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Info-Mac Digest             Tue,  9 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 54

Today's Topics:

      [*] 3D-GrafSys-121.doc in mac incoming
      [*] an upload (under separate cover)
      [*] Ars Magna source
      [*] BabyLabyrinth
      [*] backgammon.hqx
      [*] BBEdit Extensions (Insert Column & Spaces to Tabs)
      [*] disk-bug-checker-11.hqx
      [*] Edit II 2.1.4.sea
      [*] FOCUS 14.4 Data+Fax Modem ARA Script
      [*] Folder Icons (Iconder resubmission)
      [*] GIFConverter 2.3.1->2.3.2 Update part 01/01
      [*] GIFConverter 2.3.2 part 01/19
      [*] HyperWais-1.4.sea.hqx
      [*] OSI_OOP
      [*] OtherMenu 1.0b16 extension
      [*] pawpaw.hqx
      [*] QM-Biff 1.0
      [*] QuickTime Morphing Example
      [*] rnMac 0.5b
      [*] TE32K 1.2
      [*] TETRIS-2000-15.hqx
      [*] TidBITS#167/08-Mar-93
      [*] tidbits-151-to-160.hqx
      21 Mb Floptical experience
      32-bit enabler on Mac II
      [+] BoloStar FTP Site
      A Better LaserWriter Downloader???
      Advice for the video perplexed? (Q)
      AltCDEF-Scrolling conflict---(probably) NOT! (C)
      A Quote for You!
      Bad Apple Malaysian Mice (Update)
      Capturing Mac desktop to a PICT file
      Color Classic
      Comments wanted re: Quota & Keyserver
      DECnet for Mac w/System 7.1...
      Disk Defrag
      DOS to Mac to DOS  (A)
      DoubleScroll (Q)
      double scroll arrows (C)
      Duo modem installation
      Enablers for Mac II fx?
      Ethernet AND Video on a NuBus card?
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      Setting up a French system (A)
      Software:  Managing Your Money 5.0 (Q)
      Something for Nothing? Using 2400 bps modem at 9600 bps
      SuperPaint 3.0 & MS Word 5.1 conflict?
      System 7.1 and Microsoft Mail 3.1 upgrade (no-no)
      Termination (Q)
      trackball with un-removable balls
      Update Of Scanman2.1 [A]
      Word 5.0a -> 5.1 (A)
      Zoom VFX V.32bis/SupraFaxModem V.32bis - which is better? (A)

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 16:37:48 +0100
From: Christian Steffen Ove Franz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 3D-GrafSys-121.doc in mac incoming

Dear Moderators,

    sorry to hassle you again, but when I submitted the 3D-GrafSys
yesterday, I forgot to include the documentation. Well, here it is as
a separate file. Please name it 3D-GrafSys-121-docs.hqx

Thank you very much.

Christian Franz

(oh, and please forward it to sumex as well. I know I coud do the same
 if I submitted to mac.gifts but I have somehow problems doing that.)

[Archived as /info-mac/source/3d-grafsys-121-docs.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 00:13 CST
From: MATTHEW WEINSTEIN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] an upload (under separate cover)

Dear Sys-Op, in a separate file I'm sending a hqx file for the info-mac
archives. This is a program which allows hebrew text to be typed in from right
to left and then copied and pasted into a "real" wordprocessor. I designed
to be used with Jonathan Brecher's Shalom Fonts.

--Matthew Weinstein
(Note, I programmed this, and am posting it to just a few locations to start
with)


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[Archived as /info-mac/util/shalom-pad.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 07:42:56 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Ars Magna source

Enclosed is the source code for Mike Morton's Ars Magna program.

Monty
---
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/ars-magna.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 11:16:39 MET
From: [e-mail] (Macintosh Root)
Subject: [*] BabyLabyrinth

BabyLabyrinth: ) 1993 Bettini Simone.
A simple game for children: a labyrinth to walk across with some nice
characters, to reach a little prize.
Bettini Simone : <[e-mail]>
(it should be archived as game/BabyLabyrinth.sea.hqx)
(A binhexed self-extracting compact-pro 1.33 archive is attached)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/baby-labyrinth.hqx; 607K]

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Date: 08 Mar 1993 15:21:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Barnett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] backgammon.hqx

  This file is to replace one sent a few days ago, whose premature release
was not without bugs  (like quitting without explaination on non-color
macs, it should now run on a non-color mac as well)

sorry.

Once again, here is backgammon.
Please remove the archive backgammon.hqx and replace it with this one.

thanks.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/backgammon.hqx; 99K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 13:24:28 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] BBEdit Extensions (Insert Column & Spaces to Tabs)

Here are two extensions for BBEdit that I needed for processing some
mainframe data for importing into a database.

"Insert Column" puts a tab at the current insertion point in every line of the
file.

"Spaces to tabs" replaces all spaces with a tab character.

I don't know where to send the source to, so I just upload these as is.

After being spoiled by using McSink, I won't be truly happy with bbedit
until it contains all the features of Mcsink. :-)

Two down, two dozen more to go...

Matthew Xavier Mora

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bbedit-space-tab-extensions.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 11:48:00 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] disk-bug-checker-11.hqx

About the Central Point Disk Bug Checker 1.1:
  By Dave Camp of Central Point Software

Disk Bug Checker is designed to tell you how susceptible your
hard drives are to the bug.  Simply run the program, click your
drive in the main window, and click Check.  Disk Bug Checker
displays a dialog to tell you how likely the bug is to occur.

About the Disk Check bug:

Whenever the Macintosh mounts a disk after a crash or an
improper shutdown, the operating system (ROM) performs a
limited disk check to determine if there is damage.  A bug
exists in this disk check routine that keeps the disk from
mounting.  If the disk is the boot disk, the Macintosh will
display a blinking question mark, otherwise, the Finder will
display a dialog indicating that the disk is not a Macintosh
disk, and let you eject or initialize the disk..

(This is an update to the previous verison of the Disk Bug Checker
and should replace it in the archives. Uploaded for Ric Ford of
MacWEEK.)

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor


[Archived as /info-mac/util/disk-bug-checker-11.hqx; 221K]

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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1993 02:36:38 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Edit II 2.1.4.sea

Edit II is intended as a replacement for the Consulair Edit text editor but
which alllows the use of the cursor keys on the Mac keyboard for
navigation. If the extended keyboard is used, then the num lock LED will
indicate whether the cursor pad or the numeric pad mode is on.  The home,
end, page up, page down keys will also work, as will the delete right key.
One level of undo is supported.  You can launch Edit II by double clicking
old Edit files (since Edit II uses the same creator signature as Edit, that
is, EDIT). Stationery documents are supported under System 7.

Thanks for all the support from registered users.  Your feedback has been
incorporated into this version.

