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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 25 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 88

Today's Topics:

      [*] [Misc] MugShots Set #3 (Grey scale icons)
      [*] abalone-11.hqx
      [*] app/style-11b3.hqx
      [*] Aprendemos Espanol
      [*] BestOfJoel'sPPats
      [*] bolo-bmapedit-1-1.hqx
      [*] bolo-map-editor-096.hqx
      [*] datasnd075.sit.hqx (retry)
      [*] dcl-ANSI (all)
      [*] dcl-ANSI (BBEdit extension)
      [*] dcl-ANSI (FKEY)
      [*] Deskmates 1.0.2 - Utility app
      [*] dipole.hqx
      [*] do-it-all-30.hqx
      [*] Dynamic Math 1.0.1 submission
      [*] EarthBounce.cpt.hqx
      [*] EarthSplash1.1.cpt.hqx
      [*] file-dropper-11b1-sit-hqx
      [*] Flash-It 3.0.2 (Control Panel)
      [*] gin-rummy-20.hqx (card game)
      [*] GPS utility program
      [*] Hebrew TExt editor
      [*] MacGS Menu INIT
      [*] Metamorphisis
      [*] More-Nasty-Reds.HQX
      [*] NuvoLink II drivers
      [*] Planet 4.1
      [*] QuitAll 1.0
      [*] REVTEX 3 TeX package (works with OzTeX)
      [*] Right On Time 2.0.1
      [*] sfwindow10.hqx
      [*] Shutdown Movie version 2.0
      [*] SuperClock 4.0.4
      [*] SwitchBack 2.0 synchronizing package - SHAREWARE
      [*] System 7 Pack! 3.4 - New Version!
      [*] Tattle Tale App 1.61
      [*] TattleTale DA 1.6.3
      [*] WDef III Version 3.1
      [*] YAMS! 1.0.4
      [*] Zipple 1.6 - Control Panel
      [*] ZoneRanger095B
      (Q): Prog to make TrueTypes from Bitmaps?
      (Q) Error Codes
      ****** Chosser gives BLANK screen **********
      --> inexpensive _frame grabbers_ for 68000 Macs?
      //c to Mac serial cable
      14k faxmodems
      68040 HAS FPU
      Apple's Internet Pilot Announcement (C)
      Battery rechargers/reconditioners for Powerbooks
      Bewildered by that little Quoter DA (Q)
      bouncing windows between two monitors
      Color of Mac Startup Icon
      database, calender, & list (Q)
      Diagonally challenged trackball (Q)
      f2c converter for MPW??? [A]
      HD icon kablooie
      How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A) (2 msgs)
      internet at a price
      Launching invisible apps (A)
      Mike's LC III & IIci spacing changes
      MousePads - self made
      Multitasking: true or false? (A)
      Multitasking: true or false? (Q)
      Need for Programers
      Notecards? (Q)
      PB 145 click
      Performa General Controls
      Performas, What's the point?
      Postscript files (Q)
      Printing Booklet with PageMaker 4.2
      Problem with SuperPaint 3.0
      Screen Enlarger?
      Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware??
      Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware?? (Q)
      System error 15 - Problem solved!
      v.32bis friendly comm program (Q)
      Virtual Memory--When to use
      Why we shouldn't abuse the internet (C)
      Word processor blues and Fullwrite
      Zapping the PRAM
      Zmodem program for VMS

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 93 19:45:41 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Todd McDaniel)
Subject: [*] [Misc] MugShots Set #3 (Grey scale icons)

Hi!

Please find enclosed MugShots Set #3, the third in my collection of grey
scale icons for the Mac. This set includes many of the faces people had
requested.

These are grey scale/color icons and will not show up well on 2-bit (no pun
intended! 8-) screens!

Thanks in advance,
Todd McDaniel
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/mugshots-3.hqx; 61K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 00:35:30 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] abalone-11.hqx

This .hqx file contains version 1.1 final of Abalone for the Macintosh.

Abalone is a commercially available strategic board game.
It is played on a hexagonal board; the purpose is to push off your
opponents balls. Abalone for the Macintosh is a freeware implementation
of Abalone that allows you to play against the Mac or against someone else.

This update should replace the 1.1b1 version currently in your archive.
The update contains a few bug fixes and nicer graphics.

Peter Tax ([e-mail]  or  [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/abalone-11.hqx; 82K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 16:11:31 METDST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] app/style-11b3.hqx

This is Style 1.1b3, a simple application that lets you create
small (up to about 32,000 characters) styled text documents.
You can set font, font size, style attributes and color of
individual characters.  You can open any number of documents
at the same time.  You can create 'AutoViewer' stand-alone
documents that may be viewed and printed without the application
itself.  You can even import files from various word processors,
provided you have the XTND System installed on your Mac.

WARNING: Although the application seems to work fine, this is
still a beta version, so you may experience problems on your
system configuration.  The release version won't be available
for a good while, so I decided to distribute this one.

A read-me document is included in the package.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/style-11b3.hqx; 99K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 21:09:34 PDT
From: Aaron Tuller <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Aprendemos Espanol

This is a English<->Spanish vocabulary stack written by a 15-year old.  It has
both English and Spanish words for most of the common household words (about
1,000 total).  Includes complete grammar information and pronunciation
sounds.
Is NOT intended to teach Spanish, but to be used as a reference. version
1.001L

please archive as /info-mac/card/Aprendemos_Espanol_1.001L

      aaron

[Archived as /info-mac/card/aprendemos-espanol.hqx; 238K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 15:35:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (kruse joel)
Subject: [*] BestOfJoel'sPPats

Subj  [*]BestOfJoelUsPPATS.sit.hqx

This stuffit file contains my personal favorite patterns from
JoelUs Huge ppat archive file, along with several new
favorites!  The file is designed to be used with Desktop
Textures 2.1, but several other ppat programs can deal with
it too!  I hope you like these.

Joel Kruse
Internet   [e-mail]
AOL    JKruse

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/best-of-joels-ppats.hqx; 482K]

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Date: 22 Apr 1993 16:06:29 -0700
From: "Carl O" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] bolo-bmapedit-1-1.hqx

Moderators:

Enclosed is version 1.1 of BMAPEdit, a new editor for Bolo maps.
It features:
  o Complete control of bases, pillboxes, and start squares, including:
    Start square direction and location; Base and pillbox logical order;
    Initial owner, armor, and stocks of bases and pillboxes.
  o Complete set of drawing facilities, including:
    Patterned line drawing, filling and framing; Rectangle, round-rectangle,
    oval, and polygon selection tools; Random and maze fills.
  o Copy and paste of PICT information to and from Bolo maps.
  o Display of Bolo maps in both B&W and color from 16x16 squares/pixel down
    to 1x1 squares/pixel (5x5 in B&W).
and more.

It should be placed in the same location as the Bolo game application

Thank you,
Carl R. Osterwald
[e-mail]


<<<<<< Attached TEXT file follows >>>>>>

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bmap-edit-11.hqx; 207K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 23:37:22 -0500
From: Tom Barrett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] bolo-map-editor-096.hqx

Bolo Map Editor 0.96
3 Feb 93

This is an application to edit maps for Bolo.

Major changes since 0.52:
* Supports new Bolo file format, including larger maps.  Use option when
clicking in the menubar in order to save with the old format.
* Fixed some bugs, including a memory-related one which caused a bomb after
reading about 12 maps.
* Improved error checking on file routines.
* Improved speed on drawing to offscreen bitmap.

See the doc file for tips on using the editor.

Send suggestions & bug reports to:
    Thomas Barrett
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-editor-096.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 22:11:47 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Steven Seeger)
Subject: [*] datasnd075.sit.hqx (retry)

This is a program I wrote to convert sounds from the data fork
of a file to a Mac snd resource. It will convert VOC and WAV
files as well. It will also play on older machines such as the
Plus or SE.

Requires: System 7
      MC68020 to play MOD files.
--

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/datasnd-075.hqx; 56K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 0:45:35 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jamie R. McCarthy)
Subject: [*] dcl-ANSI (all)

C's method of declaring variables and functions is one of the most confusing
parts of the language.  Even old pros will double- and triple-check their
arrays of pointers.  And the pathological cases are truly bizarre:
"int(Int(int(Int)))" declares a function that accepts and returns an int, but
"int(Int(int(int)))" declares a function that accepts another function,
and _that_ function accepts and returns an int.  Weird stuff.

"dcl-ANSI" lets you type in a declaration, hit a few keys, and see what it
means, in plain English.  Tell it "int (*x[])()" and it tells you x is "type
array[] of pointer to function with undefined parameters returning type int."
It's based on the "dcl" program in section 5.12 of K&R, but, as the name
implies, it fully understands ANSI.  (Well, OK, there are a few limitations.
See the readme for details.)  And it's public domain.

There are two editions of this utility.  It was first created as a BBEdit
extension, because (1) I like BBEdit and (2) BBEdit provides a particularly
nice environment for hacks like this to live in.  If you keep BBEdit open
while programming, you may prefer this version.  Otherwise, you'll probably
want to use the second edition, the FKEY, because it's simpler:  just
select your declaration, hit cmd-C and cmd-shift-9 [*], and the English
explanation is in the clipboard, waiting for you to paste it somewhere.

This file contains both editions and their complete Think C 5 source code.

Suggested archive destination:  .../source/c/dcl-ansi.hqx
--
 Jamie McCarthy         Internet: [e-mail]      AppleLink: j.mccarthy

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/dcl-ansi.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 0:46:28 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jamie R. McCarthy)
Subject: [*] dcl-ANSI (BBEdit extension)

This is the BBEdit extension edition of dcl-ANSI;  included is the
extension itself and a readme.  Public domain; source code is available
separately.  dcl-ANSI converts a C variable declaration into English.

