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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 29 Jun 93       Volume 11 : Issue 131

Today's Topics:

      [*] ajs-clock.hqx
      [*] AliasZoo 2.0 submission
      [*] ARA Power User
      [*] Autograph 1.0B3
      [*] Disk Charmer 2.0.4
      [*] Do It All! v.3.02.sea.hqx (archive as do-it-all-302.hqx)
      [*] MacRecorder Driver 1.03 for '040 compatibility
      [*] Nisus Help
      [*] Nuntius1.1.1d25.sea
      [*] Pentominoes 1.1.cpt.hqx
      [*] Powerbook 180c Screen Tester
      [*] powerdock-1-.hqx (BinHexed file)
      [*] Powershare
      [*] Protein Structure
      [*] resample-10.hqx
      [*] Suppl. Gestalt Selectors List 1.6
      [*] TidBITS#182/28-Jun-93
      [*] To whom it may concern-
      [*] Try this one...
      [*] Valley of Peril 1.0
      (?) Another bitmap question
      (?) Pecking order of the current macs
      (C) Mac-o-phile review of Jurassic Park
      (C) Mac-o-phile review of Jurassic Park - enough !
      32-bit enabler (Q)
      ADB as Third Serial Port [A]
      Address database/conference tracking software recommendations?
      Changing Zone of EtherTalked LW IIg (A)
      Commercial ATC
      Connecting Macs to a Unix/PC net (Q)
      Connecting Mac to boombox stereo speakers ? (Q)
      Conversions in ClarisWorks 2.0
      dev/app-maker-152-154-upgrade
      Ehman drive troubles
      emergency -- pb140 (A)
      Frozen Keyboard on a Quadra 700
      ftp from sumex
      FullWrite Rumors
      How tose Balloon Writer, Get Info, Agent VU ? (Q)
      How to use localtalk & ARA on a Duo simultaneously
      HP Jaserjet Drivers (4M and others)
      Hypercard 1.2.5 and system 6.0.x ?
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #126
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #130
      Inside maintosh
      InterSLIP by InterCon
      Joining Files (R)
      Laserwriter IIg: problems...
      Mac/SunSPARC Disks (R)
      MacPPP v1.1.1 (2 msgs)
      MACUSERB:  Problems on Stacker
      Mac VGA adapter, PB165c
      MacWrite Pro Slowness
      Microsoft
      Microsoft focus (C)
      Now Updaters
      Olduvai Software (Q)
      PageMaker 5.0x?
      PICS<->PICT<->QT?
      Portable StyleWriter
      PostScript problems
      Powerbook 145b (a)
      QuickTime Movie Player
      Source (cheap) for Apple CD300 disk caddies...
      Sources for Apple CD300 disc caddies
      Trying to use a SeaGate harddrive (Q)
      which comm prog has fastest zmodem speed? (Q)
      Word formatting with styles problem.... fixed!!

The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa and Gordon Watts.

The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu
[36.44.0.6].  Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help.

Please send articles and binaries to [e-mail].
Send administrative mail to [e-mail].

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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 12:03:37 +0200
From: Andre-John Mas <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ajs-clock.hqx

 ------AJ's Clock-------
This is a program that displays a clock in a window.
o Works in the Background
o Multifinder Compatible
o System 7 Compatible
o Colour and B&W
o No known bugs

This is my first Mac program, so it is nothing special.

  A-J Mas

[Archived as /info-mac/app/ajs-clock.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:24:14 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Cliff McCollum)
Subject: [*] AliasZoo 2.0 submission

Well it's been a while, but here is the latest version of AliasZoo -
version 2.0.

This version has been completely re-written to add a number of new
features, and to standardize the interface to Apple's HIGs.  Some of the
new features are:

1) You can now find and check alias files seperately. This allows you to
look at the aliases on a drive without having to actually verify that they
work.

2) The ability to automatically re-connect orphaned aliases - assuming that
a valid target file can be found. A valid target is determined to be any
file with the same creator and file type as the original target AND the
same creation date as the original target.

3) Much smarter handling of volumes mounted during alias resolve scans.
Volumes that are temporarily mounted will not be unmounted until absolutely
necessary (and then, the 'oldest' used volumes are unmounted first). This
means that you shouldn't have to enter a password for a network volume more
than once.

4) The interface is substantially changed. The window is now resizable, and
icons are used to identify alias states rather than colours (works much
better with gray-scale monitors).

5) More preferences have been added - including the ability to supress
resolving of local, removable, and network volumes independant of one
another.

6) Aliases can now be renamed from with AliasZoo's "Info" dialog. As well,
the icon for an alias's target is now displayed in this dialog (in colour
when possible).

7) The scrolling list of alias files now supports all the proper keys
(PgUp, PgDn, Home, End, and arrows), and allows the selection of groups
(shift-click) and disjointed selections (command-click).

8) Everything has been sped up a fair bit, and a progress dialog is now
displayed when resolving alias files.

This version is now being distributed as shareware by Blue Globe Software
of Victoria, British Columbia Canada, although it is still written by Cliff
McCollum. The shareware fee is $15 US or Canadian - with site licenses
available for $150 per organization.

Thanks for providing Sumex-aim, to all of us in the Mac community!!!

Cliff McCollum

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/alias-zoo-20.hqx; 202K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 13:51:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (David Ray)
Subject: [*] ARA Power User

A friend of mine recently wrote this custom ARA script for his new
14.4 modem, and decided to put together this package for people interested
in writing their own ARA scripts. The package includes a read-me file
that describes how to write your own custom ARA scripts. I haven't seen
anything like this in the archives so I have gotten permission from him
to submit the package. It is a binhexed, self-expanding archive with
three files; The "Power User" MNP Linktool script, a text only version
of the same file, and a read-me that descibes how to roll your own.

       -David Ray    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-power-user.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 13:54:25 -0500
From: David Kabal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Autograph 1.0B3

Autograph 1.0B3 README
Copyright (c) 1993 David Kabal
FREE!

** WARNING:
Autograph only works with Eudora. If you don't have Eudora, give up. You
also need System 7.

** WHAT IT DOES
Not much. It changes your signature in Eudora. You can drag and drop a text
file onto Autograph and it'll change your Eudora signature to that. If you
tell it to make a TEXT file into a signature, the next time you
double-click on the file, the signature in Eudora will be changed to it.
The idea is to have a folder of signatures, any which one can be
double-clicked on to change your signature. Oh yeah, if Eudora happens to
be running when you double-click one of the signatures, it'll switch back
to Eudora.

ENJOY...
----
David Kabal

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/autograph-10b3.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 13:27:46 +0200
From: [e-mail] ( Rodella-Morena)
Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 2.0.4

Disk Charmer 2.0.x is a neat utility that lets you conveniently
initialize (or verify) floppy disks.
It *requires* at least System 7 to run.
It has a nice, modeless interface.
Help Balloons are everywhere.
It supports drag&drop (with the required Apple Events).
It is able to create larger disks: you gain 8.5K on a 800K disk,
18.5K on a HD disk (if you keep one large file filling the disk,
such as a Compact Pro segment).
It is the first disk formatter supporting the handy "Undo" feature
we all know and love.
It is the first disk formatter able to initialize and verify disks
(hold your breath) *in background*. To access this feature, you need
the Thread Manager Extension from Apple Computer.
It has even more features... but I am sure you are already impressed!

