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From: Jim.Kauffman@f20.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Kauffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Help: Trash won't trash
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 06:24:02 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3603/20 - Mercury Opus NEC360, St Petersburg FL

On 04-10-92, Martin Hicks wrote:

 MH> I have a small problem involving 6 superpaint files that I cannot 
 MH> trash. I have an LC running system 7 (superpaint won't work unless I 
 MH> switch the monitor to black and white). When I trash these files I 
 MH> get the message 'cannot trash files that are in use',......but 
 MH> they're not. The said files are not locked, and I previously had no 
 MH> trouble trashing several other superpaint files from the same 
 MH> folder. 
 MH> 
 MH> Any suggestions? They're only 60k but it's annoying. 

Here are some things which sometimes work for me on hard to delete files. 
Nothing is guaranteed, but what can you loose by trying?

Hold down the option key when dragging the file into the trash. Hold down 
the option key when emptying the trash. Use something other than Finder to 
delete the file such as: DiskTop, Super Boomerang, Vantage(McSink), White 
Knight, TeleFinder/User or anything else with a built in delete file 
function. (DiskTop usually works for me.) Sometimes, all it takes is 
rebooting to be able to delete a reluctant file from the Finder, but I 
imply from your description that your files must have survived rebooting 
and still won't delete.

Then there is the ultimate weapon for those who are really determined or 
desperate: backup the disk, reformat it and then restore all but the 
offending files. This last one has always seemed a bit drastic to me and 
I've never had to resort to it.

Jim K.


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From: pwoodard@med.unc.edu (Joseph P. Woodard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: ? binary files in wuarchive.wustl.edu
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:13:39 GMT
Organization: UNC Office of Information Technology
Originator: pwoodard@cahaba

Distribution: usa
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Keywords: 

While perusing the mirrors3 directory at wuarchive.wustl.edu under the 
mirrors3/macintosh/hc group, I discovered a bunch of files ending in .sit.
That's it, no .hqx, no .Z, nothing.  When I tried to unstuff these files
after downloading, all said header could not be verified or corrupted
file. I transfered the files in both ascii and binary forms to no avail. 
Does anyone have any ideas? Am I transferring the files correctly? Could
they be encoded or compressed in a different format.  When I tried to read
the header of the file (you know, the blurb preceding the file that gives
you a capsule of what the file is about), the text looked like
hieroglyphics but not in the same way a binhexed file does.  Help!

					Sincerely,
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From: jsbr+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Hamilton Slye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac Hardware Help
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:40:12 GMT
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


I am considering to upgrade my IIsi's memory to either 9 or 17 megs...I
have heard a rumor that Apple does not support the 2 meg SIMMs and that
they are a bad idea, anybody got more info on this?

Also, does anybody know much about Bernoulli (sp?) (Iomega) cartridge
drives? I'm trying to figure out if it's more advantagous to buy a
regular external 120 meg HD or the 90 meg cartridge drive.

Any input that you might have concerning these topics would be much
appreciated!



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From: costello@stx.UUCP (Michael E. Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: HELP : : Anagram-maker WANTED
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 17:36:04 GMT
Organization: BCS*Mac
Reply-To: stx!costello@world.std.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v3


In article <1992Apr6.200510.1@vax1.tcd.ie> (comp.sys.mac.misc), fsullivn@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
|  
|  Does anyone know of an anagram maker compatible with System 7.  I want to be
|  able to insert a phrase/name and come up with all possible permutations of
|  words from this, with these words being filtered by a dictionary of some sort.
|  
|  This sort of thing made people very boring during the Reagan years (you know
|  the sort of thing:  Ronald Wilson Reagan is an anagram of Genghis Khan etc.)
|  but i want to bore people in the nineties.
|  
|  I did come across something called Ars Magna (=anagrams, geddit?) but it never
|  worked with anything from system 7 down to finder 1.1.
|  

Wow, I haven't thought about Ars Magna in ages. I'm sorry to hear it
doesn't work with System 7. As you can see below, it's done wonders
for anagrams of my name.

