Info-Mac 3/Info_Mac_1994-01.iso/Periodical/Info-Mac/InfoMac 11-036

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 16:32:41 PST
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #36
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 14 Feb 93       Volume 11 : Issue 36

Today's Topics:

      Administrivia
      [*] Browsing digests for recent uploads (version 1.1)
      [*] Carpetbag 1.3.5L
      [*] Comparison of Supra and Zyxel modems for the Mac
      [*] ctc 1.4 (Change Type & Creator)
      [*] Dialog View 1.0.2
      [*] dinkum 2.1.2 (part 1 of 2)
      [*] FRAC 1.0 - 3D Tetris
      [*] mcvert-190.shar
      [*] Menuette 1.1 control panel
      [*] Nisus PostScript Macros 1.1.1
      [*] Small Screen 1.2
      [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.4 -> 3.0.5 Updater
      [*] StuffIt SpaceSaver 1.0.3 -> 1.0.4 Updater
      [*] Submission
      [*] US Savings Bonds Database
      (A) IMAGE CONVERSION
      (Q)  Type 1 system error
      72 pin SIMMs (C)
      AppleColor woes
      Apple Developer Prices (C)
      Audio and visual analysis of multivariate data series (Q)
      Auto-ReBooting software (A) (3 msgs)
      AutoDoubler no, CopyDoubler, yes!
      Auto Showdown Program (Q)
      BBS lists
      Bug in finder (small)
      Centris 610 and FPU (summary)
      Changing from Apple IIgs to Mac (A)
      Club Mac Syquest 88 Meg drive: Seems good.
      CONNECTING MAC SERIAL PRINTER TO IBMs (Q)
      Crippled 68LC040 machines
      DeskWriter driver conflicts
      Download GScript on 486s for Macs
      E-mail address for John Lim (Q)
      Flags - in CorelDRAW's clip art
      Flags... The answers...
      Frktur
      ftping .Z
      Library Pascal -> C
      Longer Mac II Monitor Cable?
      Mac 2cx to Quadra 700?
      Mac 2cx to Quadra 700? (C)
      MacWeek subscription
      MacWorld Awards Survey & FullWrite
      Memory Interleaf on Quadra 800?
      Menu Choice 1.5 problem
      NewLook 1.3
      NewLook v1.3
      Nuntius doesn't work on Quadra?
      powerbook lies dormant when power-on key is pressed
      QuickTime CLUTs and HyperCard
      SpaceSaver 1.0.4 (R)
      SuperClock & MS Word 5.x (A)
      SuperClock Responses (summary)
      System 7.1 and WorldScript Extensions (A)
      System Heap and Deskwriter 3.1 driver
      System heap and DeskWriter drivers: more misery
      TO QUADRA OR TO LC (C)
      Upgrading hard drive(s) (A)
      What happened to the Cyclone?
      Word 5.1 patch oops

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 16:27:17 PST
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Administrivia

The ftp server has been flaking out lately. It's been down all weekend. I
think the Gopher server is still running, though. So if you want any of these
new files and can't use Gopher, TOO BAD! :-)

Also, I turned off the popular-files.txt mechanism. It's been producing
terrible data since Gopher came along, because Gopher has the annoying habit
of reading every file in the directory at frequent intervals.

Some of you have noticed the new directory info-mac-incoming on the top
level. This directory is not ready for use. I have yet to get the proper
privileges enabled. When I do, I will post in the digest. Anything you manage
to put in there before I am ready will be mercilessly deleted with glee.

Thanks,

Bill

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 13:57:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Danny Schwendener)
Subject: [*] Browsing digests for recent uploads (version 1.1)

This is a slightly improved version of the skim Unix program recently
posted by Craig Nevill-Manning <[e-mail]>. This version
also inserts the necessary 'cd' and 'get' commands so that you can feed
the resulting script directly into FTP.

I have sumex-aim in my .netrc file, so that all I need to do after the
skim is to type the following command to get the tagged files:
    ftp sumex-aim.stanford.edu < download

Craig Nevill-Manning <[e-mail]>'s program description:
>
>I wrote this quick Unix program for browsing info-mac digests. I try to keep
>up with the new uploads to sumex, but it's a tedious, repetitive process to
>actually download the stuff I want. This C program scans a digest (or
several)
>in a file or files given on the command line for the [*] denoting an upload
>notice, and prints out the description. Type y if you want to download it,
and
>it adds the path and name to a file called "download". Typing n just
continues
>to the next message, and q quits the program. I then rearrange the file in
>emacs, inserting cd and get commands, and paste it into an ftp session.
>
>Hope it's useful to someone! Remember, it was only a half-hour hack; feel
free
>to improve on it.
>
>Compile with cc -o skim skim.c -lcurses -ltermcap
>or take out the curses stuff if you don't have it.


-- Danny Schwendener                       E-mail: [e-mail]
   ezInfo Information Services, Swiss Fed. Institute of Technology (ETHZ)

[Archived as /info-mac/unix/skim-11.shar; 3K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 21:35:50 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] Carpetbag 1.3.5L

Carpetbag is a shareware ($5) control panel extension that makes
resources such as fonts, sounds, FKEYs, and keyboard layouts
available to your programs without installing the resources in
the System file.  You specify certain folders, and Carpetbag
opens all resource files therein at boot time.  It works under
System 6, but is smarter about keeping track of folders
under System 7.  It should even be able to use a folder on a remote
Appleshare volume.

This file is in StuffIt 3.0 format.  It can be decompressed with StuffIt
Expander (freeware) or anything in the StuffIt 3.0 family.

v. 1.3.3 mounts volumes at startup.
v. 1.3.4 fixes a bug that caused a crash if you didn't show the icon.
v. 1.3.5 fixes an error-reporting bug, and includes Laser Path 1.1, now
     compatible with System 7.1.

 -- Jim Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/carpetbag-135l.hqx; 80K]

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 01:57:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Johnston <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Comparison of Supra and Zyxel modems for the Mac

Here are two articles comparing Supra and Zyxel modems that
I recently posted to the usenet newsgroups comp.dcom.modems
and comp.sys.mac.comm.  They led to more mail followups than
I want to deal with individually, so I'm submitting the articles
as posted followed by some info on price and availability with
pointers to net.sources of technical info on the Zyxel itself.

-- Bill Johnston ([e-mail])
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/report/supra-zyxel-comparison.txt; 23K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 08:00:43 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Bechtel)
Subject: [*] ctc 1.4 (Change Type & Creator)

The enclosed file contains a simple drag-and-drop utility for quickly
changing a file's type and creator.  This updated version adds a little
routine which touches the modification date of the enclosing folder, which
causes the Finder to immediately notice that you've changed something.
Also added was gratuitous Balloon help.  Full source included.

This is totally free.  Do with it what you will.  Don't ask if you can
redistribute it; you can.

--Brian Bechtel    [e-mail]    "My opinion, not Apple's"

[Archived as /info-mac/util/change-type-creator-14.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 21:37:37 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] Dialog View 1.0.2

Dialog View (formerly List Font) is a control panel that allows you to
change the font and size used in directory dialog file lists, and display
the real icons of files in such lists.  It requires System 7.  If you use it
together with my Open-wide program (version 3.3 or later for best results),
you will be able to use larger fonts without cramping the list.  Compatible
with Super Boomerang 4.0.1, not compatible with Norton's Directory
Assistance.

 -- Jim Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/dialog-view-102.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 14:11:17 WET
From: Paul Russell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] dinkum 2.1.2 (part 1 of 2)

G'day!

