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Info-Mac Digest             Tue,  2 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 48

Today's Topics:

      [*] Excel 3.0 Tax Forms (Ontario)
      [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.2
      [*] MuddTicker1.0.8.sit
      [*] no subject (file transmission)
      [*] sniff 0.9.0b2
      [*] TidBITS#166/01-Mar-93
      'stick' mouse
      040 vs. LC040 (again)
      32-bit enabler (Not!)
      32-bit enablers & Virtual 3
      32-bit System Enabler
      32-bit System Enabler - ROM Upgrade New info
      ATM (PostScript vs. TrueType)
      ATM 3.0/Interfax Conflicts
      ATM at a FTP site ???
      Best Open and Save As... dialog enhancers?
      CARMEN TIME upgrade
      Decent editors for Unix
      DeltaGraph vs. KaleidaGraph (Q)
      double scroll arrows (Q)
      Ethershare
      Free ATM Offer
      Frozen trackball on Startup of Duo 230
      FTPing by mail? (A)
      group de-hqx/sit/cpt/sea (R)
      Help needed setting up FRENCH system!
      Icons - where can I find them?
      ImgewriterI problem
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #47
      NowMenu and Sys7.1 font display problem (C)
      PB100 Power Problem (2 msgs)
      PowerBook list?
      RE; Turning off PrintMonitor in Public Labs
      SAM 3.5
      Save Word as WordPerfect5.1 (2 msgs)
      Soft PC - now "semi"-Windows capable (QA)
      Sticky Mice AND Shifty Keys
      Tektronix's General Counsel Resigns (!)
      TEXAS (now FreeText) HC stack (A)
      The Chip Merchant (Q)

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 20:40 EST
From: "PROF. L.G. LEDUC" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Excel 3.0 Tax Forms (Ontario)

Please find below Excel 3.0 tax forms for the province of Ontario,
Canada for 1992.

If you want to submit your tax return directly to Revenue Canada, you
must pay the shareware fee to obtain the authorization number.

For more details, contact:

Icicle Computer
Box 20093, Rideau East P.O.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N5
[phone]

Cheers.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/excel-ontario-canada-tax.hqx; 193K]

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Date: 01 Mar 93 17:15:55 EST
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.2

category: text

This is the latest version this report and should replace the previous version
of mac-ftp-list.txt and be archived as mac-ftp-list32.txt.

This is a update to Mike Gleason's ftp list {He gave me permision to continue
it.}.  It lists a good number of mac anonymous ftp sites with notes on some
and a little blurb on how to use anonymous ftp.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-ftp-list-32.txt; 28K]

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 20:06:43 -0600
From: "TheBard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MuddTicker1.0.8.sit

MuddTicker is a cool little utility that keeps thack of ticks while you play
Diku type muds. It has full color and sound, and runs very happily in the
background while you mud.
You need system 7.0 or later to run MuddTicker.

Changes since last release-

o More error checking. Hopefully, MuddTicker should be Crash-Proof. I hope. :)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mudd-ticker-108.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 23:41:28 -0500
From: John Mah <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] no subject (file transmission)

ToadNews v1.0 Intro
 ------------------

Here lies a brief description of my leaf-node Usenet news software, that I am
submitting to your archive.

Included in this Compacted and binhex'd file are:

a) the ToadNews program itself
b) the ToadNews online documentation program
c) a ToadNews Release Notes text file

Enjoy!

Thanks,
- John


What Is ToadNews?
 ----------------

ToadNews provides Macintosh users running a UUCP package (such as Dave Platts
UUPC 3.0) with the ability to be leaf-node Usenet sites. A Usenet leaf-node
usually does not relay news other nodes, with the exception of the node that
feeds it news (called the newsfeed).

ToadNews itself takes newsbatches sent from the newsfeed and then unbatches
(and de-compresses if necessary) and puts the news into the appropriate
directory for retrieval by your favourite newsreader or text-editor.

Some features of ToadNews include:

 A news unbatcher that can manually unbatch newsbatches (via the File menu or
  by drag & dropping newsbatches onto the ToadNews program icon). The
  unbatcher
  can also be configured to look in a user-configurable folder for new
  newsbatches and automatically unbatch news.

 Handles both uncompressed & compressed newsbatches from newsfeeds running
  both B-News and C-News software. Decompression of newsbatches compressed
  with 12 to 16-bit compress is supported provided that ToadNews can allocate
  enough memory to perform the decompression. ToadNews will automatically
  determine which type of newsbatch is dealing with and perform the necessary
  operations to extract the Usenet news. Among the current formats supported
  are #! rnews (B-News uncompressed default format), #! cunbatch
  (B-News & INN compressed default format), and straight "compress"ed
  (C-News default format) batches.

 Flexible cross-posted articles handling. The user can configure ToadNews to
  save hard drive space by using aliases instead of duplicating articles, or
  can choose to ignore cross-posted articles totally.