Michael E. Costello

Alcohol Melts Ice
Alcohol, Slime, Etc.
I Smell Chocolate

Best of luck,


Michael Costello, Executive Director * costello@world.std.com * 617-631-8188
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Tuesday, 7 Apr 1992 12:06:12 CDT
From: <U56200@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac 128K ROMS

Got 'em!  Thanks to everybody who responded.  Now I need an 800K external disk
drive.  Anybody have one for sale?

                                        Thanks again,
                                        Steve C.
From: jlw7@ellis.uchicago.edu (jonathan lee wanak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Paring down System 7
Date: 12 Apr 92 04:40:57 GMT
Reply-To: jlw7@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In a related question, what is the difference between the "System Software" and "Minimal Software" as seen in the Installer for System 7?  What can't the
minimal software do that the system software can?

Jon Wanak
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 01:04:36 -0400 
From: John Hamilton Slye <jsbr+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: binaries.mac


Thanks to everyone who helped...It turned out to be for not, when I
found a better version of the program on sumex...oh well...

BTW If you want to know what I used, it was BinHqx 1.02, available at
sumex. It removes all headers, joins the segments and un-binhex's it...




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From: scott@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Scott Bronson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: WriteNow 3.0 and assembly language
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:12:13 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc

In <5423.29d9c483@hayes.com> bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman) writes:

>Next, the program was studied and attempts were made to solve the problem by
>improving the algorithms. After 2 weeks, the eventual program was much, much
>faster, even though it was still in a high-level language.

>Since the original program took about 2 CPU-*DAYS* to run on a larger computer,
>it was important to make the program run as fast as possible. The final
>high-level version ran the same data correctly in 15 CPU-minutes. The author
>also identified several possible avenues for further improvement. The same
>could not be said of the final assembly version.

There is one solid fact that was muddied in the above paragraph.  Assembly
will *always* run at least as fast as the high level language.  Usually
if you use the same alogrithm as the HLL, assembly will run around twice
as fast, simply because you don't perform all the redundant operations.

The 680x0 was designed for the assembly language programmer.  It's assembly
is among the cleanest for humans to write, but not so friendly for compilers.
Thus, I find that coding up to 40% of your program in assembly is not
unrealistic and doesn't add too much time do the development process.  It
does cut drastically (for me) from the debugging process, because you know
once a routine is wired, it is *wired*.  You just don't have the control
over a high level language to achieve this confidence.

>More than once I've seen routines such as sorts programmed in assembly
>"for speed" merely to find bubble sort algorithms. Gee, a quicksort would
>have been so much faster.

This is a good point, though.  It's easy to lose sight of this.  The
algorithm means so much more than the language it is compiled in.
Even assembly can't rescue a bad algorithm.

	- Scott
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From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: POSTSCRIPT BLUES
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:56:31 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Can someone please enlighten me with respect to Postscript, or point
me towards some source? When I choose to output a file to a postscript file
rather than a printed result, it appears to be postscript level II. 
How can I have it output to a postscript level I? Postscript level II appears
to be incompatible with various software needs we have at this institution.
   Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
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From: Jim.Kauffman@f20.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Kauffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Which is better to use s
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 22:58:02 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3603/20 - Mercury Opus NEC360, St Petersburg FL

On 04-12-92, Scott A Harris wrote to All:

 SAH> I have a DeskWriter C and was wondering which would be better and 
 SAH> why.  Should I run my DeskWriter from the serial cable or use an 
 SAH> AppleTalk newtork. Many thanks 

I chose the AppleTalk interface on my system for two reasons: it is faster 
and I wanted to share the printer between two Macs. Since I was going to 
have AppleTalk on both machines for file sharing in any case, the 
AppleTalk printer interface was a natural for me. However, If you are at 
all short of memory, and you don't otherwise need AppleTalk, use of the 
serial interface could save you something like 200K of RAM if I remember 
corectly.

