Info-Mac 3/Info_Mac_1994-01.iso/Periodical/Info-Mac/InfoMac 11-013

Text File | 1993-12-31 | 51KB | 1,329 lines

19-Jan-93  1:18:03-GMT,50631;000000000000
Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Received: from SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU by CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0)
    id AA14038; Mon, 18 Jan 93 17:18:00 PST
Full-Name: Info-Mac Moderator
Received: by SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0)
    id AA13553; Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:34:23 PST
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:34:15 PST
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #13
To: [e-mail]


Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 18 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 13

Today's Topics:

      [*] ABFfit4.9 Maximum Likelihood Profil Fitting
      [*] BBEdit 2.2.1 (Maintenance Update)
      [*] calculator-ii-109.hqx
      [*] Die_in_Space.hqx 1of3pts
      [*] Folder Icon Cleaner 1.0.2
      [*] INFOMaker 2.62 file parsing utility
      [*] Islamic History Stack
      [*] MolDis Demo
      [*] new-look-10.hqx
      [*] P.C. Dictionary 4.1 *Your* politically correct source!
      [*] PB Hacks
      [*] PowerTemplate Revision (powertemplate.hqx in report or art
      directory)
      [*] ProcessWatcher 2.0
      [*] RE: 7 Jan 93 submission of windowsmenu
      [*] Right On Time 1.5
      [*] Stock Game
      Accelerators : let's make a report
      A simple question about UNIX to Mac text
      ATM 2.0.3 _is_ 32-bit clean
      Autodoubler vs. Gatekeeper
      bad f-line
      Chinese Worldscript Extensions for 7.1 (A)
      Davka address --- thanks to everybody
      Dead Rodime
      Expander 3.0.1 woes (R)
      Hispanic lists
      IIvx 8/80?
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #12
      Interleaf 5
      LogiCache/MacRecorder Problem (A)
      Looking for OSErr codes (Q)
      Mac-based Time Server (R)
      Mac - IBM - Unix data bases PRICE/PERFORMANCE review
      Malaysian Mice serialization :-)
      Micro Bridge Companion (C)
      NCSA Telnet via LanRover/E
      Printing a (currently) Postscript logo on a fax modem
      Printing from Mac to PS-printer on UNIX workstation (Q)
      QuickTime1.5-3D-Film-Viewer (Q)
      Quorum Mac Emulator?
      Searching for unknown characters in Word
      Second Serial Port kit for PowerBook 100?
      Serial Port Busy or already in use?
      Software for embedding audio in document?
      StyleWriter:  no fractional widths?
      stylewriterII
      System 7.1/Suitcase 2.1.2
      System errors (Type 1) in Word
      Where is lpr for the Mac, please? (Q)
      XGator demo availability

The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa.

The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu
[36.44.0.6].  Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help.

Please send articles and binaries to [e-mail].
Send administrative mail to [e-mail].
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 13:34:41 -0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] ABFfit4.9 Maximum Likelihood Profil Fitting

A.Filhol, Institut Laue Langevin, 156X, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
Email: [e-mail]
ABFfit, a program for interactive profile fitting on (e.g.) diffraction data.

- ABFfit is a tool for highly interactive processing of small to medium size
  data sets. E.g. in the specific case of powder diffraction it is well suited
  to preliminary data processing before a Rietveld fit can be started or to
  difficult case requiring user interaction. It has been designed for research
  and teaching.

- Uses an original maximum likelihood algorithm designed for Poisson
  distributed data (counts).
- Handles polynomial background and various peak shapes either build-in
  or provided as plug-ins CODE resources.
- Build-in peak shapes: Symmetrical (Gauss, Lorentz, Cauchy, Pseudo-Voigt)
  and asymmetrical (Gumbel+, Gumbel-).
- Supports fit constraints on the parameters.
- Interactive graphical initialization of the fitting algorithm with the
  possibility of saving the starting model for further processing of the data
  in automatic mode (pseudo-batch).
- Provides extensive statistical summaries on the fit (Plots of normalized
  residuals, joint confidence regions, diagnostic measures on influential
  data points, etc..).

This demo version is fully functional except that numerical results are
neither
displayed nor printed. The full version is marketed by the University of
St Etienne (France).
Price: 2500 FF (about 500$)
Orders to:
  Prof. J.Berruyer, Univ. St Etienne, U.E.R. des Sciences,
  23 rue du Dr Paull Michelon, F-42003 St-Etienne Cedex, France
  Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/abffit-49.hqx; 711K]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 09:15:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)
Subject: [*] BBEdit 2.2.1 (Maintenance Update)

Version 2.2.1 of BBEdit is available immediately for anonymous FTP from
world.std.com, in ~ftp/pub/bbedit. It's also being posted to the major
Mac archives in the Internet.

This version includes a number of bug fixes, most notably sporadic crashes
when waking up PowerBooks or launching.

[For those of you who aren't familiar with it, BBEdit is a popular free
text editor which integrates with THINK Reference 2.0 and MPW ToolServer
(and the 411 help system), and which offers unique multi-file search
capabilities, as well as XTND translation.]

