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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 20 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 15

Today's Topics:

      [*] Gatekeeper 1.2.7
      [*] Mercutio MDEF 1.1.4 package
      3M 3.5" diskette drive cleaner (Q)
      Abaton InterFax 24/96
      accelerators
      APDA Email address?
      Apple File Exch...minor prob.
      AutoDoubler [Actually GateKeeper] woes (R)
      bad f-line (C)
      BBS software
      BinHex for VMS
      Columnbo (C)
      Da IIsi sound thang!
      Daystar Quadra Software Update
      Diagonostic Programs
      Earth GIF
      Educational S/W for IIgs/MacLC (R)
      Expander 3.0.1 woes (R)
      Farm Management Software wanted
      Font names listed in own font (C)
      FrameMaker woes - try Quark? (Q)
      Getting 6.0.8 / BCS*Mac
      Guest on Filesharing
      Hackers-what's the right definition? (2 msgs)
      Hard Drive Mounting
      Help: How do you use Gopher?
      Hiding Balloon Help
      How fast can you go? serial thruput using SLIP or PPP
      How to accelerate PowerBook 160's trackball?
      HyperCard 3.0 ??
      Hypercard vs. Supercard (A)
      INBOX questions (Q)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #13
      Internal Syquest for MacIIvi ?
      Is E. Vishniac Still in MA 02174?
      Laserwriter Driver Question
      Looking for a modular protection scheme
      looking for sed-like editor [A]
      Mac as a terminal for VAX/VMS (A)
      Mac Backup- Optical or CD R
      MacGS 2.5.2 Runtime Files (R)
      Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS
      Mathcad (Q)
      More Medical Software
      Motorola's 68060 for the Mac
      NEC 4FG -> Quadra 700, Keyboard Question
      PB Newsgroup Correction!!!!!!!!!
      Posting a file
      Postscript logo to fax modem (A)
      Postscript logo to fax modem (R)
      Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT
      Printing a Postscript file
      Quadra 950/Pathworks - Lesson Learned
      Question on the features in Stuffit Deluxe 3.0.x
      RAM Disk Icon
      Regular expression
      SANE patch for 7.1
      Serial Port Busy or already in use?
      Several miscellaneous System 7.x questions
      Snooper
      sound conversion
      Stylewriter II and Stylewriter I
      sysz resource
      The JFK Stack conspiracy solved (S)
      uncompress *.Z files (A)
      uncompressing *.Z files [A]
      UNIX utility to convert BinHex 4.0 files
      Use of "(Q)", "(A)", "(R)"

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 12:09:04 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chris Johnson)
Subject: [*] Gatekeeper 1.2.7

Gatekeeper 1.2.7 is a set of Macintosh system extensions (INITs)
and related control panels (cdevs) which, when active (i.e.
allowed to install themselves during the boot process) offer
protection against attacks by all known viruses (to the author
at the time of this release).

Gatekeeper also monitors computer activities for what are
considered to be suspicious 'events' or 'operations', in an
attempt to intercept what could be variants of known viruses or
even completely new viruses.

Since its initial release in January of 1989, Gatekeeper has
repeatedly demonstrated its ability to stop the spread of
viruses which were unknown during its design. Like any anti-
virus system, however, it cannot guarantee complete protection.

Of course, no claims or promises are made regarding Gatekeeper's
effectiveness or suitability, and some functions and capabil-
ities of Gatekeeper are non-trivial to use and may require a
careful reading of the documentation.

Version 1.2.7 enhances the capabilities of, and corrects bugs
in, version 1.2.6.


Chris Johnson

Internet:   [e-mail]
UUCP:       {husc6|uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chrisj
BITNET:     [e-mail]
CompuServe: >INTERNET:[e-mail]
AppleLink:  [e-mail]@internet#

[Archived as /info-mac/virus/gatekeeper-127.hqx; 305K]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 17:18:21 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Mercutio MDEF 1.1.4 package

Mercutio 1.1.4 is a replacement for the standard menu definition routine
that supports menu item key equivalents with multiple-modifier keys. It
allows four combinations of modifier keys: command, command-option,
command-shift, and command-option-shift.

Mercutio is fully compatible with System 7, and supports all the features
of
the system MDEF. Integrating the MDEF into your program is a very easy, and
shouldn't take more than 15 minutes. Mercutio's features include:

       - System 7's Balloon Help and True Gray.
       - Color menus.
       - Small and large icons.
       - SICNs in hierarchical menu items.
       - 99% compatible with standard MDEF: the
          only thing Mercutio doesn't do is support
          the "condense" and "extended" character styles.

MDEF Tester 1.4, a testing program, is also included in this package.

Developers may use Mercutio free of charge as long as they give me
credit and send me a copy of the final program.


ABOUT THIS PACKAGE
==================
This updates MDEF Tester from 1.3 to 1.4 (now tests popup menu message
in MDEFs), and Mercutio from 1.1 to 1.1.4 (several bug fixes, callbacks
to retrieve Mercutio version and copyright information, and a C API)

Ramon Felciano
January 20, 1993

[Archived as /info-mac/tech/mercutio-114.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 22:22:23 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: 3M 3.5" diskette drive cleaner (Q)

I bought the 3M floppy drive head cleaner for my SE/30, and
was ready to try it until I read the instructions ... the first
of which asks me to determine if my floppy drive is single- or
double-headed.  Could someone please tell me?  Thanks much.

--John.  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 08:57:17 -0800
From: [e-mail] (michael zyda)
Subject: Abaton InterFax 24/96

I have an Abaton InterFax 24/96 fax modem on my Macintosh IIcx.
The verrsion of software I am using is 1.2.3 of the InterFax
software. This software does not do well with System 7.1,
mostly with respect to hardcoded filepaths in that
version of software. I have tried letters, and faxes
to the phone number on the Abaton manual asking how
I can purchase a System 7 version of the InterFax software.
Have they gone out of business? I get no replies.
Should I be calling/asking elsewhere? Any help on
this would be greatly appreciated.

     Michael Zyda
   [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 12:20:32 gmt
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: accelerators

does anyone know of a cheap way of upgrading a classic to 68020 with
maths coprocessor, and if this upgrade would then run any software
which does not require a large screen or colour quickdraw ?

U.K. prices and suppliers would be appreciated if anyone out there has
this info

thanks

Mark Elliott
Loughborough University

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 12:02:54 GMT
From: Mike Reddy <[e-mail]>
Subject: APDA Email address?

Subject speaks for itself really. What is the APDA email address? I'm
interested
in getting hold of the tools catalogue and info on 'Develop'.

Yours succinctly, Mike

([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 14:25:45 EST
From: James BelBruno (GC-CDSI) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple File Exch...minor prob.

As per my AFE roadblocks, I first went back in previous digests looking
for info about AFE.  I did find some tidbits..but not specifically about
my problem....so don't shoot me!(g)
  I am attempting to get files to my LCII ...MWord 5.0  from ibm First
  Choice.
They go over...and when I open them up to read.....ex:  15-20 rows of boxes
across the top of the document.  And before each line of the text below...
is a capital 'A'.   I could delete this I suppose plus I have also heard of
some program that gets rid of the 'garbage'.  Why should I delete it when
I could do it the right way and not get the added junk? I have heard AFE is
easy to use.  believe me, I don't want to complicate this!  Far as I know..
First Choice does not have a complicated save procedure as in what type of
text style to save it in.       So....I 'd appreciate any aid.
Thanks....
Jim BelBruno      ARDEC

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:24:06 -0800
From: Jack Repenning <[e-mail]>
Subject: AutoDoubler [Actually GateKeeper] woes (R)

[e-mail] (Charlie Mingo) writes:

    The problem is that the GateKeeper author is purporting to
    rewrite the _Inside Macintosh_ guidelines

Either this line of argument misses the point, or Charlie has some
info I lack (and would like to have).  I'm open to either explanation
- please, anyone, correct me as to any of these facts!

