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Info-Mac Digest             Sat,  9 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 6

Today's Topics:

      [!] Submission dealine for Info Mac CD Issue 2
      [*] 3D GrafSys 1.2
      [*] Fast Performance Trig Library for Programmers
      [*] Glider Design! v1.2
      [*] KNGPA-Bolo-Maps-Vol1.hqx Upload File
      [*] Nebula, Earth, and the Mac
      [*] Pee Wee's Secret Word 1.0.1
      [*] Save Princeton v1.02
      [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 3
      [*] The Player II
      [*] TimeVideo_1.08.sit.hqx
      [*] VideoToolbox-1-93.sea.hqx
      600 dpi 11x17 printer [A]
      950 Color Addition - What is it?
      Another driver-level compression program
      Apple 16" Monitor Question
      Background printing of postscript files
      Big remote partitions (C)
      C++ (Q)
      Curve fitting feature in graphing programs, esp. Cricket Graph
      DayStar, Logica announces DEEP price cuts
      DayStar, Logica announces DEEP price cuts (follow-up)
      Desktop Pictures
      Direct Home Connection To The Internet
      Do StyleWriters have a short lifetime?
      E-Machines T16-II monitor image quality
      EMAC 2400 modem won't connect
      Fonts listed in their own font
      French instruction sofware
      Gatekeeper 1.2.6 Expiration Explanation
      GrayShare on StyleWriter?
      HayesConnect evaluation sought
      How do I join together a large number of small text files ?
      How do I set up Mac-X for use of the 4Dwm on an SGI Indigo (A)
      ImageWriter cable instead of PhoneNet (A)
      In Dire Straights With Excel...
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #5
      Internet to MCI Mail
      Internet to MCI Mail?
      Internet to MCI Mail? (A)
      LaserWriter Pro 630 Fonts (Q)
      Looking for gif-encode fortran or c source code
      LOOKING FOR PROGRAM
      Mac IIsi/IIci
      MacLayers.uue problems (Q)
      Mac Plus not recognizing startupdisks-help? (Q)
      Making business cards on Macintosh
      More Performa 600 vs. IIvx
      Opening PageMaker 2 files in 4.2
      Personal Internet connection (A)
      PhotoCD
      Postscript-to-Bitmap?
      powersupply repair (A)
      Quicktime JPEG Reply Summary (Thank you!) [LONG]
      Sharing Setup Protection
      Should I Buy...?
      Simpsons sound needed
      Slow hard disk with system 7
      Slow Printing Under System 7
      SoftPC with/for Microsoft Windows
      Sticky Mouse Followup
      StuffitExpander--your choice de-hqx'er
      Summary:  Hard Drive Spinning
      System 7*File Guard*Shiva Net Serial
      System 7.1 on an SE (Q)
      System installation over a network (A)
      Text file printing question (3 msgs)
      Text file printing question (A)
      Tips for the PowerBook range - second call!
      VirusDetective Policy Revie
      Wanted: Excel file format

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Date: 07 Jan 93 22:49:10 EST
From: Cliff Miller <[e-mail]>
Subject: [!] Submission dealine for Info Mac CD Issue 2

Dear Authors and Submittors to the Info-Mac Archive,

It has been several months since issuing the first Info-Mac CD ROM, and we're
now gearing up for Issue 2 which should be ready in early Feb.  The first
issue has been quite successful, and we very much appreciate all of the
support that so many have given us over the past few months.

We're currently downloading files with archive dates between Aug 1 and Dec 31
of 1992.  If you submit something to the archive between Jan 1 and Jan 15 of
1993 and would like it put on the CD, please let me know explicitly via email,
and I will include it.

    "Soft" Deadline:        December 31, 1992
    "Hard" Deadline:        January 15, 1993

If your program was not included on the first issue of the Info-Mac CD and
you'd like it on this CD, it would be a great help if you would send me your
permission with the following info via email before Jan 15:

PLEASE SEND THE INFO DIRECTLY TO ME -- NOT TO THE MODERATOR OF INFO-MAC

    1. Your name
    2. Your program's name (full path name)
    3. Your email address
    4. Your phone & fax number
    5. Your snail mail address
    6. Your permission (A "YES" here would be fine)

It will help out a lot if you follow the above format exactly.  PLEASE DO NOT
send me binhexed files via email or floppy disks to my address -- these
methods have turned out to be pretty difficult to manage....  Due to the large
numbers of files and people involved, I'm afraid that it gets a bit impersonal
at times -- please accept my appologies.

Thanks again for the encouragement and help!  I imagine that some of you are
curious to know some of the details about how this project has been going --
I will post a summary in a few days.

Happy New Year!

Cliff

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:12:35 +0100
From: Christian Steffen Ove Franz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 3D GrafSys 1.2

GrafSys Vers 1.2 now available. Changes are a few new routines and
finally THINK C comapatability. GrafSys 1.2 also includes my fast trig
package called 'FastPerfTrigs' that makes the GrafSys not only a bit faster
but gives you access to lightning fast trig functions without using a
math coprocessor.
Another change is in licensing. If you want to use this package for any
non-commercial purpose (freeware software or your own entertainment),
send me a postcard. Shareware and other software authors read the section
on Copyright in the documentation.

Those of you who don't know what all this is about, read on.

********

3D GrafSys -- What it is:
 ------------------------

Didn't you always have this great game in mind where you needed some way of
drawing three-dimensional scenes?

Didn't you always want to write this program that visualized the structure
of three-dimensional molecules?

And didn't the task of writing your 3D conversions routines keep you from
actually doing it?

Well if the answer to any of the above questions is 'Yes, but what has it to
do with this package???' , read on.

GrafSys is a THINK Pascal/C library that provides you with simple routines
for building, saving, loading (as resources), and manipulating
(independent rotating around arbitrary achses, translating and scaling)
three dimensional objects. Objects, not just simple single-line drawings.

GrafSys supports full 3D clipping, animation and some (primitive) hidden-
line/hidden-surface drawing with simple commands from within YOUR PROGRAM.

GrafSys also supports full eye control with both perspective and parallel
projections (If you can't understand a word, don't worry, this is just showing
off for those who know about it. The docs that come with it will try to
explain
what it all means later on).

GrafSys provides a powerful interface to supply your own drawing routines with
data so you can use GrafSys to do the 3D transformations and your own routines
to do the actual drawing. (Note that GrafSys also provides drawing routines so
you don't have to worry about that if you don't want to)

GrafSys 1.11 comes in two versions. One for the 881 and 020 or above
processors.
The other version uses fixed-point arithmetic and runs on any Mac. Both
versions are *100% source compatibel*.

GrafSys comes with an extensive manual that teaches you the fundamentals of 3D
graphics and how to use the package.

If demand is big enough I will convert the GrafSys to an object-class
library.
However, I feelt that the way it is implemented now makes it easier to use for
a
lot more people than the select 'OOP-Guild'.

GrafSys is free for any non-commercial usage. Read the documentation
enclosed.


Enjoy,
Christian Franz

NOTE: If you are looking for this package on sumex-aim, look for the file
      '3D-library'. For some reason the moderators chose to change the name
      I gave the package to one more of their liking.

********

Version Histoy

Vers. 1.2 -- Now THINK C compatible
 After a few people told me about their problems using the GrafSys with
 THINK C, I removed all calls to Pascal's New procedure and any trig
 function. The trig calls are replaced by calls to my own super-fast trig
 package (included in GrafSys) that use look-up tables.

 Other than that, I added procedures to deallocate 3D objects and screen
 objects, something that many people demanded.

Vers. 1.11 -- Now contains C headers
 Finally, some kind soul send me the headerfiles for using the GrafSys with
 THINK C.

 Another change is that I removed over 192 typoos from the documentation.
 Quite a score, eh? Thanks to all who reminded me that there are such
 fantastic
 little programs as spelling checkers (I'm not using one for this posting...
 obviously!).


