5-May-93 0:15:01-GMT,52856;000000000000 Return-Path: Received: from SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU by CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA19683; Tue, 4 May 93 17:14:57 PDT Full-Name: Info-Mac Moderator Received: by SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA22755; Tue, 4 May 93 16:42:17 PDT Message-Id: <9305042342.AA22755@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Date: Tue, 4 May 93 16:42:11 PDT From: The Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #94 To: info-mac-list@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU Info-Mac Digest Tue, 4 May 93 Volume 11 : Issue 94 Today's Topics: [*] ComIT 1.7.1.sea.hqx (for Co [*] comm - MacTCP Watcher v1.0.0 [*] lists xfcn's 1.1 update [*] Quadra 700 Clock Mod Report v1.2 [*] Submission - New Maelstrom Sounds [*] submission: Kermit Tool GH 1.3 [*] teachtext.xtnd.sit.hqx 2 Questions - PICS to MooV & Environmental Res CDs Boomerang and SuperBoomerang (C) Celestial Navigation Software Found Connecting a Macintosh to a Novell Fileserver? - Printing Problems? Desktop Manager (2 msgs) DoubleScroll CP with MSWord 5.1 EtherNetlet Fonts needed Fortran "automatic" backgrounding capability (R) FTP woes (R) FTP woes: mac.archive.umich.edu and Old wuarchive.wustl.edu (2 msgs) Higher resolution on a NEC 3FGx (A) How to mount/unmount partitions over the net ? (Q) Hypercard and Picture XCMD Idea for System 7.2 - undo in the desktop (C) Mac Layers and AIX. Mac LC III (Q) MacTCP Gateway not in local zone MacWrite Pro vs. ClarisWorks 2.0 -- ???? More than one dictionary (Word 5.0a) Nautlius CD Magazine - any subscribers out there? New PP Modem NeXT application dock NOW Menus and Word 4.01b conflict Number of Chips on a SIMM PICT <--> PCX PopChar/MacWrite Pro Glitch? PRAM Zapping Qestion about acessing data in handles with THINK C (A) Recommendations for Shareware Polar Plotting SCSI Problem Resolved In Draconian Fashion Strip Address Trackballs Undo for 7.2 Uploading Archives (Q) Wiz Tools (Q) World Map needed... The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa and Gordon Watts. The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help. Please send articles and binaries to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 3 May 1993 12:21:39 -0800 From: "ML Weasner" Subject: [*] ComIT 1.7.1.sea.hqx (for Co Here is ComIT 1.7.1, a Communication Integration Tool for Apple Macintosh computers. With ComIT you can monitor communication costs for on-line connect time and voice phone calls. You can use ComIT to dial your voice calls and monitor the duration and cost of the call. ComIT supports Macintosh Plus and newer computers with at least 1MB of memory. ComIT is compatible with multiple monitors and large screen monitors. ComIT requires System 6.0 or later. ComIT 1.7.1 is System 7 friendly, including Balloon Help, and it is 32-bit clean. It is also A/UX 3.0 compatible but has not been fully tested under A/UX. ComIT is a shareware program. If you like and use ComIT, please send your name and mailing address to the author along with the $20.00 (U.S.) shareware fee. Registered users of ComIT will receive a printed manual, support via online services, and future updates free or at reduced cost. There are many capabilities in ComIT that are documented in the manual. In fairness to those who register, unregistered users will not receive any support. There have been several enhancements made in ComIT 1.7.1. Complete descriptions of the changes are included in the manual addendums provided to registered users. ComIT 1.7.1 is the first bug-fix only version; after the release of 1.7, a 32bit memory mode error surfaced in the code used to communicate with a modem. This has been corrected in 1.7.1. Distribution of the original, unmodified ComIT 1.7.1 software by users is encouraged as long as the Read Me file included with the "distribution version" of ComIT 1.7.1 is included unmodified and no payment (other than for online connect costs or for distribution media) is accepted for the actual software or documentation. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/com-it-171.hqx; 204K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 13:47:43 +0800 From: Peter N Lewis Subject: [*] comm - MacTCP Watcher v1.0.0 Peter N Lewis Ph: +61 9 368 2055 MacTCP Watcher v1.0.0 displays the internal data of MacTCP. It shows this Mac's IP, DNS name, and all the internal information that MacTCP provides (much of which I don't understand, so please don't ask me what it means!). It will also list all the currently open TCP connections, and the information on each of them. As well, it allows you to test MacTCP and your network, using the ICMP Ping protocol, the UDP & TCP Echo protocols (you'll need a machine that supports the echo protocol, most unix machines do, and I've implemented them in MacTCP Watcher, so you can run the program on two Macs and test the network between them as well as the MacTCP configuration on each of them), and it tests out the DNS by looking up the name of a given IP or IP of a given name. It should be useful to people having MacTCP configuration troubles, network or Domain Name System problems, or the cronically curious. MacTCP Watcher is free, and comes with a free copy of Eric Behr's MacTCP Info document (thanks Eric!), so if you have MacTCP problems, check it out. I will be in the USA from May 6 til June 12, so if you send me any Email, expect a noticable delay in my responding. Also, I'm releasing this now even though it could do with some more testing, because otherwise it would be delayed a couple months. If there are any problems with it, let me know but don't expect a new version for at least a couple months. Have fun, Peter. MacTCP Watcher v1.0.0 Copyright 1993 Peter N Lewis [Archived as /info-mac/comm/mactcp-watcher-10.hqx; 83K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 13:24 EST From: Doug Ward Subject: [*] lists xfcn's 1.1 update Lists XFCN's package 1.1 This is version 1.1 of the Lists XFCN's stack which includes version 1.1 of most of the XFCN's. The revisions have fixed some minor annoying bugs and one major bug in the sortList XFCN. Sorry for any inconveniences. This stack should replace the previous version (1.0) in the archives This package of XFCN's was written to provide a simple and versatile programming