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Date: Mon,  7 Feb 94 15:59:17 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #20
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Info-Mac Digest             Mon,  7 Feb 94       Volume 12 : Issue 20

Today's Topics:

      [*] 1993 Canadian tax forms (3 msgs)
      [*] 1993 tax form for New Brunswick
      [*] Aurora 3.0
      [*] AutoBin 1.0
      [*] ColorKey 4.0
      [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ
      (/info-mac/comm/info/csm-communications-faq.txt)
      [*] Flight Commander v1.1 Updater
      [*] Inside Mac Games, January '94 Free Preview Edition
      [*] Jewish Calendar, v 2.0
      [*] Kai Sounds
      [*] LaserWriter 8.1.1 Patch v1.1
      [*] my pot archive
      [*] New Version SchoolStat 1.0.8
      [*] Open-wide 3.5.6
      [*] PlainText >32K text editor (version 1.2.1)
      [*] PlainText source + improved TE32K
      [*] Re: AppleScript Scripting Extension Library
      [*] SCSI_Case1.1.txt
      [*] sound/midi - [MIDI Pack'en 1.0.2 - part 1 of 2]
      [*] sound/midi - [SendIt 1.0.2]
      [*] Submission: Factory Demo
      [*] SUMMARY: RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [S]
      [*] Tar 4.0b
      [*] Tar 4.0b Source
      [*] update
      [*] VirtualDisk
      [*] Zedfont.sea.hqx
      (A) system boot logger
      (Q) Chemical Drawing Software (2 msgs)
      (Q) GIS Systems for the Mac?
      128 Mac - Did you buy one?
      1993 Canadian Tax forms
      1993 tax form for BC file naming
      Al Bloom - Unchained
      America Online's problems Apple's opportunity?
      Apple 12" B&W monitor (A)
      Apple LaserWriter 8 lpd & lpr needed (Q)
      AppleScript support in apps (2 msgs)
      Autodoubler (R)
      AutoDoubler Flame
      Axion Serial Splitter: Not bad!
      Backup software recommendations
      Bad Sectors on Floppies
      Bold Symbols (A)
      Cron 1.0d13 submission
      Early Macs
      ethernet for Quadra 610 and MacIIcx (A)
      FDHD Replacement for MacIIfx
      Folder From Hell
      Government in your face and in your hard drive
      GPS software for PowerBook 180c
      Help: Trying to find publication...
      Help with Info.
      Home Internet Connections
      HP FTP site for drivers
      HyperCard 2.2 facts
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #19
      Info re: Fetch (2 msgs)
      Internet in Europe
      InterSLIP and Fetch
      Looking for text processor... (A)
      MacSLIP on a network (Q)
      Mac utility for decompressing .ARC files (A) (2 msgs)
      MacX and the Meta key---a puzzle
      MaxFax and LineLink modem (A)
      Need Animaniac Icons!
      Need something scanned, HELP!
      New Mice Sticking
      New PICT into TText file? (2 msgs)
      Plot/Graph programs (2 msgs)
      Postscript error
      PowerBook ADB (Q)
      PPC FAQ List?
      Printing from a TCP/IP network to a LocalTalk Laserwriter (Q)
      Printing to line printer...
      PS to MS Word converter (Q)
      Puny Floppy Drive Capacity
      RamDisk (Q)
      RAMdoubler upgrade?
      Reading 128k Mac formatted disks on LC (Q)
      Re Nutritional Software Request
      replacing Chicago as system font (Q)
      SE HD doesn't mount...
      Slide makers and software
      SmartScrap (R)
      System Boot Logger (A)
      TIFF's, PCX, and EPS from PC to MAC (Q)
      Trouble with Apple HD
      Wanted: Tone dialer wanted [A]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 10:13:48 EST
From: Robert Szarek <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 1993 Canadian tax forms

 This is the 1993 Canadian tax forms for Prince Edward Island.

Also the author has given permission to include these templates on the
next Info-Mac archive CD. The author can be reached at [phone]
or [e-mail].

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tax-forms-93-ca-pei-excel.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 10:10:25 EST
From: Robert Szarek <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 1993 Canadian tax forms

This is the 1993 Canadian tax forms for Saskatchewan

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tax-forms-93-ca-sk-excel.hqx; 177K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 10:08:30 EST
From: Robert Szarek <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 1993 Canadian tax forms

This is the 1993 Canadian tax form for Newfoundland.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tax-forms-93-ca-nf-excel.hqx; 177K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 10:06:35 EST
From: Robert Szarek <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 1993 tax form for New Brunswick

 The continuing tax saga:

This is the 1993 Canadian tax forms for New Brunswick.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tax-forms-93-ca-nb-excel.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 18:41:14 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mike Pinkerton)
Subject: [*] Aurora 3.0

Aurora is a cdev (Control Panel device) that sits in your System Folder.
With it, you have full control over the colors used to draw your windows,
buttons, scroll bars, and menus. Ever wanted a mauve menu bar? No problem!
Ever wanted puce scroll bars? Now's your chance! It's also very easy to do
- as simple as choosing colors from the standard Apple color wheel - and
you're off to colorizing (and personalizing!) your desktop.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/aurora-30.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 17:04:37 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] AutoBin 1.0

Enclosed is AutoBin 1.0. A drag and drop binhexer. I tried posting this
earlier but I think it bounced. I will be sending the source in another
message.

Xavier

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/auto-bin-10.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 18:42:33 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mike Pinkerton)
Subject: [*] ColorKey 4.0

ColorKey is a combination of a system extension and a control panel that,
when you hold down ***COMMAND*** and ***OPTION*** while you click the
mouse, will cycle through the screen depths you select (black and white, 4
color, 16 colors, 256 colors, etc.).

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/color-key-40.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 13:01:18 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Lawrence Oppenheimer)
Subject: [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ
(/info-mac/comm/info/csm-communications-faq.txt)

Last-modified: Fri Jan 21 1994
This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for comp.sys.mac.comm

This list of frequently asked questions and answers is intended to help
reduce the number of "often asked questions" that make the rounds here
in comp.sys.mac.comm. Since comp.sys.mac.comm is intended as a forum to
discuss telecommunication (and related issues) that are specific to the
Macintosh, most questions about modems, telecommunications in general,
and other non-Macintosh specific communication questions are not listed
here. The proper newsgroup for such questions is usually comp.dcom.modems.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/csm-communications-faq.txt; 126K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 13:12:36 +0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Flight Commander v1.1 Updater

This program is a utility that will convert an existing copy of Flight
Commander v1.0 into v1.1. This adds some new features and fixes several
bugs. A new battle scenario is included as well.

It is compacted with Compact Pro.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/flight-commander-10-to-11-updt.hqx; 217K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 08:34:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Inside Mac Games, January '94 Free Preview Edition

Inside Mac Games is a complete color electronic magazine with news,
reviews, commentaries, interviews and many other features. This month's
Free Preview Edition features an exclusive sneak preview of Alone in the
Dark, an interview with Rand and Robin Miller (MYST authors), reviews of
SimCity 2000, Crystal Caliburn, The Incredible Machine, and Dark See,
a ton of new product announcements, the IMG game poll, the latest
and games release list and much, much more.

The magazine will work on any Mac and needs no other software to be
viewed. Complete information about subscriptions is included in this free
preview edition.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/inside-mac-games-94-01.hqx; 782K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 14:21:17 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Frank Yellin)
Subject: [*] Jewish Calendar, v 2.0

This is version 2.0 of Frank Yellin's online Jewish Calendar program. Main
additions include printing ability, an option to display the Torah portion
of the week, and an option to switch between holiday schedules for Israel
and the Diaspora (i.e. whether or not to include the extra day in the Galut).
Totally free, and only 27K uncompressed! Downloaded from the Jerusalem One
server (jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il). This should replace the previous version
archived on sumex. Source code available on jerusalem1.
Live long and prosper,
Jan M.L. Martin --- [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/jewish-calendar-20.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 09:30:46 EST
From: JOSHUA GOLUB 708-304-7573 <golub@sgvx02>
Subject: [*] Kai Sounds

enclosed is a folder of sounds entitled "kai sounds".
kai (last name withheld) is a macintosh programmer, and this
folder contains various sounds that he mutters when he is
programming and debugging.

anyone who has ever chased a bug will enjoy these sounds.

if you would like to know the true identity of kai, you could
send a polite email inquiry to:

joshua golub
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/kai.hqx; 688K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:59:06 -0600 (CST)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LaserWriter 8.1.1 Patch v1.1

Greetings, all!

This is version 1.1 of my LaserWriter 8.1 Patch utility, and should
replace version 1.0 in the archives.  Thanks for everyone who has
tried the patch, especially those who have reported problems.

Version 1.1 should fix any reported problems; it works flawlessly my
my IIvx (5/80/CD) with a whole load of extensions, etc., loading up
at boot time.

I have specifically tested to make sure the you can print another
document while PrintMonitor is spooling one in the background; this
had been a problem for some people.  I didn't even have to tweak
PrintMonitor's memory allocation.

This folder has been compacted with Compact Pro, and BixHex'd with
Stuffit Lite v3.0.7's translations.

As always, please report any problems to me via e-mail.  Documentation
is included.

