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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 29 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 23

Today's Topics:

      [*] Bison.hqx
      [*] CinC - oldie but goodie Strategic Conquest/Empire Master game
      [*] CrystalQuest Demo
      [*] enabler-patch.hqx
      [*] Gaussian Kernel for Image
      [*] guesswords-101.hqx
      [*] HHGTTG-Startup.sit.hqx
      [*] holidays-for-now-up-to-date.hqx
      [*] Info-ZIP Unzip 5.0p1
      [*] OffHook 1.1
      [*] rebinhexed update
      [*] SF-171 (A)
      [*] st-worf-computer-snds.hqx
      [*] SuperVideo 2.7
      [*] tank-wars1.0.cpt
      [*] Teacher's Grading Program 1.50
      (A) from Brazil and with a
      3 button mice on a Mac running as an X-terminal (A/Q)
      3M disks, good or bad?
      3M disks-How good are they? (C)
      AFE *.HQX Translator?
      After Dark
      Aladdin Spacesaver and MacTools Optimization (Q)
      Another inexpensive 88 meg Syquest drive (Q)
      Apple mice switches
      Apple takes back HyperCard (C)
      ARA answer and FAX send- how?
      Borland and the Mac
      Can a IIfx handle 1.6 GB Drives  ?
      CDRom s/w
      Clever Tactics Against Piracy
      Color Classic found in Apple ad!
      computer book source
      Cricket Graph III
      curve-fitting
      Duo 230 & SCSI port. (A)
      EPS and Canvas et al
      Ethertalk and Appletalk
      Excel Recalcs/Accelerator B
      Font names listed in hierarchal menu (followup)
      Global character substitutions
      Hard disk not found at boot time
      hard disk renaming
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #21
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #22
      John Rotenstein's address
      Kodak Photo CD-ROM on MacIIvi (Q)
      LC 10Mb limit
      Mac , Design Works & HP Desk Writer 550C
      Mac-to-Unix-to-Vax (C)
      MacTCP and 7.1 (A)
      MacTCP and 7.1 (R)
      MacTCP Missing Ethertalk or Localtalk Icon
      Music n' such.
      New IIsi 3/40 going for 99
      no subject (file transmission)
      Object-oriented icon-based programming system?
      Opinions of Graphics Software Sought !
      PB as SCSI (R)
      PowerLock
      PRESTEL ?
      Preventing an application from launching.
      Printing "unexpectedly quits" app.
      Put Away errors
      Put Away errors (A)
      quadra vram (q)
      shareware bulletin numbers
      SuperATM Upgrade (Q)
      Superclock (C)
      SuperClock 4.0.1/2
      SuperClock 4.0.1 and 4.0.2
      Syquest 88 drives: Spin Peripherals or Relax Technology? (Q)
      Sys 6 & Sys 7 Desktop Files Simultaneously?
      Systech (Novy) FAX Number
      Wanted: Prices on PLI 88-meg removable drives.  (Q)
      What's being discontinued?
      Whistling Sony monitors

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:43:09 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Bison.hqx

Bison is a compiler compiler. This is the Mac version from GNU/Freesoft. It
functions similar to YACC on UNIX. It works with Think C and I see no reason
why it wouldn't work with MPW C but I don't know for sure. The Think C source
code is included.

Paul Lieberman
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/bison.hqx; 193K]

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 01:25:27 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Richard A. Fowell)
Subject: [*] CinC - oldie but goodie Strategic Conquest/Empire Master game

[game? - Gordon]
(from the GigaROM PD-ROM)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/c-in-c.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:38 EST
From: Timothy Dwight Dixon <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CrystalQuest Demo

Dear Moderators:

 I must confess I've had more experience downloading from Sumex
than uploading to it, so please forgive any errors on my part.

This is a demonstration of Crystal Quest from Casady and Greene, in my opinion
the best arcade game ever written!  The object is to collect all the crystals
on the screen, battling bad guys along the way.  It should run in B/W or Color
and on all Macs with 1 MB or more RAM.  It's kind of hard to describe, but let
me assure you it is quite addictive!

I'm in no way associated with Patrick Buckland, the author, or Casady and
Greene, Inc., except as an extremely satisfied customer!

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/crystal-quest.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 13:47:18 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Schumann)
Subject: [*] enabler-patch.hqx

Connectix Corporation recently discovered a system bug which was verified and
repaired at Apple Computer, Inc., involving machines which use system enabler
files Since the repair will not be available for an undetermined amount of
time, Connectix has produced this patch to distribute a fix to users currently
experiencing problems.

 -------------
This patch should be put in the utils directory.  If you need more
information,
or have any questions, please contact the Connectix Corporation at
800-950-5880.
Or, AppleLink us at CONNECTIX.TS or CONNECTIX.CS.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/enabler-patch.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:48:24 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Gaussian Kernel for Image

GAUKER is a set of Gaussian Kernels for use with the Convolve feature of
the NIH Image application by Wayne Rasband.  These kernels are most useful
for conversions of 2-color bit-mapped graphics to grayscale images.
Provides very good results for most digitizers.  Instructions for use with
Image included.  Comments welcome.  Downloaded from Compuserve.  Please
note that I am not the author of this software.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/nih-gaussian-kernels.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:43:32 -0700
From: Scot Bickell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] guesswords-101.hqx

Dear Moderators,

Here again is guesswords-101.hqx,  a Hypercard 2.0 game stack that
resembles the game of MasterMind, except it uses five-letter words
instead of colored pegs.  I hope the line feeds are ok this time.

I would greatly appreciate any comments...
          --Scot Bickell    [e-mail]

Please archive as info-mac/game/guesswords-101.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/card/guesswords-101.hqx; 59K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 16:39:37 EST
From: Pepto-Bismalt Breakfast <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HHGTTG-Startup.sit.hqx

   Enclosed please find one(1) StartupScreen (640x480x8b) of the green
   creature
(with friendly "Don't Panic" lettering) on the cover of all(?) Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Adams, and one(1) About file all in a
neat
Stuffit 1.5.1 archive.  This, of course, is intended for the /art directory.

e-mail is simply: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/green-creature-guide-startup.hqx; 55K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:13:18 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] holidays-for-now-up-to-date.hqx

    Holidays contains over 100 legal, historical, cultural, and
religious holidays.  Holidays is a Now Up-to-Date 2.0 (NUD)
Calendar Template export.  Holidays can be imported to your NUD
calendar or simply printed as a text file to be used as a
reference for another calendar program.  Holidays is perfect for
anyone interested in history, culture, family, and fun.

    Holidays far exceeds the number and accuracy of the holidays
in the Sample Calendar included in NUD 2.0.  A holiday is often
the last remnant of an historical or cultural event.  A holiday is
also often a day to simply remember to have fun.  I have spent my
hours compiling these holidays to keep alive history, culture, and
fun.

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/now-up-to-date-holidays.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 19:10:47 MST
From: Antoine Verheijen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Info-ZIP Unzip 5.0p1

Hi. Here is the latest public release (version 5.0p1) of the free Unzip
program
>From Info-ZIP, as compiled for the Mac. There are 2 versions: a standalone
version (compiled with Think C 5.0) and an MPW version (compiled with
MPW C 3.2). The complete source, as distributed by Info-ZIP is included, as
well
as some (primitive) instructions as to how to produce the Mac versions.
Further
information about Unzip 5.0p1, including where to send comments and bugs, can
be found in the README file (included in the Source folder).

This version of Unzip is compatible with PKZip 2.04c, the version just
recently
released by PKWare for MSDOS. Encryption is not yet supported in the Mac
version of Unzip (it is expected that it should be by the next release).

Please note that this is a replacement for the program in file

    info-mac/util/mac-unzip-42.hqx

and is NOT related to the program which can be found in file

    info-mac/util/unzip-20.hqx.

This is a BinHex'ed StuffIt 1.5.1 archive.

Enjoy.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-unzip-50p1.hqx; 552K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 10:24:36 EST
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Davidson)
Subject: [*] OffHook 1.1

Here is version 1.1 of OffHook. This is a small application which will send
a string to the modem and wait for a specified time before launching
another application.  Because the serial driver can be specified by name,
OffHook can invoke RAM drivers such as those installed by QuadraLink
software, as well as the usual modem and printer drivers.