Suggested archive destination:  ...app/bbedit-dcl-ansi.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bbedit-dcl-ansi.hqx.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 0:46:59 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jamie R. McCarthy)
Subject: [*] dcl-ANSI (FKEY)

This is the FKEY edition of dcl-ANSI;  included is the FKEY itself
and a readme.  Public domain; source code is available separately.
dcl-ANSI converts a C variable declaration into English.

Suggested archive destination:  .../fkey/dcl-ansi.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/fkey/dcl-ansi.hqx; 10K]

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Date: 20 Apr 1993 10:34:21 U
From: "Glenn Rosen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Deskmates 1.0.2 - Utility app

This is an update to DeskMates that fixes some bugs in the previous version
(/info-mac/app/desk-mates-10.hqx). The archive is a self-extracting stuffit
archive. Please direct all comments to the author.

This is a shareware program containing:

1. An analog clock
2. A notebook:
3. A stopwatch:
4. A calculator:
5. A calendar:
6. Alarm clock:
7. Date Pad:
8. On-line help system/customization:
9. Compatibility:
It is compatible with Macintoshes with system 6.05 and above,
including system 7, and will run on any screen depth as long as color
quickdraw is installed in your system folder. It has been tested on
the following models: PowerBook 140, 170, 180, LC III, IIci, IIvx and
Quadra 700.
10. The hidden salutation:
There is a hidden salutation (the Aussie way) within the program
somewhere. Good luck finding it.

Evolutionary Log
##############
DeskMates v1.0.1

#Calculator handling of the logarithms of zero were fixed (thanks to
Ashley b Bush).

#TickClock alarms are now able to sound continuously until cancelled
by the user by clicking on the stopwatch text field.

#Support for 24bit color using gWorld routines replaced the older
pixmap routines.

DeskMates v1.0.2

#Start up configuration customizable through the Preferences menu
item: based an email user suggestion. Clock options dialog simplified
with removal of redundant Show at startup option.

#Alaska was added to the American time options: user suggestion.

#Calculator upgrade: financial functions added (annuity and compound
SANE functions implemented); hyperbolic functions added.

#Day Sheet Pad added. To allow easy reminders of the date.

#Preferences menu item added to allow customization of startup
settings and setting of any window's position.

#Calendar error fixed: when the current day of the month was one
whose first day of the month equivalent in the first line of the
calendar was unfilled (did you understand this?).

#Color QuickDraw required error alert. DeskMates formerly crashed
Macintoshes running without Color QuickDraw installed. An alert has
now been added and the clock window will not show without Color
QuickDraw installed when DeskMates is started.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/desk-mates-102.hqx; 352K]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 14:19:47 EDT
From: "Edward J. Groth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] dipole.hqx

This is a binhexed, compact pro self extracting archive.
It contains a black and white quicktime 1.5 movie of the electric
field lines generated by a radiating electric dipole.

/----------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Edward J. Groth            | Phone: [phone]                     |
| Physics Dept., Jadwin Hall | Fax:   [phone] <- Changed 1-Feb-93 |
| Princeton University       | SPAN/HEPNET:  PUPGG::GROTH=44117::GROTH |
| Princeton, NJ 08544        | Internet:     [e-mail] |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/dipole.hqx; 54K]

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Date: 21 Apr 93 16:49:39 EDT
From: [e-mail] (J. Christopher Bell)
Subject: [*] do-it-all-30.hqx

*  Do It All!
*  The Shareware Job and Schedule Organizer
*  by J. Christopher Bell  //  Apr 20, 1993
*  Version 3.0

Statement of Purpose of the program "Do It All! v.3.0":
The purpose of Do It All! is to manage changing priorities,
deadlines, regularly occurring events, and appointments, in
an intuitive and visual way. Features: * facilities for
archiving and exporting completed jobs and postponed jobs
in a way that eases creation of status reports * user-
configurable delivery of "Alarms" for appointments. * Limited
date schedule events (e.g. 10-11am Mon, Thu from now until
November 8), international-supported text date and time input
in the job edit window, more keyboard entry (read the
'non-obvious features' part of the on-line help), a 'Find Job'
utility, improved management of 'done jobs' in the joblist (read
'The Joblist' in the on-line help), optional 'auto-save' feature
when you switch into the background or wait for 15minutes. For
more info about me or the program, consult the on-line help
(in the Apple menu of Do It All!).

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* I ask only for a voluntary donation to me to help finance
* writing new shareware and public domain software.
* Send whatever you think this program is worth to you.
* Suggested pricing for Do It All!:
* Businesses and Universities: $40
* Individuals: Between $15 and $35.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Temporary option = Bay-Area-Employment-ware:
* I graduate from Dartmouth College in June, 1993 with
* a double major in Computer Science and Religion with
* good grades and a work history in software development,
* primarily on the Mac, but on other platforms as well. I will
* need a job starting in June. I plan to live somewhere in
* Silicon Valley / The San Francisco Bay Area. If you or
* someone you know could use a creative Mac software
* developer with a bachelor's degree but with good references,
* write to me at one of the addresses below.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Via E-Mail:
       [e-mail]
   or until June, 1993 use the following!!:
       [e-mail]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Via Snail Mail / Postal Service:
J. Christopher Bell
jXopher Labs
1830 Austin Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94024
USA
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Archival Note: If this file is placed on a non-Mac
server, it should be named do-it-all-30.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/app/do-it-all-30.hqx; 255K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 03:29:13 +0200
From: Christian Steffen Ove Franz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Dynamic Math 1.0.1 submission

(second attempt. sorry, my modem hung up on me)

Dear Moderators,

    a few days ago, I submitted Dynamic Math 1.0. Needless to say,
two small bugs crept up that I needed to fix. Here comes version 1.0.1
to replace Dynamic Math 1.0

Please forward a copy to mac.archive.umich.edu if possible.

Thank you very much,
Christian Franz

----

Dynamic Math (DM)
=================

DM is a library for THINK Pascal/THINK C programmers. It converts (parses)
and evaluates (interprets) formulas written in ASCII (i.e. Strings) during
runtime. This means you can evaluate the string '100*sin(x)/ln(x^2)' or
any other string you got (for example from a dialog). Obvious uses are
for testing and visualizing formulas.

DM 1.0 supports two independent variables and a wide array of standard
functions like sin, cos, tan, exp, trunc, sgn, ln, round, random etc.

DM is small (about 4K) and although no speed demon (it's still interpreted)
it's reasonable fast.

DM is postcardware for any non-commercial use including writing of freeware
programs.


Version 1.0.1 fixes two small bugs in the parser.

I hope you like it.

Cheers,
Christian.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/dynamic-math-101.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 02:33:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Tron R." <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] EarthBounce.cpt.hqx

EarthBounce 1.0

This is a simple AfterDark module that catapults a small rotating
earth and when the earth falls to the bottom of the screen it
splashes. Hopefully it will amuse someone out there.

It has been tested on a Quadra 700, IIci and PB160. If you want
report a bug or send in your suggestions, please email me at
[e-mail]

Chuan Fu

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/earth-bounce-10.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 06:09:49 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] EarthSplash1.1.cpt.hqx

EarthSplash 1.1

This is a small AfterDark module that catapults a small rotating earth and
it will make a splash when the earth falls to the bottom of the screen. It
is written based on the CAfterDark object frame work.

It has been tested on a Quadra 700, PB 160 and IIci. If you find a bug or
have an idea for a new screen saver that you want to see, please email me
at
[e-mail]

Chuan Fu
April 24, 1993

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/earth-splash-11.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 13:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Troy Anderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] file-dropper-11b1-sit-hqx

File Dropper 1.1b1
Written by Troy Anderson
Copyright (c) 1992-1993, Troy Anderson; All Rights Reserved
What Is This Thing?
File Dropper is a THINK C library that implements an application that you can
drop files or folders onto to do batch operations on.  It handles the getting
of the AppleEvents if running under System 7, the main event loop, and the
menus.  You need only write the code that acts on the individual files.

New with version 1.1b1:
o You specify if you want the status dialog displayed while you are working
  on  the file.
o Progress bar like Finder 7's that you update by specifying how far you are
  along with a percentage (0 - 100).  You specify if you want this, too.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/file-dropper-11b1.hqx; 171K]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 11:54:29 GMT+9:00
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Flash-It 3.0.2 (Control Panel)

Dear FTP site administrators -

Enclosed, please, find a SIT-HQX form of Flash-It v.3.0.2
screen-capture utility (shareware control panel) for
Macintosh.

Flash-It defines several HotKeys to capture a screen image
and save it to clipboard, PICT files, ScrapBook or print it.
It works under system 6/7.x in color (inc. 24-bit) and B/W
modes. It can capture images while a menu is pulled down.
Options include a choice of Marquee/Lasso selection, a choice
of in(ex-)cluding the cursor image, a choice of capturing the
front window-only / displayed menu-only, and more.

It's been only two weeks or so since v.3.0.1 came out. Sorry
about my jittery behavior. This v.3.0.2 release fixes the bug
which caused the control panel to crash when there are more
than 128 flavors of sound resources attached to the system,
either directly or by using Suitcase/MasterJuggler. Hopefully
this is the last maintenance update in the v.3.0 series of
Flash-It.

- Nobu Toge

p.s. All inquiries on Flash-It should be directed to
     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/flash-it-302.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 93 16:28:57 CDT
From: PC0TMYS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] gin-rummy-20.hqx (card game)

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: Thu, 22 Apr 93 09:25:21 EDT
From: "Glen Lalonde (448-4278)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GPS utility program

GPS is a System 7 utility that will let you graphically see what processes
are running where in memory. It also provides information on the state of
each process running, such as position and size etc.

