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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 06:33:27 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #134
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 10 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 134

Today's Topics:

      [*] 1994 Factbook v.1.0.sea.hqx
      [*] 4-Matter v1.5.1 - A disk formatting program
      [*] Announce: Toby Demo 1.3 Update
      [*] Apple Menu 7.5 patch
      [*] BatteryMinder 2.0.3; a PowerBook battery utility
      [*] Blobbo 1.0 Lite (strategy puzzle game)
      [*] Blue Skies 1.1, a Gopher-based weather client
      [*] Blumenbeet; a picture
      [*] Buzzz! 1.4 -- an After Dark module
      [*] CD-Tracker-0.5; a database for your CDs
      [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ
      [*] Corinth Isle III revision 2 update; Bolo maps
      [*] Cryptogrammer v1.0; a game
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-063
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-064
      [*] Dialog View 2.1.1 (alters appearance of file dialogs)
      [*] DreamLight(R) Insights
      [*] FilterAnalyzer version 2.31; active filter response analysis tool
      [*] Game: Bird Songs
      [*] GMScreen 1.1; a game master aid
      [*] GopherApp++ 2.2b43, a Gopher client
      [*] GopherGolf 1.3.1; a game
      [*] HAM Radio License Tests
      [*] Internet Press (version 1.2); a guide to Internet journals
      [*] Mac*Chat#55/31-Aug-94; a periodical
      [*] MacFORMation2 demo with the SF171 Federal job application
      [*] MacWAIS 1.29, a WAIS client
      [*] MEM#5; Issue #5 of Macintosh Electric Magazine
      [*] NewsWatcher 2.0b14, a news client
      [*] OtherMenu 1.6 (a hierarchical menu extension)
      [*] Pats Virtual Office 2.2; a walk-through of Pat's office
      [*] Peirce Guide to QuickDraw GX Printing
      [*] PMac-Startup-16".hqx SSPro PowerMac 16" startup screen rendering
      [*] PopupFuncs 2.4.1 Demo; a programmers' utility
      [*] PowerMac Speedometer Records
      [*] Power Players 2.0; a strategy game
      [*] REM Interactive demo
      [*] RFC 1123 (822) date formatter (C source code)
      [*] SportSERVE v1.3a (Ultra LITE) -- FC Settings file
      [*] systems-twilight-100.sit.hqx (a puzzle game)
      [*] Tempest Chess; a game for First Class BBSs
      [*] Threadsorter-10b1; Sorts news articles by thread for UUCP/Connect
      [*] TimeTracker 2.2; keeps track of the time you work
      [*] TurboGopher 1.0.8b4, a Gopher client
      [*] Winterlandschaft mit Kirche; a picture
      [*] wolfenstein-threed-101; a game
      [*] Working Model v2.0; motion simulation software
      [A] Expanding GZIP files
      [FWD] Disappointing 7.5.  History repeats itself..
      A/UX versus a 'real' UNIX box (2 msgs)
      Accelerated for PPC = Native?
      Any typing tutors around
      AppleTalk over the Internet? (Q)
      Bypass Sytems Extensions
      Chemical Formulae
      Chemical formula programs
      color startup screen
      Command Key for Cycling Through Open Windows in an Application?
      DeskTop Rebuild Fails (Help!)
      Energy-Star Suspend Mode
      Erratic option key on a Duo 270c (Q)
      Eudora won't trash mail!
      Found a Font!
      FSP
      Happy Mac Icon
      help uploading files from netcom to mac
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #131
      Internet Node....
      Keyboard won't let me shutdown
      linux for ppcs (native)?
      Mac Plus (R)
      Mac S-L-O-W-S Down
      MacTCP having trouble locating nameserver (Q)
      making postscript file
      More on the RamDoubler conflicts with PPC6100 [A]
      Powerbook Newbie Suggestions?
      powerbook serial port timeout
      Problem with Power
      Releasing the serial port
      Sharing slow to start up
      System 7.5 faster!
      System 7.5 Speed
      typing tutor
      Unexplainable Shutdowns
      Unix digest viewer
      Unmount Syquest
      Upgrading a Classic and a Plus [Q]
      UPS's
      WYSIWYG (Now Utilities) on 6.0.8
      Z-Term Ppc Bug?
      Zterm 1.0b2 high speed patch needed?

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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 1994 04:26:23 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman)
Subject: [*] 1994 Factbook v.1.0.sea.hqx

Appended below is a binhex'd compact'd self-extracting archive of the
HyperCard 2.x stack version of the 1994 World Factbook --- interesting
data (roughly 3.2 MB decompressed) about 266 countries, territories,
and other world entities --- geography, people, government, economics,
etc.  Free data from the US gov't; free software under the GNU GPL.
Best, ^z (Mark Zimmermann)

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/factbook-94-10.hqx; 1672K]

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 23:25:27 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Jason Anderson)
Subject: [*] 4-Matter v1.5.1 - A disk formatting program

4-Matter is a disk formatting/erasing program that supports drag and drop,
and different names for old and new disks. It also allows you the option of
completly re-formatting old disks, or simply erasing them (which is a lot
quicker than re-formatting them, and faster than the Finder). Full
documentation is included in the program (just select the About item from
the Apple menu).

Enjoy!!

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/four-matter-151.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 00:23:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Announce: Toby Demo 1.3 Update

FILE: TobyBraunDemo(640x480)1.3.sea
REQUIRES: Mac IIx or better, 13" color monitor, 2mb free RAM, System 6.04 or
later
NOTE: FILE NOT UPLOADED TO INFO-MAC, see info below

I am an interactive media designer and senior level advertising art director.
This note is a pointer to my digital resume and portfolio in the form of a
Macintosh application. The demo is also a working prototype of an exciting
new interface technique that I call transparent modality.

This offering is an open solicitation to the digital community for employment
as an interactive media designer. If you don't happen to be a potential
employer, the program may still be useful as an example of new GUI ideas
and/or a hypertext resume & portfolio.

Version 1.3 includes some new dynamic information graphics that were done for
WGN-TV, an experimental set of contextual sound effects and a revamped help
facility. The resume was also updated to reflect my recent promotion to
Director of Creative Technologies (the title is mostly window-dressing for
prospective clients).

This program will be available on CompuServe and America Online in their
Macintosh Multimedia forums and via anonymous ftp on the Internet at:

Host:          ftp.mcs.com
User ID:       anonymous
Password:      blank or your email address in the form name@domain
Directory:     /mcsnet.users/utobia/
File name:     TobyBraunDemo(640x480)1.3.sea.hqx
Size:          < 1.2 mb

Please feel free to redistribute this program in an unmodified form.

Toby Braun
Director of Creative Technologies
Eisaman, Johns & Laws Advertising
Chicago, Illinois

[e-mail]  [e-mail]  CIS:70674,2634

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 23:31:08 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Ernst 'pooh' Mulder)
Subject: [*] Apple Menu 7.5 patch

This patch cannot work properly while virus detection software
is running.  Please make sure that you have disabled any virus
detectors before applying the patch.

This patch modifies the Apple Menu Options Control Panel supplied
with Apple's System Software Version 7.5.

This Control Panel supplies your Mac with a hierarchical Apple
menu. Without this patch, files with the name '-' (A single dash
character) will show up, in your Apple Menu's Submenus, as Menu
Items named '-' (obviously).

After applying this patch, these items will show up as Menu
Separation lines. If you think "Wow, that's useful!", this
patch is for you, otherwise don't bother.

All the risks of applying this patch are on YOU! Apply this
patch only on a copy of the Apple Menu options Control Panel.
Restart your Mac after applying this patch. This patch is free.

Regards,

941009
Ernst 'pooh' Mulder
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/apple-menu-75-patch.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:03:51 -0500
From: Herb Voth <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BatteryMinder 2.0.3; a PowerBook battery utility

The latest version of BatteryMinder adds a Servers menu to easily mount
shared volumes when attached to a network. This gets rid of that desktop
clutter of aliases that has been made even worse with System 7.5.

2.0.3 also improves support of all Duo Enablers.

As always, BatteryMinder supports and enhances the use of all PowerBooks.
It is $15 shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-minder-203.hqx; 69K]

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 94 11:51 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Blobbo 1.0 Lite (strategy puzzle game)

Blobbo 1.0 Lite is a game of strategy - you must pick up all the toy chests in
each level without falling victim to various interlocking traps and pitfalls.
Lots of sound, animation, and general sillyness combine with addictive puzzler
that will provide many hours of entertainment.  The full 25 levels are
included,
along with a couple saved games to help you along.

For a $20 registration fee, you can get the full version of Blobbo that
includes
a level editor so you can share your creations as well as the ability to record
and playback solutions (solutions for all 25 levels also included).

