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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 31 Jan 93       Volume 11 : Issue 24

Today's Topics:

      [*] 386chip startupscreen
      [*] Alias director 3.2.1
      [*] ARA script for Prometheus Ultima Home Office modem
      [*] binaryRead XFCN and demo stack
      [*] cyber-gif-13.hqx
      [*] Disk Charmer 1.4.5 submission
      [*] Dither Comparison
      [*] EM18FontFolderPatch
      [*] FileMakerPro_WriteItDown1.1.hqx
      [*] FindIt1.0.1
      [*] FLIPPER.HQX (v1.2)
      [*] Ford Simulator II mistake!
      [*] insidemacgames-feb93.sit.hqx
      [*] Left Dvorak KCHRs
      [*] Mac-IBM PC Comparison report
      [*] Mac Tips & Tricks
      [*] man-and-tounge.hqx
      [*] Mandella 8.4 fractal graphics program
      [*] MuddTicker1.0.5.sit.hqx
      [*] MXM Clock 1.0.1
      [*] NewLook V1.1
      [*] new submission
      [*] Open Spaces 1.1
      [*] PowerLock-31
      [*] ps2eps-mac
      [*] QuickBasic PCR (SerialPort Stuff)
      [*] ren-n-stimpy.hqx
      [*] ROMULUS, a romulan truetype font from star trek
      [*] Russian TT font
      [*] sc_edit.hqx
      [*] scrapz-12.sea.hqx
      [*] Send Script 1.0 -- BBEdit Extension
      [*] SMILEYFACE, a mondo-cool truetype font
      [*] speedometer-for-various1.2.hqx
      [*] speedometer-various records
      [*] ST-TNG icons (in living color!)
      [*] STARS&STRIPES, a truetype font
      [*] StarTrek Beeps
      [*] strawberry startupsound
      [*] stylewriter-on-appletalk-1.1.hqx
      [*] TContour3.03
      [*] unAdobe - convert Adobe outline fonts to ascii
      [*] UnZip 2.0.1
      [*] util/attention.hqx
      [*] VIETFONT, a truetype font
      [*] view-it.hqx (new version for lang subdirectory)
      [*] xLibrary free demo
      [*] zipit1.0.cpt.hqx
      16-bit color and stereo sound
      32-bit mode?
      3M Disks
      Bat Filer window problems
      CAP60
      COBOL for Macintosh?
      Comprehensive info on Feb. 10 Macs
      daisy wheel parts wanted
      Dark Side problem.
      downloads from sumex-aim? (Q)
      E-mail for Niles and Associates?
      EPS and Canvas et al
      Fair price for IIcx-the final decision
      GCC BLP Elite PostScript LaserPrinter
      Graphics Software (A)
      Hard Drive renaming (A)
      How to view qt movies and gif?
      HP48-to-Mac_cable_pins.txt
      INIT that restarts mac on system error?
      LCIII
      list for Pee-cee: thanks
      Lpr 1.2 Answers to Frequent Questions
      Mac SE/Classic Problem
      mixing characters from differents fonts into a new one
      New Macs (Q)
      PB as SCSI (R)
      Photo CD -> PICT
      PostScript in to LaTeX (R)
      PostScript printer---which to buy? (Q)
      Software to emulate 68030 ops? (Q) ]
      SuperATM Upgrade (Q)
      SuperClock! 4.0.2 Problems
      Super Studio Session
      System Enablers
      text reader, filter, and editor (Q)
      What system should I use on Mac 512K?

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:48:11 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 386chip startupscreen

This is a 640x480 colour startupscreen of a 386 chip. It may seem somewhat
heretical to use this as a startupscreen but you might be able to convince
your
pee cee friends that you have a 386 in your mac too.   :-)
If you have trouble getting this startupscreen to work please read the report
/info-mac/report/startup-deskpict-faq.txt before emailing me. On the other
hand, feel free to email me if you like this screen.

Cheers

Paul.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/386-startup.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:09:39 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Alias director 3.2.1

Hi netters,

Here is the latest version of alias director,
I'm not the author, i just found this version on archie.au.

I think this should replace info-mac/util/alias-director-301.hqx

ericv    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/alias-director-321.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:18:20 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Schlobohm)
Subject: [*] ARA script for Prometheus Ultima Home Office modem

This is the AppleTalk Remote Access script for the "Prometheus
Ultima Home Office" modem.  This script was downloaded from the
Prometheus BBS [phone] (14.4k 8N1) from their file
named promodem.ara.
--
bruce schlobohm
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-prometheus-ultima-home-office.hqx; 6K]

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Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:59:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] binaryRead XFCN and demo stack

[xfcn to do binary reads.  PEOPLE: please include some header text in your
 uploads!!!  thanks -- Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/binary-read.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 00:51 PST
From: [e-mail] (Roger Allen)
Subject: [*] cyber-gif-13.hqx

Here is the latest version of CyberGif.
Please put it into the ftp archives and replace V1.2.

#####CyberGif Version History
1.3 (January, 1993)
  - Now allows all files that show up in "Open" dialog box to be
    used in SlideShow!
  - Fixes all known bombs that users had problems with.
  - Fixes all known memory "leaks" that would force you to restart
    CyberGif.
  - Fixes problems some users had with multiple monitors.
1.2 (July, 1992)
  - Fixes bomb some users had with bigger-than-the-screen GIFs.
1.1 (June, 1992)
  - This version hopefully fixes the problems that some users had
    with Mac LCs and the HDT Lightshow init.  It also includes a way
    to pause the slideshow.
1.0  (May, 1992)
  - The first official release of CyberGif.

(Note: This is not the "next version" with lots of neat features that I have
been working on for the past few months.  This is basically a bug-fix
version.  Please bear with me while I finish up Version 2.0.
As a teaser, I'll tell you a few of the features Version 2.0 will have:
     - Much-enhanced slide show.  More controls and customization.
     - GIF89a support.
     - Works with any depth screen.
     - Better dithering interface.
     - and much, much, more!)

#####CyberGif Description
CyberGif is a Macintosh GIF viewer.
"Why another one?" you may ask.  Well, I wasn't happy with the
state-of-the-art in Macintosh GIF viewers. So, I tried the other gif
viewers/editors and found the features that I wanted in a GIF viewer. These
features include:

-Fast Decode & Display--see the gifs as you decode them.
-Small Program Size--only 54k!  Save disk space for GIFs--not viewers!
-Dithering--CyberGif allows black & white Macs (w/ColorQD) to see GIF files!
Please note that CyberGif does this AUTOMATICALLY only if all monitors hooked
up to the Mac are in two color mode.  Multiple monitors of differing depths
may confuse CyberGif.  A future version will fix this.
-Slide Show--just put the GIFs you want in a directory and watch the full
screen show!  Also note that the GIFs must be of type 'GIFf' to be seen in the
slide show.
-Growable/Scrollable windows--you can choose to stretch/shrink the window!
-Fit Gif to Screen--and keeps the GIF proportions correct!
-Full Screen Window--for those times when a window and menu bar are too
distracting!
-System Palette Option--see how the GIF would look as a background picture!
-Information Window--look at the current GIF's colors and much more!
-Flash--get rid of color residue that most GIF viewer leave in the
background!

#####NOTES:

CyberGif has been developed and tested on a Macintosh IIcx running System 7.0
with both Virtual Memory and 32-bit mode on.

On any machine without Color Quickdraw, CyberGif dies a quick and ugly death.
This will be fixed in a future version.

On multiple-monitor machines, automatic dithering will NOT work unless ALL
screens are set to 1-bit mode.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/cyber-gif-13.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 11:57:36 +0100
From: [e-mail] (lab stp - Fabrizio Oddone - 181292 )
Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 1.4.5 submission

Disk Charmer lets you format floppy disks, mapping out
automatically bad sectors (even under older Systems). I have
included the capability of making "big disks", by shortening
the space devoted to the disk catalog sectors; it is very
useful, given that you keep on a "big disk" a small number of
files (preferably one). You gain 9K on 800K, 19K on 1.4M disks.
Disk Charmer needs System 4.3 or later.