"The point" (that it appears Charlie missed) is that GK's whole
purpose is to detect actions whose most probable explanation is viral
activity.  GK is the only viral protection available that protects
against viri not yet known at the time of writing.  GK has been
successful in stopping damage from all new viri for the last several
generations (updates have been issued to improve features only).  No
other viral protection has been able to block any of them until it was
updated for their new signatures.  GK is unique.

I feel that GK's approach to protection is essential for many people
who wont pay for an update service and who don't monitor discussions
like this one to learn when they need an update.  Are they stupid?
Arguably so, but they're also numerous!  GK is indispensible.

These "suspicious" activities do, indeed, include some things
described in _IM_.  Certainly, this creates conflicts.  GK includes
extensive conflict resolution, and Chris has added "hidden"
resolutions on occasion in the past.  It's unfortunate that this sort
of thing is needed, but no one has come up with a way to provide this
level of protection without these conflicts.

The problem with AD 2.0 is not that there is a conflict, but that
Salient and/or FGS apparently made no effort even to discover it
before release, let alone to work with Chris to find a way around the
problem.  I've asked FGS three tiems whether they made any such
effort;  they have never responded directly to the question.  Instead,
they climb up onto their high horse about _IM_ -- which I believe is
missing the point just as much for them as for anyone else -- and
about "business realities."  I conclude that they made no such effort.

As to "business realities," I pointed out to them that the "business
reality" is that they will get no more of my money, nor that of anyone
I can convince, so long as they refuse to cooperate with Chris.

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Date: 20 Jan 1993 07:48:29 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: bad f-line (C)

     bad f-line (C)
<[e-mail]> asks:

>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.

To which I comment:

Uh, that may be partly true, but I've gotten bad f-line errors even with
32-bit
addressing off.  I remember reading a more complete explanation of
sources of f-line errors quite a few months ago, but I can't remember the
thrust of it.  But the explanation you give is partial, at best.

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 16:44:08 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: BBS software

A friend of mine recently got a Supra V.32 bis modem and is having trouble
getting
it to work properly with his Hermes BBS sofware.

He wants to know what other BBS software is available for the Mac?

Is an upgrade or fix available for Hermes to work with the Supra V.32 bis?

Thanks.

Monty

---
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# [e-mail]

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Date: 20 Jan 93 07:54:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: BinHex for VMS

Yes, first I ask for ZModem for VMS and get one great response, and pass it
on to the InfoMac community.  Now I'm searching for a BinHex/DeBinHexing
program for VAX/VMS.  Actually either the compiled binary or the text
source code (that can be compiled by the VAX) will do.  This will make
transfers much better, so I can DeBinHex the files, and then send them
using the newly aquired ZModem drivers.  This could save me hours,
and who knows, mabye days, on downloads from the VAX to my mac.  Even the
slightest bit of infomation would be appreciated.  Yours truly,
eugene cohen
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 10:19 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Columnbo (C)

In 11-14, Bill Lipa points out that he can't post a registered "uncrippled"
copy of Columnbo without the author's permission, and Al Bloom says he
can't locate the author. May I suggest an alternative for the job of
converting files to tab-delimited format?

Add/Strip 3.0.3 handles comma separated and space(s) separated fields
through a menu choice--and it also handles variable column lengths by
simply asking you to insert a line in front of the text file telling
Add/Strip where to put the tabs. (The line "21,61" will insert tabs in
every line at the 21st and 61st positions.) It's shareware, $25--and its
author Jon Wind is very accessible. It does a lot of other things well
too--and it's available from the info-mac/util directory. (More precisely,
3.0.2 is in the directory as well as the updater to 3.0.3.)
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 00:24:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael D. Muzzie)
Subject: Da IIsi sound thang!

Dieder B. writes in the January 19 Informac Digest:

>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.
[stuff deleted]
>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.

Hear! Hear! This issue is definitely worth the bandwidth. The IIsi was a
great machine at a great price when I bought mine in 1990, but the problems
with the sound 'feature' has been a source of a great deal of frustration.
Audio is an integral part of the Mac. In fact, one of the features that was
trumpeted with the release of the IIsi (and the LC) was the superior sound
capability. Input capability is great, but output that randomly cuts out
really negates that advantage.

*(Random tangent: I have recently discovered the ability to plug my CD
player into the input jack and hear music in the background with little
speed degredation using Antoine Rosset's The Player II 2.5. Hyper cool!!!)

My reason for writing at this time is the realization that with the
discontinuation of the IIsi in mid-February, we proud IIsi owners will
become a forgotten minority. Apple has ignored us for 2 years and will find
it increasingly easy to continue ignoring us.

I am a poor college student. I still owe about $2900 in loans on my IIsi.
It angers me that I have to repeatedly hit the Reset Sound Fkey everytime I
want to hear sound. Fkey 8 is getting *very* worn out.(This doesn't always
work, and then I have to shutdown and restart to get sound activated
again.)

I have found another rather unique sound jump start technique when the fkey
doen't work. I launch Arashi 1.0a and turn up the volume with the (+) key.
This usually stimulates the sound driver. What it does different I do not
know. There was a some vague talk on comp.sys.mac.games about Arashi's
superior sound driver (?). If this is true, would a third party system
extension/sound driver based on Arashi's sound management be possible???

Anyway, I bought from Apple. I expected all around quality. I expected it
to work. It didn't. I'm flaming. Douse me please!

I lose net access after 1/24/93 (moving). :-(. Forgive me for not
responding to mail after that.

Michael D. Muzzie

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 22:03:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Daystar Quadra Software Update

Just received in the mail from Daystar a new control panel for the Quadra
Cache & Turbo 040 which replaces the Power Central and Quadraboost control
panels. The new "QuadControl" control panel also includes configurable CPU
cache control which works much like Animals and Alysis' auto cache
software. The stuff works fine with system 7.1. I'm kinda sorry to have
spent the money on Animals. I'm even more sorry to say good bye to the
cute Animals interface.

I didn't do anything other than send in my registration card a few months
ago. If you're running a Quadra Cache I recommend the upgrade.

Incidentally, I'm now simultaneously running both a QuadraCache and a
Variable Speed Overdrive. Previously I had been unable to use both
together. I don't know if it's the software making the difference. I'll
post further developments.

Guy Kuo

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Date: 20 Jan 1993 16:31:18 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Diagonostic Programs

I really need to purchase a good (best) diagnostic program for a small
Mac lab.  I have heard of problems with Norton and MacTools, but what
about MacEKG.  Any input is greatly appreciated.  Also, has any heard of
any problems with Excel 4.0 and sys 7.1?
Thanks.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 10:42:10 EST
From: Michael Wrazen (PBMA) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Earth GIF

I was looking for a good GIF of the earth.  The most popular one
about is a view of Africa and the Middle East.  I would like
to have an angle showing the United States.  Any suggestions?

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:03:53 EST
From: Thomas Smyth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Educational S/W for IIgs/MacLC (R)

For the IIgs there is ample quality software available through MECC (1-800-
685-MECC), Sunburst/Wings for Learning (1-800-321-7511), and Tom Snyder
(1-800-342-0236), all of whom will send you free catalogs and   whose
software regularly receives positive reviews.

