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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 22 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 86

Today's Topics:

      [*] 16-17-inch-color-09.txt
      [*] AD WallPaper module (updated version)
      [*] Cumulonimbus 2.0 [Game]
      [*] Dialog View 1.0.6 control panel
      [*] Disinfectant 3.2
      [*] Figger 1.0 GIF Utility
      [*] Flash-It 3.0.1 (Control Panel)
      [*] Giaco.hqx
      [*] gin-rummy-20.hqx
      [*] Hellcats-FAQ version 2.1
      [*] Igor 1.27 updater (for 1.24,1.25,1.26) [part 1 of 1]
      [*] info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt
      [*] Kill em all!
      [*] Mac & IBM Compare-Version 1.7.3
      [*] Millsecond Timer XFCN
      [*] New submission
      [*] post-calc-10.hqx
      [*] PrefsCleaner_1.1.hqx
      [*] Program to Quit All Programs
      [*] Pythagoras - Another dissection puzzle
      [*] quadra-boot-switch.hqx
      [*] Quoter DA
      [*] Re: MacOberon330.ReadMe
      [*] Talk2Me_121
      [*] Tangram 2400 puzzles
      [*] Tester 0.10
      [*] Text-Editor-Patch.sit.hqx
      [*] Word 5.1 Color Toolbar
      24 & 16 bit video (C & Q)
      4th Dimension problems
      4th Dimension v3.0 COPY PROTECTED!
      [Q] Ethertalk Macs and Localtalk printer
      A comment about Info-Mac (again)
      Address of Authors of Expressionist. (R)
      A Free Registration Number for X-FerIt (!)
      Al Bloom's Ethernetlet
      Apple's Doohickies
      Apple 40 Meg HD (A) (2 msgs)
      Apple 40 meg scsi id select
      AppleCare(less) [C]
      Battery rechargers/reconditioners for Powerbooks (C)
      Binhex! (C)
      Boomerang & System 7
      Boomerang and System 7 (A)
      Buffer problem with QuicKeys 2.1.2a
      Conflict Catcher 1.39b Demo is OK
      DAYSTAR, TOKENRING, ASANTI, mac si (Q)
      disinfectant and digest use
      DTP list
      Ed discounted LCIII/Performa/or mail order?
      Frequently Asked Questions? (A)
      How to install an Fkey (R)
      How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)
      HP Backgrounder problems
      IIci memory capacity (C)
      IIsi sound problems
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #83
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #85
      keyboard wrist pad useful? (Q)
      Latest Version of TattleTale ? (A)
      LC III and System Software (2 msgs)
      Liken for UNIX
      LocalTalk and Ethernet simultaneously (A)
      MacInTax, TaxCut, & ChipSoft
      Mac LC -> LC III upgrade (Q)
      Marine Navigation Software?
      MCVERT (C)
      mosaic
      network security?
      NFS client for Mac
      one hand typist keyboard template/cdev ?
      Pagemaker file combining...
      Pascal to C converter (A)
      PD Fortran compilers?
      Performa 450 (C)
      Performa Plus vs. Color Display
      Powerbook 180 with 32 bit mode off & LPA PROLOG.
      Powerbook Issues (C) (2 msgs)
      Privacy startup problem.
      Problem with SuperDrive
      QuickTime Hypercard externals wanted
      RadiusWare update needed
      SCSI Problems
      Skipping mouse--network problem?
      Soft Pea Sea and the damn A drive
      Software Licensing Software (C)
      Speaking of MUDs (2 msgs)
      Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware?? (Q)
      System Error 15 - What is it and why?
      TeXtures tech. support is on Internet
      To FPU or not to FPU... (R)
      translator for FullWrite (Q)
      TrueType init
      UnmountIt 1.0 (C)
      VersaTerm-Pro vs. Quadra
      VersaTerm-Pro vs. Quadra (R)
      VersaTerm-Pro vs. Quadra (unfair criticism ?)
      What's Mac-L? (A)
      Word woes

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 17:45:30 +0500 (EST)
From: Joseph Chiang-Shen Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 16-17-inch-color-09.txt

There has been much discussion on the net these days about 16/17
inch color monitors.  The new Centris and Q800 computers can support
up to 16 bit color on these monitors and the street price is now
around $1000.  Therefore, it is natural you want to take full advantage
of this.  I have enclosed my collection of usenet discussions
(including Dale Adam's postings) especially as it pertains to the
use of 1024 x 768 and 1152 x 870 resolutions on multi-sync monitors.

A recent MacUser issue reviewed 16 inch monitors and gave their
highest marks to the Sony 1604s monitor.  I remember reading some
mixed reviews about this monitor on the net and would be curious to
hear from individuals with first hand experience with this monitor.
I would also like to compile a list of mail order companies that are
cheap and reliable sources for various 16 inch monitors.

I will call this current listing version 0.9 and will release version
1.0 when I get sufficient information.  Please reply to me directly at
[e-mail] and I will be glad to forward you a copy of
version 1.0 when it is ready.



[Archived as /info-mac/report/16-17-inch-color-09.txt; 16K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 09:12:30 EDT
From: [e-mail] ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: [*] AD WallPaper module (updated version)

Another AfterDark module which runs on a color Mac (it won't crash on
Black&White Mac, but just not pretty).  It displays a complex color
pattern from coarse to fine) calculated by some complex/number
crunching math formulus.

This is a updated version of "WallPaper" AD module.  The new features:
(1) a few more "Styles";
(2) add in a function to control the resolution;
(3) automatically dump out the screen as a PICT file when the screen
    pattern is completed at the desired resolution;

Program written by Huangxin Wang, University of Pennsylvania

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/wallpaper.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 18:25:06 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Michael Gleason)
Subject: [*] Cumulonimbus 2.0 [Game]

Enclosed is Cumulonimbus 2.0.  This release is already over a year old, but it
hadn't made it to the info-mac archives yet.

C'Nimbus is one of those games in the Tetris genre.  There are already enough
of these type of games, but since C'Nimbus 1.0 was the first decent version
available for the Mac, it's only fair that the most recent version be
represented.

The game was developed on a Mac+, so it runs on the Mac+ up, and in color
or color-capable machines.  It is 7.0-friendly, has decent sound, and is the
most configurable game in it's class.  All this for only $1 shareware!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/cumulonimbus-20.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 19:52:18 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] Dialog View 1.0.6 control panel

Dialog View (formerly List Font) is a control panel that allows you to
change the font and size used in directory dialog file lists, and display
the real icons of files in such lists.  It requires System 7.  If you use it
together with my Open-wide program (version 3.3 or later for best results),
you will be able to use larger fonts without cramping the list.  Compatible
with Super Boomerang 4.0.1, not compatible with Norton's Directory
Assistance.  Freeware by James W. Walker.

New in 1.0.4: Some icons are cached, to reduce disk activity.
New in 1.0.5: Fixed a bug that caused crashes for some users.
New in 1.0.6: Doesn't crash if a second directory dialog appears while one
is already present, and fixes a problem with the color of the Trash.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/dialog-view-106.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 19:56:59 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John Norstad)
Subject: [*] Disinfectant 3.2

Disinfectant 3.2

April 21, 1993

Disinfectant 3.2 is a new release of our free Macintosh anti-viral
utility.

Version 3.2 detects the new INIT-M virus.

The INIT-M virus was discovered at Dartmouth College in April, 1993.

INIT-M is a malicious virus. It is designed to trigger on any Friday the
13th. The virus severely damages a large number of folders and files.
File names are changed to random 8 character strings. Folder names
are changed to random 1-8 character strings. File creators and types
are changed to random 4 character strings. This changes the icons
associated with the files and destroys the relationship between
programs and their documents. File creation and modification dates
are changed to Jan. 1, 1904. In some cases, one file or folder on a disk
may be renamed "Virus MindCrime". In some very rare circumstances,
the virus may also delete a file or files.

Note that the next three Friday the 13ths are in August 1993,
May 1994, and January 1995.

The virus can also sometimes cause problems with the proper
display of windows.

The virus only spreads and attacks under System 7.0 or later. It does
not spread or attack under System 6. The Disinfectant protection INIT,
however, will detect an infected application under any system.

The virus infects all kinds of files, including extensions, applications,
preference files, and document files.

The virus creates a file named "FSV Prefs" in the Preferences folder.
If you use Disinfectant to repair an infected system, it will delete
this file.

The damage caused by the INIT-M virus is very similar to that caused
by the INIT 1984 virus. Despite this similarity, the two viruses are
very different in other respects, and should not be confused.

Version 3.2 also contains two other changes:

There was an error in version 3.1 in the changes made to the damaged
file detection code. This error affected only a very few people with very
rare kinds of damaged files. Version 3.2 fixes the problem. Thanks to
Stephen Lardieri of Princeton University for helping to find and fix this
error.

Disinfectant's preferred memory partition has been increased from
700K to 1000K. This fixes a problem scanning some specific applications
with very large CODE resources, including PSpice and Intellidraw. Thanks
to the many users who reported this problem.

Disinfectant 3.2 is available now via anonymous FTP from site
ftp.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.113.52], file
pub/disinfectant/disinfectant32.sea.hqx. It will also be available
soon from most of the other popular sources of free and shareware
software.

John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/virus/disinfectant-32.hqx; 238K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 09:30:35 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: [*] Figger 1.0 GIF Utility

      * * * N O T E * * *
Figger only runs on Macs with a 68020 or better, and requires Color
QuickDraw.
      * * * * * * * * * *
Figger is a new GIF utility which allows you to create edited GIF files
with separate "key" files for "unediting" the images. The primary purpose
of this is probably due to AOL's image guidelines -- this utility allows
one to "hide" or black out inappropriate portions of images so that the
file can be uploaded to the AOL libraries. The "key" file (with a ".FIG"
extension) can then be emailed to anyone interested in seeing the full
unedited image. Fairly limited use, but it is done rather well. As you
could probably guess by now, Figger essentially lets you place fig leaves
where needed (no, it does not cover the image with fig leaf images, though
I plan to suggest it to the author ;).

It is currently *real* slow when saving the edited GIF and its key file
(the author mentions that speeding the process up is the top priority for
the next release). Other than that, it works very well, and the key files
are small.

There is a separate utility, DisFigger, which can only build the complete
image file from the two parts but runs on Macs with 68000's (it doesn't do
any displaying). I'll try to get that uploaded when I can get it. There are
plans for a Windows/DOS version of Figger/DisFigger so that GIFs and FIGs
can be traded cross-platform.

I am not the author--I just downloaded it from AOL. It is shareware $18.
The author (Steve Daly) can be contacted at [e-mail].
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/figger-10.hqx; 201K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 10:08:24 GMT+9:00
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Flash-It 3.0.1 (Control Panel)

Dear Moderator -

Attached, please, find v.3.0.1 of Flash-It. The software
and a user reference have been compressed and binhex'ed with
StuffIt Lite .

Flash-It is a shareware screen-capture control panel for
Macintosh computers.  It works under systems 6 / 7 in B-W / color
mode with menus pulled down.  It offers a whole bunch of
options which are detailed in the reference doc.

The v.3.0.1 release should replace v.3.0 which appeared at the
end of March '93.  This is a bug-fix release.
(The reference doc lists them). No new features have been added.
I apologize to the users who have downloaded v.3.0 and have
suffered from some crashing bugs.  Flash-It 3.0.1 should be
much more stable.

All questions and requests should be directed to -

      [e-mail]

Regards,

- Nobu Toge (The author of Flash-It)

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/flash-it-301.hqx; 104K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 15:29:53 METDST
From: Andrea Viscovich 259872/sm <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Giaco.hqx

              Giaco first release only with colours quickdraw

This binexed file has inside:

The colour game Giaco,
a Think Pascal 4 Project (to build your own computer),
and a file to use with the project.

