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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 19 Feb 93       Volume 11 : Issue 40

Today's Topics:

      [*] ChineseCollection.hqx
      [*] Civilization 1.08 updater
      [*] HemiRoids 1.0.4
      (Q) Can't boot from ext. HD
      (Q) Limiting Launches
      .etx Files (R)
      2 simple Finder questions (
      7.1 and MS Mail
      Address of Aladdin Systems (R)
      Aldus e-mail address
      Apple posts site licence prices
      Attn Moderator: File Name Error!
      Binhex (C)
      BYOD more information please
      Centris 650 vs. Quadra 700 (Speedometer results)
      Color Printers
      Comments for LCII and LCIII
      DeBinhexing on VAX/VMS systems
      External case for Quantum Q250 Drive
      ftp.apple.com updates
      Getting abode fonts
      How I use Easy View with Quick Keys
      How to limit acces to macs and count printed pages (Q)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #38
      Initialization string for Digicom ScoutPlus modem
      installing Operating System
      KERMIT, Terminals, and the Apple Comm Tools
      mac-rtrace ?
      Macintosh PowerBook issues Listserv List
      MacLabel Pro - is it reliable?
      Mac sounds to Sun?
      Midi Software
      Mode32 replacement
      MPW GNU C Compiler 1.37.1r14 Available
      PB Screen Size (Q)
      Photoshop printing
      PowerBook Express Modem out yet? (A)
      Power PC News from Motorola
      Presntation Systems (again)
      Printing to PostScript under 7.x (A)
      Quicktime -> MPEG?
      Radius 19" TPD on new Macs
      Real data on LC040 vs. 040 performance
      request for info
      Restoring a default configu
      Retrospect Remote and Resta
      Simple assembler and a comment
      Stuck mice and keys
      StuffIt SpaceSaver vs Virus
      SVGA monitor to Mac cable (Q)
      System Enablers = Frustration
      Tektronix patent update
      TV episode guides
      Where is "PowerLess"? (A) (2 msgs)

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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 14:08:29 EST
From: [e-mail] ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: [*] ChineseCollection.hqx

            -----------------------------
                HyperCard Stacks
                      of
            Chinese Literature Collection
            -----------------------------

This is a collection of Chinese classical/modern literature works
(including the works of Laozi, Confucius in 700 BC to Mao Zedong in the
modern days).

This collection includes the following files:

     ChineseCollection.hqx
     ChinesePhilo.hqx
     ChineseTang.hqx
     ChineseClassics.hqx
     ChineseModern.hqx

After unbinhex and unstuffit, put all the HyperCard stacks in the same
folder.

System required:

   You have to have the Simplified Chinese Script installed in your Mac
(either Chinese System CH6.07, or System 7.1 with Chinese Script).  All
the texts are in GB code which the standard in the People's Republic of
China.

   The pieces in this collection comes mostly from the CHPOEM list
(Chinese Poem Exchange and Discussion List,
[e-mail]).  Credits to many contributors in this
list.

   The HyperCard stack is designed by Huangxin Wang, Univ. of
Pennsylvania.  Feature in the stack include:  compilation/updating of
indices; random access to a particular card or stack from the index; book
mark; import from/export to plain text files (so that it can be shared
by IBM-PC or UNIX users), etc.

Huangxin Wang ~{Muh+vN~}, University of Pennsylvania

[Archived as /info-mac/card/chinese-collection.hqx; 274K]

[Others are in the same directory.]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 16:10:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Barry Eynon)
Subject: [*] Civilization 1.08 updater

I don't see any reason everyone should have to pay the long distance costs
to download the Civilization upgrade from the Microprose BBS, so here's a
self-running updater from version 1.07 to 1.08 made with UpdateMaker 1.3.1
(in Stuffit 1.5.1 and Binhex). The new version seems much stabler. Enjoy.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/civilization-108-updater.hqx; 47K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 15:49:41 PST
From: [e-mail] (Sean Ansorge)
Subject: [*] HemiRoids 1.0.4

HeimRoids is an educational effort on my part, and part of a quest to build
a good game construction set for the Mac. It's a work-alike of that old
standby we all know and love, and is free; see "Legal Stuff", at the end of
this document.

REQUIREMENTS: System 7.0 or later, 8-bit color, and enough memory to give
it a 1200K partition. I've run it with VM on, and as long as enough "real"
RAM is around to page HemiRoids in completely it should work but no
guarantees there.

This has been tested on a variety of Quadras, an LCII, IIci, IIcx, IIfx and
IIsi, on-board video and Apple 8- and 24-bit video boards, in 32-bit
addressing and 24-bit addressing, Virtual Memory on and off. I haven't had
the opportunity to test it with a vast variety of exotic video boards, so
if you have problems with something unusual please let me know. If you have
a video accelerator, you may have to turn it off to run HemiRoids (or a lot
of other games), but I'm not sure about this.

I'd like to thank all the folks who sent me bug reports so far. If you find
anything else, please let me know! Any comments are appreciated.

Enjoy,

Sean Ansorge
[e-mail]

Version 1.0.4:
2/17/93:
o Fixed the 24-bit addressing incompatibility. Thanks, Juri!
o Added special screen-flash effect during smart bomb useage

Version 1.0.3:
2/16/93:
o Checks to make sure hardware is 8-bit color capable before trying to set
screen to 8 bits deep (sorry PowerBook users)
o Added a flicker effect when ship is thrusting

Version 1.0.2:
2/16/93:
o Enhancement to improve speed on low-end machines; should now run full 30
fps on LC or IIsi.
o When launched on 68000 machines, provides an alert informing the user
that B&W systems are not supported.
o When launched in 24-bit addressing mode, alerts user that 32-bit
addressing is currently required.

Version 1.0.1:
o 2/10/93: Fixed window-positioning bug that resulted in the bottom 20
pixels of the playing area being offscreen on 13" monitors.

Version 1.0:
o February 10, 1993. I finally got enough time to finish debugging my
custom blit routines, so here it is. Have fun!


LEGAL STUFF:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it as long as you
include this Read Me file and do not modify it in any way. It is Copyright
C 1993 Sean D. Ansorge, and all rights are reserved.

This program is distributed without any warranty, neither express nor
implied. Hey, it's free, whacha want?

Sean Ansorge                                            [phone]
Kaleida Labs, Inc.                                 [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hemiroids-104.hqx; 349K]

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Date: 19 Feb 1993 23:04:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (dan head)
Subject: (Q) Can't boot from ext. HD

I recently purchased a SE/30, 5/40.  The previous owner had 6.0.4 installed.
I also purchased much of the software and his Global Village modem.  I'd
like to try system 7.1, but the compatability checker checker says I won't
be able to use Teleport for my modem, and some other good stuff.  I thought
the best thing I could do was put 7.1 on the external 44 meg removable HD I
use with my Apple II.  Then I could just use it when I need it.  The ext
drive works fine for storage, but I can't get it to boot.  I've installed
system 7.1, and also tried 6.0.4.  I have selected the ext HD as the boot
drive in the control panel.  No matter what I try, the internal drive always
boots.  I have the ext drive set as device 2.

I would appreciate any suggestions about what the reason for this is.  I've
only had the system for about 3 weeks so I have a lot to learn.  Any
suggestions would be appreciated.  I have probably overlooked something
obvious.  Thanks for any help.

