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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 94 10:33:58 PDT
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #140
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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 24 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 140

Today's Topics:

      [*] "Do You Wanna Get Funky" by C&C Music Factory
      [*] CodeWarrior Colorfix Patch 1.0.2
      [*] Delta Image 0.9b4; converts from disk images to DiskDup+
      [*] Dragonsmith 1.1.1 CodeWarrior update
      [*] FileInfo FKEY; access to file information codes and flags
      [*] Glidel 2.4.4; Drag-And-Dropping on the Finder's Menus
      [*] GMScreen 2.0c; an aid for game masters
      [*] HomeMaker 1.0b5 - A Stack to Create HTML Home Pages
      [*] inside-fileflex-16; programming information for FileFlex
      [*] internet-dialin-africa-1.2.txt
      [*] internet-dialin-europe-1.9
      [*] internet-dialin-ex-ussr-2.0.txt
      [*] Metallica; a picture
      [*] Mosaic Communications beta release of NETSCAPE
      [*] MPEG Audio 0.3; playing and conversion utility
      [*] New Version of Rescue
      [*] Pict2Pict (utility); converts between PICT formats
      [*] PoDMap (fixed); a map of the mines region
      [*] Poly-RC 1.04; a game
      [*] Realmz 1.5.1 Updater; an adventure game
      [*] sculptor-11-ppc; a free-form 3D modeling tool
      [*] Solitaire Till Dawn 2.0.1, a collection of solitaire games
      [*] Soon v4.7.0; an astronomical calendar
      [*] SpeedyFinder7 v1.5.9g; a Finder enhancer
      [*] Type Fixer 1.0.2; adjusts file type codes
      [*] Tzu for CodeWarrior 1.0a2
      [*] Upload of Postage $aver for Filemaker Pro
      [*] USAF Stencil Font T1 and TT
      [*] VintageQuest; an arcade game
      [*] WebWeaver1.1; an AfterDark module
      [*] White House WWW au Greeting (POTUS) -Resend
      [*] Wolfenzoom 1.1.1; magnifies Wolfenstein 3D display
      >Subject: Appletalk over internet
      [A] DOS/Windows/Unix Setext Browsers
      [A] Medline & EndNote
      [Q] Accurate Time Sources (2 msgs)
      [Q] System 7.5 Manual?
      Apple TV/Video System production delays
      CD-ROM Rock Ridge extensions supported on Mac ?
      ClarisWorks filing module boxes problem (A-sort of)
      ClarisWorks Problem in 7.5
      Color for SE-30 (Q)
      CopyDoubler slowdown problem solved (A)
      Endnote Plus & WordPerfect 3.0
      Looking for a dialup mail program
      MacPPP and SLIP
      MOSAIC 200A8.PPC problem
      Mosaic NCSAMosaic200A8.68k can't find helper applications (A)
      MSWord 6 -- Any Good Reasons for Updating?
      Newsreader help!
      Norton Utilities 3.1
      PlainTalk on 660AV
      Preventing Mosaic 2.0.0A8 crashes
      Printer Port dead after installing 7.5
      Printer Port dead after installing 7.5:Oops
      Problems with SupraFax LC (fwd)
      PwrPort for Duo Conflict
      QuickTime 2.0 - How to mix MIDI and video?
      Serial way to do Eudora/News??
      Spreadsheet corrupts, looking for new one
      Stackable clipboard (A)
      System 7.5 & Times Two compression
      WWW Browsers
      WWW Programs - Which is the best?

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 23:49:46 EDT
From: [e-mail] (David Brooks ('93))
Subject: [*] "Do You Wanna Get Funky" by C&C Music Factory

"Do You Wanna Get Funky" by C&C Music Factory
(Sample recorded by David Brooks - [e-mail])

     This is a 5-second sample of the first single from the 2nd LP of
C&C Music Factory.  It's the FUNKIEST song ever!!!!!!!

     Enjoy.

   -- David Brooks

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/funky-cc-music-factory.hqx; 71K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 21:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Chris Thomas, ICONtact Developer Database Librarian"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CodeWarrior Colorfix Patch 1.0.2

CodeWarrior Colorfix Patch 1.0.2
Created by Chris K. Thomas <[e-mail]>

The otherwise excellent CodeWarrior development enviroment has a few
aesthetic defects (one is a bug).  These have been present since DR/1,
but have yet to be fixed (we're at 4.5 and counting, now).  The
enviroment engineers have better things to do, of course, so I solved
the problems myself.

The defects in question:
  Metrowerks' PopUp MDEF does not display correctly if one has custom
  menu colors (through Greg's Buttons or a handmade 'mctb' or whatever).
+ The standard MDEF is replaced with one of my own devising.
  Projector & Locked-disk indicators are only in B&W.
+ These are replaced with appropriate color versions.

CodeWarrior Colorfix Patch been tested with CW/4 and CW/4.5 only, but
should work with all previous versions of the enviroment (though I
don't recommend using earlier versions).  The Patch should only be
applied to a copy of the CodeWarrior enviroment(s).

1.0.2 fixes the wierd colors which happen if you don't have Greg's
Button or a custom default 'mctb' installed.

Bug reports, comments, suggestions, questions are welcome, as always.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/code-warrior-colorfix-patch-102.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 00:00:27 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Chris Kohuch)
Subject: [*] Delta Image 0.9b4; converts from disk images to DiskDup+

A drag and drop utility to convert Dart and DiskCopy images to DiskDup+
Images.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/delta-image-09b4.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 20:25:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Paul Hoffman)
Subject: [*] Dragonsmith 1.1.1 CodeWarrior update

Dragonsmith CW Update updates Dragonsmith 1.1.1 for CodeWarrior C++.

The full Dragonsmith kit (available separately) lets programmers easily
create drag-and-drop applications for use in System 7 or greater.  This
archive contains project files for CodeWarrior 4.5 as well as replacements
for 8 of the source code files, incorporating changes needed for
compatibility with Apple's Universal Headers and CodeWarrior C++.  Users
of Symantec C++ may benefit from this upgrade as well, although use of
Dragonsmith 1.1.1 in Symantec C++ 6.0 or greater has not been tested and
is therefore not fully supported.

This update was produced by Francis H Schiffer, 3rd.  Support for the
CodeWarrior version of Dragonsmith will be provided (when possible) by the
original author of Dragonsmith 1.1.1, Paul Hoffman.

Dragonsmith is freeware, Copyright (c) 1992-1994 Paul M. Hoffman.  Programs
created using Dragonsmith may be distributed without restriction.

NOTE: "Drag-and-drop" here refers to the original Apple Event variety, not
to the more recent Drag and Drop for Macintosh (aka the Drag Manager).

