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Date: Mon,  3 Oct 94 07:46:35 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #130
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Mon,  3 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 130

Today's Topics:

      [*] AF2MacPAF; a new Mac PAF utility
      [*] AMT Modem Definitions (Mark/Space Collection)
      [*] Big Dreams 1/4; a newsletter
      [*] CatFinder v1.36; a disk cataloging utility
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-061
      [*] Disinfectant: A Toast (Summary)
      [*] Excel Object Nudger; fine access to Excel object positions
      [*] Glider Pro Demo 1.0.1, a game
      [*] Graf 2.1.1; a freeware scientific plotting program
      [*] Homer 0.93.4; an IRC client
      [*] Inflate XCMD v1.2; balloon help for HyperCard
      [*] Jigsaw v1.0 (a Jigsaw puzzle game)
      [*] JSokoban 1.0b10; a game
      [*] Kant Generator 0.4 beta; generates philosophy :)
      [*] Kant Generator 0.4 beta source code
      [*] Mac & IBM compare-Version 1.9.7
      [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.9.0
      [*] MacDOS 2.0.0 demo; a command line interface
      [*] Mad Angels & Amphetamines; a collection of poetry and prose
      [*] Maniac 2.1; an arcade game
      [*] Mercutio MDEF 1.2b20 Public Beta
      [*] Mikan Demo Software; for japanese electronic books
      [*] Mount'em 1.0b2; mounts disk images
      [*] MusicBox XCMD v.3.0 for SuperCard
      [*] new maX.500 2.0.2; an Internet X.500 Online Directory client
      [*] NovaTerm 3.11; client interface for NovaTerm BBSs
      [*] nShell(tm) Mega Source v1.0.3
      [*] nShell(tm) v1.0.3; a programming environment
      [*] Open Sesame! 1.1.1 Demo; desktop taks automation
      [*] PageNOW! Demo 0.9.1 - Send messages from Mac to alpha pagers
      [*] Photo Fits Photoshop plug-in
      [*] Polish language lessons
      [*] Popup Folder 1.5 demo; hierarchical menus for the Apple menu
      [*] Prince of Destruction 1.0.1; an arcade-style game
      [*] Pro Predictor Week#4 Update; NFL data file
      [*] Quadra 630 Review
      [*] RSRC Search 1.0 (still beta); searches resource forks
      [*] SchoolStat 2.0.4; performs basic statistics
      [*] Seinfeld dialog; sounds from the show
      [*] SoundApp 1.3; sound playing and conversion program
      [*] Stop Press!!! replacement MacSense11
      [*] Tester 3.00; a test editor
      [*] text-editor-faq; about Mac text editors
      [*] TimeTracker 2.1.8; keeps track of the time you work
      [*] UltraDice 1.1.3; a Yahtzee-type game
      [*] Village Font (correction)
      [*] Vocalise XCMD v1.0.2; speech for HyperCard
      [*] WebMap; for layout of HTML pages
      [*] wolfenstein-threed-encounter1; a game
      [*] ZipQuest Pro Demo; a zip code directory
      "Sector Collector
      (Q) MS Works Unexpectedly quits
      840AV extension mayhem (R)
      ===Need help with my modem ...===
      [Q] SE another frozen mouse
      Alternative StyleWriter II Cartridge
      Any Ideas?
      Best way to attach binaries in Eudora?
      Bol Processor
      Bus error with Stickies
      Calendar Question
      cheapest laswer printer with appletalk
      Common Ground (Wrap-up)
      Common Ground alternative.
      Dear friends,
      Disinfectant 3.5 - is it the latest version?
      DropText
      Easter Egg in PlainTalk 1.3 (C)
      email posting to newsgroup?
      Excel 4.0 & LW 8.1.1 Slowness
      Farallon PhoneNet -> Apple LocalTalk networks [R]
      Fast Internal Modems for LC and Up
      Gateway Definition on FC BBS
      gzip
      HD on Mac -- kill password
      Help with LetterGothic-EGG font submission
      INfo-Mac Posting
      InterPoll 1.0.1--Is there a newer version?
      LCIII cache cards
      loading image in MacWeb
      Looking for a Font [Q]
      Looking for a HC stack
      looking for Apple email addresses
      Looking for thumbnail icon maker s/w?
      LW Pro630 - automatically does both Mac and DOS/Windows
      Mac Music
      Mac OS 7.5 and repeated desktop rebuilds
      MacPPP and Telnet (Q)
      MacWEEK News article retrieval
      MS Office update?
      Network names and RevRdist (A)
      Newton--> Filofax
      Pagemaker 5.0 can't place FreeHand 3.0 doc (Q)
      Postscript printers and modems....
      Power SuperPaint?
      RamDoubler 1.5 crashes on 660av running System 7.5 (Q)
      Seeking speed reports from PowerMac users
      Thanks - Multiple Enablers
      Totally unimpressed with System 7.5
      Virtual Memory Conundrum (Q)
      VM on PowerMacs (A)
      Who's printing to my printer?
      WP Calender Freezing
      WriteNow4 - comments?

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 15:16:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David C. Adams)
Subject: [*] AF2MacPAF; a new Mac PAF utility

This utility which I call AF2MacPAF will take a
GEDCOM that was created by the LDS "Ancestral File"
program and "clean" it up by translating the little
inconsistencies where Mac PAF and AF disagree on what
a GEDCOM file ought to look like.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/af-to-macpaf-10.hqx; 352K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 20:11:16 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Hall)
Subject: [*] AMT Modem Definitions (Mark/Space Collection)

This archive contains modem definition files that import into version 1.5
or later of the Apple Modem Tool to fine tune the operation of the tool for
modems made by Prometheus (including LineLink), Global Village, and
Supra/PSI.

The included "Modem Definition Guide" contains complete instructions.

The Apple Modem Tool (not included) is used by "works" packages, as well as
many popular communications packages, including Communicate and PageNOW!
>From Mark/Space Softworks.

This collection will be updated on a periodic basis. The most recent
versions can always be found via ftp to ftp.netcom.com in pub/mspace, as
well as on the Mark/Space support BBS at [phone].

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ctb/amt-modem-definitions.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 21:59:15 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Duncan Stickings)
Subject: [*] Big Dreams 1/4; a newsletter

Here is issue 4 of Big Dreams.  It is a newsletter on personal
development and business topics.  It is in postcard format.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/big-dreams-v1-04-pc.hqx; 188K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 15:57:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Keith Turner)
Subject: [*] CatFinder v1.36; a disk cataloging utility

Here's version 1.36 of CatFinder.

CatFinder is a powerful disk management tool that catalogs your
disks and provides an intuitive Finder-like interface for
browsing the catalog contents.  Any type disk can be cataloged
with CatFinder (Diskette, CD-ROM, Hard Disks, etc.).  CatFinder
provides powerful search and reporting features to help you
manage your disks and files.

Version 1.36 corrects some problems CatFinder had running on
older 68000 Macs.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cat-finder-136.hqx; 132K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 18:36:24 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-061

C.S.M.P. Digest             Thu, 29 Sep 94       Volume 3 : Issue 61

Today's Topics:

    Alpha Wordcompletion Script
    Appending data to WindowRecord
    Dialogs and (de)activate events
    Lets talk OpenDoc
    Linking with QuickTime.xcoff for the power pc
    Multiple monitors
    The 'aete' resource and the Script Editor
    can extensions send appleevents?

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-061.txt; 217K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 13:51:40 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Disinfectant: A Toast (Summary)

This is a complete summary of the 95 messages I received
in response to my request for messages thanking John Norstad and all the
other folks who have helped with Disinfectant over the years.  Thanks to
everyone who wrote; John sent me his thanks for the mailing, which I pass
on to all of you.
   Please, no more mail to me; if you would like to add your thanks, go
ahead and tell John Norstad yourself.  Thanks.

--Brandon Munday

[Archived as /info-mac/vir/a-toast-to-disinfectant.txt; 48K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 20:48:14 +0800
From: Andy Dent <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Excel Object Nudger; fine access to Excel object positions

Object Nudger is an Excel add-in which lets you nudge graphic
objects 1 or 5 pixels, using the arrow keys. It adds an entry
to your Format menu to turn Nudging on and off.

Instructions enclosed including shareware payment details.

Andy Dent, A.D. Software, Western Australia

[Archived as /info-mac/app/excel-object-nudger.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 17:02:06 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Rob Dewhirst)
Subject: [*] Glider Pro Demo 1.0.1, a game

This is an update to the Glider Pro Demo 1.0.0 currently in the archives.
This replaces that file.

This is the demo version of Glider PRO from Casady & Greene.  This demo
gives you a small house to play through and is fully functional.  It does
not allow you to create new houses, edit houses or play any other Glider
PRO houses (just the included house).

Glider PRO is a souped-up version of Glider 4.0 released by Casady & Greene
back in 1991.  It will support any size monitor, filling it with more of
the house.  You can play two player games (a good deal of fun).  Also new:
you can fly out of the house, across fields, over rooftops, through the
sky, underground.  There are over 100 objects, more backgrounds, background
music 256 color support, Power PC native on Power PC machines, etc., etc.

