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Info-Mac Digest             Fri,  5 Nov 93       Volume 11 : Issue 219

Today's Topics:

      [!] New Macintosh Viruses Discovered (CODE-1 & MBDF-B)
      [*] BinHex4 Translator Updater
      [*] DiskLock_PB_1.0.1a_Patcher.hqx
      [*] Expanded Book: Orthodoxy
      [*] flying eric ad module
      [*] friction-20-demo.hqx
      [*] Kamprath CDEF Pack v1.1
      [*] LC 475 Speedometer Report
      [*] MacOberon401.sit.hqx
      [*] MacToVax submission...
      [*] midi - DX7 Librarian 1.0.2
      [*] OneNet World No. 1
      [*] revision to midi-adapters
      [*] Simpsons Icons Volume 2
      [*] sound-at-random.cpt - (source & bin) pick a sound at random and yell
      it
      [*] StuffIt AppleScripts.sit.hqx
      [*] The 1500 Question Purity Test
      [*] tidbits-caring-for-wrists-pdf.hqx
      [*] tidbits-caring-for-wrists-pm.hqx
      [*] tidbits-caring-for-wrists-ps.hqx
      [*] Trincoll Journal 11.4.93
      [*] Water marks in MS Word 5.1 (I did it!)
      (fairly) primitive music software
      (Q) Access PC 2.0 w/ Apple CD-ROM
      (Q) Play and record at the same time
      13" Monitor Woes - Chapter 2 (Q)
      1984 Commercial (A Modest Proposal)
      [A] Optima Technology
      Access PC vs. System 6.08L
      A custom help facility...
      Agree with SuperDoubler 1.0 (not so Super) (sent 2 or 3 times?)
      Alice: Packing REP's
      A quest foe Indexes
      AutoPower On/Off (C)
      buy offer
      Can You Change an App's CPU-Cycle Appetite?
      Centris 660av ---> Quadra 660av
      Comp.sys.mac listserv (Q)
      connecting my loud powerbook...
      Connection using MacTCP
      Credit Card Validation via Mac (R)
      directory listings for the macintosh
      Economic Simulation
      Flourescent Lights
      Geoport - anyone? (Q)
      HD Capacity Tool wanted
      Hooking up a LaserWriter to a Mac (when NOT using LocalTalk)
      HPopupMenu 3.2.2
      Is stylewriter ink waterproof (A)
      Mail for Macintosh & modem
      NCSA Telnet's Tek 4014/4105 plotting (Re: "Tek 4105 emulator ?") [A]
      PageMaker 5.0, Word 5.1 & EndNote (Q)
      Printing postscript files over the internet (A)
      Quicken 4 (Answer)
      Quicken 4 (R)
      Quicken 4 Bad?
      Quicken 4 not THAT bad...
      Removable storage...
      Scrabble for Mac (summary)
      SwitchBack 2.1 Want List
      System 7.1 - COMMERCIAL PRODUCT!
      System Memory and Crashes (Q)
      WordPerfect: World-Script Savvy?
      Would someone please upload Tex-Edit 1.9 from AOL?
      Zyxel 1496EG+ ARA script needed...

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:07:37 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [!] New Macintosh Viruses Discovered (CODE-1 & MBDF-B)

Subject: New Macintosh Viruses Discovered (CODE-1 & MBDF-B)
From: spaf
Date: 4 Nov 1993 17:05:02 -0500
In article <[e-mail]> , [e-mail] writes:
>
>          New Macintosh Viruses Discovered (CODE-1 & MBDF-B)
>                             4 Nov 1993
>
>
> Virus: CODE-1
> Damage: Alters applications and system file; may rename hard disk;
>       may crash system or damage some files.  See below.
> Spread: possibly limited, but has potential to spread quickly
> Systems affected: All Apple Macintosh computers, under Systems 6 & 7.
>
> Several sites have reported instances of a new Macintosh virus on
> their systems.  This virus spreads to application programs and the
> system file.  Its only explicit action, other than spreading, is to
> rename the hard disk to "Trent Saburo" if the system is restarted on
> October 31 of any year.  However, the virus changes several internal
> code pointers that may be set by various extensions and updates.  This
> may lead to system failures, failures of applications to run
> correctly, and other problems.  Under some conditions the virus may
> cause the system to crash.
>
> The virus detected by some virus protection programs on some Macintosh
> machines (but no anti-virus program released prior to this date
> specifically recognizes this virus).  This behavior depends on the
> nature of the hardware and software configuration of the infected
> machine.  All current anti-virus programs should be updated to the
> versions listed below to ensure that the virus can be found.
>
>
>
> Virus: MBDF-B
> Damage: minimal, but see below
> Spread: probably limited
> Systems affected:  Apple Macintosh computers.  The virus spreads on
>                    all types of Macs except MacPlus systems and
>                    (perhaps) SE systems; it may be present on MacPlus
>                    and SE systems and not spread, however.
>
> A new variant of the MBDF-A virus has recently been discovered.  It
> seems that a person or persons unknown has modified the original
> MBDF-A virus slightly and released it. Like the original, this virus
> does not intentionally cause damage, but it may spread widely.
>
> The virus does not necessarily exhibit any symptoms on infected
> systems.  Some abnormal behavior has been reported in machines
> infected with MBDF-A, involving system crashes and malfunctions in
> various programs, which may possibly be traced to the virus.  Some
> specific symptoms include:
>     * Infected Claris applications will indicate that they have
>       been altered
>     * The "BeHierarchic" shareware program ceases to work correctly.
>     * Some programs will crash if something in the menu
>       bar is selected with the mouse.
> The MBDF-B virus should behave similarly and will spread under both
> System 6 and System 7.
>
> Some Mac anti-virus tools will detect this virus.  However, all
> anti-virus tools should be updated so as to properly identify and
> remove this virus from infected systems.
>
>
>
> The authors of all major Macintosh anti-virus tools are planning
> updates to their tools to locate and/or eliminate these viruses. Some
> of these are listed below. We recommend that you obtain and use a
> CURRENT version of AT LEAST ONE of these programs.
>
>
> Some specific information on updated Mac anti-virus products follows:
>
>     Tool: Central Point Anti-Virus
>     Status: Commercial software
>     Revision to be released: 3.0a
>     Where to find: Central Point BBS, [phone]
>     When available: November 5, 1993
>     Comments: Registered users will receive postcards. Also, users can
>             download the file 'Mac CPAV Antidotes 11/5/93' from the
>               usual places to receive the update.
>
>
>     Tool: Disinfectant
>     Status: Free software (courtesy of Northwestern University and
>               John Norstad)
>     Revision to be released: 3.3
>     When available: November 5, 1993
>     Where to find: usual archive sites and bulletin boards --
>                  ftp.acns.nwu.edu, sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
>                    rascal.ics.utexas.edu, AppleLink, America Online,
>                    CompuServe, Genie, Calvacom, MacNet, Delphi,
>                    comp.binaries.mac
>
>
>     Tool: Gatekeeper
>     Status: Free software (courtesy of Chris Johnson)
>     Revision to be released: 1.2.9
>     When available: November 8, 1993
>     Where to find: usual archive sites and bulletin boards --
>                  microlib.cc.utexas.edu, sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
>                    rascal.ics.utexas.edu, comp.binaries.mac
>     Comments: 1.2.8 is already effective against MBDF-B. Gatekeeper Aid will
>               identify it as an "Unknown Strain" of MBDF, but will remove it
>               without difficulty.
>
>
>     Tool: Rival
>     Status: Commercial software
>     Revision to be released: CODE-1 Vaccine
>     When available: Immediately.
>     Where to find: AppleLink, America Online, Calvacom, Compuserve, Internet
>                    XELPH's Customer Service @ 415/327-9563
>     When available: immediately
>     Comments: The vaccine will be e-mailed to all registered users.
>     Comments: The existing Rival MBDF Vaccine already detects/removes
MBDF-B.
>
>
>     Tool: SAM (Virus Clinic and Intercept)
>     Status: Commercial software
>     Revision to be released:  3.5.9
>     When available: November 5, 1993
>     Where to find: CompuServe, America Online, Applelink, Symantec's
>                    Customer Service @ 800-441-7234
>     Comments: Updates to various versions of SAM to detect and remove
>           CODE-1 and MBDF-B are available from the above sources.
>
>
>     Tool: Virex
>     Status: Commercial software
>     Revision to be released: 4.1
>     Where to find: Datawatch Corporation, [phone]
>     When available: November 5, 1993
>     Comments: Datawatch's BBS number is [phone]
>     Comments: Virex currently detects and repairs the MBDF-B virus but
>             identifies it as the MBDF-A virus.
>     Comments: UDV for CODE-1 virus; Guide Number = 13656448
>             1:        020A 30FA 7D90 7610     / 8C
>             2:        00A9 C60C AF00 0A00     / F1
>             3:        3EA0 0B4E 7581 8090     / 59
>
>
>     Tool: VirusDetective
>     Status: Shareware
>     Revision to be released: 5.0.10
>     When available: immediately
>     Where to find: various Mac archives
>     Comments: VirusDetective is shareware.  Search strings for the CODE-1
>            virus will be sent only to registered users via e-mail.
>          Registered users without e-mail access should contact the
>          author for the search string.  The MBDF-B virus is already
>          detected by the MBDF-A search string.
>
>
> If you discover what you believe to be a virus on your Macintosh
> system, please report it to the vendor/author of your anti-virus
> software package for analysis.  Such reports make early, informed
> warnings like this one possible for the rest of the Mac community.  If
> you are otherwise unsure of who to contact, you may send e-mail to
> [e-mail] as an initial point of contact.
>
> Also, be aware that writing and releasing computer viruses is more
> than a rude and damaging act of vandalism -- it is also a violation of
> many state and Federal laws in the US, and illegal in several other
> countries.  If you have *ANY* information concerning the author(s) of
> these or any other computer virus, please contact any of the
> anti-virus providers listed above.  Several Mac virus authors have
> been apprehended thanks to the efforts of the Mac user community, and
> some have received criminal convictions for their actions.  This is
> yet one more way to help protect your computers.
>
>
>
>--
>Gene Spafford, COAST Project Director
>Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
>Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
>Internet:  [e-mail]  phone:  [phone]

