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Info-Mac Digest             Fri,  5 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 51

Today's Topics:

      [*] attoClock 1.0
      [*] Battleship 1.3
      [*] BlackJack 1.0
      [*] Cdev Tester 7.0
      [*] Color Startup Screen
      [*] HemiRoids 1.0.7
      [*] Investment Tracker 1.1
      [*] MacLHA 2.10.2
      [*] MiniScreen 1.7.1 Demo -- Desktop Shrinker (Repost)
      [*] MuddTicker1.1.0.sit
      [*] New, BIG Bolo map - with .hqx
      [*] Phonebook Plus STF 1.0
      [*] Print2Pict3.5
      [*] Re: Bill_Trash_1.0.cpt.hqx
      [*] S100BatchBin2.2.cpt.hqx
      [*] ShowShare 1.2.0
      [*] Speedometer-various-20.hqx
      [*] Tetris2000-v-1-4.hqx
      [*] the latest greatest Weather FAQ
      [*] WriteNow 3.0 Filters for PageMaker
      32-bit Enabler
      Abaton and Interfax/ATM3.0
      After Dark (StarTrek)
      Apollo and Eudora
      Auto-Lock (C)
      CAP and Retrospect (Q)
      Cap does do Phase II Ethertalk (was Xinet,...)
      CD-300i and audio (A)
      DDP - IP through Netware?
      Disk Bug Checker (R)
      DiskDoubler* patcher to 3.7.7
      Does VM prefer a partition of its own? (Q)
      Driver for HP LaserJet IIIsi (Q)
      Expanding System Software
      Expert Color Paint (A)
      Gopher Apps
      HELP!! Crashed Hard Drive!! (A)
      Help with MacTCP (Q)
      How can you make your own gamma?
      Hypercard for the beginner(me!)
      info-mac/util/disk-bug-checker...  ( A)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #50
      Internet rookie requests decompression help
      Jerome's Journal Password.
      John Dvorak
      Kaleidagraph, Deltagraph et al (A)
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Date: 04 Mar 1993 00:47:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Condo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] attoClock 1.0

attoClock 1.0
The way-tiny, miniscule, little clock program.

What it is
attoClock is a very small application (4,931 bytes) for System 7 that displays
a digital clock in a small window. It has intentionally few features. It
displays the hour and minute, respecting the time format you have set in your
control panels. It doesnt display seconds or the date or ring chimes or
display movies or pictures or animations. Just the time.

The motivation for creating attoClock was that I like having a clock on my
screen, but I dont want to give up a lot of memory or disk space for the
function. Also, I distrust the extensions and control panels that put a clock
in the menu bar. Even with the best efforts of the authors, conflicts among
complex extensions occur. A small application that obeys Apples programming
guidelines is the least obtrusive way to provide a simple function like this.

REQUIRES SYSTEM 7 or higher.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/atto-clock-10.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 17:11:01 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Battleship 1.3

Battleship 1.3                  The classic game of battleship.
                Play against the computer or your friend.

This is a minor upgrade that shows the un-hit ships after the game is
over.

John Lindal
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/battleship-13.hqx; 111K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 20:36:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Burton Levine)
Subject: [*] BlackJack 1.0

This is a BlackJack game. It is in eight bit color. It is shareware. I ask
for a $5 user fee ($3 low-income).

[Archived as /info-mac/game/blackjack-color-10.hqx; 84K]

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Date: 04 Mar 1993 13:07:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: Evan Olcott <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Cdev Tester 7.0

/***************
*
*  System 7.0 Control Panel tester
*
*  )1993 Triplo Software
*
****************/

The Control Panel tester is a source code file that you can use to test
your cdev code resource files under the THINK C 5.0 environment with little
difference from the operating system.

Any comments, questions, bugs, etc. please report them to:
Triplo Software
c/o [e-mail]

If you think I expect money from this, you're crazy. It's freeware, I guess.
Have fun. Just credit me where you think it's due.