 News articles are saved in Macintosh text-editor readable format, with all
  Usenet header information intact. In addition, you can tell ToadNews to
  generate message header information files which can be used by newsreaders
  to speed up the loading of newsgroup subject lists.

 A news expirer which removes old Usenet news from your hard drive. The
  expirer can be configured to run automatically after a user-configurable
  interval of time has expired (ie: once a day), and/or after the free hard
  disk space on your spool volume falls below a certain percentage of its
  total disk space (ie: run every time the free space on your hard disk falls
  below 25% of its capacity).

 Flexible expiry support. Each newsgroup can be configured to have a
  different expire period (in days), independent of other newsgroups.

 An active newsgroup list editor, which allows the user to control the flow
  of news in all active newsgroups.

 Runs as a background process under System 7. ToadNews will run in the
  background and quietly unbatch & expire news in the background.

 Support for System 7. Since ToadNews runs under System 7 only, it
  understands basic AppleEvents (Open Application, Open Document, and Quit
  Application), drag & drop files, balloon help, and aliases.

 Integrates well with UUPC and rnMac (which are almost required pieces of
  software for use with ToadNews). Support for other programs such as Gnuucp
  and TheNews are being worked on at this time.

 Cheap software. At the Shareware cost of $25, you get a useable, useful
  piece of UNIX/Macintosh interconnectivity. It's even cheaper than $25 if
  you choose to exercise the other purchasing options available.


Hardware Requirements:
 ---------------------

(1)     You will need at least a Macintosh Plus or higher machine running
    AT LEAST System 7.x.

(2) You will need a hard drive. The bigger the better.

(3) A modem is a must, since UUCP usually transports newbatches through
    serial lines.

(4) A UUCP newsfeed. A "newsfeed" is the machine that relays Usenet news to
    your machine via UUCP. Without it, this program is absolutely pointless.


Software Requirements:
 ---------------------

(1) A UUCP engine, I highly recommend Dave Platt's UUPC 3.0, available from
    any good FTP site or BBS. (such as sumex-aim.stanford.edu

    To use ToadNews you must have a UUCP engine up and running. ToadNews does
    not handle the transport of newsbatches from machine to machine. It is up
    to the UUCP engine to perform this job. If you don't have a UUCP engine,
    you can get a copy of Dave Platt's UUPC 3.0 from MOST good BBS's or well
    stocked FTP sites. You must have UUPC 3.0 running properly before you try
    to use ToadNews -- after all whats the point without any news to work on.

    You can also use Gnuucp for the macintosh The current version that is
    available is 4.3. You can get both UUCP engines from
    sumex-aim.stanford.edu via FTP. However, not much testing has been done
    using ToadNews and Gnuucp. It may take some fiddling to get things
    working OK.

(2) A Usenet newsreaders (or very flexible text-editor). One such newsreader
    is Roy Wood's "rnMac". Other newsreaders will support ToadNews, including
    Bill Cramer's "TheNews".


ToadNews is brought to you by:
 -----------------------------

The letter 'Q', the number '4', and...

John P. Mah
Toilets 'R Us Software
201 Riviera Dr, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
P7B 6H8
Internet E-Mail: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/toad-news-10.hqx; 259K]

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 93 22:00:45 EST
From: Alexander W. Kourakos <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] sniff 0.9.0b2

  sniff is a great little program a friend of mine wrote to annoy
someone. It's an Init that makes the computer sniff and cough
descretely every now and then. It makes a great subtle practical joke!
   The software is freeware, but the author would appreciate a five
dollar bill or at least some e-mail.

   Packed with StuffIt 1.5.1.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/sniff-09b2.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 93 21:38:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#166/01-Mar-93

TidBITS#166/01-Mar-93

 New Enablers, new SIMM standards, new viruses, new antiviral
   utilities - where will it all end? Not with Apple certainly, and
   we have two articles looking at the new Adjustable Keyboard and
   the furor surrounding it. We also have a full list of current
   System Enablers, an article on the PowerBook/DOS Companion
   package, and finally, some juicy Apple rumors about new
   machines, digital cameras, and new versions of the System
   software.

Topics:
    MailBITS/01-Mar-93
    Enabler Availability
    Update Your Antiviral Utilities!
    SIMM Standards
    Do You Feel Enabled?
    PowerBooks Do DOS
    Drooling Rumors
    Apple Adjustable Keyboard
    Apple Sued For Ergonomic Keyboard
    Reviews/01-Mar-93

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-166.etx; 29K]

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Date: 02 Mar 1993 16:08:03 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 'stick' mouse

For those of you who have problems similar to that described by Rick Jarvis,
contact [e-mail].  He is trying to get Apple to recall
said mice (which apparently were made in Malaysia).

What probalem did Rick describe?
This problem...
Occasionally click, drag, and
release the mouse button and nothing happens except the selection follows
the mouse. My Mac does not freeze. It's like I was still holding the button
down. Click again and the selection is set; in the mouse position of the
second click. I have been able to discern no pattern. I remember it
occurring in Excel, Word, BBEdit, Panorama, Tex-Edit, ...

