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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 11 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 7

Today's Topics:

      [*] /art/nightwatch.cpt.hqx
      [*] /cp/obiwan-force-db.hqx
      [*] ALDUS PageMaker 5.0 demo
      [*] Ball & Stick 3.06 demo (Molecular Graphics)
      [*] Greg's Buttons 2.3
      [*] PCalc 1.0.1 Submission
      [*] TwiLight screen saver
      12" Monitor and Image Size
      950 Color Addition
      950 Color Addition - What is it?
      A 7.0 upgrade for a SE (R)
      About Michel,Michele,Michelle (A)
      AIFF sound file tip: QuickTime 1.5 (!?!)
      Apple Remote Access and Internet
      Appleworks Files
      Austrian address -- anyone know it? (Volume 11 Issue 5)
      AutoDoubler Internal Compressor
      Background printing of post
      Battery in keyboard
      C++
      Confusion about font menus / typefaces
      connecting a Syquest rem. drive to Mac and PC
      CText file changing creator to print from Desktop
      Curve fitting feature in graphing programs, esp. Cricket Graph
      Curve fitting programs
      DD Expand on info-mac corrupt?
      Desktop Pictures
      disappearing startup screen
      Disinfectant (error -43) (*Q)
      Do StyleWriters have a short lifetime (A)
      Fraudulent e-mail, dissausion from sending
      FUNNIES: Apple macs,the lastest development
      GrayShare on StyleWriter (I)
      How do I join...text files ? (A)
      How do I join together a large number of small text file (A)
      How do I join together a large number of small text files ? (A)
      How do I set up Mac-X for use of the 4Dwm on an SGI Indigo ?
      How to generate DXF from picture?
      HP IIIsi Printer Driver
      Imagewriter LQ connection w/PC
      Impact Accelerator for LC (C)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #3
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #5
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #6
      LaserWriter Pro 630
      Making business cards on a Macintosh (A)
      Menu Fonts in Font (C)
      need 800Kb Dutch 6.0.7 installer
      newscrud
      NTSC-Out Video cards
      PhotoCD (C)
      Photo CD (Info-Mac Digest V11 #5)
      please post as report
      Quadra sound gone "muffly"
      Question about Inside Macintosh books (Q)
      QuickTime 1.5 Movie Player
      Read Floppy from HP ChemStation on Mac
      Recommendations needed for System 6.07 software in 1-meg environment
      Replacement Mouse Switch that WORKS!
      Scanning poetry with Omnipage
      Slide makers
      Sorting in non-English systems
      SuperATM & PersonalLaserNT
      Teleport modems and powerbooks (Q)
      Text files - easy printing (A)
      Times 2
      UNIX-Mac connectivity on a shoe-string?
      UNIX binary to Mac Binary?
      VAX <=> zmodem <=> Mac <=>
      What actually happens during an SE -> SE/30 upgrade?
      Why does my hard drive spin
      XGator demo availability

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 10:01:52 +0100
From: "Rene G.A. Ros" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] /art/nightwatch.cpt.hqx

For those of us who's only piece of art they see are the icons on their
Mac-desktop, here is something else.

It is a scanned picture of a famous painting as startupscreen. The full name
in Dutch is:

'Het korporaalschap van kapitein Frans Banning Cock en luitenant Willem
van Ruytenburch.'

and in English:

'The company of captain Frans Banning Cock and lieutenant Willem van
Ruytenburch.'

aka 'NightWatch' (1642)
by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)

The quality of the picture isn't perfect but will do on a 8-bit 13" screen.
If you want to have the perfect version: sorry, the NightWatch isn't for
sale.
But you can take a look at it in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands.

It definitly belongs in the /art directory! :-)

Hope you like it.

Rene Ros

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/nightwatch.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:34:21 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] /cp/obiwan-force-db.hqx

Here is the 810k Force database for ObiWan, I finally managed to
license the PInterfacesHelp file from Apple (thanks to Rick Fleischman
and Barbara Napier!) so I can release it.

If you don't have ObiWan, you can get it from all the usual archives
(info-mac/cp (its currently in info-mac/app, but it should move to
its proper location in the cp directory shortly)).

The Force file includes all the information up to and including System 7,
together with a bunch of additions, including

IM 1 to 6 procedures (eg InitGraf)
IM 1 to 6 types (eg FSSPec)
IM 1 to 6 traps (eg _InitGraf and TrapA86E)
IM 1 to 6 globals (eg CurApName and Global910)
IM 1 to 6 errors (eg dsMemFullErr, Err25, nilHandleErr, Err-109)

plus additions (mostly done by Quinn, THANKS!!!)

Ascii - an ascii chart
Filter Procs - most of the important filter procs from IM
FinderFlags - the finder flags
Help - a description of the keys for ObiWan
KeyMap - key code mappings
Packages - a list of packages
Pascal - THINK & MPW pascal bits and pieces (eg copy, insert, new)
ResEdit - ResEdit templates
Technotes - A list including abstracts of most of the technotes

You can write your own databases as well, as well as add bits to the
Force database.  If you'd like to write any additions that would be
generally useful (eg QuickTime), please send them along to me and
I'll include it in the next release.

If you find any errors, please report them to me.

Have fun,
   Peter. <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/obiwan-force-db.hqx; 353K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 07:26:43 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: [*] ALDUS PageMaker 5.0 demo

ALDUS PageMaker 5.0 Demo
========================

The following appears on the demo envelope:
 ------------------------------------------

To install and run this demo

1. This demo can be run from the floppy disk; however, we recommend
   that you follow these steps:

   o Copy the contents of the disk to your hard drive
   o Double-click on ``PageMaker 5.0 Demo''

2. To end the demo at any time, click on the demo's Quit button,
   press Command + Q, or select ``Quit'' from the File menu

Copy and distribute freely.

To run this demonstration, you'll need a color Macintosh, System 6.0.7
or later (runs under System 7), a hard drive, a high-density floppy disk
drive, and at least 4MB of RAM (5MB under System 7).

ALDUS(r)  1-800-685-3506


[Archived as /info-mac/demo/pagemaker-50.hqx; 1140K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:44:47 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Ball & Stick 3.06 demo (Molecular Graphics)

Here comes the latest demo version of Ball & Stick 3.06.
Please replace all previous demo versions.

This is a molecular graphics application working on all
Macintosh computers from MacPlus upward (including
Quadras), it requires at least System 6.04, for color
machines 6.05 and 32-bit QuickDraw are preferred.
It is fully System 7.0(1) (*)compatible.

Some minor bugs have been fixed since version 3.05
A complete list of changes (B&S 3.00->3.06 changes)
and a short tutorial (A Quick Guide to B&S 3.0)
are included in the binhexed self-extracting CompactPro
archive. As the full version also includes a HyperCard
Stack (MovieMaker) for simple black-and-white animation
2 sample movies created by B&S and this stack are included.

A QuickTime movie created by Ball&Stick can be found in
the info-mac archives as art/quicktime/molcule-movie.

The full version of Ball & Stick (C) Copyright 1988-1991
by Norber Mueller (me) and Alexander Falk is published by

Cherwell Scientific Publishing
The Magdalen Centre
 Oxford Science Park
Oxford OX4 4GA, UK
Phone   [phone]
Fax     [phone]

>From whom we receive royalties. The full package also
includes more structure examples and a co-processor
version of the program. The demo differs from the full
version in the number of atoms being limited to 40 and
advertising texts displayed on startup and exported or
printed PICTs.

In the USA Cherwell Scientific's office is at

Cherwell Scientific Publishing
15 Auburn Place
Brookline MA 02146
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/ball-and-stick-306.hqx; 402K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 13:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (G.D. Landweber)
Subject: [*] Greg's Buttons 2.3

Greg's Buttons v2.3     (Shareware: $10)
by Gregory D. Landweber, 10 January 1993
Internet e-mail:   [e-mail]

What's new?
The control panel is growing, and now offers alternate check boxes
(with real check marks) and radio buttons (with white dots).
There are now THREE variants on the Helvetica system font.  In
addition to the one from previous versions, I've added a darker,
thicker one based on Helvetica Condensed Bold 14, and I've brought
back the font from version 2.0 (it doesn't work with MacWrite II,
but it is 1 pixel shorter, which may be useful on a small screen).
I've also fixed a minor conflict with the the Default CDEF, and
the dialog boxes in Disk First Aid appear in the correct positions
(but are no longer colorized).  The control panel should also be
more stable, and in particular, I have fixed the bug that crashed
the control panel when you clicked in a color well.

What's old?
Greg's Buttons is a control panel that enhances the System 7 user
interface on a color Macintosh.  It provides tasteful 3-d shaded
buttons to match the windows and scroll bars, using the tints you
select in the "Color" control panel.  It also lets you change the
system font to a variant of Helvetica (the font on the NeXT), and
it lets you customize the background colors of your menus, dialog
boxes, and finder windows.  I've thrown in color alert icons, too.

Greg's Buttons works only on Macs with System 7 and color QuickDraw.

"I can't imagine my Macintosh without Greg's Buttons."

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/gregs-buttons-23.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:51:47 GMT
From: thomsonj <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PCalc 1.0.1 Submission

Enclosed is a binhex file containing a submission for your archives.
It should replace pcalc-10.hqx all over the world...

PCalc is a neat simulation of a programmable scientific calculator.