2.1.4 (03/06/93) Yet another Maintenance Release
~~~~~
* No changes in documentation from 2.1.1 (except for the registration page)
** Bugs fixed **
* Preferences now set properly for initial startup - initial font size
was previously set to zero and the initial window placement was *way*
off to the side! (This happened when I put in code to allow users to
select default window size, and forgot to set up the initial default
size when setting up an EditPrefs file for the first time.).

[Archived as /info-mac/app/edit-ii-214.hqx; 112K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 19:00:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FOCUS 14.4 Data+Fax Modem ARA Script

Enclosed is a binhexed file.

This file is an AppleTalk Remote Access script suitable for the FOCUS 14.4
Data+Fax Modem.  This file should be copied to the Extensions folder, and
then selected using AppleTalk Remote Access's Setup control panel device.

For help with this file, or for any other info about FOCUS product, online
queries should be directed to [e-mail].  Tech Support is
also available from 8-8 EST at [phone] (domestic) and (617)
938-8088 (international).  This file is distributed with the full
permission of FOCUS Enhancements (I do tech support for them).

+-----------------+------------------------------------------------+
| Peter A. Cohen  |   No, I don't reflect my employer's opinions.  |
| [e-mail] | Heck!  My employer doesn't even know I'm here! |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------+

--1430394104-534048981-731635500:#4752
Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; name="144.hqx"
Content-ID: <[e-mail]>
Content-Description:

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-focus-144.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 08:55:26 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Folder Icons (Iconder resubmission)

On Fri, 5 Mar, John Owens asked:

>Is there any sort of utility which would replace a blank folder icon
>with a folder icon with the small icon of the application it contains?

John, Iconder does exactly what you want. It fell into the sumex-aim bit
bucket a while back. I'm posting a replacement with this note.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

Iconder 0.9b  - for System 7

by Stepan Riha, [e-mail]

Iconder is an application that given an icon creates an icon-family
of a folder with the icon embeded in it (a la the system Folder).

To use it:
Drag an Icon on the desk-top onto iconder.
Select a folder you want to change.
Choose "get Info" from the file menu.
Click on the icon in the Info Box and paste.


This is an beta release, that is stable but not perfect.
E.g. I have not yet implemented the dropping of Folders and Disks.
Also, I'll do some changes to make the small icons in the family look better.
Iconder was tested on a Macintosh IIfx under system 6.07, 7.0 and 7.0.1
If you have any suggestion, problems or ideas please let me know.

This software is FREE, but I reserve all rights to it.  Give it to your
friends if you like.  It may not be distributed commercially, however
user's groups and on-line services may distribute it as long as it is
accompanied by this documentation.

This is my first shot at freeware. If you like it, please send me a postcard,
to
give me the incentive to improve Iconder and to create more neat software.
Or just send me some e-mail.
If you REALLY like, feel free to give me a financial incentive, as well.

Stepan Riha
3600 North Hills Drive #265
Austin, Tx. 78731

[Archived as /info-mac/util/iconder-09b.hqx; 43K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 21:02 CST
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Mitchell)
Subject: [*] GIFConverter 2.3.1->2.3.2 Update part 01/01

If you have GIFConverter version 2.3.1, you can use the updater in this
file to update to version 2.3.2, which fixes the following bugs:

Version 2.3.2 (3/7/93)
 ---------------------

o GIFConverter no longer crashes when opening JPEG/JFIF files on the
Macintosh Classic, SE, Plus, or other non-color Macintoshes.

o The images in the slide show are now in the right size and color.

o GIFConverter now properly saves GIF files that contain only one image,
and the one image has just been pasted into an empty document.

o GIFConverter no longer crashes when the shareware reminder window is
up and the user clicks in the menu bar or types a command key.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/gif-converter-232-updater.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 20:54 CST
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Mitchell)
Subject: [*] GIFConverter 2.3.2 part 01/19

AUTHOR:    Kevin A. Mitchell
EQUIPMENT: Any Mac with 128K ROMs or newer
NEEDS:     System 6.0.5, System 7 recommended.


Keywords: Shareware File Conversion GIF Viewer RIFF TIFF PICT EPSF Paint
Scan RLE JPG QuickTime

   This is GIFConverter 2.3.2. Display any GIF, JPEG, TIFF, RIFF,
MacPaint, Thunderscan, Startupscreen, RLE, or PICT (even compressed!)
file on any Macintosh just by downloading this file! Uses color
QuickDraw on color Macintoshes. GIFConverter is SHAREWARE, $40 plus S&H
($5 US+Canada, $10 international).
    GIFConverter 2.3.1 fixed some bugs and adds support for JPEG/JFIF
files without requiring QuickTime (QuickTime still required for
compressed PICTs).
    Bugs fixed for 2.3.2: GIFConverter no longer crashes when opening
JPEG/JFIF files on the Macintosh Classic, SE, Plus, or other non-color
Macintoshes. The images in the slide show are now in the right size and
color. GIFConverter now properly saves GIF files that contain only one
image, and the one image has just been pasted into an empty document.
GIFConverter no longer crashes when the shareware reminder window is up
and the user clicks in the menu bar or types a command key.
    Bugs fixed for 2.3.1: Uses required AppleEvents; drag-and-drop works
better. New bar-type progress window. Compressed TIFF output with
prediction. TIFF fixes for Microsoft Word. Fixed some bugs losing colors
when saving files. Recognizes file types better. Reads ISO 9660 disks
better. Fixed halftoning problems in EPSF output.
    GIFConverter can do scaling by percentage, higher resolution (144 or
288 dpi) pictures, and true halftones on 300 or 360 dpi QuickDraw
printers such as the HP DeskWriter and non-Postscript laser printers.
   You can print on any Macintosh printer (halftones on LaserWriter,
color on ImageWriter II or any color PostScript printer and the
LaserWriter 6.0+ driver (when Apple gets it to work) or many other color
printers), or save to any of these file formats plus EPSF! Every feature
is fully implemented, so you can test GIFConverter with your complete
system!

   This file is a self-extracting archive.

   This file has been checked for viruses with Disinfectant 3.0.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/gif-converter-232.hqx; 464K]

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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 93 09:57 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HyperWais-1.4.sea.hqx

Here's version 1.4 of HyperWais, a freeware Hypercard stack for searching WAIS
(Wide Area Information Servers).

The folder includes HyperWais, which is a sample stack for searching WAIS
databases. This stack contains a set of XCMDs which allow the stack to
communicate (via Apple Events) with the "Wais Listener". There is also
another stack called HyperWais 12 for 12" monitors.

Also included is "Wais Listener"--a Faceless Background Application (FBA)
which allows the Hypercard stack to communicate with WAIS servers. This
application just sits in the background and listens to Apple Events.

There's also "Wais Listener.debug"--the same application as the Wais
Listener but with a visible debug window which will list out all the
events/data received and events/data returned. You may want to use this
application to see what is going on. Both "Wais Listener" and "Wais
Listener.debug" create log files which can be looked at with any text
editor.

HyperWais requires System 7.x and Hypercard 2.1 and MacTCP; it needs 1500K
memory.

The software was written by Francois Schiettecatte
[e-mail]
Phone : [phone]
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/card/hyper-wais-14.hqx; 255K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 07:48:43 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Joe Zobkiw)
Subject: [*] OSI_OOP

This is a serial port demo application. This application
demonstrates how to use the printer or modem ports to
communicate with serial devices. THINK C 5 source code
is available for a small fee and is set up in such a
manner to allow easy integration of key ISO OSI layer
functions for checksumming, error recovery, encryption,
etc.

Contact: [e-mail] for more information. Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/osi-oop.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 23:31:02 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.0b16 extension

OtherMenu is an extension that creates a system-wide menu somewhat similar
to the Apple menu.  It can be used for launching applications and documents,
restart and shut down, various file management functions such as Delete,
Empty Trash, File Info, and Make Alias, and executing FKEYs.  It requires
System 7.

This is free beta-ware by James W. Walker.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/other-menu-10b16.hqx; 78K]

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Date: 08 Mar 1993 15:23:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Barnett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] pawpaw.hqx

  Since the world is in need of another After Dark module, here
it is!  PawPaw causes various numbers of various kinds of feet
(paws) to meander across you monitor.  enjoy.

Aaron Barnett
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/paw-paw.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 13:08:35 -0800
From: "Patrick C. Beard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] QM-Biff 1.0

About QM Biff
 -----------

Do flashing icons get on your nerves? Do you ever envy your UNIX
brethren with their fancy mailbox icons? As a long-time user of
QuickMail, I finally decided that I wanted to have a better way to see
if I have mail; hence QM Biff was born.

What It Does
 ----------

QM Biff consists of two parts, an extension (yeah, one more INIT to
install!) and a miniature application. The INIT knows whether
QuickMail thinks you have mail or not, but keeps the icon from
flashing. Instead, the application indicates whether you have mail by
displaying one of two pictures (which you can select).

Patrick C. Beard
P. O. Box 73493
Davis, CA 95617

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/qm-biff.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1993 13:20:58 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Andy J. Williams)
Subject: [*] QuickTime Morphing Example

Included is a silly little movie I put together when Morph arrived. It is a
good example of what Gryphon's Morph can do. The movie was created using
video camera grabbed snapshots which were cleaned up in Photoshop, imported
into Morph and then finally into Adobe Premier 2.0.

I welcome any feedback! Also, if anyone has any ideas for other little
films to make, let me know!

File is a 590k DiskDoubler SEA which expands to 794k.
The film is 21 seconds long and would really prefer 16bit color (or more)
but looks OK at 8bit.

-Andy

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/morph-example.hqx; 800K]