        Aric Friesen

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 00:40:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: 040 vs. LC040 (again)

>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 93 09:12:38 -0100
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Centris-610 and software fpu extension, or eventual hardware fpu
>
> (deleted)
>On the other hand, the 68040 only uses the fpu for simple floating point
>operations (multiply, divide etc).   Transcendental functions (sin, exp etc)
>use the cpu, so the lack of an fpu is not quite so bad on the 040 as on the
>030.

I'm afraid I don't agree, Alan. Sure, the full 040 doesn't do
transcendental functions directly. However, the FPU (or the FPU portion of
the 040) still does most of the work if one is present (as in the full
040). After all, we're still dealing with floating point numbers here!!
Besides, one of the major advantages (THE major advantage, in my opinion)
of the 040 is its integrated FPU, which outperforms the 88x (the FPU
accompanying the 030) so much more than the 040 (minus the FPU) does the
030.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 19:08:08 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32-bit enabler (Not!)

I, too, was bitten by Apple's 32-bit enabler that doesn't. My wife's Mac
II, FDHD upgrade, DayStar 40MHz 030 and fpu, System 7.1, didn't much
take to that enabler.

It installed fine. The Memory control panel offered 32-bit addressing
as an option and claimed 32-bit addressing was on (after reboot). Wrong!
About This Mac says 20M, with system taking 16M and 4M available. This
pretty much tells me that at least part of the system is lying to me. I
suspect it is the "enabler" part.

It's a good thing I kept a copy of MODE32.

Wonderful job, Apple! Y'all should have hired the job out to Connectix.
Your enabler works on my office IIcx, but it is a piece of used food on
at least one other type machine that it should have worked on. What idiot
tested that enabler? Should he or she still have a job?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: 02 Mar 1993 11:47:44 +0000 (U)
From: George Tempel <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32-bit enablers & Virtual 3

               Subject:                               Time:11:43 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          32-bit enablers & Virtual 3.0          Date:3/2/93
I have also been having problems with the
new apple 32-bit enabler. It will work for me,
but doesn't seem to want to work with Virtual 3.0
turned on...if you turn it off via the control panel
then the 32-bit enabler *seems* to work.

Connectix is looking into this, but haven't had the
problems. There does seem to be > 1 release of
Virtual 3...v 3.0.0 and v3.0.1.

My mac is doing the
greyscreen/happymac/greyscreen/happymac
trick, but there aren't any other problems other
than the mac spacing out when the menu bar
region appears and the finder is about to
appear. I have ripped out all inits (extensions)
and narrowed it down to the 32-bit enabler
and Virtual 3.0 on my mac...your mileage may
vary...i have tried it both with and without the
connectix enabler patch, but no difference.

I have a suspicision that the 32-bit enabler isn't
exactly working right.

Anyone else have a clue?

george tempel
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 93 23:51:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: 32-bit System Enabler

>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 21:27:08 -0500 (EST)
>From: [e-mail] (Bill Soreth)
>Subject: 32-bit System Enabler
>
>Hi,
>
>  I downloaded apple's 32-bit enabler, installed it, and found to my supprise
>that the enabler didn't work with my system. I am running system 7.1 on an
>SE/30 with a 100MB internal non-apple drive (Drive 7 drivers) and a xceed
>color 30 color card. I have tried completely reinstalling the system,(yes, I
>dida clean install), turning off virtual memory, and shutting off all
>extensions.
>
>  When my system boots up, I get a happy mac, then my screen goes black, I
get
>another happy mac, and then welcome to macintosh. After this, the drives are
>accessed and the menu bar appears but I get a watch icon, that doesn't spin
>and the desktop never appears, the mac just sits there. Trying to force quit
>doesn't work, the box comes up and the button highlights, but nothing else
>happens.
>
>   Mode 32 used to do the happy, blank, happy thing, and it was slow, but it
>worked this doesn't even hint at working. Do any of the apple people out
there
>have any ideas, this is after all supposed to work *better* than mode32.
>
>   I also called the apple 1800 number for system 7.1 support, and this even
>   had them stumped.
>
>Please help me!
>
>Bill Soreth
>[e-mail]

32-bit System Enabler may have problem with some third party SCSI drivers
(e.g. Drive 7). Stay tuned.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 18:34:14 GMT
From: Ed Rotberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32-bit System Enabler - ROM Upgrade New info

A few days ago, I replied to a post indicating that the version 1.2
ROM upgrade for the Mac II was available as an exchange separately
>From the FDHD SWIM Kit upgrade.  I posted this information after
checking with our Customer Service group.  Apparently there was a
misunderstanding and I was given erroneous information.

The version 1.2 ROMs which are necessary for the 32-bit System
Enabler are NOT available outside of the FDHD kit which is rather
expensive.  I am looking into what it would take to make these
parts avaiable, but apparently they are no longer even in production.

