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From: mehl@iastate.edu (Mark M Mehl)
Subject: Re: Any utility that can create post-it notes on screen??
Organization: Dept of EE/CprE -- IOWA STATE UNIV
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:18:21 GMT


>In article <1992Jul10.200908.11531@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, Minh Lang
><minh@inst-sun1.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>> 
>> Is there any utility that can create some post-it notes on the screen?

In <bjag-100792171616@owl.ls.nwu.edu> bjag@nwu.edu (Bharathi Jagadeesh) writes:
>There's something . . . called
>"Paste-it-notes" and should be found in the control panels, inits, or e
>that folder.  and should be available at the info-mac archives at sumex. 

I have the commercial version of PasteIt Notes 3.0.3 ($30) and am
fairly happy with it.  It won't, however, "float" its windows to the
top--continuously--as the original poster wanted, but it's a good
utility.

Does anyone know if there's a note posting utility (similar to
PasteIt Notes) that combines an outlining feature?  I've heard
Acta7 does outlining, but is this program small enough to leave
running all the time?  Will it let me open note windows?  (I don't
believe it can.)
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From: Gordon_Sumerling@itd.dsto.gov.au (Gordon Sumerling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! Icons have changed from unique to generic.  What can I do?
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:27:06 GMT
Organization: Information Technology Division

I had the same trouble on my IIci. Don't panic though the answer to all 
your problems is simple. 

At start up simply rebuild the desk top by holding down the apple and 
option keys. This rebuilds the desk top and brings back all the specky 
icons.

Good luck
From: bmcmilla@zeus.calpoly.edu (Brent Glenn McMillan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: File for managing recipies!
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:00:21 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Hey people!  I have been monitoring these news groups alot for the past few
months but this is my first post, so excuse if it is not exactly right!

I am looking for a application to manage my wifes recipes!  I looked at
sumex and found a hyper-card version (Recipe 2.0b) but it, like HC is pretty
darn slow!  I also found RecipeWare, which seems to be somewhat similar to
the HC version, yet it runs under a program called Padallum (sp?) 2.0,
which I can't find any information on.

I would appreciate any info on recipe apps or where I might check out this
Padallum or is it Palladum 2.0???

Thanks!

bmcmilla@nike.calpoly.edu

TEXAS A&M '87                      Gig 'em Ags!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 01:11:19 MDT
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
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
From: parkj@bones.et.byu.edu (john r park)

>  I know A/UX is Apple's implementation, but who made MachTen, and where
>can I get (buy?) from?
>
>    Heng.

MachTen is a product of Tenon Intersystems.  They can be reached at
1-800-6-MACH-10.  I went with A/UX 3.0 but MachTen is a product I
don't hesitate to recommend, especially if you need it to run on a
Mac w/o PMMU as was mentioned previously.

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John R Park                |  Dept of Mech. Engineering
parkj@bones.et.byu.edu     |  Brigham Young University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: C++ and other compilers
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:45:19 GMT

.edu> bonnie@earth.njit.edu (Bonnie MacKellar) writes:

   I also often need Lisp.  What is available for the Mac that
   is comparable?  I understand that Think C is not really C++,
   so I am not interested in that.  Is there anyting available

Why not ? The Think C subset of C++ is actually quite nice
and clean; MUCH cleaner than C++ itself... And the class
librrary is darned good !

However, there's "real" C++ in MPW (from Apple) and from
Zortech (both are slow, though) and the C++ framework called
MacApp which is really sturdy.

There's also Mac Object Common LISP, which is Object Common
Lisp with an interface to the mac toolbox, and a decent class
library (the dialog handling is great)

   for free, like the gnu software?  Or am I better off
   buying a PC?

Well, for your own enjoyment only, you would be much cheaper
off with a PC. However, the fulfillment I get from my Mac
is _NOT_ matched by either Sparc or PCs running Windows (I
use all three regularly so I have some comparision) - If you
have the dough, the mac is darned nice.

The Mac Toolbox/Human Interface and whatever class library
you choose to use have The Learning Curve From Hell, though.

