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Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 27 Feb 93       Volume 11 : Issue 46

Today's Topics:

      [*] Murph's VAPORWARE Column for March 1993
      (Q) Open square characters in Word 4
      (Q) Original Imagewriter with new Performas?
      (Q) Video card for FPU slot of Classic II.   (Q)
      13" RGB Recall. One Last Time.
      16" Monitor resolutions
      32-bit-dirty documents?  (A)
      32-bit Enabler Doesn't
      32-Bit Enabler Problem
      7.1 Font Strangeness
      7.1 hardware.update enabler (Q)
      apparently "sticking" mouse cursor  (A)
      Apple's 32-Bit System Enabler and ATM (Q)
      Apple's crippled machines (Please, no ... not again!!)
      ARA with both Ethernet and AppleTalk (Q)
      backing up to the future
      Broken SIMM sockets--how to fix? [C]
      Classic boot from ROM (A)
      clipboards
      ClockAdjust question
      Corrupted word 5.0 file (any clues?)
      different cable for PB "disk mode"?
      Font Types (Q)
      Frame grabber capturing 3 signals on trigger (Q)
      Freedom of the Press
      Hi
      HP-12C Calculator DA
      Icon Movement
      Imagewriter Spooler
      Inside Mac Games, cont'd
      Is/has anyone used TimesTwo?
      LC's with VGA (R)
      LCIII slot - what is it  (A)
      Looking for Laser Writer Lockout
      MacAPP
      MacInTax
      Mac Plus Memory Upgrade (A)
      MacPlus memory upgrade (Thanks)
      Maximum Memory on Mac Plus
      Music notation software (A) (2 msgs)
      Old SE, System 7, Font Conflicts (R)
      PING XCMD
      PLUS
      PostScript w/o a header
      PowerKey and PowerKey Remote (A)
      Practical Peripherals 14.4 fax modem
      Printing and Fonts
      Rodime Drives & System 7
      SCSI Probe alternatives...
      Sticky mice
      Teachtext font change (Q)
      Transformer needed for StyleWriter II in France (Q)
      V32bis/sz/and Zterm
      vette updater
      Vocabulary builder at startup?
      Which enabler? (Q)
      Whoa!! Q700 & Apple 14" INCOMPATIBLE!
      Why ".bin" add on?
      Why write Un*x instead of Unix?

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 21:09:29 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Murph's VAPORWARE Column for March 1993

Vaporware also is available by email to [e-mail]
(subject ignored)
$MAC GET VAPORWARE-93-03.TXT

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/vapor/vaporware-93-03.txt; 10K]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 16:38:58 WET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Open square characters in Word 4

In comp.sys.mac.digest you write:

>I've got a mineralogist who needs an open square in Word 4 to
>represent a vacancy in a chemical formula. There are squares
>in Zapf Dingbats but they're all shaded on one side or other.
>Putting a border round a space generates a square box but
>you can't sub/superscript that. Any better suggestions
>appreciated.

We've got a font called New Dingbats, which has an open square at a, and
it is super- sub-scriptable.

Helen Sargan EUCS
Edinburgh

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Date: 26 Feb 1993 08:48:57 -0700
From: "Carl Schlachte.Jr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Original Imagewriter with new Performas?

To:    [e-mail]
Fm:    [e-mail] "Carl Schlachte.Jr."

Subj:  (Q) Original Imagewriter with new Performas?

Here's a strange combination...  My parents just bought one of Apple's
new Performas.  Up until now they have been using my old Mac 512Ke
with the original imagewriter.  What they'd like to do (for now) is
continue to use the old Imagewriter with the new Performa (which BTW is
a Performa 200 - I think).

This presents two problems as far as I can tell:

1)  Cable incompatibilities - the old 512K uses the D type connectors,
    the new Performa uses the circular type.  What cable should I
    use to hook the two together?  Where can I get one?

2)  Are there system file problems that will cause this set up not
    to work?

Any suggestions on how I can get these two generations of technology
to talk successfully with each other?  Thanks for any help you all
can give.

Regards,
Carl Schlachte, Jr.

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 16:21:58 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Video card for FPU slot of Classic II.   (Q)

I am looking for a video card which I can plug in a FPU slot of my
Mac Classic II.  Does anyone know if it exists?

Thanks in advance.
Jacek Iwanski   ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 00:05:40 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: 13" RGB Recall. One Last Time.

Since this keeps coming up, most recently in V.11 #44, I thought
I'd post this one more time.

Note that the recall on the Apple 13" RGB monitor expires
March 15, 1993.

 -------------
  A defective high- voltage capacitor in certain displays
manufactured between March 1990 and July 22, 1991, can cause the
Mac as well as the monitor to shut down unexpectedly. The
affected monitors reportedly have serial numbers in the following
ranges: 7000001 through 7101012, 5378111 through 5624450 and
9000001 through 9029500.

  The repair program, officially called the 13" RGB High Voltage
Capacitor Repair Extension Program, provides for free replacement
of failed capacitors until March 15, 1993.

  Users who have already paid authorized Apple service providers
for out-of-warranty repairs to correct the problem are eligible
for reimbursement if they submit documentation by Aug. 15 to
Apple Computer Inc., Attention: High Voltage Capacitor
Reimbursement, P.O. Box 17214, Denver, Colo. 80217. For further
information, call [phone].