Please note that it *requires* System 7.x.x.
If you use System 6.0.x or earlier, here is what you are missing:

  Programmable functions via a simple mini language.
  System 7.x.x savvy:
      Can be controlled & programmed via Apple Events.
      Balloon Help for every button, menu & dialog item.
      Resolves Aliases.
      32-bit clean.
      Multifinder aware.
  Large 16+3 digit display.
  Hierarchical menu of user functions.
  Includes many functions for converting between different weights and
  measures.
  Quick, one click, conversion between decimal, hexadecimal and binary
  numbers.
  AND, OR, NOT, XOR, ROL, ROR and other extra functions in hex and binary
  mode.
  30 named user constants, 10 for each mode.
  'Undo' of any action.
  'Minimize' button to shrink the calculator when not in use.
  Enhanced graphics when viewed on a 256 colour or 16 gray (or better)
  screen.
  Colour graphics and help screens are stored in separate plug-in extensions.
  Runs on any Mac with System 7.x.x or greater, with or without Color
  Quickdraw.

And of course it's freeware. If you only download one calculator this year,
give this a try...

And if you only download one upgrade to a calculator this year, give this a
try too!

Version 1.0.1 fixes a bug that caused problems with the constants and
functions
has more accurate conversion functions and constants plus a few cosmetic
changes. Everyone that has 1.0 should get this new version, since 1.0 can
sometimes give 'differently-accurate' results...

Late News:

Unfortunately, the multiple-monitor/greater-than--8bit colour table bugs are
still there... Blame Apple (or the d e v e l o p suppliers to be accurate) for
that! And (until I find out otherwise), AutoDoubler 2.0 doesn't seem to like
PCalc very much - keep it uncompressed for now.

James Thomson ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/app/pcalc-101.hqx; 103K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 09:28:30 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Robert Lukassen)
Subject: [*] TwiLight screen saver

please find included the latest version of TwiLight, the postware screen
saver for Macintoshes which support the Brightness control panel. This
version (7.1.1) replaces the version 7.1 which was archived some weeks ago.

Changes:

- removed a feature that was not really usefull (see the documentation for
  more details)

- changed the way the dimmed brightness is specified for consistency.

- this new version does no longer pretend to replace the original brightness
  control panel (see documentation).

- fixed a bug causing a crash when the screen was dimmed and the brightness
  control panel was open.

Description:

This is a screen saver for Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Classic II
computers which uses the screen brightness driver. It is very small and
uses almost no CPU time. It operates fully in the background and does not
slow down or disable background or foreground processes.

It also allows to set the brightness of the screen using the keys 0-9 and
some user definable modifiers. This is particulary handy in environments
with lots of changes of brightness.

Full balloon-help support is implemented.

Needs:

- A Macintosh that can use the original brightness control panel, like the
  Classic, Classic II, Performa 200 and possibly the PowerBooks (haven't
  been able to check those, sorry. I'd like to get reports of people with
  PowerBooks to make sure.)

- System 7.0 or higher.

- A postcard of your hometown to send to the author, since this is postware.

This file is stuffed with Stuffit Lite 3.0 and should replace the previous
version (7.1), archieved as "TwiLight-71.hqx" in the cp directory. Thank you.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/twilight-711.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:14:28 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 12" Monitor and Image Size

I have several CD's that produce an image larger than the screen size of my
12" Apple RGB monitor attached to a Mac LC.  Is there any way of
"shrinking" the image or is a bigger monitor the only solution?  The reason
I ask is that a review of one of "those" pieces of software in the Apple
Guide to CD-ROM Software indicated that a 12" monitor should be ok.  This
doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks for any help!

Gerry Paille ([e-mail])
Fort St. John, BC

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:34:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>
Subject: 950 Color Addition

The 950 Color Addition is an extension which fixes a problem with the
Quadra 950's color manipulation commands when running in millions of
colors. The problem does not cause crashes and does not cause data loss.
The extension doesn't do anything on other models.

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:43:14 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: 950 Color Addition - What is it?

On Thu, 7 Jan 93 14:21:04 PST you said:
>What does this extension for Quadra 950's do? We've got Quadra 950's
>(obviously) running 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1 I found this extension in a
>new Quadra 950 I got today from a rental house.

Take a look at the read-me file in
dts/mac/sys.soft/video/quadra-extra-1-0.hqx from ftp.apple.com

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 09:26:45 PST
From: [e-mail] (Robert A Managan)
Subject: A 7.0 upgrade for a SE (R)

There are two things I know of that you should be aware of. The first
is that the Radius init will need to be updated. I beleive that the
rascal archive has a copy of the latest RAdius software. They call
it Radiusware and it supports all their monitors. I can upload it
if it is not readily available.

The second point is that the board is not 32 bit clean. I have a Nubus
board for a TwoPage Display and can ge the ROM upgraded but a friend
has an SE with a similar Radius Monitor and was told that he would have
to get a new board to upgrade to System 7. I forget now for certain but
I don't think that this is a 32 bit clean problem but that the board
had to be replaced to run system 7. Therefore he has not upgraded his
system even though he has 4 Meg RAM.
I will send more details when he gets back into town tomorrow.

Rob Managan             ([e-mail])

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 15:40:06 EST(-0500)
From: [e-mail] (Edward Reid)
Subject: About Michel,Michele,Michelle (A)

Jean Brunet writes:

> My question is the following: How can I create a program yielding the
correct
> answer without having to change all the accentuated letters? Is there a way
> to invoke the sorting ressources appearing in Apple CDEV 'International'.

The Mac OS provides hook for programmers to call to use the international
comparison and sorting resources.  Inside Macintosh explains the comparison
methods and the format of the calls in detail.

Edward Reid  (8*}>
  eel:   [e-mail]  or  nosc.mil!titipu.resun.com!ed
  snail: PO Box 378/Greensboro FL 32330

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93  20:06 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: AIFF sound file tip: QuickTime 1.5 (!?!)

Developers and Mac addicts might well know this already but I think it's
such a nifty fact that it's worth posting about it.
I rarely encounter AIFF sound files and in fact I don't even know which
platform uses them most.  But when I have come across such files, I
haven't been able to find Mac software which plays them or can convert
them into other formats.  So I was pleased to see an application called
"The Player" archived just a few days ago.  It does the job, but seems to
require very large amounts of memory to play not especially large sounds
(otherwise it crashes your Mac with nasty errors of type 25, 28 and 15!).
But while browsing some blurbs from APDA, just archived at ftp.apple.com,
I came across a statement which really astounded me - QuickTime 1.5 allows
automatic importing of AIFF sound files into applications which can open
movies.  I couldn't quite believe it until I found Simple Player could
open and play AIFF files!  You CAN'T drag-and-drop, but the Standard File
dialog becomes modified when you have an AIFF file selected - suddenly you
get two new buttons, "Play sound" and "Convert".  "Convert" actually allows
you to save the sound as a movie with a frame size of zero, so all you
get is a movie controller bar with which to play and scroll through the
sound!
If you want to try this out, download (for example) the Original Star
Trek theme from /sound.  Note that QuickTime 1.5 also allows importing of
PICS files - again, you can't drag-and-drop, but you can convert the PICS
file to a QT movie and thereafter play it.
Hope this saves someone some trouble!

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple Remote Access and Internet

Is there any way to use ARA on internet.  I would like to ride internet
to a Mac on internet and then log on to that mac using remote access
the same way I can when I call in via modem.  HELP!

Aloha... Gary Ward/808-449-4083  [e-mail] or [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 9:15:47 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Rick Sutcliffe)
Subject: Appleworks Files

      Appleworks Files
I have someone who wants to work at home on Appleworks and at the office on
a Mac.  Does there exist
1. a mac mounter for ProDOS disks (an extension similar to the many similar
products for MSDOS)  (Best way)
2. an AFE translator from Appleworks to Word or to NISUS (and back)
Rick

 Rick Sutcliffe-Trinity Western University Langley B.C. [e-mail]

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Date: Sat,  9 Jan 93 13:13:13 PST
From: Melvin Klassen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Austrian address -- anyone know it? (Volume 11 Issue 5)

On Wed, 06 Jan 93 22:42:42 EST, Pete Tamas <[e-mail]> asked:
> I need to e-mail someone at the Karl Franzens (spelling?) Universitat Graz
> in Graz, Austria.
> Anyone know the address or can anyone tell me how to find that address?

Enter 'TELNET NIC.DDN.MIL', and then 'WHOIS KARL F.',
and you'll find "KFUniGraz.AC.AT" is the nodename.
So, write to '[e-mail]', and ask for specific help.

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:34:01 PST
From: Edan Kabatchnik <[e-mail]>
Subject: AutoDoubler Internal Compressor

After purchasing and installing AutoDoubler on my Macintosh IIci, I opted to
remove it because of some incompatibility problems.  One annoying problem I
have discovered is that every time I boot my Macintosh I an alert stating:

"Some of the items on this Macintosh were compressed by the AutDoubler
Standalone Compressor.  Use of these items is restricted to licensed
AutoDoubler users.  Copyright 1992 Salient Software, Inc.  All Rights
Reserved.  U.S. Patent Pending."

I used the AutoDoubler Internal Compressor to verify that none of the items on
my Macintosh were compressed with the AutoDoubler Internal Compressor.  It
reported that to be the case, yet the messages persists.  I cannot find any
System Extension in any of the obvious places which might be putting up this
message.  It would be nice, however, since I no longer have the AutoDoubler
software on my machine nor any Internally Compressed files if I could
eliminate
the message.