For the LC, you might consider the same sources, as well as EDMARK, which
has recently issued two programs for c. ages 2-10: KidDesk and Millie's Math
House, both of which are superb and successfully and happily used by my
preschoolers. (EDMARK: 1-800-426-0856). (Bailie's Book House for ages 2-6
reportedly will be issued soon.)
And of course there are the excellent Broderbund offerings; the listing
above is not intended to be comprehensive: there's a lot of good (and bad)
educational software out there, and much of it is available through the
discount houses (Educational Resources, FasTrack, et al.)

      Finally, you might consider purchasing a CD-ROM reader and a videodisc
player; the available offerings of CDs (especially books on disk, eg: Discis
Books (Applelink: DISCIS) and interactive videodiscs (see Laser Learning
Technologies,1-800-722-3505) is increasing daily.  Their use in a classwide
setting is a remarkably inexpensive alternative to purchasing lab packs.


Thomas Smyth
School of Education/ Univ. of South Carolina - Aiken

"So many [people], so many opinions; every one his own way" -Terence, 159BC

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Date: 20 Jan 93 03:13:15 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Barry Brown)
Subject: Expander 3.0.1 woes (R)

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>       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.

On that note, here's a question that's been bugging me for a while:

Why do we Mac people on the Internet use .hqx files?  With the exception of
mail, most transfer protocols can deal with binary files just fine.  FTP
servers which handle strictly Unix files don't, for example, uuencode
everything.  No, they leave it as-is or, even better, compress (.Z) them.
FTP has no problems preserving the integrity of that format.  My FTP client
for the Mac (Fetch) knows about MacBinary II files, so there's no problem
with getting the Finder info for the files I bring to a Mac using that
program.  My comm. program at home (ZTerm) also knows about MacBinary II
files.  In fact, I always de-BinHex the ftp'd files before I download them
using ZTerm!  The files come out just fine.

The Mac FTP sites could save a lot of disk space if they DIDN'T post files
in BinHex format.  For me, BinHex is just a pain in the butt.  Like
uuencode, sometimes I've got to use it to send files by mail.  But why do we
bother in the first place?

--

[As you mention, it permits the mailing of files. As we have mail and Bitnet
 servers, this is important. It's also generally more reliable to sling a
 text format such as Binhex around through weird machines and connections.
 By using mcvert on your host machine (if applicable), you can get rid of
 the extra overhead before downloading. -Bill]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 12:28:20 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Farm Management Software wanted

A friend is interested in buying a Mac for use in managing his purebred
beef cattle business.  He would like to know if there is any specific
software for managing information such as cattle pedigree, prices, bull
semen inventory, and so forth.  If you have any information on such
software, or other farm management software for the mac, please respond to
me ASAP.  He would like to make his decision very soon.

Thanks.

David Allan
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 02:18:25 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Ben Fowler)
Subject: Font names listed in own font (C)

Every contributor to this topic so far, has taken the position that listing
fonts on the font menu in their own typeface is a Good Thing. Now I agree
that it may be, if, for example, it prevents you from thinking that Geneva
is monospaced, or you have forgotten what New York looks like.

I think that there are a number of disadvantages.

    1.      In view of the size of type on the menu, and the modest
        selection of letters, you cannot really see what the font
        looks like. It is therefore tends a little towards what in
        this country would be called naff. (I think that a first
        approximation for the US translation of that would be
        'preppy')

    2.      If quickdraw has to generate a bitmap for the menu, then
        it can look totally silly.

    3.      With ATM running, some fonts can cause a system crash,
        notably PostScript Escape, but also about four or five PD
        fonts. I presume that in the latter case the PostScript is
        slightly corrupt (exempli gratia, missing a newline
        somewhere) not enough to stop the font being downloaded,
        but enough to stop ATM interpreting it.

    4.      It slows the drawing of a menu. This is a Human Interface
        issue, because we expect pop down menus to appear instantly.

    (BTW, the same applies to making the font menu a sub-menu of a STYLE
    menu, which some applications such as Quark do. Most, (but I agree not
    all), users expect a FONT menu at the third or fourth position on the
    menu bar. I think that this should be maintained for as long as the
    Mac's video output is a bitmap consisting of fully formed characters
    and graphic elements. We don't request a 'DrawString', without
    specifying a font).

FYI, WordPerfect 2 can be set to use a graphic menu, under preferences.

Just my 0.02 GBP. I suspect that I am in a minority, but I think that it is
worth pointing out that even though the advantages of the WYSIWYG font menu
may outweigh the disadvantages, there do exist some  disadvantages.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 14:53:49 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: FrameMaker woes - try Quark? (Q)

I bought FrameMaker at the end of last year to do page layout for
camera-ready copy of a logic textbook. I've just started trying to
use it and found it unusable. The problem is that the application
does its own "Type Reunion" thing and in the process reduces three
distinct technical fonts I use, Lucida New Math Arrows, Symbol and
Italic, into a single font "Lucida New Math" on the font menu. It is
ridiculously complicated to get at the individual fonts, and I have
2 2meg files larded with those fonts that I was going to convert
into FrameMaker. Frame agrees that its font handling on the Mac is
a problem and promises a fix in the next major release "at the end of
the year". I have to get my proofs to the publisher by the end of
February.

Three questions:

Frame couldn't think of a way round the problem. Anyone else know one?

If I don't use Frame for page layout, what else should I use? I'm attracted
to Quark. What are its book tools like, in particular indexing?

I'm going to try to get my money back on Frame. If I can't, anyone want
it for under $200? (The font problem will only affect you if you have
different character sets with the same family name, as in the three
Lucida NewMath fonts. Otherwise it *is* just like having Type Reunion
installed.)

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 14:49:28 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Getting 6.0.8 / BCS*Mac

>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 can think of dozens of reasons.  The BCS has shown repeatedly over the last
several months that they don't give a hoot about Macintosh users.  Steer FAR
away from the Boston Computer Society.  Try BMUG.

                jonathan brecher
                [e-mail]
                FORMER BCS member

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 16:14:11 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Guest on Filesharing

I have a question, belonging to AppleTalk and FileSharing.

If I have switched FileSharing on and allow Guests to connect,
is there any chance to come to know from which Mac he
connects me.
For example the number of the network, knot of network
or the name of the computer ?

Waiting for your comments.

Dirk Varnholt

        [e-mail]
    [e-mail]


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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 07:52:15 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Peter N Lewis)
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.

As far as I'm concerned, thats the definition of Cracker.

A Hacker is someone who pushes the computer to the limits, does things
that make you say "Hey, thats not possible!" (Such as writing Lemming on
a Commodore 64 (I've seen it working too :-)).

A Cracker is someone who uses the skills of a Hacker to do illegal
things (break into systems, write viruses, etc).

The media is not aware of this distinction, they just use the term
Hacker, which is very unfortunate.
   Peter - a hacker, and proud of it!
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>           Ph: [phone]

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 14:23:20 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hackers-what's the right definition?

Pete Tamas <[e-mail]> writes:
>[someone else wrote:]
>> 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.
>
>...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.

I would avoid both definitions, the original definition of a "hacker" had
nothing to do with computing.  The dictionary defines a hacker as "1) One
that hacks. 2) A person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular
activity." Under "hack" we find (among others) "Working for hire esp. with
loose or easy professional standards."  Hence the term "hack writer."  The
original hackers were programmers known for "hacking together" code to
perform a particular task.  They produced quick and dirty results with
little concern for reliability or durability of the product.  In the
passing of time, the term has taken two divergent paths:

1)Computer addicts (you know who you are!) sought to glorify hacking as the
practice of creating "clever" code that performed neat tricks, preferably
in such an arcane fashion as to defy understanding by others.  The "C"
language has become a vehicle for hacking that has been canonized as "the C
idiom."  So, the hacker-as-hero builds neat widgets for the pure joy of
outwitting the operating system and other hackers.  IMHO this practice is
fine as a hobby, but has no place in software intended for use by others.
Some hackers never learn to design and become incapable of not hacking.