Dan Head        [e-mail]



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Date: 19 Feb 1993 11:53:52 -0600 (CST)
From: "I don't do Windows." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Limiting Launches

I'm looking for an extension, or similar creature, which will allow a lab
administrator to restrict the launching of specific applications.

I know about AtEase, but I'm opposed to being that restrictive and can't
really
justify the cost per machine.  There are only two or three applications
floating around the student population which are disruptive enough to the
computing resources (and the lab environment) to really cause me headaches.

If you know of such a utility, please reply to me at [e-mail].
I'll re-post if there's enough intrest.  Thanks for the help!

- Dave

David L. Peltier, Lawrence University, Computer Services
[e-mail] or [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 15:07:05 -0800
From: Jerry Wilcox <[e-mail]>
Subject: .etx Files (R)

Helmut Ortner writes:

>Today I tried to read the latest tidbits report. I got a file with
>the extension  .etx  which apparently is a text file with a lot of
>interspersed control characters. What program do I need to be able to
>read this sort of files?
>

Helmut, you don't really need any special program to read these files.
There are no interspersed control characters or anything else which would
cause problems for any Mac text editor. The TidBITS files are in a text
format called 'setext'. What is special about that is the arrangement of
lines and the inclusion of section headers, and so forth. If you'd like to
learn more about setext, do as the following paragraph, which is included
at the bottom of each TidBITS issue suggests:

 This text is wrapped as a setext. For more information send email
 with the single word "setext" (no quotes) in the Subject: line to
 <[e-mail]>. A file will be returned promptly.

Now, there is a program called "Easy View" which is free and available at
sumex-aim as

    ./app/easy-view-22.hqx

which many of us find convenient to use to read not only TidBITS, but the
Info-Mac digests and several other "digests" and "documents". You might
want to check it out -- I find it really useful.

-----
Jerry Wilcox - [e-mail]   All opinions are mine alone
Support shared development with TopSoft, write [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 08:08:35 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 2 simple Finder questions (

     2 simple Finder questions (A)
Roger Marks <[e-mail]> asks:

>1) Some applications automatically hide their windows when they aren't
>active.  Is there a generic way to ResEdit a program so as to force this
>behavior?  Simpler solutions are also acceptable, but I'm not wild about
>always choosing "Hide ..." from the application menu.

Well, you can have a "keyboard hack":  just press down your Option key when
you click on another window or choose another app from the application menu.
The currently open window will hide itself while the newly selected app
windows will show up.

I know this wasn't quite the answer you wanted to hear, but maybe you'll
like this "option" better.  ;-)

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

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 13:33:37 CET
From: Larry DeWitt <[e-mail]>
Subject: 7.1 and MS Mail

We have one system running 7.1 on our appletalk LAN.  It is a bran spankin new
out of the box IIsi.  We have several problems particularly with MS Mail.  At
least once a day (usually late afternoon) the IIsi freezes up (always while
in MS Mail) with " Bad F Line Instruction."  Another problem is a not enough
memory error when opening applications, when in reality there are no
other applications open, or there is still plenty of memory. This also
normally
happens in the afternoon, after the mac has been running a while.  The fix in
both cases is to reboot.  I am of the opinion that there is a problem with the
si's memory, or 7.1 is having a problem with memory allocation.  This is the
only Mac we have running 7.1, the rest are all happily running 7.0.x or 6.0.8
with no problems.

Are there any known problems to system 7.1 similar to the problem I have
described above?

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 13:24:32 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: Address of Aladdin Systems (R)

>Does someone have a current address for Aladdin Systems?
>Our mail to them at Deer Park Center, Aptos, CA, was
>returned. We want to send in a Stuffit Classic registration form.
>
    The current address for Aladdin Systems, Inc. is:
165 Westridge Dr.
Watsonville, CA  95076
[phone] - voice
[phone] - fax

    Also, please note that StuffIt Classic is an old version of StuffIt.
The current shareware version of StuffIt is StuffIt Lite 3.0.5.

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 21:01 CST
From: "Robert E. Front" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aldus e-mail address

I would like to upgrade from PageMaker 4.01 -->> 5.0. Does anyone know
a way of reaching Aldus via e-mail? I tried prefixing "Aldus" to the
apple.com address but that failed.

Anyone know:
(1) the cost for such an upgrade
(2) whether it be can be negotiated with Visa card.
(3) Aldus' FAX number (international number please *not* their 800 number)

Please respond directly to my e-mail address.

rr o b e r t

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Date: 17 Feb 1993 00:28:16 -0600 (CST)
From: "I don't do Windows." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple posts site licence prices

FYI, I just noticed today that the long-awaited site licence
and multi-pack purchasing options for System 7 and several
other Apple products have been posted on AppleLink.  Granted,
I only looked in the higher-ed prices folder, but I assume the
other lists are on there in the appropriate folders.

I haven't had time to study how the per unit prices end up
working out, but they don't look totally unreasonable for
those of you who have been waiting.  The one figure that
I remember is the 1500-2499 System 7.1 user licence for
$36,000 -- documentation, disks, and trip to DisneyWorld
not included, of course.  What a steal.

Just FYI.  The list looked too long to post here, so please
ask your local ApplePerson about it.  Oh, and I don't work for
Apple, nor claim to represent them.

- DAve

[e-mail]

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Date: 17 Feb 1993 21:41:35 -0600 (CST)
From: Stark Raving <[e-mail]>
Subject: Attn Moderator: File Name Error!

In the archives there is the file:

-r     9704 Jun 21 1992 ./report/old-quantum-drive-fix.txt

which is actually about the problems with the SONY 20 and 40Mb HD's.

The person who posted it was confused as well:
>   A few weeks back, someone posted information suggesting that for
>   those of us with old Quantum drives which appear to have problems
>   starting when cold, there is a ROM update available.

and then the Apple Service Note starts:
>      SERVICE NOTICE: 20MB/40MB HARD DRIVE REPAIR EXTENSION PROGRAM
>We have discovered that a certain batch of half-height internal 3.5" 20MB and
>40MB hard drives ...
>                       * Model and Serial Number
>  3) Model number: SRD2040
>  2) Model number: SRD2020

perhaps the file can be renamed?

Greg Trimper
[e-mail]                                          GTr


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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 18:01:47 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Binhex (C)

On Thu, 18 Feb, James BelBruno wrote:

>     Recently I tried to Binhex an .hqx sound file.  I chose the
>download option because that worked previously on another file.
>  On this one sound file...I received the error "no checksum error"
>and cannot open file.  What does this mean?  Thanks.

I'm wondering how I might set up an automatic transmission to IM every
couple of weeks saying "Binhex is flakey. Use it only to get Stuffit
Lite, and then trash it."

Might prevent heartache.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 18:33:03 EST
From: "James A. Connolly" <[e-mail]>
Subject: BYOD more information please

To anyone who knows how to "Build Your Own Drive" - please tell me
where I can find out how to build my own...

I have a 40Meg Quantum Pro40s and would love to add it to my system
if it's easy and inexpensive.

Any help or suggestions at all would be appreciated.

                           ...James

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

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 22:35:22 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: Centris 650 vs. Quadra 700 (Speedometer results)

The following are the results of Speedometer tests. Two configurations of
Quadra 700 are tested. The amount of RAM has a definite effect on some test
results. However, the size of the screen seemed to have little effect.