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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1993 12:54:26 -0500
From: Roy Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] rnMac 0.5b

Dear friendly archivist:

Please replace the current version of rnMac with this update.  I believe
that the current version is /info-mac/comm/rnmac04.hqx or maybe that's
/info-mac/app/rnmac04.hqx.  Anyway, the new one should be:

/info-mac/comm/rnmac05b.hqx

Modifications from version 0.4b are:

March 1993 - v 0.5b
- removed the SysBeep feature that caused rnMac 0.4b to beep
  constantly (a leftover debugging warning, activated when
  *((long *) 0L != 0x50FFC001, which I was doing as part of an
  attempt to catch dereferences of nil handles and pointers))
- added REALNAME capability
- added a Discard option to the alert shown when mail/news is
  being sent (sorry!)
- fiddled with newsrc and article reader to allow for really monstrous
  feeds and large files (i.e. use long's instead of int's wherever possible)
- Ha!  Got that #&^%!#*&^%$* bug in the newsrc.c code that caused all
  those crashes.  It's about time.
- improved TE32K code to v1.2 with modifications suggested by Lee A. Fyock
  <[e-mail]> and Patrick C. Beard <[e-mail]>;
  TE32K now supports colour highlighting, better double-click + dragging, and
  also correctly returns a copy of the text via TE32KGetText


-Roy Wood

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/rn-mac-05b.hqx; 102K]

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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1993 11:56:27 -0500
From: Roy Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TE32K 1.2

Here is TE32K version 1.2, which should be archived as

            /info-mac/source/c/te32k12.hqx

and replace the old te32k11.hqx version.

For the uninitiated, TE32K is a source-level replacement for the Mac
TextEdit package.  TE32K allows for editing of files larger than 32K.

Changes in v1.2 are:

- old TE32KGetText routine returned original handle to text, not a copy;
  fixed by replacing old code with code supplied by Patrick C. Beard
  <[e-mail]>
- added colour highlighting support to invertSelRange as described by
  Lee A. Fyock <[e-mail]>
- added better double-click + dragging support with code supplied by
  Lee A. Fyock <[e-mail]> (this works *really* nicely)

So, as you can see, I have pretty much been reduced to custodian this time
around.  =)


- Roy

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/te32k-12.hqx; 81K]

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Date: 07 Mar 1993 21:53:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edvin Aldrian <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TETRIS-2000-15.hqx

Dear Mr. Administrator,

I submit Tetris 2000 v 1.5.
PLEASE DELETE FILE "TETRIS-2000-14.HQX"
=======================================

and put this file.

Tetris 2000 v 1.4 is the new modified version.
Several modification includes :
- the use of offscreen drawing makes the window moveable.
- user can perform background tasks.
- switching between Tetris and any background window is possible
   thus allowing user to take a rest while playing a game or take a
   rest from any application by playing the game.

Tetris 2000 v 1.5 fixes the display problem, now Tetris will run well on
display with any pixel depth.

so far the game has been tested on Mac LC, SI and Quadra 700 with
color monitor (8 bits) and system 7.0 and above. Any use out of that
configuration such as black and white monitor is not guaranted. User may use
system 6.0.7 or above. The screen configuration is 12 inch RGB color or
above.

If you like this game, please send me a postcard.
This game is a shareware and free but if you wish to include this game to any
other product please inform me.

PLEASE INCLUDE THIS FILE FOR EVERY DISTRIBUTION.

The source code is available on Think C 5.0, and it cost $10.


Enjoy it.

Edvin Aldrian
39 Myrtle Ave, 3rd floor
Hamilton L8M-2E8
Canada
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/tetris-2000-15.hqx; 74K]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 20:32:22 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#167/08-Mar-93

TidBITS#167/08-Mar-93

 The 32-bit Enabler seems to have trouble enabling various
   systems - read on for details. Also, MBS Technologies offers
   free file synchronization programs to World Trade Center
   companies, Apple changes a PowerBook 165c configuration,
   Pythaeus relates problems with internal CD-ROM drives, Eric
   Anderson passes on Duo 210 observations (along with a note
   about free Duo keyboard replacements!), and finally, comments
   from our modem issue.

Topics:
    MailBITS/08-Mar-93
    World Trade Center Offer
    165c Configuration Change
    32-bit Enabler Problems
    Internal CD-ROM Quirks
    Duo 210 Observations
    Modem Issue Comments
    Reviews/08-Mar-93

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 16:09:46 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] tidbits-151-to-160.hqx

This file contains issues #151 through #160 of TidBITS, the
free, electronic newsletter that reports on the Macintosh and
electronic communications. If you have downloaded each weekly
issue, there's no point in getting this file. If, on the other
hand, you're missing one or more files in this range, then
snag this one. The files inside are straight text (internally
formatted in the setext format for best use with Easy View,
although any word processor will read them), and in StuffIt
1.5.1 and BinHex format for ease of use with Unix tools.

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 10:51:46 edt
From: Bob_Starkey@DG_SUPPORT.ceo.dg.com
Subject: 21 Mb Floptical experience

Message:
  Anne Harwell ([e-mail]) asked in Info-Mac v11#52 if the
21Mb flopticals were an anachronism in light of the 128Mb & larger
M-O removables coming along.  That may be the case but I chose it for
the 1.44Mb diskette compatibility for my original Mac II with
pre-FDHD roms (which I can't upgrade because of a busted simm socket).
  I like the capacity and size of the media.  It reads & writes 1.44Mb
diskettes just fine.  BUT the PLI software and documentation stink,
and that's being polite.  You can't trust the manual since there are
so many obvious errors or it contradicts itself.  Their DOS file
exchange utility doesn't work at all, it sits there, not even a dialog
box, until you insert a DOS floppy and then it complains it ain't a
Mac diskette. HUH? The formatter utility assumes the drive has an
eject button. The Mac version doesn't and this had PLI's tech support
person stumped. The workaround involves two restarts, loading &
unloading their RmvInit extension between them FOR EACH FLOPTICAL
that needs the driver updated. And this is with their latest (v3.8)
software (it came with v3.3).
  I'd seriously consider the 21Mb Floptical again, for the same
reasons.  I wouldn't buy it from PLI.

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Date: 09 Mar 1993 16:17:45 +0000 (U)
From: George Tempel <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32-bit enabler on Mac II

              32-bit enabler on Mac II

I've been following the discussion and would like
a point clarified:

The 1.2 ROMs are required for the Mac II (got 'em).
System 7.1 is requires for enablers (got it).
Connectix Enabler Patch might be needed (got it too).

Now, if my Mac II has an 030 accellerator in it (it
does, the Dove 030, 32MHz), and NO 68851 PMMU
(it's inside the 030 chip), will the enabler work.
More simply put, will the 32-bit enabler work
in an 030 goosed mac II? Should I also place
my 68851 PMMU on the motherboard (doesn't seem
like a good idea when one is inside the 030)?

My configuration is:
Mac II
8 MB RAM
Macsbug 6.2.2
System 7.1
68882 FPU
Dove 32 MHz 030 accelerator

Thanks in advance,
george tempel
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 21:41:38 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [+] BoloStar FTP Site

An anonymous FTP site has been established for BoloStar. New versions of
BoloStar, and other related files can be found on this FTP site.

Additionally, there is a folder for maps. This folder is publically
accessible. You can download any map in this folder. You may send new maps
to the incoming folder.

Structure is as follows:
 ----------------------------------------------
FTP Site Name     : mondo.engin.umich.edu
    Site IP Addr  : 144.212.68.14
Login Username    : anonymous
Login Password    : <login@host> (this is YOUR email address)

BoloStar Directory: /pub/bolostar/
Bolo Map Directory: /pub/bolomaps/
Upload Maps Direc.: /pub/bolomaps/incoming/
 ----------------------------------------------

We hope to accomodate a major exchange of maps with this FTP site. If you
have some maps, please feel free to upload them! If you wish to keep all of
your maps in a bundle, you may use Compactor Pro or StuffIt. You must
BinHex all maps regardless. Do not compact single maps with
self-unstuffers, please, as you will end up making them larger than if you
just BinHex them.

Please note that by entering your password as <login@host>, we can send you
any documents or updates we need to...

Moderator Information
 --------------------
Name : Dan Rudman
Email: [e-mail]
Bolo : Red Square


Enjoy, and, Thanks!

Dan Rudman
Keith Fry
K&D Software, Inc.

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Date: 09 Mar 1993 18:47:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Ralph Youngen <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Better LaserWriter Downloader???

I have access to numerous utilities that can download PostScript files to
PostScript printers from a Mac.  However, I have yet to see one that allows
you queue up more than one PostScript file to be downloaded.  Apple's
LaserWriter Utility will let you select a group of fonts to be downloaded
at once, but not PostScript files.  Does anyone know of a utility that does
this for files?  Please CC: me on replies to the net, since I don't get to
read this BB as often as I should.  THANKS!

Ralph Youngen                           Technical Support Manager
Internet: [e-mail]              American Mathematical Society

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 16:25:55 -0800
From: James King <[e-mail]>
Subject: Advice for the video perplexed? (Q)

I am an experienced Mac person but a video naif who wants to make
educational videos that will include live video and Mac-generated
animations (but not necessarily in the same frame).  At the moment I
am trying to select equipment that will let me accomplish this, and I
would very much appreciate comments on my planned set-up or else
a description of some examples of working video set-ups that you
may have.  If I get answers, I will summarize them and report back.

(1)  I plan to use Hi8 for the live video and would like to edit the
video on the Mac. What I have in mind is saving the Mac animations
as Quicktime movies and capturing a low-resolution Quicktime movie
>From the live video as well, then editing the works on the Mac to get
an edit list, and finally laying down the whole thing on Hi8, the live
video from tape to tape and the Mac video from the Mac to tape.

(2)  It would be nice to be able to overlay Mac graphics on the live
video for titles, etc.  I don't expect to make Roger Rabbit, though.

(3) At the end, I would like to have a high-quality, edited Hi8 tape
containing scenes with the live and the Mac video.  Afterwards, I will
probably transfer to S-VHS or VHS for distribution.

(4)  Eventually, I can imagine trying to put video on CD-ROM or CD-I
eventually, so it would be nice to work towards that possibility.

