Mac-Source 1994 July/Mac-Source_July_1994.iso/Information/info mac digest v12/infomacv12-057.txt

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Date: Sat,  9 Apr 94 20:15:39 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #57
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Sat,  9 Apr 94       Volume 12 : Issue 57

Today's Topics:

      [!] RICEVM1 now RICEVM1.RICE.EDU only, not RICEVM1.BITNET
      [*] Anthropology HTB Demo; an information book
      [*] Avid VideoShop 2.0 to 2.0.1 update
      [*] Biology-wait-curs11; three animated cursors
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-010
      [*] DLViewer; a DL-style animation viewer for the Macintosh
      [*] Donna Matrix Patch for Inside Mac Games CD-ROM
      [*] Fat binary version of Pathways into darkness!
      [*] FinderHider Universal; for presentations
      [*] FLIViewer; an FLI animation viewing program
      [*] Fontographer (font generation utility) FAQ
      [*] Fontographer 4.0.0>4.0.4 No FPU updater
      [*] Infinity Windoid WDEF 2.6
      [*] InfoBrowser 2.8 [repost]; browser for Info-Mac digests
      [*] LaterLaser 1.0b1; allows delayed printing
      [*] Mac CPAV Antidotes 4/2/94; for MacTools
      [*] Player Pro Demo Info-File version 1.1
      [*] PopupCDEF-10b3-c; implementation of a popup menu control
      [*] Pythagoras_1.1; an AfterDark module
      [*] Quick and Dirty HyperCard UTM/Lat/Long converter
      [*] Roland TR-707 Sound Sample Set
      [*] Sociology HTB Demo; an information book
      [*] Tetris; a free, compact version
      [*] Timer 1.5 update
      (A) System Enablers
      (C) Allan Bloom re Sys 7.1,
      (Q) Dialup SLIP/PPP between Mac and Sun
      (Q) MacTCP over ARA
      Allan Bloom re Sys 7.1, MacTCP 1.1.1 (c)
      Announcing submissions t (2 msgs)
      Apple CD Player--Howzit work?
      ATM/Quickdraw GX
      Automatic Trashcan
      AVI -> QuickTime
      Correcting the GMT offset (automatically)
      D/L usenet
      Database Design and Theory
      DECLaser 1152
      Deleting Sys 7 Undeleteable files under System 6
      DIGITAL DEC LASER 1152 - PPD ?
      DiskCopy 5.0? Where? How?
      Does plugging in live SCSI fry Powerbook?
      Educational Pricing MAE
      Flow Charting SW
      GeoPort? Can do it (almost)!
      Hack MacWrite Pro for Autosave?
      Hack MacWrite Pro for Autosave? (R)
      hardware handshaking
      Icon resource files
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #55
      Info-Mac mirrors and ftp congestion
      Init to change screen refresh rate (A)
      Is Anarchie stateless? (Q)
      LC problem (A)
      Macintosh Disk Cache fix -- 25 times speedup
      MacLayers & CD ROMS
      MacTools AutoCheck Desktop data problem
      May I Play-Thru!?
      Mystique -- is it worth the download?
      pI_protein
      PPP vs. MacTCP
      Printing from ethernetted PCs to Localtalk printer
      Programmer's switch on Quadra 660AV
      Public Utilities 2.0
      QuickMail-cc:Mail gateway (A)
      removable vs permanent drives
      Roessli: sharing network faxmodem
      Scripting Beginner (A)
      SCSI START
      Serial port: PC -> Mac? [Q]
      Snow White Icons Anyone?
      StyleWriter 1 value in dollars
      submission announcements (C)
      System Enablers
      Talk and Finger utilities over server-assigned PPP?
      Telnet 2.6 and setting tran
      Telnet 2.6 and setting transfer directory
      ZMac-Exclusive Distribution

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Date: Fri, 08 Apr 94 17:42:34 CDT
From: "Mark R. Williamson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [!] RICEVM1 now RICEVM1.RICE.EDU only, not RICEVM1.BITNET

Sorry I didn't get this to y'all earlier, but things have been frenetic
here with technical and administrative crises.

As of a few minutes ago, RICEVM1 disconnected from BITNET.  The system
will still be around, will still cohost the INFO-MAC LISTSERV-based list,
and will still offer our shadow archive.  (All of the above is subject
to later change, of course.)

This has two practical consequences:

1. Users on BITNET and cooperating networks must address our server as
[e-mail] instead of RICEVM1.BITNET or just RICEVM1.
All BITNET systems are supposed to be able to send email to domained
addresses by now, so this is minor.

2. Our LISTSERV can no longer be contacted by BITNET interactive message.
The mirror list should be updated to show email as the only access method
for our server.

--Mark

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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 20:49:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Anthropology HTB Demo; an information book

Anthropology HyperTextBook

The HyperTextBook represents a new way of presenting information for
educational purposes. By clicking on keywords (either in a special keyword list
or in the body copy of the text) the user can instantly jump to a related piece
of information. The Hyper
TextBook allows a user to type in a word or string and search for any other
linked articles. Iverson's proprietary linking technology has been in use since
early 1988, but these new products represent the first major use of this
technology in information
 publishing.

HyperTextBooks are intended to be used as a compliment to an existing
curriculum, rather than function as a replacement for other resources. "A
typical HyperTextBook is made up of information 'nuggets' on a particular
topic," says Jeff Iverson. He contin
ues, "the user can explore many different paths between these information
nuggets and, in the process, learn about related items that they might not have
searched for in the first place."  The Anthropology HyperTextBook covers 280
topics related to each
other and to the study of anthropology.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/anthropology-hypertext-book-demo.hqx; 161K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 18:43:10 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ivan M CaveroBelaunde)
Subject: [*] Avid VideoShop 2.0 to 2.0.1 update

Enclosed please find an update for Avid VideoShop 2.0 to 2.0.1.
The self-extracting archive includes:
- An updater application that converts the VideoShop 2.0 app
    into 2.0.1.
- Updated versions of the following Filter Effect plug-ins.
    - Audio Reverse
    - Fade In
    - Fade Out
- Updated versions of the following Transition Effect plug-ins.
    - Clock Wipe
    - Corner Swing In
    - Corner Swing Out
    - Cross-Mosaic
    - Cross-Spin
    - Drop
    - Explode
    - Fan Wipe
    - Iris Polygon
    - Iris Round
    - Iris Stars
    - Peel
    - Spin In
    - Spin Out
    - Tumble In
    - Tumble Out
- Updated versions of the Photoshop QuickTime Import/Export
    plug-in and the Fractal Design Painter QT Import/Export
    plug-in.
- README files detailing all changes to VideoShop 2.0.1.

Enjoy,

-Ivan

Ivan Cavero Belaunde ([e-mail])
Avid VideoShop Project Lead
Avid Technology, Inc.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/avid-video-shop-20-to-201-updt.hqx; 418K]

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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 22:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Raskolnikov <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Biology-wait-curs11; three animated cursors

Molecular Biology Wait Cursors 1.1
(c) 1994 by Brian Harmon

    These are some molecular biology cursors I put together in my
not-so-copius free time.  These are:  A DNA double helix (B DNA), a
bacteriophage attacking a cell, and Mitosis.
    Feel free to send these wherever you like, just include the Readme
file.  These are freeware, and you can even cut out frames to make the motion
quicker if you like.  I do not want this used for _anything_ commercial w/o my
permission, so ask me first.  These can be put on the info-mac CD ROM,
however.

    please send me any feeback at:  [e-mail]

    enjoy,

    Brian Harmon

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/biology-wait-cursors-11.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 12:50:06 MET DST
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-010

C.S.M.P. Digest             Thu, 07 Apr 94       Volume 3 : Issue 10

Today's Topics:

    *Simple* CopyMask question
    C-C++ public domain compiler
    Code Fragment Loader and VM
    Code to rebuild desktop?
    CodeWarrior features?
    Graphic Elements release announcement
    How to get Finder icon?
    Porting Think C to CodeWarrior
    Quickdraw GX Beta 3 fun
    Spoofing a serial port
    Using Think Pascal Library in SC++
    rowBytes for the screen too big?


The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([e-mail]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-010.txt; 52K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 20:00:20 -0700
From: Bill Galcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DLViewer; a DL-style animation viewer for the Macintosh

        Finally, a DL-style animation viewer for the Macintosh

Enclosed is a BinHex'ed self-extracting StuffIt! archive containing a Macintosh
application which will allow Mac users to view DL-style animation files.  This
program handles both Version 1 and 2 file types, and handles format 0 (large,
320x200), 1 (medium, 160x100) and 2 (small, 80x50) animations.

DLViewer 1.0b8 is my latest attempt at providing an animation viewer for DL
animation files.  It does not use QuickTime(tm) so it should work on any
Macintosh that can support 256 (8-bit) color.  It does require System 6.0.2 or
beyond and Color QuickDraw 1.2.  1.0b8 fixes some minor problems found during
beta testing of 1.0b3 and adds support for all known internal DL frame
commands.  Also added is the ability to play a DL through only one time as
well as looping continuously.  DLViewer was compiled to take advantage of
MC68020 and above instructions and addressing modes, so it cannot be run on
Macintoshes with 68000 processors (Plus, SE, etc.).

