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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 15:36:57 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #139
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 22 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 139

Today's Topics:

      [!] Commercial announcements
      [*] AnimanBaloney; some sounds
      [*] Blue box trash replacement icon
      [*] Brailler 0.4B; a Braille text editor
      [*] Bread & Butter; a presentation about Internet services
      [*] Cerebella Icon and Cartoon
      [*] CheckGestaltFor XCMD
      [*] COPYrightPro 1.0.3 Demo; a file copying utility
      [*] dal_physics; a collection of small educational programs
      [*] DX7 Librarian 1.1.2; a MIDI utility
      [*] Finger 1.5.0; a TCP/IP finger client
      [*] Icon Extractor 1.2; extract individual icons from resources
      [*] JSoban 1.0b11; a Sokoban game variation
      [*] Kant Generator Pro 0.5.1 beta; a philosopher simulator
      [*] Kitty Litter Trash Icon
      [*] Mac Net Journal; October 15, 1994 issue
      [*] MacSki color file; colors for the game
      [*] MailConverter 1.6.6; converts between mailbox formats
      [*] Maven update (2.0d23); an audio conferencing package
      [*] MenuSlide 1.1; some menubar switching code in Pascal
      [*] MHZA2144; an ARA script for the Megahertz PCMCIA modem
      [*] MikePack Documentation; for 4D externals
      [*] Natural Born Killers; sounds from the movie
      [*] NewsWatcher 2.0b16, a Usenet client
      [*] nShell(tm) "inc" and "dec" commands
      [*] PoDMap; a map of the mines region
      [*] PortShare Pro 2.2 Demo; share your serial ports
      [*] QuickConverter 1.5; converts from Quicken data to tab delimited
      [*] Robert's File Transfer 1.00; a UUCp utility
      [*] ShortFinder 1.5b2; a Finder substitute
      [*] Sokoban 1.2 (a game)
      [*] Some icons; 2 trash and one hard drive
      [*] SoundHandle-101; a sound player
      [*] Sound Siphon 1.1; converts 'snd ' resources to Sys7 sound files
      [*] Tangram 3.14-updated version; a game
      [*] Type Fixer 1.0; Drag & Drop Automatic File Retyper
      [*] Vim 3.0; a Mac version of the UNIX vi editor
      [*] WebStat 2.3.4; analyzes MacHTTP log files
      [*] WhoAmI? 0.9; restores resources that identify Mac models
      [*] X-Master 2.0 for Newton
      [*] ZTerm 1.0b3 - PUBLIC BETA; a terminal emulator
      1994 World Factbook (Q)
      [Q] Accurate Time Sources
      [Q] Archive Python
      [Q] location of "sad mac sounds"
      [Q] MEDLINE and EndNote or Pro-Cite
      [Q] search help!
      Answering machine...
      ARA CCL files for ViVa 14.4 modem?
      Atari emulator ?
      Audio CD files
      ClarisWorks 2.1v4 System 7.5 Problems
      Color on Power Macs
      data download bottleneck
      Easter egg in PPC upgraded Quadra 700
      ethertalk start up
      Eudora ddoesn't receive correctly info-mac (help!)
      GeoPort from 9600 to 14400?
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #136
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #137
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #138
      installing LW.8.1.1
      Internet for kids
      INTERNET Searching (the Mac Way)
      Keyboards flaking out (R)
      Link error with MPW 3.2.3 and LS Fortran 2.1
      look for a font (A,C)
      Low-cost color printer summary
      Mac HTTP Clients and File Name Length
      Macintosh Client/Server Database Development Summary
      Mac Net Journal
      MAC READER/ARCHIVER WANTE
      Map software to plot demographics?
      Mariner 2.16
      Modems with voice capability
      Modems with voice capability (R)
      Mosaic 2.00A868k problem (2 msgs)
      MOSAIC 200A8.PPC problem
      MSWord 6 -- Any Good Reasons for Updating?
      Need formatting software for IDE Drive
      Now Super Boomerang on PPC
      Opening Audio CD files (A)
      Openning Audio CD files
      Openning Audio CD files [R]
      Pacific High Tech address (Q)
      Poor support from Supra
      PowerMac as a router???
      Printing reports in application frameworks
      qualms about plugging audio CD's (Was: Riki Goes Easy)
      Removing a Macintosh's name
      Replacing Icons
      SCSI problems on 6100/CD
      size of group of files
      Suitcase reply
      supraFaxLc, tcp, ... questions
      System 7.5 and FaxSTF 2.6.1
      System 7.5 CPU Power Saver and File Sharing Users
      Time/date/control panels reset upon restart
      TopSoft Invitatioin
      Transwarp AE stuff
      WordPerfect 3.0 - a dissatisfied user!
      WordPerfect 3.x
      WP6.0 Windows -> MSWord 5.1a (Mac) - Help!! (R)
      WWW Programs - Which is the best?

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 13:52:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [!] Commercial announcements

Lately, there's been an increase in commercial announcements sent to Info-Mac.

We do not accept commercial announcements of products or services. However,
we welcome demonstration copies of products.

I've modified help/posting-guidelines.txt to reflect this policy.

Cheers, Igor
Info-Mac archivist

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:23:46 -0500
From: "Christopher Johnson" <john1852@128.101.118.21>
Subject: [*] AnimanBaloney; some sounds

The sounds in this archive are taken from the short "Baloney and Friends"
starring the Warner Brothers and Sister, and everybody's favorite
dinosaur (yack!)

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/animan-baloney.hqx; 1196K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 14:26:17 -0500
From: ryan feeley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Blue box trash replacement icon

This is a swell blue box placement for the trash can. Just get IconArtist
>From info-mac and you can replace it in a snap.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/blue-box-icon.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 02:52:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Brailler 0.4B; a Braille text editor

Brailler is a Braille text editor.  You can use it as a brailler-style
typewriter (with six keys and a space bar), or you can type in English
and Brailler will translate your text into grade 1 or 2 American
Standard Braille as you type.  Requires system 7.0 or later.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/brailler-04b.hqx; 102K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/brailler-04b-c.hqx; 195K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:49:33 -0500
From: Virtual Dave Lankes <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Bread & Butter; a presentation about Internet services

    "Bread&Butter" is a presentation ("FTP, NetNews, E-Mail and Telnet: The
Bread & Butter of the Internet") I put together for Global
Enterprise. It served as the slides for my presentation covering a basic
Internet Model (client/server), E-Mail, FTP, Telnet and NetNews. It's only
really useful purpose is to be "talked against" in an oral presentation.
    Feel free to use these slides in your presentations, just let me know
    if
you do (I'm just curious) via e-mail, phone or postcard (at AskERIC, we
like cows on our postcards). This was done in MacroMedia Director 4.0 and
saved as a stand-alone projector. If you want the original file let me
know and we can work something out. Also let me know if you find errors. I
plan to add the Web and Gopher soon. Copyright October 1994 R.
David Lankes

    System Requirements:
    4mb free RAM
    256 Colors 640x480 Monitor (i.e., 14" monitor)

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/bread-and-butter.hqx; 903K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 14:26:09 -0500
From: ryan feeley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Cerebella Icon and Cartoon

This is an icon based on a cartoon I write for some local university
papers. I've also included a really rough scan of one of the cartoons
that I found to give you an idea of how much I need help.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/cerebella-icon.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 19:40:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mac ICONtact Asst. System Manager and Internet Manager"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CheckGestaltFor XCMD

This is the CheckGestaltFor XCMD. It reads the Gestalt
Manager for any selector and returns the response.
For attribute data, you pass in the bit of interest
and the XCMD will return a true or false value.

Requires: Hypercard (or something that uses XCMDs).

I hope this is useful for someone! It's the first XCMD
I've made. If anyone has any questions or requests,
please send it to [e-mail].

[Archived as /info-mac/card/check-gestalt-for-xcmd.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:13:38 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Management Science Associates, Inc. (support))
Subject: [*] COPYrightPro 1.0.3 Demo; a file copying utility

This is a demo version of COPYright Pro version 1.0.3.  This version is
fully compatible with all versions of System 7, including System 7.5. It is
also fully compatible with PowerMacs and Apple System Updater 3.0, and it
works very well with all versions of Apple Remote Access.

COPYright Pro's usefulness can be summed up in one phrase: seamless
background copying. This means you have full access to the Finder during a
copy, preserving the ability to launch applications, delete files -
virtually all normal Finder functions. Simultaneous copying of multiple
files to multiple destinations is supported. It maintains a copy history of
all files copied to and from any Macintosh. COPYright Pro will save you
time by enabling you to continue working during a long file copy or backup.

COPYright Pro also lets you schedule copies. These "pending copies" can
occur at any time - hourly, daily, weekly, or at predetermined intervals.
You can filter files being copied by name, type, creator, size,
modification, creation date, and more. This makes it the "Easiest to Use"
back up utility available today. Just drag it, drop it, (set your timer and
filters) and forget it.

This demo is fully functional, but will only work for 14 days.  If you have
any questions or comments about COPYright Pro, please call MSA Technical
Support at [phone] or [phone].

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/copyright-pro-103-demo.hqx; 184K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 13:51:13 -0500
From: Paul Chapman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] dal_physics; a collection of small educational programs

    This is a collection of small educational programs
used in labs and demonstrations in the Physics Department
of Dalhousie University.  They are being distributed as
Freeware, with no guarantees of any kind.  Source code
is available on request.  Have fun!

