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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 24 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 18

Today's Topics:

      7.1 Questions...
      ACCESS PROGRAMS
      Database Transition from dbase
      Deleting Norton Partitions
      Disappearing color in General Control Panel (Q)
      Doh! I made another mistake! (Paste into Dialog boxes)
      Duo 230 & SCSI port.
      FileMaker Pro 2.0 Script Needed
      Gatekeeper/Autodoubler posts
      Generic Icons
      IIsi Sound Problem (TSV 4.0.2 hack)
      IIvx or IIci, that is the question! (Q)
      Info. on old article about using your VCR as backup
      Looking closer at the power-lock posting
      Mac-In-Stock??
      MacEkg / Sad Mac problem..help!
      Mac IIvi (Q)
      MacTools Survey
      Mobius and Connectix addresses
      OmegaSANE
      Optimal sys 6.0.x configuration
      Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT
      Program linking
      qt movies in hypercard?
      StuffIt Exp and size, features
      Systat 5.2.1 & System 7 ->Error -43 of Print Manager
      The Player II
      TIMESTWO (Qs)
      UMich, BinHex, Binary, and me...
      Why would a program just stop working?
      Word 5.1 and System 7.1

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:20:13 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Life is illusion.)
Subject: 7.1 Questions...

I have recently upgraded to System 7.1, and I have a few questions:
    1) is there any way to override the "128 font" rule?  I have an
    extensiv                font collection, and would like to have access
    to all of them,
        not just some.

    2) do the finder hacks (those that made copying in sys 7.0 500%
    faster)
        still work in the new finder?  Are they even necessary?

I may be missing something blatantly obvious, or something in a manual that I
missed, but I'm at a loss for ideas.  Thanx in advance.

Eric Oehler
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: 24 Jan 1993 19:15:26 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ACCESS PROGRAMS

I just took over a small mac lab and I need a program that:
1)  Does not allow acces to the system folder (ie hides it)
2)  Does not allow copying or moving of programs
3)  Scheduled erasure of documents left on the machines by students
There should be no need for a student to use a password to use the machine.
I would appreciate any suggestions on such a program.
Dave.

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:16:21 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Database Transition from dbase

Feel free to cut this if its too long.
 -------------------------------------------------------------
The original question was; "Having a large database with about 15,000
records on DBase, and needing to port it to a Mac, what kind of database
products are available?"

By combining the best parts of replies, here is a quick summary of the high
points:  (Nobody apparently has any connection with Fox, Microsoft or
Claris other products other than as a generally satisfied customer.

MacUser apparently had a review in early '92 of DBase software.

DBASE:  dbase is available for the MAC.  You may want to use it.

EXCEL:  Stay away from Excel.  It's limited by the size of the spreadsheet
to 16384 records.

FILEMAKER PRO:  FileMaker Pro can accomodate databases in excess of 40,000
records.  If you have a flat file and no fancy dBase programming to make it
all work, FileMaker Pro is probably the simplest way. Version 2 can now
import them directly (and re-export them if you so chose).  Export your
dBase file as tab-delimited ASCII (no line feeds), move it to the Mac and
import it into FileMaker.

FOXBASE+/Mac:           Came frequently recommended, users satisfied.  Fully
able to
read any dbase file and use almost all dbase programs. Really fast,
powerful, truly relational,.  FoxBase probably isn't the most effective
program in using the Mac interface, but it is good enough. They have enough
tools that you could create a very reasonable interface, but reusing dBase
III scripts gets the job done.  Coming from the dbase-land, you should be
used to doing a little coding anyway.  FoxBase was RAM limited, but with 8
to 16MB you can handle 150,000 records.  Great for cross-platform
compatability.  FoxBase offers many additional features, so backwards
compatibility isn't great.

Simply open the old DBF with FoxBase on the Mac. If the DBF is too large to
fit on one diskette (I don't know how many fields you have), you can break
it up, then append it back together once you're on the Mac.  The database
can be transferred back and forth from Mac to DOS with only the Apple File
Exchange.  Or, you can purchase DosMounter from Dayna, which allows you to
mount DOS diskettes on the Mac desktop.  DOS file can be both open and
dragged to the Mac.

Reads your dBase files and indexes directly and also handle any screens,
reports and programs you may have created.  Index files are a little
different, using an .idx extension instead of the .ndx extension that dBase
uses.  It's very fast at record manipulation, especially with indexes, and
can handle well over a million records. It will handle relations between
files exactly as dBase does. Its main drawback is its rather slow screen
redraw performance.

