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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 18 Feb 93       Volume 11 : Issue 39

Today's Topics:

      [!] Upload announcements: Some thoughts
      [*] mac-to-iso1.0.1b.hqx (util)
      [*] MinSystemInstaller101.hqx
      [*] nifty-small-color-startup.hqx
      [*] Personal Internet connection summary
      [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 5
      (Q) Hooking SE/030 and Apple FPD together
      .etx    how can I read this sort of files?
      16" Monitor resolutions (A)
      24 vs 32 bit addressing
      address of Alladin Systems
      Aldus PPD file for new LaserWriter Pro
      Anyone know pricing of new 72 pin SIMMs?
      Apple Enablers via ftp?
      Auto-ReBooting software (Q)
      Background color in MS Word paragraphs
      Binhex & "checksum error"
      Bug using Colorizing Hypercard
      Canvas Updaters
      Capturing, reducing text
      catalog program
      DeskWriter Background & Memory
      DeskWriter Problems (RE)
      Ethernet in a Quadra (Q)
      Ethernet Phase 1 vs Phase 2 (A)
      European Apple Release
      Font corruption-caution
      Fraktur location
      getting ncsa/byu telnet 2.5 docs
      Glue viewer location?
      HP LaserJet4M via Fastpath and PrintMonitor oddities
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #31
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #37
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #38
      LaserOneCopy
      LaserWriter LS 7.2 Driver?
      LCIII upgrade (correction, no stereo sound)
      Mac Aquarium (A)
      Mac Aquarium kit? Where Can I get?
      MacDraw II wont write
      Midi Software
      NewLook 1.3
      NowUtils 4.0.1p menu problems..
      NuBus Boxes for SE/30
      Old-Mac Conflicts
      out of memory in Finder
      Partioned HD - partition damage after crash (c)
      PowerBook 140 Screen Problem
      Presidential address
      Problems producing RFDs (c)
      Quickdraw printer drivers
      Remote Shutdown
      Removing Balloon Help
      Restart/Shutdown weirdness...
      saving/extracting on Usenet (Vnews) [Q]
      scrapbook / notepad combo wanted (A)
      Screen dimmer after upgrade?
      Shareware KERMIT Terminal
      Simple 68K assembler? (A)
      sources for mac/gnuucp
      Startup Problems
      Tektronix multimedia patent
      Type 1, 2, 3, 28, Buserror the LCs and System 7 (A)

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 05:58:09 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sven Guckes)
Subject: [!] Upload announcements: Some thoughts

[I think these suggestions are generally very good. -Bill]

I have recently had a look at the folder in which I have saved the
upload announcements, and I thought "some of these could have a better
subject line".  So I have typed the following, hoping that it might help
others when submitting upload announcements:

=============== =============== =============== ===============
===============
This is a list of some thoughts about the subject lines of
upload announcements.

Upload announcement's subject lines should at least include information
about:
    *********************************
    * Name title and version number *
    *********************************
The name title should be in "title form", i.e. with beginning capital
letters.
The version number should preferrably be in N.N.N format.
Example:
Subject: [*] StuffIt Lite 3.0.5

Please provide a version number!  It makes updating much easier.
A very short description of category might be nice.
Some Example:
arc   (=archiver application),
app   (=application),
art   (=piece of art ~ picture),
cdev  (=control device),
clock (=clock application),
code  (=source code),
comm  (=communication),
doc   (=document),
draw  (=draw application),
edit  (=editor ~ file manipulation application)
ex    (=extension, usually includes cdev and init)
font  (=font),
game  (=game [no wild life ;-])
init  (=initial xxx),
lang  (=language),
man   (=manual),
music (=music [usually longer than a sound]),
paint (=paint application),
pict  (=picture),
rep   (=report),
rev   (=review),
sound (=sound),
ssav  (=screen saver application),
stack (=hypercard stack),
text  (=text ~ doc ~ man ~ rev)
tool  (=tool ~ utility),
util  (=utility ~ tool)


Please do not use CAPS (capital letters) if it isn't an abbreviation.

No path names or file names or file types ("hqx", "qtm", "sit", "sea").
Bad Example:
Subject: [*] info-mac/art/qt/ufo.hqx

None of these strings, please:
"Announcing", "Demo of", "New version of ...",
"Please post this in the directory ...", "Posting ... upgrade",
"Program submission", "Re:", "Release", "Submission"
These are quite redundant.

Documents/manuals/reviews:
Put "document", "manual", "review" after the title and version number.

Demos:
Put "Demo" after the title and version number.
Example:
Subject: [*] Empire Master 2.6 Demo

Font:
Put "Font: " before the description.
Subject: [*] Font: "Vietfont" (TT) Vietnamese letters
Subject: [*] Font: "ZallmanCaps" (TT, caps, serif)

Patches:
Put "Patch" after the title and version number.

Music/Sounds:
Put "Sound: " before the description or the text (if the sound is speech).
Example:
Subject: [*] Sound: "I am not a crook" (Nixon)
Subject: [*] Sound: Kisses and Laughter
Subject: [*] Sound: Led Zeppelin samples

Startup Screens:
Put "StartupScreen: " before the description of the picture.
Subject: [*] StartupScreen: Madonna

Updater programs are best given as
"<title> <old version> -> <new version> Updater".
Example:
Subject: [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.4 -> 3.0.5 Updater

Not very helpful subject lines:
Subject: [*] New Posting
Subject: [*] New Submission
Subject: [*] No Subject (file transmission)
Subject: [*] None
Subject: [*] Update
Subject: [*] Upload
=============== =============== =============== ===============
===============

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 13:39:27 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] mac-to-iso1.0.1b.hqx (util)

MacToISO is an ASCII Macintosh to ISO-8859-1 (also known as
ISO Latin-1) converter.

Changes in version 1.0.1b:

I've modified the translation table (see tech info) so now
I don't make any assumptions about extensions to the standard
Latin-1 code. Briefly, I don't use the reserved $80-$9F codes
-therefore some Mac characters will be substituted by spaces
($20) and some other will be replaced by a good (I hope) approach
(smart " replaced by plain ", for example).