(5)  I want good results, but money is definitely a consideration.

For the video equipment, I am planning to get SONY Hi8 equipment
with RC (VISCA) time-coding, probably a camcorder (TR101), a V-box
controller, and a VISCA tape deck.

Then I think I need a Mac board that will input and output NTSC
video, display the video on the Mac screen, and convert Mac
animations to high-quality NTSC output.  What I have in mind is the
Radius Videovision board.  No doubt I should also be looking at some
mass storage such as Syquest, an MO drive, tape or a big hard drive
(which?).  I am aware of some of the new full-screen live Quicktime
play and capture boards but I don't think I need that for this project
(or do I?).

What software should I use?  Premiere?  Will CameraMan make good
Quicktime movies in applications that don't know how to create
Quicktime by themselves?

Will this set-up do the job?  Will I have problems with time-synch or
time coding?  Do a need some additional time control?  Am I
forgetting something obvious or non-obvious?  Should I be doing
something more to get good sound quality?

I may try to put the board into an old Mac II.  Would it help to get
an accelerator?  Which kind, a Radius Rocket or a Daystar or what?
The Radius Rockets are reputed to have problems with the Sound
Manager;  could this be a problem for this video set-up?

Are there other video boards that would be as good or better (e.g.,
RasterOps)?

All responses will be greatly appreciated, especially accounts of true-
life adventures with video creation on the Mac.

Thanks multi-modally

Jim King

[e-mail]

Dept of Math GN-50
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 20:47:43 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: AltCDEF-Scrolling conflict---(probably) NOT! (C)

Less than a couple of hours ago I posted a note claiming that
Scrolling caused AltCDEF not to display double scroll arrows on
my machine.  Well, I tried it again, and discovered I was wrong:
double scroll arrows do appear.  However, I was also right in that
something doesn't work---namely, I can't slide the scroll thumb.

The upshot is that there is evidently a conflict between Scrolling
and one of my extensions, although probably not with AltCDEF (since
Klaus P. Fechner says it works with AltCDEF for him).

Sorry for all that.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 16:12:22 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Francis Knight, SIEM UK Felixstowe)
Subject: A Quote for You!

   "The Edge", Apple UK's newsletter just plopped onto my desk. Reading the
fine print of the disclaimer, I see:

   "...MS_Dos is a registered trademark, and Windows a trademark, of
Microsoft Corporation. Mention of any third party product, does not
constitute an endorsement by Apple Computer U.K. limited."           :)

Francis K

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 13:20:13 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bad Apple Malaysian Mice (Update)

I want to update the net on what we have been doing here on the Malaysian
Apple mouse problem.  (This is informational for the net, please do not send
me bad mice reports--call Apple Customer Assistance Center at 1-800-776-2333.)


I collected serial numbers for four Malaysian mice on a variety of platforms
that are acting up. I then dutifully called Apple's Customer Assistance
Center number and reported the bad mice to Chris. (How come most Apple folks
are named Chris? I even had a friend named Chris who worked for Apple--
until the last purge took place).

Of course, Chris told me that Apple had no program underway to investigate
bad mice and this was the first he had heard about it. (Apple's mis-
information center is really doing a great job!), but he agreed to
take down my information anyway. "If I hear something, I'll let you
know" (Right!!!)

This problem seems to be quite prevalent.  So hopefully this Apple will
receive enough calls to take the matter seriously.  I agree with Liam
Breck-- Apple should replace the defective mice for free.  That
probably won't happen, but we can dream!

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 19:19:03 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Capturing Mac desktop to a PICT file

Is there any utility which allows one to capture the standard Mac desktop
(could be open documents, finder windows etc.)? The important thing is
that
we want to be able to capture menu bars and pulled-down menus too (for
program documentation). I have tried ScreenSnap (in info-mac/util), but it
doesn't seem to do the menu capture bit. Any leads will be greatly
appreciated.

[e-mail]
Univ. of B.C., Vancouver

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 15:32:39 EST
From: Matthew B Cravit <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color Classic

I am thinking about upgrading my existing system (a Powerbook 100 2/40 System
6) to a color-capable machine.  Due to the low price and the fact that it
seems
to be a reasonable machine, I am very seriously considering the Color Classic
(I probably will not be able to reasonably afford the extra $500 for the LC
III).  Since the extra speed of the LC III is not essential (although I want
to
do some QuickTime stuff, I can, for example, start a movie generating before I
go to class and leave it for a few hours), I feel that this machine will
probably adequately meet my needs for the forseeable future.  However,
Michigan
State's computer store does not actually have one in stock yet that I can look
at.  So, I was wondering -- has anyone seen/used one? Comments? Caveats?
Kudos?
Please reply via e-mail (as well as to the digest, if you want) as I do not
always have time to read the digest every day.

Thanks.

/Matthew Cravit, Michigan State University  East Lansing, MI
 [e-mail]  OR  [e-mail]

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Date: 09 Mar 1993 09:40:00 -0600 (CST)
From: Dan Lunderville <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comments wanted re: Quota & Keyserver

Path: uwrf.edu!acs_danl
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Comments wanted re: Quota & Keyserver
Message-ID: <1993Mar9.093938.822@rivers>
Date: 9 Mar 93 09:39:37 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls
News-Moderator: Approval required for posting to comp.sys.mac.digest
Lines: 23

Hello,

I want to buy a software package for license compliance on our network.
This is sometimes called metering software.  I am considering two
packages - Keyserver by Sassafras Software, and Quota by Proteus Technology.
Both serve the same purpose, to control how many copies of a particular piece
of software can run on a network (as well as various functions and reporting
features).

In mid-February I read several postings about Keyserver in the newsgroup
comp.protocols.appletalk .  I am interested in other opinions and/or advice
about Quota and Keyserver, particularly Quota.  If anyone has used both
packages, a brief comparison from a practical point-of-view would be very
helpful.  I have read the literature from both companies, and have talked
with tech. support folks from both companies.  I need comments from someone
who uses the software on a live network and knows its good points and bad
points.

I would be glad to pass along whatever information I get to anyone
interested.

Thanks for your help.

Dan           [e-mail]


Dan Lunderville                         Internet:   [e-mail]
Academic Computing Center               AppleLink:  U0095
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, WI  54022                  Telephone:  [phone]

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Date: Tue,  9 Mar 1993 11:05:15 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: DECnet for Mac w/System 7.1...

Anyone know if DEC has and/or is planning to release an update to DECnet for
Macintosh which is compatible with System 7.1 (we have a site license for ALL
DEC software and receive upgrades via CD-ROM every 2 months- but I don't even
know if "in the works" or to be released "real soon now", etc.).

ANY info as to the status of DECnet for Mac would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

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Date: 9 Mar 1993 08:05:00 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk Defrag

     Disk Defrag
[e-mail] (Michael Cho) asks:

>I am a mac user looking for a hard disk defragmentizing
>utility could you help me to find one
>
>I used to have unfrag?  but I've heard of disk express
>or speed disk.
>
>Can you find it or refer me to someone or someplace
>that has it.

I haven't heard of Unfrag, but Norton Utilities has the Speed Disk package and
MacTools has an Optimizer package.  Both of these not only unfragment your
hard
drive, but also allow you to prioritize your file arrangement  (put system
files out near the edge of the disk, then app files, and then data files
towards the inner part of the disk).  This makes your most
frequently accessed files more accessible and read in more rapidly.

Disk Express takes a different approach.  Whereas with the Norton or MacTools
package, you have to initiate the defrag session (after all,  these are apps),
the Disk Express is a Control Panel and runs all the time.  It checks, over a
period of time, usage of files and optimizes
"on the fly" in the background.

Unfortunately, all three are commercial packages.  However, the price you pay
for the first two gives you an entire suite of hard disk
management/maintenance
programs, and are well worth the price.  I've got all three!  ;-)  I use
Norton
and MacTools to diagnose problems with the 80+ machines I'm responsible for,
and I use Disk Express on one of my servers that has
a lot of traffic and a lot of files on.

Hope this helps!

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

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1993 12:20:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: DOS to Mac to DOS  (A)

LTB Wright <[e-mail]> writes:

> My wife works for the Navy and uses a WordPerfect 5.1 on a
> DOS machine with both 3.5 and 5.25 floppies at work. I have
> a Mac IIsi at home. My wife prefers using Word 4.0 on my Mac
> at home, but would like the ability to work with the same files
> on both machines.
> My question is: What applications would you recommend that
> I run on my Mac that would allow my wife to work with DOS WordPerfect
> files without loss of formatting?

It seems the obvious choice would be Word 5.1.  It will let you continue
to use all your Word 4 documents, and to read and write WP 5.1 documents.
The upgrade from Word 4 to 5.1 is (I think) $125.

You also might invest in AccessPC, so that you can insert a DOS 3.5"
floppy in the Mac, and have it read and written as if it were a Mac
floppy.



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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 15:19:05 PST
From: Marshall McGowan <[e-mail]>
Subject: DoubleScroll (Q)

Greetings folks,

In a rencet Info-Mac Klaus Fechner says:

In response to a query about a system 6 compatible DoubleScroll equivalent,
[e-mail] (John Thoo) wrote:

>Get [./ex/alt-cdef-13.hqx] by Alex Colwell.  I've been using it since
>System 6.0.5, so I know it works there; plus it's S7-compatible and
>32-bit/VM OK; plus it's FREE!!!  Try it---you'll like it :-D
>                        ^^^^
>A plug:  I've would like to see AltCDEF upgraded to support ive scrolling'
>(y'know, moving the scroll thumb scrolls the screen in real time).  So if
>you get AltCDEF and do like it, please e-mail Alex asking for this feature.