This is a Macintosh port of the Australian text adventure
game 'dinkum', version 2.1.2. The game was written by
Gary A. Allen, Jr. ([e-mail]) and the sources
are available from Usenet's comp.sources.games. The Macintosh
version was generated from the original sources (with very
slight) modifications using MPW, MPW C, and the SIOW library.
Due to the use of '32 bit everything' it probably won't work
on processors < 68020. (BTW - Gary is not keen on the Mac
but he has kindly given me his permission to upload this
Macintosh port - please e-mail him and say thanks if you
like the game. The MPW MakeFile and Mac-related patches
to the sources will be included in future distributions
of the source code, hopefully.)

Paul Russell ([e-mail])
Dept Experimental Psychology
University of Sussex

[Note to moderator: I'm afraid I had to split this into two
 parts for mailing, since we seem have a 100k limit on mail
 somewhere along the route from here to SUMEX... :-(]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/dinkum-212.hqx]

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 17:11:58 +0100 (MET)
From: Per Bergland <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FRAC 1.0 - 3D Tetris

FRAC is another 3D Tetris thingy, but quite enjoyable.
Originally a PC shareware game, but completely rewritten for the Mac.

=A5 Game window scales up and down to any size. (height/width ratio is fixed)
=A5 All color modes are supported, but more than 256 colors will only use
more of your memory.
=A5 Full control over game sounds, keyboard, colors, and "Boss screen".
=A5 Hiscores can be viewed by other order than highest score.

Enjoy!
Per & Max

[Archived as /info-mac/game/frac-10.hqx; 403K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 14:22:37 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Skudlarek)
Subject: [*] mcvert-190.shar

mcvert, written in C, runs under UNIX and converts among Macintosh
file formats including BinHex4.0 and MacBinary.  See mcvert.1
(the man page) for details.

Please replace mcvert-189.shar with mcvert-190.shar, which follows.
Major changes and current usage are detailed below.

Incorporated MAC_FILETYPE support provided by
<[e-mail]> as follows:

     MAC_FILETYPE
      The file type of a MacBinary file converted from Data,
      Text, or Host inputs is set to this four-character
      sequence.  The default is "TEXT".  For example, one
      might set this variable to "PICT" when converting files
      created by ppmtopict(1).  The file type for Resource
      inputs is always set to "APPL"; BinHex 4.0 inputs
      specify the file type to use internally.

In addition, the man page was updated to include information about
MAC_FILETYPE and other file types and authors, and Makefile was
updated to simplify incantations required for AT&T 3B2's.

[Archived as /info-mac/unix/mcvert-190.shar; 89K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 11:25 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Menuette 1.1 control panel

Mark Schupack writes:

> I have the latest version of SuperClock and it works fine. BUT, with a small
> screen monitor (SE/30) almost all of the newer programs have so many items
on
> their menu bars that the SuperClock display gets knocked off.

One solution to your problem, which is the limited menubar space on smaller
screen Macs, is the recently released control panel "Menuette."

Menuette replaces menu titles with small icons.  It comes with a universal
set covering such common menu titles as File, Edit, Windows, Fonts, Style,
Tools, etc.  It also includes custom icon sets for a great many popular
applications plus you can add your own.  You can also set the font and style
for the menubar as well. With the current version you can toggle between
all text and mixed menubar titles with a triple click in the menubar.

I changed some parameters to observe the effect on Word 5.1 (with Work menu)
-- an excellent example of an application that fills the menubar.  On my
portrait monitor the standard menu extends 130 cm from the left edge of
the menubar to the right edge of Word's menubar text.  By changing the
menubar text to Helvetica Narrow, I reduced this to 113 cm.  By using
Menuettes icon option I reduced this to 90 cm.  In either case I would have
had sufficient space to display SuperClock 4.0.2 (with day) on a 9" monitor.

Menuette does require System 7, but not color.  However, it really looks
great on a color monitor and I predict that this "goodie" will prove to be
exceptionally popular with the Color Classic crowd.

Just another happy registered user of this fine shareware product.

--Ross Moran <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/menuette-11.hqx; 137K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 22:22:21 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Nisus PostScript Macros 1.1.1

Dale's PostScript Macros for Nisus 1.1
    (replaces 1.1)

Here is version 1.1.1 of my PostScript Macros for Nisus. The
macros implement postscript "backdrops" consisting of 72 or 100-point
type printed diagonally in light grey over the document. The macros
can be used to print backdrop text on just the first page or on
mulitple pages in a document. More than one backdrop can
be used in the same document. Macros for printing "PRELIMINARY",
"CONIFIDENTIAL", "REVISED" (with date & time), or any dialog-input
string are provided, along with a macro to remove all PostScript
backdrops from a document.

Version 1.2 should be available within two weeks and will add several
macros for creation of overhead transparency "slides" with borders
and headings (all in PostScript).


Also includes the required PostScript Escape font.

Freeware/E-mail-ware


Version history:

1.1.1: Put terse option back onto Remove psBackdrops (accidently removed in
        version 1.1) so macro doesn't abort. Sorry for the slip-up.

1.1: Made it easier to modify the text printed by the macros and improved
        the centering of dialog-entered text.

1.0: Initial release


Dale Southard
[e-mail]
1/10/93

   --------------------  CUT HERE  --------------------

[Archived as /info-mac/app/nissus-postscript-macros-111.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 15:51:36 +0100 (MET)
From: Daniel Schaerer <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Small Screen 1.2

Small Screen 1.2 -- February 11, 1993

On a sufficiently large screen, Small Screen shows the boundaries of one or
more smaller screens. It is useful for testing whether something would fit
on a small screen.

Small Screen is not an extension but an ordinary application. It occupies
only a small memory partition (30 K) and can usually be left running all
the time. Contrary to tools like MiniScreen by Morgan Davis, Small Screen
does not simulate a small screen, it just shows its boundary (or several
boundaries) while leaving the full screen available. This is sufficient for
many purposes, and much more comfortable -- just make it a startup appli-
cation and forget it, it will be there whenever you need it.

Version 1.2 adds the capability to draw the screen boundaries in one of
eight colors, for better contrast against dark desktop patterns.

This is KindWare(tm) -- a gift to the whole of MacKind(tm). Enjoy, share,
and be kind(tm) to one another.

Daniel Schaerer
[e-mail]

---

[Archived as /info-mac/util/small-screen-12.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 18:47:11 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.4 -> 3.0.5 Updater

This archive contains all the files needed to update StuffIt Deluxe version
3.0.4 to version 3.0.5.  StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.5 adds some new features and
corrects some conflicts. It is recommended that all users of previous versions
upgrade to the 3.0.5 version.

If you are a user of StuffIt SpaceSaver only, you should download the StuffIt
SpaceSaver 1.0.3 to 1.0.4 updater.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/stuffit-deluxe-305-updater.hqx; 473K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 18:48:36 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: [*] StuffIt SpaceSaver 1.0.3 -> 1.0.4 Updater

This archive contains all the files needed to update StuffIt SpaceSaver
version
1.0.3 to version 1.0.4. StuffIt SpaceSaver 1.0.4 corrects some conflicts. It
is
recommended that all users of previous versions upgrade to the 1.0.4 version.

If you are a user of StuffIt Deluxe, you should download the StuffIt Deluxe
3.0.4 to 3.0.5 updater INSTEAD of this file.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/stuffit-spacesaver-104-updater.hqx; 181K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 18:48:36 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Submission

Please find enclosed The BMUG Online Services Reference v1.0, which is a
SuperGlue II document covering FirstClass Client, and the OneNet Member
Network. It also includes a listing of FirstClass BBSes nationwide.
Bernard Aboba
Author of "Bulletin Boards and Beyond"
Internet: [e-mail]      FidoNet: 1:161/445

[Archived as /info-mac/report/bmug-online-services-10.hqx; 358K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 20:52:23 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] US Savings Bonds Database

Enclosed is a little database I spent the afternoon building.  This database
allows the user to input the Face value, the serial number, the ssn, the
purchase date, the purchase price, and the series of bonds, E or EE.   It
will then do it's best to calculate the current value of the bond.  This is a
difficult task because the bonds have different maturities and interest
rates.  As of now the database assumes that you will keep the bond atleast
five years, and is only accurate for bonds issued after June of 1969.  If
there is enough interest I can expand it to include older bonds.