The animation images are all read into memory for maximum display speed.  This
implies of course that for large animation files an equivalently large amount
of memory is used.

In addition to the animation itself, I have also provided the ability for
smaller images to be "zoomed" (160x100 -> 320x200; 80x50 -> 160x100 _and_
320x200).  The 80x50 images look very pixelated when zoomed up to 320x200, as
you might expect.  Up to 10 DL files can be open at the same time.  The real
constraint will more likely be how much memory you allocate to the viewer to
run.

Finally, since DL animations do not have a built-in frame rate, the frame rate
for each animation can be individually specified and adjusted.

Thanks to Mark Podlipec who wrote XANIM, an X-Windows animation viewer.  His
sources provided the insights and clues to decipher all the formats that DL
files use.

Bill Galcher    ([e-mail])
Midnight Oil Productions

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/dl-viewer-10b8.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 10:41:04 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Thomas)
Subject: [*] Donna Matrix Patch for Inside Mac Games CD-ROM

This patcher file is will allow you to play the Donna Matrix demo available
on the Inside Mac Games CD-ROM.

As many of you have noticed, the Donna Matrix (by Reactor, Inc.) demo
cannot be launched from the IMG CD-ROM program. We've created this
application so you can play the demo. Simply put in the IMG CD-ROM in your
CD-ROM drive, and launch the "Play Donna."

Enjoy!

Inside Mac Games
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/donna-matrix-demo-patch.hqx; 270K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 03:05:35 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jerome Chan)
Subject: [*] Fat binary version of Pathways into darkness!

A "Fat" binary demo of Pathways into Darkness. Downloaded from America
OnLine. Runs on PPCs and >= 68020s Macintoshes. The game maze is different
>From the previous demo versions.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/pathways-into-darkness-demo.hqx; 1422K]

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 10:58:12 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Green, Electric Magic Company)
Subject: [*] FinderHider Universal; for presentations

FinderHider Universal Released!!

Tired of seeing the Finder and other applications showing round the edges
of your multimedia title? Want to put the final polish on all your hard
work? Then use:

        ** FINDERHIDER UNIVERSAL **

FinderHider Professional, the choice of major multimedia developers since
1993 is reborn.

Support for:
       Director 4.0
            Authorware Professional
                  and HyperCard


After a simple drag-and-drop operation your title will automatically have a
black border from the edge of the stage to the edge of the screen. Any
stage size, any screen size. Use the included XCMD or XObject to put
patterns, colors or pictures in the border.

The demo package "FinderHider Universal/Eval.sea" contains documentation
and a full-featured installer. An installation using the demo package will
last seven days and then expire.

Electric Magic Company
San Francisco, CA

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/finder-hider-universal-demo.hqx; 111K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 20:17:23 -0700
From: Bill Galcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FLIViewer; an FLI animation viewing program

         An FLI/FLC Animation Viewer for the Macintosh

Enclosed is a BinHex'ed self-extracting StuffIt! archive containing a Macintosh
application which will allow Mac users to view FLI and FLiC (Autodesk Animator)
animation files.  This program will handle the standard 320x240 and 640x480
sized animations, as well as other odd-sized animations.

FLIViewer was compiled to take advantage of MC68020 and above instructions and
addressing modes, so it cannot be run on Macintoshes with 68000 processors
(Plus, SE, etc.).

The animation images are all read into memory for maximum display speed.  This
implies of course that for large animation files an equivalently large amount
of memory is used.

FLI/FLC animations do have a built-in frame rate. I've also provided a way to
specify an alternate frame rate in case you wish to modify the timing of the
animation.  It can be found in the "FLI" menu under "Frame Rate ...".

Thanks to Mark Podlipec who wrote XANIM, an X-Windows animation viewer.  His
sources provided the insights and clues to decipher all the formats that FLI
files use.

Bill Galcher    ([e-mail])
Midnight Oil Productions

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/fli-viewer.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 13:50:55 -0500
From: Michael Macrone <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Fontographer (font generation utility) FAQ

This is Altsys's most recent "Technical Notes" file (March 1994) on
Fontographer 4 for the Macintosh, and is geared especially toward
Fontographer 4.0.4. In essence, this is the Fontographer FAQ, and it
contains many useful step-by-step instructions for correcting frequent
Fontographer problems. Uploaded with the permission of technical support.

Michael Macrone
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/fontographer-faq.hqx; 125K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 15:09:33 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Bob Schenk)
Subject: [*] Fontographer 4.0.0>4.0.4 No FPU updater

Attached is one of a set of eight updaters which convert
Fontographer 4.0.x to Fontographer 4.0.4.

I have no connection with Altys except as a long time
customer. This updater is posted with the permission of Altsys
technical support.

Robert Schenk

[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontographer-40-to-404-nofpu-updt.hqx; 571K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 00:07:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Troy Gaul)
Subject: [*] Infinity Windoid WDEF 2.6

This archive contains resource files and the source for a standalone code
resource that conforms to a Window Definition (WDEF), as defined by Apple
Computer in Inside Macintosh.

It provides a 'windoid' appearance. A windoid is a floating window that
appears above document windows in an application and is commonly used for
things such as tool palettes, information windows, and the like.

FEATURES:
-  Supports System 7-style coloring of windows.
-  In System 7, the tinge color set by the user in the Color control panel
is used.
-  Supports a zoom box and/or grow box.
-  Title bar can appear along the left of the window as well as across the
top.
-  For MacApp & THINK Windoid users, the behavior of the Windoid WDEF can
be switched to conform directly to one of those WDEFs.
-  System 6 coloring scheme (which can be set in Kolor or a similar control
panel) is also supported.
-  A DeviceLoop is used so the Windoid will be drawn correctly even when it
crosses monitors of differing depths.
-  In System 7, indexed color tables are checked to see if there are enough
different colors to display the color version (like the system WDEF).
-  Optionally allows a title in the titlebar.
-  Full source code included (compatible with MPW C and THINK C)
-  No usage fees

CHANGES IN VERSION 2.6
-  Now has support for making a fat binary version of the Infinity Windoid
WDEF (provided you have the Apple MPW-based tools for doing so).
-  Added a one-pixel slop to the hit testing on the titlebar gadgets to
make them easier to hit.
-  The appearance of the titlebar when dimmed with a custom window color
table now matches that of the System WDEF. A handful of other changes were
also made to the code to make the appearance with custom wctb's the same as
that of the System WDEF.
-  Made the titlebar revert to black-and-white on those PowerBooks in which
this is necessary to make the appearance match that of the Apple WDEF.
-  Added an option to have the zoom box be positioned so that it always
hits the pattern the same way as the close box.
-  Added an option to make a small version of the grow box.
-  Fixed a problem with compiling under Metrowerks Code Warrior which
caused mixed colors to be calculated incorrectly.
-  Started including a Code Warrior project file for compiling the WDEF.
-  Now uses UniversalProcPtrs to support PowerPC.

_Troy Gaul
 Infinity Systems
 [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/infinity-windoid-wdef-26-c.hqx; 174K]

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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 94 16:41:59 EST
From: Jeff Kline <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] InfoBrowser 2.8 [repost]; browser for Info-Mac digests

Hey Folks This is another try at transfering InfoBrowser 2.8. This should
work.  InfoBrowser is an Update to version 2.5.  It is a HC stack that allows
for relatively easy browsing of Info-mac Digest.  It allows you to save message
s, create lists of files to download and browse quickly without having to read
every message.  It is freeware.  I Would appreciate it if you could send
e-mail if you plan to use it.  It requires HC 2.x and works best on faster mach
ines
Even though it was developed on an SE and works fine in that environment .

Jeff Kline     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/info-browser-28-hc.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 22:39:55 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Gib Henry)
Subject: [*] LaterLaser 1.0b1; allows delayed printing

I'm submitting LaserLater on behalf of its author, Keith Stattenfield, as
copyrighted freeware.

LaterLaser is a system extension (INIT) which allows you the option to
delay printing a document when you print to a laser printer which is not
available--perhaps the printer is turned off, or your computer is not
connected to the correct AppleTalk network.  The next time LaterLaser
detects the presence of the chosen printer, it will offer to print the
document.

Especially useful for PowerBooks because it allows "printing" while on the
road, then when you redock (Duos) or reconnect (other PowerBooks) to the
network with the chosen printer, LL offers to print your documents!

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/later-laser-10b1.hqx; 34K]

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Date: 6 Apr 1994 14:47:25 -0800
From: "Chall Fry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac CPAV Antidotes 4/2/94; for MacTools

Here's the MacTools CPAV antidotes file (aka MACSIG), dated 4/2/94.
This has the README file included, and is ready to be placed on FTP
sites. I'll also be sending this off to info-mac.