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 22:35:10 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: 16" Monitor resolutions

>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 14:38:50 -0500
>From: [e-mail] (Roger Smith)
>Subject: 16" Monitor resolutions ABC's
>
>Greetings,
>
> On Wed Feb 17 1993, I posted a question asking if the built in
>video on any of the Quadras or the new macs were capable of
>displaying 1024x768 and greater resolutions when connected to 16
>monitors.
>I received three responses, One was to request a summary of my
>findings. One was posted to Info-Mac Digest V11 #39 and summarised
>that the build-in video on the Quadra 700/900 did not support 1024x768
>>resolution at any pixel depth, but that the Quadra 800/950, (as well
>as the new Centris 650) did. The final one from Dave (sorry but my >mailer
did
>not like the hallsofjustice in your return address :-) >stated that the NEC
>5FG was a little bit hard to read at 1024x768 on >his IIsi with a video
card.
>
> , I did my own investigation.
>
>CONCLUSION: The Quadra 700 (and above) using the **INTERNAL** video
>CAN AND WILL display up to 1132x870 on a compatible 16/17" multi sync
>monitor.

As I stated in a previous article, the build-in video on the Quadra 700/900
does NOT support 1024x768 (19" nominal) resolution at any pixel depth.
However, ALL Quadras, as well as Centris and all Apple video boards since
Macintosh 8*24/8*24GC, do support the 1152x872 (21" nominal) resolution
(the reason being Apple makes a 21" monitor but no 19" monitor).

A bit of caution. If you want to display 1152x872 on a 16/17" autoscanning
monitor, you'd better get good one (capable of about
69kHz horizontal scanning rate at 75Hz vertical refresh). The maximium
resolution stated on the monitor spec sheet  (e.g. 1280x1024) is
MEANINGLESS.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: 26 Feb 1993 00:50:39 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 32-bit-dirty documents?  (A)

>My conclusion: the documents themselves seem to carry something which
>is 32bit  dirty, which is preserved simply doing a Save As. Does this
>make any sense to those who know about these things?

No, it's only a program that can cause address errors.  The document
couldn't possibly "cause" the crash.  This is not to say though, that
the program could not have some bug that was not apparent when reading
other types of files.

--Brian Pickerill <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 19:10:06 GMT
From: Ed Rotberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32-bit Enabler Doesn't

[e-mail] (Edgar Knapp)

In article <[e-mail]> Edgar Knapp,
[e-mail] writes:
>I trashed MODE32, rebooted, copied the 32-bit Enabler to the System
>Folder, rebooted, but the option to turn on 32 bit mode does not
>appear in the memory control panel as it did before with MODE32. This
>is on a Mac II, 8 MB of RAM, System 7.1.
>
>I am very disappointed.
>
>Edgar Knapp

Edgar,

As stated in the Read Me file, the 32-bit System Enabler will work on a
Mac IIx, IIcx and  SE/30 as is.  It will also work work on a Mac II if it
has
BOTH a PMMU AND the version 1.2 ROMs (sometimes referred to as the
High Density ROMs needed for the 800K floppies).  I suspect that this is
your problem.  There is an exchange/upgrade that should be available
>From your dealer for about $40.00 to get these ROMs.

The ROM upgrade to version
Ed Rotberg                 "Just remember...
Professor of Gonzo          a waist is a terrible
Apple Computer, Inc.        thing to mind"

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 22:35:44 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brad Spachman)
Subject: 32-Bit Enabler Problem

Greetings to all and sundry! After getting over my initial excitment of
finding the 32-Bit enabler on apple.com, I dutifully ftpd it, and installed
it on my SE/30 after removing Mode32 (the enabler landed in the System
Folder proper). Admittedly, I don't have a use for it yet because my system
configuration includes: 5MB RAM, System 7.1 (w/OmegaSANE), and a bunch of
other INITS and control panels. Nevertheless, I expect to upgrade to 20MB
of RAM in the near future, so I wanted to see if it would work.

Happily, the Memory control panel shows that I can enable 32-bit addressing
if I so desire, but the problem lies in the startup sequence. What happens
is the machine plays the normal startup noise, then goes to the "happy"
Mac, then erases the happy Mac while the disk drive whirrs. The happy Mac
then reappears and everything proceeds as it usually does (INITs and
control panels load). This doesn't seem to cause any problems, but it is
very strange behavior. What's happening?

Brad Spachman
Theatre/Chemistry
Northwestern University
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 17:17:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Peter Overton King)
Subject: 7.1 Font Strangeness

Perhaps someone on the Net can help me. I just got a IIsi on the
academic buy-now-that-it's-obsolete policy of my University, and
System 7.1 was already installed. After reconfiguring it for my
use (including about 35 fonts), I noticed that all Bold text now
appears as BoldItalic text. This is clear in Nisus 3.06 and in
MacWrite II; it also shows up in UltraPaint 1.0. (This suggests
that the culprit is TEdit, I suppose.) I have also installed the
new System 7.1 on my PowerBook 140, and the same problem recurs.

However, documents that display this way under 7.1 will then be
displayed correctly under 7.0.1.

What's going on? Is there any way I can get Bold text to show up
as Bold on the screen under 7.1? At the moment I can't visually
distinguish between Bold and BoldItalic text, which is very, well,
annoying.

Sorry if this is a FAQ.

You can e-mail replies to me at [e-mail]. I'll summarize
for the Net if the replies are interesting.