_____
NCSA-UIUC,  e:[e-mail],  p:[phone]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 10:29:57 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: [*] BinHex4 Translator Updater

This application updates the StuffIt Lite BinHex4 3.0.7 translator to
version 3.0.7*, fixing a problem with encoding and decoding, which caused
the translator to cease execution of StuffIt Lite.

If you have StuffIt Deluxe OR already have the 3.0.7* BinHex4 translator of
10/24/93, you do NOT need this updater. You can find out the version/date
of your
translator by Getting Info on
:System:Extensions:Aladdin:Translators:BinHex4 Translator.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-lite-binhex4-307a-updt.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 10:55:55 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: [*] DiskLock_PB_1.0.1a_Patcher.hqx

This is a fix to the original patcher issued a few days ago.  A minor bug
was found and fixed in this version.  Please delete any earlier versions.

The versions can be told apart by the version number.  This version is
1.0.1a.

This program updates DiskLock PB 1.0 to DiskLock PB 1.0.1.

Make sure you update a copy of DiskLock PB, not the original disk.

After updating DiskLock PB, launch DiskLock PB by double clicking on it,
remove DiskLock PB from your Powerbook, and the install DiskLock PB again.

DiskLock PB 1.0.1 fixes a bug on the Powerbook Duo.  No other files on the
original disk have changed.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-lock-101a-updt.hqx; 90K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 16:23:28 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Expanded Book: Orthodoxy

Have you ever wanted to try a Voyager (tm) Expanded Book (tm) without the
expense of purchasing one?  Welcome to G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy
Expanded Book!  I have scanned Orthodoxy and put together this Expanded
Book using Voyager's Expanded Book Toolkit in part for the satisfaction of
your curiosity.  This book may be distributed freely as long as no fee is
charged for the book or for its distribution.

To use this book, you must install the fonts provided in the "EBT
Fonts--Orthodoxy" suitcase. You must also have System 6.0.7 and Hypercard
2.1 or later installed.

This Expanded Book demonstrates many of the  advanced features available
>From the Expanded Book Toolkit, including navigation, bookmarks, paper
clips, table of contents, index, progress guage, margin notes, the Library,
and the Notepad.

A powerbook is recommended for aesthetics of reading a book on a computer,
but it should work on any Mac running System 6.0.7 and Hypercard 2.1 or
later.

Harry Plantinga
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/orthodoxy-expanded-book-hc.hqx; 634K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 14:38:24 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] flying eric ad module

flying eric ad module comes with readme...

>This AfterDark module, Flying Eric, was adapted by Eric Weidl,
>programmer for the Biological Sciences Division of the University of
>Chicago. The original module was, of course, Flying Toasters.
>
>-submitted by [e-mail], a mere Computing Assistant, who made
>UCDesktopTextures a while back. I'm a U.G. CA working in the BSLC for
>the BSDAC of the UC.

enjoy...

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/flying-eric.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 22:31:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hussam A Dandashli)
Subject: [*] friction-20-demo.hqx

Friction 2.0 Demo
Analysis and Visualization of a Block on a Ramp

This application solves for the friction between a block and an inclined
surface, and shows the motion of the block under an applied force.
The application is interactive in a sense that some parameters like friction
coefficient, force magnitude and direction, location of the center of gravity,
slope of the inclined plane, and size of the block can be changed with the
mouse or from a dialog box.

This application will probably run on any Macintosh with only 200K to 400K
RAM. It will look nicer on a color monitor, however.

The demo version is limited to a slope of 15 degrees of the inclined plane.
Otherwise, everything else is fully functional.

This application is shareware with a fee of $10 (+ S&H if cannot send via e-
mail).

Orders, bug reports, and suggestions could be sent to the author

Hussam Dandashli
POBox 3035
W. Lafayette, IN 47906
e-mail: [e-mail]
AOL: [e-mail]

This application could be included on the archive's CD-ROM

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/friction-20-demo.hqx; 258K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 13:57:18 -0500
From: Michael F. Kamprath <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Kamprath CDEF Pack v1.1

This submission should replace any previous "Kamprath CDEF Pack," and should
be
placed in the development section.

This archive contains 2 CDEFs plus a sampler program to demostrate their use.
One CDEF allows icon families to be used to define a pushbutton's (or plain
button's) looks.  The CDEF will automatically plot the proper icon depending
on
the monitor depth.  The other CDEF allows a "point and click" method for
entering dates.  This CDEF is compatible with _any_ date and time format as
setup in the Date & Time control panel.

This package require System 7 or later.

Michael F. Kamprath
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/cdef-pack-11.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 17:19:48 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: [*] LC 475 Speedometer Report

Here's an LC 475 Speedometer Report. The machine is not -as Apple claims-
two times as fast as an LCIII, but *three* times as fast :-)

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/speedometer-lc-475-results.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 19:27:24 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacOberon401.sit.hqx

Here is a binhexed stuffit archive containing the latest version, 4.0.1
of the programming language MacOberon from neptune.inf.ethz.ch.  Here are
some excerpts from the readme files:

The enclosed archive contains Version 4.0.1 of MacOberon. This software
is copyrighted, but may be distributed free of charge for non-commercial
purposes. Please read the copyright message within the program for
details. MacOberon requires a Macintosh equipped with a Motorola 68020
processor (or higher) and a floating-point coprocessor. It will not run
on Macintosh Classic computers. However, you can use it on Macintoshes
without floating-point hardware by installing one of several widely
available "shareware" coprocessor emulation INITs in the System Folder.
MacOberon prefers to run under System 7 and later versions of the
Macintosh operating system, and is compatible with 32-bit addressing,
virtual memory, and the "fast" mode of Macintosh Quadra computers. This
version of MacOberon prints on any Macintosh printer. For esthetically
pleasing results, scalable versions (TrueType or PostScript) of the
Helvetica and Courier fonts should be present, instead of bit-mapped
printer fonts.

