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Info-Mac Digest             Wed,  3 Feb 93       Volume 11 : Issue 27

Today's Topics:

      [*] AppMaker 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 Upd
      [*] CPU-Demo
      [*] Darkwood 2.0
      [*] Dartmouth XCMDs 4.0
      [*] FindIt 1.0.2
      [*] HPopupMenu XFCN 3.0.1
      [*] Icon 7 Demo
      [*] Mac 'cdev' submission
      [*] None
      [*] powerbook application new version submission
      [*] tcontour-303d.hqx
      [*] xLibrary demo Bug Fix
      %%%%  SOUND  SITE  %%%%
      (Q's) A few questions pb, serial, etc.
      (Q) some specific "sounds" from STNG
      2 HD inside a Mac II
      2 questions about RAM and SIMMs (Q)
      3M magneto-optic disks work fine for me
      [Q] reading/writing files with Think-C?
      [Q] Shift-m gives series of beeps
      AD2.0x Updater
      Adding color startup icons to inits and cdevs in sys. 7.1 (A)
      after-dark-20x-updater.hqx
      Apple's crippled LC040 machines (C)
      Apple CD300 Standalone CD-ROM (Q)
      Apple NON-FLAME!
      BBEdit - where have my icons gone to?
      Bizarre Startup Problem: Summary
      Borland (C)
      CD-Rom Wierdness
      Charges in Power Cords
      Cricket Graph III
      crippled 040's
      Deskwriter 550 Paper
      DiskTop Extras (A)
      Displaying Postscript (R)
      Dot Matrix Printer
      E-Machines Monitor and Interface Card
      e-mail address of Synmantec
      Ethernet & Quadras & Printer
      FoxPro (was Abandon Programs)
      German-English Dictionary for the Mac?
      German-English Dictionary for the Mac? (A)
      HP 4M versus LW Pro 630
      Imagewriter I
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #26
      Info on News Macs from MacWeek
      Internet Printing
      LaserWriter IIf/g ROM problem with Ext HDs
      Mac , Design Works & Desk Writer 550C
      MacEKG and Help!
      Mac IIci won't boot and randomly crash
      MacLPR 1.3.2
      Matrix inversion in Mathematica
      More FaxModem Q's(Q)
      MS Word 4.0 and Excel 3.0 in Portuguese?
      New Claris Translators Needed
      Not the Author!
      NowMenus 4.0.1 Desktop PopUp won't work.
      Now Utilities 4.0.1
      old deskwriter driver
      PhotoCD -> PICT (A)
      PhotoCD update
      printing to unix
      program submitters *please* write a useful header before posting
      slow image writer II
      Strip accented characters for email?
      synth programming tools
      Ticket Program
      Windows v. Mac
      WorldScript??!! (A)
      xwindows for the mac

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Date: 1 Feb 1993 22:23:00 -0500
From: "Scott Bresnahan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AppMaker 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 Upd

              AppMaker 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 Update

Allows owners of AppMaker 1.5.1 to update to version 1.5.2.
Please see the readme file from Bowers Development for detailed
instructions.

--Scott Bresnahan
  ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/util/app-maker-151-to-152-updater.hqx; 565K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 11:54:12 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Schumann)
Subject: [*] CPU-Demo

This archive contains a self-running movie and a demonstration version of the
CONNECTIX POWERBOOK UTILITIES (CPU) control panel. The movie shows how many of
the features work. The control panel which can be opened on any Mac running
System 7 lets you adjust some of the settings.
CONNECTIX POWERBOOK UTILITIES is the complete integrated solution for
enhancing PowerBook productivity and convenience. CPU gives you effortless
control over every aspect of your PowerBook. Stretch your battery life, secure
your sensitive files, preserve your LCD screen, and give your trackball-weary
thumbs a rest. CPU is simple to use with built-in settings that are perfect
for Home, Office, Travel, or anywhere. Get the power of CPU today.

Include in: Utils.
Questions: Contact Connectix at 800-950-5880 or [e-mail].
This is my personal account.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/connectix-powerbook-util.hqx; 506K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 11:09:30 -0600
From: [e-mail] (W.A.Kibbe&L.C.Brinson)
Subject: [*] Darkwood 2.0

Here is the latest version of Robert Chancellor's Shareware game Darkwood.
It sports a few revisions, including correctly factoring STR and DEX into
the combat calculations.

Robert is working on a more elaborate version of Darkwood, called IronGate.
 Check out Darkwood if you are a RPG fanatic.

I am a beta tester, and Robert is very receptive to ideas, so check out
Darkwood and tell him what you want to see in IronGate.

Warren
W.A.Kibbe   internet: [e-mail]   GEnie: W.Kibbe  AOL: WAKibbe
        internet: [e-mail]
Voice: [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/darkwood-20.hqx; 542K]

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Date: 02 Feb 1993 11:03:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Dartmouth XCMDs 4.0

The latest long-awaited update of the Dartmouth XCMDs.  Indispensable.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/dartmouth-40.hqx; 514K]

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Date: 3 Feb 93 09:01:00 EDT
From: "JS::CLEMENTSG" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FindIt 1.0.2

Hi,

    Some users notified me of a couple of small bugs. I'd like to
replace the file "find-it-101.sea.hqx" with this new version.

    FindIt version 1.0.2 now searches the last file in the folder
rather than skipping it. It also includes a case insensitive search option.

    FindIt still searches the text files in a folder full of files and
prints the file in which the text was found, the line on which the text was
found and the line itself.

geoff
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/find-it-102.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 23:14:13 -0800
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HPopupMenu XFCN 3.0.1

As usual, the addition of new features means the addition of new bugs.
In other words, never trust a version number ending in zero.  The problem
with 3.0 should only affect the use of MENU resources which are not numbered
consecutively starting at 128.  You've got to watch those assumptions
when programming.  I wasn't.

This version does everything but wash the car.  You can create regular popups
or heirarchical popups.  You can add b&w or color icons, or even SICNs. You
can style the text and use the style metacharacters in menus (try that with
other XFCNs).  You can also use MENU resources and can get menus of resources,
like fonts or sounds.

Check it out.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/hpopup-menu-301.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 93 18:16:11 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Icon 7 Demo

The following is the Read Me from the Icon 7 Demo which has just been send to
the archives.

Icon 7 Demo Read Me

   Icon 7 is an icon editor which is integrated into the Finder under System
7 or later. It allows you to modify existing icons or create new icons to
customize your files, folders, or disks in the Finder.

   This demo version of Icon 7 contains all the features of the regular
version of Icon 7 except you can not save any changes you make to an actual
file, folder, or disk. You may save changes into an Icon 7 library which you
can use with the full version of Icon 7 if you decide to purchase it.

   Using Icon 7 is very easy. First, take the extension called Icon 7 Demo
and drop it into you System Folder.  Then restart your Macintosh. (Icon 7
Demo will be placed into the Extensions folder in your System Folder.)

   Once you have restarted, select any file, folder, or disk you want to put
a custom icon onto, then select Get Info from the File menu. (All this is in
the Finder, of course.) Next select the icon in the Get Info window by
clicking on it once.  Once you have selected the icon, you can start Icon 7
by double-clicking on the icon.  (This is a total of three clicks.)

   Icon 7 will automatically create a default library with several basic
icons in the Preferences folder when you click the Library button.  The full
version of Icon 7 comes with a library of icons which you can i
nstall and use immediatly.