One known bug is that if the date is greater than 12/31/99, filemaker is
unable to calculate the proper age.  There seems to be a bug in either
filemaker or system 7.1 that years less that 2000 return 19xx, and years
greater than 1999 return xx.  One other noted problem is that both the date &
time cp and General cp will not allow you to enter dates greater than
12/31/2019.  IT wraps back to 1/1/1920.  If you have any questions, please
direct them to [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/filemaker-us-savings-bonds.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 19:18:59 -0500
From: Metin Inci <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) IMAGE CONVERSION

Thank you for your reply.
I will give try soon. Hopefully it works.
The reason I want the data in digital form is that
we have problem with Radar-SAR data.I am trying to solve
slant range to ground range conversion so that I can
strech the data in range direction. For that reason I am preparing
a routine in C to solve this conversion. My program is accepting
text files. Thus I am trying convert image to digital form that
will be a text file. Hopefully, I will overcome this dilemma.
Again thank you for your reply.
Metin Inci

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 23:49:30 EST
From: "Terence R. Slywka" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q)  Type 1 system error

Hello.  I am getting a type 1 system error while running a program.  What
causes this and how can I prevent it?  Is there a memory adjustment I need
to make?  Also, what are type 2 and type 3 errors??

Please reply to me directly.

Thanks in advance

Terence Slywka

TSLYWKA@IUBACS
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 13:31:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Hughes)
Subject: 72 pin SIMMs (C)

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>A friend of mine is considering buying a LC III.  She wonders whether
>the "industry standard" 72 pin SIMMs the new Macs use are really as
>prevalent as Apple claims.  Could she buy a PC magazine or Computer
>Shopper and find them as easily as we find 60 pin SIMMs for the Mac.
>Are the prices comparable?  And is installation basically the same?

    She doesn't even need to go that far. Most of the Memory suppliers
in the back of your favorite Mac magazine carry PC SIMMs as well, like
Chip Merchant for instance. All she needs to do is call the people she
would normally call and ask them if they carry the 72-pin SIMMS. As for
installation, they are still SIMMs.

-Hades

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 08:13:32 PST
From: [e-mail] ( )
Subject: AppleColor woes

Perhaps someone can shed some 'light' on
my AppleColor monitor problem.

I've used my AppleColor RGB with fully
populated card since Mac II days.  Has
worked perfectly.

Currently I'm using an FX and System
7.1. ( Virtual memory off but 32-bit
on.)  A Radius FPD is in nubus 1 and
the Apple RGB  card is in nubus 3.

The problem is that setting the pallete
to 256 colors sets the colors to some
outlandish combination that cannot be
changed.  Setting the control panels to
B&W or even 16 colors still works fine.

I've tried the usual of resetting the pram,
resettling the chips on the card, etc.  I'm
leaning toward thinking a chip of video RAM
has gone bad, but like more evidence before
swapping them out.

Does anyone have insight for narrowing
the problem space further?  Thanks.

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 04:22:12 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Fry)
Subject: Apple Developer Prices (C)

In a previous digest, Andy Cohen complains that Apple's Developer
discounts aren't what they used to be.  That's true, but I must
dispute what he had to say in general.  I think the discounts are
still substantial (except on low-end products, where discounts will
naturally be less), and delivery is not a tremendous problem.
I'm a no-name Partner, but I ordered  PB180 in October with
some cables, an extra battery, and an Express Modem.  I can't
disclose prices, but I saved much more than $150 (which is what
Andy Cohen quoted), and got the PB180 shortly after Thanksgiving.
I still haven't seen the modem, but neither has anyone else.
The discount on some Apple computers are very significant.

Likewise, I think Apple does a great job producing Developer CDs,
the develop journal, supporting things like the Developer University
and the Worldwide Developer Conference, and getting information
on new products in developer's hands quickly.

If you became a partner simply for discounts I can see how you might
be disappointed.  The point of a being a developer is to develop.

In general, I'm constantly amazed at how people continue to bellyache
about Apple's pricing and support.  We have people who complain that
the computers are too expensive while we have others who insist
that adding a 32-bit bus to a LC II couldn't have cost that much.
Likewise, they get critized for not putting enough effort into
future software and hardware development.

Nevertheless, Apple's profit margins continue to shrink and Apple,
along with the rest of the computer industry, is under pressure
simply to continue their existence.   If the computers are too expensive
and if they should have added more performance to the computers,
why aren't they making more and more money each quarter?  They
are selling more and more each quarter, so if they are shafting the
consumer at each turn, they should really be raking it in, right?
Instead, they have a responsiblity as a business to remain solvent,
and they run a risk of not being able to respond to future changes
if they lower their profit margin much more.

David Fry                                  [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 10:53:56 EST
From: [e-mail] (Adam L. Klein)
Subject: Audio and visual analysis of multivariate data series (Q)

Hello:

    I am attempting to assist a professor with research that involves
analysis of data, and have run into a problem regarding an application or
environment in which this data can be analyzed.

    He (the professor) wishes to display multiple variables within a
graph (not a problem), and have the ability to play the data values a
frequencies while the graph(s) are being viewed. The problem lies herein.

    He wishes to give the computer (I keep reccommending a Macintosh,
he wants to use an IBM), values for frequency, duration, amplitude (volume)
of the value (from the data series), as well as duration of pauses between
sounds. I know that (at least for our purposes), Excel or DeltaGraph
Professional are more than sufficient to visually display the data. The
problem is finding an application or utility to provide the necessary audio
control as well.

    I would _very_ much appreciate any suggestions or advice. Please
reply directly, I will summarize if requested. Thanks.

Adam L. Klein                    +                        <standard
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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 08:32 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Auto-ReBooting software (A)

In 11-35, Jeff Schindall <[e-mail]> says:

>I'm looking for a CP that will reboot a mac
>at a particular time of day.
>
>Does anyone know if such a critter exists?

QuicKeys from CE Software to the rescue once again! Define a Restart
QuicKey (that's a choice under the Specials menu) and just set it to repeat
daily at your selected time by using the Timer Options feature that is
available for every QuicKey. This of course triggers a normal restart,
which means your Mac will ask you if you want to save changed documents
before closing  applications in preparation for a restart.

If instead you want to be absolutely sure that you restart regardless of
what applications or documents are open (and regardless of whether you're
there or not to answer such questions), you can either construct a more
elaborate QK sequence that just tells the Mac "OK" to all its normal
questions--or avoid the problem by bombing and forcing a restart that way.
How to do that? Get:
/info-mac/cp/auto-boot-111.hqx

It comes with several programs guaranteed to bomb just about any Mac (for
testing purposes). Run one or all of those programs at a specified time
using QK and you're guaranteed to crash and, with autoboot 1.1 installed,
will reboot then. (First time I ever told someone how to CAUSE a crash on
demand--most people want to stop them...<g>)
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 14:59:34 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Auto-ReBooting software (A)

>I'm looking for a CP that will reboot a mac
>at a particular time of day.
>
>Does anyone know if such a critter exists?
>
I have used QuicKeys for this. Works great. I used it to restart a server
running software that had some kind of memory leak. The leak would kill the
server every couple of days. I had QuickKeys restart the server every
morning around 4am and the server stopped crashing.