Vers 1.1 -- Fixed point arithmetic
 Literally hundrets of people asked me to change the requirements for GrafSys
 from 030/881 CPU/FPU to normal 68000 processor no FPU. They pointed out that
 I could use the fast Fixed-Point arithmetic. I did this and the result is the
 GrafSys Vers 1.1

Vers 1.0 -- Initial Release

What I'm working on:
  faster Polygons for fast hidden-surface animation (almost done)
  a 3D circle/oval type
  better support for offscreen drawing in the Screen3D module

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/3d-grafsys.hqx; 577K]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:04:23 +0100
From: Christian Steffen Ove Franz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Fast Performance Trig Library for Programmers

FastPerfTrig is a library for THINK Pascal or THINK C programmers to
speed up their trigonometric calculations (namely sine, cosine and
tangens). FastPerfTrig uses look-up tables (as resources) to accomplish
speeds that are close to that of a FPU.
Usage is pretty simple: include the library in your project and there
you are. C programmers first have to convert the interface file to
C headers. If anyone of you C hackers out there has done this, please
email it to me so I can include it into an upcoming version.

FastPerfTrig is free for any non-commercial use. Please see the
documentation.

Cheers,
Christian

[Archived as /info-mac/source/fast-perf-trig.hqx; 337K]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:32:25 EST
From: Michael Kamprath <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Glider Design! v1.2

Glider Design is an easy to use educational computeraided design program.  It
allows the user to design simple balsa wood gliders, evaluate their ability to
fly, and then print plans to build them.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/glider-design-12.hqx; 305K]

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Date: 06 Jan 1993 16:58:29 -0600 (CST)
From: BERNIE FOULK <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] KNGPA-Bolo-Maps-Vol1.hqx Upload File

Archive of 60k+ (decompressed) Bolo Maps.  All 16 maps are original
quality creations of the members of the Kansas Network Game Player's
Association posted for your pleasuring.  Volume 1 from the KNGPA.
Enjoy.  HQX'd StuffIt Deluxe Archive 3.0

send any e-mail to:
    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-kngpa-maps.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 02:11:27 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Starman)
Subject: [*] Nebula, Earth, and the Mac

This is a composite PICT file consisting of the Earth, a nebula, and the
'Welcome to Macintosh' screen in 3-D over a gray marble block. Really
impressive. 32 bit color. FREEWARE so long as the READ ME file is
included in distribution.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/nebula-startup.hqx; 444K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 23:18:17 -0800
From: Mark Maxham <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Pee Wee's Secret Word 1.0.1

This INIT selects a secret word at random from a list, and whenever the
user types that word (in any application, including Finder) the computer
will "yell real loud."

The name of the file is pee-wee.101.hqx.

The only posting guideline this init may fail to meet is "general usefulness
to the community."  But it can be pretty funny.

Following is a Binhex file of a self-extracting archive created with
Disk Doubler.  The file contains the init and a README file.  It has
been tested on a variety of 6.x and 7.0 machines.

Mark Maxham
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/pee-wee-101.hqx; 86K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 17:19:39 -0500
From: Jacob Solomon Weinstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Save Princeton v1.02

   This is Save Princeton v1.02. Save Princeton is a text-adventure
game set at Princeton University. Version 1.02 corrects a few bugs
>From version 1.0, including:
    *The game no longer crashes when you head east from 222
    Witherspoon.
    *Interacting with the jock in certain ways no longer generates
    an error message.
Because going east from 222 is not necessary to solve the game, and the
error messages generated by the jock do not result in any crashes, those
who have downloaded an earlier version need not download v1.02.
   You don't need any special knowledge of Princeton to enjoy the game,
which pits the player against mysterious invaders who have taken over
campus. Save Princeton was created with TADS, and has a highly
intelligent parser. The game has a vocabulary of 981 rooms, and there
are 52 locations. This puts it at least on the level of the old Infocom
games in terms of depth. ("Deadline" had a vocabulary of 656 words;
"Enchanter," 723.)
    Save Princeton is shareware, with a fee of $10. It should work
on everything from  a Mac Plus on up, with any system greater than 6.0.
It will probably work on even older systems, but I can't make any
promises.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/save-princeton-102.hqx; 503K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 18:16:54 EST
From: Michael Fulmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Simpsons Sounds - Group 3

This is my "Theme" set of Simpsons samples:
   1) A short version of The Simpsons theme.
   2) The Gracie Films theme (heard after each episode).
   3) The 20th Century Fox theme (also heard after each episode, provided
      your station hasn't already switched over to a commercial).
These are contained in a self-extracting archive. They are sfil, originally
recorded at 11KHz with a MacRecorder directly from my VCR. nJOY!

Mmmmm, Hog Fat.
Michael Fulmer
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/simpsons-grp3.hqx; 478K]

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Date: 9 Jan 93 01:19:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] The Player II

The Player II is a program specifically designed to play sounds or music in
the background on the macintosh.  It supports the following sound formats:
AIFF
SND Resources
SoundWave
SoundEdit
SoundEdit Pro
Wavicle
Amiga MOD
(all at various sampling rates)

Other features include:
Oscilloscope
Direct-to-Disk recording from any sound manager input device (only limitedby
disk space)
32-bit optimization for some tasks on machines that can take advantage of it.

I strongly encourage supporting this author, his game Star Stormer is really
top quality and I hope to be able to submit it to the archives as soon as
possible.

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/the-player-ii.hqx; 55K]

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Date: 8 Jan 1993 06:28:02 U
From: "Denis Pelli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TimeVideo_1.08.sit.hqx

TimeVideo does a thorough timing of all your video drivers. For each video
card, TimeVideo measures the video frame rate, frequency of VBL interrupts
(supposed to be one per frame), how long it takes to load the clut, and how
much of the screen you can fill with a real-time (one-image-per-frame) movie.
These tests are performed for every pixel depth and every video card. Just
double-click to open the application, and hit return when you're ready to
watch
it do its stuff. TimeVideo, and its complete THINK C source, is included in
VideoToolbox.sea (look in info-mac/source).

Denis Pelli
Professor of Neuroscience
Institute for Sensory Research
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-5290
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/time-video.hqx; 36K]

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Date: 8 Jan 1993 04:03:41 U
From: "Denis Pelli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] VideoToolbox-1-93.sea.hqx

The VideoToolbox is a collection of about sixty C subroutines (and a few demo
and utility programs) written to do visual psychophysics on the Mac. Low-level
routines provide video control, and high-level routines are useful in running
psychophysical experiments (e.g. making graphs or making a maximum likelihood
fit to psychometric data). The collection will probably be useful to anyone
who
wants to present accurately specified visual stimuli or use the Mac for
psychometric experiments. The low-level video driver calls in GDVideo.c allow
you to directly control the Color Look Up Table (CLUT) of your video card.
SetEntriesQuickly.c (written mostly by Raynald Comtois, Peter Lennie, and Bill
Haake) provides a fast way to directly load the CLUT of many popular video
cards, bypassing the driver. TimeVideo does a thorough timing of all your
video
drivers. CopyBitsQuickly is a dumb-but-fast substitute for CopyBits that is
invaluable for painting stimuli onto the screen quickly, ignoring all color
tables. Luminance.c implements the luminance-control algorithms suggested by
Pelli and Zhang. (D.G. Pelli and L. Zhang, 1991, Accurate control of contrast
on microcomputer displays. Vision Research, 31, 1337-1350. Reprints are
available.) Most of the documentation is contained in the source files
themselves. The VideoToolbox software is free for researchers, but may not be
sold in source or compiled form without my permission.

Denis Pelli
Professor of Neuroscience
Institute for Sensory Research
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-5290
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/video-toolbox.hqx; 960K]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:10:40 -0500
From: dciem!trigraph![e-mail] (Jim Prall)
Subject: 600 dpi 11x17 printer [A]

A poster from ucs recently asked if there are any 600 dpi 11x17 printers.
One that I worked with back in 1990 is the VT600 from
Varityper, Inc.
11 Mt. Pleasand Ave.
E. Hanover, NJ 07936
[phone] extension 999
[phone]

This printer has an Adobe PostScript RIP with SCSI interface for
an external hard drive. At the time it had AppleTalk interface; ask
the vendor if they have updated to offer an Ethernet connection
on the RIP.
The printer worked as advertised. The repeatability and dimensional
stability are not up to those of a phototypesetter. However it
is at least better than common laser printers. I dont have any hard
data; this detail was reported by the printing department user who
evaluated it.