Any ideas out there?

    - Edan

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Date: 11 Jan 1993 07:53:31 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Background printing of post

     Background printing of postscript files (C)
[e-mail] (Shannon V Spires) asks:

>In V11-2, Theodore Lee <[e-mail]> raises an
>interesting question. How does one take a Postscript
>File and print it in the background? The cleverest
>approach would be to drop it into the Print Monitor's
>PrintMonitor Documents folder, whereupon Print Monitor
>would see it and print it. Unfortunately, this doesn't
>work. PrintMonitor starts up, but apparently can't deal
>with a Postscript file sitting in the spool folder. Does
>anyone know the format of documents in the PrintMonitor
>Documents spool folder, and if it's possible to make
>PrintMonitor deal with postscript docs there?

I recently had to fix a problem a user was having of sending print
jobs, but nothing coming out of the printer.  It turned out that it
was a corrupted PrintMonitor application.  After restarting, she had
a bunch of docs sitting in her print queue, which started coming out.
She asked what happens to documents when they "appear" to be printed
but never come out.  In the process of explaining the process to her,
I opened the System Folder:PrintMonitor Documents folder to show her
the files sitting in the queue waiting to be printed, and the docs
had the generic names "Spool File 1", "Spool File 2", etc.  So
apparently the printer driver and PrintMonitor application create
these "Spool" files and that's all that PrintMonitor understands.
That's why just dropping the PostScript files into the PrintMonitor
Documents folder didn't work.

I don't know what the file structure of these "Spool" files are, but
I wonder what would happen if you named your PostScript file "Spool
File 1" and dropped it into this folder?!?   ;-)

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

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 00:27:43 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Battery in keyboard

> >I have an original Mac II (68020 CPU).  Lately, when I press the
> >startup key on the keyboard, it doesn't start up the first time.
>
> >Just today, it has now completely "died".  The startup key does nothing.
> >Also, the power on/off key in the back does nothing.
>
> >I seem to remember reading somewhere that the old Mac II had
> >some kind of battery that powered the startup procedure.  Could
> >this battery have died on me?
>
> Brett, in the past week this has happened to me and a friend. It is indeed
> caused by the old  batteries, probably combined with the cold winter weather
> pushing a weak battery over the edge. To keep going temporarily, I blew some
> hot air from a hair dryer through the vents for a few seconds and my Mac
> started up fine.
>
> My friend got his batteries at a local Frye's store under the part number
> TL-2150/P for about 6 bucks each (you need 2). This battery type has leads
> which he soldered onto the old clipped battery leads. I believe Apple also
> sells a battery holder kit for about $20 that accepts batteries without
leads,
> but it hardly seems worthwhile since it is unlikely you will ever replace
them
> again. The batteries are on the motherboard underneath the hard drive/floppy
> drive brackets.
>
There is also a battery in the keyboard itself. Check the Dead Mac
Scrolls for a description. -Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:19:04 GMT
From: Jeff E Mandel <[e-mail]>
Subject: C++

Andrew Jones writes:
>What is the present crop of C++ compilers for the mac like? I need a
>system that i can use on both my q700, and also have source code
>compatibility with VAXEN. Of course i would like everything, ie
>small fast compiler so that i can carry it around on a PB100 as well.
>
>I have no knowlege of mac C++ compilers, but seem to remember that the
>Think C object extensions were not C++ compatible? Any help would be
>greatly apreciated.

C++ is more tightly specified and standardized than languages such as
Fortran, which has evolved into distinct dialects, including VMS Fortran.
MPW C++ is a Macintosh port of the ATT CFront tool, and thus should be
compatible with anything else that is. I don't know which "VAXEN" you
refer to (VMS? BSD? Ultrix?), but I believe this shouldn't be a problem
in those environments. Zortech is a true C++ compiler; I believe they
make a VMS version, which would be source code compatible. Think C has
object-oriented extensions, but I do not believe they make any attempt to
validate it against ATT CFront.

In any event, "source code compatibility" is fine as a concept, but is
only useful if you isolate the user-interface and operating system issues
>From the programming effort. If you are writing libraries of signal
processing routines, this is easy, but then, you aren't likely to be
"pushing the envelope" on C++ features like multiple inheritence, virtual
constructors, etc. If you are writing an object-oriented real-time
adaptive optimal control system, you really have to put a lot of work
into the design to make a Mac work like a VAX, and vica versa.

I've been struggling with this question, as I have exactly such a project
on the drawing board, and I'm evaluating C++ (with Threads) versus Ada.
Of course, with Ada, there is no question of source-code compatibilty;
Ada compilers must be validated to military specifications. Ada is a
nuisance with its strong typing and all, but writing a simple
multithreaded Ada program that would compile, link, and run took me less
than a week; my first simple C++ MacApp program took almost a month to
get to that point. Plus, I would imagine there are lots of whizz-bang Ada
programmers looking for work these days. The other advantage of Ada is
that you can find Ada compilers for embedded control systems, so the port
>From the Mac or VAX to the device is a week project instead of a month.

My gut feeling is that if your priority is to be able to manage a project
with 10,000+ lines of code jointly developed on your Quadra and a
VAXStation 4000, then get MPW C++. Better yet, subscribe to ETO. If you
just want to be able to test algorithms out on long flights, get Think C
and restrict yourself to the C++ features it supports.

I hope these perspectives help in your decisions.

Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 20:35:52 EST
From: [e-mail] (Russell Arcuri)
Subject: Confusion about font menus / typefaces

A recent thread in the digest:

>>In response to the question about making fonts in a font menu
>>"appear" in their own font, I don't think you need a special
>>extension or init -- it's my understanding that simply holding
>>down the option key while selecting the font menu will
>>accomplish this as well....

>    I had not heard this tip before, so I immediately fired up
>ClarisWorks and tried it.  It didnt work.  But.....I tried holding down
>the command key while selecting the font menu and that worked.  Thats
>great!

Actually, this is not a feature of the Mac system software... System 7
or otherwise.  Many programs and extensions support this behavior
though, so if it works for you then you probably are running something
that supports it.  I believe ClarisWorks does, as do Suitcase II and
other such font managers.  Personally, I think that it is a very useful
thing to do, and SHOULD be supported by the system software, but as of
right now, it isn't.

Russ Arcuri
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 19:49:03 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: connecting a Syquest rem. drive to Mac and PC

I'd like to use a Syquest drive to increase my storage resources, both for Mac
and PC. I already have SCSI ports and equipment: a NEC cdrom drive that is
acce
ssed (exchanging connection cables) from Mac and from PC.
My questions:
1) is it possible to connect the *same* Syquest drive to a Mac and/or to a PC
(
not at the same time, obviously)?
2) if I buy the Syquest as Mac drive (better, for me, because I haven't to buy
another SCSI card for PC: I already have one), with accompanying Mac software
(
an extension, I suppose), is there any cheap way to get the software for the
PC
 side? are these device drivers for DOS available as it is for NEC software in
rascal.ics.utexas.edu ?
3) the best prices for Mac Syquest drive is that from MAC and More (December
Ma
cUser, page 332): 399 dollars with 1 cartridge. Are they a trustable firm?
thei
r price is so low...!
If this is a FAQ, please, answer directly to me; if not, could you anyway CC:
y
our messages to me? I must place the order quite quickly...
Many many thanks.
Maurizio.

MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: [e-mail]  | phone & fax [phone]
CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 08:31:33 PST
From: Willie Strickland <[e-mail]>
Subject: CText file changing creator to print from Desktop

In 11-5, John Withers asks for a convenient way to print Unix-downloaded
text-only files directly from the Finder.

Daniel E. White responded in IMD 11-6 (in part):

>The only way I can suggest to shortcut the process is what I do:
>
>I use a utility (En Mass) that can set File Type and Creator of all the
>files in a folder to set 'ported Unix text files to TEXT/MSWD (which is
>Microsoft Word ASCII text -- you'll have to use ResEdit to find the
>Type/Creator of a MacWrite ASCII text file).

The Type/Creator is TEXT/MACA.  If I am dealing with just one document, I use
Vantage to change the creator.  It is a DA text processor that I could not
live
without.  I simply use Command-I and the info window for the file I select
shows the creator in an editable field.  Vantage will open any document of
type
TEXT.  If I am wanting to change a number of documents (like when I first got
Vantage and wanted to convert all my old files to its Creator code) I use the
Disktop DA from CE software to change creator, etc.  It is a little faster for
changing multiple files.

Willie
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:23:47 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey B Kane)
Subject: Curve fitting feature in graphing programs, esp. Cricket Graph

Take a look at Kaleidagraph.  Right now this is one of the best programs on
the market for simple curve fitting and plotting of data.  Cricket was
purchased by Computer Associates and let to languish for years.  I
wouldn't invest my money with that product.

    Jeffrey

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

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:11:42 -0500
From: "Richard Kingsley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Curve fitting programs

Since this thread is still active, I'll add my opinion.  I have used
"Horizon" from Star Blue Software (formerly "Passage" from Passage
Software) for many years and have been very satisfied with its curve
fitting and numeric capabilities.  It does every kind of fitting imaginable
including interpolation (cubic, natural, polynomial splines), linear
fitting, and non-linear (polynomial or specify your own model).  This
program does scatter diagrams and histograms and is specific to these types
of graphs (no pies or 3D).  I've used Cricket, Systat, DeltaGraph Pro,
Kalieda, Excel, Wingz, and JMP and found them lacking in one feature or
another.  Horizon's wealth of features and ability to customize almost any
part of the graph make it my choice for producing publication quality
output.  It also is the only program I know that can plot a specific
character or text for any point on an x-y diagram.