>Even if you don't get AltCDEF, e-mail Alex and ask for this feature :-O

I've been also using AltCDEF since the days of system 6, and it still works
fine today (thanks, Alex Colwell!).

The recent addition of Apple's (supposedly unsupported) control panel
Scrolling added the real time thumb scrolling along with (currently unused)
features of "throttling" the scroll speed and a scroll "accelerator curve"
and works for me without a problem. So, just get them both and enjoy your
even longer parade of startup icons ;-)

Klaus Fechner
 ---------- End 'O Quote ---------

Ok, my question is this: Where might one find Apple's Scrolling control
panel? I looked in ftp.apple.com, but alas, 'twas nowhere to be found.
(By me.)

If someone would be so kind as to direct me to this new toy, I would be
muchly appreciative!

Marshall McGowan
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 20:16:10 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: double scroll arrows (C)


On Fri, 5 Mar 93 22:15:40 EST
<[e-mail]> (Klaus P. Fechner) wrote:
> I've been also using AltCDEF since the days of system 6, and it still works
> fine today (thanks, Alex Colwell!).
>
> The recent addition of Apple's (supposedly unsupported) control panel
> Scrolling added the real time thumb scrolling along with (currently unused)
> features of "throttling" the scroll speed and a scroll "accelerator curve"
> and works for me without a problem. So, just get them both and enjoy your
> even longer parade of startup icons ;-)

I'd tried Scrolling, but it caused AltCDEF not to work (no double arrows).
Perhaps I ought to try again; after all, it works for you :-)

Thanks for the tip, Klaus.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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Date: 9 Mar 1993 09:53:06 U
From: "Westemeier*, Ed" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Duo modem installation

[e-mail] asks:
>Is there a PowerBook DUO 210/230 owner out there who has installed an
>EXPRESS MODEM in it?

>The memory was no problem since there is plenty of room by just
>removing the keyboard.  The modem is a different problem.
>No directions with the modem, 'An Apple Authorized Technician'....
>is supposed to install it.

Free installation is included in the price of the modem, and I would
recommend taking advantage of it.

I watched the Apple technician install the modem in my Duo 230.  He had
learned from a Cupertino technician, had done it several times before,
and it still took over half an hour, with lots of cussing.  The Duo must
be completely taken apart, then installation is no big deal, but putting
it back together again is really tricky.

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 16:32:02 PST
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Enablers for Mac II fx?

Two related questions:

(1) I never read anything about an Enabler for the Mac II fx. Does that
mean the II fx doesn't need one and will run System 7.1 "as is"? If yes,
then:

(2) I got 7.1 with my Powerbook 280. Do these disks contain everything I
need to install 7.1 on my II fx?  The installer script appears PB-specific.
Can I still use the installer with that script, to install on a II fx
(trashing the PB-specific Enabler afterwards?), or should I drag everything
by hand? Would that even work? Any other questions I should have asked but
didn't?

Regards,
Herb K.

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Date: Tue,  9 Mar 1993 13:21:19 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernet AND Video on a NuBus card?

I'm looking for an EtherNet card that also has a video out (for a 16" Apple
monitor).  It's for an IIsi (which won't drive a 16" monitor from the
motherboard).  A native IIsi card would be better, but we're planning on
buying the NuBus adapter card which has the advantage of having a Math co-
processor.

Any comments/ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1993 12:27:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Excel 4.0 (windows) & Excel 4.0 (mac) (A)

[e-mail] writes:

> As a user in a multi-computer enviroment (including Macs and
> MSDOS machines) I have a question?
> Excel 4.0a for Windows will seamlessly open existing 123 v
> 2.x work- sheets containing macros and run them.
> Excel 4.0 for the Macintosh will not. It opens the file but
> WILL NOT run the macros.
> Has anyone solved this problem or is there an updater available?
> ...or must I sell my soul to call technical support?

Excel4/Win offers better support for Lotus files than Excel4/Mac.
See page 45 in your Excel User Guide 1 for a description of the
additional support Excel/Win offers for Lotus files.

This is the only significant difference between them.  There is
no way to fix the problem on the Mac short of waiting for the
next rewrite of Excel/Mac (due out RSN).  Supposedly, the next
version of Excel for Mac and Windows will use shared code and so
function identically on either platform.



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Date: Tue,  9 Mar 1993 10:11:01 +0000
From: Richard Rathe <[e-mail]>
Subject: Family Tree Software (Q)

Could someone direct me to a good "family tree" or genealogy package for the
Mac? Thanks in advance! -Richard-
 -------------------------
Richard Rathe
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 93 17:40:53 CST
From: "M.Eaton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: file management for At Ease

Hi folks-
A friend and co-worker of mine posted here several weeks ago about a
program I am writng which gives us the ability to let our users
manage floppies while running At Ease. Well, I have written such a
program (its a double-clickable app, like any other) that we install
in At Ease. It basically gives you a window displaying the contents
of floppies, which you can double-click (files, folders, apps), drag
to the trash to delete, rename, or format the disk. We're somewhere
between alpha and beta testing ;)

I was sorta overwhelmed by the response that message generated. I had
plans of sharing my program (FloppyFinder), by distributing it as low
cost share-ware; but I'm not ready for that. I plan on doing a major
re-write to incorporate features I thought of after it was too late,
to fix deep-rooted bugs, and to generally make it ready for public
consumption (I knew and took advantage of exactly what machines we are
running at Mizzou, I need to fix that).

To all those that expressed interest to me through e-mail, I'm sorry
this response was so long in coming, but I am also a full time student!
I have all your messages logged, and you will be the first to hear from
me after FloppyFinder II is done (2 months? I hope). Please be patient.

Mark Eaton

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 93 09:04:19 EST
From: Rich <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fonts

I have a PB 170 and a personal Laser Writer LS.  I also got the cheap copy
of ATM with the purchase of my system.  I have been doing a fair amount of
desk
 top publishing with True Type Fonts but I also like the AGarramond that came
with the ATM.  I need more fonts, should I buy postscript fonts and use my
ATM, or should I stick with True Type Fonts.  Also if I do buy Postscript
Fonts
, will I get the templates that I see in my extension folder for AGaromond.
When I look in the system folder of the mac in our office which has a
postscrip
t printer, I do not see any such templates.  Are these only for ATM users?
Thank You!

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 11:40:57 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Format HD disks as 800K (very belated reply)

Both Brian Gaeke and Al Bloom wrote (about 4 weeks ago) about the dangers of
formatting HD disks as 800k disks. I'm glad I didn't know this, because I've
been doing this on a very regular basis for about 18 months with NEVER a disk
failure. I have a Plus & IIsi at home and a Quadra and 486 PC at the office. I
regularly swap stuff between any and all of them, and grab whatever disk that
happens to be handy. I no longer buy 800k disks, since only one machine uses
them any more. Therefore, I regularly tape the holes in the HD disks to format
them for the Plus. Further, I reformat any and all of them for the 486 on both
the PC and the Quadra (using AccessPC) and back to Mac format time and time
again. Finally, I have some disks that I got (free) that are HD disks with
only
one hole. Came preformatted for the PC. A few I bored the second hole in to
use
on the HD Macs, but most got relegated to use on the Plus at 800k (hole boring
is a pain in the butt!).

At this point, all of my disks are schizophrenic - sometimes 800k, sometimes
1400k, sometimes 1.44mb DOS, sometimes 720k DOS. None has ever complained and
none has ever failed. Guess they (and I) didn't know that this is not supposed
to work.

Ned

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

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 93 17:54:21 SET
From: "Olaf Guennewig, Univ. of Dortmund, Germany"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: How to connect a HP Paintjet Printer to a Mac Quadra (Q)

Hello all,
I've a problem to connect a HP PaintJet Color Printer to a Mac Quadra.
The printer has a serial interface and I  built a cable to connect it to
the modem port. From a friend I've got a printer driver, but it doesn' t
work on the quadra. Even if I disable cache and 32-bit mode it makes a lot
of nonsense.
Is there anybody out there who has a printer driver for the Paintjet (don't
confuse it with the newer DeskWriter Color 500 or 550 C) ?
If it's a public or shareware program, it would be very nice to BinHex it
and to send it to my EMail address (see above). If it's a commercial one
I would be interested in the address of the dealer. (please include fax
number, so that I can contact the firm from Germany.
Many, many thanks Olaf Guennewig
          Univ. of Dortmund, Germany
          Inst. of Physics        phone: (49) 231 / 755 3521
          P.O. Box 500 500          fax: (49) 231 / 755 3569
          D-4600 Dortmund 50      EMail: UPH092 @ DDOHRZ11

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 14:31:27 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to Use Photograde and 600 dpi on LaserWriter IIg(Q)

We just connected up our LaserWriter IIg (8 MB RAM).  I used the
LaserWriter Utility (ver 7.4) imaging options to change the resolution levels
>From high contrast to more grays for Photograde.  When I printed a scan from
Ofoto (ver 1.1), I didn't notice any change in resolution or grey scale
for either image.  (One was printed at max contrast, the other at maximum
grays).  What did I do wrong (or what didn't I do)?  I am using the
7.2 LaserWriter driver--is there a more recent version I should be using?

Also, I couldn't select the 600 dpi option in the LaserWriter Utility
image options screen.  It was grayed out.  I thought the IIg had the
option to print 600 dpi (but I could be wrong).

Any advice will be appreciated.

Jeffrey Fritz, [e-mail]
West Virginia University

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

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 20:37:42 CST
From: Reverend John <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard books?

I downloaded the Storybook stack the other day and played around with
it (I've never messed with HyperCard myself, just used other stacks)
and really got into it. I'd like to learn more about the program...can
anyone recommend a handy-dandy moron-proof book on using Hypercard?

I've actually got a specific use in mind for it, so I hope to put
what I learn to good use in the near future.

Rev

