Mac-Source 1994 July/Mac-Source_July_1994.iso/Information/info mac digest v11/infomacv11-208.txt

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 07:31:45 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #208


Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 20 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 208

Today's Topics:

      [*] Applescripts for THINK 6 [*]
      [*] bug fixed JCONV-DD
      [*] Charon 0.984.hqx
      [*] Default Folder 2.42 Submission
      [*] Demo AppleTalk Router
      [*] Enigma 2.1
      [*] Firefall Demo [game]
      [*] FrontierRuntime 2.0 submission
      [*] Internet Archivist 93-1
      [*] NET/Mac 2.3.29
      [*] Pathways Into Cheating
      [*] powermodules.hqx
      [*] ResCompare 2.5.3
      [*] Space Madness 1.1.2 Updater
      [*] Space Madness Demo 1.1.2
      [*] speaker112.cpt.hqx
      [*] Spin Doctor Demo [game]
      [*] Tricia Prolog 0.9.5d28
      [*] Updated AFE EPSF Translator
      [*] Updated AFE TIFF Translator
      "Chicago Song" .mod -- Who wrote it? (Q)"
      $99 TCI LineLink 14.4 Modem
      After Dark module for DarkSide of the Mac? (A)
      American Civil War Simulations? (A)
      Apple //c files to Mac
      Apple IIc to Mac II (A)
      BB-Edit Extensions
      Centris 660AV - Get Info Problem (Q)
      Connecting to SUMEX-AIM (busy)
      Damaged Font File
      Everex Modem
      File type MPBN, Creator PLAN -- (Microplan?) Ring a bell?
      Floptical Incompatibilities
      gzip-124.hqx
      How to increase # on localtalk network? (A)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #205
      Intermittent PB100 failure
      InterSLIP configuration (Q)
      Irwin tape backup problems (Q)
      Killer Disk Syndrome
      Laserwriter 8.1.1
      LaserWriter 8.x: where?
      LaserWriter NTR - Autoswitch (A)
      LaserWriter NTR - Autoswitch (Summary)
      List of Macs?
      LW 8
      Macintosh BBS Systems
      Microsoft Mail server/Centris 650CD conflict?
      Modems
      Need a speech app for the blind
      Partitioning & Programs
      Potential Mirror Sites -- how about just /info-mac/recent? (S)
      Problems with Apple's new system update?
      PS->EPS
      QuadraLink
      QuicKeys 3.0 & Applicon conflict solved (Q&A)
      RE> Let's Change The World
      Rice Info-mac archives
      Seeking documentation for JPEG, MPEG, and AIFF
      Slow Fileshare Access over ARA
      spare some simms?
      System 7 Pro
      the LineLink modem is on backorder
      The Namer [A]
      Time tracking/billing program needed
      ToadNews, rnMac etc.
      Two silly questions & thanks
      Unethical Computers
      Viewing Sun AutoCad files on a Mac

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 7:16:47 PDT
From: Reinder Verlinde <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Applescripts for THINK 6 [*]

These are three AppleScripts for use in combination with THINK 6.0 or 6.0.1.
They require THINK Project Manager 6.0 or 6.0.1 and the Apple Event Manager to
run. To edit them you also need a Script Editor.

"Set THINK Options" is an utility to set the compiler options of projects
dropped on it. This is convenient when you have a multi-project project (no
pun
intended) and want to set the 68881, 68020 etcetera options. Unfortunately it
only makes it possible to set or get _all_ the options related to a certain
translator. THINK's interface to get and set the individual switches is rather
poor.

"THINK Bring Up to Date" opens and brings up to date projects dropped on to
it.
"THINK Remove Objects" does a "Remove Objects" on projects dropped on to it.

These scripts may be freely modified and distributed as long as the
accompanying
documentation is included and modifications are clearly indicated.
I specifically give permission to distribute them on the Infomac CD.

Also included is a partial patch to THINK's project manager to disable the
'open
which project' dialog box at startup, which does interfere with scripting. It
doesn't quite work yet, but I haven't got the time to improve on this, so I
just
include it as a clue for other hackers.

Reinder Verlinde ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/applescripts-for-think6.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 0:41:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Natsu Sakimura)
Subject: [*] bug fixed JCONV-DD

Attached please find a bug fixed version of JCONV-DD, a freeware
for Japanese code conversion. (Version 1.4 beta 5)

This version fixed the bug that prevented it from processing
more than 7 files at a time.

Sorry to post an update so soon.

Regards,

Natsu

[Archived as /info-mac/text/jconv-dd-14b5.hqx; 78K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:07:07 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] Charon 0.984.hqx

Dear Moderators:

Here is a newly updated version of Charon that promises to fix the memory
problems that bedeviled high-end Mac users. Charon is a 'freeware' fidonet
pointmailer featuring the standard EMSI and YooHoo protocols and fast
ZedZap (zmodem) file transfers. It is designed to be used together with
CounterPoint or Alice (v2.21 upwards), or to serve as a replacement for
MacWoof's built-in mailer. Other message editors should work as well.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/charon-0984.hqx; 124K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 22:26:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jon Gotow)
Subject: [*] Default Folder 2.42 Submission

Following is the latest release of Default Folder, version 2.42.  It fixes
a few incompatibilities and bugs, adds some rather esoteric behavior useful
mainly in networked environments, and adds a "rebound" feature in file
dialogs.

For those that don't know, Default Folder is a control panel device that
allows you to set up default folders for specified applications and desk
accessories (good for use with file launching utilities, and launching an
app that's sitting on the desktop). It also provides a pop-up menu in the
standard file dialog for navigating between often-used folders and disks.
Default Folder is shareware, and is uploaded as a compact pro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-242.hqx; 131K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 16:43:24 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Demo AppleTalk Router

TalkR 1.0 Demo AppleTalk Router.

This is a fully functional AppleTalk Router which runs on a dedi-
cated  386/486 PC clone. This version differs from the production
TalkR and TalkR/IP as follows:

-support for two rather than four network interface cards
-the zone name for one interface will always be "TalkR Zone."
-Only one router can be run on an AppleTalk internet at one time.
-No IP features such as MacIP, IPTalk or Remote Object Access.

The PC requires 2MB of memory, a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive and two
network  interface  cards:  either two SMC 80X3X cards or one SMC
and one Dayna DL2000 LocalTalk card.  A monitor, vga card and and
keyboard are useful for initial setup, but are not required.

Included is a Macintosh based application to  manage  the  router
and minimal documentation.