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 12:40:04 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DD Expand on info-mac corrupt?

I downloaded the DDExpand 3.77 file from info-mac, and discovered that it
wouldn't exapnd some compressed files properly. I re-downloaded it, and
inspected
it. All of the icon masks are corrupted, which would indicate a problem with
file corruption. Can a fresh, uncorrupted version of DDexpand 3.7.7 be
uploaded
to info-mac, please?
I've dropped back to ADExpand 3.7.5 that came with Autodoubler.

Regards
Lloyd Wood
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 12:20:54 GMT
From: J Fletcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desktop Pictures

I apologise for this FAQ, I'm not sure where I should be looking for
the answer. Please can someone point me at a piece of software that
enables an image (PICT probably, but not necessary) to be placed
as the background on the desktop. (I mean like a startupscreen, but
on the desktop all the time). Ideally one that handles full 24-bit
colour would be nice, but is not crucial.

Many Thanks,
-Jon

--
Jonathon Fletcher, [e-mail]

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

Date: 11 Jan 1993 07:56:27 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: disappearing startup screen

     disappearing startup screen (A)
[e-mail] (Bob Frost) asks:

>I just tuned up my internal hard drive (SpeedDisk) and cleaned out
>some of the accumulated drek. Oddly, now when I reboot, the Startup
>Screen appears, then diappears as the icons for the extensions and
>control panels commence marching across the screen. From the timing
>it seems to be at the moment the system begins looking in the exten-
>sions folder. The unit is a IIsi with 17 megs RAM, sys 7.0 tuned,
>and a mess of extensions and control panels. I had a similar problem
>once under system 6.X, but I can't recall what I did to fix it. Advice?

I believe that when AppleShare loads, that clears your screen.  I know
that that's about the time that my startup screen clears off.

First, your Mac goes through the self-diagnostic cycle.  Then it displays
the StartupScreen.  Then (under System 7) it loads the items (in alpha
order) within the Extensions folder, then the items (in alpha order) in
the Control Panels folder, and finally anything left (in alpha order)
roaming around loose in the System Folder.

My StartupScreen appears, then the icon for Disinfectant (this loads
before AppleShare because it starts with an option-space, or something
else that loads before starting the ABC sequence).  After Disinfectant
loads, my screen clears.  The next two things I have in my Extensions
folder are ADSP (Apple Data Stream Protocol, used by Retrospect) and
AppleShare.  I don't think ADSP has a startup icon and I know that
AppleShare doesn't.  The first icon that shows up after the screen
clears is CE Toolbox which, coincidentally, is the file that shows
up right after AppleShare in the Extensions folder.

Hope this helps!   :-)

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

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

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 19:31:55 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Lars H. Andersen)
Subject: Disinfectant (error -43) (*Q)

I have been trying to disinfect a file using the newest version of
Disinfectant 2.9.  I always get this message

### File infected by nVIR B.
Last modification 26.12.1992, 22:11:39.
### Unexpected error (-43) occurred while trying
### to open this file for repair.
### WARNING: This file is still infected!

I have tried to turn off all protectors but nothing works.  What is
wrong?
copy to info-mac and j-norstad

Best from Iceland  Lars H Andersen  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:05:58 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Do StyleWriters have a short lifetime (A)

>Just before Christmas, I asked whether it is really true (with evidence!)
>that StyleWriters only have a life expectancy of around 5000 pages,
>compared with many times this for laser printers, HP DeskWriters, etc.
>This argument has been used frequently by people for justifying their
>choice of printer, and is often quoted by salespeople and magazine
>reviews.

The mean time between failure (MTBF) of the Stylewriter is about 6000
pages. Here, at the hospital, we've had quite a number of repairs for
stylewriters. The Stylewriter just isn't up to printing more than a couple
of pages per day, and thus inadequate for anything but home-use purposes.
The bad part is: repairs often costs more than buying a new Stylewriter
(only 3 parts can be replaced), so the life span actually equals the MTBF.

The deskwriter on the other hand lasts 60000 pages.

Karl

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

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 21:19:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ben Fowler)
Subject: Fraudulent e-mail, dissausion from sending

This may be both FAQ and a RTFM, but I am asking on behalf of a friend.

He has been advised Eudora should not be used because it can be use to send
e-mail as though it came from someone else, that is, forged mail.

I think that this is wrong for two reasons, firstly the "problem" is an
internet one rather than an application one in the sense that machines
forward e-mail trusting that it is authentic as opposed to verifying
authenticity. It is difficult to see how this could be otherwise. Therefore
e-mail is inherently insecure in the sense that you don't know that the
person is sent it is the one whose name appears on it.

Secondly, that Eudora attempts to do something about this by annotating
mail according to whether the POP sever has verified the sender's password.

These points are dealt with in the manual.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Is such criticism of Eudora (an
excellent program) refuted by the arguments that I have put forward.

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

Date: Sat Jan  9 17:32:45 1993
From: LuBBs <LuBBs>
Subject: FUNNIES: Apple macs,the lastest development

Date: Thursday, 7 January, 1993 - 3:35 PM
From: FIDO DIDO
Subject: Apple macs,the lastest development

a quick joke,sort off..


NEW TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM APPLE

In a surprise announcment, yesterday, Apple Computer said that it is
finally doing away with the keyboard.  Apple stated that the
microcomputer user has suffered too long with this awkward and
inefficient input device.  According to an Apple spokesperson, the
technology for replacing the keyboard with only a mouse is here and
the computer user is ready for it.  The spokesperson said that Apple
has received a steady stream of complaints  over the years about the
need to constantly move the hands between the Mac keyboard and
mouse.   "The solution was obvious - do away with the keyboard
completely."

Acknowledging that there are still a few Mac applications that depend
on textual input in addition to graphical manipulation, Apple said the
poor people stuck with such outdated technology have not been
forgotten.  They are introducing the Spinning Alphabet Wheel (SAW)
to replace the keyboard.   The SAW is a screen display object
consisting of concentric circular strips showing all of the characters
which normally appear on the keyboard.  The wheel rotates
continuously under character selector windows.  The user selects a
character by placing the mouse pointer in the appropriate window at
the same time as the desired character is about the appear.  "...and,
ta-da, the selected character appears on the screen just as though it
had been typed on an old fashioned keyboard."

"This is a marvelous new technology with plenty of room for
growth." said the spokesperson.  For example, the user can configure
separate wheels for vowels vs. the consonants.  Or, digits can be
placed on their own special low speed wheel.  "We have
conceptualized the keyboard as a big, bulky menu selection device
and replaced it with dynamic display menus instead.  Apple will
eventually replace all menus with their new Rotating Wheel
Technology (RWT)."

When asked why the wheels have to rotate, the spokesperson said
that Apple's engineers had considered using conventional "point-and-
click" technology for the wheel.  "However," the Apple spokesperson
said, "we feel that this type of operation is too complicated for the
typical Mac user.   So, we have done away with the mouse button
too.  It is still hard for us to believe that the IBM world has stepped
backwards in technology by providing two or more buttons to
confuse the user.  The IBM compatible sector, apparently,  has not
yet recognized that 95% of computer usage is devoted to
experimenting with different fonts and character styles in documents"

Asked if this new technology would reduce the price of the typical
Mac computer, the spokesperson countered that it would probably
increase the price of the Mac.  "After all,  display space is already
scarce on the current screen.  We will now deliver Macs with two
screens - one for the normal display and a larger one for the multitude
of rotating wheels the user needs to access."  Apple said that the user
who is confused by complicated devices such as keyboards and
mouse buttons will gladly pay a premium to avoid them.  "In fact, the
easily-confused user is our best customer"  replied the spokesperson.
"Not only are we doing away with the pesky keyboard, but we are
also giving them something they have demanded for a long time -
more screen space.  This is definitely a win-win situation."

Beta testers of the new technology were impressed by its ease of use,
but said there are still some minor problems to work out.  For
example, one tester left his machine unattended with the uppercase
character wheel spinning at medium speed.  While he was away
somebody must have jarred his desk, moving the mouse pointer into
the selector window.  When he got back he found that his Word
document now had one huge paragraph consisting of all of the
characters of the uppercase alphabet repeated 2,539,987 times.  "At
first glance, this appeared to be a big problem.  But,  I formatted the
new paragraph with 33 different fonts and 11 different type styles and
it looked great.  I hope that Apple fixes this problem before they
release it, because these accidents can greatly increase the time spent
formatting documents."

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:30:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: GrayShare on StyleWriter (I)

[e-mail] asks:
>The new StyleWriter II comes with GrayShare software to allow the
>printer to be shared and to print shades of gray. However, the Apple
>press release does not make it clear whether this new software works
>with the old StyleWriter. It sounds like probably not - I was just hoping!
>Does anyone actually know the answer?