      Paul Hoffman                |     Francis H Schiffer, 3rd
      [e-mail]      |     [e-mail]
      [e-mail]       |

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/dragonsmith-111-cw-updt.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 19:50:20 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] FileInfo FKEY; access to file information codes and flags

I wrote this FKEY to replace "SetFile FKEY", which doesn't work under
System 7.1. The FKEY lets you inspect and modify the type and creator
code of a file, and to change a few flags.

Install with ResEdit or by special utilities (e.g. CarpetBag).

Freeware.

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/file-info-fkey.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 94 01:38:31 MET
From: [e-mail] (Frank LEFEBVRE)
Subject: [*] Glidel 2.4.4; Drag-And-Dropping on the Finder's Menus

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-244.hqx; 30K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-244-fr.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 13:52:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Barbara A. Bender" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GMScreen 2.0c; an aid for game masters

GM Sreeen 1.1)1994 by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere

An Opifex Phoenix Production

Description

GM Screen 2.0c is a SuperCard( Standalone application that offers a Game
Master (one who runs a role playing game) a variety of useful tools. All
of the functions of the GM Screen are described in an online help, but the
main features are listed here, so you can decide whether to actually try
the program.

%Electronic Dice Pad:  Simulates most types of RPG dice (includes dice
sound effect for striking teror into the hearts of the players...).
%Electronic Dice Strip: A compact version of the Dice Pad, when screen
space is at a premium.
%Color Graphic Tools: Provides a draw/paint window with a full array of
color  tools. The window comes with several "sheets" of virtual paper to
store graphics for later use.
%Multiple Text Windows: Provides multiple text windows for storing
information. Each window includes multiple "sheets" of virtual paper.
%Multiple Note Pads: Provides small note pads for storing information,
such as notes on character equipment, damage, and so forth.
%Adventure Loader: Provides the capacity to load in pre-written text
adventures.
%Sound and PICS: The program has the capacity to play PICS files as well
as record and play sounds.
%Modules: The GM Screen is expandable via modules. A variety of modules
are planned and owners of SuperCard can write their own.
%Full Color Graphics: The GM Screen 2.0c features hgh quality interface
graphics.
%Online Help:Help is provided for all main functions.

Requirements
This version of the GM Screen is designed to run in color and is optimized
for use on Macs of all sizes (including PowerBooks and the Color Classic).
It requires 915K of disk space and a minimum of 1600K of RAM. It requires
System 6.0.4 or newer.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gm-screen-20c.hqx; 554K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 18:55:01 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Dodge)
Subject: [*] HomeMaker 1.0b5 - A Stack to Create HTML Home Pages

HomeMaker was designed to let more or less normal people create a
autobiographical blurb to be posted on a webserver. It prompts them to
enter their e-mail address, position, academic history, background,
activities, interests and pointers to other sites on the web. The stack
then translates all that into nicely formatted html and exports it as a
text file.

HomeMaker allows webmasters to get a lot of home pages put together without
tweaking and without having to teach a course in HTML. Requires HyperCard.
Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/home-maker-10b5-hc.hqx; 47K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 02:38:57 EDT
From: [e-mail] (David Gewirtz)
Subject: [*] inside-fileflex-16; programming information for FileFlex

INSIDE FILEFLEX 1.6 contains complete programming documentation
about the FileFlex database engine.  FileFlex is an XFCN-based
relational database that plugs into HyperCard, SuperCard,
Director, Authorware, and Microphone, among others.  Data
files are stored externally and are compatible with dBase,
xBase, and FoxPro.  Ragingly fast, the NEW 1.6 VERSION adds
dynamic encryption and full-text search and retrieval.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/inside-fileflex-16.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 03:04:46 -0100
From: Benoit LIPS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] internet-dialin-africa-1.2.txt

Changes :
Tunisia : Tunisia (TN)
Orstom access in Burkina-faso, Cameroun, Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger,
Senegal, Togo, Seychelles, Madagascar

About This list
Internet Access providers in  Africa
              v. 1.2 (21-Oct-1994)

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-dialin-africa-12.txt; 11K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 03:00:14 -0100
From: Benoit LIPS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] internet-dialin-europe-1.9

Changes :
Added Entry for :
France : DataStar Dialog, DXnet, ECHO, Questel, MCI Intl France
Iceland : ISnet
Norway : TelePost Internet
Spain : Servicom
Sweden : Algonet
Turkey : Tuvaka

Updates for :
Austria : PING
Belgium : Interpac
Finland : Clinet
France : Transpac

About This list
        European Internet Access providers list
              v. 1.9 (21-Oct-1994)

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-dialin-europe-19.txt; 42K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 03:02:55 -0100
From: Benoit LIPS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] internet-dialin-ex-ussr-2.0.txt

Changes :
Added Entry for :
Slovenia : ARNES
Estonia-Lithva-Lithuania : Ants Work

Updates for :
Crotia / Slovenia : Intl phone number
Latvia : LvNet-Teleport, Versia


About This list
Internet Access providers in Eastern Europe, Russia and former USSR Republics
              v. 2.0 (21-Oct-1994)

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-dialin-ex-ussr-20.txt; 31K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 22:45:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Pedro Terroba Jr.)
Subject: [*] Metallica; a picture

This is a picture of the word Metallica over a fogy backdrop.  If you are a
Metallica fan I am sure that it is worth the download time!!!

PJT

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/metallica-in-fog.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 22:53:15 +1030 (???)
From: [e-mail] (Baron L. Chandler)
Subject: [*] Mosaic Communications beta release of NETSCAPE

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/netscape-09b.hqx; 986K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 12:42:43 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Norman Franke, III)
Subject: [*] MPEG Audio 0.3; playing and conversion utility

Enclosed is the latest version of MPEG Audio for Macintosh. It's a freeware
MPEG Audio playing and conversion utility for the Macintosh. It requires
System 7 and either a 68020 or better with FPU or a Power Macintosh. It is
distributed as a fat binary and is based on maplay1.2. It will support
real-time playback on a Power Macintosh.

Version 0.3 allows it to be placed in the background, allows 16-bit
playback on 68K Macs (in addition to Power Mac support in 0.2), uses
command period to cancel playback and converstion, and should not crash
when run on Macs without an FPU.

Again, the interface needs some help, but it was a quick job to listen to
sounds.

-Norman

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mpeg-audi-03.hqx; 138K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 22:17:41 -0300
From: [e-mail] (John K. Liddard)
Subject: [*] New Version of Rescue

Here is a binhexed compressed package that contains the latest version=
 of
the  multi-window, color-capable action adventure written by Tom=
 Spreen. =20

I am posting this at the request of the author, Tom Spreen.