Let me point out that this ONLY affects the Mac II, and it must
already have a PMMU installed for the 32-bit System enabler to work
in any event.

Those of you claiming to have troubles with other machines (SE/30,
IIx, or IIcx) are NOT affected by this.  Remember, the System
Enabler, unlike Mode 32, is NOT a Control Panel Device and should NOT
be put into the Control Panels folder.  It should be put at the root
level of the System Folder.  If it is left in the Control Panels folder,
it will have NO EFFECT.

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

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 00:01:47 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: ATM (PostScript vs. TrueType)

>Date: Sun, 28 Feb 93 07:17:27 -0500
>From: Andy Malis <[e-mail]>
>Subject: ATM vs. Truetype (for LC III and Stylewriter II)
>
>I just set up my new LC III (which, BTW, is AWESOME for the
>price), and the "README" from Apple includes an offer from Adobe
>for a nearly free copy of ATM along with a few fonts.
>
>My question is: what does ATM get you that you don't already get
>>From Truetype?  I'm especially curious with regard to the
>Stylewriter II, which I have on order and hope to receive Real
>Soon Now.
>
>Thanks for any help,
>Andy
>[e-mail]

With ATM, you have access to huge collections of PostScript Type 1 fonts.
Sure, a number of PostScript libraries are being converted to TrueType (due
to the success of Window 3.x), but the most popular Adobe library will
remain PostScript-only for the foreseeable future.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: 02 Mar 93 16:05:08 EST
From: Paul Antaki <[e-mail]>
Subject: ATM 3.0/Interfax Conflicts

Does anyone know about the conflict between ATM 3.0 and the Abaton Interfax
Drivers? Adobe was no help and Abaton seems to have gone out of business (all
their telephone numbers are no longer functioning). I'm using the latest
version of Interfax that I know of (1.3). Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Paul
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 05:04 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ATM at a FTP site ???

MacFarland Hale <[e-mail]> writes about the
(generous :~) ATM offer from Adobe:

> The "Read Me" file that came with System 7.1 on my new LC III
> contains the following offer from Adobe for a (nearly) free copy
> of ATM and some fonts....
> ...
> A Gift to You from Adobe
> ...
> Adobe Systems is pleased to offer Apple computer owners a free
> copy of award-winning Adobe Type Manager (ATM) software....
> ...

Does that mean that /info-mac/util/ATM-free-gift-from-Adobe-
to-Mac-owners.hqx won't throw the Adobe lawyers into a feeding
frenzy?  Worth following up?  [Any ideas Bill ??]

Cheers - Shekhar Govind                 [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 10:12:15 EST
From: [e-mail] (Steve Rothman)
Subject: Best Open and Save As... dialog enhancers?

I've tried a copy of Directory Assistance II and Boomerang and they both
seem quite nice, although they're both packaged with a lot of utilities
that I don't need.  I've also tried DefaultD, but it's not quite as slick.
Are there any other products like these out there that I should consider?
Anyone have any recommendations?  (I run System 7.01 on a stripped-down Mac
II.)  Price is very much an issue.  If I get a significant amount of email
responses I'll be glad to post a summary.  Thanks, Steve Rothman

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 14:45:13 CST
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: CARMEN TIME upgrade

Hi
I would like to upgrade CARMEN TIME to Version 1.3 from 1.0.  I was told
the upgrade is on Compuserve etc.  I would appreciate it if someone
could upload the upgrade for me.  Thanks  Norma

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 10:55:47 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Harry Mangalam)
Subject: Decent editors for Unix

Admittedly there are few.  You might try REDT, which is a VMS EDT
pseudo-clone with extensions and a character (curses-based) menuing system.
 Part of the 2-17-93 announcement follows:

REDT version 2.2.2 can  be found at the following FTP sites.
(The FTP site administrator hasn't moved the distribution in to an
accessable location yet, try again in a couple of days).

redt222.tar is the source code and support files.
redtami222.tar is the compiled Amiga version and support file.

swedishchef.lerc.nasa.gov in the /editors directory  redt222.tar only

The following sites might not be ready for a couple of days:

nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at     redt222.tar and redtami222.tar
ftp.uga.edu               redt222.tar and redtami222.tar

There is also an editor called crisp, which is purported to be a Brief
clone.  I think it went commercial a while ago, but I believe that there
are still old versions of it hanging around the Net.  I tried to archie it,
but they're all busy here.  Try from your end.

If you have an Silicon Graphics console on your desk, SGI recently released
a new verison of their inhouse editor called Zip, a Jot replacement, which
is REALLY zippy AND follows the Mac conventions for the standard shortcut
keys, using the Alt instead of the Command.  Very nice, available free,
>From sgi.com.  Unfortunately 8(, it is GL-based (part of why it's so zippy)
and therefore can't run on anything else, even an Xwin display.

