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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: PICS editor?
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:38:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: outpost.D2150035.15nrie
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <1992Apr15.202715.8248@news.nd.edu> (comp.sys.mac.apps), Mike.W.Miller.40@nd.edu (Mike!) writes:
> 
> Does anyone know of a good editor for PICS files?  What I'd like to see
> is something that can:
> 
> 1. Open multiple PICS files at once.
> 
> 2. Offer cut, copy, and paste of individual frame within and between
>    PICS files.  (Drag and drop would be fantastic!)
> 
> 3. Offer very basic tools for touchups (eraser, pencil, color picker,
>    paint bucket, eye dropper) or even some advanced tools (smudge,
>    magic wand selection tool).
> 
> 4. The ability to concatenate/combine multiple files, with an option to 
>    remove or leave duplicate frames numbers.
> 
> That's the essence of it.  I know I can do some of that with ResEdit, but
> I'd like to find something with a real interface and a little bit more
> power (like the touchup tools).  In this day of multimedia, I would
> think there must be *something* out there that will do this...

PICS is a dying format.  QuickTime does animation much better than
PICS.  

There *are* a number of excellent editors for QuickTime movies including
Premier from Adobe.

There are also utilities that will convert a PICS file into a QuickTime
movie.

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From: matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt Crowd)
Subject: MSDOS File System Needed
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 07:01:10 GMT

We are looking at getting a MSDOS filesystem for our Mac's so we
can read/write/format PC disks on the desktop.

A PD program would be prferable, any info reccomended.

matt.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: tad@tripos.com (Tad Hurst)
Subject: Wanted: PostScript generator
Summary: I want a driver which captures postscript commands when printing
Keywords: PostScript
Organization: Tripos Associates, Inc.
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 22:26:17 GMT

I would like to have a printer tool or other mechanism by which I can print a 
document (currently a FrameMaker document) into a PostScript file rather than 
to a printer.  Does anyone have such a thing, or know about one?
From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe 3.0
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:32:32 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In <1992Apr7.211742.21905@eff.org> hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs) writes:

>In article <1992Apr7.185649.4991@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:

>Sounds to me like you've got more of a complaint with the programmers
>of these lesser utilities than you do with Aladdin.  Myself, I never
>create 1.5.1 archives.  If that means that you can't deal with it,
>that's your problem.  _I_ can deal with almost any archive intended
>for a Macintosh which someone sends my way.  Putting your head in the
>sand and refusing to deal with new superior technology is one of the
>attitudes that I refuse to respect.
   Just how many formats would you ideally like to see on your Mac? I
would like to see just ONE. I do not place my head in the sand as you
suggest. I seek productivity from my mac, and do not enjoy
shuffling various compressors just to keep up with the pace of the net. 
Clearly I have better things to spend my time on... 
   Alladin should be glad that their format is one of the standards on
the net, and not attempt to modify the algorithm repeatedly outdating
any supporting software that has been created to compliment Stuffit.
As well, with the move to commercial software for the archiving features of
Stuffit, I must say that I would rather not support their format any
longer. Now, of course nobody is forcing me to archive with their software,
but I am required to use it to acquire software from the net. Compact pro
has used the same algorithm for years, yet it still seems faster and
tighter than any Stuffit Deluxe standard compression...

>Flexibility is to be respected, OTOH.
   Oh yes - flexibility means having 3 megs of compression and
expansion utilities on your hard drive? THAT is progress now
isn't it... 

>>and although I would prefer Compact Pro, it seems that it has only released
>>it's algorithm to the Public Domain recently? I heard somethign about this,

>Compact Pro is not PD.  It's shareware.  Do you understand the difference?

An algorithm is not an application - it's an algorithm. Do you understand
the difference? I am wondering if the compression scheme of Compact Pro
is available to the general public, so that it can be used by various
applications such as Downline and the likes... I'd still be
interested in knowing this... 

   steve
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From: drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Updated AccessPC? (wuz: DosMounter or AccessPC???)
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:57:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr15.235753.1491
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


In a previous message, rroberts@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ross Allan
Roberts) says:

>What is the current version of AccessPC?  I have v1.1(I think), and it
>occasionally has cramps. Sys7.0.1, Mac SE/30, Tuner, blah, blah, blah...
>specifically, when I format disks, it asks whether I want to format IBM/Mac.
>If
>i select Mac, 50% of the time it then simply ejects the disk... no failure
>message, nothing. Doesn't matter if it's DD or HD.