Version 4.01 fixes an obscure compiler bug (thanks to Alex Waller for
finding it), introduces an explicit test for Color QuickDraw at startup
and contains a corrected version of DK.MacOberon.Starter.Text that
explains scrolling correctly. Users of version 4.00 please upgrade to
the new version.

The standard software distribution contains sufficient on-line
documentation to enable users to use the system normally.
This documentation can also be printed from within the application.

MacOberon by Niklaus Wirth, Juerg Gutknecht, Michael Franz
Copyright (c) 1989-93 by Institut fuer Computersysteme
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland

"Oberon" and "MacOberon" are trademarks of ETH Zurich.
"Macintosh" is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
"StuffIt" is a trademark of Aladdin Systems.

The ProgInOberon and ProjectOberon files have not changed since the 3.3
release.  Further information about Oberon can be found in the Oberon
newsgroup comp.lang.oberon.  Please note that I am not the author of
this software.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac-oberon-401.hqx; 831K]

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 08:25:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MacToVax submission...

[Corrected announcement, original file is the same --isl]

  --  MacToVax is a HyperCard 2.1 stack that will convert any text, MSWord
fast or full save file to standard ascii 80 column per line text file.
You need not convert MSWord docs to text first, which is MacToVax's strong
point.  At user control, MacToVax will replace any char seqence in the
resultant file, usefull for converting files with non-standard ascii codes in
them, such as curly quotes and bullets.  Users have full control of the name
and path to the resultant text file.

  --  Thank you,
       Gordon Graber

Gordon Graber -- Drake University, Des Moines, Internet:
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/mac-to-vax-hc.hqx; 71K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 08:57:35 JST
From: [e-mail] (Takashi Suzuki)
Subject: [*] midi - DX7 Librarian 1.0.2

DX7 Librarian is an application for the Macintosh which allows you
to make up library of voice data for DX7. One window has one voice
data, and you can open windows as many as you want.
When this application receives bulk dump MIDI data, new window will
open and show you it's parameter. You can keep 32 voices in one file,
so it's easy to replace DX7's internal 32 voices.
Apple Script recordable.

What's changed in 1.0.2.
% Fixed the bug when you send 32Voices Sys.Ex data from DX7 to DX7
  Librarian twice or more in a short time.
% If "Send When Changed" item in Transmit menu is checked, parameter
  change Sys.Ex data is sent along with you change parameter.
% Added new menu item "Program Change..." in Transmit menu.
% Wider selection range of usable voice name characters compared with
  DX7.

Requirement :
System7 + QuickTime + Apple MIDI Manager or
System7.1 + Apple MIDI Manager

Shareware.

-- T.Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/dx7-librarian-102.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 08:41:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Steven Heckler <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] OneNet World No. 1

     By popular request, I am posting the first issue of OneNet World, the
bimonthly online magazine of the OneNet Member Network.  The OneNet Member
Network is the world's largest GUI-based distributed online system, serving
approximately 250,000 users in 20 countries.  All systems run FirstClass
software from SoftArc of Canada, and you can easily acquire the client
software, FirstClass Client 2.09 for Mac (1.03 for Windows, I believe) from
your favorite Mac or Windows FTP site.

     To find the system nearest you, download this issue of OneNet World (or,
better yet, the latest).  In addition, you'll find numerous articles with
interesting news and views, tips and tricks from throughout the OneNet.  This
issue is a HyperCard stack and is most easily viewed on 12" or larger
monitors.  We hope you enjoy our inaugural issue--welcome to the OneNet
World!

                     Steve Heckler
                     OneNet Member Network

[Archived as /info-mac/per/onenet-world-1-hc.hqx; 357K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 10:15:20 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Michael O'Hara)
Subject: [*] revision to midi-adapters

I designed these adapters as a lark some time ago. being rather dis-satisfied
with the self powered adapters that would not work on the mac portable. (This
machine is the worst of the lot as far as available voltage goes)

10/28/93  First release.
10/29/93 Noticed that the released "deluxe" schematic didnot include a
correction
        in the wiring for the "thru" switch.
11/4/93    Correction to the indicator lamps (moral - dont lose the redline :)
)
        Also clarified the documentation somewhat.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/midi-adapters.hqx; 191K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 08:28:52 -0857
From: [e-mail] (Jeanette Foshee)
Subject: [*] Simpsons Icons Volume 2

November 4, 1993

Info-Mac Moderators:

Well, here it is, my second volume of Simpson icons, ready to go in your
archives, in the gui/grf directory.

I've learned a lot about uploading from the first time, and want to thank
ya'll for being so patient with me, and responding to my messages so
quickly. You're a great bunch of folks.

I got a huge response to my first collection, and hopefully this next
installment will be received with as much enthusiasm.  :-)

Thanks much for your help.

Jeanette Foshee
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/simpson-icons-v2.hqx; 312K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 11:42:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Kiselyov Oleg)
Subject: [*] sound-at-random.cpt - (source & bin) pick a sound at random and
yell it

What: pick a sound at random and play it
Language: Symantec C++ 6.0
Note: Good (I hope) example of treating File and Drive managers as C++ objects
Note: Good as a startup program.
Note: needs standard environment, see myenv-notify.cpt
Note: sounds themselves are _not_ included, get your own
System: System 7.x, 32-bit clean
Contents:
    RandomSound.cc  - source code (commented)
    vRandomSound.cc - verification program
    RandomSound.pi  - Symantec C++ project
    RandomSound     - application itself. 32-bit clean, System 7
Comments to: [e-mail], [e-mail]

Explanation:
This is a whimsy set of functions that lets one play a sound
picked at random from the sound folder. The sound folder is
assumed to be a folder named "Sounds" in the System folder.
[Note, reading STR resource mentioned in the comments is not implemented yet]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/sound-at-random-c.hqx; 82K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 18:57:35 +0100
From: Reinder Verlinde <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] StuffIt AppleScripts.sit.hqx

These are three AppleScripts for use with StuffIt Lite".

`StuffIt compress` compresses files dropped onto it. Each item
dropped is compressed into its own StuffIt archive and deleted
afterwards.

`StuffIt archive` compresses files dropped onto it. All items
dropped onto it are compressed into a single StuffIt archive and
deleted afterwards.

`Add to sit Archive` adds items dropped onto it to a user-selectable
StuffIt archive. Double-click the applet to select which archive it
will add to and to specify whether items dropped onto it must be
deleted after compression.

These scripts are freeware, but C1993 by Reinder Verlinde. Permission
to distribute this on the Infomac CD Rom and on the Arizona Macintosh
User Group CD Rom is hereby given.

Reinder Verlinde ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-lite-scripts-as.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 02:27:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] The 1500 Question Purity Test

I will always remember the first time I took a Purity Test. I found it on
a computer BBS around 10 years ago. While sitting home board one nite I
decided to hunt through the Internet and see if I could dig up a copy and
relive some old memories. Boy was I suprised, there were so many versions
and files I did not know what to do! After hunting through almot all off
them I found what seemed the be the most recent final release of one. It
is by far the best (allbeit long) of the Purity Tests. The only problem
was lack of formatting and a few errors. So, I cleaned it up, removed the
errors, formatted it, added a Table of Contents, and saved it to a
PostScript file (so any platform could print it) to be printed by anyone
who would like a copy of this classic.

The enclosed file is a Stuffed & BinHexed PostScript file. Other forms the
Purity Test are available upon request for those without a PostScript
printer. The file is NOT available in plain Ascii as it is too hard to
format, but if there are enough requests I might consider it.

Enjoy!

<|Brian M. Amira     | Internet E-Mail: [e-mail] |>

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/purity-test-1500-ps.hqx; 79K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 09:54:26 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] tidbits-caring-for-wrists-pdf.hqx

This is a double-sided page designed to post near your computer to help
remind you of things you can do to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome and other
repetitive stress injuries. Most of it is just common sense suggestions
that are easy to do, but also easy to forget, and we hope that this sheet
will serve as a constant reminder of the simple preventative measures.