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-charmer-204.hqx; 71K]

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Date: 15 Jun 93 16:56:58 EDT
From: [e-mail] (J. Christopher Bell)
Subject: [*] Do It All! v.3.02.sea.hqx (archive as do-it-all-302.hqx)

    Do It All!
    The Shareware Job and Schedule Organizer
    Copyright 1990-93 by J. Christopher Bell
    Version 3.02

Do It All! is a job prioritizer, to-do list, and appointment manager. You
can set Alarms for events, store jobs as Current/Postponed/Done, TEXT export
(use it to make reports of your Done Jobs), and more. One the basic jobs of
Do It All! is a "sliding priority" job, for instance "low priority now but it
should move up in my list so that by October 1st it is the most important
thing on the list". Types of jobs include "limited-date schedule events"
which cover events like "MWF, 10am-11am from Sep.29 to Dec.1". Job editing
and display is done with international time/date formats and even time/date
input via keyboard for all international [single-byte] formats! New "auto-
save" feature to save your joblist when you switch it the background or
after 15 minutes to keep your joblist information from dissapearing!
Shareware magazine says "Definite A+ for user interface design and overall
product usefulness. ... With its human interface and commonsense approach
to scheduling, Do It All! blasts past all other reminder [apps] we've seen."

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* I ask only for a voluntary donation to me to help finance writing new
shareware
* and public domain software. Send whatever you think this program is worth
to you.
*   Suggested pricing for Do It All!:
*     Businesses and Universities: $40 // Individuals: Between $15 and $35.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Temporary option = Bay-Area-Employment-ware:
* Recent graduate from Dartmouth College with a double major in Computer
* Science and Religion with good grades and a work history in software
development,
* primarily on the Mac, but on other platforms also. I will need a job
starting in June.
* I plan to live somewhere in Silicon Valley / The San Francisco Bay Area. If
you or
* someone you know could use a creative Mac software developer with a
bachelor's
* degree and good references, write to me at one of the addresses listed
below, either
* by electronic or paper mail.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* For ways to get money to me if you don't have U.S. checks, read the on-line
help!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/do-it-all-302.hqx; 258K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 22:05:30 -0400
From: Gary Goldberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacRecorder Driver 1.03 for '040 compatibility

I received the latest version in the mail from Macromedia, and I'm posting
it here with their customer support permission. This driver cures problems
with 040 incompatibility. Please see that it gets routed around to sumex
and other sites, and thanks. - Gary Goldberg

It is Stuffed with Stuffit Deluxe 3.05, and binhexed.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/macromedia-mac-recorder-drv-103.hqx; 48K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 18:26:29 +1200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Nisus Help

Here is Nisus Help, a DocMaker doc. If you have System 7
or MultiFinder, you can look at it while using Nisus. I
keep my copy in my Apple Menu (under System 7).

This replaces my earlier nisus-help-da, which was
pretty weenie, inaccurate, incomplete, and has, I
believe, fallen off sumex anyway. It is, as the
name implies, a help file for Nisus users. Lists
shortcuts, things not obvious from menus, gives a handy
source for metacharacters and macro commands, and
corrects a number of errors in the manuals.

Self-extracting archive, expands to 84K.

Matt Neuburg = [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/nisus-help.hqx; 73K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:05:50 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Blake)
Subject: [*] Nuntius1.1.1d25.sea

Folks,

    Here's the latest offical developmental release of Nuntius, Peter
Speck's most wondrous Freeware news reader for the Macintosh.  I have
nothing to do with this development effort, nor have I ever even met Mr.
Speck.  I am just a tremendously happy user of his software.

    I enclose his release notes:

1.1.1d25:
    Option for specifying max number of articles in group database.
    !!! This should reduce the needed amount of memory needed !!!
    Clicking outside text in grouplists, will deselect. (I listen, I
    listen)
    Found & fixed bug causing "In TPeriodicThread::GoSleep, fThreadCmd was
    not gone".

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/nuntius-111d25.hqx; 450K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 04:12:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Mark Pilgrim)
Subject: [*] Pentominoes 1.1.cpt.hqx

Pentominoes 1.1 is a game in which you must fit 12 pieces of
five squares each into boards of varying sizes and shapes.  A
real geometric puzzler that dates back over 40 years!  Color
and B/W supported, should work under any system Mac Plus or
greater.

Please note that the "save solution" option, which will save
a completed Pentominoes game to a text file, is not compatible
with the beta versions of this game.  The beta versions had this
option, but used a different format.  The "save game" option is
backward-compatible, however.

Please mail any comments, suggestions, complaints, OR COMPLETED
PENTOMINOES GAMES (use "save solution" under File menu) to me
at [e-mail].  That address is good until 9/1/93.

Mark Pilgrim

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pentominoes-11.hqx; 194K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 17:59:21 -0400
From: David Meleedy <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Powerbook 180c Screen Tester

            PowerBook 180c Screen Tester
                 by David M. Meleedy


    The Powerbook Screen Tester program for the 170 and 180 was
already written, but I wanted to have the flexibility to check each
element ( red, green, blue ) for my new 180c.  So I wrote this screen
tester program which cycles between black-white-red-green-blue to test
the active matrix screen.  You can also just flip between black and
white using the appropriate keys if you have a 170 or a 180.

    Why test the screen?  Well, there is nothing more frustrating
than dishing out thousands of dollars, only to find out that there is a
burnt out pixel in the just the right place to really annoy you.  Before
you go and buy a powerbook with an active matrix screen, take this
program along with you to make sure the machine you buy has the best
screen possible.

      This program is freeware, but if you really have a need to express
your gratitude, you can email me at:

            [e-mail]

p.s.  if you happen to be in the Boston area, I always enjoy a few good
dark beers!

          This is what we call a win-win scenario!


-David Meleedy

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/powerbook-180c-screen-tester.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 20:39:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Narayan R. Sainaney" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] powerdock-1-.hqx (BinHexed file)

PowerDock v 1.0.0. New file management/accessing utility. Mount/Launch
favorite servers, folders, cdevs and applications quickly and easily.
Various new features like sub-launching and much more!

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/power-doc-10.hqx; 127K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 11:14:25 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: [*] Powershare

PowerShare 1.0

PowerShare is a shareware program that allows anyone using System 7 File
Sharing to control the amount of CPU time allocated to File Sharing.

Without PowerShare, System 7 File Sharing defaults to 50% of the CPU time
allocated to File Sharing.  PowerShare allows you to allocate anywhere from
10% to 100% of the CPU time for File Sharing.  Once you use PowerShare to
change this setting, it will stay at the new setting ... even if the
computer is shut down and rebooted.

By allowing you to set a higher CPU allocation for File Sharing, PowerShare
can greatly improve the performance of File Sharing.  If you are using File
Sharing, you need PowerShare to get the maximum performance.  If you need a
fast server for a small network, with PowerShare, System 7 File Sharing can
compete with AppleShare's performance.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/power-share-10.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 10:03:55 CDT
From: [e-mail] (C. Eugene Burchill)
Subject: [*] Protein Structure

"Protein Structure" is a set of three versions of a stack describing the
four "levels" of protein structure. All require HyperCard 2.x. Versions to
run on black and white Macs, 8-bit color systems, and in conjunction with
MacMolecule v1.7. Current stacks (v1.0.3) correct a couple of typos found
in v1.0.2 (posted June 15, 1993 info-mac/card). Graphic of helix fragment
modified to show dihedral angles. No big deal.