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Feb 93 00:00:45 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Auto-ReBooting software (A)

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

> I'm looking for a CP that will reboot a mac at a particular time of day.
> Does anyone know if such a critter exists?

Yes.  It's called Powerless, and it's distributed through my company,
Morgan Davis Group.  The latest released demo version is 1.0b3 and is
on most information services.  An older version is at sumex, but
1.0b3 should be there by now.  If not, I will submit it.

Powerless is small (20K) application that lets you schedule a shutdown or
a restart at a particular time.  It will sit idle in the background and
count down until the shutdown or restart occurs, and then automatically
performs its function.  It was recently mentioned in the March MacUser
as something worth downloading from ZiffNet/Mac (CIS).

You can put it into your Startup Items folder to have it automatically
running each time you start up your system.  It even has a "Switch to
Finder" option so that it won't stay in the foreground after starting
up.  A preferences dialog allows you to tweak its many features, like
shutdown warnings and notification.

You can configure it to shutdown/restart after a period of time (say,
"one hour from now"), or at a specific time (say, "at 9:00 PM").

The best thing I like about Powerless is that you can get the most out
of your background utilities, like hard disk compressors and optimizers
that are routinely interrupted throughout the day while you're being
productive.  Before I leave the office at night, I just pull up
Powerless (preset to shut down after an hour).  This gives AutoDoubler
and DiskExpress some free time to finish up.  I'm in the midddle of
enjoying dinner at home when the Mac shuts itself off automatically at
the office.  I look forward to a well compressed and optimized system
when I start up again in the morning.

It's also great if you start a long print job, a huge file transfer,
a disk backup, and other things that used to make you wait around until
they were done so you could shutdown manually.

(BTW, it uses the Mac's Shutdown Manager, so it doesn't do anything weird.
It also means that it can safely shutdown your system, bypassing any user
interaction the Mac might be waiting for -- like clicking a dialog box
button.  That's how the Shutdown Manager works.)

If this sounds like something that you'd love to have, you can order it
>From us for $19.95 (plus $5 shipping):

    Morgan Davis Group
    10079 Nuerto Lane
    Rancho San Diego
    CA 91977-7132 USA

(Sorry no credit cards, thanks to California banks and small mail order-
based companies).  We'll do COD's, though.  MDG is a reputable Apple II
software developer, in the business for over ten years.  We're now adding
Macintosh products to our line.

Demo versions (fully functional for a limited period of time) are
available if you want to test it out first.  If you can't find a copy
over the net or on an info service, send e-mail and I'll wire you copy
via mail.  BinHex'd it's only 30K).

 /\/\   Morgan Davis Group (619/670-0563)
/ /__\   Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 09:30:15 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: AutoDoubler no, CopyDoubler, yes!

I abandoned AutoDoubler because I didn't like it preventing Norton
FileSaver from protecting my data, and was inclined to dump it entirely,
but I find I can't do without one of its associated files: CopyDoubler.
CD enormously speeds finder copies and does "smart copies"--i.e. if
you copy a folder onto a disk where a backup copy of that folder exists
already, it recopies only the new or changed files (though it verifies
all the files).  This makes backing up my hard disk to a Syqyest
cartridge extremely fast and easy.  CD cannot be used without
AutoDoubler being present on the disk, but AD can be turned off if one
wishes.

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Date: 14 Feb 1993 01:31:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mudd Rat <[e-mail]>
Subject: Auto Showdown Program (Q)

Anybody out there know of a program that will shutdown a Mac after a
predetermined time of inactivity?  Please E-mail suggestions to me.

Mike Unger

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 22:46:36 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: BBS lists

Hi, this is in response to Aaron Raphael's request for a good listing of
BBS in New York. I'm at home now, so i can't give you any numbers, but a
reasonably good source is computer shopper magazine. you can find it in most
computer &/or book stores, and it has an updated listing of BBS by area
roaches (yes, it is that thick.)
all this for about $3.00.
good luck!
-whk
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 22:23 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bug in finder (small)

I just noticed a tiny piece of odd behavior in the Finder (system 7.0.1).
When a folder window is selected you see the grow icons and the arrows
>From the scroll bars.  If you click on the desktop the arrows and grow icon
go away and the title bar becomes white - normally.

However, if you double click quickly on the scroll bar and keep clicking as
you move the mouse onto the desktop the window is not deselected.  You
can now click on the desktop or select a rectangle on the desktop and leave
the folder window in its "selected" state.  Harmless, but odd.

Chris Eliot
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Computer Science Department.

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 17:36:46 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: Centris 610 and FPU (summary)

Here is the summary on Centris 610 and FPU. Most of the info were from Dale
Adams of Apple Computer. Being one of the hardware designers, Dale's info
is much more accurate than, say, info from some Apple's sales rep (from
whom I'd gotten false or inaccurate info before).

1. All Centris 610's are configured with 'LC040 (an '040 without the
integrated FPU) because 20MHz version of the '040 chip (with FPU) does NOT
exist.

2. The 'LC040 in 610 can be replaced with a 25MHz version of the '040 chip,
which will run at 20MHz unless one replaces the crystal as well (this may
or may not work - but I'm sure someone would try).

3. Running at 20MHz, the '040 does not require a heat sink, so it should
not adversely affect one's add-on options. (According to Dale, a heat sink
would be required for an '040 running at 25 and definitely at 33MHz.
However, I've seen '040 accelerators built without them.)

4. System ROM in Centris 610 will recognize the presence of an integrated
FPU.

Now we established that Centris 610 is upgradable. Whether or not it is a
good machine remains a question. It's a good buy in terms of price. It's
priced below a comparably equipped IIvx (The IIvx has more slots and Power
Manager, of course). On the other hand, it lacks an FPU and upgrading to a
25MHz '040 is very expensive at the moment (though price should drop). I
completely agree with Alan Hewit that it's a bad idea to leave out the FPU.
If all Macs were equipped with FPU, everyone would benefit because most
applications would be written to take advantage of them (In theory, an
application could check the presence of an FPU and utilize it accordingly.
Unfortunately, this is rarely true in practice.)

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 14:32 EST
From: Ralph P Carpenter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Changing from Apple IIgs to Mac (A)

[e-mail] (Ed) asks
>A friend has an Apple IIGS.  He wants to know which parts of it
>(monitor, keyboard, etc) he can use when he upgrades to a Mac.  I
>suppose he'll be changing to a Mac LC or whatever is the low-cost mac
>with a separate monitor.  Anyone out there done this or know which
>parts are still useful?

    Definitely the keyboard, mouse, 3.5" drives, Apple's external
SCSI drives, plus any modem/printer/keyboard cables, can be
transferred to a Mac.

    If your friend is moving to one of the Mac LC series, then any
Apple 5.25 drive connectable to the GS's SmartPort will also be
useable on the LC /if/ he options for the Apple IIe emulation card.

    I have an Apple IIgs, Mac SE, and Mac IIsi on my desks, and
I frequently swap hardware among them.

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 09:22:11 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Club Mac Syquest 88 Meg drive: Seems good.

After posting my queries here and doing some rapid comparison shopping
for a Syquest 88 meg drive, I settled on the Club Mac, primarily because
of cost ($489 for the drive, cable, and 1 cartridge).  Though there are
other brands costing $10 more, I'm glad I went for this one.  It's not
unhandsome, seems to have a sturdy case, and has one of the quieter fans
I've heard.  The salesperson at Club Mac forgot to ask me whether I
had any other SCSI devices, so they sent a 25/50 cable instead of the
50/50 I needed.  But when I called them up they quickly shipped the
correct cable free and let me keep the old one (not that I have any use
for it).  This is a good point to remember when ordering any SCSI
device.  My experience is most places assume theirs is the only one in
the system unless you tell them otherwise.  Backing up my 135 megs of
hard disk data took about 15 minutes onto two cartridges.  And
practically no work.

