HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: leec4@rpi.edu (CD Lee)
Subject: Re: File viewer for Big Text Files?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:07:14 GMT

In article <ferch.714970802@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca>, ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
wrote:
> 
> >>I just got the Walnut Creek Desktop Library CDROM, but am at a loss
> >>of a way to conveniently view the books on it.  I tried EasyView, but
> >>it doesn't seem to like plain text.  TeachText doesn't like huge files,
> >>and Word seems like overkill for just reading text, although that's what
> >>I ended up using.
> >>
> >>Is there any PD program which does this well?  One neat way would be

There is a program call "More or Less" can do what you want. MOL by
Matthew Xavier Mora which is a unix like more program to display the data.
Full system 7 drag-&-drop any file can be display. Even I only give 128K
memory,
but it run fine for 2-MB docs. You can contact author at
mxmora@unix.sri.com.

CD LEE, Chun-Da Lee                                 leec4@rpi.edu
ITS Consultant, ITS=Information Technology Service  CD_Lee@MTS.RPI.EDU
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.apps:14051 comp.sys.mac.wanted:8030
From: ccastjs@prism.gatech.EDU (The Amazing Jim Stembridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Is there a later version for VersaScan+ than 1.0.9???
Summary: Is there a later version for VersaScan+ than 1.0.9???
Keywords: Is there a later version for VersaScan+ than 1.0.9???
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:08:28 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Design Department - Designing Yesterday Tommorrow

Hi, I have an older MicroTek MS300 serial scanner. It works great - even
on my Mac Plus! The problem I'm having is that the scanning software that
came with it is *old*. The program is called VersaScan+ and is version 
1.0.9. I think the date is 1987 or 1988. Does anyone know if there was
an upgrade available past this version? If so, can you tell me how to
get it or send me a copy? I can't locate the company. Please mail me 
responses. Thanks!
-- 
                      ccastjs@hydra.gatech.edu
                I don't know nuthin bout anythin.......
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: owen@olympus.arc.nasa.gov..arc.nasa.gov (Owen S. Nishioka)
Subject: Re: Please wake up?!
Organization: Nasa-Ames Research Center
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 23:54:31 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.205412.4556@hou.amoco.com> tachaimov@hou.amoco.com (Tom Chaimov) writes:
>This started yesterday:
>
>When After Dark goes to sleep, I get the
>"Please wake up!" message scrolling
>across the menu bar region of my monitor.
>Great, except that there's no pop-up
>notice anywhere, I'm not running any
>applications, and I'm wide awake.
>
>I just upgraded my Quadra 700
>from 8 to 20 Meg.  Other than that,
>I can't think of any changes
>I've made.  So what did I do? 
>Better yet, what do I do?
>
>Help me convince my Mac that I'm
>awake.

I thought this was the message you would get when yur mac was sleeping,
ie. screen saver on, and the alram clock (or timer w/SuperClock) went
off.  Is it possible that you set the timer/alarm clock, forgot about
it, and it has been going off since?

This is the only time I have seen this message.



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_|_|_|   _|    _|    owen@olympus.arc.nasa.gov
_|  _|   _|_|  _| 
_|  _|   _|  _|_|    -These are my personal views...
_|_|_|   _|    _|     After all, who else would want 'em!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: leonardr@ccs.itd.umich.edu
Subject: Re: StuffIt Converter (was Re: More SpaceSaver) 
Originator: leonardr@diddley.ccs.itd.umich.edu
Organization: Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 03:03:27 GMT