I called Apple's Customer Assistance Center (1-800-776-2333) and queried
them about this -- the support person checked their database and told me
that no, GrayShare will not work with the original StyleWriter and that
there were no plans on file for either making a version that would nor for
even adding any form of grayscale capability to the current SW driver. He
added that the most likely reason for this is cost. I told him that I found
it rather ecologically unsound of Apple to expect me to throw out my
current hunk of plastic and spend another $350 on a new one just for the
ability to print grayscale, especially when the literature for the SW --
while not outright stating it -- implies that the printer will do so:

  "The Apple StyleWriter printer makes professional-quality printing of text
   and graphics more affordable than ever...
...
   FEATURES                                  BENEFITS
   * 360-dot-per-inch (dpi) resolution       * Produces laser-quality printed
                           results--both text and
                           graphics--
                           for memos, reports, letters,
                           and
                           presentations.
...
   * Image Utility                           * Lets you convert 300-dpi
   halftone
                           images (PICT format) for
                           printing
                           at 360 dpi, the maximum
resolution
                           of the StyleWriter printer."

To me, this meant that one could print to it as one would a LaserWriter and
get
the same level of results (barring PostScript). The only way to get grayscales
on the SW1 is to print from an application which does the halftoning for the
printer, or to convert your images to halftones first -- quite a bit more work
and limitation than with the LW.

I had been told about a eighteen months ago that they were working on a
grayscale driver for the SW, but apparently that was either abandoned or in
error.

I would have been willing to spend a little money on buying GrayScale (I
wasn't
expecting it for free, especially in this new age at Apple) but I certainly
won't be buying a SWII for the ability -- I'd much rather save that $350 to
go towards a small laser printer (I was considering the Personal LW NTR,
and even glanced at the new LW Pro 600, but I might do more looking into
one of the HP LaserJets now.
Apple seems to be forgetting its installed base, looking mainly at getting
new users at the expense of the dedicated Mac users.

Maybe I complain too much, but so what? <grin>
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 07:00 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do I join...text files ? (A)

In 11-6, Alan Hewat asks for a suggestion for a program that concatenates
text files easily, without the need to select them one-by-one.

Use info-mac/util/bat-filer.hqx.  You can add all the files in a folder to
its "work box" with a single click, and it has a menu item to concatenate
all text files with another single click. Everyone seems to forget about
this tremendously useful program because it's a few years old, but it's a
lifesaver in many situations.  (Be sure you have the files named in the
order you wish to concatenate them--most concatenation programs require you
to select them one by one because the order gets screwed up with normal
naming methods. If you get .hqx files in multipart segments, alphabetically
part10 will be before part5, so the default order will concatenate out of
sequence...)

By the way, I thought that the Concatenate Files extension of BBEdit 2.2
could do the same--but I found I couldn't get the "Add all" button to work
on my system. If there is a way to select multiple files at once for that
extension, I haven't found it yet.


Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 09:28:14 -0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How do I join together a large number of small text file (A)

I am grateful to all the people who answered this question as follows:

Use info-mac/util/bat-filer.hqx.  You can add all the files in a folder to
its "work box" with a single click, and it has a menu item to concatenate
 ---"Jeffrey L. Needleman" <[e-mail]>

If you are running System 7, then Kaz Matsuki's TextMerger
(info-mac/util/text-merger-102.hqx; 7K)
would help you.  You select (in the Finder) all the files you want to
concatenate, and just drag-and-drop them onto TextMerger.
 ---Masatsugu Nagata <[e-mail]>
 ---Ulf Dittmer <[e-mail]>
 ---"William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>

If you run System 6 (or if you want more control on how the
concatenation  is done, then you can use any of the text editors
with macros. The best one is Nisus Software's QUED/M 2.5.
The shareware text editor Alpha (info-mac/app/alpha-52.hqx) has
also a macro system that can handle the same.
 ---Masatsugu Nagata <[e-mail]>

I would suggest that you look at the little text editor BBEdit. It's latest
version (2.2) will concatenate files very nicely and it is (I think) easier
It's available for anonymous FTP from world.std.com
(in ~ftp/pub/bbedit)
 [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)
 ---"William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>

   Well, I suspect this may not help you very much, but using
Microsoft QuickBASIC ($44 in the U.S.) it woul be fairly easy to write
 ---"Anthony E. Siegman" <[e-mail]>



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

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 15:13:44 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How do I join together a large number of small text files ? (A)

On 1/8/93 Dr. Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) writes:

> Subject: How do I join together a large number of small text files ?
> I know that Unity 3.1.1 and United 1.04, which I obtained from
> sumex-aim, can cocatenate files.  However even Unity is difficult to
> use with lots of files - you must add them one by one [...etc....] is
> there a Mac application that will do this ?

This posting announces a HyperCard 2.x stack that I wrote to
solve similar frustrations. It simply combines all text files in
a folder of your choosing to a new file, with or without subfolder
files included. There are options for specifying text-file input/
output creator types. The files can be sorted in ascending or
descending order according to various options besides the
default alphabetical order, for example, you can sort by the last
modified date.

I wrote this before I downloaded the new 2.2 version of BBEdit.
A new external file concatenation function is faster and a slick interface,
but doesn't allow for the above-mentioned creation-type/sorting options.
Another option is the freeware application, Combiner, by Aldus
I think. It must do other things besides text concatenation judging
>From its size (> 600K).

The stack File Combiner is postcardware, not public domain.
It may not be sold, and uses several external functions and commands
by other authors with similar restrictions (see stack script for details).

I have placed it in the incoming directory of mac.archive.umich.edu
as 'text-file-combiner.hqx' or it is temporarily on um.cc.umich.edu
as 'legd/combine.hqx'.

Doug Eernisse
Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan
[e-mail] or [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:24:32 PST
From: Edan Kabatchnik <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do I set up Mac-X for use of the 4Dwm on an SGI Indigo ?

> I have been trying to set up Mac-X on my Quadra to use the 4Dwm
> window manager on our new Silicon Graphics Indigo SX24-Z.  I can
> make the Mac-X color window correspond to the 4Dwm window,
> but when I launch a new X application, such as Xterm, it creates
> its own generic window, and doesn't use that of 4Dwm.

> What am I doing wrong ?

Be sure that you are not using the rootless Mac X displays, but instead the
rooted ones.  (MacX supports 4 displays, monochrome rootless, monchrome,
rooted, color rootless, and color rooted.)  The rooted displays will operate
more slowly, but will allow you to launch a window manager for them.  You will
need to do start a window manager process on your Indigo box for the rooted
display you choose to use.  The rootless displays integrate themselves more
cleanly into the Macintosh environment and use the Macintosh Window Manager.
You cannot put into place a different window manager for them.

    - Edan

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 8:56:45 MET
From: "nelis w.j.m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to generate DXF from picture?

Hello all,

a friend has offerred to punch some logo's in a metal plate: he has a
machine to do so. The input for this machine is a DXF formatted file.
Now the basic question is how to generate such a file using a macintosh.
I think the basic question can be split in two other questions:
 -1- What kind of input device is needed?
     A scanner, or a perhaps a tablet?
 -2- Is there (PD?) software to generate a DXF file of the image? In
     case of a scanner, a contour detection is might be needed.
Any ideas and/or hints are welcome.

Thanks in advance,

W.J.M. Nelis (Informatics Division, Datacommunications group, IR-NOP)
National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR)           Email:   [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:53:30 EST
From: "Dieder B." <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP IIIsi Printer Driver

Having looked at a recent issue of MacWorld, I saw a screenshot of the
HP IIIsi printer driver. I didn't know there was one...guess I wasn't
paying too much attention. Anyhow, I'm in a mainly big-blue environment
so no one has installed the HPIIIsi drivers on the macs that are connected
to it. Could someone tell me where I could get this driver?

Thanks.

D.

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 10:44:21 EST
From: "Dieder B." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Imagewriter LQ connection w/PC

does anybody have a simple (i.e. not too expensive) suggestion regarding
how to connect an Imagewriter LQ to an IBM PC? i.e. where to get the parallel
to serial  converter and where drivers could be found for it?

D.

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

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 0:36:31 EST
From: Kim D Hawksworth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Impact Accelerator for LC (C)

I would like to comment on Graeme Forbes's article about the Impact
Accelerator
for the LC posted in Digest V11#4.

I recently installed a Daystar 33mhz, non-fpu, universal accelerator in my
LC.  Like Mr. Forbes, I was also concerned about the potential for power
supply failure using the PowerCache card because it exceeded Apple's
recommended quidelines. I followed closely the postings on the Net looking
for reports of power supply failures from LC users with the Daystar card.
None ever surfaced. I remember reading a response from someone at Daystar
indicating Apple has rated their power supplies conservatively since the Mac
Plus, and that Daystar has never experienced a power supply problem with one
of their accelerators in the LC.  I called the  company shortly after
installing my card and was told not to worry.  The required adapter for the
LC more than compensates for the power draw of the accelerator.   BTW,
hasn't Apple been known to violate its own guidelines on occasion?
Therefore, It's my opinion that the  power supply issue between the two
accelerators is more of a marketing ploy than a real life problem.

I would like to point out some other factors that influenced  my
decision to go with the Daystar PowerCache. These include:
     - A proven track record of performance
     - Endorsement by the Mac press
     - Use in other Macs besides the LC (nice if I ever decide to
       upgrade  my machine or sell the card)
     - A greater selection of speeds to meet individual computing needs
       and budget
     - Ability to received full credit towards the cost of upgrading
       to a faster accelerator.

All I can say is my accelerator has performed flawlessly since it was
installed over 6 weeks ago. I can also attest to the kinds of performance
gains Mr. Forbes describes with his.  The enhanced performance of LC with
*any* accelerator is worth the relatively modest cost.

Finally, I'd like to mention it is not necessary to contact Daystar if you
have an older LC with the capacitor (like I have).  All their boards work
with any version.