Eugene Burchill

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/protein-structure-103-hc.hqx; 476K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 16:08:18 +1000
From: His Divine Grace <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] resample-10.hqx

ReSample 1.0 Freeware.

Please post this into the sound utilities directory.

ReSample copies and transforms the sounds in any mac file to
double clickable System 7 sound files (sfil) at any desired sampling
rate.  It does this without pitch shifting the original, i.e.,
the sound is resampled so that it sounds like the original.  See
included ReSample ReadMe file for more details.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/resample-10.hqx; 49K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 9:15:25 MET DST
From: "Rene G.A. Ros" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Suppl. Gestalt Selectors List 1.6

Hi,

Here is a new version of the Supplemantal Gestalt Selectors List, version
1.6.

It's a long time since the last version, so a lot of changes were made:

####Changes (since v1.5)
    Added selectors
      Apple System  : os  , vers
      Apple Add.    : thds, ttsc
      Third Parties : !SYM, GWat, TMON
    Added unknown
      Apple System  : cfmg, cput, fdrs, fnd , fnd?, FNDR, fnd*,
              gntz, hcsl, scsi, shal, sysa, udsk, udsv
      Apple Add.    : 3615, futr, gFax, sndx, snhw, thng, thrd
      Third Parties : ADex, ADfd, ADii, ADr2, JXNM, QRef, Tmon
    Changed selectors
      Apple System  : alis, hdwr, mach, mmu , term
      Apple Add.    : arb , cpnt, strm, qtim
      Third Parties : ApoL, HPBG, NIPX, NMBT
    Changed unknown
      Apple System  : bugy
      Third Parties : SAVC, SAVR
    Previously unknown
      Apple System  : dict, tsmv
      Apple Add.    : cpkr, icmp
    Includes updates 1.5.1 thru 1.5.5 mailed to the persons on the
      mailing list.

    A contributor, who wants to remain anonymous, provided a list
      of selectors which are installed with System 7.1 running on a
      Macintosh prototype using the new PowerPC processor.
   And more...

Rene G.A. Ros
[e-mail]

Replaces:
/dev/info/gestalt-selectors-15.txt

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/gestalt-selectors-16.txt; 61K]

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 21:36:07 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#182/28-Jun-93

TidBITS#182/28-Jun-93

 Well, what is the PowerPC and should I wait? Good question, and we
   try to answer it this issue. We also have a look at Fifth
   Generation Systems' excellent CopyDoubler 2.0, FWB's CD-ROM
   Toolkit, the shareware ZipIt compression program, information on
   speeding up file sharing startup, and how to learn more about
   the PowerPC on AppleLink.

Topics:
    MailBITS/28-Jun-93
    PowerPC developer info
    Just ZipIt
    CD-ROM Toolkit
    CopyDoubler 2.0
    PowerPC Update
    Reviews/28-Jun-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-182.etx; 29K]

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Date: 16 Jun 1993 09:42:37 U
From: "Scott Yoshinaga" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] To whom it may concern-

Please place my Shareware font in the apporpriate catalog. The font Sassy is
enclosed. Thankyou!
--scott

[Archived as /info-mac/font/sassy.hqx; 93K]

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Date: 16 Jun 1993 16:44:16 -0500
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Try this one...

[Now utd 2.0.1 updater -- sea, bhinex. -Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/now-utd-201-updater.hqx; 539K]

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Date: 16 Jun 93 14:54:11 EST
From: "Thomas Reed" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Valley of Peril 1.0

To whom it may concern:

I just sent Valley of Peril 1.0 to you.  I don't know what the
procedure for uploading a new game is, since this is my first one,
but I hope I've done it right.  The game's sig is registered with
Apple, and everything, so....

Let me know if you need anything else from me!

-Thomas Reed

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

[Archived as /info-mac/game/valley-of-peril-10.hqx; 308K]

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 14:42:56 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (?) Another bitmap question

Thanks to all of you who gave me information about converting formats.
I feel I'm getting closer to a solution...

Let me be more specific describing my problem this time.  My department
has a plethora of mac clip art in many different formats.  My manager
would like to be able to take some of that art and convert it into a
format that can be used in 'X' on a UNIX workstation.

For the application in mind, graphics are expressed as a bitmap in
ascii form.  There is a define at the beginning stating the height
and width, and then a series of 1's and 0's (in hex format) describing
the bitmap.

If I can convert the clip art into any sort of bitmap format, and I know
the specification for that format, I can easily write a program to
convert the bitmap into the form that I need.

So the question now is, what format(s) describes B&W art as 0's and 1's?
How can I extract the height and width of the art, and the 0's and 1's
>From the format?

Thanks for your help.

-Bev

 ---------------------------------
Bev Schwartz                    BBN Corporation
[e-mail]                70 Fawcett St, MS 15/1C
617-873-2453                    Cambridge, MA 02138

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 14:36:50 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (?) Pecking order of the current macs

2 years ago when I bought my mac, a friend listed off all the current
macs, how they fit in the compute power pecking order, what expandability
and growth tracks they had, monitors, other benefits and drawbacks, etc.
Needless to say, this list is now dated.

Does anyone have a list of what macs are available, and how they compare
to each other?  I'm interested in what chip is used for the CPU, clock
speed, how many expansion slots, the maximum amount of memory that can
be plugged in, other features of the machine, and ballpark price.

Ultimately, my department is looking for a workhorse machine that doesn't
have a whole lot of extras to do natural language understanding and word
spotting in text.  It will sit on an AppleTalk network, and will need to
support a 21" color monitor.  It doesn't need CD-ROM, speech recognition,
fancy sound or graphics.

How do the new machines due out (high-end and low-end Cyclone, Tempest,
and RISC based PowerPC 601) fit into the picture?

Thanks for your help!

-Bev

 ---------------------------------
Bev Schwartz                    BBN Corporation
[e-mail]                70 Fawcett St, MS 15/1C
617-873-2453                    Cambridge, MA 02138

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 08:38:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mark D. Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (C) Mac-o-phile review of Jurassic Park

The two main types of computers I saw were Macintoshes and Silicon Graphics,
both running UNIX (OK, OK, the Mac was running A/UX).  Both Apple and SGI were
listed in the credits.

As far as the movie animation goes, Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic was
listed in the credits for most if not all of the special effects.

--Mark
[e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jun 1993 09:15:09 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble)
Subject: (C) Mac-o-phile review of Jurassic Park - enough !

Computer manufacturers (and others) now PAY to have their products
featured in movies.  Apple has people who do nothing else but push this.
And movies are made to make money.  There are no obvious commercial
breaks yet, but the box office is not the only source of revenue.

So why all this hype about Macs featured in the flavor of the month movie ?
Wait 12 months and maybe you won't need to see it at all.

>Just my $0.02 worth.  Anyone watch the credits to figure out who/what did
>the major computer animation and graphics in the movie?!

That's the only interesting question.  It was Industrial Light and Magic,
using mainly Silicon Graphics computers.