Carles Bellver
[e-mail]
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-to-iso-101b.hqx; 44K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 17:05:14 +0100
From: Frank Probul <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MinSystemInstaller101.hqx

Hello,


this is the next release of my Min-System-Installer.
New features:
Now Installer-3.4-compatible
Compresses the AppleShare chooser extension
Compresses the System enablers of the new Feb'93-Macs

yours
Frank Probul
Emanuelstr. 17
D-8000 Munich 40
Germany

AppleLink:Probul.F
CompuServe:100136,1024
Internet:[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/min-system-installer-101.hqx; 80K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 08:35:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wonko the Sane)
Subject: [*] nifty-small-color-startup.hqx

This is a nifty little graphic I threw together in a vain attempt to avoid
doing my digital design homework.  It's my attempt to express the way many
users feel about thier systems.  32-bit PICT, 512x384 Pixels.  Makes a good
startup screen for 12" monitors.

Eric Oehler
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/nifty-small-color-startup.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 09:08:37 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Personal Internet connection summary

To any and all who are curious:

Here is a collection of responses that I received regarding my question
about obtaining a personal internet connection.  I've abandoned that
particular quest until some rich relative dies or personal internet
connections become more common.  The following letters contain some
information (mostly depressing) about getting an internet connection
and also other info about various new online services (the next best
thing).  This collection is rather long (1400+ lines) and therefore
belongs in the report directory.  Note, this is a _collection_ of the
responses, not really a report.  Of course Info-Mac isn't really a
_digest_ either! ;)


[Archived as /info-mac/report/personal-internet-connection.txt; 75K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 1:12:27 EST
From: Michael Fulmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 5

This is my fifth group of Simpsons sound samples: 16 of them, all in sfil
(System 7 double clickable) format, and all recorded at 11KHz. A number of
these are via Chris Baird ([e-mail]), keeper of the Simpsons
FAQ located at ftp.cs.widener.edu (147.31.254.132) in the pub/simpsons
directory. My thanks to Chris. The sounds are contained in a Compact Pro
self-extracting archive. nJOY!

"Five fingers? Ewww, freak show!"
Michael J. Fulmer
[e-mail]
=================================

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/simpsons-grp-5.hqx; 557K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 08:17:57 EST
From: David Libby <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Hooking SE/030 and Apple FPD together

Hello.  I have a user with an SE/030 and an extra Apple FPD.  Anyone
know of/recommend a display card to hook the two together?  I believe
Radius used to make such a card but have been told they no longer do....
Thanks for any leads!

David Libby - [e-mail] - Mac Cnsltnt, MIT Alumni/ae Assoc.

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 16:23:09 MEZ
From: Helmut ORTNER
<[e-mail]>
Subject: .etx    how can I read this sort of files?

Today I tried to read the latest tidbits report. I got a file with
the extension  .etx  which apparently is a text file with a lot of
interspersed control characters. What program do I need to be able to
read this sort of files?

Many thanks in advance|

Helmut

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 23:59:52 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: 16" Monitor resolutions (A)

>Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 15:11:18 -0500
>From: [e-mail] (Roger Smith)
>Subject: (Q) 16" Monitor resolutions.
>
>Could some one clarify whether the built in video on any of the Quadras
>(or the new macs for that matter) is capable of displaying 1024x768 and
>1132x872  (8 or 16 bit colour) on 16" monitors?  I have not been able to
>get a definitive answer on this for quite sometime now! I recall a rumbling
>that NEC provided a driver for their 5FG that allowed it to sync to these
>resolutions using the Quadras on board video, but that it worked **ONLY**
>with the 5FG. For my purposes 1024x768 on a 21" monitor is an expensive
>overkill. Suggestions from *Qualified Apple dealers* (whatever that means)
>is that I need the most expensive video card money can buy ;-). Any insight
>would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Roger C. Smith
>[e-mail]
>

The build-in video on the Quadra 700/900 does not support the 1024x768
resolution (the so-called 19" resolution) at any pixel depth. However, the
Quadra 800/950, as well as the new Centris 650, do support the 19"
resolution at 8-bit with 1MB VRAM. All Quadras and Centris support the 21"
resolution (1152x870) at 8-bit with 1MB VRAM. To display 16-bit (or 24-bit)
color at either 19" or 21" resolution, you would need a third party video
card. The NEC 5FG (or any autoscanning monitor with a horizontal scanning
frequency higher than 68.7kHz and a video bandwidth greater than 100MHz) is
capable of displaying Apple 21" resolution (even though the NEC 5FG is
actually a 16/17" monitor).

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 13:00:15 EST
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: 24 vs 32 bit addressing

 I've got a IIsi, running 7.0.1 tuned up, 5 meg of memory. When I got
the new update to HemiRoids, it asked me to turn on 32 bit addressing
>From the memory control panel before I ran it. Okay...now that makes
me wonder what I should normally be set at.

 What are the issues here, what are the benefits and so on?

 Thanks for any info..

Steve Portigal
--
|  Steve Portigal  University of Guelph  Guelph, Ontario, Canada  |
|  [e-mail] Phone: [phone] ext 3580   |

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 10:33:18 EST
From: MC22000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: address of Alladin Systems

Does someone have a current address for Aladdin Systems?
Our mail to them at Deer Park Center, Aptos, CA, was
returned. We want to send in a Stuffit Classic registration form.
Thanks,
Leah Simkin
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 10:40 EST
From: Kenny <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aldus PPD file for new LaserWriter Pro

Anybody out there know if Aldus has released such a beast so that one can
print PageMaker documents to the new LaserWriter Pros?

Anybody know where it can be found?

Anybody feel like posting it, if it can be legally posted?

Kenny Freundlich
Wellesley College

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 03:14:36 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Hillel Y. Sims)
Subject: Anyone know pricing of new 72 pin SIMMs?

Hi all,
   I just called a couple of the large Mac mail-order places (Mac-
Connection, MacZone), and none of them had any of the new SIMMs in
stock yet or had any info on pricing. As a soon-to-be LCIII owner, I'd
like to know if anyone knows what the pricing is on these new chips.
Please e-mail me directly, I'll summarize if anyone wants (and I get
any info).  Thanks a lot.

--
Hillel Sims            Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
[e-mail]

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Date: 17 Feb 1993 16:30:11 +0000 (U)
From: George Tempel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Enablers via ftp?

              Apple Enablers via ftp?
Over the past few info-macs and the current TidBITS people have been
saying that the new "tuneup" (sorry, "Hardware System Update") and mode-32
like
enablers were available on line, specifically ftp.apple.com.

Having checked the ftp site quite often over the past few weeks, I have yet to
find
these items. Some sources have pointed out that I should look on AppleLink,
but
there are only the new versions of the "current" 7.1 enablers (duo, vx, 165c,
etc).