Blobbo works in both B&W and color, on any mac from a MacPlus running 6.0.8 on
up.

Glenn (back to work on Chimera) Andreas
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/blobbo-10-lite.hqx; 390K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 16:46:23 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] Blue Skies 1.1, a Gopher-based weather client

Blue Skies is a MacTCP-based Gopher client of sorts, but its main focus is
to provide an interface to interactive weather animations and other weather
information. From the Groundhog menu, choose Groundhog Server to get
started.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/blue-skies-11.hqx; 201K]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/blue-skies-11-ppc.hqx; 236K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:33:53 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Dwight K. Lemke)
Subject: [*] Blumenbeet; a picture

This is a scan of Paul Klee's Blumenbeet (Flowerbed) for fans of Der Blaur
Reiter school.  It is a jpeg 1024x749x256.   Enjoy!

-Dwight
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/blumen-jpg.hqx; 377K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 16:10:19 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Simon Fraser)
Subject: [*] Buzzz! 1.4 -- an After Dark module

This is Buzzz! 1.4, an After Dark module which displays flocking
animals on your screen using a realistic flocking algorithm and
high quality rendered graphics.

Improvements over the previously released version (1.1) include
significant speed increases, an improved flocking algorithm, more
beasts (now with birds and ants!), the ability to show animation
over the desktop background, and simplified settings dialogs with
balloon help.

It is happiest with System 7, and works with After Dark 3.0 and
earlier, DarkSide, Underware, and under AD's Randomizer and
Multimodule options. An patcher is included to update the module
on FPU (math coprocessor) capable systems.

Buzzz! is Freeware, though I retain the copyright. It may not be
re-distributed by profit-making organizations without my express
permission.

Please contact me if you download Buzzz!, and let me know what you
think.

Simon Fraser
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/buzzz-14-ad.hqx; 362K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 23:27:24 -0500
From: Jason Fried <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CD-Tracker-0.5; a database for your CDs

A FileMaker Pro 2.1 database to 'track' your compact discs.  CD Tracker
allows you to store a disc's title, artist, record label, songs, song
times, total time, comments, recording type (AAD,ADA, DDD, etc), and
more.  CD Tracker also allows you to sort, search, and export your
compact discs.  All the features you want in a very sleek and graphically
ergonomic package - this is CD Tracker.

Public Beta Version : 0.5
REQUIRES FileMaker Pro 2.1 or later.
REQUIRES a 256 (or more) color Macintosh.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/cd-tracker-05-fmpro.hqx; 192K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 10:32:38 EDT
From: [e-mail] (David Lawrence Oppenheimer)
Subject: [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ

Last-modified: Sat Oct 8 1994
This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for comp.sys.mac.comm

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/csm-communications-faq.txt; 148K]

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Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 23:08:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Corinth Isle III revision 2 update; Bolo maps

Corinth Isle III (revision 2) is a map used to play Bolo
by Esoteric Software, P.O. Box 744, Falls Church, VA  22040 or
[e-mail] or [e-mail] (note the
two 's' characters in the internet address of the later) or
by phone [phone].
Revision 2 dated October 4, 1994.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/corinth-isle-iii-r2.hqx; 739K]

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Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 23:10:52 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Cryptogrammer v1.0; a game

    Cryptogrammer v1.0 is a Freeware program. It lets the user solve
cryptograms interactively, making testing hunches and erasing mistakes
very easy. Cryptogrammer also provides hints when desired and tells the
source of the cryptogram when the puzzle is completed. On-line help is
provided. Cryptogrammer requires System 7, a Mac with Color QuickDraw,
and a monitor capable of displaying at least 4 colors or shades of grey.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/cryptogrammer-10.hqx; 78K]

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 22:52:40 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-063

C.S.M.P. Digest             Thu, 06 Oct 94       Volume 3 : Issue 63

Today's Topics:

    <command>+? == PLAIN STUPID!!! (true)
    Apple Events Question
    File System Manager Software Development Kit
    GDGX Graphics Shell bus errors with GX Beta 3...
    Getting Started (Summary)
    Help: idle, shutdown, and MacTCP examples..
    Pascal Flavours for Macintosh
    Q: Script-Independant Command-Keys?
    XCMD memory residence

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-063.txt; 84K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 14:49:41 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-064

C.S.M.P. Digest             Sat, 08 Oct 94       Volume 3 : Issue 64

Today's Topics:

    Help!! argc, argv on Macintosh
    How to Check if drivers are open
    Is it possible to notify another mac?
    Memory moving and Inits
    Self-disposing notification crashes
    [CWWWW] PowerPlant Tour document available

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-064.txt; 52K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 00:55:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Dialog View 2.1.1 (alters appearance of file dialogs)

Dialog View is a control panel extension that allows you to change the
appearance of directory dialogs (Open and Save dialogs).  You can change the
font and size of the file names, enlarge the dialog to provide room for more
names or longer names, and control the size of the icons.  Requires System
7. Some PowerPC code. Not compatible with Norton Directory Assistance.
Shareware, $10.

Version 2.0 combines the former Dialog View with Open-wide, plus a few new
features like restoring the icon choices under System Update 3.0.

Version 2.1 fixes a minor bug and adds a no icon option.

Version 2.1.1 fixes cosmetic glitches with System 7.5 and Super Boomerang
5.0.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/dialog-view-211.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:04:35 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Scaramozzino/DreamLight Incorporated)
Subject: [*] DreamLight(R) Insights

DreamLight(R) Verttice(TM) Insight(TM) 1.1

DreamLight Insight electronic series on digital design, illustration &
animation.
This is a behind the scenes look at the development of the multimedia game
DreamLight Verttice. It introduces you to what goes into the development of a
title from concept to artwork and scripting including tips. DreamLight
Verttice is a strategy/action game that was selected as one of the nine best
entertainment projects by the Macromedia International User Conference
Multimedia Gallery. It is also available on-line.

This DreamLight Insight requires: Mac, HD, 1MB RAM  Freeware

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/dreamlight-virttice-insight-11.hqx; 1200K]

DreamLight(R) Bose(R) 3D Auto Insight(TM)

DreamLight Insight electronic series on digital design, illustration &
animation.
This is a behind the scenes look at the creation of a series of 3D renderings
that DreamLight created for a Bose corporation ad campaign. The emphasis of
this Insight is the use of 2D and 3D splines for the modeling of smoothly
flowing images including some tips.

This DreamLight Insight requires: Mac, HD, 1MB RAM  Freeware

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/dreamlight-bose-3da-insight-10.hqx; 877K]

DreamLight(R) PixelPalettes 1.1

Anyone who has worked with the system palettes in Macromedia director or any
paint program knows how difficult they can be to deal with. They appear to be
a jumble of colors. DreamLight PixelPalettes are PICT files of these color
palettes that have been reorganized for easier use. Using the eyedropper tool
you can use these PixelPalettes from within any paint program including
Director, PhotoShop, Painter, PixelPaint etc. They are very useful for
multimedia screen design and icon design.

PixelPalettes require: Mac, HD, 1MB RAM, Paint program Shareware: $9.95

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/dreamlight-pixel-palettes-t12.hqx; 220K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 23:35:06 -0500
From: Brian Gery Hilfsassistent bei "R." Siegwart SS94 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FilterAnalyzer version 2.31; active filter response analysis tool

This program is a simple, but elegant, active filter response analysis tool.
It has the ability to simulate the frequency response (magnitude and phase)
of single- or multi-stage filters built with common first- and second-order
active filter stages.  It can calculate the Q and natural frequency of standard
second-order filter stages.  It has a number of graphing options including the
ability to change the range and number of points per decade along the freq-
uency axis.  It can also plot the response magnitude in standard voltage ratio
or decibel formats, and has a cursor feature that will display the  magnitude
and phase at the frequency where you click the mouse.  It will also print the
plots that you generate with a number of useful print options, and save filter
configurations as FilterAnalyzer data files.

FilterAnalyzer 2.31 is distributed as shareware in the hopes that users will
be honest and pay the US$15 registration fee which will entitle the user to
free future updates, and information on new simulation and design software
releases by the author.  Please read the registration stuff.