A BinHex'd StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 archive follows. You can extract the
contents of the archive using StuffIt Expander or StuffIt Lite, either
of which is available from popular archive locations.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bbedit-221.hqx; 638K]

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

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 16:48:15 MST
From: [e-mail] (Joe Cicinelli)
Subject: [*] calculator-ii-109.hqx

Calculator II, v1.09
Copyright 1991-93, Joe Cicinelli.

A FREEware calculator replacement for Macintoshes running either
system 6 or system 7.  This version of the calculator fixes two
minor bugs associated with the use of its memory keys.  It also
makes help more accessible by adding a help button to the About
dialog box.

This version should replace the file calculator-ii-108.hqx in
the info-mac/app directory.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/calculator-ii-109.hqx; 80K]

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

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 12:03:33 PST
From: [e-mail] (Rory Hinnen)
Subject: [*] Die_in_Space.hqx 1of3pts

Greetings!

This is a quicktime animation I ran up using Infini-D 2.0. It took me about
a day of playing to get used to the program, and an evening to plan and
execute this 10 second piece of animation, and a night for it to cook on a
Quadra 700.

It shows a die bouncing through the void, which then becomes the company
logo for a place my wife works at (I made it for her).

And it's a bit too large for my mailer, so it's coming to you in 3 pieces.

Thanks!

Rory Hinnen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/die-in-space.hqx; 513K]

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

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 13:57:05 +0100
From: [e-mail] (lab stp - Fabrizio Oddone - 181292 )
Subject: [*] Folder Icon Cleaner 1.0.2

Folder Icon Cleaner is a small utility that lets you get rid
correctly of those space and time wasting custom icons, sticked
right there on your folders.
The Finder keeps every folder icon in a separate hidden file.
The known versions of the Finder (7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1) do not
delete this file when removing a custom folder icon. They only
delete the icon resources from the file. Note that no other
information is kept into these Icon files. Folder Icon Cleaner
correctly removes the icon by deleting the file (and by updating
the Use custom icon attribute of the folder). No data is lost,
you only gain a little more free space on your disk.
Folder Icon Cleaner can only be used under System 7 or later;
however, it is rather useless on a System 6-or-older Macintosh.
Life is easier with a drag&drop interface.

For errors, suggestions, and others send mail to:
[e-mail]

Enjoy yourself and remember the shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/util/folder-icon-cleaner-102.hqx; 25K]

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

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 09:34 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] INFOMaker 2.62 file parsing utility

Every so often someone asks about text parsing software.  The shareware
INFOMaker from Green Mountain Software is rarely mentioned, which is
surprising since it is a more powerful parser than any of the common
alternatives listed.  Easy to use, too. The following is extracted from the
documentation file for version 2.62 of May 1992:

   INFOMaker is an easy to use utility application which will format data to
   be used in the Macintosh*.  The data to be formatted can be from other
   computer systems (PCs, mainframes, etc.) or from other Macintosh*
   applications.  The program has been used extensively to convert database
   information from VAX, UNIVAC, IBM, and CRAY mainframe computers and a
   multitude of different micro computers.  The ability of INFOMaker to
   handle a wide variety of input file formats including multi-line records
   makes it a versatile tool to users who manage information on the
   Macintosh*.

   INFOMaker will place all fields of a record in order on one line,
   separate them with tabs, strip control characters, strip leading and/or
   trailing spaces, insert information for missing data, remove any unwanted
   data, and set the file CREATOR so that the data can be loaded directly
   into an application.

   INFOMaker Also Includes Other Special Utilities:

   - Splitting files by character count or on defined record boundaries.

   - Combining files into one file by individual selection or by folder.

   - An extensive utility for changing the TYPE and CREATOR bytes of files
     either individually or by folder.

   INFOMaker will run on all Macintosh computers with 512k memory or more.
   Requires System software version 4.2 or greater.

   INFOMaker is a shareware product...The program that you have is the whole
   enchilada, not just a demo."

[Archived as /info-mac/util/info-maker.hqx; 125K]

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

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 10:23:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Ian Chai)
Subject: [*] Islamic History Stack

This is a stack that teaches about the history of Islam.
I just got it and have not even downloaded it to my Mac yet...
but the it sounds interesting to anyone interested in Islam's
impact in the world. Anyway, I'm uploading it here because many
people have expressed interest in it last week when I was asking
on Islamic dicussion groups if anyone had it. (I got a lot of
messages along the lines of "If you find it, please let me
know!")

            Ian Chai <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/card/islamic-history.hqx; 377K]

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

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 12:30:11 MST
From: [e-mail] (Dmitry Boldyrev)
Subject: [*] MolDis Demo

Hello moderator,
I'm sending the latest version of MolDisDemo.
Release 1.3BETA. Please, replace the old version of MolDisProDemo to
this.
Thank You.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/molecular-designer-13b.hqx; 194K]

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

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 20:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (G.D. Landweber)
Subject: [*] new-look-10.hqx

New Look (tm) version 1.0 (shareware fee: $15)
by Philip W. Flack ([e-mail])

Here is New Look (tm), a shareware control panel that replaces
the standard black and white push buttons, radio buttons, and
check boxes with 3-dimensional shaded ones.  It even uses the
color tinges you can select in the Color control panel.  Some
of the features include neat "embossed" style button titles
and options to change the background, frame, and text colors.

