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Info-Mac Digest             Thu,  4 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 50

Today's Topics:

      [*] AutoLock 1.3
      [*] backgammon.hqx
      [*] bookbinder.hqx
      [*] DinkClass
      [*] How to determine the minimum space allocated to a file (answer)
      [*] Inside Mac Games Color March 93
      [*] LaunchPad 2.0.1
      [*] loan-amort-table.hqx (ClarisWorks SS)
      [*] louie-toons.hqx
      [*] MacGS 2.5.2b2 Runtime (1 of 2)
      [*] ShowShare 1.1.0
      [*] Startupscreen: Computer grapes
      [*] storybook.hqx
      32-Bit Enabler (Continued Kvetch)
      32-bit System Enabler
      32-bit System Enabler -- works here
      Abaton Interfax
      Appletalk auto-login (A)
      A Public Internet Service (2 msgs)
      A Public Internet Service (C)
      ARA High Speed Hookup (R)
      ARA on a PSI ComStation?
      Audio CD catalog program wanted
      best book(s) on progamming with Hypertalk (A)
      Can Q700 be upgraded to Q800? (A)
      CD-300i and audio
      Client crashes AppleShare s
      Decent editors for Unix
      double scroll arrows (A)
      Driver for HP 4M
      Drivers for HP 4M (R,C)
      error -192 on desktop rebuild (Q)
      Expert Color Paint and Expert Astronomer
      FaxSTF & old AppleFax modem (Q)
      File Sharing
      Good gray-scale on LW II from Photoshop: How?
      help!-Mac hangs, unexpectedly quits applications
      Help! Ethernet Cards (Q)
      Help needed setting up FRENCH system! (A)
      info-mac/util/disk-bug-checker...
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #49
      InfoLog
      John Dvorak
      Lost Sound on a IIsi
      M/O Drive Question
      Mac IIx power up problems
      Macintalk, and French System.
      Macintalk? Macinmute
      MacLand hard drives
      MacsBug and crashes
      MacsBug Tips
      MacsBug won't restart Mac
      Mac Serial Printer cable for Epson (IBM Centronics type)
      Mouse button problems -- Liam replies
      PICS file format...?
      Possible answer to question in IM-digest V11#49
      Problems with the new SAM Virus definition File
      Review of Macintosh PC Exchange
      Serial connection
      Soft PC - now "semi"-Windows capable (QA)
      Sound Q
      SpaceSaver and disappearing customized icons (Q)
      tone generator (A)
      To tip or not to tip
      Turning off PrintMonitor in Public Labs (C)
      WriteNow Dictionary (Q)

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 11:41:23 EST
From: J S Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AutoLock 1.3

Application: AutoLock 1.3
(Shareware: $10)

AutoLock is a small application intended to alleviate some problems
associated with running children's applications (games, etc.) under the
System 7 Finder.  AutoLock can help to prevent small children from
accidentally sending a game to the background.  In addition, AutoLock
can salvage many old (but good!) games that are virtually impossible
to use under System 7.

Many existing children's applications were designed to run under
Finder, rather than under MultiFinder.  As most parents already know,
running these programs under MultiFinder allows a child to
accidentally send the application into the background, usually by
inadvertently clicking the mouse outside of the application window.  In
the old days, this problem could be avoided by moving the system
back to Finder mode.  For users of System 7, however, this alternative
is no longer available, since the system runs in a permanent
MultiFinder-type mode.

Furthermore, unlike the System 6 MultiFinder, the System 7 Finder
moves to the foreground whenever the mouse is clicked anywhere on
the desktop.  As a result, even recent children's applications can be
accidentally sent to the background by an inadvertent click of the
mouse.  For small children, this can be a serious problem.

AutoLock solves this problem, by terminating the Finder and locking a
single application into the foreground.

AutoLock includes a small extension, LockSmith which can be used to
create AutoLock aliases that launch and automatically lock
applications.  Using an AutoLock alias, launching and automatically
locking an application is as easy as conventional launching.


Changes from version 1.2:

AutoLock 1.3 now:

  -- provides a Shell Mode, which allows a child to easily start a new
     application after quitting another one.

  -- provides a sound menu and a monitor menu to facilitate the
     adjustment of sound and monitor settings while an application is
     locked.

  -- allows sound and monitor settings to be installed into AutoLock
     aliases, for automatic adjustment of those setting every time
     an alias is launched.

  -- AutoLock now allows you to re-target or delete outdated aliases that
     no longer point to a valid target.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/auto-lock-13.hqx; 58K]

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Date: 02 Mar 1993 10:32:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Barnett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] backgammon.hqx

Attatched is backgammon for the mac.
t requires a 12" or greater color monitor.
enjoy.
aaron barnett
[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/game/backgammon.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 10:43:00 EST
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Gonzalez)
Subject: [*] bookbinder.hqx

Dear persons,

Here is the HyperCard stack Bookbinder for your info-mac/card
directory. You're welcome to include it on your CD-ROM and/or
mention it in your digest bulletin board... Thanks!

Description:

Bookbinder is a HyperCard (1.2 or 2.x) stack which serves as a
tool for creating stacks using a "book" metaphor. This is useful
for creating instruction manuals, reference books, etc. Book-
binder provides bookmarks, "hot" footnotes, Table of Contents,
Index, and other nice features. $10 shareware.

Ralph Gonzalez, PO Box 54, Newark, DE 19711
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/book-binder.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 08:08:11 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Bechtel)
Subject: [*] DinkClass

[Downloaded from AppleLink--I'm not the author, Mark Gross is.  Contact him
via [e-mail].]

DinkClass is a small Think C5.0 (and MPW C++) application framework for
system 7 applications.

DinkClass is now offered as shareware.
If you use ANY of it in your own software, then you must pay a one time fee
to Applied Technical Software (ATS) of $45.  In return you will get
unlimited rights to distribute any COMPILED programs created using part of
DinkClass source code.  However; the distribution of any source code
derived from parts of the DinkClass software MUST BE DONE WITH APPLIED
TECHNICAL SOFTWARE'S CONSENT!!!! (So, give me a call.)   You also get, for
the $45, two free maintenance updates of the basic class library, of the
basic demo applications, of the documentation, any extra demo applications
I may have created (DComDemo a CTB demo, for instance), the MPW C++
supporting files (.make, .r, .c files renamed to .cp, etc.), and telephone
and EMail support.  Maintenance updates go out in December and July.

The DinkClass ShareWare distribution package includes:
o Think C 5.0 projects with well commented source code for 2 applications
and the Template project.
o Think C 5.0 source files for the base class library.
o Off-line documentation of the key features implemented in the class
library, all conforming to the Feature Oriented Documentation standard
developed. Features documented in this way include:
All the applications, Scrolling Windows, Event parsing, File and I/O
handling, Clip board support, Menu Handling, and more.
o A readme file.
o A directory "Listings" file of what constitutes this ShareWare
distribution.
o A shameless flier soliciting contract software development work for ATS.
o The executable form of the CTB demo application.
o This "Posting note"

Feel free to redistribute this shareware package of DinkClass as you wish, but
ALL OF THESE FILES MUST STAY TOGETHER UNALTERED IN ANY RE-TRANSMISSION OR
DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SHAREWARE PACKAGE!!!!!

p.s. it would be nice if someone could but this package in some of the
INTERNET repositories (like SUMEX)

Mark Gross 12/31/92

Applied Technical Software
19548 W. Cambridge Rd.
Mundelein, IL  60060-1005
Telephone:      [phone]

Software engineering services in OOD,  OOP, C++, C, MacApp, TCL, MPW,
ThinkC.  Initial project development intended for transfer to client with
continued technical support.  Turnkey, prototype, and consulting projects
accepted.