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/dal-physics.hqx; 1988K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 10:29:05 +0900
From: [e-mail] (Takashi
Suzuki/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCTmtMWk40O0obKEI=?=)
Subject: [*] DX7 Librarian 1.1.2; a MIDI utility

DX7 Librarian is an application for the Macintosh which allows you
to make up library of voice data for DX7. One window has one voice
data, and you can open windows as many as you want.
When this application receives bulk dump MIDI data, new window will
open and show you it's parameter. You can keep 32 voices in one file,
so it's easy to replace DX7's internal 32 voices.
Apple Script recordable.

What's changed in 1.1.2:
 Raw Data format support by Command+Option+O.
 Improved memory management efficiency.

Requirement :
 System7 + QuickTime or System7.1
 Apple MIDI Manager or OMS

Save Protected.

Takashi Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/dx7-librarian-112.hqx; 218K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 16:50:38 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Finger 1.5.0; a TCP/IP finger client

Finger v1.5.0 is Finger client for  Macs with MacTCP allowing
you to finger other machines.

Changes in this version:
Added AppleScripting/recording support
Added support for the AppleScript URL suite
Added AURL documents
Removed the daemon (use Daemon instead).

Finger is US$10 Shareware.

Hope you like it,
   Peter <[e-mail]>.

Finger 1.5.0 Copyright 1991-1994 Peter N Lewis

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/finger-150.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:23:39 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Icon Extractor 1.2; extract individual icons from resources

Icon Extractor is a small drag-and-drop utility that creates
individual files with custom icons from all Finder icon suites
in files dropped on it. Those icons are then visible in the
Finder and can be copied and pasted in the 'Get Info' dialog.
Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/icon-extractor-12.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 19:03:27 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Jason Townsend)
Subject: [*] JSoban 1.0b11; a Sokoban game variation

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

New features/bug fixes:
* Multichannel sound now only works with Sound Manager 3.0, correcting
problems with opening three channels on a slower Mac (i.e. Classic II)
without SM3. Sound is still asynchronous on any Mac.
* Removed unused DLOG and DITL resources.
* Updated info in about box.
* The menu bar flashes in place of the "bonk" sound when sound is off.
* Interleaved drawing to screen and offscreen bitmap in B&W to remove
annoying delay after the level is drawn.
* The demo is now multitasking-friendly and you can use some of JSokoban's
menu commands while it is running, as well as switch to other programs/move
windows/etc.
* The "J" logo in the about box no longer draws incorrectly on B&W Macs
with color quickdraw.
* Fixed bug in external file code.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/j-sokoban-10b11.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 01:53:46 EST
From: Bow Wow Wow <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Kant Generator Pro 0.5.1 beta; a philosopher simulator

Kant Generator Pro is a program that generates psuedo-Kant on demand.
0.51 addes the ability to generate Pascal code fragments, as well as
fixing a couple of bugs in the previous version.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/kant-generator-pro-051.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 14:26:02 -0500
From: ryan feeley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Kitty Litter Trash Icon

This is a souped up kitty litter trash icon that I found off of sumex-aim
a while ago. Now it looks better and I you like cat's (and their
excrement) you love this icon even more.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/ryans-kitty-litter-trash.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 14:25:49 -0500
From: Aaron Anderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac Net Journal; October 15, 1994 issue

    Attached is the latest issue of Mac Net Journal.  You have been
archiving it on Info-Mac, so I figured you might like the latest issue.
It is compressed and BinHexed.
    Thanks for your support.

    Aaron Anderson
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/mnet/mac-net-journal-94-10-15.hqx; 166K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:46:21 -0500
From: SIMPSON_HOMER_J <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacSki color file; colors for the game

Here is the color file for MacSki. It has to be run in 16 colors.
Homer

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/mac-ski-color-file.hqx; 366K]

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 21:54:17 -0500
From: Richard Shapiro <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MailConverter 1.6.6; converts between mailbox formats

MailConverter, still a utility for converting mail and mail-like files in
various formats into Eudora mailboxes.

Major changes since last macgifts release:

1. Real drag awareness! You can drag files, NewsWatcher articles-by-subject
and text into converter windows.

2.  New setting, Send To Eudora, which if checked will immediately open the
newly created mailbox in Eudora (if the latter is running). This only works
with the commercial Eudora. Together with (1), this lets you convert
collections of NewsWatcher articles into a displayed Eudora mailbox with a
single drag+drop.

3. An "assembly" window that lets you assemble various documents of various
sorts and convert the whole lot into one mailbox.

4. The generic headings are now handled as a preference; you can add to the
list if you want to.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/mail-converter-166.hqx; 56K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:20:32 -0500
From: Eric Scouten <[e-mail]> (Eric Scouten)
Subject: [*] Maven update (2.0d23); an audio conferencing package

Attached is a development update to the Maven audio-conferencing program.
This version corrects several minor bugs in the previous release.

Please place this version (2.0d23) on your servers in the appropriate
locations, and delete the previous release.

Bug reports should be sent directly to me ([e-mail]).

-Eric

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/maven-20d23.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 15:27:34 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Fisher)
Subject: [*] MenuSlide 1.1; some menubar switching code in Pascal

  This is a little application I wrote to test a user interface idea:
  that the menu bar should slide when you switch applications.
  Source code (THINK Pascal) and binary (it's very small) included.
  Please try it and let me know what you think.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/menu-slide-11-p.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 17:56:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jack Benner)
Subject: [*] MHZA2144; an ARA script for the Megahertz PCMCIA modem

This submission contains an ARA CCL script for a Megahertz PCMCIA Modem
(14.4 kbps Data/Fax) FLASH ROM w/ MNP-10. It was obtained from the
Megahertz BBS. I have tested it with the XJ2144 PCMCIA modem on a Powerbook
520c running 7.1.1 with the Apple PCMCIA Expansion Module. No problems have
been encountered using this script. This is a self-extracting archive and
contains the CCL and README files.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara/scr-megahertz-a2-144.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 22:52:26 +1300
From: [e-mail] (Allan Udy)
Subject: [*] MikePack Documentation; for 4D externals

Please find attached a 'Commander 2.0' compatible Command Set file=
 which
contains the documentation for the 4th Dimension external packages=
 written
by Mike Jimenez.

'Commander' is an on-line Language Reference Manual for the 4th Dimension
procedural language. The enclosed Command Set file is for use with=
 the
Commander application only.

Regards,
Allan

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/mikes-pack-175-docs.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 13:39:44 -0500
From: ryan feeley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Natural Born Killers; sounds from the movie

Here is my favourite line from Natural Born Killers lifted from the CD
soundtrack.

Sampled at 22kHz mono on my LCIII using Sample Editor and the sound in jacks.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/natural-born-killers.hqx; 144K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:46:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] NewsWatcher 2.0b16, a Usenet client

This is the latest version (2.0b16) of NewsWatcher, John Norstad's
excellent Mac-TCP based Usenet newsreader. Various small improvements and
fixes appear in the release, include simplified use in multi-user
situations. Also included is the full documentation in Postcard format.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/news-watcher-20b16.hqx; 652K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 07:33:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Jensen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] nShell(tm) "inc" and "dec" commands

This package contains new "inc" and "dec" commands (and their source
code) for the nShell(tm).  These commands add or subtract offsets from
shell variables.  This is useful in controlling loops within shell
scripts.

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

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

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/inc-dec-nshell.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 11:44:03 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Alex Moratorio)
Subject: [*] PoDMap; a map of the mines region

This is my first time trying this.  If I am in error, please direct me to a
FAQ or tell me what to do differently.

The included file is a map of the mines in the game Prince of Destruction.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pod-mines-map.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 23:21:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Vladimir A. Butenko" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PortShare Pro 2.2 Demo; share your serial ports

The PortShare(tm) Pro software enables your Macintosh to share serial
communication ports (i.e. modems/printers/etc attached to those
ports) with other Macintosh computers connected to your network.

Version 2.2 - added compatibility with one-port machines (Duo,
new Powerbooks).

This is the version that can also be used with stand-alone
routers and other boxes (like Webster MultiPort(tm)/LT) that
support PortShare protocol.

Demo version: the session time is limited  (2 min).

See the ReadMe file and the "About" box in the software
for more info.

Stalker Software, Inc.
800-262-4722

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/port-share-pro-22-demo.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:24:31 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] QuickConverter 1.5; converts from Quicken data to tab delimited

QuickConverter 1.5 is a small drag-and-drop utility that converts
data exported from a Quicken (tm) register to tab-delimited text
for use in spreadsheets and databases. Complete instructions in
Read Me file in archive. Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/quick-converter-15.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 12:04:39 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Robert Pellerin)
Subject: [*] Robert's File Transfer 1.00; a UUCp utility

Robert's File Transfer (RFT) is a simple, console based, program I wrote to
facilitate UUCP file transfers between systems. To use it you need UUPC 3.1
for Macintosh and a UUCP account, and, you must have enough experience on a
Macintosh to configure UUPC, and to maintain a good relationship with your
host's administrator. :-)

There is nothing fancy about RFT. A simple command line interface does
everything, and the necessary files are spooled to your SPOOLDIR.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/uucp/roberts-file-transfer-10.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 23:06:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Brian R. Gaeke)
Subject: [*] ShortFinder 1.5b2; a Finder substitute

Here is ShortFinder 1.5b2, which is a bug-fix release that supersedes
all other versions of ShortFinder. Emergency Disk Maker 1.0 is still
current, however.