Anybody have an idea of where they are?

thanks for all the fish...

george tempel
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: 18 Feb 93 09:28:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alain Waha)
Subject: Auto-ReBooting software (Q)

[e-mail] writes:
>I'm looking for a CP that will reboot a mac
>at a particular time of Day.

I'll support that request.

Most corporate users like to keep their Mac on all the time.
This enables overnight back-up, file sharing when people are
away, and minimises thermal cycling.

This poses two problems:

1.  Memory Fragmentation:  After a while, the RAM gets horribly
fragmented.  Further, with time (a week?) the system becomes less
stable.  A quick restart cures all this.

2.  The second problem is more pernicious.  Under 7.0.1 tuned-up & later,
when you run out of RAM, the system proposes to quit application without
active windows.  This has the effect of quitting essential services
such as the screensaver, the mail, the meeting maker etc...

I know that both those behaviour are not essentially bad, but to non
understanding users.... the simpler it is, the better it is.

Hence the need for a simple un-quittable application / extension /
control panel to restart the mac every day et a chosen time.

I know of automatic shutdown programs.  A slight modification, a different
AppleEvent call, and here we go...

Any takers?

Alain

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 16:56:36 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Background color in MS Word paragraphs

I would like to add color to selected paragraphs in a MS Mord document.

Can anyone out there send me some examples of the Postscript that goes in
front
of the paragraph that would cause the color printer to give a paragraph a
background color of, say, red or yellow? I know I have seen examples of this
thing using Postscript commands (something to do with .paragraph.) but the
detail are lost in the fog.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

David Fuller ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 15:17:18 EST
From: James BelBruno (GC-CDSI) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Binhex & "checksum error"

     Recently I tried to Binhex an .hqx sound file.  I chose the
download option because that worked previously on another file.
  On this one sound file...I received the error "no checksum error"
and cannot open file.  What does this mean?  Thanks.
  J.Belbruno   Dover, NJ

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 22:38:05 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bug using Colorizing Hypercard

To anyone who has been using Colorizing Hypercard 1.0:

Colorizing HC works with screens up to 24 bits (1.6 millions colors).
It works indeed, since it uses an offscreen image buffer, which
depends on the System.  Of course, since this is some sort of a "hack",
Hypercard doesn't know there's an image behind it.

The problem arises when you try to do a visual effect in HC:

    on mouseUp
        colorizeHC "Add", "image1.rsrc","0,0,640,480"
        visual effect dissolve
        go to next card
    end mouseUp

Normaly, the transition between two cards works pretty well.  But
when you have a color image behind HC, it doesn't do the transition
on the graphical objects located on the card (text, shadow buttons
or graphics), it just go to the next card.  I tried color images in
8 bits or 16 bits but no success.

It tried of course using Spinnaker Plus 2.1 for the Mac, but the
cards are limited to 256 colors (and yes I've tried to install the
Colorizing Hypercard XCMD in Plus but it doesn't work either).

Is there a way to make visual effects in HC using Colorizing HyperCard ?
If so, please let me know !

- Chris Legasse
  [e-mail]


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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 13:32:41 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Canvas Updaters

This may be an old question but I am a little behind the times here...

Yesterday, I downloaded the Canvas 3.04 updater which worked great
_except_, despite messages from the updater and in the readme about
dragging the new tools into the Tools folder, I found no tools in the
Updater folder. The tool list was there, listing all the tools, some as
3.00 release and some as 3.04 release.

Did I miss something? Are there supposed to be new tools? Do I need the
new tools in order to upgrade to 3.0.5?

Is there any meaning to life?

David R. Steiner
Research Assoc. - Remote Sensing & GIS
ISPA - Uni. Osnabrueck, Vechta Germany

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 12:57:45 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wade Williams)
Subject: Capturing, reducing text

A professor here wants to capture a screen shot which contains text and
reduce it to fit in a manual he's writing.

However, as you all know, screen shots are bitmapped and reducing them
(even porportionally) distorts text.

Anyone got any ideas on how to capture these images and reduce them without
distortion?

Wade Williams
Academic Computing Services
Auburn University   [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:37:52 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: catalog program

>   I want a simple cataloging utility to keep track of art work
>(mostly PICT files): build and maintain a catalog or index of PICT
>files, allow comments or keywords to be attached to each PICT, and
>preferably display them as thumbnails.  A program that automatically
>scanned your disks and built an index (like OnLocation does for text)
>would be particularly nice.
>
>   Has any one tried Mariah?  Or Aldus Access?  Any shareware authors
>attracted to this problem?

The freeware program, ImageCatalog, by Tom Bereiter will do what you ask. You
can define a folder of PICT files and ImageCatalog will make a contact sheet
of
thumbnails automatically (including names). In addition, if the files are gif
or MacPaint (and perhaps others) files, doubleclicking the thumbnail will
launch the applicationa and open the real file. Pretty useful.

Paul.

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 09:01:52 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DeskWriter Background & Memory

I wrote:

>>before printing, both were adequate. Chose DW driver 3.1 and
>>sent the print. The 'spooling' message came up, the computer ground

To which David Meyers replied:

>Try turning off the background printing.  v3.1 allows background
>printing, which runs an additional application -- the HP Backgrounder.
>Not using background printing will probably save some memory.

followed by more stuff about the advantages of not using background
printing.

Problem is, I don't.  Never have.  Trashed the HP background stuff off
my HD as soon as I had run the install, 'cuz I knew that my system was
too slow and had too little RAM to make running it a good idea. I'm not
even running multifinder.  Control of the computer does not return to me
during printing, as it would if background were operational. So I wonder
if the spooling message is automatic whether or not you're using BP?
Or is there something (else) I don't know about going on here?

David, thanks for your suggestions. I should have mentioned in the
original post that I wasn't using background printing.

                          Pat

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 10:19 PST
From: "DAVID R. ANDERSON" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeskWriter Problems (RE)

My deskwriter problems (DeskWriter 3.1 serial version):

    True type font does not print on paper as it appears on the screen.
    The spacing is very poor when I format the text as underlined and
    bold. This occurs with each true type font which is installed.

The only Adobe installed font (AGaramond) prints properly.

When I use the DeskWriter 2.1 both fonts print properly,
although close inspection show a separation of characters with
version 3.1 which makes the font easier to read.

In summary, printing with ONLY bold true type fonts is acceptable,
but bold AND underlined text is not acceptable.