I know, its another shameless plug.

p.s. If you would like to use DinkClass in an educational setting contact
me for FREE transient licensing arrangements.

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

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/dink-class.hqx; 262K]

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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 93 10:45:17 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] How to determine the minimum space allocated to a file (answer)

Sorry if someone already answered this question. I'm WAY
behind on my e-mail. However, I did have an answer to this
question already written, so I thought I'd pass it along.
(Cross-posted Mac-l & Info-Mac)- Pete Tamas

> From: Michael A Reed                       <[e-mail]>
>
> Remember how to bigger your drive is, the larger the minimum
> file partition gets, and that's one reason we do extraordinarily
> clever things like hard-partitioning them?  For example, while
> aliases take up around 500 bytes, they are still assigned a size
> of 2K on my 80 meg drive.  Ooh, wasted space!
>
> The $25,000 question is -- where are the breaks in minimum
> sizing? I think the min. is 1K for a 40, but how big do you need
> to get before it becomes 3K?
>

[Archived as /info-mac/tips/hard-disk-partition-sizes.txt; 4K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 13:04:17 PST
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] Inside Mac Games Color March 93

Attached is the March 93 issue of the electronic copy of Inside Mac
Games. You may remember their previous issue. This one has a preview of
Spectre Supreme, reveiws of Spaceward Ho 3.0, Indy Atlantis, Red Baron,
Might & Magic III, Civiization, and many more articles. Downloaded from
AOL.

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/inside-mac-games-2.hqx; 761K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 11:18:35 EST
From: J S Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LaunchPad 2.0.1

Application: LaunchPad 2.0.1
(Shareware, $10)

Description:

System 7's drop-launching features are a nice idea, but
there is a catch: in order to drop documents onto an
application, you need to have the application on the
desktop, or in some other open window.  This one problem is
probably the single greatest impediment to realizing the
full potential of drop-launching.  In the past, you had
basically two choices: either fill up your desktop with an
array of various application icons, to keep them available
for drop-launching, or keep your desktop clean, and limit
your use of drop-launching to rare occasions.

LaunchPad changes all that.

LaunchPad is a simple utility designed to let you keep a
clean desktop, but still maintain convenient access to
System 7's drop-launching features.  LaunchPad serves as a
drag-and-drop dock for any applications that you choose.
You simply drag documents to the LaunchPad icon, and then
select an application to launch from the "get file" dialog.
The dropped documents will then be opened using the selected
application (if possible).

With LaunchPad, you keep your desktop clean and take
advantage of System 7's drop-launching.  LaunchPad also
provides a drop-printing feature.

So why use drop-launching or LaunchPad?  If this question
comes to mind, then you are probably one of the many people
who have yet to experience just how convenient drop-
launching can be.  Drop-launching makes many tasks much
easier.  See the enclosed documentation for useful examples.


Specifications:

LaunchPad requires approximately 30K of disk space, and as
little as 40K of RAM.


Changes from version 2.0:

LaunchPad 2.0.1 is a maintenance release that:

  -- uses an improved memory-handling technique,

  -- uses a color-capable main dialog (so that you can use a utility like
     James Walker's "Dialog View" to add color icons to the dialog),

  -- uses volume names when storing the default folders.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/launch-pad-201.hqx; 57K]

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Date: 02 Mar 1993 09:41:46 -0600 (CST)
From: "Thomas L. Hausmann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] loan-amort-table.hqx (ClarisWorks SS)

This is the loan amortization table developed in ClarisWorks from the March
1993 MacWorld.

-Tom

Thomas L. Hausmann
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
[e-mail]
[e-mail]


[Archived as /info-mac/app/claris-works-loan-amortization.hqx; 107K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 10:43:16 EST
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Gonzalez)
Subject: [*] louie-toons.hqx

Dear persons,

Here is the HyperCard stack Louie Toons for your info-mac/card
directory. You're welcome to include it on your CD-ROM and/or
mention it in your digest bulletin board... Thanks!

Description:

Louie Toons is a HyperCard (1.2 or 2.x) stack which serves as a
tool for creating "flipbook" animations. It provides an "onion-
skin" feature so you can trace successive frames in your
animation, making small changes each time to get the illusion
of motion. The push-button interface should be suitable for
children as well. Freeware.

Ralph Gonzalez, PO Box 54, Newark, DE 19711
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/louie-toons.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 15:01:41 PST
From: [e-mail] (Martin Fong)
Subject: [*] MacGS 2.5.2b2 Runtime (1 of 2)

03 March 1993

These files constitute MacGS 2.5.2 Beta Two and supercede MacGS 2.5.2
Beta One.  The distribution is divided into three parts: a
self-contained runtime environment, complete with fonts, a
self-contained runtime environment *without fonts*, and, in accordance
with the GNU General License, a self-contained development
environment.  Please replace the previous version of MacGS with this
one.

     Thank you.

     Martin Fong                        [e-mail]
     Senior Software Engineer           [phone]
     SRI International, EJ209
     333 Ravenswood Avenue
     Menlo Park, CA    94025

01 March 1993

Overview
 -------
MacGS_2.5.2b2_Runtime.cpt contains a self-contained runtime environment
for version 2.5.2 Beta 2 of Macintosh Ghostscript that runs on a
Macintosh with at least 2 Megabytes of memory.

MacGS_2.5.2b2_Dev.cpt contains the development environment for version
2.5.2 Beta 2 of Macintosh Ghostscript.  Because it does *not* contain
all of the Ghostscript fonts, you must also obtain and unarchive
MacGS_2.5.2b2_Runtime.cpt to obtain a complete Ghostscript runtime
environment.  However, this archive contains sufficient files to run
standalone.

This implemention does *not* require 32-bit Color QuickDraw and runs
under both System 6 and System 7.  It should even run on black-and-
white displays.

This version does *not* presuppose a 68020 or better processor, nor does
it presuppose the existence of a 68881 FPU.


[Archived as /info-mac/util/ghostscript-252b2-runtime-1.hqx; 1925K]
[Archived as /info-mac/util/ghostscript-252b2-runtime-2.hqx; 914K]
[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/ghostscript-252b2.hqx; 1658K]

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Date: 2 Mar 1993 10:47:27 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ShowShare 1.1.0

ShowShare 1.1.0
Since last October, I've been so busy with work I've been unable to release a
new ShowShare. Nonetheless, I did do quite a bit of work on it after version
1.0.0 and several people here at MacWEEK have been running it since then.
Although I had hoped to do much more by now, here's the current ShowShare.

ShowShare is a utility designed to supplement file sharing (and file serving)
by drawing an "indicator icon" in the menu bar showing the current state of
file sharing: running, not running, error condition, etc. In addition, the
three file sharing-related control panels are accessible from a single menu;
selecting one opens it in the Finder and switches you to the Finder.

New since 1.0.0:

* The indicator icon may now be placed in a movable window in addition to
either side of the menu bar.

* Three new options offer automated turning on/off file sharing when ShowShare
is launched/quit, and an option to have ShowShare switch to the Finder when it
is launched.

* Apple event control. You can use ShowShare to control file sharing with
Apple
events. Details available via email to those wanting to use that feature.