My only reference is the 1991 Macintosh Product Registry, so my info
is a bit old. I expect there could be several vendors competing in this
niche by now. The only one in the 1991 MPR that I can see is the
LaserMaster line. They have enhanced resolution laser printers as
well as "desktop phototypesetters." Their devices seem to use
a non-Adobe RIP. The blurb doesnt actually mention PostScript, but
I suspect they have a PS emulation. Ask the vendor for details.
I have never tried their products.
LaserMaster Corp.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
612-944-9696 (TurboRes printer division)
612-944-8726 (Typesetting division)
--
--
- Jim Prall
- [e-mail]  | Real triple-TLA quotes heard here:
- Trigraph, Inc.                       | "So the CPU of the SLC is in the CRT"

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 14:21:04 PST
From: [e-mail] (Desmond Mullen)
Subject: 950 Color Addition - What is it?

What does this extension for Quadra 950's do?  Balloon help says, "This
extension allows the built-in video port of your Macintosh Quadra 950 to
work correctly when operating in "Millions" of colors mode.  To use this
file, place it in the "Extensions" folder and restart your Macintosh."
This is not very informative, but it's the only information I've found.
Our Quadras worked fine in Millions before and I don't see any difference
in performance or quality with or without the extension.

We've got Quadra 950's (obviously) running 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1

I found this extension in a new Quadra 950 I got today from a rental house.

Please e-mail me if you know what gives.

Thanks.

-Desmond Mullen                [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:47:58 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Another driver-level compression program

Alysis, maker of More Disk Space and SuperDisk, announces yet another
driver level compression program called e-Disk (for Expanded Disk, or
something like that). Unlike TimesTwo, it doesn't replace the driver but is
rather intalled as a layer between the driver and the system (The anounced
but yet to be shipped Stacker for Mac is supposed to work the same way).
According the Alysis, the expected shipping date is early February.
However, this is far from certain considering how long SuperDisk 2.0 was
delayed. (The first driver level compression program TimesTwo was supposed
to be released last Augest but was delayed for nearly three months).

Soon we will have three driver level compression programs to choose from
(Stacker for Mac is said to be released in the first quarter, probably in
March). Is Fifth Generation Systems (maker of AutoDoubler and DiskDoubler)
working on another one? What about Alladin Systems (maker of
StuffIt/SpaceSaver)?

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Friday, 8 Jan 1993 16:23:28 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple 16" Monitor Question

We have a 16" monitor that is now running on a Quadra 700.  We want to
move it (don't ask why!!!) to a IIfx.  I assume that in order to do that
the monitor card in the IIfx needs more memory.

1.  Does the old (circa 1990) Apple monitor card use a special SIM, or it it
    use the standard 80 ns SIMMS that we use in our current Macs?

2.  How much extra memory is required on the monitor card to support
    the 16" monitor?

Jeffrey Fritz, [e-mail]
West Virginia University

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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 07:05:58 CDT
From: ultramac![e-mail] (Robert Cole)
Subject: Background printing of postscript files

On Wed 6 Jan 93 Shannon Spires wrote:

SS> From: [e-mail] (Shannon V Spires) Subject:
SS> Background printing of postscript files
SS>
SS> In V11-2, Theodore Lee <[e-mail]> raises an interesting
SS> question. How does one take a Postscript File and print it in the
SS> background?

I believe the Laser Utility program that comes with System 7.0 can down
load a postscript file directly to a laser printer.  You might start it
then click on another window to put it in background.  Its worth a try.

Bob Cole
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 16:33:42 EST
From: [e-mail] (Sridar Narayanan)
Subject: Big remote partitions (C)

According to our Sun systems manager, SunOS 4.1 cannot handle disks greater
than 1Gb in size correctly, i.e. the space that it can't address is wasted.
Perhaps this has been fixed in SunOS 4.1.1 or 4.2, but the point is that
this may be a Sun problem and not a Mac problem.

Sridar

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:09 MET
From: JONES@RUGKSW
Subject: C++ (Q)

Dear Netpeople,
What is the present crop of C++ compilers for the mac like? I need a
system that i can use on both my q700, and also have source code
compatibility with VAXEN. Of course i would like everything, ie
small fast compiler so that i can carry it around on a PB100 as well.

I have no knowlege of mac C++ compilers, but seem to remember that the
Think C object extensions were not C++ compatible? Any help would be
greatly apreciated.

andrew ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 23:49:29 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Curve fitting feature in graphing programs, esp. Cricket Graph

> To whomever it may concern:  Cricket Graph from is another software able to
do
> R~2 curve fits.  Whether it is better, I don't know as I haven't used
> DeltaGraph.Sincerely, ABRODY @ CLARKU
>
My father has used Cricket Graph since 1986. He loved the curve fit.
He believes that that feature alone made the Mac a good investment for
him. However, he says later versions have an inferior implementation
of this feature.-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:20:48 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DayStar, Logica announces DEEP price cuts

DayStar has had a virtual monopoly on a segment of Mac accelerator market.
Now faced with competition from Logica (the LogiCaches are already
shipping, see Info-Mac V10 #298), and more recently, Mobius's line of '040
accelerators (not yet shipping), DayStar has announced deep price cuts on
its line of PowerCaches. The manitude of the cuts is dramatic. For example,
the top of the line 50Mz PowerCache with FPU is expected to carry a street
price of only $850 (compared with around $1300 just last week). The price
on the Turbo 040 is also reduced, but less dramatically. Following
DayStar's announcement, Logica slashed prices on its 50Mhz LogiCaches. Now
the 50MHz LogiCache with FPU can be bought for about $800 (street price -
the list price is $899). The difference in price between the PowerCache and
LogiCache is now insignificant and they have to compete on features and
performance (again, see Info-Mac V10 #298 for more info).

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:30:57 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DayStar, Logica announces DEEP price cuts (follow-up)

A correction to my previous message. I'm now told that one of the major
reason for the price cuts is that Motorola has announced major price
reductions on its microprocessor chips. New prices will take effect on the
11th.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 02:36:02 -0800
From: Grobbins <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desktop Pictures

>>>>Could somebody please post a straightforward explanation of how
>NowUtilities
>>>>DeskPict and similar inits manage to "trick" the System into using a PICT
>>>>resource as the desktop backdrop rather than a ppat?
>>>  There is an a-trap that this called to redraw the desktop.  They most
>>>likely patch this a-trap so that it draws the picture as opposed to letting
>>>the standard apple function draw the ppat.

Not exactly.  There is a low-memory address called DeskHook which
in theory will point to a routine for drawing the desktop, but
that really isn't used.

Instead, what the desktop picture utilities do (I'm guessing, based on
my examination of one) is patch out all the drawing routines in the Mac
(like PaintRect, PaintRgn, etc) which might conceivably be used for
redrawing the desktop.

Whenever any of those routines is called for drawing anything at all,
the utility looks to see if it would be drawing onto the current
desktop.  If so, the utility draws the proper portion of the picture
instead of the desktop pattern.

Grobbins           [e-mail]

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Date: Friday, 8 Jan 1993 08:50:11 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Direct Home Connection To The Internet

Glenn Fink asked:

> I'm sure some of you who are hooked on the Internet have taken the plunge
and
> acquired your own Internet connection. Note: I'm not talking about
connecting
> via another host, or over the phone lines via Tymnet, etc. I'm talking about
> a
> real honest-to-goodness, personal, host-to-host, EtherNet, internet
> connection.

Glenn, I will raise my hand for one who has direct Internet connectivity,
although I will admit from the outset that I am fortunate in the way I have
connectivity.  I have a small 10-Base-T Ethernet running in my home using
an inexpensive Asante concentrator.  My home Ethernet is connected to an
Ethernet-ISDN bridge called the Combinet Interchange.  I use two channels
of an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) BRI (Basic Rate Interface)
for an aggregate througput of 128 kbps.  A second Combinet Interchange
bridge is located on our campus backbone which is then routed to the
Internet.

The cost for the bridges is $2,100 each.  The ISDN line cost $80 per
month(for both sides).  Not cheap by any means, but not out of sight either!
The connectivity is super.  I have EtherTalk access to my deparment's
Novell file server and TCP/IP access to University hosts and the Internet.
I'm a happy camper!  :-)

Jeffrey Fritz
Telecommunications
West Virginia University
Internet: [e-mail]
AppleLink: WVUISDN
America On Line: ISDN Man

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

Date: Thu,  7 JAN 93 16:53:15 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Do StyleWriters have a short lifetime?