   Features of Icon 7:
   - Integrated into the Finder. No need
to use ResEdit to make custom icons.
   - Allows editing of all color depths and sizes for an icon d
epending on the monitor setting.
   - Supports the Apple recomended colors for icons or the entir
e color palette.
   - Has an integrated library to store icon collections.
     - Supports multi
ple libraries
     - Supports multiple categories in each library
     - Icons stored in a li
brary are compressed 30-50%
   - Has standard painting toosl, such as pencil, fill bucket, eraser, l
ine tool, etc.
   - Allows rotations and reflections of icons.
   - Has a text tool to allows
 insertion of characters in any font, size, or style.
   - Supports drag copying an icon from one color depth pr size to another.
   - Allows pasting of full pictures in without cropping.


To order the full working version of Icon 7 please call your favorite
software store or Inline Design at [phone].

Shane Looker
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/icon-7.hqx; 109K]

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Date: 02 Feb 1993 13:52:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Mac 'cdev' submission

Attention : Macintosh game players, especially Tetris addicts :

    Now you too can impress and amaze your friends with your ability to
master Tetris and a myriad of other games.  You can collect unimaginable
riches
with your ability to influence games of chance.  You too can control which
Tetris piece appears next!
    The Invisible Hand is a Control Panel which provides you with an easy
    and
subtle way to influence games, when and if you want.   Specifically, it allows
you to control what random number is returned by the Macintosh System trap
_Random.  You can configure the Invisible Hand to return a different random
number for all thirty-two combinations of the modifier keys (command, option,
shift, caps-lock, and control).  In Tetris, for example, the Invisible Hand
can
be configured so that when you hold down the shift key you receive four by one
long pieces ( xxxx ), when the caps-lock is down, you receive two by two
square
pieces, and when no modifier keys are down the game plays normally.  So you
can
play along as usual, except on certain occasions when you just 'really need
that
piece', and be assured that you will get it.
    Invisible Hand is fully functional on Macintosh computers running
    System
6.0.4 or better.  It has been tested on B&W and color Macs from System 4.1,
Finder 5.5 (!!) up to System 7.0.1.  If you are using earlier software, you
still can use most of Invisible Hand's functionality : see documentation.

Invisible Hand (C) 1993 Carl Mauer

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/invisible-hand.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 19:53:25 MDT
From: Alonso Castro <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] None

Downloaded from a local BBS:

"This program will update After Dark version 2.0, 2.0h, 2.0s, 2.0t, 2.0u,
2.0v,
or 2.0w to version 2.0x.  It will also update all of the modules from the
After
Dark 2.0 package.

After Dark 2.0x (like After Dark 2.0w) is completely compatible with system
software from 6.0.4 up to and including System 7.1.  It is also compatible
with
the Mac Plus or later.  This includes the Quadras, and AppleUs Fall 1992
models
- IIvx, IIvi, Performas, and PowerBooks & Duos.

NOTE:  After Dark version 2.0x requires System 6.0.4 or later.  If you have
System 6.0.3 or earlier, you will need to upgrade your system software before
this Updater will work."

Alonso
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/after-dark-20x-updater.hqx; 179K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 22:49:53 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Ron Nicholson)
Subject: [*] powerbook application new version submission

Please replace PBGadget version 0.4b with this submission.
PBGadget version 0.5 exits gracefully when the Power Manager isn't present.
---
This is a small application to help manage battery usage on a Powerbook
Duo.  It puts up a clock and battery voltage readout in the upper right
corner of the screen.  When the power supply is unplugged, the clock
changes to a timer of how long the Duo has been running on battery
power.  The battery timer will reset if the battery voltage goes up by
greater than 0.1V (indicating a fresher battery).
Here are the keyboard commands.
p       puts up a history Plot of the battery voltage.
r       Resets the history plot. (The battery history wraps after 8.5 hours.)
n       spins the disk down Now.
s       puts the powerbook to Sleep.
cmd-w   changes the cursor to a Watch
    (this prevents the processor from napping or sleeping.)
cmd-c   copies the battery voltage history as text to the clipboard.
---
Freeware. Please send bug reports to [e-mail] (Ron Nicholson).
---

[Archived as /info-mac/app/pbgadget-05.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 10:53:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (John Pilling)
Subject: [*] tcontour-303d.hqx

TCONTOUR 3.03d corrects a bug that causes the program to bomb on SE's,
improves printing and speeds up the screen redraws.

John Pilling, internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/tcontour-303d.hqx; 192K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 10:20:14 +1000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] xLibrary demo Bug Fix

My appologies,  The janet network changed its access this week!!!

Can you put up this free demo on your server.

Frank Sainsbury

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/xlibrary.hqx; 129K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 01:35:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Thede Loder)
Subject: %%%%  SOUND  SITE  %%%%

Sounds, Sounds, Sounds!

The sound site here at the U of R has finally received it's very own
static IP address.  The address is now and forever audio.cc.rochester.edu
IP Number 128.151.218.102.  At this time it is running version 2.0.0d14 of
FTPd.  There are currently about 52 megs of sounds ranging from movies to
sound-effects to monty-python to music to ren-n-stimpy, other cartoons, and
of course star-trek and sttng.  Feel free to drop in via anonymous ftp.
By typing your proper e-mail address for the password when you log in,
I'll be able to put you on a mailing list for future announcements.
All sounds on the site are in the standard system 7 format, resource type
"snd ".  Please contact me at [e-mail] if you have
any questions or have sounds that aren't on the site.  Submissions are
welcome and encouraged.  Check it out!

-Thede Loder
[e-mail]

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Date: 03 Feb 1993 19:13:26 -0600 (CST)
From: Scott Hordesky <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q's) A few questions pb, serial, etc.

I have followed the conversation of the digest for quite a while, but I have
never seen the need to waste bandwidth by replying to questions which will
surely be answered by the notable personalities of the digest. I usually do my
own research too, the digest being one of my sources. I find myself slightly
crippled at this point. My powerbook died. My job got to be a little more
hectic than usual, and my time has become tight. At this point, I hubly call
on
the digest for a little help as I plug away at a VAX terminal in the absence
of
my trusty powerbook. I haven't heard these questions asked exactly or, they
haven't been answered to my satisfaction:

1. Powerbook modems : the high speed internal variety.

The two prominent high speed internal powerbook modems (besides the new Apple
express modem - I have a 145) seem to be that Global Village Powerport Gold
and
the PSI PowerModem IV. Simply, how do they compare. This week's issue of
MacWeek has the Powermodem IV in one place (can't remember where) for $379.
The
last two issues, if I recall correctly, had a PSI ad that Offered a $50 rebate
on the PSI P.M. IV. Thing is, the one I hear talked about most is the Global
village flavor. what gives? What is the optimal solution?

2. Waking up and using a home machine from the road.

Whats the best solution to this? I want to be able to call home and wake up my
home machine and proceed to use ARA to use the home machine. Does it matter if
the home machine is a II series or a low-cost flavor since the power on method
is different? One possible solution is the Powerswitch LT mentioned earlier
(thx to Kee Nethery) as well as in either this or last weeks MacWeek. Are
there
competitors? Is ARA the right program to make use of the home machine or is
something like Timbuktu needed? Tasks would surely include file transfer and
rearrangement on the home machine, but can the home machine run programs
controlled by the remote machine? (And of course how do the above mentioned
modems fit in to the compatibility picture?)

3. Managing multiple serial devices.

I have always connected to our mainframe through a hardwired serial
connection.
At the same time, I could connect to the appletalk net. It never occured to me
what happened when I wanted to add another serial device. Recent developments
have brought this to my attention. Because of a powerbook's flexibility, I
don't mind pulling serial cables for it(and no, I don't shut it down each
time), but my concern is desktop machines. One machine I occasionally work on
has a modem connected as well as the network. I wanted to use the mainframe
hardwire, and proceded to find no open port. Being a ci with a 21" monitor
sitting on top, pulling serial cables isn't handy. Is the solution offered in
the backs of various magazines (i.e. the three way splitter with a software
combo) a good solution or are there NuBus boards available with multiple
serial
connections? Imagine what happens when you add a serial-controlled drawing
tablet and a label printer: you have 4-5 serial things with only 2 ports. I
would prefer that no manual switch box be used.

