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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 06:52:49 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #136
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 14 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 136

Today's Topics:

      [*] anarcho16; a text editor
      [*] apple-guide-patch; different icons andstuff
      [*] balloons-10b; a 4D external
      [*] BatteryAmnesia 1.3.1a; a PowerBook battery utility
      [*] CD Menu 1.0; controls your CD ROM drive
      [*] CDTracker0.9; a FileMaker Pro database for CDs
      [*] desktopvalet301; an alias utility
      [*] DialogRascal; just a silly diversion
      [*] Dr.Macinto updated game (2 msgs)
      [*] E-Mail->Echo1.0; a mail routing utility
      [*] EthernetMovieQTv1.2; a simulation
      [*] filter-analyzer-232; active filter response analysis tool
      [*] Gestalt Selectors List 2.6
      [*] GopherGolf v1.3.2; a game
      [*] Internet Tutorial Stacks
      [*] Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.2.3
      [*] Jurassic Park; sounds from the movie
      [*] Kill FinderZooms 0.99; inhibits zooming windows
      [*] MPEG Audio; a sound player
      [*] NetNames0.95 is a Newton network diagnostic app
      [*] PolyMine updated game
      [*] Precision pencil drawing of a grizzly. "High Country Grizzly"
      [*] Recycle 1.1; a BBS utility
      [*] SafeLauncher 1.0; pre-launch system check
      [*] Screen Movie1.1.2 a QT Screen/MIDI/Audio recorder
      [*] ScriptSynch v1.0 -- makes applications 'attachable'
      [*] SpiroChart 1.6a; Create spiral designs with Excel
      [*] Threshold 1.0.5; a PowerBook battery utility
      [*] Tzu for CodeWarrior 1.0a1; enhancements for the environment
      [*] welcome-to-powermac-14; a picture
      [Q] Ok, ok, I'm going ape-sh*t
      Acrobat 2.0 Readers available (fwd)
      A Problem with Central Point's MacTools Installer (Q)
      av machine speech compression
      Bad L2-cache card?
      Bypass Sytems Extensions with third party keyboards
      Chemistry Software
      Chunk file & safety & conversion.
      Claris Works Filing: Boxes around fields?
      converting MPEG to other fmts?
      destop textures (alleged crash)
      Finder eating up processor cycles
      Focusing a 14" AV Monitor
      Forwarding PowerTalk Messages
      FTP Server (2 msgs)
      HELP: speedisk crashed my mac? err. -39?
      Help finding UNIX for Max?
      hp dw gx10 (Q)
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #135
      Low-cost color printer
      LW 8.2->PS Error, Offend. Cmd.: BoldItalic
      Modems with voice capability
      OJ
      RAM Doubler virtual memory broken?
      Scheduling Software?
      SoftWindows really REALLY slow with Harvard Graphics
      strange hard disk problem
      StyleWriter II/Canon replacement cartridge
      Syquest problem, Info-mac #135 (A)

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 17:15:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Love)
Subject: [*] anarcho16; a text editor

Anarcho is a text editor, nothing more.  It is smart enough to do most of
the jobs that all the word processor posers out there are doing.  Anarcho
uses 150K of RAM and 35K of disk space.  In these days of huge expensive
applications, and limited hardware, it is nice to have something free that
will fit in a small space.  Anarcho will format text files from lesser
computers including PC text files and QWK mail bundles.  In version 1.6 all
of the features have been implemented.  This may be the final version.  The
68040 compatibility problems and graceless exiting have been eliminated.
Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/text/anarcho-16.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 07:40:22 +0100
From: ccaadfg <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] apple-guide-patch; different icons andstuff

Some unofficial patches to Apple Guide. Replaces the icons, the buttons, the
paging controls, and the windoid used by guide windows.

Sample pictures/instructions for use are within the archive.

 Dair Grant --- Information Systems Division --- University College London
  [e-mail] --- http://www-server.bcc.ac.uk/~ccaadfg/home.html

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/apple-guide-patch.hqx; 101K]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:58:24 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Richard elGuru[tm] Howland-Bolton)
Subject: [*] balloons-10b; a 4D external

B a l l o o n s. e x t ,   V e r s i o n   1 .0 b
R e a d   M e   i n f o r m a t i o n

Balloons.ext is an external package for use with 4th Dimension. It is a
freeware utility that enables localized Balloon Help and changing Balloon
Help messages during runtime. With the package, you can display text from
string resources and 4th Dimension variables. You can also display styled
text and pictures.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/balloons-10b.hqx; 40K]

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Date: 12 Oct 1994 10:49:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BatteryAmnesia 1.3.1a; a PowerBook battery utility

Keywords:  POWERBOOK BATTERY DISCHARGE NICAD CHARGER ADAPTER

BatteryAmnesia 1.3.1a for PowerBooks (by Jeremy Kezer)

BatteryAmnesia is a utility for any PowerBook that uses a nickel-cadmium
(NiCad)
or nickel-hydride (NiHy) battery.  Over time, these batteries are susceptible
to a "memory effect", which can reduce their battery capacity.  The memory
effect can be cured by fully discharging the battery before recharging it.

BatteryAmnesia provides a safe, fast and automatic way to deep discharge your
PowerBook's battery.  It automatically bypasses the low battery
warning dialogs, and prevents the "soft" sleep brought on by those dialogs.
Instead, BatteryAmnesia will run your PowerBook's battery down until the "hard"
hardware shutdown occurs, which is at a lower voltage.  This provides the best
discharge possible.