[e-mail]
Talking Networks, Inc.
2550 Ninth Street
Suite 210A
Berkeley  Ca 94710
510-549-8360

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/talkr-10-demo.hqx; 558K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 21:35:07 MDT
From: [e-mail] (Mike Watson)
Subject: [*] Enigma 2.1

I am pleased to announce the release of Enigma 2.1.  As a registered user you
are entitled to a free upgrade via email.  I am sending this message to all
of the last known email addresses of my registered users.  If you can receive
the Enigma upgrade via email to this account please let me know and I will
immediatly send it.  If not, please send me $2 or a disk and an SASE envelope
to the following address (which is new):
   Mike Watson
   4830 Nightingale Dr. #E302
   Colorado Springs CO 80918

The following is the public press release for Enigma 2.1
 ---------------------------------------------------------

Enigma 2.1 is an application which can provide near absolute
protection for your sensitive documents and applications.  By
downloading this application you can encrypt files using a limited
version of the Government Standard DES algorithm.  For only $15
this can be upgraded to the full DES standard (US and Canada only).

If you would prefer your neighbors not see your accounting data,
your co-workers not see your performance appraisal, or your
competitor see your trade secrets then Enigma is an application you
will find very valuable.

Since version 2.0 Enigma has supported vaults which are like
very securely locked file cabinets.  Multiple files are stored in
them.  Files can be added, deleted, renamed, and extracted at any
time.  Security is much enhanced because filenames and lengths are
protected by encryption in addition to the contents.  No other
free or shareware encryption program offers the flexibility of
Enigma vaults.

Version 2.1 contains user interface upgrades and bug fixes to Enigma 2.0.
The primary features added to version 2.1 are:
   - Vaults now display the file size along with the file name
   - Vaults can now be compacted, improving disk space efficiency
   - There are now options which will prompt the user to confirm dangerous
     operations
   - The annoying crash when an incorrect key was entered has been eliminated
   - Cool Color Icons
   - You can now extract files from vaults by double clicking on the file name
     in the vault window.

Enigma 2.1 remains fully compatible with previous versions of Enigma.  If you
possess a version of Enigma prior to Enigma 2.1 I recommend this upgrade (VERY
recommended if you have a version older than 2.0).

Enigma 2.1 requires system 7.0 or later along with about 512K of memory and
200K
of disk space.  Documentation enclosed specifies ordering information for a
system 6 or earlier compatible version, but the vault features are
unavailable.

Included with the package is a program that overwrite and delete files so they
can not be recovered with a data recovery program such as Norton Utilities
(Enigma can also do this automatically if you request it).

Enigma 2.1 in this limited form is completely free.  No shareware guilt.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/enigma-21.hqx; 188K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 15:49:14 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: [*] Firefall Demo [game]

This is a demonstration version of Firefall, a new commercial
arcade game from Inline Software. Firefall needs 256 colors to
run.

Firefall can basically be described as "Centipede on steroids".
The animation is excellent, and the game is (in my opinion)
worth downloading just in order to have a gaze at. In
particular, it has this main-menu screen with gorgeous
neon-fonted text, and a kind of cold-fire mouse pointer that
has to be seen to be believed.

I am in no way involved with the people who created this game.
I'm just passing it along to the Internet archives. It was
originally uploaded from America Online.

Leo Breebaart  (leo @ cp.tn.tudelft.nl)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/firefall-demo.hqx; 822K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 12:34:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Kuang Yu Liu)
Subject: [*] FrontierRuntime 2.0 submission

Hi,
I found that the copy of FrontierRuntime is still Ver. 1
so I upload the copy I got from syrinx.kgs.ukans.edu.

It is said in the Readme file that the CD-ROM distribution
need the written permission from Userland.

As for the authors of the shareware, there is a program
offered by Userland such that you can get the full version
for $99.

There are aslo many script files for all kind of scripting
tools in the same archive.
for people face too-many-user frustrationwho face too-many-user frustration,
you
can
try those BBS in the Internet. Many of them get most of
the files from Info-Mac and UMich and update regularly.
One example is bbs.isca.uiowa.edu and its archive,
grind.isca.uiowa.edu.

On the other hand, more and more people get SL/IP or PPP
access which itself is great but relatively slow compared
with other type of connection, say, Ethernet or that
SuperHighway optical fiber. In turn, the SL/IP or PPP take
much more time to do a file transfer and these popular
ftp sites have less time slot for different people to
make connection. So, I suggests that if you have a account
oe even more on either a mainframe or workstation, and also
if the disk space quota is not too restricted, please try
to connect to these popular ftp sites from such account(s).
Then transfer the file down to your desktop. There are
two-fold of advantage. First, by doing so you free up
connection much much earlier and other people have more
chance to share these resources. Second, my own experience
shows that using the same SL/IP connection to do file
transfer by FTP client like Fetch, from a local machine
is always 20% to 50% faster than from a remote machine.
This is also the exact reason why people put mirror sites
cross Pacific and Atlantic.

Well I am very off the subject. I am sorry being in this way.

Regards,

Liu

[Archived as /info-mac/app/frontier-runtime-20.hqx; 349K]

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Date: Mon, 22 May 05 16:35:44 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Internet Archivist 93-1

Internet Archivist 93-1 is an Archivist file and an Hypercard file. It
contains
numerous informations about Internet and most of all thousands of valuable FTP
sites address.

You can find more informations about The Archivist in this billboard in the
TEXT domain. Don't forget to use HyperCard version 2.1 partitioned to at least
2 megs of RAM or bigger if you can.

This file is self extracting and formated with BinHex 4.0

The author

J.-Robert Thibault

Email:   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-archivist-93-1-hc.hqx; 611K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 13:59:03 -0500
From: Rick Nimtz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NET/Mac 2.3.29

 * What NET/Mac 2.3.29 is intended for:
 * ======================================
 * NET/Mac is an application, that has been created for ham-radio operators.
 * It can be used to hook up a Macintosh to the amateur-radio 'packet-radio'
 * wireless network. NET/Mac supports the TCP/IP protocol.
 * To use NET/Mac you need:
 * a) a ham-radio license
 * b) a transceiver connected to an antenna
 * c) a TNC that supports the KISS protocol
 * d) a Macintosh 512 or newer

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/radio-net-mac-2329.hqx; 280K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 22:08:07 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Alain Roy)
Subject: [*] Pathways Into Cheating

Here's a little program called Pathways Into Cheating for all of you that
play Pathways Into Darkness by Bungee Software. This program will allow you
to edit saved game files (for the full game, NOT the demo) to change your
character to make the game easier to play. It's got a nice mac interface
and has been fairly widely tested. Now you don't need to use a sector
editor to edit your characters!

Features include:
o  adding/deleting any item.
o  making grenade launchers w/ many grenades (autofire grenades!)
o  raising your health points.
o  raising your skill levels
o  teleporting to various locations in the pyramid.
o  making your character appear to be left-handed
o  recharging your crystals.
o  resetting the game time.
o  many shortcuts to make editing painless process.