Dave Anderson
Central Washington Univ.
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 00:02:35 -0500
From: Michael Grabenstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernet in a Quadra (Q)

    I have a user that installed 4 1 meg (80ns) simms into
his Quadra 700. Before he did this the had no problem using the
ethernet port. Afterwards when he could connect to the ethernet
it would time out and bump him off and then finnaly after a while
his machine will just crash. He says the problem exists even when
the new simms are taken out of the quadra. I Extension Manager to
turn off all his extensions and cdevs (except the ethernet and
network stuff). When I go into his netowrk cdev and select ethernet
(note that appletalk is darkened) There is a dialog box that comes
up and says something along the lines of "The action you are requesting
will interupt AppleTalk services already in progress..." I click
OK and it just hangs, pointer will not move, and the programmers switch
will not bring up a dialog box. Sound familar?

    Is there some know problem with quadra ethernet? Any recalls?

Config:
    Quadra 700
    8 Meg Ram
    system 7.0.1
    Tuneup 1.1.1
    Using Apple Ethernet software and cable to the hub (or mau).

We have hooked a sniffer up to his ethernet connection line to the
outside world and it talks fine.

    One solution we are entertaining is that the port has gone
to never-never-land. Thanks.

Help, ( ? )
    Mike    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 22:25:02 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernet Phase 1 vs Phase 2 (A)

>Does anyone know of a program (either shareware or commercial) that
>can differentiate between AppleTalk Phase 1 and Phase 2 packets?
>I understand that Farallon makes a product called NetAtlas that can
>do this, but its kinda expensive for our limited budget.

The answer depends upon what you want to do with the differentiation.
If you want to exclude one or the other, the Network Control Panel can
differentiate between Phase 1 and Phase 2 EtherTalk packets. Select Phase 2
and that's all your computer will receive. Select Phase 1 ...

If you want some kind of count comparing the number of packets of both
types, the Apple Internet Router can differentiate between Phase 1 and
Phase 2 packets and it will show statistics.

If you want to observe packets and know which are which phase, you need a
packet sniffer such as EtherPeek or NetMinder Ethernet.

I do not believe that NetAtlas differentiates between the two types.

What exactly is the reason for your request? Maybe the question you asked
is not going to give you an answer that satisfies your need.

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 13:26:11 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: European Apple Release

I'll add my $0.02 worth to Richard Lim's posting a few days ago.

I visited an Apple dealer in Bremen on the 11th and was told that
Apple Germany probably will wait until after CeBit in Hannover (the
end of March) before announcing the pricing here. In addition, they
were not interested in making any deals on the IIsi or ci since
(in Germany) they are not officially discontinued.

I am not particularly thrilled with having to wait a month and a half longer
just to find out how much a new machine will cost.

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 22:18 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Font corruption-caution

I recently noticed that the font display in Word 5.1 was corrupted. That is,
the kerning seemed to be too wide in places and too close elsewhere. For
example, in the drop down font menu on the left side of the ribbon, the font
names even overlapped somewhat.

The solution was easy--reinstall the Geneva and Courier fonts from the
System 7.01 disk. That corrected it.

Not really desiring to find the cause by trying to repeat it, I am guessing
what may have caused it. My *guess* is that I recently installed MacInTax,
which installs some of its own fonts (including Geneva and Courier, I think).

Now, I don't know for sure that installation of MacInTax caused this problem,
but I thought I should relay what I do know happened since it is "tax time"
and many people are using the neat MacInTax program.

If anyone else has had this problem and knows the cause, please share it.

Thanks, Jay
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 09:54:31 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Fraktur location

>>Fraktur, I mean. I'm looking for a good TrueType or Postscript
>>font for the old German Fraktur...
>
>I'm looking at the poster-sized printout of their Postscript type
>library that Adobe makes. I see three Black Type Fonts.
>
>Fette Fraktur (Nr. 90) seems to be what you want.
>Goudy Text (Nr. 242) also includes the Lombardic Caps.
>Wilhem Klingspor Gotisch (Nr. 149) Very nice. From the Klingspor
> foundry in Offenbach.
>
>        -Mel Park       <[e-mail]>
>        Univ. Tennessee, Memphis

There is also a Fraktur (type 1 PS, I think) at umich. It's not real
easy to find, though. If I remember correctly, it's one of a set of
three fonts uploaded together under a single name. Seems like the
individual font name is DTF Fraktur, and it's packaged with DTF
Bamberg and something else. I don't remember what the name of the
collection is. I've got an index print of umich's fonts around here
somewhere, I'll check it and get back to you. I think it's a share-
ware font.
                         Pat

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 03:07:21 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Gaeke)
Subject: getting ncsa/byu telnet 2.5 docs

>I have ftp'd over to ncsa.uiuc.edu and was unable to login
>as anonymous:
>

FTP to zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu, login as anonymous, chdir to
/Mac/Telnet/Telnet2.5docs, and snarf Telnet2.5docs.sit.hqx

Brian

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Date: 17 Feb 1993 16:38:29 +0000 (U)
From: George Tempel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Glue viewer location?

              Glue viewer location?
Anyone know where to find a "Glue" viewer? I have seen this in the past,
but have never kept one, and now am in need of it.

I have tried archie to no avail. Any help in finding a copy, or an emailed
copy to "[e-mail]" would be forever appreciated.

thanks for all the fish...

george tempel
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 14:44:14 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HP LaserJet4M via Fastpath and PrintMonitor oddities

In our computing centre we have installed a HP LaserJet 4M printer
connected via the AppleTalk port to a Fatspath router. The router is in
turn connected to two Mac SI via Ethernet and to one Mac SI via AppleTalk.
On all 3 machines printing results impossible if PrintMonitor v7.0 is
installed. PrintMonitor gets into a loop prompting the user with a
"printing problem" message asking to either cancel or retry the print
process. Of course canceling the job keeps PrintMonitor "asleep" for a
couple of minutes, after which the same prompt comes up to the screen.
I would like to know if there is a possibile solution to this. We would
prefer to have Print Monitor process the assigned jobs in the background.
If you reply to the list, please forward your message to me as well.

Thanks

------------------------------

Date: 18 Feb 1993 15:27:53 -0600 (CST)
From: "Michael Ayler -- [e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #31

>Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 10:22:27 CST
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: FDHD on Mac Plus (C)
>>As far as I know, Apple is still supplying the FDHD solution to SE users,
>>but if they have discontinued it, You can still get Applied Engineering's
>>solution.  It is an external 1.44 Mb drive that will even work on a Mac
>>Plus.
>>
>When I inquired about this problem, my local experts told me that although
>an external 1.44 Mb drive would work on my Mac Plus, it could only be used
>to read 800K and 400K disks because the Plus does not have the ROMs to
>support 1.44 MB disks.  Better check this out before investing in a FDHD
>Floppy.
 -----------

I purchased an AE 1.44 drive 6-8 months ago, it works just fine with my old
Pluse. However, it is slow and the AE init seems to have slowed down the
internal 800k drive as well. BTH, it reads and writes 800 and 1.44.