TIA.
I hopefully did not miss anything in the /reports dir if I did, SIA.
Please reply to me directly, and to the list if you think others would find
this information helpful. If anyone wants,(and I get my PB back :) I will
summarize.

Scott Hordesky
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 09:22:53 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) some specific "sounds" from STNG

Hi Everybody,
After having played all the sounds regarding Star Trek The Next Generation
that I found on Sumex, I would appreciate to find some other sounds
like "engaged", "red alert", "acknoledged" and "on my way".
If anybody on the net with "Mac recording capabilities" could
post them on sumex, this would make 3 Swiss Trekies very happy !
Thanks in advance,

Antoine

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 11:13:38 CST
From: "bq Mackintosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 2 HD inside a Mac II

Probably the most straightforward solution to this would be to partition
your existing HD, or -- should your current drive not be large enough to
take partitioning -- installation and partition of a new, larger drive.

There are several partitioning thingees out there, probably a good number
shareware.  I would suggest purchasing a package that performs the
partitioning at the format stage, since this will actually install separate
drivers for each partition.  The effect is that of actually having separate
drives.  Should one drive crash, the remaining partitions will remain
accessible (unless the crash is a hardware problem -- pretty rare).  Different
partitions can be formatted for different systems (i.e. Unix), and the
interleave of a disk can be set to its optimal value, something that ain't
always done and can result in severely reduced disk access and write speed.

Contact me if you need specific software recommendations.


bq Mackintosh
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 16:44:13 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Anibal Mazzuca)
Subject: 2 questions about RAM and SIMMs (Q)

Dear Netters,

1) could I know the size and speed of the SIMMs throught their composite
chips? For example my Mac has one SIMM with 8 chips with the following label:


        ____________________
        AAAIM300J       -08
        NMBS            9202
        ____________________


and 4 RAM chips soldered in the mother board with:


        ____________________
        TI              -80
        TM54400DJ
        HBP     1452    8E
        ____________________


Well, I know the SIMM has 1mb and the 4-RAM-chips have 2mb and I suppose the
"-08" and "-80" indicate 80 ns speed but I would like to be sure of that, i.e.
I would like to read the labels and found there all the information (size and
speed) . Is that possible ?

2) My Mac Classic II has 4 RAM chips soldered in the mother board (2mb at
all). Supposing that the RAM soldered have 80ns speed, could I extend the RAM
memory with SIMMs of faster speed than the ones soldered (for example with
SIMMs of 70 ns) ? does it cause some conflict ?

Thanks for the answers,

Daniel Anibal Mazzuca
Departamento de Informatica, Puc-Rio,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 10:19:17 -0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 3M magneto-optic disks work fine for me

>A further note:  I've had nothing but problems using 5.25" 3M
>magneto-optical disks

Whats that mean ?  I use those disks (with an HP split optic head
drive on a SGI) and they work fine.  All these vague stories about
'disk' problems may originate from a number of causes that
have nothing to do with the disks themselves - dirty or misaligned
floppy drives (very common), poor SCSI cables or terminators
(in the case above) etc. etc.  Please be more specific.

Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 9:17:44 CST
From: [e-mail] (Goldman of Chaos -- postmaster CRI-US)
Subject: [Q] reading/writing files with Think-C?

I'm interested in a program to do the following:

    1) display the standard file selector box
    2) read in the data fork of the file
    3) uudecode the data
    4) desplay the standard file selector box
    5) write out the file.

I know that there are a number of programs to do both
uudecoding, uuencoding and a lot more; however, I'm
only interested in uudecoding.  Can anyone point me
at source code examples for reading in a selected
file's data fork and then writing out an entire file?

Thanks!

Matt
--
Matthew Goldman  E-mail: [e-mail] Work: [phone]

The Jewel of Judgement, Dworkin's text editor.
And people complain about having to learn vi!

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:09 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [Q] Shift-m gives series of beeps

  Fellow Mac Aficionadoes:

  I've got a strange problem -- whenever I type shift-m, I get
a series of seven beeps.  This happens with no other keys, and
won't happen with caps lock-m (so I can type M via the caps
lock key).  Has anyone heard of anything like this?  Thanx!

-shane
[e-mail]
[phone]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 09:27:40 EST
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Leber)
Subject: AD2.0x Updater

Thanks for posting the updater...only one problem. It appears that the updater
installs a new password when it does it's thing...at least my updated copy
of AfterDark will not recognize my password. I'd advise against anyone
using this until we find out more from Berkely. I sent E-mail to them
via their AOL address, and if I don't get a response pronto, I'll call
them as soon as west coast business hours start.

People who inadvertantly lock their screens will have to reboot with AD
disable to turn AD off. That copy of AD will have the lock activated
permanently until they can get the proper password, so they'll have
to reinstall AD to stop it. In addition, since the updater updates the
modules as well as the control panel, they might not be able to use the
updated modules with the older version of the panel (not sure, I haven't tried
this yet).

Cheers (with some frustration),
Tom
 --------------------------
Tom Leber <[e-mail]> Intermetrics, Inc. Warminster PA
       "Right Now, time is having it's way with you."

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Date: 3 Feb 93 06:29:14 GMT
From: @usceast.cs.scarolina.edu:[e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: Adding color startup icons to inits and cdevs in sys. 7.1 (A)

Mike Dustan writes:

>You ask about colourizing b/w startup icons...

>... Startup icons are stored as ICON
>resources within the extensions, cdevs or whatevers. Whenever the system
>has to draw an ICON, it will automatically look first for a cicn resource
>with the same ID and draw that instead if it finds it. So all you need to...

This is not necessarily true, it depends on how the INIT was programmed.
Some use ICN# resources for the black and white, and icl8 for color.  There
are probably some old extensions floating around that can't do any kind of
--

 -- Jim Walker  USC Dept. of Math.  [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 12:00:09 EST
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Leber)
Subject: after-dark-20x-updater.hqx

OK, here's the scoop:

Berkeley Systems phoned me as soon as they got my E-mail (kudos to them!)
Apparently, the version posted in the archives is an earlier version which
they had posted for a few days on AOL, CI$, etc. They found out about
the password problem, removed it and have since uploaded a new version.

Users can avoid the problem by reloading a fresh copy of the After Dark
control panel (which has not had a password installed yet), and then
applying the updater to that. After the update is complete, they can
add a password.

In any case, the updater should probably be removed from the archive
and, if available, the corrected version should be posted.

Also, a note should be posted to the digest so that people know about
the problem.

Despite the hassles, thanks for the effort of uploading the Updater!

Cheers (feeling a bit better now),
Tom
 --------------------------
Tom Leber <[e-mail]> Intermetrics, Inc. Warminster PA
          "Right Now, time is having it's way with you."

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 15:22:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Hughes)
Subject: Apple's crippled LC040 machines (C)

Brian Gaeke writes:

>In info-mac 11:25, [e-mail] writes:
>>You joking aren't you ?  Pretending that crippled 486SX and LC040
>> machines without FPU's are better than real 386 and 030 machines is
>>just marketing hype, and anyway, that war is over.  Generals always
>>prepare to win the last war - Apple should be worrying more about the
>>'war against the 586', and making their so-called 'power-user' machines
>>more price+performance competitive.

    The LC040 is better than a '030. The '030 doesn't have the data and
instruction caches of the 040 class chip that make it so much faster. A
25Mhz LC040 runs faster than a 50Mhz '030 and costs less to make.