This cheater is not supported by Bungee Software, so don't hassle them if
it doesn't work for you. Use only on a backup copy of your saved games
file.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/pathways-into-cheating.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 7:16:40 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Scott A. Johnson)
Subject: [*] powermodules.hqx

About the PowerModule Developer Information Package
 -------------------------------------------------

This binhexed file contains information about developing PowerModules,
which are extensions for use with PowerBar (uploaded separately).
PowerBar is required to use any extensions developed using these guidelines.

Send inquiries to Scott Johnson via the following channels:

AOL: DevScott
AppleLink: johnsos
CIS: 71035,3273
Internet: [e-mail] (preferred) or [e-mail]

Enjoy!
Scott A. Johnson

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/powermodules.hqx; 14K]

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Date: 18 Oct 1993 13:11:53 -0500
From: "Michael Hecht" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ResCompare 2.5.3

ResCompare is a programmer's utility for comparing two resource files. It will
show you what resources are different, apply updates from one resource file to
another, view comprehensive differences between two resources, and build
self-applying patch applications that convert one resource file into another.

WHAT'S CHANGED IN RESCOMPARE 2.5.3

Not much, actually. This is mostly a bug-fix release.

BUGS SQUASHED
* Patching a copy now works under System 6.
* The patch progress bar now correctly reflects the amount remaining to be
patched.
* "Edit Resource" can now open resources in Resorcerer(R).

NEW FEATURES
* Now includes a document describing the format of a patch file. Also includes
ResEdit templates ('TMPL' resources) for viewing and editing a patch.
* Patch supports automatic location of the patch target. See the Patch 4.0.4
File Format document's description of the 'ZFIL' resource for details.


--Michael

Michael P. Hecht                 | Internet:  [e-mail]
SAS Institute Inc.; Cary, NC USA | AppleLink: SAS.HECHT

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/rescompare-253.hqx; 121K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 15:23:05 -0700
From: "(Michael A. Kelly)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Space Madness 1.1.2 Updater

This program updates version 1.1 or version 1.1.1 of Space Madness to version
1.1.2.  You must have a full working version of Space Madness 1.1 or 1.1.1
for this patch to work; it will not work on earlier versions, and it will not
work on demo versions.

This patch will not affect your preferences or high scores.

Registered users of Space Madness *will not* be receiving this update in the
mail. Call High Risk Ventures at [phone] or email to [e-mail]
for more information.

Notable changes:

Improved sound under Sound Manager 3.0.
Extra points and yummies when starting on a higher level.
You can switch into the background under System 7 or Multifinder.
Other cool minor feature additions and changes....

This update is highly recommended!

Enjoy!

Michael A. Kelly
High Risk Ventures

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/space-madness-112-updt.hqx; 614K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 15:17:50 -0700
From: "(Michael A. Kelly)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Space Madness Demo 1.1.2

More evil nasties have invaded our galaxy!  Zillions of innocent people are
counting on you to save them from destruction, enslavement, and other fates
too horrible to contemplate!  Take the helm in this shoot-'em-up and blast
through space, destroying enemy ships and bases while gathering fuel, raw
materials for your ship's repairs, weapons, and machines that add to your
ship's capabilities.  Rated four joysticks by Inside Mac Games magazine!
(July 1993)

This demo lets you play levels 2, 4, and 10, which corresponds to about
10-15 minutes of game play for an experienced player.

Order Space Madness direct from High Risk Ventures and pay only $20!  That's
sixty percent off the suggested retail price of $49.95!  But hurry!  Offer
expires December 1, 1993.

Call [phone] or email to [e-mail] for more information.

Enjoy!

Michael A. Kelly
High Risk Ventures

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/space-madness-112-demo.hqx; 985K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 14:18:32 -0700
From: Eric Shieh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] speaker112.cpt.hqx

Speaker 1.12 is a small application for use with Apple's Speech
Manager.  It provides simple text editting abilities, and various
speech abilities (by line, by file, by return key).  Also provides a
menu of voices and allows you to change the pitch and rate.

see the README file for more info.

REQUIRES the Speech Manager extension, available from ftp.apple.com.

This file supercedes speaker-1.11

Version 1.12
 -----------
Fixes Several bugs.
Also adds an AppleEvent for speaking text.

Fixes small problems some users were having with the dictionary.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/speaker-112.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 15:47:50 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: [*] Spin Doctor Demo [game]

This is a demonstration version (limited to a few levels only)
of Spin Doctor, a new commercial strategy/arcade type of game
by Callisto "SuperMazeWars" Corporation. Spin Doctor needs 256
colors or grays to run.

Spin Doctor is hard to describe -- it is truly like no game
I've ever seen before -- but basically you have to move a
rotating wand from point to point on a large grid, in search of
a 'goal' gridpoint. While doing so, you not only have to deal
with various types of enemy wands who stalk the grid in their
own mysterious ways, but also with spikes, acid droplets,
moving doors, bombs, fuses, and lots more fun stuff like that.

Your mileage may vary, but I think that if you liked Oxyd you
are probably going to LOVE Spin Doctor.

I am in no way involved with the people who created this game.
I'm just passing it along to the Internet archives. It was
originally uploaded from America Online.

Leo Breebaart  (leo @ cp.tn.tudelft.nl)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/spin-doctor-demo.hqx; 399K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 7:16:46 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Per Mildner)
Subject: [*] Tricia Prolog 0.9.5d28

This is Tricia 0.9.5d28, a Prolog system for Macintosh (and U**X) computers
developed at the Computing Science Department of Uppsala University. You may
do whatever you like with it, as it is hereby placed in the public domain. We
do not take any responsibility for this software, neither do we (actively)
support it. Therefore, YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Tricia requires System 7, 68020 or better and requires 3 Mb from the Finder.
This version actually checks this, and correctly reports if it cannot run,
without crashing:-)

Read the README file. Any questions, contact [e-mail].

Archivers: It would probably be a good thing if the file name reflects the
development subversion too. This package may never reach a final stage:-)

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/tricia-095d28.hqx; 259K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 20:14:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mark Fleming)
Subject: [*] Updated AFE EPSF Translator

This EPSF V2.0 translator is a shareware product.

The enclosed file contains stuffit file with ClarisWorks V2.0 document and
an Apple File Exchange Translator.

History...
V1.0.1  Fix minor bug in missing EOF on ASCII text files, and added
information about encapulated postscript files in this document.
V1.0.2  Added code to support AFE "Show only eligible files" option.  Only
files starting with '%!PS' or the correct binary EPSF header will be listed
as eligible files.
V2.0.0  Added options to add the PostScript command showpage
    convert TIFF preview image.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/afe-epsf-translator.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 19:56:15 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mark Fleming)
Subject: [*] Updated AFE TIFF Translator

This TIFF V2.0 translator is a shareware product.

The enclosed file contains stuffit file with ClarisWorks V2.0 document and
an Apple File Exchange Translator.

New features:

- Option to convert TIFF to PICT and copy PICT to clipboard.
- Updated documentation on TIFF file formats and limitions.