"Hardware That Fits" has a good price on the drive-under $300. See adds in
MacWeek.

This may help clear this one up...

Michael Ayler -- [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: 17 Feb 1993 22:48:25 -0500 (EST)
From: GOOFY BASTARD <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #37

Can anyone tell me where there is an archive that contains pascal source
code?
(Preferrably ANSI pascal)


Please e-mail me directly
Thank you

Bob Wojasinski
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 11:33 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #38

To font experts,

We have LCII with System 7.0.1. These were upgraded recently from
System 6.0.7 which had the postscript fonts. With the TrueType fonts
now installed printing to our HP Laser III Si creates following
problems:
1.      Every time we print the True Type fonts are downloaded.
    Which takes incredibly long time.
2.      Fonts like Avantgarde are substituted with Courier.
Recommendations please.

Ananth

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 22:42:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Dow Palmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserOneCopy

Just another note about ways to limit the copies printed on a LaserWriter.
 In The Mactinosh Bible (3rd ed.) on page 802, there is an article about a
modification called LaserOneCopy.  I wrote the author and he sent a copy
of it.  Possibly there's a newer version, but this has worked well for us.

[e-mail]                             Dripping Springs, TX

------------------------------

Date: 18 Feb 93 02:43:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Erick Young)
Subject: LaserWriter LS 7.2 Driver?

    I recently saw version 7.2 of the Personal LaserWriter LS
driver. Could someone tell me if this version offers any speed
improvements or other benefits over version 7.1? If so, is it
available via ftp or even permitted to be copied? Thanks.

Erick
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: 18 Feb 1993 09:56:20 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LCIII upgrade (correction, no stereo sound)

>Maybe it's not an "awesome" deal, but I think it's great that the
>Apple upgrade price is esentially the same price/performance as
>the current crop of 33mhz accelerator cards, even at a time  when
>the  accelerator prices have dropped sharply.  With the LCIII
>upgrade though, you get a lot of improvements and new features,
>such as:
>
>-32-bit data path
>-Up to 36MB (though there's now a new SIMM design to contend with)
>-Separate FPU socket -512k-768k VRAM (can now drive the portrait or
>     16" monitor)
>-Stereo Output

I was apparently wrong about the LCIII having stereo capabilities.
Anyway, the technical specifications I managed to wrangle from
Apple say:

Sound Generator
o Monophonic 8-bit digital-analog conversion using 22khz sample rate--
  capable of driving stereo headphones or other stereo equipment through
  the sound jack.

I think this is sales talk for saying that the LCIII is only capable of
driving stereo headphones and equipment in MONO.   Too bad.  I suppose that
very few people really make use of stereo on the Mac, but it matters some
to me, especially in a home machine.  Sorry for any confusion I may have
caused.

------------------------------

Date: 18 Feb 1993 07:41:56 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Aquarium (A)

     Mac Aquarium (A)
[e-mail] (Greg Trimper) asks:

>I have a mac plus shell that I want to turn into an aquarium to put in
>my boss' office.  It's an attempt to show him a good use for Mac Pluses.
>
>I've heard them discussed on the net.  Now where can I get one?


Try sumex:  /info-mac/misc/macquarium.hqx

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 22:32:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Andy G Ihnatko)
Subject: Mac Aquarium kit? Where Can I get?

[e-mail] writes:

>I have a mac plus shell that I want to turn into an aquarium to put in
>my boss' office.  It's an attempt to show him a good use for Mac Pluses.

>I've heard them discussed on the net.  Now where can I get one?


>Greg Trimper   [e-mail]


A kit of parts ain't available, but if you go to sumex-aim or do an archie
search for macquarium you'll find the forty-page instruction book I wrote in
Word format.  You can also buy a printed & bound copy from the Boston
Computer Society's Mac group.


-- Andy Ihnatko
   [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 00:07:19 PST
From: attjpn!attjp4![e-mail]
Subject: MacDraw II wont write

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 From: "Bruce Bromberek" <[e-mail]>
 Subject: MacDraw II wont write

     I keep getting an interesting problem that I can't figure out.
 So I turn to the all knowing net for advice. The problem is:
   When I load a MacDraw document form a shared drive and make chnages,
  the program will not let me save back to the original location
   What I get instead is Disk Error ID -50.  Even If I change the file
   name I get the same error message.  Any ideas?

I think this is a MacDraw bug.  Your shared drive has too much free space!  I
think if you have over 128 MB of free space MacDraw thinks the disk is full.
Try creating a dummy file to get the free space down and see if that fixes the
problem.

We had the same problem with a Japanese version of MacDraw.

Larry Staples <attjpn![e-mail]>

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 8:46:23 EST
From: [e-mail] (Mak Rusli)
Subject: Midi Software

Hi

I have been wondering for awhile now to buy a MIDI software.  I would like to
actually type in a song from a music sheet, so that I could play my drum along
with it.

Is this possible? or am I out to lunch?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Mak Rusli
Dept. of Computing & Info. Sc.
Univ. of Guelph
Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1
Canada

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 00:36:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: NewLook 1.3

>Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 06:44:55 EST
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: NewLook 1.3
>
>>This is the lastest version of NewLook - a control panel that gives a 3D
>>look to buttons, check boxes, etc. It doesn't have as many features as
>>Greg's Button, but it's much more stable.
>>
>>Downloaded from AOL and should replace the old version in the archive.
>>
>>Tony Huang
>>[e-mail]
>
>Tony seems to be implying that MORE FEATURES=MORE CRASHES.

No. Where did you get that idea? I'm just comparing the two based on my own
experience (and a few other people I know).

>The most impressive aspect of GregUs Buttons ...
>I believe Greg has greatly succeeded ...
>
>GregUs Buttons 2.4 feature list:...
>
>Carsten Klapp
>My Internet address is [e-mail]
>You can reach Greg Landweber at [e-mail]
>
>GregUs Buttons 2.4 enclosed in following message.

I believe this is the second time I saw this message. Is this an organized
effort to propagandize on behalf of one program?

I uploaded NewLook 1.3 (which I downloaded from AOL) for the benefit of
those netters who experienced problems with Greg's Buttons. I don't know
the auther of the program and certainly don't benefit at all from its
success (or failure). I, DEFINITELY, didn't anticipate this controversy. I
wish Greg all the success with his program.