The bug (now fixed) was that when one opened ShortFinder and the Finder
was not open, ShortFinder wouldn't know where to look for the Finder so
that it could re-launch it using the ReLaunch BigFinder menu item.

This is a $30/$15 shareware package (you pay according to how much it's
helped you, ideally.)

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/short-finder-15b2.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 20:59:01 CDT
From: Scott Lindhurst <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Sokoban 1.2 (a game)

     This is a Macintosh implementation of the computer game Sokoban.
(Another implementation by a different author is called MacSokoban).

     Sokoban 1.2 is an update to Sokoban version 1.1.1.  A minor bug
has been fixed and keyboard navigation has been improved.

     Sokoban is a logical game in which you try to get treasure
chests through a maze to their proper locations.  The chests are so
heavy that you can only push them one at a time.  Also be careful
that you don't get a chest trapped in a corner; the chests have no
handles so they can't be pulled at all.
     You can undo the last 500 moves, more than enough to recover from
any mistakes.  There are 85 levels included, and when you finish them,
you can make your own levels.

     Sokoban will run on any Macintosh from the Mac Plus higher,
including Power Macintoshes.  It requires only system 4.1, but works
fine under any newer system, including system 7.  In other words, I
don't think there are any current Macintoshes it won't run on.

Scott Lindhurst                         [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/sokoban-12.hqx; 43K]

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 19:05:09 -0500
From: ryan feeley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Some icons; 2 trash and one hard drive

Here are some Nice icon files. Madem myself. 2 are trash can replacements
and one is for the hard drive (which includes an ultra-low scan of one of
my cartoon)

Let me know if they send okay. I think that my modem program is adding a
carriage return to every freakin' line.

Thanks

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/ryan's-icons.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 19:05:01 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Dale Veeneman)
Subject: [*] SoundHandle-101; a sound player

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-handle-101.hqx; 146K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:24:38 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Sound Siphon 1.1; converts 'snd ' resources to Sys7 sound files

Sound Siphon 1.1 is a small drag-and-drop utility that converts
any 'snd ' resources in files dropped on it into individual
double-clickable sound files. Drag the resulting files to your
System suitcase to use them as alert sounds. Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-siphon-11.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 23:08:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Tangram 3.14-updated version; a game

Tangram is an ancient Oriental toy which has 7 pieces, 5 triangles in
different size, 1 square and 1 diamond. The objective of this game is
to form a given shape using all 7 pieces.

Thousands of shapes can be made by moving simple shaped pieces around.
This puzzle game is specially great for children to practice matching
skill. You may think this is only children's game, but you will find it
challenging once you try it.

Registered version has lots of features including editor and hundreds
of puzzles. You can create your own puzzles with editor.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/tangram-314.hqx; 269K]

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Date: 19 Oct 94 11:58:23 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Eric M. Kidd)
Subject: [*] Type Fixer 1.0; Drag & Drop Automatic File Retyper

Type Fixer is a utility which helps the Finder and Macintosh Easy Open locate
a
"creator" for files downloaded from non-Mac sources by changing their
type/creator. It uses file name extensions (*.txt) or the last word of a
file's
name to identify a common Mac application which can be used to open files of
that
type. It can also be used to convert TeachText/SimpleText documents into
those
read-only "newpapers". An online manual explains how to use Type Fixer and
covers
all the usual legal stuff.

Type Fixer is a drag & drop application, much like an AppleScript "droplet".
Select a number of files and drag them onto Type Fixer (or an alias). They
will
be automatically retyped without having to enter four-character file and
creator
signatures. Additionally, Type Fixer will strip line feeds from text files
and
add returns if needed. Type Fixer is aware that TeachText and TexEdit cannot
open
files larger than 32k and will set these files to open in Microsoft Word
instead.

If you are familiar with file types and ResEdit, Type Fixer can be quickly
customized to use other applications than the default. Instructions are
included.
I hope to add a user-friendly editor in the next major version.

Eric Kidd [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/type-fixer-10.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:23:18 -0500
From: "Eric Fischer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Vim 3.0; a Mac version of the UNIX vi editor

Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor vi. Only the 'Q'
command is missing (you don't need it). Many new features have been added:
multi level undo, command line history, filename completion, block operations,
etc. See difference.doc.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/vim-30.hqx; 351K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 10:32:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Phil Harvey)
Subject: [*] WebStat 2.3.4; analyzes MacHTTP log files

WebStat reads MacHTTP log files to produce HTML-formatted output
summary files.

If you don't know what MacHTTP is, then you don't want this program.

The program summarizes server statistics by day, hour, weekday, client
domain, and file access.  Options include a user-configurable output
format, and the ability to perform DNS lookups to resolve client
addresses.

The program was written using the Symantec C++ 7.0 compiler, and the
source codes are provided in the binhexed stuffit archive.

    - Phil Harvey

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web-stat-234.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 14:04:38 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Jacobs)
Subject: [*] WhoAmI? 0.9; restores resources that identify Mac models

System 7.5 won't tell you what sort of Mac you are using.  This is because
Apple stripped out the identification resources.  This application will put
them in.  This was written as a run-it-once-and-forget-it application
rather than an extension because extensions are black magic, and do you
really want to add yet another one to your overflowing Extensions folder?

Please read the information file, and keep a copy of your original System
file.  This program has been pretty well tested, albeit not exhaustively
so.  Procede with caution.  I haven't had any problems yet...

jon

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/who-am-i-09.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 18:44:49 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Rich Guerra)
Subject: [*] X-Master 2.0 for Newton

X-Master 2.0 is a Newton utility which allows you to quickly and easily
launch applets, books, and built-in functions without ever opening the
Extras drawer. It is unobtrusive and easy to use.  It installs popdown
menus of the BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS and USER INSTALLED applets and Newton
Books.  Selecting an item from the list will open that app or book.  The
X-Master menus can ALSO be popped down by tapping on the Extras Button.

X-Master can list ANY NUMBER of items that have been installed in the
X-tras drawer using MultiMenus!

Shareware:  $12 US.
Ricardo Guerra
Impossible Dreams
2711 Brighton Place
Fullerton, CA 92633 USA.

Electronic Mail Addresses:
NewtonMail/eWorld: rguerra; CIS: 71041,1371; AppleLink: IMPOSSDREAMS;
InterNet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/x-master-20.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 00:30:33 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Dave Alverson)
Subject: [*] ZTerm 1.0b3 - PUBLIC BETA; a terminal emulator

This is a Public Beta version of ZTerm.  New features include Kermit,
16 color ANSI, Drag Manager support, dynamic scroll bar, user selected
fonts (including 2 byte fonts like Japanese) and an AutoOpen feature to
allow postprocessing of downloaded files depending on file type.  It is
a fat binary (PowerMac and 68k code).

Fixes from 1.0b2: DragLib problem; Stop Ascii Send menu handling;
only showed 5 macros; 115k data rate; other changes.

Shareware: $30US registration only, $40 US registration with disk.
No upgrade fee for registered users of older versions.

Uploaded by author.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/term/zterm-10b3.hqx; 386K]

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

Date: 20 Oct 94 17:39:29 EDT
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1994 World Factbook (Q)

In Digest-134 [e-mail] (Mark Edward Zimmerman) announced that
the 1994 World Factbook is now available.
Question: Where may I find the maps which were part of the earlier version of
the World Factbook ?

Thanks for your help!

Hans Kroeger

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

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

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 00:18:31 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jon Hardis)
Subject: [Q] Accurate Time Sources

> In <Info-Mac Digest V12 #138>:
>
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 14:20:04 +0000
> From: [e-mail] (Dirk Thompson)
> Subject: [Q] Accurate Time Sources
>
> Is there an accurate "clock setter" that I can access through the
> Internet--I was thinking of something like Clock Set, by Jim Leitch, that
> does this via modem. (Incidently, is there a version of Clock Set out there
> newer than 3.30?)
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Dirk Thompson
> [e-mail]

NIST (The National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National
Bureau of Standards) maintains a server on the Internet that responds to most
time query protocols.  It's:  time_a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov

I can't speak of programs in the Info-Mac archives that could use it; I use the
time client in the commercial package VersaTilities.

  - Jonathan

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 18:54:44 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Quick)
Subject: [Q] Archive Python

I hope that someone can help me with this problem.

I've got an Archive Python drive from a Sun which the Mac recognizes but
Retrospect won't write to it.

I suspect that it is something to do with the switch settings.

Does anybody have the switch setting for this DAT.

Model's 4320NT or 4540NT.

Any imformation would be apprieciated.


Kevin.

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 22:20:55 -0400
From: Andrew Szymkowiak <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] location of "sad mac sounds"

  One of our Powerbook 170s is making one of those progressions of
notes which telegraph just what is broken.  I think that I remember
that there were some sound files available which contained all
the possible start-up sounds, along with a listing of what each
indicated.  I've searched the archives, but cannot find this.
Could someone please send me a reference to where I might find
these sounds.
  Thanks,
    Andy S.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:24:29 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Dirk Thompson)
Subject: [Q] MEDLINE and EndNote or Pro-Cite

Has anyone already taken the time to automate the task of re-formatting
MEDLINE downloads to an EndNote or Pro-Cite format? I'll do it, but I'd
hate to re-invent the wheel. TIA.

