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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 19 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 14

Today's Topics:

      [*] Bibliophile.hqx
      [*] comm/maclayers-120.hqx
      [*] comm/maclayers-unix-side.shar
      [*] Dateline31.hqx
      [*] Images (RDA)
      [*] Molecular Designer V4Beta
      [*] New Inside Macintosh Books Report
      [*] new version of IM/Mac
      [*] PowerLock-31.hqx
      [*] QuickBasic PCR (GetCIcon/PlotCIcon)
      [*] Spectre World Editor 2.1
      [*] speedometer 3.1 record
      [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.3->3.0.4
      [*] Taffy (the dog) Sound
      [*] TidBITS#159/18-Jan-93
      [*] Update
      [*] Update to AFE & XTND BMP Translators
      [*] Wordstar to RTF Translator update
      ** PB Newsgroup - Please Read! **
      Apple and the IIsi
      ARAP/GatorLink/LanRover limits
      audio/text in experiments
      bad f-line
      bad f-line (c)
      Columnbo
      Communicator
      Educational S/W for IIgs/Mac LC
      Error Codes (R)
      fax software
      Font menu and word processors
      Font problems: MS-DOS Type 1 -> Mac? and 7.0.1 bitmaps
      from my BBS (MacBBS-ORION)... a user ]
      Function Keys on PowerBooks
      Fwd: IBM sound files
      Hackers-what's the right definition?
      HD Icon changin position between startups? (Q)
      HP-Scanjet IIc driver needed (Q)
      increasing Apple HD space
      info-mac/report directory
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #12
      Info-Mac mirror sites
      Installer, Creation of installation scripts for Apple's Installer
      I was wrong... :(
      Locking Tabs for LCII ??
      looking for sed-like editor
      Mac-based Time Server (R)
      MacGS 2.5.2 Runtime Files
      macintosh-news.src for WAIS
      Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS
      Modems
      music question
      One reason accelerator board prices have dropped
      Postscript logo to fax modem
      Question: Why no color out from MacPlus to HP550C?
      Screen Savers
      Searching for unknown characters in Word
      Searching for unknown characters in Word (R)
      smart keys
      software for lawyers? (Q)
      StyleWriter: no fractional widths?
      sys7 screen saver init
      System 6.0.8 - where? (R)
      Un-Choosing a non-existent AppleShare volume
      University land tracking
      Were can I find MacInTalk?
      WriteMove II
      WriteNow conversion

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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 22:39:08 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Bibliophile.hqx

Bibliophile is an attempt to provide a library stack in Hypercard that
addresses the needs of serious collectors and students interested in recording
collections of works in a standard, professional manner.  Bibliophile offers
the following features:

    1.  Sort cards by author name, book title, publisher, publication
date, subject, or keywords.
    2.  Cards are date stamped, numbered, and noted as to their current
sort status.
    3.  Book costs can be entered into a separate field.  Inventory costs
can be totalled through the utilities button.
    4.  searches card contents for keyword fields.  Recurring searches can
be accomplished by simply clicking a button.
    5.  Documentation included within the stack itself by a script which
mimics "Balloon help."  Users click on a button to begin and then simply pas
the cursor over the item which requires explanation.  A short description
appears describing the function of the item.  Click again and help
disappears.

    6.  Dealer addresses are available in a hidden field.  A simple click
on a button and the field appears.  Another click and the info is hidden.
    7.  Each card can store standard bibliographical information.
    8.  Exports a pre-formatted bibliography or catalog as a text file.
The file can then be read by most word-processing applications.

Requires Hypercard 1.2.5 or better.  Works fine under Hypercard 2.1  Author
may be reached at "[e-mail]"


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[Archived as /info-mac/card/bibliophile.hqx; 103K]

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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 23:10:51 -0800
From: Eric Rosen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comm/maclayers-120.hqx

              Announcing MacLayers v1.20
               17 January, 1993

                  Summary
                  -------

     A new version of the MacLayers multi-window terminal emulator for
     UNIX systems is available by anonymous ftp to rascal.ics.utexas.edu
     [128.83.138.20].  Please access rascal during off-peak hours.  Look
     in mac/communications/MacLayers.

     Eric Rosen has taken over development of MacLayers from Dave
     Trissel, who has given up trying to find time to work on it.
     This is Eric's first MacLayers release.  The major new feature of
     this release is support for 38400 and 57600 bps.  There are also
     some bug fixes and other improvements.  Eric plans more to come.

     For 1.10 users, you can use the 1.10 version of layers, but you
     need to compile the new macbput.  You also need to make new
     settings startup files since the format has changed.

              About MacLayers
              ---------------

     MacLayers is a vt100 terminal emulator that allows multiple
     terminal windows to be opened to a host simultaneously over a
     single serial connection.  The remote host computer must be a
     UNIX(TM) system which has sockets support. Each terminal window
     may be associated with a shell, login to a different host, or an
     individual command. Complete facilities are available for
     controlling the window and the associated host processes attached
     thereto.

     MacLayers is free for all to use, but is not in the public
     domain.  You may not sell MacLayers or any program derived from
     it.


             What's New in MacLayers 1.20
             ----------------------------

The most important aspect of MacLayers release 1.20 is that it
celebrates a new primary MacLayers developer.  Dave Trissel has given
up trying to find time to work on MacLayers and has instead turned it
over to Eric Rosen.  This is Eric's first MacLayers release.


Major New Features:

1.  Support for 38400 and 57600 bps rates.

2.  "Open" option added to File menu; in non-layers mode, this
    allows one to open previously saved settings files.

3.  "Save As" option modified so that it is possible to save
    the settings to the currently opened settings file.

4.  Copy-Paste facility in the edit menu.


Major Fixes:

1.  Powerbooks with internal modems no longer hangup when layers mode
    is shut down.

2.  The "Hangup" menu choice now actually hangs up Hayes compatible modems.


MacLayers v1.20 can be FTP'd from rascal.ics.utexas.edu
[128.83.138.20].  Please access rascal only during off-peak hours.

It will soon be available at sumex-aim.stanford.edu and
mac.archive.umich.edu as well.

You will need two files: one containing source to be compiled on a
Unix host, the other containing the Macintosh application and
documentation. Please read the enclosed documentation before sending
comments to [e-mail].

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/maclayers-120.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 23:12:39 -0800
From: Eric Rosen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comm/maclayers-unix-side.shar

[ The unix side of the mac layers package... -- Gordon]

# This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line,
# then unpack it by saving it in a file and typing "sh file".

[Archived as /info-mac/unix/maclayers-unix-side.shar; 134K]

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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 22:31:23 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Dateline31.hqx

Here is the January edition of Dateline, the monthly Star Trek information
file from the America Online "Star Trek:  The Club" forum.  This is a
compressed and binhexed text file.  Topics in this month's issue include:

    Another Month, Another Correction
    DS9 An Overnight Success
    TNG and DS9 Schedules (through March)
    Star Trek VI:  The Record Still Stands
    Star Trek Software
    Golden Globe Nominations
    The Real Estate Section
    Legal Briefs
    Editorial:  But is it Trek?
    "Emissary"--First Impressions
    Gameboy and the Star Trek 25th Anniversary Game
    Happy Birthday
    Trek-related Products/Happenings
    Personal Logs, Stardate Today

Enjoy, Trekkers of the world!  Brought to you via Gainesville, Florida, home
of the Florida Gators!


