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Date: Tue,  8 Nov 94 11:59:17 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #147
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Info-Mac Digest             Tue,  8 Nov 94       Volume 12 : Issue 147

Today's Topics:

      [!] Attn AOL users
      [!] This digest is MIMEd!
      [*] ASFU Fixer (version 1.0.1); compatibility with GDT PowerPrint
      [*] AutoCat 1.0.3; a floppy cataloger
      [*] AUTOFOCUS is a HyperCard stack which discusses photography
      [*] Bikaka 1.3 - hexagonal Tetris
      [*] Clip3Clip; a clippings utility
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-066
      [*] EPS Fixer Guide Files; Apple Guide files for the application
      [*] FirstClass 2.6; a BBS client
      [*] MacSense Issue #12, November 1994
      [*] Miracle 1.3.5; Miracle Piano teaching application
      [*] Musical Composition: Trapezium
      [*] StyleScript printer driver
      [*] SunBlock 2.3 screensaver/security application
      [*] suntar 2.0.3; a compression utility
      [*] TidBITS#251/07-Nov-94
      (Q) Mac-SCCS ?
      AMT definition for UfoMate modem?
      Canvas 3.5 poltergeist
      DeskTop Rebuild Fails (Brute-Force Solution)
      Disappearing windows
      Disk labeler program
      Document Comparison
      FileMaker Pro and Apple ImageWriter II
      File Sharing
      FPU for Blackbirds (Q)
      GeoQuery contact information?
      Getting to files in windows opened off screen
      Getting to files in windows opened off screen (R)
      Getting to files in windows opened off screen [Partial A]
      Help with Mosaic/Netscape and HTML files
      Info-Mac Digest V12 #145
      InterSLIP with Express Modem 14400
      ISDN interface for Mac
      jpeg/giff Mac -> PC (Q)
      Looking for info/sites for developmentaly disabled access to computers
      MacLinux Announcement
      Mounting SUN server on Mac hard drive
      Newsreader & POP
      News Server On a Mac?
      No room in Heap Zone?
      OS wars in scientific computing
      Reply to System 7.5 problem
      Re system 7.5 problem (A)
      SE/30 disk drive defect
      System 7.5 problem
      tektronix cq driver
      Test Statistics
      The wumpus-nVIR problem
      UNIX on the Mac
      Version Numbers
      Vivid Computer Video Projectors...
      Wanted: Loudspeaker design program

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 13:36:32 -0600 (CST)
From: Gordon Watts -- U of Rochester <[e-mail]>
Subject: [!] Attn AOL users

Hi,
  This message is aimed at AOL users who have subscribed to a info-mac digest
(you sent a "subscribe" email to one of the listserv addresses).  I was not
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  Adam Engst (another one of info-mac's moderators) has provided the following
pointers:

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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 28 Oct 94       Volume 12 : Issue 142

Today's Topics:

      [*] AOL Newton Books; about AOL
      [*] Barney Blaster 2.0.1, an After Dark module
      [*] CalcOne; a calculator for the Mac
...
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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 8:58:02 -0600 (CST)
From: Gordon Watts -- U of Rochester <[e-mail]>
Subject: [!] This digest is MIMEd!

Hi,
  This is the digest on MIME.
  Let us know what you think.
  If there aren't too many complaints we will adopt this as the normal format
for the digest.

    Cheers,
        Gordon (info-mac moderator).

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 11:11:08 U
From: "Simon Kok" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ASFU Fixer (version 1.0.1); compatibility with GDT PowerPrint

The ASFU Fixer (version 1.0.1) makes your Power Macintosh and Macintosh AV
serial ports compatible with the GDT PowerPrint high speed serial-to-parallel
converter.

Cheers!

Simon Kok
Product Support Specialist
GDT Softworks Inc.


[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/asfu-fixer-101.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Fri, 04 Nov 94 11:28:08 -0500
From: olivier lebra <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AutoCat 1.0.3; a floppy cataloger

AutoCat is a control panel that automatically catalogs your
floppy disks when they are ejected. With AutoCat, you only have
to write the name of your disks on their label. To find a file,
you can uses the "Find..." command from the Finder as if your
file was on your hard disk.

How does AutoCat catalog disks ?

While you eject a disk, AutoCat creates a folder (with the same
name as your disk and with a customized AutoCat icon). It puts
in this folder aliases of all the files of the disk. AutoCat
maintains the hierarchy of your floppy disk : it copies folders
of the disk and, instead of copying files, makes aliases and
puts them in their folders.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/auto-cat-103.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:44:01 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Randall Ayling)
Subject: [*] AUTOFOCUS is a HyperCard stack which discusses photography

Randy Ayling
121, rue de Carency
62400 B=E9thune
=46RANCE
Phone   [phone]
=46ax     21 61 22 57
e-mail  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/auto-focus-hc.hqx; 61K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:00:16 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ekl=F6f?= )
Subject: [*] Bikaka 1.3 - hexagonal Tetris

Another Tetris... So what?