Thank you,

Brian Gery
934 Rickert Rd.
Perkasie, PA 18944

email:
[e-mail]  *or*

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/filter-analyzer-231.hqx; 63K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/filter-analyzer-231-nofpu.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 21:55:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Game: Bird Songs

Learn the wonderful songs of birds using the power of the
Macintosh. Learn to identify them by their songs. Package
including parts 1 and 2 contain the Bird Songs application and
four sets of birds, including common birds, woodpeckers, and
sparrows. Review the birds, listen to their songs, and see their
pictures. Then shift into game mode. Challenge  yourself in a
game where the computer plays a random bird song and you must
identify the bird by the song. You can also select background
mode, where the program can be instructed to play random bird
songs while you use your computer  to do other things. A great
way to sharpen your birding ear! Bird Songs will play on any
Macintosh more modern than the SE, using  system 6.0.5 or better.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bird-songs-103-pt1.hqx; 1691K]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/bird-songs-103-pt2.hqx; 1885K]

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 17:37:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Barbara A. Bender" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GMScreen 1.1; a game master aid

GM Screen 1.1 is a SuperCard( Standalone application that offers a Game
Master (one who runs a role playing game) a variety of useful tools. All
of the functions of the GM Screen are described in an online help, but the
main features are listed here, so you can decide whether to actually try
the program.

+Electronic Dice Pad:  Simulates most types of RPG dice (includes dice
sound effect for striking teror into the hearts of the players...).
+Multiple Graphic Windows: Provides multiple draw/paint windows with a
full array of B&W tools. Each window comes with several "sheets" of
virtual paper to store graphics for later use.
+Multiple Text Windows: Provides multiple text windows for storing
information. Each window includes multiple "sheets" of virtual paper.
+Multiple Note Pads: Provides small note pads for storing information,
such as notes on character equipment, damage, and so forth.
+Adventure Loader: Provides the capacity to load in pre-written text
adventures.
+Sound and PICS: The program has the capacity to play PICS files as well
as record and play sounds.
+Modules: The GM Screen is expandable via modules. A variety of modules
are planned and owners of SuperCard can write their own.

This version of the GM Screen is designed to run in Black and White (it
will run on any monitor depth, however) and is optimized for use on Macs
with 9" screens (but it will run on any larger monitor, too). It requires
558K of disk space and a minimum of 800K of RAM (1600K if run with the
monitor depth set to anything other than B&W). It requires System 6.0.4 or

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gm-screen-11.hqx; 327K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 16:43:47 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] GopherApp++ 2.2b43, a Gopher client

GopherApp++ is a MacTCP-based Gopher+ client written by Don Gilbert of the
University of Indiana. It sports a slightly different interface from
TurboGopher, the most common Macintosh Gopher client.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/gopher-app-22b43.hqx; 494K]

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Date: 08 Oct 94 17:20:23 EDT
From: Bob Mancarella <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GopherGolf 1.3.1; a game

GopherGolf is a miniature golf game and course editor. Play one of the five
included courses or create your own with the editor.
Watch out for that pesky gopher. You never know where he'll pop up next.
Runs in B&W or up to 256 colors on monitors 9" and larger. 1 to 4 players.
Version 1.3.1 fixes some bugs.
GopherGolf can now be registered online on CIS: GO SWREG. The Reg. ID is 3168.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gopher-golf-131.hqx; 404K]

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 94 12:49:44 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] HAM Radio License Tests

This archive includes the complete question pools for Novice and Technician
HAM Radio License tests.  The Tester application lets you practice or browse
the tests.  When you practice them, the correct number of questions are
selected.

John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/ham-radio-license-tests.hqx; 415K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 19:26:22 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Savetz)
Subject: [*] Internet Press (version 1.2); a guide to Internet journals

                 The Internet Press
        A guide to electronic journals about the Internet

              Version 1.2 -  8 October, 1994
        by Kevin M. Savetz - [e-mail]
         and John M. Higgins - [e-mail]
This document is copyright 1994 by Kevin M. Savetz and John M. Higgins. All
     rights reserved. More legal stuff is near the end of this file.

  +Additions: +Everybody's Internet Update; +Internet Index; +Matrix News

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-press-12.txt; 10K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 94 06:35 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Tony Lindsey)
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#55/31-Aug-94; a periodical

Welcome to Mac*Chat, the electronic newsletter biased toward Mac
   users who are production-oriented graphics professionals.
   Other Mac users may find many, many items of interest as well.
   I'd enjoy hearing your feedback and suggestions.
  Tony Lindsey, <[e-mail]>.

Copyright 1989-1994 Tony Lindsey. Nonprofit groups (such as Mac
   User Groups) or other non-commercial publications) are welcome
   to use any part of the Mac*Chat newsletters if full credit is
   given.  All others will need to contact me.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-055.etx; 21K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 21:31:27 -1000
From: [e-mail] (William Modesitt)
Subject: [*] MacFORMation2 demo with the SF171 Federal job application

Demo of the forms-filling product MacFORMation2 with the SF171 Federal job
application form.  With the demo you can fill out and print the SF171,
however, with the demo, a VOID is also printed on the form.  For more
information call 800-955-6284, or  send email to [e-mail].

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-formation-2-demo.hqx; 202K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:52:43 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] MacWAIS 1.29, a WAIS client

This is MacWAIS 1.29, the latest version of EINet's WAIS client for the
Macintosh. It requires MacTCP and a MacTCP-connection to the Internet, and
is shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mac-wais-129.hqx; 402K]

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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 94 02:01:55 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MEM#5; Issue #5 of Macintosh Electric Magazine

Issue #5 of Macintosh Electric Magazine. We include this month reviews of
ClarisDraw and eWorld, an examination into new trends in tech support. Plus,
we share our thoughts on Apple's new licensing strategy. We also have good
news about MODE32, the announcement of a new BBS in Arkansas and as usual we
have bits in Short Bytes.

Enjoy,

Doug Tallman, editor
Macintosh Electric Magazine

Keywords: MEM CLARISDRAW EWORLD MAC OS MODE32 ARKNET TECH SUPPORT POLICIES

[Archived as /info-mac/per/elec/mac-electric-magazine-005.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 17:11:15 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] NewsWatcher 2.0b14, a news client

This is a repost of John Norstad's MacTCP-based NewsWatcher Usenet client,
this time with the documentation.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/news-watcher-20b14.hqx; 578K]

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 16:08:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.6 (a hierarchical menu extension)

OtherMenu creates a system-wide hierarchical menu somewhat like the Apple
menu. It can launch applications and documents, do things such as Restart,
Delete, File Info, and execute FKEYs. In a directory dialog, you can use the
menu to select a file or folder. Requires System 7. Some PowerPC code.
Shareware, $10.

V. 1.6 has improved tracking of recent items, among many other enhancements
and bug fixes.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-16.hqx; 254K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-152-to-16-updt.hqx; 134K]

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 09:56:52 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Ortman)
Subject: [*] Pats Virtual Office 2.2; a walk-through of Pat's office

Virtual Office is a really cool interactive project. You enter a
3D-rendered office from another planet with strange animations,
presentations, music, video, text, and interactive paintings which
you can explore. Not everything is obvious- there are a lot of
"hidden" links to explore. Just click away, and have a great time.

Besides being fun, this office (strange and otherworldly though it be)
is also a sort of interactive brochure for me (Pat Ortman) and Empty
Street Productions. I hope you like it, and feel free to send your
comments to: "[e-mail]" or [phone].

This program requires a color 13" or larger monitor, and an LCIII
or faster Macintosh. It likes having about 4MB for the application.
More is, of course, better.

It was written in Macromedia Director, and is freeware- that is,
give copies away to anyone you want!

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/pats-virtual-office-22.hqx; 1906K]

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 14:22:40 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] Peirce Guide to QuickDraw GX Printing

This DocMaker document comes from Peirce Software, and is an overview and
guide to using QuickDraw GX. If you're planning to install and use
QuickDraw GX, read this first (and check out Tonya's articles about GX in
TidBITS 243, 244, and 245).

http://mmm.dartmouth.edu/pages/tidbits/issues/TidBITS-243.html
http://mmm.dartmouth.edu/pages/tidbits/issues/TidBITS-244.html
http://mmm.dartmouth.edu/pages/tidbits/issues/TidBITS-245.html

cheers ... -Adam

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/pierce-gx-guide.hqx; 52K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 21:03:15 +0100 (CET)
From: [e-mail] (Marc Liyanage)
Subject: [*] PMac-Startup-16".hqx SSPro PowerMac 16" startup screen rendering

This is a picture that I keep in my system folder as startup screen.
It is a rendering of the words "Welcome to Power Macintosh" in front
of a marble plate on a black background.

It is a quicktime-compressed pict and needs to be uncompressed and
saved as PICT Resource with the filename "StartupScreen" to
be used as startup-screen.

I did this while playing around with the native version of
StrataStudio Pro. For those interested in the details, the
resolution is 832x624 @ 24bit (Mac 16"). The raytracing algorithm
was used with antialiasing set to 2x2 oversampling. It took about
19 minutes to render. 3 or 4 light sources, reflective surfaces and
a procedural marble mixer are in the scene.

If you want this picture in another resolution just
send me an email with the exact size you want.