System Configurations
 --------------------

C650: Centris 650 8/230 with 512K VRAM at 640x480 screen resolution

Q700 A: Quadra 700 4/230 with 512K VRAM at 640x480 screen resolution

Q700 B: Quadra 700 20/230 with 512K VRAM at 832x624 screen resolution

Note: Q700 B is the same Quadra as Q700 A, except for the RAM and
      monitor upgrade. System 7.1 was used in each case.


Speedometer 3.1 Test Results
 ---------------------------

                        C650   Q700 A   Q700 B
                       ------  ------   ------

P.R. Results (Uses Mac Classic as 1.0):
CPU:                                        16.17   16.32   16.17
Graphics:                                   18.50   18.33   19.12
Disk:                                        3.81    3.73    4.03
Math:                                      101.52  101.60  102.12
Performance Rating (PR):                    22.93   22.94   23.22

Benchmark Results (Uses Mac Classic as 1.0):
KWhetstones:                               191.14  155.05  158.06
Dhrystones:                                 20.26   20.26   20.39
Towers:                                     18.91   18.91   18.91
QuickSort:                                  17.17   17.17   17.17
Bubble Sort:                                18.00   18.00   18.00
Queens:                                     19.08   18.32   19.08
Puzzle:                                     21.72   21.72   21.72
Permutations:                               19.89   19.89   20.25
Fast Fourier:                              127.62  127.62  127.62
F.P. Matrix Multiply:                      117.94  117.94  117.94
Integer Matrix Multiply:                    22.89   22.29   22.89
Sieve:                                      20.54   19.07   19.27
Benchmark Average:                          51.26   48.02   48.44

FPU Tests (Uses Mac II as 1.0):
FPU Fast Fourier:                            5.60    5.60    5.60
FPU KWhetstones:                            11.02   10.75   11.02
FPU F.P. Matrix Mult.:                      10.73   10.73   10.73
FPU Test Average:                            9.12    9.03    9.12

Color Tests (Uses Mac II as 1.0):
Black & White:                              4.73     4.53    4.81
4 Colors:                                   5.05     4.87    5.12
16 Colors:                                  5.21     5.02    5.26
256 Colors:                                 5.40     5.13    5.29
Color Test Average:                         5.09     4.89    5.12


Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 14:07:00 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Mohana Yethiraj [phone])
Subject: Color Printers

Greetings,
    Our group is in the process of getting a (networkable, PostScript)
colour printer which prints on paper and transparencies.  Any advice on which
ones to get and which to avoid?  I'm particularly interested in what you have
to say about WYSIWYG-ness of colours. (i.e. does the hard copy look like the
screen ).  Of the two printers I've used, The DeskWriter C produces output
that
is impressively close to whats on the screen (but it isn't a PS printer) and
the Seiko ColorPoint's output is very different from what you see on the
screen
- nice purples turn out yucky brown. Thanks in advance.  Mona

    [e-mail]          (NOTE: that's M-one-Y)

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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 10:41:09 HKT
From: [e-mail] (Rickie Leung Wai Wah)
Subject: Comments for LCII and LCIII

Subject: Comments for LCII and LCIII (A)

>From [e-mail] Fri Feb 19 10:46:25 1993
Date: 18 Feb 1993 20:44:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rick Gore <[e-mail]>

I saw your posting to Info-Mac -- apparantly you had a question about the LC
III upgrade for the LC/LCII.

Depending on the price you can get for it in Hong Kong, it sounds like a great
deal.  Here is why:

The LCIII upgrade will replace the logic board, the "brains" of your LC/LCII.
The LCIII logic board is dramatically better than its predecessors for a
number
of reasons:
1.  The LCIII CPU is a 68030 running at 25 megahertz.  The older LCs have
either a 68020 or 68030 running at 16 megahertz.  This makes the LCIII
faster.

2.  MORE IMPORTANTLY:  The LCIII has a 32-bit data bus as opposed to previous
LC's 16 bit.  What this means is that the LCIII can transfer twice the data
>From its processor to memory/hard disk etc. Making it dramatically faster.

3.  The LCIII has a FPU socket right on its circuit board -- no need to use up
your one slot to add an FPU  (sometimes called a math co-processor).  At least
in the U.S., FPUs are pretty cheap, and depending on what you do, can provide
a
dramatic increase in speed.

4.  The LCIII supports up to 36Meg of Memory.  (I think.  I know it is a lot
more than the 10 Meg maximum on the LC/LCII)

The results of all this, as measure by Macworld is a more than doubling of
speed over the original LC/LCII.

You do have other options -- you can buy an accelerator board for your
LC/LCII.
However, this means that you will have used up your one slot and can't use it
for anything else you might like, for example a 24bit monitor or video capture
board.  Also, an "add-on" accelerator board still has to contend with the
LC/LCII's slow data bus, so you will have to buy a 40 or 50 Mhz accelerator to
approach the speed of the LCIII upgrade.  I don't about memory limitations on
the add-in boards -- you might be able to add memory directly to them,
circumventing the 10 Meg limit, but it would be a pain.

My recommendation:  Buy the LCIII upgrade.  You basically get a new, faster
computer, and get to keep your free slot.  The only complication I have heard
of is that some people bought the original LC that had two floppy drives.  The
LCIII only supports one, so you won't be able to use one of them.  But if you
only have one floppy this won't be a problem.  You can get the same speed with
an accelerator board, but the Apple upgrade is better unless it is
prohibitively expensive.  In the U.S. it is very cheap -- $599 retail, about
$500 educational or less (estimate).

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Zai Jian

Rick Gore
Carleton College
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93  14:45 GMT
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeBinhexing on VAX/VMS systems

Anyone know of a utility to DeBinHex files on a VAX/VMS system?

Andy Law
(LAWA @ IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK                  Big Nose in Edinburgh)

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 20:50:26 PST
From: "John 'Spaceman Spiff' Saxton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: External case for Quantum Q250 Drive

Jeffrey Fritz writes:
>I called Sun Remarketing.  Unfortunately, the BYOD does not accept
>a full height 5 1/4" drive (which is what the Q250 is).  Has anyone
>purchased an external power supply and full height 5 1/4" case?
>How much was it and where did you buy it?

Relax Technology will sell a case "kit" (fully assembled, sans drive
mechanism)
in any of their styles for about $90.  They have a variety of styles,
including
full- and half-height, open- and closed-front zero-footprint (Vista model);
vertical (Sierra model); rack-mount; portable (for 1/3 height drives) and
pocket
(for Quantum GO drives (read: Powerbook drives)) cases.

Zero-footprint kits include:
-Strong metal case with plastic faceplate
-2 Cent. 50 SCSI ports
-SCSI-ID switch (pushbutton)
-Power LED
-Drive access LED
-All necessary screws.
-Whisper-quiet fan
-Power Supply:
    35-50 Watt (depending on case style)
    90-230 Volt auto-ranging
-Cable Kit:
    6' power cable
    External terminator with termination power indicator LED
    2' DB-25 to Cent. 50 data cable
        -or-        (your choice; be sure to specify)
    2' Cent. 50 to Cent. 50 data cable

Comments: Kit comes fully assembled. Tech Support will walk you thru
installation of your mechanism if necessary.