-- 
      Jon W{tte, Svartmangatan 18, S-111 29 Stockholm, Sweden
                  h+@nada.kth.se    +46-10-141652

              My cat usually runs around on the roof.
From: Jerry.Walz@p949.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jerry Walz)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Limiting records displayed in layouts
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 09:00:52 -0500

  JT> From: thingles@xerxes.cs.umn.edu (Jamie Thingelstad) Newsgroups:
  JT> comp.sys.mac.apps Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
  JT> CSci dept.
  JT> 
  JT> I have a question concerning layouts in FileMaker Pro.
  JT> 
  JT> I have around 300 records that are either "Counselors" or "Students"
  JT> they share some fields and some others are distinctly for one or the
  JT> other. The problem I am having, is I want to have certain layouts ONLY
  JT> display "Counselors" records (this is denoted in a field that has
  JT> "Yes" or "No", "Yes" for "Students" and "No" for "Counselors") and
  JT> other layouts should only display "Students" records. Is this possible
  JT> (I HOPE SO!)
  JT> 
  
You can do that with a Script. For students - first do a find all, then find
records with the "yes" , (you will then see only the student records), then go
to the scripts menu and define a new script with a name like students. Repeat
the above with a "no" and define a script named counselors.

In the future, call up the type of records you want by using the script.
From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SPA piracy raid: Call for Solutions
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 21:10:06 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg) writes:

RW> It would be really neat to see people throw out their favorite 
RW> solutions to the problem. My suggestion is given below. It 
RW> attempts to make software similar to any other possession: 
RW> you can lend it, but there is always the chance you won't 
RW> get it back. Here goes: 

you know, I think I like this.  And there's really no need to send the
original disk back.  Simply have, in the About box, some way for the user to
interact with the encryption key at the publisher's direction.  Let's say I
call Informix and tell them I want the updated disks (of whatever kind, be
they program updates, or additional utilities, or whatever).  Informix tells
me to pull up the About box, and in the little text entry box, plug in some
number.  I do, and some other number appears in another field.  I read the
resultant number to Informix; they go backward (lookup table, or calculation,
or something) to determine my encryption key, and pull up the record _for that
copy_ on their screen.  Voila.  No need for Informix people to spend their
days inserting disks and pulling up encrypted keys.  They then tell me what I
need to do, how much I need to spend, and whatnot.

not a half bad idea, not bad at all.

--Adam--
 
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From: kantor@nd.edu (Jeffrey C. Kantor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Word vs. Repeating Fields in Filemaker PRO
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:47:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Notre Dame

I have a problem using the repeating fields feature of Filemaker PRO
and hope that someone out there can help.

I have a file consisting bibliographic data that contains a repeating
field that lists keywords. One keyword in each repetition of the field,
up to a total of three.

What I would like to do is a Mail Merge using Microsoft Word 5.0. Using
the Merge export option in Filemaker fails, however, because it
gives records with a varying number of fields. The repeating fields
are separated by some odd ball character, not by the comma that
separates ordinary fields. But this is still enough to make word barf.

Is there any simple way to do mail merge with  a file from Filemaker
that has repeating fields?

Jeffrey C. Kantor                   Email: Jeffrey.Kantor@nd.edu
Dept. of Chemical Engineering       Voice: 219 239 5797/5580
University of Notre Dame              Fax: 219 239 8366
Notre Dame, IN 46556
From: speck@dat.ruc.dk (Peter Speck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5: Problem with keyboard
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:49:16 GMT
Organization: Roskilde Universitetscenter, Danmark
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d2

In article <1992Jul20.123421.17553@gmd.de> Andrea Holtz,
andrea.holtz@gmd.de writes:
>I have this problem too and I would be glad if someone has a solution.

We have one solution in two weeks. Here, we *need* support for DK-ASCII
(displaying {|}[\] as national characters) and other character sets, so
we have made a patch to 2.3. We will upgrade to 2.5 in two weeks (I'm on
the job). 

Peter Speck
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Macintosh Pascal Upgrade?
From: news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 22:37:25 GMT
Reply-To: P.Etheridge@massey.ac.nz
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: SMIS, Massey University, NZ
Keywords: Symantec, bugs, Pascal
Summary: Any version above 3.02 planned?

For some time we have been trying to find out SYMANTEC's official policy
regarding Macintosh Pascal.  The NZ agents for SYMANTEC have been unable to
obtain any definite information either.  We are currently running version 3.02,
having obtained a patch, which adressed some bugs, but by no means all (see
below).

In case you didn't know, there are a couple of serious bugs in Macintosh
Pascal:

* Printing text > 1 page in length causes LaserWriters to hang
* Bombs under System 7 on a number of models in different
  situations (more information available)

The Computer Science deparmtent here are currently using Mac Pascal for
introductory courses.  One suggestion by SYMANTEC, via its NZ agents, is to
upgrade to THINK Pascal, but the teaching staff feel this product is too
complex for introductory courses.

What I would like to know is the following:

1) Does anyone know if SYMANTEC has officially ceased development of Macintosh
Pascal?