Old Features:

- check file header for TIFF files to select only TIFF file for translating.
- Set file type, and creator of TIFF file.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/afe-tiff-translator.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 23:41:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Will Irace <[e-mail]>
Subject: "Chicago Song" .mod -- Who wrote it? (Q)"

There's a .mod (soundtracker) file called "Chicago Song" that's
been on the archives for awhile that's really got me interested.  Can
anyone provide me with some specifics as to its origin? (Composer, artist,
date, genuine title, album name, resemblances between the versions, general
comments about the artists, any of this would be helpful.)

(the file is archived as info-mac/snd/chicago.hqx.)

Thanks in advance!

--
Will Irace
[e-mail]

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Date: 19 Oct 93 15:02:25 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: $99 TCI LineLink 14.4 Modem

From: [e-mail] (Mark Fetler)

OK, I'm not a modem guru, but I thought I could plug this
puppy in to my fx and start communicating. I've tried it
both with McKnowledge (self-configured) and with Zterm with
no success -- even with McKnowledge's script for dialing up
compuserve. I couldn't get any help from the vendor techs.
Do any of you modem mavens have suggestions for me? Or am I
SOL?

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:10:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: After Dark module for DarkSide of the Mac? (A)

Paul Brians writes:

>Was I just dreaming, or was there some discussion recently of a
>module for Darkside of the Mac which could run After Dark modules?
>Or was it a denunciation of the possibility of such a thing?
>I own AD but don't use it because of conflicts, would like to run
>my modules under DarkSide.  I also wish more people would program
>for DarkSide.  It's neat.

DarkSide of the Mac 4.1 can run AfterDark modules, provided you give it
enough memory to work with. Happily found in The Archive & mirrors.
Postcardware, if I recall correctly, unless you want a pretty printed
manual...

A user over here had AD and had to trash it when he got a vx (yeah, poor
guy). It would suddenly hang and fail to fade out, requiring a reboot, even
after an upgrade to the latest, "x", version. DSo'M works just fine, cause
it's an application, not an extension (aka INIT, for oldtimers).

JMC

----
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 18:38:00 EDT
From: "Jackson, Dick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: American Civil War Simulations? (A)

>Can anyone recommend any American Civil War simulations that
>they have found particularly good?  I've seen a few out there,
>especially for IBM-compatibles, only a couple for MACS.  Has
>anyone had any luck running the IBM ones under Soft PC or
>similar software?
>
>Thanks in advance for your replies.
>|++Patrick Golden++             |
>|[e-mail]       |

I'm pretty sure that SSG (let's see, Strategic Simulations Group?) has made a
series of such American Civil War battle simulations.  If they're anything
as good as Halls of Montezuma (US Marine battles), I think you'd be
impressed.

-Dick
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 07:36 EST
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple //c files to Mac

I switched from an Apple //c to Mac LC a year ago (and upgraded to the LC III,
best deal I ever made!).  The Apple IIe card only fits the LC series of Macs.
The IIc does not have AppleTalk capability.  A workstation card can be added
to
a //e to do AppleTalk, but not a //c.  The easiest thing I found to do was to
put everything I wanted onto Apple // 3.5 disks, then use Apple File Transfer
program on the Mac to switch them to Mac files.  Long files tend to get
truncated and may have to be broken into shorter segments.  If you can't get
access to a 3.5 Apple disk drive, you should be able to use a null modem cable
to connect the two computers together and run a communications program on
each to transfer the files to the mac.  I haven't tried that.  If I can give
you any other help, let me know.
Good luck,
Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 10:01:18 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple IIc to Mac II (A)

On Mon, 18 Oct, Jerry B. Weinberg wrote

>I have recently purchased a used Mac II. Prior to this
>I have used an Apple IIc.  ...  there are a
>couple of my Apple IIc programs I still need to run.
>Can anyone give me advice on plugging in an Apple CPU
>card into my Mac?

Don't even try, Jerry. The card only works in the LC series and
in Color Classics.

>Also, how can I get my Apple IIc files over to
>my Mac?  My Apple IIc has a 5-1/4 drive, by Mac
>has 3-1/2 800k drive.  Is there any way of networking
>the two together through AppleTalk?

I've heard of an Appletalk card for a //e, Jerry, but the IIc? No.
Where would you put it? Sort of like putting a Nubus card in a Duo.

Your cheapest solution is serial data communications. Connect the
Mac's modem port (mini-din8 to Hayes compatible modem cable, null
modem connector -- 25-pin, maybe 10 bucks at Radio Shack) to the
IIc's serial port. Fire up comm programs on each side, with the
same communications parameters, and transfer the files.

Getting the files from one box to the other is only half the battle.
They need to be in compatible format. There are translators for
AppleWorks to various Mac-side "works" programs, but durn little else.
You can sometimes use DIF format to transfer spreadsheets, but only the
data -- no equations. I could be more specific if you said which
programs' data files you wanted to get into useful form by
which Mac-side programs.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 08:58:59 -0500 (cdt)
From: Paul Duckenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: BB-Edit Extensions

Is there a list somewhere of what all the BB-Edit extensions actually do? It
seems that only a couple of them actually have a README that explains them.
Trial and error isn't a lot of fun.

Paul

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 11:34:05 +0000
From: Fearghas McKay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Centris 660AV - Get Info Problem (Q)

Jeff

The problem is with NowMenus, it has decided that you want that key
combination on the menu.

Removal is easy, use the mouse to select GetInfo and the press delete,
before you let go. And it will disappear.

If you want to add a key command all you do is select the menu item and
then press the key that you want. A lot quicker than using Quickeys.

Fearghas

>A Centris 660AV loaded with assorted entensions and control panels has a
>problem with "Get Info".  The keyboard command is changed to Command-Option-W
>which can't be invoked (except by mouse).  When I try to open the control
>panel
>folder from the Apple menu the computer shuts down Now Menus, the Get Info
>returns to Command-I but still can't be used by command and by mouse, and I
>still can't open the control panel folder from the Apple menu.
>
>There is a conflict or incompatability somewhere because when the extensions
>are turned off with shift on startup, there is no problem (and no extensions)
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Jeff Taylor - Scotland              [e-mail]


Fearghas

Edinburgh
Scotland

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:10:09 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Connecting to SUMEX-AIM (busy)

Flame-provoking commentary follows, /dev/null poised & ready:

Well, just to bring a touch of happiness to all my fellow Mac enthusiasts,
last I heard, the Mecca for the MessyDOS crowd, WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL, was
phased out cause the military thought it wasn't prioritary and worth the
resources. Talk about their brilliant PR strategies... (no wonder Aidid is
grinning from ear to ear).