Thanks all,

Peter King
Philosophy Department [don't laugh]
The Ohio State University [go ahead and laugh]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 11:40:32 EST
From: Michael Kazlow <[e-mail]>
Subject: 7.1 hardware.update enabler (Q)

I've been trying to get the 7.1 hardware.update enabler from ftp.apple.com
using the BITFTP on pucc. The error message after the get command tells me
that I can't retrieve the file since it is not a plain file. I had already
tried the Binary command. Could some kind soul tell me what part of the
mystic incantation for retrieving said file from ftp.apple.com is missing.
Thanks in advance.

 From the computer of: Michael Kazlow (Bitnet: KAZLOWF@PACEVM)

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Date: 26 Feb 1993 00:06:56 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: apparently "sticking" mouse cursor  (A)

>M. Battista ([e-mail]) asks about a mouse cursor that seems
to
>freeze briefly, then wake up and go about its business...
>
>I have a Quadra 950 with system 7 and the latest Tuneup and notice what may
be
>the same behavior.  (Three other people at MIT in Information Systems have
>noticed the exact same behavior, but they shrug and write it off to
>randomness. )

Are you sure your Quadra is running system 7?  Would that be 7.0.1 or 7.1
perhaps?

>In my case it acts more like the computer isn't getting a mouse-up event.  In
>excel, say, or almost any program, you'll try to do something like format
some
>cells or open a window or drag the highlight -- nothing happens.  The
computer
>seems to freeze.  If I press the mouse button again, it wakes up.  I'm quite
>convinced it's related to losing mouse-up events.

OK, so it isn't getting mouse up events.  Are you saying your mouse is not
sending them, or your Mac is not receiving them?

>I haven't gone through the annoyance of exhaustively turning off all the
CDEVs
>and so on to see if there are any strange interactions going on.

Oh, well, I guess that WOULD be too much trouble.  Why not just junk the
computer instead?

>There is a problem though, and we two are the only ones that have it.

I believe you.  Really.  And you two must feel really special being the only
ones to experience this and all--thanks for sharing it with us!

>(Perhaps
>switching to windows on a PC would help.  Almost all the software I use on a
>Mac
>is now available on that platform too, including QuickTime and VideoSpigot
and
>so on....)
>
>        Rob Smyser              Manager, Computer Resource Laboratories
>        [e-mail]          MIT School of Architecture and Planning

Hey, go for it Rob!  That sure would be easier than trying a different
mouse, or holding the shift key down one morning.  Not only that, but
with the current PeeCee price wars, you can actually get a 486DX2 33MHz
PeeCee with all that software for less than the price of a new Mac
mouse!  No kidding!  Comes with Windoze, too!

Brian Pickerill, Ball State University <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 08:06:20 EST
From: [e-mail] (Tom Hart)
Subject: Apple's 32-Bit System Enabler and ATM (Q)

I FTP'd the 32-bit system enabler from ftp.apple.com yesterday and installed
it
on my system at home (IIcx, 8Mb RAM, system 7.1, many inits). When I tried to
restart the machine all the init's and cdev's loaded, but the finder would not
come up. When ATM was turned off using Extension Manage r the finder came up
as
it should. I'm using ATM 2.0.3 patched for system 7.1. Has anybody had any
experience with this? Should I upgrade to ATM 3.0 or Super ATM?

Thanks for any comments, or advice

Tom Hart

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 08:47 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple's crippled machines (Please, no ... not again!!)

Please, please, please avoid this subject.  (I am actually clasping my hands
together in a pleading motion, which makes it very hard to type).  It's been
bashed to a bloddy pulp in the past month.

- Ed

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 10:54:48 EST
From: Michael Craymer <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA with both Ethernet and AppleTalk (Q)

This is yet another (3rd) attempt to get a question posted to info-mac.  I'm
trying to setup AppleTalk Remote Access with a Mac SE at home and a Mac IIci
at
work.  I've order an official copy of ARA but I'm installing a version I got
>From a PowerBook so I don't have a manual.

The ci is using an ethernet card and MacTCP 1.1 (not 1.1.1 but it seems to
work
okay).  It's also connected to an AppleTalk network but the Network control
panel is set to EtherTalk and MacTCP is set to ethernet.  To make things more
difficult, the ARA Installer is on a high density disk which the SE can't read
(I just copied the differnt parts to two double density disks with the
Installer
script on both).

I would like to be able to use from home cc:Mail, telnet, ftp as well as
access
our servers, preferably over ethernet.  My question is can I do this over
ethernet or do I have to reset everything to AppleTalk each time I want to use
ARA?  If I can use ethernet, how do I set things (ARA) up for this?

I hope this isn't too basic a question for info-mac.  Please reply to me
directly as well as info-mac.  Thanks in advance for any help you can give
me.

Mike Craymer
Geodetic Survey of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 12:11:59 -0500
From: [e-mail] (WILLIAM KRIEGER)
Subject: backing up to the future

hi, i have a question. my business is finally trying to move into the
20th century, and one of the new additions (besides me) will be some
form of data back-up system.
currently the office is using floppies for this, and as we only are

running hd disks on one of the three machines, this is a problem.
we don't have large space requirements (only about 100-120 meg total),
but this is still enough to be annoying (and time inefficient)

i would truly appreciate any advice on a cost effective solution
(we are non profit, and my boss screamed when i spent the money
to upgrade the machines to 4 meg ram, so be gentle). as this is
new to me (i never back my personal machine up,) any help would
be awesome

thanx much
william krieger
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 9:59:38 EST
From: Stephen Wall (SFAE-AR-HIP-SY) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Broken SIMM sockets--how to fix? [C]

I don't remember exactly where I read it, but the most practical sounding
fix for a broken SIMM socket I've heard is to wrap a rubber band around the
SIMM in the busted socket and a SIMM or two in front of it.  This fixes the
most common socket failure, which is broken "ears".  The "ears" being
the little retainers that snap over the edges of the SIMM and
hold it upright.  This won't work for fixing the very first SIMM socket,
in which case I'd try carving a chunk of pencil eraser into a good
wedge shape to fit between socket #1 and #2.