Just before Christmas, I asked whether it is really true (with evidence!)
that StyleWriters only have a life expectancy of around 5000 pages,
compared with many times this for laser printers, HP DeskWriters, etc.
This argument has been used frequently by people for justifying their
choice of printer, and is often quoted by salespeople and magazine
reviews.

So far, I have had NO responses at all to this. My own StyleWriter has
printed (I would guess) about 3000 copies, with no deterioration or
obvious signs of wear. My tentative conclusion, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, is that the claim is FALSE and that StyleWriters,
in spite of their flimsy appearance, last just as long (or short) as
any other piece of plastic.

I have no axe to grind for or against Apple, HP etc. The question was
posted because I have been asked many times for pros and cons of the
popular models of inexpensive printers.

Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary and Westfield College,
University of London, London, England ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 10:00 EST
From: Dr.Peter T. Boag <[e-mail]>
Subject: E-Machines T16-II monitor image quality

I recently acquired this monitor after reading good reviews in Macworld
and Macuser. My first impression has been disappointing. It seems a bit
dim, and there is a definite pinkish-grey cast increasing in density on
the right side of the screen, particularly in the lower right corner. There
is also a bit of 'parellelogram' distortion, with the lower left and right
corners shifted a bit to the right compared to the top corners of the
image (this cannot be corrected by the pincushion control since it is an
asymetric problem). Lastly, tapping the monitor lightly, or even popping in
in a floppy disk into the Mac below creates a rippling effect on the screen,
particularly on the right side.
   A colleague suggested that the uneven display brightness may improve as
the screen burns in, but given this is a fairly expensive display, I'd be
interested in knowing whether I am being overly critical in my expectations
for a 16" color Mac display, or whether I have a bum tube or adjustment
needed, or whether I should send it back and try something like the Sony
1604s. Thanks in advance to any and all feed back. - Peter Boag

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

Date: 8 Jan 93 08:40:00 CST
From: "Coons, David" <[e-mail]>
Subject: EMAC 2400 modem won't connect

The BA dept. here has purchased half a dozen Everex EMAC MD2400 modems
(Bell 103/212, V.22, V.22bis, MNP 2-5) for their faculty's
Macintoshes, but they can't get them to connect with our mainframe's
high-speed MultiTech MT1432 modems (Bell 103/212, V.32, V.32bis, V.42,
V.42bis, MNP 2-5).  I spent most of a day trying to match the EMAC's
settings to the MultiTech's settings, with the same result each time:

    ATDT742-1824
    [ dial tone ]
    [ touch-tones as the phone is dialed ]
    [ host phone rings and picks up ]
    [ 8 clear tone pulses of about 1/2 second each ]
    [ the normal modem "squawk" for about 2 seconds ]
    [ then immediately: ]
    NO CARRIER

Even using AT&F (reset to factory default settings) didn't help.  I
was told by Everex tech support that the two modems probably aren't
agreeing as to MNP level, so I tried the EMAC in "Normal," "Direct,"
"Reliable" and "Auto-Reliable" modes but got the same results.

If anyone can give me a hint as to what to try next, I and at least
six other people will very be grateful.

David Coons, Microcomputer Specialist             [e-mail]
Academic Computing Services, Texas Tech University  [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 09:05:03 PST
From: Willie Strickland <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fonts listed in their own font

In IMD 11-5 the following was posted

>In response to the question about making fonts in a font menu
>"appear" in their own font, I don't think you need a special
>extension or init -- it's my understanding that simply holding
>down the option key while selecting the font menu will
>accomplish this as well....

    I had not heard this tip before, so I immediately fired up ClarisWorks and
tried it.  It didnt work.  But.....I tried holding down the command key
while selecting the font menu and that worked.  Thats great!

Willie Strickland
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 16:17:35 CST
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: French instruction sofware

I need to brush up on French reading comprehension. Can anyone recommend a
French tutorial for reading (non CD-ROM)? Thanks. Eric.

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

Date: 8 Jan 1993 19:30:33 GMT
From: Chris Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Gatekeeper 1.2.6 Expiration Explanation

[This message was originally sent comp.sys.mac.announce several days ago,
but has yet to appear there.]


Users of Gatekeeper 1.2.6 will soon be receiving a warning stating that
1.2.6 is out of date and should be replaced with a more recent version.
This warning appears automatically when modern versions of Gatekeeper
exceed six months in age and is intended to prevent people from unwittingly
depending on obsolete versions of the program which may no longer offer
effective or safe protection from viruses. Inspite of the warning, though,
Gatekeeper 1.2.6 remains FULLY functional.

The six month time limit was chosen because it seemed likely that due to
the need for periodic bug fixes, functional improvements, and code to stop
new viruses, new versions would always be released within six months of
each other. Unfortunately, the testing/debugging phase for Gatekeeper
1.2.7 has run enexpectedly long and delayed its release beyond the
anticipated six months.

So, some form of 1.2.7 will be made available as soon as possible (if it
has bugs, it certainly has far fewer than 1.2.6), and, in the meantime,
Gatekeeper 1.2.6 remains as functional as ever even though it will complain
about being out of date once every five days.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

When 1.2.7 is available, an anouncement will be posted in the "comp.sys.
mac.announce" newsgroup, it will be sent to all major Macintosh archive
sites, and posted to the comp.binaries.mac newsgroup.

----Chris


Chris Johnson

Internet:   [e-mail]
UUCP:       {husc6|uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chrisj

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

Date: Fri,  8 JAN 93 16:46:24 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: GrayShare on StyleWriter?

The new StyleWriter II comes with GrayShare software to allow the
printer to be shared and to print shades of gray. However, the Apple
press release does not make it clear whether this new software works
with the old StyleWriter. It sounds like probably not - I was just hoping!
Does anyone actually know the answer?

Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary & Westfield College, London
([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu,  7 Jan 93 21:23:18 CST
From: "john vandyk" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HayesConnect evaluation sought

I was wondering if anyone has experience using HayesConnect 3.0 on
an AppleTalk network. The program is supposed to make devices
connected to the serial port of one computer available to all
computers on the network.

Our network consists of three macs and a LaserWriter; one of the
macs (not mine) has a 9600 baud modem. I would like to be able to
use that modem from my mac. The mac with the modem is a venerable
Macintosh II (68020). Would using the modem via HayesConnect from my
computer seriously degrade the performance of the Mac II, if someone
was using, say, MS Word? I am assuming HayesConnect can run in the
background and will not completely tie up the Mac II. Any
information on this would be helpful; thanks in advance.

P.S. Regarding the Excel and more than 20 fonts problem...I thought
it was NORMAL to wait 5 minutes for add-ins to load!

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 10:01:11 -0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How do I join together a large number of small text files ?

I know that Unity 3.1.1 and United 1.04, which I obtained from sumex-aim,
can cocatenate files.  However even Unity is difficult to use with lots of
files - you must add them one by one.

Since I don't have access to Usenet News, I have had to download hundreds
of individual contributions from Silicon Graphics' excellent newsgroup.  I
could cocatenate them under Unix or Dec-VMS I suppose.  But is there a
Mac application that will do this ?

By the way, many SGI engineers contribute to the SGI newsgroup, and even
answer individual email enquirees promptly.  Extremely helpful.  I suppose
it would be more difficult for Apple to do something like this - ie
actually encourage its engineers to contribute to info-mac ?

Dr Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 09:47:02 -0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How do I set up Mac-X for use of the 4Dwm on an SGI Indigo (A)

I am grateful to Paul Reed and Henry Rzepa for helping me to set up Mac-X
for use with our new SGI Indigo.

Paul wrote:
>I use the following remote command in MacX to start up 4Dwm and an xterm.
>Any X applications launched after this comes up in a 4Dwm window.  Command:

>    4Dwm -display ${REMOTEHOST}:0.3 & ;
>    xterm -display ${REMOTEHOST}:0.3 -ls -sb -sk -tm "erase ^?" &

>And I use it with the color rooted display (number 3).  When I run this,
>the xterm first shows on the screen as a generic window, but in a few
>seconds, in turns into a 4Dwm window.

The trap for beginners is that the default X-windows screen is 0.0, which is
the black and white rootless (floating) window in Mac-X.  You must tell Unix
to use screen 0.3, which is the rooted (bounded) color screen in Mac-X.  The
xterm command also sets some options, and makes the Mac delete key work
properly.  Thanks again to Paul and Henry.