Lifetime of this post: Lets say 1.5 years, I should update it by then :-)

The binhexed compact pro archive allows:

[Archived as /info-mac/util/gps.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 23:13 CST
From: MATTHEW WEINSTEIN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Hebrew TExt editor

Hebrew Pad-This program edits hebrew for users of Israeli and
font systems other than the Shalom Fonts.
For the Shalom Fonts please use Shalom Pad.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/hebrew-pad.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 11:36:46 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Martin Fong)
Subject: [*] MacGS Menu INIT

     I've written this INIT to allow MacGS to peacefully co-exist with
such extensions as BeHierachic and MenuChoice, which unfortunately do
not restore an application's resource file context after they execute.
Because MacGS' Graphical User Interface is implemented as a device
driver, and therefore does *not* ever explicitly invoke MenuSelect (),
I've written this INIT to patch BeHierarchic's and MenuChoice's
MenuSelect () patches.  However, as with all such extensions *caveat
emptor*!

     ...Martin Fong                             [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/mac-gs-menu-init.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:27 BST
From: Richard Lim <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Metamorphisis

By permission of author Mark Krueger, Senior Software Engineer at Apple's
QuickTime team, here (at last) is Metamorphisis (sic, but Mark says it was
deliberate), his quick and dirty program for generating movies of 2D morphs.
"It is provided as is, bugs and all", says Mark in his README file, "but it
sometimes gives good results."

Metamorphisis generates morphs between two PICT images which should have the
same aspect ratio.  The user specifies corresponding points on the images
and the number of frames to be used to do the Morph.  The morph will then
be compiled according to the settings chosen in the standard QuickTime
compression dialog.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/metamorphisis.hqx; 68K]

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Date: 20 Apr 1993 18:02:53 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] More-Nasty-Reds.HQX

This is a sound bite from the great new band out of Canada called More
Nasty Reds.  Docs are contained inside.  It has been compressed using
Compact Pro, then BinHexed.  Any questions?--email to: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/more-nasty-reds.hqx; 226K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 17:59:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NuvoLink II drivers

--1430394104-306865112-735256951:#27047
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

This attachment contains v1.11 of the drivers for the Nuvotech NuvoLink II
card.  This card stopped manufacture in early '91.  These drivers are
supposedly compatible with System 7.0 and 7.01, but no warranty or
assurance is guaranteed.

This file is being provided as a public service to Nuvotech NuvoLink II
card customers, on behalf of FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.  Inquiries MUST BE
DIRECTED to [e-mail].

--1430394104-306865112-735256951:#27047
Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; name="nlII.1.11.sea.hqx"
Content-ID: <[e-mail]>
Content-Description:

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/nuvolink-drivers.hqx; 260K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 11:34:36 +0200
From: Lars Gislen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Planet 4.1

Planet 4.1 replaces the earlier version Planet 4.0.Following suggestions of
Ste
ve Harmony,Los Alamos I have fixed some bugs and made some improvements.

Lars Gislen    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/planet-41.hqx; 161K]

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Date: 21 Apr 1993 15:21:46 CST
From: "Harry Hahn" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] QuitAll 1.0

This is my first file submission so here goes:

I recently made a request for a utility that would allow one to quit
all open applications in one fell swoop. A number of different ways
to achieve this were pointed out to me and I am submitting one
solution, called QuitAll 1.0, on behalf of its author, Andrew Anker.
It simply sends an AppleEvent telling applications to quit. As such,
it requires System 7. Further information about the program and its
author are available from the application's splash screen.

It's in .cpt.hqx format.

Harry Hahn
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/quitall-10.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 9:33:41 +1000 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Philip FX Ryan)
Subject: [*] REVTEX 3 TeX package (works with OzTeX)

This archive consists of a Stuffit-ed, Binhex-ed, REVTEX 3 package.

I thought that this might be of use to other Mac users who use OzTeX or
any other Mac TeX program. I have successfully gotten REVTEX to work using
OzTeX 1.41 (by Andrew Trevorrow) for the Mac, as well as using emTeX
(by Eberhard Mattes) for the PC. I can now cart around simple ascii
TEXT files to and from work and print them from either platform.

In short, REVTEX is a macro package for LaTeX to help authors prepare
scientific papers for most of the major Physics journals. Papers prepared
with REVTEX can often be submitted electronically.

Below is the message that I received from the REVTEX administrators.

Philip Ryan
DSTO MRL Melbourne, Australia

************************************************************************

Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 10:16:46 EST
From: [e-mail] (PRL Electronic submissions)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: REVTEX Information
Cc: [e-mail]

Dear Dr. Ryan:

Please follow the instructions provided below for retrieving a free copy
of our REVTeX version 3.0 macros. If these methods of retrieval are not
acceptable please contact the department that distributes the REVTeX
toolbox.  You may make your request by e-mail to [e-mail] (Internet)
or by telephone at [phone].  They can send the files directly by
e-mail or they can mail DOS-formatted diskettes.

The file that follows is a copy of that used to produce the author guide
included in the 8 June 1992 issue of Physical Review Letters.  You may
LaTeX the file to generate printed output.

Included in this guide is information about the PRL compuscript program,
file eligibility requirements, and style and length guidelines.  If you
prefer to receive an ASCII or printed version of this guide, please send
your request to me at [e-mail] (Internet).

Your e-mail address has been added to our mailing list, and you will
automatically receive REVTeX update notices at this address, including
the availability of the PR Style and Notation Guide in REVTeX format.
Just e-mail to [e-mail] to be removed from the list, or to update
your address.

If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Sincerely yours,
Frank Perugini

   ===================================================================
     Frank Perugini                     Editorial Systems Supervisor
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
     American Physical Society          Internet:   [e-mail]
     1 Research Road                    Telephone:  [phone]
     Box 1000                           FAX:        [phone]
     Ridge, NY 11961-2701
   ===================================================================


         *********************************
            REVTeX 3.0 is now available
         *********************************

  The REVTeX package includes the 26 files necessary for version 3.0
(November 11, 1992) of REVTeX.  REVTeX is the macro package that runs on
top of LaTeX, and is sponsored by the American Physical Society, the
American Institute of Physics, and the Optical Society of America. REVTeX
produces compuscripts, which are used by authors for submission and
by these organizations for production in their author-prepared program.
You must first have TeX and LaTeX running on your computer in order to
be able to use REVTeX.

  Where possible, command forms have been made identical to the standard
LaTeX syntax. This means that the new version of REVTeX is not 100%
compatible with the older versions. Changes are mainly evident in
front matter format and figure syntax. It is felt that using standard
LaTeX syntax where possible is better in the long run. There is a
compatibility option to allow older (v2.x) files to run in the new
version, and changes have been outlined in the documentation. Support
is available from all three organizations, as listed in the documentation.
Version 2.x files will still be accepted for a while.

  The documentation for the macros is included in the form of REVTeX-format
files. It is expected that by the end of 1992 a REVTeX-format version of the
Physical Review Style and Notation Guide will also be available for authors.
This will give detailed style instructions for Physical Review. This means
that the entire REVTeX toolbox is now distributed electronically, preferably
by network.

  Features of this version include:

    Two-column capability (as in regular LaTeX; for author's own use).
    Floats optionally enabled (as in regular LaTeX; for author's own use).
    AMSFonts capability (requires AMSFonts installed; also needs two AMS-LaTeX
       files to run on NFSS).
    Extra symbols: lambda-bar, double-headed overarrow, left- and rightgoing
       overarrows, openface (Blackboard-Bold--style) one, overstar, o
       less than or similar, greater than or similar, and others are all
       available, independent of the AMSFonts.
    An easier way to get bold math symbols, even in superscripts. Getting
       bold math in sizes < 10pt requires the AMSFonts to be installed and
       enabled.
    Physical Review BibTeX style file for BibTeX versions 0.99x.
    Reference citation and listing analyzer: checks to see that your \bibitems
       are in the correct order. For authors who prepare reference sections
       by hand.
    Tablenotes with automatic numbering.
    Simple decimal alignment for columns of numeric data.

  These features should all be pretty much independent of the font selection
scheme that you use. If you use the NFSS, you need a version dated 8/26/91
or later. Also, REVTeX is not set up to work with installation with Almost
Modern fonts (with names like am...), only with Computer Modern (names like
cm...). Otherwise, you should not need to worry about your LaTeX font setup.

  For the APS, the compuscript program is open to all authors in:
    Physical Review A
    Physical Review B
    Physical Review C
    Physical Review D
    Physical Review E
    Physical Review Letters

  For the AIP, the compuscript program is open to all authors in:
    American Journal of Physics
    Chaos
    Computers in Physics
    Journal of Applied Physics
    The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
    The Journal of Chemical Physics
    Journal of Mathematical Physics
    Journal of Rheology
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
    Medical Physics
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
    Physics of Fluids A
    Physics of Fluids B
    Powder Diffraction
    Review of Scientific Instruments
    ------
    The AIP's Astronomical Journal and Applied Physics Letters are not part
    of this compuscript program at the present time. Applied Physics Letters
    may be added to the compuscript program in the future; its weekly nature
    will make it more challenging.

  For the OSA, the compuscript program is open to all authors in:
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A
    Journal of the Optical Society of America B
    Applied Optics
    Optics Letters

  No abstract-preparation macros are included at this time.

  All needed instructions for use are contained in the README file and
in the accompanying documentation. File preparation, submission procedures,
and production use of the file all differ across the organizations (and
sometimes journals) involved. Please check the documentation carefully to
ensure best results.