Steve Wall

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Date: 26 Feb 1993 00:39:21 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Classic boot from ROM (A)

>I heard from my local Mac guru that apparently a Mac Classic has system
>6.07 in ROM and so is able to achieve a diskless boot.  However, he did
>not know the secret keyboard keys needed to achieve this. Does anyone
>know the story behind this feature and/or how to activate it?

Well, he's not a guru if he doesn't know the "secret" keys, now is he?
I don't claim to be one, either, but I think it's OPT-CMD-X-O.  If this
is true, I think the story is that the engineers thought it would truly
remain a secret only if it required three hands to boot the computer
this way.  ;-)

--Brian Pickerill <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 09:16:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: clipboards

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I'm looking for a CDEV or extension enabling my macintosh to:
>
> 1) copy and append to clipboard
> 2) copy to multiple clipboards and paste them separately
>
> Is there anything available either PD or commercial that works flawlessly
> under system 7.1?

I remember seeing a buggy cdev way back when that attempted to provide
three clipboards, and I could have sworn something like that came
through recently, but I can't remember the name.

Of course, if you mainly want it in your word processor, just get
Nisus - it does all that and more.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 93 10:56:12+080
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Smoliar)
Subject: ClockAdjust question

I just tried installing ClockAdjust (announced in Volume 11, Issue 30).  Does
anyone know of a way to totally disable the Daylight Savings Time rules?  I
appreciate the European flexibility;  but we do not have (or need) such a
beast
on the Equator!

Steve Smoliar

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 17:23:22 -0800
From: [e-mail] (David Dantowitz)
Subject: Corrupted word 5.0 file (any clues?)

A friend just brought me his corrupted word 5.0 file and all I could
do was change the file type to 'TEXT' and give it back to him to
piece together.  Reading it into word caused word to crash or reboot the
system.  This STILL happenned with the 'TEXT' file type, so I had
to delete the first "line" of binary stuff.

Does anyone have any ideas on any other approaches?

Thanks,
    David

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 16:34:25 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: different cable for PB "disk mode"?

I thought that Apple would have learned something when they required that the
IIfx machines use a different SCSI terminator than all other MACs (in fact, a
friend of mine blew up his SCSI port because he used a mis-labeled/painted
terminator. Wonder how many are out there. . .).

Well, here we go again. I tried to set up my PB DUO 230 as an external
harddisk
so that I could copy files directly from my IIci. I rooted around in my drawer
and found what Apple calls a "HDI-30 SCSI" cable. The plugs fit on both ends.
Both machines booted properly, except that neither MAC could see the other,
although both macihines could see any SCSI device in between them. When I
asked
the local tech he told me that to do what I wanted I needed a "HDI-30 SCSI
_Disk
Adapter_" cable.

Now, they both look just alike, he says, except that the "Disk Adapter" cable
is
a dark gray, while the non-Disk Adapter cable is a lighter gray. Does this
sound
familiar? And when I asked, in all innocence, "is there an adaptor that I can
plug onto the cable I have?", well, you guessed it, I have to buy another
cable.
A _dark gray_ one.

The tech also told me that I should have no problems if I use what I have, and
just use one of the intermediary devices as a transfer point. But, is he
right?
Am I risking blowing out a SCSI port in one of my machines? Or perhaps
screwing
up files because there are two disks with the same address on the bus?

Who _REALLY_ thinks up things like this at Apple?

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 13:36:48 +0000
From: W C Wan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Font Types (Q)

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I can't find a report/txt which explains
the different types of Fonts.(1,3.tt) If there is any way I can use type3
font with stylewriter...., What is AFM..etc.
Can I print a file to a laser printer and an inkjet printer. What happens
if one of the font to be printed is truetype but not type1 or vice verser.
Question may sound silly as I am a layman on this subject.

Feel free to reply me directly.

Ricky

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 11:09:20 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Goedtkindt)
Subject: Frame grabber capturing 3 signals on trigger (Q)

I'm looking for a frame grabber or related hardware system that can input
signals from 3 (syncronised) black and white video camera's. The card
should grab the 3 frames (and not one after the other) when a trigger
signal is applied (externaly on a fourth input).
Image resolution should be high (about 512 lines).
Thanks for any relevant information, ptr

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 22:59:47 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (ryan d Manwiller)
Subject: Freedom of the Press

I have an Apple Personal LW LS, and was thinking about purchasing
Freedom of the Press. Does anyone have any experience with this
software?  I would be using it on an SE/30.

Please let me know if you have any good or bad things to say about it.

Also, what is the difference between the full version ($255)
and the light version ($85)?

thanks in advance for any help :-)

ryan

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 11:28:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Cho)
Subject: Hi

I am a mac user looking for a hard disk defragmentizing
utility could you help me to find one

I used to have unfrag?  but I've heard of disk express
or speed disk.

Can you find it or refer me to someone or someplace
that has it.

Thanks

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 23:11:57 EST
From: Kim D Hawksworth <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP-12C Calculator DA

I am posting this for a friend without Net access.