FoxBase hasn't been upgraded for some time now compared to the DOS
version., FoxBase+/Mac and its IBM counterpart FoxPro were put out by Fox
Software, until about 9 months ago, when MicroSoft bought them. David
Fulton, former president of Fox Software, is now one of the MicroSoft
bigwigs in their database management systems division.  MS is currently
providing technical and upgrade support for FoxBASE but it's not clear what
long-term commitment they have to it.  Later this year? v2.5 will be out.

FOXPRO:         There is also a major update in the works to FoxPro/Mac which
will
be compatable with the FoxPro's on Dos, Windows, & Unix. If your
cross-platformed, that should come in really handy.  When FoxPro 2.x for
the Mac is released (Beta released at the 1990 Fox Developer's Conference
with a Mac version and Windows version due the first half of 1991), they'll
be strategically placed in the database world --- a true cross-platform
DBMS. Beta version of FoxPro/Windows looks great, so the Mac version will
likely follow suit.

Been using Foxbase+/Mac 2.0.1 and FoxPro 1.02 (v2.0 is available) on the
IBM for over 2 years (and used FoxBase + 2.10 on the PC before that).
Often use databases, index files, report forms, programs, etc. created on
one platform on another platform quite readily. Don't usually have to make
many changes in the programs, unless it's something that's
platform-specific like printer control codes included in programs).
Impressed with the cross-platform capabilities, and also capability to
import SDF (standard delimited format) files which are fixed record length
files that we get from our IBM mainframe. Had requests from some users to
do the same with FileMaker Pro, and found out it's not possible,or very
difficult to do directly. FM requires an intermediary step of text parsing
that could be done in Excel or using a shareware parser like Columnbo or
Add/Strip. Fox (Base or Pro) can do this type of import directly.

CONCLUSIONS:
If you're going with a purely Mac-based DBMS, and you want ease of use, go
with FileMaker (unless you'll be importing a lot of SDF files!

If you'll be going all-Mac and want a powerful relational DBMS, go 4th
Dimension.

FoxBASE:for a fully-relational DBMS and cross-platform compatability, it
can't be beat, and you can reuse dBase "stuff".

[e-mail]

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Date: 24 Jan 1993 20:17:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Tom Gerstel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Deleting Norton Partitions

Date sent: 24-JAN-1993

I've got a 2.5MB partition created by Norton Partition sitting on my HD
doing nothing. I'd like to delete it-but I'm not sure how to. It's
not a regular "file" per se, that is, some applications will show me
the file as being there, while others won't. How can I get rid of this
giant empty file?

Please respond directly-summary to follow if interested.  Thanks!!

 ----------------------
Tom Gerstel
[e-mail]
 ----------------------

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 14:12:05 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disappearing color in General Control Panel (Q)

After my recent hard disk crash, I reinstalled System 7, with
Tuneup 1.1.1.  For some reason, the desktop color-choosing option
disappeared from the general control panel: I could only do black &
white patterns on the desktop.  I had chosen the system for a IIsi,
so it should have had the color cp.  Even more interestingly, when I
examined the cp on the Tidbits disk (an official disk, supplied by
Apple), it lacked the color control as well.  In addition, I cannot
display startupscreens in color.  When I open them with a graphics
program they look fine; but when I do a startup they appear in black
and white.  Anybody have any idea what is happening here.  I am running
a IIsi with 17 megs of RAM under Maxima.

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 13:00:42 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Doh! I made another mistake! (Paste into Dialog boxes)

subject: U instead of ' (Q) / Word's search for special characters (R)

DOH!
Several people pointed out my mistake. I believe earlier versions
did not allow you to paste into the clipboard and I did not vene think
to check it out.

> 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 was unable to reproduce the following. (Keep reading for one good
tip that came out of this).

> -- Pete Tamas writes --
> >
> >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
>
> >     Actually, if you place a ~c in the Find box, that is exactly what
> Word will do; search for what's on the Clipboard. In Word 4 it was the
> only way to search and replace on the style of something, i.e. all
> occurances of a word that was in Bold.
>
Does not work in Word 5 (I just tried) and I can't recall it working
in Word 4. In fact, when you use Edit-Replace in Word 5, you can
choose what you want to find in several pop-up menus. However,
you can't pick clipboard under "Find What:" but you can under
"Replace With:".

BTW, the reason I spelled won't as wonUt is because the mainframe
interpreted smart quote ' as a U. Any methods I can use to prevent that
other than remembering to turn smart quotes off?