Unfortunately, the Finder-like GUI of the SGI is written in a propriety
graphics language (gl), and cannot be used with Mac-X.  The Indigo then
appears to Mac-X as just another anonymous Unix box.  What a pity !

Otherwise the Mac-X emulation is very good, and very fast over ethernet to
my Quadra at least. I believe there is a gl emulation for the PC. And the Mac
?

Dr Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:25:25 -0600 (CST)
From: "Francis J. Van Wetering" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ImageWriter cable instead of PhoneNet (A)

I, too, have used a 'standard' cable to connect a MacPlus to a MacPortable
(my oh my... ancient technology here!).  No damage to either machine has
resulted.

F. J.  Van Wetering, Ph.D.     INTERNET: [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 04:54:08 PST
From: SnoMan <[e-mail]>
Subject: In Dire Straights With Excel...

Help! Help! Help!

I am writing an application using Excel's macro language. The program
periodically updates graphs, using data obtained from a database that
runs on a VAX/VMS system.

There are a couple of items in my user interface that I haven't been able
to figure out how to implement-using the functions available in Excel.
I've called Microsoft's tech support on 2 different occasions, with 2
different problems, but wasn't able to get the help I needed.

The folks I talked to at Microsoft were nice enough, and they did try
to help, but my questions were apparently outside the scope of what
the help desk can answer. They recommended that I check their product
support forum on Compuserve. Their programmers are available on there
to answer questions.

That sounds great, but I don't have access to Compuserve, and as far
as I'm concerned, the rates are outrageous. What I was hoping is
that I would be able to reach someone on the Excel development team
>From the Internet. I know that Microsoft has an Internet link, so
it must be possible. I don't know how to reach anyone there though.

I would be very greatful if someone out there could provide me with
an e-mail address for someone at Microsoft, or a way to reach them
on Compuserve (via the Internet, I mean). If there is actually
someone from Microsoft reading this it would be perfect!


Thankyou,
Todd Winter.
[e-mail]

P.S.: I am posting this to a couple lists that I don't get to read
      periodically, so please respond directly to me.

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

Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 19:52:20 CST
From: Andrew Vernon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #5

In Info-Mac v11 #5, Arnie Keller asked about sending mail from the
Internet to MCI Mail or ZiffNet/Mac.

ZMac, from what I understand, is chained to Compuserve. You'll need the
particular editor's Compuserve address (ie: 7xxx,xxx) and send mail to
[e-mail]
    ^ Notice the period in place of the comma.

For MCI Mail, use the MCI mailbox number as the userID and send to mcimail.com
 (ie: [e-mail]).

 ---------
    Andrew Vernon

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

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 09:48:10+080
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Smoliar)
Subject: Internet to MCI Mail

When I have an MCI Mail address, <MCI Mail address>@mcimail.com always seems
to
work very reliably for me.

 ------

Stephen W. Smoliar; Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore; Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE 0511
Internet:  [e-mail]

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

Date: 08 Jan 1993 03:26:08 +0100 (CET)
From: ALEXEI TSVETKOV <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet to MCI Mail?

>Is it possible to send email to MCI Mail or ZiffNet/Mac?

Don't know about MCI Mail, although I am sure there is a way. As to
ZiffNet, the syntax is as follows: [e-mail], where
the zeros represent CompuServe User ID with the comma replaced by a
period.

A. Tsvetkov
Munich

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 10:27 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet to MCI Mail? (A)

In 11-5, Arnie Keller asks how to send mail from the Internet to MCI Mail.
Easy. Just use the MCI Mail ID followed by "@MCIMail.com"--for example, I'm
[e-mail] or [e-mail] or [e-mail] (all
three formats work).

The sumex-aim.stanford.edu file

info-mac/report/e-mail-gateways.txt

gives info on sending mail to and from many other gateways too. Grab it.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 10:59:57 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LaserWriter Pro 630 Fonts (Q)

Does any one know exactly _which_ 28 fonts are included with the recently-
announced LaserWriter Pro 630 printer?

No assumptions or hypotheses, please.

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 11:45:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Christian Page)
Subject: Looking for gif-encode fortran or c source code

Anyone have a gif-encode fortran (preferred) or c source code? Or maybe it's
available from an ftp server somewhere?

Thanks for the info!

Christian
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 14:01:22 WET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LOOKING FOR PROGRAM

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>A friend of mine is looking for a software program that will fulfill a
>very specific need.  It needs to take a graphics file containing an image
>of a scanned chart and translate the chart into data points.  The graph
>could be a line graph, bar chart, pie chart, or scatter diagram.

>This seems like it would take a VERY sophisticated engine to achieve,
>since he would be scanning graphics from magazines and journals and there
>is very little consistency.  If anyone knows of any programs for the IBM
>and MAC that do ANYTHING like this, or that have any abilities that could
>help in this process, please send me a reply message or call Bob Berringer
>at 501-543-7077.  Thanks!

You could look at Datathief, which is on Sumex and mac.archive (I
think).
Helen Sargan
Edinburgh University
UK

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

Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 14:14:01 -0500
From: "Tad Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac IIsi/IIci

I've been asked to comment on purchasing plans for a set of IIsi/IIci's.
Unfortunately I have not been given many details; only that there are 22
machines in the group (how many of each I don't know). The point of
contention is upgrade-ability. The person making the purchase has been
given to understand that the machines can be upgraded in the future,
perhaps with a motherboard swap. I would appreciate any information you can
give me, or any directions you can point me in, for more information about
the upgrade paths, if any, for these two machines.

Thanks,
Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu,  7 Jan 93 18:04:06 PST
From: "Joshua Hart -- A Forensic Chemist (to be) At Large!!!"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: MacLayers.uue problems (Q)

Received: from EKU.BITNET by EKU.BITNET (PMDF #2856 ) id
 <[e-mail]>; Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:03:32 EST
Date: 07 Jan 1993 16:03:32 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joshua Hart -- A Forensic Chemist (to be) At Large!!!"
 <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacLayers.uue problems (Q)
To: INFO-MAC: ;
Message-id: <[e-mail]>
X-Envelope-to: [e-mail]
X-VMS-To: IN%INFO-MAC
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

Netters:
    I have had something of several problems in getting and unextracting
the files in the maclayers.uue file found in (i believe i remember it was)
/info-mac/unix/maclayers.uue. I got the file, got it UUdecoded, but then when
I tried to decompress it on a UnixBox, Uncompress dies each time. Trying to
decompress it on the Vax using the a decompressor (which uses the Unix
Decompress alg), and well.. it dies also.
    Is there anyone out there who has successfully uudecoded,
    decompressed,
deTar-ed this beast? If so, would someone please be so kind as to compress the
files with something neat like Compact Pro and Binhex it? That way I can take
the really long way around, and Download the file to my mac, and unDeHqx it,
and uncompress it. But on the other hand, that way I know it'll work!
    Thanks for your time and effort in this matter to anyone who can help!
    8
   ~)

                          joshua
Joshua J. Hart
Bitnet    : STUHART@EKU;  hart%eagle@eku
Internet  : [e-mail]
UseNet    :fuug!eku.bitnet![e-mail]
%SYSTEM-W-TMNYFNGRS, too many fingers on keyboard

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

Date: 07 Jan 1993 22:02:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dan Becker <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Plus not recognizing startupdisks-help? (Q)

Hello all;

A friend with a Mac Plus returned from Winter break to find her
computer not recognizing the (external) hard drive on start-up
--that is, displaying the blinking disk-with-question-mark icon.
We tried to boot from another external hard drive; no luck. We
tried booting from several floppies which had previously worked;
the Plus ejected them immediately upon insertion (seemingly not
even bothering to check to see if they were good system disks).

Any hints? I don't have access to Larry Pina's book, or I'd check
that first, and I didn't see any reports on this on Sumex. E-mail
to me will be summarized, or reply to the list...thanks in advance!
My friend is sad without her little beige friend.