2) Has anyone got a version later that 3.02 which does address the above bugs? 
(BTW, we would purchase the above, if available)

3) What alternative simple, user-friendly Pascal compilers are available?  We
are currently looking at the beta copy of Metrowerks Pascal which was recently
made available.  Anyone using this for teaching?  Opinions?

4) What compilers do other Computer Science departments at Universities use at
introductory levels?

Phil Etheridge              Internet: P.Etheridge@massey.ac.nz
Macintosh Consultant        Phone:    +64+6-356 9099 ext 8689
SMIS, Massey University     Fax:      +64+6-350 5611
Palmerston North, NZ        40*23'S, 175*37'E ;  GMT+12

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From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Top Ten Software Rip-offs, 1992-07-13
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 13:25:22 BST
Distribution: world
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:
> I'm just curious, in what way is AutoDouble crippled to only run on US
> Macs?

It is alleged that if you try to run AD on anything other than a US version
of the system, it displays an alert saying it won't run and quits.

It is also alleged that there's a resource in AD which consists only of a
list of country codes for Systems under which it will refuse to run.  (Mail
me for details).

It is also rumoured that adverts in Australia and New Zealand recently by the
local AD distributor have been spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt and
saying that AD will soon refuse to run on Oz Macs, and that all users there
will have to buy copies from the official local distributor.  At a huge
markup, naturally.

Ta, Salient.


mathew
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SPA piracy raid at Oregon?
From: goblec@physc1.byu.edu
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:33:19 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1992Jul21.145532.716@informix.com>, robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg) writes:> 
> In addition, I have heard fairly reliably that this same company keeps a copy
> of many commercial applications available on a server, whence they are commonly
> downloaded to many machines for individual use. (No, I will not give specifics
> about company name, etc, so take this as speculation.)


Funny.,.  Back when I was in Junior High and my family got their first computer
(an Apple][+ with 64K) we had a person stay in my home while he went to
college.  Upon graduation he got a high level position in Lotus.  The funny
thing was that he copied numerous software for us (mainly games).  All the
software we used a lot (PFS File etc) we bought.  But I find the whole thing
ironic.  But then you can't judge a company by the actions of one person (and I
personally didn't see THAT much wrong with it) and I have no idea if he is
still with Lotus.

I also remember that while working in a computer store the owners would often
pirate the software they sold.  Talking to others in other computer stores,
it seemed this was fairly common.  Likewise we would have kids come in who
together could afford to buy a game for the $40 or so.  They first would
make sure they could copy it between themselves before paying.  No one person
could possibly afford much software.  So in this case piracy increased sales.

Now this was all admittedly many years ago back during the early age of PC's.
But of those I know who have software they pirated, 99% of it is unused.
In the days of copy protection the fun for hackers was in the cracking.  Once
again in High School a friend of mine had several thousand programs (literally)
for the C-64 he had cracked.  I'd be surprised if he ran any of them.  The
ones he did use, he owned for the manuals and support.

Now of course the situation in a company is different.  There manuals are
freely available and the people usually know the software.  But among home
users I would be extermely surprised if piracy affected the profits of the
software companies.  In fact many people try a piece of software and then
decide to buy it.

Just my two  cents worth.

Clark Goble
goble@sofya.math.byu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.unix.misc
From: charlesa@niwot.scd.ucar.edu (Charles Albrecht)
Subject: A/UX 3.0 vs. MachTen 2.0
Organization: Scientific Computing Divison/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:34:26 GMT

Has anyone had any experience with either of these products, or made some
sort of comparison?  Each seems to have its own merits, but are there any
serious problems with one or the other? Kudos? Flames?

(A/UX and MachTen are UNIX implementations for the Macintosh.)
{A/UX is a System V - BSD hybrid, requires 68030 w/PMMU (or 040) (32 bit mode) 
 & special disk formatting.  It runs Mac OS as a UNIX process.
 MachTen is BSD (Carnegie Mellon Mach kernel), runs on 68000 - 040, using
 native mac file system.  It runs as a Mac application.}

Email or post replies - will summarize if helpful.

Charles


Charles Albrecht                        "Nonsense, they only say you can't
charlesa@ncar.ucar.edu                   escape from The Fire Swamp becuase
303/497-1828                             no one ever has."
                                          - Westley, The Dread Pirate Roberts

NCAR - Scientific Computing Division * P.O. Box 3000 * Boulder, Colorado  80307

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From: cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SPA piracy raid at Oregon?
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 23:18:52 EST
Organization: EnigamI, Inc., Nashua, NH
Reply-To: cory@enigami.mv.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v5


In article <D88-JWA.92Jul20002831@dront.nada.kth.se> (comp.sys.mac.apps), d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:

>
>If I opened up my Sony Whatever and made a copy of it
>with my own tools for my own amusement, would that be
>theft from Sony ?