>I must agree-- Apple really ought not to release machines without FPUs.
>They really ought to keep the IIci but lower its price by about $1500.
>They're really great machines--32 bit data bus folks!-- and they're
>priced the same (approx.) as the slower IIvx. (But they need to add a
>sound input port.)

    Just to point one thing out. Apple never relased any machine with a
16 bit data bus running anything more powerful than a 16Mhz '030 which
just about everyone agrees is an entry-level processor these days.
    The IIci, even by today's standards is no where near entry level,
and there is no way that the IIvx, which runs a faster processor and has
a 32 bit data bus, runs slower than a IIci. I'm not saying that the IIvx
is that much better a machine, especially since it is limited by a 16
Mhz system bus, but in overall benchmark tests, it runs just as fast as
the IIci, and faster is all processor intensive tasks.

>Besides, you need an FPU and a fast processor/bus to run today's big
>iron apps like Word (no flames pls.) and Excel and Photoshop. Undeniably
>these programs benefit from a fast Mac. People wanting to get lots of
>work done quickly would benefit from a cheap, fast Mac.

    Excel only uses an FPU if you use some of the heavier functions and
even then it will work without one; all simple spread sheet work could
be done, with no noticeable slowdown, without an FPU. As for Word, it's
a word processor and makes absolutely no use of an FPU. Putting
Photoshop in the same sentence with Excel and Word borders on
blasephemy, but I'll let it go, this time. ;-> Anyone who knows enough
to own and run Photoshop couldn't care less about some machine that is
using an LC040. It will have no effect on how fast their Quadra runs.

-Hades

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 14:17:06 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Steven W. Holland)
Subject: Apple CD300 Standalone CD-ROM (Q)

Does anyone know when this CD-ROM will be out as a standalone unit?  Does
anyone
know of a different model that would be better?  I understand that CompUSA
will
be selling it for $579 if they can get any.

-Steve Holland   ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 17:21:38 EST
From: [e-mail] (Bill Seufzer)
Subject: Apple NON-FLAME!

This list carries Apple flames now again... how about some good stuff?!

One of our PB170's threw it's hard disk on Friday.  After trying things like
Norton to exclude the possibility of a software related crash we called the
Apple Hotline, warrenty still intact.  On Monday a shipping carton arrived for
the PB which we bundled and returned immediately to UPS.  Wednesday we have
the PB back, fully functional.  They even attempted to recover the disk... key
word... attempted.

Sometimes corporations make mistakes... if severe enough they deserve a
flame.  But we should also pat them on the back when they perform beyond our
expectations.  Thanks Apple.

Bill
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 09:55:21 EST
From: williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: BBEdit - where have my icons gone to?

    Since installing version 2.2 of BBEdit, strange things have happened
    to
this program's icons.  The custom icons of version 2.1 have been replaced by
generic icons whereas the folders (both the program folder and the BBEdit docs
folder have both sprouted a neat 'B' badge.
    Here's what I have done:
    - run a bundle bit fixing program
    - checked file types and creators (different creator in v 2.2 than 2.1
    - downloaded and installed the program a second time

    I mailed the program's author, Rich Siegel who made one or two
suggestions but to no avail.

    The most inconvenient part is that it is impossible to launch BBEdit
    on
my machine (Mac IIci w 8Mb RAM and system 7.0.1) by double-clicking on one of
its files.  I was convinced that this was a bundle bit problem, but, as I
said,
I ran the disk doubler utility reBNDLer to fix this and checked files with
FileTyper which indicated that these bits were set - but still no icon!

    Anyone have a suggestion as to what might be awry?  As usual, many
thanks in advance to all you kindly netters.

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

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

Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 11:51:48 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bizarre Startup Problem: Summary

Thanks to all those who replied to my message. As you may recall, my
Q700 was refusing to start up from the keyboard. But I found that if
I unplugged the power cord from the box and plugged it  directly into
the monitor, switched the monitor on and off, then restored the previous
cabling, the machine would then start up in the normal way.

It turns out that the problem is a known one with IIcx/ci/Q700 power
supplies. My little ritual with the monitor was irrelevant - all that
matters is that some time should elapse between unplugging the cord
>From the box and plugging it back in again. The explanation is that
these Macs use 5 volt trickle voltage to power the startup circuits
which is supplied while the main power is off but the unit is still
plugged in. The voltage degrades to 0 volts. Unplugging the AC line for
20 seconds then plugging it back in, counting to 5 and pressing
the power switch lets you restart the machine.

For a permanent fix, if your machine is under warranty or someone else
will pay, replace the power supply.

Alternatively, you can replace the problem transistors on the supply
board yourself. The procedure is beyond my technical competence, but
I have received a document describing it and will upload it to sumex
as a report (once I've found out how to upload to sumex, which I've
never done before). Fortunately, I fall into the "someone else will pay"
category on this one.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 10:09:46 -0600
From: David Bourne <[e-mail]>
Subject: Borland (C)

> As to Full Impact, I can safely say that it isn't totally abandoned.
> Somewhere in the storage vaults of Borland exists elusive upgrades to Full
> Impact 2.0.2s.  I managed to call their phone # in Silicon Valley, and get
an
> upgrade free of charge, and no shipping charge either.  This newer version
has
> 3 D graphs.  Is System 7 compatible, and comes with a complete manual with
> over a thousand pages.  You must ask twice at that number to make sure you
get
> version 2.0.3s.  All earlier versions have a half naked FILE menu when run
in
> System 7, leaving Quit and Print inaccessable.  I called Borland technical
> support, and they confirmed this bug, and told me to get version 2.0.3s.
> In five days it arrived in the mail no questions asked.  But this version is
> not available in Software stores or mail order.  As I said before it is only
> available by contacting their main offices in Silicon Valley.
> Perhaps Fullwrite 1.5 upgrade is also available through the same path at
> Borland.  Wish Ashton & Tate still was the sole owner of the Full*
> applications.  Thus I recommend contacting Borland directly, and perhaps you
> will get similar treatment.  I paid only $38 for Full Impact
> 2.0.2s at Dr. Mac.  A free upgrade to a working spreadsheet sounds like the
> best deal ever made on a spreadsheet.  Good Luck, and remember sometimes
> knowing where to persist really pays.

That upgrade was available from Ashton-Tate as well (many months ago). AT
always had a pretty good upgrade policy. I'm glad to hear that Borland is at
least still distributing the upgrade. It is still a good spreadsheet program
with good scripting and menu bar, etc. Unfortunately I believe it is not 32-
bit clean which has prompted me to start using Resolve. By the way what is
the Borland telephone number in Silicon Valley. Thanks. David Bourne.

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:34:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: CD-Rom Wierdness

Well, we finally got our Apple CD-300 (hurrah!) and it works great execept
for one problem:  file sharing.  If I boot the machine (Quadra 700) with
a CD-Rom in the drive, it won't let me eject the disk, telling me it is
being shared (even though it's not).

Or, if I insert a disk while the machine is running, share it, then un-share
it, it won't let me eject the disk for the same reason.

In either case, I have to turn off file sharing before I can eject the
CD-Rom.  This is a Big Pain (TM).  It also does this sometimes with out
PLI optical drive.

Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there a fix or a workaround?


               Ken

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

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 22:52:18 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Pfeiffer)
Subject: Charges in Power Cords

 In Vol. 11, Issue 26, bq Mackintosh writes:
>A power cord can retain a certain amount of charge, even when the machine it
>is supplying is turned off.  Over night, however, this charge will probably
>trickle off.  By using the cord to power up the monitor, the cord is given
>a charge.  It appears to me that there is a problem either with the cord
>itself or with the power inlet of the computer which is overcome only when
>the power cord is holding a charge.