 K. David Hawksworth <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 12:13:03 HST
From: [e-mail] (Tom Jenkins)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #3

Is there some sort of program that changes the HD icon?  I've an external
drive that I'd like to change the icon on.

--Tom


UUCP: humu!nctams1!pnet16!tomj
ARPA: humu!nctams1!pnet16![e-mail]
INET: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:11:01 -0600
From: [e-mail] (The James Brown Of Computer Science)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #5

This question has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in
the info-mac archives. Can the powerbook startup sound be changed or
disabled?

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Date: 10 Jan 1993 01:17:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Butcher)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #6

I recently received the laserwriter-turned-truetype font disks from Apple(the
ones you can call and order for free) and I have a question:

Why do fonts chosen to be bold or italic appear as bold AND italic? When I
opened the fonts folder and double-clicked on the New Century Schoolbook bold
font icon, for example, it showed the font as bold-italic there as well. In
the same way, a double-click on the italic icon shows the sample as bold-
italic. The only way to get these fonts to appear as only bold or only italic
is to remove all but the original (plain text) font from the font folder.

So basically, in summary, bold and italic for these fonts looks exactly the
same (and they print that way, too). Why is this so??

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:37:44 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: LaserWriter Pro 630

[e-mail] asks:
>Does any one know exactly _which_ 28 fonts are included with the recently-
>announced LaserWriter Pro 630 printer?
>
>No assumptions or hypotheses, please.

The only assumption I am making here is that the LWPro 630 has the same
fonts as the Pro 600:

Info line -- 1-800-776-2333):
  Fonts
   >Apple Font Library: 64 fonts total
   -35 fonts in ROM from the following font families: Avant Garde, Bookman,
    Courier, Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino,
    Symbol, Times, Zapf Chancery, and Zapf Dingbats
   -29 fonts on Macintosh disk from the following font families: Chicago,
    Delphian, Garamond Narrow, Geneva, Helvetica Black, Helvetica Compressed,
    Lubalin Graph, Lucida Bright, Machine, Monaco, Nadianne, New York, Old
    English Text, Onyx, Oxford, Swing, and Zeal

Hope that helps.
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 09:33:42 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Making business cards on a Macintosh (A)

On Fri, 08 Jan, Pete Tamas answered:

>> I have created several "business cards" within PageMaker 4.2 and want
>> to print them on heavier paper as opossed to the normal paper. Is it
>> possible to insert business card "quality" paper into the laser and
>> print off it.
>
>My experience is that its better to print out on regular paper and take
>that to a printer and have them print it on card stock. They will cut it
>up for you. This is more expensive than what you are trying to do, but
>less expensive than having a card made with regular methods. I found
>that when I tried it the way you are trying, it was a lot of hassle, it
>wasn't always straight, etc.

My experience is that it depends on the stock. Last year Virginia Tech
decided on a uniform business card. It would have cost our little office
over $600 to buy the new cards from Printing Services. I thought I'd see
if I could save us some money. I got the layout to spec, then came seeing
if it would print on one of the three specified stocks. Much like the
story of the three bears, one was so grainy that the laser'd print laid
down all broken up, one was so shiny the print slid off, and one was
just right. Saved us a bunch of money then, and another bunch when we
had our Fax number changed.

We use the LaserWriter IINT and IIg with the door opened for a straight-
through paper path. My Personal LaserWriter won't work because of its
twisty paper path. We also use the sheet feeder. The cassette doesn't
feed the heavy stock reliably.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: 11 Jan 1993 07:54:39 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Menu Fonts in Font (C)

     Menu Fonts in Font (C)
[e-mail] comments:

> In response to the question about making fonts in a font menu
>"appear" in their own font, I don't think you need a special
>extension or init -- it's my understanding that simply holding
>down the option key while selecting the font menu will
>accomplish this as well....  (I don't know if this is just a
>System 7 feature or not, but it's worth a try....).

I'm not sure what program you're using that does THAT, but I've
never seen it happen.  I know that WriteNow has a feature that
causes the Font menu to display the font names in the font itself,
but for other programs you'd need WizzyFonts or WYSIWYGMenus.


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

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:17:35 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: need 800Kb Dutch 6.0.7 installer

I need to install 6.0.7 (Dutch Version) onto severeal SE's with a MacIrma
Card. Unfortunately 800Kb floppies which I need for this purpose don't seem
to exist.

I guess if somebody could modify the installer script of the Dutch 1.4Mb
disks, and I copied the files to 4 800Kb disks, I could get things to work.
Can anybody help me with this ? Apple ???

Karl

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 16:02:31 -0600
From: [e-mail] (The News)
Subject: newscrud

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: cs.wisc.edu!elliott
From: [e-mail] (James Elliott)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4M and TrueType (C)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail] (The News)
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:53:16 GMT

>Mitch Cohen, [e-mail], asked:
>>Roughly a week ago, someone posted a note concerning the HP Laserjet 4M
>>and Truetype. This individual was unable to print truetype fonts from
>>their Mac to the 4M. I'm currently thinking about the 4M and this would
>>obviously throw a wrench into its use. I have not seen any response
>>regarding this original note.
>>
>>So my question is to those with the 4M, and is if they are printing
>>truetype fonts. If so (or if not), what, if any difficulties are there?

I just printed a giant word in Chicago on my brand-new LaserJet 4M,
and had no problem at all. It printed beautifully, as has everything
so far, once I made a small fix to the driver.

I do have a suspicion that the fix I just alluded to relate to the
problem that the original poster had. They may have been running
System 7.1, as am I. The printer driver that shipped with my LaserJet
4M is not compatible with the System 7.1 Fonts folder, and so if there
are any fonts in that folder, will not know to download them to the
printer. I detected the problem with PostScript outine fonts, but I
expect the same thing might happen with TrueType outlines.

I don't know if HP has released a version of the driver designed to
work with System 7.1 yet, but I hope they do. I'm trying to find out
how to learn this information.

In the meantime, I figured out how to hack my LaserJet 4M driver with
ResEdit so that it looks in the Fonts folder like it should. If anyone
would like instructions on how to do that, let me know.

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

Date: 09 Jan 1993 13:42:00 -0400
From: Kevin Lesniewicz <[e-mail]>
Subject: NTSC-Out Video cards

What are some NuBus video cards that provide self-contained conversion to
NTSC,
preferably a COMPOSITE signal, and are broadcast-quality? What's the cheapest
one available? Most expensive?
   Your reply is very much appreciated and may help the education of many
students and teachers in Massachusetts and around the country. Thanks in
advance.
--Kevin Lesniewicz / Mass. Corp. for Educ. Telecom.
(Internet: [e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:58:17 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PhotoCD (C)

Although I haven't tried PhotoCD yet, I have looked into it.  A feature I
never see mentioned is the ability to pick-and-choose the images
transferred.  You can submit multiple roles of negatives and specify which
images to transfer.  It costs a little more per image, but, for most
people, a 24 exposure roll may only contain 3 or 4 images worthy of
permanent archiving (how many shots of the floor and the back end of the
cat do YOU need preserved for all time at multiple resolutions).  This also
allows you to get more mileage from a "single session only" CD drive.  If
you save up 100 shots that are "keepers", you can have them all transferred
as a single session.

Paul

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

Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 20:08:46 +0100
From: @imp.ch:[e-mail]
Subject: Photo CD (Info-Mac Digest V11 #5)

> You get back on your CD 5 copies of each photo at different resolutions:
>
>                   Size (pixels)
>
>     Wallet          128 x 192
>     Snapshot        256 x 384
>     Standard        512 x 768
>     Large           1024 x 1536
>     Poster          2048 x 3072
>
>


To give you an idea what this means:

Newspapers are raterized with about    90 lines/inch
Magazines                             150
high-quality prints                   200

To achieve a qualitatively good result, your file must have a resolution
of roughly twice the raster lines. Go and calculate the maximum size of
the printed photo. Keep in mind that you probably will want to crop it.

Stefan

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

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 15:33:59 -0500
From: "Cedric Bhihe" <[e-mail]>
Subject: please post as report

[  Dear Moderators,
This is a straightforward text file I am posting to request
material for a report on Word 5.1]. Please post as appropriate.
under the title : MSWD51_report_request.txt
Thank you. CKB  ]

I recently had an opprotunity to try out Microsoft Word 5.1. I am
currently a Word 5.0 user and would like to initiate a report on
version 5.1 of the package. This is to request submissions on
that topic.
Send me your thoughts, feelings, anything you happen to think is
relevant for the community to know.
I will consolidate what I get (if I get anything) plus my own
musing and post them as MSWD51_report.txt on sumex in a couple
of weeks or so.

Cedric B. - [e-mail]
University of Florida

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

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93  19:09 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quadra sound gone "muffly"

This problem has arisen on a Quadra 700 within the last week or so.
Basically we've noticed that the sound intermittently gets muffled.
The effect is most noticable in a program like Mathematica which often
beeps twice in quick succession; one of these beeps is sometimes muffled
ie there's a loss of high frequencies.
Now I thought it was my imagination but others have heard the effect as
well, and it's begun to crop up in other applications such as games.
Has anyone observed a similar problem?  I doubt there'll be a quick fix
but it would be interesting to know if the problem is common

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:24 N
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Question about Inside Macintosh books (Q)

Greetings,

I recently decided that i would take a dive into Mac programming.
I've heard that the Inside Macintosh volumes are necessary reading.
In my local book store they have all six Inside Macintosh volumes
but they have also a new line of Inside Macintosh books organized
by topic. IM overview,toolbox,files,memory,processes,...
My question is what should i buy? The new line or the other six
volumes. These books are not what you could call cheap so i have
to make the right choice. The new line is i think more up to date
and contains less out of date info (i dont need to know about the
Mac 512K etc...) That is not for what would be doing!