2)Journalists (you know who THEY are!) sought to glamorize the dirty tricks
in net bashing, system invasion, virus creation, etc. to improve
circulation.  As journalists often do, they co-opted the word "hacker" and
supplied their own definition: "computer nerd flipped out on Jolt trying to
break into NORAD and launch the missiles."

Unfortunately, another perfectly servicible word has, therefore, become
unusable in its original sense (or any sense) without creating confusion.
The best example is the rush of media coverage for any "hacker's
convention" that never investigates what's really going on (too technical,
you know) but describes the proceeding as something akin to a witch's coven
or, perhaps, Satan worship.

Paul Baim

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

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:14:25 -0900
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hard Drive Mounting

We have a machine that had FileGuard installed on it, but we deinstalled it
and unfortunately the person that had the drive mounting password forgot
it. Is there a way to reformat the drive without knowing the password? We
don't want to save any data on it, simply reformat.

Please respond via email.

Thanks.

Scott Gruby
Academic Computing, Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 12:16:03 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Help: How do you use Gopher?

Would someone please explain how to use Gopher to transfer a file?
When I select a file I get the message: Save in file?
I type in the path and directory where I want it saved to, but I get the
message: Could not open file.
I have no trouble connecting to Sumex via Gopher. I can get a copy of the
txt files by capturing them to disk. Is it possible to get hqx files via
Gopher?
Many thanks for any assistance.

Also, special thanks to Richard and Brian who helped me with my last
request for assistance.

Bill Colston

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:58:12 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sven Guckes)
Subject: Hiding Balloon Help

>>Anyone know of a utility that disables Balloon Help?
>>
>>They're running systems 6.0.7 and 7.0.1.  He wants to disable Balloon
>>Help in order to make all the machines more consistent.

(someone said)
info-mac/cp/helium-211.hqx
Hides balloon help but does not disable it.

"SpeedyFinder7 1.5.4":
Hides ballon help, too.
Does a lot of other nifty stuff, too.
Shareware.

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 15:20:07 -0400
From: George White <[e-mail]>
Subject: How fast can you go? serial thruput using SLIP or PPP

I have to set up some TCP/IP clients on SLIP (or PPP)
using a 3.2bis modem.  It is difficult to take advantage of
the bandwidth of 3.2bis using Intel or cheap Unix platforms.
Can anyone provide some hard data on the actual SLIP
thruput for MAC/TCP?  What X-windows server is best?
          George N. White III <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:44:32 -0500
From: Claude Bellavance <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to accelerate PowerBook 160's trackball?


        *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

Since nobody answered me yet, I'm sending again my
request to the net. Can anybody tell me HOW TO SPEED
UP MY POWERBOOK 160'S TRACKBALL (using system 7.1).  I
adjusted the mouse control panel at the highest speed,
have installed Mouse2 and even tried to reinstall the
whole system and still, the trackball keeps on beeing
incredibly SLOW.  I presume this can be done with
ResEdit but I just don't know how... I also use a
PowerBook 145 (same system) and the trackball on it
works perfectly well.  WHY?

Thanks a lot

Claude Bellavance
Centre d'Etudes Quebecoises
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres

email:  [e-mail]


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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 13:31:46 MEZ
From: Andrew Maier <[e-mail]>
Subject: HyperCard 3.0 ??

Hallo netters,
a few weeks ago I wanted to buy the developer-version of HyperCard.
So I went to my lokal Apple shop and asked for the kit. But the man in the
shop said, I should wait until April because then there would be HyperCard 3.0
 available. Now this was a few weeks ago, I thought I will wait a while and
 see
 what the people on this net would say. But until now I never heard anything
again about HC 3.0.
So meanwhile I am asking myself: am I just living in outer space (vulgo known
as Austria) or was this information just a silly rumour?
    cheers      Andrew

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

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:28:28 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard vs. Supercard (A)

>My problem is that the exhibit will require
>colour on a large monitor. I am aware of the various XCMD's enabling the
>use of colour in HC 2.1, but was wondering if Supercard would be a more
>practical alternative. I would be grateful if anyone could pass on their
>experiences and opinions of the relative merits of Hypercard and
>Supercard for this task.Thanks in advance
>
SuperCard is a very nice environment for color exhibits. Actually,
SuperCard is quite nice as a more Mac like version of HyperCard. The
conversion from HyperCard to SuperCard is rather painless. There are some
differences and I'd suggest you buy a couple of SuperCard books to augment
the manual that comes with SuperCard.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: 20 Jan 1993 15:47:33 +0100 (MET)
From: HANS KROEGER <[e-mail]>
Subject: INBOX questions (Q)

May be someone has answers to the following questions:

1. what is the latest version of INBOX ?
2. is INBOX Quadra compatible ?
3. is there a distributer of IMBOX in Germany ?
4. any other contact address ?

Thank you for your help !

Hans
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:27:42 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #13

>Our extrenalRodime 100 has died on us.  ...
>...  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.
>
Drive7 from Casa Blanca Works has the ability to reformat some rodime
drives. Drive7 is carried my most Mac mail order companies.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 15:52:18 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Goedtkindt)
Subject: Internal Syquest for MacIIvi ?

The MacIIvi has a possiblility to add a CD-Rom, but I think the same
connectors could also be used for an additional hard disk or removable
(Syquest). The front of the IIvi has an opening for the CD caddy to pass,
but it is too small to let a Syquest cartridge pass.
Does somebody know a vendor that offers an adaptor kit for a Syquest
mechanism for the IIvi, or has anybody knows a better solution? Please mail
me also the fax or e-mail of vendors since from Europe it is expensive to
contact the states by phone.

Salutations!

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 02:31:03 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Is E. Vishniac Still in MA 02174?

Hello friends,
Do any of you know the whereabouts of Ephriam Vishniac - indeed Ephriam,
are you reading this?
He is the author of a shareware SCSI formatter/installer called "SF&I 1.01"
which I found on a mirror of Umich at Imperial College, London. This
particular bit of code was fabulously helpful in resurrecting a dead Rodime
Cobra 120 - it had lost all its block allocation and capacity info - a
drive of indeterminate dimensions! Even the Cobra Utilities refused to
access this drive, simply quitting 'unexpectedly'. Except that it wasn't
really THAT unexpected after the fiftieth try.
The introductory 'About' blurb gives Ephriam's address as:
P.O. Box 1357, East Arlington, MA 02174;
but the version date was April 5th, 1989.
-> Is he still there?
Ephriam's earned the shareware fee a million times over.

Many thanks for your help!
Steve [[e-mail]]

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 15:30:57 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tim Neese)
Subject: Laserwriter Driver Question

When system 7 came out, we had to install the latest Laserwriter driver and
Laser Prep (sys 6) on all machines to resolve various printing problems.
Tuneup 1.1.1 for system 7.0.1 brought the latest version of the laserwriter
software to 7.1.1 while Laser Prep remained at 7.0.

Now system 7.1 comes with laserwriter driver 7.1.2 and Laser Prep 7.1.2.
I'm wondering version 7.1.2 of the Laserwriter driver should be installed
on all macs on the network regardless of the version of system software and
Laser Prep 7.1.2 should be loaded on the system 6 machines.  Any
suggestions?  Does this version fix any bugs?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Tim

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

Date: 19 Jan 1993 22:38:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mudd Rat <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for a modular protection scheme

Hello out there...