interface for manipulating complex lists of text strings in HyperCard. List lines can contain multiple items, and both lines and items can be delimited by any single character (not just returns and commas). I have included functions for building, sorting, editing, searching, and combining lists. The package is shareware. Doug Ward dward@oise1.oise.on.ca [Archived as /info-mac/card/x/lists-11.hqx; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 May 1993 17:37:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Guy Kuo Subject: [*] Quadra 700 Clock Mod Report v1.2 Update of Quadra 700 to 33.3 mhz acceleration report and instructions. Clarifies explanation and adds important caveat regarding use of socket pin= s. This document details a modification of the Quadra 700 for higher speed. This procedure should only be attempted by users who are experi- enced in circuit board fabrication and repair. You must desolder a component on a multi-layer motherboard. Such boards are fragile and difficult to repair. If you destroy your motherboard, others will remind you how foolish you were. This process voids your warranty. If you are not dissuaded by the above, read on and see how a $5.00 part may bring your Quadra 700 up to Quadra 950 performance. [Archived as /info-mac/tech/quadra-700-clock-mod-12.txt; 15K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 93 11:21:26 -0700 From: martin@playfair.stanford.edu (Michael Martin) Subject: [*] Submission - New Maelstrom Sounds Dear Moderator: Attached is a stuffit-compressed, binhexed archive of some new sounds for the game maelstrom. I was bored this weekend, so I started playing with ResEdit and the maelstrom sound file and came up with the attached sound file. The sounds were downloaded from sumex-aim and other mac sites. A couple of the sounds are the same as the original sound file (because I couldn't find ones I liked better) The sound file is a fair bit bigger than the original sound file, so to use it, you'll need to increase maelstrom's memory size to about 3000 K (it's currently 2100). Just rename your old sound file and put the new sound file (named Maelstrom Sounds) in your maelstrom folder. Then play, and enjoy. Michael Martin, Department of Statistics, Stanford University. e-mail: martin@playfair.stanford.edu [Archived as /info-mac/game/maelstrom-martin-sounds.hqx; 833K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 93 22:29 CST From: HOWES@bert.chem.wisc.edu Subject: [*] submission: Kermit Tool GH 1.3 Dear Info-Mac, Enclose you will find version 1.3 of my Kermit tool for the communications toolbox. When combined with a compliant app, such as Termy or ClarisWorks (or any of the Works programs), allows the user to use the Kermit file transfer protocol common among university mainframes. This version is basically an enhancement from the previous release with quite a few tweaks and featurelets. I suggest it be stored as info-mac/comm/kermit_tool_gh_13_sit.hqx -- glenn howes // howes@bert.chem.wisc.edu [Archived as /info-mac/comm/kermit-tool-gh-13.hqx; 58K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 May 93 02:02:03 EDT From: alancutah@aol.com Subject: [*] teachtext.xtnd.sit.hqx TeachText XTND Translator 1.0 Copyright 1993 by Alan Coopersmith The enclosed file (after uncompressing from Stuffit 3 format) contains a translator that allows XTND-savvy apps such as MacWrite II/Pro to read and write TeachText docs with text and graphics. Docs are included in TeachText format. [Archived as /info-mac/app/xtnd-teachtext.hqx; 18K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 05:15:25 -0400 From: mcs2@cornell.edu (Wagner Truppel) Subject: 2 Questions - PICS to MooV & Environmental Res CDs Friends of the netland, does anyone know of a program to convert animations saved as PICS files to QuickTime movies (MooV format)? I know of MovieMaker, but it only converts a collection of PICT files to QuickTime. So, to make use of it, I'd have first to create as many PICT files as there are frames in each PICS file. This is an enormous headache most of the time, considering that I create animations using Mathematica and Theorist that often have hundreds of frames each. Would, perhaps, the author of MovieMaker be reading this and be inclined to add this feature to a new version? On another subject, my wife is interested in applications and CDs with good quality pictures, photographs, clip-art, and the like, relating to environmental issues, to build a small resource library for courses in environmental conservation and policy. Does anyone have suggestions? We've seen ads for EarthQuest (a HyperCard stack) and Down To Earth (a CD), but know very little about them. Are they any good? Worth purchasing? Please reply directly to me and I'll sumarize if enough people show interest. Thanks in advance for any and all responses. Wagner Truppel mcs2@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 12:34:37 PDT From: Les Ferch Subject: Boomerang and SuperBoomerang (C) >Regarding several recent postings about Boomerang and SuperBoomerang, I >also have been unable to get Boomerang 2.02 to work with System 7.1 on my >Mac IIci. I tried it under System 6.0.7 and it worked fine. Several netters >suggested using Default Folder as an alternative, but I found that one of >my favorite features of Boomerang is not duplicated. Under Boomerang, when >you open a file from a long list of files, then return to open another one, >the open file dialog returns to the last file opened rather than to the top >of the list. This is really useful for example when analyzing a large >number of data files sequentially, especially when they have similar names. >Anyone know of an alternative for this function, or whether SuperBoomerang >has this feature? I actually would be happy with just this one feature of >Boomerang! (Hint to hackers...) Me too! I really don't want to install SuperBoomerang or Directory Assistance II because they have far more features than I need and take up too much memory. A simple (and rock-solid reliable) init to remember the position in a file dialog would suit me fine. If somebody writes it, I'll buy it (but I wouldn't complain if it's free). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 09:23 EST From: WALLACE FELDMAN Subject: Celestial Navigation Software Found Date sent: 4-MAY-1993 09:14:45 On April 22 I posted a plea for Mac-based celestial navigation and marine piloting software. By subscribing to the Yacht-L list (from Listserv@GREARN.BITNET if anyone's interested) I made contact with someone >From U. Kansas who has written a set of hypercard programs which do just about anything anyone could want along these lines. He is: Steven Tripp C152@UKANVAX.BITNET or C152@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU This is commercial ware, but the prices seem reasonable to me. He'll send you a demo disc for $5. There are several versions, depending on how many features you want. Hope some folks find this useful. Wally ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 14:05:29 BST From: A.D'Emanuele@manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk Subject: Connecting a Macintosh to a Novell Fileserver? - Printing Problems? I recently managed to connect my Mac IIci to our Departmental Novell fileserver, using ethernet and the latest version of NetWare for Macintosh. Whilst I can use the server without any problems I can not access the laserprinter (HPIII, not postscript) on the server. We are having problems configuring the server. Our network person has little experience with Macintosh and I am looking for some advice? Anyone out there with any experience with Novell and Macs? Regards, Tony D'Emanuele, University of Manchester A.D'Emanuele@mcc.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 May 93 13:26:28 EDT From: "Allan M. Bloom" Subject: Desktop Manager On Sun, 02 May, Dong-Young Lee asked where to find the Desktop Manager extension which avoids rebuilding the desktop files when switching between System 6 and System 7. It is in the ftp site "ftp.apple.com" as dts/mac/hacks/oscar.hqx, 324K. No, I don't know why it is hiding in Oscar. Al Bloom, Virginia Tech ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 14:54:07 -0500 From: vilberg@whale.st.usm.edu (Bill Vilberg) Subject: Desktop Manager The Desktop Manager INIT came with AppleShare in the System 6.0 days. It is not, to my knowledge, available on-line anywhere. * Bill Vilberg, Univ. of So. Miss. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 13:12:36 -0700 (PDT) From: bms@pyramid.com (Bruce Schlobohm) Subject: DoubleScroll CP with MSWord 5.1 In V11 #91 nem52463@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > I just downloaded the great DoubleScroll control panel from the > archives, and noticed the following stange behavior: > > 1) Most annoying of all, it makes the sliders INVISIBLE in MS Word > 5.1; they still work if you "guestimate" where the arrowheads are, > but this is truly an undesireable situation... > ... > Anyone else have these problems, or is it just me? > > Until the MS Word problem gets fixed, I'm going to have to stop using > the program. The second is just a minor annoyance, but I'd like to > see it fixed, too. Any hope for an update soon?... No, it's not just you. I too had problems with DoubleScroll and MS Word 5.1a. I noticed that in page layout mode the scroll bar slider position was not close to where it should be. I also had problems with DoubleScroll and Quicken. Quicken does its own thing when you drag the slider, to display the date position in the checkbook. Mail from the author indicated that he was looking into it. I eventually found that I had to disable DS for my most used apps, and therefore stopped using it. -- bruce schlobohm bms@pyramid.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 May 93 19:04:26 EDT From: "Allan M. Bloom" Subject: EtherNetlet Y'all were so helpful with advice about the Bloom family ethernetlet, I thought I'd let you know what happened. And to beg some more info. I was out with a flu bug half of last week, reading everything in sight to stave off boredom, and in came a catalog from Focus Technologies, all about networks and such. Lots of informative text. Good prices. And they sell cards and cables and everything. Well almost everything. I had a few questions after devouring the catalog (It had half conviced me to go with ThinNet instead of 10baseT), and I dropped them a note (The catalog had an internet address even). One Peter Cohen came back fast with answers, and I started feeling warm and fuzzy toward Focus. I threw caution to the winds and ordered a ThinNet system from them. The order person was even knowledgeable. Hmmm. Warmer and fuzzier. Especially since their cards are like $100 each, 2/3 the best price I'd seen elsewhere. Focus claims Sonic's LaserBridge is better than any hardware solution for hooking up the two localtalk printers to the netlet, and that's all they sell. I don't think so. MacUser tests showed hardware maybe 25% faster, and it doesn't require a host Mac. So I ordered that part separately. Everything came together yesterday, and I hooked up the netlet. And folk wonder why I drink. The hardware was no problem. Then I used the Focus install disk to put in the card driver. That installer sucks toads. It offered to install AppleTalk 58 in addition to the card driver. I already had AT58 installed. OK, pick custom and just ask for the driver. It still wanted to install AT58. Worse, the install disk ejected itself, and the installer asked for the Network Installer Disk. What naughtywording network installer disk? It didn't answer me, and I spoke into the mouse quite distinctly. After much gnashing of teeth and various other useless things, I just slammed the install disk back in the drive. That's all it took. Snarl, snarl. Peter dropped me a note today thanking me for my order and offering to help with any install problems. I suggested that Focus re-examine its install script. That was the small stuff. Larger was the Dayna EtherPrint box that Mac Connection had sent. I'd called MacWareHouse first, asking for the V2.0 EtherPrint, and was told that the product was not available. So I called my other usual mail order suspect. I asked for EtherPrint 2.0. The order taker said they have better than that -- 2.1! Right. I shoulda hung up. In came something that didn't look at all like the 2.0 box in Dayna's ads and with a manual that didn't sound like 2.0 at all. One localtalk device and turn on that device before powering up the box. Yup. The original recipe EtherPrint, not the hot and crispy I asked for. Call MacConn. Huh? We don't have a problem, sir. You