* Other assorted fixes (no bugs, just better performance) and hints of things
to come.

Robert Hess
MacWEEK

[Archived as /info-mac/util/show-share-110.hqx; 73K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 12:39:26 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Startupscreen: Computer grapes

This is a 640x480 colour startupscreen of a bunch of "grapes" made out of
keyboard letters. This artwork is from the Japanese artist Hajime. If
you have trouble getting this startupscreen to work please read the report
/info-mac/report/startup-deskpict-faq.txt before emailing me. On the other
hand, feel free to email me if you like this screen.

Cheers

Paul.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/grapes-of-letters-startup.hqx; 188K]

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 10:42:46 EST
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Gonzalez)
Subject: [*] storybook.hqx

Dear persons,

Here is the HyperCard stack Storybook for your info-mac/card
directory. You're welcome to include it on your CD-ROM and/or
mention it in your digest bulletin board... Thanks!

Description:

Storybook is a HyperCard (1.2 or 2.x) stack which serves as a
tool for creating interactive stories similar to Amanda
Goodenough's "Inigo Gets Out" series. It can also be used
by HyperCard novices for creating interactive presentation
aids. The push-button interface lets you create and link pages
in your story using invisible buttons (positioned over drawings,
for interactive stories). You can also easily add special
sound and page-transition effects, text fields, etc without
knowledge of HyperCard scripting. Storybook has been tested
on children 6 yrs and up... Have fun! Freeware.

Ralph Gonzalez, PO Box 54, Newark, DE 19711
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/storybook.hqx; 59K]

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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 18:58:14 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 32-Bit Enabler (Continued Kvetch)

On Wed, 3 Mar, Vittorio Dell'Aiuto wrote:

>Since most of the people trying to use the Apple 32-bit System Enabler
>was probably using MODE32 before, I suspect that MODE32 left some
>"trace" in the System, that is the cause of incompatibilities (I can't
>swear on it!) .
>
>Users experimenting problems with the Enabler should try to reinstall
>the system, providing that they used MODE32. It worked for me, at
>least.

Vittorio, that was an excellent suggestion. You are quite right. I should
have done a clean system install before reporting. Tonite I did one. Yes,
I trashed both system and finder before installing. No, it didn't help.

And I don't think too highly of the message saying that I should not have
expected anything from Leslye's highly modified Mac II. I wouldn't say it
was so highly modified. The FDHD upgrade from Apple gave me the 32-bit-
dirty ROMs. And is a DayStar 030 upgrade all that unusual? I think not.
Heck, an Apple Corporate type recommended it to me a couple years back
as the best way to get System/7 capability on that Mac II.

And now Dr Gonzo says a Mac II must have a PMMU for the 32-bit enabler to
work. Say what? If I put an 030 processor in, why on earth would I bother
with a PMMU?

No, I maintain that Apple did a sub-optimal job on its 32-bit enabler.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 22:15:38 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Spencer Swift)
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!

I too had some problems with the enabler. I have a SE/30 with a Connor
120 internal (non-Mac). I initially had less luck than you though.
It started to boot like yours once or twice and then I kept getting
sad Mac codes and one of the sad Mac chords (man do I hate those
things) I reinstalled and did everything I could think of. Called
Apple 1-800 support and they had me get it up on a floppy and run Disk
First Aid and Norton Utilities (both latest versions) on it. They
reported no errors, but the drive still wouldn't work. Apple also had
me zap the PRAM a couple of times and then everything went dead. The
machine would no longer register the Connor at all!! I would boot and
it would ask me to insert a disk. I finally had to take the drive out and
format it with Silverlining (it had been formatted with the GCC Tech.
drivers) on another machine to get it back. Then it worked fine.

I also put my original Apple Quantum 40 with Sys 7.1 back in the SE/30
and put the 32-bit Enabler on it. Booted and ran fine from the first
try. I don't know if this means that there is a problem with some
third party drives and/or drivers or what.

Hope this helps even if it's just consolation.

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 21:44:49 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Paul E. Jacoby)
Subject: 32-bit System Enabler -- works here

With regard to the 32-bit System Enabler, it is working just fine on
this SE/30.  I run System 7.1 with 8 meg of RAM, a Daystar PowerCache at
50MHz (with FPU), and about two rows of INITs (on a 13" monitor).

My hard disks are formatted with OnTrack's DiskManagerMac 2.42, if that
makes a difference.

   Paul

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 23:14:10 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Paul Antaki)
Subject: Abaton Interfax

I recently posted a query about the incompatibilities between ATM 3.0 and the
Abaton Interfax drivers. So far I have received several responses from
individuals who are in even worse situations than I am. They don't even have
the System 7 compatible drivers and can't seem to contact Abaton or Everex
because they appear to have gone out of business.

Does anyone know where the drivers are available and if it is legal for me to
post them or to e-mail them to individuals?

Paul

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 22:45:35 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: Appletalk auto-login (A)

>Date: 03 Mar 1993 09:21:46 -0500 (EST)
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Appletalk auto-login (Q)
>
>Hello all-
>
>I know this may be a FAQ but...
>
>I run a mac lab here in Ithaca, NY and sometimes people log in via appleshare
>to other computers and check that little box that makes the computer re-login
>upon startup.
>
>Problem is, what happens if you want to disable this? I can't seem to find
>any files in the system folder that are relavent.
>
>Thats about it, thanks.
>
>Ari Kissiloff
>[e-mail]

Trash the file "AppleShare Prep" in your Preferences folder (or System
Folder if you're running System 6). It will be rebuilt next time you select
AppleShare in the Chooser.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 23:40:17 -0800
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Public Internet Service

There were some questions a while back about public Internet access services.
One of the things I picked up at MacWorld was a flyer from VersaTerm author
Lonnie Abelbeck who was showing off his new VersaLink software which does
mail and news.  The flyer is from Global Enterprise Services, Inc. who
provide a service called JvNCnet (don't ask me what it stands for).  This
is essentially a SLIP service, available in a variety of configurations.
They have 4 levels of service, Dialin' Terminal (telnet only), Tiger Mail+
(email and news only), Dialin' Tiger II (full Internet access, including
email, news, ftp & telnet) and Dialin' Tiger (full Internet access, including
email, news, ftp, telnet and an account on their Unix machine).  They use
Telebit 3000 v.32bis modems on an 800 number for access.

You can contact them at (800) 35-TIGER or [e-mail]

Have fun.  Now I can throw the flyer away.  ;)

Jon

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 14:40:42 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Public Internet Service

Jon Pugh <[e-mail]> writes:
>There were some questions a while back about public Internet access
services.
>One of the things I picked up at MacWorld was a flyer from VersaTerm author
>Lonnie Abelbeck who was showing off his new VersaLink software which does
>mail and news.  The flyer is from Global Enterprise Services, Inc. who
>provide a service called JvNCnet (don't ask me what it stands for).  This
>is essentially a SLIP service, available in a variety of configurations.
>They have 4 levels of service, Dialin' Terminal (telnet only), Tiger Mail+
>(email and news only), Dialin' Tiger II (full Internet access, including
>email, news, ftp & telnet) and Dialin' Tiger (full Internet access, including
>email, news, ftp, telnet and an account on their Unix machine).  They use
>Telebit 3000 v.32bis modems on an 800 number for access.
>
>You can contact them at (800) 35-TIGER or [e-mail]

JvNCnet = John von Neuman Computer net. Way back when I was an undergrad,
that was our regional academic network here in NJ. It was (and maybe still
is) based in Princeton. Princeton University's mascot is the Tiger, hence
the Tiger based services and phone numbers...