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

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 17:42:44 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 32-bit enabler (Q)

    Sorry, I did not keep good notes on the storm of
discussion that followed the intro of the 32-bit enabler. But
now I need to know how to install it. I seem to remember some
difficulty (or strange) with its installation. Like it wants a
virgin sys 7.1 sacraficed, or something like that...

    Please e-mail me.

Thanks,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jun 1993 11:02:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "Wm. Knox Gunn" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ADB as Third Serial Port [A]

I don't know how you can use the ADB port as a serial, but even if you
found a way, you will not be able to do so, since the Mac PLUS does
not have an ADB port! I know TelePort modems used to work through the ADB.

I have used the Axion Switch with good success to attach three devices to
my modem port. It uses an easy to use control panel for software switching
between devices. You would not be able to use two devices simultaneously,
as you seem to need. It might even work on the Printer port and you could
switch between the ImageWriter and the network. Or you can AppleTalk your
ImageWriter (if the card is still available.)

Good Luck, but first you might want to see if you can get a mac with an
ADB.

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 16:20 PDT
From: "Phil Jung, KD6SWQ" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Address database/conference tracking software recommendations?

From:   SCUACC::PJUNG        "Phil Jung, KD6SWQ" 29-JUN-1993 16:19:49.16
To:     IN%"[e-mail]"
CC:     PJUNG
Subj:   Help: Address database/conference tracking software?

Hi everyone,

Our secretary is finally upgrading her computer system to a Mac, but
her main concern is transferring her address database from her PC running
DBase III(yes, THAT old program!) onto the Mac. It's got several hundred names
on it, and she's not about to re-type them on the Mac...

We put on conferences regularly, and use the database to get the attendees'
information organized when they register for and attend conferences...

Essentially, she uses the database to enter names, sort by fields (address,
last name, first name, Company, etc..) print mailing labels (Avery forms,
etc),
and then print out reports that she will use as a checklist of sorts when
people arrive at the event.
(You know, "Hi, my name is John Doe from Apple Computer, and I've pre-paid
for this conference." whereupon she will search the printout that has been
sorted by last name, check my name off, verify that I've pre-paid, and give me
my name tag to wear so I can get in...)

FileMaker Pro was the first thing that came to mind, but I've heard of
programs
like TouchBase Pro and DynoDex that seem specialized for this sort of
thing...

Anybody out there used these beasts, or know of anything what will work like
that? And especially, _CAN_IT_IMPORT_DBASE_III_FILES?_

Worst case, we'll have to export the Dbase file as ASCII text, import it on
the Mac, and the parse the data. Time consuming, but it might be worth the
work
if the program works well...

Thanks!

Phil Jung   8-)    [e-mail]
Institute for Information Storage Technology, Santa Clara University

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

Date: 29 Jun 1993 17:51:12 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Changing Zone of EtherTalked LW IIg (A)

>I've searched high and low but can't find out how to change the zone that a
>LaserWriter IIg on EtherTalk appears in. I have tried the PS code which is
>used to change the printer's name but it hasn't worked. Funny thing is, I
>haven't even been able to get this code to change the name of the LW.

Yes, I struggled with that little line of postscript code a while back, too.
Even though the AppleEngineer insisted that was the fix, it didn't.

But then the LW Pro's and LW 8.0 drivers were released, and included with them
was the "LaserWriter 8.0 Software v1.0" version 7.4.1 (I think this whole
version thing has gotten _way_ out of hand!), which solves the problem.

I think you can ftp the LW8.0 package from ftp.apple.com.  I could be wrong.

- Dave Peltier
  Lawrence University
  Computer Services
  [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 16:01:21 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Commercial ATC

Akira asked:

> ... a few years ago, I have a friend that had a commercial version
> of air traffic controller. He has since lost it, and I have turned his
> house inside-out looking for it. IS there anyone out there who has it
> or can tell me who makes it?

You may be thinking of TRACON manufactured by Wesson International.
It is a commercial air traffic control program.  It's well done and
will twist your stomache into knots!  (Pun intended ;-)

For information you can contact:

Wesson International
500 South Capital of Texas Highway, Bldg 5, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78746
(800) 634 - 9808

(While you're at it, tell them that you *want* Mac simulation software
>From them.  They are squemish about the Mac Market.)

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 11:11:56 -0400
From: "Donal Lynch" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Connecting Macs to a Unix/PC net (Q)

Hello:

Take a look at the following file on info-mac

info-mac/Information/Communication/backup-to-unix.txt

While the main purpose of this posting was to describe how to back-up macs
to unix boxes, you can use most of the products mentioned to connect macs to
unix boxes, and make use of it's disk space as storage.

Cheers,

  Donal

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Donal Lynch, Project Coordinator          [e-mail]
Calumet College, York University            [phone] (ext.-66576)

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 14:32:54 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mason L. Bliss)
Subject: Connecting Mac to boombox stereo speakers ? (Q)

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

>Is there any way of connecting my IIci through its headphone outlet to my
>stereo boombox speakers?  I wish to get stereo sound w/o headphone and w/o
>buying specialized speakers.  Technically, I don't see why not.

There's no reason why you can't. I've done it off and on... All you need is
the right connections. You'll need the plug for the back of your Mac, lots
of wire, and the right connector for the back of your stereo. You'll need to
run your computer's sound into the AUX IN spot on the back of your boom box.

You might have to cut up some of the wires and splice them together, but
that's
not that tough...

Good luck!
--
   [e-mail]   --    Mason L. Bliss    --   [e-mail]
What you're looking at could be the end of a particularly terrifying
nightmare.

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 10:53:02 EDT
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Conversions in ClarisWorks 2.0

I currently use Word 5.0a, and have occasion to read and write WordPerfect 5.1
(for DOS) documents which Word seems to accomplish reasonably successfully.
I presume that Word 5.1a is able to accomplish the same for WP 5.2, and will
presumably easily accommodate the up-coming WP 6.0 (July 1993).

I am seriously cosidering replacing all the copies of Word in our office by
ClarisWorks 2.0. A pivotal consideration, among a handful of others, is its
ability to do transparent conversions of the various DOS countrparts. Thus I
seek the Net's advice on a number of scores: first, are the conversions easily
accomplished, and whether any other installations have chosen CW as its
*processor-of-choice*.

TIA.

Cheers.

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

Date: 29 Jun 1993 14:37:14 -0400
From: Sloan <[e-mail]>
Subject: dev/app-maker-152-154-upgrade

The file "app-maker-152-154-update.hqx" in info-mac/dev contains a
functioning updater for AppMaker, but the enclosed "Libraries" folder
contains only an empty folder named "THINK."  Is this upgrade really
complete?  If not, do you have access to the complete upgrade and
could you post it?

Thanks!

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Bill Sloan                        Internet mail to:  [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 07:44:44 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ehman drive troubles

We have an older (bought in 1990) Ehman 45meg hard drive that has
been running happily attached to a Mac Plus. However, if we plug
it into a Classic II, there is no joy. The Classic II will not boot,
it just shows a Sad Mac. We have tried booting the Classic II with
the Ehman drive connected but powered off- no luck there either. The
drive still works fine connected to a Plus. All the machines are
running System 7. (There is no system software on the Ehman disk.)