Please drop me a note if you like it enough to keep it in your
system folder.

-Marc Liyanage
 [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/welcome-to-power-macintosh.hqx; 216K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 09:48:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Bare Bones Software)
Subject: [*] PopupFuncs 2.4.1 Demo; a programmers' utility

PopupFuncs is a utility, which when installed in a supported editor,
provides an automatically updated popup menu of functions defined in
C, C++, Pascal, 68K Assembler, and Rez source files.

As of version 2.4, PopupFuncs can be used with the following editors:

    BBEdit 2.2 and later* (Bare Bones Software, Inc.)
    BBEdit Lite 2.3 and later (Bare Bones Software, Inc.)
    THINK C 4.0 and later (Symantec)
    Symantec C++ 6.0 and later (Symantec)
    CodeWarrior** (Metrowerks)
    MPW Shell 3.0 through 3.3 (Apple)
    QUED/M 2.7 (Nisus Software)

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/pop-up-funcs-241-demo.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 23:21:47 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Robert Brady)
Subject: [*] PowerMac Speedometer Records

Hi,
 This is my first posting so it may go a bit wonky!!!
 Anyway I have tried to post a comprehensive list of 6100, and 8100
records. 6100 with and without 256k cache, also with various levels of
KSLabs Alacrity acceleration. (CPU clock accelerator). I hope they are what
is wanted.. If this the file disappears mail me and I will send it to you.

Rob Brady [e-mail] Tel: [phone] Fax:[phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/powermac-speedometer.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:03:58 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Darrell McDowell)
Subject: [*] Power Players 2.0; a strategy game

Power Players 2.0 is a game based on Avalon Hill's Acquire. Seven power
companies compete for the same limited space. Create and merge companies to
achieve the highest wealth. A great strategy game for the whole family or by
yourself with the computer players. Up to six players may play.

Version 2.0 adds computer players, improved graphics and sound, and a new
Info window.

Greg

I am posting this for Greg.. as he doesn't seem to be able to get this
through.. lets hope this works..

Darrell

[Archived as /info-mac/game/power-players-20.hqx; 233K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 06:42:08 PDT
From: "Harry Myhre" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] REM Interactive demo

Interactive movie from REM promoting their latest CD.

* Harry Myhre <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/rem-promo.hqx; 1835K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:03:45 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pete Resnick)
Subject: [*] RFC 1123 (822) date formatter (C source code)

This archive contains C source code and an associated resource file for
functions that convert between the ASCII version of Internet standard
format (RFC 822 and 1123) date strings and the Macintosh time format
(number of seconds since January 1, 1904). It is a little more lenient in
strings that it accepts, in that it will convert some time zone specifiers
that are not allowed in RFC 1123 (but are used by some broken mail
systems) instead of just ignoring them. But the strings it produces are
strict RFC 1123 date format strings.

I wrote this mainly as an exercise to try out some of the International
Utilities like StringToDate, StringToTime, ExtendedToString, and
StringToExtended. It is certainly not the fastest code to do this, but the
code size is pretty small, and it's a nice educational piece of code.

If you use this code in a project, please remember to give me proper
credit in the documentation or splash screen.

Pete Resnick - [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/rfc-1123-822-date-formatter-c.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 23:18:39 -0500
From: Intermac <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SportSERVE v1.3a (Ultra LITE) -- FC Settings file

SportSERVE is an online service providing sports fans
with wide coverage and reference materials to the exciting
world of sports, gaming and entertainment.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/sport-sere-13a-first-class.hqx; 513K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 18:00:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Andrew C. Plotkin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] systems-twilight-100.sit.hqx (a puzzle game)

System's Twilight: An Abstract Fairy Tale

This game is a story and a puzzle. The story is made up of several
parts, not all of which may be obvious. The puzzle is made up of
many puzzles, some of which aren't obvious at all.

That's all I'll tell you. The rest you get to figure out yourself. Have
fun.

Puzzle-game enthusiasts will notice that this game is in the style of
Cliff Johnson's classic puzzle games, "3 in Three" and "The Fool's
Errand". However, be assured that the story and all the puzzles are
original. In fact, as far as I know, all twelve *kinds* of puzzles are
original. The interface is a step forward as well, allowing full control
over your character's movement and the ability to pick up and carry
objects.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/systems-twilight-100.hqx; 769K]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 23:16:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John W. Blackburne)
Subject: [*] Tempest Chess; a game for First Class BBSs

Tempest Chess is an online Chess game for FirstClass BBSes. It works via
FirstClass forms, so does not require the BBS to be configured for its use.
Full documentation included.

It requires FirstClass 2.5 or later for Macintosh, and is distributed as
freeware.

John

Tempest, a FirstClass BBS, Hong Kong 802-7395/
      John W. Blackburne, administrator /
http://www.hk.super.net/~johnb/home.html   /

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/tempest-chess-first-class.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 20:26:34 +0100 (CET)
From: [e-mail] (Marc Liyanage)
Subject: [*] Threadsorter-10b1; Sorts news articles by thread for UUCP/Connect

Hi UUCP/Connect users,

This is the first release of Threadsorter.
>From the readme file:
>
> Threadsorter is a hack I wrote to sort articles in UUCP/Connect
> newsgroup files by thread. I don't know if there are any other
> programs using the same format so this is probably only useful
> to UUCP/Connect / uAccess users. I have already noticed that
> it does speed up the reading process quite a bit.
>
> Threadsorter is a fat binary and runs native on PowerMacs.
> Free CodeWarrior project file & source code is available
> to anyone who asks.
>
> I want to make it clear that this is only a hack and that I
> can take no responsibility for what happens to your files.
> You decide to use it, you accept the consequences.
>
> It also might fail miserably with the next release of UUCP/Connect,
> but regarding the frequency of major updates to that product
> this means it might work for years to come ;-)
>
> It's no final version yet but it seems to work OK in its current
> state.

Check it out and drop me a note.

-Marc Liyanage
 [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/uucp/thread-sorter-10b1.hqx; 69K]

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 10:35:54 -1000
From: [e-mail] (William Modesitt)
Subject: [*] TimeTracker 2.2; 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.

Partial feature list:

* Have multiple time sessions going at the same time
* Windows can be enlarged to fill entire screen or minimized to a very
small size
* Categories and hourly rates
* Sort time entries
* Search time entries
* Export time entries (Includes extensive FileMaker Pro template for
exported TimeTracker data.  FREE runtime version of FileMaker Pro for use
with this template also available separately)
* Extensive time entry editing controls in one easy-to-use window
* Marked and unmark time entries
* Start, Stop, Pause, Resume, and Restart time entries
* Record time in increments of 1, 6, 15, 30 minutes, or 100ths of a minute.
* A complete user's manual.
* And much more...

TimeTracker by Maui Software.
email: [e-mail]

Version 2.1 -> 2.2
* Each category can now have an associated hourly rate.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/time-tracker-22-demo.hqx; 342K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 16:44:55 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TurboGopher 1.0.8b4, a Gopher client

TurboGopher is the most popular MacTCP-based Gopher client for the
Macintosh. If you have a MacTCP connection to the Internet and you use
Gopher servers, you need TurboGopher, it's that simple.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/turbo-gopher-108b4.hqx; 199K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:30:19 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Dwight K. Lemke)
Subject: [*] Winterlandschaft mit Kirche; a picture

This is a scan of Kaninsky's Winterlandschaft mit Kirche (Winter Landscape
with Church).  It is 1024x643 to maintain the proportions and is a 256-color
jpeg file.  Perfect for the abstact expressionist desktop.

-Dwight
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/winter-jpg.hqx; 302K]

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Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 19:40:45 -0700
From: Bill Dugan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] wolfenstein-threed-101; 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.

This is version 1.0.1, which fixes several bugs.  You can now
play on a Power Macintosh with the Modern Memory Manager either
on or off.  Handling of multiple monitors has been improved, and
the guards have been sternly advised to remove the homing bullets
>From their rifles which formerly allowed them to shoot you around
corners in version 1.0.

Have fun!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/wolfenstein-threed-101.hqx; 1883K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:47:21 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Umberto milletti)
Subject: [*] Working Model v2.0; motion simulation software

This is a self-uncompressing file containing the demonstration version
of Working Model* v2.0.  Working Model* combines advanced motion
simulation technology with sophisticated editing capabilities to provide
a professional tool for engineering and animation.  More details can be
found in the READ ME file contained in the Working Model folder.

Knowledge Revolution [phone], fax [phone], [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/working-model-20-demo.hqx; 1221K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/working-model-engineering.hqx; 988K]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 10:43:01 MST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: [A] Expanding GZIP files

Allan Hunter asks about expanding .gz (gzip) files.