Dirk Thompson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:40:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Luis Muench <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] search help!

Included is the request...

--TIA

Luis

--1900044074-1311253245-782667719:#16513
Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; name=Dbase
Content-ID: <Pine.3.07.9410201159.B16513@solix>
Content-Description:

Hello all:

This is a cross post search for a program, or perhaps an encouragement
for the creation of one. The subject is for 2 areas that are not only
growing in popularity but are heading into a collision course with each
other: Database Publishing.

Increasingly, average users are finding out the power of (relational)
databases, and of course, the legendary fame of DTP (desktop pub) stands
on its own. Well, average users are also finding out about Database
Publishing.

Hence, there is a wide open area for programs and utilities that would
not only fan the flames of Database Publishing, but would also encourage
both DTP and Dbases. Providing solutions to user's problems is where the
market lies, and I have specific problems!

Problem:
Information is readily available from a multitude of databases, but more
often than not, the data has to be manipulated further to be of ANY use.
Manipulation is simple in terms of programming, but is out of reach for
the average user. Manipulation involves changing cAsE, adding repetitive
numbers to dates (10/21/94<<) or even adding the slashes between numbers.
There is only so much a word processor can do (and slowly at that), so
one would have to turn to spreadsheets to generate sequence numbers, etc.
WOuld it not be elegant to offer these things -and more- under one
umbrella?

If you are encouraged to create such a beast or know of such a beast
(that does it all) let me know at [e-mail]
I currently use word, lotus, Torquemada (strange interface), and good ole
manual labor!! to make data usable.

Let me know what your thoughts are!

TIA

Luis Muench
[e-mail]

--1900044074-1311253245-782667719:#16513--

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 19:45:34 MET
From: Andrea Bonetti <[e-mail]>
Subject: Answering machine...

HI!

Does anyone know if there is somewhere a share-free ware program that allows
me to use my powerbook as an answer machine (answer and record)?

I have an internal fax modem, but maybe somebody wrote the application using
the microphone input and the sound output of the MAC.

Thank you very much to everybody that will answer me.

Andrea Bonetti  (RLYANBO)

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

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 07:57:34 PST
From: "Tim D. Castle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA CCL files for ViVa 14.4 modem?

Does anybody out there in Mac Guru Land have or know where to get the CCL files
for using ARA with a ViVa 14.4 modem? One of the users I support is asking for
them, and I can't find them anywhere. I've searched CompuServe, America Online,
Apple's internet sites, even eWhirled, and can't find anything.

      -T.C.

Tim Castle       [e-mail]
End-User Computing, GTE Gov't Systems, Mountain View, CA
Did I state an opinion? Well, it's mine, not my company's!

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 16:25:53 +0100
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Atari emulator ?

I asked the question three weeks ago but haven't received any answer
yet. So here it is again:

Is there any application (free/shareware & commercial) that emulates
an Atari ST on the Mac ?

TIA

Francois Rossi    [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 21:19 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Audio CD files

David Dantowitz <[e-mail]> wrote:

<< Is there a straight-forward way to open an audio CD track?

I'd like a more direct method than digitizing through the Mac's microphone
port. >>

I think the easiest way to get the digital data out of an Audio CD is to
use QuickTime.
Take an application such as SoundEffects (inside info-mac/sound/util/),
then "Open..." and choose the Audio CD track you want... it'll be converted
and opened.

Best,
- Alberto.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 20:40:51 -0500 (EDT)
From: acpwvw!auxrcc![e-mail]
Subject: ClarisWorks 2.1v4 System 7.5 Problems

It seems that ClarisWorks 2.1v4 and System 7.5 do not care for each other.
Lots of bombs with "no coprocessor found" or "bus error" or an empty box.

Anyone with the same problem or is there a more recent version of CW?

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 08:49:51 -0500
From: "Kent Shook" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color on Power Macs

Here's an interesting tidbit I just picked up:

Early models of the Power Mac 7100 and 8100 CANNOT be set to black&white or 16
colors, only 256 or more. This can cause problems with programs such as Maxis'
SimCity Classic, which requires a monitor set to either monochrome or 16
colors.

Just so you know,

Kent Shook

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

Date: 19 Oct 1994 13:14:29 -0500 (EST)
From: john hachey <[e-mail]>
Subject: data download bottleneck

Hello,

I have a problem getting files from the net onto my mac.
My connection to the net is through a vax and I can transfer files from
my vax account to a pc easily enough through a LAN, but my mac is not hooked
up to the LAN. Therefore, I have to copy to disc from the pc and apple-file
exchange the files onto the mac. This is a hassle but I can deal with it.
Unfortunately this limits me (to my knowledge) to files smaller than 1.44MB
as I can't seem to reconstruct binhexed files that I have attempted to break
into more than 1 part using dos msword.

Any hints around this bottleneck?
Thanks.

John <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 00:12:32 +0100
From: "Ad Herweijer"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Easter egg in PPC upgraded Quadra 700

After upgrading our Quadra 700 to a PowerMac 700, we discovered a
non-documented
bonus. Among the choices in the Monitors control panel there is a new flavor: a
1024*768 pixel screen resolution (19"). Now, this may not be such a big deal to
many people, but it leaves us with a question: Why wasn't this resolution
available previously, i.e. in the good old Quadra 700 mode? It would  seem
silly
of Apple not to support this resolution while the video hardware (which has not
been affected by the upgrade!) is perfectly capable of displaying it.

Anyway, if someone out there is contemplating an upgrade for his Quadra 700,
this easter egg may be an extra reason to do it!

ir. Ad Herweijer, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics,
Pattern Recognition Group, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ  Delft, the Netherlands,
Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 03:39:59 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ethertalk start up

[e-mail] (Simon Radford) writes:
>
>Subject: ethertalk start up
>
>We have a small ethernet network (2 Macs, one printer) and
>have trouble with the builtin ethernet on one of the Macs.
>When that Mac starts up, it looks to see if the ethernet
>is already active. If it's active, it runs ethertalk, if not
>it reverts to localtalk. Obviously this is a problem if
>that Mac is turned on before the others. Anyone know of
>a fix or workaround?

Sounds like a bad cable. Try using a cable tester or replace the cables
between the "bad" mac node and the rest of the network until you've
eliminated the error on startup. Check for loose connections, corrosion,
sharp bends in the cable, etc.

Scott Coats
Innovative Solutions

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

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 00:55:06 +0100
From: [e-mail] (maurizio lana)
Subject: Eudora ddoesn't receive correctly info-mac (help!)

I have Eudora commercial, as I use it on phone line.
It connects to an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 3.2. The recommended POP mail
server, popper, was installed.
Eudora connects wonderfully under every respect, except that *only* the mail
>From info-mac arrives trashed: the text appears as if some chunks went into
hyperspace, but what is there is perfect (no characters garbled, or the like).
Any suggestion?
Many thanks.
PS: given the problem I have, please CC: your answer directly to me ;-)
Maurizio
Maurizio Lana  -  CISI Universita'di Torino
Via S. Ottavio 20, Torino - Italy
fax [phone]

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 14:04:10 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Philip Alan Cecchettini)
Subject: GeoPort from 9600 to 14400?

I have a 660AV and a GeoPort 9600 modem. Heard rumors that I can get 14400
speed out of the GeoPort. Do you know how I do this? Thanks.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 19:53:52 +0000
From: Paul Durrant <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #136

In article <37m2m8$[e-mail]> (Info-Mac Digest V12 #136), you
write:


>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


I don't know why it happened when you moved to 8.2, but I don't think it's
anything to do with the LW driver. It sounds like a corrupt font.

In the FOND resource, there a table linking the screen fonts to the
PostScript font names. It looks like this has screwed up, so that instead
of
/Garamond-BoldItalic
it's sending
/Garamon- BoldItalic
(note the space). This will cause the printer to try to interpret BolItalic
as a PS command, which causes the error.

re-install the Garamond font from original disks. That should cure it.

Paul Durrant

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 21:28:31 -0400 (EST)
From: Jack Countryman IAC <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #137

re:  [e-mail] question on Performa clip art:  On the 575 that came
via the teacher buy last summer, you open the Documents Folder, and there
you will find a folder named "Clip Art Performa Collection" with some 64
items totalling 1955K.  It does not appear in the At Ease preset launch list.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 07:19:55 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #138

>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 08:35:34 -0400
>From: [e-mail]
>
>Carib>
>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 08:38:06 -0400
>From: Michael Sullivan <[e-mail]>
>To: <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Appletalk over internet
>
>I saw it on the net earlier.... but didn't save it! Does anyone know how to
>  get appletalk to work over tcp/ip? (not the otherway around!) Want to
>  establish a slip connection and then appletalk file share to a mac on a
>local
>  internet.
>  Thanks,
>  Mike


Me too I know the original posting said something about the University of
Melbourne and it was called something like IP/Remote Appletalk. Does anyone
know the correct name and FTP address of the site.