I use version 1.2 and have experienced no problems.

 -- Dave

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From: mlm7395@rigel.tamu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: MS Word 5.0-changing subscripts?
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:10:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I don't like the default values for the amount text is subscripted/
superscripted (i.e. 2 pt. or 3 pt.).  Is there any way to change the
default values so that I don't have to go into the character menu
every time I want to do this???
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: man@cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine)
Subject: Re: Excel bug? in MEDIAN function
Organization: Brown Computer Science Dept.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 15:45:10 GMT

In article <MTANNER.92Apr13103106@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>, mtanner@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Michael C. Tanner) writes:
|> I have been keeping my grade book in an Excel spreadsheet, and noticed while
|> entering scores last night that something funny happened.  At one point, in
|> the position where I'm keeping a median of the column I was entering, it
|> changed from a number to #NUM!, then changed to a number when I entered the
|> next score.  So I started playing around to see what was going on.
|> 
|> Here's the scores at the point the error occurred (sorted):
|> 
|> 100
|> 96
|> 92
|> 92
|> 92
|> 92
|> 92
|> 88
|> 88
|> 84
|> 84
|> 84
|> 76
|> 72
|> 0
|> 0

Excel looks pretty sick to me on this one.  I just did the median of this
data set (based on yours):
 100
 96
 92
 92
 92
 92
 92
 88
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0

and got a median of 44 (!).

	--Mark


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,su.computers.rcc,su.macintosh
From: esteban@apollo.hp.com (Steven Fernandez)
Subject: Re: Daytimer, calendar programs
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 13:11:56 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.075911.4800@leland.Stanford.EDU> jhira@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lee) writes:
>Can any suggest a daytimer type program where I can keep a calendar
>of appointments, things to do, reminders, etc.  
>
>Shareware, freeware, commercial programs (If they are good), anything.
>I really need one.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Terry Lee



There is one shareware one that I have tried called Remind or Reminder but I have
never found it very intuitive. You might want to try the new one put out by the
same people that make Now Utilies. I think it is called Now Calendar. I saw it in a
store and it looked very good.


		Steve

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From: Mike.W.Miller.40@nd.edu (Mike!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: PICS editor?
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:27:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr15.202715.8248
Organization: Office of University Computing


Does anyone know of a good editor for PICS files?  What I'd like to see
is something that can:

1. Open multiple PICS files at once.

2. Offer cut, copy, and paste of individual frame within and between
   PICS files.  (Drag and drop would be fantastic!)

3. Offer very basic tools for touchups (eraser, pencil, color picker,
   paint bucket, eye dropper) or even some advanced tools (smudge,
   magic wand selection tool).

4. The ability to concatenate/combine multiple files, with an option to 
   remove or leave duplicate frames numbers.

That's the essence of it.  I know I can do some of that with ResEdit, but
I'd like to find something with a real interface and a little bit more
power (like the touchup tools).  In this day of multimedia, I would
think there must be *something* out there that will do this...

Thanks,
Mike!

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From: hornbach@mac.cc.macalstr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: mac-to-rs232 communications
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:48:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: mac.1992Apr15.134816.2473
Organization: Macalester College

Is there a "general" communications package available for the mac? Many of
our instruments have an RS232 port and can communicate with a micro. I'd
like to hook these up to my mac to collect data and run the instrument.
Basically I have a pH meter and a balance that I'd like to communicate
with.  Is there a basic communications package that I could use to
link to these instruments?

Thanks.
Dan Hornbach
Department of Biology
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN

Please reply to HORNBACH@MACALSTR.EDU - I'll summarize the results for the net.
From: andre@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Andre "Just A Plumber" Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Any System-7 compatible menu-bar clocks available?
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:17:10 GMT
	<92091.150125MJR145@psuvm.psu.edu>
	<1992Mar31.221154.18158@u.washington.edu>
	<Rob.vanGerwen-06/04/92+14:24:44@McVanGerwen>
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Acme Plumbing Services And Exploding Cigars
In-reply-to: Rob.vanGerwen@phil.ruu.nl's message of 6 Apr 92 12:31:43 GMT

) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
) Nntp-Posting-Host: mcvangerwen.phil.ruu.nl

) In article <1992Mar31.221154.18158@u.washington.edu>, chuckp@u.washington.edu (Chuck Pliske) wrote:

) I'm using SuperClock with sys. 7.01, with no problems whatsoever. I like
) it a lot.
) Instead of the Moire screensaver you might want to use After Dark, version
) 2.0v from Berkeley Systems. (I'm afraid it's commercial.:-)
) (It's a way to disconnect your clock from your screensaver)

or use DarkSide, its freeware.