[Archived as /info-mac/digest/dateline-31.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:22:54 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Slinker)
Subject: [*] Images (RDA)

Please post these random dot autostereogram images in your art directory.
Some images are PICTS and some can only be opened by the random dot
autostereogram application

Thank you.

(rda.images.1)

[Archived as /info-mac/art/random-dot-autostereograms.hqx; 221K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:11:15 MST
From: [e-mail] (Dmitry Boldyrev)
Subject: [*] Molecular Designer V4Beta

Hello moderator,
Major changes were made in version 1.4Beta..
I've added ability to vibrate molecule.. It's a very important thing for
Quantum chemists.. The chmists who knows what "VIBRATION OF A MOLECULE" is
this version could be a very helpful in their work.
Any questions sent to me, [e-mail] FEEL FREE, ASK!
Any info about bugs would be VERY appreciated. THANK YOU.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/molecular-designer-4b.hqx; 225K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 14:47 N
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] New Inside Macintosh Books Report

Greetings,

Recently i asked about the new Inside Macintosh books on the digest.
I got many replies from many helpful people. Many thanks to them!
I compiled all replies in a report, it might be helpful for other
people too !

Enjoy !

Dimitri Boone
Belgium / Europe
[e-mail]

BTW : Could someone tell me the correct path and filename for obi-wan
4.0. I have no direct ftp-possibilities and have to retrieve all files
by ftpmail. I have succesfully downloaded the obiwan database but the
obi-wan application seemed to be moved or renamed. Thanks in advance!!

[You're right.  It did get moved.  Check out:
-r   356818 Dec 21 00:50 ./cp/obiwan-40.hqx
-r   352687 Jan 11 09:56 ./cp/obiwan-force-db.hqx
 If you want to get a list of all the files, get /help/all-files.txt
    -- Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/report/new-inside-mac-books.txt; 10K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:31:58 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] new version of IM/Mac

Hello all,

After uploading NET/Mac 2.3.15 last week, I hereby upload version 1.0b26w
of IM/Mac (Ivo's Mailer for the Macintosh), which you can use along with
NET/Mac. Although the 2 programs can be used on a local network it is real-
ly written for ham-radio use...

Regards,
Adam van Gaalen

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/im-mac.hqx; 165K]

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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 09:43:38 EST
From: [e-mail] (Rohan Cook)
Subject: [*] PowerLock-31.hqx

PowerLock Release 3
 ------------------

PowerLock is the "front door" to your Macintosh.  It is an easy to use
start up application that can be completely configured and customised
to suit your own personal needs.

PowerLock started out as a start up security application, and this
remains its major task.  However, through AddOn Technology, PowerLock
can become much more.  Included with PowerLock are twelve AddOns that
provide new features ranging from improvements to PowerLock, to
completely new capabilities.

Here's a summary of features:

-  fully System 7 and System 6 Savvy, exploiting each System with
   features unique to each
-  full use of color and sound effects
-  includes a special Desk Accessory, Function Key and Extension
-  support for both a startup graphic and a timeout graphic
-  creates a log of all activity which can be analysed (via LogManager)
   through PowerLock
-  SuperSecurity:  additional security options for "power users"
-  all user names and passwords are encrypted
-  registered users can obtain an access key for their copy of PowerLock
   in case of a lock-out
-  short cut keys available from all dialogs
-  Auto-Install option (System 7 only)
-  support for five users inbuilt or, via PowerUsers, up to 99 users of
   your Macintosh.  PowerUsers adds ability to limit access times,
   restrict files and folders accessed, etc.  AutoLogon automatically
   re-establishes each users' server connections on startup.
-  MasterPassword capability for corporate users
-  PowerMessages provides a simple messaging system allowing users of a
   single Macintosh to leave each other messages

PowerLock is ComboWare, a combination of PostCardWare and ShareWare.  It can
be
used by individuals at home for the price of one PostCard.  Use of
PowerLock in any other circumstances requires registration and payment
of the ShareWare fee.  Education discounts apply.  A registration form
can be found in the Manual.

Rohan Cook      ([e-mail])
P O Box 317
Mornington 3931 Australia

[Archived as /info-mac/util/power-lock-31.hqx; 314K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 13:02:31 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] QuickBasic PCR (GetCIcon/PlotCIcon)

Pure Code Resources for QuickBasic (PCR)

A long time ago I was going to release a library of PCR's for
QB. I never got around to finshing up the library since I no longer
program in QB, so I decided to post them to the net in case there are any
other QB programmers that could use these PCR's. I'm making them freeware
because I don't have the time to support them.  If you want the source for
any of these PCR's, it can be had for a small fee. If there are any bugs,
let me know and I try and fix them.


Good luck and I hope these are of some use to you.

Matthew Xavier Mora

Enclosed are two PCR's that let you get and plot Cicon's in your
quickbasic programs.

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/qb-pcr-cicon.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 13:07:01 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Spectre World Editor 2.1

Spectre World Editor 2.1     Edit the Spectre game grid layout and colors.
                 Stone Henge structures confuse the robots!

This is the last major release of SWE.  From now on, unless there are
bugs, or I find myself with nothing to do (ha!), Spectre Supreme Editor
will take its place!  (And what you can do with that...wow!)

John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/spectre-world-editor-21.hqx; 127K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 13:20:06 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] speedometer 3.1 record

This is a speedometer record with different kind of machine's including :

SE,PORTABLE,CLASSIC,SE-30,CLASSICII,LC,LCII,IISI,IICX,
II,IICI,FX,PB100,PB140,PB160,PB170,QUADRA-700,
QUADRA-900,DUO-210.

If you like it please respond to : [e-mail]
Also if you have an different machine ,email me the speedometer record and i
will merge it in to this record.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/speedometer-for-various.hqx; 12K]

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Date: 19 Jan 1993 09:45:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Frank Rens (Associate Director)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.3->3.0.4

>Date: 12 Jan 1993 09:41:54 -0500
>From: Pete Roberts <[e-mail]>
>Subject: [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.3->3.0.4
>
>Updates StuffIt Deluxe application version 3.0.3 to version 3.0.4.  Will not
>work on versions other than 3.0.3.  Repairs various problems.  Aladdin
>recommends updating to this version.  Downloaded from GEnie.  SpaceSaver
update
>is NOT included in this file but is provided separately.
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/util/stuffit-deluxe-304-updater.hqx; 248K]
>
    I have StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.2 which I bought in November, 1992.  This
update won't work on my version.  Is there a 3.0.2 -> 3.0.3 available
somewhere on the Internet?