Before you register, you might also want to check out my own
3d shaded button control panel, "Greg's Buttons".  It provides
many more features and the shareware fee is only $10.

I have nothing to do with the New Look (tm) control panel or
its author, Philip W. Flack, except for a common interest in
user interface design.            -- Greg "Buttons" Landweber

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/new-look-10.hqx; 59K]

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

Date: 16 Jan 1993 11:09:36 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] P.C. Dictionary 4.1 *Your* politically correct source!

It's P.C. Dictionary 4.1, the completely unofficial, unauthoritative,
non-comprehensive dictionary of politically correct terms!

This version has new terms and better interface and boasts two menus (no, I
didn't spare *anything* for all you pc fans!)

Be cerebrally gifted, and get this archive!  And bring an identical bit image
of a space saving, environmentally concious program capable of restoring this
file into it's natural bloated state, like Stuffit Expander.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/pc-dictionary-41.hqx; 20K]

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

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 11:58:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Mr Ted Shecky <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PB Hacks

    For the World's Enjoyment:
        PBHaxPack
    Contains a better keymap for Powerbook users, some Powerbook
orientated icons, a more buffed-out fmap, and fmnu's with keytrokes added
to almost every item [except for Sleep. . . :(].  For use with ResEdit and
a Powerbook.  Compressed with Compact Pro.
    Recommended placement: `Powerbook` subdirectory.
[Don't have one :); not yet...  -- Gordon]
    Asta La Vista, baby.

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/pb-hax-pack.hqx; 12K]

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

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1993 18:32:44 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PowerTemplate Revision (powertemplate.hqx in report or art
directory)

Fellow PowerBook Users,

This archive contains the SNOWBALL PowerTemplate which is designed to
provide Apple PowerBook users with some of the functionality of
keyboard templates and other paper-based job aids to support their
computing work.  I find that I often use the margins of my PowerBook
145 screen as a posting place for those yellow sticky notes, so I have
decided to explore the possibilities of expanding on this idea.

The enclosed graphics files contain PowerTemplates that you can modify
and print.  I have included several formats of graphics files to
facilitate printing.  Each of these files contains exactly the same
Generic PowerTemplate.

The Canvas format can be printed (just barely!) on ordinary
letter-sized paper by using the Canvas Print Selection feature.  The
Scrapbook file is included to allow you to paste the PowerTemplate
into other tools to which I do not have access.  The HyperCard stack
has the PowerTemplate in the background.  This stack can be used to
design different PowerTemplates by creating a new card for each
working idea.  Printing of HyperCard format has also not been tested.
(Using Canvas Layers is a much better way to do this, but I wanted to
try out a template in HyperCard.)  The PICT and PICT1 formats have
also not been tested.

You may want to use legal sized paper in order to print a full
template.  I have successfully printed the PowerTemplate on an Apple
ImageWriter I.  Beware of automatic scaling by LaserWriters of various
types!  I have not yet been able to produce an appropriately scaled
PowerTemplate on a LaserWriter.  I need to work on this a little more
to figure out what is going wrong.

I have decided to ask the PowerBook community to help determine how to
best use this kind of job aid.  You can help by putting a blank
PowerTemplate on your screen for a while and seeing what you find
useful to record there.  Please drop me a line and let me know what
kinds of things for which the PowerTemplate is (and is not) useful.

Now some necessary legalese.  Ahem.  The PowerTemplate and the
SNOWBALL logo are copyrighted by John M. Ford, 1992, 1993.  All rights
reserved.  Nuff said.  The PowerTemplate is free for all use that is
individual or non-commercial.  If you do come up with a commercial use
that will make you a big pile of money, please talk to me about
passing along a little pile of that money.  Enjoy!

John M. Ford
BYU Instructional Psychology Program

740 South 50 East
Orem, UT 84058

[phone]
[e-mail]

 ---------

[Archived as /info-mac/util/power-template-11.hqx; 65K]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 10:12:41 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Hugues Marty)
Subject: [*] ProcessWatcher 2.0

This is ProcessWatcher 2.0, a system 7 utility that allows you to view
what processes are running on your mac and their characteristics, send
them some AppleEvents (especially 'quit' which "kills" the process),
easily switch to them, launch applications...

This version supports remote connection between macs, to see what is
running and launch processes on the remote machine. It also includes
presentation changes and correct a few bugs over version 1.1.

Hugues Marty / [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/process-watcher-20.hqx; 63K]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:10 +1300
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RE: 7 Jan 93 submission of windowsmenu

WindowsMenu is an XCMD that installs a "Windows" menu to give you convenient
access to all windows currently open in HyperCard.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Computer Services Dept

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/windows-menu.hqx; 11K]

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

Date: 15 Jan 1993 11:31:44 -0800
From: "John Covele" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Right On Time 1.5

              [*] Right On Time 1.5
Right On Time is a personal time manager.  It features a perpetual calendar,
To-Do list, and event reminder.  You can set up repeating events, be warned
ahead of time about upcoming events, archive old events, assign categories to
events, play sounds, etc.  The calendar is useful just by itself for looking
up
dates and printing out monthly calendars.  Right On Time requires system 6 or
later, takes advantage of color monitors, and is system 7 friendly (supports
required AppleEvents, and 1 custom AppleEvent).  No extensions are needed!
This is a demo version limited to 5 events.  The real version is shareware,
$10.