Relax Technology can be reached at:
AppleLink:      Relax
Internet:       [e-mail]
TEL:            [phone]    <--- ***PREFERRED***
FAX:            [phone]
US Mail:        3101 Whipple Rd.
        Union City, CA 90639

Tell 'em John Saxton sent ya!  (I used to work there)
John Saxton
[e-mail]

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Date: 19 Feb 93 07:56:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mark B. Johnson)
Subject: ftp.apple.com updates

The following items have been added to ftp.apple.com.  Enjoy.

Apple DocViewer 1.0 (/ftp/dts/utils/)
February 1993 Snippets (/ftp/dts/mac/sc/snippets/)
System 7.1 Enablers (/ftp/dts/mac/sys.soft/7.1.system.enablers)
gcc compiler (/ftp/dts/mac/tools/gcc/)
ResEdit Code Editor 2.12 (/ftp/dts/mac/tools/resedit/)

Please note that many of the documents included with tools like the ResEdit
Code Editor are in DocViewer format.  If you are getting things from this
site, you really want to be sure you have DiskCopy and DocViewer from
/ftp/dts/utils/
since they are almost a requirement for most of the files.

Thanks to all of the people inside Apple for getting this stuff to me to
post.
--
Mark B. Johnson                                            AppleLink: mjohnson
Developer Technical Support                         domain: [e-mail]
Apple Computer, Inc.         UUCP:  {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!mjohnson

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:30:34 +0200
From: Petri Jokela <[e-mail]>
Subject: Getting abode fonts

>
> These fonts are copyrighted by Adobe, Inc. They may not be
> redistributed by
> you without express written permission from Adobe. However, you may download
> them for your own use.
>
> The Info-Mac Moderators
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Hello!

I'm tring to find out software houses, comptuter  resellers etc., who
sell adobe fonts. I'm interestind in Futura font for FramMaker.
Does Apple Computer perhaps sell them for other platforms as well ?
I'm living in Finland, so to get them from proper channels here is a
little bit difficult...

I would appriciate your help.

Regards,

--
    Petri Jokela            Business Systems D & R
                Telecom, Finland
    e-mail: [e-mail]
        /PN=Petri Jokela/O=Tele/PRMD=Datanet/ADMD=Mailnet/C=FI/

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 02:15:12 -0600
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: How I use Easy View with Quick Keys

    I have lots of experience with Wais, but like to scan all of info-mac
    digest
I like to put my own notes and own index into my own books, Wais can merely
afford me chapters that I can insert, suplementing but not replacing easy
view.
    This is a huge task and I like to record some of the work by selection of
articles of interest electronically and automatically. Quickkeys allows you to
press a bunch of keys and then the computer does a bunch of menu commands that
would involve an awful lot more mouse clicking and typing. Program a useful
rout
once and have a joy forever at the touch of a few keys!
            I have quickkeys and use it with Easy View to automate
            trimming info-mac
digests. I trim the digests to those articles that especially interest me.
My quickkeys automation may be a prototype of something that will be built
into
Easy View for everyone, even people without quickkeys, to do. Not in the
author'
next edition, as I so far understand.
    I wrote e mail to quick keys CE Software. I still haven't heard whether
    they
will allow me to post here my macros in their Universal Keyset. This Keyset
file
has macros that can be seen while they flip between applications. These macros
i
the quickkeys editor would be worth the thousand words that may follow. It
sound
complicated, it is complicated, but I don't do it, quickkeys does it for me.
Tha
you can transfer it from a cost to a value!
     Here's what I've automated so far:
     I run Easy View and a text editor together. I paste the table of
contents of the digest into a text file on the text editor. As I scan or read
each article, I decide if it is worthy of keeping in my own"digested
digest"..
Then, I save it in my table of contents after deleting all the subjects that
cam
before that I didn't want. I make a space after in my text editor to mark the
next group of candidates until a kept subject..
     The above may have been a bit vague, so I detail things a little more..
I use my down arrow to go do the sequence of subjects scanning for a subject I
wish to keep. When I find it, I up arrow to the end of the group of subjects
I want to delete. I select the subject field and then press keys
command-option-
That is my quick keys macro for copy to clipboard, change from Easy View to
text editor , bring up find dialoge, paste into find box and do a find, then
carriage-return-delete. This marks with a following space the previous set of
subjects I want to delete by hand. I then select from the space above the once
candidates to the space above the wanted subject that came from the carriage
return. I then backspace delete and insert a space after the wanted subject
to mark the next group of candidates. I repeat until I finish the subject
 table
     Next I use command option d which invokes "clip to file" menu item.
I name "mac# notes" as a new file to clip notes to.
     Then I stick Easy Views cursor on top of the digest.
I go into the text editor and select 1st subject that I left included in this
li
I then press command option f (f for first) . This copies selection to clip-
board, changes to Easy View , command fs, pastes into command text box,
and does a double find to get past subject list in contents into the subject
main body itself, then a command k to copy to a file.
     Command option g macro on successive text editor subject selections do
the single find required to get to subject main bodies..
     When repeats of above finish clipouts, I again do a command option D to
close the clipout file. I then select the trimmed index in my text editor and
copy it. I open the clipfile and paste the index on top of it for a trimmed
digest.
       Each digest I feed into easy view. When I've completed a set of ten
       digests,
I feed all my notes into one easyview index file.
    Next, I command option D to name cumulative index for a trimmed digest set
    Then, I right arrow down a set of digests command k'ing to collect
the trimmed indices into this file.
    Then, I use a word processor to print the cumulative interesting indices
    and
in a real folder in a real file.
    I could also alias all indices into a common folder for Easy View to
search by just selecting all in a digest set folder then aliasing which makes
al
aliases selected which I drag to a common folder in which I have a broad
index search. I checked this was possible, but have not made such a search..
    Maybe some of you will be confused about what I wrote and wish to write
    me.
I know when the idea is built into the program, it will be much simpler to use
t
something I could build with quickkeys. If you don't like the way I wrote it
up,
make nice and write me one place where you were the most confused. Asking for
it
I generally get it! I believe that seeing how your readers are confused is the
way to learn to write.
    A please feel free to speed read me or scan me if you must, for the good
    stu

    Hope this helps!

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 19:55:13 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Goedtkindt)
Subject: How to limit acces to macs and count printed pages (Q)

       Hallo wired maccers,
At the moment I'm looking for a way to get some acces limitations to a Mac
Classic II + Stylewriter II for which I'll be responsible in a student
house here in Paris.
I'll add a general password to protect the hard disk with Silverlining, but
that does not allow me to identify the individual users.
I would like to find an utility (or combination) to prevent the use of the
machine unless a registered username and password in given, to create a log
file in where the time every user spends on the machine is stored and the
number of pages printed to the StylewriterII. Of course, this could be
easily bypassed by holding down the shift key (so no printing) or removing
the file(s) out of the sys. folder, but maybe they can be made invisible
using resedit.
I haven't tried the resedit trick yet. Will an invisible extention or
control pannel file be loaded on startup?
Do you have some ideas that could get me on the way to a solution? Price IS
a problem: the money went to Apple when we ordered the mac...
I'll post a summary if interesting anwers come out.
Thanks, Ptr
Peter Goedtkindt
Universite Paris-Sud - Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique et Ionique
bat350 - Centre D'Orsay F-91405 Orsay Cedex. France ;
Fax.:++33.1.69.41.94.60

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 12:19:46 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #38

Marshall Abrams writes:
   >
   >We would like to produce documents formatted on the Mac using various
   >applications such as Word and Excell as ASCII files that can be
   >printed anywhere without loss of column format.  Full page images with
   >headers, footers, and page numbers are required.  The output should
   >not use tabs, since no assumption can be made about the tab settings.
   >Spaces should be used for columns.  A monowidth font is also required
   >and assumed.
   >
   >We are part of international standards activities and need to exchange
   >document by e-mail throughout the internet.  We could produce
   >docuemnts that could be sent by e-mail prior to conversion to the Mac.
   >We'd like to regain that capability.
   >
   >The Export text with layout option in Word does not work.  Microsoft
   >is aware of the problem, but appears not to care.
   >
   >One conceptual solution is to print to a file, with the printer being
   >defined as something really dumb, such as a KSR33 or a Spinwriter.
   >(Dumb and ancient!)  But this is only a conceptual solution.  I don't
   >know if it is possible.  Suggestions would be very much appreciated.
   >
   >While it would be nice to have underlining using backspaces or return
   >without line feed, that would be more than we could reasonably
   >hope for.