-Dan Becker ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 23:52:28 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Making business cards on Macintosh

> I have created several "business cards" within PageMaker 4.2 and want
> to print them on heavier paper as opossed to the normal paper. Is it
> possible to insert business card "quality" paper into the laser and
> print off it.  Excuse my ignorance but I don't get to print to the
> laser often(I own a stylewriter) so I haven't tried myself.
> Thanks in advance
> ---al

My experience is that its better to print out on regular paper and take
that to a printer and have them print it on card stock. They will cut it
up for you. This is more expensive than what you are trying to do, but
less expensive than having a card made with regular methods. I found
that when I tried it the way you are trying, it was a lot of hassle, it
wasn't always straight, etc.
-Pete Tamas, Mac Consultant and son of foreign student advisor
"Dr. Marie! Dr. Marie! Big problem with visa! Immigration is at the door!"
(My brother making a crank phone call to my mother)
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 22:45:57 GMT
From: fns-nc1!mcnc!fns-nc1.fns.com![e-mail] (David W. Jarrett)
Subject: More Performa 600 vs. IIvx

Thanks for the responses to my questions on the differences between these two
computers.  I also finally did my homework in the Mac mags, and found the
following: the Performa has a socket but no math coprocessor (the vx has
both),
and the Performa has no fast RAM cache (the vx has 32k soldered to the main
board).  Also, they both use the same VRAM as the Quadras.  However, the CD
versions come with 1 Meg (as opposed to 512 for the non-CD).

Now I have a new question.  According to an article (Mac User?), "the
Performa 600 does not support cache-enable -disable functions ..."  Can anyone
tell me what this means, and whether this is a hardware or software (i.e.,
System 7.1P) issue?  If the latter, why can't I install regualar 7.1 (or 7.01
for that matter) and put a IIci cache card in the "accelerator" slot?

Again, thanks for your help.

David Jarrett

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 14:04:14 WET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Opening PageMaker 2 files in 4.2

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>I have a colleague who has recently upgraded to version 4.2 of Aldus
>Pagemaker.  The problem:  all his existing documents are in PM 2.0 format,
>and PM 4.2 doesn't seem to recognize the older format.  (A peek with ResEdit
>confirmed that they really are different doc types.)

>What should he do?  Is there any utility (preferably freeware or shareware)
>that can convert between 2.0 files and 4.2 files?

Use PM 3.0 or 3.5 as an intermediate ?

Helen Sargan
Edinburgh

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 10:26 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal Internet connection (A)

In 11-5, Glenn Fink asks:
>Net Addicts:
>I'm sure some of you who are hooked on the Internet have taken the plunge and
>acquired your own Internet connection.  Note: I'm not talking about
connecting
>via another host, or over the phone lines via Tymnet, etc.  I'm talking about
>a real honest-to-goodness, personal, host-to-host, EtherNet, internet
>connection.

Gosh, Glenn--one of my favorite subjects!

There are now a lot of providers of Internet services of all sorts. The
best comprehensive and up-to-date list I know was compiled by James Milles
and is available by anonymous ftp at liberty.uc.wlu.edu,filed as:

/pub/lawlib/internet.access

Get it and check out the providers listed. And think about whether you
really need a dedicated Ethernet connection. A dedicated phone line with a
highspeed modem might serve you just as well, and it's a lot cheaper.  When
I investigated, I opted for dial-up access via SLIP--but when I'm on-line,
I'm needje.pnet.msen.com and am just another machine on the net.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 8:24:04 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PhotoCD

> Costs for the transfers are obscenely cheap.  If you send them undeveloped
> film, each scan will cost anywhere for $ .75 to $1.00.  Sending them
> negs is a little more expensive; the scans cost anywhere from $1.50
> to $2.00.

I just got a copy of the Kodalux Photo CD Imaging Services price list
and the price for developing a 35mm roll of film (color or B&W negatives
or color slides) and transferring to a Photo CD are:

                   negatives    slides
      12 exposure                $11.12
      24 exposure                $19.99     $23.44
      36 exposure                $28.85     $34.10

Many other services are available, such as receiving prints in addition,
adding images to an existing PhotoCD, transferring already developed
images to PhotoCD (from $1.79 to $1.49 per image, depending upon
quantity), and duplicating PhotoCDs (from $28.99 to $99.00).

It should be noted that the latest Apple CD-ROM drivers, including
the software required to read the PhotoCD, are available from
apple at 130.43.2.3 in dts/mac/sys.soft/cdrom/cd-rom-setup-4-0-2.hqx

I haven't tried the PhotoCD yet, but I'm going to shoot a roll this
weekend and give it a try.

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 18:41:48 PST
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Postscript-to-Bitmap?

I often use the postscript code of our institutional letterhead, and paste
it at the front of letters written using Microsoft Word, and print
everything on non-letterhead paper. This works like a charm when I actually
want to print and mail a letter. But often I would just like to send the
letter by fax modem, without first creating a printed hard copy and scan
that, with the usual loss of quality. Is there a way to convert the
Postscript into, say, a 200dpi bitmap, or something else that a standard
fax modem can handle?

Thanks for any help.

Herb Kroemer

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:19:28 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: powersupply repair (A)

Lige Harris ([e-mail]) writes:
>As I watch the screen on my 3 yr old SE shrink... I suspect the predicted
>powersupply problems. Have any of you out there had any experience with
>replacement or repair of this part?  What is the best 'fix' for this illness
>(more power/cooling ?) and where is the best source for the parts.

Shrinkage of the screen image is the result of normal ageing of the video
circuitry components (capacitors in particular), not "failure" of any of
the parts.  Periodic (at least annual) tuneups are necessary to keep your
screen image at full size.  The adjustment requires a few dollars worth of
readily available tools and about 10 minutes.  Larry Pina's book "Macintosh
Repair and Upgrade Secrets" tells you how.

Paul

PS I have encountered the annoying design of Classics which do NOT include
labeling of the adjustments available through the rear access hatch.  Does
anyone have the map for these?

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

Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 14:25:40 EST
From: [e-mail] (Carmen Iannacone)
Subject: Quicktime JPEG Reply Summary (Thank you!) [LONG]

Hello everyone,

    Before the holidays, I posted a request for software which
might help in the *automated* (i.e. "batch") conversion of a collection
of QT-compressed JPEG files to any other format.

    I would like to thank the undersigned for their generous and timely
response to my request, and thank the moderators of the group for their
tireless efforts on behalf of the user community in general.

    My own lessons learned from this exercise are that while technically
it *is* possible to load up the GifConverter program with a dozen or so
images for conversion, it still requires a manual effort to pass them
through the process.  GifConverter will load all the images up, but its
screen refresh policy makes large numbers of images unwieldy.  I imagine
that the process could be automated with Frontier?

    GifConverter is a fine program, handles QT JPEGS, and has some
nice options.  I heartily recommend it.

    Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

    Carmen
    ([e-mail])

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>From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>

Have you tried info-mac/art/gif/gif-converter-23b2.hqx which reads JPEG
files and can write a number of image formats (some of which can be
readily translated for other operating systems)?

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>From: Richard Lim <[e-mail]>

If you are taking your QuickTime compressed PICT files from one Mac to
another,
the other Mac must have the QuickTime system extension loaded at startup.
Just
bring your copy of QuickTime with you, slip it in the system folder of the
second Mac and restart.

If you are taking your PICT files across to a PC or other platform, you will
need to convert the file, unless your PC/whatever actually can read Mac
PICTs.
Even if it can, the point is that it will only handle "normal" PICTs, which
were saved without any special compression - this is how most Mac applications
save PICT files.  If the PICTs were saved with compression however, then you
either have to save them uncompressed, or best of all save them in a different
format which you know will be compatible with your PC, for example, TIFF
(actually there are certain incompatibilities in TIFF files on various
platforms
but we don't need to worry about that just yet) or, more obviously, JPEG,
which
is another compressed picture format.

To convert your PICTs into JPEGs (and of course you must ensure your PC can
handle JPEGs first) I strongly recommend JPEGView 2.0 which you can download
>From Sumex - it's either in /app or /util or /art, sorry can't remember
exactly.
Do write again if you are having further problems or wish to give more details
of the present situation

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>From: [e-mail] (Tarun Vangala Reddy)

Carmen,
    I'll just mention two shareware utilities: JPEGView and
GIFConverter. Both of these are available at sumex. JPEGView will convert
QT PICTs to JFIF format, whereby you should be able to get a viewer for the
other machines. JFIF format keeps the JPEG compression in a transportable
form.
    On the other hand GIFConverter will load up the file and you can
save it in any mac format that it supports, including GIF, PICT (W/no
compression), TIFF, RIFF, among others.