Now, if the Windoze Mecca, cica, were to die out... >:)

JMC
A "neutral" (!) observer

----
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 11:05:55 MDT
From: "Dave Leiner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Damaged Font File

I wrote about Excel loading slow when one of the fonts files is damaged:

>I finally tracked down the problem: a damaged font file. Excel was the only
>application affected (that I know of), and only under a specific set of
>circumstances (32-bit addressing, System 7.1). Well, if anyone sees Excel
load
>really slow, check out your font files by opening each one. The system will
>tell you if one is damaged.

Turns out, a damaged font file was also causing Filemaker Pro to crash
during launch. One more symptom to watch out for.

--Dave

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 14:32:12 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Everex Modem

     Everex Modem
I have a user that has an Everex Carrier 24 Pocket Modem, and was wondering if
there was any possible way of hooking it up to a Mac.  He scrounged around in
his office and found a cable that has a "Mac Plus/Apple IIgs Hayes modem 6'"
label on it with a 25-pin male connector on one end and the standard 8-pin
male
connector on the other end that plugs into the serial (modem/printer) port.
The Pocket modem has a 25-pin female connector, but I know from past
experience
that just 'cuz two connectors FIT together doesn't mean that they necessarily
GO together.  If we were to get this to PHYSICALLY connect together, we still
need to get Mac-compatible software to drive it.

First, is this possible to hook this up?  If so, is this cable OK to use?  If
this is the wrong cable, any suggestions for a correct cable or even cable
pinouts to make this work would be appreciated.  Also any suggestions for
software to drive it.

If this is not possible, would anyone like to make an offer on this precious
relic?  :-)


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

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 16:43:08 MDT
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: File type MPBN, Creator PLAN -- (Microplan?) Ring a bell?

A colleague has some old files, type MPBN, creator PLAN. The icon is a
document with a grid on it, like a spreadsheet. When I showed him the
Finder info, he said, "Microplan? Does that ring a bell?"

Well, does anybody out there know what this is? Is there a current
program that can open and make sense out of these documents?

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 11:31:45 MDT
From: "Dave Leiner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Floptical Incompatibilities

I wrote previously:

>There is an incompatibility with the Iomega 21 MB Floptical Disk Drive when
>used with 1.44 MB disks. If you try to install software off multiple 1.44 MB
>disks, the installer will not eject the disks, and therefore you can't
>continue the install process.

Thanks to Allan Hunter for a workaround. An old fkey called Mount-em does
the trick. It has a hidden option, enabled by holding down the Control key
when executing the fkey. This option allows selective dismounting and
ejecting of any SCSI device. I haven't tried it yet with the floptical but
I'm quite sure it will work. The instructions for Mount-em warn that this is
not a good way to dismount volumes in general. Per Allan's suggestion, I
found Mount-em on wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/info-mac/Old in the fkey
directory.

--Dave

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:09:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: gzip-124.hqx

>Enclosed: a first version of gzip 1.2.4 for Macintosh
>version: 0.0b           SPDsoft 1993
      ^^^^

Gads, I guess this is what's known as a pre-alpha release...

JMC

P.D. Lo siento, Jose, no pude resistir... :)

----
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:10:12 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: How to increase # on localtalk network? (A)

Kee Nethery <[e-mail]> writes:
...
>Personal File Sharing has a
>limit of ten users, AppleShare Server Software does not have that limit.

Beware that the server must have enough memory to handle the load. I recall
reading a technote detailing the specific requirements.

----
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 17:08:50 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Dodge)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #205

About that Myers-Briggs stack that just got uploaded to Sumex: yes! Your
supposition was correct.  The MBTI copyright is owned by Consulting
Psychologists Press in Palo Alto and I suspect they'd be mighty upset to
know that their test is sitting nearby on your computer.  They put some
restrictions on use of the test and only allow people who have some
psychological training to buy it.  It's not meant to be a parlor game.

That Dr. Saunders version of the stack has been floating around cyberspace
for a few years now.  I think it's based on the AV form of the test which
has been superceded by other forms for at least a decade.

I'd take it off if I were you, but if there's a funny version along with
it, I'd love to see it.

::: Bernie Dodge :::

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
Bernie Dodge, Ed Tech Dept, San Diego State University,  619/594-7401

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 20:15:40 BST
From: Maurice Naftalin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Intermittent PB100 failure

My PowerBook 100 (*just* out of guarantee) has developed an infuriating
hardware fault.  Symptoms are: if it's on, then a "bomb" message appears,
but with all the characters wildly disarranged.  Any attempt to restart
it (or turn it on, if it was off when the fault occurred) is met with
repeated chimes and nothing else.

This fault is proving hard to diagnose because it is intermittent (though
getting more frequent) and cures itself, after - typically - a day or
two.  I can't figure any pattern of events that cause either the attack
or the remission.  Only relevant post-factory hardware mod is the
installation of a 4Mb SIMM (making 6Mb in all).

Anyone recognise this?  What am I going to have to replace??

Thanks in advance

Maurice Naftalin                                  [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 11:48:15 PDT
From: "Bill Carroll"  <space![e-mail]>
Subject: InterSLIP configuration (Q)

I'm having problems with my SLIP connection.  My configuration is:

   InterSLIP 1.0fc3
   MacTCP 2.02
   Fetch 2.1
   NCSA Telnet 2.5
   Eudora 1.4
   Hayes Accura 144 + FAX144

I am able to establish a SLIP connection and I am able to 'ping' (using
MacPing)
various hosts but if I attempt to ftp, telnet, or send or recieve mail, the
connection just seems to hang while an attempt is made to connect to any host
I
happen to specify.  I have configured everything as outlined in Adam's book
(thanks, Adam) and I have had the same results using only the necessary system
extensions.  If it matters, I make my SLIP connection to nwnexus.wa.com.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?  E-mail responses to me or to the list if
you think it's of general interest.  Thanks,

Bill Carroll                                     [e-mail]
Seattle Technology Center                        206-656-0140 (voice)
Space Applications Corp.                         206-656-0146 (fax)

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 11:04:36 -0600
From: [e-mail] (John Daspit, C.U. LASP,
[phone])
Subject: Irwin tape backup problems (Q)

Hi all,
    This is a long-shot, but I figured it might be worth posting.
We have an Irwin 80mb tape backup system that has been having problems.
It sometimes reads the directory of a backup ok, but can't restore
anything. Usually it says 'this tape is unformatted, it will take 69 minutes
to format' . This happens on all tapes and on different Macs. Does anyone
have any idea what the problem might be? At the least, does anyone have
an address of a repair place that could fix the drive? (Irwin is out of
business, and I'm very tired of waiting on hold for the Conner company
who took over the name). Thanks, JD, Univ. of Colorado.