Thanks a lot, and good luck!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/laserwriter-811-patch-11.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 1994 18:20:23 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] my pot archive

I sent you guys a copy of this
newer archive to correct my email address and add a couple more
sounds, because guys still keep sending email 2 my friends account,
and he is kinda unhappy about it, so please post this newer
archive over the old one, and title it "pot-v2.hqx," so my buddy
doesn't keep getting my junk mail from all these potheads.
Thank you your time and consideration, and for posting my first
archive, etc., etc., etc.
                 -Peter J.Bartoli

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/pot-2.hqx; 422K]

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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 16:22:43 -0600
From: David Darby <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] New Version SchoolStat 1.0.8

SchoolStat 1.0.8
Updates the popular shareware statistics application intended primarily for
late school and introductory college level statistics. This update adds the
ability to save one's preferences, adds Kruskal Wallis tables and fixes
several annoying bugs. THe next release will be an upgrade with more
advanced statistical modules.

Yours sincerely
David Darby
(author)

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/school-stat-108.hqx; 791K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:23:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Open-wide 3.5.6

Open-wide is a control panel extension (INIT/cdev) that widens directory
dialogs (Open... and Save... dialogs), the better to see long file names. It
can also stretch these dialogs vertically, so you can see more file names.
Online documentation included.  Postcard-ware.

This update fixes minor compatibility problems with PageMaker and
OtherMenu.

System 6.0.4 or later is required; compatible with System 7.

This is a StuffIt 3.0 archive.

 -- Jim Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/open-wide-356.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 1994 17:46:51 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PlainText >32K text editor (version 1.2.1)

PlainText is a Public Domain text editor with automatic word wrap
that you can use for files of all sizes. It has no 32K limit.

PlainText incorporates a set of features that I have found useful
during years of using several commercial and share-ware editors: Word
wrap, better than standard search and replace, bookmarks, and more.
You can use it to insert or remove hard carriage returns, convert
between Unix, MS/DOS, and Mac end-of-line conventions, convert between
straight and curly quotes, etc. Granted, the big, full-featured editors,
like Pete Keleher's Alpha and BBEdit, by Rich Siegel, have these
features, plus many more. PlainText incorporates a subset in a small,
simple, and fast editor. PlainText even incorporates a few operating
system commands in a command-line interface.

PlainText requires System 6.0.5 or greater and is System 7 saavy.

This is version 1.2.1 and is the first non-beta public release. It
replaces version 0.3 which has been archived at various sites as
plaintext0.3.cpt.hqx, plaintext-editor-for-files.hqx, plain-text.hqx,
and plain-text.hqx.Z.

    Mel Park
    University of Tennessee, Memphis
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/plain-text-121.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 1994 18:44:01 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PlainText source + improved TE32K

Here is the complete source for PlainText, a Public Domain text
editor.

PlainText is a pure C implementation of ideas contained in the object
class library published in "Elements of C++ Macintosh Programming" by
Dan Weston. For many applications, implementing objects in C is a path
to elegant programming that avoids the lengthy compile times of some
C++ environments.

The text engine is modified from TE32K by Roy Wood and with
contributions from Patrick C. Beard, Lee A. Fyoc, Dave Platt, and
Teddy Slottow. In fact, the TE32K source files contained here can be
used as a substitute for TextEdit in any application needing to handle
files larger than 32K. Consult the documentation contained in the
original TE32K package archived on Info-Mac and elsewhere.

I have extensively modified TE32K in order to provide full arrow key
support, undo, MPW-like selection hiliting, support for double and
triple clicking, and more.

Mel Park
University of Tennessee, Memphis
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/plain-text-121-c.hqx; 158K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 03:28:55 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Greg Quinn)
Subject: [*] Re: AppleScript Scripting Extension Library

Here is the next release of my library: GTQ Scripting Library.

It now contains 41 extensions including PowerTalk support.

Greg Quinn
D3297
[e-mail]
Greg Quinn
AppleLink:D3297
Internet:[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/gtq-scripting-lib-10-as.hqx; 202K]

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Date: 3 Feb 1994 15:35:54 -0600
From: "Glockzin Donald" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SCSI_Case1.1.txt

This is a text file that describes how to build a case to hold multiple
internal SCSI devices using a PC case. The cost is around $100 (US) and
can hold 4 or more devices. The text file gives possible part numbers and
hopefully answers possible questions from the average user. My system has
been working for >3 months without any problems. If interested, read it.
Flames accepted, but you should at least read it first. I am the author.

THANKS -- DG
Donald Glockzin
Lead Engineer
Motorola - CIG
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/scsi-case-11.txt; 17K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 10:00:27 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Takashi Suzuki)
Subject: [*] sound/midi - [MIDI Pack'en 1.0.2 - part 1 of 2]

MIDI Pack'en is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to
keep system exclusive data in files. (So called MIDI Data Filer.)
When this application receives system exclusive data, a new window'll
tell you the datasize and manufacturer.
MIDI Pack'en can handle any kind of system exclusive data.
Apple Script recordable.

This application requires :
System7 + QuickTime + Apple MIDI Manager or
System7.1 + Apple MIDI Manager

Shareware

Takashi Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/midi-packen-102.hqx; 66K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 10:05:12 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Takashi Suzuki)
Subject: [*] sound/midi - [SendIt 1.0.2]

SendIt is Drag & Drop application for the Macintosh which allows
you to send patch data edited/recorded by "DX7 Librarian", "JUNO
Librarian" or "MIDI Pack'en".
Apple Script recordable.
This application requires :
System7 or later + Apple MIDI Manager

Freeware.

Takashi Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/send-it-102.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 23:12:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick John Calahan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Submission: Factory Demo

Factory Demo

A playable demo of a new Macintosh game from Softstream International.
You must assemble various consumer products from components moving
along conveyor belts.  Entertaining and addictive.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/factory-demo.hqx; 274K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 19:11:41 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Eric Burger)
Subject: [*] SUMMARY: RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [S]

Original Post:

Anyone have experience with OptiMem?  There's been lots of talk
about RAMdoubler (Connectix), but OptiMem (Jump Development) has
been out for a while now.

For that matter, any further incomatibilities found with RAMdoubler?

The summary:

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/optimem-v-ramdoubler.txt; 7K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 08:42:06 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Craig Ruff)
Subject: [*] Tar 4.0b

This is tar for the Macintosh version 4.0b.

It contains rudimentary support for SCSI tape drives and some
other fixes (see included manual).

I am no longer going to make changes or enhancements to tar.
Feel free to take the source (in a separate file) and modify
to suit your needs.

Craig Ruff ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/tar-40b.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 08:42:27 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Craig Ruff)
Subject: [*] Tar 4.0b Source

This is the source for tar for the Macintosh version 4.0b.

It contains rudimentary support for SCSI tape drives and some
other fixes (see manual in the separate executable file).

I am no longer going to make changes or enhancements to tar.
Feel free to take the source and modify to suit your needs.

Craig Ruff ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/tar-40b-c.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 9:51:13 MST
From: [e-mail] (Simon Tortike)
Subject: [*] update

DigiGraf is an application for digitizing graphical information on an Apple
Macintosh computer.

Simon Tortike, Ph.D., P.Eng.        | tel     : [phone]
Assoc. Prof. of Petroleum Engg.     | fax     : [phone]
Dept of Min-Met-Pet Engg.,          |
University of Alberta,              | Internet: [e-mail]
Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.       |

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/digi-graf-144.hqx; 111K]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 17:28:09 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] VirtualDisk

Know where EVERY FILE is ON EVERY DISK you own with NO EFFORT on your part!

VirtualDisk=81 is a totally new way of keeping track of files on your
removable media - floppies, SyQuest, M/O, CD's, network, etc.

You never run a program to catalog or retrieve files. Disks are cataloged
whenever the disk is removed. The catalog is a Macintosh volume that mounts
on your desktop and is accessed with the Finder, Find File... or even Get
=46ile dialogs from within applications.

Each file cataloged has all the capabilities of a System 7 alias but does
not take the disk space of normal aliases. The catalog is complete
Macintosh file system, so the files are displayed as icons within folders
that looks exactly like the original disk. You may use any of the view
modes from Finder.

This program REQUIRES System 7.

This is a demo version of a commercial product. The demo will let you
catalog up to 10,000 files for a 4 week evaluation time. Purchasing a copy
of the program will allow you to continue the catalog and expand it up to
250,000 items.

=46rom Continuum Software Inc.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/virtual-disk-11a-demo.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 94 19:30:33 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Zedfont.sea.hqx

Zed, A TYPE 1 FONT FOR THE Z SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE

DESCRIPTION
'Zed' is a font for the Z specification language that can be used on Apple
Macintoshes and under Windows. This release includes a PostScript Type 1
font, compatible with Adobe Type Manager, a TrueType font and, for the
Macintosh only, bitmapped fonts in 10, 12 and 24 point sizes.

CHANGES FROM EARLIER VERSION
This version replaces the font 'Z'. Substantial changes have been made,
and the two fonts are not key compatible, hence the change of name. These
changes are described below. To preserve existing documents, do not
discard the old 'Z' font.

    + Zed supports the Z Base Standard, Version 1.0. It includes all
      characters in the standard and those in the Spivey book (the old
      Z font was based on Hayes' book). Other characters have also been
      added, for example many different types of semantic brackets.