Version 1.3.1 fixes a garbage character display that would sometimes occur.
Version 1.3.1a fixes a typo in the "About..." dialog box regarding shareware
fees.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-amnesia-131a.hqx; 134K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:56:58 -0500
From: Henrik Eliasson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CD Menu 1.0; controls your CD ROM drive

This is a small control panel allowing those of you who have a CD-ROM drive
to control your audio CDs without having to switch between applications.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/cd-menu-10.hqx; 112K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:56:37 -0500
From: Jason Fried <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CDTracker0.9; a FileMaker Pro database for CDs

The ultimate database to keep your compact discs in order.  CD Tracker
REQUIRES FileMaker Pro 2.1 or later in order to run.

CD Tracker allows you to create a database of your compact disc's titles,
artists, songs, music type, new or used, etc.  All the features you need
and NONE of the ones you don't.  CD Tracker also allows you to search and
sort your discs in anyway you like.  CD Tracker is packaged with a SLICK
and ergonomic graphical user interface.

New feature enhancements:

New user interface
MORE features with almost 150K less disk space!
Better reliability on search and sort

Still beta, but basically perfect.  The release will have a few more
features, but this version is CERTAINLY SUFFICIENT until the release it
released.  Have fun, and email all comments/suggestions to:

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

[Archived as /info-mac/app/cd-tracker-09-fmpro.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 17:12:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Love)
Subject: [*] desktopvalet301; an alias utility

End desktop clutter forever!  Avoid the most tedious file operations.  This
utility will move, delete, shred or alias files that are dropped on it.
Put copies of it in your Apple Menu, on your launch pad, or in deep
folders.  Make aliases of it on your desktop and rename them according to
the desired option.  Keep a number of Valets around in convenient places.
With them, you can move, delete, and alias files quickly and easily.
Desktop Valet 3.0.1 is Apple Event aware.  The Folder button accesses
Valet's home directory.  Despite these improvements, it is still very small
and incredibly fast.  Desktop Valet is now a powerful directory management
utility and a formidable addition to your battery of desktop tools.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-valet-301f.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 17:14:40 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ondrej Bojar)
Subject: [*] DialogRascal; just a silly diversion

This is a typical STUPIDware.

Love it, hate, it, just mail me why...

Ondrej Bojar ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/dialog-rascal.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 09:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Dr.Macinto updated game

Dr. Macinto is a single player game in which one is to remove all the viruses
(smiling-
face squres). The blocks can be removed by arranging them sequences of 4 or
more
of
the same color horizontally or vertically.

Playing pills drop from the top and are comprised of two random colored
blocks.
Pills
drop one at a time and may be moved left or right, or rotated.

Version 2.8 runs on PowerPC Macs. Sound added in version 2.7. You can configure
key in version 2.6. On-line help, flip command and more features are added.
Version
2.5C features 256 color blocks and more twist (3 new kind of virus, diagonal
remove,
etc.).

Dr. Macinto is 32-bit compatible and should run on any Mac from MacPlus to
PowerPC Macs under System 6 or System 7.

If you want to keep this game, please pay US$5.00 shareware fee. If you send
$10
or
more, you will recieve the latest version and other games try in a diskette.
See
'About..'
for more information.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/dr-macinto-28.hqx; 141K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 09:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Dr.Macinto updated game

Dr. Macinto is a single player game in which one is to remove all the viruses
(smiling-
face squres). The blocks can be removed by arranging them sequences of 4 or
more
of
the same color horizontally or vertically.

Playing pills drop from the top and are comprised of two random colored
blocks.
Pills
drop one at a time and may be moved left or right, or rotated.

Version 2.8 runs on PowerPC Macs. Sound added in version 2.7. You can configure
key in version 2.6. On-line help, flip command and more features are added.
Version
2.5C features 256 color blocks and more twist (3 new kind of virus, diagonal
remove,
etc.).

Dr. Macinto is 32-bit compatible and should run on any Mac from MacPlus to
PowerPC Macs under System 6 or System 7.

If you want to keep this game, please pay US$5.00 shareware fee. If you send
$10
or
more, you will recieve the latest version and other games try in a diskette.
See
'About..'
for more information.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/dr-macinto-28.hqx; 141K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:52:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Glen Stewart)
Subject: [*] E-Mail->Echo1.0; a mail routing utility

E-Mail->Echo re-routes incoming netmail for designated users into certain
echoes that you specify.  My main purpose for creating this utility was to
provide access to messages coming from an InterNet mailing list, into a typical
echo format.  Combining the functionality of E-Mail->Echo with the Echo->E-Mail
function of Testify (another of my Tabby-compatible utilities) allows users to
see all incoming messages and post replies without actually belonging to the
mailing list.  Isn't that neat?

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/email-echo-10.hqx; 56K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 14:08:30 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Ames)
Subject: [*] EthernetMovieQTv1.2; a simulation

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/ethernet-simulation-12-qt.hqx; 1263K]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 15:11:08 -0500
From: Brian Gery Hilfsassistent bei "R." Siegwart SS94 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] filter-analyzer-232; 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.  There are a number of graphing options including
the ability to change the range and number of points per decade along the
frequency 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
print the plots that you generate with a number of useful print options, and
save filter configurations as FilterAnalyzer data files.

FilterAnalyzer 2.32 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.

I would appreciate bug reports, and shareware fees!   :-)

Thank you,

Brian Gery
[e-mail]  *or*
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/filter-analyzer-232.hqx; 61K]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/filter-analyzer-232-nofpu.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 08:45:33 +0100 (MET)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Gestalt Selectors List 2.6

               Gestalt Selectors List (GSL)

This list celibrates its second anniversary today.

It lists all sorts of information about the Gestalt Manager, but mainly
about selectors and the meaning of the returned values.
The Gestalt Manager is part of the Apple Macintosh System Software to
enable programmers to determine the availability of certain software and
hardware.

The most important news is that the machine ID's will be reused...