Prior to installing System 7 he used a DA of the Hewlett Packard 12-C
calculator.  The version number he has is 1.00 dated August 1985.
Unfortunately, the DA breaks under System 7 on both a Plus and Quadra.
My friend has been unable to locate an updated version of this calculator DA
or contact its author, Richard Reich, Dreams of the Phoenix, Inc.
P.O.Box 10273 Jacksonville, Florida 32247.

If anybody knows the where abouts of a version of this DA that works with
System 7, or how to get in touch with the author, please email me.

Thanks for your help.

K. David Hawksworth <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 07:55:04 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Icon Movement

I want to use some neat icons out of one program as "get info" icons.
How do I do it?? I've tried a few simple things with resedit, but can't
seem to get things to work. Anybody know??

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 16:12 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Imagewriter Spooler

Hello-


Does anyone know of or have a program that lets me use an imagewriter//
printer
in the background with a spooler?  Is there any way to do this with print
monitor?  Any help in this matter would be appreciated.  Thank you.

                Greg Sachs
                [e-mail]
                Compuserve 73110,2112

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 14:43:22 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Thomas)
Subject: Inside Mac Games, cont'd

A few screens back I placed a message in this newsgroup. Being new to the
UseNet, I didn't realize that it would be submitted verbatim from the host
at macgifts, and therefore the info I provided was incomplete.

A free version of Inside Mac Games will be uploaded every month to all of
the info.mac mirrors. It is experimental in nature, and we hope that readers
will bring forth their feedback and criticism. Beginning this month, we are
also offering an email subscription version to anyone with a net address,
providing there are no technical complications with delivery (I told you it
was experimental :-) Complete information about subscriptions is available
in the downloadable version. If you do not have ftp capabilities, please
write to me and I will try to email you the premier edition.

Brian Thomas
Senior Editor, Inside Mac Games

Internet: [e-mail]
AOL: Baba3

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 08:35:47 -0500
From: MacFarland Hale <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is/has anyone used TimesTwo?

I'd like to add to Kevin Purcell's questions regarding TimesTwo.

I'm interested in using it with a semi-large disk - 160 MB to act like 320
MB.
Any (practical) limits on disk size that TimesTwo can handle?  Can a 1 GB disk
act like a 2 GB disk?  How about performance issues?

I'm also wondering about reliability.  Are driver-based compression schemes
any more or less reliable then "traditional" file-based methods?  Is one more
difficult to recover from when the compressor goofs up?

How about compatibility?  Will it work with System 7.1 on an LC III?

Can anyone point me to any reviews of TimesTwo?  All I've seen are ads.
How about an email address for the manufacturer?
Thanks.

  MacFarland Hale                [e-mail]
  The MITRE Corporation          [phone], FAX [phone]

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Date: THU, FEB 25 1993 21:23:51
From: Jerome Virzi   <[e-mail]>
Subject: LC's with VGA (R)

I recently purchaced a 15" Relisys (RE1558) SVGA to use with an LC.
It displays 256 colors at 640 x 480 no problems. Color quality and
sharpness is very good, but not Trinitron quality. Fine for my uses,
mostly word processing.

With a little coaxing with the internal adjustments I was able to stretch
the screen to slightly over 13.5" diag. I plan to display 832 x 624 at near
WYSIWYG (aprox. 78 dpi) if I can ever justify purchacing the LC III upgrade.

hat I understand, multisync monitors have to be non-interlaces and be
able to match the scan rates of your Mac at the resolution you want to
display. There were many monitors to choose from in the PC world that fit
these criteria. Lots of variation in quality. Best advise is to look at as
many monitors as you can before purchacing one.

Jerry Virzi       [e-mail]

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Date: 26 Feb 1993 00:59:56 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LCIII slot - what is it  (A)

>What sort of expansion slot is there in the LCIII? Is it the same as that in
>the LCII, or indeed in any other model, or will I have to wait three months
>for
>board manufacturers to come up with cards for a new type of slot?

It's a new slot design, with some extra pins, but it accepts the LC/LCII
PDS cards as well.

--Brian Pickerill <[e-mail]>

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Date: 27 Feb 93 11:03:00 CST
From: "Mak, Tin Lun" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for Laser Writer Lockout

Hello Subscribers,

    I need to talk to the author of LaserWriter Lockout to discuss some
technical issues.  Please email me directly to the following address:

    [e-mail]

    Thank you for your attention.

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 17:22:17 GMT
From: J Fletcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacAPP

Can anyone give me any pointers to MacAPP documentation ?
I mean apart from the APDA texts. If there's a lot, I can
summarise to the net.

Many thanks in advance.

-Jon

--
Jonathon Fletcher, [e-mail]

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Date: 26 Feb 1993 22:11:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Ken Wedding <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacInTax

Just description:  when I tried to load M-I-T on my SE with 2.5 megs of RAM
running system 6.07, I got multiple crashes and finally the system and
the ClarisWorks communications module were corrupted.  After replacing the
system, M-I-T finally loaded.  It then was unable to open last year's M-I-T
files, so I gave up on that.  Then it was unable to save any data on Schedule
A.  After four more crashes and busy signals at the BBS and Tech Support, I
wrapped up the stuff, erased it from the HD, and sent M-I-T back to take
advantage of the money-back guarantee.  If they cough up with the refund,
that'll be the best feature of the program.  BTW, I have two friends who have
had no problems unpacking M-I-T, but they're both using some form of system
7.
Ken Wedding  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 17:33:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jay L. Cross)
Subject: Mac Plus Memory Upgrade (A)

In IMD11-045 "Mel Martinez" asks:

>Okay.  I have a simple question for my fellow old-timers.
>
>I used to have a Mac Plus that I upgraded from 1MB to 4 MB several
>years ago.  I then reversed the upgrade when I sold it and used those
>1 MB simms in a IIsi and then my Q700.  I now just sold these
>simms to a friend who has a Plus and would like to help him
>upgrade it.  Actually, we are both more than competent with electronics
>in general and after all, I have done this before.  One detail, though.
>
>I can't remember the resister number to clip on the MacPlus!  This
Resistor
>must be clipped in order for the Mac Plus to address beyond 1 MB.
>
>Does anyony out there have the R# handy?  Or could point me in the right
>direction via the 'Net to get it?