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

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 21:43:06 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Suggestion

I don't know how many people out there try to archive copies of Info-mac, but
if you do, you may find, like I do that using a numbering system without
leading zeroes make issue #4 catalogue with #41, #42, etc.  I propose that
info-mac have issue numbers 001, 002, 034, 300.  Since it never goes higher
than 3-400 issues, 3 digits should be enough.

Any thoughts?

Jon

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 18:00:13 -0500
From: Andrew  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Japanese Word Processor???

Hi!

I am looking for a Japanese Word Processor for the Mac.
Does anybody know where I can find one or where I can get more
info???

Thanks in advance.....

Andrew.

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

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1993 12:31:06 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: John Dvorak  (C)

[e-mail] (Adam C. Engst) writes:

> And then he complains about how Apple doesn't automatically
> set the monitor differently when a program requires a different
> bit depth. This isn't Apple's problem - good applications like
> games from Spectrum Holobyte, already do this. Get real.

Actually, Apple can't escape blame for this one, since their human
interface guidelines forbid programs from changing the bit-depth
for the user. If Spectrum does this, they are breaking Apple's rules.



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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 02:41:59 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: mac.archive.umich.edu problems

Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]> writes:

>Just a brief note to let everyone know that you still can't reach
>mac.archive.umich.edu via Gopher--and the e-mail file server BART is also
>down.

BART is *NOT* down.  He is just...tempermental.  There is a known problem
with BART trying to talk to people who have non-standard Internet
connections.
Specifically, if someone's mail reaches us with three or more Received: lines,
(at least that seems to be the cause), BART can't figure out a return
address.
Otherwise, it's working fine ;-)

Needless to say, we know about the problem, and we're working on it.

The Number One most-preferred method for accessing mac.archive is still
through
AFS, if you have access to that network.  For more information about what AFS
is and whether you have access, please consult the file /00doYOUhaveAFS on
mac.archive.umich.edu.

                    jonathan brecher
                    [e-mail]
                    assistant mac.archivist

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 10:17:44 -0755
From: [e-mail] (David Valentine)
Subject: mac.archive.umich.edu problems (R)

>Just a brief note to let everyone know that you still can't reach
>mac.archive.umich.edu via Gopher-
I somehow figured out through archie, I think, that they had changed their
port number from 9999 to 8888. This is why you get a cannot connect
message.

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 16:23:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Joseph Alan Cerro <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Books For Novices?

We have a number of users who would like a relatively short, easily
understood book which introduces basic computing concepts (e.g. RAM v.
ROM, What is a CPU?, what is a video card and do I need one?),
particularly in the context of the Mac. One person best summed up the need
as, "You know, something I can read on the subway to work..." Perhaps even
a periodical tailored to novices would do...

Any suggestions? Please reply to me via email--I will summarize and post
the responses.

Thanks in advance!

J. Cerro

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

Date: 9 Mar 93 07:12:00 PDT
From: "ROSE, JIM" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacinTax--another horror story

Here is another horror story about MacInTax:

It took 4 times to install M-I-T on my Si running system
7.0.1. I tried using their "interview" procedure, but it
would not let me enter my IRA contribution, and actually was
going to make me pay a penalty for putting $225.00 into an
IRA. After trying to get through to Customer Support (at the
beginning of February), I actually got to talk to a live
person, who suggested that I don't use "interview". Next I
went to fill out the electronic filing form (#8583 I think)
but could not enter my checking account numbers into the
correct boxes, and printing out this form was incomplete.
Customer Support said that I did not have the correct fonts
in my system (i.e., that the installer had not installed all
the fonts) and once I compared, installed the missing fonts,
everything was able to work. I followed all their
instructions (from their manual and also from the read-me
file on the disk) and sent my return in electronically via
compu$erve to ChipSoft (on 2/6/93). I requested return
receipt and received one on 2/7/93. According to their
documentation I should have received a notice that my taxes
had been filed.

Since I had not received any notice, I called ChipSoft, who
referred me to the electronic Speed>Filing/Chip Soft in
Minneapolis. Unfortunately they only deal with the "paper"
filings, not the "electronic" filings, so I needed to call
their office in Georgia who dealt with the electronic
filings. The Minneapolis office did state that they forwarded
my tax return on 2-13-92 to Georgia. After repeatedly calling
the Georgia office and numerous messages being left, I
finally found out what happened. It turned out that there
were problems with the tax returns that were electronically
filed using a Macintosh--that they needed to be filed using
MacBinary.  Unfortunately there is nothing in their
documentation about using MacBinary format.  The Georgia
office tried to submit my taxes but they kept coming back
with errors [Schedules and Forms that I did not use and some
of which I had never heard of; there was no withholding
listed on my 1040, etc.....].

They have now had my tax return for 2 weeks and never tried
to notify me that there was a problem, and probably would not
have notified me for another 2 weeks unless I had kept
nagging them]. The Georgia office said that I needed to talk
to ChipSoft in San Diego now since they could not do
anything, so I called ChipSoft Tech. Support.  That is when I
found out that my 1040 and related forms had become corrupted
on my hard drive. All Chipsoft said I could do was send in my
"paper" version since my files were corrupted. [Note: if your
file refuses to open, try putting your final version in your
1040 forms folder, restart with extensions off or with a
system before 7, and you should be able to open your tax
return--at least it finally worked for me.]

So, here I am again, filing my taxes on; sending them to
Speed>Filing in Minneapolis since they have my W-2 form.
Needless to say, after I get my tax refund (unless, of
course, they screw it up again), I will be calling ChipSoft
and taking advantage of their money back guarantee!

James Rose
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 16:04:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Wittenberg)
Subject: MacInTax warning

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #53

|> From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
|> Subject: MacInTax warning
|>
|> This is just to say that like many others I've found MacInTax 10.01
|> unstable relative to other apps that I run under the same conditions.
|> In the course of doing a relatively simple return I had two crashes.
|> Fortunately, previous warnings on this list had wised me up to saving
|> frequently, so only one of the crashes lost data, and that only took
|> me 5 minutes to reenter. Still, this is not a good experience. I've
|> heard rumors that Chipsoft has an update to 10.01 for those who have
|> difficulties, but haven't received any official notification of this.

I tried MacInTax for the first time this year, and am dissapointed.
It crashed on saves, and I found a minor bug, which scares me in a tax
program.  (The program asked whether a child made less than $5000,
when it meant MORE than $5000).

When I called customer support, I waited for a very long time on a
weekend (my phone bill), and got someone who was helpful, but not very
skilled technically.  She suggested that I not save from "EasySteps".
Since EasySteps is one of the nicest features of the program (and
quite well done.)  I wasn't terribly happy about this suggestion.
Since it didn't solve my problem, I called again, and they agree to
send me an update.  It took two weeks for the update to arrive (It's
also labelled 10.01, I hope it's actually an improvement.)

When I called on a Friday night, I got through immediately to someone
who seemed more competent than the two people I talked to on a
weekend.

I'll try to install the new version this weekend, and see if it works.

--David Wittenberg

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

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 20:51:28 -0600
From: Kenneth Prehoda <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacIntercomm and Mercury Systems

I recently purchase MacIntercomm because of a good review in MacUser.
I quickly ran into trouble with the software as it was unable to
download using Zmodem correctly (or atleast it wasn't for me).  To make
a long story short, I have tried to contact Mercury Systems through Email,
by telephone, and fax numerous times.  I haven't been able to get a single
response.  It appears that the company has gone out of business.  Does
anyone have any information about possible problems with the software and/or
folding of Mercury Sys?  I would, obviously advise against purchase of this
product until an answer is found.  Please email me directly.

Thank You,
Ken Prehoda
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 13:00:22 -0800
From: [e-mail] (David Ryeburn)
Subject: Mail Order Woes (A)

In 11-053, Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]> gives some information about
credit cards, merchants, banks, and customers. Jeff says:

>c) If you actually do authorize a purchase and something goes wrong
>(failure to deliver, quality problem) the credit card company will act
>quickly on your written complaint (within 60 days of billing) and, in
>almost all cases, will simply reverse the charge, clearing your account and
>telling the merchant to work out the problem. The banks almost always take
>the side of the consumer in any dispute; the banks just don't want to get
>involved in such problems.
>
>You're fully protected against misuse of your credit card number. The banks
>aren't; the merchants can get stuck; but you, as a consumer, have nothing
>to worry about. Don't sweat it.

I'm sure Jeff is correct if you are a U.S. resident whose credit card is
>From a U.S. financial institution. But as nearly as I can tell this is
almost completely the opposite of the way it is here in Canada. Canadian
residents with cards from Canadian financial institutions should change the
last two paragraphs to read as follows:

If you actually do authorize a purchase and something goes wrong (failure
to deliver, quality problem) the credit card company will do nothing
whatsoever and you will be expected to pay your credit card charges in
full. The banks are not at all concerned with any disputes you may have
with the merchant.

Other than for unauthorized purchases, you're not at all protected against