Please contact me at [e-mail] if there are any problems

Thankyou

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/rescue-204.hqx; 2026K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 19:46:46 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Pict2Pict (utility); converts between PICT formats

This program is similar to PictResUtils by Roland Gustavsson. I needed to
do just what that program did, move PICTs between resources and the single-
file format, but had no access to the existing program at the time.

Pict2Pict supports drag-and-drop, should work under System 6 as well as 7.
It uses temporary memory when needed, so its own partition size is minimal.

When you open files with Pict2Pict, each PICT is displayed, so you can choose
whether to save it or skip it, or save all.

Freeware, by Ingemar Ragnemalm 1994.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/pict-to-pict.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:40:23 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PoDMap (fixed); a map of the mines region

The map Alex uploaded was Compacted, Stuffed, and BinHexed twixe. Here it is
again compressed just once with Compact Pro and BinHexed only once.  :-)

Carsten Klapp
[e-mail]

Ok, here's the map of the mine in PoD.
All I ask is for everyone that finds this map useful to send me $1.

That's only a buck, and with this money I will be registering PoD. So I am
really not in it for the money, just wanna support the authors.

Send anything to:
Alex Moratorio
1444 Lane Way
Placerville CA 95667

Enjoy all!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pod-mines-map.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 23:29:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Poly-RC 1.04; a game

Poly-RC is a game with falling rows and columns. The objective is to stay in
game by
removing blocks. Although it looks similar to Polytris, it is a different
game.

Rows or columns with 1 to 4 squares drop from top and stop when they hit the
dropped
blocks or bottom. The squares can be removed by arranging them sequences of 3
or more
of the same color horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Minor bug was fixed in version 1.01. Version 1.04 runs on PowerPC Macs as well
as
680x0 based Macs.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/poly-rc-104.hqx; 230K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 05:08:38 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Barry Eynon)
Subject: [*] Realmz 1.5.1 Updater; an adventure game

This is the updater from version 1.5 to version 1.5.1 of Realmz, the
fantasy role-playing game system. It fixes several bugs.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/realmz-151-updt.hqx; 352K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 13:28:57 -0700
From: Michael Clifton <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] sculptor-11-ppc; a free-form 3D modeling tool

SculptorPPC - Sculptor compiled for Power Macintosh
Sculptor 1.1 is a free-form 3D modeling tool that is compatible with virtually
all
existing commercial 3D programs by generating DXF files. With Sculptor you
can make complex objects in seconds that would be difficult or impossible to
create using traditional modeling tools.
Version 1.1 has the following improvements:
 variable resolution from 5 to 22 (version 1.0 was fixed at 10)
 visible tool paths so you can see what youve done before a complete update
 occurs
 support for the undo command
 a fix for a bug that sometimes caused a crash for complex models

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/sculptor-11-ppc.hqx; 382K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 13:18:29 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Rick Holzgrafe)
Subject: [*] Solitaire Till Dawn 2.0.1, a collection of solitaire games

Here is Solitaire Till Dawn 2.0.1, a collection of solitaire games for your
Macintosh.

Solitaire Till Dawn offers TWENTY-FOUR different games, varying from the
simple to the complex, and from the familiar to the exotic. Looking for the
classics? Play Klondike, Canfield, Golf, Forty Thieves. Want a challenge?
Try Fortress, Spider, Spiderette. Need something short and simple for
break, or to amuse the kids? Try Quadrille, Aces High, and The Wish. Want
something exotic and different? Check out Accordion, Pyramid, Grandma's
Game. Want a new game that you've never seen before? Manx and Tabby Cat
were created exclusively for Solitaire Till Dawn.

Solitaire Till Dawn's features include:

o Infinite undo and redo
o Individual preferences and score-keeping for each member of your family
o Make automatic moves with a simple mouse-click
o On-line rules for all the games
o Choice of card size
o Choice of background colors and patterns

This shareware package is complete and ready to play. All games and
features are enabled, and full documentation is included.

New in version 2.0.1:
+ Fixed a bug which confused the settings of the "Large Cards" and "Never
Use Color" preference options. This could cause crashes on
non-color-QuickDraw Macs such as the Plus, SE, Classic, and Portable.
+ Added the "Auto Scroll" menu item, allowing the user to turn
auto-scrolling on and off.
+ Now allows dragging partial builds in Forty Thieves as a shortcut to
dragging the cards one at a time, if the cards are in suit and there are
enough empty tableaus.
+ Now allows the use of an alias to the ColorCards file in place of the
real thing.

>From the makers of Applicon, Poing!, and Scarab of RA.

-- Rick Holzgrafe
   Semicolon Software
   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/solitaire-till-dawn-201.hqx; 567K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 13:25:08 +0100 (CET)
From: Christian Karpp <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Soon v4.7.0; an astronomical calendar

Hello,
this is my latest version of "Soon4", v4.7.0, a calendar, sun & moon utility!
Now coming in both, a plain 68000 and an FPU Version...!

What Soon4 shows you:
1. The weekday and date in "long form"...
2. How many days are gone so far and how many are left this year, including
   automatic leapyear detection...
3. The current location and timezone including automatic DST detection
4. Three different twilights:
   The astronomical - starts/ends when the sun is 18 deg. below horizon.
   That's when no more daylight's left at all...
   The nautical - 12 deg. below horizon. Used for naval purposes, starts when
   the brightest stars come out...
   The civil - 6 deg. below horizon. Ends when there just not enough light
   left for work (traditional, that is :)
4.1 If you're beyond the polar circle (north or south) you're also noticed
    about the polar night and the midnight sun...
5. Sunrise and -set time...
6. The moonphase with it's exact days, the position of the moonterminator
   and a common phrase of the actual phase...
7. Two analog clocks:
   - Upper clock, which is a 24 hours analog clock.
     It shows the start/end of daytime/nighttime plus twilight. This gives
     you a graphical impression of how much day-/night-/twilight hours you
     have that day...
   - Lower clock - is a "usual" 12 hours analog clock. It's updated every
     second and shows you the current time...
8. A graphic of the current moonphase...
9. The buttons:
   - The "Set" button, prompts the user for location/timezone data.
   - The "Log" button, prompts the user for a start and end date and writes
     the data to a textfile. In a window with 6 buttons you can choose,
     what
     data you want to be logged to the file. "Everything" or just some
     selected moon phases (new, 1st qtr, full, 3rd qtr)...
   - The "Thank You" button, quits the program...