Giaco is an easy (the easier!) game. I don't expect you to play Giaco
every day, but what you have to do is to find the strategy that
rules the game. Is a nice game for Mathematicians or for who wants to think
for a while. If you like Martin Gardner, maybe you
want to solve this problem, and if you know Pascal, you can even
try your strategy. The Pascal Project has DRVR Runtime.lib,
Interface.lib and the file here binexed.
Andrea     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/giaco.hqx; 183K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 15:45:38 CDT
From: PC0TMYS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] gin-rummy-20.hqx

This is version 2.0 of my Gin Rummy program. I am releasing this
version as shareware for $10. The program can be run on any Macintosh
computer. It requires 410K of memory and is 32-bit clean. This
submission is a binhexed, Stuffit 1.5.1 archive.

Gin Rummy is the well known card game for two people. The program
allows you to play against the computer. Documentation is available
online and as a "read me" file.

Version 2.0 has the following major enhancements:

1) You can move images of the cards instead of their outlines. You
   can grab cards instead of dragging them. You can click to move a
   card instead of clicking to select a card.

2) You can modify the points for bonuses and the points needed to
   end a game.

3) You can keep a tally of the winner's victories and points.

4) You can now undo "draw a card" and "pick up discard."

5) I added the Oklahoma game variation.

In addition, several other minor problems were fixed. The changes are
documented in the "read me" file.

Bill Hale

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gin-rummy-20.hqx; 185K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 12:38:27 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Civil War Reenactor (Green Recruit ))
Subject: [*] Hellcats-FAQ version 2.1

    hellcats-faq.sea.hqx

    This is the most recent version of the Hellcats FAQ for the
Hellcats Over the Pacific game by Graphic Simulations.
    The FAQ includes hints, tips, and questions with answers to almost
everything you want to know about the game.
    Version 2.1 includes the same material for the suplemental game to
Hellcats 'Missions at Leyte Gulf.'  This file is self-extracting (after
being de-binhexed).  Double click on the Stuffit File icon produced after
it has been de-binhexed.  The resulting folder contatins three items.  One
is a readme file, the second is the Edit II text utiltiy/application, and
the third is the FAQ itself.  Edit II will display both the readme and the
FAQ for reading or printing.


    As always, if you have any additions, comments, or suggestions
about this FAQ, please mail them to:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hellcats-faq.hqx; 103K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 12:44:37 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jim Prouty)
Subject: [*] Igor 1.27 updater (for 1.24,1.25,1.26) [part 1 of 1]

Please archive this updater as Igor127updater.sit.hqx.

Igor is a scientific graphing and data analysis program for the Macintosh.

Here is an updater utility that converts Igor 1.24 or 1.25 or 1.26 into 1.27.
The updater requires that you have version 1.24, 1.25 or 1.26 of Igor on your
hard disk and that you have 900K bytes of free disk space. You can determine
the version of your copy of Igor by examining the version number with the
Finder's "Get Info" window.

We are shipping version 1.27 of Igor to fix a few bugs.
Version 1.27 contains no new features.

You are free to post the updater at other locations.

Included with the updater is a more thorough description of changes
and bug fixes to Igor since version 1.24.

Since version 1.24 is not compatible with system 7.0.1 (thanks, Apple),
we recommend all users of 1.24 and System 7 use this updater.

Bugs Fixed in Igor 1.27 (4/2/93)

Fixed bugs in Smooth, Integrate and Differentiate operations during
window update, lines from zero in 32 bit color, manual ticks dialog when
axis was reversed, date/time axes near 1904 and lack of tick marks.

Improved (but not complete) Norton Utilities Directory Assistance
compatability. To work around this, disable DA II for use with Igor or switch
to another utility (ShortCut, Now Utilities) that behaves better

[Archived as /info-mac/app/igor-127-updater.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 22:09:53 -0700
From: "Eric C. Rosen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt

Last-modified: Mon Apr 12 1993
This is the Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) list for comp.sys.mac.comm

This list of frequently asked questions and answers is intended to help
reduce the number of "often asked questions" that make the rounds here
in comp.sys.mac.comm. Since comp.sys.mac.comm is intended as a forum to
discuss telecommunication (and related issues) that are specific to the
Macintosh, most questions about modems, telecommunications in general,
and other non-Macintosh specific communication questions are not listed
here. The proper newsgroup for such questions is usually comp.dcom.modems.

This list is posted periodically (about once a month) to the Usenet

[Archived as /info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt; 114K]

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 05:19:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Owen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Kill em all!

Kill 'em all is an external written for use with OtherMenu which is a really
cool utility written by James Walker.  It is sort of a quick hack but seems to
work just fine.

I finally got my dream and now have 12 megs of RAM in my Mac.  This is great
for opening up everything I need and never running out of memory.
Unfortunately, after a huge downloading session (you know, you have Zterm,
Compact Pro, MacCompress, TeachText,
 MS Word, SitToCpt, DeSea all open at once) I can end up with a bunch of open
 applications.  I can't empty the trash because all the folders have open
 files, etc.  It is sort of a pain to go through and choose each application
 with the application menu an
d do a quit.  What I want to do is just quit them all.  Now with Kill 'em all,
I can do this easily.

When envoked from the OtherMenu, Kill 'em all will kill all open applications
except for the Finder.  It should be used while the Finder (or other
AppleEvent aware application) is the front most application.  Initially it
will ask you to confirm that each
 application should be killed, but you can change in the settings dialog.
 Also in the setting dialog is the option of giving an exception for one
 certain application.  This application must be identified by its creator (ie
 MSWD for Word, PJMM for THINK P
ascal).  The settings dialog for OtherMenu externals can be accessed by
holding down the shift key when choosing the external from OtherMenu.

Chris Owen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/kill-em-all.hqx; 6K]

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Date: 13 Apr 93 11:33:36 EDT
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac & IBM Compare-Version 1.7.3

Archive name: mac-ibm-compare173.txt
category: text

This is Version 1.7.3 of this report and should replace
mac-ibm-compare161.txt.  It contains some important changes, additions and
clarifications.  Due to the rapid changes in computers I am interested in
contributions from Digest and other readers to flesh out, correct or point
out confusing parts of the report.  Send comments and information to
CompuServe: 72130,3557; AOL: BruceG6069; or Internet: [e-mail].
This report compares the Mac and IBM machines CPUs, hardware {monitor support
and expansion}, operating systems {includes number crunching}, networking &
printing; it covers not only present hardware/software statistics and features

but also future possibilities.
Despite its condensed and generalized format it still provides some thought-
provoking reading on the relative merits, problems, and deficiencies of Macs
and IBM PCs.  It also contains some FAQ answers about both machines.
Note:  for proper reading off line this document should be in 9 point Monaco.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-ibm-compare-173.txt; 44K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 11:27:41 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Millsecond Timer XFCN

Here is a minor bugfix version of my Shareware millisecond timer XFCN for
Hypercard.  This is ideal for psychology experiments done in Hypercard.
The function is limited to 15 ms resolution until the $10 shareware payment
is received and I send you a password to allow it to use 1 ms resolutions.
As is, it is slightly better than ticks.  It also includes a discussion of
the errors involved in using the Macintosh, particularly with AppleTalk,
floppies and ADB.  This XFCN is a lot easier than coding your experiments
in C!  I've also customized this for several people, so feel free to ask...

Also available on ftp.apple.com in /pub/pugh/hyperstuff.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/millsecond-timer.hqx; 77K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 03:07:39 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] New submission

Hi, I would like to submit a game I have written.
You may consider it too controversial for general distribution, as it makes
light of drug use (the game involves moving a character around the screen
collecting various drugs).  It is loosely based on Pac-Man with a few
differences.  It's rather hard to explain beyond that... just try it!
- Christopher B. Council

[Archived as /info-mac/game/drug-man.hqx; 426K]

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Date: 11 Apr 1993 14:22:14 -0600 (CST)
From: BERNIE FOULK <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] post-calc-10.hqx

Post Calc 1.0

    If you have found normal in-fix
calculators cumbersome and you wish that a post-
fix calculator existed for the Mac, Post Calc
is for you.

    Watch it will add, subtract, multiply and
divide right before your eyes in a fury of
computing power.  Better yet, it has really cool
buttons!  But, dont spend all day clicking.
Youve got towels to fold.

    Post Calc is freeware and is completely
copyrighted by Brian D. Barnhart, 1993.  It was
written in THINK C, so portions copyrighted
Symantic.  It may not be distributed on any mass
shareware/freeware deals so look out for my
hired task force.  This file must be included
with the Post Calc 1.0 application.

    For information about Post Calc, please
write to me at:

    Brian D. Barnhart
    11714 Mastin Apt 2611
    Overland Park, KS  66210

[Archived as /info-mac/app/post-calc-10.hqx; 48K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 15:36:54 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Luc Pauwels)
Subject: [*] PrefsCleaner_1.1.hqx

PrefsCleaner 1.1 (c) 1993 by Luc Pauwels


System 7.0 introduces a new organization for the System Folder, which
contains a set of new subdirectories to hold related files.  The Finder
uses these subdirectories to facilitate file management for the user.


PrefsCleaner examines the Preferences Folder and erases all 'orphaned'
preferences files. (i.e. preferences files for which the application or
desk accessory or whatever created them, can't be found anymore on any
of the mounted volumes).


PrefsCleaner 1.1 is system 7-dependent.  It fixes a bug in version 1.0
causing the application to crash unexpectedly.  Version 1.1 also introduces
some nice new features:
  - Orphaned prefs files can be moved to the trash folder enabling the user
    to undo any mistakes.
  - Empty subfolders can now be removed from the Preferences Folder too.
  - International system support.


Shareware: The shareware fee for PrefsCleaner is $15.


You can distribute this software by giving it to friends, upload it to a BBS
or to on-line services like Compuserve and AOL.  You may also send it to any
ftp site. Basically you can distribute it any way you like, as long as you
don't ask any money for it, other than a small charge related to distribution
costs (cost of a disk, postage or download fee).  PrefsCleaner must be
distributed together with the unmodified documentation and the registration
form.


You may not sell this product or bundle it with any other products
(commercial or other) without explicit written permission by the author of
this software.

Luc Pauwels

E-mail: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/prefs-cleaner-11.hqx; 55K]

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Date: 15 Apr 1993 10:32:17 -0800
From: "Anker, Andrew" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Program to Quit All Programs

Somebody at work yesterday morning happened to ask me about a program that
would
quit all currently open applications.  Then I saw Harry Hahn's shareware wish
list seeking the same program.

So...  I figured it would be a pretty easy thing to do.  Enclosed is a copy of
QuitAll 1.0.  It works by sending the "Quit" AppleEvent to all open
applications.
 It seems to work OK, although I can't say I tested it too much.  If there are
open applications that don't accept AppleEvents, QuitAll seems to be able to
close all but one of them (?).  Anyone with any ideas on why this is, please
let
me know.