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/control-panel-tester-70.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 07:50:36 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Euser)
Subject: [*] Color Startup Screen

Here's a 13" color startup screen with the Apple Logo casting its white
shadow over the Windows logo.
The background is the Windows grey marble.

Tony Euser
ccMail: [e-mail]
SMTP: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/apple-over-windows-startup.hqx; 333K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 22:49:08 PST
From: [e-mail] (Sean Ansorge)
Subject: [*] HemiRoids 1.0.7

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

REQUIREMENTS: System 6.0.7 or later, 8-bit color, enough memory to give it
an 1100K partition, and 32-bit QuickDraw.  32-bit QuickDraw is in the ROMs
on machines built after the IIci, and included in System 7 on all machines;
if you have a IIcx, IIx or II with System 6 it's an extension you need to
add. I've run HemiRoids with VM on, and as long as enough "real" RAM is
around to page HemiRoids in completely it should work but no guarantees
there.

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

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

Enjoy,

Sean Ansorge
[e-mail]

Version 1.0.7:
2/26/93:
o Added System 6 support (had to change 1 whole line of code...)
o Added debris for alien explosions
o Made collisions less bouncy

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hemiroids-107.hqx; 295K]

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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 93 11:04:37 EST
From: Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Investment Tracker 1.1

"Investment Tracker" is a HyperCard 2.1 Stack that can be used to track
investments in stocks, mutual funds, or anything else that issues shares
for which a price quote is available.  The information for each
investment is stored on a single card of the stack which contains the
buttons for entering and manipulating data and calculating various
interesting things about the investment.  It is particularly valuable
for tracking investments in which you are making periodic investments
(Dollar Cost Averaging, Dividend Reinvestment Plans) or withdraws.

-- What's new in Version 1.1 --
- Improved interface.
- Automatic recalculation when files are edited.
- Faster algorithm for calculating annual average yield.
- Works with the "new, improved" HyperCard Player.

-- Features --
- Records date and dollar amount of transaction and price per share for
  purchases, dividends or sales (partial or total).  These records can
  be displayed and edited at any time.

- Calculates total shares held in each stock or mutual fund.

- Calculates total dollar amount invested in each stock or mutual fund.

- Calculates total worth of each stock or mutual fund.

- Calculates tax basis of each stock or mutual fund taking into account
  dividends reinvested and partial sales.

- Calculates average price paid for each stock or mutual fund.

- Calculates (by iteration) the average annual yield for each stock or
  mutual fund.

--System Requirements--
 HyperCard 2.1.  This stack was written under System 7 on my Classic II.
 It will now work on any machine that is running HyperCard 2.1 or the
 "new, improved" HyperCard Player.

--Shareware--
 A US$5 registration fee is requested.  Registered users
 will receive my Import/Export Utility Stack for Investment Tracker.
 This Utility Stack enables transferring investment files from earlier
 versions of Investment Tracker to the lastest version and exporting
 Investment Tracker files to most spreadsheets and databases.

Compacted and BinHexed using Compact Pro 1.33.

--Larry Wink
  Internet: [e-mail] <or> [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/investment-tracker-11.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 23:46:04 JST
From: Shigeya Suzuki <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacLHA 2.10.2

Enclosed, please find latest public version of MacLHA version 2.10.2.
by Kazuaki Ishizaki ([e-mail])

This version fixes minor bug which cause PB100 or 68000 based machines
to freeze.

English documentation included!

Shigeya Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-lha-212.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 18:33:48 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Morgan Davis)
Subject: [*] MiniScreen 1.7.1 Demo -- Desktop Shrinker (Repost)

NOTE: This is a resubmission of MiniScreen.  The previous 1.7 version
uploaded just last week (sigh) had a bogus expiration date that caused it
die an early death.  Please accept our apology as we remedy this situation
with this new 1.7.1 version.

MiniScreen temporarily changes your monitor's desktop to any size you
desire, such as the dinky, nine-inch "Classic" monitor.  It is most
excellent for:

o   Software development and localization
o   QuickTime video development
o   Multimedia presentations
o   Game playing
o   Office pranks
o   ...and more.