Some new features in version 1.5 include:
Events summaries displayed in calendar, categories can have customized
defaults, To Do list fields are user-selectable, added option to flash menubar
for event notices (instead of dialog), bug fixes, and more.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/right-on-time-15.hqx; 137K]

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

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 19:38:18 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bret Olmsted)
Subject: [*] Stock Game

This is version 2.0 of the FreeWare game Stocks!. This game
is a stock market game. It features thirty stocks from which
the user can make his/her fortune. It has several options
>From which the user can display the stock prices graphically.
In future versions I have plans to do point & figure charts
and also moving averages.


                 Bret Olmsted
                 [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/stocks-20.hqx; 25K]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 17:53:31 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Philippe Riviere)
Subject: Accelerators : let's make a report

    There is a lack of information at info-mac on the real performances
 of accelerator cards... particularly comparing perfs on different mother
 boards.  I would like to generate a report on those, using speedometer
 as a reference, as well as free comments and impressions by actual users.
    So run speedo (name the mac, the system version, the inits..), and
    tell
 me anything you like or dislike about your card. I'll make the report.

    Philippe Riviere, 45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
    [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 11:35:26 EST
From: [e-mail] (Ben Schaffer)
Subject: A simple question about UNIX to Mac text

Hello there folks. I'm wondering if there is a drag-and-drop utility that can
process large numbers of text files to convert them from Unix formatting to
Mac. I've been using UUlite, but that requires that you tell it each file you
want converted, and type in a new file name, and all. I want it to do all that
for me, as I have hundreds of files.
   Failing some utility on the Mac, is there a way to convert on Unix before I
download it to my Mac?
   You have no idea how much I'll appreciate it if I get a solution. Thanks in
advance.

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:28:56 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Life is illusion.)
Subject: ATM 2.0.3 _is_ 32-bit clean

Ah!  No, I just have 3.1!  I wonder why it crashes from Word 5, though?  I
might just go out and buy 3.0 for ATM, just for kicks.

Thanx.

Eric

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:58:51 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Dr. Jon Stewart)
Subject: Autodoubler vs. Gatekeeper

I usually don't get too involved in the discussions on compressions, but I
wanted to make a brief reply to Charlie Mingo (V11 #12) who suggests that
Chris
Johnson should buy a copy of Inside Macintosh and read them carefully.  While
I can understand people's frustrations when two useful utilities conflict, I
think that the tone of this reply is a little harsh.  I, for one, am very
grateful to Chris and all of the other programmers who share their talents
with
someone like me who doesn't have the time or the ability to write these
programs
myself.  So let's lighten up a little and remember that the Macintosh is
supposed to be easy and fun to use.  Just my $0.02.

Jon Stewart - Department of Chemistry - Penn State University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 14:44 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: bad f-line

To those experiencing the above error.
My Apple Dealer said bad f-line errors occur due to an incompatibility with
32-bit addressing.  If you turn off 32-bit addressing your program should
work.
Sincerely, ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 11:56:01 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: Chinese Worldscript Extensions for 7.1 (A)

    Date: 15 Jan 1993 23:35:44 -0500 (CDT)
    From: Rick Gore <[e-mail]>
    Anyone have any info on when the Chinese Worldscript extensions
    for 7.1 will be available?  That was pretty much the only reason
    why I layed out $50 for the software!  Thanks!

When I was trying to find out about Japanese back in October, the
story was "Japanese in mid January, the other east asian systems
a couple months after that."  This was one story among many, with
confusion rampant on a background of erroneous press releases,
so actual mileage may vary.

On the other hand, they're on a couple of the Developer CD-ROM's,
if you're lucky.  I say "if you're lucky", because it appears
that only *some* October and Nov/Dec Developer's CD-ROM's have
them.

It sure doesn't seem like Apple wants people to write software
for the Asian market.  Or maybe they'r of two minds...

Good luck.

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 13:37:43 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Davka address --- thanks to everybody

Thanks to all who relied to my query for the Davka address. The summary
of their coordinates is:

Davka Corporation
7074 N. Western Ave.
Chicago,  IL  60645
[phone]
[phone]  FAX
[phone]
[e-mail] (R. Michael Gartenberg).

Davka produce and markets a whole array of Hebrew language related
software, as well as other "Judaica-ware" (such as a Jewish calendar for
the Mac: there are PD programs under Unix and MS-DOS for this, but not for
the Mac).

Keep on Macking b'shalom!
Jan Martin
San Diego Supercomputer Center

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 10:50 EST
From: RICH FRIEDMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dead Rodime

Our extrenalRodime 100 has died on us.  It does not mount
butcan be read by Norton Utilities 2 with some difficulty.  It looks like
I need to reinitialize the drive.  However, the drive won't ,ouint
mount to allow reinitialization.  I think that this means I need to reinstall
the Rodime Driver.  However, we can't find the driver disk.  Does anybody
have a copy that they can send me.  Any other ideas as to what I can do to
revive the drive would be helpful.