The program is freeware.  I'd appreciate any comments.  Also, my BinHex-er
doesn't always work so well, so please let me know if what comes through is
garbage and I'll figure out another way to get the program to the list.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/quit-all-10.hqx; 27K]

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Date: 10 Apr 1993 01:10:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Pythagoras - Another dissection puzzle

    Pythagoras is another dissection puzzle game with 7 pieces, 4 triangles in
    different size, 2 squares and 1 diamond. The objective of this game is to
    form a given shape using all 7 pieces without overlapping. This game is
    almost identical to 'Tangram' except the size and shape of the pieces.
    Thousands of shapes can be made by moving simple shaped pieces around.
    This puzzle game is specially great for children to practice matching
    skill. You may think this is only children's game, but you will find it
    challenging once you try it.
    Registered version has lots of features including editor, help and
    hundreds of puzzles. You can create your own puzzles with editor.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pythagoras.hqx; 262K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 10:02:48 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mark Lanett)
Subject: [*] quadra-boot-switch.hqx

This control panel can be used to switch between a Quadra's TWO
bootup sounds.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/quadra-boot-switch.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 08:16 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Quoter DA

In 11-79, Harry Hahn <[e-mail]> asks again for the "old"
freeware DA Quoter. Here it is. Written by Pete Johnson, this DA just puts
those darn ">" before each line of your text (line length 10-80
characters). It even lets you encrypt or decrypt your text with a password
of your choice, and will "postmark" your text with date and time as well if
requested.  It's free.  This is version 1.0; there may be later ones.

I'm uploading it in a traditional DA suitcase for compatibility with Sys 6
use; for System 7, just double-click on the suitcase to pull the
application out, of course.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/da/quoter.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 12:02:21 -0400
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Re: MacOberon330.ReadMe

hi,

MacOberon is a port of the Oberon language/operating system to the
Mac.  Oberon is the language developed by N. Wirth as the successor
to Modula.  i am pretty sure that you have an earlier version at sumex.

please note that i did not write any of the code.  i submitted
the latest version since the originals are at an overseas site
and i thought that putting it on a US site might reduce overseas
internet traffic.

if you have any more questions, please feel free to email me.
btw, there is now an Oberon newsgroup - comp.sys.lang.oberon i
think.

scott   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/mac-oberon-33.hqx; 767K]
[Archived as /info-mac/lang/mac-oberon-33-project.hqx; 279K]
[Archived as /info-mac/lang/mac-oberon-33-misc-docs.hqx; 111K]
[Archived as /info-mac/lang/mac-oberon-33-prog-in.hqx; 51K]
[Archived as /info-mac/lang/mac-oberon-33-readme.txt; 4K]

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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 17:53:54 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Christoph Salzman)
Subject: [*] Talk2Me_121

Enclosure: Talk-2-Me D


Talk-2-Me v.1.2.1
by Chris Salzmann )1992-1993


Voice Communication Software.


With Talk-2-Me your mac becomes an intercom allowing you to talk
by voice - in real time - to all connected macs.
But wait, That's not all! It also works as an answering machine,
recording incoming messages and even playing personalized messages
to specific callers.


Require system 7.x.


This is a Shareware. If you decide to keep it and would also like
to sleep peacefully  without nightmares about starving shareware
writers, please send $10 or an appropriate amount. Thank you.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/talk-2-me.hqx; 86K]

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Date: 10 Apr 1993 01:06:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Tangram 2400 puzzles

   Here are Tangram puzzle files with 2,400 puzzles at no extra cost to the
   registered users.
    Tangram is an ancient Oriental toy which has 7 pieces, 5 triangles in
    different size, 1 square and 1 diamond. The objective of this game is to
    form a given shape using all 7 pieces. Thousands of shapes can be made by
    moving simple shaped pieces around. Only your imagination is the limit.
    Each file contains 240 puzzles. Please register your copy of Tangram and
    find out how many shapes you can build.
    You can request the unregistered copy of Tangram application in a diskette
    by sending a diskette in a self-addressed-self-stamped diskette mailer or
    $5 to following address. The registration fee for Tangram application is
    $18.

Enjoy!

S. T. Han
445 Waupelani Dr. D-9
State College, PA 16801
U. S. A.
E-mail: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/tangram-puzzles.hqx; 242K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 17:38:39 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Tester 0.10

Tester 1.0     Multiple choice test generator.
           The questions are presented in random order from
           a given set of questions.  Take the test on the
           screen or print it out.  You can even import your
           own tests.

John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tester-10.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 17:30:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Pseudo-Barry)
Subject: [*] Text-Editor-Patch.sit.hqx

  This will patch certain text editos, such as BBEdit, to make them
support word wrapping, and a few other features.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/text-editor-patch.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 07:29:16 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Vellek)
Subject: [*] Word 5.1 Color Toolbar

Tired of the B&W toolbar with Word 5.1? Here is an apparently MS-sanctioned
"colorized" toolbar release. Instructions included.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/ms-word-color-toolbar.hqx; 121K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:27:23 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 24 & 16 bit video (C & Q)

Dear net,

Although people can only distinguish several hundred thousand shades of
colour (not entirely sure about that number), and therefore 24-bit colour
(which gives you 16 million shades) should be enough, in fact there are
occasions when it is not. Photographic images are usually fine (but not if
you have scanned them in with really poor contrast or brightness and
want to correct them (although that is more a problem of the 24 bittiness
of 32 Bit QuickDraw than of the video)).

However, graduated backgrounds can give problems. There
are only 256 shades of grey or gradations from, say, pure red through
dark red to black. You might have only 20 shades available if you want a
subtle transition from a pale grey to a slightly darker grey. Using Persuasion
I have been aware of banding on screen at times (and the optical illusion
of the boundary areas of patches of colour looking different from the
interior of the patch when it is placed next to a different colour patch
makes it look worse than "it is").

I have not been able to see a 16-bit screen, but I have been told that
photographic images look reasonable. However, with only 5 bits
available, you only get 32 shades of grey etc. I think that would be
very noticeable in graduated backgrounds. (This should only be a
problem on screen - 32 Bit QuickDraw should handle it when you
output to suitable film recorders, printers etc.)

Finally a question: has anyone got speed comparisons for the
following, preferably in 24 bit mode where applicable as well as 8 bit
mode, and preferably using a IIci or a IIsi and one of the older Quadras as
the
basis for comparison:
-  Apple 8.24 card
-  screen RAM of IIci and IIsi models
-  VRAM
-  accelerated 24 bit cards

Adv
Thanks
ance

[e-mail]1
[e-mail]
<C=es;A=mensatex;P=y-net;O=sp1;S=Kenyon;G=Bob>

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 10:32 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 4th Dimension problems

Hallo,

[e-mail] summarised a problem with
4th dimension v 3.0 should (?) be copy protected.

Why dont you ask the 4D list ?

4th dimension has a list at: [e-mail]
Just mail your question to that address, and you
will get answer, including people from acius.

All you have to do FIRST is subscribe to their list
by sending the word SUBSCRIBE to: [e-mail]

After that your post goes to [e-mail].

I hope it helps you !

Nico Rozendaal ([e-mail] )

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:39:04 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Geoff Bronner)
Subject: 4th Dimension v3.0 COPY PROTECTED!

In comp.sys.mac.digest [e-mail] writes:

>Am I the only person surprised, and VERY disappointed, to find that version
>3.0.2 of 4th Dimension is copy protected?

[Copy protection details deleted.]

>I don't dare to optimize my hard disk, for fear that the ORIGINAL program
>disk may not last forever.  Is anybody else concerned about this??


I won't begrudge ACI the right to copy protect their product but I will
say that this method is FAR too sensitive. The ability to optimize your
disk should be built into the protection scheme.

It is especially irritating on our 4D Server because in addition to the
software protection the product comes with a hardware dongle that hangs
off the ADB port.

I mean, enough is enough!

-Geoff

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 10:25:17 EDT
From: Rob Smyser <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Ethertalk Macs and Localtalk printer

This may be a moronic question but I must ask it.

If I convert my current Phonenet bus network to Ethertalk by running
coax to new ethernet cards, what do I do with the Laserwriters?

I want the speed of Ethernet for filesharing but obviously I still
need to print.  I assume I have to use the Networks Control Panel to
switch each Mac to Ethertalk instead of Localtalk -- wouldn't that
shut off access to the printers?

If anyone can clue me in to how that works, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
 ----------
    Rob Smyser      Manager, Computer Resource Laboratories
            MIT School of Architecture and Planning
    [e-mail]  [phone]

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Date: 23 Apr 1993 09:50:59 +1200
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: A comment about Info-Mac (again)

Sorry to harp, but since this thread started I've had one further thought.
(The
thread, you remember, started with someone asking why he got no reply to his
posted question.)

Reading through recent questions and analysing my own reactions to them, it
occurs to me that another reason that I, for one, don't respond to certain
questions is that the questioner has not supplied enough info: in order to
reply one would have to guess too wildly at what the precise situation is. On
the other hand, long discursive questions tend to get skipped too. So perhaps
what I'm suggesting is just careful honing.

In short, my personal guess is: A question that has been considered and
edited before sending is more likely to provide a reader with the tools for
helpful response, than one which is dashed off.
 --------
matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 09:45:14 EDT
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Address of Authors of Expressionist. (R)

On Tue, 20 Apr 93 Peter Hardman <[e-mail]> asked:
> Does anyone have current information regarding the authors of
> Expressionist. This program lets's you build up complex eqations and
> formulea and then save them as PICT files.


The publisher is now

Prescience Corporation
939 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA   94103
[phone]
AppLink: D0588
Internet:  [e-mail]

Many changes since it was just Alan Bonadio Associates.  The current version,
3.0.x is pretty impressive.  It can be setup to link directly with the
equations
inside a word processor, creates PICT(with PS embedded), MS Word, EPS, eqn,
Theorist, AmSTEX, LaTEX and TEX output, and prints beautifully on PostScript
printers. It now has a pallette that is user-customizeable and is '3d' if you
have a color or grey-scale display.  They also make Theorist, another very
cool
product.


Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:12:21 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: A Free Registration Number for X-FerIt (!)

Jon Pugh writes in regard to X-FerIt registration:
>...
>registration number or their money back.  In this vein, Steve has agreed to
>giving out a universal site licence to everyone so that the registration
>dialog can be disabled.  The name is "anonymous" and the number is
>550035173-2.  Have at it folks!

Close. The name appears to be case-sensitive and should in fact be
"Anonymous".

Cheers
Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:50:15 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Randy Bradley)
Subject: Al Bloom's Ethernetlet

>One more note: If you are using PhoneNet, and plan on using existing wiring
>for
>10BaseT, think again. I believe 10BaseT requires data-grade unshielded
>twisted-pair wiring, while PhoneNet is happy with voice-grade. Check what you
>have installed. Also, 10BaseT requires 4 wires, as opposed to PhoneNet's 2.

   Well, I would say 'should' rather than 'requires' data-grade.  All the
new offices here (last 10 years) have 4 pair wire, and I mostly use the
recommended 2 pair for 10BaseT.  However, I often use both sets to place
workstations side-by-side with no problems, (SNMP shows no lost packets or
collisions.)  Also, I have a few 10BaseT nodes installed using very old
voice grade wire with runs as long as perhaps 100 feet.  (this stuff is
heavy, perhaps 18 or 20 guage!)
   As for the cost, well, If you are going to try to run thin net inside
your walls, you have a job ahead of you.  If you have a drop ceiling and
don't mind having cables hanging down, then this is not so much a factor.
   Good Luck Al and let us know how you come out.
PS: No, I do not run any network in my home.  I still have original
imagewriter connect to printer port of my Plus, upgraded from 512KE,
upgraded from FatMac;-)


*****     oops (The object of my afflictions)     *****
Randy Bradley; [phone]; email: [e-mail]
US Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center, Ne.  68938

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:44:37 -0755
From: [e-mail] (David Valentine)
Subject: Apple's Doohickies

>The one is called AppleShareSetup; a control panel that allows you to
eliminate
>the alerts or just disappear after a while.
>After installing it in the system folder/controls panel...restart, etc.  When
>I try to open it, I get an error:  "Cannot be used with this macintosh".