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

Enjoy yourself and remember the shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/util/disk-charmer-145.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 08:58 +1300
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Dither Comparison

Here's a stack, and some example pictures, to let you examine the difference
between standard QuickDraw dithering and the "fast dithering" feature of
QuickTime. You can modify the stack to display your own PICT files, if you
want. The stack itself should work with QuickTime 1.0, but the sample
pictures were compressed under QuickTime 1.5, so they won't display properly
with 1.0.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro

[Archived as /info-mac/card/dither-comparison.hqx; 203K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:42:09 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] EM18FontFolderPatch

Extensions Manager 1.8 Fonts Folder Patches, downloaded from Compuserve.
Please note that I am not the author of this software.
This patch will allow users of Ricardo Batista's Extensions Manager 1.8 to
enable/disable fonts in the Fonts folder under System 7.1. This file
contains a ResEdit resource file and a self-applying patcher applications
for  those who don't have access to ResEdit.  Instructions in Teachtext read
me file.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/extensions-manager-18-patches.hqx; 28K]

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Date: 28 Jan 93 12:50:38 U
From: "Andrew Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FileMakerPro_WriteItDown1.1.hqx

This is an update that fixes a bug in version 1.0
Regards,
Andrew Lee

WriteItDown
(c)1992 Andrew Lee, All rights reserved.
_______________

Read Me

WriteItDown is a pseudo-shareware Filemaker Pro (version 1.x) database. It's
main purpose is to provide a vehicle to electronically store and retrieve text
notes. You can use WriteItDown to produce simple notebooks or export `properly
annotated notes' into other software. WriteItDown is also able to
automatically
extract 5 keywords from your notes if you have properly annotated them.
    When exporting the notes, the FullNotes field contains all the individual
fields that make up the notes including the title, remarks, keywords etc...
    Plea: If you feel that WriteItDown has some useful value, & want to
encourage ME to improve it and develop other `affordable & useful' databases,
&
want to receive future updates via email (personally sent by me), PLEASE send
me a cheque (in Australian $) payable to: Andrew Lee, or notes in any
CURRENCY,
for ANY amount that you find appropriate. I will email (internet) you the
latest version of WriteItDown including its registered user's password. At the
very least, you must let me know that you are using
this template (by email or a normal letter)... I won't sue you if you do not
pay your shareware fees...

        Please do not distribute this database without all the
        original materials,
especially this file. This database is not for commercial re-sale without my
knowledge and permission. Please inform me if you decide to place this
database
onto commercial shareware CD-roms, disks etc...

If you do adopt ideas from WriteItDown for your own database, don't forget to
include me in the list of persons to thank :-). All suggestions for
improvements are welcomed.

Other databases that I have created: Contacts+ (A contact database), Docu+ (A
letter-content database used in conjunction with Contacts+ for
print-merging).

Regards,

Andrew Lee
School of Information and Computing Sciences
Bond University Australia       4229
Internet: [e-mail]

#160# Registered user's password will allow users to modify or create new
layouts.
It will not allow user to create or modify scripts and add other fields. If
you
need to know the `internals', please get in-touch with me personally. All
registered-users' passwords are compatible on version with the same first
digit
after the decimal (ie version 1.5, 1.51... 1.59 have the same password but not
version 1.6).

[Archived as /info-mac/app/filemaker-pro-write-it-down-11.hqx; 37K]

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Date: 27 Jan 93 10:58:00 EST
From: "EMIS2::CLEMENTSG" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FindIt1.0.1

Hi,

I think I'm doing this right.

FindIt is a small application that will search the text files in folder full
of
files for a text string. The full path name of the file the text was found in,
the number of the line the text was found in, and the line itself are
displayed.

I keep a alias of the folder "Apple #includes" next to FindIt. When I need to
find out which header file to include for a function prototype, or the
prototype
itself, I just drop the alias on FindIt.

FindIt needs System 7 to run.

Geoffrey Clements

[Archived as /info-mac/util/find-it-101.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 12:59 EDT
From: "Joe Strout .. Miami University, Oxford OH"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FLIPPER.HQX (v1.2)

FLIPPER : A Strategy Game for One or Two Players
 -----------------------------------------------

Flipper is a strategy board game.  The rules are similar to games
found both in the arcade and in home entertainment systems.  Flipper
features a resizable board (from 3-11 squares in each dimension, sized
independently) and optional random barriers.  Two levels of computer
opponent are available, and both play very well (able to be the
author, at least!).  Freeware.  Version 1.2.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/flipper.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 10:11:12 EST
From: [e-mail] (Scott Walker)
Subject: [*] Ford Simulator II mistake!

Duh, I'm stupid.  I didn't realize that there were other files related
with the Ford Simulator, and hence only sent the application along with
the first time.  So!  Here is a folder containing the application and
all of the resource files it needs!  Sorry to anyone who wasted the
bandwidth downloading it down.

     This is a driving simulator put out by Ford a few years ago.  It
lets you drive selected Ford models on three tracks: Test Track, which
has an obstacle course, City Challenge, which is like a freeway, and Back
Roads which is like Sunday driving with slow-moving trucks.  Three levels
of difficulty are provided for each track.
     It also has an Electronic Showroom, a Ford Buyer's Guide, and Ford
Infocenter to allow you to look at all the features of 1990's models.  A
bit dated information, of course, but the game is fun for awhile.

Thanks, and sorry again!
Scott Walker
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/ford-car-simulator.hqx; 609K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 03:05:36 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bob LaserMan Murrow)
Subject: [*] insidemacgames-feb93.sit.hqx

February 1993 Volume 1 - Issue 1 (On-Line Version)

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Inside Mac Games (IMG), a
monthly electronic magazine (RE-MagS) devoted to the Macintosh
gaming enthusiast. In the past year, the Macintosh gaming market
has seen an influx of flight simulators including Hellcats, Red
Baron, Falcon MC, Flight Simulator 4.0, and others. In light of
this, our first issue focuses primarily on flight simulators. The
future looks even brighter- In March or April, F/A-18 Hornet is
scheduled to be released!  And the latest news is that Microprose
is working on F117A Stealth Fighter and Dynamix on Aces of the
Pacific. You can be sure that IMG will continue to provide the
latest breaking news, interviews, hot reviews, and concise tips
and information to help you get the most out of your Mac gaming.
But we can't do it without your help. So if you like what you
see, please subscribe using the subscription form on the last
page.

We hope you enjoy the magazine as much as we enjoy playing games
on the Macintosh. We would like IMG to become the BEST Macintosh
Gaming Magazine - bar none. If you have any suggestions,
compliments, complaints, etc., please drop us a note.  - Tuncer
Deniz, Jon A. Blum, Managing Editors

The IMG Rating Guide

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/img1-01.hqx; 621K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:07:41 EST
From: [e-mail] (Mark Anbinder)
Subject: [*] Left Dvorak KCHRs

Subject:  Left Dvorak KCHRs

Left Dvorak Keyboard Layouts

A pair of KCHR resources ("keyboard layouts") for typing with a left-handed
Dvorak keyboard arrangement, in a StuffIt 1.5.1 archive.  Compatible with
System 6 and 7 (and maybe even earlier versions).  Distribute freely.
Installation instructions enclosed.

by Mark H. Anbinder

BAKA Computers, Inc.
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/left-handed-dvorak-keyboard.hqx; 8K]

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Date: 28 Jan 93 22:17:08 EST
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac-IBM PC Comparison report

This is Version 1.2 of this report and should replace the previous version
of mac-ibm-compare.txt. It contains some important changes and additions.  The

report still isn't complete, and I am therefore very much on the lookout for
contributions from Digest and other readers to flesh it out.  Send comments
and information to CompuServe: 72130,3557; AOL: bruceg6069; or Internet:
[e-mail].  This report covers not only present hardware and
software statistics and features but also future possibilities.  Despite its
incomplete form it still provides some thought-provoking reading on the
relative merits, problems, and deficiencies of Macs and IBM PCs.  Here is part

of the preamble for your prerusal:
"The reason for this general data sheet is that people in both camps are not
clear or accurate about what they are saying about their machines and what
little accurate info is out there is unconsolidated.  When completed, this
data sheet should enable us to make convincing and intelligent comparisons
between Mac and IBM.
To keep this data sheet organized please provide, if possible, article
citations for the information provided or corrected and keep the opinions to a
minimum.  As this is a general data sheet, keep the info provided simple so I
can understand what is being talked about and can explain it to others. Also
keep the information relevant to the section corrected.  Finally just don't
say it's incomplete but give me the info to make it correct and provide clear
and consice corrections. Thank you."