Aladdin's freeware Stuffit Expander 3.5.1 handles gzip as well as almost
everything else. It's available on CompuServe; I assume but don't know
for sure that it's in the info-mac archive. There was some problem with
3.5 (bad expiration date left over from the beta, I think), so 3.5.1 or
later is required (pre-3.5 didn't ungzip).

Unsolicited plug: I've had really good luck with Stuffit Expander and also
the commercial Stuffit package. It's been quite reliable on everything
I've tried so far, including some DOS zip files that I couldn't unzip on my
PC.

/Jonathan Lundell. <[e-mail].>

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Date: Fri,  7 Oct 94 11:09:10 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [FWD] Disappointing 7.5.  History repeats itself..

You know, it's been a while (a few years!) since 7.0 was released.
I distinctly remember hearing, way back then, that "Gee, there are some
neat features in the new system, but you can get most of them by shareware,
and the performance is disappointing... don't waste your money."

It also seems to me that most of those complaints went away as the machines
continued to grow faster, and Apple continued to debug.  We have a choice
here: complain about things, or appreciate the fact that they released it
as quickly as they could, without compromising too much.

So as we all gripe about Apple and the cludgy software, let's not forget
our history lesson.  We've been down this road before, and the end result
continues to be an operating system that beats Windoze hands down.

Kudos to Apple for their efforts, even if they don't hit every single mark
the first time.

--Brandon Munday
[e-mail]
--No, I'm not an AppleManiac, I just like it better than the IBM...

>Forward message follows.
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] (Clark R. Wilkins)
>Posted: Oct 05 15:25
>Cc:
>Subject: System 7.5 performance is disappointing
>
>After evaluating 7.5 for about a week, I have concluded that there seems to
>be no substantial benefit to the upgrade. There are several points I would
>like to bring up:
>
>1. The performance on the PowerMac is lousy at best. One would think that
>there would be
>   more native system code to increase speed. The fact is that Speedometer
>4.0 shows the
>   performance is poorer that 7.1.2- even with a virgin system.
>
>2. I have heard from others who have noted that file sharing startup can
>take up to several
>   minutes. This delayed startup is intermittent and extremely annoying.
>Imagine starting a
>   shutdown, and then having to wait for 3-4 minutes before the action
>completes!
>
>3. The new features of PowerTalk and Quickdraw are (a) very memory hungry,
>(b) very
>   resource hungry, and (c) very useless for the majority of us.
>
>4. Many of the new features of 7.5 like WindowShade, sticky notes, MacTCP,
>hierarchial
>   apple menus, and bug fixes are available without 7.5. The hierarchial
>menus, for example, are
>   much better implemented in MenuChoice 2.0 which works inside all
>applications rather than
>   just the Finder. The bug fixes are available from Apple already.
>
>To conclude, I am running 7.5 simply because it cost me a $100 + tax. If
>you haven't paid for it yet, I would advocate spending your money on other
>things and waiting for a real upgrade.
>
>(asbestos shields up)
>
>
>Clark R. Wilkins <[e-mail]>
>-My words are responsible for themselves-
>

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 23:27:38 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Nicolas Jungers)
Subject: A/UX versus a 'real' UNIX box

Scott McLagan ask

>3) If I must buy an el-cheapo Unix box, how ugly is it to
>   learn and operate? (and teach to kids)
>
>I have no burning desire to dive into Unix. All I really want
>is the TCP/IP services. Obviously, a Sun or HP Unix box is
>well-suited to this, but I like the idea of using a fast Mac
>which could do the WAN stuff and other things as well.

it's not widely know, but there is now an operating system for intel-based
computer. His name is Linux, it's a unix, and it's free.


 -----------------------------------------------
| Nicolas Jungers --> [e-mail] |
 -----------------------------------------------

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 10:57:09 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Radical Liberation)
Subject: A/UX versus a 'real' UNIX box

>We'd like a domain name/ftp/mail/gopher server for our school
>district WAN.

    I am unaware of how much you can do with a Macintosh as an Internet
host machine.  Though I think there are things that work fine without A/UX,
(like Peter Lewis' dFTP, for making a Mac an FTP server). But...

>I have no burning desire to dive into Unix.

    It might be more appropriate if you had a burning desire to avoid
UNIX.  I have worked with both UNIX boxes and Macs professionally and as a
user for years...
    Danger Will Robinson!  UNIX is an operating system that is not
ready for prime time.  It will suck up your life until you finally come to
the conclusion that it requires a full-time sysadmin to keep it going, (I
have seen people try to get by without a sysadmin and fail time and again).
You don't just need to be a UNIX guru to set up UNIX and keep it going...
You need to be a UNIX guru with a lot of time on your hands.
    If there is any Macintosh option, even with a little less
functionality than you like, do it.  You will thank yourself later.

I am
   Radical Liberation.

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 18:50:23 -0600 (MDT)
From: [e-mail] (M. Todd Breslow)
Subject: Accelerated for PPC = Native?

I just bought the "Accelerated for PPC" version of PageMaker, but why
doesn't the "Get Info" box for the app have the standard native
disclaimer about freeing up memory if VM is on?? Does accelerated mean
that only parts of the program are native?
--

M. Todd Breslow                              Internet: [e-mail]
                         PGP Public Key Available

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 23:53:57 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Any typing tutors around

[e-mail] writes:

>Does anyone know of any free / shareware typing tutors or helpers as I want
>to improve  touch my touch typing, if my typoing qualifies as touch typing
>anyway :)

FAQ!  Unfortunately, noone has written an official FAQ list yet.
*dig*  *dig*  *dig*   Ah - here we are!
See appended list.

Sven
Btw, I don't mind receiving new info and putting the list onto the archives.

=== Typing Tutors
[931215]

- MacDactylo
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- NoviceTypist
- Type

Name: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Cost: $35

Name: Type
Author: Broederbund software
Status: Commercial (US$ 25)
Description:  An oldie, but it is the cheapest and greatest.
It does not talk back to you like "dvorak".

Name: MacDactylo
Cost: DM 335  (DM/$ ~ 1.7)  $200
Description:
Typing tests for key groups, including key groups for certain fingers.
Stats about type speed (number of typed keys) and errors.
Keeps a score for different users and displays them in a table.
Integrated game:  Like Tetris, but you can use the falling pieces onyl
if you have typed the letter displayed on them.

Name: NoviceTypist
Description:
Hypercard Stack.  167,364 bytes
Locations:
ftp.luth.se:/pub/mac/card/organization/novicetypist.cpt.hqx
plaza.aarnet.edu.au:/micros/mac/umich/hypercard/organization/novicetypist.cpt.hqx

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 16:04:57 +0100
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: AppleTalk over the Internet? (Q)

I currently dial into my University using PPP and communicate with my Mac
at work using TCP/IP (I use FTPd on my Mac). Is there any software
(preferably shareware!) that will allow me to use AppleTalk over the
internet? I know that I can use ARA to access my Mac directly, but it would
be useful if you could set up an AppleTalk link from anywhere on the
Internet.

Regards, Tony D'Emanuele

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 10:26:23 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey C. Hoffman)
Subject: Bypass Sytems Extensions

I've been having trouble with bypassing the system extensions.  I am familiar
with the shift key method, but now it doesn't work too frequently.  It used to
be i would have to restart a couple time till i saw the "extensions off" but
now it doesn't reallyt work at all.  Are any of you familiar with this
problem?  I had heard of certain software that patches the system so you can't
skip the extensions (security programs and stuff like that) but i was wondering
if you knew which software did this, or maybe any other ideas as to why this
ain't happening.  I thought the shift key was written in the ROMs, but i guess
not...

Mac IIsi, sys 7.1, inits here and there

Thanks in advance

Geoffrey Hoffman
Cornell University
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 10:29:56 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)
Subject: Chemical Formulae

Leo Leduc <[e-mail]> wrote in asking:


>I'm looking for a small program which can make chemical formulae for different
>types of organic compounds. I'm interested in something simple that will work
>with MS Word 5.1.  In other words, I would like to copy from the formula
>builder and paste it into MS Word.


I have no experience in using or supporting this, but a product that might
be just the thing is CSC ChemOffice. The package comes with three modules:

1. ChemDraw, which does "structure drawings" 2D-like afairs with double
bonds as double lines. These drawings can be linked into Word and edited
much as though they were OLE objects, but they are not. CSC uses a
different technology (whose name escapes me). I spoke to a CSC
representative about it at the last Macworld, and he seemed confident in
ChemDraw's capabilities.