  The macros are available by anonymous ftp at aps.org (149.28.1.2) in the
directory /pub/tex/macros/revtex. Fetching all the files in this directory
will give the user all needed APS, OSA, and AIP macros, documentation,
samples, etc. The approximate size is: 26 files, 600 kB. It is preferred that
ftp access be made during off hours if possible (New York time).

  The macros are available by anonymous ftp at pinet.aip.org (192.58.150.2)
in the directory pub/revtex. Fetching all the files in this directory will
give the user all needed APS, OSA, and AIP macros, documentation, samples,
etc. The approximate size is: 26 files, 600 kB. It is preferred that ftp
access be made during off hours if possible (New York time).

  A typical ftp session would start with

ftp aps.org

The APS computer will respond and ask for your user name. Type

anonymous

The APS computer will then ask for a password. Give your e-mail address.
For example, I would answer

[e-mail]

You should now be logged into the APS computer at the ftp prompt. Now enter
the commands

cd /pub/tex/macros/revtex
mget *

This should retrieve all the files to your home computer. Close the ftp
session by typing

quit

If you have any problems, ask your computer support person how ftp functions
at your site.

  The files may also be retrieved by e-mail. Just send a mail message with
the line

SENDME REVTeX

in the body of the message to [e-mail] (Internet) or fileserv@shsu
(Bitnet). The file server will queue your request and send the files within
a day or two. The larger files will be split into smaller parts to fit through
all mailers, and will require some assembly. It is also possible for us to
distribute the macros by direct e-mail or DOS-format diskette, if necessary.
These macros should work equally well on any standard LaTeX platform,
including
PC, Mac, Unix, VMS, etc. It is just a question of getting the files onto the
machine correctly.

  Please e-mail Chris Hamlin at the address below with any comments on
these instructions and REVTeX in general. Also mail to that address for
diskette and direct e-mail of the macros. Don't forget to include a
surface-mail address if you are requesting a diskette, and state diskette
size (3.5" or 5.25").

=====================================================================
Contacts:
=====================================================================
APS: Chris Hamlin, [e-mail] (Internet), mis@apsedoff (BITnet).
OSA: Frank Harris, [e-mail] (Internet).
AIP: Liz Belmont, [e-mail] (Internet)
     and Peggy Sutherland, [e-mail] (Internet).
=====================================================================

**************** start the binhexed file ***********************

[Archived as /info-mac/app/revtex-30.hqx; 277K]

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Date: 19 Apr 1993 19:45:31 -0800
From: "John Covele" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Right On Time 2.0.1

              [*] Right On Time 2.0.1
Right On Time is a personal time manager.  It features a calendar, To-Do list,
reminders (alarms), and even a menubar clock.  You can set up repeating
events,
be warned ahead of time about upcoming events, archive old events, assign
categories to events, play sounds, manage your to-do list, etc.

Right On Time contains the most-used features of commercial applications such
as Now Up To Date, First Things First, DateBook, etc., yet is very easy to
use,
smaller (both disk space and RAM), does not require any extensions, and costs
much less.  If you are at all interested in the various personal time
managers,
check this one out!

Right On Time should run on all macs using system 6 or later, uses color and
large screens if you have them, and is system 7 friendly (supports required
AppleEvents, and 1 custom AppleEvent).  Shareware, $15.

Some new features added in version 2.0.1 include:
Set the List view to show any month or any day, ability to see the next
pending
event even when ROT is in the background, and some bug fixes.

John Covele
[e-mail]


<<<<<< Attached TEXT file follows >>>>>>

[Archived as /info-mac/app/right-on-time-201.hqx; 149K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 15:21:29 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Damon Cokenias)
Subject: [*] sfwindow10.hqx

SF Windows adds a popup menu to "Open" and "Save As..." dialogs.  This menu
contains the names of all the open windows in the Finder.  When you select one
of the windows from the menu, you will "Jump" to that folder.

This version will work with the System 7.1 Finder only.  As new versions of
the Finder are released, you can expect upgrades to SFWindows.

 -------
Note for sumex-aim:
This program is an extension that requires system 7.1.  I expect the lifetime
of this program is approx. 6 months as people are often reluctant to upgrade
to new system software (ie 7.2).
 -------

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/sfwindow-10.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 00:42:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Hustvedt <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Shutdown Movie version 2.0

--1073741863-572278644-735281138:#23831
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

 ----------------------
What is Shutdown Movie?
 ----------------------

Shutdown Movie is the previously unimplemented companion to QuickTime's
built-in "Startup Movie" feature. When installed, Shutdown Movie plays a
movie when you Shutdown and/or Restart your system. Shutdown Movie
requires System 7 or greater, and QuickTime.

2.0 - (4/19/93) % Cleaned up the display a bit.
        % Added a check for QuickTime, now it won't install itself
        when
QuickTime is not installed.
        % Finally, there are new icons, and a startup icon to tell you
        whether
or not Shutdown Movie has loaded.

--1073741863-572278644-735281138:#23831
Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; name="shutdown-movie-20.hqx"
Content-ID: <[e-mail]>
Content-Description:

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/shutdown-movie-20.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 23:19:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SuperClock 4.0.4

    This is the latest release of SuperClock!, a control panel that
displays the time on the right end of the menu bar. This version fixes two
problems. There were crashes when configuring the clock in the control
panel if you're running on a Mac Plus. Also, the multiple chime feature
wasn't working correctly in all cases.
    Information about features is available in the documentation. If
you copy SuperClock! to another electronic service, or make it available
to others, please include the documentation so I don't get bombarded
(email-wise) with questions that are answered in the documentation.
Thanks--Steve Christensen.

Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/superclock-404.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 20:29:21 +1100
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Home)
Subject: [*] SwitchBack 2.0 synchronizing package - SHAREWARE

What is SwitchBack?

SwitchBack is a utility program that synchronises two folders, so that both
folders have a copy of the most recent version of their files.  The two
folders can reside on the same volume, on two different volumes, or indeed
on two different computers connected by a network.

It has been designed principally for those people with two computers
(especially desktop and PowerBook) who need to ensure that they have the
most recent version of their documents available to them.

It also functions well as a simple backup utility for people with one
computer.  For example, a folder residing on your main hard disk can be
linked to a folder residing on a floppy disk.


What this archive contains.

SwitchBack 2.0
Read Me (this document)
SwitchBack Help
SwitchBack User's Guide (in ClarisWorks format)
Registration Form (text)

+---------------------------------------------------------------+
! Jeff Home                                Macintosh Specialist !
! [e-mail]                    Computing Services Centre !
+---------------------------------------------------------------+

[Archived as /info-mac/util/switchback-20.hqx; 142K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 14:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] System 7 Pack! 3.4 - New Version!

System 7 Pack! 3.4 - New!

Rated 4 Mice by MacUser Magazine!

New version is 100% compatible with System 7.1. Plus, new documentation in
DOCMaker format. And two new super value deals from Insanely Great Software.

Just some of the features of the System 7 Pack!I
-Increases speed of Finder copies by 300%
-Increases speed of Finder by removing ZoomRects.
-Change Finder's menu command keys!
-Add application-document links. (e.g. MacWrite ---> MS Word.)
-Change the way the Finder displays the date in its windows!
-Eliminate the rename delay!
-Suppress annoying dialog boxes!
-And Much More!

Or, you can order directly by calling Insanely Great Software at 800-368-5195
or 303-872-8651.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/system-7-pack-34.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:52:56 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Tattle Tale App 1.61

This is in response to a request for the latest version of
Tattle Tale.

This is the application version of Tattle Tale v 1.61.  Tattle
Tale gives you a VERY complete report about your System
configuration.  It allows you to print out the report, save it to
a file, etc.  This version of the Tattle Tale app requires System
6.0.4 or newer (It is System 7.1 compatible.).

The author, John Mancino, has released it as Freeware, but asks that
anyone who finds it useful make a donation to a worthy non-profit
organization.

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/tattle-tale-161.hqx; 228K]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 23:18:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TattleTale DA 1.6.3

TattleTale DA v1.6.3 provides very complete information about
your computer and its system related software. The information
can be viewed on screen by category, printed, written to a
standard text file in standard or a special Bug Report format,
or output in database readable format. It is particularly
useful in providing a record of your system configuration that
can be used for reporting problems to software and hardware
manufacturers, in comparing configurations across multiple
computers, or simply for learning about your machine.

Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/da/tattletale-da-163.hqx; 237K]

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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 10:56:58 PST
From: "Anthony D. Saxton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] WDef III Version 3.1

Add NeXT-like windows to your Macintosh! This is Eric's WDEF taken to the
"NeXT" level of evolution, through a complete rewrite! This is NOT a "Hacked"
version. The NEW features include:

 - Two versions of Windows! A "TrUE" representations of NeXT
     Windows, as well as the improved, Original WDef III version!
 - 3D buttons for "Close","Zoom" and "Grow"!
 - Fully compatable with all documented Apple features!
 - Full Color Support! Including System 7's Color Control Panel!
 - An ALL NEW Control Panel! Allows the turning on and off of
     WDef III, as well as selecting Window Type! Full documentation
     is included within the Control Panel! WDef III may be disabled
     durring Startup with the Shift Key or Mouse Button!
 - For what it's worth, Balloon Help is fully supported!
 - This version has been extensively beta tested on Mac Plus,
     SE, Clasic, LC II, IIsi, IIci, IIcx, IIfx, Quadra 700 and Quadra
     900 with Systems 6.0.5, 6.0.7, 7.0.1 and 7.1!
 - Source Code! The source code for both WDEFs are included for
     Think C, version 5.0!

