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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 19:03:22 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #164


Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 18 Aug 93       Volume 11 : Issue 164

Today's Topics:

      [*] Archivist 4.1 infos
      [*] Archivist 4.1 upload
      [*] BMAPEdit 1.3
      [*] Bolo Map: Bring Your Waterwings
      [*] CheeseToast10.sit.hqx
      [*] CheeseToastSource10.sit.hqx
      [*] fft-in-asm-src.txt
      [*] Gatekeeper 1.2.8
      [*] info-mac/app
      [*] mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx (2 msgs)
      [*] Newton: Calculator.cpt
      [*] Rescue 1.5  -- not B/W compatible
      [*] SimBeavisButthead091
      [*] source/c - Speech Manager demo program
      [*] Speecher 1.0
      [*] SUMMARY: Local-and Ethertalk same time (A)
      608 and FileMaker Pro
      A4
      A hard disk story
      Apple Script (Q)
      AppleScript book -- any info? (Q)
      Astrology software
      Atari Color Mon. on Quadra 800?
      AutoNodes
      BeHierarchic and System 7.1
      best text editor for files > 32k
      Broken file ? (Q)
      BTX Decoder (R)
      Code 39
      comments on Macromedia: Authorware vs. Director
      Disk Compression (r)
      DMCS to MIDI...eventually...
      Faster Mac II (Q)
      FAX/modem to an ISDN phone? (A)
      File Application Type needed
      greetings
      HEPP II Pricing
      MacBinary
      Mac program for writing batch files/macros?
      MacWrite Pro Updates ?
      Mailing Label Software (A)
      moderator for comp.ai.neural-nets
      MODULA-2 compilers (Q)
      MS Word Multiple Dictionaries (Q)
      NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5 problem
      Network Mail Software
      Optimize (Q) & Power PC (Q) ??
      Personal Laserwriter NTR versus Select 310
      Pioneer LVD Cable
      Powerbook & Hypercard (Q)
      PowerPC correction
      Registering Creator
      Republicans on the Digest (a/k/a Siege Watch submission)
      Satellite Dish Feed/Stock Q
      Spanish Word Processing Programs
      StartupScreens: Q
      StartUpScreen viewer....
      SWII/Word4 Full Just. Printing (Q)
      Tech Tool (Well maybe not) (R)
      Tech Tool (Well maybe not) Con't
      Text Editor for Lisp Programming (Q)
      Text editors (summary)
      Trying to find...
      UUCode
      Video Card for SE/30
      Where are MOD files for Sound Trecker ?
      WORD 5.1: Recently Opened Documents, only 4 ? (Q)
      XLisp graphhic toolkit (Q)

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Date: Mon, 22 May 05 16:35:44 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Archivist 4.1 infos

This is a small package containing a read-me file about The Archivist 4.1

*****  ATTACHMENT: Archivist 4.1 Infos.Hqx *****

[Archived as /info-mac/text/archivist-41-readme.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Mon, 22 May 05 16:35:44 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Archivist 4.1 upload

Second upload following a local power failure!

Please find inclosed with this memo, Archivist version 4.1

Version 4.0, which have been uploaded last week, still contained a dialog in
French and part of the interface was also in French.

Version 4.1 is in full English and a bit quicker.  Could you rename the Help
file 4.0 to  Archivist 4.1 infos. This last file is already in the directory.

The Archivist is in continuous development so you can expect new versions in
the future.

Many thanks.

J.-Robert Thibault

[Archived as /info-mac/text/archivist-41.hqx; 283K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 10:06:51 MDT
From: [e-mail] (Carl Osterwald 303-231-7130)
Subject: [*] BMAPEdit 1.3

Moderators:

Enclosed is version 1.3 of BMAPEdit, an editor for Bolo maps.  This is a
replacement for BMAPEdit 1.2, currently located in the game/bolo directory.

Please read the documentation file for complete information about
using BMAPEdit effectively.

It features:
  + Complete control of bases, pillboxes, and start squares, including:
    start square direction and location; base and pillbox logical order;
    initial owner, armor, and stocks of bases and pillboxes.
  + Complete set of drawing facilities, including:
    patterned line drawing, filling and framing; rectangle, round-rectangle,
    oval, and polygon selection tools; random fills; random map, island, maze
    and city generators; random walks
  + Copy and paste of PICT information to and from Bolo maps.
  + Export of Bolo maps as PICT files.
  + Display of Bolo maps in both B&W and color from 16x16 squares/pixel down
    to 1x1 squares/pixel (5x5 in B&W).
  + Printing in B&W and color.

New for version 1.3:
  + Many speed improvements
  + Autoscrolling
  + Revised maze generator
  + Reduced memory requirements (750k minimum, 66k per open map)
  + Random walk utility (line tool w/ option key down)
  + Random map utility (adapted from RandomMapGenerator by Peter Lewis)
  + Color printing to PostScript Level 2 printers
  + Display of outer mine field
  + Many small improvements and bug fixes
See Change History file for complete information.

It should be placed in the same location (game/bolo) as the Bolo game
application.

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

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/bmap-edit-13.hqx; 276K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 16:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Bolo Map: Bring Your Waterwings

[NOTE: please post also to saloon.falconmicro.com as I do not know who to send
 it to.  Also, please post to alt.netgames.bolo as I cannot get that newsgroup
 at my site.  Thanks]

Here is a really cool map a friend of mine made.

Enjoy.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/bring-your-waterwings-map.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 8:22:18 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Bumgardner)
Subject: [*] CheeseToast10.sit.hqx

Cheese Toast 1.0 by Jim Bumgardner [e-mail]

This is an asteroids-inspired game that is similar to Maelstrom,
except that your ship is a teapot...

The source code is provided in a separate archive.

CheeseToast requires a color Mac with a 13" monitor and 32-bit
Quickdraw.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/cheese-toast-10.hqx; 759K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 8:22:55 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Bumgardner)
Subject: [*] CheeseToastSource10.sit.hqx

Cheese Toast 1.0 by Jim Bumgardner [e-mail]

Cheese Toast is an asteroids-inspired game that is similar to
Maelstrom except that your ship is a teapot...