In article <714790816.F00001@blkcat.UUCP> Rick.Zeman@p943.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Zeman) writes:
>On 8/25/92@6:43:48 PM, leonardr said regarding 'StuffIt Converter (was Re: More
>SpaceSaver) ': 
>
> [ stuff about a Get Info from the Finder decmopressing SpaceSaver files ]
>  
>  lr> 	Yeah, blame the Finder.  The Finder opens a file (actually
>  lr> it 
>  lr> opens it twice!) in order to get all the "info" that it displays in
>  lr> the 
>  lr> "Get Info" window.  Since SpaceSaver decompress files when they are
>  lr> opened, 
>  lr> we decompress them here too.  We are looking into ways to "determine"
>  lr> that 
>  lr> the open is really for a "Get Info " and avoid the decompression, and
>  lr> also
>  lr> give more info in the Get Info dialog.
>  lr> 
>
>      I presume then that Aladdin is aware that in the Finder (viewing by name)
>that listing a directory by clicking on the triangle causes all of the files
>within that folder to be decompressed.  I presume that that's because of the
>need to get the icons out of the rforks.  Still not cool, though.
>
	This wll ONLY happen for folders containing files with custom icons.
It will NOT happen for normal files, nor for folders w/custom icons!  

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Leonard Rosenthol		  Internet: leonardr@ccs.itd.umich.edu
Director of Advanced Technology   AppleLink: MACgician
Aladdin Systems, inc.		  GEnie:     MACgician
From: nest@cup.portal.com (L E Woodard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Help: Jasmine InnerDrive formatting utility
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 12:57:56 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

You can reach Seagull Software @ 415-361-0928.

They have purchased the rights to Jasmine DriveWare, and are selling System 7
compatable version for $39.95 + S & H & CA tax.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: u8704754@cc.uow.edu.au (keith marshall)
Subject: Problem with running SuperPaint on a server...
Summary: I can't get Superpaint 2 to run on a fileserver can anyone help?
Keywords: Superpaint Server Fileserver
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:32:34 GMT

I'm teaching a course where we need to use Superpaint on a fileserver. 
Although we're licenced for superpaint 3.00, the Macs currently in
use here are only 1 meg SE's running system 6.x. Until the lab is
upgraded sometime next year, we're stuck with this setup. Now, to the real
problem: SUperpaint 2.00 doesn't seem to like filesharing. It only allows 
one user at a time. I was told by the distributors that they believed that
there was an 'edpack' version of Superpaint 2.00 which was patched to allow
filesharing on a multi-user system. Does anybody have such a copy? We have
been told by the distributors that our site licence will cover us for any
versions earlier than 3.00. Failing this, has anybody heard of any patches
which would allow Superpaint 2 to run on our fileserver?
Thanx.
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From: ejohnso@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Eric Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:08:06 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Probably the best thing to do now, since CIBC has screwed you too, is to call
or write to the Texas Attorney General in Austin.  Since you say you don't 
speak english as a first language, you might get your friend to do the talking
for you since some Texans speak a dialect not un-like english :-). 
First, write down the chronology of events, who you've spoken to, and any 
relevant details. Then call them, and follow up with a letter.  In most cases
a call from the state's A.G. will scare the sleaziest outfit into coughing
up a refund.
I think what CIBC has done is really sh***y, you might also write to the 
President of the bank complaining about it. And take your credit card business
elsewhere.
-- 
    Eric Johnson	         |  Commit random acts of kindness and
    ejohnso@ccu.umanitoba.ca 	 |         senseless beauty.
       The Johnsons are taking over.  - William Burroughs
From: aus@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Hans Aus)
Subject: CDROM software
Originator: aus@winx03
Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:13:49 GMT


I am looking for software which would enable us to read almost
any CDROM on a Macintosh. I will gladly post a summary of the
responses !

Hans M Aus
University of Wuerzburg
Germany

Please use my direct email address.
hans.aus@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de
From: pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Paul Big-Ears Menon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Helix Tracker - The Authors Please
Keywords: help
Date: 1 Sep 92 00:53:20 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia


hi,
  I'm looking for the authors of Helix Tracker - I understand this is
  a company called Helix Technology.   Are these the same people who
  produce Double Helix?

  Please mail a response - preferably with their 
	*	Phone/Fax #
	*	Address.