New in Version 1.1 is a retry option whereby the string is sent
again if the modem does not return an OK. Up to 10 retries will be attempted
with a 1 second delay between each.

This version replaces version 1.0 currently in the archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/off-hook-11.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:48:34 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mr Ted Shecky [Zach]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] rebinhexed update

    The old header was better, but. . .
    7.1 and 7.0.1 KCHRs for the Powerbook which enable the PB to have
the inverted T-bar style arrow keys, and also to flip the esc and tilde
keys.  This version fixes several small problems with the original
release.  Also included are a better fmap, finder menus with keystrokes
for nearly every menu option, and some icons.
    Although the changes are minor, if you use the old PBHaxPak (1.9),
you _really_ should use this update, as a couple keys were mismapped in
the original.

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/pb-hax-pack.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 10:19:26 -0800
From: John Weaver <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SF-171 (A)

In responce to Dwight Lemke's request I am sending
the form that we use at NAWC china lake. I have not
done this before so I hope it works. If not send me
a note at [e-mail] with some
instructions on how to do it right.

This is a Filemaker Pro form SF 171.
It has been compacted using compact pro,
binhexed and ftp'd to a UNIX machine with Fetch,
and mailed to infomac using elm. JP

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/sf-171.hqx; 151K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:16:11 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] st-worf-computer-snds.hqx

    This is a file of four sounds taken from the Star Trek:  The next
Generation episode, "A Fistful of Datas."  These sounds feature Worf telling
the computer to end the program and freeze the program and exclaiming that
he is beginning to see the fun of the holodeck program.  These sounds were
recorded at 11khZ and are okay quality.


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[Archived as /info-mac/sound/stng-warf-datas.hqx; 115K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:45:55 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SuperVideo 2.7

  SuperVideo 2.7.sea, downloaded from the SuperMac Vendor
  area on Compuserve.  Here is the information from CIS:

  version 2.7 of SuperMac's SuperVideo utility for use
  with SuperMac video cards. Self-extracting archive format.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/super-video-27.hqx; 122K]

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:05:12 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] tank-wars1.0.cpt

    This is a battle simulation game between a computer player tank,
and a human player tank.  It is explaned in detail inthe READ ME file that
comes with the application.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/tank-wars.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:33:20 PST
From: jafl@looking_glass.Wonderland.Caltech.EDU (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Teacher's Grading Program 1.50

Teacher's Grading Program 1.50

Manage your student's grades quickly and easily.
Everything is organized into a simple worksheet.
Point, click, and type!
Up to 200 students & 100 grade sets per class file.
Choose from three methods of computing final grades!
Seven different printouts including Home Notices!


John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/teachers-grading-program-15.hqx; 126K]

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 15:53:11 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) from Brazil and with a

     (A) from Brazil and with a Classic II dead ...
[e-mail] (Daniel Anibal Mazzuca) asks:

>During the last months I have been writing my PhD thesis in a Mac Classic
>II.
 All goes right until yesterday when I tried to turn it on. Sunddenly,
>exactly when it was loading the TOPs extension, a bomb system message
>appeared: "Bus error, please restart and press down the shift key to ignore
>the extensions" (or something like that). So I did and the desktop appeared
>normaly.

[...stuff deleted...]

>Configutarion:
>Mac Classic II 4/40 System 7.0.1, StyleWriter, Teleport modem and Tops
>network.

Here's a few suggestions:

1. Try reinstalling your system software.  Can you boot from a floppy?
If not, the rest of this discussion is moot.
If so, boot from a floppy (nothing that goes into an installer or other
app, just something that will bring up the Finder --- try the Disk Tools
diskette).  See if you can salvage any fonts or sounds in your current
System file.  Then, throw out your System and reinstall a fresh system.

Once a few months ago, I got a system bomb, and upon subsequent restart,
came up with a sad Mac screen.  I ran a combination of Norton Utilities,
Disk First Aid, and MacTools.  I finally traced it down to a horribly
corrupted System file (I was trying to print out a font catalog using
TypeBook, and loaded my System file with a ton of fonts).  I couldn't
reinstall over the existing system, and when I did finally get it up
and running, I noticed my old System (*trashed*) file was 15MB in size!

2. By any chance, did you have a recent backup?  Not too recent; you
don't want to restore a corrupted file with a corrupted file!  If you
can boot from a floppy, try restoring from your backup.

3. It's been quite awhile since I've worked with Tops, but I seem to
remember a problem when one of the Tops files were corrupted.  I think
it might have been the "Tops Key" file, but my brain's a bit foggy....

If you can't boot from the floppy to enable you to run diagnostics, then
you're up the proverbial creek without a paddle.  If you had the Snooper
package with the diagnostic circuit board, you could test for a power
supply problem, but again, without the disk drive to run Snooper, you
couldn't test the other hardware components.

I don't know if this helps you, but at least I tried.....  ;-)

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

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 17:41:13 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stan Kerr)
Subject: 3 button mice on a Mac running as an X-terminal (A/Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>We use the logitech 3 button mouse at our Macs. The use of this mouse with
>Mac-X is absolutely no problem. The mouse buttons can be specialy programmed
>for every aplication. In Mac-X case you have to programm them to the arrow
>keys.

Because the Logitech mouse driver ignores modifier keys that are depressed
when a mouse button is clicked, you can't currently use the X META key
with the mouse. Logitech says they are going to change this.

>Our problems with Mac-X are:
>- We have no idea how to use the arrow keys in their normal functions, and

Under the Edit menu, choose Misc. Preferences. It gives you a choice of
whether to use simple arrow keys or modified arrow keys (option-left-arrow,
option-right-arrow) as mouse buttons 2 and 3.


>- how to reprogram the Mac-function keys for also use of the X-Terminal
>  function keys F16 to F20 (Sun unix, find, copy and paste) which are not
>  available at the Mac keyboard.

I don't think MacX currently sends anything for these keys. However, if
you have a program like QuicKeys, you can make an F key send a keystroke
which MacX will pass through. Then, if your window manager or application
allows the desired function (find,copy,paste) to be bound to a different
key, you're done.

>Nick Faller
>Space Division, Dornier GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
>[e-mail]
--

Stan Kerr
Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana
Phone: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 08:56:16 EST
From: williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: 3M disks, good or bad?

    I echo what has been said recently.  We have had a lot of problems
    with
3M disks (DD, 800K type) right out of the box and switched to Fuji (next
cheapest at oour local supplier).  BUT.....now we use HD 1.4M disks almost
exclusively, I get far less 'bad' disks coming in for repair.

    My friends using MS-DOS reported far fewer problems with DD disks but,
of course, the PC formats them differently and uses a constant speed drive
whereas the Mac uses a variable speed drive.  3M disks may not be at the
pinnacle of disk technology but the Mac's 800K drives may show up faults on
media which was, perhaps, tested on PC type drives.

    Any tech types out there care to comment?

John Williams (INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, C.R.Tours, Nouzilly,
France)
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 04:49:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Rik Ahlberg)
Subject: 3M disks-How good are they? (C)

[e-mail] writes:

>On Wed, 27 Jan 93 12:22:20 EST, Pete Tamas states:
>>> RE>>Inexpensive 3.5 bulk dis
>>> Sorry for the hasty post before--those disks were 3M: very reliable.
>>>
>>My experience with 3M is pretty negative. Perhaps they have
>>improved in the last few years, but before we used high density
>>disks, the 800K (double density disks) seemed to go bad regularly.
>>Anyone else care to refute that with good results in the last few
>>years?

>I've used Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing disks for many years and
>I haven't had a problem with 'em. In fact, I'm still using 3M disks from
>about 5-6 years ago and they still work fine (but it'll probably be wise
>for me to replace such 'old' disks).

I've been using 3M disks pretty exclusively over the past three years
after saome really bad experiences with other brands. At work all we use
are 3M as well (both the HD and 800k).

While there are always a few that go bad over time, that's pretty typical
of magentic media. The 3M ones have been the most reliable I've been able
to find, and the price is reasonable, too.