A clever answer to the replace question is reproduced below. However,
if you are replacing several different unknown characters, Text with
Layout may still be a good bet.


> Word will identify the ASCII code of any character if you hilight it
> and type OPT-APPLE-Q.  Word 5 presents a table of characters.  The
> older versions just put the code in the box in the lower left.
>
> > In any case, you can then very easily search and replace this character
> by specifying the code number after a carrot in the find box.  For example,
> to replace all carriage returns with spaces you could specify ~13
> in the find box and ~32 in the replace box.
>
> --Brian Pickerill  <[e-mail]>

Thanks for all your comments! -Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 15:24:41 GMT
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Duo 230 & SCSI port.

Hello America

Is there any teckie out there who can tell me if I can use the Floppy
adaptor of my Duo and a HD30 cable to use it as an external hard with
one of the university desktop ?

I noticed that the floppy port looks exactly the same as the scsi port on the
mini dock. When I asked my local dealer if it was possible, I had the bizarre
answer 'yes, but only on a mac with an external hard drive'. Why ? And is it
true ? (I don't want to 1- buy the HD30 for nothing 2- have to re-install
everything if it doesn't work).

Secondly, as our version of Mac World and Mac User are only 30 % of yours
in the US, could someone tell me if there is any internal modem for the Duo
range availa
range available apart from the expected Apple. Sometimes you wish there wasere
more adverts in GB's Mac magazines !

Thanks to those who reply
Thanks to the others anyway since you're all nice people using Macs

Francois Rossi   [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 15:57:29 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FileMaker Pro 2.0 Script Needed

I need some help to create a FMP 2.0 script.  Here is the situation.
I have created scripts that allow me to define my 'Page Setup'
parameters for different layouts that I am using.  For example, layout
A requires 'landscape' printing and B requires vertical printing.
This of course is not too difficult.  However I would like to be able
to eliminate the tedious step of manually activating the appropriate script
everytime I choose a layout.  Is there a script (I suppose we should
call it a 'meta-script) that would automatically activate the
appropriate 'Page Setup' script everytime I enter a specific layout.
I know there is a general setting that will automatically activate a
script whenever you choose a particular file - but I need one that
will be activated upon choosing a particular layout within a file.
Thanks for your help.

George Ewonus ([e-mail])

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:49:46 -0600
From: Brian E. Saunders <[e-mail]>
Subject: Gatekeeper/Autodoubler posts

There is a new version of Gatekeeper out, folks.  It was announced a few
digests ago, is in the info-mac archives, and is even on comp.binaries.mac
right now.  I have not had any problems within the last few days with
Autodoubler-related error messages.

Anyway, get the new version and please stop whining about what is or is not
good programming practice.  It seems Chris has come through again and has
fixed the problems, so enjoy the new version of the software and quit
squabbling.

And Chris, thanks for another bang-up job.  I'm sure you realize the Mac
community is more than appreciative that you take time to do this.


Brian E. Saunders                       [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:01:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Garry Burgess)
Subject: Generic Icons

I seem to have lost my Excel icons, and I'm not able to get them back
after rebuilding my desktop.  How am I able to get them back?

Puzzled.

Garry

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:02:07 MST
From: GERTNER BRADLEY J <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIsi Sound Problem (TSV 4.0.2 hack)

Hello everyone!

I read with great regularity about the IIsi sound problem. I, too,
suffer from the dreaded sound cutout.  I tried all the posted
fixes with little success, until I got TSV 4.0.2 (at sumex-aim,
it's fkey/toggle-snd-vol-402.hqx).  I hacked the source code so
that it beeps at a sound level of 7 before bringing up the dialog
that allows you to adjust the volume.  I keep the volume at 1 at
all times, and this has worked every time for me...

Just thought I'd add my $.02 worth...
--
Brad Gertner ([e-mail])

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Date: 24 Jan 1993 10:48:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Robert Ponto <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIvx or IIci, that is the question! (Q)

Okay! I'm stuck and I need some advice. I've been an avid reader of IM Digest
for three years now and have learned to trust the collective wisdom of the
IM devotees, so here goes.

I am toying with the idea of semi-retiring my Plus and getting a brand new
machine. I do a great deal of work in Pagemaker and Finale, but I also want
the machine to be our "Family Machine" as well. My wife, 7-year-old and
3-year-
old are also constant users of said computer.