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 13:18:54 JST
From: attjpn!attjp4![e-mail]
Subject: [*] Taffy (the dog) Sound

A fairly small Apple System 7 "snd" file of our dog, Taffy, barking.  Makes a
nice beep sound, in my opinion.  I just thought I'd like to share it with the
rest of the world!  Recorded Christmas Morning, 1991.  Compact Pro Archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/taffy.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 22:29:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#159/18-Jan-93

TidBITS#159/18-Jan-93

 We continue with coverage of Macworld Expo, focussing this time on
   the seamy underside of the show. That's right, booth bimbos!
   Madonna's "Sex" it's not, but we also look at the rapidly
   growing crop of adult CD-ROMs. In more mundane Macworld news,
   we have an article on Apple's new printers and scanner, a short
   review of Now Up-to-Date 2.0, and clarifications of earlier
   articles on the IIvx and A/UX, the Video Toaster, and the
   FirstClass BBS deals.

Topics:
    MailBITS/18-Jan-93
    IIvx & A/UX
    FirstClass Deal Clarification
    Darker Video Toaster Reality
    New Printers & Scanner
    Booth Bimbos
    Booth Bimbos on CD-ROM?
    Now Up-to-Date 2.0
    Reviews/18-Jan-93

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-159.etx; 29K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:16:07 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Slinker)
Subject: [*] Update

Please post this bug fix for the random dot autostereogram viewer.
This is random-dot-autostereograms-24.hqx  or in other words v2.4.

Thank you.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/random-dot-autostereograms-24.hqx; 472K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 21:30:50 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Update to AFE & XTND BMP Translators

Enclosed are two updated BMP (window's Bitmap) to PICT2 translator.

One translator is Apple File Exchange Translator (AFE) the other is a
Claris XTND translator.

ShareWare $10.00US.

History...
Version 1.02
* Fix translation bug when selecting multiple files.
* added OS/2 support and eligible file filter
* now maps (.BMP) to PICT.
* Fix bug in color table traslation and added support for
  2bit (4 color), 4 bit (16 color), and 8bit (256 color) BMP files.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/bmp-to-pict2-afe-xtnd.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 21:33:26 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Wordstar to RTF Translator update

This shareware translator will converts WordStar file to MicroSoft
Revisable Text Format (RTF).   It will convert all wordstar font styles to
selected macintosh types, and strip the extra spaces Wordstar uses for
paragraph indentation.

The following word processors can read the RTF format: Microsoft Word
V3.0-V5.1 & Microsoft Works, MacWrite II, Claris Works and WriteNow.

This program will not convert WordStar "Dot" commands they are
automatically listed in the Apple File Exchange log file.  Print the log
file, and then use a word processor's search function to locate the
imbedded "Dot" commands in the translated file.  The AFE about box for this
translator contains a description of these dot commands.

History...
V1.0    First Released.
V1.0.1  Fix bug with closing off wrong resource file.
V1.0.2  Fix bug where it would sometime enter into an infinite loop
      (reported by: [e-mail] <Vicki L. Almstrum> thank
you,
       your sample file helped!).
      Change the destination file name to end in: ".RTF", if 3rd or 4th
      from last character is period.

Other shareware translators I have written:
AFE Translators:
    EPFS (IBMpc to Macintosh) v1.01,
    dBase to CSV or TSV v1.0.4,
    BMP to PICT2 v1.02
XTND Translators:
    StartUpScreen v1.0
    BMP to PICT2 v1.01

[Archived as /info-mac/util/afe-wordstart-to-rtf.hqx; 32K]

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Date: 19 Jan 93 23:07:50 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chris Chung)
Subject: ** PB Newsgroup - Please Read! **

I'd like to propose a new newsgroup.  This newsgroup would be
called comp.sys.mac.powerbook.


Main Objectives of this Newsgoup:
 ------------------------------------------------------

1.) Provide PowerBook users and other users interested
    specific resource for PowerBook articles.

2.) More specifically provide topic of disscussion that
    only be pertinant to PB users. For example: Travel or
    power management.

3.) PB readers would be free of sifting through large amounts
    articles looking for PB relevant information.

4.) Lastly, benefit PB users by exchanging advise, opinions, and
    experiences.


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

This newsgroup has not been created yet, but has been submitted to
usenet for discussion.

If you support the creation of this group, please submit articles to:
            news.announce.newsgroups

                    or mail to:
        [e-mail]

In order for this group to be created, discussion participation is
vital.  So, Please submit articles.

Thanks.
Chris Chung
[e-mail]

 --------------------------------------------------------
This article will be posted to:
    news.announce.newgroup
    comp.sys.mac.hardware
    comp.sys.mac.games
    comp.sys.mac.advocacy
    comp.sys.mac.announce
    comp.sys.mac.apps
    comp.sys.mac.comm
    comp.sys.mac.databases
    comp.sys.mac.digest
    comp.sys.mac.hypercard
    comp.sys.mac.misc
    comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3
    comp.sys.mac.oop.misc
    comp.sys.mac.programmer
    comp.sys.mac.system
    comp.sys.mac.wanted
    comp.sys.laptop

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 11:52:47 EST
From: "Dieder B." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple and the IIsi

Okay...

I have a wonderful IIsi, and as most people who have been on the net
for the past while are aware, the sound of the IIsi cuts out at will
and is frustrating as hell.

Guess what? Mine does the same thing too! Yay for apple's design of
plug in speakers. Sure...it makes it really really easy to take
the whole thing apart and clean it, but that isn't the point. The point
is that I'm really very very annoyed at this inconvenience with my
sound going in and out at random. Yeah....there has been speculation
as to why it does so, i.e. oxidization of the spring contacts and whatnot
and the alternatives have been to plug in external speakers to the IIsi,
but that is NOT the point here.

The point is that I bought a computer with an apple logo on it. I *expect*
it to work as well as any other apple designed product. It is simply
unacceptable for them to continue selling the IIsi without it being
remedied. I want to know what the h*** Apple Co. will be doing about
this 'feature' of the IIsi. Its a pain in the ass, and I really don't
feel like I should have to get external speakers just so I can hear
the bloody beeps and clicks that I use.

Sorry for the bandwidth...this issue has just been buggin' me for too long.
If anybody in Apple is reading this...kindly tell me what Apple is going
to do to solve the problem?

Dieder

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Date: 19 Jan 93 13:52:39 U
From: Evans-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARAP/GatorLink/LanRover limits

Our location uses Appletalk Remote Access for dial-in and I had just found out
that we have max'd out with 100 users in the "Users and Groups" on the
server.
It looks like I need to cleanup the users and groups file  HUH? (thats never
easy, because nobody wants to loose their account).    :-)  I did not see the
user account limit in the ARAP manual.  I also have GatorLink and Shiva
LanRover for dial-in access.  Their manuals also do not mention the account
limit.  Does anyone know what they are?