    + Zed includes characters for drawing schema borders (aside: these
      look much better on paper than on screen).

    + Zed is no longer a composite of the Symbol font: users will have to
      use Symbol explicitly to get, say, greek letters. This change has
      several advantages:
          - More characters are available.
          - Characters are no longer hidden in obscure places requiring
        multiple keystrokes.
          - Wherever possible, similar characters have been placed
        adjacently (at least on the Macintosh).
          - Some of the more common characters have been placed in more
        memorable positions, e.g. "for all" is at A, "there exists" is
        at E, ...

    + Zed includes Type 1  and Truetype fonts for use with Adobe Type
      Manager on the Macintosh or under Windows (Z was a Type 3 font).

    + Zed uses a 'blackboard' font for operators like the powerset symbol
    P,
      whereas Z used a serif P. Ditto for Z, F, N, R and Q. The reason for
      this change is conformance with general practice rather than
      aesthetics.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/zed.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 07:51:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) system boot logger

Gatekeeper will log system startup and shutdown times automatically.  The
only potential problem in a public lab is that someone who knows about the
program can clear the log file.

Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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Date: 04 Feb 1994 15:25:17 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Chemical Drawing Software

Hello,

I am searching for a PD or shareware program for drawing chemical molecules
etc. Can anyone recommend special tools?

Thanks

Jens Eickhoff
([e-mail])

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Date: 04 Feb 1994 15:25:17 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Chemical Drawing Software

Hello,

I am searching for a PD or shareware program for drawing chemical molecules
etc. Can anyone recommend special tools?

Thanks

Jens Eickhoff
([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 15:34:36 -0700 (MST)
From: Shannon V Spires <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) GIS Systems for the Mac?

Anybody know of any GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for
the Mac? If so, which are generally considered "good", and which,
if any, can read ArcInfo files?
Thanks for your help,
Shannon Spires
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 17:42:50 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mark A Murgittroyd)
Subject: 128 Mac - Did you buy one?

I remember paying about $1700 for the Mac 128 with an Imagewriter.  This
was through an educational institution with their "special" prices.  I did
the 512K upgrade myself some years later.  That cost $2-300 and hey, it
quadrupled your memory.  I remember being thrilled 'cus I could copy a
400K floppy iwth only one or twon disk exchanges, as apposed to the 8-9
before!

My, how spoiled we get.  I didn't even have a hard drive then, and know I
can't live with less than 500MB hard drive space and 8megs!

Who here remembers "recording" programs on cassette tape with the old
Atari sysems....talk about painful!

Mark

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 15:45:15 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jamie Lawrence)
Subject: 1993 Canadian Tax forms

>Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 9:27:46 EST
>From: Robert Szarek <[e-mail]>
>Subject: [*] 1993 Canadian Tax forms

>Icicle Computer has released it's 1993 shareware tax templates that can
>be used with Microsoft Excel version 3 and higher. The forms includes
>the following schedules and are Revenue Canada approved.

Does anyone know of corresponding US ones? I was thinking about doing this,
but if it is already ou there, don't want to bother.

jamie

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 22:59:43 EST
From: Robert Szarek <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1993 tax form for BC file naming

Dear moderator;

It has come to my attention that the file:

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tax-forms-93-ca-excel.hqx; 180K]

has been saved as a "general" form for Canada. This is not true.

The file should named as: /info-mac/app/tax-forms-93-ca-bc-excel.hqx

since this file constains the tax forms for the province of
British Columbia. I am sorry if I failed to provide you enough
information to correctly label the file. Thank you for your time.
--
Robert Szarek                              Land Software Engineering Center
[e-mail]         "If you can make it, then we can break it."

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 13:13:58 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Al Bloom - Unchained

Our beloved Al Bloom let fly at poor Daniel C. Clark in IM V12#19 who wrote
in regarding his misery over the small capacity of your average floppy when
faced with loading an application from the original floppies on a
one-floppy Mac.  He wondered "aloud" why larger capacity floppies aren't
catching on faster.  I wonder the same thing.

Unfortunately, Al saw fit to lambast this guy in a fashion I cannot
believe.  The gem of the piece was:

>why bother us with your complaints and/or wish lists?

A sentiment expressed by the same beloved Al Bloom who regales us with
frequent detailed (read: long winded) accounts of his own Mac adventures
sprinkled with colorful reflections on a broad range of topics, as well as
those of his wife, friends, and neighbors, whether we want them or not.  In
fact, he tells us about his wife's auto mechanic in the very same issue!

I don't know if Al was having an off day, or his ego has inflated until his
brain floated away, but I would like to remind everyone that Info-Mac works
because of the sense of "community" that persists here.  Intolerance and
personal abuse are unacceptable.

I'm sorry Dan Clark, and anyone else who hesitates to write in, if you are
kept from future participation here by this type of behavior.  You are
welcome here, just like Al is.

Paul Baim

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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 08:23:51 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: America Online's problems Apple's opportunity?

Yesterday I heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered a
report saying that America Online has been so successful in attracting
new customers eager to get connected to the Internet via a friendly
interface that it has gotten hopelessly clogged up (hard to log on).
It struck me that this is a perfect window of opportunity for Apple's
forthcoming EWorld service, similarly friendly--if only they've
arranged for sufficient capacity.  However, I was a tad troubled
by the brief version of the MacWeek article on EWorld that I read on
ZiffNet last weekend (I don't get the paper copy).  It mentions
"Internet mail" as its only Internet service.  No mention of FTP,
GOPHER, USENET news (which the press consistently confuses with the
Internet) Telnet, etc.  Does anybody have any more information,
ideas, reactions?

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

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:04:54 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Apple 12" B&W monitor (A)

>At the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium, we're having a lot
>of trouble with the Apple 12" B&W monitors. We have an unusual high
>number of break-downs. In total we have 97 B&W monitors, 20 of which have
>failed over the past year. Most of the failed monitors needed a motherboard
>replacement.

You wouldn't by chance have some huge electrical machines in your hospital
that cycle on and off and cause huge voltage spikes? Maybe some X-Ray
machines, MRI, CAT-scan, whatever?

I think the operative words are "unusual high number of break-downs". Have
you considered getting isolation transformers? How about something that
monitors line voltage accurately enough to record voltage spikes? If it is
high voltage, and the monitors will run on 120 VAC (US voltages), you might
want to get transformers to pop the voltage down to 120 so that any killer
spikes will be halved.

Just suggestions, hey, maybe you got a bad batch of monitors.

Kee Nethery

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 00:58:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bob Beaton)
Subject: Apple LaserWriter 8 lpd & lpr needed (Q)

Hello MacWorld --

Does anyone know of a Macintosh version of the unix Line Printer Daemon
(lpd) and Client (lpr) programs that work with the LaserWriter 8 drivers?
I've tried Casper Boon's lpDaemon (v3.3.2), but it doesn't seem to work
with the new laserwriter drivers.  If someone could tell me Casper's e-mail
address, I'll ask if an update is planned.

Please reply to [e-mail]

Thank you very much,
Bob Beaton
Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 07:01:21 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AppleScript support in apps

Hi,

The simplest way to find out if an application is scriptable is to open the
application's dictionary using the Script Editor.  This will give you a
list of the events and objects provided by the application.  If the Script
Editor does not allow you to open the application's dictionary it means the
app. does not have a dictionary and is not scriptable.

Determining recordability (what a word?) is a trial and error process,
unless the application's documentation tells you.

-Mark

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 18:02:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mike Cohen)
Subject: AppleScript support in apps

[e-mail] writes:

>Is there an easy way to tell if an app is supported by AppleScript and to
>what extent - recordable, scriptable, etc?  ResEdit and other methods
>welcome.

>Thanks

>PETER CHANE
>[e-mail]
>[e-mail]
>University of Wisconsin-Madison, Home of the 1994 Rose Bowl Champions.

The easiest way (although this won't tell you if its recordable) is to use
the "Open Dictionary" command in Script Editor and select that application.
--
Mike Cohen - [e-mail]
NewtonMail: MikeC49506 / ALink: D6734 / AOL: MikeC20

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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 09:50:46 -0600
From: "Michael L. Ayler" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Autodoubler (R)

Just a note of information about Autodoubler for [e-mail].

While I am pleased with Autodoubler's performance, I had to remove it. It seems
something happend when I launched an application from a network folder--it took
FOREVER to launch. HyperCard required at least three minutes (a guess), other
apps required long waits as well. Even with Autodubler turned off the wait
continued. Only when I removed the CP and rebooted did normal launch times
return. And NO, the remote apps were not compressed. I suppose there may be a
simple explanation, but it eludes me at the moment.

Michael L. Ayler                      Texas Christian University
User Services Consultant              Fort Worth, Texas
[e-mail]                [phone] ext. 6851

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

Date: 5 Feb 1994 07:24:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (johnson r scott)
Subject: AutoDoubler Flame

[e-mail] writes:

>I have used AutoDoubler on the following Macs
>Mac Plus running System 6.07 with lots of init
>Radius 16 accel Mac SE running System 7.0 with lots of extensions
>Performa 475 running System running System 7.1P3 with lots of ext.
>Quadra 610 running System 7.1 with lots of ext.