Docfiles included.

have fun, Xn.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/soon-47.hqx; 139K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 10:38:15 +1000 (EST)
From: Victor Tan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SpeedyFinder7 v1.5.9g; a Finder enhancer

SpeedyFinder7 is a system software enhancement control panel for the
Macintosh Operating System. It requires at least System 7.0 and will
function under System 7.0.1, System 7.1, System 7 Pro, System 7.1.2
(PowerMac) and System 7.5

It is fully PowerTalk compatible and with registered versions will copy
mail enclosures in the background.

This binary has been compressed with Aladdin's StuffIt product. You will
need a StuffIt version 3.0 product to decompress it.

This version may be freely placed on bulletin board services for download
or CD-ROM for distribution provided it is not modified in any way from
this original publishing. Please make a note that it is shareware and
requires registration.

Remember, SpeedyFinder7 is shareware. See the enclosed documents for more
details. Support shareware and register.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/speedy-finder7-159g.hqx; 215K]

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Date: 23 Oct 94 01:19:55 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Eric M. Kidd)
Subject: [*] Type Fixer 1.0.2; adjusts file type codes

Type Fixer Release Notes v1.0.2 (22 Oct 94)

Drag & Drop Automatic File Retyper
Shareware, $5

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 blather.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/type-fixer-102.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 21:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Chris Thomas, ICONtact Developer Database Librarian"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Tzu for CodeWarrior 1.0a2

Tzu for CodeWarrior 1.0a2
=A91994 Chris K. Thomas.  All Rights Reserved.
Reach Me At <[e-mail]>

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

=3D=3D=3D What It Is
Tzu is a 68k extension, but a relatively well-behaved (ROTFL) extensi=
on. =20
It should work with all CodeWarrior enviroments (68k/PPC/Pascal/C++).

=3D=3D=3D What It Does
Tzu installs a new menu in CodeWarrior's menu bar.  This menu contain=
s=20
Tzu Tools.  Tzu Tools are easy-to-write code resources.  When a tool =
is=20
selected, it does something (such as Comment) to the selection in=
=20
the frontmost text window.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/tzu-10a2.hqx; 135K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 11:45:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Scott Hochberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Upload of Postage $aver for Filemaker Pro

Here is one more attempt to properly send you this suite of scripts for
Filemaker Pro.  I think I have the file properly in binHex and .sit.  My
sysop says that I can attach it to this message with a control-r command,
so hopefully it will get there properly this time.

Postage $aver prepares your mail for bulk rates.  Using your database, it:
* creates complete banding, sacking and labeling instructions;
* computes postage and piece ctts. for USPS paperwork;
* shows what post office to use for best rates, and figures discounts;
* exceeds UPSP sort requirements so your mail moves faster (in theory);
* creates sequence numbers to sort your list in sack/package order;
and much more!
Fully documented!
Requires Filemaker Pro 2.0 or later (Mac or Windows), but data files can
be in any format that Filemaker Pro can read.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/postage-saver-fmpro.hqx; 318K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 17:55:00 -0700
From: Illya Kuryakin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] USAF Stencil Font T1 and TT

A few months ago I commissioned Tom Lai (Steelwolf Font) to do up a font for
me that digitizes the Unites States Air Force stenciling you find on aircraft.

I was able to provide him with the exact specifications straight from a USAF
Technical order.  This is as good as it gets.  The font is all caps with a dash
and a period, which is just about all that you will see on the side of an air-
plane.

The font is shareware (and reasonably priced) so please, if you decide you can
use it, send in your fee.  Tom is a great guy and does excellent work.

Please send your comments to tom at [e-mail] or me at
[e-mail]

Rick Pavek
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/usaf-stencil.hqx; 45K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/usaf-stencil.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 09:38:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Justin Higgins <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] VintageQuest; an arcade game

This is a brand new game from Spectral Design.  You are an old, vintage
typewriter collecting dust in an antique shop.  You are given the chance
to destroy all the computers and IBM itself to once again claim your spot
as a useful piece of hardware.  It's a rough quest but is certainly
possible.  Hope you enjoy it!
     Vintage Quest requires 256 colors and at least 2 megs of memory
to run.  Uncompressed, it takes up 1.3 megabytes of space.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/vinatge-quest.hqx; 340K]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 21:48:23 -0400
From: [e-mail] (David Negro)
Subject: [*] WebWeaver1.1; an AfterDark module

Enclosed is WebWeaver1.1.sit.hqx and should replace all previous versions
of Web Weaver. Web Weaver is an After Dark module and should be placed in
the appropiate directory.

Description:  Web Weaver is an After Dark module which takes a polygon and
enscribes a smaller one inside that is slightly rotated.  This is repeated
and the result is a spiral of the polygon.  The colors are varied as the
polygon gets smaller and if it is viewed with 256 colors then the colors
are animated.  Web Weaver is shareware and the author only wishes a
postcard for compensation for his work.

Sincerely,
Dave Negro (author)
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/web-weaver-11-ad.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 12:20:11 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Larry Wink)
Subject: [*] White House WWW au Greeting (POTUS) -Resend

An au (Sun Audio) sound of the greeting from the President of the United
States found at the new White House WWW site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/).
Nice implementation of a WWW site - the government can do some things
right.

You will need an au capable sound player - I recommend SoundApp.

(File binhexed but _not_ compressed - minimal gain)

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/potus-au.hqx; 241K]

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 20:04:56 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Wolfenzoom 1.1.1; magnifies Wolfenstein 3D display

Wolfenzoom is a small INIT that lets you play Wolfenstein 3D at 320x200 with
2x2 pixel replicationjust like on a VGA monitor on a PC!
68k native! PowerPC native!
Hardware requirement: a Mac capable of running Wolfenstein 3D at 640x400
with "Use Quickdraw" turned off.
Software requirements: Wolfenstein 3D (obviously!) and System 7 or later.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/wolfenzoom-111.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 94 12:07:08 +0100
From: "Alan Summerfield"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: >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

What you need is A Remote Network Server (ARNS) from munnari.OZ.AU
(128.250.1.21) in the /Mac directory. ARNS requires a Unix host for clients to
be able to connect to the LAppleTalk network via the Internet or by modem.

It has my recommendation!

Alan Summerfield

Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
eMail: [e-mail]
  WWW: http://129.206.50.220
phone: [phone] fax:[phone]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 15:28:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [A] DOS/Windows/Unix Setext Browsers

Here are the sources for DOS/Windows/Unix setext browsers (for the
Mac I would recommend Akif Eyler's EasyView 2.5)

DOS/Windows:

ftp.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/Local/setext/EV1-6.ZIP

Unix:

ftp.bilkent.edu.tr: /pub/Local/setext/sv-05.tar.z
info-mac [and mirrors]: /text/setext-viewer-05-unix.uu
mac.archive.umich.edu [and mirrors]: util/unix/sv0.3.tar.Z.uu
ftp.tidbits.com: /pub/tidbits/tisk/utilities/EASYVIEW.uue

Thanks to Evans Brasfield <[e-mail]>, Akif Eyler
<[e-mail]>, Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>, and Matti
Haveri <[e-mail]>, who answered my question.