Thanks very much in advance !!!

Dimitri Boone
Belgium / Europe

[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:42:28 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime 1.5 Movie Player

On Wed, 06 Jan 93 10:58:19 EST you said:
>Question 1:
>There seems to be an incompatability between QT 1.5 and Simple Player
>(which admittedly is an extension which came with QT 1.0): movies freeze
>when running more than one on an LCII, 8M Ram, 80M HD, System 7.1.Is
>there a share/freeware extension similar to the Simple Player which
>works with QT 1.5?

get dts/mac/quicktime/movieplayer.hqx from ftp.apple.com

>Question 2:
>Is there a viable/efficient alternative to TINCAN 4.01 software for
>connecting to CMS mainframe?

TinCan 5.0.2 (also supports Kermit's batch transfers under CMS ;-)

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:50:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jack Smith)
Subject: Read Floppy from HP ChemStation on Mac

   I have a colleague who wants to routinely access GC data he gets on a
floppy disk from an HP ChemStation from his Mac.  The ChemStation uses HP's
Pascal OS, and no one here is familiar enough with the OS to do much.  We
have no idea what the disk format even is.  With a little digging into the
Pascal OS we could probably figure a way to access the data from its serial
port, but this would be inconvenient since the HP system is in a lab (the
ChemStation is a front-end to a GC) and the Mac is in his office.

   If he could even get it onto a PC, that would be OK, though less
desirable (I believe he has SoftPC and AccessPC on his Mac).  Is there a
"PC-Info" or "HP-Info" Digest I can direct this query to?

   Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

- Jack Smith (Union Carbide)

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 06:12:18 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Recommendations needed for System 6.07 software in 1-meg environment

Some friends of mine bought an SE with a 20-meg hard drive several years
ago and took it home to India, where there are few Macs, and little
software available to them.  They are currently running System 3.2.  I
volunteered to send them System 6.08 (the minor upgrade to 6.07) and
some compatible shareware (mostly games and educational programs for
their kids).  I would like to correspond with users who are still using
6.07 or 6.08 in a 1-meg environment (a RAM upgrade is beyond their means
given the weakness of the rupee).  Does it use substantially more RAM
than 3.2?  Will they still be able to use Word 3.0 (their current
word processor)?  What good current shareware doesn't require either
more RAM than they'll have or System 7?

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:47 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Replacement Mouse Switch that WORKS!

Dear Netters:
   After a prolonged search and some dead ends, I have found a source for
the mouse replacement switch that many of us have been looking for.
   The switch is a Cherry DG1C-B1AA.  I ordered 10 from Digi-Key (1-800-
DIGIKEY) for $25.68.  The DIGI-KEY partt number is CH164-ND. This is different
than the one listed in an earlier positing (it was not the right part).
DIGI-KEY has a $25.00 minimum order so if you just want one you might get
their catalog and see if you want anything else.
    jim gundlach

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

Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 15:37:23 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Scanning poetry with Omnipage

Omnipage is great with prose, but with poetry it is important to avoid
wrapping the ends of lines.  I used to know how to use the old version
to do this (save as text), but I haven't figured out how to do it with
the current version in our lab.  I haven't found anything in the manual
that applies.  I just want my scanned results to have a carriage
return at the end of each and every scanned line.

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

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 13:22:28 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mark Vellek, M.D.)
Subject: Slide makers

Okay, I'm in the position of examining our options for making color slides
>From a Mac network. We currently either print out stuff on the LaserWriter
and have it photographed directly, and some of us have been using a service
bureau to make slides, typically from Persuasion 2.0. However, I'm getting
tired of paying $8 per slide, even though they're very good quality.

Here are our options:

1) Continue doing what we're doing.

2) Find a cheaper (read: less expensive) service bureau.

3) Buy an inexpensive (relatively speaking) slide maker.

The 2nd option has some appeal, since we wouldn't have to worry about
upkeep of the machine or upgrades, but I have a feeling the price is still
going to be fairly steep.

Which leads me to my question: who has experience with a slide maker that
we would hook up to either an FX or a Quadra 700, and use either regular
Kodachrome or Polaroid Instant slides? I was intrigued a while back by a
review of several machines in the $5000 - $10000 range, but am treading
into uncharted waters.

Any help or insights would be appreciated. Please respond directly to me
and I'll summarize for the net.

(By the way: I realize that color gradients are going to be a compromize,
but we don't intend on making any kind of 24bit slides, we're interested in
8bit capability.)

Mark Vellek ([e-mail])
Barnard Cancer Center
Washington University
St. Louis

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 00:25:06 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sorting in non-English systems

Jean Brunet <[e-mail] said:

> If one does string comparaisons with Michele and Michoui, Michele will come
> first (correct answer),but if one compares Mich`ele and Michoui, Michoui
will
> come first (wrong answer). This is so because ASCII `e (143) > e (101).
> My question is the following: How can I create a program yielding the
correct
> answer without having to change all the accentuated letters? Is there a way
> to invoke the sorting ressources appearing in Apple CDEV 'International'.
> Thanks for your comments.
>
I've often wondered about this because of my interest in Hungarian.
The answer is that these are issues are handled by the localization
resources in the System Software and/or presumably by World Script
if you use Sys 7.1. If you use the international System 6.0.X (which
is distinct from the national versions such as French, Hungarian,
etc.) you get a cdev called International which allows you to choose
the sorting orders. In other words, using this cdev I could choose
between Magyar and US. This is the same cdev asked about above. I'm
not sure if its available under Sys 7.X, but I would not be surprised.

This time last year, at MacWorld SF (which I can't go to this time :-(  )
several hours before I found out (to my surprise) that Apple had
shipped a Hungarian System, I was told by someone at the  Fox
Software booth that their database can probably create a sorting
order that will override situations such as "ASCII `e (143) > e (101)",
but you want the opposite outcome.

I also noticed that Word 3.0 uses its own sorting order. In other
words, choosing a sorting order with a cdev may not work with every
application. But most applications that sort  use whatever sorting
order is used by your System software. (friends at Mac-l and/or Info-Mac
helped figure this out). Don't know about Word 5.X, I have not tried.

Inside Mac Volume 6 details all the international resources. As for the
new Inside Macs, I am not sure which covers this issue. I believe the
pre-Sys 7 international resources are covered in Volume 1.

I could not figure out how to create your own sorting resource, but since
I can't program, that was inherently a futile part of my research anyway,
and a programmer may be able to figure it out. At the time, I could not
modify the sorting order with ResEdit. IMHO, it is very likely that one can
create their own sorting resources in case none of Apple's are what you
want. The localization of System software is contracted to someone in
country. (It was very clear to someone whose Hungarian is much better
than mine that the person who localized the Hungarian system was from
Budapest because of their choice of the word to mean "Trash.) In any
event, the instructions on how to create such a resource exist, I just
don't know if you can get a hold of those instructions.
-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 13:01:40 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SuperATM & PersonalLaserNT

To: Info-Mac Digest
RE: Super ATM and Apple's Personal LaserWriter NT

Fair warning to anyone planning to purchase Adobe's new font-rendering
utility, Super ATM, for use with Apple's Postscript Personal LaserWriter NT.


>Super ATM may not work with the Personal LaserWriter NT.

Three citations in the Super ATM manual and accompanying READ ME file
describe the following (somewhat contradictory) situation about the Personal
Laser NT:

1. Manual, Page 21: "Some applications may not be able to print a substitute
typeface to an Apple Personal LaserWriter NT printer; if you are in doubt
about whether your application can print....check with the manufacturer." It
goes on to say if your application can print, you must install the multiple
master outline typefaces Adobe Sans and Adobe Serif into a folder called
"Other Fonts" in the "Preferences" folder" in the System folder.

2. A paper insert with the manual states, "If you are using an Apple Personal
LaserWriter NT that has not been upgraded to a Personal LaserWriter NTR," you
may not be able to print substitute fonts from your application. Please
contact your authorized Apple dealer for information on upgrading your
printer." (Folks, this is about $1,000.)

3. The READ ME file accompanying Super ATM states, "If you are using an Apple
Personal LaserWriter NT printer which does not have upgraded ROMs from Apple,
your application may not be able to print substitute fonts. Please call
customer support for assistance [phone].

My experience: I bought this from MacConnection. The outside of the box has a
large red sticker saying Super ATM is NOT subject to a 30-day Money Back
Guarantee. Once you open the box, it's yours.  Only after opening the box did
I discover these problems with the Personal LaserWriter NT. (which I have)

Further, if you have ROM Version 1.1 in your (late model) Personal NT printer
you may be able to print using the workaround described in item 1. above.
(You can determine ROM version by looking in the lower right corner of the
startup page.) Early model (ROM 1.0) Personal NT printers may not be able to
print at all. I have access to both ROM 1.1 and ROM 1.0 printers. The ROM 1.1
works with some applications. So far, Write Now 3.0 works most of the time
and Word 5.1 some of the time.  I do get weird out of memory errors though,
with Write Now 3.0 using Super ATM.