Thanx
Troy

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 10:32:51 GMT
From: Kerry Kilborn <[e-mail]>
Subject: audio/text in experiments

Steve Portigal asks about applications that allow audio and text to be
combined for use in an experiment.  Steve, you don't say what kind of
experiment you have in mind, but if you are using a Mac and need control
over the presentation of various kinds of stimuli, you might find the
experiment program PsyScope useful.  PsyScope was developed by Jonathon
Cohen and Brian MacWhinney at Carnegie-Mellon University to support a
wide range of experiments, mostly having to do with language.  I use
PsyScope to run experiments in which audio and text are combined in
a variety of ways.  The system uses a graphic user interface for designing
experiments, making it fairly easy for inexperienced researchers (and
computer illiterates) to program.  I've appended below the distribution
policy for PsyScope.  This is serious scientific software; it will not
be much use to browsers.

Kerry Kilborn
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
Scotland

PsyScope is available free and unsupported to those who might find it useful.
Copies are available via anonymous FTP on poppy.psy.cmu.edu.  Included are the
latest major version of the PsyScope application, the help file, release
notes,
and the PsyScope Manual.   Please be advised that PsyScope is under continual
development.  We can assure you that it still has bugs.  The vast majority of
these are related to the still-evolving graphic interface, and will not
interfere with running experiments.  However, we do not take *any
responsibility whatsoever* for any problems that you have related to the use
of
PsyScope.  We do welcome bug reports (there are built-in facilities for
generating these), but do not provide user support to the general community.


***  Consortium Membership ***

Support *is* available to users who are willing to contribute to support of
further development of PsyScope. Members of the PsyScope Development
Consortium receive
1.      more frequent upgrades,
2.      user support,
3.      membership in an electronic mail distribution list for reporting of
bugs
and discussion and clarification of PsyScope issues,
4.      higher priority bug fixes,
5.      a  voice in directing future PsyScope development, and
6.      the good feeling of contributing to a product that is furthering your
    research.

If you are interested in becoming a member of PsyScope Development Consortium,
please contact:
Brian MacWhinney            or      Jonathan Cohen
[e-mail]               [e-mail]

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

Date: 19 Jan 1993 10:05:39 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <[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.

I'm not sure the dealer hit the nail entirely on the head. I just got a bad
f-line error in Excel, which I am pretty sure was due to the small amount of
memory it received after my other apps started. I am not running with 32-bit
addressing on (don't have enough memory yet). Maybe it has something to do
with memory allocation and/or swapping? There was an awful lot of disk
activity before the error. Anyone out there know the definitive answer?

John A.

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 20:38:50 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: bad f-line (c)

On Mon, 18 Jan, E=MC~2 <[e-mail]> said:
>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.

Let me take this occasion to suggest this is why "E=MC~2" will not give
his or her real name and affiliation? Any "My Apple Dealer says" nonsense
gets at best a giggle from me. Is this the same "My Apple Dealer" who in
1988 sold me 4M of RAM to be added to my 1M Mac II that resulted in the
machine telling me I had 2M instead of 5M?

You are at best ingenuous, E=MC~2. I got lots of "bad f-line" errors long
before I even considered authorizing 32-bit addressing under System 7.
And that was close to two years ago when I first went head-to-head with
System 7.

I mean no personal offense, E=MC~2, 'cept maybe that you do not have the
courtesy to actually identify yourself. However, do you -- or anyone else
in this life -- actually think that your Friendly Local Apple Dealer can
actually answer any useful questions? In my experience FLADs are the
best reason to go with mail order.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 19:41:14 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Columnbo

Folk, I've noted a couple recent postings asking for the wherebouts of
the author of Columnbo -- one of the truly great ways to turn a listing
file into a tab-delimited file for import into Excel. The 2.1 version in
the archives is a bit crippled with respect to the size of the file it
can handle. The decrippled version (2.2 last I looked) was available by
sending one's shareware fee to David Craig somewhere near Boston. David
seems to have graduated since he posted Columnbo. No forwarding InterNet
or USPS address in the sumex-aim file. I looked on CompuServe. The same
naughtywording useless address. I sent him the following:

>Date:         Mon, 18 Jan 93 19:03:49 EST
>From:         "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM@VTVM1>
>Subject:      Columnbo
>To:           David Craig <[e-mail]>
>
>David, have you gone into hiding? Several info-mac folk have complained
>that they cannot send you their sharewre fee for Columnbo because you
>apparently graduated from MIT (Congratulations!) without bothering to
>leave a forwarding address. The address you left on CompuServe is the
>same one that doesn't work on info-mac.
>
>Folk get really pissed when they send you a check and USPS returns it.
>When they're lucky.
>
>C'mon, guy! If you stay hidden, I'll start thinking in terms of "Public
>Domain" software and pass out my registered copy of 2.2 to anyone who
>asks. Or even to anyone who doesn't ask. Like posting 2.2 to sumex-aim.
>
>You have a great program. You deserve the shareware fee from folk who,
>like me, use it. Or want to use it in its uncrippled form.
>
>Get your ass in gear, dude. Quickly.

Yes I'm rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. What else is new? But
what should I do if/when David doesn't answer this final chance at an
e-mail ID? Or any address for that matter. Should I assume he has given
up and simply post the 2.2 version to the sumex-aim archive? Will Bill
even let me post 2.2 to the archive without the approval of the author
who cannot be found? Stay tuned. Film at eleven.


Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

[I do not feel that posting a registered and hence uncrippled version of
 the software would be appropriate. The author has the ultimate right to
 decide what he wants to do with the software. To post the uncripped
 software just because he's moved on is a blatant end-run around his wishes.
 It would be akin to posting FullWrite Professional because the company
 dropped support for the project. -Bill]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:29:39 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Communicator

I was just looking at the Communicator program and noticed that to have it
work I need to turn on program linking on my machine and have the people
with whom I want to communicate do the same.  I do not quite understand the
ramifications of program linking....

My question:  If I give specific people program linking access what else
can they do/access/damage?  I am terribly afraid of leaving a barn door
open on my computer, especially in an academic environment.

Thanks for your help with this.....m   i   k   e

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 19:24:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert Reeves)
Subject: Educational S/W for IIgs/Mac LC

Hello!
    My wife just took a job at a small elementary (public) school in
N. California as the computer lab/library supervisor, and asked me if I could
find out what kind of new software is available for a K-6 school environment.
    Right now they are using Carmen, MathBlaster and Oregon Trail for the
    Apple
AppleII's, and not much on their LC's.  Anybody have any titles that they
can recommend?  They don't have a great deal of $$ at her school, so they
would only be buying one or two (depending on price) packages.  Also, on that
note, is it possible to get demo's or donations of other software from some of
the bigger companies?  The 6th grade teacher was interested in Word
processing,
but I don't think they could afford a site licence or buy outright 20 copies
of
Word/WordPerfect, etc.
    Any tips and suggestions will be greatly appreciated and passed on.
You can reach me at [e-mail]
    I can post a summary if there is enough interest/replies!
                        Thanks!  Robert Reeves.......