If you're completely unfamiliar with the Glider games, it goes like this:
You are piloting a small paper airplane through a large house (or houses).
You must avoid colliding with many objects as you glide across rooms -
seeking floor vents and ducst that give your glider lift.  The rooms get
more challenging and puzzling ,as you go along.  Glider is easy to control
(two keys for the most part) and is non-violent.  As many females and
adults are attracted to this game as males and kids.  How else to end this
paragraph but with, "Great for the whole family."

Have fun!

(1.0.1 Fixed a problem experienced only on PowerMacs with the HPV card.)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/glider-pro-101-demo.hqx; 1912K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 14:22:13 -0600
From: Ralph Sutherland <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Graf 2.1.1; a freeware scientific plotting program

    I am sorry but I had to make a very important change
to Graf 2.1.0 - to fix a crashing bug that slipped into the final build.
Please delete any previous versions of Graf, inprticular v2.1.0 and
v1.4.3 which were the previous general releases.  The Following
is Graf 2.1.1 which is fixed (hopefully).  I apologise for the
wasted bandwidth :-(

    Graf is a freeware scientific plotting program whose original
development was with help from the AUDF in Australia.  It allows you
to plot free form data files (as TEXT files) from many sources including
files with LF characters from mainframes.  It knows about FORTRAN
double precision 'd' exponent notation as well.  It can open as many
data files as memory allows and they can have as many data points
as you have memory for as well.  The interpreter is general, but the
interface currently limits you to 99 columns.

    Data columns are defined by any non-numerical characters and
and line not starting with a number is ignored, so many raw output
files can be plotted straight away without modification.

    Graf 2 introduces simple statistical analysis, polynomial regression
as well as linear and cubic spline interpolation.

    Graf has publish and subscribe, is system 7 friendly and is
32 bit clean.

    Best of all Graf 2 comes with some examples on how it works
including a data file of a map of Australia to demonstrate the
parametric nature of the plotter.

    It is free to any who want to use it - but it is given 'as is',
I am likely to take another 18 months to update it :-)

    Graf 2 should work on all macs from a mac plus up, but it
this version has only been tested on 68020 machines and higher.

    Cheers
    Ralph Sutherland      Boulder, Sept. '94

    email: [e-mail]
           [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/graf-211.hqx; 305K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 19:40:11 -0600
From: [e-mail] (John R. Park)
Subject: [*] Homer 0.93.4; an IRC client

New things in 0.93.4:

* It's compatible with 68000-based machines again.  Woo woo.
* The default window size is no longer larger than a 9" display.
  You may have to delete your old preferences file to get normal
  sized windows back.
* The clock text is now green instead of red, for the benefit of
  colorblind users.
* The Dumb Terminal in the serial version won't die when there's
  more than 32K of text.
* Fixed a little cosmetic bug in the NICK box.
* Fixed a problem with certain garbage lines showing up at
  startup time.
* TCP users with SLIP lines which disconnect while Homer is running
  can now quit Homer without freezing.  Use cmd-Q to quit, then
  after pressing the Okay button, hit cmd-. to exit.
* There's some new speech options.  Look in the Sound Options...
  dialog box to see what they are.  THESE ARE UNTESTED.
* Your /away message is now saved.
* The clock has a new mode, called "Idle."  This displays the
  amount of time since the last line of text was sent to the given
  window.
* The default memory partition has been increased to decrease the
  number of memory-related bugs when using the Speech Manager.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/homer-0934.hqx; 1148K]

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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 12:08:22 -0400
From: Alex Metcalf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Inflate XCMD v1.2; balloon help for HyperCard

    The Inflate XCMD lets you easily add balloon help to all of your
HyperCard stacks. Help balloons can be added to buttons, fields, areas
of a card, and more.

    Simple commands make using Inflate easy: just one line in a
button's script lets you add a help balloon. Any (unlikely) errors are
returned in easily understood sentences.

    Advanced users have complete control over the help balloon, such
as position of display, and balloon tip offset. In addition, a number of
different balloon contents can be used: PICT resources, TEXT resources,
and string resources.

    Version 1.2 is a complete re-write of the Inflate code, yielding
improved performance and efficient code. Advanced users can now use
short commands for Inflate (such as "STR " for "Single string resource").
Also, the error handling has been vastly improved to make error checking
much easier. Finally, a few small bugs have been fixed.

    Inflate is shareware; for more information on paying the small
shareware fee, please see the stack. Commercial users should contact me
for more information.

    Alex Metcalf
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/inflate-12-xcmd.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 20:25:18 +1000 (EST)
From: Victor Tan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jigsaw v1.0 (a Jigsaw puzzle game)

Hello everyone,

this is the first release of Jigsaw - an electronic Jigsaw puzzle
program for the Macintosh.

Jigsaw requires System 7.0 or later. It should work on any Macintosh
model including older black and white models but this has not been
extensively tested - let me know if it doesn't work.

Jigsaw can open pictures in the following formats: PICT, JPEG/JFIF,
GIF, startup screens, and MacPaint.

Jigsaw can take advantage of QuickTime and the Drag Manager if they are
installed. QuickTime is required for JPEG pictures to be displayed.

Jigsaw is released as shareware. You are allowed to try out this
software for 4 (four) weeks. After this time, you should register it
if you decide to keep it.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/jigsaw-10.hqx; 333K]

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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 12:32:22 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Jason Townsend)
Subject: [*] JSokoban 1.0b10; a game

JSokoban is a freeware port of the classic "Sokoban" game (like
MacSokoban), where you have to push the money bags to their destination
postitions one at a time to solve each level. JSokoban is now in late beta
and will be released as a final product within a month or two. It has
multiple undo, awesome color/B&W/grayscale graphics and sounds, and runs
under System 6.0.7 and up.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/j-sokoban-10b10.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:44:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Kant Generator 0.4 beta; generates philosophy :)

Kant Generator 0.4 beta is a completely pointless program which generates
text that vaguely resembles Immanuel Kant's _Critique of Pure Reason_.
Anyone who has been subjected to Kant, voluntarily or otherwise, will
appreciate the humor in this.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/kant-generator-04.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:45:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Backup Moderator <backmod>
Subject: [*] Kant Generator 0.4 beta source code

Kant Generator 0.4 beta is a completely pointless program which generates
text that vaguely resembles Immanuel Kant's _Critique of Pure Reason_.
Anyone who has been subjected to Kant, voluntarily or otherwise, will
appreciate the humor in this.

This archive contains the complete Metrowerks DR/4 project and resource
files.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/kant-generator-04-c.hqx; 175K]

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Date: 30 Sep 94 16:36:59 EDT
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac & IBM compare-Version 1.9.7

Archive name: mac-ibm-compare197.txt
category: general information, text

This is version 1.9.7 of this report & should replace mac-ibm-compare196.txt.
Changes: Power Macintosh info updated
Due to the rapid changes in computers I am interested in contributions from
Digest and other readers to flesh out, correct, or point out confusing parts
in the report.  Send comments and information to CompuServe: 72130,3557; AOL:
BruceG6069; or Internet: [e-mail].  Keep it short because e-mail
limit on these sites is _much_ smaller than my sheet.
This report compares the Mac and IBM machines CPUs, hardware {monitor support
and expansion}, operating systems {includes number crunching}, networking &
printing; it covers not only present hardware/software statistics and features
but also future possibilities.
Despite its condensed and generalized format it still provides some thought-
provoking reading on the relative merits, problems, and deficiencies of Macs
and IBM PCs.  It also contains some FAQ answers about both machines and the
upcoming PowerPC line.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-ibm-compare-197.txt; 55K]

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Date: 30 Sep 94 16:32:45 EDT
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.9.0

Archive name: mac-ftp-list390.txt
category: communication, text

This is a update {Oct 1,1994} to Mike Gleason's ftp list {He gave me permision
to continue it}.  It lists a good number of mac anonymous ftp sites with notes
on some and a little blurb on how to use anonymous ftp.  Must be in Monaco 9
{or PC equivalent} to be readable.

This is the latest {Oct 1,1994} version this report and should replace the
previous version of mac-ftp-list.txt.

Changes:   spider.navsses.navy.mil moved to 'These Mac sites no longer exist
       or have major problems' section;

Added sites:  suniams1.statistik.tu-muenchen.de; ftp.rasterops.com;
          ftp.utexas.edu;

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-390.txt; 39K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 13:46:01 +0800
From: Giulio Zambon <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacDOS 2.0.0 demo; a command line interface

  MacDOS provides a Command Line Interface for the Mac OS. It supports
  wildcards, file filtering, and batches; operates on files and folders;
  launches and kills applications and the Finder; is fully AppleScriptable.
  Beside 36 standard DOS commands, MacDOS supports many Mac-specific
  additional commands. MacDOS is also extendable with pipable filter
  applications. Registration entitles you to support via E-mail.

Thanks for your work at UMich. Please contact me if there are any problems.

Ciao,   Giulio.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/mac-dos-200-demo.hqx; 577K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 00:38:47 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Colin Foster)
Subject: [*] Mad Angels & Amphetamines; a collection of poetry and prose

This is an electronic preview of "Mad Angels and Amphetamines",
a collection of poetry and prose by Canadian writers.  The
software will run on any Macintosh using either System 6 or
System 7, and requires at least 1 megabyte of memory.