    I'll be the one foolish enough to ask...  You're kidding, right?
--
       * Kevin Pfeiffer  <[e-mail]>  Pasadena, California *

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 18:58:56 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Brendan E. Molloy)
Subject: Cricket Graph III

>Anyone using CG III _successfully_?

We have had so much trouble with CG III that we have taken it off our
server and replaced it with an older version of Cricket Graph.

We have an AppleShare file server servicing a lab of 10 Macs. The software
on this server is copy-protected, and our students do not have write
permission. We have 4 licences for CG III, which is more than ample for our
needs which is mostly document production.

The above setup is fine for most of our software. CG III, however, appears
to want to write a scratch file to the server, which is not allowed since
our students do not have write permission. The result is that CG III can be
started up, be used to create one or two graphs from a set of data, but as
soon as an attempt is made to create a third graph CG III falls over and
the machine hangs. These crashes can mean that a student can loose several
hours work (ok I know that they should back up their work more frequently-
but they don't!).

I have contacted Computer Associates (UK) and they say that the solution is
to grant write-permission to our students. I am reluctant to do this since
they have a "tendency to explore". I do not want items on our server
changed or removed, or even worse, non-licensed software placed there. I
have pointed all this out to Computer Associates (UK) in the hope that
these problems will be corrected in the next upgrade.

In the meantime we now all use the old version.

Brendan E. Molloy

Brendan E. Molloy    Tel: [phone] x 4945    Fax:  [phone]
Computer Centre, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, Exhibition Rd, LONDON SW7 2BX, England

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 11:00:24 PST
From: [e-mail] (Building 4 Simulation Group)
Subject: crippled 040's

in I-M 11-26 Brian Gaake commented about the lack of an FPU in the LC version
of the 040 chip....

Besides, you need an FPU and a fast processor/bus to run today's big
iron apps like Word (no flames pls.) and Excel and Photoshop. Undeniably
these programs benefit from a fast Mac. People wanting to get lots of
work done quickly would benefit from a cheap, fast Mac.

... Unless you are running non-integer math functions thru Excel,  I really
don't think that an FPU will help you with standard apps.  Even the big ones.
I really don't know all the inner workings of the applications, but I did
read somewhere that tyhe FPU is used for the complex math functions, and
that's
about all.  The integer-based calculations are handled by the CPU.  So faster
is better, except if you're really trying to go cheap, so you get what you
can.

One man's opinion...

Oleg Chaikovsky
Sun/Mac Systems Manager
Rockwell International - Downey, CA
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:47 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Deskwriter 550 Paper

We'll shortly be getting a DeskWriter 550C for doing color proofing, and I
need to know what kind of paper to use to get the best quailty output from
this printer.  HP recommends their (expensive) gloss paper.  Anyone out there
have any other recommendations?  Thanks in advance,

                Ken

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

Date: 03 Feb 1993 14:19:45 +0100 (CET)
From: [e-mail] (Alexei Tsvetkov)
Subject: DiskTop Extras (A)

>Can someone please tell me what CE Software's DiskTop Extras are? I find no
>>reference to them in the new Mac Products Registry or anywhere else.

    It is a system extension, part of the DiskTop DA, file management /
finder replacement gizmo by CE Software, one of the oldest Mac utilities,
but still alive and robust. DiskTop Extras does nothing by itself, it
enables certain functions of the main piece.

Alexei Tsvetkov
Munich (I'd rather be in Philadelphia)

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 11:43:07 EST
From: Tony Silva <[e-mail]>
Subject: Displaying Postscript (R)

I'm doing a lot of hacking on Postscript importing/exporting right
now, but am not done yet. When I finish, I'll have a Makefile (for use
under UNIX for now) which codifies everything I've learned or worked
around. I'll then post it.

For the time being, one thing you'll probably be interested in is
ps2eps, which requires pbmplus, pbmtoepsi, and GNU gs (ghostscript). I
believe that the first three are available from
sumex-aim.stanford.edu, and the fourth from prep.ai.mit.edu. The whole
combination takes plain Postscript text files and converts them to
Encapsulated Postscript files in Macbinary format, which include
Postscript info in the data fork AND displayable (but not editable)
PICT info in the resource fork.  Many Mac applications (e.g., Canvas)
can then import them and display the PICT version of your figure/plot.

Tony Silva, Atlantic Aerospace Elec. Corp., [phone], [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Dot Matrix Printer

I'm setting up a business system for a friend, and she needs a dot matrix
printer to print pin feed invoice forms, payroll checks, and the like.
Any recommendations other than the Imagewriter II, which is a bit pokey for
the task.  Many thanks in advance.

                Ken

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

Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1993 08:07:34 EST
From: "LISA L.W. BESKO" <[e-mail]>
Subject: E-Machines Monitor and Interface Card

Not to long ago we purchased an E-Machines ColorPage T16 II monitor and a
ColorLink interface card (with the thinnet connector) which we installed in a
Mac IIsi (using a NuBus adapter card).  Has anyone else purchased any similar
products from E-Machines?  What kind of luck are you having?  We are on our
3rd interface card.  Originally we had monitor problems, now the ethernet
connection is VERY, Very Slow (at one point both monitor and card were working
satisfactory).

Any comments or suggestions as to what might be going wrong?  Any experiences
(good or bad) with ColorLink interface cards?  Are we just having a run of bad
luck?

Have a _____ day,

Lisa Besko

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

Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 13:01:37 MEZ
From: Andrew Maier <[e-mail]>
Subject: e-mail address of Synmantec

Hi netters,
 does anybody out there know, how to contact Synmantec via e-mail.
 Or even better where can I find out things like these without having to
 bother
 people with requests like this one. Is there some sort
 of<telephon-book>,where
you can look up e-mail addresses?
              Any help would be fine |

  Andrew Maier <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed,  3 Feb 93 16:42 CET
From: "Charles C. Schneider"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernet & Quadras & Printer

Hi folks,

Forgive me if I already sent a similar note ... I didn't see it and
I don't remember if I sent it off.

I have a Q700, Q950 and a IIg that I want to connect via Ethernet.
I purchased three Asante Friendly Ethernet Adapters (AFEA) and
don't know if I need a "hub". I definitely need SOMEthing, 'cause
it doesn't work just connecting computer to cable to computer.

Can someone please help this idiot?

Also, I bought this with the hope that it would be faster than
AppleTalk. Did I make a false assumption? I heard recently where
someone didn't get the speed increase they had hoped for and I'm
worried that I wasted some money.

Thanks for any help ...

Ciao4now

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

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 0:39:04 EST
From: Shaw Bernard Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: FoxPro (was Abandon Programs)

On Tue, 2 Feb 93 08:27:59 +0100, Jay Rolls states:
>> ... IMHO, MicroSoft is cutting their own throats by not continuing
>> development on their Mac product.  Now they're introducing FoxPro 2.5
>> for DOS and Windows (ooooooooww, I used a couple of dirty words!!  :-),
>> but still no word on FoxPro/Mac 2.ANYTHING from that great vapor palace
>> in the sky!
>
>When I called MicroSoft last week about a Foxbase technical problem, they
>promptly answered my questions.  Also, when I asked about future versions,
>they told me that a new version is under development, but that there was no
>release date yet.  Judging from past experience, it will probably be worth
>the wait.

Microsoft will also release FoxPro for Macintosh and UNIX platforms
in the near future.

___
Shaw Wu, NYU Stern School. <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 14:25:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] ()
Subject: German-English Dictionary for the Mac?