The SCSI addresses don't conflict; the Ehman is at the end of the
SCSI chain (in this case that means at the end of the single cable).

Is there any hope for using this hard drive on a newer Mac, or must it
live only with an old Plus? The drive is internally terminated, which
is a nuisance but would not normally be fatal. Is this an un-fixable
hardware problem? A mysterious gotcha caused by ancient formatting
software? A common problem that everyone except me knows all about?
I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who knows a way around this one.

Mark Lankton ([e-mail])

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 10:19:50 PDT
From: Nathan Gilliatt <[e-mail]>
Subject: emergency -- pb140 (A)

> From: "Christopher B. Hopkins (Wesley)" <[e-mail]>

> I have a PB140.  It has been acting strange recently: it won't run off
> the battery.  It will show me that the battery is 1/2charged (it won't
> charge it further, btw) but it won't run w/o the power cord.  I tried
> to "fool" it by putting it to sleep and taking out the cord but it
> still doesn't work.  I tried another battery, same deal.

> Today, I brought it to the computer store to be fixed.  A couple of
> hours ago, the guy calls back and says that some part of my logic board
> is dead and I will need to lay down about $750.  Is this right???

This is a design flaw in the original PowerBook power cord.  Look at the
PBook end of the cable (the round plug).  There's a black plastic
insulator that separates the two contacts, which is probably missing a
chunk.  When the broken plug is inserted in the PBook, you blow a fuse on
the logic board.  I don't know what it costs to fix, bit $750 sounds
awfully steep.  Anyway, you'll need to fix/replace the power cord to avoid
blowing the new fuse.

BTW, Apple changed the design of the plug on the newer PowerBooks to avoid
this problem.

    - Nathan

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 10:55:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (FIRST CLASS EMAIL)
Subject: Frozen Keyboard on a Quadra 700

Hallo:
Has anyone heard of the problem I'm experiencing?  With no warning or provo
cation, the Quadra 700 20Mb RAM extended keyboard just freezes up!  Strangely
enough, the mouse continues to work, and a restart usually does the trick?
Any suggestions, fixes, sympathy would be greatly appreciated.
Email me at
[e-mail]
thanx
;-)

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 09:34:51 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ftp from sumex

[e-mail] said:
>   ...
>Specifically, I tried to get mac-digest-stack-11.hqx using the following
>commands.
>
>   connect sumex-aim.stanford.edu
>   binary
>   ...
Don't use binary to download *.hqx files! The binhex format is specifically
intended to allow shipping of files (programs) in ASCII format. Sometimes
binary will work, and sometimes it won't. It will if you are lucky and what
comes in that eighth bit is what your machine needs to see, but there is no
guarantee of this! Try redownloading in ASCII mode, and drop it on Stuffit
Expander. Bet it will work.

Bryan Walls                             My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 8:25:42 PDT
From: Jeff Richards <[e-mail]>
Subject: FullWrite Rumors

> Somerville, Mass.--After almost two years of lying dormant in the hands
> of Borland International, Inc., FullWrite Professional was sold last week
> [make that MONTH] to Akimbo Systems.

Does anyone have a phone number and/or snail/e-mail address for this company?
--
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 08:09:02 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How tose Balloon Writer, Get Info, Agent VU ? (Q)

I found the following three extentions in my school's mac.  What in the world
are they for, and how
does one use them? -- Balloon Writer, Get Info, Agent VU.  They are all by
Apple itself.

Charles C. Hsieh

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 13:56:14 -800
From: [e-mail] (Mark R Anderson)
Subject: How to use localtalk & ARA on a Duo simultaneously

Thanks to all those who responded to my question earlier.

Despite the fact that Apple told me it was impossible, here is how to
use ARA and localtalk at the same time on a Duo with an internal modem:

* in the powerbook control panel select external modem

* in ARA setup select internal modem

strange, but true! Also, it is recommended that you ditch the Serial
Port Arbitrator extension.

mark.

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 17:29:33 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP Jaserjet Drivers (4M and others)

HP is now shipping its version 8 drivers for its Laserjet line, including
an updated PPD for the 4M (missing from Adobe's collection). This is a new
PPD, not the one HP ships for using the 4M with PageMaker. You can order
the drivers from 303-353-7650. Be sure to ask for Version 8.

The package comes with a couple of guides, one to the driver and one to
the new "Laserjet Utility". The guides were produced with DocMaker. They
work like the documentation that comes with Andrew Welch's shareware
products (maybe HP is using AW's program).

The Laserjet Utility allows the usual sort of things: downloading fonts,
choosing resolution to print at, selecting printer language. There's
also an important addition, viz the option of printing "draft" so as
to use less toner. The manual rather uninformatively says that some
of the Utility's options may not be available for a given printer, in
which case the relevant menu item will be dimmed. Infuriatingly, for the
4M the "draft" option *is* dimmed. I may have goofed somehow in the
installation process but I don't see how, and the item stays dimmed
whether the 4 or the generic PPD is selected. I may have to buy Toner
Tuner after all.

Anyway, HP will send you all this stuff for free - not even the price
of shipping.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 17:12:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Goljerp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard 1.2.5 and system 6.0.x ?

Hi.  I finally am upgrading the system of my SE to something in the 6.0.x
(x>4) range.  (I only have 2.5 megs RAM, so don't want to jump to sys 7.)
I would like to be able to continue to use Hypercard 1.2.5.  Does anyone
know what the 'highest' version of system 6 is that will run HC 1.2.5?  (I
looked at a README file for 6.0.7, which claimed that HC 1.2.5 wouldn't work
with it... is this true, or was this just a marketing ploy for HC 2.0?)

I know that it'd be easier just to get more RAM & an accelerator & use sys
7 & HC 2.x, but I'm saving my money for the power-pc based macs! :-)

Thanks,
    Jeremy
([e-mail])

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 17:22 EST
From: KEN SCHWARTZREICH <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #126

Sorry for the title, but I'm in a rush.  In response to the request for
requiring logon to use a Laserwriter, may I suggest LaserwriterLockout, the
freeware program that lets you select which laser (or other networked devi
ces) appear in the Chooser, and can be set to show none.  Then password
protect the CP and give the password to those who should be allowed to print
and they can unlock the view.
-Ken Schwartzreich
 Assistant Network Manager
 Lafayette College, Easton PA

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 07:51:52 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #130

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:
>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 14:10:12 PDT
>From: Dennis O'Reilly <[e-mail]>
>Subject: SE on Ethernet -- Unimplemented Trap problems (Q)
>
>We recently attached a number of Mac SE's to Ethernet using
>Asante adapters. Now the SE's are crashing at random times
>with "Unimplemented Trap" errors, even at times when no MacTCP
>applications are running.
>
>The SE's are running System 7.0 with the system 7 tuneup
>installed. We're using MacTCP 1.1 on these systems. Also, they
>don't have any non-standard extensions or control panels
>installed. We removed all of those.
>
>I've searched back through the Macintosh news archives and
>found several reports of similar problems related to SE's,
>Ethernet, and System 7.0 ... but I couldn't find any
>solutions.
>
>If anyone knows of a solution to this problem, we would
>appreciate hearing about it. Thanks.  :-)
>
>   Dennis O'Reilly
>   University of British Columbia
>   Email: [e-mail]

You *must* use MacTCP 1.1.1 with System 7.x
Bob Blackmun
Director of Computing Services
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte NC 28223
[phone] / fax [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 12:21:03 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Wonko the Sane)
Subject: Inside maintosh

for those who are interested, particularly that person who wrote in about
Inside
Mac, there exists a hypercard version of vols 1-5.  It is called "Spinside
Mac" and I've seen it at mac.archive.umich and a few other places.  It's
complete, as far as I know.