The software is free, but copyright 1994 Carrington Vanston,
and the literature is copyright, each of the individual authors.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/mad-angels-and-amphetamines.hqx; 411K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 20:42:53 -0400
From: Alex Metcalf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Maniac 2.1; an arcade game

    Best Before Yesterday proudly announces Maniac 2.1, an arcade
game attaining a revolutionary new level of Macintosh arcade excitement
and playability! A combination and expansion of the classic games of
pac man and hangman provides a frantic race against the clock.

    NEW with version 2.1:

- Three lives! And chances for more...
- Frantic bonus levels to gain extra points and lives
- More levels, sounds, and loads more music!
- Support for MOD, MED, Okalyzer, and OctaMED music files (32 channels!)
- 16-Bit CD Quality music support
- New AudioManiac sound system code: improved multi-channel sound
- Dozens of interface and game improvements
- A few bug fixes

    Maniac already featured:

- Original Maniac soundtrack
- Multi-channel original sound effects
- Over 20 minutes of non-repeating game music in stereo surround sound
- Smooth, flicker-free animation in 256 colours
- Customisable background music by simply dropping MOD music files
     into the Maniac Game Music folder

    Alex Metcalf
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/maniac-21.hqx; 1489K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:55:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Ramon M. Felciano)
Subject: [*] Mercutio MDEF 1.2b20 Public Beta

This is a public beta release of my Mercutio MDEF.

Ramon Felciano
Digital Alchemy

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mercutio-mdef-12b20.hqx; 604K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:55:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Yamanaka <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mikan Demo Software; for japanese electronic books

To whom it may concern:

This is a demonstration version of Mikan from Sentius.  Could you please
post it to the corresponding directory.

Mikan is a commercial product that allows higher-level students of
Japanese to read complex texts in an electronic book format.  It runs on
Macs with System 7.1 and the Japanese Language Kit or Kanjitalk 7 users.

This demo version allows the users to preview one of the books that comes
as part of the Mikan package.

Brian Yamanaka <[e-mail]>
Sentius

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/mikan-demo.hqx; 267K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 22:35:58 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mike Wiese)
Subject: [*] Mount'em 1.0b2; mounts disk images

enclosed is Mount'em 1.0b2, a little drag and drop app for mounting disk images

you can mount as many as you like, and the disk image files can reside on
an AppleShare server, no need to copy them to a local disk!

Revision History
* 1.0b2
Fixed bug in growing the unit table where I was writing past the end of a
data structure. Fortunately, growing the unit table is rarely required - at
least no one reported this problem.

Englinsh translation: don't use 1.0b1!

mike wiese
MacOS Filesystems Engineer

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/mount-em-10b2.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 19:52:25 -0400
From: Alex Metcalf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MusicBox XCMD v.3.0 for SuperCard

    Best Before Yesterday is proud to announce a SuperCard version
of the MusicBox XCMD, a professional audio enhancement already popular
with many HyperCard users.

    MusicBox lets you play up to four sounds simultaneously in any
SuperCard project, with individual control over each sound. In addition,
you can stop, pause, fade, and pan (across the stereo spectrum) sounds
with simple yet powerful commands. Sounds can also be played from disk
to save memory.

    MusicBox also lets you play a number of different sound and
music file formats, including System 7 sounds, MOD music files (in
stereo surround if desired), and AIFF files.

    The MusicBox project contains full documentation on use, as well
as example scripts, demonstrations of MusicBox in action, and an easy
install feature for installing MusicBox in your own projects.

    MusicBox is shareware; for more information please see the
project. Please support my efforts! A small price to pay for work I've
put in to make MusicBox possible.

    For more information, please contact:
    Alex Metcalf
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/music-box-30-xcmd-sc.hqx; 366K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 10:42:30 -0400
From: Mark Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] new maX.500 2.0.2; an Internet X.500 Online Directory client

Here's a new release of the maX.500 Internet X.500 Online Directory
client.  Please add it to your archive(s).  Thanks.

-Mark Smith
 University of Michigan X.500 Directory Project

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/max500-202.hqx; 428K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 23:15:18 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] NovaTerm 3.11; client interface for NovaTerm BBSs

This is NovaTerm 3.11, the latest graphical client interface for NovaTerm
Professional BBSs. NovaTerm works over modems, networks, and the Internet
(requires MacTCP for that last one).

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/nova-term-311.hqx; 502K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 06:54:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Jensen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] nShell(tm) Mega Source v1.0.3

Source code is provided for: ask, battery, beep, cat, chattr, cp, date,
delay, df, echo, eq, fss, gestalt, hello, launch, ls, man, mem, mkdir,
mv, notify, odoc, ps, read, rm, shift, wc,  and yesno.

With version 1.0.3, these files have been modified to build with either
the Think C or the CodeWarrior development environments.

It is assumed that you have downloaded and installed the nShell
application and its Programmer's Guide.  These packages are available
>From a number of on-line sources.

The nShell is a traditional scripting environment for the Apple
Macintosh.  The shell is available in two forms. A light version, called
nShell(tm), is freely distributable for non-commercial purposes.  A
second version, called nShell-Pro(tm), is available as a commercial
product.  Our goal is to make the shell environment available to as many
users as possible, while providing serious users with the support and
reliability of a full commercial product.

Contact: John Jensen

EMail: [e-mail], [e-mail], or [e-mail]

Mail: Newport Software Development, P.O. Box 1485, Newport Beach, CA 92659

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/mega-source-103-nshell.hqx; 211K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 04:49:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Jensen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] nShell(tm) v1.0.3; a programming environment

Version 1.0.3 of the nShell(tm) adds a drag and drop engine. This engine
allows nShell(tm) scripts to be easily converted into stand alone drag
and drop applications.

How easily?  Drag a copy of the "nShell(tm) droplet" template onto
BBEdit.  Type in your script and close the file.  You're done.

This package also corrects a few problems found in earlier releases.

A free upgrade to v1.0.3 of nShell-Pro is available to owners of earlier
versions.

The nShell(tm) is a traditional scripting environment for the Apple

Contact: John Jensen
EMail: [e-mail], [e-mail], or [e-mail]
Mail: Newport Software Development, P.O. Box 1485, Newport Beach, CA 92659

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/n-shell-103.hqx; 256K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:39:40 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Diane Simpson)
Subject: [*] Open Sesame! 1.1.1 Demo; desktop taks automation

Open Sesame! Version 1.1.1 is the first desktop assistant that increases
productivity by actually learning to automate your routine tasks.  It sits
on your desktop observing your actions from the background.  When it finds
a repetitive pattern, it offers to automate it for you.  Open Sesame!
eliminates mundane time-consuming tasks so that every minute you spend at
your computer is productive.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/open-sesame-111-demo.hqx; 949K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 19:58:35 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Hall)
Subject: [*] PageNOW! Demo 0.9.1 - Send messages from Mac to alpha pagers

For Mac users with text pagers

Never miss personal messages, e-mail, voice mail, faxes & appointments
again! Now your messages reach you anytime, anywhere, in your car, on a
business trip, around the clock, around the world: Introducing PageNOW!
($79.95 SRP), a new software that sends personal messages from any
Macintosh to alphanumeric pagers or Newton PDAs with MessageCard.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/page-now-091-demo.hqx; 1051K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 09:39:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Photo Fits Photoshop plug-in

Photo Fits is an Adobe Photoshopx plug-in which allows import of FITS files.
Photo Fits can read byte, integer, longint, real, and double fits files.
 Photo
Fits can not read fits files with extensions nor can it read 1D files.  Photo
Fits only looks at the image or images pointed to by the first fits header.

Photo Fits can be freely distributed so long as it is not modified in any way
and
this read me file is distributed with Photo Fits.

I know that Photo Fits can not read all fits files and I am working on it.
 Photo
Fits is not finished and if you find a fits file which doesn't work DO NOT
email
it to me, a short note will be good and a ftp site where I can download it.
Thanks for your understanding.

Hope you like it.

Doug Norton
Otter Solution
10 Limekiln Road
Whitesboro, NY  13492-2338

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photoshop-photo-fits.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 16:40:24 --100
From: [e-mail] (Przemyslawa Kanarek)
Subject: [*] Polish language lessons

Polish4everyone is a preliminary part of a bigger project. The aim of the
project is to give an interactive tool for learning Polish language and
obtaining information about Poland. This program has been designed to give you
some idea how the Polish language looks like. The program contains about 70
words, several elementary phrases and some very basic grammar information.

Jacek Iwanski

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/polish-for-everyone.hqx; 2667K]

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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 12:09:36 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Simon Kidd)
Subject: [*] Popup Folder 1.5 demo; hierarchical menus for the Apple menu

This is a DEMO version of PopupFolder 1.5. PUF gives hierarchical menues in
the Apple menu, the finder ("spring loaded folders" and the title in the
title bar), and applications open and save dialog boxes. One can optionally
show icons in the menus and it also supports drag and drop. The demo
version has an annoying dialog at startup and will disable itself after a
month.
Iam not affiliated with the manufacturer, just a happy user.
Simon

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/popup-folder-15-demo.hqx; 131K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:38:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tonio Loewald)
Subject: [*] Prince of Destruction 1.0.1; an arcade-style game

   Complete 1.0.1 Release

This is a game with the action of gauntlet, the depth of Ultima. Real
time, 16/256 colour graphics, network play with registration.

Save game, progress beyond level 5, 60 minute timeout, and completion
disabled until you register.

Fee is US$25 for single-player; US$40 4-player net license.
(Good faith equivalents in local currencies are acceptable.)