I am the administor of a lab containing a number of macs, running Sys 7.1 on
some and 6.0.8 on others.  I am looking for some way to protect certain
applications and DA's (like chooser and the control panels) as well as the
system folder from people who like to fiddle.  I want something where I can
designate certain files as 'unusable' with out a password, but leave the rest
of the applications open and free, and most importantly, maintain the existing
inferface (that's why something like AtEase won't work).  The ideal interface
of this program would be something like AutoDoubler, where I check files that
I
want protected on a master list (the way AD does for files that you don't want
it to compress).  If anyone out there has any ideas, thoughts, possible
solutions, please E-mail to me.  Commercial, freeeware and shareware are all
OK.

Thanks a lot in advance....

Mike Unger, Carleton College

[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 10:58 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: looking for sed-like editor [A]

>Does anyone know of a SED-like editor (sed is Unix's stream-editor)
>for the Mac?

Oh no, another chance for me to plug MPW. This is getting monotonous.

StreamEdit, which comes with MPW, is a SED clone. While not an exact
duplicate of SED, according to Apple, it is patterned after it.
Judge for yourself. Here is the help printout for StreamEdit. I have
replaced the Macintosh 8-bit characters as follows: ... is the
ellipsis (option-;), {bullet} is option-*, {c-cedilla} is option-c,
{infinity} is option-5, and {reg-symbol} is option-r.

help streamedit
StreamEdit      # scriptable text editor
StreamEdit [option...] file...
    -d                      # delete lines (don't copy them)
    -e statements           # add 'statements' to the script
    -o file                 # direct output to file in a "safe" manner
    -p                      # print progress information
    -s file                 # specify a file containing a script to execute
    -set variable[=string]  # set the value of a variable

    A script consists of zero or more of:

    <address> <command>...

    Addresses take the forms (highest to lowest precedence):

    ( address )             # override precedence
    ! address               # match line not matching the address
    address1 && address2    # match line matching address1 AND address2
    address1 || address2    # match line matching address1 OR address2
    address1 , address2     # match address1Iaddress2
    /regular expression/    # a line that matches the expression
    [bullet]                # matches BEFORE the first line
    N                       # matches the Nth line
    $                       # matches the last line
    {infinity}              # matches AFTER the last line

    A regular expression starting with '{c-cedilla}' is case-sensitive.  Any
    '{bullet}' must follow the '{c-cedilla}'.

    Commands are:

    Append <text>           # append text to append buffer
    Exit [status]           # exit with zero or specified status
    Change <text>           # set contents of edit buffer
    Delete                  # clear contents of edit buffer
    Insert <text>           # append text to insert buffer
    Next                    # proceed with next line
    Print <text>            # Print the text
         [-To file ]        # directed to the specified file
         [-AppendTo file]   # appended to the specified file
    Replace /pat/ <text>    # do replacement
        [-c count]      # specify repeat count (N or [infinity])
    Set variable <text>     # set variable's value
        [-a]                # append to variable's current value
        [-i]                # insert at front of variable's current value
    Option AutoDelete       # append "1,$ Delete" to script

    Where <text> consists of zero or more of:

    "a string"              # the specified text
    'a string'              # the specified text
    .                       # the current line (the edit buffer)
    variableName            # the contents of the named string variable
    {reg-symbol}N           # an "{reg-symbol}" variable set by a regular
                    expression
    -from <filename>        # the next line from the file, where filename
                # is a string or a variable name
    -n                      # suppress newline at end

    If <text> is empty, it defaults to "." (the current line).


MPW is the Macintosh Programmers Workshop, and is available from APDA.

    Mel Park <[e-mail]>
    Univ. Tennessee, Memphis

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 10:19 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac as a terminal for VAX/VMS (A)

In 11-14, Matvey Palchuk is looking for an AppleTalk or TCP/IP connection
to his VAX which won't strip the high bit (i.e., 8-bit instead of 7-bit) so
that he can see his Cyrillic characters properly.

Intercon's program TCP/Connect II certainly can do that. I think PacerTerm
(by Pacer Software) is another, although I haven't tried it in direct
connection mode. Come to think of it, isn't this a capability of any
program that uses the Comm Toolbox, given the right connection tool? The
Serial Tool, for example, lets you set the number of data bits...
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: 20 Jan 1993 13:52:22 U
From: "Laurie Tyzenhaus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Backup- Optical or CD R

QuickMail 2.2                                  "Top Gun" E-Mail
1/20/93                                                 1:48 PM
               Mac Backup: Optical or CD ROM?
I have been asked to recommend a back up system for a small group of Macs.
Tape has been dismissed as a possible media and my supervisor will only
consider an optical drive or a read/write-able CD ROM Drive.

If you have any personal information about a good or bad drive, please e-mail
me.

If you would favor one type over the other, please include your reasons.  What
kinds of software would I need for each type.

Right now the favorite is the CD ROM.
(I plan on bringing in my B. S. & T.)

Also include your source and costs involved.

Thanks for your help ... I will post a summary if there is interest.

e-mail (nickname)  [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:19:11 -0600
From: [e-mail] (schwalbe)
Subject: MacGS 2.5.2 Runtime Files (R)

> 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.

I couldn't get Stuffit Lite to work either. Extractor1.12 worked for
me, a rchived as info-mac/util/extractor-12.hqx (an amazing little 30K
program). I believe it is a Compactor archive so Compactor Pro should
work also, archived as info-mac/util/compact-pro-133.hqx.

Dan Schwalbe

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 14:25 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac sa a terminal for VAX/VMS

In a previous article, Matvey Palchuk <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>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]
>

First, you need 8 bit monospaced cyrillic font installed as display font in
your terminal emulator (like in russian system 7.1) The only problem is that
Apple's standard for 8-bit cyrillic code is not the same as KOI-8, so you'd
have to use some kind of terminal filter to remap KOI-8 into apple extended
ASCII. WhiteKnight can do it pretty easy, you just have to make your own
terminal filter. I dont remember exact mapping for both KOI-8 and apple's
standard codes, but i can dig it out for you if you cant get them yourself.
Hope that helps,
Mike.

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:12:38 -0700
From: [e-mail] (dylan k kuhn)
Subject: Mathcad (Q)

Netters:
    I recently received some junk(?) mail offering me
a software package called Mathcad 3.1 at $416 off the retail
price of $495.  Is this for real?  Does anyone have experience
with this package, or this offer?  Thanks in advance for any
feedback!
        Dylan Kuhn

        ([e-mail])

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

Date: 20 Jan 1993 07:58:43 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: More Medical Software

     More Medical Software
"Matt McConnell "  <[e-mail]> asked about a system to track medical
billing which I responded to in I-M 11-3.  The Febrauary 1993
issue of MacWorld has a blurb on a new package called Orchids.  Here is
the blurb:

Orchids -
  "Program designed to manage the flow of medical clinic data.  Features
   include formats for entering medical history or notes of physical
   examinations and follow-up visits; picture files for patients' photo,
   X-rays, surgical photos, and medical sketches; customized scrolling
   checklists for histories and physicals; customized automated letters
   generated from the checklists; a contact log for identifying and
   reviewing interactions with patients; a chart-review format for cross-
   referencing information; a report generator for extracting and
   relating data and performing statistical analyses; and password
   protection.  5MB minimum memory.  $4995.  CapMed, 205/881-8620; fax
   205/883-9717."