Basically, my question is: Should I get a VX or a CI (or something else)?
Our local dealer here has thoroughly confused me. He claims that the VX's
data transfer rate is only 16 bits, creating a "bottleneck" in an otherwise
speedy machine. This (I think) contradicts my copy of MacUser's 1993 Buying
Guide which lists the "data bus" for a VX as 32 bits. Is this indeed a contra-
diction or is "data bus" something else entirely? I could sure use some help
on this.

I should say that along with my work in PM and Finale, I also would like to
have a 16" Color Monitor, sound recording capability (absent I know from the
CI) and a CD-ROM. These items are, of course for my kids ;) .

Lastly, to finish this rambling inquiry, can someone clarify exactly which
video card(s) it takes to drive a 16"(let's say Apple) monitor for either
a VX or CI. And should I care whether it's 8 bit or 24 bit color?

I check IM Digest regularly so you could respond either here or at my E-mail
address.

Thanks for any advice you might have!


Robert Ponto
Associate Professor/Director of Bands
School of Music
University of Oregon
[e-mail]


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:34:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (todd n sherer)
Subject: Info. on old article about using your VCR as backup

Hey does anyone out there remember some crazy article or software that let you
use your VCR as a backup tape drive?  I need some form of large backup device
for some not so important data and I figured I would goof around with it
instead
of spending $2,500 on a DAT drive!

Thanks for any info.            Todd ("Mad Max")

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Date: 23 Jan 1993 20:56:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mudd Rat <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking closer at the power-lock posting

I also tried to download Power-lock 3.1 from sumex and was unsuccessful.  I
then tried to sent mail to the author, but got an undeliverable mail failure
message -- user doesn't exist.  So then I fingered him at both the mail
address
that was at the bottom of his letter and also at the address in the from part
of the header.  The transcript of my fingering follows...

CARBON - $ fing [e-mail]
CARBON - FINGER: unknown host "loop.ausom.oz.au"

(So I tried the address at the bottom of his letter)

CARBON - $ fing [e-mail]
CARBON - Login name: rgc%ausom.oz                       In real life: ???

(then I pulled out the extra stuff in the name field)

CARBON - $ fing [e-mail]
CARBON - Login name: rgc                        In real life: Robert Cook
CARBON - Directory: /u/stud/ocbsc/rgc           Shell: /usr/local/bin/noshell
CARBON - Never logged in.
CARBON - No unread mail
CARBON - No Plan.

(CARBON is the transcript recording utility on our system)

Anyway, the things that disturb me are the "never logged in", the "unknown
host" at the from address and also that the user at the mail address he left
doesn't exist.

Now, I may be a little paranoid, but does somebody want to look at this file
and see what it really does?

Mike
[e-mail]        Carleton College, Northfield, MN  55057

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 19:36 CET
From: "Charles C. Schneider"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac-In-Stock??

Howdy,
Can anyone tell me what experiences they're having with
Mac-In-Stock? Are they going out of business or something?
I once lost $4,500.00 here in Austria when a company went out of
business and they treated me exactly the same way.

Mac-In-Stock received $12,500.00 from me on December 9th. They told
me that my system would be complete in about four days, and would
ship in about a week.

Starting two weeks later, I tried to reach the "salesperson" and
find out where my system is. Since I don't have access to a fax, and
they refuse to give me their e-mail address, I've been telephoning them.

When I call, they put me on hold, or they promise to call me back
(which they don't), or they promise to fax more information (which
they don't).

I did receive a fax from Mac-In-Stock a couple of weeks ago and it
said that they were waiting for the Micronet drive. Once that
arrived, they could ship the system. The fax said that "a Fujitsu
drive is the better way to go. I don't know the specifications
on the drive. Let me know quick so we can take care of your order."
(paraphrased, since I don't have the fax right next to me)

I tried calling and calling and was put on hold or just put off
repeatedly. I began to get angry about the treatment I was receiving
and was very anxious to get the Mac system for which I'd paid.

I e-mailed a Micronet rep., and he said that Micronet "might" have
caused a delay. In any case, as of Jan. 11, he assured me that
Mac-In-Stock has a drive for me. But Mac-In-Stock still won't ship
the system I paid for last December. This makes me wonder
if Micronet was only an excuse. After finally reaching Mr. Braga
(of Mac-In-Stock), last Wednesday, he claims he never realized that
I was interested in talking with him. Then he swore he'd send
me a fax, and that my order had shipped (Mr. Fagnani, also from
Mac-In-Stock, had made an identical promise just a week before:
"it shipped, I'll send a fax with the information you requested").