This file is in Adobe Acrobat format and requires the Adobe Acrobat reader,
which is commercial software from Adobe (but it's cheap - about $25 or so).
It should be available from your favorite mail order vendor or dealer.

Changes from the previous version of this file are minor.

Adam & Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editors

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tb-caring-for-wrists-pdf.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 09:44:55 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] tidbits-caring-for-wrists-pm.hqx

This is a double-sided page designed to post near your computer to help
remind you of things you can do to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome and other
repetitive stress injuries. Most of it is just common sense suggestions
that are easy to do, but also easy to forget, and we hope that this sheet
will serve as a constant reminder of the simple preventative measures.

This file is in Macintosh PageMaker 4.2 format, and requires the following
fonts: Helvetica, Palatino, and Zapf Dingbats, all of which come with your
original System disks. The file will print on any PostScript laser printer,
but we've never tried it on a QuickDraw printer. It looks best at
resolutions of 600 dpi and above, but it looks fine at 300 dpi.

If you wish to open this file in PageMaker 5.0, makes sure the included
Tracking Values file is in the same folder as the TidBITS-Caring For Wrists
document. Otherwise PageMaker 5.0 will use different tracking values for
the file, which results in text overruns.

Changes from the previous version of this file are minor.

Adam & Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editors

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tb-caring-for-wrists-pm.hqx; 198K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 09:49:31 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] tidbits-caring-for-wrists-ps.hqx

This is a double-sided page designed to post near your computer to help
remind you of things you can do to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome and other
repetitive stress injuries. Most of it is just common sense suggestions
that are easy to do, but also easy to forget, and we hope that this sheet
will serve as a constant reminder of the simple preventative measures.

This file is in PostScript format as printed by Macintosh PageMaker 4.2,
and may require the following fonts (I downloaded them into the file, but I
can only test on my QMS-PS 410 printer, so if it prints badly on your
printer, install the fonts into your System file): Helvetica, Palatino, and
Zapf Dingbats, all of which come with your original System disks. To
download this PostScript file to your PostScript printer, you need the
LaserWriter Font Utility, which also comes on your original System disks.
Just run the LaserWriter Font Utility (called the LaserWriter Utility in
the LaserWriter 8 distribution), choose Download PostScript File... from
the Utilities menu, and select the "TidBITS/Caring for Wrists/PS" file. The
file should print on any PostScript laser printer. It looks best at
resolutions of 600 dpi and above but looks fine at 300 dpi.

Our apologies for the size of this file when expanded. We couldn't figure
out any way to make it significantly smaller and still get it to print. At
least the file compresses well.

Changes from the previous version of this file are minor.

Adam & Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editors

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tb-caring-for-wrists-ps.hqx; 215K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:14:30 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Peter Adams)
Subject: [*] Trincoll Journal 11.4.93

Greetings all,

The latest issue of the Trincoll Journal is available from:

Troy.trincoll.edu                  /pub/incoming/TrincollJournal
Sumex-aim.stanford.edu            /info-mac/recent

This week's cover story is about the unfortunate crushes we sometimes have
on people.

Feature Articles include:

* What Is It about Men?
* Nasty Little Thing Called Love...
* Air Jordan in Football Pads?

And remember, we want to hear what you think. Send us a letter to the Editor.

Happy Reading,

The Editors

[Archived as /info-mac/per/trincoll-journal-93-11-04.hqx; 460K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 11:09:16 -0500
From: "Andrew E. Scheck" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Water marks in MS Word 5.1 (I did it!)

    Thanks to those who responded to my "watermark" request. I must not
have made myself clear enough that I knew I could do the PostScript method in
the header, because I got some responses that said I could do it with
PostScript in the header. Some told me where to find the code and some even
sent me the code for doing "Draft".

Here is my result ...

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/water-marks-msword51.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 93 18:36:18 CST
From: "bq Mackintosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fairly) primitive music software

According to my experience with various programs, it is just as simple to
transpose a piano part by hand as to attempt non-midi input, transposition
and editing on a computer.  This would as well be complicated by using
low-budget software.  Although computer output is clearly more readable than
manuscript, the effort required to place all dynamics, slurs, ties, and other
markings is considerable and often more time-consuming than working with
pencil and eraser.


bq Mackintosh
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 11:42 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Access PC 2.0 w/ Apple CD-ROM

Hi Info-mac readers-

I would like to know if Access PC has been updated to work with the Apple
Internal CD-ROM. Currently, when I insert a CD-ROM, Access PC intercepts
and says, "This is not a Macintosh disk. Do you wish to initialize it? Eject?"
When I remove Access PC from my startup, I am able to use the CD's without
a problem. It may be just Audio CDs that it has a problem with. But even so,
its annoying to have to remove Access PC everytime I want to listen to a CD.
I have version 2.0 of Access PC.

-Nate
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 11:46 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Play and record at the same time

Hi Info-mac readers-

I would like to be able to record a 16 bit audio track, and then play it back
while recording another track. This is basically the multi-track capablity
offered by such packages as StudioVision and Digital Performer.

With my 660av Mac, I have 16 bit recording capability such as those offered
by DigiDesign, but I know of no software that takes advantage of these
'av' features. I have SoundEdit Pro 1.05 but I have not found a way to play
a track back at the same time I am recording another track.

Ultimately, I would like to be able to syncronize digital audio tracks with
MIDI tracks in a sequencer. For now, I would settle for multi-tracking
capabilities with my 660av. Does anyone know if and how this is possible?

Thanks,
Nate
[e-mail]

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Date: 4 Nov 1993 20:15:11 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Lerner)
Subject: 13" Monitor Woes - Chapter 2 (Q)

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

>I have called about five or six outfits that repair monitors and the going
>rate for monitor repairs that DO NOT require replacement of the CRT or the
>flyback transformer is $125-$130. I find it really hard to shell out those
>bucks for a repair I am capable of doing myself when the part(s) will only
>cost about a tenth of that.


I find it peculiar that you don't know what part you are replacing, but
you know that it costs $12 or $13.  Whenever we buy them from Sony as
replacement parts, they cost nearly $50!  I think that $125 is an
extremely fair price for this repair, especially if you get some sort of
warranty.

If you fry yourself it's problem, and I take no responsibility for the
accuracy of this information (you seem to already know it all), but here's
my two cents on the part in question:

HV Block for Apple Monitor - Sony part number 1-230-666-21, (also for sony
CPD 1302, 1303, 1302E, 1390, CHM-9002-12, BA38)

Good luck. You'll need it.



--

David Lerner/Tekserve Corporation/Macintosh service and repair/212 929-3645
163 West 23rd St, New York, NY 10011 USA/fax [phone]/[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 93 14:54:01 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1984 Commercial (A Modest Proposal)

On Tue, 2 Nov, Michael Jensen wrote

>I'd like to thank Al Bloom for his efforts trying to allow others to
>FTP the file. Since most of us were unable to get it from Al, is there
>anybody else who has it somewhere?  Maybe in segments?  Anybody???

Michael, et al, I don't know that it is a good idea to keep trying to
get the 1984 commercial over the net. Whether in a single piece or in
chunks, that sucker is huge. And in hqx form it is even larger. It was
sort of interesting to try ftp-ing it, but the experiment was mostly a
failure, and the attempts really ate increasingly scarce bandwidth. Y'all
don't need me to tell you how crowded the net is these days.

Let me propose an alternative: snail mail. Oh yuck! Gag me with a spoon!
How ten minutes ago! Yeah, but it works, and it relieves the net of some
pressure. I originally got the QT movie by taking a copy of Retrospect to
the bookstore with 15 formatted HD floppies. I propose a variant.