Best regards,
Rene Ros
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/gestalt-selectors-26.hqx; 77K]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 15:11:21 -0500
From: "Mancarella-Bob" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GopherGolf v1.3.2; 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 1.3.2 fixes some bugs.
GopherGolf can be registered online on CIS: GO SWREG. The Reg. ID is
3168.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gopher-golf-132.hqx; 404K]

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 12:23:21 +0000
From: "Matthew C. Miller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Internet Tutorial Stacks

Attached is the self-extracting archive (binhexed) of my Internet Tutorials
stacks.  They are v1.3, and still very much in process.

Currently they contain a navigator stack, a stack for FTP, one for Telnet, one
for WWW, and a beginners version of the Internet Hunt.  All the stacks are
currently freeware - you may copy freely for personal or educational but not
commercial purposes.

Future enhancements planned :  Gopher stack; Misc. Tools stack w/ e-mail,
Usenet, Listserves, Archie, etc.; Conversion of Internet Hunt to WWW instead of
Gopher questions.

Matthew C. Miller
Faculty Lab - Boise State University
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
<http://gozer.idbsu.edu/students/mmiller/mhome.html>
<http://gozer.idbsu.edu/students/mmiller/sca.html>

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-tutorials-13-hc.hqx; 947K]

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Date: 12 Oct 1994 10:45:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.2.3

Keywords:  POWERBOOK PORTABLE CLOCK CONTROL STRIP SLEEP SOUND VOLUME

Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.2.3 (by Jeremy Kezer)

This is a package of Control Strip modules, designed to work with Apple's
Control Strip software.  The modules are:

*  Jeremy's CPU speed CSM - Displays current clock speed in MHz, or indicates
   relative fast/slow speed with tortoise/hare icons.  On supported models, you
   can change the clock speed.
*  Jeremy's Battery CSM - Replaces Apple's Battery Monitor module, but displays
   more battery information in a smaller area!  Also displays hard drive
   status, modem status, battery voltage, and estimated battery time
   remaining.
*  Jeremy's Clock CSM - Displays the current time.  Via a popup menu, you can
   customize the appearance of the display.
*  Jeremy's Sound Volume CSM - A direct replacement for the Sound Volume module
   provided by Apple.  The icon shows the current volume setting in both
   numeric
   and pictoral form, so you don't need to bring up the menu to determine the
   current volume.
*  Jeremy's Sleep CSM - A direct replacement for the Sleep Now module provided
   by Apple.  Via the popup menu, you can select whether or not to bypass the
   dialog that appears when AppleTalk is active.
*  Jeremy's Battery Time CSM - Displays Apple's remaining battery time, a
   historical estimate that "learns" your battery life, or the elapsed battery
   time.

Version 1.2.3 contains enhancements to the Battery CSM and the CPU Speed CSM.

Shareware; $10 registration fee suggested.  See enclosed documents for more
information.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/jeremys-control-strip-modules-123.hqx; 147K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 17:27:49 -0500
From: Victor Orly <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jurassic Park; sounds from the movie

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/jurassic-park-grp1.hqx; 4355K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/jurassic-park-grp2.hqx; 3090K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/jurassic-park-grp3.hqx; 4649K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/jurassic-park-grp4.hqx; 2312K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/jurassic-park-grp5.hqx; 2115K]
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/jurassic-park-grp6.hqx; 1497K]

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 12:13:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Jacobs)
Subject: [*] Kill FinderZooms 0.99; inhibits zooming windows

Here is an update to Kill FinderZooms.  This is version 0.99, and it fixes
a minor and a major problem that appeared in version 0.9.  If you have
version 0.9 GET RID OF IT.  I made a error which can hang your modified
Finder in some cases.

This program will get rid of the Finder's zoom rectangle animation that
occurs whenever you open or close a window (or an application) or whenever
you choose "Clean Up" for a window that is being viewed by Icon or by Small
Icon.

This program will modify a copy of Finder 7.1.3 or 7.1.4 (the versions that
come with the PowerMac and with System 7.5).

jon

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/kill-finder-zooms-099.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:32:51 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Norman Franke, III)
Subject: [*] MPEG Audio; a sound player

Enclosed is a real quick attempt at an MPEG Audio player and converter for
the Macintosh. It will allow conversion to SoundApp compatible files for
those of us without a fast Macintosh. It has a real primative interface,
since it's a port for the Unix maplay1.2. It's distributed as a fat binary
and it's free.

-Norman

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mpeg-audio.hqx; 134K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 17:08:55 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jim Lanford)
Subject: [*] NetNames0.95 is a Newton network diagnostic app

KEYWORDS: Applications, Newton, AppleTalk, Network, Diagnostic, Utility

NetNames(tm)  is a simple to use network diagnostic utility that displays
named devices on AppleTalk.

NetNames has been on many 'Best Newton Shareware' lists.

It is useful for:
 - Network system administrators to troubleshoot AppleTalk networks.
 - Newton users trying to print or use the Connection Kit over an unknown
network.

(version .95 fits on the MP 110 screen)

[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/net-names-095.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 09:15:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PolyMine updated game

PolyMine is a game with special grid and mines. The objective is find all the
safe place
without stepping on a mine. PolyMine is one of Poly-Series games.

Depending on your skill, you can adjust the difficulty of the game by selecting
number
of mines, holes and shape of grid.

Auto Click and continuous mode added in version 1.01. Minor bug was fixed in
version
1.02. Error trap works properly in version 1.03. Background was added and
scoring
changed in version 1.04. Version 1.06 is made easier. More bugs are fixed.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/polymine-106.hqx; 132K]

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 19:34:17 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Brian Hutchison)
Subject: [*] Precision pencil drawing of a grizzly. "High Country Grizzly"

This is a scan of a limited edition print published from a pencil drawing,
entitled "High Country Grizzly", copyright 1988. The drawing is of a
grizzly descending a slope in the Rocky Mountains.