WDef III is Now ShareWare! Due to the amount of time and energy being spent on
WDef III, and the amount intended to continue improving it, I'm asking a small
ShareWare fee of $5(US). This is to help defray the costs of making future
versions even better! A small E-Mail or postcard would still be greatly
welcome! It was those notes that caused the fruition of version 3.1! Keep
sending them!   ;-)

Enjoy!

Anthony D. Saxton
Elenay Creations
5686 Big Sea Street
Las Vegas, NV  89110
Internet: [e-mail]
AOL: Elenay

*************************SIG************************
  When in Las Vegas, visit VMUG! The Vegas Macintosh Users Group!
  VMUG meets on the first Saturday of each month, from 10am to
  Noon, at William E. Orr Middle School, behind the Boulevard Mall!
  For more information, call the VMUG Hotline at [phone],
  or the VMUG First Class BBS service at [phone].
****************************************************

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/wdef-iii-31.hqx; 150K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 19:54:44 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Heinrich Schnermann)
Subject: [*] YAMS! 1.0.4

YAMS! 1.0.4 fixes terrible bugs (I want SCCS!). Delete YAMS! 1.0.3, it is
a mistake :-( and will not run on non-color-quickdraw Macs.

YAMS! 1.0.4 is "yet another minesweeper" and killing the last reason for
Microsoft Windows :-). With this version you will see the seconds counter
counting while the fields are pressed, you can press shift or shiftlock
instead of the option key and you will have a different uncovering mechanism.

Regards, Heinrich

----

[Archived as /info-mac/game/yams-104.hqx; 194K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 13:54:46 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Christopher Suley)
Subject: [*] Zipple 1.6 - Control Panel

This is version 1.6 of Zipple. Please replace any earlier versions
with this version.

Zipple is a Control Panel extension that allows you to place an
animated image over the title of your Apple, Balloon Help, or
Application menu. You can use one of the ready-made animations,
or create your own with the sophisticated built-in editor.

Version 1.6 adds the following new features:
 * Tool palettes, allowing you to choose between pencil and paint
   bucket drawing, and to nudge and rotate frames.
 * Undo. You can undo changes made to frames while editing.
 * Users with black and white screens can now use the paint bucket
   feature, along with the new palette of 16 patterns.
 * Various cosmetic flaws fixed.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/zipple-16.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 09:38:53 CDT
From: JOSHUA GOLUB @ 708-304-7573 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZoneRanger095B

enclosed is version 0.9.5 of the ZoneRanger utility. a description of the
utility is below, followed by a list of the new features and bug fixes in
this version.

please send any bugs, comments or suggestions to:

joshua golub
1585 ridge avenue
evanston, illinois 60201
708-304-7573
[e-mail]

===============================================================================

A B O U T  Z O N E R A N G E R

ZoneRanger provides detailed information about each heap zone that is
currently
active on the Macintosh. This information includes both the counts and total
sizes of the free blocks, pointers, handles, locked handles, purgeable
handles,
and resource handles in each heap zone.

ZoneRanger also provides windows in which a heap zone can be displayed
graphically, with the size, type, and attributes of each block clearly
defined.
The user can control the resolution and zoom factor of this display, as well
as
click on any individual block to view its contents.

===============================================================================

F E A T U R E S   I N   V E R S I O N   0 . 9 . 5

Added support for 24-bit addressing.

Added a preferences file. ZoneRanger will now save the size, location, and
configuration of all windows.

Added ability to find blocks in a heap zone according to their type, size, or
contents.

Added ability to control the rates at which the windows are refreshed when
ZoneRanger is in the foreground and when it is in the background.

Added popup menu to Overview window.
Added more detailed balloon help.
Added more status information to Zone window.

Enhanced memory management.
Enhanced stack usage.
Enhanced segmentation strategy.
Enhanced drawing speed in Zone window.
Enhanced error handling.

===============================================================================

B U G   F I X E S   I N   V E R S I O N   0 . 9 . 5

ZoneRanger uses a single offscreen drawing world for all open windows, which
is
sized to accommodate the largest of the windows. When the largest window was
closed, the offscreen world was not reduced appropriately.

If an application name contained characters that are meaningful to the menu
manager ( "(", "-", "/" ), then strange things would appear in the Zones menu
for that application.

It would sometimes be difficult to bring a window to the front by clicking on
the title bar of the window.

The scroll bar in the Zone window for a particularly large zone would
sometimes
behave erratically.

The maximum size to which a Zone window could be grown was the size of the
main
monitor. This proved to be a bad assumption if the main monitor were the
smallest monitor on the system.

The Zone window did not refresh properly when it detected that its heap zone
had increased in size.

A bug exists in the Window Manager of the Macintosh Toolbox in which the grow
box for a window, which includes the outline of the scroll bars, is drawn one
pixel too low if the window is resized while the left edge of the window is
off the screen. To minimize this unsightly problem, ZoneRanger will redraw the
outline of the horizontal scroll bar in its proper position.

===============================================================================

[Archived as /info-mac/util/zoneranger-095.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 00:03:48 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q): Prog to make TrueTypes from Bitmaps?

Is there a program for the creation of TrueType fonts that works more or
less like FONTographer does for PostScript fonts, i.e., lets you bring
in bitmapped characters, trace the outlines, and after a little cleanup
save as a TrueType typeface?  This is an info question (doesn't seem to
be a FAQ); if you know pretty assertively from doing font work that no
such program is out there, I'd benefit from hearing that, too.

- Allan Hunter
 <ahunter@sbccvm>

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

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 16:56:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Benjamin \"Waldo\" Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Error Codes

Hi!
    I was wondering where I can obtain a list for Macintosh error
codes? I have received numerous codes of type -192 and I would really like
to know what it means.  It has been happening a lot of late this
afternoon.  Any help anyone could provide would be wonderful.  You can
either respond here or to [e-mail]
                        Thanks.

Benjamin Smith                  [e-mail]
Columbia Univeristy School of Engineering and Applied Science



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

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 03:29:26 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Bizhan Binesh)
Subject: ****** Chosser gives BLANK screen **********


I am running System 7.1 on a Centris 610. I have not been able to setup my
printer yet because when I open Chooser, I get a blank screen. I do have all
kinds of print drivers but none shows up. I even do not get a port iconn
either. It is just one big BLANK screen.

Your help is very appreciated.
BTW I did rebuild the desktop but that did not help either.

Bizhan.............. [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 05:47:43 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Ian Feldman)
Subject: --> inexpensive _frame grabbers_ for 68000 Macs?

 +--------------+
 ||+----------+ |           Are                    +-------------+
 ||| All The  | |          there                   | ===========+|
 ||| PC News  | |           any?                   |' Mac SE    ||
 ||| That Fit | |            |                     |'        or ||
 ||| on TV    | |            |                     |' Classic   ||
 ||+----------+ |            v                     |' [68000]   ||
 ||||||||||||||||=--+  +---------+                 |'- - - - - -+|
 ++-------+++++++   +--+   Frame |   +--------+    | ______::::::|
 | [video]'""""'|=--+  | Grabber |   | Mac    +---=| ------======|
 |________LLLLLL|      |   Board +---+ Vision |    |||||||||||||||
 ~~            ~~      +=========+   +========+    |||||||||||||||
 _____________________________________________________________________

 I know of several NuBus frame-grabber boards but wonder if there
 might be similar ones for the lesser Macs (those without slots),
 something permitting instant freezing of a video picture (PAL)
 and feeding it in without jaggies to a simple digitizer like
 MacVision (which takes 22 secs to scan a picture, so a frame
 grabber is a necessity).

 The objective is 512*342 1bit/ pixel (B/W) pictures stored in
 HyperCard... have tried using top-quality VCR with freeze-frame
 function but the pictures come out full of streaks and garbage.

    PLEASE reply ONLY to ----------> [e-mail]
    and I'll summarize
    to the I-M Digest
    and in c.s.m.hardware            Thanks!


__Ian "reply to me, NOT to the list, please" Feldman <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 14:36:39 EDT
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: //c to Mac serial cable

    Hi, All!

    A friend of mine wants to transfer a big wodge of files from his
old Apple //c to his Mac, and is looking for specs on a null modem
cable to connect these two beasts. His Mac has a normal DIN-8 serial
connector (The little round ones). He says his //c has a connector
that looks simaler (In fact, he can plug a Mac printer cable into it)
but he's unsure of the pinout.

    Has anyone ever attempted this? Can anyone give this guy some
advice? Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Please e-mail: [e-mail]

    Cheers,

    Mark Aiken

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 09:35 IST
From: Michael Green <[e-mail]>
Subject: 14k faxmodems

I can't decide which of the above to go for, and while soliciting advice I'll
make a pertinant point.

In May's MacWorld there are some interesting new items: (1) the Zyxel modem
which pc users have been raving about. (2) the new AT&T DataPort. Do either of
these modems have OCR software to convert an incoming fax into a text file?
For that matter, which of the other modems on the market include OCR? The PSI
Comstation? The Global Village Teleport? The Supra? Is there an independant
piece of software which can do this conversion to an on-screen fax file?
(3) MacWorld also shows the Macronix Vomax which can receive and store
incoming
faxes without your mac needing to be on [something I have been agitating for
for years [[for forty four at least]] ] but it only has 2400 data and looks
disgusting. Why other companies have not taken up this idea of being able to
store incoming faxes is beyond me, and I urge any reader/entrepreneur in a
position to do something about this to do it without delay.

Meanwhile, since I am not like to be granted my wish for some time, can dozens
of you write to me and suggest which is the best modem to buy today? Thanks.

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 22:23:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 68040 HAS FPU

Pete Tamas, the reason that the Centris 610 has no FPU option is that an FPU
is built into the 68040.  It doesn't include all the features of the regular
full FPU (the extras are implemented in software), but even so the 610 would
be MUCH faster than the LCIII.