								-andre.
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From: jwn2 (John Noerenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: App for Logic Diagrams
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:42:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: qualcomm.1992Apr16.164232.22262
Distribution: na
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc

I'm looking for an application to draw logic diagrams (principally for
documentation purposes).  We really don't need it to do simulations.  Right
now we're using MacDraw, which isn't very efficient.  However, a library of
logic symbols might be all we need.  Any hints?

Thanks in advance!  Email would be appreciated.
From: drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: DosMounter or AccessPC???
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:55:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr15.235539.1415
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


In a previous article, Mike_Steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) says
(in reply to my posting on Apple's DOS disk-mounter):

>> True, but at least according to MacWEEK, this utility won't be free, so
>> unless it costs quite a bit less than AccessPC or does something that
>> AccessPC can't do, AccessPC is the better buy, IMHO.
>
>What if it does the same as AccessPC for the same price?  I haven't seen
>it, and I don't know what it will cost, so I don't know whether that will
>be the case, but if it is, would AccessPC still be the better buy?

One thing AccessPC does that I *really* like -- and which DOS Mounter
doesn't do (at least no one has mentioned it) -- is the ability to "mount"
SoftPC partitions as if they were Mac drives.  I doubt Apple's utility
will do this, since SoftPC isn't Apple's product.

If they *do* have exactly the same capabilities, and the same price, then
I can't see why Apple is bringing it to market in the first place.  I'd have
to see what Apple's utility does before forming a conclusion.

 -- Dave

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From: amunn@lucy.umd.edu (Alan Munn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Word 4 to IBM WP5 Conversion (SUMMARY)
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:07:11 GMT

A couple of weeks ago I posted a request for help in converting a WOrd
4 document to IBM Word Perfect.  I got a few responses, which I'm
posting here.  

	Use Word 5 - it can write WP 5 for DOS format.

I tried this, but it didn't work very well.  If you knew a lot about
WP it might be ok.

        Use MacLinkPlus translator software.

This is what I actually used.  It did a reasonable job of translating
the file, although it created a few strange effects which I dodn't
really know how to fix.  On the whole it seemed to be not too bad.

        Use Software Bridge

I was unable to try this so I can't comment on its efficacy.

Alan
<amunn@umd5.umd.edu>


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: butler@quest.comm.mot.com (Jim Butler)
Subject: AppleShare using an NFS mounted drive?
Reply-To: butler@quest.comm.mot.com (Jim Butler)
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola, Inc.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:00:44 GMT



	Hello everyone,

	Has anyone NFS mounted a volume on an AppleShare server and then
published it so that others with AppleShare can access it?  Catch my drift?
In this way other users with AppleShare can access the NFS drive via the
AppleShare server, and if everything is Ethernet-ed the speed might be
acceptable.

	On a similar note, has anyone used file sharing with System 7 to
publish an NFS mounted volume?


	Jim

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From: evensens@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Autodoubler 1.0.6 (rascal&sumex)
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:25:17 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1992Apr8.220443.474@yvax.byu.edu>, evensens@yvax.byu.edu writes:
>> 
>> I talked to Lloyd Chambers at Salient and he said patches are located at
>> America Online and CompuServe.  Since these are patches, I don't see why
>> someone couldn't post them to the InterNet for the good of all.  Mr.
>> Chambers mentioned that they'd get posted eventually.
>> --
> 
> If someone will tell me how to upload to sumex I'll send it over there so
> everyone can get it.
> 
> Scott Evensen
> EVENSENS@YVAX.BYU.EDU


Thanks to Dave Faust who informed me of what I need to do all of you who have
AutoDoubler will now be able to download the patch for 1.0.6 from rascal and
sumex.