This is the Think-C source code.  You will also need the files
in CheeseToast10.sit in order to run the game under Think C.

CheeseToast requires a color Mac with a 13" monitor and 32-bit
quickdraw.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/cheese-toast-10-c.hqx; 117K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 09:35:41 -0400
From: Tom Barrett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] fft-in-asm-src.txt

This is an updated version of /info-mac/sci/fft-in-asm-src.txt

* now works for data sets > 64k points

* other minor changes for speed improvements

* better documentation

Thomas Barrett
Physics Dept, Ohio State University
[e-mail]

18 Aug 93

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/fft-in-asm-src.txt; 7K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 06:56:52 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chris W. Johnson)
Subject: [*] Gatekeeper 1.2.8

Item:        Gatekeeper
Version:     1.2.8
Author:      Chris Johnson
E-Mail:      [e-mail]
Address:     Chris Johnson
         4505-B Avenue H
         Austin, TX  78751
         USA
Phone:       --
Fax:         --
License:     Freeware (Send a Postcard)
Type:        Extensions, Control Panels and Application
Requires:    Macintosh >= Mac Plus; System >= 4.1
Master Site: microlib.cc.utexas.edu
Master Path: microlib/mac/virus


Gatekeeper 1.2.8 is a set of Macintosh system extensions (INITs)
and related control panels (cdevs) which, when active (i.e.
allowed to install themselves during the boot process) offer
protection against attacks by all known viruses (to the author
at the time of this release).

Gatekeeper also monitors computer activities for what are
considered to be suspicious 'events' or 'operations', in an
attempt to intercept what could be variants of known viruses or
even completely new viruses.

Since its initial release in January of 1989, Gatekeeper has
repeatedly demonstrated some ability to stop the spread of
viruses which were unknown during its design. Like any anti-
virus system, however, it cannot guarantee complete protection.

Of course, no claims or promises are made regarding Gatekeeper's
effectiveness or suitability, and some functions and capabil-
ities of Gatekeeper are non-trivial to use and may require a
careful reading of the documentation.

This latest version of Gatekeeper, 1.2.8, is a maintenance
release, and does not deal with any new viruses.


Chris W. Johnson

Internet:   [e-mail]
        [e-mail]
UUCP:       {husc6|uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chrisj

...congratulating the Delta Clipper team on the success of the DC-X static
   tests, and looking forward to the start of flight tests August 18th.

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/gatekeeper-128.hqx; 293K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 20:05:13 -0400
From: Benjamin Griffin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] info-mac/app

This is the source, project and compiled extension for a modified
version of the orginal BBEdit "Prefix/Suffix Lines" extension.
The primary added functionality is to allow simultaneous or
independent insertions of distinct prefix and suffix strings --
such as one would want to block comment out program code.
Provided 100% Free of Charge. Author assumes no responsibility
for text mangled with this extension. See source for bug list.

Benjamin "Eli-the-Bearded" Griffin  |  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-prefix-suffix-lines.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 12:05:36 +1000
From: His Divine Grace <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx

This is an upgrade for Ulaw to Ulaw 1.4 which fixes a few bugs and has
a few improvements.  There is also a upgrade for UlawPlay to UlawPlay
1.1 which is a ulaw format sound player.  This (System 7 drag and drop
only) player now can play arbitrarily long files using very little
application memory.

Please post (and replace): in the sound util area
mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx or ulaw1.4b.cpt.hqx.

Rod Kennedy

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 09:53:17 +1000
From: His Divine Grace <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx

This a correction to the submission I made two days ago.  In this
submission the Ulaw application does not need a maths coprocessor (or
equivalent) but is otherwise identical.

This is an upgrade for Ulaw to Ulaw 1.4 which fixes a few bugs and has
a few improvements.  There is also a upgrade for UlawPlay to UlawPlay
1.1 which is a ulaw format sound player.  This (System 7 drag and drop
only) player now can play arbitrarily long files using very little
application memory.

Please post (and replace): in the sound util area
mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx or ulaw1.4b.cpt.hqx.

Rod Kennedy

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mac-to-sun-ulaw-14.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 16:24:05 -0400
From: "Robert Bruce" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Newton: Calculator.cpt

SciCalc is a simple implementation of a standard (i.e. NOT Reverse Polish or
'RPN') scientific calculator for the Apple Newton MessagePad and similar
PDAs.
This is the first release version, which has so far only been tested by the
developer.  If you do find problems, please let me know so that I can rectify
them in the next release.

To load it into a Newton MessagePad, you must have a Mac (on which you should
be
reading this!) and the beta Connection Kit.  Simply connect your Mac to your
Newton, and install the Calc.pkg file as a Newton application, down the
connection to your Newton.

Current features:
All floating point numeric calculations normally found on a basic 'scientific'
calculator, including a wide range of trig and exp/log functions.
A single number display, edited by button use only.
Two standard financial functions.
Two user-accessible memorys, which include summation functions.
Constants Pi and e available from keys.
Conversion to and from radians and degrees.

Planned features:
Hexadecimal math (possibly even with hexadecimal point!).
Copying of result to other Newton apps.
My own error/exception trapping.

This calculator is freely distributable, and must not be sold.  However, it
remains Copyright  1993 EHN & DIJ Oakley, all other rights reserved.  It was
developed using the Newton Toolkit, which is Copyright  1992-1993 Apple
Computer, Inc., all rights reserved.  Apple Computer, Inc., accepts no
liability
or responsibility whatsoever for this product, and so on.  As this is supplied
free, EHN & DIJ Oakley accept no responsibility or liability for the product
or
what it might do to your Newton, nor for any inaccuracy of any results
therefrom.  You use it entirely at your own risk!  Newton and most other trade
names mentioned above are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.