Thanks
-Rich
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 13:06:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: Expander 3.0.1 woes (R)

>It's a shame but the new version of Stuffit Expander still doesn't match up
to
>Downline. Its "Watch Folder" works more smoothly than Expander v.3, but it
has
>several annoying habits:
>
    I am sorry you feel that way, but let me see if I can explain why
Expander works the way it does and perhaps suggest where you may be using
the program incorrectly.

>it scans for, and expands, .sit and .cpt files which
>might be innocently sitting there waiting to be put on a back-up disk, rather
>than just looking for .hqx files, a la Downline, which is much more
sensible.
>
    Ah, there is your first misconception about Expander.  Unlike Downline
which was written SPECIFICALLY to deal with .hqx files, Expander is designed
to handle ALL of the formats equally.  It does not treat any of the formats
(.sit/.cpt/.pkg/.hqx) differently (except secondary scanning on .hqx files ;)
and therefore is usable by people on services other than the Internet who
never
have to deal with .hqx files.

    If you put a file that Expander knows how to expand into your
Watch Folder, then Expander is going to expand it - that's it job!  If you
don't
want the file expanded, then don't put it there :).

>This would be barable (bareable?) if the Preferences dialog in Expander were
>less ambiguous: if you want to delete the .hqx file automatically you end up
>losing unbinhexed archives as well when dragging and dropping, unless you
>intercept the process with the option key and reset the prefs. Tedious.
>
    Understood.  This is something that I hope to clear up in future
versions of Expander.  What is there now is indeed confusing to many and doesn
not offer the full flexibility that many have requested.  I am investigating
how to offer those features without bloating the product (our original goal
for 1.0 was a 50-60K product which handled all the standard online formats -
we made that goal, and with 3.0 we were able to add a LOT of nice new
funcationality in only a 15K increase in size (a bit large, but we also
added the new about pict which increase it ;)).

Leonard Rosenthol
Author, StuffIt Expander

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:21:48 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hispanic lists

On Saturday, Jan 16, an editorial appeared in the Philadelphia
Inquirer titled "Computer bulletin boards should speak Spanish
too". It was primarily a complaint about Prodigy only permitting
messages in English, but also mentioned that CompuServe has
no Spanish language forums nor any forums focusing on concerns
specific to the Hispanic community. I am aware that there are at
least two lists on the Internet concerning Hungarian-related
issues and one of them is in Hungarian only. I am also aware
that Poland-L often has messages in Polish with a short summary
in English. Perhaps there are some Spanish language lists and/or
one focusing on the needs of the Hispanic community.

I will write a letter to the editor in which I will probably mention
that this is not necessarily an example of anti-Hispanic prejudice
but yet another reason not to use Prodigy. I also wish to mention
that one can get access to the Internet and perhaps a non-profit
could be organized giving members of this community access to
the Internet. How difficult would it be for a non-profit with funds
to set up a list. Alternatively, there probably are not too many
barriers to set up a Hispanic forum on CompuServe, are there?

Could some of you comment before I accidentally make a donkey
out of myself? Thanks, Pete Tamas.
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: 18 Jan 1993 09:37:05 -0500 (EST)
From: "David C. Garrett" <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIvx 8/80?

Once again, our Authorized Apple Dealer's campus rep has proved to be a
moron.

I asked for the IIvx brochure.  I got a photocopy of the front of the
brochure.
So could someone please tell me the "Ordering Information" (found on the back
of the brochure)?

I just want to know what different packages Apple sells - like, 4/80,
4/230...
what I'm hoping is that we can order a IIvx 8/80.

What if the back of the brochure doesn't offer an 8/80 package?  Could I,
maybe, order one anyway, rather than having to order a 4/80 and then install
more RAM as soon as I get it?

Thanks in advance,

Dave  <[e-mail]>

P.S. Can anyone recommend a competent Authorized Apple Dealer in the
Boston/North Shore area?  Somewhere I could go, with a box of blank disks, and
copy the 6.0.8 system disks, for instance?  (Is that still an acceptable thing
to do? It's still on ftp.apple.com...)

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 12:05:18 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #12

Dr. Stefan Mueller asks:

>A long time ago there was a discussion about very small screensavers
>which just dim the screen and don't waste precious cpu time for fancy
>screen graphics. I need such a beast but can't find the relevant digest.
>Does anybody out there remember? Any experiences under System 7.1?

I use a niftly little screensaver called AutoIdle at home. Nothing fancy,
nothing expensive (it's freeware), takes up almost no space and does the
job. This is on a Plus, system 6.0.8.

I also just recently downloaded an item called Tiny Saver and took it
home to try it out, but found it's not system-6 compatible. So if you're
working under system 7, you might want to check out this one too. I think
this one was shareware, but I'm not entirely certain since I trashed it.

I believe both are available at sumex.

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:36:42 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Interleaf 5

My wife recently saw a demonstration of Interleaf 5 in her Publications Group
at work.  It was demonstrated on a PC, but she was told there is a version out
there for the Mac.  Has anyone had any experience (good, bad, or indifferent)
with this product?  She understands that it's very pricey, but it seems to
have some neat tricks for controlling and mainipulating long documents
(like technical manuals).  How does it compare to FrameMaker?  From the demo,
it looked kinda difficult to learn (FrameMaker is no picnic to learn either,
but Interleaf 5 looked really complicated).  Please respond personally, but if
there is enough response I will summarize for the net.