Now if they'd only think a little more about the environment when they
package those things with all that nonrecylable plastic and cardboard...

Rik

Rik Ahlberg        McKinsey & Company, Inc. voice 617-457-2080
[e-mail]  Boston Office              fax [phone]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 14:40:25 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AFE *.HQX Translator?

Does anyone know of an Apple FIle Exchange Translator that will decode
binhexed files?

Thanks for your help,
Brent Sleeper

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:26:34 -0800
From: Jerry Wilcox <[e-mail]>
Subject: After Dark

Jeff,

I've been a beta tester for Berkeley Systems/After Dark for quite some time
now, and know a lot of the other testers. I certainly don't think that they
are "trying to cover anything up". Any software has incompatibilities. The
known incompatibilities with some games result from the fact that in order
to maintain the necessary speed of animation, many games break the rules
and write directly to the screen, which will be incompatible with a screen
saver or anything else that happens to want to use the same screen.

I would suggest that you call Berkeley Systems' Tech Support folks and let
them try and work with you to resolve the problem - they're very helpful.
I'm running Star Trek on two different machines (alas, neither of them are
Quadras but I have hopes!), both of them heavily-laden with extensions,
control panels, and other add-ons, and haven't had a crash related to a
released version of After Dark in a long, long time.
-----
Jerry Wilcox - [e-mail]   All opinions are mine alone
Support shared development with TopSoft, write [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 09:52:18 ITA
From: Davide Proserpio <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aladdin Spacesaver and MacTools Optimization (Q)

Hi
  A simple question:
Can I full optimize my hard disk when is compressed with Spacesaver?
I use MacTools 2.0 optimization program.
I would like to know what will happen, before I try....

                     thanks   dmp

 P.S. Any comments about SpaceSaver vs DiskDoubler?

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 15:42:59 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Another inexpensive 88 meg Syquest drive (Q)

After sending my earlier message about the 88meg removable drives I'm
looking at, I got the latest ClubMac catalog listing their drive for
$489, including one cartridge, all cables, and software.  MacUser
called their 44 meg drive quiet, but complained about the excessively
flexible case of the plastic version.  Anybody have any experience
with the 88 that would like to comment?

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 06:39:28 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michael L. Quillin)
Subject: Apple mice switches

[e-mail] writes:

>Does anyone know of a source of supply for the microswitches?
>Preferably in Canada or the USA!

Try Allied Electronics.  I don't have a phone number, but I think you can
get it through 800 directory assistance (800-555-1212).

The part number for the switch is 829-4001 and they cost ~$1 a piece.  Allied
has a $25 minimum order, but if you need 22 switches, you won't be far off.

Hope this helps,
Mike

--

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 01:08:39 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple takes back HyperCard (C)

Awesomely good news!

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 19:39:05 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ARA answer and FAX send- how?

I have set up a MacIISi/SupraFax modem to always answer with an ARA
connection, but I would like to also be able to send a FAX using faxSTF
software if no one has established an ARA connection. ANy solution that
does not require a re boot will be an improvement.

Lineshare sounded just right, but I have not been able to get the demo I
downloaded form info-mac to see the modem port. Has anyone successfully set
up lineshare? Any hints?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks for your help!

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 17:49:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
Subject: Borland and the Mac

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

>But can we trust Borland? Look at their support for their various Mac
>products.

>They dropped their utility package (Sidekick). They sold their database
>(dBase Mac). They've left the products they got when they bought Ashton-Tate
>(FullWrite Pro, Full Impact, and FullPaint) to wither away as changes in the
>operating system and new hardware make them stop working.

>It'll take a _lot_ to make me even look at a Borland product.

And for further emphasis...
You forgot to mention the first round of Borland Mac products, Turbo Pascal
and
Reflex. As someone who cut my teeth on Mac programming with TP/Mac, I
experienced not simply orphaning but deceptive orphaning. Borland spent over a
year reassuring TP users that a MultiFinder-friendly version was coming, only
to have the death of TP announced almost offhand in a CompuServe conference by
Mr. Kahn.

If Borland ever returns to the Mac, they will have a LOT of us old-timers
being
very skeptical about anything they sell. I personally will never pay a dime
for
a Borland product again. They have shown they can't be trusted.

Bill Stewart-Cole

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 13:27-0400
From: Steve Lawrence <[e-mail]>
Subject: Can a IIfx handle 1.6 GB Drives  ?

I have a IIfx with 32 MB RAM, no internal hard disk, 2 external 1.6 GB
(Seagate 41650N) hard drives, CD-ROM reader, and an 8mm External tape
drive.  Ever since I "upgraded" to System 7.01, my system crashes almost
every day.  I formatted the disks using Silverlining 5.4, and divided
each disk into 2 volumes.  I have the correct black terminators.  I've
re-installed System 7 probably 50 times.  There appears to be no
apparent pattern to the crashes except they are more likely to occur
when the Mac accesses the disks. I have tried different cables and
combinations of the drives but nothing seems to help.  I had no problems
under System 6.07 but unfortunately I can't return to that version. Has
anybody out there had any experience with running a similar setup ?


Thanks, Steve

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 13:00:52 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CDRom s/w

Wat s/w will recognize pc cdroms on my MAC?  Where do I find graphics s/w that
will recognize FITS format.?
--Cynthia Solomon, NASA Classroomm of the Futurree

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 14:16:11 +0100
From: Jay Rolls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Clever Tactics Against Piracy

I thought the info-mac readers would find this article interesting.....
Jay Rolls, Stuttgart, Germany  <[e-mail]>
 _     _     _     _     _     _

COMPUTER CHEATS TAKE CADSOFT'S BAIT

Employees of IBM, Philips, the German federal interior ministry and the
federal office for the protection of the constitution are among those who
unwittingly 'turned themselves in' when a German computer software company
resorted to an undercover strategy to find out who was using illegal copies
of one of its programs.

Hundreds of customers accepted Cadsoft's offer of a free demonstration
program that, unknown to them, searched their computer hard disks for il-
legal copies. Where the search was successful, a message appeared on the
monitor screen inviting the customer to print out and return a voucher for a
free handbook of the latest version of the program. However, instead of a
handbook the users received a letter from the Bavarian-based software com-
pany's lawyers.

Since the demonstration program was distributed last June about 400 people
have returned the voucher, which contained coded information about the
type of computer and the version of the illegally copied Cadsoft program
being used.  Cadsoft is now seeking damages of at least DM6,000 (ECU3,06E2)
each from the illegal users.

Cadsoft's tactics are justified by manager Rudolf Hofer as a necessary
defence against pirate copying. The company had experienced a 30% drop
since 1991 in sales of its successful Eagle design program, which retails
at DM2,998. In contrast, demand for a DM25 demo version, which Cadsoft
offered with the handbook of the full version, had jumped, indicating that
people were acquiring the program from other sources.

Although Cadsoft devised its plan with the help of lawyers, doubts have been
raised about the legal acceptability of this type of computer detective work.
In the case of government offices there is concern about data protection
and official secrets. The search program may also have had side-effects
that caused other files to be damaged or lost.  Cadsoft is therefore
preparing itself for what could be a long legal battle with some customers.
So far it has reached out-of-court agreement with only about a quarter of
those who incriminated themselves.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 17:29:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jonas Wallden)
Subject: Color Classic found in Apple ad!

Today our university computer store had an ad in our campus paper featuring
the Color Classic, complete with a photo and technical specs!

The design looks... well, interesting. The front is quite like the original
Classic, but adds some controls for (I guess) screen adjustment. The Apple
logo is centered in the middle just like on the Duos.

The text indicates that the screen is a 512 x 384 256-color Trinitron. The
available configurations will be 4/40 and 4/80. It is possible to place an
order right now, but it won't ship until (surprise) Feb 15. Notable is that
it will only available through university dealers (at least here in Sweden).

The price is listed at SKR 9.900 including VAT (25%), which is approx. $1100
excluding VAT.

I might add that the top half of this full-page ad shows some screen shots
>From various color apps such as Mathematica, AutoCad, MacBravo (I think), and
some chemical modelling program. I'm not sure all these apps will run
comfortably on the Color Classic... :-) (I know for sure that AutoCad won't.)