Florin Neumann
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 15:05:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [A] Medline & EndNote

Dirk asked:

> Has anyone already taken the time to automate the task of re-formatting
> MEDLINE downloads to an EndNote or Pro-Cite format?

EndNote has an optional import module called EndLink which (I think)
can process Medline stuff -- but it's rather expensive. I couldn't
convince my department to buy it, so I don't know how good it is.

I process Medline and BioAbstracts (which has a similar format) downloads
with BBEdit Lite's grep capability. It's hardly an ideal solution, as
BBEdit is fairly unstable, and it very often crashes after the "Replace
All" command... Perhaps somebody has a better solution?

[PS: Dirk, there's something wrong with your e-mail address; I sent this
message twice to your address, but it was bounced back.]

Cheers, Florin
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 03:30 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Accurate Time Sources

In a previous article, [e-mail] (Jon Hardis) wrote:
>
>> 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
>
Also available on the net is the shareware AutoClock, which does the same
thing described here of Clock Set, by finding the time over a modem.
Hope it helps.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 21:39:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pete Resnick)
Subject: [Q] Accurate Time Sources

On 10/20/94 at 11:18 PM, Jon Hardis wrote:
>> 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?)

Sorry to toot my own horn, but my Network Time control panel does exactly
this and is available at info-mac.

>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

Correction: The correct server name is time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov. The
name "time_a" is an illegal domain name; domain names may not contain
underscores. NIST has recently changed the name to the legal one (with a
"-" instead of a "_"), but has left the old one as an alias for the time
being. Use the one with a "-".

pr
--
Pete Resnick - [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 15:38:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (F. Neumann)
Subject: [Q] System 7.5 Manual?

Hi all,

One of my colleagues has just got a PowerMac 7100 (is there a smiley for
"I'm green with envy"?). It came with System 7.1.2 installed and a
CD-ROM with System 7.5. He called Apple Canada about a manual for
System 7.5, and he was told there wasn't one: everything is in the
on-line help. I found that hard to believe (and I also know that some
of the Apple Canada tech support people don't know a hard disk from a
hole in the wall), so I checked with our local dealer, who said that
the only manual for System 7.5 is a 15-page leaflet which shows how to
use a mouse and how to use the on-line help.

Is that true? There is indeed no System 7.5 manual?

TIA

Florin Neumann
[e-mail]

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Date: 23 Oct 1994 04:01:58 -0000
From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
Subject: Apple TV/Video System production delays

I recently placed an order to Apple, through the Educator Advantage
program, for a Performa 638CD.  Apple told me on 10/21 that there
have been production difficulties with the Apple TV/Video System.
I was told they exppected to produce this add-on in a day-and-a-half,
but has actually taken more than a week to produce.  This has resulted
in severe production delays.  Apple is no longer accepting orders for
this particular configureation, but my system should arrive sometime in
November (two months after the order was placed).  My questions are:
Does anyone have information on this production problem?
Is this problem a red flag that should steer me away from this system?

Any guidence would be greatly appreciated.n

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 16:59:40 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Hans de Wolf)
Subject: CD-ROM Rock Ridge extensions supported on Mac ?

I am looking for Macintosh software that will support the Rock Ridge
extension to the ISO-9660 standard (this extentions allows ISO-9660
compatible CD-ROMs to work with long filenames for operating systems that
support more than 8+3 characters, like UNIX and MacOS).
Up to now I have not been able to find CD-ROM driver software for the Mac
that supports this extensions.
Does anyone know of software that supports this extension, or know about a
reason why this is impossible on Macs?

..........................................................................
[e-mail]    (work, read nearly daily)
[e-mail] (personal, read weekly)

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 08:18:12 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: ClarisWorks filing module boxes problem (A-sort of)

 The only reply I received to my complaint that I couldn't find a way
to automatically put a border around a field in ClarisWorks' filing
module is really depressing:

From: Ian Bacon <[e-mail]>

I am sorry to say that the only way to create a box around a field in
works is to draw it. About six months ago I bought a copy of
FileMakerPro because, while I liked the quick and easy design capability
of works, I was running into too many short comings. As someone told me
at the time, "if works had more power no one would buy FMPro.

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

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 10:30:54 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Lee Larson)
Subject: ClarisWorks Problem in 7.5

Inofo-Mac Digest V12 #139 [e-mail] wrote

>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?

I had this same problem  from both FileMaker and ClarisWorks after I
upgraded. This was the clue to the problem because they both use the Claris
Fonts file in the Claris folder in the System Folder. It turned out that I
had a corrupted Zapf Dingbats suitcase which was messing up their common
font database. (Of course, I worked alphabetically, so it was the last one
to check...) The mystery is that the suitcase worked fine under System 7.1.

One good way to narrow down the problem is to create a folder on your
desktop and move the System and Finder into it. When you re-bong your Mac
it will start up with that new "System" folder and only use the Chicago,
Geneva and Monaco fonts from the ROM. If ClarisWorks runs with this
labotonized system, you know it's something in your real System Folder
causing the problem.

ClarisWorks 2.1v4 is the latest, if you don't count the 3.0 upgrade, which
I haven't seen yet.

---
Lee Larson, Department of Mathematics, University of Louisville

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 94 10:26 EST
From: Paul Coleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color for SE-30 (Q)

Apologies for a question which is a bit archaic, but here goes.
I'd like to get a color monitor for my venerable SE-30.  The
local resellers and a major nat'l mail-order house say they
don't know what kind of card is needed, and the Apple hotlines
have interminable waits.  Can someone please offer some advice
on a basic color card for the SE-30 (millions of colors aren't
needed), and whether the Apple Multiscan 15" monitor is a good
choice for this purpose?  Can any Mac-suited, 16" or smaller
monitor be used with the SE-30 and a minimal color card?

I've checked the Info-Mac archives, but only located discussions that
were 2-3 years old, and I'm not sure if the product info is
currently reliable.

Many thanks.