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

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 02:02:12 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: Killer Disk Syndrome

Some of you may recall my posting a few issues back, asking if anyone had
experienced a situation where a floppy disk somehow could destroy floppy
drives. I had five or six responses, all except one saying that the person
had experienced or heard of the problem. Suggested causes for the problem
included a subtley bent shutter, metal filings inside the plastic disk
case, or sand inside the case. Nobody gave a full, technical explanation of
exactly how a disk could go bad and then destroy drives, but I was pleased
to find out more about the issue anyway.

Thanks very much to all who responded!

-Tonya

Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft

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

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 14:01 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laserwriter 8.1.1

In Digest 207, Michael Jensen writes:

>Also, does anybody have anything _good_ to say about LW 8.1.1?  I'm a
>cautious about trying it again.

I really don't understand what all the fuss is over the incompatibilities/
flaws that Laserwriter 8.x has.  Since these are relatively few, and since
8.x coexists with the old 7.x driver without any clashes, I think it makes
mucho sense to upgrade.  You can always revert temporarily to the old
driver if you encounter a problem in printing certain types of graphics
>From certain applications.

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

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 13:26 CET
From: "Charles C. Schneider"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8.x: where?

Hi,
I came back after a long vacation and have read about the LW v8.x,
but it's not where the older posts say it should be. Where is it now?
I'd love to get my hands on an FTP'd copy if I can.
TIA,
Chuck

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:09:31 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: LaserWriter NTR - Autoswitch (A)

Jim Schenk writes:

>Hello.  We have a user with a Personal Laserwriter NTR who wants to
>share it between a Macintosh and a PC.  He wants to know if he can
>connect the PC to the parallel port, and the Mac to the localtalk port,
>and if the printer autoswitch between ports.  Does anyone have any
>experience with this?

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 12:59:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schenk)
Subject: LaserWriter NTR - Autoswitch (Summary)

> Hello.  We have a user with a Personal Laserwriter NTR who wants to
> share it between a Macintosh and a PC.  He wants to know if he can
> connect the PC to the parallel port, and the Mac to the localtalk port,
> and if the printer autoswitch between ports.  Does anyone have any
> experience with this?

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question.  The answer is, yes,
the Personal Laserwriter NTR will autoswitch just fine between
its parallel, serial, and localtalk ports, and you can connect Macs
and PCs to it with no problems.  If anyone needs more details about
the specifics of printing with DOS, Windows, Postscript, PCL, etc, send
me an e-mail and I'll forward you some of the replies.

Again, thanks to all the people who responded.

Jim         [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 08:37:06 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rocky Olive)
Subject: List of Macs?

My friend (a pc user) is thinking of converting!  He asked me if I knew of a
list of all Macs and their specs.  For example:

Model  Processor  MHz  NuBus slots  built-in video (etc...)

If anyone knows of something like this, or can type one up off the top of
their head, would you consider sending me a copy and maybe even posting it
here for everyone else?  I don't know about you, but I lost track when Quadra,
Centris and Performa came along!  :)

Rocky Olive <[e-mail]>       [phone]
Data General Corporation              fax: [phone]
Apex, NC  27502    USA

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 14:11:48 CDT
From: Mack <[e-mail]>
Subject: LW 8

I know that this has been asked.....is there a way to turn off the spool
file?  I have my drive partitioned, with a sys partition with 4 megs left.
The spool file is bigger than that, and  I have tried to make an alias
of the folder and put the real one on a larger partition.  Any suggestions?

Mack

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 12:57:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh BBS Systems

I haven't seen any digest coverage of bulletin board systems for
the Macintosh. I'm really interested in details on the graphical
based ones...Telefinder is the only one I know of...others, price,
features, multiple-line capability, experience of use????

Please reply via e-mail and I will post a summation of there is enough
response/interest.
Thanks
Timothy
"[e-mail]"

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

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 08:22:00 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Robin Dover)
Subject: Microsoft Mail server/Centris 650CD conflict?

We bought a Centris 650 with internal CD ROM and hoped to use its extra
speed and large hard disc to run our MS mail server on.
Wrong!
After the usual process of elimination it appears that one (or more) of the
Apple CD extensions/CP conflicts with the MS mail server causing frequent
crashes. This is in a plain vanilla system -as delivered. I haven't tried
to work out which file it is that is the problem. I am not paid to
troubleshoot software... Unfortunatly neither have microsoft as I haven't
heard anything from them since reporting it....
Has anyone else tried the MS mail server on a Mac with a CD? Can anyone
suggest anything we can do to persuade Microsoft to solve the problem
(apart from buying Quickmail which is rapidly becoming an option)? We have
a financial investment in MS mail software and upgraded the product to run
with system 7.1 (required by the Centris) so it seems wasteful to dump it.

Robin Dover, Histopathology Unit ICRF LONDON UK
([phone] voice  071 269 3091 Fax

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 16:59:42 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Modems

I am looking for a reliable modem.  I would like to get a fax/modem/ voice
mail
combination, but I have heard that they still have a lot of problems.  Is this
true?  What is the best (and cheapest) combination currently available?

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 19:03:34 CDT
From: Don Walter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need a speech app for the blind

     One of the things that first occurred to me when I tried the
new plaintalk voice software is how useful it would be to blind people
in reading books.  A relatively inexpensive system will now make it
possible for the blind to scan in pages from books and have the computer
read the page to them .  I called the campus disabled services to come
over and "take a listen" and they were impressed with the quality and well
as the price.

     The thing that is missing is the plethora of applications I expected
to see.  What is needed is an application that reads a page and/or a file,
allows pausing, resay word, resay sentence, resay paragraph, spell word,
and easy editing of phonemes for mis-pronounced words.  All with easily
located keys controlling these functions.

     If anyone out there can develop this application, I think this
is a promising niche for Macintosh computers.

Don Walter
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 20:07:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: TREND SETTER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Partitioning & Programs

--Boundary (ID GXLfSA3HhcYptbiDQs+/eQ)


Here is a question for those who are knowledgeable about partitioning
hard drives:

I have read that when one partitions a large hard drive, it is best
to put frequently read/write files in the 1st partition, and applications and
system stuff in the 2nd partition. The exception to this is with graphics
programs that require a lot of read/writing while in progress (i.e. Photoshop)
The concept stems from the fact that files read/write faster on the outer
sectors of the drive, so keeping files here will help speed data transfer.

My question is, assuming this concept is true, which graphic programs would
be better suited to place in the outer partition? Applications like Excel,
that
are read once from the drive and put into RAM, are better off on the inner
partition, which is slower.

I am partitioning my drive, but would like to know which partition to put
my applications on.

-thanks for any helpful input,
Trent

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 14:46:19 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: Potential Mirror Sites -- how about just /info-mac/recent? (S)

I've really enjoyed having the /info-mac/recent directory. It makes for a
lot less hunting around when I see something in the digest I want. When it
was first released, I'd just open Turbogopher if I saw something I wanted,
click on my /info-mac/recent bookmark, and get it. Now, I typically try
that, get the "server too busy" message, and try again throughout the day
or until I forget what I wanted. If 5 or 6 sites around the world (new
sites) would carry just this section, it would take care of a lot of the
traffic without requiring a lot of storage space. I would guess that 20MB
would typically do quite well. Any takers?