Also, I'd like to give a big round of applause to Alliance Pereipheral Systems
service department.  My SyQuest dirve crashed on saturday night, I shipped it
in on Monday, and I had it back on Thursday, with a brand new mechanism.  They
even managed to rescure the cartridge that had become jammed in the drive.
All under warantee...a TWO YEAR mechanism warantee.  Two day turnaround, and
it only cost me the cost of shipping down to Kansas City.

Eric Oehler
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 13:28:43 EDT
From: Steve Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: InterSLIP by InterCon

I cannot get my Gateway script for the InterSLIP product to work.  It does
not appear to get run at all because I do not get any 'User Notifications'
back even if InterSLIP Setup is running.  When I trace my serial line to
my Gateway all I see is an 'AT' with a c/r (carriage return) like it is
trying to talk to a modem instead of direct connecting to the Gateway.

I need to get the InterSLIP running with my MacTCP so the InterCon product
Planet_X will run.  I cannot use MacSLIP because the SLIP/TCP must become
active at reboot which MacSLIP apparently does not do!

Can someone help me with my problem?  Thanks in advance!




/[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 09:27:06 edt
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Joining Files (R)

Joining of 6 1 meg files. Thank you for  all the responces one of
them suggested a utility called unit in info-mac/util. This utility
combined the 6 files in less than 10 seconds where as the Word
processor I was using took hours just to read and Display. Thank you
Jeffrey Whittaker
DG Corp.Westboro Mass.

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 15:09:30 BST
From: [e-mail] (Julian Dow)
Subject: Laserwriter IIg: problems...

I'd be grateful for any help on the following:
We have one of the first Laserwriter IIg's in our Department. It shows (and
always has) a few non-ideal behaviours, viz. (1) Occasionally, it prints
out pages which are wavy in a horizontal direction. (2) Sometimes, it gets
slower and slower, then locks, as if it's not purging its memory between
jobs. (3) Whenever I try using "the Font Book" to print out groups of
fonts, it goes into a hard reset after about 3 or 4. I mean HARD reset: it
resets its PRAM, so that the printer name is changed, and the PAGE COUNTER
SETS TO ZERO!!! Now, I mentioned this to a local beard-and-sandals guru,
and he said airily "Oh yes, I think there was a firmware problem in early
IIgs". Is this true? Are any of the faults I've listed compatibile with any
such known problems? Or do we have to cough up loads of loot to have a new
mother board, when this may not be the problem?
 Many thanks for any help...
 Dr Julian Dow
 Dept Cell Biology
 University of Glasgow
 Glasgow G12 8QQ
 UK

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 10:11:30 EST
From: [e-mail] (Daniel           J.      Hofferth    [phone]
AGT/8896)
Subject: Mac/SunSPARC Disks (R)

In response to Lindsay Jane King's IMv11-130 posting:

> I am considering buying a Macintosh Colour Classic, to enable me to write
> up my thesis at home. In my department, we use Sun SPARC stations; do
> you know if it is possible to read Mac disks into the suns (I know that pc
> disks can be read) or do I have to convert them to ms-dos format first ??

I've got a similar situation... a Mac at home and SPARCstations at work.
Over the last couple of years I've found a number of comfortable solutions.
I'll ignore the MS-DOS intermediate solutions.

The cheapest is a Mac utility called "suntar" that enables your Mac to read
and write standard UNIX "tar" (or "bar") format disks.  The latest version,
as I write this, is 1.3.3.  I've heard it's quite stable, but I don't use it
because of my second suggestion, below.  You should be able to find it on...

    sumex-aim.stanford.edu  /info-mac/util/suntar-133.hqx
 ..or.. mac.archive.umich.edu   /mac/util/diskfile/suntar1.33.cpt.hqx

The other route is to read/write Mac disks on your SPARC.  I've got a
commercial utility, called Common-Link, that handles this job as an X-window
app.  It'll read and write DOS disks as well.  It basically displays a
double-pane window; with the floppy directory in the left-hand panel and a
UNIX directory in the right.  Copying in either direction is a simple point
and click job.  Approximately US$200, I recall. (1.44M format only, no 800K)

    Pacific Microelectronics, Inc.      FAX: [phone]
    201 San Antonio Circle, C250        TEL: [phone]
    Mountain View, CA  94040

Hope that helps.

Dan Hofferth
[e-mail]

(I am not affiliated with Pacific Micro... just a customer.)

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 13:45:14 -0400
From: "Larry J. Blunk" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPPP v1.1.1

  MacPPP v1.1.1 is now available for anonymous FTP on merit.edu in
the /pub/ppp directory.  This version contains updated documentation
and a few bugfixes (see the changes file).  The postscript version
of the documentation is available as macppp.ps.Z or macppp.ps.hqx.

 -Larry Blunk
  Merit Network, Inc.

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 16:52:55 -0400
From: George Boyce <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPPP v1.1.1

Has anyone compiled the sources using ThinkC v6? I get "out of memory"
at the link stage. I've tried increasing the partition for the project
manager but that doesn't seem to help.

George
--
George Boyce, [e-mail]
Network Resources, Advanced Technologies and Planning
Cornell Information Technologies, Cornell University, Ithaca NY

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 08:34:30 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Peter Lwin)
Subject: MACUSERB:  Problems on Stacker

>X-POP3-Rcpt: lwin@gasherbrum
>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 22:55:02 PDT
>From: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
>Subject: MACUSERB:  Problems on Stacker
>
>From:   PSI%SJSCA4::sj.ate.slb.com::lwin "Peter Lwin" 29-JUN-1993 04:11:53.32
>To:     sndsn1.SINet.slb.com::sndsn1::macuserb
>CC:
>Subj:   Problems on Stacker
>
>Hi macusers,
>
>Any of you out there ran into a problem using the Stacker where you cannot
>rebuild the desktop? I have stacker 1.0 installed and I cannot see some of
>my files and also the sizes are all wrong. All the icons are missing and
>just shown as generic icons. The strange thing is that if I can locate the
>file, it still seems to work OK. But I cannot copy files to a disk since
>the size are different. The problem just occured and i have not been able
>to contact Stac to find out if they have a solution.
>
>Be careful with these compression programs. When they go wierd they go real
>wierd.
>
Peter Lwin
[e-mail]
408-437-5195

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 16:04:02 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac VGA adapter, PB165c

John Owens <[e-mail]> said:

>Thanks to those who replied regarding the PB 165C screen. Verdict was that
>the screen is one of the best passive-matrix screens on the market, and while
>definitely not as good as the 180C's screen, it is certainly a solid screen.
>The persons who responded seemed to share the view that the criticism of
>the screen is not justified.

Beats a 160 any day of the week, even if the cursor is a bit hard to find.
I'd
love to have the 165c for the FPU.  Wish my 160 had one.

