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Info-Mac Digest             Tue,  8 Jun 93       Volume 11 : Issue 116

Today's Topics:

      [*] Bloodsuckers
      [*] comm/the-news-224.sit.hqx
      [*] DrawMaze 1.0
      [*] flame-file-1.33.hqx
      [*] HPDJ 3.1
      [*] Keyboard PLUS
      [*] mac-facts-two.txt
      [*] Macintosh New Age Software List Volume 0.2
      [*] Microsoft Word 5.x WordPerfect 2.0 Converter
      [*] Mike's Menuette Sets
      [*] New Black Jack program (replaces blackjack-133.hqx)
      [*] Plans for Wireless Mouse for ART/Z Digitizers
      [*] Prince of Persia Level Editor
      [*] Re: trek cursor a1
      [*] Scrapz-1.3.1
      [*] SignatureQuote 1.0 - part 1
      [*] Sparkle1.03.sit.hqx
      [*] the-news-uucp-224.sit.hqx
      [*] TidBITS#179/07-Jun-93
      [*] ViewIt2.06
      [*] WithAView INIT
      A4 default setup using LaserWriter 8.0
      A detective's job (R)
      Alessandro Levi Montalcini? who?
      AppleScript (A)
      AppleTalk Remote/Internet (Q)
      Avoid at all costs!!!
      BBC TV Horizon Transcript Address (Q)
      Biology, Virology and Genetic (Q)
      Can't Empty trashcan
      Claris Works PF keys
      Clock Synchronization
      Conflicts/bugs
      e-disk
      f2c for the Mac
      Geneology Software
      hiding printers in a given zone
      Inbedding Macro File in Document
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #115
      LaserWriter 8.0 bugs or "features"??
      LaserWriter 8.0 Print Options (Q)
      LaserWriter 8 driver and spooled printers (via Netware)
      Laserwriter Pro 630
      LaserWriter question
      LaserWriter Startup Page %$#@!#
      LC & Accelerator
      LC II: Speeding Things Up
      Lw 8 Install Probl (Solution)
      Manual ARA Connections
      NEC CDROM driver?
      No White Knights at Camelot....
      OSF Motif look for the Mac
      PageMaker Printing problem (R)
      PAL Video output (Q)
      Pathworks & LW 8.0
      PB 180 to LCD panel
      PowerPoint 3.0 Slow? (Q)
      Problems with OCR and Quadra 800
      SCCI Ethernet Problems
      SuperLaserSpool & LaserWriter v8.0
      System crash problem
      VM/CMS Function Keys
      White House Letter to the Internet
      Your Index Finger and the Future of the Mac

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The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
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Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 13:56:22 -2300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Bloodsuckers

This is a color game.  It features a human arm that is being attacked by
various insects (mosquitos, spiders - sort of timely with summer rolling
in).  It looks great!!  Wonderful color interface with 3-d effects.

To play the game you direct a hand over the offending bug and click the
mouse - squishing the bug and filling your Mac screen with blood and bug
guts.  Enjoy!!

Colin Lamb - MacMeister 8-)>  - Drake University - Des Moines -
[phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bloodsuckers.hqx; 662K]

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Date: Sat, 29 May 1993 09:31:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (William D Cramer)
Subject: [*] comm/the-news-224.sit.hqx

TheNews V2.24 is an NNTP news reader program for the Macintosh.
It allows you to read news articles, post new and followup articles, and
mail followup messages.  This is a shareware program--if you use it,
please send $25 to:

TheNews
1257 Worcester Road, Suite 196
Framingham, MA  01701  USA

Multiple-unit discounts are available--please refer to the README
document for details.

This is essentially a bug-fix release, and includes the following changes:

Enhancements:
* Added more command-key equivalents.
* Added "send" option for the "close window" dialog in post/mail.

Bugs fixed:
* An illegal header line like "From: schmoe@blough ()" caused trash to appear
in the article list window.
* The "cancel article" function didn't send the right message for the ANU
version of the NNTP server (this meant that the cancel message was
actually posted instead of being interpreted as a control message).
* The program didn't respond correctly to a "transfer-only" connection
status message from the server (this meant that the program would try
to make server requests when it should know better).
* Single-line edit fields in dialogs would not scroll if you typed beyond
the end of the visible portion of the edit field.
* Using <command><click> to make multiple selections in various lists
selected the entire range of items between the top and bottom selections.
* After posting or mailing, the menu commands for the active window
(either the article list window or the article text window) were not
available.

Known bugs (sorry!)
* If you switch to another application while the program is fetching
information from the server, the program does not update the "Fetching
whatever" dialog box (that is, if the application you've switched to
covers up the dialog box, the text inside the dialog box does not get
re-written).
* Under System 7, keeping the signature file in the system folder causes
an error message and prevents you from posting.  To get around this,
keep the signature file in the same file as TheNews.
* There is an incompatibility with Norton Directory Assistance which
makes saving certain articles difficult.  To get around this, try changing
the target file name to something other than the article subject (which
is the default).

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/the-news-224.hqx; 395K]

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Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 18:48:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Sean J. Crist" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DrawMaze 1.0

DrawMaze 1.0   Copyright 1990-1993 by Sean Crist

DrawMaze is an adventure game program which allows you to
not only play existing DrawMaze games but also to create
and edit your own mazes with the click-and-drag ease of
the Macintosh.  You draw art and walls with the mouse and
specify how your rooms should be mapped.  You can write
scripts in the MazeTalk scripting language to define the
behavior of the objects in your maze.  DrawMaze handles
the animation of your maze for you automatically.

You can create new mazes, or you can play existing mazes
which others have created.  A sample maze is included.

DrawMaze is shareware (US $10).  It requires System 6.0.4
or higher and is System 7 savvy.

You are encouraged to distribute DrawMaze and to post it
to ftp sites.

--Sean Crist
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/draw-maze-10.hqx; 648K]

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Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 18:52:49 -0400
From: "Josh A. Goldfoot" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] flame-file-1.33.hqx

FlameFile v1.31 By Josh Goldfoot

This is the latest version of my drag-and-drop complete erase utility.
FlameFile completely overwrites files and folders dragged on to it, making
it impossible for snoops using file recovery utilities to read your files.
Version 1.31 adds the ability to wipe clean free space on a disk, the option
of playing a sound when files are flamed, and support for AppleScript.

Other features include the ability to disguise flamed files and an optional
warning box.

Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/flame-file-131.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Sat, 15 May 1993 15:29:33 +0300
From: Olli "GuestStar" Arnberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HPDJ 3.1

We are pleased to announce a new version of HPDJ, version 3.1.  It has xxx
features:
- Outputs neatly to the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet and is compatible with
most LaserJets.
- 5 resolutions: 75 dpi, 100 dpi (the one FAX uses, otherwise not a good
choice), 150 dpi, 300 dpi, and draft (it uses DeskJet's internal fonts).
- Compatibility with page setups of most Apple and many other printers
that are available in 1993.  This driver recognizes and tolerates the paper
sizes that these printers use.  HPDJ can now handle a variable number of
"foreign" printer paper sizes and a comprehensive set of paper sizes is
readily provided.
- Personal paper sizes.
- Portrait and Landscape printing directions.
- HPDJ reports its progress during printing much in the same way as
LaserWriter.  (A small dialog box in the upper part of the screen.)
- The HPDJ can take advantage of Color QuickDraw if it is available on
your machine.  You can instruct HPDJ to pretend to the application that it
can print 16 colors although in fact it can output only black and white
images.  If the "Dither bitmaps" option is set, all bitmaps are dithered and
thus color and/or grayscale pixels are approximated with dither patterns.
- HPDJ can "Retain pattern sizes", but for "old-style" 8x8 bit patterns
only.  Perhaps we might implement "new-style", or, color patterns, too.  If
we did, this option mightQas a side effectQcause HPDJ to render different
solid colors as grayscale patterns everywhere, not just in bitmaps only.
- Bold and underline work in draft output.  If you have bought (we haven't)
a DeskJet font cartridge for italic output, it should work too.  (DeskJet
Plus, DeskJet 500, and most of the LaserJets have at least some italic
fonts built-in.)  You can control how often the print head is repositioned
on a document-by-document basis.  This repositioning is necessary to
achieve a better match between Macintosh and DeskJet fonts, but it
consumes more time.
- Support for PrGeneral.  This allows an application to find out the
resolutions HPDJ is capable of and adjust its behavior accordingly.  More
and more applications require it (and those who don't, might print more
beautifully).
- The printer driver finds out if an operation is allowed on that Macintosh
model / system software version and uses only those operations.  Thus the
printer driver is compatible with System 2.0 onwards.
- Hopefully the driver is 32 bit clean.  We have tested it only a little bit
(though it didn't show any bad signs).  The most of this testing is left to
the big public.  No dirty operations were knowingly used, though.

Enjoy, have fun,

Olli, Ari
[e-mail]

PS.  This driver is *freeware*.  It is not in the public domain, however:
Copyright (c) Ari Mujunen, Olli Arnberg 1993.  Released 15.05.1993.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/hpdj-31.hqx; 130K]

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Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 08:38:34 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Keyboard PLUS

Please find enclosed the new control panel file 'Keyboard PLUS v1.0.2',
which is an update to ''Keyboard PLUS v1.0.1'.  It contains a few
bugfixes, making it work with more applications (for example QuicKeys),
plus that Balloon Help was added.

Berrie Kremers


Description:
Are you stuck with an ISO or Powerbook Keyboard, and missing the
extra keys from the Extended Keyboard? Then Keyboard PLUS might
be the solution. It let's you install emulators for most of those
extra keys. These emulators can be used troughout all the programs
you work with. The keys you can emulate include: F1 to F15, Page Up,
Page Down, Home, End, Delete and Insert/Help.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/keyboard-plus-102.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 17:01:02 -0400
From: J. D. S. Babcock <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac-facts-two.txt

Mac Archive:

   Please replace the following in your archive with this file.  This is
an updated version of the list.

OLD LISTING:
/mac/misc/documentation/macfactstwo.txt
  31     2/12/93    Text

   Very thorough chart on the ENTIRE Mac line, including all the new
   systems.  This includes a list of configurations, list of system
   versions, manufacture and prices, and a list Speedometer tests.
   By a different author than macfacts3.0a.txt.  Version 3/02/93

please change the version to 5/25/93.   Thank you.

Dear Readers:

   Enclosed please find my collection of lists of Apple Macintosh Models.
This is the 5/25/93 version and is extensively revised.
This list is also being mailed to the umich archives.

   Model List I is my regular list which provides as much information on the
configuration of each model that can fit on one line.
   Model List II is additional information.  It contains minimum and maximum
system versions, dates of manufacture, suggested retail prices and model of
case.
   Model List III is from Kevin D. Connery.  It contains Speedometer 3.11
speed ratings for each model as well as upgraded machines.

Please email to [e-mail]    any corrections to Model List I or
II.
Please email to [e-mail]       any corrections to Model List III.

   Sterling

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-facts-two.txt; 33K]

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Date: Fri, 28 May 93 11:12:30 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Chet Niewczyk)
Subject: [*] Macintosh New Age Software List Volume 0.2

Macintosh NewAge Software List Volume 0.2

This is a major report I put together on NewAge software for the Macintosh.
I created this list in response to a need for the alt.astrology Usenet news
groug but it has grown in popularity beyond that group.  It now includes other
items besides Astrology software.  This list is posted regularly to the
alt.astrology newsgroup.  Look there first for updates (which will now be
few and far inbetween).

This is a teachtext doc compressed and BinHexed.  it is formatted for monaco
or any other mono-spaced font for online viewing.  However it should be
easily readable within any word processor with any font including teachtext
itself.

Please archive this in a reports type archive.

Chet Niewczyk
Macintosh Sysop/Buffalo Freenet

[Archived as /info-mac/info/app/newage-software-list-02.txt; 8K]

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Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 00:29:23 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: [*] Microsoft Word 5.x WordPerfect 2.0 Converter

This is Microsoft's own WordPerfect 2.0 file translater for Word 5.x. Just
drop it in the "Word Commands" folder.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/msword-perfect-20-translater.hqx; 192K]

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Date: Fri, 28 May 93 22:28:38 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Starman)
Subject: [*] Mike's Menuette Sets

This is a set of icons for use with Minuette. They include:

Infini-D 2.5
Expert Color Paint
ZTerm 0.9
Sound Master Pro

I made these mainly because my Powerbook's menu bar gets a bit too
cluttered. Shareware $5.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/mikes-minuette-icons.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Sun, 30 May 93 14:08:06 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morrow)
Subject: [*] New Black Jack program (replaces blackjack-133.hqx)

Included is version 1.3.6 which replaces blackjack-133.hqx currently
on your archive site.

Please remove the old version.

Thanks,
Dan.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/blackjack-136.hqx; 270K]

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Date: Sat, 29 May 1993 06:04:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Plans for Wireless Mouse for ART/Z Digitizers

This is a simple circuit which can be used as a wireless mouse with
WACOM's ART/Z digitizer boards. No batteries are required and total parts
should be less than $20. I use mine instead of a regular mouse and no
longer need worry about moving mouse pads and digitizer. I simply grab the
pointing device which is appropriate and run it on the WACOM.

Recommend submission to the tech category.

Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/wacom-wireless-mouse.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Thu, 27 May 93 20:56:37 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Goates)
Subject: [*] Prince of Persia Level Editor

  This is a Beta of an editor for Prince of Persia that I was working on a
while ago and kinda forgot about. I just recently got around to fixing a few
things and feel that it is stable enough for public consumption now.
  A few things that I am planning on fixing, but havn't got around to it yet:
  - the documentation really sucks (needs a total re-write).
  - the prefs don't save yet.
  - no on-line help.
  - the graphics are kinda weak (low on the priority list).
  - no cut&paste capabilities.
Other than that, it works and you can tweak the crap out of your PoP levels.
  Have big fun,
  AL

[Archived as /info-mac/game/prince-of-persia-editor.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 93 08:30 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Re: trek cursor a1

The previously mailed file should be placed in the info-mac/ex directory.
The following describes the extension.