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-ibm-compare-12.txt; 33K]

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Date: 29 Jan 93 01:07:14 U
From: "pfterry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac Tips & Tricks

An electronic newsletter circulated on the commercial networks.

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/mac-tips-n-tricks.hqx; 86K]

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Date: 24 Jan 1993 20:11:33 -0600 (CST)
From: BERNIE FOULK <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] man-and-tounge.hqx

An original QuickTime movie created by Jon Foulk & Kevin Corbin.
The movie was a hand-drawn creation in which pictures of a man
with a rather large head is eaten by his own tongue--which later
flies off.  The movie is approx. 3 sec. long and has a partially
original sound track.  Please enjoy.

Thanks,
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/man-and-tounge.hqx; 133K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:27:57 -0800
From: Jesse Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mandella 8.4 fractal graphics program

   Mandella is a wonderful graphics program for color Macs. It draws
a wide array of different fractal images. This file contains Mandella
8.4, a 45-page MS-Word manual, and 31 sample files. Mandella is loaded
with features including: multiple Mac style fractal windows, seven special
purpose  windows, 69 fractal types, ten draw styles, eight transforms
(including 3D), four ways to automate drawing, a palette editor, etc.
The number of fractal windows is limited only by memory. Mandella works
on any color Mac with System 6 or later. Shareware $40.

   Version 8.4 Changes
   1) Modified the ZoomPoint automated drawing command:
    a) The high and medium cutoffs are interpolated from between the
        cutoffs for the original image and those for the first
        preset.
    b) Mandella will now either zoom straight in on the zoom point
        or gradually move the center of the images from the center of
        the first preset to the zoom point.
   2) Overnight will now optionaly refrain from re-sizing the fractals.
   3) Improved Fractint par file support:
    a) LambaFn types are supported.
    b) If the par was inverted Mandella will ask if you really want to
        use it.
    c) Memory is reclaimed properly if the user elects not to use a par.

   Version 8.3 Changes
   1) On Macs without an FPU presets requiring an FPU are not displayed.
   2) Return and Enter can be used when entering palette ranges in the
    Palette Editor.
   3) Improved par file support:
    a) Lines starting with semi-colons are now recognized as comments.
    b) If Mandella would create a very wide or tall window (because
        the par was distorted), Mandella will display an alert listing
        the windows dimensions and ask if you really want to use the
        par.
   4) Misc minor improvements.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mandella-84.hqx; 668K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:51:32 -0600
From: "TheBard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MuddTicker1.0.5.sit.hqx

Mudd Ticker Is a nifty utility that will run in the backgroud when you are
playing a mud (via Internet, ect) and keep track of Ticks for you. VERY handy
for serious DIKU (ect...) mudders... MANY bug fixes and better overall program
since last version.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mudd-ticker-105.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:53:06 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] MXM Clock 1.0.1

This is an update of MXMClock that I just sent out that crashed on computers
with bad/corrupt Menu Color entries. This version uses a pict instead of
obtaining the menu bar color for a background. I also added pref file
code. Now when you quit MXMClock it writes the changes to a prefs file.

You can change the location of the clock by clicking on it and dragging it
to a new location. When you quit, the new location will be saved.

It has some intelligence now that if the clock location is off the monitor,
it will move it on screen. I does not detect other menu icons though. It does
detect if the menubar height has been set to 0.

Below is the help text that is in the TEXT resource explaining how to change
parameters.

Help text is included in the TEXT Resource.


Matt
--

Below is the text from the first release.

 ---------------------------
Enclosed is MXM Clock yet another menubar clock program.
This one requires 32bit color QD and a system running multifinder
or system seven.

In my constant vigil to replace all my startup documents with applications,
(I don't like things patching the system when it doesn't have to) I created
this clock program that I use to replace SuperClock. It doesn't do anything
fancy. It just displays the current time in the menubar.

This version requires resedit to change the options. I will fix this in a
later
version. Also I plan on making it a Background only app also.

Things you can set:

Display rect
Font
Font Size
Baseline
Show seconds
and Waitnextevent sleep time.

these things can be set in te CLCK resource. A template is provided for
editing.

This program is freeware.

Matthew Xavier Mora

P.S. I started work on this long ago when I thought it would be a half hour
hack. After banging my head for over two weeks I lost interest in the
program. After reading c.s.m.p one day it dawned on me what was wrong with
the program.
If you call GetGworld or Setgworld DO NOT CALL SetPort ever again!

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mxm-clock.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 23:28:45 PST
From: "If I get home before daylight," <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NewLook V1.1

This is the latest version of NewLook (V1.1). It is a control panel that will
draw 3D buttons and real check boxes in dialog boxes on the Mac. This is
Shareware and I am posting it for the author Phil Flack. Phil can be reached
at
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/new-look-11.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:06:19 -0600
From: Don Gillies <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] new submission

This file is called "generating-postscript.txt" and lives on the
computer [sumex-aim.stanford.edu] in the /info-mac/tips/ directory.
last update was 6.25.92.

DIRECTORY
Generating Postscript
  (0) The laserwriter 7.0 way is easy
  (1) The onetime postscript generator [with keypress] (5.x, 6.x)
  (2) The weekend postscript generator [with checkbox] (5.x, 6.x)
  (3) The user with no laserwriter at all [with asm patch] (5.x - 7.x)
  (4) The user with a dedicated computer listening to the serial port
  (5.2/6.0)
Appendix
  (A.1) Forcing the postscript file to go to one directory
  (A.2) Printing the file on a non-apple laser printer(pre system-7)
  (A.3) Downloading a postscript file to an attached laser printer
  (A.4) Making laserwriter 6.x driver generate black/white by default
  (A.5) Getting laserwriter 5.2 to coexist with 6.1 and 7.0
  (A.6) Making the laserwriter driver relinquish the appletalk port
  (A.7) Changing the defaults in the laserwriter dialogue
  (A.8) Avoiding HUGE font files with the 7.0 print driver

A great deal of technical information on the system 7.0 laserwriter
driver can be found in the file [sumex-aim.stanford.edu]
/util/dmm-laserwriter-stuff-11.hqx.

[Archived as /info-mac/tips/generating-postscript.txt; 28K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 01:32:37 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Open Spaces 1.1

Open Spaces is an extension which makes navigating through folders in the
Finder
easier. When you are not renaming something, hitting the space bar opens the
currently selected file or folder. This enables you to move around with just
the
arrow keys and the space bar, or to open files more easily. When you are
renaming something, the space bar acts normally.
Copyright (c) 1993 Samuel Kutin. Freeware. Version 1.1.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/open-spaces-11.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 10:23:23 EST
From: [e-mail] (Rohan Cook)
Subject: [*] PowerLock-31

*** Moderators please note:  this replaces the previous PowerLock-31 archive
which
    was corrupted.

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

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

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

Here's a summary of features:

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

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

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

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

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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:19:07 EST
From: [e-mail] (George Jefferson)
Subject: [*] ps2eps-mac

this is version 1.3 of my ( unix based ) package for converting
postscript -> mac format eps with screen preview.

new features include:
1 major bug fix. ( would crash when converting large images )
color support ( off by default, to reduce file size )
robust recognition of all sorts of wierd bounding box
 line formats ( atend, decimal numbers, etc )
more informative ( imho ) error reporting.
pbmtoepsi.c is now included in this distribution.
 ( still needs pbmplus to compile though )
unix "man" page

requires ghostscript, and the pbmplus package.

george jefferson
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/unix/ps2eps-13.shar; 47K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:43:40 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: [*] QuickBasic PCR (SerialPort Stuff)

Pure Code Resources for QuickBasic (PCR)

Enclosed are 8 PCR's that lets you use the serial ports in your QB
programs.


Usage:

OpenSerialPort   (opens the serial port)
RDWRSerialPort   (a general function to read or write to a port)
CloseDriver      (Included for completeness )
SerReset         (Set comm paraeters)
FSReadSerial     (A serial specific FSRead function)
FSWrite          (a general FSWrite function)
SerSetBuf        (Creates a new buffer and tells the port to use the new
buffer)
DisposePtr       (Generic DisposePtr Function. Use to delet Ptr made by )
         (SetSerBuf Call)

_______________
Footnote:

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

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


Matthew Xavier Mora

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/qb-pcr-serial-utils.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:24:53 -0500
From: Hugh Witt Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ren-n-stimpy.hqx

Here are some more sundry Ren & Stimpy sounds for all you R&S fans out there.