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 10:09:25 +0100
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Error Codes (R)

maurizio lana <[e-mail]> asked:
>Where can I get clear explanation about the meaning of those cryptical
>error codes that sometimes appear? (e.g.: disk related error -36; or -9;
>or -1).

Maurizio,

There is a list of error codes ("result codes") in the old version of
Inside Macintosh, Volume III, page 205 (not sure of exact page number,
but somewhere near that at least).

Best regards, Christian        [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 09:56:16 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: fax software

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 93 18:28:02 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: fax modem software

>> I would therefore  extend the warning:  DO NOT BUY  ANY modem coming
>> with Smith Micro's Quick Link II Fax software. :-(

>Can you recommend some other fax software? Thanks, Pete

Having finally had success with my FOURTH fax modem I'd recommend FAXstf by
stf technlogies. It is the most bug free I've tried: others being Quick
Link II and the Global Village bundled software
---
Richard D. Ferrante
Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation
470 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Ma. 02154
[phone]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 02:01:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Font menu and word processors

Well, cutting and pasting Mel Martinez's chart, I add the following
correction for WordPerfect...

.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
WordProcessors/Works programs that DO display the font menu in the
indicated fonts:

    Nisus                                   (Option-key)
    WriteNow                                (Option-key?)
    ClarisWorks                             (Command-Key)
    WordPerfect                             (Preferences option)

WPs that DON'T:

    MS Word
    MacWrite

Unknown major apps:

    MS Works
    GreatWorks
    MacWrite Pro(vaporware)

Tools to add this feature to you poor suffering MS Word & MacWrite users:

    Suitcase
    Now Utilities.
.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
To be complete, though, if you have a large menu of fonts, the first time
you attempt to pull it down with this option in WordPerfect may take some
time.  It's not fast.  I actually use NOW Utilities WYSIWYG version anyway.
It allows more options and displays much more quickly.  (And it lets me do
the same in any program.)

Scott Kaplan
Amherst College
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 16:03:50 GMT
From: [e-mail] (James Lawry student tel 2-70511)
Subject: Font problems: MS-DOS Type 1 -> Mac? and 7.0.1 bitmaps

I have two problems regarding outline fonts:
Apologies if either is a FAQ.

1. If I have a Type 1 Postscript font in MS-DOS format,
how can I convert it to use on the Mac with ATM? I know
TT-Converter does the equivalent job with Truetype fonts.

2. (Harder!) When I upgraded my Mac LC (6 Mb RAM) from System 7.0
to system 7.0.1 (both tuned-up 1.1.1), the strangest thing happened.
The machine appears to be unable to find the basic system bitmap fonts,
which I believe are stored in ROM: Monaco 9, Chicago 12, Geneva 12
and Geneva 9. Instead, it generates these using any other font sizes
it has, or from the TrueType outline. Side effects are that these fonts
are drawn to the screen relatively slowly, and they look different:
Chicago 12 has slashed zeroes, and all the special control characters
appear all the time, and its italic looks awful. Monaco I actually
prefer in its new guise. My system file contains an italic Geneva 9
which I generated with BitFont 1.0.1, so all Geneva 9 is always italic
now.

Curious things happen when I remove all other sizes of these fonts from
my system file: the Mac can now find the system bitmaps and everything
else is normal, but the fonts no longer appear in the font menu!
I thought I could use BitFont (a shareware program to generate bitmaps
>From outline fonts, very useful if you want to display proper italics
on screen) to generate the bitmaps again once I could display them.
But the font menu had no Chicago, Monaco, Geneva in it, so I couldn't
select them!  If I remove the outline fonts only and leave, say, a large
bitmap size, the system will try to generate, say, Chicago 12 from
Chicago 16, or whatever and the result is ugly. On the other hand,
having no sizes or outlines available at all means that all sizes
are generated from the ROM bitmaps - also unsatisfactory.

I guess I can solve my problem by finding another Mac without
this hangup, use BitFont to generate the basic bitmap sizes that are
"missing", and putting them in my System File. (I haven't done this
yet, but logically it should work.) But something is obviously wrong
with my system.  I have a huge list of extensions installed including
ATM and Now Utilities, but switching them all off has no effect at all
on the problem. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my system
and whether it will have any other serious side effects?

Please answer to me directly and I will summarise to the net.

James Lawry,
Oxford, UK.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:57:51 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Rui Bento de Jesus)
Subject: from my BBS (MacBBS-ORION)... a user ]

Subject: from my BBS (MacBBS-ORION)... a user

  Hi this is from a BBS in Portugal.
  A user have a question about the Mac II VX.
  Here is the Question:

Date:  93/01/09 19:13:43

To:  RUI BENTO

From:  Valdemar Martins

Subject:  System 7.1 / Keyboards


I have the System 7.1 in my computer {Mac II VX with a portuguese
Keiboard}, but i have not a portuguese Keyboard layout. Who can send
me a tip for configuring my system? I'm in despair. Please help me.

end of msg
Please mail me the answer or connect to BBS
     Thanks in advance
   Rui Bento

E-mail: [e-mail]  or
    MacBBS-ORION [phone] (Guest, pw guest)

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

Date: 19 Jan 93 14:25:31 U
From: Evans-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: Function Keys on PowerBooks

I had sent this message to other mail-lists but have not received the correct
answer yet.  This list has a wider range...so here goes.

On a PowerBook, using NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5

Does one know what can be done in order to emulate Function Keys?
(An INIT/Extension/Key Combination)   We all know that the powerbooks do not
have these Funct.Keys located on the keyboard or nor do they have a keypad on
the right hand side.  I have tried the extension called "Function Keys" with
no
luck.  The author had "SoftPC" in mind when he wrote this INIT.

Thanx
Troy

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 09:38:03 CDT
From: ultramac![e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: IBM sound files

Does anybody know of a Mac application that can translate IBM .WAV, .VOC,
etc... files to Mac SND 1, Snd 2, etc.. and backwards?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rafael Figueroa
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 23:25:47 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hackers-what's the right definition?

> A hacker in this case is an unauthorized person attempting
> to gain access to a network to affect change whether for
> distructive or non destructive purposes.
>
A language is a living thing that changes and grows. This is
particularly true in the creation of new words and changes in the
meaning of words. For example, in some groups in the US, simple
means easy. In the poor black communities of Philadelphia, simple
means stupid. In some communities, hacker means someone who
likes to alter software or the normal processes of a computer for
fun. By this, the older definition, changing icons, etc., could be
considered hacking. At MacHack, they do not make unauthorized
access to anyone's networks, to the best of my knowledge, but
amuse themselves by "hacking" the system software to do things
like make Oscar the grouch come out of the trash and sing every
time you empty the trash. Steve Wozniak, for one, is highly offended
by definitions similar to the one I quoted above.

More recently, the term hacker has changed to mean exactly what
I quoted above.