Matthias Urlich wrote Color Cursor which gave us a colorful arrow.
I have modified the following init to create a cursor that resembles
a star trek pin instead.

Just drop the init into the System Folder or the Extensions folder.

Trek Cursor by Michael Donahue:
(a modification of Matthias Urlichs Color Cursor).

* Color Cursor by Matthias Urlichs.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/trek-cursor.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Fri, 28 May 93 10:40:49 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Lars Sundstr|m)
Subject: [*] Scrapz-1.3.1

Scrapz 1.3.1 DA

Replaces earlier versions of Scrapz.

Scrapz is a replacement for Apples Scrapbook desk accessory.
It adds features such as import/export, resizeable window,
partial selection of text and pictures ,multiple scrapbooks,
gallery view and more. And of course, it's freeware!

1.3.1 is a bugfix release. Fixed a cosmetic bug with groups
using color icons.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/scrapz-131.hqx; 46K]

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Date: 28 May 1993 10:57:49 -0800
From: "Rick Holzgrafe" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SignatureQuote 1.0 - part 1

            SignatureQuote 1.0 - part 1 of 3
SignatureQuote is a new utility for use with any e-mail, bulletin board, or
network news program. It offers:

o Quoting of text in a variety of styles
o Insertion of standard text such as network and e-mail signatures
o Conversion of 80-character lines to Mac-style paragraphs and vice-versa
o All functions can be customized to your preferences

SignatureQuote is simple to use: just click a button to invoke a function. If
you prefer, any function can be made into a custom FKEY and installed in your
application or System file.

SignatureQuote is useful with QuickMail, Microsoft Mail, FirstClass, America
Online, NewsWatcher, Eudora, and any similar communications program. It
requires System 7.0 or later and runs on all Macintosh computers.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/signature-quote-10.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Fri, 28 May 93 07:04:50 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Maynard Handley)
Subject: [*] Sparkle1.03.sit.hqx

Sparkle 1.03. A mac-look-and-feel MPEG player:

BUG FIXES from 1.02:
*       No longer crashes on 24-bit memory manager machines.
*       Small, cosmetic bugs fixed.
See the "What's new?" file for details

WHAT IS IT?
Sparkle plays MPEGs and converts them to QuickTime movies. It uses the
standard QuickTime movie controller as its interface. It is multifinder
friendly and, with enough memory, will open multiple documents at once.
Please read the README file if you have problems---it will explain some
things. It is free.

REQUIRES:
System 7 or greater.
QuickTime 1.5 or greater.
An 020 based mac or greater.

Maynard Handley
[e-mail]
May 27 1993

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/sparkle-103.hqx; 147K]

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Date: Sat, 29 May 1993 09:32:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (William D Cramer)
Subject: [*] the-news-uucp-224.sit.hqx

TheNews-UUCP is a news reader for use with UUPC and ToadNews.
It lets you read news articles, post new and followup articles,
and mail followup messages, through an easy-to-use interface.
The program is identical to the NNTP version of TheNews, except
that it fetches articles off of disk rather than through a
TCP/IP link.

The program is shareware--if you use it, please send $25 to:

TheNews
1257 Worcester Road, Suite 196
Framingham, MA   01701   USA

Multiple unit discounts and site licenses are also available--
see the README document included in the stuff'd/binhex'd archive
below.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/the-news-uucp-224.hqx; 378K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 93 22:29:22 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#179/07-Jun-93

TidBITS#179/07-Jun-93

 Two new PowerBooks and some volume software pricing deals blossom
   a week early on the Apple tree, followed by an excellent article
   on those pesky hardware handshaking cables that you need for
   fast modems. We also review Peirce Software's Smoothie, and
   provide bits about Retrospect A/UX, MacIntercomm, QuickTime 1.6
   bugs, and phone line oddities. Finally, an announcement of the
   book I'm working on about connecting to the Internet from
   a Macintosh.

Topics:
    MailBITS/07-Jun-93
    The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh
    New PowerBooks Ship
    Apple Volume Software Licenses
    Cable Conundrums
    Smoothie With A Capital SMOO
    Reviews/07-Jun-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-179.etx; 29K]

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Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 10:09:58 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Terry Forrester)
Subject: [*] ViewIt2.06

About ViewIt Shareware Version 2.06

A shareware version of ViewIt(TM) is being made available to the Macintosh
programming community as a way of introducing ViewIt and other programming
modules from FaceWare.  ViewIt is one of the best Mac programming tools
available for creating powerful windows containing many views and custom
controls.  In addition to ViewIt, this package includes a complete list
and description of other, non-shareware FaceWare modules that support
advanced custom controls, animation, communications, database management,
QuickDraw(TM) extensions, and 2D and 3D plotting.  FaceWare modules are
reasonably priced, do not require license fees, are compatible with all
major languages and compilers, and are called using a simple C function,
Pascal procedure, or Fortran subroutine (a HyperCard(R) interface is also
available).

ViewIt consists of a powerful set of programming modules that help programmers
manage menus, windows, and other elements of the Macintosh interface in new or
existing programs.  ViewIt is uniquely designed to be much easier to use than
other "interface builders" by requiring a minimal amount of program code (as
little as 3 lines!), and supporting the on-line editing of windows from within
running programs (like HyperCard).  The combination of ViewIt plus Apple's
ResEdit(TM) can be used in place of tools such as MacApp(R) and AppMaker(TM),
or as an enhancement of such tools.  When you decide to purchase ViewIt, the
price is just $95.

ViewIt's major window-related features include:
-- support for editing modal and modeless windows from within running programs
-- multiple fonts, styles, and colors (w/o the limitations of standard ictb
   resources)
-- a variety of useful custom controls (lists, menus, ICON/PICT buttons, etc.)
-- support for extended controls that can be as powerful as complete graphic
   and text editors
-- a view hierarchy that supports scrolling and paging of groups of controls
-- direct links between program variables and control values
-- ability to override all control behavior
-- compatibility with existing CDEFs
-- imports existing dialog DITL resources
-- support for System 7 Balloon Help

The ViewIt package also includes a module that can be used to support standard
items in the main menu bar, tear-off menus, floating palettes, and the
required
Apple events.

The complete text of an objective, professional review of ViewIt that appeared
in the Nov/Dec 92 issue of MacTutor is included in the ViewIt demo program,
along with comments from a wide range of programmers who are currently using
ViewIt.