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 10:11:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Ponto <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple's Internet Pilot Announcement (C)

Bravo to Apple for their work on the Higher Education Pilot Program. I think
such projects are invaluable to all of us associated with education in its
myriad forms. One (selfish) concern, however. . .

[Steps on soapbox]

Just once, I'd like to see the Arts identified as a "key" disicipline. It
was the same with the Bush administration's "Education 2000" program --
they forgot about the Arts.

Obviously I'm incredibly biased. After all, my job is based on the Arts
(music). My concern, however is a little more altruistic. Since our society
(and its education system) is pretty much based on valuing only those things
which can be spent, bought, eaten or driven, the Arts do seem rather trivial.
To those who have been given a solid education in the Arts, however, the
experience of a Mahler symphony, a Monet painting, a performance of Equus,
or a bit of Balanchine choreography can be an important life experience.

The key here is "education". Our society has real trouble with its art. The
average person in the United States is never given the tools to understand
the various artistic disciplines. We are, in short, "artistically
illiterate".
Small wonder we have antagonism between the government and the National
Endowment for the Arts -- they don't know how to deal with Art.

(I'm almost done here ;-)  )

Art is not for snobs or the "cultural elite" (Ooooooh I HATE that term!). It
does require us to meet it on its OWN terms, however. This is in distinction
to most items in our consumer-driven culture which try to meet us on OUR
terms,
thereby requiring little of us.

The beauty of the Arts is that as they soothe us, anger us, confuse us or
ennoble us, they ultimately CHANGE us. It is difficult to view Picasso's
Guernica and not somehow be different for the experience.

The Arts ARE basic!

[Steps off soapbox]

Please note, this is not a flame towards Apple. I think what their doing is
great! I simply want to point out that their omission (like so many others)
does not go entirely unnoticed.


Robert Ponto
School of Music
University of Oregon

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 20:36:01 BST
From: [e-mail] (Sak Wathanasin)
Subject: Battery rechargers/reconditioners for Powerbooks

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?

There is an Apple tech note on the subject ("PowerBook miscellanea") from
which the excerpt below is taken. Note that more damage is done by
over-charging your batteries than from the imagined "memory effect":

NiCad Myths and Nightmares

There really is a "charge memory" problem with Nickel-Cadmium
batteries! The trouble is that to get that effect you need to get your
battery into a geosynchronous orbit, in microgravity, and subject it to
extremes of heat and cold while charging for precise times over a
period of months. Also, the result of a true "charge memory" effect is
a reduction in voltage by a few tenths of a volt, not a change in the
amp-hour duration of battery charge. In satellites where this is a
concern, a reconditioning cycle is run every year or so! This is not a
reasonable concern even if your work routine is the same day to day.
The problem is that, for fear of causing a memory problem in NiCad
batteries, many people attempt to fully discharge then fully recharge
their batteries. This tends to accelerate electrolyte loss and to
create the possibility of reverse polarizing individual internal cells
resulting in the reduced battery capacity that these same people claim
as evidence of the "memory" effect. You should therefore never attempt to
run your battery down for the purpose of "reconditioning it.

Another possible problem is charging or discharging the battery too
fast. In the first case you can generate excessive heat and cause the
loss of electrolyte and in the second (by shorting the terminals) you
can cause the loss of electrolyte and generate excessive heat. The
charger circuit in the PowerBooks as well as the stand-alone battery
chargers from Apple are designed to bulk charge the battery as fast as
possible without overheating, then to trickle charge up to their full
charge.

In general use, you should plug into your wall adapter whenever it is
available, whether using the lead-acid battery in the PowerBook 100 or
the NiCads in the 140 and 170, and not worry about possible memory
effects. If you are looking for a third-party battery charger, stay
away from bulk chargers and those that "provide" discharge/recharge
cycles.

Despite what the manual says, you should never intentionally discharge
your battery other than in the course of normal use.

Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
178 Wainbody Ave South, Coventry CV3 6BX, UK

Internet: [e-mail]
uucp:     ...!uknet!nan!sw                       AppleLink: NAN.LTD
Phone: [phone] Mobile:[phone]  Fax: [phone]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 09:30:50 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bewildered by that little Quoter DA (Q)

I downloaded what sounded like a cute and highly desirable disk acces-
sory last night, the Quoter DA advertised in these pages (vol 86?) which
lets you insert those damn little >'s in front of text when you want to
reply on the net.  Naturally, I then went on to delete the digest after
excerpting other comments but not the Quoter DA blurb, so now I have to
post this to the whole digest and risk embarrassment.  Anyway:  how does
it WORK?  It has one little dialog window that asks for "initials for
clip", and an OK button.  Highlight text in email, enter original
author's initials, hit OK?  Nope, nothing happens.  Okay, do you suppose
this dude figured I'd download my mail first and work on it on the Mac?
After all, it isn't a Kermit / IBM-VM disk accessory, it's a Mac disk
accessory.  Okay, opened a downloaded email letter (text), opened Quoter
and followed same protocol.  Nope.  Nothing happened.  Awright, now...

a)  How do you use this thing?  I know what it's supposed to do and it
    ain't doing it!

b)  If the answer is not so embarrassingly obvious as to seriously dis-
    credit my analytical abilities, maybe a HELP ME file is in order?

b)  Who is "Clip" and why does he need me to give him initials?


- Allan Hunter
 <ahunter@sbccvm>      < thingies typed by hand
 <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 22:23:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: bouncing windows between two monitors

Bill MacCarthy asked:

>Does there exist a utility which will permit one to
>move at a single keystroke (or click) a window from
>one monitor to another (on the same system, of course)?

I use a WONDERFUL utility called "ZoomOther" which zooms a window to your
second screen if you hold down option while clicking the zoom box.  Most
programs will take the window back to the main screen if you don't hold down
option.a

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

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 03:17:17 PST
From: "John Saxton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color of Mac Startup Icon

>What does it mean when the little drawing of a Mac that is next to the
>Welcome to Macintosh comes up in black-and-white instead of in color? This
>happens on on a color MacIIci with a color videocard, set to 256 colors.
>Other machines here have the little drawing in color.
>Alan

It means you need to zap your PRAM.
To do so, restart you machine, holding down command-option-p-r until your
machine restarts again.

Your PRAM is "Parameter Random Access Memory" The PRAM is used to keep track
of
a few settings while your Mac is shut off. These are settings that need to be
accessed even before any drives are mounted, such as the time, date, SCSI ID
of
the startup drive, etc.

"Zapping" your PRAM doesn't damage it; It just causes the data in it to be
zapped and reconstructed. Most settings will be reconstructed just fine, but
you may find a few things wrong, like your desktop pattern may need to be
reselected, or something else as trivial as that.

Zapping the PRAM is a good thing for anyone to do from time to time, along
with
rebuilding your desktop file.

John Saxton
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 10:39:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: database, calender, & list (Q)

I need some help.  I am looking for a program that is a sort of combination
of a contact manager and a PIM.  Specifically, I want to be able to keep
track of my activities (letters, phone call, meetings, homeworks, etc) of a
day and links these activities to their respective person or class.  So I
can see what I do in a day in calender view, see what I do with a
person/company in a database view (by double clicking the name in the
calender, for example), or see what person/company that I have sent any
letter to in a list view (by double clicking on "letter" in the calender).
So I guess I want to somehow make the name of a person/company, the
activities, and date/time into "tags" and view them in different ways.  Is
there such a program?  I was waiting for ThoughtPattern 2.0 which seems to
promise what I want, but the company is defunct.

Thank you so much.

Tim

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

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 13:15:24 EDT
From: Richard Goldsworthy <[e-mail]>
Subject: Diagonally challenged trackball (Q)

Howdy, ya'll (feeling kinda southern today)! I've got a powerbook
ll is giving us fits. Its a PB 140 and if you want to go up and down, great.
If
 you would like to go left and right, wonderful; but forget about the nether
 re
gions in between! I've tried the simple route of popping the ball out and
using
 an air gun to clean it out but to no avail. Any ideas?


Thanks,
Richard Goldswor           "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"
Woodbridge Academy         "No, MacBeth, that's a popsicle!"
[e-mail]
606.846.5233

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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 14:33:59 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Jeong-Hyun Kim)
Subject: f2c converter for MPW??? [A]

There had been a file called f2c_5_92.cpt_hqx on elpp1.epfl.ch. I don't
remember the exact place it was on. It's for ThinkC and the size is about
800K.
Hope this helps.

[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 13:17:30 -0700
From: Alex McCormick <[e-mail]>
Subject: HD icon kablooie

Well now it's happened to me -- my custom HD icon is gone, replaced by the
generic document icon, and I can't seem to get it back.  No matter what I
do, when I try to paste an icon I get a message that says "The command
could not be completed because it cannot be found."

Context: Running a PB100 4/40 with system 7.0.1, tuner 1.1.1.  I first
noticed the change when accessing my HD under file sharing from another
machine (LCII running some version of system 7).

What I've done:  When I was back at my machine and noticed the problem I
tried to paste the custom icon again and got the message quoted above.
Then I realized file sharing was on, so I turned it off and tried again.
No luck (hereafter NL).  Ran UnlockFolder (it did apear to be locked),
restarted, NL.  Rebuilt the desktop, NL.  Zapped  PRAM, NL.  Repeated the
above in various combinations, NL.  Always the same message.

I did verify that the icon is in the clipboard and can be pasted
elsewhwere, just not to my HD.  I was about to try pasting to my RAM Disk,
but I now see that it has gone away.  It had docs on it, too (easily
replaced, luckily).  Did I do that with one of the above operations?  This
is looking more worrisome...