Yes, this is yet another Tetris clone. Sure. To be precise, it is a
hexagonal tetris. Some of you might scream "Hextris" when I say that. Yes,
I know about Hextris, even though I didn't when I wrote the game. The two
games are just about as different as two games can be while still being
"hexagonal Tetrises". Here are the major differences betweeen this game and
Hextris:

- The hex grid is not oriented in the same direction. This removes some
annoying problems with Hextris, like pieces "jumping" up and down when you
move them sideways, and rows being zig-zag, so it is hard to tell if two
hexes are on the same line or on two adjacent lines. It also means that the
pieces do not fall straight down, but that is a feature. :-)
- High score list. Just a plain one, with 10 entries. Oh, yes, there is a
small secret feature too...
- Color. It works on B/W Macs too.
- Configurable controls, including support for arrow-keys and other special
keys: just type the ASCII number instead of the key.

Enhancements in version 1.3:
- Better color! It now uses Color Quickdraw rather than the older 8-color
graphics that I used up to version 1.2. The choice between different colors
is removed. The colors on the color pieces were chosen to look good in 16
colors.
- Added a "piece freeze sound" (can be disabled), played when a piece is
fixed to the grid and no longer moveable.
- Modified event handling to reduce background processing when the game
needs more speed.
- Saves scores and preferences in the System folder if the application is
locked (i.e. on locked volume or compressed with AutoDoubler).
- Statistics window, showing the number of each shape that has appeared.
- An option to replace the old game-over-sound with one that won't offend
anyone - and that is also more international!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/bikaka-13.hqx; 107K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:11:31 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Ondrej Bojar)
Subject: [*] Clip3Clip; a clippings utility

Clip3Clip
(new version of Clip2Clip)

  This tiny application converts contents of 'clipping' files to
the clipboard and contents of the clipboard to a clipping file.
ReadMe included.

Ondrej Bojar, [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/clip-three-clip.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 16:29:31 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-066

C.S.M.P. Digest             Mon, 07 Nov 94       Volume 3 : Issue 66

Today's Topics:

    #defines by the compiler (CodeWarrior)
    Announcement: New Mac C++ Programming Book Available
    Apple Guide:  Styled text FUBAR
    Basic GWorlds and QuickDraw Newbie
    CW & Code Resources -- poor?
    Desktop Pictures
    Drag-and-drop to cdev window?
    Fastest way to fill memory with a given value?
    Gestalt Selectors List 2.6
    Global storage in code resources
    How to execute MPW tools without MPW
    MacTCP Completion Routines & Async Nofification
    Memory Management within the Real World
    NewGWorld returns null pointer
    Pathnames? I don't think so...
    Q: Creating Variable sized structures?
    QuickTime + MIDI?
    Software volume locking: HELP!
    Some string routines for the PowerPC
    Tech Notes on the World Wide Web, and History Is Made

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

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-066.txt; 164K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 10:19:21 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Schooley)
Subject: [*] EPS Fixer Guide Files; Apple Guide files for the application

Apple Guide files for EPS Fixer 1.3. System 7.5 or later
required.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/eps-fixer-13-guide.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:38:40 -0600
From: Chuck Crews <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FirstClass 2.6; a BBS client

Graphical front-end software required to
connect via network or modem to FirstClass systems.  Will run on any Mac
with at least 1 MB of RAM. Docs in Word format.

This version introduces the ability to connect over TCP/IP to FirstClass
servers licensed with SoftArc's optional TCP/IP Module.

Chuck Crews
Chapel Hill, NC

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/first-class-26-client.hqx; 784K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:41:41 -0600
From: Andrew Sinclair-Day <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacSense Issue #12, November 1994

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

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

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

NEWS: Are Big Blue Apple Due Soon?, Apple Revamps Printer Lineup.
APPLEBITS: Apple Software Updates, PCMCIA for PowerBook 500's and
more...
QUICKBITS: America Online gets a facelift, Alladin updates Stuffit,
and more...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Constant Improvement.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Where to find MacSense, eWorld Rate
Corrections.
FEATURE: Hands On: System 7.5, Part II.
THE DILETTANTE: Renzo Piche reflects upon his journey to MacWorld
Toronto.
TECHNOPHILIA: A new semi-regular column by MacSense staffer Neil
Yates.
SOFTWARE REVIEWS: Sensory Overload, LINKS Pro.
HARDWARE REVIEWS: The Quadra 630.

I apologize in advance for the robust size of this issue...but check
out the content!

[Archived as /info-mac/per/macs/mac-sense-12.hqx; 518K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 10:33:23 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Frank HARPER)
Subject: [*] Miracle 1.3.5; Miracle Piano teaching application

This is a new version of the Miracle Piano teaching application which fixes
problems (lockups, etc.) when running on PowerBooks or Dockers.

If you don't have a Miracle Keyboard attached to your Mac, and a previous
version of the Miracle software installed, this file will be of no use to you.