This version addresses all confirmable bugs as of 23/9/94, including
"starmetal dart", multiple monitors, Powerbook users, and omissions from
the documentation.

Contact: [e-mail]

Thanks,
Tonio

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/prince-of-destruction-101.hqx; 2574K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 10:15:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Chemaly Rene)
Subject: [*] Pro Predictor Week#4 Update; NFL data file

Week #4 update of the PRO1994 file to be used with Pro Predictor 2.6S or 2.6R.
Includes early injury reports, score updates, yardage updates, early lines.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/pro/pro-predictor-94-04.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 08:09:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew Sinclair-Day <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Quadra 630 Review

Andrew Sinclair-Day  |  The Rock Garden      |  Between the brain that plans
[e-mail]   |  982 State Street     |  and the hand that builds,
[e-mail]  |  New Haven, CT. 06511 |  there must be a mediator.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/quadra630-review.txt; 11K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 00:35:05 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Yair Elharrar)
Subject: [*] RSRC Search 1.0 (still beta); searches resource forks

Finds text strings in the resource forks of your files. Very handy for
programmers, hackers, power users etc. Just drag and drop a bunch of files on
RSRC Search to search them all for the same string, entered in ASCII or Hex.

After finding the string, RSRC Search will display the filename, the resource
type and ID, and offset in the resource.

Note: When looking for hex strings, enter the hex string in hex-digit pairs
without any spaces or anything that's not hex digits. There's absolutely no
check of any kind for validity of the string so RSRC Search will find for
garbage.

This is a beta version. Please try it out and let me know what you think.
Bug reports are more than welcome.
E-mail: [e-mail]

Standard disclaimer applies, i.e. use at your own risk and distribute freely.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/rsrc-search-10b.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 19:25:23 -0500
From: David Darby <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SchoolStat 2.0.4; performs basic statistics

Welcome to SchoolStat!
This application is designed to perform basic statistics in a very user
friendly way! It contains spreadsheet, graphing and results windows, and
offers descriptive statistics, mode, confidence intervals, 2 sample paired
(sign, Wilcoxon matched pairs signed ranks, Student's t tests), and
independent (Mann Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, independent t-test), and
ANOVA tests (Kruskal-Wallis, F tests), and contingency table analyses.
There are data transformation, sorting and calculator functions. The Active
Tables are unique and let you determine probabilities easily and with a
graphical representation of the actual probability distribution that you
specify! Normal statistical tables are also included. It is an ideal
teaching and personal statistics tool able to work on 1000 rows and 30
columns. There is on-line help and much more! Note many bugs in earlier
versions have now been fixed, so there is no reason not to try this
version!

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/school-stat-204.hqx; 552K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 16:48:10 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Dave Chou)
Subject: [*] Seinfeld dialog; sounds from the show

Here are three .sea files containing 8-bit sound
files from one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes.

Submitted just for the fun of it,
Dave

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/seinfeld-grp1.hqx; 1390K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/seinfeld-grp2.hqx; 1245K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/seinfeld-grp3.hqx; 1189K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 09:16:39 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Norman Franke, III)
Subject: [*] SoundApp 1.3; sound playing and conversion program

Enclosed you will find SoundApp 1.3, the latest version of my freeware
sound playing and conversion program. SoundApp can be used with Mosaic for
sound playing. It can play and convert the following sound formats:

SoundCap (including Huffman compressed files),
SoundEdit (including stereo files),
AIFF and AIFF-C,
System 7 Sound,
Sun Audio (AU) (including u-law, a-law, G.721 and G.723),
NeXT .snd,
Windows WAVE (including MS ADPCM compressed),
Sound Blaster VOC,
Amiga MOD (and various others),
Amiga IFF (8SVX) (including compressed files),
Sound Designer II,
Instruments files (Super Studio Session, including compressed),
DVI ADPCM, and
any 'snd' resource.

SoundApp supports conversion to the following sound formats: System 7,
Sound suitcase, WAVE, AIFF/AIFF-C, and NeXT. It can also convert QuickTime
movies and Audio CD tracks if QuickTime 1.6 or later is installed.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-app-13.hqx; 176K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 09:49:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert Gray)
Subject: [*] Stop Press!!! replacement MacSense11

The Editor has submitted this **REPLACEMENT** for the recently submitted
MacSense11, due to late discovery of error.

>From the ReadMe:

MacSense Issue #11, October 1994.

MacSense is a new electronic magazine (based in Canada) which seeks to
provide interesting and insightful Macintosh information to an
international market.

The attached file is a Stuffit archive. You will need Stuffit Expander or
other another Stuffit compression utility to extract it.

MacSense requires a Macintosh with a 640-pixel wide display and at least 16
shades of grey. For optimal viewing, we recommend 16-bit color.

NEWS: Apple Unveils New OS Identity, Apple Reveals OS Licensing Intentions,
eWorld Debuts in Canada.
QUICKBITS: System 7.5 ships, Adobe Pagemaker competitive upgrade, Norton
Utilities 3.0 Speed Disk bug, and more.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: At long last, we begin a letters column!
FEATURE: Hands On: System 7.5, Part I.
THE DILETTANTE: A new periodic column by MacSense staffer Renzo Piche.
REVIEWS: After Dark 3.0, Microsoft BookShelf, KTP Bryce, Rebel Assault.

Sorry for **ANY** inconvenience to anyone.  Our heads are bowed in shame...

[Archived as /info-mac/per/macs/mac-sense-11.hqx; 308K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 14:03:36 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Tester 3.00; a test editor

Tester 3.00           Complete test editor.  Type in the questions,
              add pictures where necessary, then print multiple copies
              of the test, with each copy having a different question
              ordering, and with an answer key for each copy.
              You can even practice taking the tests.

Now Tester has full support for analyzing the results of practice session
results.  Is anyone interested in connecting to a Scantron machine to
analyze the data from real tests?  According to Scantron, Tester could do it.

John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tester-300.hqx; 270K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 17:18:26 PDT
From: (Harry Hahn) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] text-editor-faq; about Mac text editors

Attached is a mini-FAQ on the variety of freeware and shareware text
editors available for the Macintosh. Most (if not all) of the text editors
found in the /text direcory are described, as well as a couple that are
not. Features and characteristics such as the ability to open files >32K
and soft wrap text are discussed.

-Harry Hahn
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/text-editor-faq.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 08:50:25 -1000
From: [e-mail] (William Modesitt)
Subject: [*] TimeTracker 2.1.8; keeps track of the time you work

Do you work or charge by the hour?  If so, you'll love TimeTracker.
TimeTracker is a simple $25 time-tracking application for recording time
tasks on the Macintosh.

TimeTracker is useful for consultants, programmers, attorneys, printers, or
anyone who bills for time, or just wants a simple solution for keeping
track of time events.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/time-tracker-218-demo.hqx; 336K]

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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 12:40:07 -0700 (MST)
From: Jacob Weber <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] UltraDice 1.1.3; a Yahtzee-type game

This is UltraDice, a computer version of the classic poker
dice game Yacht (or Yahtzee), with colored dice and sound
effects. Shareware: $15.

NOTE: This game was formerly called UltraYahtzee.

Jacob Weber
Internet: [e-mail]
CompuServe: 72303,3540

[Archived as /info-mac/game/ultra-dice-113.hqx; 129K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 12:30:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mark F. Heiman, Information Coordinator)
Subject: [*] Village Font (correction)

I discovered this morning that there was a problem with the Village font
file I submitted yesterday. The bitmap fonts had become disassociated from
the Postscript file.  I've corrected the problem and am resubmitting the
file.  Please make the replacement. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Original blurb:

This font was designed to closely resemble that used in the cult TV classic
"The Prisoner," created by and starring Patrick McGoohan. The letterforms
are mostly based on the "Albertus" typeface, with a few exceptions and
special characters.

Village is freeware -- it may be used and distributed with no obligation.

This archive contains both TrueType and Postscript versions.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/village.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 12:24:49 -0400
From: Alex Metcalf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Vocalise XCMD v1.0.2; speech for HyperCard

    Vocalise is an XCMD which takes of advantage of Apple's speech
software to provide high quality speech for your HyperCard stacks.

    Using commands such as "speak faster" and "are you speaking?",
Vocalise gives you control over many of the speech features, letting you:

o   Speak text in any available voice
o   Pause speech:
    - Immediately
    - At the end of the word
    - At the end of the sentence
o   Change the speaking pitch and speed
o   Get a list of available voices
o   and more...

    Version 1.0.2 introduces a number of changes to the stack, and
has improved information on which files are needed for Vocalise and why.
In addition, Vocalise now only requires System 6.0.7 or later. Happy 1.0
or 1.0.1 users may not want to upgrade, since there are no big changes.

    Vocalise is FREE for use in any number of free, public domain, or
shareware stacks. Commercial users should contact me for more information.

    Alex Metcalf
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/vocalize-102-xcmd.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 15:38:48 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Rowland Smith)
Subject: [*] WebMap; for layout of HTML pages

WebMap is an application for laying out the "rect", "circle", and "poly"
elements for an html image map, for use with World Widw Web software.

rds

[Archived as /info-mac/text/web-map-10.hqx; 171K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 17:32:03 -0700
From: Bill Dugan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] wolfenstein-threed-encounter1; a game

Wolfenstein 3D: First Encounter is the shareware version of
MacPlay's "Wolfenstein 3D" game.  It contains three levels of
the game.  When you pay your $15 shareware fee, we'll mail you
"Wolfenstein 3D: Second Encounter," which is the full 30-level
version.