My suggestion would be to tell Microsoft WORD to FILE/SAVE AS, and use the
RTF (Rich Text Format) format.  We've used this format to exchange information
between Mac and PC users here for years.  It preserves a lot of the format
information (font, emphasis, margins, tabs, etc.).  It won't retain embedded
objects (drawings, etc.) or advanced features (Fields, etc.).  It's a pure
text (standard ASCII characters, no binary) format, so it should embed in
EMail without problems.

In the case of Excel spreadsheets, do the same thing, and choose one of the
standard interchange formats (WKS or SYLK).  These will lose all formatting
information, but retain a lot of the formulas.  Unfortunately, I've never
inspected these formats for "pure ASCII text", so I don't know if they could
be embedded in EMail successfully.

Jim Hudson <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 20:37:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Stuart Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Initialization string for Digicom ScoutPlus modem

I'm evaluating a Digicom ScoutPlus modem and except
for one thing (see below) I'm impressed. The problem I'm having is when I
cat a message. After about 40-50 lines the modem returns 'OK' and hangs
with the TR light remaining on. I set the initialization string to 'AT &F
&D0', but neither that nor the initialization string that loads with
QuickLink corrected the problem. I have a file of initialization for other
modems, USR, Supra, ZOOM, Hayes and if any of these would work let me
know. I've set the modem for 57600, 8,1,N and hardware handshaking,
X-on/X-off is off. Let me know if you have any suggestions. TIA.

--Stuart Greenfield
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 17:04 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: installing Operating System

greetings everyone:

i have an original MacII with Finder 6.0.2.
some new applications (tar, Aldus Free Hand) require 6.0.5 or greater.

i would like to install 6.0.5.

i would appreciate any comments, caveats, or advice , which the community
would care to offer.

1)how do i go about doing this?
2)are there any caveats that i should know about?

sincerely,
m.r. schaferkotter

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 18:59:34 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: KERMIT, Terminals, and the Apple Comm Tools

Hello again!!

I'm just getting involved with remote connections to the InterNet, and I've
been having one heck of a time getting KERMIT0.99 to download files properly
in
the background while doing other things.  I've obtained a copy of Glenn Howes'
Kermit Tool, for use with the Mac Comm Toolbox, but I don't have the basic
Comm Toolbox from Apple (or a terminal program that uses it, to the best of
my knowledge!).  This brings me to my questions:

1)  Where can I get the Communications Toolbox software set?  Do I have to
shell out more cash to Apple?

2)  Are there any free/shareware terminal programs that use the Toolbox?
What are they, how do you like them, and where are they?  What about
commercial
stuff?

3)  How do you like Kermit Tool, and how do you have it set up, if you use
it?

I'd appreciate replies directly to me; I'll go ahead and summarize for the net
if there's interest or if I get enough replies that I think it warrants it.

Thanks a lot for the help!!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 17:55:30 gmt
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: mac-rtrace ?

in the intro to mac raytrace it says that it should be possible to build
a version which will run on a 68000 based mac

has anyone bothered to do this ?

i have a mac classic with 4 meg (system 7.0.1 tuned) and i would like
to use a raytracing program

reply to me , possibly with a binhex 4.0 file of the program + docs
(any relevant modifications) and i will post to the archives (subject
to authors approval!!!!!)

Mark Elliott

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:15:30 EST
From: Peter Furmonavicius <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh PowerBook issues Listserv List

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:52:12 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacLabel Pro - is it reliable?

Greetings all,

Does anyone out there use MacLabel Pro from Avery?  One of our clerical people
is trying to use it to create and print video tape face and spine labels and
is
having a horrible time.  Sometimes either the right or left ends of the
material to be printed on the label are truncated.  Other times the labels
take
an inordinant amount of time to print.  Sometimes they don't align right.  The
label layout looks fine on the screen, plenty of room in the graphic and text
box areas.

I have swapped out both her printer and her Mac, and have even gone so far as
to blast the hard drive down to nothing and reinstall everything from scratch,
including the system.  Nothing seems to help.  I need to find out if this
program is flakey, if we have some sort of hardware problem, or if she is
doing
something wrong.  Of course, whenever I am actually there watching, the thing
won't misbehave.

Configuration:  Macintosh SE with 4M RAM, 20M HD, System 7.0.1, very few
extensions or control panels and not many other applications.

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 09:14:39 MST
From: [e-mail] (Steve Pothier)
Subject: Mac sounds to Sun?

Can anyone tell me how to convert a System 7 Mac sound to a form
playable on a Sun Sparc?

(I'm not even sure I'm FTPing the right thing over to the Sun.  )

Thanks,
S.Pothier
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 15:18:58 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Ian)
Subject: Midi Software

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:
>I have been wondering for awhile now to buy a MIDI software.  I would like to
>actually type in a song from a music sheet, so that I could play my drum
along
>with it.

>Is this possible? or am I out to lunch?

yes, it's possible. Ftp anonymously novamail.cerl.uiuc.edu and get
pub/lime/*

Ian

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 17:21:51 CST
From: Gregory K. Iverson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mode32 replacement

I see the new 'system enablers' are posted to ftp.apple.com (in /dts/mac/
sys.soft), but what about the replacement of the Mode 32 fix for us
"dirty-ROMers"?  Or is that supposed to be built into one of the system
enablers?
--
Greg
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 20:42:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stan Shebs)
Subject: MPW GNU C Compiler 1.37.1r14 Available

This is to announce the public release of version 1.37.1r14 of
the MPW GNU C Compiler (GCC).  MPW GCC is dropin compatible
with MPW C, but usually produces smaller and faster code,
at the price of slower compilation and less debugging info.

1.37.1r14 is the second public release of MPW GCC.  (The first
public release was 1.37.1r7 in November 1990, and is now quite
obsolete.)  r14 includes a number of improvements that bring the
compiler up-to-date for MPW 3.2, most importantly support for
parameter pragmas (thanx to Herb Derby!).  It also includes
Keith Rollin's hack to make short branches, which results in
significant space savings, as well as a number of smaller fixes.
Some bugs do remain; known ones are listed in :Documents:BUGS.
Of course, I want to hear about any additional problems you
run into - this is especially important since MPW GCC is a
part-time activity, and I don't have time to run the really
exhaustive tests that actual products get.