Hope this helps!   :-)

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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

Date: 20 Jan 93 16:14:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Noah Price)
Subject: Motorola's 68060 for the Mac

In article <mhk=[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Chung Hsiung
Yang) wrote:
>       I thought that the 68060 was supposed to compete with the
> INTEL P5 chip.  If so the 68060 could be a 64 bit chip.  I may be
> wrong of course.

I recently got the Fall 92 issue of a little newsletter called "68K
Connection."  It says Vol 1 Issue 1, so I guess it's the first.  In any
case, they had a table summarizing the M68000 family.  It had columns for
68000, 68020, 68030, 68040, and 68060.

In that table, they listed the following info about the 060.  I'm sure this
has all been published before, but here it is straight from a public Moto
brochure.

MIPS               100+                       (vs. 39 for the 040)
MFLOPS             12                        (vs. 3.5 for the 040)
Address Range      4G Byte
Data Bus           32 bit
Clock Speeds       50-66 MHz         (040 was listed as 25-40 MHz)
Instruction Cache  8K Byte, 4-Way Set Associative (vs. 4K for 040)
Data Cache         8K Byte, 4-Way Set Associative (vs. 4K for 040)
Burst Fill Caches  16 Bytes R/W
On Chip MMU        Yes
On Chip FPU H/W    Yes

Since someone is bound to ask the obvious question, no they did not specify
which clock speed the MIPS and MFLOPS correspond to.  I know which clock
speed I would use if it were my table, though :-)

noah

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[e-mail]                                 Macintosh Hardware Design
...!{sun,decwrl}!apple!noah   (not the opinions of) Apple Computer, Inc.

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 19:10:18 EST
From: [e-mail] (Sridar Narayanan)
Subject: NEC 4FG -> Quadra 700, Keyboard Question

Hello,

Our PET lab will soon be ordering a Q700 to run some brain mapping
software.  Our systems manager has no experience with Macs, so
has been consulting with me.  The NEC 4FG monitor seems to be good
value for the money.  Any other suggestions?

Assuming we do get the 4FG, what is the best cable to get to hook
it up to a Q700.  Are the sense pins hardwired, i.e. will you need
three cables to switch between 640 x 480, 824 x 6??, and
1152 x 8?? (I don't remember the exact numbers), or is there a cable
that puts the Quadra video into a "programmable mode" with
associated software?  We'll typically be running at 72 dpi, but
will need the higher resolutions at times.

Finally, Apple's extended keyboard costs in the area of $260 Canadian,
which our systems manager feels is exhorbitant.  I have to agree.
What are the alternatives?

Thanks,

Sridar
[e-mail]


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

Date: 20 Jan 93 03:31:26 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chris Chung)
Subject: PB Newsgroup Correction!!!!!!!!!

[ Article crossposted from comp.sys.mac.advocacy ]
[ Author was Chris Chung ]
[ Posted on 20 Jan 93 03:29:09 GMT ]





I made a mistake in my last posting on the proposed newsgroup.

To clairify:

ALL FOLLOW UP DISCUSSIONS ARE TO BE HELD IN NEWS.GROUPS
                                            -----------

NOT IN news.announce.newgroups OR MAIL TO
      [e-mail]


To show your support, please subit opinions to news.groups.

Thanks

Chris Chung

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 20:59:04 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Posting a file

Hello, In a recent digest someone requested a Mac compatable YACC and LEX. I
have BISON.HQX for the Mac which will do what this person wants but I can't
seem to get it to you. I am using VMS Mail and I can't figure out how to send
a
binary file along with a message. I could FTP it but I know you don't want
that. Exactly how do I get the file to you?
Thanks,
Paul Lieberman
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 10:19 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Postscript logo to fax modem (A)

In 11-14, Herb Kroemer repeats his question about converting postscript
code to a logo that can be used as a header for his faxes through a modem.
Let me take a crack at it.

There's not much difference between a postscript file and an EPS file--an
EPS file is just the postscript file with some header information attached
to define the bounding box and let a program identify the file as having
that bounding box attached. Open any EPS file as text and you can see the
header information. Such a file appears as a gray box with creation
information superimposed when it is placed in PageMaker, for example.

The confusion comes about because a lot of programs produce such a file
with a PICT preview attached--with that, you see a PICT representation of
the original postscript file when you place it somewhere, and can thus see
on screen roughly what you get when you resize or crop. Herb wants that
sort of EPS file and THEN wants to grab the PICT part and convert it into a
200dpi bitmap that his FAX can handle.  That's the problem.

Few graphics designers work directly with postscript code. So that logo was
created in some program in another format and then exported as postscript.
See if you can find out what program was used; it's very likely that you
can get the original program-specific document and then export as a
PICT--or read it with another program that can export it is a bitmap as
desired. Another approach is to create the appropriate image from a
postscript interpreter on your Mac--but few of us have such gizmos on the
Mac:  we have postscript in our printers only. Such programs as Freedom of
the Press or Ghostscript will parse postscript on your Mac; some programs
like Adobe Photoshop can read postscript code created by a few other
programs.  You could give those a try.  Once you have the image, Photoshop
would be perfect for tweaking it to the resolution you wish.

Frankly, Pete Tomas' suggestion to print a copy of the logo and then scan
it back to your Mac is probably the fastest way around all the problems.
Remember, the postscript code will print in any size and any resolution
your printer can handle. Just print it out in the largest size your
postscript printer can handle (200% normal size, say, or more--until it
fills the page). Then scan it back reduced to the size you wish to have it
as a logo in your FAX. (If you halve the size in your scan, you double the
resolution. Your printer probably does 300dpi in any case--your fax only
outputs at 200 dpi--resolution won't be a problem.)  Your scanning software
should allow you to convert to a 200dpi bitmap that your FAX software can
handle. Programs like Adobe Streamline can clean up scans to give you a
nice PICT, or you can use the autotrace feature of Adobe Illustrator to do
the same.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:31:30 -0600
From: [e-mail] (schwalbe)
Subject: Postscript logo to fax modem (R)

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

It may be overkill if this is the only postscript file you need
converted to PICT but you could try Ghostscript 2.5.2, archived as
ghostscript-252-runtime-1.hqx;1964K
ghostscript-252-runtime-2.hqx;845K

I meant to reply earlier but this version of ghostscript was posted
on the same day as your message and I didn't know how well it
worked. After a week of testing it works fine on the files I needed
to convert. Note that Stuffit does not work to extract this archive
but Extractor1.12 worked for me.

Dan Schwalbe

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Date: 20 Jan 1993 01:23:25 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT

Ah, I've been away sooooo long....

The 68060 vs. PowerPC and such discussion is one of great interest
to me as a power hungry user who doesn't want to buy a new CPU each
of the next 2-3 years. If you're like me, or, simply want a summary
of what's what, read on. The following contains no mention of MIPS
or SPECmarks (I don't even know what a SPECmark is), but contains a
fairly solid compilation of what is to come based on the words of
MacWorld, MacWeek, MacUser, PCWeek and THOSE WHO KNOW (i.e. my
"sources")

1) A 68060 Mac is likely for Q1 1994, as is the first generation
PowerPC-based Mac (using the so-called 601 version of the chip, a
single-chip implementation of the RS/6000 with Motorola's
88000-series mask (OOOH! Tech-talk!). The 68060 will be as fast, in
raw performance, as the 601. It will be faster in real use because
only "native-mode" RISC applications will fully exploit the 601.