Enjoy!


Hugh Johnson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York, USA
([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/ren-n-stimpy.hqx; 603K]

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Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:03:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ROMULUS, a romulan truetype font from star trek

This is a truetype font called ROMULUS, a representation of the
romulan fonts used on Star trek: The next generation.

This font is uploaded courtesy of the underground phont archive,
people who always laugh at those corny Top Ten Lists David Letterman
reads every night.

Jason Osborne
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/romulus.hqx; 14K]

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 20:14:53 +0100 (CET)
From: [e-mail] (Alexei Tsvetkov)
Subject: [*] Russian TT font

    After looking with horror at some miscreations people venture to
submit as Russian fonts, some even charging money for what should be kept
hidden in utter shame, here is a font I created some time ago, when
commercial entries were still rare. It is simple and elegant, based on text
fonts used at the beginning of the century. Perhaps a bit too artsy for
present day purposes - but it is free. Not public domain though: I retain
the copyright. Enjoy.
Alexei Tsvetkov
Munich (I'd rather be in Philadelphia)

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/russian.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:53:33 -0500
From: Tom Barrett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] sc_edit.hqx

SC_Edit is a program for viewing and editing Strategic Conquest
game files.  Works with S.C. versions 2 & 3 and has a nice
graphical interface.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/sc_edit.hqx; 48K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:19:48 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Lars Sundstr|m)
Subject: [*] scrapz-12.sea.hqx

Scrapz 1.2 (DA)

Replacement for Apples Scrapbook

Scrapz 1.2 is freeware

[Archived as /info-mac/util/scrapz-12.hqx; 68K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:33:46 EST
From: [e-mail] (Ed Watkeys)
Subject: [*] Send Script 1.0 -- BBEdit Extension

Send Script 1.0 -- Extension for BBEdit Version 2.2 or Later

Send Script allows you to send scripts to Apple event-aware applications
which understand the do-script ('misc'/'dosc') event. This is the final
version, unless any obscure bugs show themselves, but I am fairly confident
that there won't be any problems with this version. Saying all that:

Send bug reports and suggestions for 2.0 to [e-mail].

The Send Script source code is still available, but it's no longer in the
distribution package. I figure that most people don't care about the source
code. If you want it, send mail to [e-mail], and it
will automatically be sent to you.

Ed Watkeys ([e-mail] or [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bbedit-send-script-10.hqx; 9K]

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Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:02:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SMILEYFACE, a mondo-cool truetype font

This is a truetype font called smileyface.  Each character is a
different sort of face, most of which are various smileys, but which
also has some great scowls and other expressions.  A must have font!

This font is uploaded courtesy of the underground phont archive,
people who hate capitalizing proper nouns and correct spellings of words.

jason osborne
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/smiley-face.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 08:50:04 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] speedometer-for-various1.2.hqx

This is a machine record of speedometer 3.1 it contains :

PLUS,PLUS+accel,SE,PORTABLE,CLASSIC,SE-30,SE-30+color,CLASSICII,LC7.1,LC+fpu,LCII6.0.8,LC7.1,IISI,IISI+cache,IICX,II,IICI,IICI+,IICI7.1,FX,PB100,PB140,PB160,PB160+
2screens,PB170,QUADRA-700,QUADRA-900,DUO-210.

It should replace info-mac/report/speedometer-for-various.hqx
Please call this one speedometer-for-various1.2.hqx

If you have suggestions or machine record's of different configurations please
email me  : [e-mail]

ps . Due to the response of various people (see the readme) this record was
put together.

eric visser

[Archived as /info-mac/report/speedometer-for-various-12.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:57:58 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] speedometer-various records

This is a machine record of speedometer 3.1 it contains :

PLUS,PLUS+accel,SE,PORTABLE,CLASSIC,SE-30,SE-30+color,CLASSICII,LC7.1,LC+fpu,LCII6.0.8,LC7.1,IISI,IISI+cache,IICX,II,IICI,IICI+,IICI7.1,FX,PB100,PB140,PB160,PB160+
2screens,PB170,QUADRA-700,QUADRA-900,DUO-210.

It should replace info-mac/report/speedometer-for-various.hqx
Please call this one speedometer-for-various1.1.hqx

If you have suggestions or machine record's of different configurations please
email me  : [e-mail]

ps . Thanks to the response of various people (see the readme) this record was
put together.

eric visser

[Archived as /info-mac/report/speedometer-for-various.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 7:21:49 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] ST-TNG icons (in living color!)

Someone asked for Star Trek TNG icons recently.. unfortunately
I can't remember who. Well, here's my attempt, at any rate!

If you make any modifications, I'd appreciate it if you'd
send me a copy (hey, I ain't perfeckt).

Enjoy!

Ron Buttiglieri
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/stng-icons.hqx; 14K]

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Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:01:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] STARS&STRIPES, a truetype font

This is a truetype font called STARS&STRIPES, a very patriotic font
which has stars filling some leters and stripes filling others.

This font is uploaded courtesy of the underground Phont archive.
Jason Osborne
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/stars-and-stripes.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 10:51:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Roger Smith)
Subject: [*] StarTrek Beeps

Attn Moderator:
    Enclosed is a .sit.hqx archive created with Stuffit Classic 1.6 it
contains some Star Trek beeps (taken from DS9 and TNG) in System 7
Format. Please include in the sound directory. The sounds have good
signal to noise ratios and were recorded with Digidesign's sound Tools
system.

Comm Beep               11K
Failure Beep            14K
Failure Warning         26k
Power Loss              24K
"Damage to warp core"   30K
"Shuttle Comming Apart" 63K
"Structural Failure"    36K
"Can U ID the problem?" 27K

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/more-star-trek-beeps.hqx; 256K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:30:28 -0800
From: Jack Repenning <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] strawberry startupsound

Here's a startup sound that goes well with the startup screen
"art/strawberry-startup.hqx," recently uploaded by Paul Savage. This
is from the movie "Pretty Woman": Richard Gere (in his most cultured
and urbane tones) offers a strawberry to "bring out the flavor of the
champagne," to which Julia Roberts responds (in her street-wise
street-walker tones), "Oh.  Groovy."

It's a BinHex'ed, self-extracting, Compact Pro archive containing a
single System-7 "snd " file. (All right, maybe it was overkill for a
single sound, but think what fun I had!)

File as "sound/strawberry-startup.hqx"

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/strawbery-startup-sound.hqx; 49K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:59:46 PST
From: [e-mail] (Eric Aubourg)
Subject: [*] stylewriter-on-appletalk-1.1.hqx

Here is a new version of RemoteStyle. It should be archived as
stylewriter-on-appletalk-1.1.hqx, and replace the older version.
RemoteStyle allows you to share on appletalk a stylewriter,
original deskwriter, or any background-capable serial printer.
It can also transfer on a more powerful Mac the printing task for
any background-capable printer. Useful if your mac gets slow when
background printing, and if there is a Quadra nearby...
Shareware $10, unregistered copies work 5 weeks. Registered users
of previous version will receive a registration number. If you
don't, protest !
This version is a beta version. Apple released GrayShare just after
I spent some time improving the interface, and I stopped working
on it. I will now only correct bugs, except if users ask for new
features, like fax-sharing (possible for most faxes with minor
changes).
Eric Aubourg
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/stylewriter-on-appletalk-11.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:03:59 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John Pilling)
Subject: [*] TContour3.03

Please post this update of TCONTOUR3.0 to the app folder on info-mac.

TCONTOUR is a data visualisation tool for use with ternary systems (3
variables not 2) where the 2 varaibles always add to 100% and can be
represented as a triangle. The data is plotted as contours, pts or
numerical values. Rule of mixtures type of modelling can be carried out and
the ternary can be sub-divided into any number of user defined
sub-ternaries. Users can obtain extrapolated and ROM values for any point
in the ternary or plot line profiles through their data.

Documentation is as TEXT or Framemaker format.
System requirements Mac II with FPU. Should work with system 6 and greater
but is tuned for system 7 and up as it uses apple events to handle
automatic opening, drag and drop etc. Will tell you if your system isn't up
to par. Oh you do need an FPU chip or the pseudo FPU init.