To add 4 one meg SIMMs to a Plus, you need to remove BOTH
R8 and R9, located in an area on the PCB labelled "Ram Size"
(of something similar).  Actually, this is the procedure for
adding 2 one meg SIMMs with 2 256K SIMMs also (for a 2.5
meg Plus).  Old timers indeed...

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

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 11:16:45 EST
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPlus memory upgrade (Thanks)

I'd like to thank the 8 zillion people who
have responded to my request to inform me that
it is the R8 resistor that needs to be clipped
when upgrading a Mac Plus beyond 1 MB.

Thanks bunchs (Y'all know who you are)!

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Feb 1993 20:24 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Maximum Memory on Mac Plus

...of course with a Gemini accelerator it can go as high as 64K, but what a
waste of $$$ !

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 18:01:52 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Joshua Yeidel)
Subject: Music notation software (A)

I got this note, but haven't had time to look up the s/w yet...
-- Joshua

The only non-MIDI, low-cost music notation software I know off is
ConcertWare (a "truncated" sibbling of ConcertWare+MIDI.) A few years ag
it cost about $40 by mailorder. (There could be other non-MIDI
notation applications out there, but I haven't seen 'em!).
There are no pd/shareware notation programs (MIDI or non-MIDI) either.
However, ..... if you just want to see how a few pages of musical
score looks like in print ;-) ftp to
novamail.cerl.uiuc.edu      pub/lime/*
and snag a demo of LIME, a music notation software developed by the
folks at UI, Urbana-Champagne.  The demo is fully funtional, except it
will print (or is it save?) only 3 pages of music per file.

Cheers - Shekhar Govind                [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 02:49 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Music notation software (A)

>         There used to be a demo of some music notation software in
> the archives called Lime (I think). Does anyone still have a copy of i

FTP to novamail.cerl.uiuc.edu and look in /pub/lime/

Cheers - Shekhar Govind              [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 10:41:26 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Old SE, System 7, Font Conflicts (R)

[e-mail] (John Lillibridge) asked:

>...I immediately noticed that there was font confusion in the Finder.
>For example, the "About this Macintosh" dialog box obviously had the
>wrong fonts in it.

>I finally determined that the New York font in the System file was the
>culprit. If I removed all bitmap as well as TrueType versions of the New
>York font, things seemed to be back to normal. This probably happens
>because the font ID of the New York font family is lower than that of
>Geneva, which is so often used for dialogs, etc. by the Finder.
>
>Has anyone ever heard of this problem, and aware of a fix? I tried a
>bunch of things with ResEdit 2.1, but with no success. Perhaps this has
>to do with the fact that my SE is one of the originals (ca. April, 1987)
>with two 800K floppy drives, and the ROM is outdated in some fashion.

I don't know if it helps, but at least you can try it:

Get "Font/DA-Mover 4.1", which is the System 7 compatible version and
can be found on one of those Apple Developer CDs. Copy all the fonts
>From your system file to somewhere else on the harddisk, and then combine
all of them into one single fon suitcase using F/DA-Mover. Doing this, the
font id's will probably be renumbered if there are any existing conflicts.
Then copy these fonts from the suitcase back to your system file - not
individually, but by placing the suitcase on top of the closed system
folder. Answer yes if you're asked to replace items with the same names.
(Be sure you have removed ANY TrueType fonts before!)

Hope it works, Christian.                [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 12:21:44 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Merv Connell)
Subject: PING XCMD

Does anyone know of where I might find an XCMD for Hypercard that will do
PING (ICMP_REQUESTs) for me?

Merv Connell
Network Analyst
Uni. of Central Queensland OZ...... [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 15:45:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Uwe Krohn)
Subject: PLUS

I'm looking for information on a programm named "PLUS", which is supposed
to be a "HyperCard"-like application with extended features.

I'm especially interested in the graphical features.

The distribution in Germany is supposed to be made by a company named
SPINNACKER, which I could'nt allocate by now.

Can anybody help?

My Questions:

Is PLUS able to import "MacDraw"-pictures (PICT not pixel...) onto cards in
varialble sizes (windows or whatever)?

Is the SEARCH Option available on these graphic fields?

Who supports PLUS in Germany?

Where can I find SPINNAKER?

Thanks a lot

Andre Stein for Uwe Krohn
IPP at TU-Clausthal GER

voice: [phone]

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

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 19:03:40 -0800
From: Scott Allen Gruby <[e-mail]>
Subject: PostScript w/o a header

I was just sent our school logo in PostScript format; unfortunately it does
not have a header that can make it readable by Mac programs. It came from a
VMS machine, and I would like to put it in a format that I can use on my
Mac. (I will hopefully use GhostScript to add a PICT image to it, but that
is later.)

I am pretty sure that this is possible.

Please email me and I will post a summary.

Thanks.