An app like PageMaker, which uses Toolbox calls 90% of the time,
will run realy nice on the 601 because Apple is re-doing the Toolbox
for native mode. The System 7 rewrite, based on the "microkernel"
will most likely be the operating system for the PowerPC machines.
Taligent's OS is not going to be ready by Jan. '94. And, besides,
Apple has no plans to scrap System 7.x anytime soon. Like Windows
NT, Taligent will be the high-end solution "for those who need it"
for the forseeable future.

2) The PowerPC-based Macs will be much cheaper on a
price/performance basis than today's Macs. Finally, price parity
with Intel-based machines is in sight. But, there's a caveat. Until
YOUR application is rewritten for PowerPC native mode, it will run
at least partially emulated. That will slow it down a lot. The
rumors of $1200-1800 for a 601-based PowerPC Mac are, apparently,
true. This shouldn't be a stunner since Dell or Gateway will sell
you a 486DX2/66 for that price today.

PowerPC will be much faster that 486/66, of course, but by then
Pentium will keep Intel in the running. Pentium is the "586."

3) PowerPC gives Apple/IBM a chance to run past Intel in performance
because of RISC, etc. (whatever the etc. is). Basically, Pentium is
brilliant for Intel because it's software compatible with 486 while
significantly faster [although, to truly exploit Pentium at least
some recompilation is required. This is not as difficult as
rewriting for native PowerPC but is no walk in the park].

Power PC's product schedule is on track right now (amazing what
Motorola can do with a kick in the pants, where was this motivation
when we waiting eons for the 68040). It looks as follows:

601 - Available in limited quantities now. IBM has a PowerOpen (UNIX
alliance between IBM's AIX and Apple's A/UX) box on the schedule for
the first half of this year. Raw performance is rated at 10-20 that
of LCII. A meaningless stat, to be sure, but far faster than a
Quadra 950. Again, that's only with native mode apps. First 601 Mac
due in Jan 1994, probably on the 10th anniversary of the Mac, maybe
they'll even do a Super Bowl commercial (fingers crossed - Me).

603, 604 - The successors to 601, due one year later. These would've
been the first generation but for the pressures of getting it done
yesterday. 603 is a low-power variant designed for laptops and real
cheap desktops (sub-$1,000?). 604 should roughly double the
performance of 601 at equivalent speeds. They are looking at
eventually doing a 100MHz version. At that point, CPU performance
will cease to be a relevant factor in slowing down operations.
Video, SCSI, etc. will have to be greatly enhanced to keep up.

620 - The only 64-bit implementation on the board right now. Due
some time after 603, 604. Not a successor at all, but to be used in
workstation/server machines that do, say, 3-D rendering (are you
listening Silicon Graphics) or midrange-like server performance (a
multi-processor 620 may well be the eventual replacement for IBM's
venerable AS/400).

4) The CISC is dead, long live the RISC. Apple's product plans
change faster than ever these days but the last I heard is that even
the 68060 machines should be out of manufacture by late 1995 or so.
Apple is using the 060 as a bridge, much like the Quadra 900 was a
bridge until they could get 33MHz 040's in quantity. CISC based Macs
will not be manufactured when Bill Clinton is reinaugurated in 1997
(bet on it, just don't bet your life savings).

CISC has proven to be less limiting than people thought. When you
see appropriate software running on a 100MHz Pentium a year or so
>From now, you'll see why. But PowerPC is going to push the
performance envelope so much faster and, for whatever reason, at a
lower cost.

Apple believes it can sell RISC machines at prices lower than those
of today for an equivalent number of slots and amount of video
support, etc. The RISC machines will simply be eminently more
powerful.

5) Ch-ch-ch-changes take t-t-t-time. Let's figures on June 1995 as
the approximate date that RISC will be in absolute command. the
603/604 machines running microkernel System 7 with a native RISC
toolbox and native RISC apps (if you thought System 7 compatibility
was slow in coming, just wait. It will be a year minimum from the
601 intro to the point at which even all the major apps are running
native). That's over 2 years from now and cannot be compressed much.
The 601 machines present the buy-now-or-wait dilemma with a twist.
If you wait the year you'll have 603/604 for about the same dollars
(less perhaps) and now your apps will be ready to scream.

6) Taligent and Windows NT are guaranteed nothing. Microsoft should
ship NT soon but is working on a Windows variant that is a true
32-bit operating system (not a DOS shell) that doesn't require NT.
They don't believe everyone will shell out $400-500 for NT's
features when not everyone needs them. They do believe they can get
huge adoption rates for a Windows 4.0 that includes an OS (sounds
like the Mac, eh?)

Taligent, unlike NT, is a secret. Anyone can get the NT beta for
about $70 and know how it works, what it does, etc? That way, they
can WRITE SOFTWARE FOR IT!!!

Taligent hasn't released its specs, hasn't released a timetable,
etc. Microsoft advertises NT. Let's see, one open system (NT)
available to everyone, runs on existing hardware (well, sort of,
there are already millions of fast 486 and about 20 million more
will be purchased in 1993). One closed system (Taligent), secret,
unavailable except to the privleged few, no Microsoft monopoly and
marketing to promote it, runs of existing hardware (well, sort of,
maybe some 68040 Macs. Who knows for sure? They won't tell us. They
won't tell us what Taligent does while I can run NT today!).

This sounds a lot like MS-DOS/Windows/Intel vs. Mac. One dominates,
the other owns a niche that it holds with the iron fist of customer
loyalty. Apple and IBM each have 15 percent of the PC market right
now (approximately). That gives them less than one-third of the
potential NT vs. Taligent battleground as far as hardware-vendor-
sells-you-your-software logic.

Apple should scream "market share now," slash prices, outsource
manufacturing, and aim to double it's slice of the pie. Then we'd be
talking. The Mac's advantages are still manifold, even with Windows.
But, alas ... that's another thread ...

In the meantime, don't buy now, wait till Feb. 10 for sure. As for
pricing, just remember: A IIvx will have to cost a lot less than it
does now given that street price on the Centris 650 is projecting at
only a couple hundred more than current IIvx pricing. If the Quadra
800 isn't a great buy, you can always buy a Performa 600 (no cache,
no FPU, no matter), drop in a Daystar 33MHz 040 for $1350 street and
have a superfast Mac with the latest ROMs, a CD-ROM/DAT/SyQuest bay,
three NuBus slots and a nice power supply. You'd give up internal
video ($500-$1000 for a decent accelerated card) and fast SCSI
(which most people's hard disks don't have the throughput to use
anyway) and have, essentially, Quadra 800 performance for $4,000.
Apple knows this, too, and hopefully has worked out it's math
accordingly.

As always, comments/criticisms are welcome.

Cheers,
Mark Rogowsky
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 0:57:04 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Printing a Postscript file

I was wondering if someone could help me with printing a postscript file.
I have a Classic II 4/80 and a Personal Laserwriter NTR. I've downloaded
a couple of postcript files opened them in MS Word, changed the style
to postcript. The problem is when I try to print the file it hangs then
reports that there is not enough memory save your work. I have tried to
increase the memory using virtual memory to no avail. Can someone please
tell me what I am doing wrong?

Jeff Madison
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 13:54:55 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Quadra 950/Pathworks - Lesson Learned

If you're trying to install DecNet on a Quadra 950 and get the following
message in the DecNet startup dialog box:  "ethernet board is in the wrong
slot", do
the following:

1.  Delete the EADR resource in the system file using ResEdit (carefully!).

2.  Trash your network data file in the system folder.

3.  Restart the Mac.

4.  Install node information using NCP.

The EADR resource points to where Pathworks thinks there should be an
Ethernet board, and of course, it finds nothing in the case of the 950
since it's Ethernet is built in.  Simply re-installing Pathworks doesn't
seem to do the trick - evidently the EADR resource doesn't get overwritten
with a re-install.