John Pilling  internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tcontour-30.hqx; 280K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 13:54:00 EST
From: [e-mail] (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Subject: [*] unAdobe - convert Adobe outline fonts to ascii

unAdobe.hqx

  This is an old program (1988).  It is *NOT* System 7 friendly!
  In fact, it might not work on your system unless you do several
  things.  However, it enabled me to print my Macintosh Finale
  documents on a Unix PostScript printer.

  In order to get it to work on my Quadra, I had to turn off
  Virtual Memory, 32-bit addressing, the Cache, and restarted
  with all INITs off (one of my INITs didn't like unAdobe).

  In order to use it, give it the name of an Adobe Type 1 font
  (outline fonts are in your "Extensions" folder).  It will output
  (if it works) an uncompressed ascii version of the font.

  For example, I created a PostScript dump in Finale: MusicFile.ps
  and used unAdobe to convert the font "Petru" to Petru.unAdobe
  Then I transfered both ascii files to Unix, and was able to print
  them on a Unix printer using:

    > cat Petru.unAdobe MusicFile.ps | lpr

[Archived as /info-mac/app/un-adobe.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:48:00 +0000
From: "Jan (J.S.) Maika" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] UnZip 2.0.1

I am posting this for my brother who does not have access to the
INTERNET. Please direct any comments/questions to

          [e-mail]

UnZip 2.0.1 This application is used to dearchive MS-DOS
        .ZIP files. It also handles "deflated" files
        and fixes a small incompatability with
        PKZIP 2.0.4c

[Archived as /info-mac/util/unzip-201.hqx; 207K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:30:07 MET
From: marco piovanelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] util/attention.hqx

Attention is a little control panel that lets you customize
the sound played when background applications need your
attention (technically speaking, when they post notifications).
You also have options to disable notification sound altogether,
to disallow notification alert boxes and to always play a sound
when a notification is posted.

This is version 1.0.  A read-me file is included.
This program is free but still not public domain.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/attention-10.hqx; 9K]

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Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:02:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] VIETFONT, a truetype font

This is a truetype font called Vietfont, a font which has all the
english letters in an elegant font, and additionally has
letters with all the diacritical marks necessary (I am told)
to write in vietnamese.

This font is uploaded courtesy of the underground phont archive,
people who really hate wet socks.

Jason Osborne
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/vietfont.hqx; 42K]

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Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:56:10 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Terry Forrester)
Subject: [*] view-it.hqx (new version for lang subdirectory)

About ViewIt Shareware Version 2.05

A shareware version of ViewIt(TM) is being made available to the Macintosh
programming community as a way of introducing ViewIt and other programming
modules from FaceWare.  ViewIt is one of the best Mac programming tools
available for creating powerful windows containing many views and custom
controls.  In addition to ViewIt, this package includes a complete list and
description of other, non-shareware FaceWare modules that support advanced
custom controls, animation, communications, dEatabase management,
QuickDraw(TM)
extensions, and 2D and 3D plotting.  FaceWare modules are reasonably priced,
do not require license fees, are compatible with all major languages and
compilers, and are called using a simple C function, Pascal procedure, or
Fortran subroutine (a HyperCard(R) interface is also available).

ViewIt consists of a powerful set of programming modules that help programmers
manage menus, windows, and other elements of the Macintosh interface in new or
existing programs.  ViewIt is uniquely designed to be much easier to use than
other "interface builders" by requiring a minimal amount of program code (as
little as 3 lines!), and supporting the on-line editing of windows from within
running programs (like HyperCard).  The combination of ViewIt plus Apple's
ResEdit(TM) can be used in place of tools such as MacApp(R) and AppMaker(TM),
or as an enhancement of such tools.  When you decide to purchase ViewIt, the
price is just $95.

ViewIt's major window-related features include:
-- support for editing modal and modeless windows from within running programs
-- multiple fonts, styles, and colors (w/o the limitations of standard ictb
   resources)
-- a variety of useful custom controls (lists, menus, ICON/PICT buttons, etc.)
-- support for extended controls that can be as powerful as complete graphic
   and text editors
-- a view hierarchy that supports scrolling and paging of groups of controls
-- direct links between program variables and control values
-- ability to override all control behavior
-- compatibility with existing CDEFs
-- imports existing dialog DITL resources
-- support for System 7 Balloon Help
The ViewIt package also includes a module that can be used to support standard
items in the main menu bar, tear-off menus, floating palettes, and the
required
Apple events.

The complete text of an objective, professional review of ViewIt that appeared
in the Nov/Dec 92 issue of MacTutor is included in the ViewIt demo program,
along with comments from a wide range of programmers who are currently using
ViewIt.

If you have any problems decompressing the ViewIt Shareware file or getting
the
demo programs in the package to run, contact us for help:

 USA: 217-328-5842, M-F, 9AM-5PM Central (Illinois)
 Europe: [+44]-(0)993-89-1407, M-F, 9AM-9PM GMT (England)
 AppleLink: D1323
 Internet: [e-mail]

ViewIt(TM) is a trademark of FaceWare.  Other product names mentioned above
are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers.

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/view-it-205.hqx; 920K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 15:56:39 +1000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] xLibrary free demo

Please find enclosed a free demo of xLibrary to put up on your server.

Frank Sainsbury

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/xlibrary.hqx; 133K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 02:21:34 -0500
From: Nick Sklavounakis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] zipit1.0.cpt.hqx

ZipIt 1.0 by Tommy Brown.

ZipIt will compress and decompress files in the Zip archive format, even
those created on other platforms (even PKZip 2.0 for the PC). When you
Zip a file on the Mac, it will retain its Mac information, even when
moved across platforms.

This is the first Zip utility for the Mac that actually has a Mac
interface.

ZipIt is fully System 7-savvy and and even supports special AppleEvents
that will allow it to work with other applications.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/zip-it-10.hqx; 161K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 20:34 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: 16-bit color and stereo sound

Am I right in thinking that because of Apple's economising/stupidity with
the IIvi/vx sound chip, the ONLY Mac which will do 16-bit color at 640x480
using VRAM, and support stereo sound, is in fact...the Quadra 950?  Sheesh.
Is this situation likely to be remedied with the release of the new Macs in
February, in particular the LCIII?

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 12:35:13 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 32-bit mode?

Can anyone explain why my PB140 apparently delivers better performance
when 32-bit mode is turned on?

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 21:03:34 EST
From: Gene Mayro <[e-mail]>
Subject: 3M Disks

>From Pete Tamas:
>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 AM RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF MACS AND PEE-CEE'S, AND HAVE USED A
great variety of brands of disks in the past 7 years. My experience
has been that 3M disks, both 800K and 1.4MB, do go bad on a regular
basis. Interestingly, there are more problems when the disks are
used in PC drives than in Mac drives. I can say with complete
confidence, though, that the disks that I trust the least are Verbatim
disks. In the fall of 1986, I foolishly ordered a couple of boxes of
Verbatim disks because they were so much less expensive than
sony's (I was a freshman in college...I didn't know any better). That
was the last time I bought or used Verbatim disks becuase of all the
problems I had, until last year, when someone in Temple University's
purchasing department changed my order for Sony's to Verbatim
disks because of the price. 6 years made no difference - the
Verbatim disks were still unreliable. If asked what brand of disks I
would recommend (and Pete Tamas did ask me) I would say Sony.

- Geno

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 11:06 EST
From: Dan Rolander <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bat Filer window problems

I recently downloaded Bat Filer, and it seems like it could be a
pretty good program, but I haven't been able to use it much, because
the "search files", "preferences", and "shareware notice" windows
all position themselves above the top of the screen, so that only
the bottom half of the windows are visible. Since the window title
area is off the screen, I am not able to reposition them. I've tried
using ResEdit to change the DLOG position, but it doesn't help. Has
anyone else had this problem? I am using an LCII with a standard 13"
screen.

The main thing I would like to use it for is to search multiple text
files for string matches. Are there any other programs out there that
can handle this? What I'm really looking for is something like the
VMS DCL command SEARCH, which will easily search any number of text
files for almost any number of strings in either an AND, OR, NAND, or
NOR combination. It allows for adjustable windows of strings to be
displayed above or below the found strings, and it can either direct
the output to the screen or to another text file. This is so useful
to me on the VAX, that I would really like to find something like it
for the Mac.