Defenders of the word hacker would say that that's like saying "gun
enthusiast" means someone who kills people with guns simply
because some gun enthusiasts have killed people. In other words, if
all people who make unauthorized entry are hackers, that does not
mean all hackers are people who make unauthorized entry.

If I were writing a dictionary, I would probably have to make two
different definitions of the word hacker. -Pete Tamas
Disclaimer: I realize that the person I quoted said:
"In this case", indicating there are more than one
correct definitions.
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 10:47:18 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Schwabe)
Subject: HD Icon changin position between startups? (Q)

Hi,

My boot drive HD icon seems to move around on the desktop after EACH
startup. Even when I drag it to its "default" startup HD icon position, it
still gets displaced when I reboot the next time. Has anyone seen this?

Mac IIfx, Sys 7.0.1, TuneUp 1.1.1, 32Mb mem, lots of extensions/inits.

Daniel Schwabe                  Dept. de Informatica, PUC-Rio
Tel: [phone] 4449   R. M. de S. Vicente, 225
Fax: [phone]            Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22453-900, Brasil

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 09:30:18 +0100
From: Jean-Claude Arnouil <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP-Scanjet IIc driver needed (Q)

Hi there,

  We have got an HP-Scanjet IIc last week in a PC-Windows configuration.
I want connect it on my mac for use with PhotoShop but I need the right SCSI
driver (I)ve already got the TWAIN plug-in).

Does this driver could be freely distributed or does I need to buy it ?

Thank you.

Jean-Claude Arnouil        email: [e-mail]
Ecole Superieure d'Electrotechnique et d'Electronique
BP 99 - 93162 Noisy-le-Grand  CEDEX -  FRANCE

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 22:39:45 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: increasing Apple HD space

I just tried the procedure outlined in the Feb. Macworld on
"How to Unlock the Hidden Storage on Your Hard Drive".  It
works perfectly.  I was able to gain an addition 2MB of
disk space.  It was easy and it took a while (about 3
hours with backing up and restoring), but I did it while
reading.  You can use Apple's HD SC Setup to do it.  It seems
that Apple rounds off all drives in a certain range to the
same size and therefore some drives get short-changed.

See the Feb. Macworld, page 278.  I am sure most people
have access, but if not, let me know and I will summarize the
procedure on info-mac.


Gary L. Gray                *  Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
[e-mail]  *  University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:23 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: info-mac/report directory

Dear info-mac'ers,
How do I access the "info-mac /report directory" if I am on a VAX bulletin
info-mac network that includes telnet?  Sorry if this is an FAQ.  Sincerely,
ABRODY @CLARKU

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 11:31:46 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #12

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
|Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 00:15:39 CST
|From: [e-mail]
|Subject: AutoDoubler Internal Compressor (R)
|
|I was one of the first people to get AD 2.0 (and the AIC) and I have
|been using both ever since.  The only programs that I have found that
|do not work with the AIC are VersaTerm PRO and Microsoft Word (but
|then what does?).  I only use AIC on fairly large programs (its
|compression is not quite as small as AD's) to speed up launch time and
|to keep them from expanding on my hard disk every time I launch them.
|For example, I use it on Mathematica (4225K -> 1822K), Textures (753K ->
|393K), Canvas (973 -> 570) and a few others.  I have also saved several
|hundred K by compressing most of my cdevs and extensions.  As far as I
|can tell, AIC works flawlessly.  I have not lost any data and I have not
|experienced any sort of crash that I can attribute to AIC.
|
|I have also run some tests comparing the compressed size of files using
|AD 2.0 vs. AIC and have found that the AD files are a little smaller,
|but *NOT MUCH*.  For example, for Mathematica 2.1, the AIC size is
|1822K, down from 4225K, and the AD size is about 1890K.

AD is not the smallest size.  ADS (S = smaller) is a more compact
method.  AD method is quick to compress and expand but isn't to tight.
ADS will always compress smaller than the AIC.

|
|As for program performance, everything I compress with AIC runs
|normally, as if it was not compressed.  Mathematica, MPW, THINK C, Canvas,
|they all run at the same speed with exactly the same behavior.
|
|The bottom line is this:  I don't think you have anything to worry
|about!  Just use it and take advantage of the improved speed and
|additional HD space.  I think that AIC was the best part of the AD 2.0
|upgrade.
|
|Gary L. Gray                *  Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
|[e-mail]  *  University of Wisconsin-Madison
|

NOTE: Detailed announcements of updates are made to "comp.sys.mac.announce".
New patchers/updaters uploaded are: AutoDoubler Internal Compressor updater.
Two known sites it is available at:
/mac/util/compression/aicupdater1.01.hqx    on mac.archive.umich.edu
/info-mac/util/autodoubler-ic-updater.hqx   on sumex-aim.stanford.edu

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 17:57:51 -0500 (EST)
From: David James Foremsky <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac mirror sites

Would somebody please post a list of info-mac mirror sites?

Also, would this be something that should be included in the beginning of all
info-mac digests? It would seem that it would be in the best interest of the
sumex-aim server by cutting down on the number of people trying to access it.

dave foremsky
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 02:41:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ben Fowler)
Subject: Installer, Creation of installation scripts for Apple's Installer

Last year, there were two requests for details on writing installation
scripts (9 Mar and 21 May). Neither appeared to have been answered. I
cannot believe that this information is meant to be a deep secret, and so
why is it not readily available.

My interest is in converting an installer script to handle HD rather than
DD floppies. There seems to be a resource-type which consists of a list of
install parts and there source disks and folders.

I suspect that it might be as simple as altering the disk names within that
resourse.

What does anyone else think?

If I am successful in writing a script, can I use it with any installer
that I have, lying around; or is  given instance of the installer licenced
only for the script that it was distributed with?

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

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:53:11 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Gaeke)
Subject: I was wrong... :(

Ok, ok, ok. I was apparently mistaken in stating that the Communications
Toolbox came with a VT320 tool. I don't know where my copy came from
(since many products come with communications tools nowadays, it's hard
to tell sometimes.) It is VT320 Tool, copyright Apple Computer, version
1.0... If someone could find out if it would be OK to post this to
SUMEX-AIM, please tell me.

I apologize for the inconvenience and confusion.

Brian Gaeke <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 08:01:21 PST
From: [e-mail] (Ron Rushing)
Subject: Locking Tabs for LCII ??

Greetings From Nacogdoches--

Has anyone seen any locking tabs or devices to be used with the LCII CPU's
and for keyboards ?

I haven't been able to locate such a device for these new models.  The
older models (SE, II series, ect) had a slot in the rear of the cabinet
that a small tab fit into.

Any suggestions for these new models ?

Ron Rushing
S.F.A  University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 04:41:01 GMT
From: [e-mail] ()
Subject: looking for sed-like editor

Does anyone know of a SED-like editor (sed is Unix's stream-editor)
for the Mac?  I have a bunch of files all of which need the same
changes for certain characters.  I like sed, so would like to be able
to use it more on my mac.  Otherwise I will use some macros with Nisus.