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 16:29 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: CONNECTING MAC SERIAL PRINTER TO IBMs (Q)

Dear Netters:

Is there a cable that converts parallel signals to serial signals, and vice
versa.  Specifically I am looking to treat my StyleWriter as a Parallel IBM
printer, using a single cable.  Where do I get such a cable (mail order 800
#);
and who makes the cable.  I know only of how to get an IBM printer hooked up
 with a MAC, but not vice/versa. Thank you.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU
in%"ABRODY@CLARKU" - internet

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 12:39:36 -0500
From: dciem!trigraph![e-mail] (Jim Prall)
Subject: Crippled 68LC040 machines

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:
[...]
>PS: What does the "LC" stand for in 68LC040?  "Low cost"?

Wrong context for resolving the abbreviation. LC is an old standby in
microchip naming: the L is for Low-power, and the C is for CMOS (which
spells Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor). The main thing I remember
learning about these little devils is that adding the C means the chip
is much more prone to damage from static electricity during handling
(i.e. dont!)  Use those wrist straps at all times, kiddies.
The L means the power consumption is lower, which helps manage the heat
dissipation problem in the board and enclosure design, (while also increasing
the static sensitivity?) An L in the chip number is vital for use in
battery-powered applications like PowerBooks.

> Is that why the Mac LC is called that, or does that LC stand for
>"low-cost, color"?
Officially it's the latter. Nice coincidence. Did the first Mac LC I
have an LC CPU?
--
--
- Jim Prall
- [e-mail]  | Real triple-TLA quotes heard here:
- Trigraph, Inc.                       | "So the CPU of the SLC is in the CRT"

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 11:11:52 EST
From: "A. Zakai" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeskWriter driver conflicts

========================================================================
Hello All,
I too have been plagued by problems with the deskwriter drivers 3.1 .
I am using an SE/30 with 20megs and a few of them are allocated to the
heap.  I have been having conflicts that narrowed down to the DW drivers,
mostly the background printing, FAXstf extensions and Quickeys 2.1.3 .

I run a fairly init/cdev laden machines and it is very sensitive to memory
corruption, esp with crash barrier 'monitor memory corruption' option on.
The corruption seem to be associated with the finder and most often it will
be the application crashing.However, I did have heap/stack error and many
bus error and F-line errors.

I talked to all tech support staff in HP, STF and CE since I am dependent
on all three product to preform as promised. The culprit seem to be HP drivers
and a new rewrite is no expected till summer.

I found that turning off the background features of 3.1 drivers makes it more
stable but still it would crash occasionaly.


      ----Z

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

Date: 13 Feb 93 13:54:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Download GScript on 486s for Macs

Hi MacFans,

    I used to download files from the net for my Mac on a 486. Some might
ask why not on a Mac directly? " 'Cause only the 486 is on the net" I do
this quite often, and it works just fine. But today when I was trying to
download GhostScript, I found it's too large to be put on a single 2HD so I
just couldn't move it from my 486 to my Mac. Is there any technology for
this?
Something like Backup & Restore? How about SyQuest? Pls give me some ideas!

                            Thanx in advance,
                                Mack.
                    e-mail:[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 01:06:04 -0500
From: WING W R <[e-mail]>
Subject: E-mail address for John Lim (Q)

Does anyone know an E-mail address for John Lim, the author of Moire?
When I look in the accompanying documentation, all I find is his postal
address:
    John Lim
    18 Nottingwood St.,
    Doncaster East 3109,
    Victoria,
    AUSTRALIA.

Many thanks,
                Bill Wing

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

Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1993 10:10:12 +1100 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Philip FX Ryan)
Subject: Flags - in CorelDRAW's clip art

I don't suppose that this is necessarily of much use to Mac-only users,
except that I just got CorelDRAW for use on my DOS box at work. It comes
with a clip-art CD-ROM (pretty full as far as I can tell - well over 300 MB
of stuff anyway).

One of the folders is flags (there are also maps, insignia, people - lots
of other sections). The flags seem to be relatively correct - e.g. they
have an Australian flag with stars of the correct number of points (7
pointed stars cf most other flags which use 5 pointed stars.)

At one stage there were rumours that Corel was going to release a Mac
version of its flagship product - anyone else heard about this? The PC
product is very good - but there is less DOS/Windows drawing competition -
it has more features than MacDraw Pro, for a similar price, and it includes
an insanely great collection of CorelDRAWn clip-art.

    Corel Corporation
    1600 Carling Ave, Ottawa
    Ontario, Canada, K1Z 8R7
    ph: [phone]
    fax:[phone]

Phil Ryan *** Melbourne *** Australia *** [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 20:19:17 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Flags... The answers...

I recently asked on the net where I might find PICTs of national flags.  In
case ony one else is interested, I'll summarize the MANY replies I received:

Many thanks to [e-mail] and Marsh Gardiner who recommended Broderbund's
MacGlobe which, among other things, apparently includes many international
flags.

Nancy L. Sunderhaft recommended Click-Art "Business Images" from T-Maker which
includes 1,000+ images for $39 from MacWarehouse [phone].

Al Bloom mentioned that PowerPoint 3 includes some clip-art which has a set of
outline maps and flags of 59 countries.

Finally, thanks to [e-mail] for recommending the ftp site
mac.
archive.umich.edu which had virtually every flag of every nation on this
planet in MacDraw format (in the directory mac/graphics/draw).  The only
problem here was that they were VERY large bitmaps and, although quite usable,
I would have prefered PICTs.

Many thanks again to all of you who replied.  I'm sure one of these solutions
will turn out to be extactly what I want...

-Elliot Bennett
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 14:19:13 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Frktur

Fraktur, I mean. I'm looking for a good TrueType or Postscript
font for the old German Fraktur (the proper one, not an English
London equivalent). Anyone able to point me the right direction?

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

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 16:06 CDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: ftping .Z

The archive at 'pit-manager.mit.edu' has alot of the FAQ lists for the UseNet
digests and I am having problems getting them to my Mac.  They all have a .Z
ending and I'm familiar with using MacCompress 3.2 in expanding them, but
MacCompress doesn't recognize these files. Also, the names of the files are
usually screwed up after I ftp them. Is there a special ftp setting or command
that is needed to get these files?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Oh, are there any other archives that have the FAQs in regular text format?

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 11:24:17 +0100
From: Vecoven Frederic <[e-mail]>
Subject: Library Pascal -> C

Hi everyone,


I encounter problems when using libraries compiled with Think Pascal
in Think C. This is what I do : I convert the library with the program
oConv (version 5.0.4), then I build the project with Think C. No problem.
When I try to run a project in which I included such a library, I always
get errors from the linker (such as 'undefined: %_TRUNC', or 'undefined:
_LMOD',...)
Is there a way to avoid these problems ?

Please answer to [e-mail]
If I receive several answers, I'll post a report to the net.

Bye.
Frederic Vecoven  ([e-mail])

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 9:36:21 PST
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Longer Mac II Monitor Cable?

   I replaced the 3' original-equipment monitor cable on my standard
Mac II Apple color monitor (DB-15's at each end) with a 6' cable
bought at Fry's.  (I want to leave the monitor on my desk but put the
Mac II itself out of the way under an adjacent table.)

   The screen display is now seriously muddy: whites are reddish,
blacks greenish.  Local experts say the driver circuitry on the video
card probably can't handle this length of cable.  Any good way around
this?  Are there better and worse cables?  Or driver boards?