It's beginning to scare the hell out of me.

All these questions go through my mind: Why are Mr. Braga and Mr.
Fagnani ALWAYS busy, on another line, in the back, or unavailable?
Why doesn't anyone at Mac-In-Stock call me like they promise? Why
doesn't anyone at Mac-In-Stock fax me like they promise? Are they
liars or are they just incompetent? Is my system sitting at the
airport? Who in the world can wake these guys up?

My luck is so bad that, when I called the Better Business Bureau,
I was put on "eternal loop" hold: "If you want to  ... blah blah ...
press 1, If you want to ... blah blah ... press 2, ... ." Since I
don't have a touch tone, and the operator wasn't available at the
end of each loop, I wasted a half an hour of overseas telephone
time. OUCH!

So, is Mac-In-Stock doing this to EVERYbody Or am I just special?

Also, if I can manage to cancel my order with Mac-In-Stock, can
somebody please suggest a better place to buy a system?

Ciao4now

Charles C. Schneider
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Austria
sdz5@iaea1 (bitnet)

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 02:14:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian W. Wolf)
Subject: MacEkg / Sad Mac problem..help!


  I got another Tiger software deal in the mail, has anyone used MacEKG?
It looks like a decent program, are there any writeups in MW or MU
anywhere?

 Also to the sad mac problem, after booting and it not seeming correct,
instead of instantly getting the startup screen, I get the happy mac...I
hit the programmers switch and I get sad mac code on top "0000000F"
bottom code "00000013"  From my investigations it seems like a RAM code
problem...but I used the ram checker from the archives and it passed
all the tests....any ideas??  Everything seems to work ok, it's just
that I know the dumb thing shouldn't be sad when I hit the switch!

Thanks

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 12:39:59 EST
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Mac IIvi (Q)

According to Deider Blysma (Info-Mac Digest #17), the Mac IIvi is being
discontinued. Can anyone please confirm this? What will replace it?

Please reply directly to me.

Thanks.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 08:25:43 -0800
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTools Survey

I am trying to find out how many people use MacTools 2.0 and their
impressions of the program.

If you use MacTools on a regular basis, please tell me which extensions you
are running that are included with MacTools, your system configuration, and
any problems you may have had with MacTools, i.e. machine crashes every
time you empty the trash. Also, please tell me if you are satisfied with
the product and if you purchased the program or it came with a hard drive
or some other type of bundle. If it came in a bundle, would you have
purchased the product separately?

Please email me directly and I will summarize the results.

Thanks.


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

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:25:47 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Walker)
Subject: Mobius and Connectix addresses

I own a Mobius accelerator and would like to contact the company to find
about possible problems before upgrading to System 7.1.  However, I somehow
have managed to lose *both* the manuals I at one time had.  If anybody can
give me the company's phone number and mailing address I would greatly
appreciate it.

Similarly, I own Connectix Compact Virtual, and need to find out why it is
failing to recognize the top 2 megabytes of my 20 MB RAM configuration.
The number listed in their literature (and in the About... window) is no
longer in service.  Does anybody have a current number or mail address for
Connectix?

Thanks very much.

John Walker
Yale University
[e-mail]

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Date: 24 Jan 1993 19:07:30 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: OmegaSANE

Would someone tell me how to acquire the OmegaSANE patch since I do not have
access to the dev. CD.
Thanks
Dave.

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:11:08 (CST)
From: [e-mail] (Paul Kleeberg)
Subject: Optimal sys 6.0.x configuration

I realize this may be a FAQ so please bear with me.  Reference to files I
could FTP would be very helpful.

At work (not at GAC.Edu) we have a 2.5M RAM Mac SE 800K FD, 20MB HD and
the powers that be flatly refuse to spend any money to upgrade it.  It is
networked to a LaserWriter NTX.  In order for the machine to be functional
I am using sys 6.0.x.

On occasion I or my colleagues may wish to bring a Mac in and connect it
to the LocalTalk network.  What LaserWriter printer and other driver
software should I use on the SE to allow for optimal functionality when
other Macintoshes on the network are running system 7.0.1 and 7.1, .  (I
notice 6.0.8 has LW 7.0.  Should I install 7.1.1?  etc.)  Thanks!