>Anyway, the other issue in purchasing a 165C is the video support. We have
>an SVGA monitor at home hooked up to a 486. Is it possible (through a pin
>adaptor, for instance, or software) to get the monitor to work with the
>165C? What is the procedure for this? What would the resolution be?

Interesting you should ask.  I just got a couple of "MacVGA" adapters from
James Engineering, Inc., on the advice of the Apple tech support line.
James Engineering said that my particular monitor doesn't work that well
with the adapter, and their literature says it won't work at all.  I am
very happy with it though, as for $25 it's much better than anything else
I've ever seen on the IBM 8513 monitor. ;-)  Colors were supposed to be a
bit washed out.  Sure, when you compare it to a real mac monitor, but it's
really NOT BAD and beats the colors on the 160's screen anyday.  ;-)  Much
better than I was lead to believe. If this is what you get on a poor
implementation, then a good match must be pretty darn good.
(James Engineering can be reached at [phone].)

Besides, it's so cool to have 2 monitors on your Mac...

--Brian Pickerill  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 09:04:01 -0400
From: "Tad Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWrite Pro Slowness

I'd like to set the record straight regarding earlier comments I made on
MacWrite Pro's typing speed, relative to Word.

One person has pointed out to me that having a b/w Classic II may actually
be an advantage in using Word. Apparently Word takes a bigger performance
hit than most Mac software when used in color mode. I'm glad to know
there's SOME advantage to having an otherwise slower machine!

Also, I've noticed a curious behavior in MacWrite Pro that may account (at
least partly) for the impression of slowness. When I type a letter in
MWPro, the insertion point disappears for a fraction of a second, and then
the letter appears, and then the insertion point reappears. If I keep
typing in a steady stream, the letters keep appearing, but the insertion
point disappears until I stop to collect my thoughts.

In Word (and in WriteNow), the insertion point remains steadily visible.
The actual typing speed may not in fact be different: but the way the
screen is refreshed makes one appear less quick, less smooth than the other
two. In other words it may simply be an optical illusion. I'd be interested
in knowing if there's a well-known technical reason for this difference in
behavior. I'd also be interested in knowing if anyone's done any research
on these kinds of minute perceptual differences.

Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 10:22:43 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Microsoft

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I regard this as a fair paraphrasing of my conclusions.  I think the notion
> of boycotting Microsoft because they allegedly don't know how to write some
> decent software is pure wishful thinking.  Notice how much whining follows
> every time someone points out a flaw or shortcoming in some MS product - as
> though the competition is a model of bug-free elegance!  And when someone
> claims that _unreleased_ MS stuff is flawed, people immediately jump onto
> the claim as proof of their own preconceptions, no matter how tenuous the
> evidence.

Well put. I firmly believe that Microsoft Word, et al, should have
the market share it deserves. What you think it deserves may differ
>From what I think it deserves, of course, but I currently feel that
it has more than it deserves on pure merit. :-)

> On the other hand, I do think there are "ideological" reasons for some
> discrimination against Microsoft in favour of smaller, less domineering
> enterprises.  But if Microsoft do come up with something which is clearly
> better than the competition, they ought to be given due credit and (maybe)
> custom.  My own position is that the MS app has to be A LOT better than
> its competitors for me to buy it.

Since I don't do presentations or any spreadsheet work at all, it's
not hard for me to live very happily with Nisus and ClarisWorks (which
I use for my spreadsheet needs, simple as they are). So even if Microsoft
apps were a lot better than the competitors (which they certainly
aren't universally), they don't meet my needs, so I don't buy them. :-)

The best program overall is not necessarily the best program for your
needs. I think it's fair to say that Word has more features than any
other word processor, and that accounts for a lot of its popularity
because people think it can do anything. Unfortunately, that's completely
untrue, and if your needs don't happen to coincide with what it will
do, you're sunk. Lots of people call Microsoft and ask for GREP searching
capabilities, and guess what, Word just won't do it. (And yes, I know
about Alki MasterWord's searching capabilities, but last I saw, they
still weren't even in the same league as Nisus's PowerSearch.) So
again, think carefully about what you really do, and purchase accordingly.
Just assuming that Microsoft Word 5.1a has 375 commands available
doesn't necessarily mean that it will even begin to do what you need
to do. It does basically nothing I want to do, so I don't use it.
Simple as that. :-)

There was a good quote in the InfoWorld letters to the editor section
this week.

"Nature teaches us an important lesson: If you act like a lemming,
you must endure the fate of a lemming."
             - Bill Rodriguez, [e-mail]

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 15:20:24 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: Microsoft focus (C)

Richard Lim <[e-mail]> writes:

>Adam Engst ([e-mail]) writes in Digest 129, in response to me:

>>you can see for yourself that the current Microsoft programs are dogs
>on low-end hardware

>Personally, I don't find Word 5.1 uncomfortably slow on a Mac II/LC.
>Slow it is, but not much slower than other software.

    So I take it you've never used WriteNow, then? Otherwise you would
not make this claim.

>On the other hand, I do think there are "ideological" reasons for some
>discrimination against Microsoft in favour of smaller, less domineering
>enterprises.

    Actually, it's not that they are so big, it's their whol attitude
towards the Mac market. They act as if they are somehow above all other
Mac software developers, and that they have some mandate to be the top
Mac software operation. And to top it all off, they seemingly refuse to
follow Apple programming and Human Interface guidelines for their
products. As an example I point you towards the menu definitions in Word
5.1, which are so screwed up that Now Software couldn't make a
workaround for Now Menus. They had to make NM automatically disable
itself when Word is the foreground app.

>But if Microsoft do come up with something which is clearly better than
>the competition, they ought to be given due credit and (maybe) custom.
>My own position is that the MS app has to be A LOT better than its
>competitors for me to buy it

    I think that more people would switch away from Word if some of
Word's competitors could come up with seamless translation of Word files
into their format, and this includes Word's imbedded tables, outline
format, styles, and hidden characters. I'm willing to let them slide on
things like Text and Voice annotation, but so far no one has come up
with a seamless translator for Word format files. MacWrite Pro comes the
closest I have ever seen, but even they it leaves out stuff, and
although it makes some attempt at translating Word's tables, it fails
completely, IMO. And this is the principle reason why I haven't switched
my office from Word to another program. I just bought everyone slightly
faster machines and larger monitors and hope that it tides them over
until either Microsoft gets their act together or a real contender comes
along, which ever happens first.

-Hades

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 12:29:19 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Now Updaters

Would someone be so kind as to tell me where the updater package
for Now Utilities to 4.0.1 has gone? I couldn't find it in the
likely dirs - util has a special 4.0.1.p updater package that only
contains 2 of the updaters.

Thanks,
Graeme Forbes

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 13:18:36 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Olduvai Software (Q)

OK, I just received a full color brochure from Olduvai offering to send
me a copy of their Videopaint program for about 25% of the normal price
($149 US vs. $495 US). As with most advertising, it promises to be the
greatest thing since sliced bread.

Anyone out there had any experience with this program? I may have been
sleeping, but I don't ever remember seeing anything about this in my
usual reading material (despite the "5 mice from MacUser France").

Any comments, good or bad?

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

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 17:26:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Davisson <[e-mail]>
Subject: PageMaker 5.0x?