To install put the new application in your Miracle folder and delete or rename
the previous version of the application.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/miracle-135.hqx; 813K]

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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 00:15:49 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Musical Composition: Trapezium

The Musical Composition Entitled
Trapezium
(and stored in the Macintosh file "Shoemaker 007 v01") is

The file "Shoemaker 007 v01" is a Macintosh QuickTime 2.0 MIDI
Music Movie;  it requires QuickTime 2.0 and the
QuickTime Musical Instruments extension.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/qt/shoemaker-007-01.hqx; 60K]

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 11:13:05 U
From: "Simon Kok" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] StyleScript printer driver

This updater contains the latest version of the StyleScript printer driver,
new CRD's, the Apple Serial Switch and a PDF file for QuarkExpress users.

This updater will only work with the full retail version of StyleScript v1.0
- NOT THE DEMO VERSION.

Cheers!

Simon Kok
Product Support Specialist
GDT Softworks Inc.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/style-script-101-driver.hqx; 624K]

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Date: 07 Nov 1994 11:36:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Cyr <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SunBlock 2.3 screensaver/security application

SunBlock 2.3 is a small screensaver that provides 18 different
'modules', selectable from a configuration window.  It is an
application, not a control panel, so it works only when you
specifically want it to.  SunBlock also provides password protection
for your computer against unwanted entry by other users.  This option
may be turned on or off, and you may select your own password.  The
Force Quit command (CMD-OPT-ESC keys) has been disabled to provide a
more secure environment.

SunBlock requires Color QuickDraw to run.  If there's still an
interest in a b/w version let me know.

This version is free to all registered users.  Thanks for your
support!!  If you use SunBlock, and haven't yet registered, I ask the
small fee of $5.00.   Please support shareware!

Brian Cyr  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/sun-block-23.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 16:28:50 MET
From: [e-mail] (Sauro Speranza)
Subject: [*] suntar 2.0.3; a compression utility

This is version 2.0.3 of suntar, the tar program for the Macintosh.

Sauro Speranza  e-mail: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/suntar-203.hqx; 175K]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 20:42:24 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#251/07-Nov-94

TidBITS#251/07-Nov-94

Find out below why Apple is a lousy lover, according to long-time
   developer Dave Winer. We also take a long, hard look at SCSI
   Manager 4.3, which could improve performance on most 68040 Macs
   with System 7.5 and the right applications. Mark Anbinder
   presents a brief bit on the Power 8100/110 and also looks at CE
   Software's QuickMail Internet Access Kit. Finally, check out
   the new URL for our Web server, and a $199 deal on a Newton
   MessagePad 100.

Topics:
    MailBITS/07-Nov-94
    Better, Stronger, Faster
    Workgroup Internet QuickMail
    It's All About Love
    Why SCSI Manager 4.3?
    Reviews/07-Nov-94

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-251.etx; 30K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 10:32:11 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Daniel White)
Subject: (Q) Mac-SCCS ?

I am looking for a Macintosh-equivalent of Unix SCCS to allow multiple
folks to work with a document collection across a network.

Thanx in advance

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 08:14:24 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Johan Solve)
Subject: AMT definition for UfoMate modem?

Can someone point to a source where I can find Apple Modem Tool (1.5) modem
definitions, specifically for the UfoMate 144/96 and 144/144 modems.

I can't get the modem to work reliably with the standard Hayes compatible
definition.

Thanks in advance,
Johan Solve
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 07:46:39 -0800
From: [e-mail] (ellen)
Subject: Canvas 3.5 poltergeist

Dear Netters,
    Yesterday I switched hard disks in my PowerMac 7100 from the
original 230 MB to a 500 MB.  I transferred all of the original hard disk
contents directly to the new hard disk.  I then rebooted the Mac using the
new hard disk.  When I saw it to be a successful, bootable hard disk, only
then did I replace the two disks.  Everything seems to work fine except for
my Canvas 3.5.
    Canvas loads until almost the end then asks for the hard disk.  I
have given the same name to my new hard disk, have thrown away all old
Canvas files, have reloaded the program from the original disks, have
loaded another copy of Canvas 3.5, rebuilt the desktop, and Zapped the
Pram.  It still asks fto insert the old disk.  Any suggestions??  TIA.
Ellen

Ellen Tal                       [e-mail]
Biological Computing Division   work tel. [phone]
Weizmann Institute of Science   home tel. [phone]
Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL           fax:  [phone]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 10:15:50 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: DeskTop Rebuild Fails (Brute-Force Solution)

This is a follow-up on the desktop rebuild failure I reported in Digest #
134 and #138, on which there was some subsequent net traffic by others,
plus direct EMail to me.

Several individulas advised assorted clever procedures claimed to trick the
Mac into rebuilding the DeskTop. NONE of the tricks worked in my case, and
I finally gave up and applied the brute-force approach of backing it up,
and  re-initializing it.