      Email to [e-mail] is fine.  Thanks.

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 20:38:28 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Patrick D Warn)
Subject: Mac 2cx to Quadra 700?

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:
>I was wondering, since Apple is discontinuing production of the Quadra 700,
>does this mean that us old Mac 2cx owners will no longer be able to upgrade
>our computers to the Quadra level?

The Quadra 700 is not dead yet. The Feb 10th Hepp1 price list still has it
listed, along with the upgrade from a IIcx/ci. The prices are lower than
they were, but not much. The Q700 is now just a bit more exspensive than a
Centris 650.
--
             Wondering what it all means,
                 Pat

[I think it means that they are trying to clear out their inventory. The
 Q700 is dropped from the developer price list, usually a reliable guide
 as it is direct from Apple. So are the IIci and the IIsi. -Bill]

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 17:29:07 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac 2cx to Quadra 700? (C)

At the New Macs show here last week the Apple rep described the Quadra
700 as a "dead end". By this he meant that there would be no upgrade
path to future machines, which I find believable, since apparently
curved boxes are here to stay and logic boards for 060s or RISC machines
may simply not fit in the Quadra's rectangular box.

He didn't say if the cx/i->700 upgrade would continue to be manufactured, but
he did say the 700 would become a good deal with the planned price drop
(even tho' it'll never be upgradeable?). The upgrade price should go
down as well. And then if enough of us make enough noise in a year
or so, maybe some kind of upgrade for the cx/ci/700 will be produced.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 18:28:25 +0200
From: "Sot.Mpantas - NTUA" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWeek subscription

I'd like to subscribe to MacWeek. Could someone give me
the appropriate address please?
Thanx.
Sotiris.

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 18:29:38 -0600 (CST)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWorld Awards Survey & FullWrite

Folks,

    MacWorld is conducting their 7th annual Macworld Word-Class Awards
Survey.  This appears in the April issue (ain't even March, yet!).  The
survey appears in a tear-out between pages 24 and 25.
    For those of you who still use and LOVE FullWrite Professional,
this is a great opportunity.  Although MacWorld wants results on products
released since January 1992, sufficient returns with FullWrite written in
might create some magazine recognition that FullWrite is still quite
active.
    The survey asks for you to circle numbers relating to
satisfaction, with 1 being the lower and 10 the higher.  I am marking a
"5" since I am VERY happy with the product but dismayed at the
dead-in-the-water support and non-functioning R&D of FullWrite by Borland.
    Why do this?  Well, it is just to vent my usual frustration at how
a very good product has been outright killed, if not murdered.  I have
really tried to use WordPerfect, Word, Nisus.  But all three of these
really just don't do the job.
    FullWrite excels in its outliner, flexible SIDE-BAR use, and
column support. I also enjoy the marvelous built-in voice post-it notes.
Yes, built-in, not some dumb add-on module.  The alleged outliner in Word
amazes me in its awful intuitiveness.  Mixing columns, outlines, and body
text in Word, for me, is positively klunky and outright SLOW.  WordPerfect
has a very nice outliner but does not support level swaps easily or
content swaps.  And, if I make some body format mistakes, I have to fight
through the reveal codes option to delete redundant style changes (those
which I may have installed earlier and are now in the way).  Mixing
columns, outlines, and body text is also a chore for me with WordPerfect.
Other than a macro, Nisus does NOT have an outliner, unless one exists in
a version I haven't tried.
    At any rate, here's a chance for you FullWriter's to at least be
seen in a magazine survey.    ^^^^^^  I certainly am going to participate,
even though the survey requests for products to be since January of 1992.

(wishing for FullWrite to be released from Borland!!!)
--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 01:10 PST
From: "Tony Wong ......" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Memory Interleaf on Quadra 800?

Dear netters,

someone posted Quadra 800 use some sort of memory interleaf in its memory
subsystem. If this is true, it's a real departure from traditional PC design.
The question will be : how does it compare with a cache card ( as in IIci )
 and how the SIMMs be arranged?

As far as I understand, a 32-bit wide memory sub-system with interleaf must
have two ( or more ) bank of identical memory. I don't know how many data bit
is there on those 72-pin SIMMs, but assuming it's 16-bit wide, then the
Quadra 800 must have all 4 slots filled with identical SIMMs.

                                Tony

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

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 13:34:26 PST
From: Josh Berman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Menu Choice 1.5 problem

I recently downloaded MenuChoice 1.5 and I'm having a small problem with
it.   When I release the mouse button while a folder or item in the middle
of the Apple Menu list is highlighted, the one below it opens.  The middle
of my Apple Menu looks like this:

Chooser
COMM >
Control Panels >
Key Caps

When I select the COMM folder, the Control Panels folder opens.  When I
select the Control Panels folder, Key Caps opens.  However, when I select
Chooser, the Chooser opens.  When I wait for MenuChoice to expand the menu
and I then choose something from the expanded menu, everything works fine.
I have looked in the Apple Menu with Norton to try to find anything
invisible, but I've had no luck.
I've got a IIsi with 5/80, Sys. 7 tuned, and various extensions.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what could be causing this problem
and/or how to fix it?

Thanks!
Josh

Josh Berman     [e-mail]   [phone] x4264
           Platt Campus Center; HMC        Claremont, CA  91711

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 06:44:55 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NewLook 1.3

>Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 13:11:49 -0500
>From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
>Subject: [*] NewLook 1.3
>
>This is the lastest version of NewLook - a control panel that gives a 3D
>look to buttons, check boxes, etc. It doesn't have as many features as
>Greg's Button, but it's much more stable.
>
>Downloaded from AOL and should replace the old version in the archive.
>
>Tony Huang
>[e-mail]

Tony seems to be implying that MORE FEATURES=MORE CRASHES. Statistically,
larger
programs do have more Lcrash potentialH than smaller programs do because
with
more code there is more chance a programmer might overlook a mistake.

The most impressive aspect of GregUs Buttons is that once installed, all
changes
take effect immediately _without_ the need to restart. This shows me that
Greg
has taken the time to make his code efficient and Lmemory-friendlyH,
something
that System 7 programmers need to take advantage of more often. Greg also
ensures that there are no bugs in his shareware control panel by sending
pre-release software to beta-testers before releasing anything to the
public.

I believe Greg has greatly succeeded in his intent to provide users with
esthetically pleasing buttons consistent with the look and feel of System 7
windows and scroll bars, as the designers of System 7 should have.

GregUs Buttons 2.4 feature list:
 ------------------------------
System 7 Style color buttons, with 2 variations of radio buttons & check
boxes

Colorizing Finder mini-icons in the icl8, ics8, icm8 style according to
Apple
Tech Note #306 (Technically, Finder 7 incorrectly uses SICNs instead of
icm8s
which are a part of the color icon family.)

Allows changes to Finder window color

Choose from 3 alternate menu fonts
 ------------------------------

Carsten Klapp
My Internet address is [e-mail]
You can reach Greg Landweber at [e-mail]

GregUs Buttons 2.4 enclosed in following message.

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

Date: 14 Feb 93 00:23:05 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NewLook v1.3

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

>NewLook will certainly be a worthwhile little CP, once it gets past
>the normal difficulties of passing from a select group of users to
>wide use.  But it ain't there yet!

I can't really see NewLook as worth using since all it does is colorize
buttons.  The thing I like about Greg's Buttons is that it can color
menus and dialogs, and offer a choice of new system fonts in addition to
button coloring.  The new 2.4 version even does some small icon coloring
in the Finder (something the Finder should be doing anyway).  So you can
give your Mac a complete interface overhaul with just one little
extension.

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 17:54:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: Nuntius doesn't work on Quadra?