have a problem. We'll take it back, but you pay shipping. Snarl, snarl. I called Dayna this morning. Seems there has been a slight delay in actually shipping the EtherPrint 2.0 box they've been advertising for over a month. Like maybe look for it next month. It's not MacConn's fault. It's our fault. No, we won't reimburse you for shipping the thing back to MacConn. Dayna's idea of accepting full responsibility reminds me of the Bush administration. OK, I had a fallback. I went into the office and borrowed a copy of Sonic LaserBridge. Not a permanent solution. First off, I don't care to need my Mac powered up when Leslye wants to print something. That could lead to divorce at best. Second, I don't like to thieve. To the question that I promised: Is there another product similar to the Dayna EtherPrint 2.0 that is shipping? By similar, I mean (1) it'll do two localtak printers (2) it doesn't care about power-up order, and (3) it costs around $300. AsantePrint seems a possibility, but I haven't seen enough about its features. All help much appreciated. Al Bloom, Virginia Tech ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 09:04 EDT From: Alex Leary Subject: Fonts needed Date sent: 4-MAY-1993 09:02:53 Does anyone know where I can acess the following tt fonts? Limousine and Jellybean? I saw them bundled w/200 other fonts and only want these two so why buy the rest? learyjsnycorva ---also is there a ip for the underground font archive? ------------------------------ Date: 4 May 1993 15:36:14 GMT From: kestral@ugcs.caltech.edu (Joseph P. Andrieu) Subject: Fortran "automatic" backgrounding capability (R) Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: >Recently, I posted (in part) this message: >>>BOTH Language System Fortran and Absoft Fortran compilers allow >>>you to have the required "token passing" subroutine calls inserted >>>*automatically* in your code at compile time!!! This is just wonderful, >>>since you end up with code that runs in the background without having done >And there was a response: >>That's not even close to preemptive, and it seems very haphazard. I >>for one don't like the idea of mysterious things going on in the >>background when I'm not prepared for it. Mac memory management >>makes it necessary for me to know when the machine might shuffle >>around my data. >>Good programming doesn't require magical compiler fixes to make things >>run well. On the other hand, NO level of programming can turn the Mac >>into a pre-emptive system. >Ok. Let's *not* make this a flame war. I just strongly disagree. The way the >multi-tasking code is added is very controlled, not the least bit "haphazard" >and you can turn it OFF, globally, or selectively in your code. If there are >time critical parts of the code, just turn it off there. I'm just a dumb 'ole >fortran hacker, but this works and it is the neatest thing since sliced >bread!! Apple should put this into all the other MPW compilers!! ( And Think >should add it their products!) I *know* that it isn't preemptive; the point >is that it is USEFUL!! >Fortran programming is mainly hard core number crunching, and these are often >non-trivial computational tasks that can run for an hour or more, even on a >Quadra. It is nice, under those circumstances to have this backgrounding >capability. I haven't had any trouble with it, and, sheesh, if it works with >FORTRAN, it outa work with anything! >Finally, I also got a nice response (sorry, I didn't save it!) from someone at >apple who notes that same feature is available in their Lisp. I still don't >have >any idea why C and Pascal omit this useful option. Since that was my reply, I figured I'd answer here. I agree, I don't want a flame war, but I still disagree with you. I suppose that in a sheer number crunching language like fortran, it could be healthy. I guess it's just that my limited experience in C on the mac, keeps me busy mostly with interface stuff, where foreground/background changes are best handled explicitly. And you may also note that C and Pascal programmers can allow the processor to schedule other tasks _anytime_ by calling the toolbox call EventAvail. So, the C or Pascal programmer can just throw that in wherever they really want to offer background activity. It's not automagic, but it get's the job done. It's vanilla and chocolate. I'm glad you've found a feature which works well for you and I'm sure others find it just as handy, but it still gives me the heebeejeebees. Joe P.S. I did not intend to insult your programming abilities, and I apologize if I had. I'm no hacker either. But I still don't consider the feature a "step towards better computing", although it may make programming easier. ------------------------------ Date: 04 May 1993 10:27:08 -0600 (CST) From: "John A." Subject: FTP woes (R) Finally, a question that I know the answer to. In the last Info-Mac, Allan Hunter wonders about *.z files at the wustl mirror site, and the many period files at the umich site. 1. The *.z files are unix compressed files. To get uncompressed versions, just issue the get command and omit the .z at the end. The unix host should then decode the compression, and send only the *.hqx file. 2. The get command with our ftp allows 2 parameters, a remote filename and a local filename. I usually copy the whole filename, and then paste it twice (with a space between the 2 names). If the local name is not valid (more than one period is not valid with VMS as well), I just use the arrow keys to get to the appropriate place and backspace over the extra periods. Hope this helps. John A. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 9:09:49 EDT From: Tom Coradeschi Subject: FTP woes: mac.archive.umich.edu and Old wuarchive.wustl.edu Allan Hunter wrote: >Time for another embarrassing question! Make that two of them, in fact! > >1. In the mirros archives of wuarchive.wustl.edu lies a folder called > "Old", inside of which a nice array of files exists. Nearly all of > them have been Zipped (I presume?) so that they have a final file- > type of ".Z", as in "Wonderul-extension.hqx.Z". Using plain-jane > Kermit through my modem, I'm unable to retrieve any of these files. > I get told that the file directory doesn't exist, or something to > that effect. I tried changing to "binary" but it doesn't help. I > have the necessary software to unZip files once I've got them, but > that won't help if I can't get them in the first place! I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Are you connecting to wuarchive via Kermit? The files are in binary format - NOT MacBinary. Also, the .Z suffix means that they've been compressed with... 