This is the second in a series of fine art wildlife images we will be
uploading. The artist welcomes all comments.

This file is uploaded with the permission of the artist, Glenn Korgaard of
Alberta, Canada.  697 x 907, 256 grey scale TIFF format.

Send e-mail to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/grizzly.hqx; 676K]

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Date: 09 Oct 94 23:22:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Glen Stewart)
Subject: [*] Recycle 1.1; a BBS utility

Recycle is a well-tested system that makes Mac BBS's like Telefinder able to
perform with full multi-node concurrent-crashmail capabilities using a MINIMUM
of disk and CPU resources.  This software lets you enter the "Big League" - no
more limits on how many concurrently crashmailable nodes you can have on
FidoNet!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/recycle-11.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 02:30:19 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Nick B Triantos)
Subject: [*] SafeLauncher 1.0; pre-launch system check

SafeLauncher is a tiny application (about 6k) that will launch another app
after
making some system checks for you. Specifically, SafeLauncher will optionally
check
one or more of the following: the status of 32-bit addressing, the status of
the
68040 cache, the bit depth of the main screen.  It is especially useful when
launching old games and other apps that would crash if incorrectly launched
under
32-bit addressing or with the caches enabled. SafeLauncher is free, and its
source
code included for programmers.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/safe-launcher-10.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:17:46 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Screen Movie1.1.2 a QT Screen/MIDI/Audio recorder

Screen Movie1.1.2 941012
Copyright(c) 1994 Paul C.H. Ho and Pink Elephant Technologies. All rights
reserved.
This is shareware.
This is part four of MovieTrilogy.

+ ScreenMovie record your monitor screen into a QuickTime Movie.
+ Record audio up to 16bit 48KHz stereo.
+ If you have QuickTime 2.0 and QuickTime Musical Instruments, you can also
record MIDI track.
+ Make QuickTime movie with commentary for training purposes.
+ Record MIDI sequence while sing into the microphone.
+ Include PPC and 68K versions.

What's new in 1.1.2?
+ Change default compression setting to enable temporal compression.
What's new in 1.1.1?
+ Fixed a bug in the PPC version, was crashing when component manager fail
to register the video component.

System Requirements
+ System 7 or later.
+ QuickTime 1.6.1 or later. Some features required QuickTime 2.0.
+ MIDI Manager is required for MIDI recording.
+ ScreenMovie68K work on both 68K and PPC Mac.
+ ScreenMoviePPC is PowerMac Native.

Uploaded by author Paul C.H. Ho
Pink Elephant Technologies
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/screen-movie-112.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 94 23:39:34 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Mr. Mark Aran Aiken)
Subject: [*] ScriptSynch v1.0 -- makes applications 'attachable'

    In scripter lingo, ScriptSynch is a system extension that
can provide functionality resembling "attachability" to your
applications. To mortals, this means ScriptSynch can automatically
launch applications, open files, or run scripts when specific
applications launch or quit. This is useful for running a
"startup script" whenever an application loads, attaching one
application to another so they launch and quit at the same time
(Eudora and Nuntius, for example), or tracking application usage
through scripting. A little contrary to its name, ScriptSynch
works fine without AppleScript, although it works best in
conjunction with it.

    ScriptSynch REQUIRES A MACINTOSH RUNNING SYSTEM 7 OR LATER.
ScriptSynch is fully functional, but is shareware $10US.

    Author: Mark Aiken ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/script-synch-10.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:56:44 -0500
From: Paul Koch <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SpiroChart 1.6a; Create spiral designs with Excel

This collection of spreadsheets generates a fascinating variety of spiral
designs and angular patterns, based on numbers selected by the user.
The spreadsheets and their corresponding charts were created with
Microsoft Excel 4.0.

Changes since SpiroChart 1.6:  Minor corrections and new information in
ReadMe file, but no changes to spreadsheets themselves.  To save download
time if you already have version 1.6, simply substitute this e-mail message
for ReadMe file.

Paul Koch

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/spiro-chart-16a-excel.hqx; 485K]

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Date: 12 Oct 1994 10:40:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jeremy Kezer, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Threshold 1.0.5; a PowerBook battery utility

keywords:  POWERBOOK BATTERY WARNINGS VOLTAGE CHARGER POWERPLATE THINPACK

Threshold 1.0.5 for PowerBooks (by Jeremy Kezer)

Do you use an external battery on your PowerBook?  Or are you tired of those
low battery warnings coming up minutes or even hours before they really
should?
Then Threshold is the answer!

Threshold lets you adjust when the low battery warnings occur.  You can alter
the warnings to come up later than usual, giving you more productive battery
time.  It is essential if you are using an external battery pack (PowerPlate,
ThinPack or similar), but it's also handy for internal batteries.

Threshold sports a concise graphical display.  It shows an analog graph
representing current battery voltage, with the curent warning points
illustrated.  There is also a battery status indicator, an elapsed timer, and a
sleep button.  The warning thresholds are easily adjusted using up & down
arrows.

Threshold allows you to program up to three different sets of warnings, and can
automatically toggle between different sets for internal and external
batteries.

Version 1.0.5 prevents Threshold from being run on unsupported models, such as
the PowerBook 150.

Shareware; $10 registration fee suggested.  DOES NOT work on Duo's.

Jeremy Kezer
143 Songbird Lane
Farmington, CT  06032-3433 (USA)
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/threshold-105.hqx; 136K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 02:47:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Chris Thomas, ICONtact Developer Database Librarian"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Tzu for CodeWarrior 1.0a1; enhancements for the environment

=A91994 Chris K. Thomas.  All Rights Reserved.
Reach Me At <[e-mail]>

=3D=3D=3D The Story So Far
I didn't feel much like paying for PopUpFuncs, and I didn't really wa=
nt=20
to lose the advantages of CodeWarrior's editing enviroment, so I set =
to=20
work on Tzu.