Good Hunting
Harry Mangalam   Salk Institute   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 18:20:47 EST
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeltaGraph vs. KaleidaGraph (Q)

Could people who have used DeltaGraph and KaleidaGraph perhaps send me their
opinions on which they prefer and why?

cc: info-mac, mac-l

Thanks,

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

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 08:49:40 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: double scroll arrows (Q)

>DoubleScroll 2.0 is a combination Extension/Control Panel which
>alters the way your Macintosh scroll bars look and act. Basically
>it puts a double arrow on each end of your scroll bars, allowing
>you to scroll in both directions without having to move your mouse
>>From one end of your desk to the other to scroll back and forth.
>It works only with System 7, and is designed to take advantage of
>the color scheme of the System 7 interface.

What a nifty idea. Does anyone know of one that is system 6-savvy?
TIA,
    Pat

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 09:55:05 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Ethershare

Hi,


At our site we're considering to buy Helios Ethershare to replace several
Macintosh Appleshare servers. This is quite an investment and we'd like
some comments from people on the net using Ethershare (configuration,
speed, ease of use, reliability, etc... ???)

The principal question is: is it better (cheaper/more reliable) to have
several Mac servers or one Unix Ethershare server ?

All experiences are welcome

[e-mail]
Macintosh consultant

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 12:02:31 MET
From: Josep M. Font <[e-mail]>
Subject: Free ATM Offer

Yes, this Adobe almost-free offer does also hold for European countries, at
least for Norway, Sweden, Finland, Danemark, Iceland, Germany, Holland,
Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Switzerland,
Austria and Italy. I found it in the ReadMe I got with an upgrade kit I
bought of the Catalan (sic) version of system 7.1 software (which I have not
yet installed given the many problems it seems to have). Apple dealers even
have  Apple-printed forms. You must send a letter (or fax it if you pay by
VISA, AMEX, MASTERCARD) with personal identification, a phone where you can
be reached (they asked me my ``tax identity'') , the language of ATM you
prefer (English, GErman, French, that's all) to:

Adobe Systems Europe BV
ATM/Apple Offer
POBox 56
Livingston EH54 7AE
United Kingdom

Fax [phone]

Or you can even make your order by phone to 44-506-440-144. They even spoke
Spanish. The price is around $20 plus VAT and import taxes.

I have not yet received it.

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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 15:38:29 AST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Frozen trackball on Startup of Duo 230

I recently got a Duo 230 with full size dock, which is quite a nice
system.
However I have a problem on the first startup after docking the Duo.
My mouse-trak 3-button trackball is not recognized over the desktop
bus and niether is a Kensington trackball.  In both cases if the
desktop bus is disconnected and reconnected everything works fine, I
have been told however that this is a dangerous maneuvre.  That aside
the situation is annoying in the extreme.  There is no problem on
subsequent restarts until the Duo is undocked and redocked.  I have
the system enabler 201 v1.0.1 as required and have tried going back to
the original system enabler v1.0.    In addition, I have tried using
the normal Apple supplied mouse, which works fine (which makes it even
more annoying since I do not have room for the mouse).

My question is:  Has anyone else encountered this problem, and if so
does anyone know what the solution is?  I will be pursueing the
problem with my supplier etc. and will report back a solution to the
board.

Mark Hazen
DREA, Canada
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 8:47:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: Charlie Stross <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTPing by mail? (A)

>Date: Sat, 27 Feb 93 13:52:23
>From: [e-mail] (Thomas Fruin)
>Subject: FTPing by mail?

>Some time ago I remember someone (Jeffrey Needleman?) explaining how
>you could send mail with FTP commands to some kind of "FTP server",
>who would then execute the FTP commands for you and send you back
>the file(s) obtained via FTP. This would be real useful for me since
>I'm not directly on the Internet.

>Could some kind person please send me a mail message explaining the
>process? And throw in some examples of basic FTP commands and locations
>(real basic) to help me getting started? I'd appreciate it!

The ftp by mail server you want to use is:

    [e-mail]

To get started, send a mail message to the server, containing
the line,

    help

The server will mail you back a file of instructions, with some
basic examples in it.

Please note that the files you receive will fill your mailbox
really quickly. They'll also take up spool space on other
machines as they're forwarded. Therefore, if you can possibly use
a real ftp server, do so. It's faster and more efficient.



 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlie Stross aka [e-mail] .....




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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 11:48:40 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: group de-hqx/sit/cpt/sea (R)

>Is there a way I can de-hqx/sit/cpt/sea/whatever a bunch of files
>(from hqx to final form), all at once, quickly and easily, without any
>human intervention (using default filename and current folder) ?
>
    Sure.  Get yourself a copy of StuffIt Expander from your favorite
FTP site (like sumex-aim).  StuffIt Expander is a freeware product from
Aladdin Systems which will handle all of the formats that you mentioned (and
a couple more ;) and can be used in a drag & drop mode for System 7 (or a
bit more manually for Sys6).

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 15:40 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Help needed setting up FRENCH system!