'compress'. Unix-based utility. Not to worry, MacCompress will take care of them for you, once you have them on your mac. >2. Another archive, mac.archive.umich.edu, specializes in a plentitude > of periods. Whereas other archives tend to put the dot only at the > significant spot so as to allow stupid machines like this IBM-VM > host to think in terms of filename.filetype, the mac.archive gives > files names like "Wonderful.extension.21.035.hqx". Retrieval at- > tempts give rise to the annoying reply that the file of that name > does not exist. Have you tried using the 'mget' command in ftp? That way you can use wildcards, which may (or may not) solve the problem. Try something like 'mget Wonder*'. Another possibility (assuming that the VM version of ftp allows it) is to define a local name for the remote file. On a Unix box, it goes 'get remotefilename localfilename'. This way you can define your local file name to have only one period. Hope this helps... tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 15:01:01 PDT From: wyattw@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Wyatt A Webb) Subject: FTP woes: mac.archive.umich.edu and Old wuarchive.wustl.edu Quick note: The .Z extension tells you that it has been compressed with the unix compress command. You can uncompress it on a unix machine to "de-Z it" or there are mac apps available that do the same thing. Good luck! -Wyatt ------------------------------ Date: 4 May 93 14:13:06 GMT From: Brian Joseph Starr Subject: Higher resolution on a NEC 3FGx (A) In digest <9305040634.AA07716@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: >The answer is yes and no. All Apple video cards (and built-in video in >IIsi/ci, Quadras, Centrises) use three sense pins to detect the type of >monitor attached. (Obviously, the type of monitor supported is different >for different cards or bulit-in videos). The 8*24 card is capable of >supporting 21" resolution (1152x870) as well as standard 640x480 and >640x870 resolutions. (The 8*24 card does NOT support the 16" or 19" >resolution). However, the NEC 3FGx is NOT capable of handling the 21" >resolution. It can handle the 16" resolution (832x624) but you would need a >different video card. Well, I have an LC III and an NEC 3FGx, can I use (832x624) resolution, and, if so, how? So far, the best I can do is 640x480, which seems like over kill on such a nice, big, clear screen.... Brian ------------------------------ Date: 04 May 1993 08:29:08 +0100 (MET) From: HANS KROEGER Subject: How to mount/unmount partitions over the net ? (Q) We have three Macs in our office (2 Quadras & 1 Duo) and a IIfx at a remote location, all connected via Ethernet and all running system 7.1. We would like to make regular backups from the "office macs" to the IIfx. So I have installed three password protected partitions (using Norton) on the IIfx, one for each of the "office macs". Normally these partitions are not mounted since the backed-up data are confidential. Questions: How can I get a partition mounted over the net on an "office mac" just for the backup? How do I unmount the partition from the "office mac" after the backup is completed ? Seemingly I cannot turn on filesharing for the unmounted partitions over the net and without filesharing being turned on I cannot mount the partitions... ....am I missing something? Any ideas? Hans Kroeger kroeger@dornier.de kroeger@foca.dnet.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 May 1993 11:37:26 -0500 (EST) From: CRENSHAW@urvax.urich.edu Subject: Hypercard and Picture XCMD My name is Salonge Crenshaw and I work for the University Computing Department at the University ofRichmond. I would like some help on a hypercard stack that I am creating. I am using pictures created with the Picture XCMD and my problem is in the windows definition. If I use any window other than the default selectsuch as dialog, the picture goes away when I click on the card, but it goes intomy background and takes up memory. Is there any way that I can use the dialog window definition and not have this problem. I have tried to put a close picture command within the card script to no avail. Can I get some help please. You can contact me at 804-289-8861 Crenshaw@urvax.urich.edu or Crenshaw@urvax.bitnet Thanks Salonge ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 09:19:07 -0600 From: "Earl Misanchuk" Subject: Idea for System 7.2 - undo in the desktop (C) Recently, Ian C McCall suggested >I've been thinking about how Undo could be usefully implemented on the >Finder's desktop, and have come up with the following ideas. >1. To undo a dragging action. .. >2. To undo the movement of a file I'd like to second that motion, just in case someone at Apple's listening. Having accidentally brushed my hand over the mouse a couple of times within the past week, thus inadvertently moving an (unknown) file into some (unknown) folder (it happens so fast!), then having spent many minutes looking for it (I had to inspect the contents of each folder item by item, because I didn't know what file I'd moved, so it took a long time). The large button on the new ergonmic mouse seems to make it easier for these accidents to happen, and an Undo feature would be *extremely* helpful. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 12:03:53 -0400 From: Jean-Luc Brousseau Subject: Mac Layers and AIX. Hi all, anyone succeded in compilong MacLayers on an IBM? I'm using an "AIX Version 3.2.2" running "AIX Version 3.2.2". Can someone send me a copy of an altered Mac Layers for AIX or tell me what to change? Thanks, Jean-Luc P.S. Send answer directly to brousso@neptune.uqtr.uquebec.