Thankyou,
    Paul Menon,
    Dept of Computer Science,
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 
    124 Latrobe Street,
    Melbourne 3001, 
    Victoria, Australia.

email:	pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au
PH:	+61 3 660 3209
FAX:	+61 3 662 1617
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: svoboda@adobe.com (Ed Svoboda)
Subject: Re: ATM on a Quadra?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:17:05 GMT

In article <D8QPBXF8@cc.swarthmore.edu>, annie@cs.swarthmore.edu (Annie
Fetter) wrote:
> 
> I have ATM 2.0.2, and it won't run on my Quadra.  Is there a newer
> version, and does it work on a Quadra?  Is there any sort of upgrade for
> ATM?

You need ATM 2.0.3 for your Quadra.  Contact Adobe Customer Support at
415-961-0911 for a free upgrade from ATM 2.x.

Ed Svoboda
svoboda@adobe.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead)
Subject: Re: WANTED: ASCII CHART DA
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:57:14 GMT

> Does anyone know where I can get an ASCII chart DA?
> I thought I saw one, but I can't seem to find it again.

   There are tons of these. AsciiChart, ASCII-Mac, KeyFinder, PopChar, etc.
ASCII-Mac is nice because you can view in any font, much like KeyFinder.

Muff
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Wednesday, 2 Sep 1992 16:53:15 EDT
From: <3IU4TOB@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Maple and FileGuard, Conflict?

We have installed a Mac lab with Mac LCIIs and Maple and other software on
each hard disk. We also installed FileGuard on all machines to protect
the software and keep the drives from getting software damage. It "appears"
that Maple needs to write a preference file (or maybe just access it) in
the system folder and access it on startup. When the system folder is
protected, Maple cannot open (it just sits there with the clock turning).
We feel it is important to protect the system folder. Does anyone have
a solution to this problem?
From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 add-ins
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:49:41 GMT
Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
X-XXMessage-ID: <A6CD0C15950101D2@williams.smcm.edu>
X-XXDate: Fri, 4 Sep 92 17:50:29 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.204902.15400@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> T.S. Eliot,
toj8j@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU writes:
>IMHO, this is a major failing of Excel.  It may be a marvelous macro
language,
>but it doesn't do me a damn bit o' good if the documentation is vague or
>incomplete.

Yeah, and what is particularly galling is that they try to sell us a
series of books and a newsletter (all at extra cost, of course) to make
up for the lousy documentation!  Grumble.  I confess, though, that I like
Excel, too.  Sure wish writing macros wasn't such a guessing game, though.
___________________________________
William E. Williams, bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu
Divison of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
From: wes@vax2.concordia.ca (Wes Schyngera)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Monitors for Powerbook
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:14:00 GMT

for the powerbook that have built in SCSI interfaces?.. I've heard
that Outbound makes a good one. Has anyone tried this or any
other comparable ones?
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
From: csmith@blackplague.gmu.edu (Blackplague)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: JPEG decompressor? (Summary)
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:50:49 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: George Mason University-IDO

With respect to programs that convert Jpeg images to 8bit, I have had some
nice success with the new version of GifConverter(2.3b1).  While the on
screan quantization is still that used by quicktime, if a Jpeg is opened
using GifConverter, and then saved as a Gif, the resulting file (upon
reopening) is much improved over the dithered image.  2.3b1 does require
that Quicktime be installed(if you want to open Jpegs) and it does require
Sys7.  If has a few bugs, but a newer version is being worked on.

Blackplague

I have no connection with the author of GifConverter which is Shareware and
is available from numerous FTp sites.
From: watson@clark.edu (Dennis Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: WHAT'S THE MAGIC WORD FOR HYPERCARD????
Date: 26 Aug 92 04:58:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: clark.1992Aug26.045845.6310
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa.  USA