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 09:57 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Public Internet Service (C)

In 11-49, Jon Pugh mentions a single source of Internet access:

>The flyer is from Global Enterprise Services, Inc. who
>provide a service called JvNCnet (don't ask me what it stands for).  This
>is essentially a SLIP service, available in a variety of configurations.

There are many such providers these days. A good resource for locating the
best one for your needs is the PDIAL list maintained by Peter Kaminski.
Here's a summary of what it contains:
  -1- Summary: Providers With Wide Area Access
  -2- Summary: Area Codes For US/Canada Dialins
  -3- Summary: Phone Prefixes For International Dialins
  -4- What *Is* The Internet?
  -5- What The PDIAL Is
  -6- List of Providers
  -7- How People Can Get The PDIAL (This List)
  -8- Appendix A: Finding Public Data Network (PDN) Access Numbers
  -9- Copyright and Distribution Of The PDIAL; Other Notices

To get the Public Dialup Internet Access List, send email with the
subject "Send PDIAL" to "[e-mail]". Or just grab it by
anonymous ftp to:
 nic.merit.edu:/internet/pdial

By the way, JvNCnet stands for The John von Neumann Computer Network.
Although the Internet services are named after the Princeton Tiger mascot,
alumni are granted no discounts. (I asked.)
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: 4 Mar 93 09:19:00 EST
From: "GINBOX::"Doug_Wilson-2141_EMail""
<"Doug_Wilson-2141_EMail"[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA High Speed Hookup (R)

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date:    Thu, Mar 4, 1993 @ 9:09:03 AM
Re:      ARA High Speed Hookup (R)
Dan Clark asks if anyone is having problems maintaining high speed ARA
connection.
In fact, I have been having exactly the same problem using a SupraFax v.32 bis
modem ( one on each end) connecting with a PB170 to a Mac IIfx. I have
resorted
to using a CCL script that limits top speed to 9600 baud. Its seems to me that
this is a relatively recent development. That is, I can remember routinely and
reliably making a 14.4 K connection from home to work. I really have not had
the time to investigate ( nor do I really know where to begin).

Doug Wilson

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 12:35:05 -0500
From: Brian K. Kobleur <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA on a PSI ComStation?

Hello all!

Has anyone successfully used an internal PowerBook PSI ComStation modem with
AppleTalk Remote Access?  If so, where did you get the ARA script, or which
included script did you use?

Thanks!
Brian

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 10:41:44 -0500
From: "Steve Marsh"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Audio CD catalog program wanted

Does anyone know of a decent Audio CD (only) catalog program? The features
I'm looking for are 1) a stand-alone application; 2) fields for title,
artist, disc # (for multi-disc sets), music type, a brief comment field,
and a general text field for song titles; 3) sorting ability by title or
artist; 4) heirarchal display for multiple albums by a single artist;
5) printing capabilities. I came across a similar program for books that
is very close to what I'm looking for. It was in Diskworld disk 'magazine',
but I forget the exact name (Bookshelf?) and author. Alternative - is
there a program that converts Hypercard stacks into stand-alone apps?
(One that's not too large!) All replies are appreciated.

- Steve Marsh  "[e-mail]"   ;-)

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

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 23:00:12 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: best book(s) on progamming with Hypertalk (A)

>On behalf of a friend of mine who has to write an application in Hypertalk
>(front-end to an office productivity package with agenda/scheduler, mini
>spreadsheet, and so on, connected with other people onto Appletalk
>network) for his degree at the University of Turin:
>which are the best books on Hypertalk programming?

IMHO the best book is the documentation produced by Claris for HyperCard.
It is wonderfully complete and detailed. After that, your friend should get
their hands on any HyperCard book that includes version 2.1. I tend to use
the Claris docs first and then if the answer is not there I start
consulting the other HyperCard books. Each author has a different view of
the HyperCard world and thus includes different examples. If you get just
one programming trick per book, it pays for the book.

The other source of HyperTalk programming are the sample stacks that people
produce and post on the online systems such as info-mac, compuserve,
america online, applelink. Another good source is the nautilus CD ROM
magazines and the Apple Developer CD ROM magazines. These are CD ROMs that
include numerous hypercard stacks.

The Computer Literacy Bookshop in Silicon Valley is an excellent source for
HyperCard books. You can reach them at:
[e-mail]
If you don't have book stores with HyperCard books in your area, send them
e-mail and order the top 3 best selling HyperTalk books they carry. Their
top sellers will probably be satisfactory.

Have fun,
Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 11:04:21 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Can Q700 be upgraded to Q800? (A)

According to the Apple rep at the new Macs show here a couple of weeks
ago, the Q700 is a "dead end" (his words). I hope he's wrong but it
seems to me that logic boards for the new macs just won't fit into
a Q700 case.

On the other hand, there must be a lot of Q700/IIcx/IIci cases out there.
Wouldn't Apple sell a lot of upgrades if they were available?

To upgrade the Q700 right now, if your main concern is speed, the
most likely solution is either a cache card or Newer Technology's
Q700 overdrive. The latter speeds up the 040 in the 700 to anything
in the 30-35MHz range, depending on your configuration.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 11:08:56 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: CD-300i and audio

Our old CD-150 had two (cinch ?) jacks for connecting the audio output
directly to an amplifier. Now I have a Mac IIvx with a CD-300i.
Unfortunately the IIvx lacks the two cinch jacks and only has a 3.5mm
headphone-style plus which has a variable level output.

I didn't open up my mac yet, but I was wondering if the CD-300i inside the
Mac IIvx has the same two cinch jacks as the external drive ? If so, would
it be possible to make a direct connection to my stereo equipment ?

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 1:01:37 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Stewart Walker)
Subject: Client crashes AppleShare s

              Client crashes AppleShare server
We have discovered a totally repeatable way of crashing our
AppleShare server from a client machine. What we need is advice on
how to fix it and prevent the phenomenon from recurring.

Apple's technical response group have told me via my dealer to fix
the client machine's software. It is my expectation that a server
should be robust enough to deal with client problems in a way (such
as a timeout) which will not bring down the server or permanently
disrupt innocent clients. There are 150 itinerant users of this
server and I can't feasibly monitor the system software and INITs
of every Mac on campus to permanently get rid of this problem!

AppleShare Server: Mac IIci 5/APS Quantum 1225 HD (10 partitions),
Ethernet, Sys 7.01 tuned, no INITs, AppleShare 3.01. We have used
two different computers, three different Ethernet cards (two Apple
Ethernet NB, and one old Apple EtherTalk NB), reinstalled all
system software directly from Apple's develop CD. Reinstalled
AppleShare from fresh distribution disks. Reinstalled hard disk
driver software (APS version 2.6.8).

AppleShare Client: Mac II 5/80, Asante Ethernet card, system 6.0.7,
various INITs,... The following procedure will always bomb the
server: Turn on the MacII, enter client's password for automatic
startup connection to server; login to QuickMail (all parts
resident on his own HD), then quit it; double-click on the folder
named Research on his own hard disk. The server is now dead and
shows a perpetual watch icon. The client shows the two small arrows
by the apple menu indicating some network activity started but
never finished. So some simple query about the desktop files on the
server (I assume) kills the server.