Paul Kleeberg
[e-mail]

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Date: 24 Jan 93 22:59:25 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Bang)
Subject: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT

Mark got lost in the press along the way.  As Bill Gates has publicly
stated, Microsoft's competition to Taligent is not Windows NT, but
their object-oriented system, code-named "Cairo."  And as far as I
have read, no one can get their hands on the Cairo code, while Taligent
is beginning to seed developers with Taligent code.  And based on what
I've read, Taligent will be shipping in 1994, while "Cairo" will not be
shipping until at least 1995 or later (according to Bill Gates)..

If the rumors and hype are correct, Taligent code will enable software
developers to reduce the development cycle from months to days.  Given
the unease with which many of the largest software developers feel
towards Microsoft, why wouldn't they be very interested in supporting
the Taligent effort?  When one of Microsoft's honchos stood in front
of a Windows developers' conference a year ago and put WordPerfect,
Borland, and Lotus on notice that Microsoft has plans to beat them
severely in the major Windows applications, including spreadsheets,
word-processing, and databases, I'll bet those same developers have
a strong interest in participating in Taligent's success.  I can't
understand the arrogance and disrespect Microsoft exhibited to guests
who are developing for Windows themselves.  Notice how interested
Borland is in supporting Taligent?  Kahn has even commented on how
fast the Taligent code works (who has said the same for Windows NT,
let alone Cairo?).

Steve

--
Steven K. Bang
Sciences-Engineering Library

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 08:38:17 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Program linking

Thanks to David Kabal for his answer to the following question which I am
relaying to info-mac - Michael Silverstein

>>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.


>From: David Kabal <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Program linking
>
>OK, here's the scoop on program linking and what you're really allowing.
>Program linking allows one application to "communicate" with another
>application.
>
>In the case of most applications, this means that one application can send
>another application an AppleEvent, or a high level event, containing
>information that the receiving application needs. AppleEvents are a
>specific type of event that specify that an action be taken by the remote
>application.
>
>The "core" or required AppleEvents allow a user to "Quit", "Open" (a
>document, etc.), "Print" and "Start" an application. The only one that
>presents a real risk is the quit AppleEvent (the Open and Print AppleEvents
>cannot be used unless the file is accessible to user via file sharing,
>etc.) which allows one application to Quit an application on another
>computer. THIS CAN BE DISABLED! In the Get Info box for an application that
>supports remote linking, remote events can be disabled. This disables ALL
>events from being processed, FOR THAT APPLICATION.
>
>In general, you should NEVER allow guest linking, but you can (reasonably
>safely) allow program linking for specific users, while disabling the
>remote events for applications that these users have no business playing
>with (ex, Microsoft Word).
>
>Smart applications don't process events that really ought not to be given
>by a remote user. For instance, the Finder supports a SHUTDOWN event, but
>this is only supported on the local machine, while the Finder WILL process
>other AppleEvents sent by a remote machine (ex, the launch event, which
>will launch an application on a remote machine). Communicator Extension
>does not process a "holding" event from a remote location, cause this
>really doesn't make a helluva lot of sense.
>
>Communicator, of course, requires that program linking be on. "Remote"
>linking for the Communicator application (not Extension) need not be on.
>The Extension's linking cannot and should not be turned off. Every user
>needing to send a sound to you must either have an account (in Users &
>Groups with program linking turned on) or guest linking privileges.
>
>BTW, I have program linking turned on for all applications, cause there's
>not much damage that a remote user could do, other than start and stop
>applications on your machine. I don't allow guest linking. (I'm in an
>academic environment too)
>
>Hope it helps,
>
>The Waffler.
>
>----
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>
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>            ......................... [e-mail]
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>anonymous ftp:    newest release .... ftp.ee.mcgill.ca
>                  newest beta ....... macftp.ee.mcgill.ca
>                                      (please respect work hours, EST)
>
>David Kabal
>
>

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 22:49:34 PST
From: [e-mail] (ryan d Manwiller)
Subject: qt movies in hypercard?

How can I play quicktime movies from hypercard 2.1.
Is that a feature of hypercard or does it require
some extra add-on.
I basically want to be able to click a button in hc
and have the qt movie pop up and play.

thanks in advance for any help.

ryan

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Date: 24 Jan 1993 14:01:22 -0600 (CST)
From: David Beach <[e-mail]>
Subject: StuffIt Exp and size, features

I read Leonard Rosenthal's ([e-mail]) reply to some complaints
about StuffIt Expander's ability to 'watch' for downloaded files and
automatically de-binhex/un-stuff/de-compact/whatever them.  Mr.
Rosenthal also explained some problems with the balancing of features
vs. program size.