Netters,

How can we customize a Mac Classic II purchased inthe US to be most suitable
for writing in French? If we install a French version of system software,
will that turn the keyboard into a standard French keyboard? If we use a US
system and WordPerfect, can we load a French keyboard deffinition? Thanks
for any suggestions.

Jim Allison
Clark University

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 12:20:59 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Icons - where can I find them?

Does anyone know of any sites which keep a good selection of icons? Please
mail me at [e-mail]. Thanks.

        Regards, Tony.

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 12:30:03 CET
From: Hjalmar Dijkstra <[e-mail]>
Subject: ImgewriterI problem

Howdy folks,
I was wondering if any of you can help me with a curious problem involving a
Powerbook 140, an Imagewriter I and a home-made cable.
The Imagewriter used to work fine with an old 512KE then this friend of mine
wanted to use it with his Powerbook. I figured out the connections for a cable
and soldered one together. Now the Imagewriter started developing the curious
habit of not transporting the paper properly a few times on a page. During
the self-test the printer does not display such a problem.
Could the problem lie with the cable?
thanks in advance,
greetings,
      Hjalmar Dijkstra

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 08:46:04 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wade Williams)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #47

>I have a small problem with a 14" Apple color monitor which is connected to
>a Mac IIci computer.  The monitor displays a faint but noticeable horizontal
>line about 1.5 inches from the bottom.  I have talked to my Apple dealer
>about it and he tells me that nothing can be done about it. In fact, the
>display model (IIvi) in the store has the exact same problem. Is there
>anything that can be done to eliminate the line? Adjustments?
>Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Your dealer is right.  That line hold the shadow mask in place and it's
there on all Trinitron monitors.  I hardly notice mine any more.

Wade Williams
Academic Computing Services
Auburn University
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 10:23:38 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NowMenu and Sys7.1 font display problem (C)

>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
>Path: usenet
>X-Xxdate: Tue, 2 Mar 93 09:23:24 GMT
>Organization: Dpt. Anthropology, U of Geneva, Switzerland
>X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17

Anyone noticed NowMenu's 'annoying habit' to dictate what font must be used
to to display menus (Apple and launch menus) ? It is actually documented as a
feature, but sadly *can't* be disabled ... the font selected in the pop-up
menu on the right in the control panel is *always* used menu displays (!).

This isn't a problem until you install different keyboards, with different
fonts and different scripts. Then, instead of the language name in the
keyboard menu  being displayed in its own font, its displayed in Chicago (or
whatever  other font you selected in the cp) ending up by showing mostly in
squares  (unprintables).

I installed the Russian keyboard and associated resources in my system, just
to see how one could switch from one scripts to another, from one language to
 another. Works just great, except that the language name appearing in the
keyboard menu doesn't show up properly - NowMenu forces it to use Chicago :-(

Would be nice if that option (formerly feature under 7.0.x) was presented as
a check box, and not as radio buttons, or that an additional entry was made
to the radio cluster (as 'None', e.g), letting the user disable this
'feature'.

Are Now Software planning a patch for this ?

PS: don't get me wrong, i love the Now package - couldn't do without it :-)
--
David C. Roessli  -  Dpt Anthropology & Ecology  -  U of Geneva  -
SWITZERLAND
Email [e-mail]  |  Phone [phone]  |  Fax [phone]

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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 09:43:12 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB100 Power Problem

    Date: 27 Feb 1993 13:30:48 -0600 (CST)
    From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
             For the last two weeks, I haven't been able to hold
    a charge in the battery.  It will even give me all three low power
    warnings
    WITH the power adapter plugged in.  Then I have to put it to sleep.

The problem is a manufacturing defect that I've seen on
several PB100's.  When the circuit board was soldered,
insufficient solder was deposited on the power connector,
leaving only a very thin bridge of solder holding it
in place.  (There is no other mechanical connection holding
the connector in).  In addition, due to the straight plug
>From the power connector, there's a fair amount of leverage,
so just bumping it against your leg as you work on your lap
is enough to put a fair bit of torque on it.  A 90-degree
plut would have been smarter.

Over time, this solder bridge will fatigue and break.  The
result is that it will only charge if you apply pressure
in such a way as to result in the pins on the connector
contacting the circuit board.  (I found that by pulling up
on the connector and slightly to one side, I could work).

The solution is to either disassemble it and solder it properly, or
send it back to Apple for them to fix.  (They'll replace the
circuit-board).  I recommend the latter, unless you're both highly
competent and desperatly unwilling to give up your powerbook for a
couple days.

Adding to the confusion is the fact that the "charging indicator"
detects only the presence of the plug, *NOT* that there's any
voltage on it.

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

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 12:02:20 PST
From: [e-mail] (Wiley Sanders)
Subject: PB100 Power Problem

Some quick observations:

1) Some extension cords and wall outlets can be rather flaky. If your
system runs down and still plugged into the mains, use Edison to
see whether the machine is actually receiving volts from the charger.
(Look for the ligning bolt.) Jiggle the adapter to see if it is plugged
in solidly.