>I have found AD 2.03 to work flawlessly.  The only corruptions I experienced
>was caused by a failing hard disk.  Performance was based on configured AD
>Cache.

>I recommend AD and DiskDoubler to everyone I know who needs this capability.
I'm not sure if I'd recommend them.  I've had backups of files that were
corrupted to the point that the file recovery programs that are included with
auto/disk doubler couldn't recover them.
Those files were on floppies.  I've also had programs which were already
compressed with DiskDoubler B, which were then "further" compressed when I
started using AutoDoubler resulting in the file being corrupted and unusable.
I am very pissed about this since a couple of those file were backups of items
that I have no way of replacing.
        S. Johnson

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

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 1994 11:50:59 +0000
From: Francis Knight <[e-mail]>
Subject: Axion Serial Splitter: Not bad!


    Thanks to those folks who wrote with their experiences on the Axion
Serial Splitter. Traffic has died down now, so here's a short summary.

    A couple of folks noted that the product had matured from non-functioning
with their set-ups, to pretty smooth and transparent. In this process, Axion
technical support was demonstrated to be umm... supportive. The remaining
wrinkle seems to be an occasional reluctance to select a port on first
request, (even it is the port set as the default using the control panel) but
asking a second time (from a system-wide pull-down menu) does the trick.
Hardware handshaking to modems, one of my concerns, is supported.

    It's important to make sure you buy the ironed-out version, which can be
identified by a DC power socket on the side. This allows parasitic
peripherals to be powered by a splitter cable from the ADB port. The
corresponding software is version 2.2.0.

    There is a competing product, Momentum's Port Juggler, which provides
expansion to four ports, and can be used either way round, i.e. to use four
Macs with one peripheral or four peripherals with one Mac. I don't know much
about it apart from what Adam Engst wrote in TidBITS #208 the same day I
posted my original query.

    Oh. And then there's the uniquely British solution. The Brits were 100%
united in suggesting a mechanical T-Switch instead. Pundits could have a
field day relating this to the robustness (or otherwise) of the British
economic recovery, and the return of consumer confidence!

    For me, the Axion's problem with reliable port selection rather rules it
out; I need to start up, dial-in and exchange E-Mail overnight to avoid the
congestion brought about by the increasing poularity of my Internet provider.
(I can easily waste an hour per day trying to dial-in during waking hours as
MacPPP won't do this in the background.) So I'll have to check out Port
Juggler. Or maybe I'll get that T-Switch!

    Thanks again to those who responded.


Francis K.

At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 11:52:55 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Backup software recommendations

In Info-mac Digest V.12 #8 Sandro Menzel opines:
>One problem you might encounter is that DiskFit Pro likes to make the
>destination disk exactly like the original. If you have multiple
>original disks that you're backing up to one large destination (or
>vice-versa), you might run across some problems.

Actually, DiskFit Pro lets you easily define what it calls "Subvolumes"
on a large destination drive.  You simply create a new folder on the
large drive and designate it as a subvolume.  Then, whenever you want to
back up a smaller drive, you back it up to the appropriate subvolume.
The entire contents of the smaller drive will be backed up to the
folder/subvolume on the larger one.

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 10:19:07 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bad Sectors on Floppies

"Jeffrey K. Carney" <[e-mail]> asked:

> While we're on the topic.  Does anyone have any accurate
> field data on the life expectancy of a floppy?  I run a lab
> and from time to time diskettes go bad and files get
> unreadable, causing much distress.  Doesn't seem to
> matter what brand.  But age does seem to make a difference.
> I'd like to be able to say "Buy a new disk after so many
> months of daily use," or "after so many writes."
>
What I do now is run Sector Collector before I put anything
important on a floppy disk. Occasionally this finds a few
bad sectors and puts an invisible file on that sector so that
the Mac does not try to use this sector. I do not have problems
after that.

My hypothesis is that if a sector will go bad, it will be in the
first few months of the disk's use and that either the magnetic
media is put on properly or its not. My guess is it is like paint,
every so often you can see that the paint does not fully cover
the previous coat.

I can't suggest a time frame because the disks that I bought in
1986 have anywhere from 0 to 6 bad sectors. I very rarely throw a
floppy away.

I suggest you try fixing the bad sectors with Public Utilities or
Sector Collector (part of 911 Utilities now, I think, I never up-
graded). Norton Utilities does not fix bad sectors and will say
the disk is fine.(!) But Norton Optimizer allegedly does (never tried).
Public Utilities a has damaged files by "fixing" directories but
I have not examined that carefully. If you use that then turn all the
features off except Bad Blocks and examine the disk. Public Utilities
will recover files that will crash Norton and MacTools 2.0.

Pete Tamas [e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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

Date: 4 Feb 1994 13:30:43 U
From: "WJ Shack" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bold Symbols (A)

Bold Symbols (A)
Bruce Bromberek wrote:
>Please forgive me if this is a FAQ (if it is just point me
>to it and I'll sulk out of here) but how can I get BOLD
>symbold to print.  MS word 5.0 will show it correctly on the
>screen, but the printed result is plain.
Povl H. Pedersen replied
>Whenever you find a frequently occuring bug, or lots of annoying "features"
>in your Word processor, then it is because it is Microsoft Word. Microsoft
>has never written software according to Apple's standards, and I doubt they
>have ever bought Inside Macintosh.
>
>You solution is to choose any other word processor for the pages that gives
>you the problems, and things should be OK. On my HP DeskWriter things works
>as supposed to. Microsoft is known to have different sorts of font
>problems, but it is some time ago since I wrote something in Word. I use
>Nisus now, and can always save in Word format if that is what I want.

Alas, this time MS is innocent.  The problem is with the Apple supplied
Symbol font.  If you use the Adobe Screen Font (available from sumex), you
get bold symbols when you print.  I suspect using the MT Symbol font supplied
with Word 5.x would also work.  The Symbol font supplied with MathType prints
bold.  I use the Adobe font myself.

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 17:27:24 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Cron 1.0d13 submission

[e-mail] (E Hoenkamp) says:

> Regarding Joaquim Baptista's putting someone else's program on the net:
> I'm strongly opposed to putting software on the net without the author's
> knowledge, let alone without the author's prior consent.
> (BTW I have used to program for half a year to my satisfaction, but the
> author didn't seem eager to put it on the net. I am disturbed by the
> thought of people bugging me about a program that I did not release for
> public use.).

Well, I almost agree.  First, I wouldn't have done it for an
"unimportant" program.  But this utility is so useful for a server,
that it really should get wider attention.

About the distribution of the program... I retrieved it from an
anonymous ftp area.  This certainly is public, and there was no
restriction to redistribution in any README file either in the ftp
server or the package itself.  I published it in a much more visible
location, but in fact it was already publicly available.

About bugging the author... it will probably happen, but then again we
are talking about FREE software, and the author has no obligation
whatsoever to mantain the software, although it is considered adequate
and nice to do so.
--
Joaquim Baptista, alias pxQuim

Email: {px,archive}@fct.unl.pt    Fax: [phone]
Snail: Dept Informatica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
       P-2825 Monte de Caparica, Portugal

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 00:12:42 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
Subject: Early Macs

OK, so I didn't buy a 128.  I have a good friend that did.  I remember
walking down to the Apple dealer in Bellingham, Washington and playing with
the Lisa in 82 or 83.  I was going to school and lamenting because we were
in such a computing backwoods.  I was trying to draw pictures on a RamTek
color terminal with 16 colors (only 8 if you didn't snarf the alpha
channel).  I was downloading ascii subroutines to the terminal and then
sending commands to execute them because the "GOSUB 1200" command was
faster at 9600 baud.  I was writing VT100 graphics games on our VAX/VMS
system (8 Megs of RAM for 20+ people).  The Lisa was an incredible machine,
but absurdly out of my range as a poor student.

When the Mac came out in March of 84, I just started work in California at
the Cray supercomputer center in Livermore, just on the outskirts of the
silicon valley.  A friend I met on my first day of work bought a 128
shortly thereafter.  He complained about the lack of memory.  I decided
that a VM bum like me wasn't going to fit in a piddly little 128, so I
bided my time and bought a 512 just as soon as it came out (which is 10
years from next year) in March 85.  I paid $2400 for a Mac, external 400K
drive and an Imagewriter (it wasn't even a 1 yet) at the educational
discount (the lab is run by the U of CA).  I had to wait 6 weeks for
delivery.

On May 15th I was in a car wreck.  I spent a few moments too long admiring
my date and caught about a foot of an oncoming van.  It's amazing how fast
life can change.  Actually, looking at it from the perspective of time, it
didn't have much gross affect (thank you Mr. Seatbelt).  Just some details.
Like my teeth.  ;)  (By the way, we have an admirable health and dental
care system.  Appreciate it despite its costs.  It saved my life.)

So, about my fifth day in the hospital, my Mac shows up.  I can't even go
and pick it up.  Lew goes for me and brings it to the hospital.  We plug it
in and get the happy Mac.  Everything's going to be all right.

As soon as I'm out I start beefing the sucker up.  ThunderScanner for
digitizing the millions of old Omni magazines and other stuff I had lying
around.  I put my library of books (mostly SF, duh!) into a FileMaker
database (although I moved it to Hypercard after trying to index all the
short stories and short story authors unsuccessfully).  I put it to use.  I
was able to work from home with my 2400 baud modem (hey, fast at the time!)
while I recuperated.