To my surprise, I can't get Nuntius (v1.1.1d17, and v1.1.1d7, the
officially sanctioned version at Cornell) to work on my Quadra. I got the
all too familiar "the application unexpectedly quit" error (with or without
the cache disabled). I've had no problem using Nuntius on IIfx and SE/30
and they have the basically the same setups (System 7.1 with lots of INITs
including MacTCP and MacSLIP). I have been a frequent reader of this digest
and I don't recall seeing any message to this effect. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 17:03:17 PST
From: [e-mail] (Kim Cary)
Subject: powerbook lies dormant when power-on key is pressed

Seeing Graeme Forbes' announcement,

>If your IIcx/ci/Quadra 700 lies dormant when you press the startup
>key, chances are you have a problem with the power supply. Try
>disconnecting the power cord, waiting a couple of minutes, reconnecting
>waiting 20 seconds then powering up. If this works, your problem is
>trickle down voltage degradation, and the enclosed binhexed and
>stuffed report by Owen Hartnett explains how to fix it.

for Owen Hartnett's power-supply-cxciquadra-fix.hqx, reminded me that two
of our professors have had a similar problem with their PowerBook 140s.

Thus:
1. press the power-on button beneath the back cover -- nothing happens
   (try several times)
2. take out the battery, and unplug the power cord
3. put back only the power cord, and press the button again -- success!
4. shut down, and re-insert the battery
5. now power-on works as usual.

Anyone with similar problems, an explanation or a fix?
Muchos gracias,

Kim Cary, Systems Support Coordinator
Grad. School of Ed. & Psych., Pepperdine University
Internet: [e-mail] Bitnet: KCARY@PEPVAX
"Husband: can we have hot rod flames painted on our Volvo?
 Wife: that would be like putting a tatoo on a Cabbage Patch doll."

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 21:19:52 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: QuickTime CLUTs and HyperCard

Does anyone have a solution to the following?? I want to show 8-bit Pict
resources and files that have their own CLUT using the HyperCard QTPict
XCMD. So far, I have been stuck using the System CLUT. Does anyone have an
answer? I'd greatly appreciate any help in this matter.

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 08:46:34 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: SpaceSaver 1.0.4 (R)

>SpaceSaver 1.0.4 was released today.
>
    It was indeed...

>The updater should be sent to info-mac within about a week.
>
    It's on it's way (I just sent it off about an hour ago..).

>It's just a bug fix to get rid of some bogus file access,
>
    It is MUCH more than that.  It fixes a number of the most common
annoyances found in the current version (1.0.3) of SpaceSaver.

>If you do need it yesterday, give them a call and they will send it to you.
>
    As always, we will send update disks to those that want...

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leonard Rosenthol                       Internet:       [e-mail]
Director of Advanced Technology         AppleLink:      MACgician
Aladdin Systems, Inc.                   GEnie:          MACgician

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 14:31 EST
From: Ralph P Carpenter <[e-mail]>
Subject: SuperClock & MS Word 5.x (A)

MS Word 5.x has an option that reduces the space required by its
menubar titles, thus allowing sufficient room for SuperClock etc. on
small screens.

Look under Tools/Preferences/View/Menus -- check (x) the box next to
"Use Short Menu Names."

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 20:59:17 EST
From: Mark Schupack <[e-mail]>
Subject: SuperClock Responses (summary)

I'm a little overwhelmed with the responses about how to keep SuperClock
>From getting knocked off the end of the menu bar in a small screen monitor.
Ross Moran <[e-mail]> sent me a copy of Menuette 1.1. This
replaces some (or all, if you ar willing to fiddle with ResEdit) of the
words on the menu bar with small icons. Enough space is saved to insure
that SuperClock does not disappear. You can toggle back to the words by
clicking on the menu bar. The icons give the interface a distinctive look.

Jim Loats <[e-mail]> suggests CramBar, a program that
crunches the words on the menu bar together to save space. D. Reeves
<[e-mail]> suggests a program that seems similar: MBar compress.
Several people, including Mark Nagata <[e-mail]>
pointed out that First Things First, a commercial reminder program, has a
floating clock. A demo version is available in the archives. He also
suggested an alternative menu icon program: MICN. He also suggested
a control panel document Disk Status that can be pulled down with
a hot key program and carries a clock as well other information about the
disk status. You might contact Mark for more details.

The discussion has been very helpful to me. Now maybe we should start
one about the important problems in the world. (Sorry for the bemused
observation at the end of a long week.)

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 09:33:15 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: System 7.1 and WorldScript Extensions (A)

"FELIX KREISEL [phone]" <[e-mail]> writes
in a message to All on 12 Feb 93:

> Hi. Charles Rubin's Guide to 7.1 talks of Worldscript extensions
> which add a new keyboard menu, a flag between the Help and
> the Application menus at top right (p. 35 of the Guide).
> 1) Where can I find these extensions?

You can't as yet, since they haven't been released in the US.  They
are available on the Developer CD_ROM (not the "d e v e l o p" CD_ROM
>From APDA, but the one sent to certified developers only).

Note that these extansions are only necessary for doing languages such
as Japanese or Arabic, not for using 8-bit characters. All Mac fonts
contain 8-bit characters.

> 2) ... how can I install an 8-bit Chicago font in place
> of a 7-bit font used by the System and switch to its upper
> register when I want to use a bilingual 8-bit font in my
> applications?

Well, with a little fiddling it is possible to install a new
Chicago font that overrides the one in ROM.  The instructions vary
>From System 6/7.0.x and System 7.1.  Note that the current Chicago
is an "8-bit" font (with accents, etc, for the 8-bit chars).

I can send you a file on how to do this, if you wish.

> 3) Is Microsoft Word 5.1 compatible with the 8-bit System font?

MS Word has its own version of Chicago (with certain extra characters)
so you will see something that looks very much like the original Chicago
unless you replace the version in MS Word with a new version.  (I have
done this, too.)



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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 10:48:08 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: System Heap and Deskwriter 3.1 driver

Dear HP Deskwriter users,
    I was the person who wrote a while ago about receiving "Finder out
of memory" messages when printing on my HP Deskwriter (this must be the
System 7.1 equivalent of the system 6 message "Stack collided with heap");
I always have plenty of unused RAM left over in these cases. This does seem
to be a problem with the driver, one which the people at HP are trying to
fix in the latest version. In any case, the HP driver is a memory hog, and
it doesn't surprise me if people with 2.5 megabytes of memory have
problems-- I was once told that you needed 4 megabyte for the driver to run
properly.
    Yours truly,
    Marc Bizer

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 12:31 MET
From: MARC CLEIREN <[e-mail]>
Subject: System heap and DeskWriter drivers: more misery

Dear fellow-mac addicts,

In response to Erich Boldt's question I posted him a response directly.
Since more people in the DeskWriter fanclub apparently experience the
problem, and I experience even more misery with the DW 3.1 driver.

Last year, I encountered the problem and posted it to info-mac. Then, I
did not receive a response on the net, but since the discussion is hot here
now, I
repeat my problem, which is probably of the same type as the ones
mentioned in the digests Vol.11, issues 33, 34 and 35.
Interesting to hear about that problem. Some months ago I sent a
similar question to the net. Two people John Antolak (ANTOLAK%RADPH6.D) and
UFA (Unidentified Friendly Alien) [e-mail]
responded to me directly that they experienced the same
problem, but did not have a solution either.
Our problem with the driver is somewhat different, but probably related

Up until now I do not have a solution, except that I know that
the recentlly purchased DW 550C in our department,
with its driver evidences frightening similar
disturbances as the ones described in the preceeding issues.

Here is the text I sent on October 22, 1992; on my experiences with my
machine, and several others using the DW 3.1 driver.