- Al Spohn   [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 13:27:50 -0500
From: Paul Schwarz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Question on the features in Stuffit Deluxe 3.0.x

Hi,

I have a question regarding some of the features in the new Stuffit
Deluxe 3.0.x.  I read a review of the package in a recent MacWeek
article, and the article mentioned that Stuffit Deluxe can read UNIX
"tar" files.  However, the article didn't mention whether the package
could also write "tar" files.  Can it?

Thanks.

-Paul Schwarz

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 12:33:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michael Costa)
Subject: RAM Disk Icon

Does anyone know how to modify (permanently) the RAM Disk icon that Apple
provides
in System 7?  Obviously it dies at each shut down normally because the icon
information is kept in RAM. I want to hard patch it the way you'd modify the
trash icon but I can't seem to find the RAM Disk icon in the System file or in
the Memory Control Panel.

Please reply directly to me as I'm on a BBS that has the Net on a
non-real-time
line.  (ie - chances are I'll miss the reply otherwise)

[e-mail]

Thanks
--
Michael Costa
[e-mail]

Insert humourous remarks here:

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 07:41:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ben Fowler)
Subject: Regular expression

Tom Lane has provided the answer.

Briefly, "edit.*hqx" provides so many matches that it dilutes those that
also match "edit-ii-.*" to extinction.

The proper command would be:

    archie -m 999 -r "edit.*hqx"

The fact that an RE gets some matches at a host is no guarantee that it
reports all the matches at that host. The order in which the matches are
returned appears to be undefined.

Ben Fowler,
Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent, and the poor serpent didn't have a
leg to stand on.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 14:31:17 EST
From: Nathan Y Pearlstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: SANE patch for 7.1

Hello, I was wondering if you all could tell me the exact location of the
digest file that contains the sane7.01. into 7.1 patch.
thanks!
--
Dark Nater, Lord of Little Furry Things;   e-mail:  RTFH

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 00:01:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Rick E. Dieringer)
Subject: Serial Port Busy or already in use?

I too have experienced problems with my Quadra 700 and the Deskwriter
driver (3.1), where the file spools to disk and then a dialog appears
stating that the serial port is already in use.  I noticed that thais
started occurring after I loaded MacEKG, which runs on startup.  It
also does not happen if I have to reboot at some point.  Since MacEKG
runs only the first boot of the day, I assumed it was somehow leaving
the port open. It consequently is closed following subsequent boots. To
save rebooting to correct this problem, I've taken to using a shareware
utility called Commcloser, which works just fine.

--
Rick Dieringer
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 13:23:44 -0500
From: Paul Schwarz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Several miscellaneous System 7.x questions

Hi,

I have several miscellaneous System 7.x questions that I was hoping
folks could answer:

1) Under System 7.1, I noticed that the basic system fonts (i.e.,
   Geneva, Monaco, and Chicago) are located both in the System file and
   in the Fonts folder.  Do I need to keep both sets?  If not, which set
   should I trash?

2) What is the Claris folder within the System folder for (or why
   should I keep it)?

3) What is the CapsLock system extension used for?

4) What is the Network system extension used for?

I apologize if these are basic questions -- I was unable to find any
discussion of these items in the System 7 documention.

Thanks.

-Paul Schwarz

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 17:01:57 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Snooper

I'd like some comments on "Snooper", the macintosh diagnostic tool. All
experiences are welcome, and if there's enough response, I'll sumarize for
the net.

Karl

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Date: 20 Jan 1993 12:27:07 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: sound conversion

I am looking for the consummate sound conversion program... I need a
program to convert sox files and/or .voc files to a mac-compatible
format.

If anyone has any information about a program that'll do this... please
let me know.

Thanks

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 13:43:22 EST
From: "Dieder B." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stylewriter II and Stylewriter I

Okay...from what I understand, the Stylewriter II has a newly designed
ink cartridge that Apple created in order for the ink to flow more
quickly. That, as well as the replacement of the corkscrew with a belt
makes the stylewriter even faster than the original Stylewriter. You can
if you want, use the Stylewriter I cartridges in the Stylewriter II, and
it will work just fine, 'cept the speed advantages won't be there. Apparently
the SWII also is no longer 'modular' as the SW, so the sheet feeder
is part and parcel of it, as opposed to the SW.

Good news. Despite Apple's statements, the SWII driver works  fine with the
SW (1). EXCEPT do not select in the option part of the printer dialogues,
the 'clean head before printing' option, because it just won't work for the
SW. As well, the GRAYSCALE option is most definitely available, and works
really quite well on the SW!

I haven't tried the sharing of the printer, yet that will eventually come
once I find a network to try it out on.

In order to get the SWII driver to work, you will need the new chooser,
the PrintShare extension, and the SWII driver. Drop in the system folder,
they will be sorted out appropriately, and reboot.  Works quite well!

Just my $0.02 worth.

Dieder

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Date: 19 Jan 1993 19:53:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Tigger <[e-mail]>
Subject: sysz resource

Could someone be so kind as to explain to me how to read (and therefore,
modify) sysz resources?  Or at least point me to the correct section of
Inside Macintosh?  I wasn't able to find anything.  I know they determine
memory allocation, and it's obviously some simple hex representation, but
I don't want to try to guess at things like which is the most significant
byte.  I've seen a few too many odd byte orderings like DECnet addresses
over the years...

Greg Orman
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 10:39:04 GMT
From: Mike Reddy <[e-mail]>
Subject: The JFK Stack conspiracy solved (S)

Dear all,

Thanks to Kevin Lesniewicz ([e-mail]), Joseph Clements
([e-mail]), Ephraim Vishniac ([e-mail]) and Craig
Morton ([e-mail]) for telling me about the whereabouts of the JFK
stack.

Apparently it is (at least for the moment) hidden away on the server:

wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in the /mirrors2/info-mac/Old/card
directory.

Thanks for the help!

Yours Mike ([e-mail] OR [e-mail])

Footnote 1: The famous recursive footnote (see Footnote 1).

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 23:22:13 -0800
From: Michael Ross <antigone![e-mail]>
Subject: uncompress *.Z files (A)

> 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.

try /info-mac/util/maccompress-32.hqx at sumex-aim.stanford.edu

---
Michael Ross
e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:01 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: uncompressing *.Z files [A]

>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.

Tickle does a good job. Download Alpha (a great text editor) from info-
mac. It's documentation will point you to the ftp site for Tickle and
the entire TCL package.

    Mel Park <[e-mail]>
    Univ. Tennessee, Memphis

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 13:33:40 -0500
From: Paul Schwarz <[e-mail]>
Subject: UNIX utility to convert BinHex 4.0 files

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a UNIX utility to convert BinHex 4.0 files?
I tried "mcvert", but in addition to converting a file from BinHex
4.0, it also converts the file to Macbinary format.  I'd like to just
convert a file from BinHex 4.0 to whatever it was originally -- e.g., a
GIF file.

Thank.

-Paul Schwarz

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:36:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sven Guckes)
Subject: Use of "(Q)", "(A)", "(R)"

Why do people use "(Q)", "(A)", and "(R)" in their subject lines ?
What's wrong with "Re:" ?

Imagine:
"Is this a stupid subject line (Q)"
"Is this a stupid subject line (R)"  I think so.
"Is this a stupid subject line (A)"  Yes.
"Is this a stupid subject line (Summary)"  YES IT IS!
"Is this a stupid subject line (FAQ)" Avoid them !

Sven :)

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