I forget when I added the 2M memory upgrade, but it was right away.  I
would stick a disk in and walk away while it booted (doesn't everyone?).
It would load the System, Switcher, MacWrite, MacDraw and MacPaint onto a
RAMdisk and then launch the apps into memory partitions of 128K each (for a
total of 1Meg used for apps, 400K for the RAMdisk and room to spare).  It
was damn fast, although I had to have the Switcher animations on because
they were so cool!

I bought my 512KE upgrade as soon as I could and got harddrive 1313 from
Jasmine.  It was an 80.  Big stuff.  Room to burn.  I filled it.  I had
already written ShowSizes in TML Pascal to tell me where my 20M drive on my
MacPlus at work had gone.  Sounds and pictures.  What a surprise!

I was active in the TriValley Mac users group and the A32 users group in
San Jose.  We would get together in the back room while someone gave a demo
of their latest software in the front.  We'd trade scans and sounds, play
network games and marvel at the latest betas we'd gotten from friends at
Apple and other places (we got in trouble for running AppleShare before it
was released, but it was DAMN cool).  We'd call it pirating now, but then
it was a matter of survival.  To be a guru you had to know and paw through
everything.  I'd buy and recommend the good stuff and slam the bad here on
the net.  I remember how often I would try every permutation of the modifer
keys while clicking every pane in every window.  It was a learning
adventure without manuals or fancy boxes (I bought a lot of software in
baggies).  I sold more Macs in those first few years than most dealers ever
do.  I showed people, because I carried it almost everywhere I went (now I
lug the PowerBook).

Well, I'm almost as bad these days with my Q800 16" dual screen system with
a  VideoSpigot, 14.4Kb modem, a 1200 dpi color scanner and Ethernet to my
600 dpi Laserwriter (and the wife's Q900).  It's a tough life.  We've all
come a long way.

To see the way the Macintosh changed the world though, we can't look at the
Macintosh.  It's still essentially the same, although a bit longer in the
tooth and more complicated.  It's clone machines that show how much of an
effect the Macintosh has had.  How many do you see running DOS any more?
Even unix machines are running GUIs.  Chalk it all up to PARC and what Bill
Atkinson thought he saw there.

I'll just end with this anecdote that qualifies as Apple lore.  Steve, Bill
and the boys got a 3 hour tour of Xerox PARC.  They saw the windowing
system and a bunch of way cool demos.  They saw a vision of the future, and
they were awed by it.  Then they went home, and thought about what they had
seen.  They had seen overlapping windows.  They had seen popup menus.  They
had seen impressive graphics.  They didn't know how it worked, so they
started working on building a system which would work however it could.
Bill got stumped when he came to the fact that programs would have to
refresh non-rectangular areas of windows which show up from behind other
windows.  He knew they had done it (but they hadn't; they had booted on the
problem, but Bill could have sworn he saw it and didn't have video).  So
Bill came up with a way of clipping the screen to an arbitrary region of
pixels mathematically and implemented it in QuickDraw, patenting the notion
of regions and giving Apple an edge.

That's what got the Macintosh going in those memory limited conditions.
Regions, purgeable handles and the lot.  A lot of _us_, that is.  ;)

Jon

"I'm talking and I can't shut up."

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 10:41:53 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ethernet for Quadra 610 and MacIIcx (A)

    Just to elaborate on what Allan said... At work we have been using
Star Nine's new AAUI connector (mainly because we have special wiring that
needs to not be forced into a 'T' but it is much more expensive for the
home.)

    It has worked great, it also comes with a 'T' connector. And they
also sell a NuBus card (but I have not seen it) for $99. Which I would lay
a bet comes with a 'T' connector too.

    MacWhareHouse sells Star Nine's products. This is what your
netowrk will probably look like:

}-------T-----------------------T-----------------------T--------{
    |                       |                       |
    Mac IIx                Quadra 610              Apple Laserwriter

{, } == Terminators
---- == Coax cable
T    == 'T' connector
|    == In the case of the Quadra and the Laser writer this will be the
    AAUI transceiver (the product from Star Nine).
    In the case of the IIx, if the coax connector sticks out the back
    far enough to just connect the 'T', then it is just the 'T'. If
    the 'T' won't fit then you will have to come up with an extender.
    If you use coax for the extender, use less than 2 feet.
    But I think you will be able to get the 'T' on there.

    Of course I am assumming that you have at least a Laser Writer
IIg or above that has a built in AAUI (Apple's AUI).

    Make sure you use Ethernet grade coax, it is at 50 ohm. As opposed
to RGB cable that is 75 ohm. Either will work as long as your segments are
not to far away from each other. But if you have to run some distance the
75 ohm will give you problems.

    Also make sure you have at least 2 feet of coax between each
station. I forget the max, something like 300 feet.

    I also favor putting 2 feet of cable before the terminator, but
you don't have to.

    The above is going to run you about $230 for the connectors + the
cost of the cable + the cost of the terminators.

    Farralon's new product is another option, but I have not
experience with it, nor what it would cost.

Good Luck,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 09:59:10 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Randy Patton)
Subject: FDHD Replacement for MacIIfx

[Rick Russell writes that he needs a replacement FDHD for his IIfx]


>There's an Applied Engineering 1.44Meg drive for ~$200, but as far as
>I can tell that's only an external device. Of course, the IIfx has no
>external FD port.
>

Rick, that's not a problem if the product you're looking at is the Applied
Engineering Plus Drive.  I had a Plus Drive hooked up to my Mac II for
about a year, and IIs don't have external floppy ports either.  The Plus
Drive attaches to the _internal_ floppy port via a ribbon cable that runs
to a port you install at the back of one of the Mac's expansion slots.
(You don't actually lose the slot, just access to it from the outside.)

Once it's installed, the Plus Drive works pretty well.  Some caveats, though:

--You'll still have a broken internal drive, so if you sell the IIfx,
you'll probably have to sell the Plus Drive with it.
--The Plus Drive requires an extension on some Macs.  I don't think the
IIfx is one of them, but it wouldn't hurt to check.
--You can't install a video card, digitizer, or any other card that has
ports or connectors on it in the same slot you use for the Plus Drive's
floppy port.  (Of course, you _do_ have six slots.)

Hope this helps.

H. Randy Patton ([e-mail])
Technical Coordinator, Virginia Tech English Department

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 09:47:18 +0100
From: [e-mail] (J|rn Erik Wennerstr|m)
Subject: Folder From Hell

Hello netters

    I m aware that this might be a FAQ-thing but nevertheless I have a
problem with one of these pesky folders that refuse to leave its cosy HD.
    Only yesterday I browsed the archives (Sumex mirrored on SUNET)
plus made Archie & Gopher queries as to such a folder. I did nt find
anything of use. Has anyone out there got any  idea - short of various
renaming stunts or restarting the Mac with the FFH in the bin.  Direct
replies please - I don t have the time to read the mail regularly. I ll
summarize any useful stuff for the rest of you.

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

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 94 11:55:04 -0500
From: Steve Eisenberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: Government in your face and in your hard drive

I found this very disturbing, but at least we can voice an opinion.

There is currnetly a proposal in the works called the Clipper
proposal.  The Clipper proposal is an encryption standard which the
government wants to make the standard the encryption of digital
signals.

    While this affects few of us now,  in a few years it will
protect the privacy of much our daily interactions with companies
and others over (I hate this buzzword) the information superhighway:
your conversations over next generation telephones, the security of
your transactions while "banking at home," your choice of movies over
interactive TV, your private email, etc.

    The problem with the government's proposal is that it has a built in
back door which the government can use to snoop on you. Legally, they
must have court permission just as they need a court order to wiretap
your phone. However, unlike the old days where they had to show that
order to the telephone company to get them to turn on the tap, they
will pretty much be able to turn it on any time they like. (This
assumes that two agencies work together.) Furthermore, the encryption
scheme is classified, so no experts in the field have been able to
verify how well it really works or how easy it is to break.

      On January 24, many of the nation's leading experts in cryptography
and computer security wrote President Clinton and asked him to
withdraw the Clipper proposal.

       The public response to the letter has been extremely favorable,
including coverage in the New York Times and numerous computer and
security trade magazines.
    Many people have expressed interest in adding their names to the
letter.  In  response to these requests, CPSR is organizing an
Internet petition drive to oppose the Clipper proposal.  They will
deliver the signed petition to the White House, complete with the
names of all the people who oppose Clipper.

 To get your name on the letter and experss your opposention to the
Clipper proposal, please send a message to:

      [e-mail]

 that says: "I oppose Clipper" (no quotes)

 You will receive a return message confirming your vote.