Thanks,
Dan

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 21:17:52 EST
From: [e-mail] (Bill Seufzer)
Subject: CAP60

I'm trying to build CAP60 on a Sparcstation with SunOS 4.1.1 and would
like to use it with several Mac IIci's which are also on ethernet.

As I understand the CAP60 directions I should not need a bridge, as in past
versions, but in that case I do need to install UAB.  I can get UAB installed
but I'm not sure how successfully, it does show up in a ps -aux list.

Then I try to kick off aarpd.  But try as I may it doesn't seem to
install.  I have even tried to seed the /etc/etalk.local file following a
supplied example. I keep getting the following response to:

aarpd ie0 BioSci

/dev/nit: No such device or address
14:48:53 01/30/93  pi_open: aarp_init: No such device or address
init_enet: network initialization failed

BUT /dev/nit does exist, and I even chmod'd it to give everyone access!

I believe I have read all the README's and man pages, but I must be missing
something... any pointers?

Thanks,

Bill Seufzer
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 16:31:47 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Harry Myhre)
Subject: COBOL for Macintosh?

I got into a discussion with a friend at work the other day. He thinks there's
a COBOL compiler for Macintosh. The only one I've ever heard of is one from
AcuCOBOL (sp?) that runs under AU/X.

---
>From Harry Myhre <[e-mail]>

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Date: 29 Jan 1993 17:26:31 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: Comprehensive info on Feb. 10 Macs

I'm bored so you don't have to be ...


Here are the specs on the new Apple hardware coming out on Feb. 10:

* CPUs

1) Color Classic - Like the Classic II in that it has the "crippled"
16-bit data bus, so it won't be fast. It will diplay 256 colors on a
built-in Trinitron or 32,768 colors with extra VRAM. As with all the
new CPUs, it uses a different SIMM slot than existing Macs. This
slot is a 72-pin slot and can take 32MB SIMMs. The Color Classic,
though, is limited to 10MB total. It has a PDS slot and an FPU
socket. It has a built-in microphone, and, like all the new CPUs,
comes with the new curvy, ergonomic mouse. It meets the Swedish
radiation emission requirements (nice) but it is ugly (not nice).
The Classic II remains available indefinitely.

2) LCIII - For the first time since the Apple III debable, the
Cupertino kids go for a III designation. This one, though, is a
winner. 25MHz 030 (like the IIci, PB 160, 170; much faster than the
16MHz LCII, Color Classic, Classic II) with a 32-bit data bus
(hurrah!). PDS slot, FPU socket. Supports 256 color on displays up
to 16" (hurrah!) and 16 grays on Mac Portrait display. With
additional VRAM can do 32,768 colors on 13/14" [really the same]
monitors and 256 on 16" color or equivalent number of grays on
Portrait. That new SIMM socket, 72 pins, not 30 like the old ones,
can take one 32MB SIMM and bring the machine from 4MB to 36MB.
Supports RAM Disks with Apple standard System 7.1. Apple will offer
40, 80 or 160MB hard disks. The Apple IIe card is supported! There
is a logic board upgrade from the LC and LCII. Looks just like an
LCII. LCII will not be discontinued at this time, just cheaper.

3) Centris 610 - A 20MHz 68LC040, which is a 68040 with the FPU
functions disabled. Apple says it should twice as fast as a
IIci/IIvx. 4MB RAM, 2 SIMM slots (new 72-pin slots, by the way, if
you haven't been paying attention). Max ram is therefore 68MB.
RAM Disk support, of course. 256 color on monitors up to 16" with
standard VRAM, also 16 colors on 21 inch and 16 grays on Portrait.
With optional VRAM, we're talking 32,768 colors on 16-inch monitor
(that's 16-bit color to you and me folks). 256 color or gray on
21-inch and Portrait, respectively. Integrated microphone. Internal
bay for removable half-height 5.25-inch device, like the Apple
CD-300 or your favorite flavor or Syquest, DAT, Bernoulli. One PDS
slot, which can take a 7-inch NuBus board with an adapter from
Apple. Optional on-board Ethernet (which, like on the Quadras
requires a transceiver). Two ADB ports. Hard disks of 80, 230 or 500
MB (Apple's biggest offering to date). Look like a taller LC with a
huge secondd mouth (when the CD is installed). Fewer grooves in the
case). IIsi and IIci are both gone for good. IIvx lives on to hold
down the territory between LCIII and Centris 610.

4) Centris 650 -  25MHz 68LC040 stanard but the full 25MHz 68040 is
available from Apple. Quadra 700 speeds, which is good, because the
Quadra 700 is discontinued. This guy is in the IIvx/Performa 600
case, so you know what it looks likes. Same video support as Centris
610, also has Ethernet on-oard option. Same hard disks. Four SIMM
slots, for a potential total of 132MB RAM (using 72-pin SIMMs,
of 32MB each). Looks like the IIvx, which I don't like personally
[especially the unwieldy metal case], but you may.

5) Quadra 800 - The 950s little sister. 33MHz 68040 with integrated
FPU. 8MB RAM, expandable to 136MB. On board Ethernet. Same video as
Centris, i.e. 16-bit color on 16-inch monitors with optional VRAM.
One PDS, three NuBus slots BUT ... If you use the PDS it blocks one
NuBus slot. Has room for two 3.5inch hard disks one half-height
5.25-inch removable (see above for details). Looks funky. Dimensions
are 14.25 height x 8.9 width x 16.0 depth (in inches, 30.6 x 19.6 x
39.6 in cm). Weighs 25 pounds [or more with more internal devices]
so it may be made of metal (as may the Centris 610).

6) Powerbook 165c - 33MHz 68030 and 33MHz 68882 (FPU). 4MB,
expandable to 14MB. Just like 180 but with passive-matrix color
instead of active-matrix grayscale. 256 colors, 9-inch screen no
10-inch like other non-Duo Powerbooks. 160-meg drive available from
Apple (at last!). 160, 180 live on. Even Apple won't claim the
battery lasts more than 2 hours. They say 1.5-2. Probably will be
less. Looks like 140/170/160/180/145.

Review: Centris is overdue and probably a winner in the war against
486 [not a winner, winner, just a winner]. LCIII brings ci
performance down near $1,000. New SIMM style means high RAM prices
at first, but chips are the same so they'll reach parity soon
enough. Quadra 800 is machine of choice for power users who don't
need many slots and bays (like in the 950, which still exists).
PB 165c will be for those who need portable color, screen will be
like most DOS color laptops, kind of icky. Color Classic will sell,
but most should go to LCIII for a little more money and a lot more
power.

Don't ask where the info came from. Don't e-mail me any questions.
Do wait for the story on the new Laserwriter Selects (later today).
Do begin a discussion of the plusses and minuses. I will weight in
on Feb. 12 or so with a price/performance comparison: Apple vs.
Dell/Compaq/Gateway/IBM. OOOOOOOOH! I can sense your excitement
[self-mocking tone intended].

Mark Rogowsky
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 00:12:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Zucker)
Subject: daisy wheel parts wanted

Hi, does anyone know where a friend can get replacement parts for an old
apple daisy writer printer (circa 1984)?

Please reply to me by email, I don't read this group and am posting for a
friend in the Dayton Ohio area.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff Zucker
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 20:33 EST
From: Mark London <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dark Side problem.

I notice Dark Side on my mac IIsi suddenly goes in a mode where it refuses to
fade after the idle time has expired.  If I restart my mac, the problem
temporarily disappears, but something causes it to reoccur.  (Works fine on
my LC at home, although running a non-MAC terminal on the IIsi.)  I'm sure
it used to work, so I don't know what happened.  In any event, I've tried to
download the latest version, but when I try to run BINHEX on it
(DARK-SIDE-32.HQX) after ftp to my vax and kermit it to my mac, a CRC error
occurs.  This happened on both macs.  Has anyone been successful in
retrieving this copy?  Any ideas?  Thanks.

Mark London
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 16:43:47 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: downloads from sumex-aim? (Q)

Is there any way to determine the number of times a particular file has been
downloaded from sumex-aim?