I was reasonably sure that this would work (and it did), but even on that
approach I was warned by Rick Zaccone ([e-mail]), who once had
a similar problem, in which case the bug was carried over even into the
backup. He had to resort to a tricky restore procedure so he wouldn't
simply restore the problem itself. I will not describe his procedure here,
nor the extra precautions I took to avoid that problem. I am not sure these
precautions were needed in my case, but I would be happy to send a detailed
description to anyone who has a DT rebuild problem and for whom the
straightforward backup-initialize-restore procedure does not work.

Many Thank to all who tried to help!!

Herb Kroemer
ECE Dept.
UCSB

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Date: Mon,  7 Nov 1994 21:39:45 -0500
From: Scott Coats <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disappearing windows

[e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg) writes in issue #146:

>I mount a remote drive from a computer with a big screen (17inch) onto the
>desktop of my SE/30.  When I try to open the volume by double clicking it
>opens off screen.  I can seen the zoom flying off to the left.  What do I
>do now?  Is there a way to clean up the window or toss bring it back to the
>center of the screen?
>
>I also had this problem with an inserted disk.  A folder that I opened did
>so off screen (this was on a 17 inch screen).  At least then I could view
>the folders by name.  I was never able to gain control of the window
>position in the icon view though.  Since it was in my mac I was able to
>list the files by name and I could see them them.
>
>What to do?

David:

Open a window on your screen (any window will do as long as the close box is
visible). Option-click the close box to close all open windows. You should
now be able to open the window you want within the space allotted on your
screen.


Scott Coats <[e-mail]>
Innovative Solutions
218 Second Street
Key Largo, FL  33037-4837
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
305/451-4560 Vox
305/451-2411 Fax

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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 19:44:00 -0400
From: Mark Stephansky Whitman-Hanson 617-447-7020 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk labeler program

Hi All:

A short while ago I posted a request for a disk labeler/cataloger program
similar to the no longer supported Disk Accessory Plus. A number of folks
responded with the shareware program Loodles found on info mac under the disk
directory. In the words of Allan Hunter the program "makes a catalog of the
contents of all floppies inserted while running and will happily print labels
for each disk..." (in popular label formats).

Thanks to all who responded
-mark
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon,  7 Nov 1994 21:40:24 -0500
From: Scott Coats <[e-mail]>
Subject: Document Comparison

[e-mail] (Gary Lee Nelson) writes in issue #146:

>Subject: Compare program for text
>
>I am running system 7.1 and the two programs I had been
>using for text comparison (Compare & Compare 0.9) bomb with
>error=1 or 3 when I start them.  I assume they do not work
>with newer systems or newer Macs.  Does anyone have a suggestion
>for a program to replace them?  <more>

Try DocuComp II. It's a commerical program available from the major mail
order houses. Works great for two of the law firms I work with.


Scott Coats <[e-mail]>
Innovative Solutions
218 Second Street
Key Largo, FL  33037-4837
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
305/451-4560 Vox
305/451-2411 Fax

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Date: Tue, 08 Nov 94 06:33:11 -0500
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FileMaker Pro and Apple ImageWriter II

I've been trying to set up a FMP database to print onto the tractor feed
3-part forms that our school uses for progress reports, and I can't seem
to consistently get the things to start printing in the same place every
time.

Is there something about FMP that makes it near to impossible to determine
where it's going to start printing in an ImageWriter?  Shouldn't it be a
simple case of "set where the top of the form is, and then print" or am I
doing something wrong?

Thanks for your help!

keg

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

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 22:10:34 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey Hoffman)
Subject: File Sharing

I am having a problem with File sharing.  One of my external drives won't=
 share, and when i select it and select sharing from the file menu, i get an=
 error saying something like "One or more items could not be shared, because=
 not all volumes are available for file sharing."  What makes a volume not=
 "available" for sharing?  I don't think I've changed anything major (but=
 jees, i must have changed something...)  Anyone have any ideas?

thanks in advance.

Geoffrey Hoffman
Cornell University
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 14:27 EST
From: "Don't Panic!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FPU for Blackbirds (Q)

Subject says it all:
Is there a silicon chip FPU addon to the Blackbird series Powerbooks?
SoftFPU doesn't work on all programs.
If there is, where can I obtain one for a 520c, and for how much?
I was considering getting a 520c as my next computer, but without a an FPU it
doesn't make much sense to get one.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 11:16:38 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kim Cary)
Subject: GeoQuery contact information?

Does anyone have the current contact information for makers of the GeoQuery
software?


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

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 07:45:40 +1100
From: [e-mail] (Alf van der Poorten)
Subject: Getting to files in windows opened off screen

David L. Hirschberg <[e-mail]> wrote:
`I mount a remote drive from a computer with a big screen (17inch) onto the
desktop of my SE/30.  When I try to open the volume by double clicking it
opens off screen.  I can seen the zoom flying off to the left.  What do I
do now?  Is there a way to clean up the window or toss bring it back to the
center of the screen?