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 93 23:53:28 PDT From: Ian Douglas Dickey Subject: Mac LC III (Q) Dear Netters, Now that the LC III has been out for a few months now, I was wondering what the feed back is. Is this machine worth getting over an "Old IIsi", and does it handle graphics well enough to be seriously considered for use with a scanner and manipulating of large files created by said scanner? Any input would be greatly appreciated. As this is perhaps getting into FAQ territory, perhaps anyone kind enough to reply could do so directly to me and I will gladly summerize for the net. Thanks in advance, Ian D. Dickey Faculty of Medicine, UBC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 8:23:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bruce Goldstein, (818) 354-7366" Subject: MacTCP Gateway not in local zone Suppose you are trying to use a MacTCP gateway rather than a direct ethernet-TCPIP connection from your Mac. In this case you have to choose whatever flavor of AppleTalk you are using in the MacTCP icon choice area, and select the zone in which your gateway resides. Now, here comes the tricky part. If your Macintosh is in the same zone as the MacTCP gateway (in our case a FastPath 4) you can select static addressing if you wish. If your Mac is in a different zone, YOU MUST SELECT DYNAMIC ADDRESSING, NOT STATIC ADDRESSING. This caused us a good bit of grief until we figured it out, and of course no one provides any documentation worth anything about how to use MacTCP. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 08:10:57 PDT From: tlh9d6e@panam2.panam.edu (Terry L. Hartman) Subject: MacWrite Pro vs. ClarisWorks 2.0 -- ???? Wondering which one to get. I know ClarisWorks is a integrated package and all, but I am mainly interested in the WordProcessor part. Does ClarisWorks 2.0 use the old MacWrite II as its WordProcessor??? What are your feelings about the above products??? Terry L. Hartman Coordinator - Microcomputer Services U.T. - Pan American tlh9d6e@panam1.panam.edu terry@bandw.panam.edu thartman@tenet.edu pitbull@mindvox.phantom.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 09:55:18 +0200 From: jew@language.ou.dk (J|rn Erik Wennerstr|m) Subject: More than one dictionary (Word 5.0a) Dan Wismer University of Fribourg - Switzerland, complained in a previous Info-Mac about Word 5.1 being unable to operate two - or more - dictionaries at the same time. I ve detected the same problem with our localized version 5.0a(danish) at our faculty. However, if I use the original english version, there seem to be no problems concerning multiple dictionaries. Is this just(!) a bug or is it some sneaky attempt to lure linguistic minorities into dropping their mother tongue/wordprocessor by producing defective localized versions of software!!?? Best, Joern Wennerstroem Systems Manager Faculty of the Humanities University of Odense Denmark ------------------------------ Date: 4 May 1993 10:05:24 GMT From: guykuo@carson.u.washington.edu (Guy Kuo) Subject: Nautlius CD Magazine - any subscribers out there? Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: > My question: do the Nautilus monthly CDs measure up to this standard of >quantity, quality and usefulness? Are they worth the money? Please e-mail >opinions, facts, tales of woe/joy/skepticism etc. If appropriate, I'll post >a summary. Thanks all... I've subscribed to Nautilus for about a year and half now. Overall I find it has been well worth the cost. On almost every Issue I find a few goodies I would not have had otherwise. It has actually paid for itself by providing files which I would have spent a great deal of time obtaining. It's one of the best things other than InterNet that has happened to my computing pleasures. Guy Kuo ------------------------------ Date: 4 May 1993 14:17:47 -0600 From: "Glockzin Donald" Subject: New PP Modem I noticed that Practical Peripherals has a new modem called PM14400FXMT. The MT at the end is the new part and it drops the cost by >$150 from regular FX version. A sales rep said that case is cheaper and the LEDs are removed. (The electronics are the important parts IMHO.) It comes with SW and handshake cable. I have always heard good news about Practical Peripherals and would like to know more. Can anyone that really knows tell me about the real hardware difference to have such a cost decrease? If not, I will buy and let others know. THANKS -- DG Donald Glockzin Lead Engineer Motorola - CIG glockzin_donald@macmail1.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 14:40:40 -0500 From: vilberg@whale.st.usm.edu (Bill Vilberg) Subject: NeXT application dock Robert, You asked for a NeXT like application dock. I have been playing with WAIS (wide area information service(?)) so I took your request and sent it out to info-mac and to umich.edu and found the following: -------------------- mac.archive.umich.edu -------------------- /mac/util/organization/finderpalette1.0.cpt.hqx /mac/system.extensions/init/apollo0.8b3/cpt.hqx /mac/system.extensions/init/blackbox.sit.hqx ------- Info-Mac ------- /info-mac/util/launch-pad-202.hqx; 57K I have no idea if any of these still work or even what they do. I _did_ play with blackbox a long time ago and it sounds like just what you want, but it is so old I doubt that it works with the newest sytems. -------------------------------- Old response to similar question: -------------------------------- >6/4/92 >Info Mac Digest >Les.Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca >Info-Mac Digest V10 #136: Application Dock program wanted (A) >Date: Thu, 4 Jun 92 00:07:24 PDT >From: Les.Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca >Subject: Application Dock program wanted (A) ... There is a commercial program that provides an icon dock. Here is some text on it from an 1991 info-mac digest: "I like Andrew Welch's QuickTools' "PowerStrip", which is like the application dock on a NeXT. It lets you install applications' icons into a floating palette (which can be hidden/shown with a hot key). You can even attach documents to applications. It's a joy!" Another older icon dock program that does not seem to be on info-mac any longer was originally in: info-mac/util/launch-qcb5.hqx "_Launch is a Multifinder Enhanser. It provides an icon dock so you can start applications and open files without searching through multiple folders in the Finder. _Launch is Shareware." And there are probably more that I have missed... ------------------------------- Hope this helps. * Bill Vilberg, Univ. of So. Miss. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 May 93 08:00:56 PST From: Paul Brians Subject: NOW Menus and Word 4.01b conflict As several people suggeested in mail to me my conflict with NOW Menus and Word was solved by upgrading NOW Toolbox to 4.01p. I had gotten the upgrade weeks ago, but forgot all about it before installing it. Thanks to all. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 10:57:27 EDT From: "Michael Gallamore" Subject: Number of Chips on a SIMM Well, in trying to stay abreast of which SIMMs work okay in the new Macs, and find out exactly what a "composite" SIMM looks like, I got a little confused. ;) So, I put together this chart, and I wanted to get your comments/confirmation on its contents. 8 bits = 1 Byte 8 Mbits = 1 MByte therefore it takes: # of chip SIMM chips size size -------------------------------- 8 x 256 Kbit = 256 KByte 4 x 512 Kbit = 256 KByte 8 x 1 Mbit = 1 MByte 2 x 4 Mbit = 1 MByte (Has anyone made a SIMM this way??) 8 x 1 Mbit = 2 MByte 8 x 4 Mbit = 4 MByte 16 x 4 Mbit = 8 MByte 8 x 8 Mbit = 8 MByte (Is there a 8 Mbit chip??) 32 x 4 Mbit = 16 MByte 8 x 16 Mbit = 16 MByte 16 x 16 Mbit = 32 MByte 8 x 32 Mbit = 32 MByte (Is there a 32 Mbit chip) The list is an overview, and by no means exhaustive of all the possible combinations. I would really appreciate any comments or corrections. :) I also had a question regarding "composite" SIMMs. Is a "composite" SIMM one which has more than 8 chips? Thanks - Michael Gallamore, (703)663-8538 NSWCDD gallamore@g24mac1.nswc.navy.mil or gallamore@mv2.nswc.navy.mil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 12:43:59 BST From: y.liu@ic.ac.uk Subject: PICT <--> PCX I wonder whether it is possible to transfer PC format pictures .PCX to and >From Mac Pictures? Can anyone help? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 20:46:42 GMT From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) Subject: PopChar/MacWrite Pro Glitch? In comp.sys.mac.digest, ED HOLZER writes: >PopChar is a favorite of mine so imagine my dismay when I tried it with >MacWrite Pro and the whole works went into gridlock. This happens repeatedly >so I must assume a bug of some sort. Has anyone else had this experience? >Does anyone have a solution? Thanks for the help. I have talked to Guenther about the problem. A new version is in the works that will fix the bug. MacWrite Pro uses a non-standard menu structure that is confusing PopChar. pr -- resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 08:38:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Ephraim Fithian Subject: PRAM Zapping mikeg@endgame.gsfc.nasa.gov writes >I zapped the PRAM in a Quadra 700 and now when it boots up >the startup screen is in black and white, not color (note it has an >8-bit monitor and has been showing hte startup screen in 8 bit color >till we zapped the PRAM). How do I get it go back to color? What you need to do after zapping the pram is to go to monitors in the control panel and turn off color, then turn it back on. Also, switch from 256 colors back to 16 colors and then back again to 256. I'm not quite sure why this works; it must set a bit that has been unset. It works on a Q700, IIci, IIsi, IIfx but for some reason not on a IIcx. I have used this trick with 32-bit cards also. Restart after resetting. Ephraim Fithian Kutztown University of PA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 09:41:33 PDT From: Kevin Purcell (Rho) Subject: Qestion about acessing data in handles with THINK C (A) Jorge: The problem is your understanding of C: the [] operator adds in an index to a pointer and removes as level of indirection. If p is a pointer (or an array, almost the same thing) then *p gets the item p points to this is the same as p[0] to get the next item that p points to you can say: *(p + 1) or p[1] To generalise: *(p + n) or p[n] get the nth element pointed to by p When using double indirection: *h gets the master pointer **h gets the first byte in the handle this is the same as (*h)[0] so to get the nth byte from the handle use *(*h + n) or (*h)[n] Careful with those parentheses -- the [] bind tighter than the * so they are needed. The code you wrote **h[4] trys to dereference the handle three times (once each * and once for []). The compiler knows that the underlying type is a Byte and not an address. So it refuses to continue compiling and emits the "Pointer required" error. Kevin Purcell a-kevinp@microsoft.com "We conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 17:30:07 EST From: Scott Traurig Subject: Recommendations for Shareware Polar Plotting Could someone please recommend a good share/public/free-ware polar plotting program? Thanks in advance, Scott (traurig@ncavax.decnet.lockheed.com) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 15:02:09 -0400 From: Gary Goldberg Subject: SCSI Problem Resolved In Draconian Fashion This is the text of the message I sent to Micheal Gallamore at NSWC in Dahlgren, VA. >Greetings. Guess who's in my mailbox as the first SCSI problem respondent? >You're also the first to suggest a hardware failure. As a result, if only >by default, you get the brass ring. If you have an address I can mail this >stuff to, I'll get it right out. I'm including a letter of registration >transfer, so you can legally sell them and upgrade what's upgradeable. >So, I never did find out what was wrong - I traded my IIcx in for a Centris >650, that and three sets of SCSI cables fixed 75% of the problem. I still >have one drive with a problem. What I figure I'll do is swap the CD and tape >drives when I need to use their functionality - I don't need both at the >same time. >- Gary Thanks for all the support. I'm still on track to submit a summary of what I've learned about SCSI chains. - Gary ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 20:55:46 GMT From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) Subject: Strip Address In comp.sys.mac.digest, RICHARD LIM writes: >One of the Macsbug errors I see on a sporadic but never-ending basis >involves StripAddress. I've had such crashes within everything from >ResEdit to MacTerminal, and I know others see it in a variety of apps. >So: what does StripAddress refer to, what causes it and are there any >workarounds? StripAddress is not the cause of your crashes. Two things: 1. StripAddress is a very low-level OS routine that is called by lots of other OS routines and lots of applications. It doesn't even do anything all that exciting. (It is about 5 lines