2) My PB100 battery never supplied more than 40 min of power, even when
new, and now, 6 mo later, the original battery is only good for 10 to
15 minutes. It runs out so quickly that the system shuts off without
any warnings. The SLA battery is very susceptible to cold, too.

3) My system is not under warranty anymore because I installed my
own memory upgrade myself. If you did the same you've voided your
warranty too.

-wiley

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

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 11:59:54 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Philip A. Thompsen)
Subject: PowerBook list?

Does anyone know if there is a discussion list for PowerBook & Duo users?


Philip A. Thompsen / Department of Communication / The University of Utah
Internet:[e-mail] / BITNET:Panthony@UTAHCCA / Prodigy:JNFM97A


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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 13:11:05 EST
From: Rob Smyser <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE; Turning off PrintMonitor in Public Labs

To summarize the various responses and my own answer to the problem
of preventing background printing for various reasons:

- several people suggested altering the resources of Chooser so that
  selecting Background printing was not possible.  No one was able to
  specify exactly which resources so I punted that one.  Here is a case
  where the hidden-resource, you-have-to-have-a-LOT-of-detailed-
  technical-knowledge-to-change-something-simple model of the Mac fails.
  So I punted that idea.

- several people suggested deleting PrintMonitor entirely.  Each person
  thought something different would happen if you did so.  One reported
  that the Mac continues to try to print in the Background anyway and hangs.
  The truth is the following:

    - deleting Print Monitor has no effect on the Chooser's awareness
      of Background Printing UNTIL YOU DO A RESTART.  Presumably
      PrintMonitor is in the Extensions folder because it sort of acts
      like one.  That is, its presence is noted at boot-time and not
      checked again.

    -  After Restarting, Chooser became aware that PrintMonitor was
       not available and, sure enough, the Background printing
       radio buttons were greyed out and unselectable.

Thus, the simplest answer seems to be to delete PrintMonitor and then
Restart the system.

My thanks to all who responded.  It will make life easier in our public labs,
which have needs and situations much different from private offices or homes.

    Rob Smyser, Manager, Computer Resource Laboratories
            MIT School of Architecture and Planning
            [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 11:36:31 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SAM 3.5

Greetings, everyone.

My boss brought me a flyer advertising Symantec's SAM version 3.5.
He wants to know if we should purchase it. I've always felt perfectly
secure with Gatekeeper and Disinfectant (until the recent discussion
on the net I ran them together), and told him I didn't see any advan-
tage to SAM beyond the privilege of paying for it ;). Does anyone
have opinions either way? Would SAM really do anything for us that
Disinfectant and/or Gatekeeper won't? I know some commercial outfits
such as Kinko's use it, at least here in San Antonio.

As always, many thanks for any advice.
                      Pat

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

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

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 11:35:22 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Save Word as WordPerfect5.1

     Save Word as WordPerfect5.1 (A)
[e-mail] asks:

>Everytime I try to save a document in MS Word 5.0 (or 5.1) as a
>WordPerfect dcocument, using the Save As... option, the program
>crashes forcing me to restart. Have other people had this problem?
>Is there a solution? Thank you for your help.

I did this about a week ago without a hitch.  In Word 5.0, I saved
a document in WordPerfect 5.1 format, transferred it to my PC and
opened it in WordPerfect 5.0.  The dean in our college is about to
submit an article to a publication which requires all submissions to
be in WordPerfect 5.1 format, and all of the offices I support are
Mac-o-nized (with the exception of a couple of PeeEss 2s, one of which
is in my office).  So the dean contacted me to help him do this.

I hate to be one of those "well, it works for me..." individuals,
but it does!  It might help if you give a little background on your
configuration:  what system, what Mac, how much memory, and what
extensions (INITs) and control panels you're using.  It's likely that
it's a conflict with something that's been loaded at startup.  I've got
a IIcx, running System 7.1, 8 MB RAM, and a ton of things loading at
startup.  (When you write back, give specifics about what YOU have
loading; I didn't list all of mine, because MINE works!  ;-)

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

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

Date: 02 Mar 1993 10:11:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Save Word as WordPerfect5.1

>Everytime I try to save a document in MS Word 5.0 (or 5.1) as a WordPerfect
>dcocument, using the Save As... option, the program crashes forcing me to
>restart. Have other people had this problem? Is there a solution? Thank you
>for your help.

I have met this kind problem too. But later I find that it only happens when I
try to save the document as WordPerfect file direcetly into a IBM floppy disk,
some times, word5.x even crashes when I open a WP5.1 file directly from IBM
floppy disk. It works fine for me if I save the document as WP5.1 file into my
hard disk first and then copy them to IBM floppy disk, and do the same thing
for open a WP5.1 file. I don't know the reasons behind this.

Hong Wang ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 23:52 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Soft PC - now "semi"-Windows capable (QA)

Dear Netters,
Soft-PC is finally available for Windows and VGA software.  The only problem
is that it will only run at a maximum of 16 colors, and at a speed of a 286,
when it comes to running PC software.  Sorry if any of the terms have offended
anyone.   This is at least what technical support at Insignia tells me.  I
will wait until there is 386 speed offered and 8 bit color before I try
Soft-PC.  I wonder what more is known about this new version.