                 Thanks
                 Robert Bruce

[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/sci-calc.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 03:59:19 EST
From: "Kirke B. Lawton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Rescue 1.5  -- not B/W compatible

Contrary to the documentation, the new upload of the Star Trek
game, Rescue 1.5 does not seem to work on BW macs.  I got the
same unimplemented trap error on my PB100 and accelerated SE.
The older version (1.0) worked fine on both machines.  I would
notify the author, but he doesn't include an electronic address.

If you have a non-color mac, wait for a newer version of Rescue.
It is well worth the download, when it works.

Kirke

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 09:28:21 +0501 (EDT)
From: Keith Makuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SimBeavisButthead091

Dear moderators,
Please replace this version of SimBeavis&Butthead with version 0.9beta,
located in your info-mac/games/ directory.

SimBeavis&Butthead is a simulation conversation between the cartoon
characters Beavis & Butthead.  As a beta version, this program may or may
not develop into a better full version with more sounds and graphics --
depending on user feedback.

Postcardware.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/sim-beavis-n-butthead.hqx; 719K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 13:09:18 EDT
From: Alexander W. Kourakos <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] source/c - Speech Manager demo program

   This is a quick little program I hacked together the day I FTP'd
the Speech Manager. Lets you play with voices, set pitch and rate,
etc. Written in THINK C 6.0.

   Archived with StuffIt. Should work on any Mac that can use the
Speech Manager.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/speech-manager-explorer.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 23:37:59 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Povl H. Pedersen)
Subject: [*] Speecher 1.0

Here comes the first final release of Speecher. The first Speech manager
application that is slightly more than a toy.

It is a small program that will speak text you enter (or paste from another
program). It will let you covert to phonemes, and modify these too. It also
allows you to change the speed, base pitch, and pitch modulation.

Documentation (including a description of the phonemes) is included.

IMPORTANT: This application requires the Apple Speech Manager to run, and
it runs even better with the Sound Manager 3.0 installed.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/speecher-10.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 10:29:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Eric Burger)
Subject: [*] SUMMARY: Local-and Ethertalk same time (A)

It turns out that the solution for us is to use our existing
GatorBox, and let the GatorBox route to the printer.  I can't
tell if it's slower.  We won't be re-wiring, so if the GatorBox
does go out, we can always go back to switching the interface.

Thanks to:
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail] (Peter Boulton)
    RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
    [e-mail] (Miedreich Frank Hiwi)
    Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>

The original posting and responses follow.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/printing-over-net.txt; 4K]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 12:35:05 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: 608 and FileMaker Pro

Does FileMaker Pro run under System 608? Any special memory requirements?

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

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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 93 01:29:24 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Norman Friedman)
Subject: A4

Stupid question, I know--but--what size paper is A4?  What is different from
US Letter?
Thanks
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 17:24:36 EDT
From: "Richard Kingsley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A hard disk story

I get a call from our secretary -- "my mac is not working what do I do?"

I check it out - the old (6 years) Mirror Technologies 40 meg external hard
drive is dead - it won't spin up (don't get me wrong, this unit worked
perfectly every day for 6 years).  "Sorry, I say, looks like your hard disk
is just plain worn out."  She turns ashen - "But I haven't backed up for a
month, what am I going to do!"  I say - "Let me look at it" (visions of a
door stop crosses my mind).

With my limited technological abilities, I "look" at the drive - I change
the cable - no help - I try a different mac - no - I get the rubber hammer
and give it a rap - still nothing.  Finally I remember somewhere the talk
of stiction - maybe the lubrication in the bearings is just dried out.
Lets see, maybe some anti-gravity would work.  So, I turn the complete unit
upside down (metal case and all - the thing must weigh 10 pounds) - turned
it on - it works - it spins up (or is it down)!  I quickly back up to
floppies and inform the secretary that I saved her data and if she doesn't
mind here mac sitting on the underside of the hard disk, she will be ok for
a few days until we receive a replacement drive.

She is very happy, I'm a hero.

Moral of the story: It ain't over till its turned over.

-- Richard Kingsley

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Date: 18 Aug 1993 08:44:18 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple Script (Q)

Even if it is an FAQ: Can anyone tell me exactly what applescript is, what you
can do with it and where to obtain it? Is it a commercial software like HC
developers version?

Thx

Jens Eickhoff

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 9:00:03 BST
From: charless <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleScript book -- any info? (Q)

I think I recently saw mention of a book about AppleScript, that
came with a disk containing the AppleScript runtime environment
and some examples.

Does anyone have the publisher, author, title, and ISBN? I really
want to get started with AppleScript ...

(Reply to me by mail, and I'll summarize.)
--
Charlie Stross is [e-mail], [e-mail]

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Date: 18 Aug 1993 14:43:51 U
From: "Charlott Low" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Astrology software

I'm doing some freelance work with a local astrologer and trying to get her to
switch to a Macintosh for most of her computing needs.  What are some of the
freeware or commercial Astrology software available for the professional
astrologer?  She's currently using something called "Nova".  I took it out for
a spin on her 386 and I KNOW she can do better on a Mac!

Charlott Low
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 07:48:50 -0500 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Marc Friedman)
Subject: Atari Color Mon. on Quadra 800?

    I have an Atari 520ST Hi-Res. Color Monitor that I'd
like to use as a second monitor on my Quadra 800.  The Atari
monitor has a funky connector on the back of it, I think
something like a round connector.  Does anyone know if a) I
can connect these two pieces of equipment, and b) if so, how?

Thanks much in advance.

Marc Friedman, E-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 20:32:21 +0700
From: [e-mail] (Priyajeev Narain Trika)
Subject: AutoNodes

Hi there,
I would like to know if anybody knows where I could get a hold of the
shareware utility by the name of AutoNodes, which was written by a Russian
author.  The utility allows one to use Hermes, Fax, ARA at the same time.
If you know of a different utility which will allow a user to do this please
notify me.  Thanx.