=3D=3D=3D What It Does
Tzu installs a new menu in CodeWarrior's menu bar.  This menu contain=
s=20
Tzu Tools.  Tzu Tools are easy-to-write code resources.  In this way,=
=20
Tzu finally allows CodeWarrior's editor to be easily customized.  Tzu=
 is=20
also Free.  Speak no money, Hear no money, See no money, Send no mone=
y.

Two sample Tzu Tools complete with source/project files are included.

=3D=3D=3D What It Is
Tzu is a 68k extension, but a relatively well-behaved extension.  It=
=20
only patches the Menu and Scrap Managers, neither of which (AFAIK) is=
=20
PowerMac-native as of 7.5.  It should work with all CodeWarrior=20
enviroments (68k/PPC/Pascal/C++).

Note the a in "1.0a1" - this is Alpha Quality Software.  Use it at yo=
ur=20
own risk.  I take no responsibility for anything that may or may not=
=20
happen to your Mac as a result of it's use.

=3D=3D=3D How To Contact Me
I'm available, as always, at <[e-mail]>.  Feel free to s=
end=20
suggestions, code, bug reports, comments, job offers, and your favori=
te=20
explicit GIFs.  Send me your Tzu Tools and I'll include them in the n=
ext=20
release.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/tzu-10a1.hqx; 89K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:52:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Marc Liyanage)
Subject: [*] welcome-to-powermac-14; a picture

This is the same picture as the one I sent a few days ago.
I've been asked to render it again at 640x480 pixels, the
Mac 14" resolution.

Enjoy and please send me some email if you like it.
Marc Liyanage             [e-mail]
              Bronschhofen, Switzerland

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/welcome-to-power-macintosh-14in.hqx; 143K]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 11:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Ok, ok, I'm going ape-sh*t

Hello all:

    Like the subj says, I am going nuts with this midi thing. It is great!
I can't believe that a 30k file can play for about 4 minutes and not hog systm
resources. It even plays in the background, full instrumentation and all.
I can't get over the implications for games, multimedia, presentations, etc to
have full, long playing quality music, all made possible by QT 2.0 and the
QT Instrument Extension.

    I WANT MORE! I know nothing about midi. Can someone point me to
shareware that would allow me to make my own compositions? I was checking
out all the instruments that are represented (that can be 'played') and
it is amazing. I am not a musician, so I would like a prog where music can be
layed out in tracks, moved, extended, etc.. (if there is such a thing...)

TIA

-Luis Muench

ps please reply to [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:06:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Acrobat 2.0 Readers available (fwd)

The following forwarded message gives info on where to obtain a copy of
the freely distributable Adobe Acrobat Reader in each of its different
flavors (Macintosh, Windows, DOS, and Unix).

If you want to see what an Acrobat document looks like after grabbing the
free Reader, you may check out any of the Portable Document Format (PDF)
hyperlinks in my math class Home Page:

http://math.ucdavis.edu/~jb2/mat12-02.html

I'm making most of my class handouts available as PDF files that my
students can get using Mosaic from many of the campus microcomputer labs.
These PDF files are very simple (no bookmarks, indexing, etc.), but they'll
give you an idea of how I use Mosaic-Acrobat together for my class.

If you use Mosaic, you can configure it to launch Acrobat Reader
automatically when you click on a PDF hyperlink (just like clicking on a
JPEG file might launch JPEGView automatically).


--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: <[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>
Home Page: <http://math.ucdavis.edu/~jb2>


 --------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 18:14:09 -0700
From:[e-mail]
To: Multiple recipients of list <[e-mail]>
Subject: Acrobat 2.0 Readers available

I am pleased to announce that Adobe Acrobat 2.0 software for Macintosh and
Windows has been officially declared Golden Master. The free Reader (as well as
version 1.0 for DOS and SunOS/Solaris 2.3) are available now from the Adobe FTP
site:
ftp.adobe.com - /pub/adobe/Applications/Acrobat

Within a week, the Mac and Windows Readers will also be posted to:

Adobe World Wide Web site - http://www.adobe.com (also DOS/UNIX)

Adobe BBS   1-408-562-6839
Requires modem and a terminal emulation program that supports VT-100 or ANSI
emulation.
Settings: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, speeds up to 14.4 Kbs.
Log in: with your own name and select a password. Please note that Adobe
BBS will not accept a blank as either USERID or PASSWORD.

CompuServe (connect time charges) - GO ACROBAT

America Online (connect time charges) - keywords: aldus, mbs

Retail products will ship in roughly 10 days. For product information,
1-800-87-
ADOBE.

And, to order media for the free Readers from Adobe:

1-800-521-1976
Order Mac or Windows - "Free Reader Program" - $9.95 s/h
Order CD Sampler (M/W/D/U plus content) - Offer # 3-13-09-6  - $14.95 s/h

Enjoy!

Pam Deziel
Acrobat Product Marketing
Adobe Systems, Inc.

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 12:34:09 -0400
From: "W. R. Wing" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Problem with Central Point's MacTools Installer (Q)

I just tried installing Central Point's MacTools (version 3.0b) on my brand
new PowerBook 540c.  The installer program wants to start by doing a virus
scan of the hard disk. On the 540c this blows up with a "Type 1" error
about 90% of the way through the process.  I tried copying the installer to
the internal disk, increasing its partition size (I know, this shouldn't
have made any difference, but what the heck) all to no avail.  When I tried
calling Central Point, their automated answering system tells me they won't
talk to me unless I give them my charge card number.  Since I refuse to be
billed $25 to report a problem with their own software it leaves me
frustrated and disgusted (in that order).