misuse of your credit card number. The banks are; the merchants cannot get
stuck; but you, as a consumer, have everything to worry about. Do sweat it!

(Canadian residents doubting this should read the fine print on the back of
their credit card agreements.)
 ---------------------------------------
David Ryeburn
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada  V5A 1S6

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 09:28:35 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Meetering Software

Thank you all for your quick response to my question about meetering software
for an Appleshare server. Most people recommended one or the other of two
products:
     Key Server by Sassafrass Software.
     Quota by Proteus Technology.
The biggest suprise was that Appleshare 3.0 itself can limit the number of
concurant users of a program.

Thanks again,
Paul Lieberman
[e-mail]

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

Date: 9 Mar 1993 08:11:45 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Meetering Software (A)

     Meetering Software (A)
[e-mail] asks:

>We need software that runs on an Appleshare server that will limit the
>number
of copies of a given program that can be in use at any one time.
>This will greatly simplify our licensing requirements. Does anyone know
>of such software or have any experience with a particular program?

Try the commercial program Key Server by Sassafrass Software.  They used to
advertise in the Ad Showcase section of MacWeek, but I haven't seen it
recently, so I can't give you an address or phone number.  Anybody out
there able to help?

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

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

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 18:26 CST
From: [e-mail] (Greg Trimper)
Subject: Mr. Dvorak (C)

[e-mail] writes:

>Don't I wish ;-)  I assume you are talking about the 4/93 MacUser;
>he's there, you just gotta look for him the right way
>Nirad K. Otomekat :-)

I concur.

But Gerg Repmirt just doesn't look good AT all.

Greg Trimper   [e-mail]  i

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 15:20:37 EST
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: old mac system question

at ftp.apple.com (an annonymously accessible ftp site) there are copies of
all system disks dating back to sytem 5.0 in /software/mac/sys.soft.

I will warn you that they are probably in the form of disk images, which
need to be translated directly onto floppies using a program called DiskCopy.

I will further warn that DiskCopy is perhaps the worst program that was ever
written. Specifically, it is incappable of any form of caching. This means
that you have to have enough free ram to load the entire contents of a FULL
disk into memory at once. (i.e. with System 6, 1 MB ram, and 800k floppies,
you have no chance - you'll need a machine with more ram).

I don't know if a Mac 128k or 512k can run system 5 or not. It seems possible,
though.

Expect lots of frustration with DiskCopy, though. For example, expect to put
in a floppy, press the "make a copy" button, and have it spit out the floppy
and ask you "please insert a floppy..."

Good luck.

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 15:58:06 est
From: "Maxwell Smart (Soell, Oliver)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: omegasane (sorry)

Just a suggestion to all of you out there who are desperate to get your
systems up to date with the latest speed enhancement tuners etc. from Apple:
don't bother with OmegaSane, just go fo Radius Math (available in the /info-
mac/ex directory, I believe). It's been tested to be faster thatn OmegaSane.
Now if someone could patch Radius Math functionality into the system file,
that
would be something that I'd like to hear about!

Oliver Soell
Dickinson College
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 11:11 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: OmegaSANE patch

In Digest #53, Adam Engst writes in response to a query about patching
OmegaSANE into 7.1:

>OmegaSANE is in the ROMs of the Quadras and PowerBooks that were
>released in Oct-92 and all subsequent machines. That's why it's not in
>7.1, in part, I suspect.
>machines that were 32-bit dirty...don't benefit from Omega SANE

Both these points have mystified me since the time I started playing
around with this patch.  It doesn't make sense for Apple to have removed
OmegaSANE from 7.1 simply because it's in the ROMs of the newer Macs -
there is a large installed base of Macs with those 512k 32-bit clean ROMs
(ie post-IIci) which would benefit.  And if we accept the notion that
OmegaSANE was also removed for compatibility with future hardware (eg the
PowerPC) and/or software, well, why retain it in the ROMs of the newer
Macs anyway?  Apple should either drop it completely or supply it with 7.1.

As Adam pointed out elsewhere, you certainly need an FPU to benefit from
OmegaSANE.  But as to the ROM version required, Apple's release notes for
7.0.1, and its own technical note for OmegaSANE, assert that you need
those 512k ROMs.  However as I pointed out last year, when I patched
OmegaSANE into a good old Mac II, Speedometer showed the same speed
increase as on an LC.  Does this indicate a quirk in the way Speedometer
tests floating-point performance, or that Apple's declared requirements
may be somewhat at variance with fact (cf other bad advice they've given
viz Connectix's Mode32, or the 32-bit Enabler)?

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

Date: 9 MAR 93 08:11:38.47-GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Pictures of SE'S roms.

I am looking for the address of the subprogram that displays the pictures of
the SE'S ROM. I know this program can be launched by the command : 'G ADDRESS'
in the debugger of the mac's ROM. But what is the address ?

                        Thanks

[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 23:59:06 EST
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerBook modems

    Hi all,

    Hope this isn't a FAQ -- I searched for a report file on this
topic on Sumex, but wasn't able to find one. If I get enough replies
to this message, I'll take a stab at writing one so people won't
have to ask this again.

    I'm about to buy a PowerBook 140 or 145 (Haven't decided yet,
but the internal space restrictions and interface for the modem are
the same, right?) and, after hearing horror stories about Apple
fax modems, have decided to buy it *without* the Apple unit and
put in a third-party fax modem.

>>> QUESTION: WHAT SHOULD I BUY? Price is a (fairly) major concern,
but I'm willing to shell out for a *good* unit if warranted.<<<<

    My dealer can put in a Global Village, but it seems a tad pricey
to me -- I'd be more than happy to mail-order one and have it
installed up here (Montreal). Please do mention if the modems you
reccomend are available from the major mail-order houses...

    Nuff rambling, please reply to address below.

    Many thanks,

    Mark Aiken
    [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue,  9 Mar 1993 11:05:19 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printer tracking software...

I know that this has already been beaten to death here, so I apologize in
advance for the FAQ but, can someone steer me in the direction of a reasonable
piece of software that can tell me who has printed how many copies on our
various networked (EtherNet) printers?

I would prefer something that DOESN'T have be installed on each user's machine
but that can be put on our file server to monitor who printed how many pages
on which printer and when.

Since a number of our users keep forgeting to reselect the b/w printers in the
Chooser after using our Sieko Colorpoint (@$2-3/page!), we've decided we would
like to keep track of those individuals needlessly wasting both money and raw
materials and charge them for it.

Note: we will GLADLY pay (ANY reseasonable price) for such a solution!  Money
is virtually no object if such software exists.

Any help in solving this would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

P.S. - since this has been asked before, perhaps it would be best if people
would reply directly to me and I will sumerize for the net...

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 16:03:24 -0500
From: "Judy Karpen"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Q: tgrind for the Mac?

Hi Macfolks:

I recently discovered a rather nice Unix utility (public domain) called
tgrind,
which takes a computer program written in one of several languages, parses it
(i.e., recognizes different types of statements, etc.), and outputs a Tex file
in which different fonts/styles are used to print the various statement
types.
It also uses indents to delineate various blocks, numbers lines, etc. Anyway,
it
is quite useful for reading and debugging code (fortran, in my case). The
source
code is readily available and is written in C; however, all the versions i've
seen are running on Unix boxes (e.g., Cray, SGI, and Sun machines). Has anyone
ever seen a Macintosh version? If not, would anyone be interested in doing the
conversion? I am not a C or a Mac programmer, so there's no chance of doing
this
myself, but would be willing to pay for a reasonably priced shareware
product.
Thanks!

Judy Karpen
[e-mail]     "he's not dead, he's metaphysically
challenged.."
                 MST3K, "The Magic Sword"

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

Date: Tue,  9 Mar 1993 14:15:24 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickMail default form question...

This is obscure, but perhaps interesting.  We use QuickMail with an STMP
connection to Internet.  When I get messages from the Internet they're
delivered with a kind of generic form (just the normal From:, To: , CC:, etc.
and a subject line and the text).  But the window is too small for my tastes (
Internet headers tend to be VERY long)- I'd like to make it bigger so that I
don't have to scroll as much.  Anyone have any idea how this might be done?
Could I use QM Forms or is this inherent in the way Dispatcher (the SMTP
software) works with QM?

If anyone has any idea I'm "all ears"...

Thanks in advance,
Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 09:09 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SCSI chain configuration ( was SCSI & CD-300i )

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #53, Earl Misanchuk <[e-mail]>
writes:

>When hooking a tape drive (in addition to an external drive) to my IIvi, I
>noticed that the usual rules of SCSI (an oxymoron?) didn't seem to apply: the
>SCSI ports were not equal. When I hooked everything up one way, the external
>drive  wouldn't mount, but when I changed around the connections on the tape
>drive, everything worked fine.
>
>A fried of mine who just added an external CD-300i to his system had similar
>problems.
>
>Is this a known bug, or a feature, of just wild coincidence from the
>wonderful
>world of SCSI?

I have an internal 80 MB, an external 160 MB and a 200 MB tape backup on my
IIci.  When the SCSI chain is Mac->tape->external, the external drive won't
mount.  When it's Mac->external->tape, all works fine.  Both devices use the
external terminators, so it's not an internal termination problem.

I've tried different cables, different lengths of cables, different
terminators.

Any suggestions.  Anyone else experience this?

- Ed

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

Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1993 15:43:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Setting up a French system (A)