--
Jonas Wallden,
...who is waiting for the Quadra 800... :-)
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 18:57:33 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: computer book source

Earlier I suggested that if a person was to get SuperCard, that they should
also buy all the aftermarket SuperCard books they could get their hands on.
Someone asked where, so ...

For any kind of computer book, call: Computer Literacy Bookshop in the SF
Bay Area at 408-435-1118 and ask them to see if they have books on whatever
obscure computer topic you are interested in. I ordered 3 SuperCard books
>From them and have never seen these SuperCard books anywhere else.

In general, if it is computer related and you cannot find it anywhere, it
has been my observation that they probably have it in stock.

Just a satisifed customer,

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 12:18:18 -0600
From: "Gary Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cricket Graph III

in Info-Mac Digest #22, Francis Knight asks:

>Anyone using CG these days?

I am.

>Anyone using CG III _successfully_?

On occasion.  When I started with CG III, it was version 1.0 (remind me never
to
buy version 1.0 software).  It was full of bugs, and crashed/hung my machine
many times.  I then got an upgrade to version 1.01 which supposedly fixed some
of the bugs, but the bug that bothered me the most was still there last time I
checked.  This bug wouldn't let me properly copy a block of data from
somewhere
else (in this case MS Excel, but also the old version of Cricket Graph), and
paste it into my CG III data sheet.  It always seemed to either crash/hang my
machine, or ignore the last row of data being pasted.  Granted, I just tried
it
now, and the pasting worked properly (this time), but it did hang my machine
once while switching between Excel and CG III.

I have 3 unopened CG III packages because I was going to install it on 3 other
machines in my department, but with all the bugs, I wasn't even going to
consider letting anyone else use it since most of them aren't very computer
literate in the first place.  So for now, when any graphing needs to be done,
I
quit every other program that might be running, work with CG III, save my work
very often, and get out of CG III ASAP.

CG III has lots of nice features, and (when they work) those features are very
nice compared to the old Cricket Graph.  I just think more of the bugs should
have been removed (or at least noticed) before the product was released.

Gary

        Gary Williams                [e-mail]
        University of Minnesota - Department of Anesthesiology

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 08:55:15 -0600 (CST)
From: BILL SIMPSON <[e-mail]>
Subject: curve-fitting

The technical name for this is nonlinear regression.
You shouldn't use it without learning a lot about it, because it has
a lot of potential pitfalls.  For example, there is no analytical
solution for the best fitting parameters when the regression function
is nonlinear.
xlisp-stat is an excellent statistical environment available at
sumex.  It has nonlinear regression.

Bill Simpson

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:45:30 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: Duo 230 & SCSI port. (A)

Earlier answers to this haven't been very good, so I'll take a stab
at it.

    Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 15:24:41 GMT
    From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
    Hello America

What makes you think we're all in 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).

Your dealer was very confused.  As someone else noted, the the floppy
socket and the SCSI socket are only similar; they're not the same size.

Further, assuming you get, say, the mini-dock to get a SCSI port, you
need the right adaptor cable.  (These are confusingly named so I won't
even touch their names; you want the one with the grounded pin that
makes the duo act as a disk; the regular SCSI cable won't do, and in
fact has been observed to lead to trashing the disk if you hook it
into another Mac's SCSI chain).

Finally, your dealer is conused about needing a mac with an external hard
drive.   In fact, I recommend *not* using a Mac with an external hard
drive if possible; it will simplify your life, wth less chance of
those hard-to-track-down not-supposed-to-happen SCSI bus hangups we
all know so well (but which seem to happen much more frequently on
Macs than on other SCSI systems!).

You *will* need a SCSI system cable for the mac in question, and a
double-sided SCSI terminator or two.  Double-sided SCSI terminators
are ones that have a male connector on one side, and a female on
the other.  These are the norm, but there are some that just have
the one side.  Since you need to hook two cables together, you obviously
need two connectors.

Hook them all together with the terminator in the middle and you
should be all set.  Check your instructions that came with the DUO;
they should tell you whether you need two terminators or not with
your particular configuration.

If you find you have two cables of the same sex that you're trying
to mate, you've got the wrong cable.  Th 50-pin D connector on the
right cable is of the opposite sex as the 50-pin D connector on a
normal SCSI cable.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 19:01:58 CST
From: "bq Mackintosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: EPS and Canvas et al

I'm not certain about Canvas' ability to include preview information with
its exported EPS files.  However, Adobe Photoshop could be used to open
the original Canvas document (saved as QuickDraw, both Canvas' and the
Macintosh's native language) and save it as an EPS with preview.

Theoretically, Illustrator (from Adobe, the creators of PostScript) could
open any pure EPS file (Illustrator lists all EPS files in its open
dialogue, although when i've tried opening Freehand EPS files, it turned to
joghurt an aborted the open).  This is, however, only in theory, and i've
never tried it, nor heard of it being tried.

But what the hell.  Conceding to convention is for those with IBMs.


bq Mackintosh

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:27:01 EST
From: "James A. Connolly" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethertalk and Appletalk

Does the Quadra 700 require a special card for ethernet?
When one is connected to an ethernet network on the Quadra, is
it possible to print on Appletalk without having to open control
panels etc.; that is, can both networks operate simultaneously on
the Quadra?

Anyone who is using a Quadra on both Ethernet and Appletalk networks,
please let me know by private e-mail how it's done.

I need to know before I both getting our Quadra placed on the an
ethernet network if printing etc. will be a hassle with the other
computers on the localtalk network.

                       ...James

[e-mail]      phone [phone]      fax [phone]

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 15:52:19 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel Recalcs/Accelerator B

     Excel Recalcs/Accelerator Boards
A couple of my users are experiencing some problems with Excel (4.0, but
they also had the problem with 3.0 as well).

Setup for both of them:  Mac II, 40/8, System 7.0.1+TU1.1.1.  Excel sits
on their own machine while the databases/spreadsheets reside on a IIcx
file server running over LocalTalk.  (Yeah, I know we're suckers for
punishment!!  ;-)

Sometimes they'll have a few LARGE spreadsheets with many tables in them
open on their machine.  Because of the size of their spreadsheets, some
of the them take several hours to recalculate (we're in the process of
looking into into accelerator boards to help alleviate this).  Sometimes
they'd like to to save the changes in the sheet they're currently working
in (which might only take 10-15 minutes to recalc) and then go into
another to work.  The problem is that Excel is trying to recalc EVERY
*STINKING* ('scuze my French) open spreadsheet.  One time, she tried to
stop the recalcs by pressing Command-. and, much to her wondering eyes
should appear (or rather DISappear), it ERASED the file (after giving
her some message about not being able to save the current document).

Three questions:


  1. Is there any way of telling Excel to perform

  2. Any ideas on why Excel is so *DESTRUCTIVE*  :-( when you try to
     interrupt the recalc-when-closing process?

  3. Going back to the subject of accelerator boards:  I'd like to
     people's reactions to accelerator boards that they've used.  I'm
     looking for recommendations for good acc. boards with a good
     price/performance ratio.  Any recommendations cheerly accepted.

Thanks so much for your help.  I'm cross-posting to Info-Mac and Mac-L.
Anyone reading on Mac-L, please respond directly to me or respond to
Info-Mac.  Thanks again!!

Friday Friday!  Happy Happy!  Joy Joy!!

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

My E-mail:  [e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 16:15:33 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Tom Wentzel)
Subject: Font names listed in hierarchal menu (followup)

Greetings, Netters!

   On Fri Jan 22 I submitted the question to Info-Mac Digest as to whether
people knew of any freeware, shareware, or commercial software packages
which allowed for (A) hierarchal font menus, showing submenus for families
of fonts whose individual names begin with letters indicating the style
(such as "C" for "condensed" or "B" for "bold"), and in addition, (B) display
the font menus AND submenus in their own typeface.
   I received 4 E-mail replies, and I summarize them here, along with a few
of my own observations.  Thanks to all who responded.  Some people requested
anonymity, so I'll not mention any names just to be safe.
   No one knew of any freeware or shareware.  Oh, Programmers????
   As for the commercial software...