For US types, I propose a swap: 11 or so blank HD floppies in return for
an 11-pack of 1984. Tell me your snail mail address and your favorite
backup program. If I have the program, I'll do the backup and send you
the disks, else put the program on one of the disks you send me. If you
use Retrospect to a TEAC-mechanism 150M cassette drive, we can just swap
tapes. If you have a 128MB 3.5" M/O drive, I'll put a straight finder
copy on one and we can swap discs. I modify that offer slightly for you
out-of-country types. It ain't worth the postage to ship me a bunch of
blank disks if I have the backup program you use. I mean heck, we're
talking six bucks worth of disks. You folk need send me the disks only
if I don't have your backup program (or six bucks to pay for the fool
things). You have to write me anyway, si? No, you don't get the same
break on Retro cassettes or M/O disks. Those puppies are dear.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 18:11:25 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Rob Kouwenberg)
Subject: [A] Optima Technology

L.S.,

I also, ( alike the person who posted the previous message ) have taken
great effort to get hold of the real optima desktape package. Unfortunately
until now I came to nothing.

What did I do :
- Sent two faxes to icicle distribution UK
- Sent two faxes to Optima USA
- Sent two emails to the poster of the desktape demo ( return receipt
confirmed )
- Sent two emails to optima technology ( return receipt confirmed )

NOTHING !

Well then I really got angry and decided to hack the desktape cp.... ! -:)

Until I hear anything from optima this is probably the way everybody has to
go nowadays ..

Greetings, Rob Kouwenberg

>Unfortunately I have not been able to get in contact with Optima
>Technology, as they have not replied to my email (of October 9.) or FAX (of
>October 20.).
>As I can find no distributor of their products in Denmark, I have no way of
>getting further information, including the price of the product, and how to
>get it.
>
>I would very much like to know where I can purchase a copy of DeskTape and
>what the price of the product is, including shipping to Denmark.
>I would be very thankful, if anyone could help me get this information.

(* [e-mail]     Gr. Adolfstraat 86        040-524372
   [e-mail]  5616 BX Eindhoven,Holland            *)

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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 00:35:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jack D OLeary)
Subject: Access PC vs. System 6.08L

Does anyone know whether Access PC (v. 2.02) is compatible with System
6.08L?  I'm finding that the machine reboots when I try to open a DOS
disk or copy files to it.

- Jack O'Leary

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 18:38:48 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: A custom help facility...

Ron Kneusel ([e-mail]) wrote:
>Help 1.1
>This program can be used to create a customized help facility.
>You supply the topics and text, help does the rest.
>[Archived as /info-mac/dev/help-11.hqx; 57K]

Which applications have already used "help 1.1" so far?
Are there any examples yet that non-programmers could have a look at?
A list of such applications would be nice.

Sven :)

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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 13:13:17 CST
From: [e-mail] (Pete Jemian)
Subject: Agree with SuperDoubler 1.0 (not so Super) (sent 2 or 3 times?)

In the Digest, 11-216, Murph Sewall <[e-mail]> writes:
> I do not seem to have received $42.99 worth of upgrade.
> What can you tell me about DD 4.0?

I agree completely.  Why did I upgrade?  Was it "up?"  Up mine, maybe.

About DD v4.0, purchasers of SD v1.0 can call the toll free number
given in the flyer to be put in the queue to receive the vaporware
DD v4.0.  I thought that by upgrading to SD v1.0, I already *was* in the
queue.  Why should I have to call to register and wait on hold 15 minutes?
Because they think they can "save" a few bucks?  That can't be,
WATS lines cost significant money to a company.  Let alone my time.
(It was *my* choice to call.  Some won't bother; then they don't get
the complete software package.)

Needless to say, I'm not holding
my breath for the day ("2 to 3 weeks" from now, they say) when
my coveted DD v4.0 will arrive.

More flames as usual.  Maybe this is just a bad hair year.
Pete

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 93 14:44:00 CST
From: Winston <[e-mail]>
Subject: Alice: Packing REP's

Can someone out there please suggest a good Mac Zip utility for me that
will work with Alice's automatic packing option?  If such a thing is not
possible, then can someone please give me some pointers on exactly how
they pack their REP files.  I do have UnZIP 2.0 if that helps, and am
using Alice 2.14E.

Thanks,
Winston Baccus - University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 11:02:28 -0500 (EST)
From: MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA <[e-mail]>
Subject: A quest foe Indexes

Hello all:
    I receive MacUser and MacWeek and more oft than not read them cover
to cover.  After having read countless issues, my memory begins to falter. Are
there searchable indexes to these fine publications that may be had for a mere
song (FTP)??!! An index would definitely be a nice addition to the publication
if they mailed out quarterly updates (and one for which I wouldn't mind paying
for).  Thanx for your help (if this applies to you).
--Luis

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Date: 4 Nov 1993 17:27:05 U
From: "Castle, Mike" <[e-mail]>
Subject: AutoPower On/Off (C)

For those who were wondering, Apple's AutoPower On/Off control panel
(delivered
with AV Macs) also works on the Mac IIvx (running System 7.1) in addition to
those Macs mentioned earlier.

                  << Mike Castle >>
                  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 93 12:52:16 CET
From: Panda <[e-mail]>
Subject: buy offer

    I'm looking for 'second hand' Macintosh IIvx ,Centris 610
      or  better.I also will be very glad to send me any sugestion.
       -please...
              Panda

       czechow@plearn

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 10:07:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: Can You Change an App's CPU-Cycle Appetite?

Can anyone in Greater Netland tell me if there is a way to change an
application's appetite for CPU cycles?

For example, ClarisWorks 2.0 seems to gobble up a large percentage of the
cpu time, even when it is running in the background. I would like to reduce
CW's percentage, to give other apps a chance to do their work.

On the other hand, SwitchBack 2.1 (a file backup & synchronization app)
slows to a crawl when it is sent to the background, presumably because it
only asks for a small percentage of the cycles. I think it could use some
speeding up.

Are these percentages contained in a resource or something that can be
modified with ResEdit?

Miles Abernathy ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 09:04:38 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Centris 660av ---> Quadra 660av

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> It seems that if Centris 660av users download and install System Enabler
> 088 v. 1.1, it will change their computer from a Centris to a Quadra on the
> About this Mac... screen and software that does system info (like Now
> Profile and TattleTale) will also use the new Quadra name.  I got Enabler
> 088 v. 1.1 from AppleLink.

Hmm, I wonder if it's up on ftp.apple.com yet. I'll have to check.
Incidentally, I asked a dealer what the difference was from their
perspective and he said that they remove the old nameplate and stick
a new one on. :-)

cheers ... -Adam

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
Author of The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh -- [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 15:53:53 GMT
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comp.sys.mac listserv (Q)

Is there any list of mail servers to subscribe to the various comp.sys.mac
newsgroup ? Where could I grab it ?

Thanks

Francois Rossi     [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:22:11 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Bebb)
Subject: connecting my loud powerbook...

I'm sure someone will come up with a technically elegant solution to Steve
Liu <[e-mail]>'s problem with an over-loud powerbook.

In the meanwhile, may I suggest a lump of Blu-tack or similar? It worked
wonders for the over-loud phone on my desk!

And it's not too hard to clean off :-)



Malcolm     [e-mail]  (Usual disclaimers apply)
       [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:30:19 -0600
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Connection using MacTCP

I connect to the University of Minnesota via modem using MacTCP on both the
server (at the U of M) and on my Mac IIcx at home.  I use MacSLIP so that I
can
use Fetch, TurboGopher and NSCA Telnet directly from my home computer.

The U of M server assigns me a temporary Internet IP address so that I can
connect to the Internet.  After I disconnect, it assigns that number to the
next
person who dials in.  I think that something like this should work in your
situation.

Joshua B. Colglazier                    [e-mail]
"Kalzone" on AlexMUD                    (130.237.234.17 4000)

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 10:24:23 -0600
From: "Vinko Tsui"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Credit Card Validation via Mac (R)

> Our company is looking for credit card validation packages for the Mac.
> Ideally we would like a package that we would batch process credit
> card validation if we fed it the correct information from our VAX.

Sak,

I just read a review on such a product, it was either in November's US MacUser
or October 25 MacWeek.

This product will call up the Credit card validation center to validate the
credit card in question for any specified amount. In the article it even
mentioned that you can ask it to send your credit card receipts to your local
bank at a specified time for deposit.