Glenn[A[D
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 12:02:40 PST
From: Dave Leiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: LogiCache/MacRecorder Problem (A)

Last week I reported a problem with my new LogiCache accelerator:

>The problem is that if I try to use my MacRecorder sound digitizer through
the
>sound manager (either with SoundEdit Pro or QuickTime) and have the cache
>enabled, my machine slows to a crawl.

Actually, the main problem was that, even when I was able to digitize sound
under these conditions, the sound recorded with a weird flange sort of
effect.
I finally verified with Logica that they do have an incompatibility. They
believe that both a hardware and software change may be required, but don't
know when this will happen. They gave me the choice of returning the device
for
a full refund, or holding off in the hope that a fix will be available soon.
They also plan to do additional, broader compatibility testing on the
product.

I contacted DayStar as well and got an answer about their PowerCache within
about an hour. They had an incompatibility which has been corrected. I have
not
been able to validate this information.

I also contacted MacroMedia to see if the problem is being addressed in the
MacRecorder Driver (at version 1.02 for quite a while now). They acknowledged
the problem and indicated it happens in a Quadra with the cache on as well. As
a matter of company policy, they absolutely refused to say when a fix might be
available or even if they are working on it. It's unclear if they intend to
support the MacRecorder (after acquiring it from Farallon) since they are
being
so closed-mouthed.

Thanks to those who responded with helpful information. I'll probably hold off
returning the LogiCache for a little while. I like the idea that it has better
performance than the Daystar (zero wait state memory and twice the cache
size),
and is also cheaper. Hopefully they will get it fixed soon; the product has
been performing well otherwise. If anyone gets more information on this
problem, please post it or send me an E-Mail message.


--Dave

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 17:13:18 CST
From: Mark Eaton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for OSErr codes (Q)

Hi folks-
Awhile ago, someone posted a DocMaker file that contained all the OSErr
codes and what they mean... I looked through the archives and couldn't
find it, does anyone know where I can get it, or can someone send it to
me if they still have a copy laying around?

thanks,
mark

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 15:07:30 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Mel Martinez x8378)
Subject: Mac-based Time Server (R)

On Sat, 16 Jan 93 01:53:37 -0800 in infomacv11 #12 you write:

> Does anyone know of a Mac extension/control panel that would run a
> Unix ntp time server in the background so that other Unix machines on
> the network could query the Mac (running MacTCP 1.1.1) for accurate
> time...? Or is this built into any program out there such as NCSA
> Telnet?

Synergy Software provides a TimeServer Tool as part of their excellent
VersaTerm/VersaTerm Pro packages.  I believe it is also part of their separate
network tools package (includes SLIP, FTP, Telnet, etc. tools).  If you do not
need a whole terminal emulator package, then the separate tools package is the
way to go.  It is cheaper & works with the Comm Toolbox & MacTCP & all
well-behaved programs.

Their products can be bought from MacWharehouse & the usual mail-order
suspects.

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[e-mail]

{insert disclaimer here}

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 11:32:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jean-Marc Heneman 4824)
Subject: Mac - IBM - Unix data bases PRICE/PERFORMANCE review

I need to redesign an existing application running on MS-DOS [386SX 16MHz]
under dBase/Clipper programmation.  In order to have a good idea of
performance/price of equivalent system for other machine, does anyone
have experience or know a good article on MAC-IBM-UNIX price performance
Data Base Management System on average machines [386 33-40 MHz / 486 25MHz].
Ideally, I wish have informations on interfaces (Building Interfaces for
the developpers side and using for the end-user side).  About Interfaces,
I appreciate feedbacks about cross-development (ie: Developing interfaces on
Unix X[OLIT/Motif]/NeXTStep for Mac[System 7.1] or Windows/OS/2.
[BIG REQUESTS, weren't there?]
(average machines could be [little ]SUN/NeXT/Mac/x86, perhaps mixed
 environment like a MAC served by a SUN)

Please, send me your answers and I'll send a summary to info-mac in a week
or two.

Thank you VERY much!
    Jean-Marc Heneman               [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:20 MET
From: Hans de Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: Malaysian Mice serialization :-)

[e-mail] wrote in Info-Mac #10 that the serialization was
cruel to the mice, rendering them unable to conceive a family. I think he is
wrong
and did not know where the serial numbers come from. The facts are as
follows:

Mice receive their serial numbers at birth as a result of genetic
manipulation,
therefore the serialization is  painless and definitely not cruel, and does
not
affect their ability to reproduce.  Did you notice that only male mice are
available for the Macs ? The females are kept in the factory to produce more
mice, the males are sold.

Now you all know how the mice are serialized, we can stop this silly
discussion.
There are much more important issues to worry about. For instance,
how are mice de-serialized ? I have read that unauthorized
Apple dealers remove serial numbers ! How is this done ? This maybe a really
cruel treatment to mice we may have to worry about !

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 07:47:36 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Micro Bridge Companion (C)

Some folks have asked about ordering the Micro-Bridge Companion bridge
game (demo previously posted to the archive) ...