    Also if you use Imagery and Imagery JPEG, then you can convert the
QT PICT to GIF and then using Imagery, convert it to many different formats
for various other machines including DOS, Amiga, Windows, and maybe even
UNIX. I really haven't kept up with the program since I didn't need it and
threw it away. Actually I did this for all these programs, so you'll have
to verify these features on your own.

    BTW, you must use the latest version of GIFConverter and I hear the
latest JPEGView (Ver. 2) is a big improvement over previous the previous
ver. Also, remember if you convert to GIF for transport to other machines,
you will be limited to only 8-bit graphics, not the richness of 24-bit
JPEGs usually come in. Hope this was helpful. Bye.

Tarun

PS: one additional note: i was peaked by your request and downloaded jpegview
2.0 and found out it was postcardware. big bargain right here!

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>From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>

If I understand the question, Carmen (no guarantee there), I suggest
pulling JPEGview from the archives. It'll save as a standard PICT. Then
you have only the conversion problem.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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>From: Larry Rosenstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: Automated decompression of QT-JPEG PICTs

I haven't done this myself, but my understanding is that a JPEG compressed
PICT contains some header stuff and then a relatively standard JPEG data
stream that could be interpreted by the Independent JPEG Group's converter
code.  This code runs on a variety of platforms (including UNIX) and with
the pbmplus image processing package can convert the image to a variety of
formats.

So in theory, it should be possible to extract the relevant part of the
PICT and feed it to this JPEG decoder, but as I said, I haven't looked into
this.  If you can find some one familiar with the JPEG format then s/he
might be able to tell you which bytes in the PICT are relevant.


Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

[e-mail]
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:55:47 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Larry Pickett)
Subject: Sharing Setup Protection

    We have removed Sharing Setup from our lab machines to prevent the
students renaming the machines.  No problem unitl we installed Timbuktu
5.*.  Apparently it looks for Sharing Setup.  I planned just to open the
Sharing Setup Control Panel and change the text fields to noneditable.
Can't find the right resource.  Any hints??

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:10:05 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Should I Buy...?

Hello all,
You on the net have been so helpful in the past, I thought I'd consult your
collective wisdom on this one. Please reply directly to me. I can summarize
to the digest if desired.

I'm upgrading from a 4MB Mac Plus, 80MB external drive and 800K external
floppy, all of which will be sold. I want to replace it with a faster,
colour-capable machine with a minimum of 5MB, 80MB drive and 13" screen.
The machine will be for home use, some DTP work and software development.
My budget is such that I can afford a Mac IIvi 5/80 with extended keyboard
and 13" colour monitor (nothing more expensive).

My questions: Should I buy a IIvi as described above? Why or why not?
Should I consider other machines (Macs, of course!) in the same or lower
price range? Should I sit tight?

There is a promotional sale on now which is due to end next week, so I'd
greatly welcome your early advice.

Thanks in advance,
Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

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Date: 08 Jan 1993 01:17:41 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Simpsons sound needed

Does whoever posted the Simpsons sounds (or anybody else)  know where I
could find the sound of Homer thinking "Mmmmmm,  Snouts..."  ?
I think it was from the episode where their dog needed stomach surgery.
Thanks.
[e-mail]     Don Palik  / ps it's not in simpsons grp1 or 2.

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:59:11 EST
From: Robert ... [8*824 / 408-365]-6369 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slow hard disk with system 7

    I have a perplexing problem with a Mac IIx, System 7.01 tuned.  If
    I shift boot (no extensions) and run speedometer 3.1 I get a disk
    speed of 2.67.  If I boot with extensions the disk speed is .55!
    Ok so I throw away EVERYTHING in the system folder but System and
    finder.  Up to .59.  Ok unbless folder reinstall clean system -
    same thing!  The disk speed still increases to 2.67.  I opened a
    doc into MacDrawPro to check timing and got 32secs to 23 secs - so
    there is a difference.  Help I'm going crazy!  Anyone ever seen
    this? 8-(

    Robert J. Hill              [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 04:08:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Stein)
Subject: Slow Printing Under System 7

Since upgrading to System 7, printing to a networked Imagewriter II
has slowed to a crawl.  It was not a problem before upgrading from
System 6.

Has anyone else had similar problems, or any ideas about a solution?
--
Alan H. Stein                     [e-mail]

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Date: 7 Jan 93 17:09:42 MDT
From: "Matt McConnell "  <[e-mail]>
Subject: SoftPC with/for Microsoft Windows

Has anyone tried this product from Insignia SoftPC for Windows?
Their ad suggests it does this in VGA graphics mode.  I was under the
opinion that even their top of the line product, SoftAT, goes up to
EGA graphics.

I wonder how Wordperfect for Windows on a Quadra would rate?


BTW, does the Next with whatever addons emulate the Mac?


Matt McConnell   <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 15:01:01 -0500
From: "Tad Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sticky Mouse Followup

Several weeks ago, I raised a question about my mouse: sometimes it seems
to get stuck in "mouse-down" mode. Several people responded privately. My
conclusion, on the basis of those responses, is that this is a known
hardware problem. The mouse is, in fact, from one of the Malaysian batches
that has already been reported to Apple as suspect.

I'm not doing anything about it for now. It doesn't happen often and it's
only a minor inconvenience.

Thanks for the assistance,
Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 10:28 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: StuffitExpander--your choice de-hqx'er

In 11-5, Jon Butler asks:
>
>What kind of a file is report/apple-pr-imaging.hqx?  After de-binhexing it, I
>get only gibberish that cannot be opened by MacWrite or MSWord.

Bill Lipa told Jon it was an AppleLink file compressed with Compact Pro. I
just wanted to add that every System 7 user should simply use
StuffitExpander 3.0 (in the info-mac/util directory) for converting .hqx
files. It's fast, convenient, and free--and since it will identify the
compressed file format after converting from .hqx and further decompress it
automatically, it's now the tool of choice. A Stuffit Expander user would
never have Jon's problem--the file would simply be converted to its final
form by Expander. Get it.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:56:10 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Summary:  Hard Drive Spinning

I got several responses to my inquiry about why my hard drive was
constantly accessed in the background for no apparent reason.    Several
people corrected me in my original description: "My hard drive seems to
spin even when I move my mouse.  Only pressing the mouse button or a key
board button stops the hard drive activity."  It is true that the hard
drive constantly spins.  What I meant to describe was the familar grinding
sound of reading/writing from my hard drive during periods of inactivity.
This reading/writing interrupted my foreground processes, so it was more
than just irritating noise.

Edward Reid provided two common explainations for unexplained hard drive
activity.  "1) Calculate Folder Sizes turned on in the Views control panel.
 This is very expensive; turn it off except when you really need it.  2)
File Sharing turned on.  If you need it, put up with some overhead, but
turn it off if you don't need it.  If it's not one of those, eliminate all
background applications and extensions, then add them one by one until you
find out what's causing it."

In my case, I was running Hands-Off with the
Supermenu-->Expansion-->Building Background option turned on.  Once I
turned this option off, my hard drive has been blissfully silent of
unexpected activity.  Ahhh, at long last.

I hope that this helps someone else.  Thanks to all who responded.

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 15:49 CST
From: "J Cusick"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7*File Guard*Shiva Net Serial

Hello All
I have had numerous problems with System 7.0.1 and FIle Guard 2.74.
Also Installed is a Shiva Net Serial connected to the three IIsi's.
Is it Just me or are there some bugs here.  The problems have mostly
been associated with printing(through the Shiva box).  I updated the
Shiva Extensions to the latest version and have tried everything
Else I can think off.  The Shiva seems to not be the problem.  I have
installed other Shiva's with no hassle.  Also File Guard works
beautifully with System 6.0.5 on an SE we have here.  This is the
first time I have installed FG with System 7.
Any insights, mantras, thoughts or jokes would be greatly appreciated.
PLEASE respond directly to me and I will post to the digest any
responses.
Thanks!
Jim Cusick  --  Loyola University Chicago
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 14:53:01 -0500
From: "Tad Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1 on an SE (Q)

I have an SE and a Classic II side by side, both running slightly different
versions of System 7. I ordered two upgrade kits, one DD and one HD. I
believe I read (somewhere) that the DD version does NOT include a boot
disk, so you have to make sure there's a system on the disk already before
you run the install.