I have not had time yet to try the ROM 1.0 printer. If your printer doesn't
work with Super ATM no pages are printed at all. The computer spools to
printer, the printer light flashes, but nothing comes out.

I have received response from Adobe via CompuServe on this matter. They say
the Personal LaserWriter NT is the ONLY true Adobe Postscript printer on the
market that has trouble with Super ATM.

A tech support person went on to say, "You can't print multiple master fonts
on Apple Personal LW NT. The ROM on the printer was developed prior to
multiple master technology and thus is not compatible with multiple master
fonts. Since SuperATM uses multiple master technology for font substitution
it won't be able to print the pseudo font from SuperATM to Personal LW NT.
Besides changing the printer ROM there is no other work around for this combo
to work."

Further, "Right after the multiple master technology was developed we
provided Apple with an updated version of the ROM to work with multiple
master fonts, however they decided to bypass that and offer the Personal LW
NTR upgrade instead."

This discussion applies ONLY to the Personal LaserWriter NT. No other
Postscript printers are involved, and Super ATM supposedly works fine with
QuickDraw printers, e.g., DeskWriter, Personal LaserWriter LS, et al.

I would be intrigued to hear success stories with Super ATM and the Personal
Laser NT, and whether ANY success is achieved with a ROM 1.0 Personal
LaserWriter NT.

All best regards,

Dennis Dimick, Arlington VA
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Planet BMUG: Dennis R. Dimick

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 08:32:22 PST
From: [e-mail] (Russell Mortishire-Smith)
Subject: Teleport modems and powerbooks (Q)

Has anyone else managed to get one of the original Global Village
teleport modems to work with a PB160 or 180? (By original I mean one
of the external modems that hangs off the adb line). I've reinstalled
the software end, and tried all I can think of, but whenever I start
up a terminal emulator (Versaterm, Versaterm PRO, etc), the keyboard
hangs until I quit the program.

Any and all advice appreciated.

Russell Mortishire-Smith
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 15:17 GMT
From: Simon Shum <[e-mail]>
Subject: Text files - easy printing (A)

John Withers enquired about printing text files:

The ways I know of, in decreasing order of difficulty:

If I'm then going to edit the file, I use Word: open the text file from within
Word, and when it asks you what format to process the file, select Text for
straight import, or Layout, to strip out returns at end of lines, allowing you
to print in a decent font using less paper (Layout conversion seems to be a
bit
ropy though - tends to miss <returns>).

OR

miniWriter (somewhere info-mac) a shareware basic editor amongst things allows
you strip out returns, and reinsert them after so many characters per line.

OR

(simply to print) drag and drop the file on SaveATree, a superb little util
which allows you to choose different layouts which save the paper often wasted
in printing email.  Allows you to print the filename at the top of the
page, page nos, etc.  Also on info-mac I think.

Simon

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

Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 13:16:30 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Times 2

Anyone been using Times 2? Have all the bugs been worked out yet?
Someone I know is trying to decide whether to use Times 2 or
Autodoubler (she backs up religiously and with commendable paranoia).
Speaking of paranoia, I suggested she use Autodoubler until I hear
some more about Times 2 and then she called my bluff and asked me
when can I hear more about it? So, are all the bugs out of Times 2?
Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 8:45:23 GMT
From: charless <[e-mail]>
Subject: UNIX-Mac connectivity on a shoe-string?

A quick connectivity question ...

I run two home machines on a fairly tight budget; a 386 PC
running SCO UNIX, and a Powerbook 100.  The UNIX box will be
going up from SCO UNIX 3.2 v2 to 3.2 v4 this weekend; the Mac is
running system 7.0.1 with tune-up 1.1.1.  Neither machine has any
kind of network support (other than the usual serial line
protocols -- uucp on the UNIX box, AppleShare on the Mac).

I want to network these machines without it costing an arm and a
leg.  This means, basically, a serial-line network of some
description.  The lowest common denominator is kermit; the next
step up is UUCP.  However I've taken a look at UUPC for the Mac
and it requires some Resedit hacking to configure.  As I'm an
inexperienced Mac user I'm not sure this is a good thing to get
into.  What I'd really like is something cute and user-
transparent like an AppleShare driver; but I don't want to pay out
lots of (UK) pounds.  (Yes, I'm based in England, so anything
commercial you recommend will almost certainly cost three times
as much over here and support will be unreliable ...)

Is there a *cheap* (read: free or shareware) way of networking
these machines?  That is, is there an AppleShare driver for UNIX
that runs over a serial line, so that I can (for example) plug
the Powerbook in via a Mac serial cable/null modem and mount the
UNIX box's EAFS partition?  If not, is there any other cheap
networking alternative, or am I doomed to learn ResEdit and hack
UUCP on the Mac?



--
Charlie Stross aka [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 03:47:04 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: UNIX binary to Mac Binary?

I have a friend who recently brought a Mac to compliment his NeXT.  He  has
 been downloading Mac programs from the school's UNIX computer to his NeXT.
 He uses Executor on his NeXT which allows him to read/write Mac floppy
disk formats, but the problem is that the Mac will not recognize these
downloaded programs.  Apparently the NeXT uses UNIX binary files and the
Mac uses Mac Binary files.  Usually when I download programs directly from
the school's computer to the Mac, Z-Term will automatically convert to Mac
Binary for me.

Does anyone know of a utility that will convert files written in UNIX
binary to Mac Binary?  Either a NeXT or Mac utility would be fine.   Please
respond to me directly and I will post to the Net if there is sufficient
interest.

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Date: 11 Jan 93 07:36:00 PST
From: "Johnny Lin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: VAX <=> zmodem <=> Mac <=>

Hi

Does anybody know what kind of the terminal program I can use to download
files from VAX by using zmodem?  The zmodem utility on the VAX is from
Omen Technology.  I have tried to use the zmodem from White Knight, but
it didn't work.

One of the faculties told me that he is able to use White Knight from his
office, but not when he is at home.  The only difference is the speed
of the connection to the VAX (2400 baud vs 19200 baud).  Does anybody
know why?

I am using IIci, 7.0, and White Knight 11.14.  The zmodem on the VAX is
for VMS v4.35.

Thank you very much!

Johnny

internet : [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 12:27:40 +0000 (GMT)
From: [e-mail] (B.C.E. Khoo)
Subject: What actually happens during an SE -> SE/30 upgrade?

A source tells me that I can buy SE/30 motherboards over here for L150 + VAT.
Since I have an SE, I'd like to upgrade this on the cheap.

The question is, though: is a straight motherboard swap all there is to the
upgrade? Or do I need any other parts? (I'd probably not upgrade the drive,
but instead connect an external FDHD)

Thanks for the info. Please e-mail to: [e-mail].

Bernard Khoo  Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, UK.
E-mail: [e-mail] or @phx.cam.ac.uk

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Date: 11 Jan 1993 07:54:02 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Why does my hard drive spin

     Why does my hard drive spin for no reason? (C)
[e-mail] asks:

>I am sorry if this is a FAQ, but I have a LC II with a stock 80 MB
>Apple HD (Quantum) that spins (reads?) my hard drive during inactivity
>for no reason.  I am using AutoDoubler, but the activity seems to be
>unrelated.  When AutoDoubler is working my cursor changes and any
>movement of my mouse will stop AD.  My hard drive seems to spin even
>when I move my mouse.  Only pressing the mouse button or a key board
>button stops the hard drive activity.  This is annoying because it often
>interfers with foreground tasks.   I am running System 7.0.1 tuned-up,
>32-bit addressing off, virtual memory off, and a variety of INITS.  BTW,
>I don't know if this has anything to do with my problem but I reformated
>my HD with the Apple HD Set-up program so that the Apple_Free_Space
>partition is eliminated.  Previously I had 75.0 Mb available, now I
>have 78.8 MB.

My first reaction was to ask about virtual memory, since a lot of my
users that use VM complain a lot about disk activity.  Since you mention
that you have VM off, my next question is: "How about file sharing?"
You don't mention anything about this.  This could cause disk activity
when someone is accessing files from your disk.

If you don't have file sharing on or VM on, I'm not sure what your problem
is.  You don't say what INITs you're using (possibly Disk Express? ---
that will cause a lot of disk activity).

If you come up with a solution, I'd like to hear it; I have one user
that's experiencing the same thing on a IIcx (7.0.1 tuned with VM off,
32-bit addressing off, but file sharing ON, even though she gets disk
activity when noone's connected.

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

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 14:10 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: XGator demo availability

I've received a dozen e-mail inquiries about the XGator demo I uploaded to
sumex (which has been removed from the archives).

The version I uploaded contained MacTCP1.1.1, and apparently Cayman.com
goofed--it wasn't allowed to distribute MacTCP1.1.1 with its demo. The file
was pulled from info-mac and Cayman.com; Cayman.com put it back a few days
ago without MacTCP 1.1.1 in pub/XGator. You can get the demo there now, but
not MacTCP 1.1.1.

Here's the full info. Anonymous ftp to "ftp.cayman.com" and get:
/pub/XGator/XGatorDemo2.0.sea.hqx

There's also a README file which says in its entirety:

>After transferring, debinhexing and uncompressing the XGator 2.0
>files, be sure to transfer them to a floppy before installation.
>The XGator files should NOT be contained within a folder on the floppy
>but should be deposited as individual files on the floppy.
>
>NOTE: You need MacTCP to run XGator (it is NOT supplied with this demo).

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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