    --Chall Fry--
(Central Point Software)

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/mactools-antidotes-94-04-02.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 03:12:19 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jamal Hannah)
Subject: [*] Player Pro Demo Info-File version 1.1

Here is the latest update of the Player-Pro information file.  Please
place this 12535 byte text-file in the info-mac archive.
  - Jamal Hannah  <[e-mail]>

THE PLAYER PRO DEMO INFORMATION FILE (FAQ)
by Jamal Hannah <[e-mail]>, 4/7/94, version 1.1

CONTENTS:

* What is the Player Pro Demo?
* What is the latest version of Player Pro?
* What are the features of Player Pro?
* What Hardware do I need to run the Player Pro?
* Where can I get the Player Pro?
* What Software do I need to run the Player Pro?
* What are MOD files?
* What information do I need in order to Edit MOD files?
* How do I go About Writing MOD-Playing Code?
* How do I Register the Player Pro so I can Edit MOD files?
* What do I do if I cant get the Player Pro to work?
* What other programs for the Macintosh play or Edit MOD files?
* Electronic Mailing-List Address

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/player-pro-demo-info-11.txt; 13K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 20:09:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Ari I Halberstadt)
Subject: [*] PopupCDEF-10b3-c; implementation of a popup menu control

This is version 1.0b3 of Popup CDEF. It fixes some bugs and has slightly
better support for menus created by the application. Improved documentation
is provided, and a new application demonstrates the different types of
popup menus that can be created with this CDEF. Full C source code and
THINK C 5.0.4 projects are included.

This CDEF implements a popup menu control and is modeled after the popup
CDEF provided by Apple in System 7.0 and described in IM-VI, p3-16 to
3-19. If you are already familiar with Apple's CDEF, then using this CDEF
should be straightforward. This CDEF handles display of the menu's title,
the current selection, the one pixel drop shadow, and the down arrow at
the end of the menu. It also handles tracking of the mouse and checking
and unchecking of the current item. It is compatible with systems 6.0.5
and 7.0. Support is also provided for type-in popup menus and for menus
created dynamically by the application.

This program is free, and can be used subject to the terms detailed in
the file "Distribution".

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/popup-cdef-10b3-c.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 18:21:09 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Pete Gontier)
Subject: [*] Pythagoras_1.1; an AfterDark module

CHANGES SINCE 1.0: now supports "Thousands" of colors. If your system
does not support "Thousands" of colors, there is no reason to download
this version. Unless, of course, like me, you wouldn't be able to
stand it if your geek buddies found out you didn't have the latest and
greatest version of something.

Pythagoras (Pythy) is a free-of-charge module for use with Berkeley
Systems After Dark family of screen saver programs (or any other program
that can run After Dark modules, such as BitJugglers UnderWare, Now
Software's NowFun and several others). It is a gift for you from Kiwi
Software, Inc.; we hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.

Pythy was designed with one goal in mind: creating a near-endless
variety of intriguing visuals based exclusively on real-time plotting of
mathematical functions. Pythy uses hundreds of continually oscillating
parameters to keep its visuals interesting.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/pythagoras-11-ad.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 12:48:40 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Keith Tinkler)
Subject: [*] Quick and Dirty HyperCard UTM/Lat/Long converter

Whomsoever ....
Hypercard Stack (very small <25K) for Macintoshes. Will work under
Hypercard Player 2.0 or Hypercard 2.0 or better. This is a quick-and-dirty
LAT/LONG to UTM converter (and vice-versa). It has to be calibrated for a
local area, roughly 50km radius, from data on a topographic map. Works by
assuming the two grids are linearly related (locally) and just transforms
>From one to the other. Details are on the last card of the stack. Useful
for those like me with a handheld GPS system but no software or downloading
facilities. Also available on the /incoming file @spartan.ac.BrockU.ca and
is available for anonymous FTP.  Please report any comments, problems or
improvements to ktinkler at that address. Thank you.

Keith Tinkler

           $$$$$$$$$$ (always hoping!)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/lat-long-to-utm-converter-hc.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 14:18:00 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael Fischer)
Subject: [*] Roland TR-707 Sound Sample Set

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/roland-tr-707.hqx; 1734K]

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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 20:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Sociology HTB Demo; an information book

Sociology HyperTextBook

The HyperTextBook represents a new way of presenting information for
educational purposes. By clicking on keywords (either in a special keyword list
or in the body copy of the text) the user can instantly jump to a related piece
of information. The Hyper
TextBook allows a user to type in a word or string and search for any other
linked articles. Iverson's proprietary linking technology has been in use since
early 1988, but these new products represent the first major use of this
technology in information
 publishing.

HyperTextBooks are intended to be used as a compliment to an existing
curriculum, rather than function as a replacement for other resources. "A
typical HyperTextBook is made up of information 'nuggets' on a particular
topic," says Jeff Iverson. He contin
ues, "the user can explore many different paths between these information
nuggets and, in the process, learn about related items that they might not have
searched for in the first place."  The Sociology HyperTextBook covers 130
topics related to each oth
er and to the study of sociology.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/sociology-hypertext-book-demo.hqx; 100K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 18:09:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Frank Schmitt)
Subject: [*] Tetris; a free, compact version

A free, compact version of Tetris.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/tetris.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 22:05:51 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Bas Meijer)
Subject: [*] Timer 1.5 update

Hi all,

this is an update for Timer 1.4.0 and 1.4.1
Timer is now optimized for size, the one known bug is fixed (setting a time the
next day
is now ok) and flickering is reduced when 'show seconds' is off.

Have fun, be in time and don't forget to mail me if you use Timer

Reply-To: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/timer-15.hqx; 52K]

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 11:29:50 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) System Enablers

     (A) System Enablers
levin <[e-mail]> asks:

>Can anyone tell me where I can find a list of which enablers are
required
>for use with which Macs. Most immediately, I need to know which
enablers
>are required for use with System 7.1 in a Duo 230. I believe I have
more
>than I need and I need to make a bootable floppy that has the minimum
>System software on it for use with MacTools DiskFix.

There is a file on sumex:  info-mac/info/system-enablers-93-09.txt.
I'm not sure why a newer version isn't available, but here's what the
9/93 version says for the Duo 230:

Macintosh                     System Enabler Used   Current Version
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
Macintosh PowerBook Duo 230    System Enabler 201          1.0.1


I just checked ftp.apple.com, and they have a file in the
/dts/mac/sys.soft/7.1.system.enablers called
system-enablers-read-me.txt.  In this file it says that the Duo 230
requires the PowerBook Duo Enabler version  1.0, which replaces the
System Enabler 201.  This file is dated December 14, 1993, again
strangely old considering the new machines that have been released
since then.  The actual enabler is available from the same directory on
ftp.apple.com.

Hope this helps!

Tom

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

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 11:11:09 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (C) Allan Bloom re Sys 7.1,

     (C) Allan Bloom re Sys 7.1, MacTCP 1.1.1
baum/[e-mail] (Christopher F Baum) sez:

>Well, Allan, I'm sitting here running System 7.1 with MacTCP 1.1.1,
running
>NewsWatcher, NCSA telnet 2.5, MacMosaic 1.03! It may not work for some
>people, but I have had no difficulties with Mosaic and this supposedly
>obsolete version of MacTCP (even works over ARA). So the
generalization is
>perhaps not appropriate (or perhaps as you suggest I'm just lucky).

I'm working on a project for a company that people to use Mosaic to tie
into a Web server that we're putting together, and this was an issue
that was raised.  I have successfully used Mosaic using MacTCP 1.1.1
and 2.0.2 (alas, I've not had the chance to upgrade yet to 2.0.4), so I
didn't understand what the beef was either.

However, I was "webbing" around yesterday, and I ran across some notes
that spell out what the problem is:

  System setup bugs
      o Most common error is bad MacTCP setup. If you are unable to
reach
    any outside hosts, this should be the first thing to check. Ask

    your system administrator to help you. Or, you can try to
diagnose
    the problem yourself with a handy tool, MacTCPWatcher.
      o MacMosaic is incompatible with "Cursor Animator" init, but it
    might work sometimes?
      o If proper external viewers are not installed (JPEGView, Sound
    Machine) and you download a file that is to be viewed in the
    external viewer, you will get a message specifying what viewer
    cannot be found.

And here's the key point....

      o Mosaic requires MacTCP 2.0.2 or above to run properly. It is
    possible to use MacMosaic with earlier MacTCP versions, but 12K
    of memory will be lost with every load. This will cause it to
    run out of memory  quickly, and you will either crash, or get
    a low-memory message. The reasons why MacMosaic requires MacTCP

    2.0.2 are listed below under "Technical Issues".

Under "Technical Issues" (actually "Technical Q&A"), it gives:

    Why does MacMosaic require MacTCP 2.0.X?
    Because the DNR in the old MacTCP had various memory problems.
    With applications that did not need to resolve too many host
    names, the work around was to cache them locally. Since
MacMosaic
    needs to resolve many different names, this work around was not
    applicable.

So I guess a "Caveat Explorer" is applicable here.  If you choose to
use Mosaic to explore the Web, there's the *POTENTIAL* for having
Mosaic run out of memory.  I haven't bumped up against the ceiling yet,
though I usually use Mosaic on my PowerBook with MacTCP 2.0.2.

Hope this clears things up (clear as mud, eh? ;-).

Tom

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

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Date: Fri,  8 Apr 1994 10:37:33 -0500
From: Mike Hutchinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Dialup SLIP/PPP between Mac and Sun

Howdy all,

I'm trying to set up dialup TCP/IP access for the Powerbook Duo users at
my company.  I've been reading up on SLIP and PPP with increasing confusion.