In the readme I got with the appleshare setup, it says that they require
the appleshare extension from system 7.1. You can use appleshare 7.1
extension on machines running other systems.

dave valentine
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:12:01 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple 40 Meg HD (A)

You ask:
>I have an Apple 40Meg Quantum drive that came out of my IIsi.  I bought
>a external case for the drive and now I can't seem to be having problems
>with the scsi connection.  The external case has a push button scsi
>selector switch but there is no obvious way to connect it to the HD.
>There are 2 rows of pins on the hard drive that weren't used when it was
>in the si, that I assume is for some type of scsi id selection.  However,
>the case only has a cable with a single row of 5 pins.  My question is,
>how do I connect this scsi id selection cable or modify the hard drive
>itself (ie, pull some jumpers) to set the HD to some other scsi id.
>Any help would be greatly apperciated.  Thanks.

Dave:
Quantum drives use three jumpers (arranged as two rows of three pins) to
set the SCSI ID. With no jumpers installed, the SCSI ID is 0. Internal
drives always have ID 0 by convention, so if you've just installed another
internal drive this could be the source of your SCSI problems. The 5-pin
connector on the switch cable sounds pretty weird to me; you may be out of
luck on that.

Run down to your fiendly (oops, friendly) Apple dealer and ask for two SCSI
jumpers (no, you'll never need three since SCSI ID 7 is reserved for the
CPU). They're about the size of a matchhead and so commonplace they should
be free.

E-mail me if you need any more help.

Cheers
Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 16:59:23 MDT
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: Apple 40 Meg HD (A)

> I have an Apple 40Meg Quantum drive that came out of my IIsi.  I bought
> a external case for the drive and now I can't seem to be having problems
> with the scsi connection.  The external case has a push button scsi
> selector switch but there is no obvious way to connect it to the HD.
> There are 2 rows of pins on the hard drive that weren't used when it was
> in the si, that I assume is for some type of scsi id selection.  However,
> the case only has a cable with a single row of 5 pins.  My question is,
> how do I connect this scsi id selection cable or modify the hard drive
> itself (ie, pull some jumpers) to set the HD to some other scsi id.
> Any help would be greatly apperciated.  Thanks.

Are the pins in two rows of three? The SCSI ID is set by installing jumpers
between adjacent pins in the two rows. If you count the presence of the
jumper as a binary 1 and the absence as a binary 0, the SCSI ID is the
decimal equivalent of the binary number you get by writing down the three
bits. Huh? That sentence even confused me. Here's a table from a Microtech
internal drive installation manual:

Jumpers                        Now you're looking at your drive, scratching
SCSI ID  5-6  3-4  1-2         your head, and saying, "Are my pins numbered
   0     out  out  out
   1     out  out  in          5  3  1     or     1  3  5
   2     out  in   out         6  4  2            2  4  6  ?"
   3     out  in   in
   4     in   out  out         Well, just run SCSI Probe and find a mirror
   5     in   out  in          image pair from the table, neither number of
   6     in   in   out         which appears in your system. 1 and 4 are
   7     in   in   in          mirror images, as are 3 and 6. Or you could
                   just put a jumper in the middle and it will
be a 2 no matter which way the pins read! Same thing for 5.

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 09:31:18 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Russ Arcuri)
Subject: Apple 40 meg scsi id select

Hello,

[e-mail] writes:

>There are 2 rows of pins on the hard drive that weren't used when it was
>in the si, that I assume is for some type of scsi id selection.  However,
>the case only has a cable with a single row of 5 pins.  My question is,
>how do I connect this scsi id selection cable or modify the hard drive
>itself (ie, pull some jumpers) to set the HD to some other scsi id.
>Any help would be greatly apperciated.  Thanks.

You probably will not be able to have automatic scsi id selection by
switch, but you can set the id to something other than zero.  Usually, the
first three jumper pairs (from left to right) are the jumpers that set scsi
id.  Here's what I suggest:

Put a jumper on the third pair.  That SHOULD set the scsi id to 4.  There
is one disadvantage to setting SCSI ID this way.  You will not be able to
change it without opening up the case to change jumpers, but it may be your
only option.

I have used this method successfully on several occasions.  Here is a chart
for scsi id settings based on jumper pairs (for most scsi drives):

SCSI ID 0: no jumpers installed
SCSI ID 1: jumper on the first pair
SCSI ID 2: jumper on the second pair
SCSI ID 3: jumpers on the first and second pairs
SCSI ID 4: jumper on the third pair
SCSI ID 5: jumpers on the first and third pairs
SCSI ID 6: jumpers on the second and third pairs
SCSI ID 7: jumpers on all three pairs

WARNING: If the scsi drive is to be hooked up to a Macintosh, DO NOT set
its SCSI ID to 7.  The Macintosh CPU itself grabs that SCSI ID.

Good luck,
Russ Arcuri
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:22:06 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleCare(less) [C]

Jeff Fritz writes:

>I have to agree that Apple can't be responsible for every third party
>device that we put in their computers.  But SIMs are standard items
>and fail rarely enough that Apple should cover them IMHO.  It just seems
>that we are paying a premium price and getting cut rate service.

I have to take issue with this.  Although I whole-heartedly agree that the PB
cracked screen problem is a MAJOR mistake on Apple's part (pun intended), I
completely DISAGREE when it comes to 3rd party products.  Imagine, if you
will,
 an unscrupulous Apple dealer who sells many bad 3rd party SIMMs to his
customers with Applecare knowing that, when the customer comes back with a bad
SIMM, Apple will pick up the bill for a new one.  I don't see why Apple should
pay for bad SIMMs when they had no control over the quality and source of
these products.  If I buy a Sears cruise control for my Accord and it breaks I
wouldn't expect Honda to cover it under its warranty.  If the motor dies, I
would expect Honda to cover it.  IMHO, SIMMs are cruise controls (add ons),
monitor cases are motors.

However, I am open to other opinions...

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

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:28:59 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Battery rechargers/reconditioners for Powerbooks (C)

Pete Tamas asks:

>Battery Charger/Conditioner for Powerbook 140 or 170. It alleges to
>prolong the life of the battery by discharging the battery before
>recharging it. How much of a factor is this? Also, can I conclude that
>this is not an issue for other PowerBooks?

It is a factor for all Powerbooks which use Nickel Cadmium batteries
except the 100 (which uses Lead) and maybe the Duos (which use
Nickel Hydride which I don't know about).

I am so fed up with Nickel Cadmium batteries that I have decided not
to buy any more products that use them. A deep discharging charger
might solve the problem, but it is so much more convenient to recharge
the battery by plugging it into the wall while using the Powerbook.
(I get occasional use of a Powerbook 100).

[e-mail]1
[e-mail]
<C=es;A=mensatex;P=y-net;O=sp1;S=Kenyon;G=Bob>

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 08:08 PST
From: Charles G Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Binhex! (C)


     Hello friends,

     I would like to take the time to apologize for my last posting.  I had
     no idea that the file I included would show up in the digest!  I know
     there are some of you who pay for this; I didn't mean to waste your
     money.  In order to avoid what happened yesterday (wasted bandwidth,)
     I will keep this message short.

     Again, sorry!

     Chuck

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 08:06 EST
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Boomerang & System 7

Boomerang has been upgraded to Superboomerang and is now part of the Now
Utilities package (commercial).  Superboomerang works fine with system 7.1,
but I don't think the shareware version works with versions above 6.0.x.

Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:55:57 -0800
From: Jerry Wilcox <[e-mail]>
Subject: Boomerang and System 7 (A)

Greg Wertz writes:
>I tried using Boomerang 2.02 on a MAC LCII running System 7.1.  When I boot,
>the Boomerang icon is displayed with an X over it.  Is Boomerang incompatible
>with System 7?

All of the shareware versions of Boomerang are incompatible with System 7
to my knowledge. Boomerang is now Super Boomerang and is part of the NOW
Utilities. The current version is 4.0.1p (as far as I know).

FWIW, I consider SuperBoomer one of the absolutely indispensable parts of
my system. I use severa of the other NOW Utilities, but would buy the
package just for SuperBoomer.

Jerry
-----
Jerry Wilcox - [e-mail]   All opinions are mine alone
Support shared development with TopSoft, write [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:04:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stan Kerr)
Subject: Buffer problem with QuicKeys 2.1.2a

I'm having some sort of buffer space problem with QuicKeys 2.1.2a on
my IIcx (system 7.0.1 with Tuner 1.1.1). I added a few key definitions
to one of my applications this morning, and soon after that, when I
brought up another application, QuicKeys posted an alert saying there
was not enough space to load key definitions for the new application.
I went to the QuicKeys control panel and configured it for 128K of
buffer space, then restarted the machine, but it did not affect the problem.
The only solution that worked was to remove some key definitions from one
of my active applications.  My machine does not lack for memory (20M); is
this one of those things that requires a heap-space twiddler?
--

Stan Kerr
Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana
Phone: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:59:24 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan, LILoL)
Subject: Conflict Catcher 1.39b Demo is OK

I have tried out the corrected version on a Mac si 5/40 running under
system F-6.0.7 and loads of INITs. It works *perfectly* well. I shall
recommend purchasing it.

--
Michel Eytan, Lab Info, Log & Lang              [e-mail]
Dpt Info, U Strasbourg II                       V: [phone]
22 rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg FR           F: [phone]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:02:30 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Larry Pickett)
Subject: DAYSTAR, TOKENRING, ASANTI, mac si (Q)

One of our faculty has a mac si with apple's nubus adapter and tokenring
card, thus far all is well.  He became impatient with the si's speed (likes
to do graphics) and purchased a DayStar Power Cache 50mz - sounds
reasonable.  Now those of you who are ahead of me already see the conflict
- the Power Cache wants to use the PDS slot the nubus adapter is stuck in.
A possible solution seems to be to remove the apple TR stuff install
DayStar and plug Asanti's (spelling?) PDS TokenRing card into the PDS on
the Daystar adapter - neither company has tried that particular combination
out.  Asanti seems to think the space might not be adequate and DayStar
thinks they will coexist just fine, but hasn't actually done it.
Has anyone tried this?  Will the Asanti card fit and is the connector
oriented correctly to allow the connection to the network?  Should we
return the DayStar and try something else to accelerate (no we can't buy a
new box right now) the si?

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 12:50:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: JANE WILLIAMS <"LUCY::JANEW"@JOE.ALB.EDU>
Subject: disinfectant and digest use

Hi, Y'all.
I'm a new person on the block -- please be patient, because the following
will probably seem pretty elementary to you.  How can I get a recent copy
of Disinfectant to download onto my Mac?  I don't know where to look.

Also, is there a way to delete portions of the digest so I don't have to
print out the whole thing everyday?

Finally, what are other good Mac networks to be on?

Finally, finally, (for my husband who is a fund-raising/development person)
does anyone know of a network for development/fund-raising?  He has
completed work with a database for fundraising which makes IBM-stuff look
pale by comparison, and would like to share ideas and info with other
development folk.

Thanks so much.
                    Jane Williams
                    lucy::[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 08:54 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DTP list

Subscribe to the Desktop Publishing list by mailing to:
    [e-mail]
    [leave the subject line blank]
In the body type:
    SUBSCRIBE DTP-L YourRealName

Jay
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 23:47:02 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ed discounted LCIII/Performa/or mail order?

I have a friend in college who is looking to get a Mac.  I reccommended her
an LCIII as price is a big consideration.  The educational discounts offerred
at her school don't sound that great though, and I was just wondering if she
should consider an equivilent Performa (is there an LCIII Performa?) and
what the disadvantages of that would be, or if she should gamble with
mail order.  Any and all comments welcome.  I will summarize if there is
interest.