If you have any problems decompressing the ViewIt Shareware file or getting
the
demo programs in the package to run, contact us for help:

 USA: 217-328-5842, M-F, 9AM-5PM Central (Illinois)
 Europe: [+44]-(0)993-89-1407, M-F, 9AM-9PM GMT (England)
 AppleLink: D1323
 Internet: [e-mail]

ViewIt(TM) is a trademark of FaceWare.  Other product names mentioned above
are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/view-it-206.hqx; 958K]

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Date: Thu, 27 May 93 18:01:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (David Sumner)
Subject: [*] WithAView INIT

WithAView is an INIT that provides system 6.0.x users with
the same capabilities (and a little more) for changing the
view mode of FInder windows as that found in System 7.0

After installing WithAVIew, you need only click in the window
on one of: Name, Size, Kind or Date Modified in order to
change to a view by that mode. Also by clicking in the upper
left of a Finder window will change the view in that window
to view by icon. Another click there changes the view back to
by Name.

WithAView is FreeWare but is copyright 1993 by David Sumner
and is not public domain.  Version 1.1 corrects a small bug.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/with-a-view.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 19:08:44 +0100 (BST)
From: Jason Grossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: A4 default setup using LaserWriter 8.0

There's no need to use MyPageSetup if you can get hold of the
international version of LaserWriter 8.0, which is probably available from
wherever you got the US version from - it's on AppleLink, for example. I
think this international version is also the British version: it has a B
before its version number (according to Get Info).

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 10:18:33 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: A detective's job (R)

[e-mail] asked:
> Our policy is to leave the lab open all the time (for users with a
> magnetic door-opening card, mostly students). Someone misuses that
> freedom. Is there a way to TRACE what has been done?
> First I want to know what software was used at the "irregular" hours.
> Then I want to know what was typed in. I suspect usage of Word
> Processors for "private" purpose. The solution may be "TrapWare" to
> log all activity on a specific MAC to a hidden file.

I don't know whether such a thing exists. However, you could install
FileGuard (published by Highware, Inc., 109 av. Henry Jaspar,
B-1060 Brussels, Belgium, Fax: [phone]) to lock your Macs
against unwanted use. In the USA, FileGuard is distributed by
ASD Software, Inc., and available through the usual mail order sources.

FileGuard keeps a log file about who used the Mac, and allows you to
specify who is allowed to do what. Even "guests" can be allowed to use
a Mac, if you wish this. But you won't see in the log which program
has been used or what has been typed.

I also think it is not ethical to record the contents of letters written
by the users, or the like. (It may or may not be legal, but it reminds me
of the methods used not so long ago in Eastern Europe).

If you don't want that your students use the lab macs to write love
letters to their friends, you should lock the door after normal business
hours and allow physical access only to authorized personnel.

Best regards, Christian.             [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 8:49:39 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Alessandro Levi Montalcini? who?

Carl B. Constantine <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Just curious.  Also, is there a better way to reply to a message in the
>digest other than replying to the post and deleting all the extrenious
>articles?  This takes awhile sometimes.

Check the documentation (I was gonna say man pages, but your host is a VMS
thingie, so...) on your mail reader. There should be a way to break the
digest into individual mail msgs. (If you look at the digest, each msg is
separated by a string of dashes (-). This is the flag to denote the break
between msgs.) Then you can reply just to that one you're interested in. On
my machine, it's called "Undigestify". Others may call it "bursting".

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 20:27:41 METDST
From: Julian <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleScript (A)

Hi all

Only one simple ask. Where i can find information about the new applescript
Some docs will be a good start. Any ftp server, ...

Thanks a lot!

[e-mail]
Spain

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

Date: 08 Jun 1993 16:31:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andy Kesling <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleTalk Remote/Internet (Q)

Is there a way to use AppleTalk Remote via an Internet connection to tap a
remote Macintosh?

Andy

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 18:53:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Avoid at all costs!!!

Folks,

    Nothing irritates more than buying a piece of software only to
have it:

1) Crash constantly
2) Perform poorly
3) Not use common methods for the Mac

    I paid $51.45 to Babbages for a piece of software that I have been
wanting to get for a few years now.  The software is Print Shop for the
Macintosh, version 1.3.2.  With father's day approaching, I became wistful
for the old days of my Apple //e and Print Shop making cards for my folks.
That was several years ago and I have been wanting this for my Mac.  So I
yielded to impulsive behavior while at a mall in Shreveport, LA, and
bought it.
    It quickly fit all three criteria listed above.
    Item #1 was "solved" by turning off 32 bit addressing. Bummer,
hiss. That told me right there that the experience was going badly.  But,
it stopped the crashing.
    Item #2 demonstrated just how slowly a program can perform on a
computer that is faster than the Apple //e.  Typing text in Print Shop is
an exercise in molasses.  In this case the Apple //e version is amazingly
faster.
    Item #3 really wiped me out.  Print Shop does NOT support Adobe
Type Manager meaning if your printer is NOT a laser, then your type is
going to be jagged.  Nasty jaggy.  Stair step letters.  They are awful.
    Calling Broderbund was not encouraging.  Yes, version 1.3.2 is the
latest.  No, we don't know when an update will be released.  No, it does
not support 32 bit addressing.  No, it does not now and will not in
the near future support ATM.
    So, folks, a work to the wise--don't buy, unless you are patient,
don't mind turning off 32-bit addressing, and don't mind jaggie type.
    Grrrrr....

--Larry

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 13:21 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: BBC TV Horizon Transcript Address (Q)

Did anyone in get a chance to note down the address for transcripts of the BBC
Horizon program last night (Monday, 7/6/93) entitled "The Electronic
Frontier"?
If so, could you email it to me?

Thanks in advance,

Fergus Sullivan
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 23:30:40 +0100
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Biology, Virology and Genetic (Q)

I read the book 'The Whole Internet' published by O'Reilly & Associates.
Are there anyone out there who could give me addresses of servers (FTP,
Telnet, WAIS, Gopher) with information on Biology, Virology and Genetic.

Thanks

Francois Rossi    [e-mail]

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

Date: 8 Jun 1993 11:41:54 -0500
From: "Marc Leroux" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Can't Empty trashcan

I ran into the same problem that Tony D'Emanuele has with files that won't go
away when you trash them. Running Norton Utilities on the disk had no effect,
so I would appreciate hearing of any solutions.

Thanks

Marc Leroux
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 14:01:36 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Claris Works PF keys

The necessary PF keys for VT102 on ClarisWorks are mapped to Escape-1
through Escape-0 for PF 1-10, Escape - for PF11, and Escape = for PF12.
Recording macros and then displaying the shortcuts makes it very handy
for the PowerBooks.

    Take care,
    Dick Kahoe
    Department of Graphics  G204B
    Central Missouri State University
    Warrensburg, MO  64093
    816.543.8841

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

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 08:24:48 GMT
From: "Ray Kallman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Clock Synchronization

Can anyone help me find a program that will allow me to sync the times
of multiple macs on an appletalk net.  I have a number of macs running
on appletalk and I would like to set the clock on one and
then synchronize all the others to that one.  I seem to remember a
shareware program that did this but I don't remember the name.  Any help
would be appreciated.