############################################################################
                      October 22, 1992
Dear netters,

I think (IMHO) that there is a serious bug in the HP Deskwriter 3.1
serial driver, or at least the HP Background driver that is also available on
SUMEX. Me and a colleague of mine both have experienced it several times
already (he on a SE/30 and me on my IIsi, running system 7.01, tuneup
1.1.1) in the form of system freezes, unexpected errors of various
types, and we even suspect a corruption
of certain parts of the disk (which could only be retraced and repaired
with Disk First Aid; Norton 2.0 doesnt find a problem). First I thought
it was related to specific extensions I use, but it has occurred with
different configurations.

The error occurrs when canceling printing (serial driver)
in the background with HP Monitor, while the  document
is already in the process of being printed.
Canceling in that case won't help, and printing is
continued. Selecting 'stop' doesn't help either. What happens is that
after that, the machine starts to behave quite weird, freezing, quiting
the application and also others. Only after removing the drivers and
HP Print Monitor, zapping the PRAM (just to be shure),
the machine worked without problems again.

The exact order of actions leading to the crashes
is not entirely clear to us, because after the last crash and
getting the machine to work properly again, which took each of us
considerable time, we didn't feel like trying to provoke it again.

My question: Has anyone of you had the same experience, and/or (if this
is acknowledged) is there a solution,
except for not using the HP background facility, and not
canceling a print?
Since my documents are often entire books and
reports, I like the HP Background feature, and for the same reason, letting
everything print out after you discover an error is an enormous waste of
trees and time. I know that Super Laser spool should do the trick as
well, but I'd like to have some more insight in whether I can get an
(updated?) DeskWriter driver to do the job before pulling my wallet out.

         Thanks in advance for your trouble,


         Marc Cleiren
############################################################################

Well, a few months later, I do not have the answer to the above. I think
it would really be nice if we could bring this information to HP's
knowledge, and/or get them to do something about it. (someone of HP
listening in , perhaps?)

If someone knows an address of HP to post our problems to in this respect,
could he please announce it on the net?


Greetings, Marc



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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 14:07 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: TO QUADRA OR TO LC (C)

Dear Netters:

I don't have the money right now.  But for people who do, upgrading or buying
a used LC and adding expansion boards is half as expensive as buying a

Quadra.
                          WHERE TO GET INFO

An original LC 4/40                       $800
PDS ADAPTER TO Mobius accelerators          49    P. 83 APRIL MACWORLD
68040/25Mhz PDS EXPANSION - FROM MOBIUS   1099    P. 83 APRIL MACWORLD
68040/33Mhz PDS EXPANSION - FROM MOBIUS   1299    P. 83 APRIL MACWORLD
DGR   MAX 3 PDS EXPANSION                  349    p. 247 APRIL MACWORLD
 ---------------------------------------------
        LC + 68040/25 Mhz             2297
        LC + 68040/33 Mhz             2497
Quadra 700 List   4/80                    4217  p. 117 APRIL MACWORLD

Hmm, is Apple overpricing their Quadras?
Is there something that the lower end Quadra does have that such an expansion
wouldn't be able to make up for?

Just something to think about, before deciding to purchase a Quadra.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

Above are all quotes from MACWORLD, or watching the used computer market in
Classified sections.

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 14:33 EST
From: Ralph P Carpenter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Upgrading hard drive(s) (A)

William M. Porter <[e-mail]> asks
>I have two Macs: an LC II with an internal 40Mb drive, and a Mac Plus,
>with no internal hard drive at all. I want to increase the storage for
>the LC II and at the same time get a hard disk for the Plus. What's
>the best way to do this? Does the Plus have the ability to take an
>internal drive? Could I move the 40Mb drive out of the LC II into the
>Plus, and put an 80Mb drive inside the LC II?

    Last week we took a 40meg internal SCSI drive out of a Mac
IIcx and replaced it with an APS 128meg.  We dropped the 40meg into a
$99 BYOD* kit from Sun Remarketing, and it's now enjoying its new
partnership with an Apple IIe. :-)

    As I recollect, a Mac Plus has no provision for an internal
HD, but can accept an external SCSI drive, so the BYOD solution might
be for you.

    (I must say that when we ordered the BYOD kit, I expected,
well, a /kit/, but actually it's already put together (case & power
supply) and all you have to do is connect the drive unit to the
internal cables, screw it in place, and close the lid. If I can do it,
... :-) )

* BYOD: Build Your Own Drive

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Date: 14 Feb 1993 01:40:06 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: What happened to the Cyclone?

>According to Sterling Babcock's post today, and from MacLeak rumours, it
should
>be arriving in April. If Sterling's information is right, then the discussion
>about 6 slot macs (i.e., IIfx) will be vindicated with a logic board
upgrade!
>
>Cyclone Specs: DSP,9600Fax,SCSI2,DMA, ROM: QT,QDGX,Casper
>3-4 cyclone models, one upgradable from IIfx, all 6 slot.
>
>He also writes that it will be a 50MHz 68040 w. analog & digital video.

I don't know who Sterling Babcock is and would love to read this
original post if anyone has it.... But... There is no 50MHz 68040,
as a matter of fact there is still no proven availability of the
40Mhz 68040, which is why you can yet buy the Daystar and Mobius
accelerators based on it and why Apple has no computer with it.

Furthermore, the MacWeek rumors (why many insist on derisively
calling it MacLeak when they read it only for these rumors is
unclear to me) report on 2 models, not 3 or 4. They add that one
should be a 25MHz 68040 and one should be a 40MHz 040. Different
speeds to differentiate the products seems to be a given with Apple,
so I strongly doubt they will all be 50MHz (actually, none will, I
doubt they'll all be 40MHz)

>"Cyclone" is the best Mac names I've heard yet. I hope they keep it for
>the real product.
>
I like the name, too, but you won't see it in all likelihood. If
it's a development name, and by all indications it is, it's from the
engineers and is clever/creative/bizarre/goofy (like calling the
original Extended Keyboard Saratoga because it was as big as an
aircraft carrier).

I fear some goofy name with a multimedia focus. I don't fear the new
features though. I'd be stunned by a logic board upgrade for IIfx
users but if there is one, you'll still be almost as well off
selling the IIfx and buying a new Cyclone (that's always the case
and sometimes it's insane to do the upgrade).

April would be nice, though, especially if it means another round of
price cuts for Centris and Quadra. I think I'll defer purchasing my
610 until that time. It'll be obsolete by then and I'd hate to own a
state of the art Mac. If I did, I'd have nothing to whine about and
then I'd have little to post...

Mark

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 09:43:40 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Word 5.1 patch oops

Netters,

A few days ago I shared the news (to me) of a Word 5.1 patch, and four or
so people were kind enough to point out that it has been available for
some time and that it is already archived on sumex.

Sorry for the repeat--as I said, it was news to me!

Thanks for correcting me,
Glenn

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 15:35:08 PST
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 12:39:36 EST
Subject: [*] mac-facts-30a.txt

Dear Readers:

   Enclosed please find my collection of lists of Apple Macintosh Models.
These lists include the information about the new models introduced Feb. 10.

   Model List I is my regular list which provides as much information on the
configuration of each model that can fit on one line.
   Model List II is from David A. Milton.  It contains minimum and maximum
system versions, dates of manufacture, suggested retail prices and model of
case.
   Model List III is from Kevin D. Connery.  It contains Speedometer 3.11
speed ratings for each model as well as upgraded machines.

Please email to [e-mail]    any corrections to Model List I.
Please email to [e-mail] any corrections to Model List II.
Please email to [e-mail]       any corrections to Model List III.

       Sterling

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-facts-30a.txt; 30K]

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