   Adobe Type Reunion, by Adobe, does (A).  One respondent says
incompatibilities used to be a problem for ATR, but that is now improved.
   Eastgate's Fontina sort of accomplishes (A), but in a different way.
It uses multiple columns to display the fonts (grouped as you desire, but
all listed) if necessary.  It also allows you to move particular fonts to a
"knapsack" at the top of the menu for easy access.  1-800-562-1638.
   Now Software's WYSIWYG ("What you see is what you get," for you acronym-
impaired) was mentioned as well.  I don't know its capabilities.
   Dub'l-Click Software's MenuFonts does both (A) and (B).  The company has
a $29.95 upgrade offer from Adobe Type Reunion, WYSIWYG, and Fontina.
1-800-266-9524.
   I believe all of the above work as system extensions with the attendant
risk of conflicts with other INITs.  If you have trouble after loading a new
INIT, you may have to selectively remove some old ones to isolate a conflict.
   FontHarmony, a program accompanying Fifth Generation Software's Suitcase
package, can be used to permanently modify font information to put all the
members of a font family into one font menu listing.  It can't show submenus,
though.  Suitcase, a system extension, does allow one to see fonts in their
own typefaces, as has been reported elsewhere recently on Info-Mac Digest.
   You can probably find all of these advertised for sale in MacZone,
MacConnection, and all those other MacWarehouse MacDistributor MacCatalogues
out there.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 12:17:12 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Global character substitutions

What's the best utility (freeware, shareware, and commercial) for
converting a large number of different characters from one character
set to another? An example might be between Apple's Cyrillic character
set and any one of twenty ad-hoc character sets.

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]  Home: [phone]

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 11:49:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Tom Crone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hard disk not found at boot time

We bought small hard disks (Europa 20i from Microtech International) to
upgrade our old dual floppy Mac IIs.  2 of the 6 didn't seem to work.  Our
hardware techs returned the 2 drives, but the company sent them back saying
they worked fine.

Yesterday our copy of Snooper was delivered, so I tried to do some
diagnostics.
The SCSI test showed the disk drive at port 0, but the Select Disk option from
the Disk Test menu didn't show it.

I used the format program that came with the disk to format it and install
it.
It showed up on the desktop and I installed system 6.0.5 on it.  It seemed to
work fine.

But... when the Mac is restarted, it needs a floppy to boot, and the hard
disk doesn't show on up when it is done.  If I run Microtech's format program
and just do an install, there's the disk on the desktop with everything
still on it.  Running Snooper's disk diagnostics then shows no problem
with the disk.

Any hints on why it doesn't see it when it boots?

Tom Crone       CRONE@CUA  or  [e-mail]
Sr User Consultant/Programmer
The Catholic University of America
Washington DC

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 13:58 MET
From: "HUGO BARBOSA V. AT FOKKER SPACE & SYSTEMS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: hard disk renaming

Hi,

First of all, I would like to present my apologies for my 2 last empty
messages. I had some problems with my editor.

Well, I have a question about renaming your hard disk. I have an IIsi running
with system 7.0 Tune, and I would like to rename my hard disk. I have already
opened the menu sharing (under file) and I have stopped sharing (control
panels). Normally I should be able at this stage to rename the hard disk.
However it is not possible. Do you have any idea for that?

Hugo Barbosa
Fokker Space & Systems (NL)
email:  [e-mail]

Thanks

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 22:45:31 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #21

Pat Ullman writes:

>Do you know if John Norstad meant that there was any problem between the
>two (Gatekeeper and the Disinfectant INIT), like that one might interfere
>with the other's operation?  Or was he just saying they're redundant?
>I'm curious because I'm using both at present.

OK, OK.  I found the original post.  This is what John Norstad said, as
follows.  Ellipses indicate portions I cut out for the sake of conciseness.

                    jonathan brecher
                    [e-mail]

|Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
|Subject: Re: Disinfectant and Gatekeeper: which first?
|From: [e-mail] (John Norstad)
|Date: 1 Apr 92 22:26:58 GMT
|
 ...
|if you currently use both GK/GKAid and the Disinfectant INIT, and you like
|GK/GKAid, the thing you should trash is the Disinfectant INIT.
|
|The reason is that if a known virus attacks, GK/GKAid will ALWAYS catch it
|first, and the Disinfectant INIT will do nothing. If an unknown virus
attacks,
|GK/GKAid MAY catch it, and the Disinfectant INIT is GUARANTEED to NOT catch
|it.
|
|So using the two together never accomplishes anything useful. The
Disinfectant
|INIT does nothing in this combination, and you might as well not use it.
Using
|both only wastes system heap space and risks conflicts and confusion.
 ...
|Neither tool is "better" than the other one. They were designed with
|different goals in mind. In fact, the reason I have never bothered writing
|a general purpose suspicious activity monitor as part of Disinfectant is
|precisely because Chris Johnson has already done such an excellent job of
|doing this with Gatekeeper. There's no need for two free tools of this kind.
|Instead, when I wrote the Disinfectant INIT, I designed it for those people
|who refused to use Gatekeeper because they found its complexity too
|confusing and obtrusive. The protection provided by the Disinfectant INIT
|is not anywhere near as strong as the protection provided by Gatekeeper,
|but it's much better than nothing.
|
|The point I want to make here is that using BOTH of them together makes
|no sense. Pick one or the other.
 ...
|In summary, my recommendation is the following: Pick one and only one anti-
|viral protection tool (INIT or cdev). Use it religiously. Most important of
|all, KEEP IT UP-TO-DATE!
 ...
|John Norstad
|Academic Computing and Network Services
|Northwestern University
|[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:18:52 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jean-Marc Heneman 4824)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #22

Does anyone know a utility that is able to write/read Macintosh disks
on Unix platform?
(I know we can format Mac disk on unix os with MacFormat from
 [e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 13:26:51 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: John Rotenstein's address

Does anyone have John Rotenstein's e-mail address?

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]  Home: [phone]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 11:14:14 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Kodak Photo CD-ROM on MacIIvi (Q)

When I insert the Kodak Photo CD-ROM (demo) that came with my IIvi, the Mac
hangs up, with the wristwatch appearing eternally on the screen. Hitting the
restart button causes the Mac to boot until the desktop appears, then hang up
again, with nothing showing on the screen except the desktop color. The CD-ROM
does not eject (as I would have expected it to do) when the restart takes
place.
In fact, the only way to get the CD-ROM carrier out of the slot is to use the
paper clip or restart and hold down the mouse button.

This is the only CD-ROM (of the 9 [?? I think] demo disks that came with the
machine) that gives me a problem. Changing to another carrier does not help
either.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?     Any suggestions for a cure?

ADVthanxANCE.

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

Date: 29 Jan 93 00:08:09 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Isfeld)
Subject: LC 10Mb limit

[e-mail] (Andre Molyneux) writes:

>oueichek@gram (Ibaa Oueichek) wrote:

>>Michael J McNaughty ([e-mail]) wrote:
>[some stuff deleted]
>>: I have a question. If you have a Mac LC, and Apple offers an upgrade path
>>: to the LCIII (Please!!!) will this allow the upgraded mac to have the
>>: same RAM expansion option to 36MB? Only having a 10MB max thanks to those
>>: wonderful ROMs is really disappointing.
>>  The 10 MB's limit isn't imposed by the ROMs, it's a limit of the
motherboard
>>  designe.

>The 10MB limit *is* imposed by the ROMs.  On the original LC you wouldn't
>be able to exceed the limit (2 MB motherboard RAM + 2 * 4 MB SIMMS = 10 MB).
>However, on the LCII you should be able to get to 12 MB, since it has 4 MB
>soldered to the motherboard - but try it and you'll find the machine can
>only access 10 MB.

You are assuming that because the memory is there that the hardware is
capable of accessing it, therefore it must be the firmware that is the
limiting factor.  This is probably wrong.  (I don't have any inside info
but as a hardware designer, the following makes sense)
The explanation goes like this:

The DRAM controller buried in some custom chips in the LC probably
supports two banks of RAM.  Each bank can be 2 megabytes or 8 megabytes
depending on the size (config) of the RAM chips.  The Original LC provided one
bank on the motherboard of 2Mb, and you could add 2MB or 8MB for a total
of 10MB max.  Now the newer version comes with 4MB, which MUST be two banks
of 2MB (since the bus is 16 bits).  Now when you plug in new SIMM's you
physically have three banks of Memory.  But the memory controller cannot
handle 3 banks, only two.  So the Hardware disables the second bank of
2MB of memory soldered onto the card, and uses the SIMM memory as bank
two.  Now you have 10 MB still.