I also had this problem with an inserted disk.  A folder that I opened did
so off screen (this was on a 17 inch screen).  At least then I could view
the folders by name.  I was never able to gain control of the window
position in the icon view though.  Since it was in my mac I was able to
list the files by name and I could see them them.'
____
Find the ControlPanel `Drag Any Window'. Install it. I've set it so that
holding
Control-Option-Command causes a click to jump the centre of any window to
the click point. It's a lifesaver.
You'll find it at /info-mac/gui/drag-any-window-301.hqx

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, 7 Nov 94 21:56:21 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Getting to files in windows opened off screen (R)

On 5 Nov 1994 [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg) wrote:
> I mount a remote drive from a computer with a big screen (17inch) onto the
> desktop of my SE/30.  When I try to open the volume by double clicking it
> opens off screen.  I can seen the zoom flying off to the left.  What do I
> do now?  Is there a way to clean up the window or toss bring it back to the
> center of the screen?

I believe that MoveWindow FKEY is what you seek.

  ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/gui/move-window-fkey.hqx

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

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 16:52:29 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Darrah Chavey)
Subject: Getting to files in windows opened off screen [Partial A]

>Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 20:34:17 +0300
>From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
>Subject: (Q) Getting to files in windows opened off screen
>
>Hi I have encountered this a few times.
>
>I mount a remote drive from a computer with a big screen (17inch) onto the
>desktop of my SE/30.  When I try to open the volume by double clicking it
>opens off screen.  I can seen the zoom flying off to the left.  What do I
>do now?  Is there a way to clean up the window or toss bring it back to the
>center of the screen?
>...

If you have QuicKeys (that's why this is a "partial answer"), you can define
a key to be the equivalent of clicking the Zoom Box (Finder Set, use
"Define/Mousies/Zoom Window"). Typing that key will now bring the window back
on screen.

--Darrah Chavey            Department of Math & Computer Science
  [e-mail]        Beloit College; 700 College St; Beloit, Wisc.

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Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 12:05:38 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Andrew R. Schmiechen -- University of
Wisconsin-Platteville)
Subject: Help with Mosaic/Netscape and HTML files

Hi everyone.  I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a problem
I'm having with Netscape.  I recently wrote an HTML page for my self and
run MacHTTP as the server.  No problems yet.  Within my page, it has 4
in-line graphics.  All gif format.  The problem is, that Netscape won't
find all the graphics.  It only finds one.  Then if I reload, it will find
2, then if I reload again, it finds 3, etc.  Why does it do this??  If I
use NCSA Mosaic, all four grphics are there the first time.  I had a friend
check it with Netscape for the PC and it did the same thing.

I would appreciate it if someone could look at my source and tell me if I
did something wrong.  The HTTP address is below in my sig.  I appreciate
any help anyone can give me.  Please send response to my e-mail address
below.

Thanks

Andrew R. Schmiechen            WWW: http://137.104.136.223/
    [e-mail]  Finger: Schmiechen@137.104.136.223

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Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 01:52:47 -0700
From: [e-mail] (E. L. Miller)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #145

Given the recent additions to NewsWatcher --- specifically the ability to
open URL's from within the reader itself, I would like to suggest a new
archive "tagline" for the Info-Mac Digest.  Currently you end each file
summary with

[Archived as /info-mac...]

If instead you ended each with

URLs:
ftp://...
http://...

We could just highlight what we wanted and auto-launch Fetch.  One
"glitch" is that everyone reading the Digest would be hitting the same
site.  Certainly I'm open for suggestions, corrections, etc. but in the
meantime could we just put WUArchive's URL's?

Much thanks to Norstad for the incredible improvements in NewsWatcher.

--
"A manual is a terrible thing to waste."
Ed Miller, CIC-2 Desktop Support Group
Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratories

[Yep -- way ahead of you.  We have plans to move in that direction, but haven't
for the very reason you mention -- everyone would be going after one machine.
There are two solutions.  First is use a domain name, "info-mac.org" for
example, and have a DNS rotate the mirrors (this would require all mirrors
to have the same directory structure).  Second is a software component that
would translate the URLs from one to another.  We've not found a machine to
do the first, and the software component has been written to do the second,
but we've not tried to get Fetch and Anarchie authors to incorporate it.
-Gordon]

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 09:49:56 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Dag Rende)
Subject: InterSLIP with Express Modem 14400

I tried to use InterSLIP on PowerBook 540 with built in Express Modem
14400. I used the ARA 2.0 dial script as the manual said. But Connect
hanged up before even dialling the telephone number.
I call a Sun with TIA.
I used a gateway script for InterSLIP and TIA i got from a Mac archive
(written by Bill Arnett <[e-mail]>).

Dag

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 12:27:05 -0500
From: [e-mail] (P. Tucker Withington)
Subject: ISDN interface for Mac

Soliciting information, recommendations, etc. for interfacing a Mac to
ISDN.  In particular, I don't really know what I am talking about, but my
sysadmin claims this would be a better way for me to work from home, rather
than a 28.8 dial-up modem.  The only problem I am told, is that Mac's don't
do ISDN, so I need a pee-cee.  I'm sure that's wrong, so please help me
out!