Much Appreciated,
Priyajeev Trika
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:27:50 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: BeHierarchic and System 7.1

     BeHierarchic and System 7.1 (A)
[e-mail] writes:

>>This may have been discussed previously but forgive me, I wasn't paying
>>attention. A friend of mine seems to think that BeHierarchic 1.0.5
>>doesn't work on System 7.1. I have neither so I can't test it myself.
>>He says the problem occurs on Powerbooks, IIsi and LCII machines. Is this
>>a known fact, is there a fix or are we looking at some other INIT
>>conflict.

and [e-mail] (David Shaw) replies:

>Well, part of the problem could be that the latest version of Behierarchic
>is
at LEAST 2.0 (that's the version I have).  So you need a newer version to
>make it work properly.

To which I say:

No way!  I have System 7.1 running on my PowerBook 170 and BeHierarchic 1.0.5
runs fine!  And I have a number of other extensions/cdevs running, including
Speedy Finder, AutoDoubler, Super Boomerang, SuperClock, After Dark, Timbuktu,
and QuickMail (QuickInit). Investigate some other init conflict.

I'll check out the newer version of BeHierarchic, but I can verify that the
version you ask about works fine under System 7.1.

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

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:49:16 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: best text editor for files > 32k

>I've come to swear by BBEdit Lite (in /info-mac/text/bbedit-lite.hqx),
>which is simply the best text-diddler I've come across.

I like BBEdit Lite, but you must be forewarned: it doesn't wrap text
automatically. I find it incredibly annoying to watch my text continue
linearly to the right. Periodically I can manually invoke the wrap
function, but this is hardly convenient. The full version of BBEdit (2.5)
does have an automatic wrap function, but I don't think it's worth the $49
upgrade price.
    Does anyone else have suggestions for a TeachText REPLACEMENT that
can handle files bigger than 32K and wrap text automatically?
    --Marc Bizer

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 16:14:31 EST
From: "Don W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Broken file ? (Q)

Sorry to post this in the wrong place, but maybe someone can cross-pollinate.
A friend of mine has just gotten a PC error message "broken file" from his
LHZ compactor.  Is there any way to rescue it ?  A wild end-run, but could
a Mac help ?

It's an 800+ k file, so it's a hefty bottle of brandy if he can't fix it.

If you can help, pls reply offlist.  Thanks...

Don W. ([e-mail])

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Date: 18 Aug 1993 08:14:30 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: BTX Decoder (R)

Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]> asked:

> Ok, I know this has been discussed before (I even thought I HAD a
> solution, but apparently I was mistaken) but, does anyone have a BTX
> emulator (software) for the Deutshce Telekom BTX service (it's the
> expensive German version of the French MiniTel)? I thought there was one
> on SUMEX but I couldn't find it...

you may use MacBTX which is a commercial product. The B&W version (MacBTX
Start) costs 99,- DM . You can order it from

Format Verlag
Elfstr. 26
5300 Bonn 2  (don't know the new zipcode)

Tel. [phone]

If you are seeking a shareware product I am of no help but I am interested in
your findings....

Hans Kroeger, Dornier, Friedrichshafen

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 12:58:32 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Code 39

I'm looking for a (shareware) utility which calculates barcode 39 checksums.

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Date: 18 Aug 1993 16:01:12 -0600 (CST)
From: "I don't do Windows." <[e-mail]>
Subject: comments on Macromedia: Authorware vs. Director

I need to purchase a nice tool for a foreign language department
which might want to put together their own tutorials.  Hypercard
is too clumsy and doesn't have color, and programming from
scratch is to much to expect.  I've seen very good products
designed with Macromedia Authorware and Director.  Does anyone
have any comments or experiences to share with me?  I'd greatly
appreciate it.

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

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:32:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk Compression (r)

[e-mail] (Charlie Mingo) writes:

> AutoDoubler 2.0.x will not expand a file until a save is made to it.  That
> is the reason the first save will take a little longer than if the file
> were not compressed.

    But what about write-enabled files?  Allow AutoDoubler 2.0 to
compress a QuickTime movie.  Do NOT lock it after the compression.  Now,
with AutoDoubler running, double click on the movie, making sure that
MoviePlayer is on the hard drive.  If the movie is huge, say 5 meg, you
will wait a long time for it to be decompressed.  After viewing the moving
and quitting it, you will wait again for the file to be compressed.
    Solution?  LOCK the AutoDoubled movie.  Even the 5 meg movie will
not consume any time loading up or quitting if the file is locked.
    The following paragraphs are some rabbit-chasing:
    Why compress a QuickTime file since compression has already
occured from QuickTime's own methods?  AutoDoubler can compress the movie
even more especially if the QuickTime movie is an older one.  But all
QuickTime movies benefit from AutoDoubler, and no extra time is consumed
in loading and de-loading if the movie is locked.  According to
DiskDoubler's "SAVINGS" option, the following are the results of
AutoDoubler's compression as captured by the TEXT CAPTURE F-KEY (locate it
via ARCHIE):

1984 Apple Macintosh Movie (locked)
Kind: document  ('MooV', 'TVOD')
Compressed Size: 4118332 bytes, 4024K on disk
Expanded Size: 4466105 bytes, 4364K on disk
Savings: 7%, 340K saved on disk
Method: AutoDoubler Smaller

    Now 7% savings doesn't sound like much until you look at the size
of this monster and look at the savings, 340k.  And running the movie
reveals NO PENALTY of time.  Indeed, I think it boots up about one second
faster than it if it would without being AutoDoubled compressed, although
I'm on a LCIII, if that makes any difference compared to my older LC.
    Observe this movie, the infamous Industrial Revelation of two
years ago:

Industrial Revelation (locked)
Kind: document ('MooV', 'TVOD')
Compressed Size: 2816056 bytes, 2752K on disk
Expanded Size: 3702916 bytes, 3620K on disk
Savings: 23%, 868K saved on disk
Method: AutoDoubler Smaller

    That is 868k saved!  At one time, it seemed to take forever for
this file to load into MoviePlayer or any other viewer.  After I locked
the AutoDoubled Compressed movie, the penalty disappeared and the file
seems to load in quicker than it does un-AutoDoubled.
    So, in summary, without the user exercising some control, such as
locking files that are write-enabled, then a time performance hit is going
to occur.  Secondly, QuickTime movies are write-enabled so should be
locked.  And, in spite of the movies being already compressed by the very
nature of QuickTime's algorithms, AutoDoubler will compress the movie even
more and if the movie is locked, no time performance hit will occur.  The
user can only benefit due to the amazing savings, such as the 868k saved
above.
    I must say, AutoDoubler is the only product that I have ever had
which I SWEAR BY rather than SWEAR AT.  My only affiliation with Salient
is my profound satisfaction.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 21:15:08 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DMCS to MIDI...eventually...