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

>   Anyone aware of a German-English dictionary for the Mac?
>   (Type in the German word, get the English definition.)
------
While it is not yet available, I suggest you contact the following
about an excellent stack (Deutsches Lexicon) that looks up, gives
definitions, allows testing on forms etc).  I have seen the
beta version and I recommend it!
Contact Kurt Godden  at

[e-mail]

Louis Janus

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 13:05:12 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: German-English Dictionary for the Mac? (A)

Received: by alynn.isdl (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA07890; Wed, 3 Feb 93 16:05:03 EST


There is a software package from Microlytics called the "Berlitz
Interpreter(TM) for the Macintosh". It translates between 5 different
languages, German, English, Spanish, French, & Italian. It costs about
$35.00. It can be gotten thru MacConnection or probably other phone
ordering places. The dictionary contains 60,000 words. Note though
60,000 divided by 5 languages is only 12,000 words per language, as
compared to a good German/English dictionary (book form) which may
have over a 100,000 words in it.

I have not seen anyone else produce this type of program, but I would
certainly like to know if there are other programs like this one.
Maybe if enough people buy the product, the Microlytics folx would
be encouraged to increase the dictionary size ;).

-- Steve ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 17:14:57 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP 4M versus LW Pro 630

The obscure remark about the comparative greyscale abilities of the 4M
and the LaserWriter Pro that I quoted 2 digests back from the March
MacWorld is cleared up by some pictures in the review of the Apple
machines in the March MacUser. At 300dpi on the Pro using Photograde
you get 91 grays at 106 lpi. At 600dpi on the Pro you get 51 grays
at 85 lpi, and presumably the same would be true of the 4M (Photograde
doesn't work at 600dpi). However, the image at 600dpi is much
sharper, so if 51 grays are enough for you (i.e. don't produce too
much banding) you wouldn't want the photgrade output anyway.

MacUser doesn't compare the Apples with the 4M but in a review of the 4M
elsewhere in the issue it raves about the graphics output and shows an
example, which seems to be as good as the Pro's. So it seems to boil
down to this: the 4M is just as good at grayscale as the Pro unless
you need 91/106, the 4M's text output is much sharper, but the Pro has
a SCSI port for attaching a hard disk to hold fonts and the 4M doesn't.

The MacUser article gives the erroneous impression that the 4M doesn't
allow background printing - what it means is that you can't spool to an
attached hard disk, because there's no port for the disk.

The 4M seems to me to be the better printer, just looking at the pictures
and reading the reviews of the Pro, so I'm not regretting buying mine.
On the other hand, I assume the Pro ships with a driver that knows
to look in 7.1's fonts folder. I had to patch my 4M driver to make it
do this. Come on, HP!

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:49 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Imagewriter I

My brother is looking at getting an old Imagewriter I to hook up to his
Classic.  He wants it just for doing draft copies of reports and such.  I
thought I heard some bad things about the IW I a while back, but I could
be imagining things (wouldn't be the first time. :)  Anyone have any pro
or con recommendations on the IW I?

What, BTW, is an ImageWriter I wide carriage?  He's seen these advertised
fairly cheap.  Is this one to avoid?


                 Ken

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

Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 11:49:11 CST
From: Raph <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #26

Regarding Sculley leaving to take over IBM:

According to the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Sculley has bought a
home in Greenwich, Conneticut, which is indeed a haven for IBM honchos;
BUT he also already owns several houses on the East Coast anyway, and
this purchase isn't necessarily an indicator of anything. Apple's
denying the rumor that he might leave. They also say that his wife
DOES want to live on the East Coast, and that therefore Sculley might get
stuck
 with a horrendous commute to Silicon Valley...   !   :)

-Raph Koster
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 03:55:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan W. Katz)
Subject: Info on News Macs from MacWeek

Here's the table for the new Macs from MacWeek:


Model              Config             Price
-----              ------             -----

LC III             4/80               $1,379
           4/160              $1,499

Color Classic      4/80               $1,389

Centris 610        4/80*              $1,859
           8/80 E*            $2,149
           8/230 E*           $2,519
           8/230 E CD*        $2,959

Centris 650        4/80*              $2,699
           8/80 E FPU         $3,189
           8/230 E FPU        $3,559
           8/230 E FPU CD     $3,999
           8/500 E FPU        $4,379

Quadra 800         8/230              $4,679
           8/500              $5,429
           8/500 CD           $5,869
           8/1000             $6,399


Legend:

*   = Optional '040 w/FPU can be added at time of purchase.
FPU = Includes '040 w/FPU
E   = Ethernet
CD  = AppleCD 300i


Disclaimer:  I'm not responsible for reading MacWeek!

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 18:54:53 -0500
From: Christopher Davis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet Printing

AMB> == Allan M. Bloom <[e-mail]>

 AMB> Folks, I have a LaserWriter IIg hooked to the campus ethernet. It has
 AMB> its own IP (128.173.53.246) and symbolic (lw2g1.irpa.vt.edu)
 AMB> addresses. I was under the impression that I could print to it from
 AMB> another spot on the internet. Probably got the idea by (1) reading
 AMB> about LPR or (2) getting a copy of Brown LPR 1.2 with the TCP/IP
 AMB> applications our Comp Center is passing out. I've had no luck with
 AMB> (1) anything I've tried or (2) asking everyone I know to ask here at
 AMB> the university.

That's probably because, to the best of my knowledge, the LaserWriter IIg
speaks no TCP/IP, and certainly has no lpr/lpd support.  You can use CAP's
papif to send it AppleTalk jobs, or use an A/UX machine to do the
translation from TCP/IP & lpd to AppleTalk & PAP.

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

Date: 03 Feb 1993 10:00:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Jorgensen <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter IIf/g ROM problem with Ext HDs

Greetings,

I haven't noticed any mention of this problem in the Digest, nor have I found
mention of it in a WAIS search, so I think it is largely unknown. My apologies
if it is common-knowledge.

The LaserWriter IIf and IIg ROMs contain a bug which makes certain third party
hard drives unusable with them. If you want to use an external hard drive on a
IIf or IIg, you should ask Apple for a ROM upgrade (to version 2.0). They will
send it to you free. Sorry, I don't have a number to call, but your local
dealer should know.

The new ROMs, BTW, have Zapf Dingbats also, and fix a bug handling the
PostScript PathForAll operator.

Hope this helps someone out there.

Peter Jorgensen - Colgate University Research & Instructional Computing Spec.
        - Mac/DOS/VMS consultant, PMDF Postmaster, HyperTalker

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

Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:27:27 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac , Design Works & Desk Writer 550C

Hi mac lover, this is just for ask a question: Here at the university we have
a Mac II CI 8/230, the electronics lab has a copy of Design Work and we whant
to print out the logic diagrams with a HP desk Writer 550C but there is a
problem:
when we want print out the following message appears: ward memory....
error -192 . WHY?????
Could some one of you solve the question??

    Please answer directely to the following address:

            [e-mail]

                Thanks in advance.

PS We are running system 7 tuned up

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: MacEKG and Help!

I'd like to hear from anyone out there who's used MacEKG and Help! and could
comment on the general usefulness of these programs.  I'm particularly
interested in how accuarate Help!'s database is, and how much they charge
you to keep it updated.  Many thanks,


              Ken

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 12:59:46 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Rick Brink)
Subject: Mac IIci won't boot and randomly crash

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>Hi netters !

>Since I bought a Mac IIci one month ago I have had startup problems
>and seemingly random crashes. The technician at my Apple dealer
    stuff deleted...
>Sometimes I get sad mac error codes (always "0000000F" and "00000001")
>which my table says means "Reserved for future Macintosh compatibility."

My ci started doing that about 3 months ago.  Since I had added a scanner
to the scsi chain, I tried different terminations, and finally discovered I
had to turn my optical disk on after the HD had spun up.  I also had spasms
of unexplained crashes, etc.  Well, 2 weeks ago, in the middle of one of
these spasms, instead of restarting, the HD just locked down.   Dead.  Solid
light and no boot.  Thats why I keep applecare on expensive cpu's.  I
got a new drive, no problems.  It's now working fine.