Sincerely,

ABRODY@CLARKU


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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 15:29:30 CST
From: Paul Koch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sticky Mice AND Shifty Keys

I've received a few replies in response to my earlier post, and
some  have implicated a mutant strain of Malaysian mice for the
aforementioned stickiness.  What still baffles me is that when
the mouse button sticks, so does the shift key (at least some of
the time) and typed text appears in all caps.  On very rare
occasions, a character key will stick in repeat mode until I
bash it again, before the characters start spilling out of my
application and onto the floor. (I hate it when that happens.)

And here's a totally new phenomenon, which started happening just
moments ago:
As I use the arrow keys to move
about this very post, the left arrow moves the cursor to the right
and vice versa.  Like, totally weird.

I don't know, maybe my LC as MacAlzheimer's disease. But before I'm
tempted to put it out of its misery, any other comments/advice about
this set of problems would be appreciated.

Still clueless,
Paul Koch
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 17:56:33 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Tektronix's General Counsel Resigns (!)

I'm not sure if this is related to the multimedia patent fight, but the
timing is suspicious.  I pulled this off of America Online's news section
yesterday.  Note that the new general counsel for Tektronix used to be
Apple's general counsel!

  Eric Shapiro, Rock Ridge Enterprises
  [phone] voice, 663-8403 fax
  [e-mail]

-----
ALLAN LEEDY TO LEAVE TEKTRONIX; JOHN KARALIS TO MANAGE LEGAL AFFAIRS
WILSONVILLE, OR (FEB. 26) PR NEWSWIRE - Tektronix Inc. (NYSE: TEK) announced
today that Allan Leedy, vice president, secretary and general counsel will
leave the company to return to private law practice.

"Allan has made important contributions to Tektronix over the years, and we
wish him the best," noted Jerome J. Meyer, Tektronix' chief executive
officer.

Leedy has been with Tektronix since 1976, when he joined the company as
assistant secretary and international counsel, and has served as general
counsel since 1981.

John P. Karalis, vice president Corporate Development, will assume management
responsibility for Tektronix' legal affairs, along with his current
responsibilities for acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate communications
and real estate.  Karalis, who joined Tektronix in 1992, previously served as
senior vice president and general counsel for Sperry Corp. and as vice
president and general counsel of Apple Computer Inc.

Tektronix is a leading manufacturer of electronics products and systems in
the areas of test and measurement, computer graphics and communications.
Revenues in fiscal 1992 totaled $1.3 billion.

CONTACT: Editorial: Jeanine Navarra, 503-685-4044, or Investor Relations:
Doug Shafer, 503-685-4111, both of Tektronix

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

Date: 2 Mar 93 08:07 EST
From: [e-mail] (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: TEXAS (now FreeText) HC stack (A)

Hi Steve --- re your request for TEXAS, I wrote it ca. 1988 and it has
been superseded by FreeText (or Free Text), current version 1.03.  Free
Text is an HC2 stack which includes XFCNs to build and retrieve from
complete inverted indices for arbitrarily-large text files; adds various
nice proximity search options to the Index/Context/Text views into a
database; includes full documentation and C source code for the XFCNs.
I think that Free Text v.1.03 is in the INFO-MAC archives in the "card"
directory.  It's free software under the GNU General Public License.
Oh, I almost forgot, version 1.03 includes an interesting experimental
"Stack Browser" which may be of use for some folks who want to work with
multi-stack formatted databases (e.g., my set of Shakespeare stacks!).
  Best,  ^z   ([e-mail])
 ------

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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 17:39:10 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: The Chip Merchant (Q)

Hi,

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but could someone tell me the phone #/address of
The Chip Merchant?  Respond directly if you like.  TIA...

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 19:37:00 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>

On Mon, 1 Mar, genesis![e-mail] (who apparently doesn't exist
based on getting the following note kicked back) posted Kevin Mitchell's
new version of GIF Converter.

>It was nice of you to upload the new GIF Converter to the sumex-aim
>archive. However, the de-hqx'd file was not the SEA that (1) its name
>implied and (2) your posting said it was. It was a straight Compactor
>archive.
>
>I asked Bill Lipa to fix the file name. He said it'd be more bother than
>he could take. That's a little frightening in itself.
>
>Would you please resubmit? Either replace the SEA suffix with the proper
>CPT suffix, or make the thing an SEA.

Old whozit (no name, a symbolic address that could not be resolved) sent
us a rather naughty posting. I move that he or she be lashed. Do I hear
a second? Without objection, so moved.

I'm really not all that upset by whozit. Naifs mess up all the time. So
do we ostensible big kids. I am, however, concerned that Bill Lipa does
not have the tools to quickly correct the problem.

Do we have a problem here? What is or should be the solution?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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