It Comes down to a decision on Apple`s part on how to provide 4MB minimum
memory.  If they had provided the second 2MB bank in SIMM modules, you
would not be surprised to learn that 10MB is the limit(since you removed
the second 2MB bank leaving only 10MB in the system).  However, it costs
more to manufacture it that way.  Since sales are largely determined by
entry level costs, they decided to solder the 2nd bank on the motherboard,
and therefore save money on SIMM's (About $10-20$ MFG cost, maybe higher,
including labor to install them.).  Furthermore, 1MB SIM's are becoming
less and less useful as a by-product of the upgrade, so the user doesn't
really lose anything. (If the SIMM's removed are going to sit in a drawer,
then getting them out didn't do you any good, might as well leave them
in the machine.)

This could happen again!  The LCIII is supposed to support 36 MB of memory,
which must be three banks, 4MB on motherbaord, and 2 banks of 16MB in SIM's.
If so, and they decide to provide 8MB as minimum, then they may solder 8MB on
the motherbaord, but the max will not go up to 8 + 32 = 40, but remain
at 36.  (Of course if the config is actually 4MB plus 1 bank of 32 meg (using
funny 8MB simm's then this analysis may or may not apply)

I hope this clears up what seems like a silly thing.  It is actually a
sensible decision, given a low cost design which only supports two
banks of memory.

| Mark Isfeld
| [e-mail]
| 408-764-5167

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 17:48:01 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac , Design Works & HP Desk Writer 550C

Hi mac lovers
    I have a couple of questions for you:

    1: We have a Mac II Ci 8/230 here on the electronics lab at the
       university and we are running Design Work but we have a pro_
       blem with the printer, when we try to print out a logic dia_
       gram the following message appears: WARD MEMORY...   ERROR -192.
       We are using sys7 tuned up and we have installed the printer
       driver following the install manual steps. We are not conected
       with an apple talk network.

       Could someone of you solve the problem??

    2: We are looking for an ftp site where is possible find fonts
       for the printer because on the install disk we found only 8
       fonts.


    Please reply directely to the following address:

                [e-mail]

PS: The printer is fully compatible with sys 7. And we have installed the SAM
     virus detector.

                Thank you in advance.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 8:12:00 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (dave)
Subject: Mac-to-Unix-to-Vax (C)

About a month ago I was having some problems uploading text
files from my Mac to a Unix machine and then sending this file
out either via FTP or e-mail. The biggest problem I had was
the handling of the end-of-line character and how other platforms
handled this.

I thank those that responded to me. The solution that handles the problem
for me is ChunkIt. This nifty application will convert any text file
to the format your target system wants requires. It supports Mac
end-of-line (CR), Unix (LF) or MS-DOS (CRLF). I simply convert my
text file to a Unix-format, upload it and then I have no problems
whatsoever in sending this file out either via e-mail or FTP. I tip
my hat to the author, Joe Driear !

One short note on FTP'ing files. Supposedly, FTP will take care of
the conversion on the receiving end. But after talking to my 'net
guru's here I have discovered that this is not always the case (especially
on VAX machines). It is dependent on the type of software the site is
running to provide FTP service.


Dave Foard
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 08:46:44 +0100
From: "Olaf F. Normann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP and 7.1 (A)

Hello!
> ....2 hours later it still didn't show the
> appletalk icon, so we desided to reinstall system 7.0.1 and of course it
> did work......any IDEAS!!!  maybe a new version of MacTCP compatible with
> system 7.1 (if so could someone tell me how to get it?)

Yes MacOS 7.1 needs MacTCP 7.1.1 (I am told)
But the strange thing is that MacTCP 1.1 works well on my Mac IIci with 7.1!
It may be that the reason is that I have an old Mac (my ci is of the serie
without this cache card).
 -olaf

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93  10:50 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP and 7.1 (R)

You're supposed to use MacTCP 1.1.1 with System 7.1.  As I understand it,
the problem is not only that the older MacTCP 1.1 conflicts with virtual
memory under 7.1's, but there is also a bug in 1.1 that can overwrite boot
code in certain Mac models.  This means you won't be able to properly boot
your Mac, which is obviously a bit serious.  According to Dean Yu, one of
Apple's Blue Meanies, if you can boot your Mac with 7.1 and TCP 1.1 then
it's safe to continue using it.

However I'm not sure that these problems in 1.1 have anything to do with
your not being able to find the appropriate Ether/LocalTalk icon inside
the cdev.

Anyway, I believe you can buy MacTCP from APDA, or it may come bundled with
certain comms packages

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 16:35:47 PST
From: "Bruce Goldstein, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP Missing Ethertalk or Localtalk Icon

In infomacv11-022.txt there was a problem described in which the local
talk icon in MacTCP vanished when 7.1 was installed on a Quadra, wasting
hours of time.  System 7.1 requires MacTCP 1.1.1 or later, which is not
public domain and must be obtained from the source (vendor) that provided
your original version of MacTCP.  However, I had the same bizarre problem of
missing Ethertalk and Localtalk icons on a MAC II running 7.0.1 with
MacTCP 1.1.  I had installed an ethernet card with the intent of later
installing the network connection, so there was no termination on the
card I installed.  Couple weeks later, try to get MacTCP to work, no
EtherTalk or LocalTalk Icon.  Remove ethernet card, retry, no luck.
Reinstall network software.  No luck.  Reinstall 7.0.1 with standard
system only, no network support for ethernet.  No luck, do not even
see Localtalk icon.  2 hours and counting ARRRGHH.  Rebuild desk top.
No luck.  Zap Pram and reboot.  At reboot, comes up with AppleTalk off.
Turn AppleTalk back on.  VOILA, it works.  So, if missing LocalTalk (or
Ethertalk) icon in MacTCP, suggest turning AppleTalk off, rebooting, then
turning it back on.  Or maybe it was zapping the PRAM that fixed it.
Does anyone know?

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 08:31:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wonko the Sane)
Subject: Music n' such.

    Greetings all

I have been playing with those wonderful little music files called .mods,
using
Sound-Tracker (Trecker?) 1.0.   I like the idea of a synthesizer/sequencer
for those of us who really don't need the power of a $1200 MIDI setup since
we're just goofing around.  Sadly, I can find no mod writer for the mac.  What
I did stumble across in a very VERY old mac catalog was a program called
"Super Studio Session" by a company called Bogas Productions.  It looked very
intriguing...8 tracks of sample based instruments that you can write songs
with.  Unfortunately,  no software store or mail-order house that I know of
an that I have called has even heard of this program, much less stock it.
Anyone out there in net-land familiar with this program?  Can you tell me
anything about it?  Is it good?  bad?  I had deluxe Music Const. Set, which I
recieved
as a gift, but was generally unimpressed with its sounds.  I like a bit of
realism in a computer music program, which is why I'm casting my line into
those great network oceans...

    Second, any rumours on what exactly the LC III is going to be?  I've
heard everything from a 32-bit LC II to a IIci in an LC box.  Any other
rumours would be interesting.

Let's hear a round of virtual applause for Bill Lipa and Info-mac.  They've
saved my digital prosperity a number of times, as I'm sure they've helped
others.  Bravo!

Eric Oehler
[e-mail]
(Insert .sig here)

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 15:39:21 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: New IIsi 3/40 going for 99

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Fred G Martin) writes:
>I called Computer Revelations, Inc (800-275-9924) and bargained them
>down to $800 for the 3/40 configuration (this is the price my school
>is currently offering).  They also were willing to match MIT's
>academic pricing for the 5/80 model at $990 and the 5/160 model at
>$1180.
>
Consider how great these prices are:

Quantum ELS170 approx $370
4 1 meg SIMMs approx  $130

Subtotal              $500

Educ price of 5/160  $1180
- price of HD/RAM     $500

Price of IIsi         $680 !!!