I'm trying to imagine the easiest way to do this, should the day ever come
that I can't boot the hard disk on the SE. The hard way is to install
System 7 from my original upgrade kit, then install System 7.1 from the new
kit. One easy way might be this:

* boot from the System 6 Disk Tools kit
* throw away System, Finder, and Finder Prefs
* copy System & Finder from the System 6 Disk
* reboot
* run the System 7.1 install

Would this work? Can you go directly from System 6 to System 7.1? (Related
question: can you run Disk First Aid 7.1 from an 800k floppy with System 6
on it?)

Thanks,
Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 11:41:42 EDT
From: Dave Virga <[e-mail]>
Subject: System installation over a network (A)

The System 7 CD-ROM uses a setup that you should be able to duplicate.

Create a folder on your shared volume, say, "System 7.0.1 Install".  Into
this folder, copy the contents of each installation disk, putting each disk
into its own folder; make sure you keep the folder names the same as the
original disks.  The easy way to do this is to just drag the floppy's desktop
icon into the "System 7.0.1 Install" folder window; the copy process will do
the rest.  The CD-ROM has folders representing each of the 1.44M install
disks:
   Install 1
   Install 2
   Fonts
   Printing
   Tidbits

For simplicity, you can copy the Installer app and Install data file to the
"System 7.0.1 Install" folder from the "Install 1" folder.  It's in both
places on the CD-ROM.

The Disk Tools disk is not used by the installer, but you might include it
if you want each Mac to have a copy of the Apple HD SC Setup program, or more
importantly, Disk First Aid.  You'll have to manually copy it to install it
though.

Now, all you need to do is mount the shared volume on the Mac to be upgraded,
and run the installer.

Good Luck!

Dave Virga
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:43:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)
Subject: Text file printing question

Since the Mac doesn't specifically deal with text editors in the same
fashion as DOS and Unix machines do, you need to use a dedicated text
editor to print the files. BBEdit is one; it's free, and available
for anonymous FTP from world.std.com, in ~ftp/pub/bbedit. You can
also find it on sumex.stanford.edu and mac.archive.umich.edu. The
current version is 2.2; accept no substitutes.

R.

[Unless, of course, you don't like having the num-locks key lit... :-)]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 09:04:40 EST
From: [e-mail] (Daniel E. White  (F2C))
Subject: Text file printing question

|> I have a user who downloads text files from a Unix system and then
|> needs to print them.  We have been loading them into MacWrite, setting
|> the font to Courier (Unix is monospaced - usually) and printing on
|> the network LaserWriter.  There has to be a better way.

The only way I can suggest to shortcut the process is what I do:

I use a utility (En Mass) that can set File Type and Creator of all the
files in a folder to set 'ported Unix text files to TEXT/MSWD (which is
Microsoft Word ASCII text -- you'll have to use ResEdit to find the
Type/Creator of a MacWrite ASCII text file).

Then I can select all the document icons and use the Print command off of
the Finder's File menu.  BTW in Word, I set the default font to either Monaco
or Courier (both non-proportional), and thus is displayed any text file.

Share & Enjoy !!

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 14:40:06 -0800
From: Claude Errera <[e-mail]>
Subject: Text file printing question

In IM 11-5, John Withers writes

>What is the preferred method for printing text files from the Finder?

Well, at sumex, in the /info-mac/util directory, is a freeware program
called save-a-tree-152.hqx, which basically does a very nice job of
this. It supports drag-and-drop, and can be configured to print
1, 2, or 4 pages of text on each printed page (in either landscape
or portrait mode). You pick the font. Hope this helps!

Just a satisfied user,

Claude
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 10:28 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Text file printing question (A)

In 11-5, John Withers asks for a convenient way to print Unix-downloaded
text-only files directly from the Finder.

I'd suggest getting the shareware program BBEdit. When the files are
downloaded to the MacPlus, your downloading program should let you assign
the file type and creator; assign the type TEXT and creator R*ch (or, if
asked, select BBEdit as the application to be used to read the downloaded
file); put them on the desktop. BBEdit allows you to set different fonts
and font sizes as defaults for printing and display; using Courier for
printout is just a one-time setting for BBEdit. Once those setups are made,
your downloaded text files will appear on your desktop as BBEdit documents.
Simply shift-click to select those you want to print, then choose Print
>From the File menu in the Finder.  That should save you some time, and
BBedit is much faster for printing text-only files than MacWrite.

Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:49:16 +0000 (GMT)
From: [e-mail] (B.C.E. Khoo)
Subject: Tips for the PowerBook range - second call!

Not so long ago I posted a message on INFO-MAC asking for more hints for the
PowerBook range, to be included in version 3 of my tipsheet.

Well, this is the second call for hints, so if you have any, please send them
in to me!

In particular, I'd like to know if you have any hints for the newer PowerBooks
i.e. the Duos 210 and 230, and the PBs 160 and 180. I'd also welcome hints
specific to System 7.1. (Personally, I haven't moved up to 7.1 yet.)

If the response is good, expect v.3 soon!

Bernard Khoo  Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, UK.
E-mail to: [e-mail] or @phx.cam.ac.uk (Internet)

P.S. for the (so-far) latest version of the tipsheet, e-mail me and I'll be
glad to send you one. Alternatively I believe that there is a version in
mac.archive.umich.edu under /mac/util/powerbook/powerbooktips2.51.txt. Sadly,
the version in sumex-aim.stanford.edu was deleted...

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

Date: 08 Jan 1993 11:54:12 -0500
From: Pete Roberts <[e-mail]>
Subject: VirusDetective Policy Revie

               Subject:                               Time:11:04 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          VirusDetective Policy Review           Date:1/8/93
It seems that the stream of new registered users for
VirusDetective/VirusBlockade has become a trickle, and this is the reason for
Shulman's decision to limit updates to registered users.

C'mon, guys 'n' gals.  Fair is fair.  If you are using VD/VB, in my opinion
the
best protection there is against known viruses, your peace of mind is
certainly
worth the modest shareware fees.

The VD/VB combination does on-the-fly scanning when a file is created or
modified, NOT just when a disk is mounted.  As a result, I don't have to worry
about files I pick off a server or download from an FTP site or information
service.  Viruses tucked away in compressed files, any kind of compressed
file,
will be detected when the compressed files are stored into decompressed
files.
Any attempt, by any kind of code, to store a known virus into any kind of file
will be detected.  None of the other products provides this level of hands-off
comfort.

Utilities such as SAM and GateKeeper scan files when a volume is mounted and
watch for "suspicious activity" on the part of all executing code.  VD/VB does
not watch for suspicious activity, but it does scan files when a volume is
mounted, and is the only utility, as far as I know, which monitors changes to
files.

Let's face it.  Very few of us will be the first to encounter an unknown
virus.
 The virus watchers, such as Shulman, are all quick to respond to a new virus,
and so for the rest of us, most virus problems that we encounter will be with
known viruses rather than new ones.  In the past, when VD/VB users were
regularly registering, Shulman was often the first to distribute a new search
string so that users would be protected soon after a new virus was
discovered.
(And guess who introduced the notion of an anti-virus utility which could be
updated with user-supplied definitions!)  I, for one, would like to see that
quick response (to CompuServe, AOL, GEnie, MacWeek, for example) return.

What do I stand to gain if y'all pay your fees?  Just the security that
Shulman
will keep up his efforts, so far very successful, to stay on top of the
brain-dead among us that think creating viruses is OK.  I am one of VD/VB's
beta testers, but I will receive no monetary compensation if all users do the
right thing.

-- Pete Roberts
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 08:56:19 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Wanted: Excel file format

Does anyone have a definition of the Microsoft Excel file format,
or know where I can find it?

Thanks
mn

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:52:43 -0500
From: Michel D Pepin <[e-mail]>

Subject:Memory error

I have a problem on a Mac SE running system 6.4 in
multifinder.  The problem is that I got the following
message: "Insufficient memory in the finder to use the shared
file xxxxxx".  This shared file is located on a Mac II CI
running under system 7.  When I switch to the finder on the
Mac SE, the problem disappeared.  Is there anybody knowing
the answer...? Thank you...

[e-mail]

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