Here is the complete scenario:

- We have Suns, Macs, and PCs on ethernet.  The Macs are running MacTCP 1.1.1
  and have their IP addresses manually assigned.  They connect to a Sun host
  via POP2 (using InterCon's TCP/Connect) to retrieve their Internet email.
- When the Duo users are away from the office (undocked and off the ethernet),
  they can dial in to the server Mac through Apple Remote Access and use
  Appletalk services (file sharing and printing).  What they lack is the
  ability to send and receive email, since SMTP and POP work over TCP/IP.
- I need to set up dial-in TCP/IP access for these people.  Here is the
  software I've obtained in the hope of doing so:

  protocol          Mac SW               SunOS 4.1 SW
  ===========================================================================
  SLIP              InterSLIP 1.0.1      slip-4.0, tslip-2.2, slip-4.1.shar
  PPP               MacPPP 2.0.1         ppp-2.0.4, dp-3.0

Here is the process I would like to set up:

- We have callback authentication set up.  The Mac user calls in on a touch
  tone phone, enters their access code, and the callback system returns their
  call at a predetermined number.  Cool.
- The Mac modem autoanswers the return call.  They have a terminal window
  to one of our Sun hosts.  They enter username and password and get logged.
- They enter a command to start SLIP or PPP mode.
- Based on the interchange between Mac and Sun SLIP or PPP software, the Mac
  becomes an IP host with the same IP address I have manually assigned in
  AdminTCP.  They can then access all IP services (mail, ftp, news etc)
  over their serial (modem) line.

My question to the net community at large is:  Has anyone successfully
configured a similar setup?  None of the software packages I've mentioned
comes with much documentation, and Mac SLIP/PPP success stories seem to be
few.  *Any* help or anecdotes appreciated.

Thanks

Mike Hutchinson <[e-mail]>
Macintosh Systems Administrator
Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon, VA
[phone]

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 16:41:52 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Povl H. Pedersen)
Subject: (Q) MacTCP over ARA

Is there anybody with experiences running MacTCP over ARA ?
I have a 14.4k modem, and I consider connecting that way, and it will be ARA
2.0

ANy hints to setting stuff up or other pitfalls to avoid ?

BTW: I am very interested in a Macintosh related job almost anywhere in
this solar system.

Povl H. Pedersen - Macintosh programmer, consultant, network admin

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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 23:02:45 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Brannon)
Subject: Allan Bloom re Sys 7.1, MacTCP 1.1.1 (c)

Christopher F Baum <baum/[e-mail]> says:

>Well, Allan, I'm sitting here running System 7.1 with MacTCP 1.1.1, running
>NewsWatcher, NCSA telnet 2.5, MacMosaic 1.03! It may not work for some
>people, but I have had no difficulties with Mosaic and this supposedly
>obsolete version of MacTCP (even works over ARA). So the generalization is
>perhaps not appropriate (or perhaps as you suggest I'm just lucky).

No generalization was involved, and yes, you've been lucky.  The fact is
(according to the developers), there is a known incompatibility between
MacTCP 1.1.1 and MacMosaic 1.03 -- If you haven't triggered it, bully for
you.

Oh, and just in case, there was no claim that MacTCP 1.1.1 was incompatible
with system 7.  Version 1.1, however, is incompatible.


  From the MacMosaic 1.0.3 Known Bugs list:
  ----------------------------------------
  Mosaic requires MacTCP 2.0.2 or above to run properly. It is possible to use
  MacMosaic with earlier MacTCP versions, but 12K of memory will be lost
with every
  load. This will cause it to run out of memory  quickly, and you will
either crash,
  or get a low-memory message. The reasons why MacMosaic requires MacTCP
2.0.2 are
  listed below under "Technical Issues".


Regards,
Chris Brannon ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 10:32:42 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Announcing submissions t

     RE>Announcing submissions to i
>Nevertheless, ftp.apple.com DOES enforce a one ftp per domain at a
time
>restriction (haven't you ever gotten the "sorry someone from your
domain is
>already connected" message?).

I haven't, but I guess I really don't connect to ftp.apple.com all that
often.

>I wondered if a similar restriction at sumex (as opposed to mirrors)
>wouldn't make sense (the idea would be to push more users toward
mirrors).

I think that's a fine idea.  Gordon?

>I believe gophers connect to a different port.  If my (always
fallible)
>memory is correct, then the number of ftp connections wouldn't affect
>access via gopher (which, at sumex at least, is itself excessively
heavy).

Right as rain, Murph.  Not sure if there's a standard port for FTP
connections like Gopher uses port 70 and WWW uses port 80.  I misspoke.
It's not the actual CONNECTIONS that FTP and Gopher clients are
fighting
for, it's the server LOAD that's the issue.  FTP maintains a continual
load on the server since it doesn't release the connection until the
client logs off; Gopher, on the other hand, puts a small load on the
server, since it minimizes the connect time only as long as it needs to
cache and display the directory.  So it's bandwidth-wise.

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

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 10:59:47 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Announcing submissions t

At 10:32 AM 4/7/94 -0400, Tom Scott wrote:
>for, it's the server LOAD that's the issue.  FTP maintains a continual
>load on the server since it doesn't release the connection until the
>client logs off; Gopher, on the other hand, puts a small load on the
>server, since it minimizes the connect time only as long as it needs to
>cache and display the directory.

FTP connections per se don't do much if the user is 'idle' (reading a
directory list, for example).  With a large number of connections, there's
likely to be a backlog of I/O requests and disk access rates become the
limiting factor in System performance (that's why a Mac SE30 is a great ftp
server, the demand for CPU cycles isn't really what's limiting the system).

The best argument around here for the "Big Server" (ES 9000) isn't the CPU,
it's the speed of DASD devices (many times quicker than SCSI or even SCSI
II) and the multiple I/O channels (can read more than one drive at a time).

How about that--a rational use for IBM mainframes--make 'em all Gopher and
WWWeb servers ;-)


/s Murph Sewall                                 [phone] voice
   Marketing Department                         [phone] fax

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 16:34:28 EDT
From: Byron C Mayes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple CD Player--Howzit work?

Is the Apple CD Player only supposed to work with an external Apple CD 300?  I
ask because I have not been able to get it to work with either my 3rd party
external CD-ROM drive at home OR the internal Apple 300 CD-ROM drive in the PPC
6100 at work.  It will always recognize that there is an audio CD in the
drive,and it will even let me create and save a CD Remote listing for it (in
both situations).

But, it just won't play the thing.  If I select the play button, it "lights up"
and then returns to the original "off" state.  Selecting "shuffle" brings up a
message that tells me to make sure an audio CD is in the drive and that the
drive is connected (even though it obviously knows there's a disc in there.
Even more confusing is that Apple's CD Remote player works just fine on both
platforms.

All inits that came with both drives -- the Apple internal and the 3rd party
external -- are loaded as appropriate to the situation.  I've even tried each
with the other's inits.  What gives?

Thanks in advance.

Byron C. Mayes
University of Delaware
[e-mail]  (and NOT what you see in the "From:" line!)


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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 23:03:22 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Brannon)
Subject: ATM/Quickdraw GX

I plan on purchasing System 7.5 and a laser printer (probably the Select 320)
this summer.  Will I need ATM to print with type 1 fonts, or will Quickdraw GX
take care of that (by converting type 1 fonts to GX format)?

Thanks in advance,
Chris Brannon ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 10:55:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Automatic Trashcan

On Tue, 5 Apr 1994 11:44:01 -0400, Paul Westbrook wrote:
>   Is there a shareware or freeware program that is on one of the ftp
>sites that will let you create a folder that will delete files after
>they get older that a specified time?

You want Dan Walkowski's shareware ($10) Trashman (wherever fine Mac
software is archived).

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 11:57:14 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jason Stone)
Subject: AVI -> QuickTime

Hi all,

Has anyone gotten the AVI -> QuickTime utility to work yet? No matter what
I try, I can't get the darned thing to convert properly. It'll convert the
AVI file to a QuickTime movie of (presumably) the same length as the AVI
file, but with no sound and just a blank screen. The utility came with no
readme or any mention whatsoever of a person to contact. If anyone out
there knows something about this mystery program, please drop me a line.

Thanks,

Jason Stone
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 10:55:34 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Correcting the GMT offset (automatically)

On 6 Apr 1994 23:05:06 GMT, Pete Resnick wrote:
>In [e-mail], Murph Sewall writes:
>>When daylight savings time started, ClockAdjust dutifully set my MacClock
>>ahead an hour, but it didn't change the time offset in the PRAM.
>
>Guenther is aware of the problem. What you should do for the time being
>is not let ClockAdjust take care of daylight savings time. Use Daylight
>or WorldTime instead until Guenther is able to fix the problem.

I heard from a WorldTime user this morning.  The offset in his date header
was still incorrect.  Someone pointed me toward Jean-Pierre Gachen's
AutoClock that combines the features of SetClock and ClockAdjust.
AutoClock also doesn't update the PRAM, but Jean-Pierre says he'll fix that
in the next update.

I have heard directly from Guenther--so much to do, so little time.

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Date: Wed,  6 Apr 94 23:44:00 -0640
From: [e-mail] (Cash)
Subject: D/L usenet

What shareware do I need to be able to D/L apps and graphics from usenet.
Thanks for the help.
Cheers, Craig

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 10:11:14 +0100
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: Database Design and Theory

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a good book on Database Design and Theory?