A transcript of the letter to be sent to the president follows:
>
> =====================================================================
>
> The PresidentThe White HouseWashington, DC  20500
>
> Dear Mr. President:
>
>      We are writing to you regarding the "Clipper" escrowed encryption
> proposal now under consideration by the White House.  We wish to
> express our concern about this plan and similar technical standards
> that may be proposed for the nation's communications infrastructure.
>
>      The current proposal was developed in secret by federal agencies
> primarily concerned about electronic surveillance, not privacy
> protection.  Critical aspects of the plan remain classified and thus
> beyond public review.
>
>      The private sector and the public have expressed nearly unanimous
> opposition to Clipper.  In the formal request for comments conducted
> by the Department of Commerce last year, less than a handful of
> respondents supported the plan.  Several hundred opposed it.
>
>      If the plan goes forward, commercial firms that hope to develop
> new products will face extensive government obstacles. Cryptographers
> who wish to develop new privacy enhancing technologies will be
> discouraged.  Citizens who anticipate that the progress of technology
> will enhance personal privacy will find their expectations
> unfulfilled.
>
>      Some have proposed that Clipper be adopted on a voluntary basis
> and suggest that other technical approaches will remain viable.  The
> government, however, exerts enormous influence in the marketplace, and
> the likelihood that competing standards would survive is small.  Few
> in the user community believe that the proposal would be truly
> voluntary.
>
>      The Clipper proposal should not be adopted.  We believe that if
> this proposal and the associated standards go forward, even on a
> voluntary basis, privacy protection will be diminished, innovation
> will be slowed, government accountability will be lessened, and the
> openness necessary to ensure the successful development of the
> nation's communications infrastructure will be threatened.
>
>      We respectfully ask the White House to withdraw the Clipper
> proposal.




Again, I emplore you to consider this carefully and send the message.
Also, please destribute this as widely as you're willing, so that more
people can learn about this proposal and hopefully help do something
about it.  Thank you for attention.

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

Date: 4 Feb 1994 15:30:09 CDT6CST
From: "Erik"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: GPS software for PowerBook 180c

Netters,

I am looking for Global Positioning System Software for the Mac.  I would
like to connect my PB 180c to a GPS system via a RS-232 line.  I have heard
of a package called "MentorPlus Flightmap" as it was used by Dick Rutan in
his record-setting Closed Circuit 2,000 Kilometer Speed Without Payload (Av.
speed 244.0 mph) run December 20, 1993.  (He used a PowerBook for navigation
too!).  I would also be interested in other packages, GPS reciever
information and/or experiences.

Please reply to [e-mail] and I will summarize later...

Thanks in advance!



Erik E. Evenson
Voice:   [phone]
FAX:     [phone]
E-Mail:  [e-mail]
Address: NASA ATTN: ES64
     2101 NASA Road 1
     Houston TX, 77058-3696

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:50:03 -0600 (CST)
From: Fred Hartman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help: Trying to find publication...

In response to a networking question my Apple technical support person
referred me to:
"The Design and Planning of Enterprise-Wide AppleTalk Internetworks"
by Addison Wesley.

I've not been able to find it. When called, Addison Wesley disavowed any
knowledge of the book.

Does anyone know if the book exists and if so where it can be found?
Thanks all.

Fred Hartman
Bemidji State University

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 23:14:24 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Help with Info.

Path: vax1.mankato.msus.edu!ld108
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Help with Info.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 4 Feb 94 23:14:05 -0500
Organization: Mankato State University
News-Moderator: Approval required for posting to comp.sys.mac.digest
Lines: 5

I am searching for information on Stuffit Compression in a shareware archive.
Can someone please tell me where to find it and once I do how to download
the program? If you are an Internet guru I would gladly heed your kind wisdom.

Carl

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 16:02:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Home Internet Connections

Greetings all!

I'm interested in finding out what exactly I would need to set up for
InterNet access from my home (probably through a SLIP connection; I need
to check with my university on that).  I would love to be able to take
advantage of shareware wonders like Fetch, Eudora, Anarchive, TurboGopher,
and NewsWatcher; can I do this from a v.32bis SLIP connection?

I'd like to avoid buying any expensive books if I can; however, if I need
MacTCP (I probably do, don't I?), I'll get Adam Engst's book.  How can I
order it (I can't find it around here).

Thanks for all of your help!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 16:03:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: HP FTP site for drivers

I just saw this small announcement in comp.sys.mac.hardware and thought
that it deserved wider distribution.

"Hewlett-Packard is now (as of 2-1-94) offering an official anonymous
ftp site that contains the latest drivers and information for HP
printers and scanners.  It's located at: ftp-boi.external.hp.com *or*
(192.6.71.2)."

---

This is welcome news!

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

Date: 4 Feb 1994 14:40:36 +1300
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: HyperCard 2.2 facts

> [e-mail] (Steve Pothier) asked:
>
> What's the latest version of HyperCard? What does it
> provide over the previous version? Is someone providing a
> low cost upgrade?

If you're willing to hang on for a bit, a description will probably
appear in TidBITs real soon, but here are some quick facts.

Cost is said to be $89 from Apple for registered upgrade; $250 or so
for off the bat purchase but I ordered mine direct from
[e-mail] and they only charged me $99, so there seems to be
some sort of good deal if you act now.

Changes over 2.1:

A lot of little bug- and convenience-fixes, too many to describe.
(Things like how you talk about menuItems in HyperTalk, etc. A lot
of important stuff is finally messaged, like whether the menubar is
showing.)

More major stuff: Popup buttons. Buttons that look like standard mac
buttons. "List" fields. "MouseDoubleclick" message. Radio buttons
handled automatically through a new button property, "the family".
Real important, at *last* you can figure out how your buttons and
fields are mutually layered on the card with a new property, "the
part".

QuickTime movie windows supported thru an XCMD, lots of cool
options.

Color supported thru an XCMD and a cool utility stack that makes it
easy to add color automatically to a stack (but you can do much
cooler stuff by talking to the XCMD yourself). Add single color to
buttons and fields, have single-color rectangles, display color
rectangular PICTs, all seeming to be *part of the card*.

Biggest change, of course, is that AppleScript is incorporated (and
comes with it). Not just AppleScript; you can send commands in *any*
scripting language your system currently supports. So a field can
hold a script in QuicKeys' scripting dialect and I just say "do
field 1 as QuicKeys" in a handler, and presto, QuicKeys is taking
over and doing all sorts of cool stuff to some other app, all with
the benefit of HC's variable-setting and looping abilities and
stuff.

matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 21:48:12 -0600 (CST)
From: Daniel Pollock <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #19

I am looking to purchase a style writer 1 ink jet printer, it must be in
mint condition.  Anybody willing to part with theirs let me know at
[e-mail]
Thanks
Dan Pollock
Ps:  I would also be willing to consider a desk writer it must also be in
mint condition.
Thanks
Dan Pollock

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:22:31 -0800
From: [e-mail] (W Paul Blakey)
Subject: Info re: Fetch

I'm new to Internet and a virgin Fetch user. Are there any diagrams of how
Fetch finds its way through the net? The different fields make no sense to
me. What is the Host field in relation to the Directory field? Any good
books you can suggest? Thanks :-) wpb

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:27:23 -0800
From: [e-mail] (W Paul Blakey)
Subject: Info re: Fetch

I'm new to Internet and even newer to Fetch. Are there any good books,
(particularly ones with excellent diagrams) that explain how to use the
program? What is the difference between Host field and Directory field?
Thanks (and I hope you don't get two of these messages because I tried to
send one earlier but I don't think it got through - my apologies if I
screwed up) :-)

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 14:41:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Internet in Europe

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I don't know about providers in Europe, but all the software you need,
> included MacTCP v.2.02 (available from Apple at $59.95), for a SLIP/Mac
> TCP connection comes with a great book entitled "Internet Starter Kit
> for Macintosh" by A.Engst (published by Hayden books.) Here in the US
> the price is $29.95 and it's available everywhere. I don't know if
> you can find it in Europe but you might as well get someone buy it for
> you here and send it over.

Thanks for the kind words, Paolo. I'm seriously thinking about adding
a section on non-US connections and localized programs in the next
edition of the book, but this information seems to be extremely hard
to find, if not non-existent.

Hmmm...

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 14:43:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: InterSLIP and Fetch

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I have version 1.0fc3 of Interslip and version 2.1.1 of Fetch.
> Both seem to be giving me problems on my Mac.  Fetch freezes
> and locks up the Mac.  Interslip connects to my service
> provider but doesn't seem to be "aware" of it and highlights
> the Connect button again.

First off, you want to get version 1.0.1 of InterSLIP since it fixed
some bugs that plagued 1.0fc3.

Second, Fetch will crash if you are not already connected to your
provider since it expects a connection to exist. In theory InterSLIP
can see this request for MacTCP services and connect automatically,
but in practice this works badly. Always connect via InterSLIP manually,
then run Fetch.

You can find the InterSLIP update in disk image format (requires Apple's
DiskCopy) at ftp.tidbits.com in:

/pub/tidbits/tisk/mactcp/slip-ppp/

DiskCopy is in /pub/tidbits/tisk/utilities

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:04:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Looking for text processor... (A)

>Hi.  I am in need of a program that can open (or just look inside of) short
text documents in order to find a word.  When it finds that word, it has to
alert me with a sound.  If it doesn't find the word, nothing happens.  I
know this is a pretty specific request, but if anyone has any info, please
email me.  Thanks.

Sounds like a job for ... AppleScript and it's trusty companion ...
Scriptable Text Editor!

Get AppleScript and with it comes a scriptable text editor and as they
always said in college, the rest is left as an exercise for the student.

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 18:32:19 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: MacSLIP on a network (Q)

If I am using MacSLIP to connect to a remote network, is there a way for
other macs on my local network to use the network connection too?

Thanks.