So far, I'd like to thank the following people for their help with my DMCS
to MIDI problem:

     Jaime Iturbe, Alexander Rubli, Hoylen Sue, and Doug Hardie.

So far, there is no simple solution to the problem.  Two people mentioned a
program called Deluxe Recorder, by the same people who make DMCS, but it
seems to have been discontinued.  Someone else mentioned a program called
Vision, and someone else suggested patching two machines together and
playing from one into the MIDI record mode of the other.

When I heard about Deluxe Recorder, I decided to call Electronic Arts
myself, and here's what I found out...the person I talked to didn't know
anything about Deluxe Recorder, but he did say that they were working on
version 3.0 of DMCS, which, if it's like the version for the Amiga, *will*
be able to export to a MIDI file.

I guess given the choice between having to buy a whole new piece of
software, an additional Mac and cables, or waiting for an upgrade to a
program I already own, I'll wait a little longer for the upgrade.

By the way...I did find it interesting that the two messages with info on
Deluxe Recorder both came from the same machine in Mexico.

keg

* [e-mail]   I've got plenty of opinions.  Just ask my wife! *

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 07:10:34 BST
From: Richard Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Faster Mac II (Q)

Anyone tried replacing the clock and the CPU / FPU chips in a Mac II
with faster ones? Does it work? Is there any data on the net in connection
with this? Is there a FAQ?

TIA
Richard Smith

Hardware & Systems Executive
NorthEast Macintosh User Group - UK

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 12:58 EDT
From: Peter T. Boag <[e-mail]>
Subject: FAX/modem to an ISDN phone? (A)

To add to Jeffrey Fritz's comments, I believe you can connect
a 'normal' FAX/modem to any type of phone line if you use an
adapter that plugs into the telephone's handset jack, as opposed
to the wall jack. The analogue signal is treated just as speech
>From the handset would be, and is digitized and later undigitized
in the case of an ISDN system. One such adapter I have literature
for is the KONEXX KONNECTOR MODEL 112 (Unlimited Systems, 5555
Magnatron Blvd. Suite J, San Diego, CA. Tel [phone]). The
company says  this works up to 9600 baud, "m/f board to digital,
multiline, PBX and hotel telephones...eliminates dedicated lines".
The same company also makes acoustic
couplers for pay phone use etc., lower performance expected. I
have no actual experience with this approach or this company.
But I have seen this product or a similar one in one of the big
mail order ads (MAcconection, MacWarehouse??:?)
Cheers, Peter

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

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 11:31:22 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Lou Casagrande)
Subject: File Application Type needed

To the Net,
I recently downloaded the "Speech Manager Docs" from ftp.apple.com,
but I don't have and can't figure out what application they should be
opened with. I can read the text using Word, but evidently there are
some figures which I can't see, and there are some resources which
must be important and which Word knows nothing about. The file type is
"ONLN" and the creator is "HLX2". Please respond directly, as I only
sporadically read the digest. Thanks.

Lou Casagrande
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 11:17:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doron Weisbarth <[e-mail]>
Subject: greetings

hi,
    i am looking for a program that i can run on my mac SE (with an
accelerator and a 17'' monitor) that will allow me to preview postscript
files.  i was told that there might be a mac version of 'gs'
('ghostscript').  so if you have that program somewhere on your system, or
if you have another/better suggestion, please let me know what it is and
where i could find it.  also, i am interested in general information about
your services, etc.

    thanks

    doron weisbarth
    ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 13:04:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: "F. J. Van Wetering" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HEPP II Pricing

Here is an interesting piece of information for the net:
According to the August 2, 1992 Pricing Schedules for HEPP II (Higher
Education Purchasing Program II), the following prices hold:

Centris 650, 8M RAM, 1M VRAM, 230M, CD-ROM ---       $2,200
Centris 660AV, 8M,   1M VRAM, 230M, CD-ROM ---       $2,160

Now... someone care to enlighted me??? Why wouldn't one purchase an AV?

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 13:50:06 -0600 (CDT)
From: Andrew Vernon <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacBinary


On Tue, 17 Aug 93 18:42:35 EDT [e-mail] said:
Subject: MacBinary

>Dear netters,
>
>I downloaded a file over the net through WorldLink and looks like whatever
>protocol was used stripped all the resources. I am unable to play (this file
>was a movie) this file. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how i can
>rebuild the resources or is there any way i can make this movie play.

Ok... A few things to consider...

1.  Did you use an FTP-by-Mail service (bitftp or ftpmail are the two
biggies)?

2. Did the filename end in something like ".bin"?

Now, If you had an ftpmailer get the files for you and the file ended in
"bin," open one up in a word processor or text editor and see if you get a
series of nice lines of ASCII characters of the same length. If you did,
great. That means you have a chance of saving the file. If you got
something that has a lot of control characters and blanks and what looks
like one or two lines two miles long, you got a MacBinary file, which gets
mutilated in internet mail. But, back to those nice ASCII files. Look in
the first few lines for something that says, "This file must be converted
with BinHex 4.0."  If you have that, the file is in the common internet
exchange format for Mac files.  You can use any release of StuffIt or
StuffIt Expander 3.0.1 to convert it back.
However, if you have a file where all the lines end in "M" or some other
letter, your FTPmailer took it upon itself to uuencode the binary file.
Get a copy of UULite (it's on sumex and should be on the online services)
and use it to un-funk the files. You'll also need the MacBinary or
MacBinary II+ programs to process the files into the 'true' Mac format
(These are also at sumex).