Jim K.


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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Can't eject CDs with sharing on
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:15:24 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB

HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky) writes:
- I know this was discussed a few weeks back BUT ...
- 
- What's the fix if you can't eject CD-ROMs while file sharing is
- turned on?

There was no fix that worked. We who asked got a couple of suggestions,
but they didn't make any difference.

I don't think turning off file-sharing is that cumbersome, anyway. It
could perhaps be done by a Quick-keys type of program.

- 
- I know this is a known bug and assume there's an easy solution.

The problem seems to be that it's not really seen as a bug, but a
feature... Have you heard that before?

- 
- Mark
- 
- Rogo@forsythe.stanford.edu

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From: gregg@genome.stanford.edu (Gregg L. Kasten)
Subject: Re: internal speaker in a IIsi problem...
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 04:34:16 GMT

unruley@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Kriss Boyce) writes:
>i have a mac IIsi and almost every time i use it with a program tha makes 
>noise (from beeps to music to sounds) the speaker randomly stopps working...
>i recantly discovered that if i go to the control panel and change the speaker
>volume to something higher (i like it at 1) and then put it back then it usually
>works again, but this is a pain...any ideas?? (i use system 6.0.7)

I heard this on the net, and, amazingly, it works:

smack your SI firmly on the front-left side of the case. Do it firmly,
but not too hard; you might damage your hard drive. But, without fail,
this brings my sound back...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: The server fo ftp.apple.com
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 07:38:30 GMT

 Alan> == A A DeGuzman <cs225ex@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> 

 Alan> I heard that the server they use for ftp.apple.com was a IIci with an
 Alan> ethernet card. Can anyone verify this?

 Alan> I would like to set up an ftp server for our project. Does anyone know
 Alan> what software they're using at ftp.apple.com (if it is indeed running on
 Alan> a Mac).

Last I heard (back when 7.0 came out, and ftp.apple.com was being beaten
into the ground by hordes of screaming ftp'ers ;-), it was a Mac IIx,
running A/UX.

The domain name service claims that it's a IIci now, but it's still
running A/UX, not MacOS; in fact, I just tried to telnet to it, and it
said "Apple Computer A/UX (bric-a-brac.apple.com).

In other words, it's a Un*x box in six colors.

ftp.apple.com.	107929	CNAME	bric-a-brac.apple.com.
bric-a-brac.apple.com.	92558	HINFO	MacIIci UNIX
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Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 1992 19:27:40 EDT
From: Michael Joseph Raneri <MJR145@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: True Type: HELP!
Distribution: usa

>I just got a StyleWriter and it prints fine. My problem occurs when I
>try to install the TrueType fonts.  It appears as if the installation
>goes fine, but when I restart the system it gets to the part where
>it should load TrueType, but it tells me that TrueType is already
>installed.  So, I am guessing that it never loads it at all.  The
>obvious question is what the hell is going on?  My other question is:
>should I remove all of the fonts from my system before I try to install
>the TrueType fonts?  Thanks.

The problem is in the pertinent info, but it's actually not a problem at all.
TrueType is built into System 7 (and 7.0.1)  You don't need the init.
TrueType is installed before any inits load, and when the TrueType init comes
up, TrueType is installed.  You can check by going into any word processor and
setting some type in one of the truetype fonts at a large odd size.  If it
comes up smooth, then you know TrueType is loaded and the printer output will
be smooth as well.  If it doesn't come up smooth, the font is not a truetype
font or the font is bad.
                                            - Mike
From: kpjone01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Help locking files on IIsi.
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:57:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: ulkyvx.1992Apr8.145716.1
Organization: University of Louisville



Is there any way I can lock certain files on my IIsi so that people cannot
delete or alter them?  This is besides the simple lock feature.  If possible,
I would prefer a shareware or public domain program to do this. 
 
Any help is greatly appreciated. 