I would like place a vote for the 'lean and mean' camp.  Well, at least
'lean.'   I have too many 'up-graded' programs with *too many* features
that slow down the programs' performance, fill up my disk, gobble my RAM
and confuse my brain.  I don't object to features that increase speed or
ease of use but often the plethora of new features actually complicate
the programs and make them *more* difficult - and slower - to use.

OK.  I don't want to be called a Luddite.  I suppose I could return to
DOS 2.1 for a really 'lean and mean' experience BUT I do like programs
like StuffIt Expander that are small, fast and do what I need.  It is
free and simple to use.  I can give it to inexperienced friends for file
decompression without having to explain how to use it.  If I want lots
of features, I can buy StuffIt Deluxe.

So... Hooray to Leonard Rosenthal and Aladdin for a lean StuffIt
Expander!  Please keep it free, simple, small, reliable and fast!

David Beach, Northern Medical Services, University of Saskatchewan

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:45:10 -0500
From: "Bruce P. Halpern" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Systat 5.2.1 & System 7 ->Error -43 of Print Manager

Starting Systat 5.2.1 under System 7.1 on my PowerBook 160 causes the
following window to open: "Sorry, an error condition has occurred.  The print
manager has detected an error. Couldn't get default printing parameters".
The window then reports that the error code is -43.
The same version of Systat, started under System 7.0.1 (tuned) [on other Macs]
does not produce this error window.  The same error is reported under System
7.1 for Systat 5.1.  With both Systat 5.1 and Systat 5.2.1 under System 7.1,
clicking on the OK button of the window allows the startup of Systat to
continue.  It appears that Systat then can function, although I have not done
proper tests.  Any comments or advice would be appreciated.

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:06:53 -0500
From: Gerald Edgar <[e-mail]>
Subject: The Player II

>the "consummate
>sound player" that could play all sound formats including sfil, SoundEdit,
>Wavicle, .mod (Sound Trecker)

The Player II is a great program, but I would not go that far...
If I have many sounds in a sound suitcase, The Player II only plays
the first one (as far as I could tell).

--
  Gerald A. Edgar                Internet:  [e-mail]
  Department of Mathematics      Bitnet:    EDGAR@OHSTPY
  The Ohio State University      telephone: [phone] (Office)
  Columbus, OH 43210             -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 13:45 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: TIMESTWO (Qs)

HELLO NETTERS,

I WAS CONSIDERING GETTING "TIMESTWO," BUT I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY DETAILS.
HOW DOES IT DOUBLE THE SPACE ON YOUR HARD DRIVE WITHOUT COMPRESSING ANY
FILES?
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER PEOPLE USING FILE COMPRESSION UTILITIES, AND THEY
TELL ME "AUTODOUBLER" PREVENTS THEM FROM GETTING ACCESS TO COMPRESSED
THESAURUS FILES ON THEIR WORD PROCESSOR.  DOES "TIMESTWO'S" METHOD CREATE
ACCESS PROBLEMS, OR ARE ALL FILES ACCESSABLE?  IF I HAVE AN INTERNAL APPLE
HARD DRIVE  AS MY ONLY SCSI CONNECTED DEVICE, WILL "TIMESTWO" INTERFERE WITH
HOW MY HARD DRIVE OPERATES?  DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PLACE WHERE TIMESTWO COSTS
LESS THAN $92 INCLUDING SHIPPING AND  HANDLING?

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE.  SORRY IF THIS IS AN FAQ.

SINCERELY,

ABRODY @ CLARKU - I PREFER TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 02:12:43 CST
From: Raph Koster <[e-mail]>
Subject: UMich, BinHex, Binary, and me...

Everyone,

As about twenty people pointed out to me, the Mac archives at UMich are
indeed available in BinHex (.hqx) format. I stand corrected, plead
insanity, and beg humble forgiveness. However, I could swear that somewhere
on the 'Net I have stumbled across archives that have Mac files in
binary form. These are still useless to me. So even though I was wrong on
the details (and thank everyone who wrote not only to correct me, but
even to suggest workarounds), I still think that BinHexing is a good thing.
Besides, the text headers are convenient.