As Mark Johnson mentioned in comp.sys.mac.announce, you can
get MPW GCC from ftp.apple.com, in /ftp/dts/mac/tools/gcc.
There are three archives to choose from: "min" has just the
tools and scripts you need to run gcc, plus minimal help
files, while the "doc" archive has the official GCC Manual
(which has many details, but is also Unix-oriented and very
long).  The "all" archive includes everything that is in the
other two archives, plus complete sources, and needs about 8M
of disk space.

Although MPW GCC itself is free, to run it you must have
MPW 3.2, MPW Asm, and the MPW C includes and libraries, so
it is really only of interest to current MPW users.  While
there has been talk of getting it to run either standalone
or as part of other programming environments, nothing is
available yet.

Finally, for those wondering what happened to MPW GCC 2.x,
we have just recently upgraded the code from 2.1 to 2.3.3
and it is more-or-less working, but fails the more severe
tests, such as self-compilation.  Still, I expect that we
will be releasing it later this spring.

Stan Shebs
Apple ATG System Software
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 19:43:19 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB Screen Size (Q)

Folk, I've tried without success to get a PowerBook sample to see if the
fool 640x400 (instead of the 640x480 sort-of standard) screen will blow
any of my favorite apps out of the water. Having just sent in my federal
income tax forms for the year, and assuming I will not be enjoying the
hospitality of Fort Leavenworth because of same, I figure I'll need a
semi-adequate deduction or two this year. Powerbook tempts.

Among my apps is calling in to the Virginia Tech VM/CMS mainframe via
White Knight as a 327x terminal in VT100 emulation. I suspect a few of
you do something similar. Maybe one or two of y'all from PowerBooks?

I've tried placing a ruler on the screen and seeing what would be lopped
by 400 -- instead of 480 -- vertical pixels. It doesn't look good. But I
have seen no comments on this net -- one way or the other.

Would those of you with the same need with PB experience please tell me
what you've found? I'd mightily appreciate it.

No, I'll not take kindly to hearing that "It's great as long as you use
the small-screen option of WK." My eyes are too flipping old for that.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 16:55:13 -0500
From: MEHMET DONDURUR <[e-mail]>
Subject: Photoshop printing

hello,
I have an image in TIF format. By using HP LaserWriters, I tried to
prinout. But sometimes I could not get output. Sometimes I printed
half of the image eventhough I adjusted image size. My image is
3Meg and color. But I just need B&W printing. Is there anway to
print whole image in tis real size?
Appreciated for help.
Mehmet Dondurur
[e-mail]
Univ. of Michigan
Ann Arbor Michigan

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 23:37:36 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Fry)
Subject: PowerBook Express Modem out yet? (A)

I've had a developer order in for a PB Express Modem since October,
and Apple told me they'll take the delivery of the first ones at the
end of February. I'd say hold in there a little bit longer.

David Fry                                  [e-mail]

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Date: 19 Feb 93 17:26:22 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Andrusiak)
Subject: Power PC News from Motorola

The following is an article from a Motorola publication. In talks about
the 98601 processor, which is also known as the 601 PowerPC processor.

Some personal comments on what I find interesting:
- The 601 has now turned in the 98601. I wonder is this is just
  Motorola's part number or are Apple and IBM using it as well?
- The new processor number makes this series the 98k. This is a
  logical progression from the 68K and 88K series. The question
  is, what happened to the 78k? Is this another F-17 scenario?
- The report includes estimated SPECmarks. I believe that the
  PowerPC alliance has not been releasing performance numbers.
  Are these the first numbers out?

Anyways, here's the article.



From: Motorola Semiconductor Update, Winter 1993.

Alliance chips away: PowerPC(tm) 98601 debuts ahead of schedule
 --------------------------------------------------------------

Twelve months into their historic alliance Motorola, IBM and Apple have
rocked the industry by producing "first silicon," or a working prototype
of their PowerPC 98601 microprocessor. Although the samples have not been
fully verified, 12 months is a significantly rapid turnaround time (by
industry standards) from basic conception to first silicon.

Using a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture, the 601
combines the technologies of Motorola's high-performance 88110 bus and
IBM's RS/6000 design. The 98601's applications will include interfaces
that support a wide range of computer systems, including personal
computers, workstations and multiprocessing systems. Within 12 to 18
months, the 98601 chip will be announced as a key component for
PowerPC-based systems from IBM, Apple Computer, Groupe Bull, Thomson-CSF,
and others.

Designed at the Somerset facility in Austin, Texas, the 601 devices is
fabricated in a 50 Mhz, 3.6 V process with simulated 1989 SPEC-marks of
40 (integer) and 60 (floating point). The chip was implemented using 0.6
micron fab design rules in a die measuring 10.95 mm on a side. The 304
pin surface-mount package contains a 2.8 million-transisitor
microprocessor that is capability of interfacing with low-cost DRAMs. The
98601 is the first in a family of PowerPC chips that will be aimed at OEM
markets, particularly customers needing fast, yet cost-efficient
solutions to the their micro-processor requirements. Motorola will market
the new chip as the MC98601 to customers worldwide.

In an aggressive move towards RISC technology, the alliance has
designated the PowerPC architecture as a key component is upcoming
products. IBM and Apple Computer intend to use the device in a number of
upcoming computer systems.

Industry officials have stated that the speed by which the initial
PowerPC chip was developed demonstrates the success of the interaction
between these three industry leaders.

 -----------
Article ends

 -------------------------------------
John Andrusiak - [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 16:18:56 EST
From: Matthew B Cravit <[e-mail]>
Subject: Presntation Systems (again)

Well, first of all, thanks to anyone who took the time to read and respond to
my first message regarding my father's desired presentation system.

He has pretty much decided to go with an overhead projector panel, as he likes
the ability to be able to take his presentation system with him.  I now need
recommendations of panels that people have used because I myself have had no
experience with them.

If the computer he plans to use to drive the thing (a PowerBook 160) is
capable
of outputting color on its video-out port (is it?), then he would be looking
for a color panel. If not, he would probably like a portable system that can
do
color.

So, my questions are:

    1. Can a Powerbook 160 (4/80, probably) output color from its video
       output port?  Can a 180?

    2. Can anyone recommend specific panels that they have used that produce
       high quality results?  My father wants quite high quality, and is
       willing to spend some money to get it (his budget for the panel and
       CPU is between $6,000 and $10,000).

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.  (I need good advice on this; he
entertained the possibilty of buying me a 4MB RAM board for my PB100 as a
"consultant's fee" :-> )

/Matthew Cravit
 [e-mail]       [e-mail]   CIS: 71442,225

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 09:12:34 PST
From: [e-mail] (Joe Driear)
Subject: Printing to PostScript under 7.x (A)

>  I just upgraded from 6.0.8 to 7.0.1 and my postscript files have grown
>  from 70K to 340K.

Thanks to Dale South ([e-mail]) who pointed out that
the laserwriter driver under S7 insists on downloading fonts.  (I had a
hack that I'd forgotten under S6 that blocked them.)  Using "ps-trimmer"
>From sumex-aim as Dale suggested reduced my PS files back to 70K.
                        --joe ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 11:38:03 -0600
From: [e-mail] (M. Louie)
Subject: Quicktime -> MPEG?

Just curious, but is there a way to convert QT movies to MPEG format?
If there is, please let me know.  Reply to me directly.  Thanks.