Kevin Jones

KPJONE01@ULKYVX.CT.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kmradke@iastate.edu (Kevin M Radke)
Subject: Re: TuneUp 1.1 companions??
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:03:08 GMT


I've only heard of OmegaSane...  Does it help as much as I have heard
for numerical calculations?  Where can one get it?  I would like to
try it out on my SE/30!!!, since system 7.01 and tuneup was NOT
supposed to help those 'dirty' rom machines.

				Always wanting more speed
				Kevin
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From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
Subject: Re: internal speaker in a IIsi problem...
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 07:42:36 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Apr13.043613.6851@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> tblackma@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom Blackman) writes:
>No, its is not a software problem.  I happend to me in both system 6 and 7.  
>It does seem to be a hardware problem but of what type I don't know.  I have
>have been told that it is an impedance problem in the speaker itself, and that
>it is a dust problem.  The dust seems to be the problem because I recently cleaned it and have not had a problem yet.

I think it is a hardware problem as well.  The same assembly that carries
the lines for the internal speaker also carries the lines for the LED on
the front of the case.  I had problems with both the sound and the LED,
so I picked up a pair of external speakers and no longer care - the speakers
always work.  The LED continues to blnk on and off from time to time.

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From: trimper@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg Trimper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Spectre DEMO required a 68020.
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:45:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Apr16.234508.13547
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI


The Spectre DEMO, which was released to BBSs and such a few months before
the game, required a 68020 or better.  The commercial version does not.


Greg Trimper   trimper@edsi.plexus.com  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: scott@Cadence.COM (Scott Gustafson)
Subject: Re: 4x9 MB SIMMs in IIsi??
Reply-To: scott@cadence.com
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 18:05:40 GMT

In <1992Apr6.195057.9904@ssd.kodak.com> jay@ssd.kodak.com (Jay Jungalwala) writes:

>I have a friend who has 4 4x9 SIMMs that were ment for a Sun
>Sparc 1, could I use them in my IIsi without any problems?  I heard
>that it is ok because the mac doesn't use the parity chip, but
>I am more worried about will they fit in the machine?

Yes they work. I have them in my IIsi with no problems, you just need to turn
on 32 bit addressing to use all of the space.

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From: charles@aurora.unice.fr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Need informations about the MIDI interface...
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:11:09 GMT
Organization: University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France
Originator: charles@aurora.unice.fr

Hi mac users...

I look for informations about MIDI. Does it exist a ftp server or
something like that where I can find the complete (or incomplete !!!)
dscription of MIDI (some examples a welcome.......).

I probably will use the midi library to code some MIDI function. I notice
a file called midi.h in the think C 5.0 but no precise informations in the 
think C documentation....same in inside mac V.
	
It's really very important for me to learn the way to use the library given
with the think C 5.0.

Please mail me if you have any informations.........

Thanks a lot....

Tony / charles@aurora.unice.fr
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From: jsbr+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Hamilton Slye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: internal speaker in a IIsi problem...
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:11:39 GMT
	<3512@daily-planet.concordia.ca>
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


>2)   Mouse acts as if I am holding down the mouse button even though I have
>     released it.  As I have heard of similar stories from other LC owners, I
>     am reluctant to blame the mouse.  Furthermore, it is an intermittent
>     problem.  I believe I tried to swap mice with someone and the same
>     problem occured.  It was so long ago that I can't swear to it.
> 
>     Conclusion:  I have no idea here.  Faulty batch of mice?  Bad port?
>     Bad driver code?

I know this has nothing to do with a speaker problem, but I was having
this same above problem with my IIsi. I thought it was just something
wrong with my computer so I consigned myself to live with it. Since it
doesn't happen frequently I almost forgot about it.

Why do I get the ever growing feeling that all of these problems occur
chiefly in the new (but not so quite as new as the powerbooks and
quadras) macs (anybody report of these problems with the Classic?) Did
Apple do something drastically different in these models (IIsi, LC &
possibly Classic) that is causing these problems?

Sigh....




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