[One used to be able to get a rough idea from help/popular-files.txt. However,
 the Gopher server has some characteristics that totally mess up the
 statistics. The file isn't really very useful any more, unfortunately. -Bill]

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

Date: 30 Jan 1993 23:03:19 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: E-mail for Niles and Associates?

Does anyone have an E-mail address for Niles and Associates, Inc.?

thanks

Steve Passmore
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 03:11:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Rik Ahlberg)
Subject: EPS and Canvas et al

[e-mail] writes:

>I'm not certain about Canvas' ability to include preview information with
>its exported EPS files.  However, Adobe Photoshop could be used to open

.. (stuff about Photoshop deleted)

I use Canvas frequently to create EPS graphics for use in PageMaker
layouts... the PICT previews attached to the EPS file work wonderfully
(and they're quite accurate representations of the printed output).

>Theoretically, Illustrator (from Adobe, the creators of PostScript) could
>open any pure EPS file (Illustrator lists all EPS files in its open

.. (stuff about Illustrator deleted)

And the reason I first used Canvas was because we didin't have either
Illustrator or Freehand (my fave) at the office. So I learned Canvas. And
I really like it.

Rik

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

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 21:01:38 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fair price for IIcx-the final decision

I had asked if $2500 was a fair price for a IIcx with a 13" color
monitor "with software." I found a recent copy of MacWorld which
listed these two at a combined price of around $2300. Due to lead
times, I imagine the numbers are a little high because of price drops
since the data was gathered.

The student bought the computer on Tuesday. Based on my reassurances
that if you can save, etc. in one Mac application, you can do it in all
of them, he spent the evening playing with Pixel Paint. He finished
the 12 hour "Macintosh Literacy" very confident of his abilities to
grasp the material he will learn in subsequent classes. So, the price
was fine for him. He was so happy, I did not ask him if the software
was pirated. ;-) One lecture's enough.

Thanks for all responses!-Pete Tamas

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 21:25:30 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: GCC BLP Elite PostScript LaserPrinter

There is a Micro Center that's opened fairly recently in the Philadelphia
area, (Route 30 W. of 476) and they have been advertising pretty
heavily. They have a GCC BLP Elite PostScript LaserPrinter for $899
with promise of a manufacturer's rebate of $100 bringing the effective
cost to $799. This is supposed to be a 17-font Postscript machine with
2 meg of RAM. No mention is made of RAM upgrades which I imagine are
very desirable with only 17 fonts not in RAM.

Can anyone familiar with this machine comment on the attractiveness
of this price and this model printer? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 13:38:09 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Graphics Software (A)

I have been mucking around retouching photographs for a year or so with
Expert Color Paint. Yes I know it is not as powerful as just about any
other image manipulation software but for 29 dollars... I get a kick out of
using my Mac and a really cheap paint program to do some quite convincing
photoretouching. For starters I recommend it.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 16:01 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hard Drive renaming (A)

Mr. Barbosa,
There is nothing easier than hard drive renaming.  No utilites, no extra
software needed.  Naming a hard disk is as simple as renaming a file.
  Just click on the old name (the tip of the pointer within
the name), wait two seconds until the name appears in an outlined box, and
write over the old name.  Good Luck.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: 30 Jan 1993 11:02:48 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to view qt movies and gif?

Hi:
   Does any one konw how can I view a qt movie on mac? Also is there any
shareware program which can print and view gifs. Please reply to me directly.
   Thank you.
                             J.Y.Xiang

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 15:13:48 PST
From: [e-mail] (Darren Cokin)
Subject: HP48-to-Mac_cable_pins.txt

Below is a document which shows the correct pin connections necessary to
construct a cable to connect HP48 calculators to Macs.  It is much cheaper
to make your own than to pay the $30+ that they go for retail.  Once you
have the wire you can download software to the HP48 with any kermit program.
There is much software for the HP48 available at seq.uncwil.edu, and
hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com.  These include math programs, utilities, games, universal
remote programs, etc.


                             Darren

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
       PIN CONNECTIONS FOR HP48 TO MACINTOSH CABLE

           By Darren Cokin ([e-mail])


Here are the pin connections necessary to make a cable from your HP48 to
your Mac.  You're on your own finding connectors to fit the jacks, but
at least now you know which wires to solder together.  Just match the
numbers.


Looking at back of HP48

    ---------
   | 1 2 3 4 |
    \_______/


Looking at back of Mac serial port (modem/printer port).
This type of connector is called a "9-pin Mini-DIN" (the 9th
pin is the outer ring).  X marks pins that are not used.

     -------
   (         )
 (  X   X   X  )
(               )---1 (outer ring)
(  2     4   3  )
 (             )
  (   X   X   )
    ---------


This has been tested to be the same configuration as the cables that
are being sold, but I make to guarantees.  Use at your own risk.  I
take no responsibility if you damage either your mac or your HP48.
Feel free to distribute this document, I place it in the public domain.

                               Darren Cokin
                               1/29/93

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 18:58:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Tseng)
Subject: INIT that restarts mac on system error?

Hello,

I'm looking for an INIT that will automatically restart the mac whenever a
system error occurs, but I can't remember its name. If you know what I'm
talking about, could you please let me know? Thanks.

------
Stephen Tseng
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 09:31:24 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LCIII

It sounds like the LCIII is a IIci in sheeps clothing.  Will I be able to
get an FPU for such a beast?  What is the practical difference (besides
$$$) between a 25MHz'030 and a 20MHz'040 (ie the Centris 610)....what does
the '040 add?  Is it processing speed?  Other functionalities?

Thanks, for the info, mac....

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:27:17 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: list for Pee-cee: thanks

Many thanks to all those answered my message about a list for PC
as good as Info-mac...
The consensus focused onto INFO-PC at IRLEARN (info-pc at ricevm1).
I already subscribed, and wait to see what's coming in.
Maurizio

MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: [e-mail]  | phone & fax [phone]
CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 23:45:57 EST
From: Peter DiCamillo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Lpr 1.2 Answers to Frequent Questions

Since lpr 1.2 was added to the archives, several people have asked
about Postscript support, and about the availability of source code.
Here are the answers for others who may have the same questions.

Printing Postscript

Lpr doesn't include any explicit support for Postscript.  However,
it is possible to turn off all formatting in lpr, so that it will
send a Postscript file to the lpd daemon unchanged.  In many cases,
that will allow the file to be properly interpreted.  To turn off
formatting, select "Formatting" from the "Settings" menu, and click
on the "none" button.  If you are printing multiple Postscript files
at once, also select "Suppress form feeds between files".

Lpr Source Code

Lpr is written using MPW C version 3.2.  Although I haven't tried it,
it shouldn't be very difficult to use the source with Think C.  To
get the source, use anonymous FTP to brownvm.brown.edu, and retrieve
the file lpr12src.seahqx.

Peter

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:38:50 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac SE/Classic Problem

About 3 months ago, I installed a program called Searchware on a Mac SE at
our school.  Searchware is used to access the Dialog (knowledge index)
databases.  Just as Searchware started connecting with a modem and the Mac
SE, the computer (not the modem) started to make a strange buzzing type
sound, the screen images scrambled and then the computer re-booted itself.
I then installed Searchware on our Mac portable and it ran flawlessly with
the same modem.  I was then lucky enough to get the use of a Mac Classic
that wasn't being used in the school.  I installed Searchware and it again
ran flawlessly for a month with the same modem, until yesterday.  The exact
same problem appeared with the Classic as I had with the Mac SE.  I checked
with Searchware but no solution has come forth yet.  All the Macs that I
mentioned above were running system 7, the Classic is running 7.1  I
checked to see if anyone had been playing with any of the settings both on
the software and the Mac.  I could see no obvious change.

Anyone heard of and/or dealt with a problem like this before?  I'm
desparate for help on this one as a new semester starts Monday and I've got
some kids waiting to get going with this program.  Thanks for any
suggestions.