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 12:45:47 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Darrah Chavey)
Subject: Mac utility for decompressing .ARC files (A)

Paul Schwarz <[e-mail]> asks:
>Is there a Macintosh utility out there for decompressing .ARC files?

The program is called ArcMac, or ArcMac.ARC. You should be able to find it
via archie or anarchie, the compress-translate directory of sumex. I know
it's in umich in /util/compression/arcmac. Stuffit Deluxe (commercial
software)
includes a translator for .arc format files.

--Darrah Chavey            Department of Math & Computer Science
  [e-mail]        Beloit College; 700 College St; Beloit, Wisc.

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:05:05 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Mac utility for decompressing .ARC files (A)

>Is there a Macintosh utility out there for decompressing .ARC files?

Stuffit Deluxe

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 20:39:09 -0500
From: Leonard N. Foner <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacX and the Meta key---a puzzle

I'm running MacX 1.1.7.  I'm trying to use my Meta key (called Option or Alt
on Mac keyboards), but MacX is outsmarting itself and refuses to even send the
keypress events for Meta until I've typed some other character, whereupon it
sends (e.g.) "aring" for Meta-A instead of just sending A with its meta bit
on.  And for characters for which the Macintosh doesn't define accents, it
sends nothing at all.

I can tell this by running "xev" on a UNIX and watching what events get sent
when I type characters.

Needless to say, this makes using EMACS highly irritating.  I've been living
with this for over a year now, and I'm close to the snapping point, especially
since I constantly have to remember, depending on what my interface is,
whether I have to type ESC-something (two keystrokes) or can just type
Meta-something (one, much easier, keystroke).

I know that this is not the most current version of MacX, but I'm not going to
spend additional money to upgrade unless I have some assurance that this is
fixed (somehow) in the latest release, or that there is a workaround for it
that nonetheless requires the latest release.

Is there _any_ way of convincing MacX to send all of the keypress events to X?
I'll take solutions of the form "use ResEdit to bash _this_ thing" or
whatever, if I have to.  (No, xmodmap is not a solution, at least not until
MacX can be convinced to at least send the events to X in the first place.)
(While we're at it, of course, this probably implies switching its handling of
the Meta key with no characters---which is to go into "moving a window with
the mouse" mode---to some other key, such as the Command/Clover key, unless it
was clever enough to send Meta-something if I typed, else move the window if I
hold down Meta and wave the mouse.)

Alternately, can anyone suggest other vendors of X server software for Macs
that may work better?  Personal experience with such a product is, of course,
always the best, but I'll take just names & phone numbers of vendors if
necessary.

Please reply directly to me.  If there is sufficient interest, I'll summarize.

Thanks.

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

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 18:22:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Veenker <[e-mail]>
Subject: MaxFax and LineLink modem (A)

I had trouble with my LL and Maxfax when I first got it; it turned out to
be nothing more than cable problems: you must use the cable that came
with your modem. It's got the extra "hardware handshake" line in it that
generic modem cables do not. Since then, it works great! (I use it all
the time.)

Brian Veenker

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:35:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eric Lorenzo)
Subject: Need Animaniac Icons!

Has anyone thought of creating some Animaniac icons for the mac?  The
person who created the Tiny Toon icons sitting on Sumex did a great
job with those.  Maybe they'd like to undertake the next generation
of WB cartoons.=)

Thanks,
Eric

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:15:53 -0600
From: (Pete Chane) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need something scanned, HELP!

I have a laser-printed letter consisting of 12pt. Times text that I need
scanned into my Mac 660av.  I tried the Apple Color OneScanner with a
variety of settings, but it won't give me the quality I need. How can I
scan 12pt laser (300dpi) text into my Mac at full resolution?  It doesn't
seem too daunting of a task considering scanners can do color photos these
days.


Peter Chane
Apple Computer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
AppleLink: PCHANE
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: 04 Feb 1994 10:06:48 +0000 (U)
From: "Dees, Ted E." <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Mice Sticking

On Thu, 3 Feb 94 10:13:53, Troy Kelley wrote:

>My new Quadra came with a fancy new style mouse and it seems to be sticking.
>It is not a hardware problem, I mean it does not physically stick, but it
>sticks on the screen, which makes me think that it is a software problem.
>Or maybe it is a hardware problem that manifests itself on the screen.
>Whatever, it is getting worse. Anyone heard of this? Is this covered under
>my warrenty? Is it a software fix kinda problem? Maybe just a patch routine
>would fix it.

I'm having the same problem with my Centris 650 -- I first noticed it while
trying to place water pumps in SC2000!  (Imagine my dismay when 15 water
pumps appeared sprinkled across the landscape ... .) It's similar, if not
identical, to a mouse problem I had with my IIci -- the effect is as if
the mouse down is stuck or rapidly going up and down.  As I recall from
discussions surrounding the IIci era mouse problem, Apple refused to admit
that there WAS any problem (just like there's no IIsi sound problem).

This is on an Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II, Family No. M2706, Assembled in
Malaysia.

Ted
[e-mail]

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

Date: 4 Feb 1994 12:25:18 -0500
From: "Bill Fleischmann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: New PICT into TText file?

     New PICT into TText file?
All,

Brief version:
Since S7, TeachText has been able to open PICT files; however, it
is not possible to *paste* a new PICT directly into a TeachText
document.  I seem to recall--from many months ago--a workaround that
involved creating a PICT resource with a specific ID in the
TeachText document.  Does anyone have the details of this method
(if it exists)?

Big picture:
I'd like to save some small Excel charts as PICT files so that users
could view them with *quickly* with TeachText--in most cases, the
user will have quit from TeachText faster than Excel can launch.
I haven't found any way for Excel to save a chart as a PICT
file, so you have to use the clipboard.  I *could* paste the PICT
into a graphics package, save *that* document, and then change the
document's creator code to "ttxt"; that method requires two
applications between Excel & TeachText (the graphics pkg plus
something to change the creator code).  If the PICT resource method
I describe above can work, I will need only one application--ResEdit
--between Excel & TeachText.  But I'm open to correction and/or
simpler alternatives.

With my humble thanks in advance,
>>Bill Fleischmann                               [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 21:58:04 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: New PICT into TText file?

> Big picture:
> I'd like to save some small Excel charts as PICT files so that users
> could view them with *quickly* with TeachText--in most cases, the
> user will have quit from TeachText faster than Excel can launch.
> I haven't found any way for Excel to save a chart as a PICT
> file, so you have to use the clipboard.  I *could* paste the PICT
> into a graphics package, save *that* document, and then change the
> document's creator code to "ttxt"; that method requires two
> applications between Excel & TeachText (the graphics pkg plus
> something to change the creator code).  If the PICT resource method
> I describe above can work, I will need only one application--ResEdit
> --between Excel & TeachText.  But I'm open to correction and/or
> simpler alternatives.
>
> With my humble thanks in advance,
> >>Bill Fleischmann                               [e-mail]

Interesting problem. Here's a thought. Use Flash-It to take a screen
shot of the top window (the Excel chart) and set Flash-It to save
it as a TeachText document. That's what I do with the screenshots
for my books, so I see no reason it shouldn't work for your situation.
Then there aren't any secondary programs.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 07:07:54 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Brad Nation)
Subject: Plot/Graph programs

Does anyone know of a good Shareware plot/graph program that allows the
user to put the vertical and horizontal labels on and print out the
plot/graph? It does not have to handle a large number of data points, less
than 100 data points will do.
Please send replys to [e-mail]; I will compile for the net.
Thanks in advance.
Brad Nation

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 07:07:54 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Brad Nation)
Subject: Plot/Graph programs

Does anyone know of a good Shareware plot/graph program that allows the
user to put the vertical and horizontal labels on and print out the
plot/graph? It does not have to handle a large number of data points, less
than 100 data points will do.
Please send replys to [e-mail]; I will compile for the net.
Thanks in advance.
Brad Nation

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 16:16:33 -0500 (EST)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Postscript error

Help!

When we attempt to print an MS Word document containing a font that is NOT a
default printer font, we receive a postscript exception error. There is no font
substitution on our IIg, IIf and IIntx laserprinters. However, all requests to
our old Laser Plus print perfectly.

Can someone tell me what's going on. BTW, we do have Font Substitution enabled
in the Print Setup dialog box.

Josephine Colmenares
Fordham University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 19:06:52 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Dohan)
Subject: PowerBook ADB (Q)

I've hooked up my non-low power, SE/30 vintage, extended keyboard to my PB
160 (4/80 with a PowerPort Gold) ADB despite warnings in the manual not to
do so.  Having heard that this will ruin my battery, I pulled the battery
out (I usually have the PB plugged in).  Two questions:

(1) Does running the PB without a battery in hurt the PB?  If so, how and why?

(2) Will running the extended keyboard off the plugged-in PB hurt the
computer and/or battery?  Again, how and why?

Direction to a FAQ list would be greatly appreciated.  TIA.

        -dan
<== [e-mail] ==>

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 10:11:58 CST
From: Mack Willingham <[e-mail]>
Subject: PPC FAQ List?

Is there a PPC FAQ list available, and if so, where may I download it?