Finally, I think it's a waste of network bandwidth to continue to argue the
relative merits of such two inconsequential programs.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: 18 Feb 93 17:56:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Christopher Chen)
Subject: NowUtils 4.0.1p menu problems..

[e-mail] writes:

>I have just updated my copy of Now ToolBox/SuperBoomerang to version 4.0.1p,
>and have discovered to my surprise that the cloves preceeding the keyboard
>shortcuts in the menus aren't drawn correctly anymore. All thoses of the
>Finder aren't mucked up, but in certain applications, as BBEdit for example,
>only those of certain menus are changed - the others remain normal.

>The problem disappears when NowMenu isn't loaded at startup. This didn't
occur
>with the previous version of Now ToolBox. Any ideas ?

It looks like the problem you are having has to do with the font that
you chose in NowMenus to draw the menus in.  That font does not have
the cloverleaf.  If you go back to the NowMenus control panel and reselect
Chicago as the menu font, all will go back to normal.

Now on a side note, does anyone else have this problem????
    On my Mac IIci, when I try to choose another font that is loaded
    by suitcase 2.1.2, it sometimes shows up and sometimes doesn't.
    What I mean is that after loading up NowMenus and finder comes up,
    pulling down the Apple menu (the only one that NowMenus modifies)
    provides me with a Chicago 10pt font when it is supposed to be
    Futura Light 10pt.  I've run Font Harmony and all checks out okay!

    System is IIci, Now Utilities 4.0.1 (not p yet), cache, plethora
    of extensions, 8-24gc (+builtin video), System 7.1.

Christopher Chen ------------------>+<--------------- [e-mail]
        UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 11:59:47 PST
From: "Brion K. Lienhart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: NuBus Boxes for SE/30

A couple of years ago I used to see ads for NuBus expansion boxes for SE/30s.
You plugged it in, and it gave you several standard NuBus slots in another
box.
I'll soon have the money to buy one, but I haven't seen anything on them
lately though. Are they still around? Did they die a horrible flaming death
due to terrible performance, lack of interest, or what?

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 18:42:54 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Old-Mac Conflicts

Folks, I've found a couple negative interactions (And my colleagues say
it is physically impossible for me to be diplomatic) these past couple
days whose sharing may be worthwhile. Not generally worthwhile, mind, but
maybe I can save a couple of you the same frustrations.

These non-desired perturbations occurred on my office IIcx, goosed with
a DayStar 33MHZ 030/FPU, running MODE32 to access all 20MB of memory.

First came a system crash when I asked for "help" within the new Power-
Point 3. It did not occur when I booted with extensions off, so I used
Extensions Manager to start turning things off. The culprit turned out
to be the SuperMenu extension to Hand Off II. The problem does not occur
on my home IIci. Connectix suggested several things to try, none of which
ameliorated the situation. I thanked those fine folk for the suggestions
and allowed as how I'd maybe stretched that IIcx past its useful life. I
looked at BeHierarchic. Same capability. No conflict. I sent Fabien
Octave his shareware fee.

Today came another one. Invoking the MacWrite II spell checker caused the
dread bus error. Again the problem did not occur if I booted with all
extensions off. Sheesh! Didn't I just go through this exercise last week?
OK, what's killing it? Turns out it was Lee Mail, which I had just pulled
in after we got modern and got our Macs direct-connected to the InterNet
recently. Just to prove that stupidity is its own reward, I adjusted the
memory of Lee Mail from its default 256K to 512K, and voila! The conflict
went away. That didn't make any sense. MacWrite crashed on the bus error.
Why should changing Lee Mail's size keep MacWrite from crashing? I purely
wish I understood this stuff.

The heck of all this is that I don't see the problems with my semi-modern
Mac IIci. Only on the old boxes that I've upgraded with ostensibly the
most transparent (Where have I heard that word before) stuff like DayStar
boards and MODE32. I'm getting to the point where, if I had it to do over
again, I wouldn't try to upgrade my Macs. 'Cept maybe by official Apple
board swaps. Pricey, but maybe cost effective.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 11:51 EST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: out of memory in Finder

On occasion I have had the problem of my System Software taking up all
available memory on my PB 140 so that 1) I could not launch any application
or 2) even select the "About the Finder" menu item. When this occurs, I
have sometime found it helpful to "Quit the Finder" by using
Command-Option-Esc

I have never been able to find what software might be causing the problem. But
the other day I got a call from someone whose System was taking 17MB (this on
a 25 MB Quadra.

This is response to Mark Elliot's posting in IM v11.38

Jim Clark

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 14:00:21 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David B. Reiser)
Subject: Partioned HD - partition damage after crash (c)

I had nearly the exact symptoms you describe in not being able to boot from
the system partition after a crash. Two other things that I observed in my
situation were that Norton would tell me "this disk may still be damaged..."
after   it got done recovering the partition. Norton would also see an extra
partition -- when it gave me the dialog asking me to choose a drive, I could
cycle through one more partition than I thought I had.

I think this is related to the problem Ric Ford spent the last two columns in
MacWeek on.

I found that my problem was created when I partitioned a drive that had
already
had a single large partition created on it. I describe it as there being a
ghost of the old large partition hanging around. When I reformatted my drives
(this happened more than once, ouch) being careful not to let the hard drive
software establish a default partition before I could define my smaller
partitions, the problem went away.

Dave Reiser

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 11:35:33 JST
From: attjpn!attjp4![e-mail]
Subject: PowerBook 140 Screen Problem

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem.  My PowerBook 140's screen
on start-up went all black (i.e. back light still on but all pixels turn black
regardless of contrast setting).  Sometimes, instead of all black, some
interesting patterns showed up on the screen but they quickly went back to all
black.  This happened once last week and then consistantly this week at every
start-up.

My PowerBook is out of warrenty so I thought I should at least look at the
screen connections.  Opening the main housing and re-seating the screen cable
did not help.  I then opened the screen case and removed the screen from the
aluminum shielding.  Both the screen data cable and power cable looked okay,
so
I just put everything back and figured I had failed to find anything wrong.
BUT, when I powered on the Mac, the screen worked fine!  Has been working
after
several start-ups with no sign of the problem.

Could anyone give me some idea what was wrong and tell me if I actually did
something to fix it?  Right now I'm guessing the problem will return.