--Ray

| Ray Kallman       [e-mail] |

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

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 18:25:38 EST
From: "A. Marsh Gardiner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Conflicts/bugs

Just thought I'd let you all know about an incompatability between
QuickTime 1.6 and Now Up To Date's Reminder 2.0.  Microsoft Word may also
be contributing, I haven't narrowed that part down yet.  If you are
running the above extensions and you launch Microsoft Word 5.1, (there
may be other programs that cause this phenomena, I haven't looked very
hard) any time after MSW has been started (i.e. you can quit and the
crash still happens) the Mac will crash if you try to pull down the menu
>From NUtD's clock.  This is on a PowerBook 180, your mileage may vary.
A fix is to use Quicktime 1.5.

Sorry to those who read this twice.

Hope this helps someone,

Marsh

______________
Marsh Gardiner       [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 93 18:17:51 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: e-disk

In article <[e-mail]>
([e-mail]), you write:
    Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 15:27:39 -0400
    From: Chris Smith <[e-mail]>
    Subject: e-disk

    Mark, if you are using e-disk, you shouldn't use *any* other
    compression program. Using two compression programs at the same time
    produces a lot more of a delay with very little space change. From what
    I understand about CopyDoubler, it compresses the data it sends along
    the bus from one disk to the other (that's how it improves performance:
    same amount of space on the bus will contain more data). This means that
    if you copy with CopyDoubler, at one end it will decompress the data and
    then compress it to e-disk format, which can't be very efficient. The
    case would be even worse if *both* disks use e-disk. Try copy those same
    AutoDoubled files but this time, copy over the *uncompressed* files, and
    compare iit to AutoDoubler's size.
...

CopyDoubler does not do compression.  The compression support in CopyDoubler
2.0 is only functional if AutoDoubler 2.0.1 is installed.

::::::::::::
mac.archive.umich.edu
/mac/misc/update/diskdoubler3.77patchkit.sea.hqx
 424     5/25/93    BinHex4.0,SelfExtractingArchive

[e-mail]
[e-mail].

For info on how to subscribe to auto delivery of patchers send e-mail
as follows:

To: [e-mail]
Subj: subscribe

Note: Other file server functions are not yet available.

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 08:47:06 CDT
From: A. Scottedward Hodel <[e-mail]>
Subject: f2c for the Mac

A public domain fortran-to-C converter called f2c is available via anonymous
ftp from a number of sites.  Has anyone ever ported this program to the Mac?
I use the Think C platform, so experiences with this environment would be of
particular interest.

A. S. Hodel, Dept. of Elect. Eng.               [e-mail]
200 Broun Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849     [phone] FAX: -1809

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 12:50 EDT
From: "I'm what you call your basic famous..."
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Geneology Software

Greetings.

Does anyone out ther in Net-Land know of any geneological software that
exists?
You know, something to document and graph one's family tree?  I really would
like to document such information for posterity (to say nothing of
convenience!) but have had no luck in finding such a software package.  I
really don't relish the thought of scripting a stack for such a purpose...

Please send any replies to this query either to this digest or to:

[e-mail]

Please do not send replies to the sender of this message.  Our MAIL software
is
messed up and I am getting no network mail.

Thank you.

...ROMeyn Prescott
[e-mail]

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

Date: 08 Jun 1993 16:07:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: O MH KATA MHXANHN <[e-mail]>
Subject: hiding printers in a given zone

My (small) office uses the "personal" edition of Apple's networking
software, that built into system 7. Although the grown-up version may
include such a thing, I'm wondering if there is a way to hide the
printers in office zone from users in other zones. Errant students
will, on occasion, start printing out their papers...and, I guess,
have no idea where in the hell their work went. I seem to recall
something called laserwriter lockout, or something similar, but
Archie doesn't seem to know about it. Any help would be much ap-\
preciated.

Bill McCarthy
Washington, D.C.

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 10:33:47 -0700
From: Victor Quevedo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Inbedding Macro File in Document

I have a question about embedding a Apple MacroMaker file to a document.

I know there is a way to tie in a DA to an Application.  Some trick with
ResEdit and DA.  But is there a way to tie a Set of MacroKeys from Apple's
MacroMaker to a Document.  I would like to have a set of Macros that
would be usable when you open a "DocumentA" and another set when you open
"DocumentB".

Is this possible?  I would like to stick with public domain/apple resource
applications to do this.


Thanks

Victor Quevedo
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 14:31:02 +1000
From: Gerard Hammond <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #115

[e-mail] (The Moderators):
>
> Is anyone on this list into programming for Macintosh. In what language?
>

Yes, in Pascal (Think Pascal 4).

Gerard Hammond                     internet:    [e-mail]
Department of Chemistry           Telephone:    067 - 732382
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Australia

Shameless shareware plug: Linear Regression Pro v2.0;  at all good mac ftp
sites.

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 10:10:31 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8.0 bugs or "features"??

I just perused the README file that comes with the LW 8.0 installer (I know, I
know, NOBODY read those things!). I was shocked/dismayed to see the following
"special cases" entries under LaserWriter Pro 600 and 630:

"When you are printing in the background, no error alert appears when the
printer runs out of paper" and, even more incredibly,

"When you are printing at 600 dots per inch (dpi), bitmapped images may appear
with lines across the image."

Does anyone know: Are these merely bugs that we will hopefully see disappear
with a soon-to-be-released v 8.1, or are they something we can expect to
endure?
If the latter, LW8.0 is likely to be of little or no use to a LOT of people,
especially those sharing multiple printers in moderate-to-large LocalTalk
networks.

Also, the following statement appears: "The LW 8.0 driver allows some printers
to print using a larger imageable print area on the page. If your printer does
so, you may find that text in some documents reflows or is clipped to fit the
new imageable area." My response: *Please*, Apple, could you  be specific?
What
printers? Various models of your own, or third-party ones only?

As a manager responsible for 60-odd Macs printing to 4 or 5 different models
of
Apple printers, I need to know the specifics before I unleash the latest
printer
driver. I would eargerly welcome the end of "printer wars" that LW8.0
reputedly
provides, but I don't dare have it installed in all those printers if users
are
going to go ape when they find their carefully-formatted documents printing
weirdly.

Can anyone at Apple provide some insight into these questions, please? (Or
anyone else, of course).

ADVthanxANCE for any help you can provide.

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:10:32 PST
From: Dave Leiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8.0 Print Options (Q)

From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: LW8 change defaults (A) and other related issues

Tony Huang responded to an earlier question:

>It should be much simpler with LW 8.0. Just edit the PPD file (which is a
>plain text file). Change the DefaultPageSize (under the Paper Handling
>section) to A4 (or whatever you prefer). I haven't tried this myself (I
>have no need to and I don't have the time), but it should work. Let me know
>if it doesn't work (or if it does work).