Paul Coleman
[e-mail]
or
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 08:13:43 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: CopyDoubler slowdown problem solved (A)

I recently asked why CopyDoubler slowed to a crawl when copying folders
with hundreds of documents in them. I found a work-around on my own:
Copy the CLOSED folder which contains the jam-packed folders onto the
CLOSED icon of the volume (hard disk, Syquest cartridge, etc.). Fast
copy then works properly; whereas if I copy the files from the OPEN
folder original to the duplicate open folder, I get the slowdown.
CopyDoubler reports the same number of changes made in either case,
but in the second case spends a long time looking for changes before
copying.

Meanwhile I got these explanations, the first before I discovered my
solution.

Dear Mr. Brians,
In response to your comp.sys.mac.digest question:
Copydoubler has a buffer of around 1024k, which I suppose if ex-
ceeded will force it to send copies in segments.
Now imagine block transfers on a large scale like your 300 files
and you can see that you have created a backlog on the RAM.
As part of any program is to speak to the RAM chips,
you may have exceeded the capacity of those block transfers.
If you can, set the buffer to 1024k in Copdoubler the Control Panel. If that
does not speed things up, turn copydoubler off, and buy a $10 shareware called
AppDisk.   It will handle copies to RAM and then elsewhere a lot quicker than
Copydoubler.
AppDisk is a true RAMDisk program, and is set by the Get Info
box in the Finder the same way an application is.  That Get
Info box determines the size of the RAMDISK.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

Mr. Brody sent along this info in response to my explanation of my
solution. The details ae over my head, but may be useful to someone.

Dear Mr. Brians,
As I understand you, Copydoubler is only slow if the window from the other
volume is open.  Is the other volume something other than a hard disk?
Because if it is, this means keeping the window open the finder has to think
about: 1. making sure the disk whose window is open never is ejected,
2. making sure than stuff sitting on the hard disk goes to another controller
card, and at the same time that the open window is indeed active.

Also, the finder's multitasking is faster when windows are closed, and
CopyDoubler uses the same RAM chips that the Finder uses to speed up the
copying.   Thus keeping the window open, you are transfering between several
hardware things, including the software for screen redraws, the software that
prevents or causes please insert disk X to show up or not show up, not to
mention any monitor cards that try to speed up the redraws while the Finder is
thinking.
Keeping windows hidden of open applications is the same deal.  The Finder
assigns priority to who occuppies its RAM chips.  That is the difference
between pre-emptive and non-pre-emptive multitasking.  One assigns priority
(which takes time), the other allows both applications to share time equally.

CopyDoubler has the option to work in the background.  This option should
always be used when you can, as it is faster.  Check the CopyDoubler control
panel in your Control panel folder.

Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
[e-mail] (you may call me Mr. Brody)

I do let CopyDoubler work in the background. It didn't seem to have
anything to do with my particular problem.

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

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 10:22:02 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Drew Provan)
Subject: Endnote Plus & WordPerfect 3.0

Does anyone know whether EndNote Plus will work properly with WordPerfect
3.0 (Mac)? I need to continually format and unformat referencesand, while
Word will cope with this I cannot seem to be able to do it with WP. Any
suggestions?

Andrew

[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 13:26:27 +48000
From: Michael Chinn <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for a dialup mail program

Hello all!

As a 'Net user with only dialup (vt100) UNIX access (no PPP/SLIP -- they
charge extra and I'm cheap ;), I'm looking for a program  to  handle  my
email.   I've been working on writing one, but what with school, work, a
life, and a lack of knowledge of programming the  Mac  interface  (I  do
have the C++ thing figured out tho...), it may take me a while... In the
meantime I'd like to see what's out there and if  anyone  has  something
that will meet my list of criteria.  If you've got something  (or  it'll
only take you 20 minutes to write it ;),  let me know.  (Just  a  simple
little program that would retrieve mail over a vt100 connection would be
greatly appreciated.)  Thanx.

1) Must work via a dialup connection to a UNIX host.   No SLIP, PPP,  or
    TCP/IP.

2) Should have a scripting language to allow the program to log  into  a
    variety of hosts, change to the right directory, and locate the mail
    file.  I   particularly   like   the   C-like  scripting  system  in
    Terminal2.2, available (w/source) from info-mac somewhere.   This is
    _really_ important 'cause to get to my host you have to do backflips
    and watch while it fills your screen with  several  pages  of  "This
    computer is for authorized government/educational use only...".

3) Should use an efficient method of transferring mail.  I've found that
    ZModem  works  really  well,  but  text   transfer   through   modem
    compression works ok too.

4) Should be able to handle long mail (32K+).   All  mail  programs I've
    seen thusfar fail miserably here, and since I get a lot  of  digests
    (info-mac included), I would really like to read all of them without
    having to resort to BBEdit.

5) Should be able to strip headers.  I  really  hate  having  to  scroll
    through two dozen lines of  redirection  to  get  to  a  three  line
    question.

6) Should be able to sort the mail into multiple boxes (or let me do it)
    so that if I don't want to read the tirades  on  one of  my  mailing
    lists until I'm good and mad I don't have to. ;)

7) Should be able to let me reply to mail.   Somewhere I found a program
    that (said it) could create a UNIX script out of your mail that  you
    could run and it would mail the mail.   I've  been looking into this
    for my system, but haven't yet perfected it.

8) Should be extensible, perhaps by using  plug-in  modules.   This  way
    when  I  get so used to using this great program and want to upgrade
    to a PPP connection I can plug in another  module  and  the  program
    will do POP3.  (This feature completely utopian, and thus optional.)



___________________________________________________________________________
 Michael J. Chinn                  "We have more acreage of forest land in
 [e-mail]         the US today than we did at the time
 652 Williamsburg Drive                     the Constitution was written!"
 Caro, Michigan  48723-1338                                         --Rush
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 16:20:03 JST
From: [e-mail] (Paul J.Fons)
Subject: MacPPP and SLIP

  I am curious as to how to configure the use of these two protocols
on the workstation side.  It is my understanding that at least one
(and maybe both) of the software for the Unix box side is freely
available.  What I would like to ask is -- where can I get the software
and do I need to be root to install it?  Thanks for any help.

                    [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 07:34:35 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Joan Macintosh)
Subject: MOSAIC 200A8.PPC problem

I have been having major problems with all the WWW programs I've tried,
using my PPC 6100/60.  I'm not sure what "an unimplemented trap error"
means but what happens is the program loads and I begin to use it (and
enjoy it!) and then everything freezes after I've visited one or more
sites.  I think the maximum number of sites visited on a session has been
three.  When the freeze hits, I try a power quit but can't do a restart
>From the finder without it freezing again.  The only solution is to shut
the computer off and then reboot it.