I'm out of ideas.  Are there other incantations I should be trying here?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Please send suggestions/explanations
to me at [e-mail].  Thanks.

----
Alex McCormick
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 14:14:17 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Korver)
Subject: How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)

> I would suggest getting a CD ROM write once recorder and getting a CD ROM
> player at the other end.  The recorder will set you back $4000-$5000 and
> a player is only a couple hundered.  A CD can hold (I believe) about 550MB,
> and because it isn't magnetic is very reliable and safe to mail.  I would
> worry about mailing a megnetic media product such as DAT.

I wouldn't.  I have sent literally thousands of tapes in the mail and never
really had any problems.  In fact, magnetic media are more likely to get
physically broken or lost in the mail than have data loss.  At least that's
been my experience.  Besides, a DAT drive is much cheaper than a CD drive.
Besides, for the money that you'd save, you could send lots of copies FedEx
if you're really worried about it.

-Brian Korver
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 15:06:47 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Sridar Narayanan)
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
.
.
.
>the more expensive the connection.  It is also likely this data set
>could double to 3 gigs within two years.


I would use two high-density Exabyte tape drives (5 gigabyte capacity) and
courier the tapes.  It would certainly beat the Internet in speed, and
would likely beat a dedicated phone line as well, and be cheaper in the
long run too.

Sridar

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Date: 26 Apr 1993 11:05:35 +1200
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: internet at a price

>From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
>I suspect most of you have noticed that in many cases (like at all
>universities
>that I know of), the internet is free.
>If the internet were run by a business, there would probably
>be a flat fee for email - imagine having to pay $0.29
>for every email you sent over the internet, like you have to for the post
office?
>There would be extra charges for being allowed special acces to anything
> that was really cool (like ftp).

No imagination necessary. You've just described the actual situation at this
and every other university in New Zealand, except that you left out one little
thing: there is a fee to *receive* email too! So please don't send me any. But
this is not because it's run by a business: it's because we pay for cost of
data
transfer into and out of the country (by cable or satellite or however it's
magically done).
 --------
matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 12:06:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: Launching invisible apps (A)

>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 12:35 BST
>From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Launching invisible apps
>
>This was prompted by a discussion with an acquaintance at Microsoft (now
>now, folks, don't bristle!):
>
>How do you make an application executable but not copyable over a network?
>
>The "obvious" way would be to make the application or the folder that
>contains it invisible, but of course "invisibility" has been tightened up
>under System 7 so that you can no longer launch the app by double-clicking
>one of its visible documents.
>
>The next thing that might seem possible is to launch the app using a
>process manager utility like NoFinder.  Unfortunately, NoFinder respects
>the Finder's invisibility bit in its standard file dialog box so you can
>never see the thing you want to launch.  The same appears to be true of
>Process Watcher 2.0.
>
>Finally one might consider sending an AppleEvent to the application, which
>is probably what NoFinder would do assuming you could see the app in order
>to select it.  But I don't know if invisible apps can hear AppleEvents sent
>to them by other means (not that I have other means, and don't tell me to
>go buy AppleScript :-) ).
>
>So, any suggestions?

One suggestion is to use the program FolderBolt. It can make files (or
folders) usable (and visible) but not copiable.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 22:22:56 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mike's LC III & IIci spacing changes

In reference to:

>My attempt at a comparison of these two machines is driving me nuts.
>Comparing a document on the IIci (system 7.0.1) and the LCIII (system 7.1),
>same document, same program, same set-up and all, and one has a different
>amount of text on the page than the other, sometimes amounting to 3 to 6
>lines (the right to left justification is unchanged, i.e. the words are in
>the proper place).  This means that the text on the bottom of the page on
>one computer is on the top of the page on
the other.
  Very Confusing!!!!

This could be any of a number of things:
 - Different printer drivers
on the two computers.  Different drivers have slightly different sized pages.
 - Different fonts.  Perhaps one computer is using TrueType, the other ATM.
Perhaps you have different bitmaps for your fonts.  Try making sure that both
sets of fonts are the same.  Particularly, there is a Apple set and an Adobe
set of bitmaps for the standard LaserWriter fonts.  The Adobe set is much
nicer (includes true italics,
 bold, etc.)
 - If you are using ATM on both machines, one may have "Character shapes" and
the other have "line spacing" checking in the ATM control panel.

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Date: Sat,  24 Apr 93 9:55 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MousePads - self made

I sticked velvet textured wall paper squares on the tables in
our MAC lab - it doesn't have feet ;-}   - and is still there
after almost 2 years.

Ilan Szekely, Computer Lab, Faculty of Dentistry,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 13:30:07 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: Multitasking: true or false? (A)

>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 12:36:04 CDT
>From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Multitasking: true or false? (Q)
>
>Several of my UNIX friends tell me that Unix does "true multitasking".
>I think their implication is that the Mac only does false multitasking.
>Is this the same distinction as between "co-operative" and "preemptive"
>multitasking or the other way round? I, and perhaps others, would be
>greatly edified if someone knowledgeable in these matters would explain
>the theoretical differences, and whether they make any real-world
>difference at all.

Mac OS doesn't implement "true" multitasking. Background processes rely
on the "cooperation" of the foreground process to yield processor time
(by calling WaitNextEvent, for example). Conceivably, an ill-behaved
process (especially an foreground process) can make multiprocessing a
joke. Even if all processes are well-behaved, one cannot assign
priorities to the processes and some processes may get very little time.
There's also no memory protection - one process can "corrupt" another
process.

Because of the design of Mac OS, it's also difficult to write a
multithreaded program (to perform several tasks concurrently and
independently) for the Mac. Some programs simulate multithreading
by using interrupt-based procedures, but this's only a partial
solution. True multithreading would require a rewrite of most Mac
Toolbox routines (esp. the File Manager).

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 17:39:16 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Multitasking: true or false? (Q)

[e-mail] (Who cares?) writes:

>Several of my UNIX friends tell me that Unix does "true multitasking".
>I think their implication is that the Mac only does false multitasking.
>Is this the same distinction as between "co-operative" and "preemptive"
>multitasking or the other way round?

Macs have a "co-operative multitasking".
If an application does not give away the CPU
you can forget about the other applications running.
I have seen this happen with old applications (esp. games).

Sven :)

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

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 11:15:43 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Need for Programers

Dear Internetters,

ATTN: For Graphically declined programers.

I am recently a new user to the Internet and have found it quite usefull to
this
point.  I am a software designer and have been formulating and idea for a
userfull
shareware/freeware-potentially commercial-piece of software.  My skills are
in the
area of marketing and advertising and the graphic design area of software.  My
programing skills are very, I mean VERY limited.  I am looking for a well
skilled
programer that has the time and desire to invest in the coperative creation
of some
potentially powerfull software!  I am currently a college student and can
offer no
immediate compensation.  If you think that you may be interested in pursuing a
task like this one you can e-mail me directly and I will e-mail and ftp you
the
creative comsmetic aspects of the project in a resource form and we will go
from
there.  I have full internet access so transfer of files and resources are
not a
problem.
Matt Petrowsky

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 09:27:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Ponto <[e-mail]>
Subject: Notecards? (Q)

Although I've been a faithful Mac user for about six years, there is still
one task I do the old-fashioned way -- when doing research for papers &
articles, I use plain old index cards for my notetaking! (Pretty pathetic,
eh?) Then, I organize the citations on my living room floor before I begin
to write.

Is there a software equivalent of this process? I've tried using the outliner
in Word, but it gets really cluttered as I'm trying to manipulate hundreds
of citations. Moreover, this approach is very "linear" -- I can't really get
a sense of the "big picture".

Is this an unrealistic way of doing it in the computer world? What about
software such "Endnote Plus" or "Inspiration"? Do any of these (or others)
come close?

Thanks for any help you can give. If there's any interest by others, I'll
summarize responses to the digest.

Robert Ponto
Associate Professor
School of Music
University of Oregon
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:40:20 EDT
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB 145 click

    Hi, all!

    Quick question: (Hopefully not a FAQ):

    I recently bought a PB145, and am very happy with it, except for one
thing: the internal speaker clicks (Presumably on/off) audibly when I
perform quite a wide variety of tasks: launching applications, quittting
applications, even switching layers and opening new windows (sometimes)
I haven't had the unit long, so I haven't isolated the exact causes,
but I was just wondering if this is a normal occurance or whether I
should have it looked at??

    Thanks for any help,

    e-mail to [e-mail]

    Mark Aiken

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 22:23:52 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Performa General Controls

You can freely switch the General control panel from the Performa software
with the one of the standard Mac software.  There might be some problems with
the color patterns not showing up, though, as mentioned in issue 78.

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 15:17:01 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Performas, What's the point?

It looks to me that Performas aren't really any cheaper than a real Mac. so
what's the point?  Is it just so Sears et al that carry Performas don't
compete with Computer Stores?  I would think Apple would save more money and
probably sell more machines by simply using real Macs in place of Performas.

        Aric Friesen

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

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 17:11:41 edt
From: "Maxwell Smart (Soell, Oliver)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Postscript files (Q)

Does anyone have an easy way to make universal Postscript files (non-platform
specific)? I do layout of a publication here at Dickinson in my room, and I
print it out in various different places, from another mac connected to a
laser to our computer science department's Sun (using macps). However, I
sometimes need to see exactly how it will print out, and I prefer not to do
this from within the page layout program (I use Quark 3.1) as I don't trust
it. In any case I'd like to use Ghostscript and Ghostview which I installed
on the Sun, but they will not accept the Mac ps files.  Any ideas?

thanks bunches

Oliver Soell
Dickinson College
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 20:04:45 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Printing Booklet with PageMaker 4.2

I'm trying to a make a booklet with PageMaker 4.2. Unfortunately, the user's
manual does not describe this Aldus addition - maybe I'm blind! So, I have
a few problems with it. I would appreciate help from anyone who has experience
in making booklets with this program.