YES.  The Sony XXX-man products didn't just magically pop out of a
box of cracker-jacks.  Somebody designed the things, somebody worked
hard to create them.  Some engineers probably spend many long hours
trying to figure out what was necessary, and how to fit it all into
a smaller case and use less power, while still providing the same
or better quality.

Once the product is built, it is much easier to make a copy than it
is to develop it from scratch.  There is a level of work, of thought
that had to go into creation of the original.  That level or work
is not going into the copy.  The person making the copy is getting
the benefit of that effort without paying for it.

+C


-------------------------------------------------------------
Cory Kempf                    EnigamI, Inc.
cory@enigami.mv.com           ...!decvax!enigami!cory
Annon:	wi.5036@wizvax.methuen.ma.us

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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: C++ and other compilers
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:05:54 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <bonnie.712419052@earth.njit.edu> (comp.sys.mac.apps), bonnie@earth.njit.edu (Bonnie MacKellar) writes:
> I have a pretty basic question : I am interested in buying a Mac
> (possibly a powerbook 140 or 170), but I do a lot of programming
> and people have told me tha the Mac is not a good programmers
> machine due to a lack of good compilers.  Is this true or not?
> I do not use "boxed applications" very often.
> I normally use gnu C++  and Bim Prolog on a Sparcstation.
> I also often need Lisp.  What is available for the Mac that
> is comparable?  I understand that Think C is not really C++,
> so I am not interested in that.  Is there anyting available
> for free, like the gnu software?  Or am I better off
> buying a PC?

There are basically two compiler families on the Mac, plus some other
minor players.

Apple provides the Macintosh Programmer's Workbench (MPW).  They have a
decent Pascal (actually Object Pascal), C, and C++.  I use all three
and am quite happy with them.  MPW is a full programming environment
superficially like VMS or Unix.  It includes a load of utilities like
Make and Projector ( a source code control system), and a very flexible
scripting language.

Symantec provides the other popular environment.  They have an Object
Pascal (THINK Pascal) and an Object C (THINK C).  Think C isn't C++,
but is a very workable object programming environment.  Both of these
environments are very integrated and have a very fast turn around
time.  

As far as Lisp, Apple Provides a good Common Lisp.  It isn't part
of MPW, but comes with its own environment.  It's a favorite language
of Apple's Advanced Technology Group.

There is also a scattering of other compilers, most work in MPW, for
FORTRAN, Ada, Modula-2, etc.

As a full time programmer I find the Mac a very enjoyable programming
environment.  I lean toward using MPW, but have used the THINK environments
at times.  I also use Steve Jasik's "The Debugger".  A must have tool
for serious programmers (treat it like like a chain saw - it'll tear
through bugs just like that, but it can also take off your leg if
you're not careful :-)  Check out MacApp too - arguably the best application
framework for any machine.

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From: paulonis@kodak.com (Mike Paulonis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Looking for Mac front end to IBM PROFS
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:47:12 GMT
Reply-To: paulonis@kodak.com
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN

I am looking for Mac software that would perform as a front end to IBM PROFS
software running on a mainframe.  The main thing it needs to do is act as a
mail interface.  The PROFS editor is archaic and almost unusable.  Any other
functionality to deal with the calendar or anything else would be nice, but is
not necessary.	

I have seen advertisements for cc:Mail by Lotus that claim to let you exchange
mail with nearly every electronic mail system in the world.  Does this include
PROFS?  Does anyone have experience with the capabilities of cc:Mail?  Real
experiences usually tell the story much better than vendor literature.

Any leads greatly appreciated.
From: gerlach@yuma.acns.colostate.edu (Scott Gerlach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Foreign "Macintosh Basics"
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:06:53 GMT
Organization: Computer Training & Support Services, Colorado State University

We've been wanting to offer foreign versions of system software and
the Macintosh Basics tour at our computer lab, but we've run into a
snag.  We can download the foreign OS from ftp.apple.com, but Apple
has informed us that we must get the Macintosh Basics tours from
dealers in each different country.  As this is neither cost-effective
nor practical, we were wondering if anyone on the net has access to
any foreign versions of the tour.

E-mail replies are best, but we'll be looking for posts as well.
Thanks in advance for the help.

Scott =)
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