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 14:08:10 +0001 (EST)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: jpeg/giff Mac -> PC (Q)

I have a giff on the Mac saved as JPEG; what should I do to e-mail this
to a PC user and what software will he need to read it? Thanks!

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 23:33:53 +0200
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Looking for info/sites for developmentaly disabled access to computers

Dear List,

I have a friend who is developing software/hardware solutions for
developmentally disabled people so that they might gain access to
computers.  This would involve solutions for physical and learning
disabilities.  One example would be using speech recognition software for a
boy who is an incomplete quadraplegic and cannot use a mouse.

If anyone has information (ftp or web sites, newsletters or lists, funding
sorces, etc. I would appreciate hearing from you.

Thank you, David
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 10:09:55 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MacLinux Announcement

Found on comp.os.linux.announce:

> From: [e-mail] (George Andrei)
> Subject: MacLinux Announcement
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
> Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
> Keywords: Macintosh Linux kernel port
> Sender: [e-mail] (Matt Welsh)
> Reply-To: [e-mail]
> Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Lund University, Sweden
> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 22:38:25 GMT
> Approved: [e-mail] (Matt Welsh)
> Lines: 43
>
> It was a big mistake from my part not to post the announcement of MacLinux
> to the newsgroups. I posted it only on linux-activists( a mail list). So,
> here you are, enjoy and let me know what you're thinking.
>
> MacLinux is bound to become available in fully functional shape around
> JANUARY/FEBRUARY anno domini 1995. It will run on any MacIntosh with at
> least:
>
>         * 68020 PMMU or 68030/68040 with a MMU onboard.
>         * 4 Mb memory
>         * 2 reserved partitions, swap and filesystem. (alt. 1)
>         * 4 Mb for the swappart. and >10 for the filesystem.
>         * any kind of video cards and in any resolutions and fielddepths.
>         * any kind of keyboard.
>         * not any kind of SCSI HD :-)
>         * no FPU required.
>
>         The initial MacLinux will (does) use the Amiga/Atari Linux
> executables so that you can directly use the plethora of ported UNIX software
> for thos Linux platforms. (that is no recompilation!!!)
>
>         Another new concept in the MacLinux is that different hardware on
> the Mac are handled in a Mac INIT fashion. That is instead of recompiling the
> kernel everytime to support new HW you only have to compile the plugin module
> and run Linux.
>
>         Any questions (technically,functionally and locational) about
> MacLinux will be allways answered. Until January, Have a Happy Xmas!
>
>
>         Ciao, George Andre
>
> **********************************************************
> George Andre          *  Who said that Italian was easy?
> Dept of CS and NumA   *  I know I'm working my ass of
> University of Lund    *   to learn it.. :-(
> Sweden                *
> **********************************************************
>
>
> --
> Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [e-mail]
> Be sure to include Keywords: and a short description of your software.

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

Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 10:12:17 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kathy Brunetti)
Subject: Mounting SUN server on Mac hard drive

A while back I posted a request for information on Novell Group Wise
(formerly Word Perfect Office) which I needed to install in order to keep
using a Mac in an all PC office.  I received several very helpful
replies--and a number of people contacted me to say that they didn't know
anything about the software, but hang in there and don't let them force you
into a PC.  That was also great!  The boss agreed to let us two renegades
keep our Macs providing we paid for the software ourselves and didn't make
the sytem administrator do any work.

Now we have another problem. In our office the DOS/Windows machines are
networked to SUN/NFS. In order to use Group Wise, we need to be able to
mount the Sun server harddrive on the Macs.  The Macs are connected to the
network using ethernet cards and they have MacTCP.  Apparently we need some
other program such as NFS/Share that will mount the Sun drive.  However all
the programs we know about are rather expensive ($300 or more) and it's
coming out of our own pockets.  Does anyone know of any shareware or other
cheap way to get the job done?

As an alternative, it has been suggested that we run netatalk or CAP
(Columbia AppleTalk
Package) on the Sun.  Does anyone know anything about these two programs?

Thanks for any help.  If we ever get the whole problem solved, I will
summarize our struggles & results & make it availble to anyone interested.



Kathy Brunetti, Agriculture Program Supervisor
Department of Pesticide Regulation  1020 N Street Room 161  Sacramento CA 95814
voice [phone]  FAX [phone]  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 11:25:23 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Michael Surtees)
Subject: Newsreader & POP

Thanks to all of you who helped me with my TIA problem.  I'm up and
running.  Everything works (Mosaic, Anarchie, TurboGopher, etc.)  But,
here we go again, I have one last problem:  my UNIX account does NOT use
POP.  Therefore I can send mail with Eudora and such but can't read a
darn thing.  Is there any software that can read my mail WITHOUT POP?
My account admin says they will NOT install a POP.  :(  Thanks!  :)

Michael Surtees
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 09:47:03 +0700
From: [e-mail] (David Theroff)
Subject: News Server On a Mac?