Note: No QuickMail client or server software is running on the
AppleShare server, the QM server is a separate machine in a
separate LocalTalk network/zone.

The only server item we didn't replace was the hard disk as we have
no others with enough capacity. Disk First Aid (latest 7.1
version), MacTools 2.0, and Norton Disk Doctor 2.0 find no problems
on any of the partitions.

When rebooting the server after bombing from the above client
(certain other unknown clients appear to crash it too under
unspecified circumstrances) the server pauses when mounting
partitions to examine one partition carefully. Unsharing part of
this partition prevents bombing caused by this particular client,
(but not bombs caused by at least some other unknown clients). The
problem is not load-dependent. This client can kill the server
immediately after it has rebooted with no other users loggged in.
It also has the same effect if this client is connected via Ethernet in the
same zone as the server or from two zones away on a LocalTalk
network segment.

I have also had problem with AlisaShare (AFP-compatible server
running on a VAX) occasionally causing its clients to lock up
waiting for it to respond to some similar desktop-like query, but
this is not as serious since we don't use it much. Comments
invited!

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 21:00:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (James Clifton)
Subject: Decent editors for Unix

I'd also recommend jed, written by John Davis at Harvard. Jed does VAX/VMS EDT
emulation and emacs emulation (potentially simultaneously.) Originally written
for his PC, he has written versions that compile on VAXes, Ultrix, SGI and SUN
machines (useful if you want 1 editor in a mixed-platform environment.) You
can
obtain if via anonymous ftp from amy.tch.harvard.edu (I think pub/jed
directory). He just released v. 0.83; you can get on his mailing list to
receive info
about any updates. Best luck.

Jim Clifton ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 21:49:56 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: double scroll arrows (A)


On Tue, 02 Mar 93 08:49:40 CST <[e-mail]> said:
> >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?

Get [./ex/alt-cdef-13.hqx] by Alex Colwell.  I've been using it since
System 6.0.5, so I know it works there; plus it's S7-compatible and
32-bit/VM OK; plus it's FREE!!!  Try it---you'll like it :-D
            ^^^^
A plug:  I've would like to see AltCDEF upgraded to support `live scrolling'
(y'know, moving the scroll thumb scrolls the screen in real time).  So if
you get AltCDEF and do like it, please e-mail Alex asking for this feature.
Even if you don't get AltCDEF, e-mail Alex and ask for this feature :-O

Thanks.  And I hope this helps.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 11:09:53 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Driver for HP 4M

For the latest version of the 4M driver, call 303-353-7650, or fax 208-
344-4809. I'd be happy to post it if I received authoritative information
that this would be legal.

The new driver number is 2.12. Alas, this is NOT the promised driver
for System 7.1 - it still doesn't know to look in the fonts folder.
I can't imagine what the problem is, but HP seems to be having some
difficulty producing a 7.1 driver.

So what does 2.12 do that earlier versions didn't? Beats me.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 12:38:52 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bruce E. Wilson, Eastman Chemical Company,
([e-mail]))
Subject: Drivers for HP 4M (R,C)

In InfoMac 11#49, Anders Alvers ([e-mail]) asked:

> is there anyone out there who knows where I can get hold of the new driver
> for the HP Lazerjet 4m

We have an HP 4M here.  My office mate installed the drivers that
came with the printer onto his Mac.  I simply used the Apple LaserWriter
driver.  He wound up having to rebuild his system because of persistent
problems that developed while printing, including a couple of system
crashes.  After rebuilding without the HP driver extensions, he's had
no problems.  I'd recommend just using the Apple drivers.  Otherwise,
they should be on a 3.5" floppy that should have been included with the
printer.  If you really need them and can't get them any other way,
drop me an off-list note and we'll see what we can work out.

        Bruce Wilson ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 14:14:52 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: error -192 on desktop rebuild (Q)

Every time I rebuild my desktop I get an error -192 (which is a resource not
found error according to the Sys 7.0.1 error codes DA) and when I click on the
okay button the message keeps coming up requiring me to force quit the finder
(command-option-esc) to recover. Any clues?

Paul.

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 16:36 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Expert Color Paint and Expert Astronomer

Before I take the plunge and invest my meagre funds in new software, I
thought I would sound out the advice of Digest readers who've used the
above products from SoftSync.

(1)  Expert Color Paint:  Basically I'd like a package which not only
has paint features, but also allows you to retouch 24-bit scanned images,
eg changing gamma, RGB balance, brightness, contrast etc etc.  I've been
told ECP does this quite well - right or wrong?  Also, which file formats
does it support?  I'd be particularly keen to be able to handle GIF, JPEG
and TIFF (I'm assuming PICT is mandatory).  How about memory usage - does
it, for example, need a lot of disk space for temporary files or can one
do all the work in physical RAM (and if so, how much)?  Finally, does it
support 16-bit color correctly?

(2)  Expert Astronomer:  I'd quite like to have an astronomy package not
so much for doing practical work as for aesthetic reasons - it would be
nice to have a colorful program which one can demonstrate to others who
are keen to learn more about the subject.  (Plus you can show off your
Mac!)  So, does this package include any astronomy tutorials, preferably
with lots of nice color pictures?  And can it do "proper" work as well,
like predict eclipses, conjunctions etc?

Please reply direct and I can provide summaries to others who might be
interested

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

Date: 04 Mar 1993 11:02:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Condo <[e-mail]>
Subject: FaxSTF & old AppleFax modem (Q)

I have the orphaned AppleFax modem, and am still running it on now-defunct
Solutions, Inc.'s BackFax software, which has not been updated in 5 years.
Delrina Software has bought the rights to BackFax 2.0, but they don't seem
to be anywhere near releasing it.

Has anyone tried running FaxSTF on this modem? Does it work? Failing that,
has anyone got contact information for the company that produces FaxSTF?
The modem works well, but the old BackFax software is getting less and less
reliable in my operating environment.

Fred Condo + [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 08:09:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Lisa L.W. Besko)
Subject: File Sharing

Would someone please enlighten me on file sharing with Macintoshes?

We would like to set up an AppleShare server that contains all the
applications
that everyone here uses.  My first question is, by doing this can one copy of
an
application be installed on the server and, given that the correct number of
licenses have been purchased, can X number of people use that application at
one
time or is it necessary for multipule copies be installed?  Next question, if
it
is one copy that is shared are most of the common applications available for
server installation?  Is it possible to install applications on a VaxShare
server (were using Pathworks)? the one time I tried this the application
wouldn't install on a server volume.

Any input would be appreciated.

Lisa Besko
MSU/NSCL

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 18:36:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jeff C. Rogers)
Subject: Good gray-scale on LW II from Photoshop: How?

I'm trying to print some gray-scale images from PhotoShop to a
LaserWriter II, which I believe does have the Photofine feature.
My question is: How can I achieve the best results? I'd appreciate
any tips.

-- Jeff Rogers
   [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 10:08 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: help!-Mac hangs, unexpectedly quits applications

I need some advice.  My Mac keeps randomly quitting from applications with
Error of Type 1 messages.  It also hangs frequently, often when doing i/o
(like opening a file in Excel or downloading something with Fetch).  I've
reinstalled the system but that didn't help. It's been recommended that I
reinitialize the hard drive, but that's a big enough job that I'm not ready
to jump into it without further advice. Any ideas are welcome.