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

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:09:39 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Problems with Apple's new system update?

Brian Gordon writes:

>I picked up the new system update (2-0-1) from the Apple server, copied it to
>my Mac (Mac II running 7.1), de-binhqx'd it, and used the latest (beta)
>mountimage to open it.  All looks fine with an Installer, a README and a few
>folders worth of goodies.  All attempts to use the installer fail, however,
>with an illegal instruction trap....

Sheesh ! I'll never risk my fully operational system by trying to patch it
>From a mounted image of an updater, especially when MountImage's author
specifically warned against such capers. Surely avoiding the waste of time
and effort involved in repairing a trashed system is worth one blank
diskette !

JMC

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Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: 20 Oct 1993 00:52:10 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Keith Marshall)
Subject: PS->EPS

Does antbody know of a utility to convert poscript files
into encapsulated postscript? I'm transferring some files
>From PC to mac.

Replies to [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 13:00:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuadraLink

Has anyone used this serial-port expanding NuBus card?
I am specifically interested in using multiple modems with a BBS program.

Or, are there other nifty-er ways of doing this???
Thanks
Timothy
"[e-mail]"

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

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 07:51:14 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuicKeys 3.0 & Applicon conflict solved (Q&A)

I recently upgraded to QK 3.0 and immediately found that running
Applicon caused the latter to quit and the former to be rendered
inoperative (the shortcuts wouldn't work).  After much wrestling with
the problem I resorted to reading the documentation for Applicon and
noticed that it warns that some INITS like to borrow memory from active
applications, and that for such INITs, the memory setting for Applicon
might have to be increased.  I reset it for 200K and since then QK
works fine. You might be able to get by with less: I have RAM to spare.

In my quest for info, I consulted the CEForum on CompuServe and found
a  considerable number of conflicts being reported, with the sysop
fairly consistently replying that each problem would be turned over
to a support person and the complainer helped by email.  Not very
informative.  However, I did pick up a few tips.  NOW Toolbox and
SuperBoomerang have to be upgraded to 4.0.1p (an updater is available
in the MACSYS forum) and conflicts with other INITS can best be
avoided by having CEToolbox be the first INIT to load and the QK
3.0 extension load last.  Of course this cavalier advice ignores
the fact that many other extensions want to be placed in those
privileged positions, but there's the advice for what it's worth.

Paul Brians, Washington State University, Pullman, WA  99164-5020

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

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 09:22:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE> Let's Change The World

>Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 17:12
>From: [e-mail] (Ron Webster)
>Subject: Let's change the world

>Request to all Mac users:

>     I am in the process of challenging (on legal grounds) various
>copy-protection schemes employed by the software industry.  I need a
>couple of things from the Mac user community. ...


Ron --

No doubt that copy protection is a pain in the butt for legal users of
software.  The problem is that we buy such software *knowing* that it is
copy protected, and in so doing we are accepting by implicit contract
the constraints of operating the software.

The only capitalistic way of stopping the practice is to offer an
equally good product that is NOT copy protected. And in fact, this is
what happened in the early days of the Macintosh, after which most
software came without copy protection.

One of the notable exceptions to lack of copy protection removal is
music software.  Most professional level music software (e.g., Vision
>From Opcode Systems) is copy protected, although there are exceptions
(e.g., Finale from Coda Music Software).  I've spoken to Opcode Systems
personally about the subject.  My understanding of their perspective is
that users (presumably the music composition community) are so larcenous
that they would sustain unacceptable losses without the protection.  Music
software is quite sophisticated and correspondingly difficult to create.
So far I do not know of anyone who has come out with a product that can
compete with the top copy-protected music applications that has not also
installed copy protection.

My solution to the problem has been to create a hard-disk partition on
which I install all copy-protected applications.  This partition is not
subject to any of my normal disk maintenance (optimization, desktop
rebuilds, backup).  I only have to remember to remove the software
before I do a disk re-format.  The installation disks from my publishers
all allow two installs.  So if I have a disk crash and cannot remove
the installed software, I can still get back up and running.  Then I
would have to call the publishers for a new installation disk (about
$20).  I have never had a problem except once in the early days of virus
protection.

Some new copy-protection methods tie the installed copy to a particular
hard disk, and on this hard disk you can copy to your heart's content.
Furthermore the installed copy is not sensitive (at least theoretically)
to disk optimization, compression, etc.  HOWEVER, I have found, after
doing a disk reformat and restore, that some applications which have
stored information about file locations for rapid access cannot access
the reconstituted disk with their old information.  It is as if each
disk reconstitution assigns to the disk a new internal id number (as I
know is assigned to each file/folder).  I suspect that a copy protected
application will complain that it no longer is on its "blessed" disk
after the disk has been reconstituted, but I don't know for sure.

As a user I certainly could do without copy protection, but when I think
of myself as a developer (which I am), I have to consider whether I can
sell enough copies so that in spite of piracy I can stay afloat or
whether I have to go the protection route.

-- Pete Roberts

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 02:57:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: Arthur Darren Dunham <[e-mail]>
Subject: Rice Info-mac archives

I noticed this extract of a message in info-mac the other day.
 ------
>>yesterday. I sent for the list of all files, and got back a 72 page list of
>>full of this-
>>
>>*NOTHELD *NOROOM    0 92/08/10
>>*NOTHELD *TOOOLD*   0 92/05/05
>>*NOTHELD *NOROOM    0 93/05/08
>>
>>Does this mean that the mail server is no longer serving?
>
>No, Hair. It means that the Rice mirror does not have as much space as
>the sumex-aim master does. So Rice doesn't pick up anything earlier than
>whatever date. Even if a file is after whatever date, it may not be inc-
>luded because of lack of space. Rice isn't broke. It is limited.
 -------
Actually, he's mentioning that EVERY line was showing the notheld stuff.
I'm not sure why this happened, but I noticed it when I was grabbing
some stuff off it too.

Anyway, the next time I checked, the files seemed to have returned.  I
never asked anyone about it, so I'll assume it was just a temporary
inconvenience.

-Darren Dunham
-Rice University
[e-mail]

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Date: 19 Oct 93 09:57:00 EST
From: "MIKE TAPPY" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Seeking documentation for JPEG, MPEG, and AIFF

I am looking for documentation that explains the following graphics, movie,
and sound standards: JPEG, MPEG, and AIFF.  If you know where I can obtain
the Standard Committee/Consortium documents (FTP site prefered) that
describe these standards, please respond. I would also be very happy to
locate any source code or non-committee literature on this subject.
As always TIA.

Michael G. Tappy             [phone]
Naval Air Warfare Center     [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 11:16:25 MDT
From: "Dave Leiner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slow Fileshare Access over ARA

Can anyone shed some light on this problem?