Has anyone else seen this problem, and/or does anyone know what the solution
is?
                    Thanks,
                    Bill

"W. R. Wing, Sr. Sci., Ofc. of Lab. Computing, Oak Ridge Nat. Lab."
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:19:48 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: av machine speech compression

    Here's a wish for apple or a developer.
    Apple has a macintalk that reads text.
    I wish they would make a voice to phoneme-intonation entry program on
an av machine with a dsp chip to turn high baudrate sounds into low
baudrate symbolic representation for their Macintalk.
    This would save bandwidth on internet talk radio diversification to
more general interests!

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 21:55:20 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Arthur W. Fritzsche)
Subject: Bad L2-cache card?

Hi there!


Do you know of some tool reliably testing the L2-cache card
of the Power Macs? I keep getting those System Error 11 messages,
especially with native software!

Once I've heard that a whole production run of 8100s had bad
cards. :(


Thank you!

--
Arthur W. Fritzsche                  Federal University of Zurich, Switzerland
[e-mail]                             Department of Informatics

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 12:54:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey C. Hoffman)
Subject: Bypass Sytems Extensions with third party keyboards

Here is my question form before, and the response that I got from Glen Hoag
([e-mail]) that proved to answer my question. I'm posting it in case
any of you have this same problem.

>>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...
>>
>
>You aren't by any chance, using a third-party keyboard, such as the
>Datadesk Mac101e, are you?  During the restart process, the Mac sends out a
>command to reset the keyboard.  Apple keyboards will transmit information
>about the state of keys that are held down during a reset sequence, while
>the Datadesk does not.  The solution is not to press the shift key until
>the keyboard has been reset.  (This might be indicated by the LEDs flashing
>on the keyboard, but you may have to time it from when the screen blanks
>and the happy Mac appears.)

Geoffrey Hoffman
Cornell University
E-Mail Address: [e-mail]
Address: j300161182.resnet.cornell.edu
      TALK, FINGER, FTP and GOPHER
        Finger for more info

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 23:51:19 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Chemistry Software

A few days ago I posted the message (see below) about software for writing or
drawing chemical formulae on the Mac. Unfortunately, I only received two
replies from Mac users.  Anyone out there familiar with such programs?
I would really appreciate help from anyone who has info about such software.
Shareware would be great.

Thanks again.

Leo G. Leduc


ORIGINAL POSTING:

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.

Thanks in advance.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 94 15:20:47 +0100
From: massimiliano brugnoli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Chunk file & safety & conversion.

Hi i have 3 question:

1-does The file dehqx automatically transform .hqx file in mac
format?which is the easier way to tranform .hqx file in Mac file?

2-I've the Sam antivirus, can it detect infected .hqx files?or it can
do it only when they are decompressed?

3-I get file with a Next machine, and when i save to floppy, if the
file is too large , Next can build a compressed mutivolume file, it
has the extension chunk, how can I transform it in a Mac file?


Excuse my stupid questions but I'm quite new on The Net.

thank u for all this wonderfull working on sumex-aim

        Bye by Max.

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 94 16:54:23 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Claris Works Filing: Boxes around fields?

The online help in Claris Works seems to imply that the only way to
make a box print around a field in a filing document is to hand draw
it with the graphics tools--a real pain, and has to be redone whenever
you resize your fields. Please tellme I'm wrong.

The manual doesn't seem to say anything on the subject at all.

Paul Brians, Washington State University, [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:40:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: Michael Salmons <[e-mail]>
Subject: converting MPEG to other fmts?

Hello...
Has anyone seen on the net (or is using) a program that will convert
MPEG movies to other formats (DL, FLI, AVI or QTM)?

Thanks!
Michael Salmons
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 11:47:02 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Dale Goodvin)
Subject: destop textures (alleged crash)

When I wrote about my crash with destop textures installer 2.1 on another
list, a number of people replied that they too found it prone to crashing.
One person said that it was "notoriously buggy."   So.  I would like to hear
more about this from others; I certainly had no preconcieved ideas about the
program, and I loved it while it worked!  If I could trust it, I'd use it
again.  I have a Performa 460 (7.1P3).

Thanks,
Dale ([e-mail].

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 11:01:56 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert W. Harder)
Subject: Finder eating up processor cycles

Using Virtualosos' CycleSpy I have found that my slow TCP throughput
(10k/s) is caused by the Finder consistently eating up precious cycle
times. Even Microsoft Word, which once slowed down my computer just by
being run, has no effect now, but WOW, the Finder (and even the
ScriptEditor) are terrible offenders.

Am I alone here? What have you found? What can I do? I expect some slowness
since I keep seven or eight apps I always use open all the time, but the
Finder is just greedy.

(No Virtual Memory, System 7.5, 17RAM)


        ,,,
      `(. .)'
 o------oOo-(_)-oSu------o
 Y    Robert W. Harder   Y
 |  Windsor, California  |
 |   Corvallis, Oregon   |
 o------=====o=====------o
Note new address:
[e-mail]
 -------------------

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:07:14 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Focusing a 14" AV Monitor

I have a 14" AV Apple monitor that is slightly out of focus.
Does anyone know any way (short of returning it for repair)
to focus the monitor?

It's not serious.  Only annoying.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 18:11:58 +0100
From: Tom Hostler <[e-mail]>
Subject: Forwarding PowerTalk Messages

Hello world!

Does anyone know of a method or widgit which can automatically forward
items arriving in my desktop mailbox to another PowerTalk account,  so that
when I'm out of the office my incoming mail can be forwarded to a colleague
to be dealt with.

Could this be done with AppleScript ? I have 7.5 but no PowerShare server
(as yet)

Answers to [e-mail] please, and thanks!

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 12:40:29 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ken Larson)
Subject: FTP Server

>I need to be able to FTP into my Mac any ideas?