If anyone's interested--the problem I have with binary is that I dial into
a VM mainframe (one that uses ECBDIC, not ASCII, even) using a modem and
ZTerm. The computing center on campus distributes a piece of software
called TinCan, apparently produced by Yale, that crashes on my Plus under
System 7, with or without Tune-Up. It works under Sys. 6. It is supposedly
a Kermit terminal program for the Mac. It only allows text up- and downloads.
The VM does not have X, Y, or Zmodem capability. It refuses to do any
file transfers with ZTerm, and even though TinCan claims binary capability,
it refuses to work. We tried MacKermit and it didn't work either. So in order
to use ftp, i have to start up under system 6, run TinCan, get a file in text
format (uuencoded or hqx'ed) and then transfer it. I could get binary
files from archives & uuencode  them on the VM, if the uuencode program on
VM hadn't gotten LOST somehow. At least then they'd become text.

Just thought I'd explain my earlier unpremeditated comment regarding Binhex.
As you see, I have a lot of built-up frustration regarding binary transfers,
since I've been trying to transfer a LOT of files.

-Raph Koster
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 15:43:05 PST
From: [e-mail] (Brian Gordon)
Subject: Why would a program just stop working?

I've been running AutoClock since June of '92, no problems.  It (actually an
alias) is in my startup folder, and it happily tells me what time it is.  I
used its controls to tell it to dial out (to one of the magic time numbers on
the East coast) every Sunday at about 2 AM and reset itself.  It magically
does
some statistics to decide how to diddle the clock during the week to keep it
close to reality, too.  Overall, very nice.  Then it stopped working ...

Suddenly, when I launch it, it acts as if it couldn't finish bringing up its
initial environment -- like the control buttons at the top of the screen --
the
bar goes and stays blank.  It is thoroughly hung, and will not deign to be
killed by normal means.  So I reloaded it from a backup (from before the
problem appeared), with the same results.  I switched from 7.0.1/1.1.1 back to
O.S.  6.0.x, and it works fine there.  So I reloaded the OS (System and
Finder)
>From a pre-problem backup.  Same symptoms.

It doesn't seem to be a problem with a demo version that self-destructs, since
it is "freeware" and the same image works under the other OS.  Any
suggestions?

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:55:32 EST
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Shobe)
Subject: Word 5.1 and System 7.1

I just upgraded to system 7.1 on my IIsi (from 7.0 w/ tuner) and
suddenly I am having system hangs in otherwise bulletproof Word 5.1. I
thought it was extensions; do ATM 3.0, Type Reunion 1.0.3 and Suitcase
1.2.12 have any known problems with 7.1 and Word?

Other than Word, my system seems to be fine.


Please post to net if this seems to be a common problem.

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 18:23:14 CST
From: [e-mail]

I AM TRYING TO USE ACCESS PC AND PC EXCHANGE ON MY MACPLUS BUT WITHOUT
LUCK.  I HAVE FOUR MG RAM.  IS THIS MY PROBLEM.  MY FRIEND  HAS AN LCII
ON WHICH BOTH PROGRAMS WORK.  MY MAC CANNOT READ IBM-FORMATTED DISCS NOW
SO I HAVE NOT EVEN GOTTEN TO SEE IF THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES WORK.  COULD
THEY BE INSTALLED WRONG?  IF SO, WHY DOES THE ACCESS PC ICON APPEAR ON
MY SCREEN AT STARTUP?  HELP...!

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Date: Thu Jan 21 16:57:08 1993
From: [e-mail] (Mike Crane)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: cranem
From: [e-mail] (Mike Crane)
Subject: Re: bad f-line
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:56:46 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Lines: 34

[e-mail] writes:
>>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?

Not a definitive answer, but I *know* it isn't 32-bit addressing that is
causing the problem.  You see, I'm running a Macintosh Plus with a 68030
accelerator installed -- it doesn't *have* 32-bit addressing as an
option.  It turned out that the primary cause of my bad f-line errors
was a system extension incompatibility with the version of system
software I had installed.  In my case it was System 7.0 (with the 1.1.1
tuneup) and an extension written by Raymond Lau (of Stuffit/Stuffit Deluxe
fame).  The extension (SFVolInit) was written in the days of System 6,
and worked fine there.  It even appeared to work fine with System 7.0,
except when certain programs OPEN or SAVE file dialogs were opened --
at which point the system would crash horribly with the dreaded "Bad
F-line error" message.

Perhaps it was justice -- though I *really* had intended to, I never did pay
the shareware fee for SFVolInit.  Since I discovered the problem,
though, I have switched to Directory Assistance (from the Norton
Utilities - which I *did* purchase).
--
Mike Crane     GEnie: M.CRANE   America Online: MIKE566
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail],
      [e-mail], [e-mail]
"Who needs drugs...we've got UNIX!" - Me

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