2. Chem3D, which does 3D modeling

3. ChemFinder, which helps, "Electronically record lab data. MW's, percent
weights and theoretical yields are automatically calculated. You can search
through your data, link it to FileMaker, analyze it in Excel .. "


I think you can purchase these programs separately if you don't want the
full Office bundle. Here is some contact info for CSC (Cambridge Scientific
Computing):

617/491-6862 -- 617/491-8208 (fax) -- [e-mail]

cheers,

tonya

Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
I write books about Microsoft Word -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 94 05:52:20 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Chemical formula programs

Leo G. Leduc writes:

>I'm looking for a small program which can make chemical formulae for
different
>types of organic compounds. I'm interested in something simple that will
work
>with MS Word 5.1.  In other words, I would like to copy from the formula
>builder and paste it into MS Word.
>If anyone knows of such a beast, please send Email directly to me.

Try Chemintosh for the Mac. Softshell Int'l 303/242-7502, $599 but they have
a demo available. There are several programs listed in the Macintosh Product
Registry and also via Redgate.

Scott Coats
Innovative Solutions

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 22:49:27 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian Fountain)
Subject: color startup screen

From: Robert E. Moore
>When I use GIFConverter 2.3.7 and save a color GIF file as a startup
>screen (and rename it StartupScreen) it only shows in B&W on start up.
>What am I doing wrong?  Equipment: Quardra 650.  Any help is appreciated.

I had this problem on my IIsi and was stumped.  I rebuilt the desktop,
trashed the finder prefs, and several other things all to no avail.  I then
reinstalled the system file and finder, and my color startup screen
appeared correctly.

Hopes this helps,

Brian

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 94 21:40:47 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Command Key for Cycling Through Open Windows in an Application?

   Igor (excellent Mac plotting program) has a command key (ctrl-E)
which lets you cycle sequentially through all the open windows
(graphs, tables, etc.).  QUED/M (excellent Mac text editor) has a
command key (ctrl-T) for tiling all the open windows.  End Note Plus
(pretty good Mac program for building reference libraries and
bibliographies) should have one or the other of these, but has
neither.

   I seem to remember there was some kind of utility or FKEY (whatever
happened to FKEYs?) which would let you cycle through all the open
windows in a application using some kind of settable keyboard command.
Does anything like this still exist (that's System-7 savvy)?  If so,
could it be attached as a resource to End Note, using ResEdit, so it
would work only with End Note and not lead to possible confusion with
other applications?

   [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 09:53:16 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: DeskTop Rebuild Fails (Help!)

Many of the icons on the startup volume of my hard disk (Mac IIfx; System
7.1;  SysUpdate 3.0) suddenly changed to generic icons. The main exceptions
are icons of files belonging to applications that reside on a second volume
(the hard disk is partitioned with SilverLining). Repeated attempts to
rebuild the DeskTop by the standard Option-Command procedure did not
restore the icons: The small desktop rebuild indicator window shows up only
for a fraction of a second, and the two resulting DeskTop files (DB and DF)
are miniscule (8K and 1K), compared to the hundreds of K previously.

The second volume is not affected, and rebuilds properly. Mounting a third
volume with its own system folder (normally not mounted), using IT as the
startup volume, and then re-building also does not bring the sick volume
back to health. (The third volume itself is fine).

Disk First Aid 7.2 finds nothing wrong with the sick volume, neither does
CP's DiskFix.

The problem does not seem to affect the functioning of the machine, but
something is clearly wrong, and I would like to fix it before something
worse happens.

Any advice?!

Thanks
HK

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Date: 7 Oct 1994 10:30:08 -0400
From: "JT Green" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Energy-Star Suspend Mode

When my Apple 20" multisync monitor is put to sleep with Apple's energy saver
or After Dark, it takes 14 seconds to turn back on.  This is much too long
for my taste.  :(   A co-worker with a Pee-Cee has the same type monitor and
can choose between the suspend mode (both yellow and green light lit) and the
off mode that the Mac uses (yellow light only) with his screen saver.  When
using the suspend mode the monitor turns back on in a fraction of a second.
We measured the current used in each mode and estimate the power at 165 watts
when the monitor is on, 32 watts when in suspend mode , and 27 watts for the
off mode.  I would guess that the suspend mode leaves the CRT filament on and
so it should age the monitor less than cycling the filament on and off.  Now
I'm looking for software that will allow the Mac to use the suspend mode,
does anyone know of any?  If not maybe someone could write it.  :)

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 16:06:01 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Joao Candido Portinari)
Subject: Erratic option key on a Duo 270c (Q)

I am facing the following problem with my PowerBook Duo 270c,
(I am now running System 7.5, but the problem already existed
with System 7.1, with or without any extensions):
The option key behaves as if it is logically down (nothing can
be seen physically on the keyboard - btw, I have tried changing
keyboards, to no avail), at random times, as if an invisible
finger would press the option key (I repeat, nothing can be seen
on the keyboard, but if one opens Key Caps, for instance, one can
see the option key on the keyboard window become highlighted, on
and off intermittently, sometimes wildly toggling between highlighted
and non-hilited states). This happens even when one just sits there,
watching, doing nothing to the PowerBook, or to its keyboard.
I have tried everything I could, like zapping the PRAM, installing
a new system, replacing the "keyboard" file, booting up with no
extensions, changing keyboards (physical keyboards), etc.
I would be grateful if any of my info-mac colleagues could give me
a hint on what might be going on.
Thanks in advance for any help you could provide.
Joao
Joao C. Portinari
Projeto Portinari - PUC University
Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 94 16:15:01 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Alvarez)
Subject: Eudora won't trash mail!

I am using Eudora 2.1 and have had an ongoing problem where items are being
*copied* to the trash instead of moved. I discovered this by turning off
the "empty trash at quit" setting. The table of contents does change, but
upon trashing it and getting it rebuilt, the supposedly-trashed message
reappears.

I have Eudora and the mailboxes on the startup volume and have this same
problem whether the mailbox is inside a nested folder or in the "root"
Eudora Folder. I have trashed the old settings file, created new mailboxes
and transferred all items, and I have done a drag&drop transfer and I
always get the same result. This happens on both very large and very small
mailboxes. I have rebuilt the desktop, run MacTools and Disk First Aid and
re-booted w/all extensions off. There are currently about 25 Megs available
on the volume.

A normally very helpful chap at Qualcomm had no idea what was causing the
problem. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.


Joe Alvarez --> [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 07:15:52 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Found a Font!

Thanks to the following people for help in my logical font search:

   Peter Jorgensen
   David Ryeburn
   Jonathan Lundell
   "David Low"
   Graeme Forbes

I thought that the characters should be in Symbol, but didn't see all of
them.  These people told me the arcane key combinations I needed to use in
order to find them.

BUT...the BIG thanks goes to Robert Winston, who directed me to the ZED font
at mac.archive.umich.edu (/mac/system.extensions/font/type1/zed.cpt.hqx),
which not only had all the symbols I was looking for, but didn't require
that you boil eye of newt and tongue of dog while reciting in reverse Latin
in order to find them.  The archive includes both type1 and TrueType
versions, and my math teachers are very happy with it.

Once again, thanks to everyone.  I hope I didn't leave anyone out.

keg

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

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 11:32:45 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey C. Hoffman)
Subject: FSP

I have heard of a new file transfer protocol, called FSP (not FTP). I was
wondering if anyone knew what it is, how well it works, and if there was an FSP
client for the Mac. I friend told me about it and told me it worked pretty
well.

Thanks in advance.

Geoffrey Hoffman
Cornell University
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 10:26:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey C. Hoffman)
Subject: Happy Mac Icon

This is a little thing, but I was wondering if there was any way to change the
smiley mac that you get when your mac starts up (just before the "welcome to
Macintosh).  I know you can change the message, but what about the Smiley Mac?

Geoffrey Hoffman
Cornell University
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 22:32:22 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Randy Taylor)
Subject: help uploading files from netcom to mac

Help!
     I have been uploading e-mail and plain text files for
quite a while with VersaTerm 5.0.2  The problem is I would
like to upload a mac binary.  I'm trying to use "sx -k <file>"
to do this but when the file arrives on my mac Stuffit Deluxe
nor Stuffit Expander can open it up.  Is there some other
tool (besides sx) I should be using to send the data to my mac?

     Randy

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:50:50 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Randolph Fritz)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #131

>
>       Problems arise when I try to use InterSLIP. I have configured
>MacTCP and all, but the problem I am getting is always accompanied by a
>dlog that says:"Interslip can't connect because the specified port's
>driver cannot be opened"!!!!! Upon reattempting to connect from the
>InterSLIP setup only results in a frozen mac. Bad crash, gotta nuke it to
>get out of it (restart).
>

Luis, this is probably due to cable problems; my guess is that
InterSLIP is looking for a DSR (Data Set [modem] Ready) or CD (Carrier
Detect) signal; lacking one it hangs on port access.  I'm not familiar
with InterSLIP--if you can disable carrier detection that would
probably fix your problem.  If not, a connector hack on your modem
port would do the trick; consult a local guru for construction
details.