Thanks in advance
Andy Law

( LAWA @ afrc.ac.uk                            Big Nose in Edinburgh )

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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 23:03:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Brannon)
Subject: DECLaser 1152

I have two questions regarding the DECLaser 1152 print-enhancement mode.

a) I was wondering if anyone knows how well the DECLaser 1152 print-enhancement
mode compares to Apple's FinePrint and/or HP's "Resolution Enhancement
Technology."

b) The DECLaser print-enhancement is a short postscript program that has to be
downloaded to the printer with a special program.  Would it be possible to
modify the Printer Definition File for the DECLaser, so that one could select
the print-enhancement mode in a print dialog box?


Thanks in advance,
Chris Brannon ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 10:55:26 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Deleting Sys 7 Undeleteable files under System 6

On Wed, 6 Apr 1994 20:59:10 -0500 (CDT), Traci J. Ingram" wrote:
>> From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
>> I'm trying to delete a missing file.  Although the file is missing, I
>> can see its icon in the folder and I would like to know how to delete it.
>
>Mt definitely, if the problem "file" appears under System 7.x, it can
>easily be deleted after a restart under System 6.x.  Is there some hidden,
>wicked penalty for doing it this way that has yet to surface?

More and more of us own Macs that cannot start under System 6 or even
earlier versions of System 7.

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 10:53:59 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Erik Schils)
Subject: DIGITAL DEC LASER 1152 - PPD ?

Does anyone have experience with a Digital DEC Laser 1152? It seems to me
that it's nice alternative for the Apple Personal LaserWriter NT.
I'm using the Laserwriter 8 printerDriver, so...  Where can I find a
PPDfile for this printer?

Erik Schils ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 15:19:24 -0600
From: Takamasa Takahashi <[e-mail]>
Subject: DiskCopy 5.0? Where? How?

[e-mail] says (infomacv12-056):
> Hmmmm...doesn't the new version 5 of DiskCopy include the ability to
> open/save image files?
>
> Tells me it won't run when my Duo 230's undocked at home, though
> (this model lacks certain required support, it says)! So I can't
> open an image file and copy stuff to my hard disk unless I'm docked
> at work. Too bad.

Please somebody tell me where and how to get version 5 of DiskCopy, if there is
such a thing.  I have version 4.2 from ftp.apple.com. I looked in there but
only
the version I have.
Thanks in advance for the help

Taka/[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 14:22:30 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John VanDyk)
Subject: Does plugging in live SCSI fry Powerbook?

At work I use my PowerBook 145 to hook up to Ethernet via a Mini EN/SC
connector (Asante). I was always told to never plug or unplug SCSI cables
while the SCSI device was powered on. So I have been unplugging the power
cable from the Mini EN/SC connector before plugging it into my PowerBook,
then plugging the power cable back in, then turning on the PowerBook.

1) Do I have to do this? Or can I just leave the Mini EN/SC connector powered
   on and plug & unplug at will (while PB is off)?

2) Can I do this while the PB is sleeping? Right now I have to shut down
and restart b/c if I put the PB to sleep, unplug the Mini EN/SC connector,
then later plug in the Mini EN/SC connector, power it up, and awaken the
PowerBook, the PB "hangs", and I have to do a warm restart from the button.

Any help is appreciated!

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 09:54:43 EDT
From: Scott Kelsey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Educational Pricing MAE

Hi All - Does anyone know if Apple is giving a educational price for their new
software MAE (Macintosh Application Environment).  If so, how much?  And can
you really mount Unix drives?

Thanks in advance

Scott Kelsey
University of Delaware
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 11:47:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Russell S. Aminzade: Trinity College of VT" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Flow Charting SW

I'm looking for a nice easy-to-use flow charting package.  Not so much
for traditional computer flow charts, but for showing workflow in an
analysis of office systems.  This would have a set of nice icons for
things like fax machines, macs, telephones, people, etc. etc.  Ideally it
would let you link the icons, then move them around the workspace and
keep the links.

A small (ram and disk space) application is important, since I'll
probably be shoehorning this into a powerbook.

It sounds like maybe Intellidraw would do this, but it might be too fat.
Ideally I'd find a dedicated application for this, and since we're
talking ideally, it would be free, too :-)

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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 14:38:50 -0500 (EST)
From: "Edward W. Nilges" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GeoPort? Can do it (almost)!

I couldn't keep myself from adding to the recent comments about the
GeoPort...

I too have had one for several months on my 660av at home and have had no
problems, I am able to get reliable 14400 connections and I have used it for
several fax distributions related to work.  Compared to baby-sitting the
paper-based fax machine at work, it can't be beat.

My only complaints relate to some of the quirks in the fax software supplied
with it and its limitations (limited length on "note" entries on fax covers
despite space being available, inability to recognize file series of Word
5.1 documents - hangs up and redials between files in series!?, inability to
"fax merge" all cover sheet fields with address book info, etc.).

It would also be nice to be able to use both the ApplePhone "answering
machine" and the fax terminal's auto-answering feature at the same time.
Unfortunately, the two features cannot be used simultaneously (limitation of
communication toolbox or DSP?).  For now I have to settle for a "smart
splitter" for my phone line and my "traditional" answering machine :P).

Anyone out there working on a software "smart splitter" hack for this
purpose?

ed


Edward Nilges
[e-mail]
ISIS Center  Department of Radiology
Georgetown University Medical Center
2115 Wisconsin Ave, NW  Suite 603
Washington, D.C.    20007_______________________________________________

"mhoo": my humble opinion only...

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 07:37:46 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Glen C. Hoag)
Subject: Hack MacWrite Pro for Autosave?

> Netters, has anyone found a hack or resedit codes to make
> the "Auto Save" function in MacWrite Pro always "on"? We have
> MWPRO 1.0 and autosave has to be turned on for every document
> you create.... which has left my spousal unit grumbling when
> she forgets to do so and then we suffer a crash at the hands
> of the local power company. Seems there ought to be a way to
> make Autosave default to "on" instead of "off". Any suggestions?

Try setting up Auto Save with your desired configuration, then choose Save
As... and set the document type to MacWrite Pro Options.  This will
automatically move you to the Claris folder in the system folder and allow
you to save a document called 'MacWrite Pro Options' that contains the
current state of many features in MacWrite Pro.  If present, this file is
loaded when you launch the application.

This also worked in MacWrite II, but you had to type in the name and save
it as MacWrite II Stationery.

--
Glen C. Hoag         | email: [e-mail]
Programmer           | phone: [phone]
Lamir Software Corp. |
Huntsville, AL, USA  | Keeper of the MacKnowledge flame.

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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 02:32:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hack MacWrite Pro for Autosave? (R)

Pete Jones wrote in Info-Mac Digest vol. 12, issue 55 (April 6, 1994)
asking if there is a way to avoid having to turn Auto-Save on in every
document.

The answer is yes. It sounds as if you need to replace your MacWrite Pro
Options file. Open a new file, turn Auto-save "ON", then save this
document as "MacWrite Pro Options". (You don't assign it this name: you
adjust the file-type when you go to the Save dialog, the way you would if
you wanted to save the file as text-only or stationery or whatever:
MacWrite Pro Options is one of the choices in the pop-up list.

The MacWrite Pro options file is how MacWrite Pro stores its document
defaults. This is how you set & store other defaults as well, such as
page margins, default style sheet, and so on.

Will Porter / University of Houston

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 12:17:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Schenk <[e-mail]>
Subject: hardware handshaking

[e-mail] wrote:

> The problem is that, since Mac has but one modem control output, you can
> control DTR or RTS but not both. A good modem cable (like Paul Celestin's)
> connects Mac's modem control output (DIN pin 1) to both DTR and RTS at
> the modem end. Then you (the user) must decide, typically for each piece
> of comm software, how to set things up.
>
> Some comm software gives you no choice. MacPPP and MacSLIP (and probably the
> other PPPs & SLIPs) *require* hardware flow control. So you must tell your
> modem to use hardware flow control *and* to ignore DTR.
>
> The bottom line on flow control is to 1) know your cable, 2) know your
> comm software (even more difficult than it sounds), 3) make sure
> your modem and comm software agree on what's in use, and 4) don't use
> DTR for hangup and RTS for flow control at the same time.

Can someone please explain this in more detail for a novice?  I've
been having problems using Versaterm Pro SLIP and MacTCP.  Sometimes I can
connect, but most of the time, SLIP says its connected, but Fetch and Eudora
can't find the domain name server, NewsWatcher can't find the NNTP server,
and when I send packets out with MPing, none come back.  Our service
provider suggested that we might need a full modem control cable.

What exactly is a full modem control cable, as opposed to a regular one,
and more important, where can I get one?

Thanks,

Jim

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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 23:02:55 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Brannon)
Subject: Icon resource files

I've seen collections of custom icons that are in Resedit resource files.  How
do I copy an individual icon to the clipboard?

Thanks in advance,
Chris Brannon ([e-mail])

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

Date: 7 Apr 1994 13:33:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Matthews)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #55

In article <[e-mail]>, "Tom Scott"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> The "stateless" connection offered by Gopher and WWW is very
> "ecologically sound" in terms of saving bandwidth.

This is a common misconception, so I'll say it loudly: GOPHER DOES NOT
SAVE BANDWIDTH.  A Gopher transfer takes just as much bandwidth as an FTP
transfer, and the setup chit-chat is comparable as well.