I have a Quadra 950 with 230Mb hard drive, System 7.0.1 w/Tuneup 1.1.1.

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

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 17:07:26 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help! Ethernet Cards (Q)

Once again I need to call on the collective experience of the net...

Today our new Novell network was installed. Most of the connected machines
are PC (ughh) and our dealer has lots of experience with them. However, they
have much less experience with macs.

For the macintoshs that we have (IIsi's) they supplied Shiva Etherport cards.
The problem is that two of our si's came with NuBus adapter cards installed
and the Etherport wants the PDS (is that right?) slot. I have no problem
giving up the NuBus adapter (we have no other cards installed) but then we
discovered that the FPU is mounted on the adapter card (hey, this is the first
time I've seen the inside of the darn thing).

The dealer tells us that now we have to install a Shiva card with an FPU
installed (more $$$) because he doesn't know of an ethernet card that goes
in the NuBus slot. I hate to think that the FPU that we bought from Apple
was a waste of money and will spend its days on the shelf just because we
want to network our machines.

The question is: Does anyone know of an ethernet card that plugs into the
NuBus adapter? I know that there are network adapters that plug into the
SCSI port, but I would like to avoid that if possible.

Help me save my FPU...
Thanks in advance.

David R. Steiner
Research Assoc. - Remote Sensing & GIS
ISPA - Uni. Osnabrueck, Vechta Germany

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

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1993 23:23:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Help needed setting up FRENCH system! (A)

[e-mail] (Jim Allison) writes:

> 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 definition?

Well, first of all, a Mac with US system software is perfectly capable
of being used to write French.  One can generate all the accented
characters using option key combinations (eg, [<opt>-e + e] for [e']).

Now, in France, a different keyboard layout is used than in the US.
The difference is not limited to having the accented-characters more
readily available, but also includes moving regular letters and
numbers around; for example, all the numbers on a France keyboard
are shifted, as is the period (!).

If you expect to have users who are accustomed to the keyboard used
in France, you could just drop a France keyboard layout into your
System file.  (A collection of keyboard layouts is available at sumex
as many-keyboards.hqx in the info-mac/misc folder.)  On the other hand,
if the Mac will be used by Americans who speak French (or by Quebecois),
they will only be disoriented by a France keyboard, and you should
probably stick to a US (or French Canada) keyboard.

Installing the France version of the System Software will accomplish
the same end, but will also cause all the Finder menus (etc) to appear
in French.  The France system contains both US and France keyboard
layouts.  This would be an advantage only if the users spoke no English
at all; it might be somewhat confusing for your technical support
people to advise a user how to do something, when all the menus have a
different name.

You should have no problem running WordPerfect with a non-US keyboard
layout, but the WordPerfect spelling dictionary will not recognize French
words of course, so you may wish to buy a French dictionary.


Regards.



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

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 19:56:42 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Gordon Mohr)
Subject: info-mac/util/disk-bug-checker...

--
There may be a probelm with the self-extracting archive "Disk Bug
Checker" in the util directory.

When I launch it, I get a "not enough memory" error,even though I have
many megabytes of RAM and disk space free. Its allocation is only ~275K.

The file may be corrupted in some way; I've downloaded it twice and
received the same error both times.

-Gordon Mohr
[e-mail]

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

Date: 4 Mar 1993 09:21:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Butcher)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #49

RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]> writes that he can't get Macintalk to
work
on his Quadra 700 with 32 bit addressing on. This is strange because Macintalk
works fine on my Quadra 900 with 32 bit addressing on. When I "Get Info" the
version is "NA", so I don't know how old it is, but I did copy it over from
my Mac Plus, which I've had for quite awhile, so it's probably pretty
ancient.

At any rate, from what I understand, Apple has upgraded Macintalk, and will
release it with the new Cyclone machines, which supposedly have a DSP chip
that makes speech synthesis (and recognition) much better. Those machines are
due (I think) in June of this year, so you shouldn't have too long to wait.

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 08:07:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: InfoLog

InfoLog is an interesting program that doesn't seem much like the
rest of Connectix's utilities. It is a database for storing pointers
to hardcopy files. It also provides labels and a filing scheme, so
that you have to commit to using it. The rationale is that in an office
with a number of users, things can be filed rather randomly. If someone
other than the filer has to find the file, it can be almost impossible.
InfoLog enforces its system of physical filing, so you can find the
documents on the Mac, and from the record then go to the physical
files and find the one you want. It obviously doesn't make sense in
a very small office or in an office with small files, but in a large
organization with many files or high turnover, something like InfoLog
could be invaluable for tracking physical files.

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 08:17:41 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: John Dvorak

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> A desktop publisher I know says that Truetype Fonts don't look as good as
> the Postscript ones, and John Dvorjak (sp?) aggrees- we all know he is
> always right, or at least insightful.

Insightful? This is the man who in last month's MacUser spent the
entire time complaining about how none of his games from 1985 worked
under System 7. Gee John, we all knew that a year and a half ago.
I personally think he needs to take a break and get a grip on what's
actually happening in the Mac world if he's going to complain about
it officially in MacUser.

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: 04 Mar 93 11:38:09 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Lost Sound on a IIsi

Robert Browning ([e-mail])
Computer Services (Operations) 935-5300
Campus Box 1152,St Louis,Mo. 63130

Thanks to all who responded to my note.  My call to Apple solicited the
follow-
ing reply--Apple has found that some shareware games fudge on following the
rules when setting up the sound parameters for games, particularity so on
some card games.
I can't vouch for the truth of this statement, only for the words.
RWB

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

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 15:38:23 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: M/O Drive Question

I just read the article in the new MacUser on M/O drives, and a couple
of the author's observations caused me to perk up. He said (1) a disk
must be in the drive upon starting your system -- or you had to use
something like SCSI Probe to mount the disk afterwards, and (2) a disk
cannot be "put away" if file sharing is active. Gee, that seems goofy.
If it is true. A PC type down the hall has a couple 128MB M/O's, and
he says he treats them like floppy drives.

Do any of you have experience with the M/O drives that would refute the
MacUser article or (shudder) confirm it?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 09:37:04 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Ian Chai)
Subject: Mac IIx power up problems

Ali Kaylan said:
>I am having a hell of a problem with my mac IIx.  Looks like somehow I
>managed to overload the power up/down circuit.  It now would power up
>normally using ADB, but when I try to power down using "shut down", it can
>not turn off the power supply.  It looks like the power off circuit
>(/POWEROFF) somehow can not bring the power supply /PFW line down.   The
>Apple dealer is asking for a $475 board swap.  If anybody has any clue to
>this, I would greatly appreciate.

I have the opposite problem. I'm afraid to turn off my IIx anymore
because once I turn it off, there's no telling when I'll be able to
turn it back on. I try both the keyboard on switch and the one behind
the mac and nothing happens. Then after an erratic amount of time, I
manage to get it on again. Now I just leave it on all the time for fear
of not being able to get it on anymore.

Any suggetions? Please email me at
    [e-mail]
or      [e-mail]

Thanks,
    Ian

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 18:35:40 -0400 (AST)
From: [e-mail] (Cameron Bales <[e-mail]>)
Subject: Macintalk, and French System.