I thought it might be a problem with Mosaic so tried MacWeb only to find
the same thing.  Then I saw the announcements about Netscape so tried that.
 If anything, it's worse than Mosaic in regard to the freezing although
what I've seen of the program really makes me want to solve this problem so
I can use it as it's fast and has a great looking interface.  With
Netscape, if it doesn't freeze part way through loading I can use the
Newsgroups feature without problems but get a freeze almost as soon as I
try any of the other features.

I'd also love to know any solutions.

Cheers...Joan

>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.

Joan Macintosh (person not computer!)           e-mail:   [e-mail]
Halifax, Nova Scotia                                or:   [e-mail]
Canada                                           voice:   1-902-479-2428

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 94 08:22:48 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mosaic NCSAMosaic200A8.68k can't find helper applications (A)

I installed NCSAMosaic200A8.68k on a new machine, ran it, discovered I
had not installed the helper applications (JPEGView, Sparkle, etc.),
did so, then ran Mosaic again and found it could not find them and
offered to load graphics, sounds, etc. manually. Rebuilt desktop.
No go. Used Mosaic's controls to hand-assign each application for
each filetype. Still no go.Trashed the Mosaic Prefs file.

It worked!

Evidently the first time you run Mosaic, it puts its helper links
into your prefs file and cannot update that file under certain
conditions (not sure what they are). The trick: when installing
NCSAMosaic200A8.68k on a new volume install all the helper
applications before running Mosaic the first time. Or trash
the prefs file.

Because of that *&#!* prefs file in the system folder, you cannot
run different copies of Mosaic on the same machine from removable
volumes (like Syquest cartridges). NCSA says they're working on that.
Lots of applications assume you'll always be using your application
with the same System Folder. Wake up programmers! At least let us
copy a prefs file to our portable volume and use it to launch
the program (NCSAMosaic200A8.68k can't).

My own solution: use Mosaic Netscape instead. It's faster, neater
smaller, and portable. Now if only it could import Mosaic hotlists
directly.

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

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

Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 08:53:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MSWord 6 -- Any Good Reasons for Updating?

Cindy,

My only suggestion is that you buy a single upgrade, and try the thing
for yourself.  Word 6 is a huge hog of resources, including RAM and disk
space, and on my IIci it takes *forever* to boot.

It is somewhat faster on a PowerMac 9150 Work Group Server (what would you
expect, after all!?), but it often causes the server to crash, so for the
most part we avoid it there.

I still use version 4.0E for *lots* of word processing tasks, 5.1a for
"heavier" formatting, and *seldom* use 6.0.

Regards,

Traci J. Ingram

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

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 01:42:02 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Gordon K. Werner)
Subject: Newsreader help!

hi there...I have a question.

I use newswatcher to get access and to read USENET newsgroups....yesterday,
It stopped registering new postings.  I tried rebuilding my group list but
that didn't help.

Do y'all have any suggestions?

thanks

FlyPBA

[e-mail]                  Gordon K. Werner
[e-mail]          312 Hendricks Isle, Apt. #1
[phone]                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-3770

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 23:49:01 -0300
From: Guido Paccagnella <[e-mail]>
Subject: Norton Utilities 3.1

G R A C I A S  P E T E R  N O R T O N
por favores recibidos.

This is a "thank you"  to all the Symantec - Norton  staff and R&D team that I
promised myself to do after resucitating a 1Gigabyte hard disk, password
protected with HDT, all the way down to the sad mac error code.
It was an ordeal to recover, but finally I did it.
For the curious, it started from a long SCSI chain cable connection.
SCSI2 is very delicate.

Guido Paccagnella
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 22:22:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kazuhiro Yago <[e-mail]>
Subject: PlainTalk on 660AV

Hi: I am using a Centris 660 AV and recently I upgraded system software
>From 7.1 to 7.5.  Then I tried to install the PlainTalk ver. 1.3.  After
inserting the 5th disk(the last one), I was requested to insert the first
disk as usual .  Then an alert box appeared, which said "An error has
occured during installation." Then I tried to custom install only the
speech recognition software.  This time the installation seemed successful
. But after restarting, the bomb appeared to tell me a system error.
According to ReadMeFirst, PlainTalk 1.3 supports 660AV with system 7.5.
Is there two kinds of PlainTalk softwares for PowerMac and 660/840AV? Does
anyone have a similar experience or any suggestions? Thank you in advance.

Kazuhiro Yago
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 19:29:47 +0059 (EDT)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: Preventing Mosaic 2.0.0A8 crashes

Like a number of people complaining on info-mac today, I had problems with
Mosaic 2.0.0A8 crashing with "unimplemented trap", both the 68K and Power
Mac versions. I tried various things to fix Mosaic; it finally stopped
crashing after I removed a file called "LocalHome.html" that was in the
same directory as Mosaic. No idea where it came from or what it was
supposed to do...

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 16:29:17 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Alf van der Poorten)
Subject: Printer Port dead after installing 7.5

Following my installing System 7.5 I lost my Laserprinter. The printer
exists. The same connectors allow my Powerbook to see it. On the other hand
I can't make any contact from my Quadra800 to anything on my little
localnet.

Is there any way of checking whether this is a hardware problem? Is there
any way of jogging the port to come back to life? Is it all a coincidence
or is 7.5 somehow guilty?

Please e-mail me [and the net if your advice is generally helpful].

Alf van der Poorten
Head, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
Director, ceNTRe for Number Theory Research
Macquarie University
NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA

[e-mail]   (fax: [phone] or, fax at home: [phone])

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 07:22:26 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Alf van der Poorten)
Subject: Printer Port dead after installing 7.5:Oops

Last night I wrote:
>Following my installing System 7.5 I lost my Laserprinter. The printer
exists.
>The same connectors allow my Powerbook to see it. On the other hand I can't
>make any contact from my Quadra800 to anything on my little localnet.
>
>Is there any way of checking whether this is a hardware problem? Is there any
>way of jogging the port to come back to life? Is it all a coincidence or is
>7.5 somehow guilty?
>
>Please e-mail me [and the net if your advice is generally helpful].

As always, asking the net was immediately helpful. The moment I had sent
the message I remembered troubles reconfiguring MacTCP and fiddling with
the Network ControlPanel. Indeed, I had mindlessly clicked it to Remote
Only. So this was a case of of RWYDTTFCPs [remember what you did to the
...]

Alf van der Poorten
Head, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
Director, ceNTRe for Number Theory Research
Macquarie University
NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA

[e-mail]   (fax: [phone] or, fax at home: [phone])

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 11:22:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with SupraFax LC (fwd)

With all the Supra discussions in the last couple of Info-Macs, I am
prompted to forward the following message to Supra's (notorious) Tech
Support (thanks to the Info-Mac reader who provided the Internet
address).  Their support *has* always been spotty for me, too.