Wolfenstein 3D: First Encounter works with any color Macintosh
with 2200K free memory and System 6.0.7 or later.  A 25MHz 030
or faster (e.g. a Mac IIci or LC III-class Mac) is recommended.
System 7 or later is also recommended, and so is a lot of RAM.
For all game functions to be enabled, you'll need 6000K free
memory.

Wolfenstein 3D: First Encounter (as well as the full product,
of course) is a "fat binary" and will run native if you play it
on a Power Macintosh computer.

Have fun!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/wolfenstein-threed-encounter1.hqx; 1865K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:46:05 +0100
From: Wayne Walrath <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZipQuest Pro Demo; a zip code directory

File contains demonstration database for ZipQuest Pro.  ZipQuest Pro is
a database of US 5 Digit ZIP Codes.  Data available includes: ZIP
Code, State, City Name, Area Code, County, Time Zone, Latitude and
Longitude.  Set a "Home" reference, and all lookups show exact local
time, and distance in miles from "home."  AppleEvent, and AppleScript
support allows data integration with 4th DIMENSION, FileMaker Pro,
ACT!, TouchBase Pro and more!  Just type in ZIP Code and watch the
correct data automatically fill into your City, State, and Phone
number fields.  Increases productivity, reduces costly errors in your
address and mailing lists.  Examples for linking to third party
packages included.

Montage Software Systems, Inc.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/zip-quest-pro-demo.hqx; 328K]

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Date: 30 Sep 94 02:13:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Robert Maynard)
Subject: "Sector Collector

I'm looking for some software called "Sector Collector".  Does anyone know
where it can be found?  I'm not sure if it's shareware/freeware or commercial.
Thanks in advance.
            Rob Maynard
            [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 01:12 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) MS Works Unexpectedly quits

Try holding Shift-Option-Command keys immediately after opening the prog.
(I had a similar problem using Excel 2.2 on a Powerbook and Microsoft deigned
to cd
to crumb me this crumb pardon bad typing! good luck

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 13:28:35 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 840AV extension mayhem (R)

Sean P.E. Takats <[e-mail]> asked:

SPET> During startup, the extension icons on my 840AV do not line up
SPET> properly and overlap, making it difficult to see which extensions
SPET> are loading. Not a major problem, but annoying. Anyway to fix
SPET> this? Thanks.

Now Utilities will force the extensions to line up nicely during
boot.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: 1 Oct 1994 01:14:00 -0600
From: [e-mail] (timo ochmann)
Subject: ===Need help with my modem ...===

Ok, here is the my problem:  I have 144e Prometheus (Hayes comp.)
modem.  All my terminal, connection settings are correct, yet I am
only able to establish a connection at 1200 baud with a local site
that actually runs at 9600 b.  If I set my terminal at 9600 b and
I get connected my screen shows only unreadable (randomly, no syntax)
characters.  A friend suggested I should set my modem to "uncom-
pressed" with help of AT commands.  First, I couldn't find this
command under the command list.  Secondly, I wasn't able to activate
any of the other commands.  I never got an OK prompt.  So, here are my
questions:
- is there a way to uncompress with help of the window menu?, -why don't get my
commands not activated? My modem programm is Communicate Lite.
Sorry for the spelling, grammar I don't know how to edit in this mode.
Thanks for your help

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Date: 29 Sep 1994 11:34:53 U
From: "James Smart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] SE another frozen mouse

               Subject:                               Time:03:12 P
  OFFICE MEMO          [Q] SE another frozen mouse            Date:9/26/94
I don't think that this is related to the SE30 with a mouse that would not
move on the screen - but could still activate menus and buttons - but it
is close.  I have a SE (no hard drive) which works fine for about 25 mins.
 then freezes ( and usually the mouse disappears from the screen).
Neither mouse nor keyboard are able to arose it from its snooze. Turning
the computer off and on only gets a blank screen - and hitting the
interupt button gives a sad mac error code of:
             nnnnnnnF
             nnnnnnnD
This little glitch happens if an application is being run or the computer
is just sitting there.  After the computer has had about 10-15 mins to
cool off it can be restarted again (for about 20 mins - when it again
freezes). Since it is only running off of floppy's a hardware problem
seems obvious - something heating up - but what?? Anybody have any ideas
on this one??

[e-mail]


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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 08:09:22 -0600 (MDT)
From: [e-mail] (Rick Tapp)
Subject: Alternative StyleWriter II Cartridge

I was just told by my local computer stuff supplier tha
"The Canon BJ Cartridge BC-01" will work in the StyleWriter II

This would be good news since it's a couple of dollars less than
the Apple cartridge.

Does anyone know or has anyone tried it? I also wonder if I could
use the "Clean Ink Cartridge" option. I don't know what the cartridge
for the StyleWriter looks like. Is it physically the same?

Thanks for any info

[e-mail]             Rick Tapp, Calgary, Alberta

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 22:09:31 +0100
From: Brian Gery Hilfsassistent bei "R." Siegwart SS94 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Any Ideas?

Hello-

I am looking for a program which utilizes the mac's Start Manager to
increase the amount of time the mac waits for the boot volume to spin up
before it gives you the sad mac.  Do you know of such a beast?

Thanks,

Brian Gery

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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 18:31:29 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Matti Haveri)
Subject: Best way to attach binaries in Eudora?

Hello,

What is the best _universal_ Eudora's attachment-option when attaching
binaries (images, sounds etc) to Mac, DOS, Win and UNIX-users so that the
attachment is easily usable to all of them?

I guess AppleDouble is good cross-platform because it (to my knowledge)
sends Mac's data- and resource-forks separately so that binaries come
readable to PC-users and Mac-users get the file-types, too. The only
drawback could be that the files are sent as binaries and the gateways
could mess them up.

In AppleSingle both forks are in a single file and they aren't usable to
PC- or UNIX-users.

In BinHex both forks are in a single text-file so it can travel through
different gateways untouched. PC- or UNIX-users can decode this to a
.bin-file and I guess there are utilities to expand this but this approach
is cumbersome. (PC-Eudora can decode also BinHex.)

In my experience it is not advisable to binhex binaries before sending but
instead let Eudora binhex them when sending.

What about that "Always as Mac-documents"-option - what is the meaning of it?

Reply to the list or directly to me and I'll summarize.

-Matti Haveri <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 18:04:36 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Clinton R Lefort)
Subject: Bol Processor

Hello Mac-users,

I am searching for a program by Bernard Bel, called Bol Processor. If anoyne
out in cypersoace knows where it can be found please send ane-mail message to
:\

[e-mail]

Thnaks in advance,

Clint

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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 13:40:39 EDT
From: "Mark A. Saper" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bus error with Stickies

Has anyone encountered a bus error trying to run Stickies?  It seems to be
conflicting with one of my extensions and I don't know where to start to locate
it.

Thanks, Mark Saper, U-Michgan, [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:40:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Luis Muench <[e-mail]>
Subject: Calendar Question

Hello all:
    I am looking for a calendar that can display several people's
schedules on the same day and can be networked. What we need is to have
everyone know where/what everyone else is (doing). Basically its only 6
people. Shareware/commercial is ok. We just need recommendations on the
best product. Please email me directly: [e-mail].

TIA

--Luis
<Modz: sorry bout da sig!!>

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Date: 29 Sep 1994 16:34:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Johnnie W. Huang)
Subject: cheapest laswer printer with appletalk

What is the cheapest laser printer that has the AppleTalk option
built in?  I bought a LaserWriter Select 300 a while ago, and I just
found out that it's not AppleTalk friendly.  That means I can't hook
it up to my PC through LocalTalk network.

Suggestions needed...

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:12:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Scott Kaplan)
Subject: Common Ground (Wrap-up)

Thanks to everyone who wrote to me with answers about Common Ground and its
various competetors...Here's a quick summary of what I've been told:

Common Ground is pretty good.  Samples including the MacMosiac
documentation and an info publication from Apple called (I think)
"Information Alley".  I looked at them, and they look very nice.  Right
now, Common Ground is probably the best choice for putting out something
that needs to be cross-platform.

As someone pointed out, DOCMaker would be better for a Mac-only
distribution, as it has more features and the documents are more easily
navigated.  Unfortunately, what I'm putting out will need to be
cross-platform, so this isn't an option.

Adobe Acrobat 2.0 will be out some time soon, and its reader will be free.
As someone commented, Adobe is a company with a good track record on
document stuff, so this is something to watch for.

The last good point was that some of these programs carry details on legal
issues.  Apparently Common Ground will let you distribute the reader for
free only if the publication is totally non-commercial.  Otherwise, they
expect some royalties of some sort.  It isn't known whether the same will
be true of the new Acrobat.

Since my publication will at least start out totally free, it seems as
though Common Ground is my best answer.  That may change with time, but
I'll deal with that when it comes up.  Thanks to everyone that answered!
The information was very useful to solving my problem.

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]

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

Date: 29 Sep 94 01:21:00 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Common Ground alternative.