Most FTPmailers allow you to specify a type of encoding to prevent it from
sending you something you can't use. check the help file the gateway
mailed you for more details.

On the other hand, if you're using a machine with true FTP capabilities,
like a unix box, be sure you set the type to the proper setting or else
you're sunk.  "hqx" files should use "type ascii" and "bin" files need
"type binary." Also, if your host's transfer program (kermit, sz, etc)
supports these modes, use them when you modem the files down to your Mac.

I still remember being utterly confounded by the same ordeal for the
better of three months. Hopefully, this will give you a little more
insight into getting ready-to-eat Mac files through the net.

   --Andrew

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 08:15:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Nubi Achebo Ext. 4389 "Virtual Info Systems Now!)
Subject: Mac program for writing batch files/macros?

Is there a Mac program out there that I can use to write a batch
file? I am trying to run some routine tasks using a batch file or
macro.  I'll appreciate if anybody will point me to a shareware
or commercial product.  Please email me directly:
[e-mail]

Nubi Achebo
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Johnston, IA 50131
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 13:09:45 EDT
From: Andrew <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWrite Pro Updates ?

Hello,

Have you tried the recent Updater for MacWrite Pro?

It gives my version an error, complaining that the
CSSH 0 resource is different.   Would you please tell me
what this means.  My version of MW Pro is 1.0CDv02.
Is there a different updater for Canadian versions?

ANY and ALL help is very much appreciated,
Andrew. ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:23:44 -0400
From: Ed Ver Hoef <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mailing Label Software (A)

August 17, 1993

John,

I saw your message in a recent info-mac digest and hereby offer my $.02.
I tried to send this e-mail to both of the addresses in your posting and it
was bounced both times.  I'm obviously doing something wrong but I don't
 know what so I'm reluctantly sending it to you via the digest.

I belong to a Barbershop chorus and maintain our mailing list from which
I generate mailing labels as well as our periodic directory.  I also use it to
generate lists of people having birthdays or anniversaries in any given
month so we can send out birthday and/or anniversary cards.  I have been
using FileMaker II.  I have a record for each member plus a record for
other sets of people to whom we send mailings (society officers, bulletin
editors of other chapters, friends of our chapter, etc.)  I use one field in
the
record layout to specify the set to which that record belongs.  Other fields
give the name of the person, the address, the title (if an officer or bulletin
editor), the name of the member's wife, the birthday of the member and his
wife and their anniversary, the part he sings, etc.  I keep the ZIP code in a
separate field so I can use that to sort the records for mailing purposes
because we are going to start using a mail permit and that requires sorting
mail by ZIP code.

When selecting the set of records for a specific mailing, I can generate a
query which effectively does a logical "or" for the desired collection of
field values for the field I use to specify the sets of people to receive the
particular mailing.  In our case, I only need one "set membership" field
because every record is a member of one and only one set.  However, it
would be quite possible to permit a record to be a member of more than
one set by having a field in each record for each possible set and simply
indicating membership of a given record in a given set by inserting a "Y"
in the appropriate field of that record.

I do my printing on Avery labels on a 3x10 sheet.

Records can be sorted temporarily or permanently based on the value of
any given field(s).

Selected fields from selected records can be exported to another program
in any of four formats: Text file (fields are separated by tabs, records are
separated by return characters), BASIC file (fields are separated by
commas, records are separated by return characters), SYLK file (each
record is a column and each filed in that record is a row in that column -
usually used for input to a spreadsheet program), and Merge file (fields are
separated by commas, records are separated by return characters, the first
record is a header record listing the field names).

I don't know about whether FileMaker II supports network access - I doubt
that it does.  However, I know FileMaker Pro does because several people
in my office have it and have set up databases accessible by others over
the net.

I hope this is of some help to you.  If you have any questions, please feel
free to drop me a note.

Ed Ver Hoef

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 11:57:47 -0800
From: Daniel Hamburger <[e-mail]>
Subject: moderator for comp.ai.neural-nets

Could I please be given the address of the moderator for comp.ai.neural-nets.
Many thanks,

Daniel


Bitnet:         [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 06:31:38 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Piszcz)
Subject: MODULA-2 compilers (Q)

For an associate:

Does any know of the availability of MODULA or
MODULA-2 compilers for the Macintosh?

Thanks.


__alan_piszcz______________________________________
Kaman Sciences Corp. 258 Genesee St. Utica NY 13502
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]


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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 09:33:04 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jamie Lawrence)
Subject: MS Word Multiple Dictionaries (Q)

David Steiner <[e-mail]> asked about word
warning that multiple spelling/thesarus modules were loading.

David, the German version of Word has 2 files for each spelling dicitonary
and Thesarus.  One is the Dictionary itself (the data) and the other is the
plugin (what checks the spelling).  You can trash one of the Plugins- just
keep both dictionaries around.  Same with the thesaurus.  Hope this helps-
BTW- is this the case with all non-english Word versions?  I know of
problems with this before.

jamie

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 12:17:32 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5 problem

This plea for help was cross-posted to Mac-L.  I apologise to all who
receive both.

Dear Netfolk,
am having a slight problem with my PB170 running 7.0.1* with NCSA/BYU
Telnet 2.5.  I can't get it to run at all.  I have had a boatload of inits
running recently but have added nothing new in the last few days.  Today
when I started telnet.macTCP version 2.4 something, I got an error saying
"unable to load Resolver" immediately after the splash screen.  There was a
button labelled "Quit" but when pressed the mac just hung, dead, not even
command-option-escape-able.  I turfed the preferences file and tried again.
 Same deal.  Decided to load the newer version NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5, and now
all I get is the same error message after the splash screen, but with the
minor improvement that if I force quit with a command-option-escape I can
get back to the finder safely.  So I restarted with nothing but apple
extensions (MacTCP obviously, memory, appleshare) all to no avail.  Rebuilt
the desktop; no help.  This is only affecting my mac mind you, everyone
elses around here stil works fine, so it's not our localtalk net's problem.
 My MacTCP control panel looks normal, and work's fine (this is being
written in Eudora), and Xferit and Fetch both work as well).  So over to
you, help................

martin

p.s. I have never seen anything called Resolver on my mac before, so I
don't know what it's looking for.