Mack

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 16:46:58 +0100
From: [e-mail] (John Williams)
Subject: Printing from a TCP/IP network to a LocalTalk Laserwriter (Q)

    The question says it all.  We have several Apple Laserwriters and
we would like PCs and Suns hooked up to the same heterogenous network using
the TCP/IP protocol to be able to access these printers.

    HP market the LaserJet IVsi and Apple the LaserWriter 830, both of
which are truly multiprotocol, but they are expensive.  Our printers are
still good for several hundred thousand pages, so I am hunting for another
solution. Recently, vendors are advertising boxes which seem to handle the
bridging between the two environments (Etherwrite, Etherprint ...).  Do
they work well?  Has anyone any experience?

    All answers will be welcomed with my thanks in anticipation.



John Williams

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

Tl (33) 47 42 78 47    Fax/tlcopie (33) 47 42 77 78

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 10:42:54 -0600
From: Todd E. Frenzel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing to line printer...

Greetings,

Does anybody know of a print driver for the Mac that allows you to spool text
documents to a unix host so that they can be queued to a high speed line
printer.  I have a Ethernet TCP/IP network that connects Macs, Suns, and NeXT.
I would like to be able to queue database reports created on the mac to the LP
print server and print them out with the rest of my unix print jobs.  Currently
I use a shiva net serial and Mac Daisy Print drive to access a Genicom 4440.
But this is proving to be unreliable with future system upgrades, and I want to
get away form local talk cabling and the fastpath if possible.  Thanks in
Advances.

Todd Frenzel
Texas Animal Health Commission
Austin, Texas

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 18:12:17 +0100
From: Cas Meijer <[e-mail]>
Subject: PS to MS Word converter (Q)

Dear Netters

Does anyone know if there exists a converter that converts PostScript to
something like an  MS Word file?
I write an article together with someone and he send me a PS file I do not
like to type it all.

The word version I have (5.1.a) does say it is converting an EPS file but
it does not show anything i.e. a nearly empty picture with just the
filename, the title the creator (Windows PSCRIPT :-0) and the number of
pages (0). But it prints fine on a PostScript printer. (12 pages). :-(

Thanks for the help
Cas Meijer

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 01:24:56 EST
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Puny Floppy Drive Capacity

Why anyone would be in the unfortunate position of being unable to put
SOME kind of OS on the hard drive and reboot--and thereby avoid the
Toaster Tango--is beyond me (even System 7.1 fits on a single 1.44,
doesn't it?); but if you want solutions nevertheless, get a second
floppy drive.  As for the 21MB solution, they are usable media, but
they take too long between insertion and disk mount, and any storage
product that already calls itself a FLOP-anything is unlikely to become
an industry standard.  (I own one and it works but it just ain't there
yet).

-Allan Hunter
<ahunter@sbccvm>
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 22:11 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: RamDisk (Q)

Dear Netters,
Is there freeware or shareware to create Ramdisks on a Mac LC (the 68020)?
If so where may I find it on the FTP or Gopher links to the net?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:49:48 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Johan Solve)
Subject: RAMdoubler upgrade?

I'm looking for an upgrader for RAMdoubler 1.0 -> 1.0.1. Could someone tell
me where this can be found via ftp?

Johan Solve         [e-mail]       Halmstad University, Sweden

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

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 15:16:16 EST
From: Marshall Rosenstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: Reading 128k Mac formatted disks on LC (Q)

I'm using Access PC and Easy Open Translators on a 4/40 LC.  Is there
any way I can read 3.5 floppies which were formatted on the 128k Mac?
Would it work in reverse if I formatted a low density floppy on my LC
first?  I've already tried to read a 128k formatted floppy, but my LC
can't do it.   Thanks.

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

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 1994 13:24:46 -0600
From: Tammy B Frietsch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re Nutritional Software Request

I got an offer in the mail today form Ohio Distinctive Software.  They
want to sell me their $218.95 Nutrition Software for $8.00 + $3.00 postage
and handling.  It includes Executive Diet Helper, which analyzes your diet
and reccomends substitute foods, Menu Planner, which creates daily menu
plans for any calorie needs or special needs, and the Weight Loss Planner.
 I have not ordered this package, and I know nothing about it, but it
might fit your needs.  The price is certainly not bad.  Their address is

Ohio Distinctive Software
4588 Kenny Road
Columbus, Ohio 43220
Phone  [phone]

Tammy Frietsch          <[e-mail]>
Yoakum Jr. High
P.O. Box 737
Yoakum, TX, USA  77995

     *** L.I.F.E. - Learning is for Everyone ***

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

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 09:08:40 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Dan Wismer)
Subject: replacing Chicago as system font (Q)

I have read once how to do it, but can't find it anymore (I have searched
old digests):

I would like to substitute Chicago with the font used in the cdev Chicago
Nice.
This involves copying the font into the system and modifying a setting in
the system file with Resedit.  But, what do I have to modify ?

Thank you for your help.

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 21:03:35 -0600
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE HD doesn't mount...

I have a Mac SE whose hard drive no longer mounts.  It doesn't come up with an
error message or anything, just the "?" showing that it doesn't see a valid
startup disk.

When started with a startup disk, the computer functions, but still doesn't
recognize the HD.  First Aid doesn't see the HD, nor does HD Setup.

Silverlining spots something on the SCSI chain, but doesn't recognize the
driver.  It seems to say that the driver doesn't exist.  Does this mean the HD
is trashed?  Is there anything that I can do to retrieve the files?  Could this
simply be a loose cable or something?  I've tried the
option-command-shift-delete/backspace trick, but that doesn't bring up the HD
either.  Any ideas?

Please email directly.  Thanks in advance.

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 17:54:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Sridar Narayanan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slide makers and software

Hello,

We will soon be purchasing a slide-making unit to produce 35mm slides
from Persuation, PowerPoint and PostScript files.  If any of you have
any experience or words of wisdom to offer on which products and
driver software to look for or stay away from, I'd like to hear it.

The folks around here want to get a 486 clone for the most CPU bang
for the buck, but I think that a Quadra would be much easier to
set up and maintain.  I also think that Macs are far ahead of PCs
in graphics performance.  What type of host computer will we need?
Is a Quadra 610 enough, or should we get an 840AV.  How much memory,
etc?  Any input you have will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Sridar

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Date: 4 Feb 1994 13:07:22 -0500
From: "Kaufman Peter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SmartScrap (R)

>>A Friend of mine had a old program called SmartScrap for his Mac SE
>>that allowed a user to have multiple scrapbook files and allowed you
>>to manipulate them. Where can I get thisprogram? Are there other programs
>>that can do this also (Shareware/freeware)? And are they 7.X compatible?

MultiClip Pro from Olduvai does that stuff, and a lot more.

Regards
Peter Kaufman

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:05:09 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: System Boot Logger (A)

>I am looking for some piece of software that will create a log showing
entries for just these two things:
       SYSTEM STARTUP with Date and Time
       SYSTEM SHUTDOWN/RESTART with Date and Time

This too looks like a perfect job for ... (sound of trumpets) ..
AppleScript and it's pal ... Scriptable Text Editor. You could very easily
on startup open a document, write "startup" and the date time, close and
save the document, and then on quit when the machine shuts down, open it
again and write "shutdown" with all the relevant info.

Kee Nethery

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:09:38 -0500
From: Robert Scott Lillard <[e-mail]>
Subject: TIFF's, PCX, and EPS from PC to MAC (Q)

Hello I-M Netters:
I am trying to convert images scanned in  to a PC (through an HP
ScanJet IIC with HP DeskScan software) to my LC.  The PC software
allows the images to be saved as TIFF, PCX, EPS GIFF as well as
others.  My Access PC software on my MAC will allow me to
designate these formats as Superpaint TIFF's, EPS etc ... When I
try to open these files on my MAC, however, nada! (for you
non-Spanish speaking netters 'nothing').  It gives me an error on
reading the file ('file damaged' or the like). which I know not
to be true as I can read the file fine on a PC (with
PhotoFinish).
I have tried XlateGraph which I got off the net last year, and
while it will open the TIFF's the images are incomplete or copied
over several times in the same window.
Any sugggestions?  Know of any other nets which may be able to
help?
Imageless and TIFFed-off
scott lillard
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 17:21:11 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Trouble with Apple HD

I have encountered a problem with a Centris 650 with a 230 Mb Apple
internal drive.  The drive became sufficiently damaged that it would
not mount.  I use CP disk tools to fix the disk and in the process
had to tell CP to "write an emergency driver to the disk and mount it".
This worked and the disk is working fine now but it is no longer
recognized by Apple HD SC Setup 7.2.2 -- the test button works but
the Initialize and Update buttons are dimmed.  I then used ResEdit to
hack the program to recognize non - Apple drives with no change.
It still will not let me re-install the original driver for the
disk.

Anybody have any ideas about how I can reinstall the Apple driver.

Thank You,

Ken Brantley
TTUHSC Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lubbock, TX
[e-mail]
or
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 10:16:06 WET
From: Paul Russell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wanted: Tone dialer wanted [A]

"Jef Kennedy" <[e-mail]> asks for a utility which will
tone dial a number on the clipboard. I am happy to report that such a
piece of software exists - MagicDialler, an FKEY, does exactly this and
costs nothing. I submitted it to info-mac some time ago and haven't
checked whether it's still there. I'll upload it again if there's any
demand...

//Paul

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