Scott:

   I was just at a World Wide Web seminar at Stanford and a guy from Adobe
spoke  about Acrobat. Basically, Acrobat is a competitor to Common ground in
the "portable document format" wars. Adobe  just announced that as of the end
of this month the VIEWERS for Acrobat 2.0 will be FREE. You will still have to
buy software to crate an Adobe PDF type file  but you can be assured that the
viewers can be distributed and that they will work on the big 3  platforms
(windows, mac and unix).

   Adobe seems to know how to do display technology, otherwise they would not
have had such a long run with PostScript. Personally I would check out what
Adobe has to offer in your search.

Michael Ottati

"All my opinions are my opinions""

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

Date: Sat,  1 Oct 94 13:53:2 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Dear friends,


I've got a problem. I write articles and rewieves on "M" (acintosh)

Magazine, the official Mac italian magazine, and I've to dash off something
on new Apple Pb.150. Would You be so kind to give me some useful
information 'bout this machine and, most of all, about the stunning novity
of its IDE hard disk?

Obviously, I'll mention Your precious help on the pages of the mag.:-)

Thanks a lot,

Luigi Milani, ([e-mail])


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

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 17:11 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disinfectant 3.5 - is it the latest version?

Dear fellow Mac users,
Subject says it all.   The last version I found at Sumex was 3.5.   Besides a
PowerPC update, which I don't need, has anything else more up to date come
out?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 18:56:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DropText

For What It Is Worth:

When Norton Utils, Word 4.0x and about a dozen other "compatible" word
processing programs (including the elephantine Word 6.0) crashed trying to
open a corrupted Word 5.1a file, DropText came to the rescue.  After the
program gave a warning that there were some non-text characters present, I
selected the "Strip High Bit From ASCII" (something like that) check box,
and the resulting text file was readable and complete.

"A good time was had by all," as they say.

Traci J. Ingram

[e-mail]     | or |     [e-mail]

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

Date: 29 Sep 1994 15:03:21 -0600
From: Stewart-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: Easter Egg in PlainTalk 1.3 (C)

Found an easter egg in Plaintalk 1.3 today.  If you ask "Computer, are there
any easter eggs?" it will respond with "If there were any do you think I would
tell you?"

Are there any more we could look for?

Marcus Stewart
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 12:07:05 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: email posting to newsgroup?

How do I post to a newsgroup using email?

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 09:39:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (H. Perry Mixter)
Subject: Excel 4.0 & LW 8.1.1 Slowness

I have noted that when printing out simple spreadsheets using Excel 4.0 and
the Laserwriter 8.1.1mod driver on my LW Pro 630, that is takes upwards of
several minutes to print out a page. When I go back to using the LW 7.1.2
driver, pages are printed rapidly. Why is is the newer driver so slow, and
is there anything I can do to speed it up? It's speed is fine when used by
other programs.

I am using a Centris 650, System 7.1, 8 mb Ram, RamDoubler  +Loads of other
inits. (Slowness also occurs when all inits are disabled at startup)

Posted advice appreciated.

H. Perry Mixter                          Internet:  [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 94 11:40:27 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Farallon PhoneNet -> Apple LocalTalk networks [R]

Richard Lim <[e-mail]> asked:

> I have two LocalTalk networks in the office now, one consisting of
> Apple LocalTalk connectors and cabling, the other with Farallon
> PhoneNet connectors and ordinary phone wiring. It's now thought it
> would be a good idea to hook the two networks up, probably using more
> phone wire, but I don't know what sort of plug I should get (if one
> exists) to connect that wire with an Apple LocalTalk connector.

Try Focus Enhancements 800/538-8865

Part Number 10-1010, DIN-3 to RJ-11 Cable $3.99

Scott Coats
Innovative Solutions

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

Date: Mon, 03 Oct 94 09:33:51 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fast Internal Modems for LC and Up

I'm considering buying an internal modem for my LC (yes, an LC, not an LCII,
LCIII, or even an LC5xx, a plain old LC), but I want it to be something I
can put into any other Mac I might buy down the line.  I'm pretty sure that
if I were to buy an LC/Performa 575 I could use the same modem card, but
what about the new Performa635s?

So my questions basically are:

   1.  Will the same modem card fit into both an LC family machine and the
       new Performa635 family machines?

   2.  What modem cards would you recommend (along with prices and sources)?

Thanks for the info.

Stay tuned for another question on a different topic.

keg

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

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 02:40:10 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Eleonora Bilotta)
Subject: Gateway Definition on FC BBS

I'm having a problem defining a gateway to another FC Server connected to the
Internet. We want to use the CommToolBox / Outland TCP Tool , but we are not
able to correctly define the Setup string.
What the string should do ?

Thanks
luciano mallamaci

P.S.
please, if you e-mail messages to me, please specify "For Luciano Mallamaci"
into the subject (this is userid used by the Lab of the University of
Calabria".
thank you

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 14:39:46 +0100 (BST)
From: Sarah Goodey <[e-mail]>
Subject: gzip

I have read your gzip instructions on how to use the gzip program...but
unfortunately it doesn't help me when the programm decompresses only a
certain amout. the gzip insists that an error was made in the
compression..but i got my stuff from quartz.rutgers.edu, the uncompressed
stuff came through fine..if you could shed any light into this matter i
would much appreciate it.

sarah goodey

ps. i am not capable of any programming, however much i wish i was.

thank you

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

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 10:41:15 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: HD on Mac -- kill password

After I sent my request for help in removing the HD password on the student
lab Mac, at 10:14 am 9/29/94 -0600, [e-mail] replied:

>Have you tried using Apple HD SC Setup to reformat the hard drive after you
>boot from a floppy?

There lies the problem. Apparently, the product that was clandestinely
installed has patched the disk drivers, so that it demands the password
before permitting any access to the disk. If we boot from floppy, using the
Disk Tools floppy, it asks for the password before finishing startup: if we
cancel the password request, it somehow disables the hard disk, so that it
is unmountable, unrecognizable, essentially invisible. HD Setup cannot find
any hard disk on the SCSI bus, and, thus, cannot reformat it.

Thanks.

Late breaking news:  The folks on our Service Center have just informed me
that they have succeeded in breaking the protection. After fiddling around
with the jumpers on the drive, they managed to get the disk recognized by
HD Setup. Low level format followed and the problem is history. Naturally,
a full system and application reinstallation was necessary. Kiddies, don't
try this at home: toying around with the innards of a hard drive is
something best left to trained professionals.

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

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 14:03:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help with LetterGothic-EGG font submission

Armed with a new update of Fontographer for Mac, I have created
satisfactory DOS/Windozzz versions of the freeware font LetterGothic-EGG
(which is available in the Info-Mac archives).

Is there some kind soul who would be willing to provide assistance in
uploading these to the appropriate IBM forums?  The files include both
TrueType and PostScript versions of the fonts, and I would like for the .ZIP
file to include recursive directories.

Help in navigating this "foreign" environment would be most appreciated.

Traci J. Ingram

[e-mail]     | or |     [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 09:38:08 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Oscar Luppi)
Subject: INfo-Mac Posting

Hi,

What is the address where I can submit questions to the Info_mac list?

If this is it, how do I get a copy of the Apple Speech Recognition Extension?

thanks

Oscar

[e-mail]

 -------
Oscar Luppi
San Fracisco, CA

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

Date: Mon, 03 Oct 94 03:39:52 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: InterPoll 1.0.1--Is there a newer version?

We are using Apple's InterPoll network management utility to map our
appletalk network. We have version 1.0.1 and have been trying (without
success, obviously) to find an updated version.

Apple (800/SOS-APPL) was not any help and said the version was current--but
Responder won't install on a System 7.x machine.

We don't have FTP access--is an update posted on AOL, eWorld, or AppleLink?

Please cc: any replies to [e-mail]

Thanks,
Scott Coats
Innovative Solutions

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 09:08:20 -0800 (PST)
From: "Frank Ripp, Ext 1313" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LCIII cache cards

I have an LCIII and am looking for an inexpensive way to
speed it up. I've seen LCIII cache cards advertised
for between $100 and $160.

Does anybody out there have any experience with such cards?

Do these cards provide any perceptible increase in performance,
and are they worth the money? Any recommendations?

Any information on this will be greatly appreciated!

Frank Ripp, [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 12:49:09 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Roger Marks)
Subject: loading image in MacWeb

When I try to load a GIF image in MacWeb, I get a message something like:
"Viewing application not found. Do you want to open one manually?"

Is MacWeb just acting up, or do I really need to go out and get a viewer?
If so, which one should I use, and how can I get MacWeb to open it
automatically?

Roger
[e-mail]   NIST/Boulder, CO
phone [phone]       fax [phone]

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

Date: Mon, 03 Oct 94 09:37:48 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for a Font [Q]

I'm looking for a math font that includes the following five symbols:

     logical and   (looks like a "V")
     logical or    (looks like an upside down "V")
     implication   (looks like a right pointing arrow)
     biconditional (a bidirectional arrow)
     negation      (looks like a tilde)

If I can find these, I'll be one step closer to getting one of the math
teachers here to use her PowerMac like a Mac and not use WordPerfect.