Colin McLaughlin        University of Western Sydney Macarthur
Senior Administrative Officer   Student Services Division

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

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 10:15:25 +0300
From: [e-mail] (George A. Papadopoulos -- CS Dept -- U of
Cyprus)
Subject: installing LW.8.1.1

Hello. I have one question related to installing LaserWriter.8.1.1.
Installation fails half-way through with the error message:
"Install Failed: Unknown error OSErr=-043".
My Mac is a IIci with 80MB HD and 6MB RAM.
Please reply by personal mail.
Many thanks for any help anyone may be able to give me.
George

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 16:11:27 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet for kids

Eric Durbrow scribbled:
>Could some kind soul recommend what to visit on the Internet with kids
>using Mosaic or MacWeb?

Newsgroups:
    news.newusers.questions
    *.answers
    k12.*
    misc.kids
    alt.missing-kids
    alt.sexual.abuse.recovery

>... suggest some semi-educational games to download from the Internet?

Try DOOM.  The kids will LOVE it!

Sven

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 11:41:00 edt
From: "Lawrenson, Steve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: INTERNET Searching (the Mac Way)

The Company I work for is looking to upgrade its current on-line library
services to enhance our "search" capabilities in many areas; we presently use
a number of Canadian and U.S. based library search services. We are proposing
to buy some commercial CD-ROM databases to do a variety of information
searches in-house. Some typical search examples include:

o Technology searches in the defense related field
o Patent searches
o Searching for test cases for new technology implementation
o Specification and Standards searches
o Computer hardware and software related searches

Before investing in these CD-ROM(s) databases, we thought it prudent to see
if this information is available commercially (and/or free) via the INTERNET.
I know one of our proposed CD-ROM purchases is soon to be available
commercially via the INTERNET (Computer Select: a database of 50 or so
computer magazines covering hardware and software products).

CD-ROMs, although versatile, pose other logistical problems with a company
our size and having different locations (such as the capital acquisition of
CD-ROM readers/jukeboxes, hardware and software support, training, network
considerations, and the conducting of searches-our engineers would rather do
the searches themselves then having to go through a secondary person).

I realize the questions I pose are pretty nebulous, but if you would be kind
enough to share any experiences with information searches via the INTERNET in
a real world situation (how you did it, where you looked, software
requirements, is there an FAQ in this subject area?). If you know of any
specific CD-ROMs/databases available via the NET or any other commercial
"search routes" which satisfy our typical search requirements listed above,
that info would also be appreciated.

These are the search engines I'm presently aware of for the Mac platform
through WWW browsers such as Mosaic, Mosaic Netscape and MacWeb (Lycos Home
Page, WebCrawler, Harvest Information Discovery and Access System, CUI W3,
Jumpstation II, Nomad, ALIWEB, WWWW and ArchiePlexForm).  As for searching
Archie and Veronica sites, TurboGopher and Anarchie seemed to be the best
methods for those kind of sites.

If there is a more appropriate news group to post this message to, please
take the liberty to do so or e-mail me with the appropriate info.

[e-mail]
Ottawa, Canada

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 16:16:20 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tim Neese)
Subject: Keyboards flaking out (R)

We had to replace the only two Apple Adjustable Keyboards we bought as well
for the same key bounce mentioned here.  Unfortunately, ours waited until a
couple months past warranty to act up.  We had them checked out by an
Authorized Apple Service Center and they never said anything about them
being officially recognized as defective, although it sure looks like they
must have been given the number of people who seem to have experienced the
same problem.  We haven't had the same kind of problem with our other
standard and extended Apple keyboards.  (knock on wood...)

Tim

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 15:37:28 CDT
From: "Stephen F. Kawalko" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Link error with MPW 3.2.3 and LS Fortran 2.1

I just installed the student version of Language Systems Fortran
on a Mac SE running System 6.0.8 and MultiFinder 6.0.8. The student
version of LS Fortran consists of MPW version 3.2.3 and LS Fortran
version 2.1. If MultiFinder IS NOT running I have no problems
compiling, linking and executing a Fortran program using the RUN
script. However, if MultiFinder IS running I always receive the
following error message whenever I use either the RUN or
LinkFORTRAN scripts.

    ### Link: Error: Out of memory (heap exhausted) (Error 86)
    Couldn't get handle to reset file "Gauss:MPW:Tools:Link".
    ### Link: Errors prevented normal completion.
    ### MPW Shell - Execution of LinkFORTRAN terminated.
    ### MPW Shell - Execution of run terminated.

Since the error is occuring in the linker I assume that the problem
is with MPW and not with the LS Fortran compiler. The LS Fortran
manual has a little information on MPW but does not mention this
error in the common errors encountered with the MPW linker. I do
not have access to any other documentation on MPW.

I have tried increasing the memory partition size of the MPW shell
>From the default value of 2048K to about 2900K but I still get the
the above link error. I can't set the partition size any larger
because I only have 4MB of memory. Assuming that the memory usage
shown in 'About Finder' is correct then up to the point at which
the error occurs the MPW shell uses approximately 50% of its memory
partition. So why is the linker complaining about the lack of memory
when there is plently of available memory.

Stephen Kawalko ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 16:30:33 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Alun J. Carr)
Subject: look for a font (A,C)

In IM 138 [e-mail] (Graeme Forbes) writes in response
to an earlier query:

[deleted...]

>There are freeware Mac versions of the 7-bit Computer Modern fonts where
>you might be able to find it (try the tex archive at midway.uchicago.edu).
>I have been unable to get these fonts to work properly. And not all the cm
>fonts have been converted to Type 1 format.

[deleted...]

There are now copies of the CM fonts in the CTAN archives in Windoze
TrueType format (which can be converted to Mac format using the shareware
TTConverter). For the US CTAN:

ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/ctan/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/ttf/

I've tried converting them, and they work fine. The font you want is cmsy10.

Hope this helps.

Alun

--
Dr A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 09:20:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Low-cost color printer summary

In response to my earlier post about a low-cost color printer, the replies were
hardly overwhelming:
    HP550C--1 vote
    Apple Color StyleWriter Pro--2 votes
    Epson color printer for Mac (yet unnamed)--1 vote

I think we'll probably go with the Apple Color StyleWriter Pro because of its
favorable reviews and the ability to change out individual color ink wells
instead of the whole thing all at once.

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

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 10:14:10 -0400
From: Catherine Rey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac HTTP Clients and File Name Length

Do Mac HTTP clients take care of file name length restrictions (for example, a
link to a GIF with a long name that's not not an in-line image)?  Any problems
with the external viewers?  I have no way to test this.

Thanks.

Catherine Rey
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 12:32:24 -0400
From: Liam Breck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh Client/Server Database Development Summary

Attention database developers:

The Macintosh Client/Server Database Development Summary, Revision 1.1, by
Liam Breck, has just been released. This is a summary of client-builder
tools, data access layers, and database servers applicable to Macintosh
(and cross-platform) client/server database development. The summary
includes explanations of the three categories and describes over 25
products. It is purely informational and contains no propaganda, as the
author is a neutral party. To receive the document by email, request a copy
>From the author at [e-mail].


Liam Breck
Data Innovations, Amherst Mass.                   [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 10:24:12 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Aaron Anderson)
Subject: Mac Net Journal

   For all of you who don't already know,

   Mac Net Journal, the digital, interactive biweekly Zine for Mac users
only is available via anonymous FTP at ftp.netaxs.com under directory
/pub/.  The last issue was just put out October 15 and all back issues are
available at this site.
   Mac Net Journal is more than just boring news.  It is exciting graphics
and sound, as well as boring news :)  Come and check it out!

   Aaron Anderson
   [e-mail]

   ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/pub/

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 16:54:31 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MAC READER/ARCHIVER WANTE



I have only e-mail access to the Net and have been looking for sometime

now for a QWKmail reader which will allow easy archiving of messages in a

database, preferably FileMaker Pro.   I run a Quadra 650.   Please respond


to [e-mail]  I will summarize the response if any are

forthcoming.

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:14:57 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kim Cary)
Subject: Map software to plot demographics?

If you know of some map software that will plot demographics (so many of
characteristic X in this zipcode, so many in that, etc.) can you forward
some info to me? I've looked in the usual suspects mailorder catalogs and
found map software, but not with plotting.

Thanks!


   Kim Cary-Instructional Technologist-Grad School of Ed & Psy
    Pepperdine University([e-mail])310-568-5628
               "Boredom excites me!"

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 10:02:05 +0730
From: [e-mail] (Chiang-Seng Chong)
Subject: Mariner 2.16

Dear Mac users: Where can I find Mariner 2.16 on the net? I don't have
CompuServe, AOL or other online services. Thanks.

Regards, Chong C.S.
NUS, Computer Centre, Singapore

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Chong C.S., Computer Centre, National University of Singapore
Internet: [e-mail]  Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 12:45:32 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Fabrizio Oddone)
Subject: Modems with voice capability

Just my two cents on SDMS: I absolutely agree with Scott Coats (Innovative
Solutions) <[e-mail]>, who wrote on Digest #137:

> the Cypress Research software sold
> with the voice upgrade stinks as does Supra's implementation of it and their
> tech support stinks too.

Here are the problems I found in the package:

1) Painful installation
I had previously installed the Telephone Manager (got from the
info.hed.apple.com gopher server) and had the Apple ISDN Telephone Tool
installed in my Extensions Folder. The SDMS application started up and
showed me a clueless alert box saying:

Telephone Manager error -xxxxx
Terminal Hdl bad (No Prep INIT?): Must restart Mac
Telephone Manager must be restarted due to Apple architecture design flaw

After restarting and trying everything, it still did not work. Fortunately
I tried removing the Apple ISDN Telephone Tool from the Extensions folder
and it instantly worked.
Probably the SDMS looks for the first Telephone tool thinking that it is
the Supra Telephone tool.