Make sure you are keeping good backups on it.  I suspect you will be in the
market for a new drive soon.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 22:54:10 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Browne)
Subject: MacLPR 1.3.2

[e-mail] writes:

>** MacLPR DOES NOT communicate with any unix lpr-daemon.
>** It only works with PS printers on AppleTalk.

Then the name should be changed.


--
Jim Browne                                          | [e-mail]  |
NCSA/STG System Administrator                       | [e-mail] |
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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 10:54:58 PST
From: Bill Sawrey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Matrix inversion in Mathematica

>From: "Tom Wilson" <[e-mail]> (Tom Wilson)
>Subject: Mathimatica [12 x 12]~(-1)

>I have a friend who is trying to invert a 12 x 12 matrix using the symbolic
>algebra of Mathematica.  His last few attempts ran for days and the system
>usually hung up or crashed before he got an answer.

>I promised that I'd post a message and see if anyone has suggestions.  I
>don't know what methods he's tried already.  Ane comments would be
>appreciated.  By the way, respond directly to me and if we're successful,
>I'll post the summary of responses.

I have no experience with Mathematica; perhaps your code was less than
optimal. But using MathWorks "MATLAB" (a WONDERFUL program for any
matrix manipulation) & an  FX, I generated 10,000 12 X 12 random matrices
and found the average time to invert same was .026 second per matrix.
Each element was valued between 1 to 10 with 4 decimal places. I noted
that adding additional places did slow MATLAB down (.030 second for 5
decimal places) but it in any case required less than the blink of an
eye.  The code to generate this test took less than 2 minutes to
write and was 7 lines long.

Bill Sawrey
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
[e-mail]
"Five will get you eight, and eight will get you ten ...
IF you know how to work it!"  Mae West

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 17:27 EST
From: WALLACE FELDMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: More FaxModem Q's(Q)

Date sent:  3-FEB-1993 17:22:50

Has anyone used the following fax modem combination?

Logicode Model M9696XV (9600 baud) Modem bundled
with STF software plus the "FaxManagerPlus"additional software
which does OCR on incoming faxes and turns them into text.

In speaking with MacConnection, this seemed to be the best combination
for my needs, given that I have no use for 14,400 baud speed.

All experiences welcome. Will summarize if there is interest.

TRhanks

Wally.


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Date: 02 Feb 1993 22:28:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ryan Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: MS Word 4.0 and Excel 3.0 in Portuguese?

Has anyone out there encountered a Portuguese version of Word or Excel?
If you have, please let me know so I can try to contact Microsoft about
aquiring them for some friends in Brazil who purchased English versions.q/4

Any info on other Portuguese word processors, spread sheets, and paint
programs
would also be of interest and helpful.

Thanks in advance, and please respond directly to me.

Ryan Walker
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 14:20:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey B Kane)
Subject: New Claris Translators Needed

[e-mail] writes:

>Hello, Are there any updates to Claris' translators?  I have MacWrite II and
>need a translator for Microsoft Works 2.0 or later.  Are the translators
>availible for anonymous ftp?  Should I just call Claris and see if they can
>send them to me snail-mail?  Haunting the net is so much more fun

Nope, no new ones yet.  The makers of LapLink have (I believe) tranlators
for the various buggy Claris XTND filters (Word 5.0 etc) but you need to
buy the entire $100+ package with all the cross platform translators.

Too bad they don't offer a low cost Mac pack ($10 or $20 for the basic
XTND translators for the Mac i.e. Frame, Word, Excel, etc.). They
would make a killing

        Jeffrey

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Not the Author!

I thought I'd just drop a friendly reminder to ya'll who download stuff
>From Info-Mac.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE check the documentation or the
about box of a program to find out who the author of the program is
before you send him/her e-mail.  It's seems inevitable that whenever I
post a program to the archives that a couple of days later I'll get
mail directed to the author of the program.  This happens even if I put
one of those "I'm not the author" disclaimers in the description.  I'm
sure I'm not the only person this happens to.

So please, just take a couple of seconds to check the docsJand make sure
you're sending mail to the right person.  My mailbox and I thank you. :-)


            Ken

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 23:39:03 EST
From: #66 Andrew Brandt <[e-mail]>
Subject: NowMenus 4.0.1 Desktop PopUp won't work.

I have NowMenus set to popup a menu when I click on the desktop.
I use this mainly to access the Apple Menu without having to go up to
the menu.  This works fine when I want to open a FILE, but does
nothing when I just select a FOLDER.

For example, I can open up the Sound control panel, but not just the
Control Panels folder.

NowMenus works fine when I select from the Apple Menu directly, it
simply does nothing when I select a folder from the popup menu.

Any ideas?

-Andy ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 13:17:55 -0500
From: "Alan D. Danziger" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Now Utilities 4.0.1

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>       I'm experiencing a conflict between Now Menus and Microsoft Word
>4.0e and 5.1a. In Microsoft Word 4, show/hide paragraphs is defined as
>command-Y, and I redefined it as the same in Word 5.1a using the Word
>"Commands" command. When I type command-Y in either of the programs, I hear
>a loud beep and nothing happens. As far as I can tell, there are no
>command-key conflicts with Apple Menu items. In Word, choosing show/hide
>paragraphs with the mouse executes correctly without a beep. This seems all
>the stranger since I have Now Menus set to exclude Microsoft Word!! If I
>tell Now Startup Manager not to load Now Menus, the problem goes away.
>       Has anyone else experienced this problem?

I have the same problem with Word 5.0.  I thought I had fixed it by
putting MS Word into the exceptions list (for Now Menus or Super
Boomerang or something), but it didn't seem to help.  I haven't
checked recently, though...  Haven't used Word much on a 4 meg PB160.
;)

    -=Alan

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Date: 3 Feb 93 08:25:00 CST
From: "JOHN S. CONRADER" <[e-mail]>
Subject: old deskwriter driver

Hi all,
  Does anyone have the HPDeskwriter(v2) or know if it is available
anywhere.  A program that I recently got, does not support any higher
versions to print correctly.
  Email me directly because I do not always have access to the digests.
Thanks.

-John :)
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 18:32:56 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Fry)
Subject: PhotoCD -> PICT (A)

Someone asked for the easiest way to convert PhotoCD files to PICT
files.  It's very easy.  QuickTime 1.5 makes these files appear
as PICT files already (I assume you're using QT 1.5 to access them),
so use any program that can handle PICT files, use it to open the
file from the CD and save it on a writable volume as a PICT.

Don't just drag the files from the CD onto a disk, though.  They'll still
look like PICTs, but if someone tries to open them on a Mac without QT1.5,
it will complain that you need a PhotoCD decompressor.

David Fry                         [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:34:03 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: PhotoCD update

Finally got our CD-300, so I packed it up and went over to our service bureau
to check out our PhotoCD discs.  Our service bureau guys, Robert and Steve,
were floored at the quality of the color on them.  The only problem they saw
was that a couple of the photos were a bit soft, but one pass through the
sharpening filter fixed them up.  It looks like we'll be using some PhotoCD
pictures in our next issue.

We sat down and figured out the maximum sizes we could reproduce for each of
the three highest resolutions on the PhotoCD.  We're using a 150 lpi halftone
screen, so we re-rez the scans to 266 dpi (the practical minimum for 150 lpi.)

With their Very High Res (2048 x 3072) we can get a 7.6" x 11.5" photo.
Robert told me that if we had to we could probably squeeze a 8.5" x 11"
full page bleed out of that one.
With their High res (1024 x 1536) we can get a 3.75" x 5.75" photo.
With their Medium res (512 x 768) we can get a 2" x 3".