What Gopher does conserve is outstanding connections, which translates to
Unix processes for typical brain-dead server implementations.  The state
that an FTP session requires is very minimal: a TCP connection, the
current directory, and the transfer mode, a few thousand bytes total.  But
unfortunately Unix inetd-based servers use an entire process to maintain
this meager state, and that's why FTP archives can't handle many
connections.  The typical Gopher server makes a different, and in some
ways inferior tradeoff: it fires off a new process for every directory
listing or file transfer.  The processes don't last longer than the
transfer, but the cost of creating and tearing down these processes is
significant.

> We need to get the word out to people to use transfer mechanisms that
> offer these "stateless" connections.

Better yet, we need to get the word out to developers to write more
efficient servers.  Both FTP and Gopher could be implemented very
efficiently as single-process, multi-threaded servers.  In that case
machines could handle many more connections, and there wouldn't be
resource reasons to prefer one over the other.

Off my soapbox,

Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development

Disclaimer: I wrote Fetch, a world-class connection hog.

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 23:49:27 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac mirrors and ftp congestion

It has been mentioned several times before but if you go gopher'n or
turbo-gopher'n to get your files, it is more elegant in terms of on-line
computer time and availability of connection lines. It is therefore more
Mac like to gopher your files not only that but the number of gopher sites
with mac archives expands the possibilities of connection and successful
file transfers. I like UMICH myself, try gopher'n ftp, is to ...
           old!

Al West <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 19:34:00 -0500
From: Kevin Lesniewicz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Init to change screen refresh rate (A)

> I have heard tell of an init that allows you to change the refresh rate
> of Macintosh screens. This allows the screens to be video taped directly
> from a video camera. I have heard it is what Apple uses when they video
> tape commercials. Does anybody know about this?

If you know how to FTP, what you want is here:

ftp.apple.com:/dts/mac/sys.soft/video/videosync.hqx

If you don't how to get this or have any questions, send email.

It works well, but only with certain Apple video cards. Does *not* work with
onboard video, as in a IIci or Quadra. There's no documentation
with it--please note that you access it via "Options..." in the Monitors
control panel (after having put it in the System Folder and Restarting, of
course :-)

-kevin  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 12:57:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: Is Anarchie stateless? (Q)

We've been discussing how good gopher is for transfer because it is
stateless. I know that Xferit isn't. It is old-fashioned ftp. How about
Anarchie? It seems to be stateless. At least, getting a file listing
doesn't assure being able to get the file. How does it relate to
Turbogopher for bandwidth efficiency? I prefer the interface to gopher for
getting files.

Bryan Walls
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 09:24:56 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Hank Dolben)
Subject: LC problem (A)

In Info-Mac digest V12 #56 Scott Kelsey wrote on behalf of a friend:

>Here is the problem.  When the machine is started up after it has been turned
>off, it can not locate the printer and reverts to black and white.  I must go
>to the chooser to select the printer and must go to the monitor icon in the
>control panel to select color.  A restart will leave these changes in place,
>but if the machine is turned off, I then need to make the changes in place,
>ideas on what might be wrong would be apprecieated.
>
>System 7
>LC 8megs of memory
>Color Monitor

It just happened to me with my LC at home! The battery was dead after only
3.5 years. The battery keeps "parameter RAM" alive and the clock running
when the power is off. I replaced my battery with a new one, and everything
was fine. The battery is a leadless 3.6 V lithium 1/2 AA; Apple part number
742-0011. I got one for $14 from my university computer store. Radio Shack
lists a replacement, but my local store would have to special order it.

Good luck,
Hank Dolben        Space Science Center        University of New Hampshire

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

Date: 9 Apr 1994 17:25:44 GMT
From: Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh Disk Cache fix -- 25 times speedup

Here's a message I posted on Thursday to the Nuntius mailing list:

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

Has anyone else noticed that at the end of extracting a binary in
Nuntius the disk light comes on, stays on for a few seconds, and
freezes the Mac for that duration? It gets unbearable if you have
a large disk cache, but even with only a 256K cache it can freeze
the Mac for up to 5 seconds.

This is not the fault of Nuntius -- many other programs like BinHex
decoders, uudecoders, archive expanders etc. seem to suffer the same
problem.

This really annoys me. One of the good features of Nuntius is the way
it lets you continue working while it is doing other things in the
background, so having it freeze like this is particularly galling.

The problem is that Nuntius (and other programs) write their data to
disk in chunks (say 4K each) and the Mac caches the blocks in its
disk cache. When the file is closed the data is finally written to disk,
and this is what causes the big freeze up. It would be much better if
the data were written continually to disk, instead of in one big burst
at the end.

Yesterday morning I wrote a little INIT which sets the File Manager
"don't cache" bit for disk writes of 1K or more. It does this by
installing the following patch on the _Write system call:

         tst.w   IOParam.ioRefNum(a0)         ; Is this a file write?
         bmi.s   @sys_write
         cmp.l   #1024, IOParam.ioReqCount(a0); Is it at leask 1K?
         blo.s   @sys_write
         ori.w   #0x20, IOParam.ioPosMode(a0) ; Set "Don't cache" bit
extern sys_write:jmp     0x12345678                   ; Resume the system call

One surprising artifact of this is that it not only amortises the disk
time over all the writes, but it also makes it 25 times faster.

What?

Yes, it's true.

I set my disk cache to 768K, and wrote a test program which wrote to a
file in 32 blocks of 16K each, making a total of 512K.

Without the INIT, the writes took almost no time, but the Close call
took 11 seconds, averaging about 45K/second write rate.

With the INIT, the whole thing took under half a second, averaging
over a megabyte per second.

Go figure.

This may not make much difference to people connecting over modem, but
for people on Ethernet it makes a huge difference.

The INIT is below, in BinHex form. Decode it, install it, and let me
know what you think.

It has no ICON, because the total size of the INIT (including balloon
help) is just under 1K, and it seemed a pity to spoil that with a big
fat colour icon. (Besides, I couldn't be bothered to draw one.)

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

Here is one reply I got, which proves I wasn't hallucinating:

>> From: [e-mail] (Joanna L. Castillo)
>> Subject: Re: Long Mac freezes with Nuntius (and other program)
>>
>> Hi, Stuart -
>>
>> >Yesterday morning I wrote a little INIT  [ ... ]
>>
>> Wow!  I installed the INIT... I tried copying a folder that had several
>> files and sub-folders (a little over 900K total) to a floppy.  With the
>> INIT installed, it took about 30 seconds.  Without, it took 2 minutes.
>> Thank you so much.
>>
>> Joanna.
>>
>> FYI:  I'm running a Mac IIci, 24MB RAM, cache card, ethernet, tuned
>>       7.0.1 system, several inits, and disk cache set at 512K.

I'll post the source code for the INIT, and the test program, to a
separate thread. This INIT itself is below.

Stuart Cheshire <[e-mail]>
 * <A HREF="file://brubeck.stanford.edu/www/cheshire-bio.html">WWW</A>
 * Stanford Distributed Systems Group Research Assistant
 * Escondido Village Resident Computer Coordinator
 * Macintosh Programmer

(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)

:

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

Date: Fri Apr 08 09:57 EDT 1994
From: [e-mail] (MNibeck)
Subject: MacLayers & CD ROMS

Two questions:

    1 - Does anyone have any experience with compiling
MacLayers.  I am trying to get it running on a Sequent running
DYNIX/Ptx 2.0.  I have a good deal of experience with C and
UNIX, but I can't see, to get this sucker compiled.

    2 - Can anyone recommend a CD driver for playing audio
CD's on a NEC cdr-74.  I have a utility call Audio Box<--??  or
Audio Player, it seems to work well, but it conflicts with
Infini-D, my primary application.

Thanks in advance :)

Mike Nibeck

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 18:44:56 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: MacTools AutoCheck Desktop data problem

When I attributed MacTools AutoCheck constantly complaining about the
Desktop data files being damaged, I jumped to the (unwarranted) conclusion
that it was reacting to AutoDoubler's slight-of-hand.  That was logical,
but I've got to stop doing that 'cause it was also WRONG.

The answer is in the MacTools 3 update readme file.  I'm running Apple's
Easy Open (nice extension that), and it ALSO mucks with the desktop data
(my guess is that it installs pointers for figuring out what apps can open
what filetypes).

Anyhoo, the update AutoCheck is supposed to know about Easy Open (I'm a
little surprised that got missed in the original version as Central Point
surely had advanced developers copies of Easy Open).

Now that I've installed the updates, I hope AutoCheck will only tell me
about things I really need to check ;-)

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 11:15:26 GMT
From: marcus@ux21 (Marcus Harvey)
Subject: May I Play-Thru!?

> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 20:58:25 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Byron C Mayes <[e-mail]>
> Subject: May I Play-Thru!?

> A while back I asked about an application or extension that allows me to
> play sound input through the Mac internal speaker.  Well, I was perusing
> the umich.edu mirror and ALMOST found the answer to my problem; a small
> program called  "Play-Thru! 1.0" (archives as "playthrough...") claims to
> do just as much as I want and then some in just 35K (about 3% of the 1
> Meg minimum required by Sample Editor and HyperCard [your help is
> appreciated though, Paul]).