2) the user interface
- is not user friendly
the interface is very "modal", with several modal dialog boxes one after
the other;
the same dialog is used to edit the messages AND the sounds, so that (for
instance) the remove button works on both the message and the sound. This
is confusing.
- has implementation flaws
the popup menus are not drawn with the System CDEF and horrible.

3) the software is very poorly designed
- When PowerTalk is not active, the Supra DMS jumps into Macsbug because it
tries to execute an Unimplemented trap ($AA5D). If Macsbug is not present,
a bomb occurs.
The hang occurs when you disable PowerTalk from the control panel.
The workaround is moving the PowerTalk stuff outside of the special folders
(manually or with an extensions manager doing the job).
I guess SDMS incorrectly checks for PowerTalk presence by looking for it in
the special folders instead of using the documented System routines
(_Gestalt).

- The sound editor sometimes (admittedly seldom) screws up.

- SDMS does not work with the Macintosh clipboard. That is, I cannot copy
>From SDMS sound editor and paste to my favorite sound editor and vice
versa.

- I put an alias for SDMS into my Startup Items folder; SDMS was not the
last application to run (I had other items in my Startup Item folder), so
SDMS started up in the background; it jumped into Macsbug with a CHK
exception.

- SDMS creates sound resources with the "System Heap" resource attribute
incorrectly set. This is a PITA when you (for instance) try playing a
message under System 6 w/o MultiFinder: you get strange errors. The "System
Heap" attribute should NOT be set.

> Not only does the software suck, but chip set used in the Supra modem
> compresses voice messages and the result is very poor playback quality. The
> outgoing message is scratchy and seems to degrade with time.

The message are saved in the standard MACE 6:1 compression format.
Poor quality but low disk footprint.

> The ONLY good thing I can say is that the LineShare software that came with
> the upgrade has worked flawlessly--a tribute to Stalker Software. That's
> basically the only thing left of the upgrade that I use.

Yes, and Vladimir Butenko is much more competent than the Supra tech people.

> As I said, I think Supra makes GREAT modems, but the SDMS is definitely a
> waste of money and time.

Oh, yes. Do _not_ purchase SDMS.
Look for a V.34 modem and a separate answering machine.

--
 Fabrizio Oddone
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 07:41:23 -0400
From: Guido Paccagnella <[e-mail]>
Subject: Modems with voice capability (R)

Captain Chaos had some problems with his Supra Digital Messaging System.
I have SDMS too.  It took Supra a long time for sure. There's no objection
with that.
My upgrade box, besides having the new ROMs, and a screwdriver, also came
with a booklet, or reference manual, and a Read me first flyer.
Page 32 of the Reference lists a bunch of options for contacting Supra, as
well as the last page of the addenda flyer. They even have an internet
address: Tech Support -        [e-mail]
I don't think that any system is foolproof. The messaging system worked fine
for me with systems 7.1 and 7.2 as a PowerMac. Soon I will test it under 7.5
Supra recommends 6 to 8 Megs of RAM in your Mac. At least 2.5Megs should be
allocated to SDMS.
To wrap it up, I'm a very satisfied customer with both Supra and the
messaging system, and haven't had problems with tech support (at least thru
internet).

Guido Paccagnella
elementi

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 23:18 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mosaic 2.00A868k problem

Greetings,

Mosaic 200.68k appears to be inconsistant.
One moment there (are) (I can't edit my
work properly on Telnet 2.6)
is an autoload pictures, the next there isn't.
Also 200.68k does not have an adjustable
horizontal scroll bar.  Considering I have a 12" RGB
with 512 x 384 resolution that makes it very difficult
for me to see text beyond the right hand side of the screen.
I have decided to stick to Mosaic 1.0.3 until they fix the problem
at NCSA.
Which brings me to my next quam about an NCSA product.
NCSA had a telnet before 2.6 that gave you a proper font
and a proper 80 x 24 VT100 emulation.  Now, I am forced to
create a screen size of 60 x 24 with Geneva Truetype 9 just to
get all of the text to fit on the screen.
60 columns means my terminal emulation in Telnet
2.6 is incompatable with any of the sites I Telnet to.
Anyone know how to give Telnet 2.6 proper settings to work
on a 512 x 384 screen?
Thank you.
Sinc

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 16:18:44 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mosaic 2.00A868k problem

[e-mail]
>know why the pictures that used to load automatically in mosaic now don't?

Maybe you have changed the settings?
There is an option for it.  I think it is toggled with command-i.

>The only paint program I have is ColorIT, and I don't know which icon
>to select for the pictures in html when setting the helper applications.

What are you trying to do?
1) Setting the helper applications?
2) Looking at icons within Mosaic?
3) Creating inline graphics for WWW?

Sven

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 12:06:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MOSAIC 200A8.PPC problem

I am having a problem running the NCSAMosaic200A8.ppc on my power mac 7100/66.
It seems to connect but once the 1st screen is full I get an unimplemented
trap error and I have to restart.  Does anyone else have this problem?  If you
do what can I do to correct it.  Or can I find another Mosaic program to run
on my power mac.  Thanks in advance.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:41:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Cindy Pitner)
Subject: MSWord 6 -- Any Good Reasons for Updating?

My division uses MS Word as its primary word processor, and I've been
anxiously awaiting the release of version 6.  However, all the reviews I
seen so far (~15) have all been very negative.  I use MS Word for just
about everything, and there are some features in the new version I would
like to have, but I can't justify spending money on an upgrade that's been
reviewed so negatively.  Has anyone upgraded to the new version yet, and
can you give me some _good_ reasons I can present to my management?

TIA for any help/comments.

Cindy Pitner <[e-mail]>
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 14:37:22 EDT
From: [e-mail] (P. Horton)
Subject: Need formatting software for IDE Drive

Does anyone know where I can obtain software to format a 3rd party (Maxtor)
internal IDE hard drive in a Performa 636. The drive is not recognized by
the IDE formatting software that comes with the Performa. I have contacted
the Apple Assistance Center, and several companies that sell hard drive
formatting software with no success.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:02:22 +0100
From: [e-mail] (G.L.J. Hesselink)
Subject: Now Super Boomerang on PPC

I recently bought a PPC upgrade card for my Centris 610 (PDS-card). With
this card all my applications worked fine exept for Now Super Boomerang;
part of Now Utilities 4.0.2. I tried it with all other extensions off
(exept Now Toolbox) but no difference. The rebound function of boomerang
seemes to work but the menus are not appearing in the file-dialogs.

Can anyone help me?

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 15:16:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Bill Allen)
Subject: Opening Audio CD files (A)

David Dantowitz asked:
>Is there a straight-forward way to open an audio CD track?
>I'd like a more direct method than digitizing through the Mac's microphone
>port.

I saw, on p66 of September's MacUser, a brief on Disc-to-Disk, a $199 app
>From Optical Media International (800.347.2664 or 408.376.3511).  MacUser
wrote:

"This application grabs digital-audio files from standard audio CDs played
in a CD-ROM drive and turns them into Mac digital-sound files - going
directly through SCSI, without any special sound hardware." [five mice]

I haven't tried it, but maybe it's what you're looking for.

Bill Allen
Bose Corporation

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

Date: 20 Oct 1994 16:10:33 +1300
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Openning Audio CD files

> Date: 17 Oct 1994 17:04:23 U From: "David Dantowitz"
> <[e-mail]>
> Is there a straight-forward way to open an audio CD
> track?
> I'd like a more direct method than digitizing through the
> Mac's microphone port.

According to a recent MacWorld, the new version of FWB CD-ROM
Toolkit converts audio CD to digital on your hard disk directly, but
you need the right kind of CD player and perhaps the right kind of
Mac. m.

matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]
In four days, world population will have increased by 1 million.

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

Date: 19 Oct 1994 10:37:46 -0700
From: "Bob Clemmons" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Openning Audio CD files [R]

               Subject:                               Time:10:34 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Openning Audio CD files [R]            Date:10/19/94

>Is there a straight-forward way to open an audio CD track?

try info-mac/snd/util/grab-audio

Bob Clemmons

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

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 00:39:42 +0100
From: [e-mail] (maurizio lana)
Subject: Pacific High Tech address (Q)

I lost the e-mail address of Pacific High Tech. Anyone could help me sending
it to me?

Many thanks.
Maurizio Lana  -  CISI Universita'di Torino
Via S. Ottavio 20, Torino - Italy
fax [phone]

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 10:37:08 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Peter Lwin)
Subject: Poor support from Supra

Hi,

Just a note of caution from a frustrated Supra owner. Their modems are OK
but their support is the worst I have ever seen. My Supra internal modem
for the PB died while under warranty and I could not get a RMA# from them.
You CANNOT ever get through their support phone line AND they do not return
any e-mail requests.

I am going to purchase another brand and stay away from Supra in the future.

Pete Lwin
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 13:10:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Stephen O. Lidie)
Subject: PowerMac as a router???

Shortly I'll have a PowerMac plus one or more other computers on an ethernet
hub.  The Mac will connect via ppp to the outside world.  I'd like to use IP
>From the other machines on the hub transparently via the Mac, but the Mac must
be able to do IP routing.