In article <1992Aug25.184953.29998@ncsu.edu> dnwhiteh@eos.ncsu.edu (DUANE N WHITEHURST) writes:
>
>hi...
>
>a few weeks back some one posted a question (yeah I should've saved it)
>about how to set the hypercard program shipped with system7 to a higher
>userlevel to allow scripting...
>
>I'd like to know how this is done.
>
>If anyone knows how or knows where I can find out how to "cheat" and get
>scripting with the shipped hypercard I'd love to hear it....
>
>thanks for your help
>
>				-_- duane
>dnwhiteh@eos.ncsu.edu

Funny you should use the word "magic".  Go to the preferences card. 
 Type command-m to get the message box.  Type the word    magic
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: JPEG decompressor? (Summary)
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
	<1992Aug25.154750.1081@mmm.serc.3m.com> <BtM4D3.1yC.2@cs.cmu.edu>
	<1992Aug27.004653.1767@cello.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:08:08 GMT

Bart> == Bart Sears <sears@cello.hpl.hp.com> 

 Bart> All I knew was that both "original" 24 bit jpeg files and
 Bart> gif->jpeg->gif (ie 8bit source) files look bad when viewed on a
 Bart> mac with the current viewers/converters.

At 8 bits per pixel.  They look great if you can afford or borrow a
24-bit color system, of course ;-)

(Some problems *can* be solved by throwing hardware at them...)
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
            ``Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ti Kwan Leep.
            Approach me that you might see.'' -- The Master
From: su10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Shmuel Ur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Showing postscript file on the screen
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:07:31 GMT
Organization: Doctoral student, Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Does anybody know how to do it?
Is there a program for it?
Please email me as I am not usualy reading this bboard
         Shmuel
p.s. I have MacClasic
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: finnegan@invader.navo.navy.mil (Kenneth Finnegan)
Subject: Hurricane Tracking Software?
Reply-To: finnegan@navo.navy.mil
Organization: Grumman Data Systems	
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:49:38 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-27522]: invader.navo.navy.mil

Does anyone know of any shareware that allows you to track
hurricanes based on Lat/Long coordinates?  A friend has a
public domain version for his PC, so I'm sure a much 
SUPERIOR version must be available for my Mac SE ;-).

Please e-mail, and I will summarize if there are any
positive responses.

Thank you,

Kenneth
finnegan@navo.navy.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: byrne@terminus.gatech.edu (Michael Byrne)
Subject: Re: Autodoubler kills *everything*
Organization: College of Computing
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 01:24:59 GMT

I find that all extremely odd.  I've used AutoDoubler since version 1.0,
and have kept up with updates to 1.07i and have never had any kind of
problems whatsoever.  None.

Are you running any other odd INITs?  What system version are you running?

And don't assume you'll get a runaround when you call Salient--they have
a good reputation and just simply aren't a big enough company to lose you...

============================================================
Mike Byrne                               byrne@cc.gatech.edu
Grad student in Psychology/Cognitive Science
25947 GA Tech Station, Atlanta, GA 30332

----->>>>    "Only the mediocre are always at their best."
					
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: merlin@lerami.lerctr.org (David Hayes)
Subject: Re: Look & Feel
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 06:01:18 GMT
Organization: Not Bloody Likely!

In article <za-na0l.btoback@netcom.com> btoback@netcom.com (Bruce Toback) writes:
>Copyright protects the exact expression of the program maker, but not
>the design or algorithm that was the real creative work in the program.
>That also deserves protection.

That last bit is debatable. Exactly how "innovative" is the 1-2-3 "L" format
for the row-and-column headings? Lotus claimed look-&-feel protection
for that. The traditional rule was that the code, and only the code, was
protected. That seemed to work pretty well. After all, in spite of the
gross lack of protection :-) our software industry still dominates the planet.
How many of our better-protected industries can make that claim?

>Rather than an "all or nothing" approach, why not a special patent 
>that is appropriate in a very fast-moving field like software?
>Such a patent would not last for 17+ years, but for a shorter 
>period of time, e.g., 3-5 years.

There is precedent for this. Chip masks (the image of an IC chip; the
"negative" from which all the copies are made) are indeed protected under
exactly this sort of special-purpose law.