-- Vinko

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 20:10:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Ahrens)
Subject: directory listings for the macintosh

you may want to take a look at PowerScan. I think that it might be better for
+ what you want to do. I'm pretty sure i got it at info-mac.

hope this helps!

--
My opinions are mine only and tentative, pending further data
Matthew Ahrens                      [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 23:00:38 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Edmund Chambers)
Subject: Economic Simulation

Hi, cyberworld:

    Does anyone know of a simulation set in medival or ancient times,
something like Civ, but maybe more academic?  My dad whose a history
professor was interested in something he might present to his class.
    Thanks for any advice.
Edmund Chambers
UCSD/TEP
Electrical Engineering
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 93 10:17:30 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Flourescent Lights

I have a desk lamp that sports a circular flourescent light source, which I
use
 frequently. The lamp is within 3 feet of my Mac. Is the energy from the
flourescent source frying components on my logic and/or analogue board? Can
it cause the internal floppy drive to malfunction?

TIA and Cheers.

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 18:54 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Geoport - anyone? (Q)

Hi readers of info-mac!

I have a 660av and I'm considering the purchase of a GeoPort. However, I
wanted to ask GeoPort owners a few questions:

1) How does the 14.4k modem emulation work? Is it reliable? Does it work with
   all communications software?

2) How does the voice messaging, modem, and fax operation concurrently work?
   Does the Mac route the calls appropriately?

3) Does the use of the GeoPort disable audio/video features?

4) Will the PowerPC utilize the GeoPort OR render it obsolete?

If you have a GeoPort and can answer these questions, please do!

Thanks,
Nate

 --------------------------------------
Nathan J. Aune
Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 93 14:14:46 MET
From: Christof Baumgaertner <[e-mail]>
Subject: HD Capacity Tool wanted

Hello,
I am searching for a tool which will notify the user if he uses too
much diskspace. If he uses 80% (80 MB) of his 100 MB harddisk, he wants
to get an alert. Is such a tool available?
Thanks in advance and greetings from Germany.

Please mail directly to [e-mail]

Thanks
Christof Baumgaertner

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 20:26:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (David Dantowitz)
Subject: Hooking up a LaserWriter to a Mac (when NOT using LocalTalk)

I just started using ethernet and gave up localtalk and have a
localtalk-only LaserWriter.  Can I hook the LW up to my serial port?
Or do I have to get a local talk router in order to use the printer on
a machine using ethernet?

Thanks,
    David

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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 93 09:28:51 +0100
From: Sak Wathanasin <[e-mail]>
Subject: HPopupMenu 3.2.2

In Info-mac digests vol 11 no 216, [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
writes:

> This time for sure!  My recent attempts at uploading this have
> resulted in corrupted files somehow.  I'm thinking of blaming
> Eudora, but I think it's more likely to be the Apple Modem Tool
> since I recently changed my settings.

Recently, I've been getting binhex files from colleagues who use Eudora
1.4 that can only be decoded with Eudora. Eudora appears to have
"MIME"d the binhex and inserted sequences of the form "=NN". Eudora can
grok these files because it de-MIMEs the binhex before feeding it to
the decoder, but other de-binhexers will barf on them. I think Eudora
should leave the binhex part alone.

Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
178 Wainbody Ave South, Coventry CV3 6BX, UK

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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 07:15:13 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Randy Hislop)
Subject: Is stylewriter ink waterproof (A)

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>NO!

>John Williams

>INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre de Recherches de Tours, 37380
>Nouzilly, France

Tel [phone]    Fax/telecopie (33) 47 42 77 78

You CAN get waterproof ink for it, though.  Ask around.
Randy Hislop

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Date: 4 Nov 93 11:25:00 EST
From: "Troen, Bruce" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mail for Macintosh & modem

In IM V11 #217, Terje Gunneroed asks about using VAX mail via a modem and says
"MfM however only works in LAN, and does not support MfM over modem."

Here at Univ. of Michigan we can use MfM via a modem and tie in to VAX mail.
Liason-net from Shiva software makes this possible by approximating a link to
the network through the modem.  Needless to say, a high speed modem ?9600 is
vastly preferred.  I wonder if this could also be done with ARA.

My knowledge of the inner workings of this arrangement is limited.  Perhaps
you
should contact one of our technical support personnel via E-mail.  Doug Cox or
Greg Balaze probably have the answers.  Their respective addresses are
[e-mail] and [e-mail].

Bruce Troen

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 11:30:08 EST
From: Tony Silva <[e-mail]>
Subject: NCSA Telnet's Tek 4014/4105 plotting (Re: "Tek 4105 emulator ?") [A]

Rhett Glover posted a message on 10/26/93 asking how to get Tektronix
graphics under NCSA Telnet 2.5. The solution is put the following line
in your "config.tel" file:

    tektype=4014                    # 4014 for Tek 4014, or 4105 for Tek 4105

Note that the value for "tektype" must be 4014 or 4105, not 0 or 1, as
I believe was used in older versions. The value can also be selected
using "Configure" within the "File/Open connection" dialog, but I
would suggest fixing "config.tel" instead.

I also have a couple of minor comments on Brian Gaeke's response to
Rhett Glover, posted on 10/30/93.  First, the example UNIX commands
for testing Tek plotting need not be nearly so complex:

    %cat >bar
    1
    2
    3
    ^D
    % cat bar | spline -a 1 | graph | /usr/ucb/plot -Ttek

All that's really needed for testing is this:

    echo 1 2 | graph -a | plot -Ttek

assuming "graph" and "plot" can be found via $PATH. Second, -Ttek
generates 4014 plot data, not 4105. (The original question was about
the latter format.)

O.k. now it's time for me to ask a question. I seem to recall that the
Tek 4014 window created by NCSA Telnet 2.5 on Mac Pluses (only) had
the aspect ratio inverted (the plot window's height was greater than
its width). Does anyone know what the status of this problem is? Have
I overlooked some obvious configuration blunder?

Tony Silva, Atlantic Aerospace Elec. Corp., [phone], [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 20:29:44 EST
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: PageMaker 5.0, Word 5.1 & EndNote (Q)

I've been trying to import a MS Word 5.1 document which has been formatted
using the EndNote module into PageMaker 5.0 without success. The document has
been formatted using the numbered system for references and every number is
treated as an inline graphic in PageMaker 5.0. All the numbered references
are lost when importing the Word file into PageMaker 5.0. The manual does not
help me with this problem.

I would appreciate help from anyone.

Thanks in advance.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 93 17:21:27 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing postscript files over the internet (A)

On Wed, 3 Nov, David L. Hirschberg wrote

>Is it possible to send a document to a printer over the internet?

Yes, if the printer "speaks" TCP/IP. Else no.

>I am going to be in the US and I would like to print documents on our
>HP4M laser printer here.  The printer is connected to the same ethernet
>network as my mac. My mac has a tcp/ip number, does my laserprinter?

No, David, it doesn't. And even if it did, it wouldn't do any good. I
found yet another limit to my knowledge when our office joined the campus
backbone ethernet. I asked for, and received (CNS isn't much brighter
than I am), an IP address for our LW IIg. Wrong! Ethernet is built in,
but TCP/IP isn't.

But all is far from lost. Send the file to your home Mac. Someone there
can print it, yes? And folk, please don't tell me about the LP Daemon
program available on sumex-aim. The author doesn't know any more how to
make that puppy work than I do.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:28:47 -0600
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quicken 4 (Answer)

Are you familiar with the "Group Entry" feature?  There is a check box under
"View/Transaction Groups/Edit" that lets you select "Enter Automatically".

That should be exactly what you are looking for...

I'm curious as to why that one feature is a litmus test as to whether you
would
keep the program though...

Joshua B. Colglazier                    [e-mail]
"Kalzone" on AlexMUD                    (130.237.234.17 4000)

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 93 17:28:08 EDT
From: Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quicken 4 (R)

Joel Cunningham writes:

> I've been using Quicken for 2+ years and version 4 since it came
> out. I've never had *any* problems. Could you be more specific?