Is this possible?  If so, what/where is the software?

Take care,

Steve

--
Stephen O.Lidie        [e-mail]
Lehigh University Computing Center, USA

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

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 11:17:57 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Dag Rende)
Subject: Printing reports in application frameworks

Has anyone heard of any class library or tool to help generating reports
>From an application written with some application framework like Symantec
TCL, XVT Power++, Apple MacApp, or even Borland OWL, MFC, etc.

As of what I know, all these frameworks has very little support for
printing with headers, footers and dividing cyclic information like tables
into pages.


Dag Rende

 --------------------------------------------------
OpenInfo AB   Rasundavagen 123   tel [phone]
          171 30 Solna       fax [phone]
          Sweden

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:25:00 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Edward Hoenkamp)
Subject: qualms about plugging audio CD's (Was: Riki Goes Easy)

I find the commercial promotion of pop artists NOT apropos to Info-Mac
Digest (or, one is enough). Best regards to Riki, Edward.

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 08:14:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Removing a Macintosh's name

You can use SCSI-Probe to rename your Mac, so I expect that you can also use
it to remove its name, i.e. give it a blank for a name.

Bob Beason

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

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 14:47:25 EST
From: Ingenting alls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Replacing Icons

To Whom it May Concern-   I recently downloaded some replacement icons for
the standard trash icon on the desktop.  The creator of the icons suggests
using IconArtist or ResEdit to install the icons.  I haven't been able to find
either one of these programs in an archive- IconArtist is shareware, so its
probably on an archive, but I haven't found it.  Unfortunately, the author
didn't include an email address, so I can't ask where to find them.  Hopefully
someone knows.  Thanks!


Ed

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 09:36:39 +0100 (BST)
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Rohl)
Subject: SCSI problems on 6100/CD

Hi,
  I have just bought a PoerMac 6100 with internal CD.  However I am
now unable to access my external drive as the mac refuses to boot
with it plugged in.  I have set the SCSI ID to 2 so it shouldn't
conflict either with the external HD or the CD.  My question is:
Is the internal CD terminated and if so how do I unterminate it?
   Thanks for any help
     Andrew

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 13:19:58 +0000
From: [e-mail] (tom hawkins)
Subject: size of group of files

Billy Pilgrim wrote:

>I remember sometime back there was a nifty little drag and drop utility
>put out by Apple called GroupInfo. You could drag a whole lot of files
>and/or folders onto the icon to know their collective size without having
>to do a cmd-I on each one.

Haven't heard of the utility, but here's a way of doing the same thing:

- First make sure your Trash is empty.
- Drag the files/folders onto the Trash.
- Select the Trash and do Get Info. This tells you the total size.
- Open the Trash and do Select All then Put Away. This puts all the
files/folders back where they came from.
Tom  ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 07:48:21 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Suitcase reply

>>We can't get suitcase to work properly. He's got Suitcase 2.1.4 and is
running
>>System 7.1.2 (I don't know why 7.5 was installed, but it wasn't). When we
>>select Suitcase from the Apple menu, we get a beep and nothing. Anyone have
>>Suitcase running on a PowerMac?

I'm using Suitcase 2.1.4 under System 7.5 on a 7100/66 just fine. Also
worked fine under System 7.1.2. Have you tried a clean install from
the original Suitcase disk?

-= Solrain =-

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 15:39:22 +0100 (MET)
From: Dimitri Boone <[e-mail]>
Subject: supraFaxLc, tcp, ... questions

[crossposted to the info-mac digest and comp.sys.mac.comm]

Hi all,

I bought myself a SupraFaxModem LC 144 , i just got it a couple of days,
and i have a load of questions wich i hope you'll be able to answer.

1) Being a poor student i still have an 4 year old SE 2.5/40 and still
running system 6.05.

The Fax software that shipped with the modem was Faxiliate wich requires
System 7. This is not so bad because, i will hardly ever use the fax. But
anyway, was FaxSTF lite that used to ship with the 144LC system 6 comp.?
I've send Supra an e-mail to ask for a disk swap or something, but they
have not replied so far. Is there shareware fax software?

2) i've installed MacTCP 1.1 (wich i found on a mac here in the lab) and
MacPPP to test the terminal server. I'm planning on buying The Internet
Starter Kit for Mac for MacTCP 2.04. Everything works just fine. I just
used Fetch a couple of times and fetching a text file gives about 850 -
900 bytes/second. Is this normal? Is it because of my slow Mac? Is it
because of MacTCP 1.1?

3) Is MacTCP 2.04 system 6.x compatible?

4) what are the memory requirements to run a www browser? I have 2.5meg
and i could install system 7 from the ftp.apple.com, but would i have
enough memory left? Reading the tcp-abstracts from sumex, i think the
Mosaic blurb said that it required 2.5 meg but offcourse it likes a lot more.
Just connecting to one www site at a time would already be wonderful. Is my
Mac too slow for Mosaic, MacWeb, Netscape ?

5) Would downloading a file from my Unix account using a plain serial
connection and sx and zmodem be faster than using Fetch and MacPPP?
When having such a plain serial connection, can i switch to MacPPP, it
would require that MacPPP doesn't attempt to dial anymore. When i have a
connection i can just telnet to the terminal server and entering "ppp"
enters ppp mode.

That's about it i think,

Thank you so very much in advance *really* !!!!!

Dimitri Boone
Belgium
[e-mail]

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

Date: 21 Oct 1994 09:23:23 -0500
From: "Harris Tom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.5 and FaxSTF 2.6.1

Does anyone know if FaxSTF(tm) 2.6.1 works under System 7.5?

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 20:35:44 -0500 (EDT)
From: acpwvw!auxrcc![e-mail]
Subject: System 7.5 CPU Power Saver and File Sharing Users

I would like to have my Mac shut down automatically at a fixed time with the
CPU Power saver.  If a user is connected it will hang asking if I want to
wait for x minutes till shutdown.  I tried a script to kill all actives users
without success.  Ideas?

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 03:40:15 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Time/date/control panels reset upon restart

[e-mail] (Zhang Yuan) writes:

>I upgraded my mac from system 6.1 to system 7.0, but everytime I
>start my computer, it gives me a default setting--black & white screen, time
>being 12:33 9/17/1956, etc.  Even if I change the setting in "General
Control"
>Panel, but next time I turn on the computer, it goes back to the default
>setting.  I even reinstalled the system, but doesn't help.
>
>Yuan Zhang
>[e-mail]

You're battery is probably dead. You didn't mention which Mac you have. Some
have an easily replaced battery while others are socketed or soldered to the
motherboard. If a new battery doesn't fix the problem, it's probably a dead
board (but unlikely). Your local dealer *should* replace a socketed battery
without a labor charge (if they don't, go to a different dealer--it takes
less than 5 minutes) while a soldered battery will be a little more due to
the labor involved (about 20 minutes). The batteries themselves are under 10
bucks and available at Radio Shack.

Scott Coats
Innovative Solutions

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

Date: 20 Oct 1994 15:07:14 -0700
From: "Tony Jacobs" <[e-mail]>
Subject: TopSoft Invitatioin

Mail*Link( SMTP               TopSoft Invitatioin
Dear Net'rs,

o Are you a Mac Programmer with too much time on your hands?
o OR, are you a UN*X (or other windowing environment) programmer that
   would like to port some neat Mac programs to your own world?
o Do you have tons of wild ideas and want to get together with COOL people
   who have the same goals of producing some great stuff.
o Would you like to join in a network society of talented and creative
   people?

Well, come check out TOPSOFT!

TopSoft is a non profit organization dedicated to the production of high
quality software for free (or minimal, media & postage charges) by anyone who
wants to use it. We have been in existence ever since the founder, Steve
Jovanovic, posted a message 3 years ago on comp.sys.mac.programming for
anyone interested in doing a joint project. The response was overwhelming
and the group has been active ever since.

Our mission statement is as follows:

"To develop worldwide networks of creative people producing top quality
software of minimal cost for fun, education, and the advocacy of innovative
computer systems."

But we have lots of lofty goals as well. Some of them are:
- Get some of the neat stuff we do ported to other platforms
- Do some OpenDoc development.
- Get companies participating with us.
- Get our own home machine on the net.
- Get people together from all over the world, from all different networks.
- Create a totally unique kind of network society doing distributed program
   development.

TopSoft has developed it's own license agreement similar to the GNU Public
License. We have added the ability for commercial organizations to use the
software developed by TopSoft in such a way that they don't profit from it's
use and such that TopSoft gets appropriate credit.

We have an ftp site with anonymous login at:

     atlas.chem.utah.edu

as well as a list server running there. You can get further information by
browsing the ftp archives or by sending a "help" request through the list
server
at:

     [e-mail]

just send a "help" on the first line of the body of the message addressed as
shown above.

If you are a programmer or want to learn more about programming and are
interested in participating in a cooperative programming project over the
internet, TopSoft is the organization to do it.

If you would like to start up a new project and need a place to store files,
a listserver for a mailing list, and a way to meet over the internet (IRC),
TopSoft can provide these services for you.

Currently the only requirements to belong to TopSoft are that you join one of
the mailing lists and that you abide by the bylaws of the organization. There
are currently no dues and from time to time the group is asked to donate to
some specific cause. For example, the group is incorporated in the state of
Utah as a non profit organization. We paid a lawyer to do the minimal paper
work necessary to incorporate. Everyone who supported that effort pledged
some specific amount or to 1/nth of the amount. We were able to accomplish
that with  a mere $10 or so per person. Of course some donated more.