Scott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: arons@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Michael Arons)
Subject: Re: Now Up To Date
Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 13:35:25 GMT

In article <IdqmEL200WBK026nFY@andrew.cmu.edu> km2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth E. Mohnkern) writes:
>
>I'm playing around with the Now Up-To-Date calendar demo. It's really
>cool. The best I've seen. I have a question, though, that the readme
>file doesn't address. Perhaps someone here has figured it out or has the
>real version.
>
>In the event info window, you can set the event to repeat at "custom"
>intervals. But how does one create these custom intervals? The phases of
>the moon in one of the demo calendars are set to custom,  can't see
>where that was specified.
>
>Any clues?
>    ken

The manual says

"If you wish to create a non-standard (custom) repeating event, such
as every Monday and Friday, copy the original event, select a new day,
and choose Paste Repeat from the Edit menu."

This is not crystal clear, but may be enough to play around with. I
have not had the need to try it yet.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: henning@banana.ithaca.ny.us (Henning Pape-Santos)
Subject: Re: does MS Word have a bug, or is it just me?
Organization: The Twisted Banana BBS, Ithaca NY (US)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:19:03 GMT
Keywords: temper blood-pressure infuriating

murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy) writes:

> for the 1e6th time i have closed a window in MS Word and jumped to the deskto
> (this is in MultiFinder of course) and found that the file is still locked.
> 
> %$@$^%@#$%!!!!
> 
> am i doing something stupid??  the manual is (surprise) of no assistance.
> why does it keep a file locked even after i've closed it?
> 
> save my life, i'm going down for the last time . . .

Don't go mad. This is Microsoft. That inexcusable behavior is 
still with us in version 5 as well. There's nothing you can do 
about it short of getting a different word processor. Even 
complaining to MS about it apparently is to no avail. . . .

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From: Mike_Steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Public Folder for System 7
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:56:59 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <16534@ulysses.att.com>, esc@ulysses.att.com (E. Steve Crandall) writes:
> 
> Is there a public folder (or something like it) that works with System
> 7.0?
> 
> many thanks

It's called File Sharing, and is built into every copy of system 7.  BTW,
I believe that Public Folder works with system 7, but I have no idea why
anyone would want to use it with system 7.
From: stern6@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: PD regular expressions parser?
Keywords: does it exist?
Date: 17 Apr 92 14:40:07 GMT

Does there exist a public domain regular expressions parser
for the Macintosh?  I'm looking for something which will
allow me to search for all occurances of M*S*I and turn up
MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, and so on.  It should be able to
replace regular expressions as well.  That is, it should
be able to replace M*S*I with "STATE1" or some such thing.

Thanks so much,
Stern

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From: evensens@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Microsoft Bashing (Was: Re: News from Microsoft)
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:59:37 -0700

In article <1992Apr8.015327.23551@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu>, hull@ibma8.cs.uiuc.edu (David Hull) writes:
> hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs) writes:
>
>>You mean you actually _use_ the original floppies for installation??!?
>
> I suppose you'd rather install software without ever having to
> insert the floppies into the computer?
>
> I, personally, use the original LOCKED floppies for installation.
>
> -David Hull


David,
If you look at the title of the post you'll realize that it is "Microsoft
Bashing" and then if you read back through some of the posts you will realize
that you CAN'T install Word 5 if your floppy is locked. You get a message
telling you to unlock your floppy.
Scott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: Brent Schorsch
Subject: Re: Daytimer, calendar programs
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.  USA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:46:01 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.075911.4800@leland.Stanford.EDU> jhira@leland.Stanford.EDU
(Lee) writes:
>Can any suggest a daytimer type program where I can keep a calendar
>of appointments, things to do, reminders, etc.  
>
>Shareware, freeware, commercial programs (If they are good), anything.
>I really need one.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Terry Lee
>

take a look at DateBook, from After Hours Software, should be shipping monday
at the latest.
Handles many types of recurring events, has many views, sophisticated printing.
I won't give a review because I am biased (but I do think it is much better
than Daymaker).

Disclamer:
I am an employee of After Hours Software, although I have had nothing to do
with the DateBook project.

-Brent Schorsch

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: gukgn@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Kim Guan Ng)
Subject: Which version of DiskExpress sys 7 compatible?
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:59:11 GMT

Is DiskExpress system 7 compatible. If yes, which version? Would anyone
recommend it?

Thanks,
-Kim

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