Jesse Evans adds:

> I'm not doubting your word, but I would ask you to please let us know
> more about the problems and bug fixes you may know of.

Richard Austin queries:

> Can you be more specific?  What bugs?  I have just upgraded from v.3, and
> haven't seen any problems yet (though admittedly, I haven't used v.4 that
> much yet).

Brandon Munday asserts:

> we're all quite happy with Q4 and don't hesitate to recommend it to other
> checkbook-balanced-out Mac users.

The problems with Quicken 4.0 is not with its use by "checkbook-balanced-out
Mac users" - as a electronic checkbook Quicken 4.0 is superb but then
so was Quicken 3.0 (and I might add, Quicken has been since those long
forgotten days when I ran it on an Apple II+).

I did not upgrade to Quicken 4.0 for a checkbook balancer. I upgraded for
an Investment Manager and it is there that Quicken 4.0 is a complete
failure.  I need to track and manage a varied personal investment portfolio
and would like to be able integrate this with my day-to-day finances.
Quicken 4.0 promised to do this - it doesn't.

To give you some idea of the amount of time and effort that I have
invested in Quicken 4.0, my current Quicken data file, which holds only
data for the first 10 months of this year is 332k.  I am probably
not your typical user but Intuit does not warn of any limits on the
size or complexity of data that Quicken can handle.

Here's my favorite Quicken bug. (TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - CORRUPTION
OF DATA FILE POSSIBLE) At the end of each month, I would like to
run a Net Worth Report and an Income/Expense Report.  Now if you have
investments that fluctuate in price, you must update their prices
before running these reports and, to make the reports internally
consistent (change in net worth = net (income - expenses)), Quicken has
to be instructed to compute and add to the Income/Expense Report
any unrealized capital gains/losses.  So you take the following steps:

1) Update investment prices.

2) Select Reports/Personal Finance/Investment Income and click the
radio button for Income/Expenses and the check box for including unrealized
gains.  Quicken then computes unrealized capital gains/losses.
(BTW, this takes about 3 minutes on my Classic II running System 7.0.1
tuned with a 2 meg memory partition for Quicken)

3) Now select Reports/Personal Finance/Category and click the radio
button for Income/Expenses and the radio button for All Accounts.

For you trouble you will either receive 'Application "unknown"
has unexpectedly quit because an error of Type 1 occurred' (application
"unknown" is aka Quicken 4.0) or the program will simply freeze.

Yes, this happens consistently with all extensions off and nothing else
running.  Yes, this (an many other bugs) have been reported to Intuit
in writing with NO response.  Yes, there exist 'stealth' bug fix version
of Quicken 4.0 - the latest I know of is Quicken 4.0 r4.

My bottom line advice - it you need a checkbook balancer get Quicken 3.0
(it's leaner and meaner than Quicken 4.0).  If you need an Investment
Manager - look elsewhere until Intuit cleans up its act. (FYI, Intuit
appears to be starting a forum on AOL - keyword INTUIT. Maybe they've
decided to actually provide tech support. Yeah, and pigs can fly.)

--Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
         or <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:28:29 -0600
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quicken 4 Bad?

> SEND IT BACK IMMEDIATELY. Quicken 4 has more bugs than the Amazon
> basin. It is unstable and unpredictable. Intuit technical support is
> total inadequate and they DO NOT inform their customers of the
> availability of bug fixes (few though these have been). Intuit was
> reachable on the Internet, but, since the release of Quicken 4, their
> site (intuit.com) no longer exists. Well, they can run but they can't
> hide. For those "happy" Quicken 4 users, the President of Intuit is
> Scott Cook and his snail mail address is:
>
>     Scott Cook
>     President, Intuit
>     MS 66
>     P.O. Box 3014
>     Menlo Park, CA 94026.
>
> What say we let him know what we think of this product?

I've had no problems at all with Quicken 4.  I think that it's a fine product,
I
especially like the QuickFill and QuickZoon upgrade, they make my job easy and
efficient.  Doing reports by hand, or even with Quicken 3 would take MUCH
longer
(because I have to account for things that are out of the ordinary and Quicken
4 allows me to pinpoint those transactions VERY quickly.)

Joshua B. Colglazier                    [e-mail]
"Kalzone" on AlexMUD                    (130.237.234.17 4000)

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Date: 4 Nov 93 19:23:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mike Pinkerton)
Subject: Quicken 4 not THAT bad...

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

>...  Sorry to disagree, Larry, but I've had a wonderful time with Quicken 4.
>In 6 months of use, I've only had one crash, and I didn't lose ANY data.
>I've used Q4 on an accelerated MacPlus with Sys7, and on a Quadra 950, and
>a couple friends have been using it on Mac IIci's with Daystar PowerCaches
and
>a Quadra 800, also with no gripes.  In fact, we're all quite happy with Q4
>and don't hesitate to recommend it to other checkbook-balanced-out Mac
users.
>It's quite useful, has a ton of neat features, and really makes tracking my
>money very easy and efficient.  I give Q4 two thumbs up.

I've never had any problems with Q4 either, although I don't use
many of the options that people have been complaining are buggy
(investment tracking, etc).

I have had a few minor problems with graphs not redrawing correctly
(or at all), but it's just sort of annoying. Also, it does a write
to address 00000000 when starting up, so EvenBetterBusError always
gripes at me and drops me into the debugger, but 'g' will let me
continue no problem. Again, it's just annoying.

Overall, no MAJOR complaints or loss of data.

Mike Pinkerton
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:30:51 -0600
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Removable storage...

>         I am considering purchasing a HD with removable carts
> (Syquest format) and I have found ads for a couple of different
> brands that I am considering. Specifically, I am referring to the PLI
> Infinity 40 and MACLAND drives. The MACLAND drives are cheaper (i.e.
> I can get one that uses 88mb carts for about the same price as the
> PLI (which uses 44's), but I am aware that this might also be
> indicative of the relative quality of the products. The reason I am
> writing is to ask for any advice on this matter or on the idea of
> removable HD's in general. I am not interested in the big-time
> multi-gig storage items, but I looking for more HD space as I managed
> to eat up the 80 MB on my IIsi quicker than I expected--the only
> downside to places like SUMEX...fills up HD's! :) My price range is
> around $500.

If you're looking just for data storage and not quick access times, take a
look
at the optical drives (105mb/cartridge).  The cartridges are much cheaper per
MB
and the data is VERY stable.  The seek times are (I think) between 19ms and
40ms
depending on the mechanism.  Sure they cost a little more, but soon you are
going to be able to do much with 40MB anyway...

Joshua B. Colglazier                    [e-mail]
"Kalzone" on AlexMUD                    (130.237.234.17 4000)

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Date: 4 Nov 1993 17:15:24 U
From: "Castle, Mike" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Scrabble for Mac (summary)

Thanks to all of those people who showered my mailbox with answers to my Mac
Scrabble question!!  From these answers and my own research, I've gathered
information for all the rest of you Scrabble nuts out there.  I hope this
message isn't too frivolous for this list.

I just bought Scrabble Deluxe from MacConnection (800-800-2222) for $19
(MacWarehouse sells the older standard version for $25 and its publisher,
Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 714-833-8710 or 714-833-1999, sells it for
$29).  It uses nice color graphics and has a lot of great features (up to four
players, skill levels 1-9 for computer players, Official Scrabble Players
Dictionary with definitions, anagram and crossword tools, time limited moves,
saved games, and lots more).