TopSoft is a member of Apples User Group Connection and we receive their
publications and group offers. Their current offer is for System 7.5 for $49
(plus tax & $10 shipping)

We meet weekly using IRC Thursdays at 7pm (mountain standard time USA)
on the "TopSoft" channel. We have a good time and talk about various
aspects of programming as well as socialize a bit.

One of our goals is to get people from all parts of the world as well as
people from the numerous computer services (America Online, Compuserve,
Delphi, eWorld, etc) involved in doing innovative, fun things.

Currently we have the following projects:

TSMenus - a library for doing position independent menus.

TSAbout - a library for doing a real fancy about box. You've never seen an
about box as complete as this one. Text, Picts, Sounds, Movies, Speech, Drag
& Drop, able to leap from folder to folder in a single bound! This about box
can also function as a context sensitive help system and we will likely add
support for Apple Guide.

FilterTop - Our big, all consuming, never ending project! Join the mailing
list or visit the ftp site to find out more about it. Basically it is a
batch processing program that you program graphically. Kind like doing
piping in UN*X with icons. It takes an explanation about this long just t
describe it. (We hope to be in Beta very soon now.)


We invite you to come join the fun and help us out with your skills. You
don't have to be an ace programmer to participate. Many people support us
with their ideas and there are plenty of other kinds of jobs that you can
help out with, or if you want to start your own subgroup we can offer the
network resources and organization to support you.

Tony Jacobs
President, TopSoft, Inc.

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 11:11:15 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: Transwarp AE stuff

Mac Zone has continued to sell AE products. They seem to be closing them
out, now. Perhaps they still have what you need.

Mac Zone [phone]
     FAX [phone]

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

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:48:21 +0100
From: [e-mail] (John Williams)
Subject: WordPerfect 3.0 - a dissatisfied user!

    Let me add my voice to that of Will Porter ( Digest 138, 19 Oct
1984) who said that he was "profoundly disappointed" with WP 3.0.  So am I,
and here's why.

    My problem revolves around a bug which is present in my (French)
versionand in the (American) demo version which you can download from
thewordperfect.com ftp server.  It concerns the table tool and it's a
crying shame that they let this one through because in many other respects,
the WP tabletool beats Word's with flying colours (click and drag to resize
columns, forexample...).  The problem is that tables that you see clearly
in the normal screen editing mode can disappear unexpectedly in printouts
(or in print preview mode).  I had to do a composite document with tables
and figures, and page layout was a nightmare.  A disappearing table could
sometimes be rendered visible by simply moving it elsewhere in the
document, or by placing it in a new document on its own.  On other
occasions, moving the table to the middle of a page caused it to insert a
page break well before the bottom of the page with the result that the
table split itself across two pages!  Another

    I informed WP France of this on June 13, by telephone and then by
mail and included a disk with an offending file.  They offered an upgrade
which they weren't sure would fix the problem and which they wanted me to
pay for, then offered it free when I whined, and then ... deafening
silence.  The upgrade never arrived.  Thne I wrote to WP in Utah on
September 20 and one month later I'm still waiting for a reply!  C'mon, you
guys, WordPerfect was supposed to have the BEST after sales service of any
wordprocessing software business, and they've always been good to the DOS
and Windows folk in my lab.  This is a B U G, and a big one at that.  I'm
only surpised that no-one has reported this before on Info-Mac, maybe that
is because it only happens on Macs with a French system, and French users
are a really small minority.  However, as far as I'm concerned, WP is
disappearing from my hard disk because it is quite useless because of this
bug.

    Will I put it back?  That depends.  Not only do I need a version
that works correctly (and one that doesn't break under 7.5 when the
openfile dialog box comes up!) but I would like to have (or know how to do)
other things.  Will Porter says he can't figure how to number paragraphs.
Neither can I (citation lists in my case), not properly.  I tried a macro
but it was a hack and it wouldn't work for re-numbering when a missing
reference was inserted in the middle of an existing list.  And the outline
mode is a joke.  Maybe Word 6 will suit me better.  We will see.



John Williams

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

Tel [phone]    Fax/telecopie (33) 47 42 77 78

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 23:48:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David B. Reiser" <[e-mail]>
Subject: WordPerfect 3.x

Regarding WordPerfect 3.0, William Porter asked:

>1. Is there no way to tell that modifications have been made in the
>formatting of a paragraph to which a defined style had earlier been
>applied? In Word and MacWrite Pro, the place on the screen which displays
>the style name of the paragraph containing the insertion point adds a
>mark to indicate that some change has been made that overrides the style
>definition, e.g. a paragraph formatted with style "body" which is then
>slightly (or significantly) changed will be displayed as having style
>"body+", where the plus-sign notes the modification. As far as I can
>tell, WP doesn't do anything like this, which is so unhelpful that it
>almost makes using styles pointless.

Essentially true, though I think your last statement is excessive.
I think WP desperately needs character styles in order to make styles
useful for a wider cross section of users. Show codes would accomplish
what you want, but most people don't find that approach acceptable.

>2. Is there really no way to apply a "space before" format to a
>paragraph? As near as I can tell, WP requires that you use blank
>paragraphs to get space-before formatting.

There is Space Between Paragraphs, but no Space Before. Depending on how
often you use space before, you can fake it by putting blank lines in a style
definition.(Styles are useful for something...).

>3. Is there really no way to have available at once two commands, one of
>which inserts the date and the other of which inserts the time?
>Apparently WP 3.0 provides only a unified "date/time" variable, which
>gives you only what you have set it up to give in the Preferences for the
>program. Moreover there don't seem to be many options for date and time.
>MacWrite Pro shines here: it lets you enter variables that indicate when
>the document was last modified, last opened, etc. Anything like this in
>WP?

There is only one date/time command, but it's pretty simple to set up
a macro that changes the settings, inserts the desired info, and then
optionally changes the settings back to whatever you use most often.
You can assign any key combination to fire the macro, and you could
even right one extended macro that puts up a menu with a series of
choices. If you want to have access to last modified/last opened, etc.,
you'll have to include a macro to save the system clock time to a
document variable whenever the appropriate action occurs.

>4. Is there really no way to get information about word count, etc. for a
>*selection*? Apparently WP will only tell you about the entire document.

There is, but it's indirect. You can do a spell check on a selection, after
which the Speller reports the number of words checked. In a truly bizarre
omission, you can't do a word count via macro directly, so you'd have to
have a macro to copy the selection, paste it to a new document, pause to
let you fire the word count function, then delete the extra document.

>5. Is there really no way to number paragraphs in WP? I feel almost
>certain I must be overlooking something here.

This one's easy. WP calls paragraph numbering "Outlining". While there is
a specific sub-function in Outlining called "Paragraph Number", I think
the whole Outlining function is really just a very flexible paragraph
numbering utility. Outlining is not well named: there is no expand/collapse
function nor any easy way to move sections around.

>6. Is it really the case that WP's so-called outlining mode doesn't allow
>you to collapse child paragraphs underneath parent paragraphs?

True. See the last comment.

>What is the point of a program that allows you to use overlays to write
>"draft" on a document but will not let you easily date & time the draft
>as well?

The point is that many overlays and watermarks do not require dynamic
information. I would put time stamps in headers or footers rather than
overlays, but it wouldn't be particularly hard to do it your way.

>What is the point of a feature that counts words in the entire document,
>but won't let you count words in a selection? (Writers who are interested
>in counting words usually want to be able to figure out how much they
>need to cut to get within their target limits.)

Well, how 'bout Cmd-x (cut), Option-F3 (word count), Return (dismisses
word count report), Cmd-V (paste)? This sequence would tell you
directly if cutting the text gets the remaining text within target
without actually removing the text. Depending on the length of your
documents, this could get tiresome, but on a 67 page, 19,500 word document,
a Word Count takes 2-5 seconds on a PowerMac 7100. It takes about 20
seconds on a IIci. But then most long works are page count bound
rather than word count bound. [Timing info from WPMac 3.1]

If you don't like the feature set of a word processor, use a different
one. I like WordPerfect a lot, even with its warts. Time will tell if
Novell is serious about advancing the program further.

BTW, I did write a book about WPMac, so I am not entirely unbiased, but I
don't receive any direct benefits from Novell itself. (and you might be
surprised at just how minimal the benefits of royalties are...).

Dave Reiser
[e-mail] (I don't speak for my employer.)

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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 11:50:01 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: WP6.0 Windows -> MSWord 5.1a (Mac) - Help!! (R)

Do you have
ftp.tidbits.com:pub/tidbits/thewordbook/word-perfect-converter.hqx? I don't
know if it can handle WP6.0 or not (I fear only 5.*), but it should work
>From within Word itself (just use the Open dialog after putting this file
in the Word Commands folder).

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

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 08:29:08 +0100
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: WWW Programs - Which is the best?

I have been using Mosaic 2alpha8 and am getting increasingly frustrated at
its unreliability. My IIci is forever crashing. Version 1 does not have
many of the facilities you would expect from a Web browser. I know that
there are a few WWW programs available now, has anyone compared them and if
so which has the most features and reliability.

Regards, Tony D'Emanuele

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