Thanks.  Louis Janus
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 07:43:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Peter N Lewis)
Subject: Mac-based Time Server (R)

>> 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.

I have a program that will do it (well, it might, it works for me, I
sent it along to the original poster, but he hasnt got it working yet
(can you say "untested" and "untried", knew you could :-)).  Anyway, if
you want to try it out, let me know.  I guess I should get around to
write a page of docs and posting it at some time :-)
   Peter.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>           Ph: [phone]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 11:35:17 PST
From: [e-mail] (Pinghua Young)
Subject: MacGS 2.5.2 Runtime Files

I obtained the two MacGS 2.5.2 runtime files from info-mac at Stanford
but I am having trouble unpacking them.  BinHex works all right, but
when I try StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 to extract CPT archive, I get the error
message saying that this archive is segmented and I can't join them
either.  Any pointers?  Thanks.

-- Pinghua on Tue
1/19/93, 11:35:17

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 10:10:18 EST
From: Ephraim Vishniac <[e-mail]>
Subject: macintosh-news.src for WAIS

The Public CM WAIS Server accumulates three sources of
Macintosh-related news: the info-mac digest, the
comp.sys.mac.programmer digest, and TidBITS. Now, you can search all
three using a single source description named macintosh-news.src.

The simplest way to add macintosh-news.src to your copy of WAIS is to
search the directory of servers (directory-of-servers.src) for
"Macintosh." macintosh-news.src will be the top-scoring document of
the response; open and save it.

Folks who like to hack their WAIS sources directly can simply cut the
following and save it in an appropriate place:

(:source
  :version  3
  :ip-address "131.239.2.100"
  :ip-name "cmns-moon.think.com"
  :tcp-port 210
  :database-name "MAC CSMP TIDB"
  :maintainer "[e-mail]"
  :description
  "This source combines several publications of interest to Macintosh
   users: The info-mac digest ([e-mail]), Michael
   Kelly's comp.sys.mac.programmer digest, and Adam Engst's TidBITS
   electronic magazine for the Macintosh."
  )

For more information on WAIS, browse /wais on think.com by anonymous
ftp.

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

Date: 19 Jan 1993 08:40:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matvey Palchuk <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS

Hi, everybody!
We use Macs with PacerLink 5.3a or NCSA Telnet to connect to our VAX. There is
a special encoding for cyrillic characters called KOI-8. 8-bit is necessary to
be able to display it. I have all the required software for the VAX (namely, a
driver program and downloadable VT200 set) and VT terminals connected
directly to the VAX are perfectly capable of displaying these cyrillic
characters. Macs, however, display garbage only. Is it the absence of 8-bit
(use of 7-bit is all that is needed for English alpphabet) or something else
software-related? Could you suggest ways to ovecome this problem? May be I
need
some other software? (either AppleTalk or TCP/IP connection, no modem.)
Where do I get it? Thanks a lot for your help!!!

Matvey Palchuk, e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 02:11:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Modems

In info-mac #12 Murph Sewall responded:
>>Are there other modems which would be less likely to disconnect if
>>someone picks up the phone while the user is using a Zoom modem?

>The modem brand doesn't matter; on rare occasions they won't hang up,
>but most of the time they will.

I beg to differ.  While I would agree that most modems are the same,
the quality of modems does differ, and some are able to maintain a
connection through line noise and even phone pick-ups better than
others.  To be honest, I cannot give anything more than empirical
evidence, but after a number of years of working with modems in a house
where few other family members care one iota if they break my
connection, I found that my better quality modems held up to line
"abuse" much much better than the cheaper ones.  (Sometimes I was
the guilty party myself, and when I would have sworn the connection
should have broken, I just got some screen garbage and then continued
along.)

Scott Kaplan
Amherst College
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:04 EST
From: "Michael R. Roman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: music question

I want to convert my Deluxe Music Construction Set (DMCS) files to midi
files. Does anyone know of a cheap way to do this? Or, to recast the
question: Is there an inexpensive sequencer program that will read either
native DMCS or SMUS-IFF files and output midi sequences?

Mike Roman
[e-mail] -or- [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 14:13:09 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: One reason accelerator board prices have dropped

As has been noted, there has been a substantial price drop in accelerator
board prices. Aside from good 'ole competition (something I wish apple had
more of!) I think there might be another reason. I just installed a new
accelerator board, a Systech (aka Novy) Imagepro board and I was astonished to
see that the 68030 did NOT have a part number like MC68030RC25, which is
standard Motorola nomenclature. Instead it had a different letter/digit
sequence that meant absolutely nothing to me.

The punchline after checking with Novy: Motorola has out-sourced the 030 and
the number is someone's internal product code. The outcome is cheaper
68030's.

It seems to run fine, and at 33 mhz too! BTW, the Imagepro is a fine, fine
accelerator with very nice video output. I'm driving a two page 1024x768
Zenith and the display is beautiful.

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 12:27:49 PST
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Postscript logo to fax modem

In Digest #13, Pete Tamas discusses a problem first raised by me a few
weeks ago:

"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?"

Pete Tamas made a number of suggestions, most of which seem to assume that
the Postscript code exists in the form of an EPS file.

Well, the postscript code is raw ASCII postscript code, type TEXT, of the
kind to be downloaded to any Postscript printer DIRECTLY, where the
built-in PS interpreter processes it. The file has no resource fork
carrying a PICT, or anything like that.

When you paste such TEXT into Word, it looks like a computer program in the
rather verbose Postscipt language, nothing like the printout it generates.
But you can instruct Word to just ignore that text (the procedure actually
makes it invisible on the screen), and to simply pass it through to the
printer, which recognizes it as postscript code and interprets it as such.
Works like a charm. I'll skip the procedural details; they are not relevant
here, and are well-documented in the Word manual.

Freehand refused even to show the file on its list of files that can be
opened.

> ... 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.

Thanks, but that hardly what I had in mind; so maybe I am stuck with Pete'e
last suggestion:

>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

True, but I had hoped for something better (and with better resolution than
72dpi -- the letterhead is 7.5" wide)

Regards,
Herb K.

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 12:16:22 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Question: Why no color out from MacPlus to HP550C?

I am currently puzzled as to why I can't get color output on my new HP 550C
DeskWriter color inkjet printer from my old Macintosh Plus.

The system:

Mac 'Plus' (an upgraded 128K Mac) with 4 MB memory. Connected via AppleLink
(phonenet) to a new HP 550C color injet printer.
The 'Plus' is running System 7.0.1 which I got off a set of Install floppies
for my Powerbook 100. The color driver is newly installed from the 7 floppies
for the 550C.
The only software with color definition capability I have is FileMaker-Pro
2.0.

The problem:
I can define color text fields and color connecting lines in FileMaker-Pro
2.0,
but when I Print the document, everything comes in Black, no color.

Why can't I get color to come out on the 550C??

Any hints, explanations, etc. will be appreciated.