NCSA telnet has an FTP server built into it.  I have had pretty good luck
with it.




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             |O|     |O| __/.|     _    |../  o  |..|
+==== CONSULTANT ====+   |O|     |O|| |..|\   /_\   |./_     |..|
| Macintosh, Windows |_  |O|~~~~~|O||_|..|\\_// \\_/|..|     |..|
| applications &     | | |O|     |O||_|..| \_/   \_/|..|__   |..|
| digital media      | | |O|     |O|   \.|          |.|__    |..|
|____________________| | |O|~~~~~|O|    \|          |____\___/\_|
  |____________________| [phone]    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:30:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dieder Bylsma <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP Server

>I've got FTPd but it needs file sharing and file sharing needs appletalk
>so my PPP connection won't work (talk about catch-22 eh!).


try using Telnet 2.6...it'll do the job and best of all, when you quit
telnet, its built-in ftp server quits as well!

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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 08:09:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (bmilner)
Subject: HELP: speedisk crashed my mac? err. -39?

Dear List,
    I have a tremendous problem that I need help with immediately.
- I ran Norton Utilities Speed disk on my quadra 650 running 7.1 after
deleting an old 50 MB file I no longer needed. I use my mac for audio
often and hoped a de-fragmented drive would help. now...

    - Many of my files are damaged. Disinfectant says the
      RESOURCE FORKS are messed with.

    - opening these files or running applications that are
      damaged is impossible and/or produces errors -39 and -50.

    - I need to get at these files! Why did SPEED DISK do this
      to my data?

    - I tried to rebuild the desktop but to no avail.

Please email me with help or where I might seek help. Thank you.

Brandon Milner
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 10:01:05 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Stuart Fischbach)
Subject: Help finding UNIX for Max?

I've been looking for a free/shareware/PD version of Unix for the Mac ...
could someone point me in the right direction?  MacBSD seems to be
incomplete; I had heard that Linux was being ported to the Mac ...  any
help would be appreciated; email me direct and I'll post a summary back
here in a few days.

Stuart Fischbach, d/b/a "S'Ware"
E-Mail: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

WARNING: I have a law degree, but I'm not a lawyer.
That should tell me something.  All opinions are my
own, except for those which are wrong. They belong
to somebody else.  I mistakenly repeated them. Sue me.

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 10:57:43 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: hp dw gx10 (Q)

    I haven't gotten this to print paper in sys 7.5.
    I try to print desktop or a folder contents, ie. with little app
memory requirements.
    HP says 8 megs should work, but 12 megs recommended; I have 9 megs ram
on my IIsi and observe with "about this mac" apple menu item that I don't
run out of memory although gx is sucking megabytes.
    Remaining 7.5 disk space is 37 megs, over specs.
    I have trimmed from 7.5 extensions even.
    As HP recommended, I have increased the size of my finder by accessing
>From another system 6 disk.
    I partition my drives with HDT Primer tm 1.2.1 PE which is probably
ancient, but worked otherwise. Fabrizio Odone had something that let apple
drivers recognize partitions, so I suspect that apple didn't take the
initiative themselves to hard partition their hard disk access dispite the
fattening of the increased gigabytes of disk addressing capability that
was anticipated in 7.5.
    Sometimes I get freezing crashes I can only control command power out
of.
    Sometimes I get this application has quit with an error 1, the bus
error, in particular sometimes when I open the desktop printer. What
application, certainly not the finder from ensuant behavior and the
printer isn't an application, is it?
    Other times I get disk accessing but then nothing while the contents
of the desktop printer shows normal on the file I want to print, not hold.
    Anybody else out there have experience with their own hp deskwriter
giving failure or success?

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 13:01:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bill Cummins)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #135

In article <37gtvb$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
wrote:

> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 16:04:09 +0000
> From: Mark Armitage <[e-mail]>
> Subject: FTP Server
>
> Hi,
>
> I need to be able to FTP into my Mac any ideas?
>
> I've got FTPd but it needs file sharing and file sharing needs appletalk so
my
> PPP connection won't work (talk about catch-22 eh!).
>
With Telnet 2.6 running on the powerbook set up as an FTP server (under
preferences), anyone who knows your IP number or name can ftp to you,
including you yourself from a remote machine.

I think that FETCH will also enable point to point transfers this will
help you much in terms of others FTP'ing in, but not in terms of _you_
ftp'ing to yourself.

Is this clear enough?

--
Bill Cummins, 3490 Planning, Policy Studies and Information Systems
Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-3490
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:42:45 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Low-cost color printer

I have a friend who wants to buy a low-cost color printer.  What's the best
deal for the least $$$ ?  Please reply to me directly and I'll summarize to the
net.  Thanks.

Steve Waechter
Department of Family Medicine
University of Tennessee, Memphis
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 12:26:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Gib Henry)
Subject: LW 8.2->PS Error, Offend. Cmd.: BoldItalic

Egad!  I installed LaserWriter driver v8.2 and haven't been able to print
since!  Here's the error which the printer spits out:

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
ERROR: undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND: BoldItalic

STACK:

/Garamon-
/FontName
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

8.1.1 worked fine.  What's the problem?  It cuts across applications,
although this example is from Excel.  I use Garamond as my default font.

I followed directions in installing LW8.2, including trashing the old LW
Preferences file, and went through the entire Chooser setup--several times.

Is the font name "/Garamon-" instead of "/Garamond" causing the problem?
Where is that coming from?!  And how can I fix it?  And who should I report
it to if it's an Apple bug?

Thanks for any available help/pointers.  Cheers!