Thank you, Larry Staples <attjpn![e-mail]>

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 21:49:02 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Presidential address

I'm just watching the presidential address, and see John Sculley (!) sitting
next to Hillary Clinton (!!!). Talk about an inside track (no John Akers in
sight). Wonder if the president will be installing new Macs in the White
House.
Just wondering...

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 13:48:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David B. Reiser)
Subject: Problems producing RFDs (c)

I don't think I've ever seen a Mac application with a print-text-to-file
routine.

I'm sure you could do it with macros in WordPerfect. Things get a little
hairy if you want to change headers and footers on the fly, but can still
be done. Spacing in H/Fs is also an issue unless you hand space in a mono-
spaced font when you create the file. (As a "never uses spaces for horizontal
alignment" purist, I shudder at the thought of that...)

You might want to consider using RTF. If they have any kind of word processor
on a Mac or Windows machine, they ought to be able to do at least a half
decent job of reading an RTF format file.

Dave Reiser

------------------------------

Date: 17 Feb 1993 22:14:58 -0600 (CST)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quickdraw printer drivers

Here's a question to which I fear there may not be a good answer; but
I'm asking it anyway, since I'm not sure.

I print from my LC II to a StyleWriter (original), which does a good job or
better, most of the time. Now a few days ago we bought a GCC PLP II laser
printer for my wife's office, and it's been sitting at home temporarily, so
I've gotten to play with it. Like the StyleWriter, the PLPII is a QuickDraw
printer: no PostScript.

What puzzles me is that the StyleWriter does not seem to be able to print a
hairline (very thin), while the PLPII can, even though the StyleWriter has
a finer resolution (360 dpi) than the PLPII (which is only 300 dpi). I
assume the difference lies in the software driver, not in the capabilities
of the hardware. If so, why didn't Apple (or someone else) write a driver
for the StyleWriter that is capable of printing a hairline? I've tried the
GDT BetterWriter drivers, by the way, and they don't cut it either.
Any suggestions? I'm going to lose the laser printer in a few days, and I'm
afraid I won't respect my StyleWriter any more.

Will Porter / University of Houston

(BTW: the GDT PLP II so far seems to be a real ace, at a cost just a little
above $800--and toner cartridges are only $25!)

------------------------------

Date: 18 Feb 1993 10:19:48 -0600 (CST)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Remote Shutdown

Does anyone know of an application that I could startup on my desktop
Mac from my Powerbook via ARA that would shut it down?

-Thanks!

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 10:00:31 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Removing Balloon Help

System7 Finder mods

    I know that given a bit of time, the following could be performed with
ResEdit, but the operative word here is 'time'....

    I remember reading of a utility that would remove the 'Balloon Help' icon
>From the menubar of the System7 Finder, but I'm having a problem locating
this
little item.
    My problem is that our menubars are becoming so crowded that SuperClock
    now
hides the Timbuktu icon.  Since Balloon help is virtually useless to me, I'm
hoping that if I remove it's icon, Timbuktu's icon will shift into the space
vacated by Balloon Help.

    If anyone can point me to the proper resources within the Finder, I'll go
ahead and perform the surgery with ResEdit.... however I was hoping to save
timewith a simple utility.

Thanks in advance.....


Kevin Farrell
Dept of Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire Dept
STEAP-SH-F  Bldg 4603
APG, Maryland  21005-5001
410-278-2124
410-278-9938  <fax>
ICHIEFS ID:  FDAPG
Internet:  [e-mail]
       [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 11:27:49 EST
From: Paul Henderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Restart/Shutdown weirdness...

On Mon, 15 Feb 1993 12:30:00 -0500 "PETER K. ZEITLER" <[e-mail]> said:
>
>We're having trouble with MacTCP initializing properly on a Mac IIcx running
>System 7, a pile of INITS, and VersaTermPro. It's probably an INIT conflict
>and this is all the subject of a prior post. But one thing that's fallen
>out of this is that we only have trouble on bootup. If you restart, MacTCP
>loads and our problems vanish. If you shutdown and then boot, *poof* MacTCP
>doesn't load...until you restart. Having to boot and then restart makes for a
>baroque way to start the day...
>
>I naively thought that <Restart> and <Shutdown> accomplished the same thing.
>Guess not, huh?
>
   I had  a long  fight with  a Mac IIfx  (System 7.0.1,  TuneUp, many
extensions) which  exhibited similar symptoms.   In this case,  I used
GetMyAddress to determine if MacTCP was  alive or dead, and we noticed
that  every  other time  we  restarted,  MacTCP would  not  initialize
properly.   If  I remember  correctly,  there  was a  problem  between
AppleTalk Remote Access, MacTCP 1.1 and Broadcast.  When we eliminated
Broadcast, the problem disappeared.
Paul Henderson
University of Waterloo

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 23:39:18 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: saving/extracting on Usenet (Vnews) [Q]

Does anyone know how to save or extract a file on vnews (also known as
usenet)?
I have tried using the "s" command, but it doesn't seem to work.  Any advice?

Thanks for your expertise,
Paul

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 11:02 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: scrapbook / notepad combo wanted (A)

Ulf Dittmer writes:
> I'm searching for a combination of the notepad and the scrapbook, be it a DA
> or an application. I need : multiple named categories, possibilty to store
> text and picture, possibility to EDIT the stored text.

I would strongly recommend that you consider Symmetry Software's Acta7.
Nominally an outliner, it can also store scrap items such as pictures and
sounds as labeled topics within a file.  The package includes both an
application and a DA version.  It imports and exports in many formats
including text, MacWrite, RTF, and Scrapbook.  Street price for this
commercial package is about $60.

Since the application only requires 512K of memory, I keep it open all
the time for notetaking and brainstorming on the fly.  It supports sound
recording/playback and phone dialing, all in a very intuitive manner.  In
addition to its outstanding capabilities as an wordsmithing tool, Acta is
also quite servicable as an organizer for maintaining to do lists, names,
phone numbers & addresses, scrap items, etc.  Under System 7,  Acta's
publish and subscribe capability allows for creative linking of topics
with other applications.

I also use it to maintain customized "help" topics with concrete examples
to help me deal with the myriad of operating systems with which I
interact.  A command line interface requiring the specification of
numerous cryptic parameters is MUCH easier when pseudo-on-line help and
an editable example is available in the adjacent Acta window and issuing
the actual command is just a copy & paste away!

I have no connection with Symmetry other than as a very long term
satisfied user of Acta.

--Ross Moran

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 06:29:35 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Screen dimmer after upgrade?

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From: Robert E. Moore           404-651-3990         PRPREM   at GSUVM1
To:   INFO-MAC at RICEVM1
Subject: Screen dimmer after upgrade?