[e-mail]
Xerox Special Information Systems
Pasadena, CA

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 18:13:07 MST
From: COBURN  NICHOLAS SCO <[e-mail]>
Subject: Screen Savers

Does anyone know of a screen saver that will gradually DIM the screen
instead of just changing to black.  The key here is that it must work
on a IIci (which does not have a brightness control panel).  I know that
at least the effect is possible, in that an After Dark mod called
ScreenSavor dims in and out.

Thanks,
Nick

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 12:58:38 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Searching for unknown characters in Word

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> 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

Seems to work fine in Word to select the character, copy it, open
the Replace dialog, and paste that character into the Find box. So
you don't have to search by what's on the clipboard, you just put
the clipboard contents into the Replace dialog. I just hate having
to tell Word that no, of course I don't want it to open my text file
with the Text with Layout converter, especially because it's never
all that clear what such a converter will do to the file. Now admittedly,
without macro capabilities, it would be a pain to have to perform
several find and replace tasks every time you opened a specific type
of file, but hey, that's what Nisus is for.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 19 Jan 1993 10:34:05 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Searching for unknown characters in Word (R)

>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. <more>

Word doesn't let you search for what is in the clipboard, using the ^c
shorthand that is available in the replace part of the dialog. However, you
can select the offending text, and paste it into the search part of the
dialog, then replace it with whatever you like.

John A.

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 19:49 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: smart keys

I looked through i-mac and could not find{Smart keys, does anyone know
if it was renamed or upgraded?
learyj@snycorva

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Date: 19 Jan 1993 00:47:03 -0600 (CST)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: software for lawyers? (Q)

My wife is a trial attorney who is about to leave her work in government
and go into private practice with a friend. They're planning to use a Mac
in the office--they might buy my LC II from me, so I can move UP!!!--and
will need software. I am able to recommend word processing & financial
software, but they also need something to help them keep track of their
docket(s) of cases--deadlines, court dates, &c. Anybody have any suggestions
to make in this regard? I also remember reading some time ago about software
designed especially for professionals who bill clients by the hour: I gather
it keeps track of everything you do on your Mac, i.e. what documents were
being worked on when. Anybody familiar with this?

Thanks in advance.

William Porter / University of Houston

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Date: 19 Jan 1993 17:41:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Eckman)
Subject: StyleWriter: no fractional widths?

[e-mail] writes:

>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?

What version of the driver are you using?  I believe it also varies from
application to application, because some applications (Pagemaker, for ex.)
adapt the printer driver.  Mine, 7.2.2 I think, does not have a setting for
fractional widths in its "native" format.

John Eckman

(The program mention is on info-mac as "font-control-10.hqx" as an init, I
think.

[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 15:08:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "Marianne S. Jocha" <[e-mail]>
Subject: sys7 screen saver init

I'm looking for a screen saver with the following requirements:
   system 7 compatible
   free or shareware
   runs as an init as opposed to an application
   doesn't have to be elaborate, but does a little something besides
     just make the screen go to black.
If you know of anything, please send mail to
    [e-mail]
Thanks.

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 10:11:50 +0100
From: "CHRISTIAN F. BUSER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 6.0.8 - where? (R)

"David C. Garrett" <[e-mail]> asked
>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...)

Yes I think System versions prior to 7.1 are still free... but why don't
you contact BCS/Mac, the Mac division of the Boston Computer Society, a
huge user group? The surely have system 6.0.8 disks.

I have made the experience here that a dealer is more likely to be
willing to copy system disks for you if you buy a box of disks from him
rather than walk in with your own disks (although they might be more
expensive there...)

Best regards, Christian                  [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 11:11:25 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Un-Choosing a non-existent AppleShare volume

[e-mail] (Jack Smith) writes:
>   I have an AppleShare volume (actually an NFS volume AppleShare-d through
>a GatorBox) that I had at one point marked to be automatically mounted at
>startup.  That worked great until that server/volume was no longer
>available (although the host/server still appears in the Chooser list).
>The problem is that I can not get to the volume selection dialog box under
>Chooser to un-mark that option.  Instead, on startup I have to wait for
>about a minute (seems like several) for it to fail and then I have to
>Cancel the host/server password dialog request before my Mac can finish
>booting.  How do I un-mark the startup option on this volume?

I don't know the elegant solution for sure. The quick-and-dirty way to fix
your problem is to trash the Appleshare Prep file. It'll be in the system
folder or preferences folder (depending upon whether you're talking system
6 or 7).

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 09:46:35 CST
From: CB Lih <[e-mail]>
Subject: University land tracking

This message is crossposted to Info-Mac, Mac-User, and Mac-L.
I'm posting this for another person but please send responses to me.
     CB Lih      [e-mail]
January 19, 1993

The University of Arkansas has acquired over 250 parcels of land in the
last 120 years throughout the state of Arkansas.  Does anyone have a database
and autocad program running on Apple Macintosh, DOS computers or mainframe
file servers (to allow access by multiple users) to index and access their
land file information.  Also, we would like to hear from anyone who may have
a land program written in Natural using the ADABAS data manager.   Ideally,
we would like a land system that enables a user to view property on an
autocad map which is indexed to a database.  We are currently using a DOS
program called ARCHIBUS for space management of campus buildings, but due to
the use of Macintosh systems on this campus we are looking for programs which
will accommodate the Mac users as well.

Please respond to me rather than to the list.

By e-mail:   cblih.uafsysb.uark.edu
By phone:(501)  575-2905
By mail: University of Arkansas/Computing Services/ADSB 220
     Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

CB Lih, University of Arkansas

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:50 EST
From: Fritz Morgan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Were can I find MacInTalk?

I heard that MacInTalk is bundeled with some game, can someone tell me what
the
game is, or better yet were can I find it? I need to find a version that is
compadible with system 7.  Thank you very much!


            Fritz Morgan
            [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 21:03:30 CST
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: WriteMove II

Does anyone know if this printer, intended for the PowerBook, makes a decent
desktop machine for regular Macs? Can someone compare it to the StyleBook
or DeskWriter? Thanks!

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 10:15:23 +0100
From: [e-mail] (J|rn Erik Wennerstr|m)
Subject: WriteNow conversion

Hello all...

Could any of you help with a problem: I frequently get request as to
convert WriteNow 2.0 files to other wordprocessing formats - Word 4.0, Word
5.0, Word Perfect 2.1, Works 1.0 - 2.0 are the most common ones. The tool
applied for conversion is MacLink Plus 6.0 which does a good job most of
the times. The hitch however, is  that footnotes in WN 2.0 documents does
not survive the conversion process - they re stripped entirely out of the
text. I work in an academic institution where we have footnotes galore, it
would save many of our users a lot of grievance if there s a way around
this snag.

Joern Wennerstroem

University of Odense
Denmark

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 11:34:59 PST
From: [e-mail]

Is it possible to uncompress *.Z files after they have been downloaded to
the Mac, or can it only be done during a unix to unix transfer.

Thanks

Joe Carson
[e-mail]

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