Randolph Fritz
[e-mail]
Software engineer, network wizard, and architecture student

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 94 1:53:41 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Algis P. Rudys)
Subject: Internet Node....

Hi:
    I plan to establish an Internet node at my High School.
Is this possible to accomplish with a Mac Server, or should I
go for a Unix workstation. If the former, then which one would
be best suited (I am interested in MINIMAL requirements). Also,
where is such basic software as telnet, FTP, etc available for
Mac/A/UX. Finally, does anyone have an EMail address at apple
for any applicable information?....
    I plan to establish a network for no more than 1,000
users, no more than around 100 logins at the same time. The
network is all IBM :*<, so unix (a/ux, poweropen when it comes
out would) probably be preferable....
    I would be setting up the node myself, with some
assistence from other students and teachers....
    TIA
    Algis Rudys
    [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 10:23:41 -0600
From: [e-mail] (J.R. Hyde)
Subject: Keyboard won't let me shutdown

I have a mac101e datadesk keyboard, and whenever I plug it into the
computer, it works fine except that it can't shutdown. Both the Quadra 630
and a IIcx (two radically different machines except that they both offer
shutting down fully from the computer itself and starting from the
keyboard) show this problem. I simply select shutdown from the menu and
voila, it restarts. I have limited this to the keyboard, not system
software (6.0.7 - 7.5 have been checked, with shift held down to disable
extensions). Different keyboards work fine with the machines, this one
simply started doing this one random day. any ideas? guess I'll call the
company monday... thanks

*******************************************
Please send all replies to:
[e-mail]


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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 12:39:26 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Randolph Fritz)
Subject: linux for ppcs (native)?

[From the map's header]

Code for these projects is not publicly available yet or in early ALPHA
stage. However, the software is being worked on and will be eventually
available. Please DO NOT send hundreds and thousands of questions to the
developers but instead let them spend their time working on the project.
The Linux Projects Map will be updated regularly and will be available on
sunsite.unc.edu as /pub/Linux/docs/Projects-Map.gz. The latest and greatest
version is always being kept on ftp.ix.de:/pub/Linux/docs/Projects-Map.gz
(if the version you are just reading is from sunsite and older than, say,
two weeks, you may expect some outdated or changed entries. In this case I
suggest to get the latest version from ftp.ix.de).  A HTML version will be
eventually available on ftp.ix.de.

[From the map itself]

Title:          Linux/PowerPC
Desc1:          A port of the Linux 1.0 kernel to the PowerPC platform. Our
current
Desc2:          hardware is an Apple PowerMac 7100/66, but we intend it to run
Desc3:          on all PowerPC/PCI/SCSI platforms (essentially, the current
Desc4:          PReP hardware plus some Power Macs.)
Desc5:
Author:         A team of five people; contact Charlton Wilbur or Jem Lewis.
AuthorEmail:    [e-mail]; [e-mail]
InfoSources1:   None yet; mailing list/WWW site on the way. You can sometimes
InfoSources2:   read interesting speculation on comp.sys.powerpc.
InfoSources3:   PowerPC news mentions us every now and again.
Assistance:     not required
CurrentStat:    some development tools ported; kernel in 1st code runs
ETA:            kernel, Sept 94; device drivers, good question.
Remarks1:       The biggest FAQ we've run into:
Remarks2:       This runs *instead* of System 7, not on top of it or
Remarks3:       on top of SoftWindows. Although I don't think it's been
Remarks4:       tried, Linux probably won't run on top of SoftWindows because
Remarks5:       it only emulates a 286 at the moment.
Entered:        26 Aug 1994

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:31:14 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Buser Christian)
Subject: Mac Plus (R)

[e-mail] (John Severance) wrote:

>I have a MacPlus that, like so many of them, recently died.

Which part of the MacPlus died? Would be important to know.

>The SCSI port and drive cable are 19-pin connectors.
>Is there a way I can access the disk (assuming it is ok) and retrieve my
>iles? I'm now using a Mac II and the SCSI connector is 25-pin. Are there
>such things as adapters from 25-pin to 19-pin? Can I remove the drive
>from it's case? I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

The Plus uses the same SCSI-out-connector as do the MacII, Centris,
Quadra, etc. models. Are you sure about your statement? It should be
- as far as I remember from my Plus and from the other devices I see
daily - a 25 pin connector.

You probably have a non-SCSI drive attached to your Plus, connecting
through the floppy drive port. In this case, your only solutions are:

1) find the software to access an old Apple harddisk which is connected
   to the floppy port. I think you need (at least) a file called HD-20
   or something like this. Should be in system software 4.x or 5.x
   floppies.

2) find someone with a Mac which has a floppy port - any Plus, SE, SE/30
   does have one; not sure about the "original" Mac II and IIx. There are
   definitely no floppy ports on the recent models.

or, as an alternative:

Take your most recent backup and restore it to a new harddisk. (I assume
you have made a backup every day, right ....?)

or, as a second alternative:

Have the MacPlus repaired - but you won't be able to use your files during
the time the Plus is in the "hospital", and I don't know whether you think
it's worth the cost. If you know what's broken and are able to use a
soldering iron and the like, and you know what to do (or have someone in
your user group or among your neighbours), you can try to get it work
again without too much cost. Spare parts are available from various
sources; look into the classified ad section of Macworld magazine, or
MacUser magazine.

Best wishes, Christian.


*
Original from address: Christian Buser

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 18:35:15 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac S-L-O-W-S Down

My Quadra 700's get up and go got up and went.  If it left on
for several hours, it gets so slow that a Mac Plus can speed
past it.  Applications slow to a crawl, the finder slowly draws
icons, etc.  Rebooting seems to cure the problem for a while.

No virus problems, so it must be some extension that I've added
recently.  Since this kind of problem is hard to pinpoint,
I'm curious if anyone else has encountered this or has some
ideas.

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 15:02 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP having trouble locating nameserver (Q)

Greetings,
I am using MacTCP 2.0.4 and Interslip 1.0.1 on a SLIP connection over my
modem. The ccl script claims that I have been connected, and the settings
appear to be appropriate for my SLIP provider.  However, when I call upon
Fetch 2.1.2, TurboGopher 1.0.7, NCSA-Telnet 2.6 to locate a nameserver or IP
adddress I know not to be busy from my VT100 emulation software, all any of
these clients tell me is that they  can not locate the domain nameserver.
Worst of all, sometimes the clients crash with an Error #14, or the mouse
freezes and forces me to Control-Apple-Reset reboot.  Sometimes I am able to
force quit the application, sometimes not.  Are these software too clients for
use on a 68020 LC with System 7 and 10 MB of RAM?  Is my SLIP provider giving
me misinformation?  Are there other software that do the same thing but run on
an LC just fine?

Please help.  I am willing to give all the settings.   BTW would the password
in Interslip Setup be the same as the password given during a normal dial-in?

My service provider has been unwilling to help.  The service provider is
us.net.  Perhaps if someone from US.NET reads this, please help.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail], [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:45:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: "X. Duan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: making postscript file

Does any one know how to convert a mac word-processor file to a
postscript file which can be printed on an IBM leaser printer?
Thanks!

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:15:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Gary L. Gray)
Subject: More on the RamDoubler conflicts with PPC6100 [A]

>   With SCSI Manager 4.3 out of the way, the machine seems to be working
> properly.
>   Keep in mind my contention that this problem is *directly* influenced by
> the presence of
>   RamDoubler 1.5. This was absolutely reproducible.

Doesn't RAMDoubler 1.5 have a known problem with the SCSI Manager 4.3
extension? Version 1.5.1 is supposed to fix that. You can find the updater
on AOL or on sumex or one of its mirrors.

Best regards,
--
Gary L. Gray         |  Engineering Science & Mechanics
Assistant Professor  |  Penn State University

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Date: 7 Oct 1994 19:42:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gordon Oppenheimer)
Subject: Powerbook Newbie Suggestions?

We will be getting three powerbooks for our company so our writers can work
on the road.  I am new to the powerbooks and I want your suggestions!

What are the best utilities (esp. shareware) for the powerbook?

Any other advice would be appreciated.

Please respond directly to me.