Thanks a lot!

keg

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

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

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 94 14:48:47 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Looking for a HC stack

I recently saw an article in a PA state educator's monthly mag that had an
illustration for a stack called the "Eduator's Homecard" that I'm trying to
locate.  It includes grading and lesson plan modules, along with a bunch
of others.  The article suggested contacting Apple for a copy of the stack,
but SOS-APPL hasn't ever heard of it.  The author of the article is
unreachable, I haven't been able to find the stack at a number of FTP sites,
and I'm at a loss for a source for the stack.  Does anyone know where I can
find the stack, or a substitute?  Thanks.

Ed


--
Ed Lally
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 94 11:39:04 +0100 (CET)
From: Christian Karpp <[e-mail]>
Subject: looking for Apple email addresses

hello,
is there a list or somewhat available with email addresses of various
departments at apple.com? say, where to email when having a problem of kind X?

thanx for _any_ hints, Xn.
--
-- "When in doubt, use brute force" - Ken Thompson (Yes, that one).
--

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

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 15:34:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tomas B. Lim)
Subject: Looking for thumbnail icon maker s/w?

Does there currently exist a freeware/shareware utility for the Mac (I am
using 7.1 w/ SU 3.0) that can turn the icon of a graphics file (must handle
GIF, JPEG, pict, and other common Mac graphics formats, ie. at least those
recognized by GIFConverter) into a thumbnail of the graphic itself
available via ftp on the net?

I had been using Robert (?) Wah's ZiffNet utility, Thumbnail 1.0.2 but it
has stopped working (ie. now it shows a blank screen when previewing the
graphic) and I had found it extremely useful in managing my graphics files.

If you have an URL to any utility you can recommend with a short
description, if possible, please contact me via email at
'[e-mail]' as I do not regularly read the digest

TIA.

(PS.  Has anyone heard of a Mac offline reader for USENET called MacSoup?
I have seen references to it in comp.sys.mac.comm and
alt.usenet.offline-readers but I haven't seen an URL for it if it is
available via the net.  If anyone is already using it, I'd like to hear any
impressions, good or bad.  TIA again.)

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 13:56:21 EST
From: Btroen <[e-mail]>
Subject: LW Pro630 - automatically does both Mac and DOS/Windows

Traci Ingram states the following:

"The 630 apparently must be explicitly changed back and forth  (via
software commands) between each different-protocol print job -- instead of
being automatically re-configured, as is done with most competing printers
in this price category."


I believe this is a mis-statement which seriously and wrongly impugns the
LaserWriter Pro 630.

We have a LW Pro 630 in an Ethernet environment with both Macs and Windows/DOS
machines on the network. Printing from either operating system is transparent.
In other words, we do NOT have to issue ANY explicit commands to re-configure
the printer.  With my Mac II ci, I can print easily seconds after a Windows
user (and vice-a-versa).  I just issue a print command as usual and say OK to
the resultant dialog box.

Bruce Troen

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

Date: 29 Sep 1994 11:14:59 U
From: "Michael Geilich" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Music

               Subject:                               Time:10:15 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Mac Music                              Date:9/29/94
Donald Peterson wrote:

>I'd appreciate advice on s/w and h/w for music on the Mac.

Don:
You didn't really give me enough information, but I'll try to be helpful.
Any Mac-to-MIDI convertor box will do.  They usually come in a 1-in, 3-out
configuration and cost anywhere from $50-$100 and hook up to a serial port.  If
you've got a IIfx, you'll also need a control panel to regulate the speed of
the
serial port - it comes free with most MIDI applications for the Mac.

You didn't tell me what you're going to use to input MIDI into the Mac.  I use
both a keyboard (Casio) and wind controller (Yamaha), so I need a MIDI merger
as
well which multiplexes the 1-in.  If you're only using a single MIDI input
instrument, you won't need one of these.

As far as MIDI output from your Mac, to do what you want you will need a
'Multitimbral' unit.  One that plays 8 voices at once (usually the drum kit
takes up only 1 voice) should be fine.  You will match the quality of sound to
the $$ you want to spend.  I've gone low-budget with a Roland D-110 - the
sounds
are FM-synthesized.  A Proteus 1 or 2 sounds much better (sampled sounds) but
costs alot more.  The hottest new thing is synthesized sounds - I haven't heard
any
of these boxes.  Go to a music store and listen to the different types before
buying.

For playing lead lines against backing tracks, there is no better software than
Band-In-A-Box  IMHO.  Its inexpensive, comes with lots of preprogrammed rhythm
styles (keys, bass, drums, etc.) and tunes, and is easy to add your own.  You
won't really even need a sequencer for your uses if you get this program.

For drum tracks, I'd use something like Different Drummer, although there's
plenty of others to choose from.  I don't have a lot of experience here since I
only use this type of program for simple things and all the programs I've seen
are
actually overkill for my uses.

Hope this helps.

- Michael Geilich

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

Date: 28 Sep 1994 01:44:39 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: Mac OS 7.5 and repeated desktop rebuilds

[ Moderators Note: the information below was made available to me
    by Apple Customer Support in response to my query.  ---Werner]


There are a couple of known System 7.5 desktop rebuild issues that
we're aware of.  Feel free to pass this information on to the rest
of the world.


             file DeskTop at root

If a file or folder with the name "desktop" resides at the root level
of the boot drive and the modified date is not equal to Jan 1, 1904
the System 7 Finder thinks the drive was last used by System 6 and
rebuilds the (invisible) "Desktop DB" and "Desktop DF" files.
It also sets the modified date of the "Desktop" file to Jan 1, 1904.


               InterCon NFS Share 1.3.5

If InterCon NFS Share 1.3.5  is being used and Macintosh Easy Open is
installed the desktop files will be rebuilt each time the System is
restarted.  InterCon is aware of the problem and are working on a fix.


             Macintosh Easy Open

If Macintosh Easy Open is installed the Desktop file will be rebuilt
twice after the installation of System 7.5.  Why?  MEO requires the
rebuild so that files from a non-Macintosh file system can be assigned
a file type that can be recognized by the Macintosh operating system.
This modification of the desktop file provides additional information
that MEO uses to locate applications that can open various file types.

MEO can cause TWO desktop file rebuilds under the following circumstance:
If you have a System 6 desktop file "Desktop" MEO also updates during
the first rebuild.  The second time you reboot System 7.5 see's that
the modify date of the System 6 desktop file is not Jan. 1, 1904,
thinks that System 6 was the last OS to run and rebuilds the System
7 "Desktop DB" and "Desktop DF" files.  System 7.5 will then set the
modify date of the "Desktop" file to Jan. 1, 1904 which then causes
the file to be ignored by System 7.5 from that point forward.


       Other Interesting Problems in Desktop Rebuilding
       ------------------------------------------------

Two extensions cannot be open while the desktop is rebuilt.
If they are, the desktop will rebuild itself incompletely or just stop.

The two extensions are:

1) PrinterShare GX - when extension is open, incomplete desktop rebuild
   results.

2) PowerTalk - when extension is open, desktop stops rebuilding.

Workaround in both cases is to use the Extensions Manager to deactivate
all control panels and extensions except Macintosh Easy Open, and then
to rebuild the desktop.

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

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 19:34:52 +0059 (EDT)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPPP and Telnet (Q)

When I use Telnet with MacPPP there is an annoying delay between typing
characters and seeing them on the screen (after they have echoed back from
the remote machine). I assume that this is because they are echoed back in
packets and the remote machine waits to see if it can fill a packet. Is
this normal behaviour or is there a way to avoid it by changing settings
somewhere?

I have Telnet 2.6, MacTCP 2.0.4, MacPPP 2.0.1 and use a 14400 baud voice
line connection with v.42bis etc. InterSLIP gives similar performance to
MacPPP.

The problem isn't there when I use a conventional serial connection, e.g.
MacTerminal with the VT102 tool.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:05:42 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: MacWEEK News article retrieval

"Rob 'Doc' Walker" <[e-mail]> writes:

>Does anyone know where I can retrieve the text of MacWEEK News
>articles (aside from commercial on-line services)?

Well, the answer is "you can't" because MacWeek is a commercial service,
and redistribution of their articles is strictly forbidden.  Hence the
message at the bottom of each article:

>(c) Copyright 1994 Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. All rights reserved.
>This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 09:53:24 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: MS Office update?

Jim Mueller <[e-mail]> wrote:


>I encountered this item in an older TidBITs (boy am I behind %^{):
>
>  Microsoft also announced a "Power Guarantee" offer.
>  If you purchase Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Office, on or after
>  01-Apr-94 (so hold off buying any Microsoft applications for two
>  weeks!), Microsoft will give you a free upgrade to the next
>  version - either a 680x0 version or a Power Mac version, your
>  choice.
>
>I called MS and was told there was no such thing as a free upgrade.
>
>Is this an April 1st thing I fell for again, like the "boot up your IIci
>with these keys down and it comes up with a command-line interface" of
>several years ago?


This wasn't intended as a joke! I called MS sales to double-check
(800-426-9400) and yes they do have an international number, but I don't
have it handy.

A rep named Laura confirmed it. For Office, you have to send in your
receipt and $15 for shipping and handling. "Free" is such a relative term
these days.