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 09:55:55 -0600 (MDT)
From: Bradley Nation <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network Mail Software

Does anyone have experience with some type of network mail software that
works with ethernet and tcp/ip, something along the lines of NCSA Telnet?
Any information would be helpfull. Send to: [e-mail]
Thanks for the help I know I'll get
Brad Nation

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 17:49:11 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Optimize (Q) & Power PC (Q) ??

    First is there a public domain (or share ware) HD
optimizer?

    Second, with all this talk about the Power PC. One topic
seems to not have come up (or I missed it). When will we see (or
will we see from Apple) a Multiple Processor PowerPC based machine?
The 604 seems like a likely canidate for such machine.
    Might we see a 680XX Multiple processor Mac before a Power
PC MAChine ???

Thanks,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 11:07 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal Laserwriter NTR versus Select 310

We may soon be having to replace our faltering IINT.  In the UK,
there's currently a special offer on the Personal Laserwriter NTR,
bringing the price right down to 600 pounds + tax.  On the face of
it this seems utterly paradoxical, because the cheapest 'current'
Apple PS printer, the Select 310, is about 850 pounds + tax, and
its specs seem far inferior.  My understanding is:

(1)  The NTR has 3.5 Mb of RAM as a base-level configuration,
the Select 310 only 1.5 Mb.

(2)  The NTR has the good old Laserwriter II set of 35 PS fonts
built-in, whereas the Select 310 has far fewer.  I PRESUME this
means the 310 doesn't have the fonts which Apple seems to have
stopped distributing, ie Avant Garde, Bookman, Zapf Chancery and
Zapf Dingbats.

(3)  According to a sales rep I spoke to, the NTR will be a PS Level 2
printer once Apple release the appropriate driver; I couldn't get
independent confirmation of this claim.  I don't know what the situation
is with the 310 and Level 2 either.

Can other confirm these points or correct me if I'm wrong?  Also, if
you've used either printer extensively and can comment the pros
and cons of each, I'd be much obliged.  Thanks.

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 14:01:14 CDT
From: Mack <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pioneer LVD Cable

Do I need a special cable to hook our 950 to a pioneer 6000 series LVD?

Mack

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 05:42:34 -0600 (MDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Powerbook & Hypercard (Q)

If you have used hypercard 2.0 or better, there is a calendar stack on the
home card. This stack works wonderfully on my Mac IIci which has system
7.0. But the stack does not work on my Powerbook which has system 7.1. I
believe that the difficulty rest with the new control panel for the time and
date in 7.1. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions which might correct
the problem.
Bill Wallace
Manzano Day School
Albuquerque, NM
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 07:47:27 CST
From: "Wade Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerPC correction

On 17-Aug-93, <> wrote:

>1)  The PowerPC will emulate the **68020**.  That means any non-floating
>point instruction or MMU instruction for the 68000 or 68020 will work.

I phrased that poorly.  Let me try again:

1)  The PowerPC-based Mac will emulate the **68020**.  That means that any
instruction for the 68000 or 68020 will work, with the exception of MMU or
floating point instructions (not that either had those components).

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

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 11:02:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Natsu Sakimura)
Subject: Registering Creator

Hi netters,

I downloaded C/F stack from ftp.apple.com and now I want to use it
to register the creator. However, I haven't got the connection to
applelink, so I want to send it via internet. In this case, should
I send it as MacBinary II file or should I uuencode or something?

Any information is much appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance.

Natsu Sakimura

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 10:37:05 EDT
From: dom manno <[e-mail]>
Subject: Republicans on the Digest (a/k/a Siege Watch submission)

Now that we've heard from the Republicans (twice) who can't accept that their
man lost last November, how 'bout some equal time for the rest of us? Anybody
up to writing something that will count the number of days since we've been
freed from the tyranny of GOP rule? I can't, I don't know the first thing
about
programming for the Mac.

D.F. Manno, Temple Univ., Phila.
<[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 13:43:46 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Satellite Dish Feed/Stock Q

     Satellite Dish Feed/Stock Quotes
I have a client that has a satellite dish for getting TV signals.  He's very
active in the stock market, and was wondering whether there was any way of
downloading up-to-the-minute stock quotes to a personal computer using his
satellite dish and then loading them into some type of a program to track his
portfolio.  The program could be a spreadsheet or some other specialized
program for this purpose.  He doesn't has a computer yet, but is leaning
towards an IBM machine.

Is this possible?  Could it be done with a Mac or an IBM?  What additional
hardware/software would be necessary?  Do you have recommendations for a
program to track his portfolio?

I know this is asking a lot, but he thought it might be possible, so I'm
trying
to check into the viability.

I'm cross-posting this to Mac and PC lists, as well as one for Home Satellite
Technology.  I'm not subscribed to most of these, so please send any responses
directly to me at:  [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Thanks in advance for any light you might be able to shed on this rather murky
area!  :-)


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

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 10:52:07 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Luis R. Ordorica)
Subject: Spanish Word Processing Programs

Hi,

I am preparing a Mac and StyleWriter II for a person who will be
doing a lot of word processing in Spanish.

I have loaded the Spanish version of System 7.0.1, but I need
the following types of software:

    * Spanish language word processor & spell checker

    * English/Spanish Spanish/English translator

    * Interactive Macintosh tutorial (a la Macintosh Basics) in Spanish

plus any Macintosh handbooks in Spanish.

Any pointers/tips would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

-lou
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 10:05:36 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: StartupScreens: Q

I feel pretty dumb asking this, but I've used several different programs
to try and make StartupScreens from GIF or PICT files. The images seem to
get generated properly, but when they come up as anticipated during boot,
they look really blotchy. Somehow, I guess, the color tables aren't
loading properly? Am I right, and what am I doing wrong?