My requirements are fairly simple: make and print a booklet sideways on
8.5 x 11 paper. I'm placing a MS Word 5.1a file into the PageMaker document.
I can't get the margins to work in the booklet. All my lines are chopped off
on the right margin!

Thanks in advance.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 20:09:46 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Problem with SuperPaint 3.0

I have a Mac IIci with an 80 MEG internal hard drive and an external 230 MEG
external hard drive. The internal HD is used as the startup drive with
System 7.1.

A few days ago, I removed SuperPaint 3.0 from the internal drive to freeup
some space and I re-installed it on my external drive. It turns out that
my SuperPaint files became "document" files instead of retaining the proper
"Aldus document" kind. In other words, these files could not be opened by
double-clicking on them.

Can anyone offer any help?

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 22:22:28 EDT
From: Bernard Glassman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Screen Enlarger?

I'm trying to help a friend whose Centris refuses to play CD ROM games for
him because his monitor is too small. He's heard that there is an init
that will fool software into believing that one is using a larger monitor.
I don't even know how to search for such a thing. Nothing in Util at
simex-aim seemed to be appropriate. Ideas?

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 19:37:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Aleksandar Totic)
Subject: Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware??

>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).

Try DefaultFolder, a shareware utility whose unexpected feature is
adding a folder menu to file dialog box.

Aleks

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 17:46:39 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware?? (Q)

Someone was looking for a (shareware) replacement to "SuperBoomerang"
which is bundled with NowUtilities.

My suggestion: DefaultFolder 2.3.1

I don't have a list of features, so I cannot compare these further.
They both, however, aid the dialog to find a file by giving a list
of recently accessed or standard files/folders to choose from.

Sven :)

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 00:18:44 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: System error 15 - Problem solved!

Some digests ago I asked about why I get System errors id=15 after the
harddisk of my MacPortable (non-backlit, 9mB) went to sleep and has to
start again.

The solution is quite simple: Apple did not allocate enough memory to
the Finder! The Finder's SIZE resource showed suggested and actual
size both with 302'080 bytes (= 295 kB). I increased it to 512'000
bytes (500 kB), and the error disappeared.

However, I can not understand that Apple distributes system software
that causes such problems.

BTW - Based on my question in the digest I received 1 response where
it was suggested to re-install system software etc. from original
disks. But this I had already tried. I have also reformatted the
harddisk and tried System version 7.01 and 7.0.1.1 - all with the same
result.

Best regards Christian    [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 16:17:30 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: v.32bis friendly comm program (Q)

Net Folk,
I just bought a ZyXEL U-1496E modem, and I'd like to use it at the full 14400
baud it is capable of.  Unfortunately, all the comm programs I've tried allow
9600 or 19200 baud, but not 14400.  I've tried several programs (Microphone
3.0,
Z-Term 0.9, and several comm tools with the Apple Modem tool, and the Serial
tool) but to no avail.  Do any of you know where I can find a comm program or
tool that allows 14400 baud communications?  I appreciate your help,
Glenn Fink
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Apr 1993 00:04:53 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Virtual Memory--When to use

Hello All,
    I was wondering if virtual memory use is a good idea even if you don't
need the extra memory.  For example, I have 9mb of ram on my mac which is
sufficient for my needs.  I have heard that it is a good idea to turn on
virtual
memory, therefore doubling my present memory, as a way to make memory
management
more efficient.  Is this true?

Steve Liu
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 14:46:08 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Why we shouldn't abuse the internet (C)

Avram Dorfman writes about how we should not abuse Internet
because it will soon collapse due to overuse...


There have always been those who predicted the end of the world is
near and that it was their duty to warn everyone.  Well, the world
is still here...and so is Internet.


There is no reason to *not* believe that as technology advances,
and demands increase, Internet will grow as necessary.  Yes it is
true that it can be annoying when you need to get a project done
in 15 min. and Internet in your area is slowed because everyone is
ftp'ing a new game.  That's why some common decency and
consideration should be used.  But as far as Internet randomly
collapsing due to overuse, I think we neednUt worry.  It is true
that there is a chance that Internet will be gone tomorrow.  There
is also a chance that the Republicans will see the light, but they
are both equally unlikely.  ;-)


        Aric Friesen

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 07:55:16 +0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Word processor blues and Fullwrite

I keep hearing about upgrades to word processors such as Word, WordPerfect,
MacWrite, Nisus that make them huge monsters able to do anything including
leap tall buildings at a single bound.  The number of features that have
been introduced is unbelievable.  So why haven't they introduced a feature
that was an integral part of FullWrite Pro eons ago, CITATIONS.  This
feature has saved me a number of times, is perfect for scientific or
technical writing and is a snap to use.  Someone, somewhere, please get one
of the above to adopt this feature so I can use a currently supported word
processor instead of an  extinct one.

The strange thing is, if I had to choose one word processor to write the
complex manuals of any of the above word processors I would choose
FullWrite Pro since none of the others can provide the Figure number and
Table number automatic referencing and updating.  What DO they use to write
those manuals anyways??

Food for thought.....mike

Michael Silverstein
Materials Engineering, Technion

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 07:45:19 +0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Zapping the PRAM

LCIII, system 7.1;  the problem is that I cannot get my changes in the
VIEWS control panel to stick.  Somehow I got the impression that zapping
the PRAM might help although this impressions might be TOTALLY WRONG.

I faithfully pulled the appropriate FAQ file to learn how to zap the PRAM
and it told me to hold down command-option-p-r.  I tried this and had one
of two things happening: if held down right at the beggining - a restart;
if held down after ex/cp's - a desktop reset.

1) Will zapping the PRAM solve this problem?
2) How do I zap in 7.1 with an LCIII?

Thanks again.....mike

Michael Silverstein
Materials Engineering, Technion

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 16:24:31 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Zmodem program for VMS

Netters,
Previously I've been uploading my files from a Un*x machine using zmodem, now
I've been switched to a Vax running VMS.  Do any of you know where I can find
a zmodem program that I can compile under VMS?  I've been using the zmodem
program that someone posted to info-mac and if all else fails, maybe I can
modify it for VMS.  Tips, clues, and goodies all gratefully accepted.
Thank you,
Glenn Fink
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 16:57:50 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Jacob Palme DSV)

Some days ago I sent a question to info-mac about how to convert
Microsoft Word documents into pure ascii text files, so that the
layout information is preserved as much as possible.

Here is a summary of the replies I got:

From: "Dr Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>

Before saving, why not get Word to do a Search for a paragraph
marker (^p, if my memory serves) and replace with two paragraph
markers (^p^p), then save as text? As for the others, I'm not
sure. Perhaps using the Claris XTND Word translator with BBEdit
will do some of it?

From: Eric Nielsen <[e-mail]>

I have had some luck with saving Word files using the Text With
Layout converter.  It converts your Space Above/Below into blank
lines, as well as trying to maintain things like centering,
justification, etc. by using spaces.  Save as Text With Layout,
then load it in using just Text.  Hope this helps! By the way,
make sure you display it in a monospace font.

From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>

A potential solution to your problem is getting the $120 package
of MacLink/PC  7.0.  Not only does it convert documents from PC-
MAC-PC, but also it converts  between two different Mac file
types that are inheritantly compatible (if their makers would
listen to their customers).

From: Ian Feldman <[e-mail]>

If you write a program yourself, first look at the setext
structure-enhanced text format.

From: "David M. Rosenberg" <[e-mail]>

I have been involved in some discussions about a
general solution for producing ASCII Page Image text files from
arbitrary Macintosh applications.  I will send you a full
transcript of the discussions next week.  In the meantime the
early part of the transcript can be found on sumex-
aim.stanford.edu at the path /info-mac/report/ascii-from-mac-
progs.hqx. In short, we are not aware of a currently available
program that does what we want.  We have been discussing a spec
for such a program and there appears to be reasonable prospects
for a collaborative effort to produce it.

I may report more after having followed up on the suggestions.

Jacob Palme, [e-mail]
Stockholm University
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
16440 Kista, Sweden
Phone [phone]

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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 00:38:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Public Access BBS)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: mannera
From: [e-mail] (Mark Mannera)
Subject: Canadians ripped off by America Online/MACWORLD "free" offer
Organization: Eastern's Public Access BBS, Toronto CAN
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 04:38:13 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail] (Public Access BBS)

Canadian readers of MACWORLD magazine should be wary of the "free" 10 hours
of America Online bundled with the current issue of MACWORLD. What they
don't tell you is, that you WILL BE CHARGED for their being dependant on
Datapac & Tymnet in order to provide service to Canadian (potential)
subscribers. I discovered this the hard way. After using up approx. half of
the alloted 10 "free" hours, I learned that I had a bill of (to date) $55.

NOWHERE in the magazine, insert, disc or online, did I find any warning of
the potential charges. I was coldly charged PRIME TIME rates, for logging in
after 11pm. All this under the guise of a "free" promotion.

I urge all Canadian readers of comp.sys.mac.digest and MACWORLD magazine, to
NOT take advantage of this offer. I'd go so far as to urge you not to buy
MACWORLD magazine this month if you haven't already. If you have send the
disc back at their cost.  Perhaps then, MACWORLD will learn to show some
consideration for Canadian readers, and America Online might start
considering setting up local access numbers a la Compuserve (a MUCH classier
operation as far as I'm concerned).

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