        Aric Friesen

Thanks in advance...

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 01:11:50 PDT
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Frequently Asked Questions? (A)

The source I go to for FAQ files is:

rascal.ics.utexas.edu

ls mac/faq/*

mac/faq/Distant_Suns_pr
mac/faq/FAQ.Repair-it-yourself
mac/faq/Mac_models_Quick-ix
mac/faq/aux.FAQ
mac/faq/communications.FAQ
mac/faq/general.FAQ_1.17
mac/faq/general.FAQ_2.1.1
mac/faq/misc.FAQ_2.1.1
mac/faq/programmer.FAQ
mac/faq/system.FAQ_2.1.1

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 22:11 CST
From: "Robert E. Front" <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to install an Fkey (R)

On 20 Apr, Hans Kroeger asks:

    > How can I install ResetWindow FKEY on my PB180 ? I never used
    Resedit

Try downloading from sumex:

/fkey/fkey-manager-30.hqx

r o b e r t

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:05:18 +0000
From: Frank Tito <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)

Clinton Collins <[e-mail]> wrote:

>We have about 1500 megabytes of data that needs to be sent to a location
>that is about 350 miles away from us. We would like to send it
>electronically instead of delivering it in person.  This must be done
>once per quarter (4 times per year).  What is the cheapest way? What
>is the fastest way? What is the best way? Best in this case would be
>defined as a very reliable way (ie little need to resend because of
>an error) with a resonable compromise between speed and cost.
>I ask for fastest and cheapest because I am interested in knowing the
>extreme points.  I am assuming that the faster we are able to send it,
>the more expensive the connection.  It is also likely this data set
>could double to 3 gigs within two years.


Thomas Scott <[e-mail]> replied:

>If you have an internet connection at both ends, you could use FTP to
transfer
>the files.  Check out info-mac/comm/ftpd-11.hqx.  It allows you to set up an

>FTP server and info-mac/comm/fetch-21.hqx is a great FTP client.  File
Transfer
>Protocol (FTP) is an extremely efficient way of transferring files over long

>distances.  Check it out!   :-)


IMHO, I don't think the net should be used for transfers of this magnitude.
Besides, at 57 kbs, it would take about three days straight.  This calculation
assumes the process is completely automated and does not time out.
If this problem were assigned to me, I'd have DAT tape drives installed at
each location and FedEx the tape.  DAT tapes are small, cheap, and hold an
impressive quantity of information.  DAT drives are prefect for backups, too.

This is really impressive technology.  2 gigs on a $12 tape.  You just gotta
say,
"Wow."


Frank D Tito
US Coast Guard Academy
New London CT USA

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:06:55 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: HP Backgrounder problems

Dear PB owners,
    Has anyone seen this problem?

>        I'm experiencing the same problem with background printing (Sys 7.1,
>Deskwriter driver 3.1, PowerBook 170). When I print from, say, MS Word, I see
>the message "Spooling to disk," but sometimes nothing prints. Checking my
>memory map thanks to Now Menus, I see that HP Backgrounder has not loaded.
>Restarting fixes this. It seems to me that HP Backgrounder is quitting
>unexpectedly, and that its status as "Multifinder NOT aware" allows it to do
>this without my being informed by a message such as "HP Backgrounder quit
>unexpectedly." Have you ever seen this problem before.
>        There may or may not be a related problem. I have experienced
problems
>in putting my computer to sleep. Choosing "sleep" from the Finder menu
>sometimes does nothing. Today on a whim I checked the memory map, and I
>discovered that HP backgrounder was not loaded. Restarted reloaded HP
>backgrounder, and I was able to put my machine to sleep as usual. Just a mere
>coincidence or is the HP backgrounder crash preventing my machine from going
>to sleep?

    Thanks,
    Marc Bizer

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 9:47 BST
From: Richard Lim <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIci memory capacity (C)

When I said Apple was conservative in its recommendations of SIMMs, I
wasn't referring only to the documentation that accompanied the release
of machines like the IIci.  The following caveat comes from a technical
note dated Oct '92 which someone kindly forwarded me recently:

"Caveat:  The upper physical RAM totals expressed here assume the use and
compatibility of 4, 16, and in some instances, 2 MB SIMMs. Since Apple has
not yet thoroughly tested SIMMs larger than 1 MB, and in some instances 2 MB
with our Macintosh line, these upper limits should be considered theoretical.
At this point Apple cannot claim that these SIMM sizes will work, nor can we
guarantee any information in this Tech Note that pertains to the use of 4 and
16 MB SIMMs (read: use them at your own risk)."

Incidentally, this tech note does say that IIci's can use 128 Mb of RAM.
The note refuses to say that Quadra 700s can use 16 Mb SIMMs as they hadn't
been tested by Apple, so the nominal maximum for the 700 is 20 Mb.

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 11:44:17 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Frank Haist)
Subject: IIsi sound problems

Hello Mac-info netters,
   I'm new to this net group and have been very impressed
by the quality of responses to questions.  First, let me
apologize if this is a FAQ (if it is please let me know
which FAQ at sumex would contain the answer).  In an answer
to a question about LED power light flicker on IIsi's (sorry
I forgot who answered the question) the comment was made that
this results from the same problem as the sound cutting-out.
So I'm not the only one experiencing sound probs on the IIsi!!
Is there a simple correction for the problem short of taking
this for Apple Tech service.  Thanks in advance.

---Frank Haist
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 14:38:51 CST
From: "Wade Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #83

>Some subscribers to the network are feeling left out because their requests
>for information are not answered.  Some Info-Mac'ers have put in more than
>their fair share of time answering requests.  Many of us learn from their
>responses to other's request.
>    Allow me to toss out some suggested guidelines for discussion and
debate.
>   1.  Expert netters such as Alen Bloom and Wade Williams, just to name two
>of many, should not bother to answer routine questions.

As I've been out of town for a few days, I thought I'd add some suggestions
to the discussion.

First, my thanks to Jim Gundlach for that compliment.  I've spent many
years learning as much about the Mac as I could, and I'm glad that I'm able
to use that knowledge to help others.  However, the one thing I've learned
is that the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. :)

I used to try to answer every question in Info-Mac for which I had an
answer.  That was when I was a student and had some time.  I can no longer
do that.

My reasons for not answering more questions:

1)  I've changed jobs and no longer have a Mac at work.  I have to use
popmail on the PC which makes life much more miserable than Eudora.

2)  My main job is now network support and no longer Macintosh support.
Thus it's hard for me to justify spending a long time answering Mac
questions.

3)  My workload has increased dramatically, and as a result, I'm often
behind in reading Info-Mac.  By the time I read questions, I assume several
answers have probably been received.

My suggestions:

1)  Exhaust every local source you have before asking the net.  This
includes documentation, user groups and local gurus.

2)  Read everything you can get your hands on, even if you don't understand
it.  If you don't understand it now, you will later.  Suggested reading
includes Info-Mac, MacUser, MacWEEK and MacWorld.

3)  Before asking a question, think about how it sounds.  Here's some
examples - see if you're guilty of any of these:

"My PageMaker is crashing.  Why?"

"I want to take a WordPerfect file from the Mac, ftp it to PROFS on the
mainframe, then send it to a PC and read it in Quatro Pro.  Is there a
simple way to do this?"

"I'm looking for a program that has all the features of QuarkXPress, but is
freeware or shareware.  Does anyone know of an ftp site?"

I'm exaggerating, but not by much.  If you've been reading Info-Mac for
long, you've seen such questions.

Here are some more tips to remember:

1)  Can your question be answered in a paragraph or less?  If not, consider
rewriting your question.

2)  Are you asking the computer to do something that's unreasonable?  If
so, don't spend your time asking others for miracle solutions.  You may
have to abandon the idea or just figure it out for yourself.

3)  Don't use the quick answers supplied by the net as an excuse not to
learn for yourself.

4)  Most important, don't get discouraged.  It will come.  When you look
back in a year, you'll be amazed at what you've learned.  And if you're
like me, you'll be more amazed at how much more there is to learn.

If there's one thing I find, it's that those who have the most problems and
find computers the most perplexing are those who:

1)  Make no attempt to read documentation, often on the assumption that it
will be too difficult to understand.  If you've read your manual twice and
still don't understand, go to the library or bookstore and see if they have
any "__________  made easy" type books.

2)  Feel they're too busy to learn about computers and just want to "use"
them.  While that's the ultimate goal, we're not there yet.  ANY user
should know to create, open, delete and copy files, along with other basic
OS tasks.

And the most important point:  LEARN CONCEPTS, NOT STEPS.

The users that I have to constantly answer the same questions for are those
who "just want to know step-by-step how to do it."  They get out their
notepads and write down the steps.  That's fine if nothing changes, but
that's usually the case for only about a day.  If you know the command to
copy a file, but don't understand the concept of a file, disk, directory,
folder, etc, you'll never understand an error message and never be able to
fix your own problems.  If you understand the concepts, you'll likely
figure out the problem for yourself and learn something in the process.

I can't stress the above strongly enough.  Learn the concepts of a
computer's operation, and you'll have much less trouble solving problems.

Now, all the above is not to say that I don't enjoy helping users.  I do.
In fact, I love helping users who are trying hard, but just having
difficulty with something they haven't dealt with before.  However, I, like
all other support personnel, am often frustrated by users expect to have
everything done for them and make no attempt to learn for themselves.

I invite anyone to Email me your comments, or if appropriate for the entire
list, post comments to Info-Mac.

Wade Williams
Network Support Specialist, Auburn University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 19:16 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #85

Re: Thomas Scott's suggestion about ftping 1500 megs.
How can you suggest that?  It would take hours and bog down the already
overloaded Internet.  That is the kind of effect that would entice those in
charge to
start limiting access to the internet.  Take advantage of all the Internet has
to offer, but don't abuse it.

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 20:06:20 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: keyboard wrist pad useful? (Q)

Do people recommend wrist pads?  If so, which brand?  Is there any diff. b/t
wrist pad and a book with the right thickness?

Charles C. Hsieh

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 10:13 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Latest Version of TattleTale ? (A)

In 11-85, HANS KROEGER <[e-mail]> asks where to find version
1.5.4 of Tattletale.

Might as well get version 1.6.1, available from mac.archive.umich.edu filed
as:

mac/util/developer/tattletale1.61.cpt.hqx

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:59:05 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ed Siegfried)
Subject: LC III and System Software

Brian Hughes writes:

  Don't jump to conclusions. As far as I know the only Macs that don't
  come with system disks are the Performas. All other Macs come with
  system disks, or possibly a system CD if you have a CD-ROM drive.

Beginning this April, the Educational price list includes a system disk
and manual set for $75.00  The LCIII comes with system 7.1 pre-installed.

We were told that schools didn't use all those disks and the price of
the LCIII could be a little lower that way. So the thing you are
supposed to do, I guess, is buy your dozen LCIIIs and one disk/manual set.

Me, I always found _some_ way to use the 70 or 80 extra disks that
came with a set of Macs.

Ed Siegfried
Milton Academy, Massachusetts
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:26:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Lakin <[e-mail]>
Subject: LC III and System Software

I went back and reviewed our Educational Price List and on a later page
Apple offers the Manual and system disks for the LC III for $75.  This
probably might save some districts some money on a large order but I think
it is a bad precedent.
                Rick Lakin  [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:30:52 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Daniel C. Clark)
Subject: Liken for UNIX

Someone recently posted information about the Liken Mac emulator for UNIX
boxes, so I thought I'd share some information about it.  We have someone
here (not a Mac person; thinks Windows is "just like a Mac") who was buying
some new workstations (HP 700 series) with the intention of running SoftPC
and Liken on them so that would satisfy all your computing needs.