Our current process for handling the PhotoCD files goes like this:

   1) Open the PhotoCD file (at the resolution we want) in Photoshop
      using the PhotoCD Acquire plug-in.

   2) Save the photo as an RGB Tiff.  Send RGB Tiff to service bureau.

   3) Service bureau separates the photo on their Linotronic color
      workstation and sends back a low res TIFF for placement.

   4) We get low res TIFFS, place them in the Quark document, and send
      entire magazine to service bureau as a Quark document on an
      optical disk.

   5) Service bureau prints entire magazine straight to negatives on
      a Linotronic 530.

We let the service bureau do the separations on their Lino workstation right
now because we haven't had enough time to play with Photoshop and PhotoCD
to get the best quality separations.  Robert and I are going to sit down and
diddle with Photoshop to see if we can get some good separation settings.
If we can, we'll start separating them to DCS files at our office.

Anyway, that's our progress to date on using PhotoCD for publication.
It looks promising.  If ya'll have any questions, feel free to drop
me a note.

                 Ken

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 12:02:31 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: printing to unix

There is a program called CAP, which is free and available by ftp. CAP is
unix software. When installed on a unix box, it allows the unix box to:
1) Act as an Appleshare server
2) Print to Appletalk printers
3) Publish a local (unix) printer as an Appletalk printer (available in the
chooser).

Number 3) is what you are looking for.

Note that the unix box is connected to an Ethernet, and that is what it is
putting out Appletalk signals on. Your macs must be connected to the
ethernet somehow. If they all have ethernet cards this is a great solution.
If they are on Localtalk, or a Phonenet, you need a Kinetics Fastpath, or a
Cayman Gatorbox, or something else which can act as a bridge between the
two. This is an okay solution, but obviously slower (ie. at Localtalk
speeds).

You mentioned using a Gatorbox. Cayman offers software that allows you to
print to unix printers, too. This software loads on the Gatorbox. This is
fine as long as none of your macs have Ethernet cards. If they do, you'll
still have to print at the slower Localtalk speed.

I think there may be a local mac solution which lets you talk directly to
the unix lpd daemon (that's the program on the unix box which runs the
printer and allows the unix lpr program to work). I haven't used it.
Bryan Walls
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 12:10:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Danny Schwendener)
Subject: program submitters *please* write a useful header before posting

[e-mail] writes:

>I thought that I put some sort of header into this file before, but
>then again...
>
>This file is MacPPP version 1.0, not 1.0 beta--this is the "real"
>thing. A copy is also located at merit.edu, which is where this
>file comes from. I noticed that 1.0b was in the info-mac/comm
>directory and thought that an update would be in order.

Er... yes, but... what *is* MacPPP in the first place? a pretty
publishing program? A pervert pun placer?

We maintainers of software archives often just don't have the time to
look at all submissions, extract the readme files and paste them into
the header before putting the hqx files in the archives. And people who
missed your beta version won't have the slightest idea what MacPPP
is aimed at, even if you had a detailed description in your beta
posting. why? because obsolete versions are removed automatically
when a new version is archived.

Submitters: _please_ add a concise header describing what your program
does to all submissions. You'll save us a lot of time and the people
dialing-up the archives from home a lot of phone taxes.

Thanks!

-- Danny Schwendener                       E-mail: [e-mail]
   ezInfo Information Services, Swiss Fed. Institute of Technology (ETHZ)
   (telnet or anonymous ftp to ezinfo.ethz.ch)

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 11:03:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Seth Ness <[e-mail]>
Subject: slow image writer II

hi,
i recenetly upgraded an se/30 to system 7.0.1. The user is now complaining
that the imagewriter II is much slower than it was undef 6.0.5. It waits
for longer periods at the beginning and end of a document (wordperfect
simple text files) and it pauses after each line. its using the standard
imagewriter driver from system 7.0.1 and i removed all the truetype fonts.
any suggestions? can i just put the old imagewriter II driver in?



Seth L. Ness                         Ness Gadol Hayah Sham
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 93 15:29 PST
From: Philip Harriman                      <[e-mail]>
Subject: Strip accented characters for email?

I am teaching a French scholar working for a semester here in the
States how to use email. He wants to compose his messages in
(U.S.) Word 5.0 then save them as text for use with our email
system (UCLA's IBM mainframe-based BEN). He wants to incorporate
passages of his own writing in his messages, but they include
accented characters, which the mail system chokes on.

What we really want to do is replace accented characters with
their un-accented counterparts. I have downloaded Add/Strip, and
it looks like this might do the trick for him, although it would
involve additional steps. Is there any easier way to do this?

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 13:48:39 -0600
From: Todd E. Frenzel <[e-mail]>
Subject: synth programming tools

Greeting,

I have just recently obtained a Yamaha DX7 FM synth.  I want to midi
it with a 145 and I need a shove in the right direction.  The PC
world typically requires a card for midi interfacing.   Can the mac
use the serial port?  ( Tell me yes. )  Also, what are the latest
sequencing and sound programming software out there, with prices if
you can.  Shareware and public domain are always nice.  What I would
really like are some midi tech specs or even better, serial XCMDs so
I could throw together hypercard ideas on the fly.  Oh yeah, a
archive a DX7 patches would be BTS ( better tha...well, you know.)
Thanks in advance.


Ditto all that for the NeXT as well.

Todd

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:54 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Ticket Program

Here's one from way out in left field:  I've got a friend who is looking for
a seat assignment and ticket printing program (kind of like what TicketMaster
uses) for the Mac.  He needs a program that will handle the seat assignments
for a 19,000 seat auditorium and print out tickets for events at the
auditorium.  Anyone heard of such an animal for the Mac, or know of a
good place to look for one?  Many thanks,


              Ken

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 16:33:51 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Windows v. Mac

I've had a number of people ask me recently if buying a PC and getting windows
wasn't a cheaper way of getting the Mac functionality.  I can give them
a few differences, but I was wondering if anyone had compiled a canonical
Mac vs. Windows list.  I'd certainly find it helpful.  Anyone?


             Ken

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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1993 00:56:42 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: WorldScript??!! (A)

    Date: Mon, 01 Feb 93 22:25:02 EST
    From: Todd Breslow <[e-mail]>

    I distinctly remember reading in IM several months ago that
    someone was playing with one of the scripts for WorldScript
    (I believe it was the Thai script). I assumed that the script
    was taken off the develop CD but, low-and-behold, there aren't
    any such scripts on the Nov/Dec CD (at least none that I can
    find). There are, however, several localized versions of
    system 7.1.

    I would very much appreciate it if someone who knew what
    was going on here would let me know what worldscript's status
    is. For the record, I'm interested in the Russian script and
    Chinese localization.

Apple seems to be trying to cause maximal confusion here.
It's on the *Developer* CD-ROM, but not the *d e v e l o p*
CD-ROM.  I know Japanese and Chinese are on it, and if
memory serves me correctly, Cyrillic as well.  You need the
CD-ROM that's part of the developer mailings, not the $13
one that goes with d e v l o p.

Didn't these used to be the same?

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 11:09:22 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: xwindows for the mac

I would like to run an xwindows program on my Quadra 900.  I found a
package called MacX which I downloaded via ftp.  However I get an error
message which
says a communications toolbox can not be found.  I am using MacTCP. No
documentation is included with the program.  Is this program actually free
or do I need to purchase it somewhere in order to get documentation?

Roy Wensley
Saint Mary's College

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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 14:59:20 CST
From: [e-mail]

I would need to contact someone on a network called ARTSLINK.
ARTSLINK  is used by professional musicians and management worldwide.
Does anybody know what the appropriate syntax would be out of Internet?
Thanks!

Sergio de los Cobos
[e-mail]

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