Scott Allen Gruby                          [e-mail]
Macintosh Student System Administrator
Academic Computing, Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711

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

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 23:23:39 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: PowerKey and PowerKey Remote (A)

>Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 09:22:43 +1000
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Any experience with Powerkey?
>
>Hi netters,
>
>        for a friend of mine I am posting the following question if there
>are people around who have experience with Powerkey and/or Powerkey Remote
>by Sophisticated Circuits Inc. The friend wants to use it as a fax
>terminal, both for sending messages out and receiving them. The
>informations I need are how easy is it to set up, what are the requirements
>to run it, how stable is the software, where can I get it and at which
>price.

PowerKey from Sophisticated Circuit is indeed very sophisticated (PowerKey
Remote is fairly ordinary by comparison). It has four fused and filtered
power outlets (you can just plug in a power strip if you need more). These
outlets are switchable (but NOT independently) from the keyboard (the power
key) AND software. I use it to switch on and off all my peripherals, but it
can also control Macs without the Power Manager (SEs, LCs, and yes Centris
610). In its most basic form, you press the power key on your keyboard to
turn everything on and select Shut Down from the Special menu to turn
everything off (with delay if you wish). It can perform tasks during
startup, shutdown, periodically, or at any time. These tasks include
running a QuicKey macro, sending an Apple Event, executing an XCMD, turning
everything off AND turning everything on. How it accomplish this last task
is truly remarkable. It can turn you computer (and peripherals) on at
pre-scheduled time (or periodically) using your computer's internal clock
(while the computer is off). With QuicKeys and Frontier you can perform
most tasks completely unattended. PowerKey can also receive Apple Events,
so you can use Easy Alarm (a calendar program which has more sophisticated
scheduling/programming capability) to send Apple Events to PowerKey.

PowerKey Remote works with PowerKey to turn on your computer/peripherals
when the phone rings. It won't differentiate between voice and data (or
fax). The bundled software Unwake is very nice, though. It can turn
everything off after a specified period of inactivity. It can monitor your
keyboard, mouse, or serial port activity independently.

PowerKey sells for around $75 (with QuicKeys Lite, upgradable to full
version for $50) and PowerKey Remote for $35 (both street prices).

BTW, I'm not affiliated with Sophisticated Circuits other than being a very
satisfied customer.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 22:14:54 -0500
From: Jay Becker <[e-mail]>
Subject: Practical Peripherals 14.4 fax modem

I am considering purchasing a Practical Peripherals 14.4 fax modem. I would
appreciate feedback from anyone who has used one. Please E-mail me directly
and I will summarize here. Thank you.

Jay Becker
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 16:14 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing and Fonts

I need some help with printing different fonts.  Here are the two scenarios
that have been driving me crazy:

1. I type a few lines in a font of which I only have bitmaps.  After I give
the
print command, the Finder icon blinks on and off; when I go to the Finder, I
get a message that "the application Print Monitor has quit unexpectedly due to
a type 1 error."  Then the Print Monitor icon blinks on and off; when I go to
Print Monitor, it tells me that the file which I tried to print is damaged,
would I like to try again.

2. I type a few lines in a font of which I only have TrueType.  After I give
the print command, the Finder icon blinks on and off; when I go to the Finder,
I get a message that the file can't be printed because of "Print error, -50."

I have tried both scenarios with the fonts copied directly into the system,
and
with the fonts in suitcases opened by CarpetBag.  The same thing happens both
ways.  I have also tried both scenarios with ATM 2.0.3 turned on and turned
off; makes no difference.

I am using a Mac IIsi with 9M RAM; system 7; LaserWriter IIg.

The best I can tell, the only thing that will print is a font with a
corresponding PostScript file in the extensions folder and which is also
resident in the printer's ROM.  But surely I can print more than that!

Thanks for the help.

Steve Waechter
swaechter@utmem2 (bitnet)
[e-mail] (internet)

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

Date: Sat, 27 Feb 93 10:19:42 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Rodime Drives & System 7

  Did Rodime, the now-defunct maker of hard drives, ever release
formatter software which was fully compatible with System 7?
We have a variety of Cobra drives from Rodime.  The latest
formatter for this type of drive we could find was 1.1.8. It works
fine on System 6.0.7, but is very quirky with System 7.0.1.
  We have another formatter from Rodime (for the non-Cobra
drives). It is version 2.3. Does this work any better?  After our
poor experiences with 1.1.8 we are very suspicious it won't work
either.
  Meanwhile, if Rodime formatters won't do the job, what is
reccommended?


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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 08:10:27 -0600
From: Colglazier <[e-mail]>
Subject: SCSI Probe alternatives...

Does anyone know where I can get a Sysquest removable
mounter?  I've been trying to use SCSI Probe, but it hasn't
been working.  I am using TimesTwo which interferes with
automatic mounting (but provides TRULY transparent data
compression).

Although I'm not totally happy with TimesTwo, it is
certainly more tranparent than AutoDoubler.

Responses should be sent directly via e-mail,
as usual I'll summarize for the list if necessary,
or if others e-mail me with interest.

Joshua

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 17:23:17 CST
From: Paul Koch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sticky mice

Someone on the list has reported a problem that sounds like mine:
Ever since I bought my Mac LC, I have noticed that every now and
then the GUI will behave as if the mouse button is pushed down when
it is not.  When I try to type, it apears that the shift key is
pushed down when it is not.  There is no way to predict when this
will happen.

I have had various components replaced, and the problem always
returns.  One fairly knowledgeable technician has suggested that
the problem is static electricity, and the interference is more
likely to occur in the winter months.