Not.

I recently got a demo of Liken, and while we didn't actually install it,
got enough information from the docs to know that it wouldn't quite fit the
bill.  It runs as a Classic (B&W only) running 6.0.7 in finder mode only,
and it even runs some Mac applications!  That last part is a bit sarcastic,
I know, but we decided it just wasn't up to what it would be used for.  The
people who are to receive these workstations use a Mac as their main
machine and would be taking a serious cut in performance and capability.  I
suppose that this program would be useful for workstation users that need
occasional access to some Mac software, much the same way that I use SoftPC
for.

I hope this helps.  As I say we didn't even install the software.  If
anyone is interested I can mail you the Postscript manual that I got with
the demo (the demo's timed out), about 580K.  I guess if there's enough
response I could upload it here.



Dan Clark - [e-mail]
Naval Research Lab, Wash DC

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

Date: 22 Apr 1993 09:46:22 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LocalTalk and Ethernet simultaneously (A)

>I seem to be missing something. How does one use a local printer attached to
>the printer port (a LaserWriter IIg and IIsi) while still having Ethernet
>available for file sharing etc? Right now it seems that you have to...

Farallon has PowerPath software that runs in the background and allows you
to remain on ethernet and print to your LaserWriter (any ver).  Also, other
people on the ethernet will be able to print to it!  PowerPath does have a
limit of one printer.  A larger version of the same product called LocalPath
will allow up to eight LocalTalk devices (printers).  PowerPath is around
$75. and LocalPath is around $150.

[e-mail]

PS:  Not my company nor myself claim responsibility for my opinion!

From: SCHMIDT RODNEY A                 IVM1      1         TC86120
Subject: [e-mail]
To: INTERNET ADDRESS                   BITN

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

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 11:58:09 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MacInTax, TaxCut, & ChipSoft

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I just heard through a reliable source that ChipSoft has bought out
> the company that makes TAXCUT.
>
> So maybe with this merge, we can have a better TAX software next year.

It's true, but frankly, I wouldn't bet on better software next year.
ChipSoft bought SoftView (original creators of MacInTax) and it's
gone downhill since then.

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 10:22:07 EDT
From: Adam Schenker (GE) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac LC -> LC III upgrade (Q)

I'm getting this (whenever CompUSA gets their act together :).

I read a message saying that 'everything' except the floppy and hard
drives were new. The question I would like to know is: Does it come
with System 7.1??? Manuals?

Thanks. :)

Adam Schenker                  Department of Computer Science & Engineering
[e-mail]     University of South Florida
                   College of Engineering

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 21:09 EST
From: WALLACE FELDMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Marine Navigation Software?

Date sent:  22-APR-1993 21:02:15

Is there any marine navigation software for the Mac? What I'd like
would bne a package that:

a) Does celestial sight reduction and contains a multi-year
   nautical almanac

b) Does the basic Bowditch calculations(current vector solutions,
    distance off from object of known height given subtended angle,
    etc etc etc).

I know such packages exist for the PeeCee. I posted this plea last
year to no avail. Have things improved since?

Would gladly deal with either commercial or shareware packages.

Please e-mail direct. I'll summarize to the net if there's any
interest.

Thanks

Wally


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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:23:16 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MCVERT (C)

in info-mac 84 Michael Wheeler wrote:

>Any C guru's out there that would be willing to update mcvert so that
>it will be portable to VMS? It doesn't build properly for VAX/VMS.
>There used to be a VMS or was it VAX directory on info-mac years ago
>but it got killed somewhere down the road. Don't ask me why because I
>have no idea.

[description of what he changed to the mcvert sources to get at least a
partial
build deleted]

I strongly want to second this. Not all of us have macs and unix-boxes. Some
of
us have macs and vaxen. Most general unix tools have vms ports, such as
compress, tar, perl, things like that. However, having a vms version of mcvert
would help me a LOT. I realize that the potential audience for a vms version
of
mcvert would be a lot smaller than e.g. a vms port of tar, or compress, but
still, if anybody could spend some time on this, I would appreciate it very
much. Heck, even commenting the source code at all the unix-specific parts
would help :-)

Henk Verhaar - [e-mail]
Research Institute of Toxicology - Utrecht University, the Netherlands

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:28:37 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Henry Rzepa) (Henry Rzepa)
Subject: mosaic

Does anyone know of a Macintosh version of Xmosaic, a
hypertext browser of bulletin boards and other goodies?

Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY;
[e-mail] via Eudora 1.3.1, Tel:[phone], Fax:[phone].


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

Date: 22 Apr 1993 11:26:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David C. Garrett" <[e-mail]>
Subject: network security?

I'm setting up a tiny-area network of eleven Macs.  One big internal
hard disk will be available to the rest via System 7 file sharing - a
client/server relationship without a dedicated server.

I've looked at System 7 file sharing and its security features are too
complicated for my purposes.  I want something more transparent.  I'd
like to use System 7 file sharing to automatically connect and log on
all the workstations at startup.  When a student creates a new folder
on the shared disk, s/he should be presented with a dialog box: "Hi,
you've just created a folder, so you're the owner.  Do you want to
password-protect it?"

I want to make this setup as painless as possible.  No usernames.  No
need for students to know how to connect and log on.  Any student, at
any machine, should be able to access any folder at any time, if s/he
knows the password.

Is there a software package that will do this?  I've heard of
FolderBolt, but I don't know how it works, and I don't know if it will
work over the network.  I do think it might interfere with backups:
you can't back up something if you're not allowed to read or copy it.
But all I really want is that unauthorized people aren't allowed to
delete or change stuff.  I don't care if they copy it.

So what do you think?

As usual, I'm months behind in reading the digest, so please send
replies directly to me and I'll summarize for the net if there's
interest.

Thanks in advance,
Dave [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 08:54:11 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jennifer Spielberger)
Subject: NFS client for Mac

Uri Guttman wrote:

>Also I am looking for info on mactcp or something like it which will
>allow the mac to NFS mount my sun's disks.

There are two products I know of.  One is called "NFS/Share" put out by
InterCon.  Call 800-intrcon, or e-mail [e-mail].  Also, Wollongong
puts out a bundle of TCP/IP applications for the Mac, and they also have an
NFS client.  Call 800-872-8649.

Hope this helps!

Jennifer Spielberger
Wheaton College
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 01:17:21 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: one hand typist keyboard template/cdev ?

Is there a keyboard template or cdev that can let you type easily with
just left hand?  Onehand cdev in info-mac does it, but it requires numerical
keypad, and I wish to make use of my familiarity with QWERTY keyboard.

Charles C. Hsieh

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 20:07:51 -0500
From: Colglazier <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pagemaker file combining...

Re: Pagemaker file combining

I'm using Pagemaker 4.0 on a Mac IIcx.  I created two pages, with
each page being in its own separate file.  I am now trying to
combine the two files so that I have both pages in one file.
I've created a new, blank page in one of the files to make room
for a cut-and-paste of the other file, but here are the problems
I'm encountering.

1)  Pagemaker will only allow me to open one file at a time,
    therefore I can't do a simple copy-and-paste because when a
    file is closed Pagemaker converts anything on the clipboard
    into importable text, rather than "Pagemaker-created text".
    Therefore, formatting is messed up.

2)  Pagemaker will not allow the "Place" command on one of its
    own files, nor can I save a Pagemaker file in anything but
    Pagemaker format.

3)  The export command is not available for text export (is
    grayed out all the time).

Direct e-mail replies would be greatly appreciated.  I'll forward any answers
I receive on to any interested parties who give me their e-mail address.
Thanks in advance.

Joshua


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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:38 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pascal to C converter (A)

Dear Netters:
If anyone is looking for a Pascal-C converter, there is non-module way to do
this.  Symmantic's Think-C stand alone
 will work with both Pascal & C.  It would be best
to contact Symmantic to ask how this is done.  I haven't needed Pascal yet on
my Mac, so I can't say how this is done with any certainty.
Hope this helps anyone searching for Pascal-C converter.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:17:45 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PD Fortran compilers?

I think this has already been asked, but I could not trace old answers
back, so there it goes:   is there a publicly available Fortran compiler
for the Mac - or a cheap one at least?
Please forward your reply DIRECTLY to me as well, thanks.

Marco Simionato

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 14:48:43 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: Performa 450 (C)

Omy Ronquillo writes:

>I was in San Diego, CA this weekend and SILO (an electronics and appliance
>store) was selling their Performa 450 with the following configuration:

    The information below should surprise no one, since the Performa 450
is really just an LCIII 4/120 with some software packages thrown in, but
there are a couple of things here that aren't exactly correct, probably
due to typs or the like.

>       68030 at 25 MHz
>       4 MEGS memory
>       120 MEGS disk
>       .5k VRAM

    This is incorrect. It should read .5MB VRAM or 512k VRAM. And not
.5k, since that would only be 500 bytes. ;->

>       13" color monitor with .29 dot pitch

    This is the Performa Plus Display. From what I have heard, it is
decent but it is also below the standards set by the Trinitron tube in
the Apple 14" Color Display which has a .25 dot pitch, I believe.

>       Global Village Modem Bronze (external)

    Good modem, great software. Note: this is a send fax only modem.

>       software included are:
>               Claris Works
>               Scrabble and Spectre games
>               American Heritage Dictionary
>               Check Free
>               MAC Check (a diagnostic program)
>               On-Line America
>               ClipOut DA

    This is some ok software, with Claris Works clearly topping the list
as the best of the bundle. Also, I think that should be America On-Line.
    Does anyone know if Apple has started bundling the System Software
with the Performa's yet? Or are they still telling Performa buyers to
use Apple Backup to make a copy of their system in case something goes
wrong?

>This ready to go MAC was on sale for $1699. My cousin bought it and
>loves it very much.

    He should, the LCIII is really an amazing computer. For the money, I
really don't think you can beat the LCIII for price/performance.

-Hades

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 12:51:24 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: Performa Plus vs. Color Display

Here are the results (summarized by me) on my question of the difference
between the Apple Performa Plus Display, and the Apple Color Display (a.k.a.
14" RGB Monitor):

The two monitors have the same resolution. The Color Display is a Trinitron
tube, the Performa is a Magnavox tube.

People who have the Performa have no complaints, and all agree that it is a
perfectly decent monitor. Most seem to also agree that it simply is not a
Trinitron.

Trinitron displays have a well deserved reputation for exceptional clarity and
brightness. The Performa is as good as any normal VGA monitor, and is
acceptable. It just isn't the best.

So, if you want to save money, go for the Performa Plus Display. If super=high
quality & razor sharpness are really important to you, you probably want
the Color Display.

If there are any significant additions or objections to this, please email me
directly, and I will compile them & re-post.

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:35 MET
From: "KUN - Phil. of Language dpt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Powerbook 180 with 32 bit mode off & LPA PROLOG.

I don't know whether this is a FAQ, an AQ or a U(nasked)Q,
but our department's Powerbook 180, having 4+10 MB = (14.336K), reports
(via  "About this Macintosh ..."), having a system occupying around
7 (SEVEN) MB, instead of about 1.5 MB (System 7.1), when
the MEMORY is in NON 32 bit mode, and it really behaves like that:
the largest unused block is reduced to about 7MB, (instead of around 12.5).

"32 bit mode off" results in a 24 bit mode isn'it? And that is still good for
24*(1024*1024) bytes (24 MB) of adressing, IMHO.

LPA Prolog requires lots of memory, but only runs in 24 bit mode
(Shame on you LPA!), that is what I need ALL the memory for.

Any solutions/explanations?