> Unfortunately, it seems to have a bit of a problem with something on my
> system: it goes through the motions of starting up, but quits before it
> can do anything.  It won't even tell me what it thinks is wrong.  I don't
> think it's the sound manager 3.0 as I took that extension out and tried
> to no avail.  Maybe it doesn't like System 7.1 (it predates this version
> of the system).

I had the same problem with this 'control panel' but I soon discovered that
it didn't need to be there at startup at all! Just run the thing (i.e double
click it) from anywhere on your disk and it will work... well sort of! All I
got was hideous feedback and noise with a faint echo of my Cypress Hill CD in
the background...

- [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 09:22:58 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Porter)
Subject: Mystique -- is it worth the download?

If you've actually downloaded this monstrosity, why is it so big and is it
worth it?  By the way, I do have (and enjoy) Myst.

Andrew
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 13:47:07 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Lars Henrik Oestergaard)
Subject: pI_protein

Hi sumex-aim.stanford.edu

(About "pI_protein")

Please include this file in the sumex-aim.stanford.edu archive. I think, that
it should be put in a science or molecular biology directory as it is an excel
worksheet made for prediction for isoelectric point of a protein.

Description:
An excel (version 3.0a) worksheet for prediction of the isoelectric point of a
protein.

Best regards
Lars Henrik Oestergaard.
(Internet: [e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 14:04:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (P. Tucker Withington)
Subject: PPP vs. MacTCP

I have MacTCP (2.0.4) and PPP (2.0.1).

When PPP is down and an application (e.g., Eudora) tries to use TCP, PPP
automatically dials out.  Great.  But then there is a long pause while no
data is transferred (by watching modem lights).  Eudora usually gives the
message "The link came halfway up...".  If I manually abort the first try,
things always succeed right away.  Same thing in PPP is already up.

My conclusion is that MacTCP is doing some exponential back-off while the
phone is dialing and hence never gets through on the first try.

Is there any way around this "glitch" other than always manually opening
the connection first?

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 22:06:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Irv Wiswall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing from ethernetted PCs to Localtalk printer

Is there any software only, PD or Shareware solution that will allow
printing from either DOS or Windows machines on an ethernet to an
appletalk printer that is on an appletalk net gatewayed to the ethernet? or
to an ethertalk printer on the ethernet?

Irv Wiswall                    | [e-mail]
Director of College Computing  | 503 472 4121
Linfield College               | McMinnville OR 97128

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 12:17:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andy Brandt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Programmer's switch on Quadra 660AV

Is there a programmer switch for the 660AV?  There was no mention in
the docs.  There is just the power switch on the front.  Is there some
software solution to jump into MacsBug (I recall seeing some init
called Programmer's Key or somesuch but don't know how it works).

Any ideas on how to jump into MacsBug would be appreciated (besides a
crash :-).

--
Andy ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 10:13:52 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Urs W. Grob)
Subject: Public Utilities 2.0

Dear Infomac-community,

having received my upgrade from Public Utilities 1.01 to version 2.0
yesterday, I thought it might be interesting for other licence takers of PU
1.x to hear what's new in release 2.0.

Well - there isn't much.

You already know what you're at when you open the box. Three out of the
five manuals seem quite familiar. No wonder - they are the same (!) as in
version 1.x (anybody in need of one?). In the PU Users Guide, in the PU
Emergency Guide and in the Easy Launch User Guide not one side is
different. The other two manuals *are* new. One is an addendum to PU that
covers the >new features< of version 2.0 on six pages. The other is a
*real* manual for Fastback Express which - surprise - is included as a part
of PU 2.0.

As I mainly use Retrospect 2.0 to backup my disks to tape, FBE (which seems
to have at least one bug - it sometimes hangs when choosing files to be
included in a backup) is of no use to me.

What remains is the set of >new features< each one proudly announced with
an exclamation-mark in the 6-p addendum. Let's have a look at them:

 New Feature!     Backup
   (FastBack Express imo is comparable to DiskFit Direct, no scripting, not
even
   the possibility to keep more than one settings file, no tape support etc.)

 New Feature!     Dismiss Alerts After 5 Min.
   (Oh great, makes a difference for file servers maybe, but not for personal
   Macs)

 New Feature!     Don't scan for Bad Blocks
   (Prevention 2.0 allows you to exclude the search for media defects. In
the PU
   application this option existed already in version 1.x; hardly a major new
   feature)

 New Feature!     Don't Check Catalog and Fragments
    (Now why should I want to switch off the main feature of PU? Being able to
    switch off the scanning of the disk media and the search for files with
bad
    dates & lost bundle bits is important to me but certainly not this one)

 New Feature!     Don't Check System Folder
    (Same as above)

 Enhanced Feature!     Start Scanning Immediately
    (Works now with Prevention as it already did with drag & drop; OK, OK, MS
    Word had *hundreds* of changes of this kind when going from 3.x to 4.0 :-)

 New Feature!     Don't Save Undelete Data (Faster)
    (When optimizing a disk PU 1.x and 2.0 are able to keep record of
previously
    deleted files; in version 2.0 you can switch off this option in order to
    accelerate the process; not a bad idea but certainly not a major new
feature
    since most users will want to let this option switched off)

The one neat improvement in PU 2.0 isn't even called an >enhanced feature<.
You can treat files whose icons don't show up correctly in the finder
individually by choosing >Update Desktop< so you don't have to go thru
rebuilding the whole desktop of a disk. (>Update Desktop< seems to do the
same as FixIcons 1.0d4 by Lawrence D'Oliveiro).

FGS/Symantec claims that PU 2.0 addresses some new and rare problems around
the structure of harddisks. I couldn't verify this so far but for me the
other >New Features!< hardly justify the label 2.0 and the upgrade price of
$31.-

I'd certainly have preferred to wait a bit longer for a real upgrade. PU
2.0 still misses important features like being able to choose settings for
prevention and undeleting for individual disks, an undo feature (like in
Mac Tools 2.0/3.0) for attempts to repair disks that may go wrong and some
other neat things like tidying up your system folder, aligning windows etc.
etc. :-)

Please don't get me wrong. I generally like the software by Fifth
Generations Systems. AutoDoubler, DiskDoubler, CopyDoubler, FastBack Plus,
Suitcase, SuperLaserSpool (discontinued) are all well done software
packets, most of them with unique features. I especially liked PU 1.01
because of its background scanning feature, its powerful disk repair
functions and its clear interface. I do have a licence of Mac Tools 2.0 out
of which I use the DiskFix application now and then (the other parts are
mostly second quality; DriveLight is fatal to me as I have a Mac IIx with a
Radius Rocket 33 and the SCSI-2 Booster that freezes every other minute
when DriveLight is installed together with MaxAppleZoom 1.44). I do prefer
PU 1.x/2.0 to Mac Tools 2.0 and 3.0, to Norton 2.0 and to some other
utility collections too.

Still - Public Utilities 2.0 had better be called 1.5


Urs Grob

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 11:29:01 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: QuickMail-cc:Mail gateway (A)

>Does anyone know of a direct gateway between QuickMail and cc:Mail? I feel
>sure that StarNine's product is fine - but expensive as well in an
>environment with many QuickMail users and few cc:Mail users. The gateway
>should work within an AppleTalk network - nope, no TCP/IP here :-)

I think you hit on the solution. QuickMail to SMTP, cc:Mail to SMTP and
connect them together with ethernet using ... TCP/IP. TCP/IP seems to be
the universal glue for gateways. Who knows, maybe you could run both
gateways on the same machine and not tell anyone that it is TCP/IP?

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 14:56:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Arlen Carey <[e-mail]>
Subject: removable vs permanent drives

I'm trying to talk my boss into buying some more storage space for my IIsi
(right now i have only an 80meg internal hd).  I'm enticed by the
removable drives because they would meet my storage needs in the
foreseeable future and it would afford me the opportunity to keep large
data sets close at hand (no more carrying a tape to the mainframe for
mounting).  Also, the removable setups have the advantage of relatively
cheap expansion in the more distant future.

Are there any pros and cons in the removable/permanent arena that are
crucial?

Are there better deals on removables than MacWarehouse's
poweruser/Syquest 105 meg external for about $400?

I would appreciate direct replies, although if there is interest I will
gladly post a summary to the net.  Thanks.

Arlen D. Carey   * e-mail: [e-mail] *

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

Date: 8 Apr 1994 16:45:47 GMT
From: baum/[e-mail] (Christopher F Baum)
Subject: Roessli: sharing network faxmodem

We have for a year or so shared a PSI ComStation 4 network fax modem over
our departmental AppleTalk network. Easy to fax any document on-screen;
just hold
down some "hot keys" and the Print... changes to Fax... (Essentially uses
the faxSTF software found on many popular single user modems).

HOWEVER when faxes are received (by a dedicated Mac--not absolutely
necessary but a good idea), they must be manually printed, and it sometimes
crashes trying to deal with big faxes.

We will within the next couple of weeks attempt to replace this setup,
which has been only somewhat successful in terms of user satisfaction, with
an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 with fax modem card (the latter an Apple
product as well). It supposedly does the same thing with outbound faxes,
but automatically prints incoming faxes (it's a 10 ppm laserprinter) which
will be greatly appreciated. Best of all the whole combo costs only about
$1600 ! For the relatively high speed laserprinter alone, that's a good
deal. You can also add larger paper magazines (500 sheets), more memory
enabling higher resolution, etc.
--
Christopher F Baum
baum/[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 12:19:48 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Scripting Beginner (A)

>I'm wondering about the best way to get a hold of Applescript. If you want
>to write scripts, are the versions that come with third-party books like
>Danny Goodman's or with other products like Hypercard 2.2 adequate, or do
>you need to buy the full package from Apple?

