Please e-mail any praises or hell-stories you had
with it. Thanx.

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	3% - Autographs, 97% - Spock Ears     |	  meg5184@hertz.njit.edu
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From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Top Ten Mac Software Rip-offs, 1992-07-20
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 14:28:54 BST
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: world
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

                        Top Ten Mac Software Rip-offs
                            Monday, July 20, 1992


Well, Claris were presumably disappointed by their performance in last week's
chart, a dismal 24% rip-off on ClarisWorks.  This week they've jumped
straight in at number three with a healthy 55% mark-up on MacDraw Pro.

But our new heroes are Aldus, straight in at number one with "Personal
Press", cut-down software at a marked-up price.

Salient Crippleware are knocked down to fourth place, and I suspect they'll
drop still further next week.  C'mon, guys; deliberately crippling
AutoDoubler shows you're willing to compete, so why don't you raise your
prices even more?


 #   Company               Product            UK RRP  US RRP   UK RRP Rip-off
      name                  name              pounds     $        $     %ge

 1 Aldus         Personal Press               199.00  195.00   371.48  86.67
 2 Symantec      Anti-virus for the Macintosh  99.00   89.00   169.55  71.26
 3 Claris        MacDraw Pro                  399.00  325.00   619.12  55.17
 4 Salient       AutoDoubler (crippleware)     79.95   65.00   123.83  54.88
 5 Aladdin       StuffIt Deluxe 2.0            99.00   79.00   150.50  52.02
 6 On Technology OnLocation                   129.95   99.00   188.60  45.13
 7 Beagle Bros   BeagleWorks                  299.95  219.00   417.20  39.09
 8 Pixar         MacRenderman                 995.00  695.00  1323.98  33.06
 9 Lotus         1-2-3                        495.00  345.00   657.23  32.77
10 Aldus         Freehand                     595.00  395.00   752.48  26.47

              Exchange rate used was 1.905 dollars to the pound.


mathew
[ Boring references follow ]

References:
1	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.141	UK: MacUser April 3 1992 p.101
2	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.24	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.89
3	US: MacWorld July 1992 p.21	UK: Claris brochure
4	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.125	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.18
5	Guess
6	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.188	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.89
7	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.164	UK: MacUser April 3 1992 p.86
8	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.180	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.83
9	US: MacWorld April 1992 p.174	UK: MacUser April 3 1992 p.102
10	US: MacWorld June 1992 p.202	UK: MacUser May 15 1992 p.84

Note:
Opinions expressed are those of the author, and nothing to do with Mantis
Consultants.  Don't bother suing me; if I had enough money to make it worth
your while I'd be able to afford your software.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: More Disk Space
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 17:07:02 GMT

"On a Clear Disk you can Seek Forever"

That about sums it up.

It has no de-installation capability, installs into the System file,
and I have made copies (that should have been auto-expanded) to
backup cartridges, only to see at the destination that they
HADN'T been auto-expanded (MDS was definately told not to compress
the opto !)

Buy a larger disk.

-- 
         Jon W{tte, Svartmangatan 18, S-111 29 Stockholm, Sweden

### You have the Easy Access virus. This virus may cause strange sounds.
### You have the 24-bit virus. This virus eats system memory like CRAZY.
From: lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: QK possible config problem
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:59:09 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,aus.mac
Organization: Taligent, Inc.

In article <1992Jul28.053548.14318@pcnntp.apple.com>, Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
wrote:
> 
> In article <79437@yarra.pyramid.com.au>, glb@yarra.pyramid.com.au (George Budahazy) writes:
> > 
> > 
> >  Hello to All,
> > 
> >  Does anyone know why Quickeys stops working when any more than 10 applications
> >  are open. It is independent upon available memory (eg 3.1mb available out of 8)
> 
> Hmmm. I just opened 11 apps and then used QuicKeys 2.1.2a to type
> the sig below. 35K was avail. out of 8 Megs...

I tried this also.  The macros for the 11th app won't be accessible until
you quit something first.  

I reported this in the CE Software forum on AppleLink, and the answer is
that the number 10 is hard coded.  At the time, they didn't think anyone
would be able to open more than 10 apps at once.

Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

lsr@taligent.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
Subject: Comments on Animations Works
Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 15:20:38 EDT


Does anybody have experience with Animation Works from Gold Disk?  The latest
MacWarehouse catalog lists it as the winner of a 1991 MacUser Editors' Choice
Award for "Best Animation Prgram," and it is quite inexpensive ($115 at MW).

However, I have not seen it, and it apparently does not have a money-back
guarantee, so I don't want to buy it without any information.

I'm just looking for something to play around with in producing short
animated "movies."  I'd appreciate any comments people have regarding the
package (and it's use under System 7).

Post or email.  I will summarize email responses upon request.


Thanks.


-- 
J. S. Greenfield                                         greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
(I like to put 'greeny' here, 
but my d*mn system wants a 
*real* name!)                        "What's the difference between an orange?"
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Appletalk Net "chat" util?
Date: 21 Jul 92 09:35:39 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se

> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:

   I'm looking for a quick & drity util that lets 2 people on an
   appletalk network "chat" with each other in a simple text window while
   other stuff is running.

Well, there's my Q&D program "Zing" (previously Ping)
It's now at 1.3 and source included. Maybe I should
mail it off to macintosh@felix.uucp ? (1.1 was in
c.b.m a while ago)

-- 
         Jon W{tte, Svartmangatan 18, S-111 29 Stockholm, Sweden

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