I tried this to get my LaserJet 4si printer options (not page setup options)
to
come up in the duplex mode rather than "printer default," but it had no
effect.
Does anyone know how to change the default settings in printer options or,
even
better, get the Mac to remember the last selected settings? Note that the Mac
remembers the normal settings like B&W vs. color/grayscale, but not the
printer
specific settings that show up in the bottom of the print options dialog.

--Dave

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 9:53:59 EDT
From: Stephen Wall (SFAE-AR-HIP-SY) <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8 driver and spooled printers (via Netware)

> Has anyone managed to get LaserWriter 8 to work with a spooled
> printer?  I guess the problem applies not just to PathWorks and
> VAX/VMS but also to other spoolers such as NetWare?

Laserwriter 8 works just fine for me with our Netware 3.11/NLM 3.011
server.  In fact, after clicking the Setup button in Chooser with a
Netware queue selected, and then clicking the Auto Setup button in
the ensuing dialog box, the Laserwriter 8 driver was able to query
the Netware server and determine it was a spooler.  From then on, the
spooler entry in Chooser shows a little spool icon next to it.

By clicking the More Choices button in the Setup dialog, you get extra
buttons, including a Select PPD... button, which lets you define the
correct PPD for the printer associated with each spooler.  Very nice
indeed.

BTW, according to an article in the newest Byte magazine, a lot of the
improvements in Level 2 Postscript (like common element cacheing) are
only realized if you print to the Background, so network spooler
users might want to turn Background printing on again, in spite of
the apparent redundancy.

Steve Wall

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 12:32:57 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Laserwriter Pro 630

We're using a laserwriter Pro 630 in a multi-computer (mac,unix,mainframe)
environment. I downloaded some postscript barcode fonts to the printer. One
of the mainframe people is trying to print on the laserwriter using HP PCL.

Our problem is: how do we get to know the 'PCL fontnumber' of the
postscript barcode font ? It does not seem to be the same number as the
macintosh fontnumber.


--
Karl Pottie                           e-mail: [e-mail]
Macintosh Consultant for the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:06:30 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LaserWriter question

I have a new LaserWriter 630 with the extra 500 sheet tray.  I would
like to load the most popular paper color (white!) in the 500 sheet
tray to eliminate reloading it nearly as often, but that isn't totally
convenient since the default tray when printing is the 250 sheet tray.

I've fiddled a bit with ResEdit, but can't find a way of making the
500 sheet tray the default one.  Is there an easy (or difficult) way
to do this?


Eric

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 08:08:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Benjamin White <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter Startup Page %$#@!#

Is there any way to stop my LaserWriter from spitting out it's startup
page every time it gets turned on?

Thanks in advance!

Ben White
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 22:51:37 GMT
From: [e-mail] (p-m agapow)
Subject: LC & Accelerator

Hi Folks,

Being one of the poor unfortunates who bought an LC (that's an LC, not an
LC 2 or 3) for my home machine, it's come time for me to think about
upgrading it. Given that the machine is used largely for text-editing,
Think C, Mathematica (sluggish & a memory hog), Procyon Lisp (ditto) and
the occassional Maxis game and that it's current configuration is 4 meg
with 1 meg VRAM and 12" screen, these are the upgrade options as i see
it. i'd be pleased if people could offer me some opinions :

1. Buy a new Mac.

Not really an option with hardware being as expensive down here as it is
and me only on intermittant work. Besides, i don't want to invest with
the PowerPC etc. lurking on the horizon.

2. Take the LC -> LC3 upgrade option.

Hmm. The local reseller is (of course) eager on this one, but i'm uneasy.
At AUS $1000 and still needing to lash out for memory above 4 meg and an
FPU, it strikes me that one may as well buy a new machine.

3. Transwarp accelerator.

This (initially) looks like the best bet. With an FPU, ability to use
virtual memory, and (supposedly) boosting performance to 40 MHz, the price
of AUS $850 looks about right. However the reseller says that the LCs 10
meg memory ceiling is still there, it benchmarks bad, they don't come in
often, blah, blah ... needless to say, i'd like confirmation on any or all
of that, particularly the memory limit.

Are then any other options? Any opinions on the above?

Thanks,

p-m

paul-michael agapow ([e-mail]) Machine Intelligence Lab, LaTrobe
Uni

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 15:52:37 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LC II: Speeding Things Up

Netters have always helped me solve problems in the past, so here's another.
We have an LC II (with 12 MB of RAM) running System 7.1, attached to a
SuperMac 2-page color monitor. The thing is real slo-o-o-w, especially when we
do something like install or remove fonts. What's the best way to speed the LC
II up? Apple's upgrade? Sell it and buy an LC III? An accelerator? (If the
last, which product offers a good combination of reliablity and price?) Some
other solution? What should this cost? Thanks in advance for your help.

Norm Weiner
State University of New York, College at Oswego
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:31:52 CEST
From: Carlo Viviani <[e-mail]>
Subject: Lw 8 Install Probl (Solution)

Dear netters,
I posted a message a few days ago, asking help for a problem with the new
lLaserwriter Drivers Installer.
I received several answers, and it was clear that the problem was in the
installer script, which searched for somefolder names (in English) that it
couldn't find (because they were in Italian).
The definitive solution was provided by Kjetil Ra Hauge, who wrote me a
few very explaining lines:
I edited the "fld#" resource in the Installer script with ResEDit and
translated the English folder names into the proper Norwegian folder names
used in a Norwegian system. In your case, I'd try Italian.
I tried this solution, and it works!
Many thanks to all the netters, and of course special thanks to Kjetil Ra
Hauge... :-)))

Carlo

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 16:10:49 GMT
From: Jeff E Mandel MD MS <[e-mail]>
Subject: Manual ARA Connections

[e-mail] (John F. Mansfield) writes:

> Has anyone found a way around the problem of not being able to do
> manual connections with Appletalk Remote Access?  Say you have to
> go through a switchboard to get an outside line, how do you use ARA
> to call your home modem?

I can't give you the exact syntax, as my ARA scripting manual is at home,
but I would replace the "dial" command with an "ask" command that poses
the prompt "Signal when ready".

Hope this helps,

Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Department of Anesthesia
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

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

Date: 8 Jun 93 14:41:00 CST
From: "JOHN S. CONRADER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: NEC CDROM driver?

Hi all,
  I was just wondering if anyone knows what the latest
cdrom driver for the NEC drives is.  I saw 3.05 at sumex and
I recieved 3.10 with my cdrom drive.  I seem to have problems with
reading parts of disks - the folders are there but no files inside.
I know there are files inside, because I have read them in with
a different drive.

I have a CDR-25, IIsi running 7.1.

any suggestions?
please reply direct - I can't subscribe.

thanks.

-John :)

[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 09:19:32 BST
From: David Dix <[e-mail]>
Subject: No White Knights at Camelot....

Hi to all UK InfoMacer's,

Has anyone out there had any experiences with a mac mail order supplier
called "Camelot"?