This is a steal, not unlike the PB100 closeout... If Apple is making
money on these, and I suspect they are, perhaps they can just take
6-12 months, go crazy selling nearly discontinued Macs and triple
their market share. They would dominate the personal computer world
just like in the old, old days. The stock price would double! Or
quadruple! The Mac would win!

Naaah! Forget about it. Too sensible.

Mark Rogowsky

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:25:17 GMT
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: no subject (file transmission)

Subject: Duo and SCSI (A)

Hi netters

A few days ago I asked whether it was possible to connect a Duo as an
external hard drive through the floppy extension. This answer is NO because
although they look similar, they are not the same size, nor have the same
power requirements.

Thanks to David Bosso, Chris Gervais, Eric Hoffmann, Bob Kerns, Greg Trimper.

The Duo + Duo Dock owners may be interested in what David sent me:

>From: david (David Bosso) <[e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: Re: Microdock

>The microdock in question is made by (or will be...) Computer Care Inc.
>[phone]  It is called the SCSI Duo adapter and is priced at $179
>It is supposedly due in March :-( and will be about the same size as the
>floppy adapter.  (the non 800 number is 612 371-0061)

>-David

>info from MacWeek 1/18/93

Hope this will help someone

Francois   [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:25:25 -0500
From: "Christian Koch (Computer Science, Oberlin College,223 King, X8831)"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Object-oriented icon-based programming system?

I'm wondering if anyone knows of the existence of a very high-level
icon-based object-oriented programming or authoring system?  A couple
months ago I recall getting a piece of mail announcing what I recall
now as such an object-oriented system designed for use by computer
science classes.  I believe it sold for around $190.  I wasn't
interested in it at the time so I threw the letter away.  Now I'm
interested and can't recall the information I need.  I would think that
many of you might have gotten the same letter.  I have in mind some
graphical programming system like AuthorWare Professional or MacroMind
Director's Lingo -- but specifically object-oriented.  Students using
such a system would not write code in C++ or Object Pascal or ... but
would let the system handle it after connecting icons and filling in
dialog boxes.  Any pointers to such systems would be greatly appreciated.

Christian Koch        [e-mail]
Computer Science
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074

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Date: 29 Jan 93 09:39:01-0500
From: /PN=JOHN.WITHERS/O=IRS/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@sprint.com
Subject: Opinions of Graphics Software Sought !

Hello all,

I'm just getting into using my Mac to manipulate scanned graphic
images.  What, in the (humble) opinion of the Net, is the best
package on the market for this task.  My general idea is to scan
existing black and white photographs and digitally alter them beyond
recognition.

Thanks in advance,

John Withers
/PN=J.WITHERS/O=IRS/A=TELEMAIL/C=[e-mail]

(yet another frustrated user of SprintMail)

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 00:35:41 EST
From: "M. David Greenspon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB as SCSI (R)

>A dealer might say that the desktop Mac needs an external HD
>already before you can use your PB Duo 230 as one because the HD30
>(I think that's the one) cable you must use adapts to a regulare HD
>CABLE, not to a port.

Then you must have a pretty confused dealer!  :-)

First of all, as I understand it (I don't have a Duo), the Duo doesn't even
have a SCSI port.  You need to put it into a DuoDock or a MiniDock.
Second of all, the DuoDock doesn't support SCSI Disk Mode.  The only way to
get SCSI Disk Mode on a Duo (besides maybe third-party docks) is to use the
MiniDock.

Third--and I'm sure of this, since I frequently make these connections on my
PB160--you can't run the computer in SCSI Disk Mode at the same time as you
have an external HD attached.  The HDI-30 connectors are slightly different
(one of them is missing a pin).  With an external HD, your computer runs
normally, but in SCSI Disk Mode, it doesn't even boot up.  It just displays
a moving SCSI icon on the screen.

So the only explanation I can think of is that your dealer got external hard
drives confused with MiniDocks.  (That seems a bit strange.  :-} )

Hope this helps--David

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 19:04:40 +0100 (CET)
From: [e-mail] (Alexei Tsvetkov)
Subject: PowerLock

    Now that we all know what caused the problem with the PowerLock (it
was uploaded as MacBinary), will somebody who has preserved a copy please
reupload this thing? It seems, in a bit of a salutory panic it got itself
erased; now there is only an older version left, but even judging from it
this is an excellent program. Would be a pity to lose, especially since the
author has not been back so far.
Alexei Tsvetkov
Munich (I'd rather be in Philadelphia)

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 22:31:00 +0100
From: Vecoven Frederic <[e-mail]>
Subject: PRESTEL ?

Hello,

I am looking for a communication software which can emulate the PRESTEL
norm (a sort of VideoText, used in French countries). If anyone knows such
a program (shareware, freeware or not), I'll be pleased to know where to find
it...

Thank you very much.
Vecoven Frederic   ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 18:50 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Preventing an application from launching.

1. Dont mail to the list address.
2. Use something like Disklock and hide ResEdit if it must be present.

You are in for a lot of flak for using the public address

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

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 21:13:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jay L. Cross)
Subject: Printing "unexpectedly quits" app.

I hope someone can help me troubleshoot a printing problem.  The
symptoms only appear  when trying to print stuff from a
HyperCard stack that is part of a multi-stack system, but I'm not
yet convinced the problem has anything to do with HyperCard.
Details:

HC 2.1, System 7.01, tuneup 1.1.1 with its new (7.1.1) LaserWriter
driver, Mac IIsi, 5 meg, Personal LaserWriter NT, Apple 13" color.
Also, most (but not all) of the printing is done using Reports 2.5
>From Nine-to-Five Software.  Also in use:  After Dark 2.0u, a
control panel called Inter Axcess, all the Installer-installed Apple
stuff (including DAL, but I don't think it's being used).

With 10 out of 12 report or view templates (Reports 2.5 stuff)
there is no problem.  With one report and one view, the instant the
LaserWriter dialog should appear, HyperCard quits with the "The
application 'unknown' (sometimes this says 'HyperCard', but not
often) has unexpectedly quit with an error of type 1."  Very
helpful, that.  Just to make things interesting, sometimes (but not
*every* time) selecting Page Setup... or Print Card will also die in
exactly the same manner (the LaserWriter dialog never appears).
It doesn't matter whether PrintMonitor is on or off (never gets
that far, I suppose).

The cards and data in the stack are not unusual, and the stack
window size is a little smaller than the standard 9" screen.  No
huge bitmapped graphics, etc - mostly text in fields with some
painted text as field titles.  HyperCard has been given a memory
partition of 1500K (still bombs even when set to 3000K!).

Other docs from other apps print fine (including some heavy-duty
Canvas drawings and a large WriteNow file with lots of graphics
within text).  And just to make this more fun, everything prints
just fine on another IIsi with the same configuration EXCEPT it
has a 15" portrait display set to 16 grays, and a non-laser printer.
The only way to reproduce the errors on this machine is to
strangle HC with a very small memory partition.

I've replaced the printer driver, the HC app, the stack, and even the
Reports templates (although I doubt Reports has anything to do
with it, since non-report printing dies too).  Also, using
Extensions Manager 1.8, I've played INIT/CDEV roulette.  This too
has been an interesting exercise, but inconclusive.  With any given
combination of INITs/CDEVs, or with none at all, it sometimes
dies, sometimes prints.  I thought I had it licked when I got (what
I thought was) reliable printing with DAL and Inter Axcess turned
off.  But the next day, with these still turned off, the problem
returned.

Sorry for being long-winded.  I thought mucho information might
help you help me.  I'm clueless.  Any ideas??  Is there some innate
weirdness to the Personal LaserWriter NT?  Anyone got an
Internet address for Nine-To-Five?

(Please reply either here or directly.)

Thanks very much.

Little TMs or Rs in circles should be placed where they belong.