Henk Schotel

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 14:47:38 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Thumper)
Subject: Powerbook Issues (C)

In comp.sys.mac.digest Dave Hirsh writes:

>   I'm beginning to believe that Apple knows the Powerbooks have an inherent
>design flaw that makes the display screens more susceptible to breakage
>during what most people would consider 'normal' laptop usage. This includes
>transporting the unit.

Sure they can break. If you're careless. I've heard of it happening but I
never actually seen it happen on any of the PowerBooks that I support.
That includes loaners that get some hard treatment on the road.
Now, if I really wanted to find out what it would take to break a
PowerBook display I'm sure I wouldn't have to work very hard at it.

>Have you ever noticed that the Apple Powerbook ads
>never
>show a Powerbook carried in a case but rather under a persons arm ??

Making the product visible has nothing to do with it? A picture of someone
with a carry case isn't very interesting.

>We've seen the recent complaints from users stating that Apple has declared
>their PB damage as 'abuse' and forced them to pay (sometimes very high
prices)
>to have their PB display fixed. Look at it this way:
>   If Apple were to admit to such a flaw in the PB design, they would be
>   liable
>for untold millions of dollars in repair costs for Powerbooks.

Since when is fragility a 'design flaw'? If you drop a PowerBook down the
stairs or slam a briefcase lid into it you can possibly expect
indestructability. Get real.

-Geoff

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:42:18 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: Powerbook Issues (C)

-- Dave Hirsh writes --

>    I was reading the 'Hardware That Fits' advertisement in MacWeek and saw
>that they offer a 30-day money back guarantee, no questions asked. I then
>got my magnifying glass and spotted the clause, "Sorry, no returns on
>Powerbooks". Boy, if that doesn't tell you something about Apple quality
>I don't know what will.

    Excuse me but, what are you talking about? If you have a problem
with the way that Hardware That Fits does business, why are you taking
it out on Apple? It's HTF that is offering this MBG on items they have
already purchased from Apple. Apple is totally out of the loop in this
transaction. Btw, Apple offeres a 30 day MBG on the Powerbooks you order
through their catalogue.

>   I'm beginning to believe that Apple knows the Powerbooks have an
>inherent design flaw that makes the display screens more susceptible to
>breakage during what most people would consider 'normal' laptop usage.

    What kind of "normal laptop usage" is suddenly causing Powerbook
display screens to break? I haven't heard of any. At least none that I
would call "normal laptop usage."

>This includes transporting the unit. Have you ever noticed that the
>Apple Powerbook ads never show a Powerbook carried in a case but rather
>under a persons arm ??

    Which ads are you looking at?

>We've seen the recent complaints from users stating that Apple has
>declared their PB damage as 'abuse' and forced them to pay (sometimes
>very high prices) to have their PB display fixed.

    I have been using a Powerbook since they were first introduced. I
have had two 170s and I now have a 180, and I have used them all quite
extensively and I have never had a single problem. This includes useage
in cars, buses, and planes as well as running through a few airports
with my carrying case over my shoulder because I was late for a flight.
And, I repeat, I have had no problems with any of these Powerbooks. Now
if somwone ends up damaging a Powerbook by doing more than what I have
been talking about, then I can certainly see Apple classifying it as
abuse. I know I would.

>Look at it this way: If Apple were to admit to such a flaw in the PB
>design, they would be liable for untold millions of dollars in repair
>costs for Powerbooks.

    This would be the case IF there was a design flaw in the Powerbooks.
I cetrtainly haven't seen or heard of one yet.

>With the thin margins Apple has now this would probably deal a nasty
>blow to the finances as well as end the Powerbooks product life on the
>market.

    It would also be foolish for Apple to do, just because people seem
to treat their Powerbooks with all the care and consideration one
generally gives to concrete.

>That's why it makes sense for Apple to declare PB screen breakage as
>'abuse'. How would you fight it ?? Just take a look at how Apple is
>handling the mouse problems ......

    What mouse problems are you talking about?

>Think of the repair cost for a COLOR active-matrix display ... I'd rather
>not.

    It would be exactly $0.00, with proper care.

>Let's not let this issue die, Powerbook owners can't afford to.

    What Powerbook owners cannot afford to do is improperly treat their
Powerbooks. Apple isn't billing these machines as indestructable
workhorses that you can beat on as much as you like. They are Portable
Macs and should be handled as such. You should treat them just like you
would treat your desktop Mac if you were taking it with you and not like
your average Chemistry text book.

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 12:31:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Privacy startup problem.

Well, my thanks to whoever posted the answer (I'm sorry, I forgot to check the
name!)  Indeed, I had installed the "Privacy" extension once-upon-a-time, and
had completely forgotten about it.  I took it out, and all seems well...

Not nearly as interesting a problem or solution as I had though it was going
to be, but then I shouldn't complain.  Everything is running nicely.

Scott Kaplan
Amherst College
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 00:21:26 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Toshiyuki Kumashiro)
Subject: Problem with SuperDrive

Hello,

I have a problem with my SuperDrive. When I insert a disk, my SE says "the
disk
is not a Macintosh Disk" or "The disk needs a minor repair." When I
reinitialize a disk, it appears on the desktop, but I get a lot of disk errors
when I try to write to it. When I restart from a bootable disk, the mac
restarts OK and Finder menu bars appear, but no disk icons. I tried cleaning
the head using one of those cleaners, but it made no difference. All the
floppies work just fine on my Powerbook 100.

1. Is this a problem with the SuperDrive or logic board?

2. What can I possibly do to fix the problem?

Assuming the drive is at fault:

3. What kinds of experience do you have with Applied Engineering's external
drive? Can the model for SuperDrive-equipped Macs be used as a start-up
device?

4. Does anyone know where I can buy a used or new SuperDrive and how much?

5. Does anyone know of a company which offers repair or exchange reapair?


I don't regularly read this newsgroup, so please reply to me directly. I will
post a summary later.

Thanks in advance.

Toshiyuki Kumashiro
[e-mail]

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Date: 21 Apr 93 20:04 +0200
From: Ulf Dittmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime Hypercard externals wanted

Hi netters !

I'm searching for Hypercard externals (XCMD/XFCN) that
would allow me to play QuickTime movies from within
HyperCard. Does anybody know whether there exists something
like that, maybe as part of the Rinaldi or Dartmouth externals ?
I wanted to check before I download half a MegaByte.

Thanks in advance for any answers.
Greetings
Ulf Dittmer

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 16:54:31 CST
From: "Z.  Sun" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RadiusWare update needed

Hi,

I called Radius asking for their update for the RadiusWare (for Radius
monitors). I was told that the update is available through AppleLink, AOL,
CompuServ etc.

Could anybody post the RadiusWare 2.2.1 to info-mac for me? I don't have
access
to those on-line services.

TIA!

Jack

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 13:22:33 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: SCSI Problems

Howdy,

I've been noticing in the past couple of weeks quite a bit of discussion
about SCSI problems that people are having. I have heard that, for the
most part, SCSI involves a lot of black magic and incantations. I, personally,
have not had problems with my Mac SCSI chain but have with the ones attached
to our Suns.

So here's the question: Does anyone out there know of a good information
source on how SCSI really works? (I know, I know...I'm really asking for
all of the wisdom of the Alchemists and the secret handshake to go with
it.)

By the way, I know that it would have probably been better to post this
on Usenet but at the moment I don't have access.

Finally, I personally have had very good luck getting answers to questions
I have posted in the past. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to
help me out.

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

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:44:05 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Skipping mouse--network problem?

Info-mac readers (and the original poster)--
     Recently, Danny Thomas <[e-mail]> responded to
Mark Aiken <[e-mail]> about an older question (I only
have the quoted version of the post here):

>     The problem is this: the mouse seems to randomly skip fairly
> considerable distances (a dozen or so pixels, perhaps) along the
> horizontal axis during any form of motion.

The original poster goes on to assure us that he has cleaned the
mouse rollers, and so on. Danny suggests that Mark look into
purchasing a new mouse. Mark might consider a second possibility.
Is the Macintosh in question hooked up to a network?  Is the mouse
spasm behavior intermittent?  Mark should check his <System 7.x>
File Sharing Monitor (in the Control Panels) to see if anyone is
hooked up to his machine without his knowledge.  This would cause
spastic mouse behavior--someone else has taken control of his machine!
     In our lab we had a brand-new (less than 24 hour old) Mac IIci
installed on our local network.  The NEXT DAY I noticed erratic mouse
behavior.  Checking File Sharing and Sharing Setup, I saw that some
industrious undergraduate (culprit still at large) had created his/her
own password using the name "Enterprise Lives On."  (Note that, under
System 7, *anyone* sitting at your keyboard can change passwords, File
Sharing, and so on. :-( ).  I changed the name to "Enterprise Dies
Horrid Death," and changed the password. We have not had the problem
since, but BEWARE!
     Clint

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 13:54:46 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Soft Pea Sea and the damn A drive

This is for anyone who uses SoftPC in order to do electronic things that
are compatible with their DOS-inflicted colleagues elsewhere:  do any of
you have problems saving information to the so-called "A drive", i.e.,
the DOS-formatted disk you stick in the floppy SuperDrive slot?  I do
use DOS Mounter (Dayna) and have already discovered that the two soft-
wares don't get along too nicely (if I forget to disable DOS Mounter
before trying to eject the DOS disk while in SoftPC, the disk doesn't
eject without aid of paper clip--even Command-Shift-1 doesn't work--
and the drive is kaput for Mac use until I do a restart), but even when
I disable DOS Mounter, DOS Mounter is awfully glitchy about the floppy
disk.  It isn't too critical:  I can access the hard drive and transfer
things to and from the floppy by using DOS Mounter when SoftPC is NOT
running.  It's just annoying.  I get the Bill Gates motto:  having
trouble accessing the A drive:  Retry 1 Cancel 2.  This is one of those
intractible dialogs that won't go away, like its twin brother, the
MS-DOSSED pseudo-option to "Abort, Retry, Cancel", and reminds me that
there are good reasons to stay OUT of the DOS world, emulated or other-
wise!  But seriously folks...any ideas?

- Allan Hunter
 <ahunter@sbccvm>

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

Date: 22 Apr 1993 09:15:04 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Software Licensing Software (C)

Paul Antaki writes:

>I'm looking for a software package that will allow me to track the
>applications being used on a group of networked Macs. Ideally the software
>would run on a server with an extension located on the individual Macs.
>Ideally the software should be able to track the number of copies of one
>package in use at once, etc. This is to track usage of software which is
>NOT on a server.

Shades of big brother? ;)

John A.

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 11:14:46 PDT
From: "Brion K. Lienhart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Speaking of MUDs

Speaking of MUDs, has any one been able to get the MacMUD to actually work? On
my SE/30 5MB RAM, sys 7.1 when I launch and, and select start, it trundles
through all of the room & stuff initialization then crashes into MacsBug. I've
tried it under 7.1 & 7.0*, with and without virtual memory, and with memory
sizes from the minimum (1024) up to 4096 with the same results. I sent a
message
to the person listed in the doc file last week, but haven't heard anything
back
yet. Can anybody help with this?

p.s. Does anyone know where I can get a real MUD for an 386ix UNIX system?

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 11:14:46 PDT
From: "Brion K. Lienhart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Speaking of MUDs

Speaking of MUDs, has any one been able to get the MacMUD to actually work? On
my SE/30 5MB RAM, sys 7.1 when I launch and, and select start, it trundles
through all of the room & stuff initialization then crashes into MacsBug. I've
tried it under 7.1 & 7.0*, with and without virtual memory, and with memory
sizes from the minimum (1024) up to 4096 with the same results. I sent a
message
to the person listed in the doc file last week, but haven't heard anything
back
yet. Can anybody help with this?

p.s. Does anyone know where I can get a real MUD for an 386ix UNIX system?