Sorry if this is a FAQ (I checked a "gophered up" one on USENET and
didn't find what I was looking for).
I was needing some information about PageMaker 5.0.  What is the most
recent release?  We only have PageMaker 3.01, will the most recent
version read 3.01 files?  How much does it cost per user licence?  And
finally, what are some of the useful aspects of it compared to some of
the other Desktop Publishing packages?  Is there a better one in a
similar class?  Thanks in advance!

Mark Davisson
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 17:46:56 GMT
From: Dwayne Sandall <[e-mail]>
Subject: PICS<->PICT<->QT?

    Does any body know of a shareware program that will convert Macintosh
PICS files to a series of PICT's, or the reverse. Or any trick to create
a PICS (or series of PICTs) FROM a quicktime movie?
    Any help would be appreciated, especially if you could recommend
something free or cheap.
    Email response would be greatly appreciated, as I don't read here too
often.

    Thanks for your time.

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 07:48:46 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Portable StyleWriter

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:
>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 16:27:51 EDT
>From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Portable StyleWriter & Fax cards for PB100
>
>I thought that Apple was to announce and start shipping a portable version of
>the StyleWriter this month. My friendly neighbourhood Mac Shoppe hasn't a
>clue.
>Does anyone on the Net have one?
>
MacWeek dated 6/28/93 contains an announcement (p.4) of the Portable
StyleWrriter, 4.5 lbs., 1.0 by 12.2 by 8.7 inches, $439 w/ recharger &
NiCad batteries. It's a Quickdraw printer w/39 TrueType fonts, 1.5 ppm at
360 dpi, est. 30 pages per battery charge. It's based on the Cannon BJ-10ex
engine (as in the original StyleWriter.
Bob Blackmun
Director of Computing Services
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte NC 28223
[phone] / fax [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 15:52:46 -0400
From: "Larry J. Blunk" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PostScript problems

   The MacPPP PostScript documentation on merit.edu was missing
a prologue necessary for the file to print.  I've removed the
files until I can get the files with the prologue included.

 -Larry Blunk
  Merit Network, Inc.

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 09:41:28 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Powerbook 145b (a)

[e-mail] asks:
>What is the difference between the 145 and the 145b Powerbooks, i.e.
>speed grayscale etc...?
>I haven't seen any publication yet mentioning the 145b other than the
>advertisements in local newspapers.

The only difference is that apple is not including the external
microphone and the system software.  Sounds like a great deal IMHO.
(Macweek 6.07.93)

--Brian Pickerill  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 10:52 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jan Richard)
Subject: QuickTime Movie Player

I'm looking for a simple shareware or inexpensive commercial utility, like
ScreenPlay that came with my Video Spigot card, that just lets you view
QuickTime movies.  Why doesn't something like this come with QT anyway?

Also, are there sources on the Internet for QuickTime clips? Archie didn't
find anything.

         Jan Richard, Haverford College

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 15:12:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eric H Seale)
Subject: Source (cheap) for Apple CD300 disk caddies...

[e-mail] writes:

>       The subject says it....  does anyone know of a good source for the
>CD caddies that are required by the Apple CD300 unit?

I called EduComp yesterday to place an order -- they have a special
going on CD caddies:  5 for $25 (plus shipping, etc.).  Lots cheaper
than Radio Shaft.

Eric Seale
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 16:26:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sources for Apple CD300 disc caddies

Folks,

    Recently I asked:

> The subject says it.... does anyone know of a good source for the CD
> caddies that are required by the Apple CD300 unit?

    I received a lot of good suggestions.  One suggestion was that
Radio Shack (Tandy) sold the caddies, but the local one here
thought I was talking about golf or something.  The Sales_Thing
really didn't know what I was talking about.
    Anyway, many replies came in today, and since the sources
were diverse, I felt others could benefit.  Here are a few of the
replies.  I certainly appreciate so many folks taking time out to
offer input.  I know that others who are "lurking" will benefit
also.  Again, these are just a few of the replies:

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

From: Mark Heard <[e-mail]>:

Larry,

Try Walnut Creek CDROM                 1-800-786-9907
    1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260
    Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Caddies are $4.95... good prices on CDs, too.

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

From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>:

Larry, the cheapest I've seen is from Pacific HiTech, the fine folk who
bring you the Info-Mac CD-ROM. They're selling Sony CD-ROM caddies for
$4.95 apiece (S&H $5 per order).

They're at 800-765-8369, or you can drop Ciff a note at 71175.3152 at
compuserve.com.

===============
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>:

Try the Apple Catalog...I know, odd place for a bargain, but I've heard it's
the cheapest!

===============
From: (Harry Hahn) <[e-mail]>:

The Apple Catalog lists a box of five for $39. Apparently this is a good
price. If you don't have the catalog, then order number is 800.795.1000.
The caddies are catalog #C1013. I would guess since Apple is peddling
these, they work with the CD300.
===============

    Thanks again, folks. Everyone who commented was a big help.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 11:01:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Wayne K. Walrath)
Subject: Trying to use a SeaGate harddrive (Q)

A friend just called me today to say he found a great deal on a
Seagate 245meg harddrive (model ST3283N), but it came from what was
probably a predominantly PC warehouse supplier, and without any kind
of driver or formatting software.  I don't know what to tell him
besides take it back, but he is certain that it should be usable, and
the deal was un.....

anyone have suggestions on what might format this drive and provide a
compatible driver?  Is it possible that SilverLining might?

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 08:08:00 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: which comm prog has fastest zmodem speed? (Q)

Has anybody done any test on the zmodem speed of various communication
programs?
 zterm (shareware), microphone II 4.0, white knight, etc....

Charles C. Hsieh

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Date: Tue, 29 JUN 93 16:50 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Word formatting with styles problem.... fixed!!

>Hi,
>
>I've got a problem with formatting by using styles in Word 5.1a (italian
>version).
>I've created a stationery document with about 30 customized styles, all
>based on Normal, header, footer styles. I've created a new document using
>the stationery and then I apply styles while I'm writing new lines.
>All the customized styles are not particulary "exotic": bold, bold with
italic,
>new margins, spaces after paragraphs, etc.
>
>When I apply a style on a paragraph in the middle of the document everything
>is OK. When I apply a style on the LAST paragraph of the document two things
>happen:
>
>1) The Mac beeps
>2) A window appears saying "FORMATTING TOO COMPLEX" (translated from italian)
>3) The style is applied on the paragrah anyway.
>
>The problem is perfectly reproducible on that document (created by the
>stationery) but not on a new document (created by command-N).
>The Manual hasn't a "Troubleshooting" chapter nor a "Error list" chapter
>and I wasn't able to find any explanation about my problem on the
>"Formatting by using styles" chapter.

Hello again,

This is a "self-answer": I phoned to Microsoft in Italy this morning and
they told me that this problem is occurring with "fast saves" active.
I tried to uncheck the "Allow fast saves" box in the standard get file
dialog, then save and close the document then re-open it and the problem
desappeared. I tried to turn on again the "fast saves" feature and now
I've got no errors!!

I think that Word in "fast save" mode stores in a document last saving only
the difference with the previous version, so maybe 30 (!) customized styles
are too much (!!) for the first fast saving (!!!)...

Thank to everyone answered me about this problem,
Greetings
                            Federico



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