Under certain circumstances, access to System 7 file sharing is very slow
when using Appletalk Remote Access. The symptom is that the list of
available volumes takes about a minute to come on the screen after signing
in as a user or guest and then opening folders, etc is miserably slow. Only
happens on some machines, but I haven't found a common thread of system
version, network connection, etc.

One very strange symptom is that changing any of the parameters in Apple's
AppleShareSetup doohickie on the server machine causes the symptom to
disappear. However, it returns after a few minutes.

I suspect some sensitivity in Appletalk or the Filesharing software to the
relatively slow (14.4 kbps) ARA connection. Maybe some process repeatedly
timing out. Perhaps AppleShareSetup resets some timeout value temporarily. I
want to emphasize, though, that it is not the speed of the connection per se
causing the problem. When volumes mount on a working machine, they mount in
a few seconds, compared to a minute or so when the problem exists.

TIA for your help.

--Dave

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Date: 19 Oct 93 12:29:23 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: spare some simms?

Hello mac wizards
I've had luck with past posting and would now like to put out a
request for a friend of mine. He has a mac II si with 5mb of ram.
To upgrade the simms, he has to replace all 4 1 meg simms with
4 of the same kind. He'd like to find someone or two who can sell him
some 2 meg simms cheap. Of course if you 4 meg simms leftover from some
upgrade he'll take those but I think he will have better luck looking
for 2's. Remember, these are the old style simms, not the new 72 pin
kind.
Thanks for any and all help. John hess [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:10:15 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: System 7 Pro

"Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]> writes

...(Adam's comments deleted)

>One of the local Apple engineers said that we could very well see
>pre-emptive multi-taking with the first major OS upgrade after the
>introduction of the PowerPC. Who knows when that will be. At least
>it says that Apple is thinking about it.

Don't forget the Thread Manager (found in ftp.apple.com). That system
extension can allow pre-emptive multitasking NOW, without 7.1 Pro.
Unfortunately, as of this writing, only one application seems to use it: a
diskette formatter written (I think) by Alessandro Montalcini, which allows
backgrounding (this application is found in apps at sumex).

JMC

----
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]



(42) 17-37-66

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 07:35:02 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: the LineLink modem is on backorder

Yesterday I returned home to find a box from MacWarehouse waiting at the
door.
I eagerly opened it to find the following contents:

-- the MW catalog and promotional offers
-- the wrong version of their $2 shareware bundle (I had ordered 18.0; they
    sent 19.0)
-- an invoice saying the modem is on backorder
-- a generous helping of styrofoam doodles.

I'm glad to know the modem is on backorder, that's why it's taking so long.
However, I think they could have picked a simpler (not to mention more
environmentally-conscious) way ot letting me know.

                    -- Jay

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Date: 19 Oct 1993 12:17:00 -0700
From: "Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: The Namer [A]

Scott McLagan mentions:

> Remember The Namer? Apple's Sys 6 utility for naming AppleTalk printers. It
> won't rename AppleTalk ImageWriters if your computer is using Sys 7.x
because
> it can't find the device drivers (Obviously, it's not aware of the the
> extensions folder).
>
> Does anyone know how to rename AppleTalk ImageWriters from a Sys 7
computer?
> Believe it or not, I need to do this often.

At one point I remember having to use a 'System 7' version of The Namer.
Unfortunately,
I don't recall the actual version number.

Good Luck.


Sandro Menzel

<[e-mail]>  -  Media Technologies, Inc.  -  Bothell, WA

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 17:38:11 -0500
From: Colglazier <[e-mail]>
Subject: Time tracking/billing program needed


Our landscape architectural firm of 7 people is looking for an efficient
commercial or shareware program to track the time we spend on projects,
create appropriate bills and reports, and print statements.

We currently use Quicken 4.0 for bookkeeping and are currently using
Timeslips III for project tracking.  Timeslips III is similar to what we
want, but we need something easier to use.  The program must also NOT
require an accounting degree or background.

Please send replies to [e-mail] or post to the digest
(I read Info-Mac and TidBITS very reliably.  Thanks in advance!

Joshua
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:05:42 +0500 (PakSTDT)
From: Sohail Aslam <[e-mail]>
Subject: ToadNews, rnMac etc.

Dear Info-Mac Moderator,

Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan. I recently purchased the info-mac
CDROM from Walnut Creek. I don't have ftp access to the internet. The
CDROM is currently the only way to get info-mac archives.

I tried using rnMac, a news reader/posting program submitted by Roy
Wood of Univ. of Toronto. The readme file mentioned that it works in
conjuction with ToadNews, UUCP, and Fernmail. I have all except
ToadNews. I searched through the entire CD but there was not
ToadNews. I send email to Roy but the message bounched with the error
that Toronto mailer knows of noone by the user name "rrwood".
Evidently Roy has left Toronto and I don't have his email. I am thus
taking the liberty to ask you where I can get ToadNews. If the
binhexed version of TaodNews package is less than 40K, could you
please mail it to me? Otherwise, let me know of an ftp site (it could
be sumex-aim info-mac archive or michigan) that I can have a friend
log into and pick up ToadNews. If you know of any other news program
that uses UUCP, please let me know.

Sohail Aslam
[e-mail]

Sohail Aslam
Assistant Professor
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:11:31 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Two silly questions & thanks

Donovan Stewart writes:

>Just two (as the subject implies) silly questions: firstly, where is
>the Thread Manager software stored on ftp.apple.com?
...
>(and just what does "dts" stand for, anyway?).

If my real memory is as good as my Mac's, it should be in /dts/mac/hacks.
Be sure to get the technote on it, especially if you plan to write anything
that uses it (be sure to share  your efforts if you do ! ;) )

dts == Developer Technical Support

JMC

----
Juan M. Courcoul                          Net: [e-mail]
Monterrey Inst. of Technology                  [e-mail]
Queretaro Campus                    Voice/Fax: [phone]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 16:05:25 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unethical Computers

The word from our West Virginia Attorney General is that it is
"unethical" for faculty or staff to purchase computers directly
>From the Computer Store on campus at reduced prices.  Students,
however, can still purchase at discounts.  This, of course, ends
a very nice perk--and something that I feel benefited everyone.

What is the story in other states (or other parts of the world)?
Have you encountered the same situation in your neck of the woods?

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 08:37:07 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Tim Neese)
Subject: Viewing Sun AutoCad files on a Mac

Hello,

A friend of mine is looking for a Mac program that would allow him to view
AutoCad files created on a Sun workstation on a Mac.  He would prefer to be
able to view .DWG files but .DXF would be fine.  His main interest is in
viewing the files, but being able to markup or modify the drawings would be
great.

Any suggestions?

Please respond to [e-mail].

Thanks in advance for any insights.

Tim

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