If they make any meaningful reply, I will repost to the Digest.

Traci J. Ingram

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

 --------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 11:17:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Traci J. Ingram <tingram@services>
To: Supra Tech Support <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with SupraFax LC

Gentlemen:

We use a Supra FAXmodem V.32bis, a Boca (same ROM's as Supra,
apparently), and a couple of SupraFAX LC's.  With hosts to which the
V.32bis and the Boca will *always* connect at 14,400 (using *identical*
setups in Microphone Pro), the LC's *always* connect at 9,600.

The Microphone Modem Settings box for "Always Connect at Highest Possible
Speed" is checked in all cases, with DTE (or is it DCE?) speeds set to
57,600.  The *only* times that the LC's will connect at 14,400 is when
the modems on the other ends are also LC's.

What can we do to get these things to connect (to our Internet provider)
at 14,400?

Regards,

Traci J. Ingram

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

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Date: 22 Oct 94 16:32:33 EDT
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: PwrPort for Duo Conflict

Hello,

I just received my new Duo280c with a PowerPort Mercury modem installed.
After installation of the same extensions and control panels I am currently
using on my old PB180, I experienced the following problem:

When I run Norton 2.0 Disk Doctor Norton will freeze when scanning the last
file, or when trying to quit after it ran to completion.

This problem was reproducable. Spending half a day with init-conflict hunting
revealed that the "Now Menus" Control Panel is in conflict with the

PowerPort for Duo Tool System Extension, and
PowerPort for Duo Control Panel.

Can anybody confirm this problem ? Any proposal what to use instead of
NowMenus (Shareware ?)....

Thanks for your help!

Hans Kroeger

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

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 22:22:49 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Mark Hayes)
Subject: QuickTime 2.0 - How to mix MIDI and video?

QuickTime 2.0 has the wonderful ability to let you create MIDI "movies"
that will play back using stored sound samples.  Two questions:

1) How can I combine a MIDI movie with a video movie, to give the video a
soundtrack? Premiere 4.0 won't even recognize MIDI movies as movies, so
it's no help.

2) Is it possible to direct QT MIDI output to an external MIDI device?

Thanks for any help.

/Mark Hayes

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 2:23:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: "ADAM GERSTEIN, _THE_ MACGURU" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Serial way to do Eudora/News??

Hey there fellow Mac'ers,
    I just managed to get a serial connection for my schools VAX, and I
    want
to know if there is anyway to use Eudora to check my mail or a news program
that
I can use to check the news.
    I've managed to use Eudora on my schools system, but whenever I try to
use it on anything NOT on the school's ethernet and without TCP on it (i.e.
thru
a serial connectioin) it doesn't work.

    Any help is appreciated, and I'll post a summary of replies.

    Thanks in advance,
    adam
    [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 15:13 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Spreadsheet corrupts, looking for new one

Greetings,
My Full Impact spreadsheet that I bought awhile back is even corrupted on its
original copy.
I was looking for a comparable speadsheet, commercial or shareware with
graphs, freeze horizontal/vertical, sort column/row/ @ functions, charts, and
page setup/font, font/type sizing abilities.  Is there one available on the
market now that works on a non-FPU Macintosh LC for around $100 or less?
System 7.0.0 is my current system, and no I can't upgrade to a newer version.
It should need less than 2.5 MB of RAM, and take up less than 2 MB of hard
disk space with these capabilities.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 09:13:25 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Martin Jourdan)
Subject: Stackable clipboard (A)

Matti Zemack <[e-mail]> asked:

>I'm searching for a clipboard-like INIT (or CDEV). It should work something
>as follows:
>1. I Copy something out with CMD-C and it's put on a stack.(*1)
>2. I Copy something else out with CMD-C and it's put on the stack.(*2)
>3. I Paste (CMD-V) and out comes what I copied out in (*2).
>4. I Paste again (CMD-V) and out should come what I copied in (*1).
>
>Has anybody heard of something like this? (or could program this)

Multiclip Pro by Olduvai Corp., now in version 3.1 at least, does this and
much more. I am very satisfied with it (except it has a heavy memory
footprint).

I hope this helps.

Martin Jourdan, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France.

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 11:13:48 +0500
From: [e-mail] (Fred Monsour)
Subject: System 7.5 & Times Two compression

Does anyone have information regarding the compatibility of System 7.5 and
the driver-level compression software Times Two? One of my external hard
drives is formatted with Times Two, and my Centris 650 24/345 freezes
frequently but unpredictably unless that drive is turned off. This is true
even if all extensions are off, including SCSI Manager.  The TT developer,
Golden Triangle Software, has evidently closed shop and is not available
for comment. Help?!

Fred Monsour

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 22:20:22 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Luke Stein)
Subject: WWW Browsers

A week ago, I posted a message about problems I had with Mosaic200a8. I got
a whole bunch of responses. I sorted these in to two catagories. The "I've
had problems too" catagory, and the "MacWeb is better than Mosaic so you
should just try that" one. The latter were a little bit annoying. I like
Mosaic. But then I read in a newsgroup numerous recomendations for Mosaic
Netscape. So, I thought I'd try it. Can you say Wow? I can not think of
anything that I like better about Mosaic. Netscape *appears* to:

Work Faster
Allow you to move to a new page/scroll while the page is being loaded
Handle forms considerably better
Have a nicer interface
Have a bookmark interface that makes Mosaic's look like a joke
    Allows you to sort items and add dividers
    Export bookmarks to an HTLM document
    Allows you to access bookmarked items through a menu
Requires a reasonable amount of memory (Turn down Preferred in Get Info box)

I'm sure that there are ways in which other browsers are better, but I have
found Netscape to be the best overall. I higly reccomend giving it a try.

            <+>Luke Stein
I apologise for any misinformation or misinterpretation

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 11:39:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Thomas)
Subject: WWW Programs - Which is the best?

[e-mail] writes:

>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.

Get MacWeb at http://galaxy.einet.net/EINet/MacWeb/MacWebHome.html

It's by far the best and I've tried them all. Command-period actually
*works*! :-) It's stable and fast. Very fast. Plus if you run your own
server it has some really nice options for capturing URLs and html files
>From other sites.

Brian Thomas
SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 20:15:39 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Paul Hoffman)

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

I have two e-mail addresses for them:

  [e-mail]
  [e-mail]

My source for these is a CD-ROM from May 1993.

Paul.

--
Paul Hoffman            +-----+ E-mail: [e-mail]
Taubman Medical Library | pmh | WWW: http://www.umich.edu/~nkuitse/
University of Michigan  +-----+ "Dragons do not enter into this message"

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