I, too, would be interested to know whether static electricity is
a reasonable explaination, or whether it would be advisable to
fight for a replacement of the entire machine.

Since I just now subscribed to the list, I may have missed
previously posted answers to this problem.  If anyone would like
to reply off-list, 'twould be much appreciated.    10-Q.

Paul Koch
bsen046@unlvm

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 09:36:40 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Teachtext font change (Q)

Does anyone knoe if it is at all possible to change the font used by
Teachtext?  I can use ResEdit, if properly directed, and would like to change
the font from Geneva to Times to conserve letter space.

Thanks.
Paul D. Bain
Gainesville, Florida

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 13:33:40 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Transformer needed for StyleWriter II in France (Q)

I am writing for a colleague, Michael Hanly, who has just bought a
powerbook and StyleWriter II to take with him on a trip to Paris, where
he will be doing research for 15 months.  He has been told that he
needs a "grounded step-down isolation transformer" for the latter.
Minute Man (Para Systems) in Texas sells them for $100.  His question
to power users is: 1) is this the device he needs, in fact (i.e. would
another, simpler one suffice?) and 2) if so, do you know where he
might find one for less than $100?  Any information you might like
to pass on regarding experience with 110v machines on 220v systems
would also be appreciated.  Besides posting answers here, please
send replies directly to [e-mail].

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 13:28:28 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Moxon)
Subject: V32bis/sz/and Zterm

Well, a couple of days ago I posted a message asking on how to set things
up to do a reliable zmodem transfer from a unix (bsd) system to a Mac
with a v32bis modem using Zterm.  Finally after about 15 replies from people
I got it to work.  In case anyone is interested, here are the settings that
I am using.  Set Zterm to "Escape Ctl Characters" in the Zmodem options.
Then, make sure you connect with hardware handshaking flow control.  Finally,
(and this is the most important step) the command to send the file is
sz -w 7168 [filename]   I fiddled around with the actual value to set the
window size until I came across 7168 which was the most efficient.  It
gave me roughly 1100 cps efficiency which is almost 3 times better then what
I was getting (about 400 cps).  This value is different for different systems
because everyone who gave me this suggestion gave me different numbers to
use with the -w option so I suggest you play around with this number to see
what value gives you the best efficiency.  I want to thank everyone who
responded to my message.  I appreciate it.
-Dave M.

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

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 12:13:21 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: vette updater

I was told that an updater to upgrade the car racing game, Vette, from 1.02x
to 1.1 was going to be released to the networld. Has it been released (on AOL
or Compu$erve?) and, if so, could someone post it to Info-Mac, please?

Thanks,

L.

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 22:03:00 CST
From: "john vandyk" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Vocabulary builder at startup?

Hello, Mac wizards.

Here's a great way to increase your vocabulary: every time you
start up your mac, a vocabulary word from a list you entered appears
on the screen. While your icons are flashing and your mac is
generally getting comfortable you can read 'metazonite -- the
posterior portion of a millipede tergum' instead of the relatively
useless 'Welcome to Macintosh'.

Does anyone have a program/init/whatever that will do this? It could
be done with startup screens but it would take oodles of disk space.
I'm looking for one that will display words from an ASCII file.

John, who loves the bleak, snowy wasteland we call Iowa.

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 11:12:10 PST
From: [e-mail] (Brian Gordon)
Subject: Which enabler? (Q)

I have read the "System Enablers - Read Me First        10-Feb-93" which seems
to be the latest version at the apple ftp site.  I have read the announcement
about the "32-bit" enabler that would appear to be appropriate for my Mac II
(with MMU).  What I haven't read is _which_ enabler that is.  Nothing in the
descriptions of 001, 003, 040, etc. seems to help.  Does anyone know?  Or,
perhaps, is it not posted on ftp.apple.com yet?

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

Date: 25 Feb 1993 22:36:00 -0400
From: Kevin Lesniewicz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Whoa!! Q700 & Apple 14" INCOMPATIBLE!

Well, at least it sure looks that way as far as 24-bit video mode is
concerned!!
Bought a new Q700 with full 2MB VRAM, took it home and found that 3/4 of the
screen gets completely screwed up in "Millions" mode (but is fine at 256
colors)
with my Apple 14" Mac Color Display. Service technician actually went as far
as
swapping motherboards, before we realized that the computer was fine all
along.
24-bit works fine on the Apple 16" monitor, but when hooked to the 14" it went
screwy!! This is very frustrating. Anyone seen this???

Of course, the Apple Customer Assistance Center guy says "Gee, we've got about
a
hundred Quadra 700's in 24-bit mode with the 14" monitors running just in this
room" or something like that. Somehow, I don't quite believe that. (13" maybe;
we didn't try that, but how could that NOT work?)

Someone please tell me what the $&%#@!* is going on here!!! Thanks.

--Kevin L. (Internet: [e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 14:56:30 EST
From: James BelBruno (GC-CDSI) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Why ".bin" add on?

To All:

   I used binhex4 to open a sound .hqx file.  The result was:
filename.hqx.bin         It didn't do anything but add the
.bin     maybe someone can give me a clue as to what happened?
  Thanks!
J.BelBruno  ARDEC   Dover, NJ

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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 93 01:18 CST
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: Why write Un*x instead of Unix?

I've been wondering why people submitting articles to this digest sometimes
avoid writing "Un*x" instead of using the real word "Unix." It'd be news to me
if "Unix" was a trademark. Does anybody know?

Dominik ([e-mail])

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