Unfortunately, however, it also has some crippling drawbacks.  For example,
the
computer takes *forever* to make a move!  And while it's moving, I can't look
at my rack of letters to plan my next turn (unless I want to see the
computer's
rack too--that's no fun!).  Of course, I can force the computer to move
whenever I like, but then it's too easy to win...sigh.  Another annoyance is
that I don't get to draw my own letters.  It's done automatically for me by
the
computer.  And to make it worse, it happens so fast that I don't get to see
them until after the computer's (slow) turn.  Finally, even though Scrabble
Deluxe includes the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, it doesn't have
definitions for all the words.  When the computer uses a word I don't know, I
like to select 'Define last word' and see what it means.  Sometimes it just
says that the word was not found.  At first, I thought that this meant that
the
computer player was cheating (challenges are not allowed in Scrabble Deluxe),
but then I discovered that these words are simply not defined in the game's
dictionary (although they *are* in the real dictionary).  The final annoyance
is that if I open a DA or another program while I'm waiting for the computer
to
move, the Scrabble game window often doesn't update itself properly and part
of
the board becomes obscured until I quit and relaunch (using System 7.1; maybe
it works right with older versions).  This 1990 game could be great if only
they'd release an upgrade to deal with some of these things.

On the other hand, Crab, the unofficial Scrabble game available on sumex in
info-mac/games/crab.hqx, has fewer features, but plays a much faster, more
challenging game, without the annoyances mentioned above.  Although it uses
lots of obscure words (some of which are not in the Official Scrabble
dictionary) and  disallows some words that *are* in the official dictionary, I
still enjoy playing it more than playing Scrabble Deluxe.  Because Crab plays
so quickly (rarely more than a second or two per move), I get to spend all of
my time at the computer actually *playing*, rather than twiddling my thumbs
waiting for the computer to move.  Crab also lets me draw my own letters.  And
finally, Crab fits easily on any floppy, while Scrabble Deluxe fills up a few
800K floppies.

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 10:08:28 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: SwitchBack 2.1 Want List

SwitchBack 2.1 is file synchronization and backup software, obtainable from
sumex. Here are some ideas that would make SwitchBack 2.1 more usable. The
author in New Zealand does not list an e-mail address, but I have been told
that he sometimes responds to items posted to this forum.

1. I wish SB could ignore a folder inside a larger folder to be backed up.
For example, if you have a folder "Useless Stuff" inside a folder "All My
Docs," you cannot get SwitchBack to backup all your docs except the folder
of useless stuff.

2. The phrases "Exclude Items" and "Don't Copy Items" in the main dialog
box are misleading...the word "Items" should be replaced with "Files."
There seems to be no way to exclude folders.

3. If you set both "Quit After Automatic Start" and "Automatic Start"
preference, you cannot ever escape to turn them back off. If you start the
app and click the Cancel button, the program Quits. It seems like it should
just stop to the main dialog window.

SwitchBack is a nice shareware application, certainly worthy of
consideration as a backup or synchronization application.

Miles Abernathy ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 17:30:43 -0600
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1 - COMMERCIAL PRODUCT!

> How can I get System 7.1? Is there a FTP site? I need to get 7.1 ASAP
> and not sure where to look.. It has been a while since I installed
> anything on the Mac we have.... (been using it as a terminal at
> home..)

System 7.1 is a COMMERCIAL PRODUCT from Apple Computer and as such cannot be
distributed via FTP.  In fact, any version of System 7.xx is commercial
software
>From Apple.  Unfortunately, you'll have to:

1)  Purchase a new Mac from Apple -   :-)
2)  Purchase it from a dealer - I'd recommend MacConnection 800/800-2222
3)  Buy 7.1 from someone who wants to sell their original disks and manuals
4)  Upgrade from System 7.0x by purchasing an upgrade kit.

Joshua B. Colglazier                    [e-mail]
"Kalzone" on AlexMUD                    (130.237.234.17 4000)

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Date: 4 Nov 93 14:38 EST
From: CLARK RUSSELL S              <[e-mail]>
Subject: System Memory and Crashes (Q)


Date:  4-NOV-1993 14:25
From: Russ Clark
Sender: CLARKRS
Subject: System Memory and Crashes (Q)
To: [e-mail]@smtp@tcpgateway
 -------
Should the System have some spare memory assigned to it these days?

Background:
Back during the good old System 6 days, there was a thing called System
Heap that you could tweak to make sure the System didn't suck itself
dry after chomping down on all the INITs and network stuff (which were
kind of like oversalted pretzels and left the the Heap with a powerful
thirst for liquid memory).

After pouring on the RAM, the About the Finder memory bar would show about
20-25% free memory--this required about an extra megabyte added
to the boot blocks using Heap Fixer, and avoided much of the
annoying crashing and burning nonsense.

Question:
How come with System 7.1 (with the latest 2.0.1 update)
the Centris 650 we use has 200-300K of System memory free, while the IIcx
with about the same configuration, extensions, etc., ends up with about
20K free?  (You can turn on the balloons to see the exact amount.)
What's worse, the IIcx has a nasty habit of crashing--especially during
filesharing and hard work in general, which makes me suspect a memory
problem.
(In contrast, the Centris is really solid with its slug of free memory.)

With System 6, I would just give the old Mac another dose of Heap until
that memory thermometer came back from the brain fever range--and
that ususally did the trick.

Anyone have a clue if this means anything?  If it's a problem, is there a
fix? (short of retrofitting System 6 -- but no, can't look back...)

Here are some of the extensions I still have left on the IIcx (20M RAM):

32-bit enabler
Moire 4.01
ATM 3.0
MacTCP 1.1.1
MacTOPS 3.1.1
MS Mail 3.00a

Other stuff:
Standard fonts from Adobe (no TrueType)
Asante Ethernet card
Using LaserWriter 8.0.1
Usually dies with MS Word 5.0a running (since it's always in use), but also
FileMaker, Eqn Editor, etc.

Thanks,
Russ Clark
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 10:24:23 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Rabbi Benzion Milecki)
Subject: WordPerfect: World-Script Savvy?

In Digest #216, Richard Lim <[e-mail]> wrote:

>What - you mean it's clear people in (say) the Middle East will now buy one
>or two copies of Word Perfect to pirate?  ( :-) - I think.)  Seriously
>though, I for one would like to know if Word Perfect is as WorldScript-
>savvy as claimed.  I was told by others on the net that though version 2.1
>was claimed to handle WorldScript, in practice it couldn't cope with right-
>to-left languages any better than other ordinary word processors.  I'm
>always suspicious of claims of WorldScript compatibility ("Oh look our
>program displays Japanese, therefore it must be fully Kanji-compatible")
>since they're easy to state and, I suspect, aren't internally tested.  Can
>anyone who's actually tested WP 3.0 with non-Roman scripts please provide
>more informed comment?

I too would dearly like to know whether WordPerfect is as WorldScript Savvy
as claimed. Please post replies publicly.

Benzion Milecki

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Date: 04 Nov 1993 14:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (steve jaffe)
Subject: Would someone please upload Tex-Edit 1.9 from AOL?

The subject line says it all.  Tex-Edit is an excellent free text-editor,
written by Tom Bender, with speech capability via the speech manager.  The
latest version in the info-mac archives is 1.8.5 but v 1.9 exists on AOL.
Thanks.

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Date: Thu,  4 Nov 1993 19:53:23 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Zyxel 1496EG+ ARA script needed...

Subject line says it all.  I know that there are scripts out there for the the
1495, but they seem to have a problem with call-back.

Any leads would be most appreciated....

Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 93 17:47:25 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 2 Nov, Sak Wathanasin wrote

>Doesn't surprise me: the LocalTalk and floppy drivers have timing loops
>in them. These go badly wrong if you toggle the cache without
>rebooting. Do people really think that Apple makes them reboot the Mac
>after toggling the cache just to annoy them?

Uh yes, Sak, I think Apple does. Or more gently, I don't think that Apple
gives a rip about anyone who has the temerity to buy one of their toys
and not have completely compatible software. Rude of us, yes?

I have Alysis' "Compatibility Init" to keep Leslye's new C650 working
with her favorite toys until she can get cache-friendly replacements.
That is user friendly. Not going to the CP, turning off the cache, and
rebooting. That is your basic Apple hostile.

Apple has never been real nice about stuff that no longer works on their
new toys. It has always been a matter of update or die. Or, at best, go
through enough extra steps that you'd rather die.

BTW, I understand that "Animals" is superior to "Compatibility." Lets one
turn off just one 040 cache instead of all. Do any of y'all know where to
get Animals? Not in any of the multitude of catalogs I get.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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