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:36:38 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware?? (Q)

Having had a string of mysterious problems with Now Utilities 4.01, I have
decided to try shareware equivalents. I have found replacements for everything
but Super Boomerang (my nominee for absolute BEST Mac sytem enhancement).

I'm running a Mac IIci with system 7 (tuned). Anyone have suggestions about
anything that replaces SB, even sort of? I wish that it had never been bundled
with the Now Utilities!

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 15:42:41 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: System Error 15 - What is it and why?

I just encountered a "new" system error on my Mac Portable this
week:

When it's not in use, the hard disk goes to "sleep" after the
time specified in the control panel. So, if this happens and
I try to open or close a window after some inactivity, the
hard disk starts up again and then there is a message that an
error 15 had occured (I think according to the list this means
a "segment load error"). I can only click okay, and the message
disappears. But when I try again, it also comes again, and I can
only select shutdown or restart from the menu (or by hardware).
The restart/shutdown menus are working.

I tried yesterday night (many hours !), backed all data up,
reinitialized the disk and loaded a fresh system from the
disks and put the data / apps back again, but this did not help.

Here's the config info:
Macintosh Portable, non-backlit, 9mB RAM,
HD 40 SC (Apple), formatted with Silverlining 5.42
System version 7.0.1.1 (so it says on the CD where I took the
   disk images from -- the Mac displays "7.0.1.4*" in the
   Apple Menu.
Extensions: DiskDoubler 3.7.7i,
        NEC CD-ROM (crossed out when CD-drive not connected)
        MouseKey 1.0 (for the Logitech 3-button mouse)
        ATM 3.0
        Adobe Type Reunion (don't remember version number)

Any ideas? I'll try tonight again with another System version - I
think 7.0.1 w/tune-up 1.1.1 should be worth a try. But still I'd like
comments of the experts. Please send email to me, and I'll summarize.

Thanks a lot in advance.
Christian                      [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:12:17 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: TeXtures tech. support is on Internet

I can take some credit for this, so I will: TeXtures is now on internet, so
it should be much easier to get tech support, send questions, report bugs
etc. They are at:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

I applaud this move! ALL mac software should be supported this way. I'm sure
some of you can make use of this service.

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 10:53:29 EDT
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: To FPU or not to FPU... (R)

Dean E. Lopez   [e-mail]   writes:

> Of course the FPU is of benefit, but *only* if it is utilized. This begs
> the question, if an FPU increases performance then why is it *not*
utilized??
> I realize the nature of the application determines how much floating point
> arithmetic is required, but I think that a graphic image manipulation
program
> like Photoshop falls into that class of application that requires extensive
> use of floating point arithmetic. Being an E.E., I know a little about what
> it takes to perform the enormous set of computations to do graphic image
> manipulations, yet I've seen the posts that indicate an FPU-less machine
runs
> Photoshop as fast as one with an FPU!  Either the posts are incorrect, or
the
> FPU hardware is not being utilized.

Well, basically, Dean, the type of image-processing done by PhotoShop is NOT a
floating-point operation.  It is purely integer.  The data at each pixel is
integer, whether 8-bit or 24 bit.  The accuracy needed is only integer.  Thus
PhotoShop does not need or implement the FPU.

It would be a waste of time for PhotoShop to do it's math as floating-point
since, for example, on a '040, and integer ADD only takes one clock cycle
while
a floating point FAdd takes 3 clock cycles  (on an '030/882 the numbers are 2
and 21 cycles, respectively).

The real point though is that PhotoShop is for manipulating of images for
publication/media purposes.  The accuracy requirements are not sufficient to
require floating-point math.  On such programs, even when supposedly
'float'-type operations such as trancendentals are applied to the image, it is
often preferable to skip actually doing the float calculation and just use
look-up tables and interpolate intermediate values.  This is nowhere near as
accurate as using the FPU, but it can be a lot faster.

For SCIENTIFIC image processing, where accuracy is often more important one
should NOT be using PhotoShop (unless one still does not need the added
accuracy, but even then just use NIH Image instead).  To do processing of
floating-point images, use something like Transform from SpyGlass, Inc. (an
AWESOME product, I might add).  Transform definitely shows benefit when using
an
FPU.


Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[e-mail]

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Date: 22 Apr 1993 23:58:58 +0000 (GMT)
From: [e-mail] (Tim Bates)
Subject: translator for FullWrite (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Does anyone know of the existence of a Claris XTND translator for
>FullWrite Professional. The export options FW offers (MacWrite 4.5 and
>text) are not quite sufficient if you want to export a file with more
>than just simple text.
>Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
>Geert Jan Rademaker

Geert,

An application called Word for Word whipped with FW pro 1.5sound.

This app could trans into and outoff about 20 formats inc Fullwrite.

I don't know if they have updated it but it is around.. like FW ;-)


tim bates.

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 17:15:54 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: TrueType init

Is this necessary for 6.0.8, or only for earlier versions?

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]  Home: [phone]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:49:06 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: UnmountIt 1.0 (C)

I've tried to mail a message to Jim Luther, the author of UnmountIt 1.0,
but it keeps being bounced back

Perhaps someone else can offer an alternative to this suggestion, or send
it on to Jim Luther.

We have many graphics files stored on a lot of SyQuest cartridges. Over the
course of a day, we may mount around 10 cartridges to be available over the
network, so UnmountIt proves useful here. But we still have to dive into
Sharing Setup to make the newly mounted cartridge available. What we would
like is an opposite to UnmountIt (MountIt ?), which when you drag a
cartridge's icon onto it, makes it available over the network as seemlessly
as UnmountIt performs. As we use a hot key in SCSI Probe to initially mount
the cartridge, even better would be a hot key that both mounts and makes
the cartridge available over the network at the same time.

I suppose the ultimate would be a utility that puts the selected cartridge
into an opposite state - mounts & makes available an unmounted cartridge
when an icon is dragged onto it (or a key combination is pressed); unmounts
and ejects mounted & shared volumes when they are dragged onto it.

Can anyone offer any suggestions

Graham

Graham Allsopp, Cartographic Unit, Dept of Geography, University of
Sheffield, UK

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 23:28:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Marek Behr [Aero Eng])
Subject: VersaTerm-Pro vs. Quadra

[e-mail] writes:

>       VersaTerm-Pro version 3.5.3 will crash (bomb) your Mac if you
>have a Quadra and attempt to change the type of file transfer. The current
>publishers, Synergy Software, will sell you an upgrade for this fatal bug,
>but they will not give it away even though version 3.5.3 is clearly
>defective. Buyer beware!

Current version of VT PRO is 3.6. System Software 6 should crash some
Quadras - should we be mad at Apple for that?
I don't see what obligation the publishers have to support all imagineable
versions of their software on all machines. At least Synergy offers upgrades
for $20, and not for the zillions of dollars you get accustomed to with other
software sources.

- Marek
--
| Marek Behr                                            |
|
| University of Minnesota                               | [e-mail]
|

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 11:37:25 EDT
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: VersaTerm-Pro vs. Quadra (R)

Steve Hunter [e-mail] writes:

>         VersaTerm-Pro version 3.5.3 will crash (bomb) your Mac if you
> have a Quadra and attempt to change the type of file transfer. The current
> publishers, Synergy Software, will sell you an upgrade for this fatal bug,
> but they will not give it away even though version 3.5.3 is clearly
> defective. Buyer beware!

Awe, jeeeze!  It is only $20.  Considering that 3.6.x adds several nice
features
(it is not just a bug fix, but full upgrade), and therefore a manual addendum
must be shipped as well as the disks, does that seem like too unreasonable of
a
handling/shipping charge?

For smaller fixes, Synergy has been nice enough to even just EMAIL stuff to
customers for free (over the internet, no less).

$20 = two pizza dinners with the buddies.

I hate to sanction the nickle-and-dime-us-to-death way the software publishers
carrry out their business, but this is a fact of the business.  Although
upgrade
policies vary, I don't see Synergy's as being particularly sinister.  You
might
argue that you don't want the full upgrade and only need the one bug fixed,
but
that creates a whole mess of administrative hassles that for a small company
like Synergy can be a real burden.  If they tried to maintain multiple upgrade
levels like that, instead of just upgrading everyone to the latest version, it
is doubtful that the lesser upgrades would cost them less to deliver to you.
In
fact they would probably cost more.  A huge corporation like MicroSoft can
absorb such costs.  Smaller companies don't always have the resources.

If the bug was caught by you back when 3.5.x was the latest version, they
probably would have been willing to just send you a disk alone.  But that was
quite a long while ago.

Disclaimer:  I don't work for 'em.   I just use the product.

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 13:28:59 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble)
Subject: VersaTerm-Pro vs. Quadra (unfair criticism ?)

[e-mail] wrote in info-mac #85:
>        VersaTerm-Pro version 3.5.3 will crash (bomb) your Mac if you
>have a Quadra and attempt to change the type of file transfer. The current
>publishers, Synergy Software, will sell you an upgrade for this fatal bug,
>but they will not give it away even though version 3.5.3 is clearly
>defective. Buyer beware!

Versaterm-Pro was already at version 3.6.2 one year ago, so I guess 3.5.3
may predate the Quadra.  Can you really expect any software company to
update a >1 year old application for free ?  VT-Pro now has a large number
of extremely useful communications tools, in addition to the application
itself,
yet is still not expensive.  Time to (pay for) an update to an excellent
application that works fine with the Quadras, as well as the new Centris,
LC-III etc.

You could also try turning off the Quadra's cache for this particular app.
e.g. using the "Compatibility" control panel.

Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:31:10 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: What's Mac-L? (A)

Mac-l is a Listserv mailing list that generates about 30 - 50
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Send the message:

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message:

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:21:44 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word woes

You may remember my posting the other day concerning formatting between
Word for Windows and Macintosh Word. By formatting and layout, I mean the
actual layout of text within a page (eg where auto page breaks fall), not
the page setup information. Here are the main conclusions.

Macintosh Word 5.1a has difficulties with the formatting and equations from
Word for Windows (WfW) 2.0a, so firstly make sure you have WfW 2.0b which
Mac Word 5.1a does understand.

Transferring files between MS-DOS Word 5 and Mac Word 5.1a will loose all
layout, whether it is saved in native  format or RTF (Rich Text Format).
You also loose all this layout transferring files between MS-DOS Word and
WfW.

Opening a straight WfW file with Mac Word will loose all formatting;
graphics created with the WfW Picture applet should appear on screen.

Opening a WfW file saved as either RTF or Mac for Word formats retains the
layout fairly well (usually!). WfW seems to save some font metrics
information when the document is opened on the Mac - certainly the layout
changes if you re-apply the same fonts when inside Mac Word. Graphics
created in WfW may (or may not) appear on-screen.

In all cases, graphics created in WfW are not editable in Mac Word - the
document apparently retains many of the WfW hooks, and looks for the WfW
Picture applet, even though the Macintosh equivalent is present in the Word
Commands folder. Although tints of colours appear on-screen, they only
print as solids.

All the above seems true whether you are using Apple File Exchange, PC
Exchange or a dedicated file transfer package such as MacLink.

In conclusion, it appears you cannot retain the layout of a document
between MS-DOS Word, WfW and Mac Word, no matter what you do (and how long
you plough through the Conversion Information document). Just accept it as
another of Microsoft's idiosyncrasies.

As one of the postings said: "The reason you have problems is that
Microsoft are mad." - Quite

Many thanks to everyone who helped

Graham

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