The program (also available in a DOS version) is available from Egghead
Software, CompUSA, Tandy Superstores and Walton Software. It may be ordered
directly from:

Great Games Products
8804 Chalon Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817        800-426-3748


Mac Version 5.6 costs $59.95 + $5 shipping  (Visa and MC accepted)

Wendy Farkas   ([e-mail])
Va Tech

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

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1993 20:47:43 EST
From: sts![e-mail] (QM Admin)
Subject: NCSA Telnet via LanRover/E

    Reply to:   NCSA Telnet via LanRover/E (Q)
Can one do a Telnet session using NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5,  MacTCP 1.1.1 while
dialed into a LanRover/E (poor man's SLIP ;-)?  How?  Thanks

Steve Dolnack, Network Administrator, [e-mail]
Systems & Computer Technology, [phone]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:27:25 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing a (currently) Postscript logo on a fax modem

Someone had asked how to put a bitmapped image of Postscript
code into word for printing via a fax modem. I replied, to which
he replied that I misunderstood his question. I promptly made a
mental note to further clarify and then accidentally deleted his
(or her) message (Doh!).

I am certainly capable of misunderstanding anything. However, I
think I do have a grasp of this one (but I could be wrong).

The problem is that the Postscript code must be rasterized
(made into a bitmap). This is currently done when the code
is downloaded to the Postscript printer. (In case you were
wondering what a RIP, AKA Raster Image Processor does, it
converts postscript code into the dots put on the page or film.
In other words, Postscript printers include a RIP as part of the
printer. A RIP is often a separate component with some high-
quality printers. If a service bureau has an old imagesetter, they
may extend the life of that imagesetter by just buying a RIP, which
converts the PostScript code to the image setter's code.

Our hero must now convert (rasterize) the Postscript code
him/herself because the fax modem is unable to do so. I
suggested that he/she take the PICT resource in the EPS
file and copy/paste it into the scrapbook. From the reply
I got, I surmise that the EPS file no longer exists or perhaps
never existed. What must be done is open the postscript code
in an application than can rasterize it. The probable suspects
are Illustrator and Freehand. This would involve saving the
Postscript code as text only and opening it in Illustrator or
FreeHand. However, its probably not that simple. There is
probably some other Postscript code required to for Illustrator
or FreeHand to open this file. If I wanted to solve this problem
AND learn about Postscript, I would look in one of the Postscript
books (Peachpit Press usually has good books and has one called
Postscript: A Visual Approach) for how an EPS file is defined. Or,
I would create a file in Illustrator or Freehand and save it as an
EPS file and poke around in that with Word.

Or perhaps someone who knows how to do this will fill in where
my knowledge leaves off.

If you don't care to experiment, print the file and scan it. I can't
think of another way to do it. Good luck!-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 15:35:57 MEZ
From: "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing from Mac to PS-printer on UNIX workstation (Q)

few important details. Sorry about that!

We have a Sun LaserWriter, which is in fact an Apple LaserWriter II NT,
attached to a single Sun Sparc-1 UNIX workstation via a serial
interface. We can print to the printer from any other UNIX workstation
connected to this SPARC-1 via Ethernet. On the Ethernet we also have a
Quadra 700 and a LC II. They can access files on the Suns using
NFS/Share software and MacTCP.

We would like to be able to print from both Macs to the SUN printer
using the existing Ethernet. Is there any software solution for
providing access to this printer? Would it be preferable to convert the
printer from a serial device attached to a single workstation into a
network device? Again, what hard- and software would be necessary?

It has been suggested to post my question to the more appropriate
comp.protocols.appletalk group, however, so far I failed miserably. Any
pointers?

Thank you again very much for your help!

Stefan

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:48:04 SET
From: Olaf Guennewig
<[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime1.5-3D-Film-Viewer (Q)

Hi!
I am looking for a program to produce QT 3D-Movies for use with a pair
of red-green-glasses.
I have a program from the old Apple QT 1.0 Developer CD, which should
merge two QT greyscale to a 3D Film. I tried it on my Quadra 950 together
with QT 1.0 and QT 1.5, but it failed.
Is there anyone out there, who has successfull experiences with this or
another program ?
Please send EMail to: UPH092 @ DDOHRZ11.BITNET
Thanks !        Olaf Guennewig
        University of Dortmund
        Inst. of Physics

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 13:28:33 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Quorum Mac Emulator?

Anyone know anything about a company called Quorum Software? They are
reputed to have a Mac Emulator for Unix or possibly specialise in porting
Mac software to Unix?

Any information gratefully received and re-circulated.

Dennis

I will be cross-posting to mac-l, apologies to those who get this twice.

--
INTERNET: [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:23:16 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Searching for unknown characters in Word

> > However, opening the files using "text with layout", Word interprets the
> > unprintables as carriage returns and delivers a perfectly translated, two
> > column vector for each file. Thanks MS!!
>
> What's wrong with doing a quick search and replace on that character?
>
Well, you must know WHICH character you are searching for and
replacing. If you could select what you are searching for, copy it,
and search for everything matching whatUs in the clipboard, then
life would be easier. But, Word wonUt let you search by whatUs on
the clipboard, so you must first determine which character you
are looking for. If "text with layout" does indeed replace all
unprintable characters with a Return then the method suggested
above is certainly a good one.-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 18:59:45 +0000
From: Nick Rothwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Second Serial Port kit for PowerBook 100?