I have a Macintosh SE w/FDHD drive that was upgraded first to increase the
memory to 4MB and later the SE/30 upgrade.   Both upgrades were performed
by licensed apple technicians.  After theses two
upgrade I began to notice that I had was experiencing eye strain.  Then a
colleague pointed out that my screen was noticably dimmer than hers.  I
checked against other SEs and Classics in our offices and my screen does seem
dimmer even though I have it turned up to its brightest setting.  Also the
lighted portion of my screen seems slightly smaller than on the other office
Macs.  Could these be symptoms of an overloaded power supply, or is something
else going on here?   I'd appreciate any thoughts on this.  My Bitnet address
is: PRPREM @ GSUVM1 and my Internet address is: PRCREM @ SMTPGWY2.GSU.EDU
Thanks for any ideas.

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 11:27:05 -0600
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Shareware KERMIT Terminal

Hello again!

After finally, FINALLY, receiving my IIvx from Apple (the DAY OF the price cut
mind you, and boy am I pissed that I paid the high price!), I'm finally able
to telecom.  Here's the problem--I need a shareware KERMIT-equipped terminal.
I've got Kermit0.98(63), but the file transfer option is really unstable.  I
can't transfer files with a remote UNIX host running C-Kermit at all!

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks a lot!!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

P.S.  I'm using a SpuraFax v.32bis modem, running at 1200 baud due to phone
line
problems in my dorm.  I hope to getup to 14.4 kbaud once I'm in an apartment,
so
I'd like a program capable of that speed...

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 22:25:45 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Simple 68K assembler? (A)

>I am looking for a fairly simple (and cheap) 68000-family assembler
>for the Macintosh, to be used for teaching purposes.

ResEdit 2.1.1 on the Developer CD ROMs has a Code Template that does a
great job of showing the assembly code in a code resource. You can use the
Hex Edit window in ResEdit to actually enter new code. The price is right
and it is useable.

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 21:45:21 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: sources for mac/gnuucp

can someone please tell me where I can get the most recent sources
for the mac/gnuucp application? I have looked practically everywhere,
including info-mac@sumex-aim.
Thanks in advance
Ranj.

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 9:46:10 MST
From: COBURN  NICHOLAS SCO <[e-mail]>
Subject: Startup Problems

I am having problems with startup on my Mac IIci.

When I start the computer, I get the question mark flashing
inside of the disk icon (presumably the mac cannot find a
startup disk.)  I shut the computer off for about 10 seconds,
then startup works fine.

It seems that this must be a disk problem (maybe mechanical
as opposed to software related?).  I have checked the unit
with Norton, and no problems turned up.  Also, DFA says
the disk is fine.

The setup is as follows:
Mac IIci  12MB RAM
Maxtor LXT213 Hard Drive (213 Mb)
No other SCSI devices.

If anybody has any suggestions, I would appreciate it.

Nick    ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 17:34:32 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Tektronix multimedia patent

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Tektronix Claims Broad Patent Rights for Indexing Video Images
**************************************************************

As is becoming more and more common, lawyers are again hard
at work trying to extort money from computer companies.

A subsidiary of Tektronix, the Green Valley Group, claims
that patent #5,012,334 gives them broad rights for using
personal computers to index video images stored on
LaserDiscs or other media. Tektronix has sent legal notices
indicating that they will be enforcing the patent - asking
for money, of course.

The Tektronix legal notice states:
    "Claims 1 and 5 [of the patent] apply to the use, in
    conjunction with other products, of a video disk
    (or CD-ROMs or floppy disks) to hold an indexed library
    of video image sequences.  Claims 9, 11, and 12 apply
    to the use of key words to index, classify, and access
    video image sequences."

As far as I can tell, this seems to apply to *every*
multimedia product in existence, at least any product that
uses video clips.  It probably also applies to every
multimedia kiosk as well. Especially ludicrous is the late
patent filing date: Jan 29, 1990 (!).

To express your displeasure at these sort of nuisance legal
battles, please contact Tektronix and indicate your
displeasure with their ridiculous patent claims. It might
be helpful if you indicate that you will be less likely
to purchase Tektronix equipment unless they repent.

I appreciate your help in this matter.
   Eric Shapiro [[e-mail]]

Tektronix can be reached at:
 Jerome Meyer, Chairman of the Board: [phone]

 Tektronix, Inc
 PO Box 1000, 63808
 Wilsonville, OR 97070

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 22:13 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Type 1, 2, 3, 28, Buserror the LCs and System 7 (A)

<From: IN%"'Terence R. Slywka' <[e-mail]>"
<Date: 14-FEB-1993 19:32:35
<Description: (Q)  Type 1 system error


<Hello.  I am getting a type 1 system error while running a program.  What
<causes this and how can I prevent it?  Is there a memory adjustment I need
<to make?  Also, what are type 2 and type 3 errors??

<Please reply to me directly.

<Thanks in advance

<Terence Slywka

<TSLYWKA@IUBACS
<[e-mail]

Dear Netters,
The above question a netter asked poses some interesting problems for System 7
and LCs.  The following is a detailed explanation of why errors of Type 1, 2,
3, 28 errors occcur.
If you have any further questions about the terms used below, feel free to
write back to me.

Type 1 Error: Bus error
Type 2 Error: address error
Type 3 Error: Illegal Instruction error
Type 28 Error: Stack has moved into application heap.
Summary: An old piece of software accessing addresses on the processor will
make all four  of these errors occur.  In short, if it came before System 7
the only recent system it will work on is 6.0.7.  Keep backups of these
applications, and the documents you make of these applications going every day
in case of a crash, and you can keep on running System 7 with these apps.
System 7 a mac expert told me addresses to the CPU differently.  It is as
though system 7 has a 4 number extension on the zip code of every address.
Thus if the 4 numbers are missing, then the application will quit.  This is
especially painful on LCs because of the part 16bit BUS on a 32bit processor.
Thus you have half-ass (excuse my language) passageways into a fully capable
CPU.  To quote Mary Poppins "In short you have a ghastly mess."
Hmm  I wonder if the same Type errors occur frequently on 680LC40 machines?

If you keep things backed up these errors won't destroy any files you are
working on.  Is it too painful to hit COMMAND-S every 5 minutes, if it saves
an hour of retyping a file? I don't think so.  It is only two keys, to save
over a thousand in working.  Cost-Benefit - COMMAND-S every 5
 and your computer won't trash your file.

Good Luck,

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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