Gordon Oppenheimer ([e-mail])

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 23:10:32 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Rodemer)
Subject: powerbook serial port timeout

 > I am using an implementation of a Motorola 68hc11 MCU for data
 > acquisition for artworks; it works fine with every Mac I've tried except
 > my Powerbook 165C with internal express modem. I have tried turning off
 > the modem, removing its init and restarting, switching to the external
 > modem and/or restarting, using the printer port, on and on -- still, when i
 > use the serial XCMD in HyperCard to send a message to the MCU board, I get
 > an error: "Serial output timeout," although no error shows up when the
 > contact is first made with the board. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks much,


================================
Michael Rodemer
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Art & Technology
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 21:40:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: Cindy A Seward <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problem with Power

I have a Duo 270c and am having difficulty in turning the crazy thing on
when it is not connected to a power source. The battery is full, but when
I try to start up using it, I get NOTHING.  Hope there is a simple
explanation.  Thanks in advance.

Cindy Seward
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:30:00 -0600 (MDT)
From: [e-mail] (Rick Tapp)
Subject: Releasing the serial port

Hi All
I finally got a serial port switch for my two printers, a StyleWriter II
and a Roland Raven running through an Orange Micro Grappler (9 pin).

My only problem seems to be that Grappler won't release the serial
port when I try to switch back to the StyleWriter II. I seem to
remember that there was a small util which would force release of the
serial port. Anyone know of its location?

BTW, I did't get a definitive answer on the Canon replacement cartridge
for the StyleWiter II. Someone did mention that the BC02 cartridge might
be a better replacement than the BC01 so I'm going to check into
that.

Rick Tapp          [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:51:07 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Sharing slow to start up

>2. I have heard from others who have noted that file sharing startup can
>take up to several
>   minutes. This delayed startup is intermittent and extremely annoying.
>Imagine starting a
>   shutdown, and then having to wait for 3-4 minutes before the action
>completes!

I don't know if this is the case or not with 7.5, but if the invisible
AppleShare Prep files on the root of each disk get corrupted, file sharing
can take a long time to start up. Just delete those files (it will rebuild)
to speed it up. I think this will destroy your Sharing priviledges
though...

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 07 Oct 94 12:50:41 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert H. Gross)
Subject: System 7.5 faster!

OK. I'll join in. I have installed 7.5 on both a Mac II and on a IIci. In
both cases there was a noticable speed up in the operation of the Finder
(copying files and desktop redraws). It was especially obvious on the Mac II.

In my little three computer network, I had no need for PowerTalk so I turned
it off - it did not seem to make any difference in speed. QuickDraw GX seems
nice, but no programs I use take advantage of it and it swells the System
requirements by quite a bit - it got turned off too with only a slight
improvement in speed.

I have been used to using Now Menus (in System 7.1), but have been using the
heirarchical Apple menus supplied with System 7.5, at least until I am
confident that all my applications are running normally. I have not noticed
any particular slowness in this feature (and NowMenus DOES work in my system
for all but the Apple Menu).

Maybe those folks who have been experiencing slow System 7.5 behavior should
turn off all the non-Apple extensions and try running that way for a while to
see what the speed is like. Then add your extensions back one at a time until
you can identify the bottleneck. My IIci has about 25 extensions and control
panels, only about 10 of which are Apple's. I am very pleased with the speed
of operation. Apple did a nice job.

Bob Gross <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 16:10:11 +1300
From: Maynard James Handley <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.5 Speed

I posted this in comp.sys.mac.system, but it seems to be a big issue here
and some users may not have News access.
To fix the HORRIBLY slow delays in Finder 7.5, switch off the Apple Menu
Options control panel. Your machine will seem much zippier. Once you get
that speed back, you can play around with the Apple Menu Options settings
and see if you care about them enough to put up the slowness they entail.
(Personally I use Now Utils to give me that functionality without the
speed cost.)

See ya all,
Maynard Handley

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 13:07:28 +0200
From: [e-mail] (R.C.J. Kwakkenbos)
Subject: typing tutor

I've seen a few years ago a program called typing tutor, a nice program to
learn to type. Does anyone know where i can find this?
thanks and wkr
ruud kwakkenbos

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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 94 05:53:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Unexplainable Shutdowns

>Sometimes, when I boot, before very much has started to load, the Mac will
>just shut down.  Other times it boots fine.  Still others, it shuts down of
>its own accord, without apparent warning, often right in the middle of
>something that I'm working on.  I can't find a reason.
>
>First, I haven't added any software for at least 8 months so I doubt there's
a
>conflict.  Second, I took the box to a dealer who bench tested it and
>(naturally) couldn't replicate the mysterious shutdown problem.
>
>My only guess is that it might be a power supply problem.  The internal
power
>supply tested fine, but could line voltage fluctuations cause this type of
>shutdown?  I am attached to the wall via a surge protector...what's going
on?


I had a similar problem on my Quadra 950--even had the power supply replaced
under warranty. It turned out to be the surge/battery backup I had installed
(which American Power Conversion replaced for free, including them FedExing a
new unit to me overnight--GREAT company!).

Try yours without the surge protector installed (or better yet a different
one) and see if it still shuts down unexpectedly.

Scott Coats
Innovative Solutions

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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 94 13:01:24 MST
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: Unix digest viewer

Is there a Unix-based (Solaris 1 in particular, or compilable source)
viewer suitable for digests like info-mac? It's convenient for me to
receive it on my Unix box, but Sun's mailtool is pretty lame for big
digests.

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Date: 09 Oct 94 16:53:02 EDT
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unmount Syquest

[e-mail] writes:

>I can't eject SyQuest disks with File Sharing on, even though Sharing is
>disabled for the disk I'd like to remove.
>Is there a workaround?

Roger,

you need "UnmountIt".....

Hans

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 08:59:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Goldfarb)
Subject: Upgrading a Classic and a Plus [Q]

A year ago I purchased a bare-bones, used Mac Classic (2MB RAM, no hard
drive).  I'm finally getting around to installing a hard drive in it and
most likely install an accelerator, and have a few questions:

1. Do I need to install an internal drive or can I get away with only an
external drive (the local computer store Mac guru said that I need to worry
about termination inside the Mac and hence must install an internal drive)?

2A. What is folks experience with accelerators in lower end Macs (in my
case, the Classic and a Plus)?  Specifically, what is people's experience
with MicroMac accelerators?  Any compatability problems?  Any other
options, or have they all gone out of business?

2B. If I install a MicroMac Accelerator, can I now run RAM Doubler on it
(since it has a built-in PMMU)?

Thanks in advance for your support,
David

David Goldfarb ([e-mail])

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 01:41:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
Subject: UPS's

Hello netters-

A couple of questions:

1)  Do the new PowerMacs ship with 7.1 or 7.5 or something else?

2)  Does anyone have any good/bad experiences with any brand of UPS's
(uninterupted power supplies)?  My family and I will be moving to the
Philippines soon, and I understand that Manila in particular is
notorious for brownouts.  I saw the company APC advertise in the
latest MacWorld or MacUser and sent away for some fax info.  Their
line of Back-UPS sound pretty good.  Any opinions?

Thanks in advance for your responses either here or email directly.

Nancy    [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 02:33:08 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: WYSIWYG (Now Utilities) on 6.0.8

Hello all.

I posted a request a few days back (yes, I'm behind on the reading) looking
for a Now Utilities 4.0 equivalent for WYSIWYG menus for a friend running
6.0.8 on an SE.  Turns out I had it in an archive and didn't even know it.
It's called Wizzyfonts.  I'll post the stuffed and binhexed file here (it
will be in a second post -- I don't know how to send text and a file at once
on this system).  Apologies to the author -- I don't think all the docs. are
there anymore.  Maybe someone out there has the full file? ;-)

While I'm at it though, I am looking for the current versions of some
software I have.  I don't know the current version nos. or even if the
publishers are even still in business.  Can someone help me out?

TIA (I'll post a summary later)

Kyle Allender
[e-mail]
(please post replies direct, thank you)

P.S.  Thanx everyone for the help on the .MOD files about 2 weeks ago.  With
classes the way they are (mid-terms) I haven't had time to compile a summary
post.  I'll take care of that this week, though.

P.P.S.  The software I need:

MacConcept (CAD for the Mac) by Klex Software v 3.2v03 copyright 1991

TypeStyler 1.5.3 by Strider Software copyright 1989, 1990

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 94 10:26:08 CET
From: "Cd Soft S.D.F." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Z-Term Ppc Bug?

Hello,
I download the new Z-TERM program but when I try to execute it on my PPC
6100 the finder give me an error ("DRAG-LIB" not found) and quits Z-TERM
If I run Z-TERM on a 68030 CPU, it works fine.
Is there any other module to install or is it a bug?
Thank You
Santino Cusimano

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 22:25:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Zterm 1.0b2 high speed patch needed?

There is that high speed patch to use 16 colours with higher than 9600
baud modems with Zterm. I'm wondering if anyone has tried this with the
newest beta
version of Zterm and has any opinions as to whether we should be patching
this new versino or putting up with terrible character throughput.

Steve Portigal

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