Gerry Paille ([e-mail])
North Peace Sec. School
Fort St. John, BC


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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:20:56 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: mixing characters from differents fonts into a new one

I posted a message asking for infos about a cheap and good font editor,
but got no answer: font editors are good and expensive, or cheap and poor,
I understand...
Anyway: I downloaded the phonetic SIL-IPA fonts and started to use them to
see 'how do they work' for my needs. I discovered that they do not
contain numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0.
Is it possible to cut some diacritics or characters I don't need, and paste
in the missing numbers? I don't fear doing this with ResEdit, if necessary.
Thank you.
Maurizio

MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: [e-mail]  | phone & fax [phone]
CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy

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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 00:36:46 -0500
From: [e-mail]  (Wagner Truppel)
Subject: New Macs (Q)

Greetings netlanders,

can anybody tell me (or post to the net) the most important differences
between the Quadra 700 and the new Quadra 800 and Centris 650 Macs, as well
as between the new laser printers and the II NTR, including list prices?

I'm about to buy a new Mac of the level of the Quadra 700 and a laser
printer, but am not sure if I should wait for the release of the new ones
in Feb 10.

Thanks a bunch!!

Wagner Truppel
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 17:29:02 EST
From: "M. David Greenspon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB as SCSI (R)

Yesterday I wrote:

>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

Sorry--I misinterpreted your posting.  Your dealer was talking about using the
external HD on the desktop Mac, not the Duo.  (It would be hooked between both
computers.)

Well, in this case you COULD put external HDs and printers between the two
computers--your SCSI chain can have up to seven devices, including the
internal
HDs in both computers--but you certainly wouldn't HAVE to, unless there is
some bug in the Duo's ROMs that nobody is talking about.  (Not very likely,
since the other PowerBooks released at the same time don't have such a bug.)

And, as everyone on earth now knows except for your dealer, you can't use your
external floppy port (it's called an HDI-20, by the way).  You need the port
on the MiniDock.

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 19:14:03+080
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Smoliar)
Subject: Photo CD -> PICT

Neil Mickelson asks for "the quickest, easiest way to convert Photo CD
pictures
to PICT format."  Can't you do that by making a snapshot of the screen
(command-shift-3)?  As I recall, there is only one Photo on the screen
at a time;  so capturing the screen in a PICT file seems like the simplest
approach.  I am about to have my CD-ROM upgraded for Photo CD, and I assumed
this will be possible.  This will enable us to share some of our travel
photographs with our net friends.

------

Stephen W. Smoliar; Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore; Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE 0511
Internet:  [e-mail]

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Subject: SuperClock! 4.0.2 Problems

Ray Kallman is still having trouble with SuperClock on his Plus and wants to
know if anyone else has his problems.  I have now successfully installed
SuperClock 4.0.2 on both my office IIfx and my home PowerBook 170 (the latter
with a black-and-white screen).  It seems to be running just fine on both
machines with no sign that either is the worse for he experience.

------

Stephen W. Smoliar; Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore; Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE 0511
Internet:  [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:41:30 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PostScript in to LaTeX (R)

I have more comments than I have time to type on how to get
PostScript into LaTeX.  I have been doing this for more than a
year and have played with a number of different methods on the
Macintosh.  The best I have found is epsf.tex by Tomas Rokicki
and revised by Donald Knuth among others.  The following is the
dated header from the file I use...


%   EPSF.TEX macro file:
%   Written by Tomas Rokicki of Radical Eye Software, 29 Mar 1989.
%   Revised by Don Knuth, 3 Jan 1990.
%   Revised by Tomas Rokicki to accept bounding boxes with no
%      space after the colon, 18 Jul 1990.
%   Modified by Peter Galko to be appropriate to Textures handling of
%      the special command and not dvips. 5 Nov 91
%
%   TeX macros to include an Encapsulated PostScript graphic.
%   Works by finding the bounding box comment,
%   calculating the correct scale values, and inserting a vbox
%   of the appropriate size at the current position in the TeX document.


I create a lot of PostScript (actually EPSF) graphics in Mathematica
and I like to include them in LaTeX documents for publication (I use
Lightning Textures on a Mac).  I save the Mathematica graphics as
EPSF files and then I read them into Canvas 3.0.5 and make any
addition that I would like.  After making additions (you can't
change anything), I save the file as an EPSF file out of Canvas.
This file is then easily incorporated into LaTeX using the epsf.tex
macro.

If anyone would like epsf.tex, please let me know.  If you have any
questions regarding this procedure, just email and I'll do what I
can.

Best regards,


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

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

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 10:16:50 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: PostScript printer---which to buy? (Q)

In Murph's VAPORWARE Column for February 1993 [vaporware-02-93.txt]
he mentions

  [Apple's] 300 dpi level 1 PostScript LW Select 310 will list for
  $1,079.


This sounds great, for an educational price ought to be somewhat
lower.  My question is, should I buy Apple's new LW S310, or the new
DEClaser 1152 (which is PS-level 2 and can be had for $999+ until
the end of March)?

Any responses (opinions, etc.) would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks.
--John.  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 23:51:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Alex Sirota <[e-mail]>
Subject: Software to emulate 68030 ops? (Q) ]

 Hello Mac'ers on the net!
 I am programming in MPW Assembler on my lowly 68000 Mac+. Of course
 I have hit a brick wall trying to write anything useful. Half of the
 interesting instructions run on a 68020 and higher. So I am wondering
 if there is any software out there that will take a 68020 instruction
 such as MULS.L or DIVSL.L and convert it to a 68000 equivalent code
 routine. Is there such a beast? How hard would it be to write the
 equivalent code for something like DIVSL.L (TDIVS.L in MPW) for a
 68000? Any leads or suggestions would be great!

 : X.500 Internet address : [e-mail] :

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 20:55:57 -0600
From: Arvid Burns <[e-mail]>
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?

I have been using SuperATM and it seems to be useless unless I
were to start a service bureau. It works great if you need it. It will
replicate even some wierd fonts so that you could print them or
whatever. It also allows you to create some fake fonts so that
you could do a Newsletter, for instance, using Americana and Goudy
even though you don't have those fonts. This would work if you
planned on taking the doc to a service bureau to get it printed.

Other than SuperATM, I believe that the latest ATM is 3.0.

Any other opinions?
AB

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

Date: 30 Jan 1993 02:34:45 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kimo B. Yap)
Subject: SuperClock! 4.0.2 Problems

Both ran for me on my IIfx running 7.0.1.  I never tried 4.0.1 on my Plus
running 6.0.8, but 4.0.2 crashes it on startup.  4.0.2 did fix the chime-
same-number-of-times-as-hour bug, however.-kby

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

Date: 30 Jan 1993 17:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: DAVID MOXON <[e-mail]>
Subject: Super Studio Session

Eric Oehler asked a question about Super Studio Session in IM#23. I have
had a lot of experience with this program, however the program is not
being updated anymore and I believe it has a lot of incompatabilities
with the newer macs and newer system software.  It was a good program
if you liked realistic digitized sounds with 8 channels, but there is
no MIDI input and no realistic notation editing and scoring.  If you
just want to play around it is a great program that works on the same
sort of basis as Sound Tracker does (or whatever its called).  It
came with 3 disks of digitized instruments that you could use.  I'm
not sure where you can get it except from somebody who still has the
master disks.  Good luck..
-Dave

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

Date: Sun, 31 Jan 93 08:06:39+080
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Smoliar)
Subject: System Enablers

I, too, need information about accessing System Enablers.  I had no more
success cruising bric-a-brac.apple.com than Alan Dobkin had;  and I even
tried accessing WAIS, but with no better luck.  Specifically, I am going
to need the System Enabler for the IIvx which takes care of this machine's
problems with MIDI and would appreciate any pointer to a source from which
I can ftp this code.

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Stephen W. Smoliar; Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore; Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE 0511
Internet:  [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 12:18:32 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: text reader, filter, and editor (Q)

I am looking for a program that will read, filter, and edit text.  I already
have Add/Strip, which filters text.  Additionally, I have Easy Viewer, which
reads text.  I am looking for a third program that will allow me to edit
text files that may be as big as 90k.  Additionally, if anyone knows of a
program that wil read, filter, and edit all in one, that would be even
better.

Thanks in advance,
Paul D. Bain
Gainesville, Florida

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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 17:06:59 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Richard Austin)
Subject: What system should I use on Mac 512K?

  I saw that old versions of the system software are now available from
ftp.apple.com (everything back to 5.0).  Is 5.0 old enough to use on a Mac
512, or do I need yet an older version?  If so, where might I find it?
  (This is for a friend who just picked up a 512 Mac cheap).
  Please reply by email--thanks!
Richard Austin
[e-mail]

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