of assembler code total). If you are crashing in StripAddress, it is because another piece of code which has caused the crash has just called StripAddress. BUT..... 2. Chances are you are not even dieing in StripAddress at all. Macsbug displays the name of the closet routine it can figure out the name for. My guess is that you are crashing somewhere in low memory and just happen to be close enough to StripAddress for Macsbug to report it as the routine name. Odds are, when you are crashing this low in memory and in ResEdit and MacTerminal, you are really encountering a nasty little INIT that is munging with memory improperly and throwing these programs into the guts of the machine. Not a whole lot you are going to be able to do about it. pr -- resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 9:04:29 NDT From: Dave G. Liverman Subject: Trackballs I am in the course of preparing an interactive display for a local science centre, and plan to use a couple of LC II's with colour monitors running Supercard. We hope to have access to the display by means of a trackball, with the keyboard not available to the general public. The trackball will be firmly mounted on the display. My question is whether you people out there have any reccommendations for a simple (one button is fine) but more importantly durable trackball. You are welcome to mail to me direct and I will summarize if there is sufficient interest Thanks in advance dgl@zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca Dave Liverman, Newfoundland Geological Survey, St. John's, Newfoundland. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 93 08:11:04 CDT From: vellek@telesphere.wustl.edu (Mark Vellek) Subject: Undo for 7.2 In IM V11, #93, Ian McCall states: >I've been thinking about how Undo could be usefully implemented on the >Finder's desktop, and have come up with the following ideas. > >1. To undo a dragging action. > >Very often I accidentally drag an icon to a new location (on-screen, not >to a different directory) after having spent ages carefully lining them >up so my desktop isn't a mess. Clean-up isn't really all that useful for >this task, because of different name lengths etc. > >So, I'd like to be able to undo the move, and I think it's emminently >possible to keep track of which icon was moved last and to put it back >again from the Finder's 'File' menu. Immediately after dragging it to the wrong spot (and perhaps afterwards, I haven't tried it) just hit Cmd-Y (or select "Put Away" from the finder's File menu). Put's it back in the original spot. I don't know if this will work with putting a file in the wrong folder either. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 13:48:39 -0800 From: slynch@cln.etc.bc.ca Subject: Uploading Archives (Q) OK. I have done my share of downloading files from the SUMEX-AIM archives and it is about time that I contributed a couple of things that are not there, that I think should be shared. SO..... I have a couple of questions. [Great, the more the better! -Gordon] 1. To what address do I send the file and in what format?. Let me explain what I normally do and perhaps someone can enlighten me on the process. [send it to info-mac@sumex-aim] I generally use Eudora to retreive and send my mail with or without file attachments, but I am not committed to the client software. I could use Zterm or White Knight. 1. Should I compress the file using Compact pro and attach it to a message and send it to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. [Yes.] 2. Should I worry about the format of the file and use BinHex on it before attaching it, or does Eudora do that for me? 3. Do I assume that the body of my message explains what the file/app does and that the moderator will determine where the file goes and what to call the .hqx version? [Suggestions are welcome; we can't always tell from the blurb what the program is] How am I doing so far? Please let me know as there are a couple of things that I have found out there that would be useful to others, particularly those in the Education field. [Great. See the file posting-guidelines.txt in the info-mac/help directory for a list of other suggestions. -Gordon.] ******************** Stewart Lynch, Director of Technology, North Vancouver School District, BC Canada. ------------------------------ Date: 04 May 1993 17:33:19 +0000 From: tsvetkova@news.rferl.org (Alexei Tsvetkov) Subject: Wiz Tools (Q) Dear netters: I have recently ftp'd a cp named Wiz Tools Demo from umich where it resides in misc/demo directory. It is a modular thing that performs most of the functions I assigned previously to QuicKeys and NowMenus - and much more, using about 1/8 of the memory. It is hardly possible to describe briefly what it actually does. It has PB tools, file-sharing tools, various finder patches with application substitution, hierarchical menus, a neat launcher, timed backup / disk sinchronizing, screen depth adjustment and menu clocks (with chimes) for various locations. The thing does not appear crippled in any way, so I assume it is a demo in a sense it will expire at some point. This will upset me. However, the Read Me file gives no indication of the price or registration procedure. The cp itself contains the names of the authors and tech support phones, one in Canada and one in Belgium. No logo of any kind, which suggests it is a sort of shareware. Before attempting international phone calls I would like to inquire if anybody has already used or purchased it, what is the price (after all, I already own the QuicKeys and Now Utilities) and who wants to be paid. BTW, if there is interest, I could mail it to sumex, since there is nothing in the instructions restricting the distribution. Thanks. Alexei Tsvetkov Munich ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 17:16:47 +0100 From: Elliot Bennett Subject: World Map needed... This time, MacNetLand, I'm looking for a quasi-three dimensional picture of the earth (with mountains and oceans, etc.). Something like the color map DA >From Apple but in Pict format (so that I can scale it). I'm interested in any PD OR commercial art work (I need it for a sticker, in case anyone's curious). MUCH thanks in advance, Elliot Bennett DLR, Cologne, Germany elliot@europa.rs.kp.dlr.de ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************