Try calling again! If the rep doesn't know what you are talking about,
perhaps the term "Power Guarantee" will trigger her/his memory.

cheers,

tonya



Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
     Author of The Word Book for Macintosh Users -- [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 09:59:45 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Network names and RevRdist (A)

>Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 16:49:14 +0100
>From: Mike Brudenell <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Network names and RevRdist
>
>We are using RevRdist to keep "clean" a set of Macs in an open access
>classroom.  As part of the cleaning process the files on the local hard
>disks get replaced (if necessary) by fresh copies from a file server.
>
>All well and good, but one of the files that gets replaced is "System"
>and, stored in here, is the "Macintosh Name" (as normally set by the
>Sharing Setup control panel).
[snip]
You need RRHelper which is an extension that restores various settings like
the Mac's name and TCP/IP number etc. (and much more) upon restart. It
should be available from the same archive as RevRDist (since it's written
by the same fellow.)

Hope this helps.


Peter Jorgensen    University at Buffalo, ASCIT, Info. Tech. Services
           201 Capen Hall, Buffalo NY, 14260
           [e-mail]           716-645-3879
         The opinions expressed are those of the author.

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

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 07:38:09 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Newton--> Filofax

I am wondering if you have a Directory of Articles or.... You are aware of a
programme that can move info. from Newton to Filofax  Etc.
Thanks...

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

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 09:26:09 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Jorgensen)
Subject: Pagemaker 5.0 can't place FreeHand 3.0 doc (Q)

What am I missing? I can't see my FreeHand 3.0 docs in the file dialog when
I choose "Place command in PageMaker 5.0.

TIA for responses directly to me, I'll summarize.


Peter Jorgensen    University at Buffalo, ASCIT, Info. Tech. Services
           201 Capen Hall, Buffalo NY, 14260
           [e-mail]           716-645-3879
         The opinions expressed are those of the author.

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

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 03:24:12 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Eric Andersen)
Subject: Postscript printers and modems....

Does anyone know how I can go about using a psotscript compatible laser
printer over a modem line?  Ths scenario is this.....I have a Q 660AV using
the Geoport modem and i would like to be able to print out files on a
Hewlett Packard Laser printer which happens to be halfway across town and
connected to a friend's 486.  Is there any way that I  can download files
to his printer to be printed?  I have tried giving him postscript files,
and he has copied them to the LPT port to print, but they always seem to be
set up for the wrong page size and end up printing halfway off the page.


Thanks for the help

Eric Andersen
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 00:32:13 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Power SuperPaint?

Has anyone heard any rumors about the future of Aldobus' property Super-
Paint, and whether or not it will be supported, especially in the form
of a PowerMac-accelerated version?  The pages of MacWarehouse are not
encouraging if only because of the silence on the issue.

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

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

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 18:59:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RamDoubler 1.5 crashes on 660av running System 7.5 (Q)

I just got Microsoft Office 4.2 and it came with RamDoubler 1.5. I
installed RamDoubler and restarted my 660av. The "Welcome to Macintosh"
appeared with "Connectix RamDoubler installed" below it, but that was
followed by a system error "illegal instruction". I had no choice but to
reboot and press ~ to disable RamDoubler.

Does anyone know why this isn't working? I tried restarting with only the
7.5 control panels and extensions enabled, and then I tried it with
nothing but the RamDoubler extension and Load RAMDblr. I still got a
system error in both cases. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please reply to my email address: [e-mail]

Nate

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

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 00:38:45 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Seeking speed reports from PowerMac users

I guess I'm actually gonna do it...I just ordered a copy of a program
that runs native on PowerMacs but not at all on B&W MacSE which is my
existing setup, so...

Curiosity questions:  How fast does PowerMac-native Excel run on the
PowerMac?  How about the PowerMac version of MacWrite Pro?  Photoshop
3.0?  My ideal baseline for comparison--what I consider to be FAST--
is the speed one sees when running MacWrite (5.0 of the original) or
SuperPaint 1.0 on an '030 chip @ 40 MHz.  Five to seven seconds load
time; once in, everything responds without waits and watch-faces.

Problem is (of course), the damn software mavens would rather write
something that sludges along at a barely acceptable pace while giving
you more extraneous toys than you'll ever need just because they figure
you've got the processor power to run it.  I'd rather have lean & mean
programs that don't make me wait and don't hesitate.

Can a PowerMac run native Photoshop 3.0 as fast as it can run Photoshop
1.0 in emulation?  Can it run MacWrite Pro as fast as it can run, let's
say, MacWrite II (first release) in emulation?  Does it run SoftWindows
(using DOS programs) as fast as it runs original-release Entry-level
softPC in emulation?

I guess I worry that since I can't drag system 6 and my ancient apps
along with me (or if I can and do, they won't run native), the speed
advantages of the new processor will be offset by the pigginess of the
latest versions of those same applications.  But I've run out of options.
The accelerator (Applied Engineering) doesn't work right and AE is out
of business, and the Mac SE can't be fitted with color QuickDraw which
has become a bigger barrier to new software than lack of FPU, lack of
'040 processor, or even lack of system 7 (which I could have run if it
had been sufficiently compelling to do so).  Just ain't no future in a
box that can't deal with color info.

>From what I've heard of system 7.5, I think it's time to move on anyway.

-Allan Hunter

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

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 94 09:27:14 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Thanks - Multiple Enablers

Many thanks to the following people who told me that shoving multiple
enablers in my system folder would indeed work.  It did!

   The Opera Ghost
   Peter Jorgensen
   Povl H. Pedersen
   Kevin O. Lepard
   John Thoo
   Paul Durrant

keg

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

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 22:00:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Totally unimpressed with System 7.5

I loaded in 7.5 from CD-ROM yesterday to try to fix my problems with
RamDoubler and other hangups. Instead of getting any relief, I have found
7.5 to be abysmally SLOW. I often experience delays when trying to select
an icon of up to 5 seconds!. Starting file sharing can take several
minutes, and even took 67 seconds after I tried deleting the PDS files for
each of the four partitions. (Formerly, this would take about 8-10
seconds).

Is there any possibility that something like SCSI Manager 4.3 might be
involved in this? Just a hunch.

Disgustedly yours...


Clark R. Wilkins <[e-mail]>
-My words are responsible for themselves-

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 08:50:47 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jay Handel)
Subject: Virtual Memory Conundrum (Q)

I have a little over 12 mb of free space on the boot-up partition of my
hard drive which I want to use as virtual memory.  When I open the Memory
Control Panel, turn on virtual memory and set its size, I can go no higher
than 12mb -- which seems logical enough.  As I calculate it,this should
give me a working RAM of 20mb --  8mb built-in plus 12mb of virtual memory.

When I reboot my Mac the 12mb of free disk space has disappeared.  But when
I open the "About This Macintosh" window, I see the following:

    Built-in Memory:  8,192
    Total Memory:    12,228    12,288 used as RAM on [hard drive partition]

And, of course, when I try to run more than one application I hit a 12mb,
not a 20mb ceiling.  So what's happened to the other 8mb of memory?  I
previously was using 16mb RAM (8 built-in plus 8 virtual) without problem.
But I turned it off in order to run some applications on the Illustrator
5.5 CD-ROM, and when I turned virtual memory back on, it no longer seems to
work properly.

Any ideas or suggestions for diagnostic tools much appreciated.

I'm running System 7.1 (System 3.0 Update) on a Centris 650 8/230 -- many
INITS, but the only recent additions have come from Apple (Thread Manager,
CD-ROM, Speech Manager, etc.).

Thanks for any insights.

--
Jay Handel
[e-mail]

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Date: 29 Sep 1994 17:10:01 GMT
From: [e-mail] (James W. Walker)
Subject: VM on PowerMacs (A)

> It's a real pain if you get a PowerMac with 16 MB of RAM and a 250
> MB hard disk: If you don't turn on VM, your native/fat apps take
> more RAM; if you DO turn on VM, you have to soak up at least 17 MB
> of your hard disk space for the VM file; heaven forfend you should
> have even more RAM!

So use RAM Doubler instead of Apple VM.

--
 Jim Walker

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 15:04:48 EDT
From: "Mr. Troy Kelley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Who's printing to my printer?

Is there any utility out there that will tell you who is printing to your
printer? We have a new color printer and someone is printing garbage to it.
It is on a local talk network, which is connected to an ethernet backbone.

Thanks

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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 9:18:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Hoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: WP Calender Freezing

Hi,

I have a user that was working fine one day and the next day WP Calender
started locking up.  The machine runs everything else fine even when WP
Calender is frozen.  I accessed the Calender from another machine w/ 8MB and
the same problem arose.  I even tried a machine w/ 20MB, it froze too, but only
after a few minutes.  The Calender is on a shared volume.  Please help.

Peter

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 17:56:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jonathan Kaiser Ploudre <[e-mail]>
Subject: WriteNow4 - comments?

WriteNow is a different breed of word processor than most people are used
to. I came from Word 5.0 and like WriteNow because:

1)  It is much faster for the average project on my IIsi.
2)  It requires less RAM than other major word processors.
3)  It has a solid implementation of styles (Character and Paragraph.)
4)  It has a less 'cluttered' feel to it's interface.
5)  It starts up faster than other word processors.
6)  It is inexpensive--~$45--and gives a great bang-to-buck ratio.

The concept behind the design of WriteNow is that more is not always
better. It strives to give powerful features without losing its
efficiency and elegance. I think it's a success.

If you are going to download the Test-drive demo, The one tricky thing I
would suggest you check out is Page Preview--It is somewhat slow, but the
anti-aliased preview looks fabulous.

A happy customer,

    Jonathan Ploudre

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