Is anyone currently manufacturing a kit to make the PowerBook 100's
internal modem port into a "real" serial port (miniDIN-8 connector, line
drivers, the works)? Last I heard, an outfit called Empire Engineering were
selling one until Sony refused to let them have the chips.

I want to have access to the modem port for MIDI. The PowerBook 100 is
pretty reliable via printer port for standard MIDI applications but not for
high-speed interfaces; for that I need to use the modem port for which
(unlike the printer port) Opcode's OMS carries the required hardware bug
work-rounds.

Contact info for anyone selling such an item would be welcome;
international fax number would be most convenient (and 800 toll-free number
*least* convenient :-)), or email for that matter.

              Nick Rothwell  |  [e-mail]
   CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance  |  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 10:40 PST
From: "Wherever you go, there you are... 8)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Serial Port Busy or already in use?

Hi all...

I've been have a weird intermittent behavior when I print to my HP Deskwriter
C
>From my Quadra 700.

Every now and then, when I try to print, a dialog box comes up that says,
"Spooling to printer", and then a second later another box comes up, saying,"
"The serial port is busy or already in use", or something like that...

What gives? The only way I can get the darn thing to print is to reboot, and
turn the printer off and on again.

does it have anything to do with the HP Printmonitor? I've disabled everything
including all spoolers, and I still get the "spooling to disk" part, and then
it craps out on me.

Is there some compatibility problem with the HP DWC 2.0 driver and the Q700?

Here's my setup so far:

Quadra 700, System 7.0.1, Sys7 tuneup 1.1.1
HP Deskwriter C driver 2.0
HP Desdwriter C printer

A row and a half of extensions, which I've all disabled, yet the problem still
crops up every now and then.

Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks in advance,

Phil Jung,  Research Assistant, Institute for Information Storage Technology,
        Santa Clara University.

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 15:43:45 EST
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Software for embedding audio in document?

 I'm looking for a software package that will be used to run an experiment.
What we want to is prototype (or simulate a prototype) of a text document
with embedded audio associated with certain parts of the document. Scrolling
past these points would cause the audio to sound.

 If we could have this, along with the ability to search for keywords, and
use a table of contents, that would be great.

 Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Steve
--
|  Steve Portigal  University of Guelph  Guelph, Ontario      |
|  [e-mail] [phone] x 3580      |

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 19:17:50 EST
From: Jon Butler <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter:  no fractional widths?

A recent program posted to info-mac suggested that the StyleWriter drivers did
not implement fractional widths.  Is this true?  I'm confused because my "page
setup" suggests that fractional widths are indeed implemented on the
StyleWriter.  Have I been fooling myself?

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:15:32 PST
From: [e-mail] (Frank Marder)
Subject: stylewriterII

Thanks, I got it today.

The new stylewriter sounds pretty good  (I need the envelope capability).
This week it sounds better than the DeskWriter for the price!

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:14 PST
From: Don Nakanishi/Gann Matsuda           <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1/Suitcase 2.1.2

Hi all--

I just installed System 7.1, and when I tried printing from
applications such as MS Excel 3.0a (yeah, I know...I should upgrade to
4.0), MS Word 5.1a, and others, nothing happens!  I'm using a Personal
LaserWriter NT and I get the "Looking for LaserWriter <printer name>"
message, but my Mac hangs at that point.

I immediately suspected an extension/cdev conflict, but the result
surprised me.  I've found that Suitcase 2.1.2, which is supposed to
work with System 7.1, is the culprit!  I restarted my Mac IIci (8 bm
RAM, cache card) without any extensions/cdevs running and I was able to
print.  I was also able to print with all my extensions/cdevs running
EXCEPT Suitcase.  But when I tried restarting with ONLY Suitcase
running, I was unable to print once again.

This is the first I've heard of this problem.  Anyone else seen or
heard of this?

Gann Matsuda
INTERNET: [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:25:13 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: System errors (Type 1) in Word

> > However, opening the files using "text with layout", Word interprets the
> > unprintables as carriage returns and delivers a perfectly translated, two
> > column vector for each file. Thanks MS!!
>
> What's wrong with doing a quick search and replace on that character?
>
Well, you must know WHICH character you are searching for and
replacing. If you could select what you are searching for, copy it,
and search for everything matching whatUs in the clipboard, then
life would be easier. But, Word wonUt let you search by whatUs on
the clipboard, so you must first determine which character you
are looking for. If "text with layout" does indeed replace all
unprintable characters with a Return then the method suggested
above is certainly a good one.-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:58:22 EDT
From: Scott Traurig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where is lpr for the Mac, please? (Q)

Hi Folks,

    I'm trying to locate an ftp site for a Mac lpr client.  I'm running
    sys
7.01 w/tune-up 1.1.1 and MacTCP 1.1 if that makes any difference. I do not
have
Archie access or I wouldn't bother everybody about this.

            Thanks,
                 Scott ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 07:54:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Garry Weil)
Subject: XGator demo availability

Now that I have it loaded, I installed it just fine, how do I launch it???

Garry

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

End of Info-Mac Digest
******************************