You for sure want FrontMost that comes with AppleScript 1.1. I think the
Apple Manuals are worth getting, I am using them bunches. I also like Danny
Goodman's book because he has lots of practical tips and examples. Apple's
manuals are like a dictionary reference book, Danny's is like a do it
yourself book. I need both. I have the Tao of AppleScript but have not
tended to use it nearly as much. As with HyperCard Scripting, the more
AppleScript books you have on your shelf, the more intimidated your
computer will be and the better it will behave.  :-)

Also suggest you subscribe to the AppleScript/Frontier mailing list. It is
very noisy, probably 20 messages daily but well worth scanning for tidbits
of info.

To subscribe to the MacScripting list, send email to the address:
[e-mail]

And in the message put:
SUBscribe MACSCRPT <full_name>

Replace <full_name> with your name, no spaces

Summary: Get the Apple package and get Goodman's book, join the mailing list.

Kee Nethery

_________________________________________________________________
Kagi Engineering, 1442-A Walnut #362, Berkeley, CA 94709-1405 USA

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 18:12:38 +0000
From: Mark Armitage <[e-mail]>
Subject: SCSI START

Hi,
Does anyone know of a program to send a SCSI start command to a drive - or can
anyone point me at some source code to help me write my own?

I have a drive which doesn't start spinning until it receives the start
command,
as such the Mac can see the drive but can't talk to it - yet...

It's very frustrating having a 300MB drive that I can't use.

Thanks in advance,

Mark.

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 15:54:52 +0100 (BST)
From: James Lawry <[e-mail]>
Subject: Serial port: PC -> Mac? [Q]

I'm a knowledgeable Mac user but I know very little about communications,
networking and the like. What I want to do is hook my Mac up to a serial
input which normally plugs into a DOS PC's serial port, via a 9-pin DIN
plug. Is it just a matter of getting a cable with a 9-pin line socket and
a Mac serial plug on the other end (with the right pins connected up of
course)? If so, are there any commercially available? (Preferably in the
UK, but if not, then any addresses elsewhere in the world would be fine.)
If this is completely unfeasible, what is required?

If it's relevant, the information coming in the serial port is normally
received by Kermit on the PC, at 9600 baud.

James Lawry
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 08 Apr 94 13:43:16 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Snow White Icons Anyone?

Does anyone out there know if there are icons availble with Snow White and
the Seven Dwarves?  I've got a teacher here who wants to use them as a
naming scheme for the computers in her room and would like icons to match.

While we're at it, does anyone have icons of the Beatles?  I was thinking
of their likenesses from the old ABC cartoon series, but "Yellow Submarine"
likeness would be good too.

Thanks!

keg

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

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

Date: Thu, 07 Apr 94 09:39:35 EDT
From: Ken Davignon <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter 1 value in dollars

Does anyone know the dollar value of a 2 year old
StyleWriter1? I recently bought a Color StyleWriter and
have a buyer for my original StyleWriter but haven't a
clue as to what to charge for it.
(BTW, the Color StyleWriter is great.)
Thanks,
Ken Davignon

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 13:06:06 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: submission announcements (C)

Tom Scott said:
>I don't think this is reasonable.  For an environment as diverse as
>Cornell, many sys admins might need different items from ftp.apple.com.
>I don't think it's fair to expect our central IT group to archive the
>entirety of Apple's ftp site or to "second-guess" what sys admins might
>need and then just archive that.  JMHO.

Not to mention that redistribution is illegal. Isn't that what all the
Apple licensing stuff says? You are free to download it and use it, but
only the one copy you download? That's why Apple software isn't on
sumex-aim, umich, and the mirrors?

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

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 21:34:07 -0400
From: "Robert E. Winston" <[e-mail]>
Subject: System Enablers

 > Can anyone tell me where I can find a list of which enablers
 > are required for use with which Macs. Most immediately, I need
 > to know which enablers are required for use with System 7.1 in
 > a Duo 230.

On Apple's Higher Education Gopher (info.hed.apple.com) look in the folder:

       Apple Support Area/Apple SW Updates/System Enablers

This folder contains all the current enablers.

See the text file "!System Enablers Info.txt" for a list of enablers and
the machines that require them.

For your Duo 230:

Macintosh PowerBook Duo 230    PowerBook Duo Enabler       1.0
(The PowerBook Duo Enabler replaces System Enabler 201)

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

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 11:27:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: "M. Hedlund" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Talk and Finger utilities over server-assigned PPP?

I have been trying to get Peter N. Lewis' Finger/Fingerd and Talk/Talkd
utilities to work over a PPP connection.  Users of both SLIP and PPP have
informed me that they have been able to use these utilities when dialing
in with a manually-assigned IP address.  My question, however, is whether
or not it is possible to use them when connecting with a server-assigned
IP address.

I am aware that this problem might be better addressed a unix-question
forum.  I have been unable to get a definitive, "No, that's just not
possible" answer from anyone, and several people have suggested that some
characteristic of PPP address negotiation might make it possible.  On the
other hand, others have denied that there would be any difference between
SLIP and PPP in this context.

Has anyone been able to use these utilities in this way?  Does anyone have
suggestions on how to proceed?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks -- ]\/[. ]-[edlund     <[e-mail]>

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

Date: 7 Apr 1994 08:49:17 -0700
From: "Bob Clemmons" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Telnet 2.6 and setting tran

 Telnet 2.6 and setting transfer directory(R)       4/7/94            8:42 AM
>We used to be able to set the transfer directory in version 2.5 but I can
>no longer find a way to set this parameter in version 2.6.

To set the default transfer directory, Look under Edit->Preferences->FTP User.
I am not sure how to change things dynamically with 2.6 yet.

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

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 9:31:49 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Telnet 2.6 and setting transfer directory

[e-mail] wrote:
>When I try to ftp a file down to my Mac using the new Telnet 2.6, my
>machine hangs. I suspect this has to do with setting the transfer directory.
>We used to be able to set the transfer directory in version 2.5 but I can
>no longer find a way to set this parameter in version 2.6.

You set the default directory for ftp transfers in the 'FTP Users' dialog.

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 16:10:20 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Ted Silveira)
Subject: ZMac-Exclusive Distribution

On Mon, 4 Apr, Allan Bloom wrote:

 >Whoa, Ted! We've been through that one. To the extent of Adam Engst
 >checking with the big kids at Ziff-Davis. Posting to another service, or
 >wholesale distribution, of ZMac Exclusives is prohibited. Sharing with
 >other individuals is not only permitted but encouraged. Drums up business
 >for ZMac. Either Ted is misinformed or ZMac policy has changed. I suspect
 >the former. The ZMac Exclusive license hasn't changed.

I may well be misinformed - happens often enough. I was just relaying to John
Thoo (via email) the intent of the Zmac distribution policy as I understood
it. Since then, I've passed this issue on to Zmac chief honcho Ben Templin
([e-mail]). Here's what he says:

  ZiffNet/Mac utilities are commercial, copyrighted software and the only
  distribution channel is through ZiffNet/Mac on CIS, AppleLink and eWorld. It
  is, in fact, a free download on ZMac in its first month on CIS only. After
  that you pay connect time rates.

  You are allowed to make a copy and give it to a friend -- i.e. by emailing
  or on disk. However, setting up an operation to email it to hundreds of
  people goes beyond that intent. Now I suppose someone could think of a way
  in which to set up a chain where he gives the utility to three of his
  friends and they each give it to three of their friends and so on. There's
  probably little we can do to track that, but I would ask that you respect
  the copyright.

  I realize that this is not a perfect solution and that many people find
  the utilities valuable and want a different way of getting at them. We are
  looking for alternatives and will sometime in 1994 come out with a
  solution. It might be disk distribution or possibly a BBS where you don't
  have to log onto a commercial service. There will be a nominal charge in any
  case.

  We've received a lot of criticism from people who think we should be
  giving the stuff away. I just want to clarify that the reason we do these
  utilities is to set the ZiffNet/Mac services apart from other information
  providers -- to give our users something that they can't get elsewhere. It
  is plainly a membership benefit. We put a lot of effort, thought and money
  into the development of the utilities. We're glad that they are so popular
  and we're asking that people bear with us as we seek out other distribution
  channels.

  Ben Templin Executive Editor ZiffNet/Mac

Responses to Ben Templin ([e-mail]), please. I'd like to step
out of the middle of this discussion.

Regards,

Ted Silveira ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 17:19:26 +0200
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From: [e-mail] (Joaquim Pinto da Costa)
Subject: Experience in Interactive presentations
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We are trying to build interactive presentations to provide information for
the public attending "Lisbon 94 European Capital of Culture".

Does anyone has experience in implementing an interactive presentation for
the general public using touch screens and programs such has Director,
Hypercard or other multimedia tool. I'm interested to know about your
experience, the stability of the final product, chosen hardware
implementations, including the possibility that the final system could run
on cheaper DOS machines.


Thanks for any help in advance
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Quim

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