There is a Mac server for gopher
There is a Mac Server for HTTP
There are Mac Mail Servers...

Does anyone know of the existance of a News Server that runs on a Mac ?

I would like to have my own news server, that news readers could log into.

If I can not find a news server that runs on a mac, I will have to
purchase a Sun sparc and run c-news or inn1.4 news.... a big expense
just to run news. But I want control over the newsgroups for my mac uucp
account. Presently I have to tell my service provider of every little
change when I add or remove a newsgroup on my account.--a major drag.

(using FirstClass UUCP server software)

Thanks in advance for any help. (I have searched many unix ftp news sites
 without any luck)

david
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 21:08:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Allan Brockway)
Subject: No room in Heap Zone?

I have an old DA that refuses to print because of error -108 (not enough
room in heap zone). I would be very grateful if anyone who knows what this
means and how to fix it could give me some clues. I'm useing an LCIII with
7.1 and 12 megs RAM.

Thanks in advance.

Allan R. Brockway ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 16:29:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Paul Koch <[e-mail]>
Subject: OS wars in scientific computing

>From a months-old article in _Software for Science_, Volume 24:

"The desire to move across platforms and operating systems is evident in
all sorts of applications from astronomy to visualization.  And users
want applications to run on their computer;  "there is nothing more
frustrating than finding the perfect application and learning that it
won't run on my Macintosh," says Mike Robinson, an independent
consultant.  But Windows, for better or for worse, is the predominant
scientific and technical OS.  While we expect the PowerPC to give Apple
users a much needed shot in the arm, especially in the area of
price/performance, NT has the decided edge.  Unlike most other users,
scientific and technical users need and like to muck around with their
operating systems - NT still lets you do this more than Mac OS."

The Editors

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

Date: 8 Nov 1994 10:54:55 -0500
From: "Scott Weininger" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Reply to System 7.5 problem

Greg Ganderson Writes:
>I have a problem with 7.5 - every time I set the Launcher control panel
>to automatically open on startup (using the General Controls control
>panel) and restart or start up, the computer asks me to insert the
>disk 'Internal HD' as though my Internal HD was a floppy - why won't it
>recognize my hard drive?  When I choose launcher from the control panels
>folder manually, it does not give me the same message.

>The same thing happens when I use the time and date control panel and
>try to change the color of the menu bar clock.  The computer again asks
>me to insert the disk 'Internal HD', and when I try to cancel (I have to
>choose cancel because the Hard Drive is already there and there is no
>other option - I can't insert a disk it already has inside the machine!)
>the computer crashes.  Any guesses as to why these bugs are happening?

Here is a possible Solution:

Greg,

Just by chance have you formatted your disk with TranSoft's SCSI Director
Pro?  If you have then go to the SCSI Director Assistant and select your boot
volume.  Click Configure.  Click "Disable Finder Eject" radio button.  Repeat
this for all partitions/disks formatted with Pro and reboot.  This should fix
your problem.

Scott Weininger                                         Naval Undersea Warfare
Center
Network Engineer                                                Det New London
PN: 203-440-5706                                                FAX:
203-440-5243
Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 94 20:12:15 MEZ
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re system 7.5 problem (A)

Hy there,
just a question ahead: Are you working on a
Performa 630 ? If so, you probably have a folder called
CD - Record in your system folder.
Just place it on the desktop, and try again, maybe it
works.

Yours sincerely,
Michael Putz, Munich
da

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 10:56:19 MET-1
From: "Jozsef Horvath" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE/30 disk drive defect

Dear netters

I wonder whether anyone had a problem like mine.  Last week when I
wanted to eject a disk from the drive, the mechanism got stock in the
process and would neither eject the disk nor put away the icon from
the desktop.  The only way I can now (very rarely) unmount a disk is
by inserting a paper clip into the little hole next to the drive.

I say "very rarely" because I would rather not use this paper clip
option for I fear that might cause even more harm.

There is no label or any crumbs in the drive, so it's not that sort
of thing, I am sure of that.

Could anyone please tell me what might be
the cause of the problem and how to put it right?

thanks

Horvath, Jozsef

[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 16:26:40 CST
From: Bill Frazier <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.5 problem

>In digest <39lfmt$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
>writes:
>>I have a problem with 7.5 - every time I set the Launcher conrtol panel
>>to automatically open on startup (using the General Controls control
>>panel) and restart or start up, the computer asks me to insert the
>>disk 'Internal HD' as though my Internal HD was a floppy - why won't it
>>recognize my hard drive?  When I choose launcher from the control panels
>>folder manually, it does not give me the same message.
>...
>I've seen the "mount-the-hard-drive" message as well.  I tends to
>appear any time After Dark 3.0 has been running for a while.  I've
>been greeted by the message the last several mornings.  I've gotten it
>on at least one other occasion while I was running an installer.  Is
>this a frequently seen 7.5 problem?