--
Jay Cross  [e-mail]   (CFN: by303)

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 09:57:48 EST
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Put Away errors

On Thu, 28 Jan 1993, [e-mail] (Jennifer Spielberger)
wrote:

> We have a variety of Macs running Dayna's DOSMounter.  We frequently have a
> problem when trying to eject a floppy disk using "Put Away", or by dragging
> the disk to the trash.  These problems seem to happen only when the disk is
> PC disk, or has PC files on the disk.  We get the message: "Cannot put away
> because you don't have enough access priviledges." The disk icon then
> dissappears.  The only way to get the disk out is to restart, or use the
> "emergency" eject hole.

I too have experienced the same phenomena, but have not sought an explanation
until now.

Thanks.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:01 WET
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Put Away errors (A)

In 11-22, Jennifer Spielberger reports problems with ejecting IBM disks
mounted through DOSMounter:

> We get the message: "Cannot put away
>because you don't have enough access priviledges." The disk icon then
>dissappears.  The only way to get the disk out is to restart, or use the
>"emergency" eject hole.

If you have the problem there are several alternatives. First, try to get
in the habit of using command-E to eject the disk rather than command-Y
(the putaway option). If you use QuicKeys, redefine Command-Y to be
Command-E in the Finder to have the same result. You will be left with a
grayed-out icon of the disk; move it to the trash. If the Finder insists
that you reinsert the disk you just ejected, kill the request with a
command-period.

Also, add a utility like SCSIProbe to your Mac. It enables you to remount
all disks at any time with a keystroke of your choice (the default is
command-space). So if you forget this whole approach and use command-Y and
fall into the bug, you don't have to restart OR use the emergency eject
hole. A command-space will make the IBM floppy reappear on your desktop,
and then you can eject it with a command-E.

By the way, it's POSSIBLE that DosMounter 3.0.1 has cured the problem. I
updated to that version last month when I upgraded Data Viz's
MacLinkPlus/PC to Version 7.0. I haven't noticed the "put away" problem
since, and some quick tests right now SEEM to show this version working
properly on my system. So upgrading might be the easiest solution.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:51:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Thumper)
Subject: quadra vram (q)

In comp.sys.mac.digest David L. Hirschberg writes:

>Do Quadra 950's come with any VRAM in them?  Ours was delivered with 1 MB
>(thousands of colors).  We paid for a VRAM upgrade.  Does that mean we were
>suposed to get 2MB or did we get what we paid for.

You got what you paid for. Q950s come with 1MB of VRAM and can be expanded
to 2MB total.

>Also what ever happened to Apollo?  I thought it was in the CP sub
directory.

Apollo is not a control panel, try extensions.

-Geoff

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:07:46 -0500
From: Gregory Eng Yee <[e-mail]>
Subject: shareware bulletin numbers

i'm sorry. I should have been more succinct
I've been told about I Ching shareware programs for the MacIntosh
and I wondered where I could get them. And if anyone had bulletin board
numbers for Macintosh users, that I could dial in to search for these
shareware programs.

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 23:36:21 EST
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: SuperATM Upgrade (Q)

I just received my SuperATM upgrade order form through snail mail and I
was wondering if it's worth the $49.00 Adobe is asking for it.

Any comments from netters would be appreciated.

BTW, what is the latest version of ATM?

Thanks for the help.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 18:58:21 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Superclock (C)

Yep, I agree, SuperClock 4.0.1 does not run on my PB100 either. If I hadn't
been so trusting I would not have so quickly deleted all the docs with his
e-mail address.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 9:05:34 CST
From: Gregory K. Iverson <[e-mail]>
Subject: SuperClock 4.0.1/2

For what it's worth, given the recent postings of SuperClock problems,
I've been running first version 4.0.1 and now 4.0.2 under System 7.1 on a
Plus (nee 128K!) and on an SE/30, entirely trouble-free.  Must be living
right, I guess.

--
Greg
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 04:58:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Rik Ahlberg)
Subject: SuperClock 4.0.1 and 4.0.2

Eric Eisenhandler ([e-mail]) writes:

>I downloaded SuperClock! 4.0.1 just after it appeared, and installed it
>on two Macs with colour and System 7 without problems. When I tried to put
>into onto a Plus running System 6.0.7, it damaged my Finder when I tried
>to set up the controls. So it seemed nice to see the note in Info_Mac
>saying there WERE problems and that 4.0.2 should fix them. However, when
>I tried to put 4.0.2 onto the Plus the same thing happened, this time along
>with various startup messages about being out of memory! So it's back to
>the old version for the Plus.

I installed the 4.0.1 version after my friendly system administrator noted
that there was some kind of conflict between the old 3.6 version I was
running and PageMaker 4.2.

Then it fried my Finder.

This all happened on a IIci with a 21" b&w Radius monitor. I will be
installing 4.0.2 over the weekend and certianly hope the same
thing doesn't happen again!

>   Sorry to have to mention this, since I am a happy and long-time user
>of SuperClock!

Ditto!

Rik

Rik Ahlberg        McKinsey & Company, Inc. voice 617-457-2080
[e-mail]  Boston Office              fax [phone]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 12:20:32 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Syquest 88 drives: Spin Peripherals or Relax Technology? (Q)

Forget what I said yesterday about removable 88 meg drives not being
interchangeable: our lab says they licked the problem.  It had to do
with incompatible drivers in the early days.

Now I have narrowed down my choices to the Spin Peripherals and the
Relax Technology models, both selling for $499, a price which includes
a free cartridge (worth $96).  I am concerned about noisy fans,
however, and have learned not to trust what dealers tell me about
them.  Anybody have experience with either of these drives?

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 12:06:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Joseph Alan Cerro <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sys 6 & Sys 7 Desktop Files Simultaneously?

Hi everybody. Does anybody know of a utility that will maintain a Sys7
desktop while running Sys 6 and v/v? A friend needs to switch between the two
frequently, and the constant rebuilding of the desktop which that entails
is frustrating. Setup is IIfx, 8/80, Sys 6.07/tuned 7.01, System Switcher.
Of course, my friend does not want to choose one single OS.

Any ideas? TIA

J. Cerro

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 13:43:07 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Systech (Novy) FAX Number

After I posted the info about Systech accelerator boards, I got lots of
email, so....
their FAX is [phone]
and their BBS # is [phone]

They may also be on appleline, but I dunno the #.

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

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 21:25:55 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wanted: Prices on PLI 88-meg removable drives.  (Q)

I am in the market for an 88-meg removable cartridge drive.  Since our
lab has found that not all drives can read all cartridges initialized
on other drives, I want to get the same kind the lab has: PLI.  Anybody
know of a good price?

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

Date: 29 Jan 1993 15:12:36 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: What's being discontinued?

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Brian Hughes) writes:
>[e-mail] (Scott Wiesner) writes:
>
>>I hadn't given much thought to this before, but does anyone have an idea of
>>what's being discontinued after the new products are announced in a few
>>weeks?  I noticed a local store was selling off the Performa 200 and 400
>>in a "Closeout" sale.  The salesperson didn't know what was coming, but
>>said they were definately being replaced with something new.  I find it
>>hard to believe Apple would be eliminating the B/W Classic II!  I assumed
>>the LC II would be replaced by the LC III, the si by the Centris 600, and
>>the ci by the Centris 650, but didn't think the color classic would replace
>>the Classic II.
>
>    As far as I have heard the machines being dropped from the price
>list are the LCII, the IIsi, IIci and Q700 (possibly also the Q950 to be
>replaced by the new Server). And while Apple might not be removing the
>Classic II they might have chosen to market the new Color Classic as the
>new low-end Performa and the LCII as the new midrange Performa.
>
The LCII is not being discontinued at this time.
The IIsi and IIci appear dead [and are, incidentally, great buys!].
The Quadra 700 is dead, although the Centris 650 is very similar
technologically speaking.
The Classic II is not being discontinued at this time.

The server is not shipping on Feb. 10.

Mark Rogowsky
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:52:32 -0700
From: [e-mail] (John Daspit, C.U. LASP,
[phone])
Subject: Whistling Sony monitors

Hi all,
    We have two identical Sony trinitron monitors hooked up to
Mac IIs, and BOTH have developed an obnoxious high-pitched whine
that seems to be affected somewhat by the intensity settings. As this
was a popular monitor for Mac IIs a while back, has anyone else had this
same problem, and (more importantly) know how to fix it? JD

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