If you are the type for silliness you can get the Talking Moose.  It comes
with a System 7 massaged version of Macintalk- I can't say how well it works
with other programs but that moose still appears, and puts forth one of those
insightful comments.
Apple Canada gives out "French Accesory kits" for free - probably they work
quite well for people- possibly only those using 6.0.8L and 7.1- I don't know
how well 7.0 handles different keyboard layouts.
Try finding someone who has a Developers CD with the foreign systems on it.
Then try calling Apple- they are so hot and bothered over the multilingual
features of 7.1 they would prob be happy to see somebody actually use them.
Of course you would have to pay the $10 shipping fee.
If all else fails call Apple Canada, and ask about getting the stuff from
them.
- if you need the info, drop me a note and I will get it to you.
No real need to buy a french Keyboard- a magic marker ought to be able to
create one quite well.
    Cameron .:.

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

Date: 4 Mar 93 23:42:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Shaw, David P.)
Subject: Macintalk? Macinmute

>>>>Does Apple have any plans to bring it up to date ultimately, or else to
produce a completely new utility which does the same thing?

Apple has already completed the new Macintalk, which will be called
MacPlainTalk.  It will speak JUST like a normal human
voice...indistinguishable from what I have heard.  They will release it with
the new Cyclone Macs that will come with Casper, Apple's voice recognition
software that uses a DSP chip.


--
David P. Shaw
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:     ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt0151c
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 01:06:28 CST
From: Willi Wilkins <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacLand hard drives

There was some mention about these drives in issue 11.33 and prior to that. I
wanted to say that I have been using a Quantum 170 from MacLand for > 2 years
and I am very, very pleased with it. The formatting software is OK as well,
though I have no idea what they are shipping now. On the other hand, I picked
up an APS Maxtor 105 for the office Mac II (a.k.a. the museum piece) on the
recommendations of the net. This drive has had a couple of problems- SCSI bus
errors and requiring another reformat (2 times) in less than two months.

/s willi

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 08:25:06 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wade Williams)
Subject: MacsBug and crashes

Just some words of warning about MacsBug:

>-- The offending application is displayed on the left side as
>   "CurApName".

Quite often, this is not the case as Macs multitask.

>-- In some cases, the offending routine message in the MacsBug window
>   can give you an idea of the cause of the crash.

This is very rarely the case I'm afraid.  It's usually something incorrect
many lines before the one that actually caused the crash.  Unless you're
pretty good at reading assembly, you're going to have a tough time.
Additionally, unless you programmed the app (which for most people is not
the case), it's tough to find what caused a crash because you're not
familiar with the source code.

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

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Date: 03 Mar 1993 20:29:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MacsBug Tips

Oops....

I forgot to pass on a couple of significant "thank yous" to people who
provided me with MacsBug tips.  My apologies to the following who all sent
along valuable information:

  [e-mail] (Paul Lieberman)
  [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst) (looking forward to your MacUser column!)
  [e-mail] (Scott Johnson)

Also, another good book recommendation:

  "Debugging Macintosh Software with MacsBug 6.2" from Addison-Wesley.

Once again, thanks for all the help!

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 08:14:55 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MacsBug won't restart Mac

Here's a weird one for you. For some reason, MacsBug will no longer
restart my Mac. If I type either RS or RB in MacsBug, I hear the familiar
click and the 13" monitor on my SE/30 goes blank, but the 9" monitor
stays the same and the machine just sits there, not rebooting. The
only thing I can do at that point is hit the restart switch, which
works fine.

I installed System 7.1 recently, but I seem to remember this weirdness
starting before I updated my System. I'll play around with the Debugger
Prefs file a bit, but I'm currently stumped. Any ideas?

Thanks!

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 11:24:12 CST
From: "Patrick Wong" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Serial Printer cable for Epson (IBM Centronics type)

I would like to use Chuck's Printer Drivers to connect my PowerBook 100 to
an Epson (IBM compatable) printer.  I understand that you can use these
printer drivers with a cable call the Grappler which has the Male 8pin Serial
connector on the Mac side to Male 36pin Centronics on the Epson.

I would like to know if any one out there has the pin outs to
construct such a printer cable and any construction tips on such a project.

Thanks

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 09:59:03 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Liam Breck)
Subject: Mouse button problems -- Liam replies

Dear troubled mouse users,

Please stop sending me email about your problems.  I am getting
flooded with messages that I do not have time to respond to or act on.

I am working on an article with a history of my involvement with the
problem and what to do if you have it which I will post within a week.

Meanwhile, thanks for your interest!

Liam Breck     [e-mail]                    Cazador de
Ratones

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 18:40:36 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jeff C. Rogers)
Subject: PICS file format...?

Can anyone clue me in? The system thinks they're PICTs, but they seem
to contain several PICTs concatenated together somehow. My question
is how. I'm familiar with the PICT format (had to create some on
a unix system last year -- talk about fun!) 'cause it's documented,
but I've been able to find nothing on PICS. Alternatively, are there
any utilities that will allow me to separate a PICS into its compontent
PICTs, or combine several PICTs into a PICS? Thanks for the help....

Wonderingly,
          Jeff Rogers
          [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 12:20:18 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Magnet <[e-mail]>
Subject: Possible answer to question in IM-digest V11#49

>I am writing concerning a problem I have encountered with a MAC Plus.  The
>following is the configuration:
>4Mg Ram System 6.07

>The problem is the following, the clock appears to change everytime the
>machine is started.  I have reinstalled, the system, check for viruses,
>and exhanged systems from floppies, but the problem always reoccurs.  If
>anyone has an idea, it would be greatly appreciated.

Try checking the clock's backup battery. The battery is placed in the upper-
right corner of the backside of your Plus.

 ------------------
Erik Magne't
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 13:42:13 +0100
From: Frank Mathias Mattes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with the new SAM Virus definition File

Dear Netters,

we have problems with the new SAM Virus definition File from 6. Feb. 93.

Since we have the new File we can't start the Reference Manager (2.0.6)
>From R.I.S. We always get the error mesage: Aplication error -605.

Does anybody have the same or similary problems with the new definition
File ?

Thanks for your help

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 18:16:01 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stan Kerr)
Subject: Review of Macintosh PC Exchange

This is a partial review of Macintosh PC Exchange, recently released
by Apple. I obtained it through MacWarehouse after seeing it advertised
in their catalog. It appeared that it might offer a replacement for
the somewhat awkward Apple File Exchange. I found that it doesn't.

PC Exchange is an extension/control panel that requires System 7 to run.
It permits you to mount a high density 3.5 inch DOS diskette from the
Finder and view its directories as though the disk is a Mac disk.
A DOS disk can be formatted through the Erase Disk item in the Special menu;
the dialog is modified to permit selecting a Mac or DOS format.
Files can be copied to and from the DOS disk using normal Mac click-and-drag,
but therein lies the first catch: there is absolutely no file conversion
done.
PC exchange is really intended for use with applications such as Word that
exist on both platforms and which can read files created on the other
platform. If you exchange Word files or Excel files or the like a lot, this
could be what you need.  But what if you're like me, and you have this simple
little text file (just text, nothing fancy, lines of characters each with a
carriage return at the end) that you want to plop onto a DOS disk to take
elsewhere (or to give to a client who needs to access the text on their DOS
system)? In that case, you're out of luck. There has to be a conversion from
Mac-standard carriage returns to DOS-standard (and Unix-standard, I
might add) line feeds, and PC Exchange just doesn't do it.
Back to good old File Exchange. This would work in reverse, too; if
someone gives you a DOS diskette with a plain text file on it, you'll
have to use Apple File Exchange to get it off in a useable form.