Bill Frazier
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 13:51:08 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: tektronix cq driver

Earlier to day I downloaded the file tektronix-colorquick-driver.hqx
>From your site. I have been trying to install it on my machine, but the
installer expects to see the distribution disk, and won't proceed with
the installation. If you could please forward this message to someone who
might have a work-around for this problem I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Olaf Niemann

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 18:57:11 -0400 (AST)
From: "Dwight K. Lemke" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Test Statistics

I'm looking for a fw/sw application that will take in a raw data file
>From machine-read exams and run a few analyses for me.  The stats I'd
like are item-total correlations, discrimination index (basically just a
correlation as to whether the top quintile was more likely to answer the
question correctly than the bottom quintile), and Cronbach's alpha for
the whole test.

Any ideas? Thanks!

-Dwight

--
|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>| Dwight Lemke <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 11:19:38 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: The wumpus-nVIR problem

You can put this in the digest.

My sincere apologies to the moderators of Info-Mac for the virus infection in
my
port of Wumpus.
I had not known there was a virus in the program and the administrators here at
the Boston
College computer center where the port was done have been warned about the
possibility that
there is an nVIR infection on the loose and I hope it hasn't hurt anyone
seriously.

I'll try to be more careful in the future.

Brian Connors
Boston College

[Thanks for your note Brian.  The ones really at fault here are the virus
author(s).  But check your hard disk often and frequently! -Gordon]

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

Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 22:59:13 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Scott Kaplan)
Subject: UNIX on the Mac

Jens Eickhoff wrote:

>Just keep cool concerning UNIX on Macs. There is an environment that is
definitely
>competitive to Linux - MachTen. And what is more - dear PC freaks - is that
Linux is
>currently being ported to the PowerPC platform for not to be bound only to
Intel
>processors. And what's the interesting thing is: The implementors are working
>on Apple
>PowerPC's! So there's no reason to be too arrogant if you have a PC with
Linux.

MachTen, while a very good product, is not a very direct competator with
Linux.  MachTen is commercial, and while the price is resonable for what
it does, it is *far* from free...one of the best parts about Linux.

Also, I've seen banterings about MacLinux for PowerPC's, but very little
evidence of something working.  In fact, last I heard, the developers ran
into the same trouble that the NetBSD/Mac group ran into a long long time
ago--Apple's proprietary hardware.  The developers could only get the
specs that they need by signing a nondisclosure agreement with Apple,
which would mean that the source could not be distributed--not a very good
idea with UNIX, and antithetical to what makes Linux desirable.  So, the
MacLinux people are, last I heard, trying to reverse engineer everything.
Good luck to them, but so far the MacBSD people have found it quite time
consuming.

Lastly, I can't see getting excited about a MacLinux which nobody has seen
in any operational form on any kind of Mac, when MacBSD is running on more
and more machines all the time.  It works on II, IIx, IIci, IIcx, SE/30,
and very soon IIvi, IIvx, and (possibly) PowerBook 100-series machines.
Work has been going on getting a kernel running on Quadras (and thus any
other '040 Mac).  I give these guys much better odds at getting to the
PowerMacs sometime soon.  And besides, why run Linux--a self admitted
"UNIX-like" OS--when you could possibly get the real deal with NetBSD?

And for those who can't understand running UNIX on a Mac--First, I can
still keep my Mac system around and use it for things that Macs excel at.
Second, I already own this IIci and have gotten years of use out of it.
If I can get a couple more years because of a free OS change, well then
hey--I get something for nothing.  Hard to argue with that, isn't it?

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 13:51:03 -0800
From: [e-mail] (SCN User)
Subject: Version Numbers

Is there a master list of version numbers for popular programs and
utilities available on the net?

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

Date: Mon,  7 Nov 1994 21:42:08 -0500
From: Scott Coats <[e-mail]>
Subject: Vivid Computer Video Projectors...

I purchased two Vivid Systems (Fremont, CA) LimeLight computer video
projectors at an auction. Neither seems to work (they only cast a green glow
onto the projector screen) and Vivid does not appear to be in business any
longer. At least I can't seem to find them...

1. Will the projector, once fixed, work with the video out from my PM8100AV?

2. Does anyone know of a service center for Vivid's products or how to get a
hold of someone from Vivid?

Please cc: your replies to me.

Thanks.

Scott Coats <[e-mail]>
Innovative Solutions
218 Second Street
Key Largo, FL  33037-4837
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
305/451-4560 Vox
305/451-2411 Fax

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

Date: 7 Nov 1994 15:08:32 GMT
From: Jan Skramstad <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wanted: Loudspeaker design program

I would appreciate any information about Mac programs for the design of
loudspeakers, preferentially shareware programs. Please e-mail to:
[e-mail].

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

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 12:04:57 PST
From: Backup Moderator <backmod>

Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 09:09:23 +48000
From: Guy Shaviv <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] X-Windows for Mac
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

As requested by some, I am posting the smallest subset of responses
which covers all the suggestions received concerning the question of running
X-emulation on the mac.

Cheers
    Markus

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/x-windows-for-mac.txt; 4K]

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