I am beginning to wonder whether I did the right thing by ordering my new
Macintosh from then. When I ordered it, two weeks ago I was told I would
receive it in 4 days. After 5 I rang them to find out where my computer was
and after some apologies I was told I would get it "tomorrow". Well
"tomorrow" arrived but the computer did not, so I rang again and was
_promised_ that it would arrive the next day. You can guess the rest of the
story!

Two weeks later I am in a situation where they will not return my phone
calls and they put me on endless hold whenever I ring. Does anyone know
whether this is the usual service you can expect from Camelot or am I just
an unlucky customer.

Since ordering my Mac I have found out that Camelot have already been in
the hands of the receiver once before! The way they are carrying on with
me I should think that they will be going through that experience again!

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

Date: 8 Jun 1993 11:46:08 -0500
From: "Marc Leroux" <[e-mail]>
Subject: OSF Motif look for the Mac

I guess my only comment on this is "Why???". Next we will want <shudder>
Windows NT look and feel on the Mac (oh yeah, I forgot we already have that
with MicroSoft products).

Marc Leroux             -- Habs in 5!
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 10:22:49 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: PageMaker Printing problem (R)

[e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul) asked:
> We've recently started using Pagemaker 4.2 for various page layouts, but
> are unable to get the application to print successfully on a LaserWriter
> IIf. We are using the standard 7.1.2 driver that comes with System 7.1.
>
> The symptoms are: either the printer resets itself and spits out the
> standard startup page or the application states it cannot print due to a
> Postscript error.

You're aware of the fact that PageMaker uses it's own printer driver,
aren't you?

In the set of disks you get with PM 4.2 there are PPD and PDX files for
various printers, I think also for your LW IIf. If they are installed
correctly, there shouldn't be a problem. These files are different from
the ".apd"-files used by earlier versions of PM.

The problem might also be that you're trying to print at the same time
>From PM and another application, and that the Laserwriter is confused
by this.

Hope this helps. Best regards, Christian.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 12:37:38 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Andre' C. van der Ham)
Subject: PAL Video output (Q)

Hi!

I am looking for an inexpensive manner of connecting Macintosh video output
to a PAL video system. I have downloaded Videosync from apple.com, but it
comes without any documentation about how to connect the video card (8-24
Apple video board) to a PAL video output device (VCR or TV).

Please, can somebody help me with the documentation.

Thanks in advance!

Andre'.

E-mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 12:57:00 cdt
From: Paul Duckenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pathworks & LW 8.0

I talked with some guys at DEC the other day about the problem you described
(printing to spooled printers on a VAX via pathworks). They said that I
needed to have the most recent version of the printer driver on my VAX (not
just my Mac) for it to work properly. You have to make sure that you have the
specific driver files for the particular printer (in your case an HP, in mine,
a DEC3250) rather than the basic Apple laserwriter drivers. Apparently, they
shipped with the last version of Pathworks for VAX. However, you hvae to
specifically install them. The default installation is just basic Apple laser
printers as opposed to LW8 special drivers.

Paul Duckenfield        [e-mail]    Grinnell College

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 17:33:00 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PB 180 to LCD panel

I would like to connect my powerbook 180 to a 3COM LCD panel. Therefore I
connect my PB to the LCD and a color monitor (with a T-cable) and IT WORKS
! But if I try the connection without the color monitor, the PB won't
recognize the LCD. I don't want to carry a color monitor to have it work !
So is there any way to make the PB aware of the LCD without a monitor ?

---
Giovanni Zucchinetti, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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

Date: 7 Jun 1993 21:10:24 U
From: "Kaufman Peter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerPoint 3.0 Slow? (Q)

Hi,
We just upgraded to PP 3.0 and we find that it crawls on anything less than a
IIci.
Has anyone else had this experience?

Microsoft's response in regards to the performance degradation is "we've heard
that comment".

Thanks in advance,
Peter Kaufman
The Boston Consulting Group

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 15:26 EST
From: Jim Allison <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with OCR and Quadra 800

Has anyone been able to use OmniPage or TypeReader with a Quadra 800
and the original Apple scanner (16 shades of gray)?  One of our profs
who relys heavily on optical character recognition for his research is
having great difficulty finding the right combination of scanner driver,
memory addressing and OCR software.  Is anyone doing successful OCR
with this combination of hardware and any OCR packages? He is running
system 7.1 and has 8 megs of RAM.

Thanks,

Jim Allison
Infor Resource Center
Clark University

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

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 10:27:44 -0500
From: Todd E. Frenzel <[e-mail]>
Subject: SCCI Ethernet Problems

Got any ideas?

I just got a Centris 610 on my desk and am trying to hook up to my 10Base-T
ethernet. I haven't gotten my PDS card yet, and am using an Asante EN/SC-107
scci ethernet adapter.  It's not working, here's the problem.  I can boot up,
select EtherTalk from the Network Extension, and then see the servers and
printer under the Chooser.  But, as soon as I select a volume to mount from
the
net, the machine slows to a halt.  It doesn't really lock up.  If I move the
mouse, if follows about a second later, but that's about it.  The volume never
mounts, and I can't do anything else.  When I try to force a finder restart,
then it locks with the restart but hilited.

Asante's docs save that this box will work with a 610 if you use an additional
external terminator, no avail.  It know my Internet Address under MacTCP is
unique, I'm running 7.1 with Enabler 001, 003, and 040. I'm using Asante's
5.1.1 drivers.  The network is stable, and the machine seems to scream on
local
talk.   Get any ideas?

Todd

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:17:12 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SuperLaserSpool & LaserWriter v8.0

I've been using SuperLaserSpool v3.1 for some time now, since it has
allowed the stripping of blank pages that our mainframe throws out in
abundance.  Fifth Generation says this feature does NOT exist, but I
have seen it work this way for a couple of years now, with several
different systems installed.

The new version of the printer software, though, (v8.0) seems to make
SLS print the extra pages again, which has proved altogether annoying,
and wasteful to boot.  And of course, Fifth isn't issuing an upgrade
for this particular problem, since it was supposed (thankfully, it
didn't) to print ALL pages, and it still does that.

Does anyone have any suggestions that would allow me to upgrade to the
current printer software, but avoid printing lots of blank pages?  Our
mainframe programmer won't change his programs on my account, so the
solution will have to be on the Mac side.

BTW, PrintMonitor DOES print the blank pages, too!


Thanks much!


Eric

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 09:27:01 PDT
From: b4sim@space (Building 4 Simulation Group)
Subject: System crash problem

Hello all Mac-netters

I am having a problem with a system crashing repeatedly.  I have reinstalled
the system and the
offending applications several times without success.  Below is the
configuration of my machine
(please don't laugh at what it is - that's all we are "allowed" to have).

Mac SE, 4MB RAM, Quantum 105S 104MB internal drive, System 7.0.1, PowerPoint
3.0, Excel 4.0

Sample crash error
    " Sorry, a system error has occurred.
      " PowerPoint"
      bad F-line instruction.