TIA.

Robert L. Frost
Department of History
SUNY-Albany
Albany, New York  12222
[e-mail]
[phone] office
[phone] fax

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 18:28:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: StartUpScreen viewer....

Folks,

    Is there a viewer for StartUpScreens, other than using Gif
Converter and other more advanced programs?  The viewer's only purpose in
life would allow viewing of such.
    Many thanks for any input!!!

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 15:54:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Charette Frederick)
Subject: SWII/Word4 Full Just. Printing (Q)

I'm having problems printing fully justified text to my Stylewriter II
using Word 4 on an accelerated SE: text will print only justified left.
Does anyone have a similar problem? Could anyone indicate a possible
explanation or solution to this behavior?

Thanks.

Frederick Charette
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:57:09 -0500
From: "Andrew E. Scheck" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tech Tool (Well maybe not) (R)

>After Tech Tool wiped the desktop files on those machines, it did *not*
>offer the option to shut down or restart -- as it did on the office IIcx.
>And nothing worked but the power and programmer's switch. And reboot did
>not rebuild the desktop.

I also had most of this happen on my Q700 (i.e., no option to restart) but it
did quit to the Finder which then did NOT rebuild the desktop.

>The difference? I suspect AutoDoubler. Active on the home machines, never
>installed at the office.

No AutoDoubler on my machine (but lots of others!).

Andy Scheck, JHU/APL

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 03:23:36 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tech Tool (Well maybe not) Con't

Allan M. Bloom  reported:

AB> Tech Tool works dandy on my office machine. I got a note this
AB> ayem saying that at least one user wasn't as pleased. Tech Tool left all
AB> his icons generic. It did the same thing to all three home Macs -- IIci,
AB> DayStar-goosed II, C650 -- this afternoon.

Yup, same thing happened to me.  After running Tech Tool (it took two
tries before it worked on my Quadra 700), a bunch of applications,
several documents and freshly downloaded apps (that same night) went
generic--even after the desktop was reported by the Finder to be
rebuilt.  This *never* happens with Desktop Reset--so it's back as
my primary tool.

Oh well.  Nice try Micromat.

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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

Date: 18 Aug 1993 09:42:08 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Text Editor for Lisp Programming (Q)

I am searching for a PD text editor on the Mac to be used with the XLisp Plus
system for Lisp programming. It should provide basic Lisp support functions
like paranthesis matching etc.

Thanks for hints

Jens Eickhoff
([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 18:34:42 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Bayes)
Subject: Text editors (summary)

It seems that there is an overwhelming preference for BBEdit Lite.
Alpha also got a few votes. Also mentioned were McSink, Qread,
Tex-Edit, MEdit 1.79, Vantage, Nisus, MiniWriter, and Joliwrite. Many
thanks to those who responded.

Now I get to DL all these and try them out... :)

--joe

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 10:16:46 CDT
From: Joe Heck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Trying to find...

HELP!

I'm trying to find out what company bought out Odesta software - the writers
of "Double Helix" for the macintosh. A department on the University bought
the program quite a while ago and now needs support from it.

If you know of the company or where I can get information, please E-mail me
with a response. I'd appreciate it greatly!

Joe Heck, Campus Computing Help Desk, University of Missouri - Columbia
[e-mail]     OR   [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 19:16:33 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: UUCode

Is there a source for MAC compatible software that will
easily take a UUencoded message from a PC network, UUdecode
it to a MAC compatible word processer?  Where or who has
it?

  jd

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

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 13:14:04 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Video Card for SE/30

     Video Card for SE/30
One of my offices is trying to reallocate equipment.  They have an SE/30 and a
12" Apple monochrome monitor.  They'd like to hook the two together.
Obviously, they're going to need a video card to do this.  Any suggestions on
cards and/or vendors to go with?  They'd like a reasonably economical
solution.
 TIA!

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




stem volume, all is
OK.

--Dave

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 12:06:24 CET
From: Wojciech Adalbert Duda <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where are MOD files for Sound Trecker ?

Jim Allison <[e-mail]> asked from where he could get any
MOD-Fil
es for SoundTrecker. There are a lot of them at the FTP-Servers of AMINET.
Thos
e are:
ftp.luth.se. (Scandinavia, 130.240.16.3) pub/aminet/
ftp.etsu.edu (USA) pub/aminet
ftp.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4.) pub/aminet

and others. If you connect to one of these server, there will be a list with
de
tailed information on the Aminet. Dont forget to use binary transfer.
You must have the Program "MacLHA" to be able to use those files on your mac.
M
acLha is on Sumex in the subdirectory compression. It is a compression
programm
 just like compactpro, only for a AMIGA format. You then have to open those
 dec
ompressed files from within SoundTrecker. SoundTrecker than asks you whether
yo
u  want to change File type. -> Click "yes" and you can open the files next
tim
e by double-clicking on them (but only if you close them with command-w and
not
 by just quiting Soundtrecker).

So, that's it. These Mod-Files are a lot of fun |||

Wojciech Adalbert Duda, [e-mail]

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Date: 18 Aug 1993 11:44:53 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Andrea Mongera)
Subject: WORD 5.1: Recently Opened Documents, only 4 ? (Q)

Is there a way for increasing the number of documents (4) listed in the
FILE MENU of WORD 5.1 as "Recently Opened Documents" ?
Ciao, Andrea

NOTE: to my way of working, adding file names to the WORK MENU is useful
but not exactly what I need ...

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Date: 18 Aug 1993 13:46:56 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: XLisp graphhic toolkit (Q)

Does anybody know an extension package to the XLisp system on the Mac that
provides interactive graphic elements like switches, knobs, thermometers etc.
both for data input and data visualization? The XLisp-Stat system provides
statistical functions and according graphical elements like histograms, curve-
fit-tools etc. I need a similar XLisp extension but with graphics for
designing
technical user interfaces.

Jens Eickhoff
([e-mail])

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