williams <[e-mail]> writes:

> Any one doing any serious typing in the French
> language would be well advised to buy a French AZERTY keyboard.
> There is a learning curve to be overcome (AZQWM and ; are the
> chief differences plus numbers on the top row require the shift
> key to be pressed) but in my opinion, this is preferable to
> searching the command key combinations for the diacritical
> characters which are very frequently used in French.

The French-Canada keyboard has the accented characters in
readily-available positions, while leaving everything else
where it would be found on the US keyboard.

For someone who is used to the US keyboard, it would be a much
easier adjustment, since you don't have things moved gratuitously
(there's no advantage in having the numbers and period on
shift-keys, unless you expect to find them that way).



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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 13:37 PST
From: Charles G Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Software:  Managing Your Money 5.0 (Q)

     Hi there,

     I just received some bulk mail that offers Andrew Tobias' Managing
     your Money 5.0 for only $8.50 shipping and handling.  It says that if
     I don't like the program all I have to do is send a "no thanks" post
     card back, and there's no more charges.  Is the 8.50 s/h worth it?  I
     am looking at Quicken to manage my accounts but MyM is cheaper (You
     pay 29.95 if you decide to keep it.)  Has anyone used it?  Any
     responses would be greatly appreciated.

     Thanks,

     Chuck =======> [e-mail]
      "millirems, our best friend."

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

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 93 11:52:43 PST
From: Bill Sawrey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Something for Nothing? Using 2400 bps modem at 9600 bps

While using TCP Connect (SLIP server) recently, I accidently
configured my IIci at 9600 bps. My SUPRA Plus modem (2400 bps data,
9600 bps fax) seems to think it is now a fully capable 9600 bps modem.
Upon login to my local VMS, I get the "Connect 9600" cue and things seem
to happen much faster (including file transfers).

Anyone else have this experience? Is it possible that the modem is
capable of 9600 bps operation but advertised (and sold) as a 2400 bps
just to fill a market niche?

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 10:46:28 -0500 (EST)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: SuperPaint 3.0 & MS Word 5.1 conflict?

Hi,

A colleague created a greyscale PICT file in SuperPaint 3.0. He then
imported the file into Word 5.1 using the Insert Picture command. When he
attempted to print it he received the message:

    Undefined error off P3_D

He converted the picture to Black and White and then imported it.
Attempting to print it, produced the same error.

Any ideas what's going on?

Josephine Colmenares / Fordham University
[e-mail] / [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 06:50:54 PST
From: [e-mail] (Terry L. Hartman)
Subject: System 7.1 and Microsoft Mail 3.1 upgrade (no-no)

A friend and me just bought new Macs (he a Centris 650 and me a Q800).
While setting up the machines we installed Microsoft Mail 3.1 upgrade and
after that we could not use AppleTalk.  We finally re-installed 7.1 and
instead of running the install program from the Mail upgrade disk, we just
installed the extension and DA.  We figured out that the install was
installing a version of AppleTalk that the new machines could handle.

Just a warning to those planning on installing MSMail 3.1, just drag the
ext. and DA to the system folder - DON'T RUN THE INSTALL.

Terry L. Hartman
Coordinator - Microcomputer Services
U.T. - Pan American

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 21:27:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert Reeves)
Subject: Termination (Q)

    Howdy!  Again I turn to the great and powerful assembled knowledge
of the net for more help!  The problem this time:  How to get a SyQuest
drive to be recognized by my (sorta)Plus.

The Players:  Mac 512 that has a plus motherboard dropped into it
          Cutting Edge 44MB SyQuest drive
          System/Finder:  6.0.5/6.1.5
          SCSIProbe 3.4

          HP 25pin Terminator

I know the drive works because I've plugged it into a number of other machines
(all with internal Hard Drives) and gotten the drive to read my disk.  I in-
stalled SCSI probe on my startup floppy and when I open it, the black bar at
the top blinks; "BUS NOT TERMINATED"  So, can I use this drive on this
computer
or should I forget about it?  I have to use a 25 pin terminator because
the good floks at Cutting edge decided it would be better to have 2 25pin D
connectors on the back.  And no, the SCSI ID  of the drive is not set to
7....

THank You for any help you can provide!
Robert Reeves  Graduate Student  Boston University School of Medicine
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 14:12:23 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: trackball with un-removable balls

In the computing dept. at the University of Venice, Italy we would like to
adopt trackballs as pointing devices. The main requirement is that the
balls be not removed from their base. I would like to know which such
devices are available on the market.
If you reply to the list, please forward directly to me as well, thanks.

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 15:06:15 CET
From: Vittorio Dell'Aiuto <[e-mail]>
Subject: Update Of Scanman2.1 [A]

> I own a handy scanner from Logitech and I've an old version
> of Scanman (v 2.1) driver and software for this scanner,
> which is not system 7 compatible

I'm using an old Logitech ScanMan (the 16 greys, red light one),
ScanMan 2.0 and ScanMan Driver 1.09 and I had no problems at all under
System 7.0, 7.01 and 7.1 (on a SE/30 8/40 with plenty of extensions).

Maybe the problem isn't System7 but 32-bit cleanness (I say maybe,
I should try to be sure).

Try to run the software in 24-bit mode instead of system-switching,
if it works it's far less painful!

Vittorio Dell'Aiuto   ***   [e-mail]

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Date: 9 Mar 1993 08:04:22 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5.0a -> 5.1 (A)

     Word 5.0a -> 5.1 (A)
[e-mail] (Benjamin Lian) asks:

>The Word 5.0x to 5.1 update must have been reasonably substantial
>because I don't see any update patches and stuff in the Info-Mac
>archives.  Would some kind soul please tell me what's new and what got
>fixed in 5.1?  Did you get your update free?  If not, how much did you
>pay for it?  I am having problems with Word 5.0a quitting on me after
>some seemingly innocent activity.  Just upgraded from 6.0.8 to 7.1.
>
>The local Apple software dealers haven't a clue about what I'm talking
>about.  Not the first time.


Actually, there was a patch (5.1a), but if you order the upgrade, MicroSoft
will send you
5.1a.  You need to send in the title page of your MicroSoft Word 5.0 manual
(as
proof of
ownership) and the upgrade price of $19.95 ($14.95 upgrade+$5.00 S&H) for each
copy
of Word that you wish to upgrade to:

    MicroSoft Corp.
    One MicroSoft Way
    Redmond, WA  98052-6393

Is it worth it?  A whole-hearted and resounding "YES!!" (IMHO, of course).
It's got a
TON of new features.  Briefly, from the "What's New..." guide, some of the new
features
include:
        *  A customizable toolbar
        *  An envelope generator
        *  Ability to use text annotations
        *  Using Drop Caps
        *  Playing QuickTime movies within a document
        *  Integrated MicroSoft Graph
        *  Easier table creation & modification using the Table button
        *  Finding files by folder (more robust Find feature)
        *  Printing double-sided pages

And, one of the neatest features IMHO, is the scaled-down PowerBook install,
which only
takes a little over 2 MB of disk space and includes a battery-power indicator
on the
format ribbon.  MicroSoft sure did themselves proud, offering this upgrade
with
all of
its new and useful features at such an *incredibly* low price.

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

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 93 07:33:53 EST
From: Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
Subject: Zoom VFX V.32bis/SupraFaxModem V.32bis - which is better? (A)

Can't say which is "better."   I have (and use heavily) a Zoom VFX and am
completely satisfied.  Connects with a wide variety of modems at 14400
without problems.  Negotiates maximum compression and error correction
protocols flawlessly (although since I mostly transfer compressed files the
efficency numbers look bad when compared with 57600).  Have used FAXstf to
send and receive faxes and have never had a problem (but the software has
a MEG of different CP, extensions and applications that are needlessly
confusing and it screws up my startup screeen).  It also works with less
capable modems include the univerity's 9600s and GEnie's 2400s.

Disclaimer - not an employee, stockholder etc of Zoom or FAXstf and don't know
         any.  Just a satified customer who is thankful to live in a
         community with extremely clean telephone lines.

 --Larry Wink ([e-mail] <or> [e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 9:37:04 PST
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] strip-mac-211.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 9:37:04 PST
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex-aim

Strip-Mac! is a risque, computer-moderated card game for adults. Briefly, the
game plays as follows. Players take turns in drawing a playing card from the
deck. If a player fails to turn up an appropriate card then s/he must choose
between options that include:
    (a)  removing a piece of clothing;
    (b)  taking a 'punishment'; and
    (c)  purchasing a 'reward'.

Play continues until one or all players are naked. What happens next is up
to you.  :-)

Version 2.1.1 fixes a bug in 2.1. Details in the 'Read me' file.

Tim North.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/strip-mac-211.hqx; 375K]

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 11:41:28 PST
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] rsc-viewer.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 11:41:28 PST
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex-aim

Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
From: Francois Menneteau <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 13:53:46 +0100
Organization: IMAG Institute, University of Grenoble, France
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RSC_VIEWER.DEMO.sea.hqx (part 1 of 6)
Resent-To: [e-mail]
Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 9:33:00 PST
Resent-From: Info-Mac Moderator <[e-mail]>

This is version 6.3.4 of the RSC_Viewer application, a tool to
dump, disassemble and patch resources. When resources are of type
CODE, WDEF, XFCN, etc. (executable resources) there is an assembler.

This version is 32-bit and 68040-cache compatible, corrects
some bugs and has some cosmetic changes over previous versions.

RSC_Viewer is shareware.

This Demo version includes the whole package and is fully
functionnal. However, you can use it only 10 times.

Version 7 of RSC_Viewer will be able to disassemble Floating Points
instructions.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/rsc-viewer.hqx; 338K]

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