Any ideas would be great.  Thanks!

Oleg CHaikovsky
Sun/Mac Systems Manager
Rockwell Intl - Downey, CA
[e-mail]

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Date: 8 Jun 93 03:25:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Warren Steel)
Subject: VM/CMS Function Keys

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>Help! I'm trying to dial in to a VM/CMS mainframe from home.
>The VT102 emulation I have only provides function keys for
>pf1 - pf4.  But I need pf1 - pf12. I'd like to use Quickeys
>to map the necessary key combinations on my extended keyboard
>into pf1 - pf12. Can someone please tell me what the
>key combinations are? Without them I can't page up, page down,
>or even move from screen to screen. If this is a FAQ, please
>direct me. Thanks.

   There are probably ways to map extended Mac keyboard function
keys, but you should always be able to fall back on Escape combi-
nations.  Press <Escape> and then <1> to <9> for PF1-PF9, <Esc>
<0>, <-> and <=> for PF10-P12, and <Esc><,> and <Esc><.> for
PA1 and PA2.

Warren Steel                      [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 03:36:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Aaron L Dickey)
Subject: White House Letter to the Internet

[e-mail] writes:

>On Sat, 5 Jun 1993, Karl wrote:

>If you checked that Info-Mac a little closer, at the bottom of the letter
>are the addresses you want.  I include them here to help anybody else who
>may have also missed them.


>         President Clinton        Vice President Gore

>     [e-mail]      [e-mail]

>If these aren't the addresses, don't blame me, I just pass it along, not
>create it.

No, those are correct.  I know several people who have already send email
there and received responses (of the canned thanks-for-writing type).  Go
ahead and email 'em to death. You'll still need to include a real postal
address to get any sort of in-depth response though.

--Aaron

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 10:50:16 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tim Hammett)
Subject: Your Index Finger and the Future of the Mac

[e-mail] (Jerome 'TofuSoft' Chan) writes:
>All this talk about how sad it would be to see the auto-eject facility go
>would do nobody any good. Write to Apple and tell them you don't want to
>see auto-eject go away (_if_this_is_true_).

It's true.

I thought people might like to read the article which sparked
this thread in its entirety. The following article appears on
page 7 of the June 1993 issue of Apple Directions. This is an
official Apple publication sent to developers each month,
so the story is not a rumor. Of course, Apple could
still change their minds.

IMHO this whole thing is a major step backwards, the equivalent
of going back to 3-speed gearboxes, manual chokes, & separate
ignition & starter controls in cars. Anyway, here's the article:
 -----------------------------------------------------------------

Future Macintoshes to Employ MFM-Only Disk Drives

During the 1994 calendar year, Apple Computer will incorporate
new floppy disk drives into some of its high-volume products.
These new floppy drives lack a few of the key features found in
the current "SuperDrive" floppy drives. The following
differences are those that most affect developers:

* The new floppy disk drives will only read diskettes with data
that has been written according to the MFM recording standard,
which is commonly used by IBM-PC compatible computers.

* The new drives do not employ the automatic ejection feature
used by SuperDrive disk drives. Instead, disks will have to be
ejected via a manual eject button.

Early Macintosh systems used floppy disk drives that could only
read disks formatted according to the Group Code Recording (GCR)
standard. These drives were standard on all Macintosh computers
until the introduction in 1988 of SuperDrive disk drives, which
can read both GCR and MFM disks. Apple introduced SuperDrive to
increase storage capacity as well as allow Macintosh computers
to read and write disks formatted on PC-compatible computers.

The most immediate effect on developers will be the method in
which software is distributed. To ensure compatibility with
future systems, Apple is advising developers to begin, as soon
as possible, distributing their software on disks that have been
formatted according to the MFM standard. Although MFM allows
both 720K on double-density media and 1.44 megabytes of capacity
on high-density media, Apple is encouraging the release of
1.44MB media, since data on 720K disks requires conversion by
Apple File Exchange before it can be read by the Macintosh
Operating System.

Various techniques can be used to continue providing software to
users whose Macintosh computers can read only GCR disks, such as
providing a special order card with their products that can be
returned for disks employing the GCR standard. Compact discs
present another possible method of distribution, especially
since the CD-ROM drive is quickly becoming a standard Macintosh
feature.

The other major change introduced by the new drives is that
users will have to remove disks with a manual eject button. The
current automatic disk ejection feature will not be available
with Macintosh computers using MFM-only drives, which will
affect both the user interface and device driver in the system.
Apple is integrating necessary changes into the operating system
so they are transparent to the developer. However, some
utilities and applications bypass the file system and floppy
disk driver to eject a floppy disk or determine when a user has
inserted a disk. Developers of such software will have to make
the changes to allow users to eject disks manually.

_Apple Directions_ will let you know which new Macintosh models
will ship with MFM-only drives and provide further information
about the new drives when it's available.


 -----------------------------------------------------------------
--
Tim Hammett, School of Biological Sciences, Auckland University, New Zealand.
[e-mail]   Phone: [phone] x8365    FAX: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 06:18:04 PDT
From: [e-mail]

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 09:15:29 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Andy Vogel)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Full Fledged (shareware) Mac MIDI sequencer!



     How does a full-fledged, shareware (freeware), Macintosh
sequencer sound? Good?

     Well, I know I've wished for one ever since I got my Mac, and
have decided that instead of waiting around for somebody to write
one, I will attempt to organize the development effort for one.
     I have a good background in writing Mac software, a good musical
background, and an intense desire to build a good product for musical
composition. (Notice I didn't say "great" or "above average" when I
mentioned my background).

     What I would like to start out with, is a response from those
interested in what the final product should do, look like, etc. With
these responses, I should be able to nail down the specification and
start the design. I also need competent programmers and musicians
to work with on the project. I don't know everything about Mac
programming, and I certainly don't know everything about the way
existing software organizes MIDI data, so I am looking for ANYBODY
with knowledge they think will be useful.

     It is NOT necessary for a team member to have lots of free time
to spend on this project. I work and take classes, and know I will be
busy frequently, so, as long as you will be able to spend SOME time
working with us, it shouldn't be a problem.

     I prefer to keep the final group fairly small. Large groups of
programmers are hard to handle (for me). My organization skills
will probably be stretched as far as possible, anyway. Nobody will be
turned away, though! If you have an interest, I want to hear from you!

     One final word. I don't own any professional music software. I
can't afford it. But you will probably need at least a working
knowledge of them. Knowledge of the Apple MIDI Manager will help
also, but that is something to be discussed when we get down to
designing this monster.

Send all replies to:   [e-mail],
          or   [e-mail],
          or   [e-mail]

          (listed in order of preference)

ps: this is going to be a long(!) project. Don't expect results
quickly. Most of the work we do will probably be done by an
individual, in his/her spare time. Questions and correspondence
will occur over the network. Think about it.

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