---
Michael Louie
Univ. of Texas at Austin
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 09:30:56 -0800
From: [e-mail] (John Rosborough)
Subject: Radius 19" TPD on new Macs

Does anyone know if one can  attach a Radius 19" Two Page Display B&W to
the built in Video port on any of the new macs? Does one need some kind of
adaptor to trigger the right kind of video signal from the Mac?

I'm specifically interested in the Centris line or the LCIII.

The Radius uses a composite analog signal (RS-343), and a 1152 X 864
resolution

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 22:50:39 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Real data on LC040 vs. 040 performance

Here are performance numbers for the new 040 and LC040 machines, along with
numbers for a 50 mhz 030/882 machine. (Novy systems board in an SE). And, I
admit that I made a mistake!  I was wrong that a 50 mhz 030/882 equals a 25
mhz
040. It does not. It *does* equal a 20 mhz LC040, however (Sort of a pyrhic
victory, but, oh, well, take what you can get!). The LC040 in the C610 really
loses out on the Math part of the tests, elsewhere it looks like clock rate
scaling.

This is from Speedometer 3.1. All of the numbers except the 50 mhz 030/882
were compiled by Dale Adams. I'm quite curious to know if anyone has good
SpecMark or other believable benchmark numbers for 486 vs. 040??


 Test     LC III   IIvx    C610    C650    Q700    Q800    Q950   50mhz 030
 ------   ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------

CPU         6.89    7.03   13.01   16.32   16.17   21.62   21.62   11.06
Graf        7.91    8.31   17.08   21.26   20.19   27.38   25.62   12.38
Disk        3.40    2.93    4.94    4.99    5.14    5.09    5.24    4.36
Math       23.87   23.52   24.58   95.95   95.87  128.07  127.97   26.75
P.R.        8.20    8.24   13.77   23.50   23.14   30.69   30.18   13.64

KWhet      47.51   46.70   31.73  195.69  155.08  256.85  205.48
Dhry        5.85    5.72   15.71   19.74   19.74   26.32   26.32
Towers      5.83    5.29   15.22   18.91   18.91   26.00   24.96
QuickSrt    6.52    7.15   14.31   17.76   17.76   23.41   23.41
Bub. Srt    7.71    8.18   14.46   18.00   18.00   24.55   24.55
Queens      7.90    7.39   14.77   19.08   19.08   24.10   25.44
Puzzle      8.95   10.27   17.91   22.46   22.84   30.11   30.11
Permute     6.92    5.13   16.38   20.25   20.63   27.85   27.17
FFT        25.86   24.82   21.35  123.59  123.59  163.07  165.37
F.P. Mtrx  25.54   25.24   22.68  124.75  122.40  170.71  166.33
Int Mtrx    7.36    8.73   19.25   23.53   24.20   32.58   31.37
Sieve       8.61    8.06   16.69   20.54   19.07   27.09   25.26
Bench Av   13.71   13.56   18.37   52.03   48.44   69.39   64.65   17.24

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 14:54:31 PST
From: [e-mail] (George Wittenberg)
Subject: request for info

Does anyone know of a transcription editor for the Mac?
That is, is there a word processor designed for transcribing
overlapping dialogues in a tabular format?  Using tables
in a general word-processor for this purpose is awkward.
I'd appreciate pointers to any shareware or commercial
software.  Thanks.
-George Wittenberg ([e-mail] or [e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 08:08:17 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Restoring a default configu

     Restoring a default configuration (A)
Jim Schenk <[e-mail]> asks:

>We are setting up a Macintosh training lab for faculty and staff to get
>training on Mac applications such as WordPerfect and Excel,
>as well as an intro to Macintosh class and a network class.  We need a way
>to automatically restore all the settings (color, preferences, window
>placement, etc) each time the Macs are started, so that the instructor
>can start with the same configuration each time she starts a new class.
>We also need to automatically delete any data files that were created
>by the previous class (these may reside on a networked drive or on the
>hard drive).  All the Macs will be on a Pathworks network.
(...stuff deleted...)

Use RevRdist.  I answered a couple of questions about RevRdist in Info-Mac
#10-285, so I've extracted some info that should prove useful to you:

RevRdist is a program that allows you to update several Macs from a server.
It's a good system to ensure that all workstations in a Mac lab have the same
software on each of them.  It can be set up to update all the Macs on
startup.

Cornell has a suite of internet apps bundled together with a HyperCard front
end called Bear Access (the apps include Gopher, Eudora, Nuntius, and a
Cornell-developed terminal emulation program called Comet).  Site licenses
have
been obtained for all these programs.  They use RevRdist (version 1.3b12,
dated
Jan. 25, 1992) to ensure that all the Macs running Bear Access have the latest
versions of each of the apps.

You can get RevRdist from:
     src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/computing/systems/mac/RevRdist/RevRdist.sit.hqx
     j.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/mac/RevRdist.README
     j.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/mac/RevRdist+INITs.sea.hqx
     j.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/mac/RevRdist.doc.hqx
     j.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/mac/RevRdist.sea.hqx

Hope this helps one and all!   :-)

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

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 08:39:27 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Retrospect Remote and Resta

     Retrospect Remote and Restarting Mac (A)
[e-mail] (Terry L. Hartman) asks:

>We use Retrospect and Retrospect Remote on our department's File Server.  I
>am looking for a way to reboot the Server after Retrospect has finished
>Remotely backing up other machines on our net.

There was a few messages in Info-Mac #11-36 concerning auto-rebooting
software.
 In summary, you could try QuicKeys to accomplish this, or your could use a
utility called PowerLess.  This has been a pretty popular
question recently, so I've contacted Morgan Davis (whose company markets
PowerLess) to put a demo version of it at sumex (hey, he offered!).  I
thought there is a demo version of QuicKeys somewhere...wait, let me do
an Archie search..........nope, just updaters.  You could contact CE
Software to get a demo of QuicKeys.

>I would also like to be able to have it reboot with the Microsoft Mail
>disabled (equivalent of holding down the "M" key).  If not I will settle for
>the reboot after the backup and hold down the "M" key myself when starting
>up.

I'm not sure if this could be done with the two packages suggested.  Maybe
some QuicKeys aficianados could answer.......?

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

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Date: Fri, 19 FEB 93 11:52:05 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Simple assembler and a comment

I had looked in info-mac/lang for a simple Motorola 68000 assembler
suitable for teaching purposes. It didn't occur to me to look in
info-mac/demo, and I am grateful to Wade Williams for pointing me
to the MAS Assembler Demo (filed as info-mac/demo/mac-assem). It's
just the kind of thing I was after, or so it seems after quickly
playing with it.

Unrelated comment: Sven Gucke's guidelines for information to
accompany postings are very sensible, and if 90% of the people
adhered to 90% of the guidelines it would save a lot of time wasted
downloading the right solution to the wrong problem. An extension
of his approach regards messages to Info-Mac Digest: subjects
like "Info-Mac Digest V11 #37" aren't very useful either. Again,
time would be saved if the subject gave more information!

Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Department, Queen Mary & Westfield College,
London, England.   EFE@V1     [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 06:14:16 -0600
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stuck mice and keys

     I may have found a remedy costing absolutely nothing for stuck mice and
keys. I have a front part of a pen to make a jet when I blow in in with my
normal bad air (lots of co2 and h20). I form a paper clip to remove the key
precisely vertically so the delicate stem doesn't break (learned on trs80!)
which is electrically stuck and blow into the space around the cross shaped
stem that appears when I slightly press the stem down like the key would. Then
the key unsticks. My 2nd mouse stuck recently. The first had been replaced for
free by apple (I read about a serial number range in infomac 1 to 2 years
ago).
I blew in every hole I could spot after taking it apart (with scotch tape over
uninverted screw holes of unscrewed screws so I wouldn't lose them
(the key I unstuck had flown off and gotten lost, you learn to worry about
such things). It has now been unstuck so long that I feel confident in
reporting.
     On my apple II I had made game paddles and learned the trick concept
of normally on buttons from that and I suppose the mouse button is like that
when you lift your finger it tries to turn on, ie. make a contact and finds
Malaysian dirt there (or maybe even poluted American atmosphere).
     Sorry if anybody got their lot of $25 dollars of switch replacements and
are worrying about their budget :-)
     I only do dastardly experiments that might break something when it is
already broken or I contemplate having to buy something.
     Once however I connected a mac and apple together so they could make
beautiful music together (mac typed music language on apple). Nothing broke
before or after although it was more fun building the software than using it
to make music. At the time, I felt reporting it to the apple corps I would
get attacked by people who were trying to sell the idea of midi. Salesmen
tended not to enjoy my cheap ideas from the academic consortium in early
mac days.
     If there are any salesmen out there, switch salesmen, I hope you aren't
too much offended by my helping solve the problems of the world for free.
     So, in summary, here's more news for those pioneers out there who get
nervous about buying things or looking for a shop to repair their stuff far
away from their frontier.
     Hope this helps from the Malaysian mice, Kantonese Keys and friends
like me.

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Date: 19 Feb 1993 08:27:36 -0500
From: Pete Roberts <[e-mail]>
Subject: StuffIt SpaceSaver vs Virus

               Subject:                               Time:8:13 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          StuffIt SpaceSaver vs Virus Blockade   Date:2/19/93
The latest update from Aladdin to StuffIt Deluxe and StuffIt SpaceSaver
included the following read-me information:

     Virus Blockade
     -------------
     Due to a design decision of the Virus Blockade author, you cannot use
     Virus Blockade in conjunction with StuffIt SpaceSaver.  We suggest that
     you choose another anti-viral utility which is more compatible.

The responsibility for the incompatibility rests as well with Aladdin which
has
declined to provide to Jeff Shulman the information or support necessary to
maintain compatibility.  I think that authors of well-distributed utilities
that operate at low levels with respect to MacOS internals have an obligation
to provide, at least when asked, interface information for their products to
other bona-fide authors of low-level utilities so that the rest of us will see
a compatible Mac world.

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:40:52 CST
From: "Jack Sun" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SVGA monitor to Mac cable (Q)

A short while ago someone posted a piece of info on how to connect a SVGA
monitor to the Mac.  This involves converting the VGA 9 pin to the regular
Mac 15 pin video out port.  I did not jot down the details at the time, but
now I need the info :=)

Please reply directly to me if you know how to do this.  Thanks.

Jack

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 17:27:31 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eric Weidl)
Subject: System Enablers = Frustration

As the administrator for a small public lab and overseer of a bunch of
PowerBooks, I originally thought Apple's System Enabler scheme would save me
a modicum of work. Whoa, was I wrong. They've been nothing but problems.

First, I heard several of the enablers were updated and that I should
obtain the updates. They were reported to be on the Internet at the usual
ftp sites. They aren't (at least as of this morning.) So I had to pay $37/hr
to copy them from AppleLink. Of course I copied them all because the naming
scheme is LAME. I either have to keep a chart describing which enabler is
for which machine, or I have to remember another table of data. Why the hell
couldn't Apple give the stupid things meaningful names?! At least they could
have given them code names that would be decipherable.

This morning, I wanted to copy the latest PB 180 enabler ('System Enabler
111', figure that one out!) to one of our PB's. I got the file off my machine
and onto the PB and tried to copy it into the System Folder by dropping it on
the System Folder icon. Doesn't work. The Finder won't copy the enabler into
the System Folder because the original one is "In Use." Ok, I'll just rename
it, and then drag the new one in. Can't do that either; the file is locked.
(Interestingly, doing a Get Info on it in the Finder says it isn't locked,
but checking it with ResEdit confirms that it is.) Eventually, I drag the old
enabler into another folder, copy the new one into the SF and reboot.

Reboot = BOOM!

The system crashes as it is loading the extensions. It nicely presents me with
a error dialog and the option to restart, but of course, hitting the
restart button does nothing. The only non-standard (read non-Apple) extension
is BeHierarchic 1.0.5. I remove it, restart and have the same problem. So, I
begin removing Apple extensions, like Auto-Remounter. Reboot and everything
works fine! I then remove all the extensions except Auto-Remounter and
restart.
Crash again. So the culprit is one of Apple's own. Great.

Just then, one of our undergraduate assistants asked me why I looked so down.
I explained the problem I was having and he told me he had just read that
Apple had come up with a great new system to prevent all the headaches
people had whenever Apple introduced a new machine and needed to update the
software. I told him that I too had heard about the new system, and that in
fact, it was the one I was using...

--
 Eric Weidl  [e-mail]   or  [e-mail]
  Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 11:26:17 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Tektronix patent update

 *** Tektronix multimedia patent update ***

I have a slight correction to a message I posted concerning
Tektronix's multimedia patent. The subsidiary of Tektronix
is the *Grass* Valley Group, not the *Green* Valley Group.

I guess I was thinking about all of the *green* money they
hope to collect from their idiotic patent. :-)

A little more info on Tektronix:
1) The Chief Operating Officer is none other than former
Apple employee Del Yocam. Sounds like a soap opera, eh?

2) Their sales were down last year, so apparently this
is a money thing.

  Eric Shapiro [[e-mail]]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 15:43:26 EST
From: Jody Schraden <[e-mail]>
Subject: TV episode guides

Does anyone out there know if there are any ftp sites out there where I
can get episode guides? I am particularly looking for the Simpsons and
Ren and Stimpy. If anyone could give me the name or internet address of
any sites which have these I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Jody Schraden
Temple University
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 08:28:22 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where is "PowerLess"? (A)

     Where is "PowerLess"? (A)
[e-mail] asks:

>A few days ago I saw a blurb on a cp called (I think) PowerLess, that will
>perform a RESTART at a user selectable time or elapsed time. I have looked
>in the DEMOs section of several BBSs, but can't find it anywhere. So where
>is it?

It was mentioned in Info-Mac #11-36 by Morgan Davis <[e-mail]>,
whose company distributes it.  He said that you could download the demo
version
>From ZiffNet/Mac, and he thought there was a demo at sumex.  I checked this
morning and didn't find one, so I'm CC:ing this message to
him.  This is the second or third request for auto-rebooting software
recently, and it might convince some people to buy PowerLess if they
could see a demo of it.  So, how about it Morgan?  :-)

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

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 08:46:50 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where is "PowerLess"? (A)

     Where is "PowerLess"? (A)
[e-mail] asks:

>A few days ago I saw a blurb on a cp called (I think) PowerLess, that will
>perform a RESTART at a user selectable time or elapsed time. I have looked
>in the DEMOs section of several BBSs, but can't find it anywhere. So where
>is it?

A followup on this:

I did an Archie search for PowerLess, and you can find it at:

   laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au:  /Mac/Utilities/Powerless_1.01b1.hqx

Hope this helps!   :-)

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

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