Under present law, and given the PTO's total lack of understanding and
experience in the computer science field (they patented LZW compression
TWICE!) I am opposed to any form of software patent. If the duration were
shorter, and disclosure was made at the time of application, rather than
when(if) the patent was granted, I would be more favorably inclined towards
patent protection for software. Not that I'd agree that it's a Good Thing;
it would just do little enough damage that I could tolerate it.

    David Hayes    merlin@lerami.lerctr.org
From: matsb@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers?? 
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 07:51:09 GMT

woodside@bnr.ca (Kevin Woodside) writes:
: I am looking for a personal organiser/calendar program for the Mac.
: More specifically, something that can be used as a logbook, meeting
: reminder, activity tracker, and be able to dump your next months 
: activities to a printer in a calendar type format.
: 
: What are your opinions as to what is the "mother-of-all-personal-organiser"
: programs?
: 
: I will consider all software types (shareware, freeware, purchased).

Why not take a look at the Apple Newton when it gets available?

/Mats
-- 
Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
Department of medical systems                  Ph:  +46 18 187817
Sweden                                         Fax: +46 18 187825
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: steinman@is.morgan.com (Jan Steinman)
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers??
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Company
	<1992Sep3.124637.19533@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
	<1992Sep3.164742.11735@EE.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:05:11 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.164742.11735@EE.Stanford.EDU> robinson@EE.Stanford.EDU (Heyward G. Robinson) writes:
   In article <1992Sep3.124637.19533@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> sticklen@cps.msu.edu writes:
   >
   >anyone know an 800 number or any number for the vendor of this Thought Pattern
   >product? i tried MacWarehouse and they do not carry it.
   >
   >  ---jon---

   You can purchase ThougthPattern from Mac's Place.  Their number is
   800-367-4222.  You can also buy it directly from Bananafish Software.
   Their number is 415-929-8135.

ThoughtPattern has recently been offered (along with "Spectre Light"
and some writing style HC stack) via direct mail for ~$50. I don't
have any more details, except I can probably get my hands on my
receipt.

--
: : Jan Steinman	   steinman@is.morgan.com		 Bytesmiths : :
: : 2002 Parkside Court				   West Linn, OR 97068-2767 : :
: : 503/657-7703					       212/956-8722 : :
From: los@coos.dartmouth.edu (Charles Dubuque)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers??
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:19:08 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <STEINMAN.92Sep3130511@hawk.is.morgan.com> steinman@is.morgan.com (Jan Steinman) writes:
>ThoughtPattern has recently been offered (along with "Spectre Light"
>and some writing style HC stack) via direct mail for ~$50. I don't
>have any more details, except I can probably get my hands on my
>receipt.

Yes, but I believe that with this direct-mail deal, you are ineligible
for a free upgrade to v2.0, which has all the neat calendar/to-do
functions that I need. However, I do think that you can get a
fairly-cheap upgrade from this version (~$49.) Don't quote me on that.

Chuck
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: david@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (David Dantowitz)
Subject: Using Mac for a flat file data base manager
Originator: david@oahu.cs.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 01:39:54 GMT


Hi,

  I'd like to use the Mac for a simple flat file data base of
  names for a mailing list (10,000 to 20,000 names).  Nothing
  complicated, just simple sorting, etc.

  Any recommendations?

  Please use MAIL not NEWS and I will summarize the "votes."

Thanks,
	David
-- 
David Dantowitz
david@cs.ucla.edu

Singing Barbershop when I'm not doing parallel simulation
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: davidw@jessica.Stanford.EDU (David J. Whelan)
Subject: Label software wanted
Reply-To: davidw@jessica.Stanford.EDU (David J. Whelan)
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:27:46 GMT

Does anyone have any recommendations for software that can print on a
wide variety of laser printer labels?  I'm interested in a program
that can handle "free form" label information as well as structured
labels for addresses.  Ability to include graphics would be a plus.

Thanks,
David J. Whelan
davidw@jessica.stanford.edu