At this point I haven't actually tried exchanging files for specific
applications such as Word, mainly because I just don't use DOS
applications. The hope of easy exchange of text files is what lured me
to PC Exchange.

PC Exchange, in the version I got (1.0.1) also has a serious problem
with formatting DOS disks (an important activity if you plan to transport
Mac files to DOS).  If I boot my Mac fresh I can format DOS
disks just fine from the Finder, but if I bring up some of my usual
applications, such as Eudora, MacX, or tn3270, the disk formatting fails.
(I.e., I switch to Finder, try to format, and it fails.)
For instance, after I bring up Eudora, if I return to the Finder and
try to format a DOS disk, it goes through the whole formatting process
and fails just at the end. Once such a failure occurs, it seems that even
bringing down the 'offending' application doesn't help; I have to reboot
the machine in order to format DOS disks again. What makes this even
more distressing is that good 'ole reliable File Exchange still has no
trouble formatting DOS disks, and the disks formatted with File
Exchange are correctly recognized in the Finder as DOS disks.
I have lots of extensions of course; if I get a spare day (ha ha) maybe
I'll try going through all possible combinations of them. I think it's
more likely, though, that PC Exchange has a problem, since formatting
works after a reboot.

All in all, this first version of PC Exchange is a real disappointment.
I really thought Apple could do better; after all, File Exchange has
been very reliable (and it was free!). Apple should have incorporated
all the functionality of File Exchange in it before asking people to
spend money on it.

I'd very much like to hear comments from other people who have obtained
PC Exchange.
--

Stan Kerr
Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana
Phone: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 20:58:40 PST
From: [e-mail] (Hung-Yao Wu)
Subject: Serial connection

HI,
    I know we can remote login to a host via modem. But could any one
tell me is there any software/hardware solution that can let me run X-window
application through serial connection(modem connection)? And how is the
performance if we use high-speed modem like 9600bps or 14400bps?

/Tony Wu.
ps. please be kind to reply to [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 18:26:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Michel)
Subject: Soft PC - now "semi"-Windows capable (QA)

[e-mail] writes:

>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

SoftPC with Windows _does_ support 8-bit color, given enough RAM. However,
you are correct in saying it emulates only an 80286.

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 07:23:12 -0600 (CST)
From: John Tomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sound Q

Hi!,
 Back to the Well. I need to know how to get a sound onto the clipboard. I
have created a sound using the mic on an LC running 7.0.1 tuned. When i
use standard select/copy commands the sounds name appears without the
sound. I have tryed to paste the sound intothe scrap book. The paste show
up as a text type. Any ideas out there? About this question. :) I am trying to
put the sound into Museum v0.3. Looks to be a nice piece of shareware.

Thanks
John Tomas
[e-mail]
Socorro I.S.D.
El Paso, Tx.

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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 17:47:08 ITA
From: Davide Proserpio <[e-mail]>
Subject: SpaceSaver and disappearing customized icons (Q)

Hi
  I have been using SpaceSaver since a while without any real problem.
The only annoying thing that happen is that sometimes the customize icons
disappear to be substituted with the plain standard apple icons (for
applicatio
n or documents) . I tried to rebuilt the desktop (ersing the desktop file with
the extension Desktop...- I do not remeber the complete name-), but some icons
do not come backs. For example the one for AutoClock.
How can avoid this?
I have a mac SE/30 with Sys 7.0 and tuneup 1.1.1 installed

Where is gone the customized icon?

                  Thanks to all
                           Davide

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 22:53:28 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: tone generator (A)

SoundEdit from MacroMind can be used to generate sounds. You can vary the
tone with a slider.

Kee

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 22:41:26 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: To tip or not to tip

>Date: 03 Mar 1993 09:56:19 +0100
>From: ROB KOUWENBERG <[e-mail]>
>Subject: [ ListEARN List Processor (1.3)
><[e-mail]: File: "INFO-MAC MAIL" being
sent
>to you ]
>
>Hello Netters,
>
>A question from Mark Elliot led me to fiddleling around with system memory,
>etc. The situation is that quitting the finder ( option-command-esc ) eats
>up 369k of RAM. Try this : startup with the shift key down ( no extensions),
>and then issue the 'about this macintosh' command ( uder the apple menu ).
>Memorize the amount of free RAM and type <option>-<command>-<escape>. Reissue
>the 'about this macintosh command and wonder : 'Hmm where did that part of
>memory go ?'
>The strange thing is that starting up a application, THEN quitting the finder
>and after that quitting the application frees the lost memory....
>
>Looks like something from the twilight zone !
>
>Greetings, Rob Kouwenberg
>[e-mail]

This is to be expected! Forcing the Finder (or any other application) to
quit with Command-Option-Escape leave your system is in an unpredictable
state (many low memory variables are not updated). This is not the way to
quit the Finder (sending it a 'quit' event instead). The only use for this
key combination is to get you out of a frozen application so you save your
work in other applications.

I get annoyed when I see people passing along this so-called "tip" (i.e.
forcing Finder to quit with this key combination) to do various things
(such as to rebuild desktop). I've even seen this "tip" in one of the major
Mac magazines - those editors should know better but some of them obviously
don't.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 21:42:24 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Turning off PrintMonitor in Public Labs (C)


On Tue, 02 Mar 93 13:11:05 EST Rob Smyser <[e-mail]> said:
> To summarize the various responses and my own answer to the problem
> of preventing background printing for various reasons:
> [...summary deleted...]
> Thus, the simplest answer seems to be to delete PrintMonitor and then
> Restart the system.

Why not simply use Extensions Manager (or some such) to disable the
Print Monitor?  Am I being naive?

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 00:20:03 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chris Rorden)
Subject: WriteNow Dictionary (Q)

I purchased WriteNow 3 for use with my PowerBook 100.  Problem is that the
software only comes with the large (300k) dictionary.  In the Apple
PowerBook Guide (in Sumex reports) and the manual it states that you
can configure WN with less RAM by using a smaller dictionary. However,
it has been 2-months since I e-mailed T/Maker, and I have not received
a response.  Does anyone know where I could get a copy of the small
dictionary?
 Thanks-
   Chris Rorden
  (an otherwise satisfied t/maker customer...)

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 11:52:19 +0100
From: John Hendrickx <[e-mail]>

Gerard Hammond said in a comparison of DeltaGraph and KaleidaGraph:
>Problems:
>you can only have one data file open at once. This is a pain. The way you
>do graphs is a bit wierd. I don't like it actually. (I realise that last
>point didn't help. Let me say that it isn't exactly intuitive to make a
>plot.)
>Each graph you make stays with that data file until you traverse a dialog
>box to delete it. Also a pain! As you can see, I'm not a fan but it seem s
>to be the only 3D plotting (postscript) around.

You can only have one DG file open at a time. The file can contain numerous
data pages and numerous graphs. Gerard's info could cause confusion on this
point.

Creating a graph is done by selecting the data and using the "Create Graph"
menu item (or a button). You then get a dialog box with a pop-up menu of
the available chart types. I don't see anything weird about this. I'm
generally satisfied with DG -- it works well on an LC and even (at a pinch)
on a Classic. The ability to export charts as Illustrator 1.1 files is also
useful if you want to do something beyond its scope. I've never used (or
seen in action) KaleidaGraph though, so I can't say if it's better.

John Hendrickx
Department of Sociology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Internet: [e-mail]
  Bitnet: u211310@hnykun11

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