--Gib Henry

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 17:33:44 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Captain Chaos)
Subject: Modems with voice capability

I'm shopping for a 14400 data/fax modem for my IIvx (7100 some day?), and I
would like one with voice handling features (answering machine stuff).
I've been surprised to find few vendors offering this feature, with Zoom
being the only major one I've seen.  If this is true, why?  I'm nervous
about buying a generic modem with inferior bundled software just to get
this feature, but I don't want the likes of Compaq Presario users thumbing
their noses at me and I could use an answering machine (plus it's just a
neat idea).

Also, most Global Village modems seem grossly overpriced to me, yet they
consistently appear on best-seller lists and get high ratings.  Is the
feature set, build quality, support, and/or performance worth the price, or
is the company doing well for some other reason?

Any input is appreciated.

Andrew Rhoades
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 00:24:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey C. Hoffman)
Subject: OJ

I guess even here, we are not immune to the OJ Simpson ordeal  :)

>Subject: [*] OJ snds
>
>O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown-Simpson voices from the 911 tapes.
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/snd/oj.hqx; 421K]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 04:27:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: RAM Doubler virtual memory broken?

I'm now completely convinced the problems I've been having with RAM Doubler
1.5.1 are due to its disk-based memory being completely screwed up.  I
became suspicious when adding another 4M of real RAM (to an existing 4M)
reduced the crashes from hourly to daily.  I became particularly suspicious
when MacsBug reported that the procedures which caused the crashes belonged
to programs that were no longer running.

Today, the little indicator pixel suddenly came on while I was using Ircle.
It spun my disk for a while, then dropped into Macsbug.

Is there any way to patch RD to turn the disk-based memory "feature" off?
I've had NO problems at all with the rest of RAM Doubler's memory
management....

~ Kiran

--
1628 5th St NW Washington DC 20001 [phone]/3157 <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 19:15:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: Scheduling Software?

I am looking for some Mac software, or perhaps an add-on to Excel, that can
draw schedules like this. The person enters the start and ending dates, and
the software puts bars of the proper lengths in the appropriate cells:

      Flight to Mars -- Schedule
  Begin  |  End    | Activity |  93     94     95     96
 3-15-93 | 2-28-94 | Training |  xxxx|xx    |      |      |
 7- 1-94 | 7- 2-94 | Launch   |      |   x  |      |      |
 7- 2-94 | 3-27-96 | Flight   |      |    xx|xxxxxx|xx    |
 3-28-96 | 3-28-96 | Landing  |      |      |      |  x   |

Can anyone suggest such a package? I need it for a one-time use. Thank you.

Miles Abernathy, [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 09:19:09 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Carter)
Subject: SoftWindows really REALLY slow with Harvard Graphics

One of our faculty members wants to run Harvard Graphics under SoftWindows
on a 7100 in one of our electronic classrooms.  We loaded up HG and tried
to run it, and although it runs it takes an average of 3 minutes to
transition from slide to slide (these are fairly complex graphic slides).
This is, of course, unacceptable performance.

What are we doing wrong?  What is the optimum configuration for
SoftWindows performance?  The 7100 has 24M of RAM, so we can devote a
pretty good chunk to SoftWindows.  What is the best division between
expanded, extended, and DeltaCache.  We also just bought a cache card for
it.  Performance so far on graphic oriented applications has been, to say
the least, disappointing
--
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development             [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 15:18:46 +0100 (CET)
From: Christian Karpp <[e-mail]>
Subject: strange hard disk problem

hello,
this is the 2nd time now it happened to me:
normally I check all my disks frequently with norton's disk doctor (v2.0). if
some errors occur, they'll get fixed right away. I never had serious problems.
now, about 2 weeks ago, I found disk first aid 7.2 on some cd-rom and tried it
just out of curiosity. suddenly it reported a "catalog file entry not found for
extent, 3,1" on my previously cheked (with ndd and no errors!) boot disk. I
chose to fix it, dfa claimed a succesful fix. running ndd after that again, it
reported "a part of the disk's extents tree (node #1) was found to contain some
invalid information (incorrect FABN). NDD cannot fix this problem." I get this
msg from now on and just yesterday it happened on my syquest. same problem,
just at 3,8 (node #8).

now, what does this error mean? do I have to worry now, that ndd identifies
this as a problem which it can't fix?!? is there a way to "repair" the extents
tree so that ndd show's "no prblems" with it?

thanx for _any_ hints,
Xn.
--
-- "When in doubt, use brute force" - Ken Thompson (Yes, that one).
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 06:34:04 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian Fountain)
Subject: StyleWriter II/Canon replacement cartridge

>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]

Rick,

I just installed the BC-01 cartridge into my StyleWriter II today.  The
first thing I did was run the printer test.  The test print was perfect,
not like what I got from the test print using the StyleWriter I cartridge.
I've printed several pages of text and all are good copies.  So far so
good.  If I run into troubles, I'll let you know.

Brian

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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 94 11:59:44 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Syquest problem, Info-mac #135 (A)

Read you message on Info-Mac about your Syquest 105 problem.  Very
familiar; a friend of mine had the problem and we drove ourselves
crazy trying to get things working.

It turned out all OK, eventually.  There were actually three problems
working at the same time, none of them INITs!
1.  The drive was flaky. It started having probems with one disk, then
others, finally all.  ClubMac replaced it under warranty.
2.  One of the disks actually was bad.
3.  The new formatter (SCSI Director, bundled by ClubMac) needed an
upgrade/fix.  Done.

Once all of the above was accomplished, he has had no difficulties.
But, lesson learned ...  BACK UP YOUR DATA.  It's much easier to
back up data from a flaky disk than it is to recover from a dead
disk.

I'm also convinced that he continued to operate the drive after he
began to experience directory or boot block corruption symptoms.
That's the time to get whatever you can transferred to some other
media, immediately.  Then investigate or reformat.

Good luck

Glenn Schaffer

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