See the enclosed "About MiniScreen" file for complete documentation.

This demo version of MiniScreen 1.7.1 is fully functional for a reasonable
period of time (we promise!), after which it will expire.  MiniScreen 1.7.1
is $39.95 (or $10 upgrade) directly from the Morgan Davis Group.  The demo,
however, is completely free, so enjoy it.  Compatible with System 6 and 7.

New in MiniScreen 1.7.1:

o   Uses System 7 icon tools (if running under System 7)
o   More built-in screen settings
o   Uses standard 'pref' type file for Preferences
    (if updating, trash your old MiniScreen Prefs file).

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

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/mini-screen-171.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 03:04:51 -0600
From: "TheBard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MuddTicker1.1.0.sit

Mudd Ticker is a cool little Utility/Clock that will keep tack of the ticks
until round reset in a Diku type mud. It also keeps track of elapsed time and
some other goodies. It is in color, and has some cool sounds...

changes since 1.0.8 -

o Bug Fixes.


========================================================================
Please, Send E-Mail ONLY to [e-mail]
         "Don't ja just HATE juggling 5 or 6 accounts?!?"
Otherwise, I can be contacted at [e-mail]
========================================================================

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mudd-ticker-110.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 16:45:35 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chris Exit 3/4 Mile Tate)
Subject: [*] New, BIG Bolo map - with .hqx

(This is the second try at this - an earlier post had a corrupt map file)

After downloading the Bolo maps available from Info-Mac, I discovered (to my
disappointment!) that they are all, or nearly all, small: the original 52x104
size.

Well, said I, now that there are editors that support the new large format,
let's get some big maps out there!

Here's my contribution, to start out:  a full-size (216x216) map entitled
"Drawn and Quartered."  You'll see why when you play it.

Note:  this map has not been heavily play-tested with various numbers of
players.  The design was motivated by a desire to investigate logistics issues
in Bolo; consequently, there is somewhat of a scarcity of trees.  This is
deliberate.  I welcome suggestions for improvements to this scenario; however,
*do not* distribute modifications without changing the 'AUTH' resource
embedded
in the map file.  This is the resource used by the BoloStar map editor to
record the author of the scenario.

To avoid having the various archive sites swamped by lots of various people
submitting many different new, large maps; I hereby volunteer to collect any
new maps that people find interesting.  Send maps in BinHex format, along with
any explanitory text that you may wish to include, to the following email
address:

    [e-mail]

Note:  before you decide to offer a map to the world at large, consider
whether
it's an interesting scenario, or whether it's "gimmicky."  I hope that the
playability of maps offered for public consumption will be kept high.  My own
first offering, "Drawn and Quartered," is mostly to get the ball rolling: I
suspect that people who use it extensively will have many good suggestions for
improvement.

-- Chris Tate
   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-drawn-and-quartered.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 20:39:32 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Ken Hancock)
Subject: [*] Phonebook Plus STF 1.0

Phonebook Plus extends the functionality of FaxSTF's phone book by adding
settings for your current phone environment.  After installation, when
you print your documents from FaxPrint, a "Phonebook Plus" button will
be added to the bottom of the Print dialog.

Phonebook Plus 1.0 allows you set the local area code, outside line
prefix, long distance prefix, and to force calls within the local area
code to be dialed as long distance.  Phonebook Plus 1.0 will also work
with private-labeled versions of FaxSTF such as the PSI PowerModem IV.

Phonebook Plus is freeware.  StuffIt 3.0 archive enclosed.

Enjoy!

Ken

[Archived as /info-mac/app/phonebook-plus-stf-10.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 10:51:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Baudouin Raoult)
Subject: [*] Print2Pict3.5

       This is version 3.5 of Print2Pict. It is a virtual printer driver
that previews and saves printed pages to PICT files, the clipboard, or
can create standalone documents from any DTP software.

It works only under System 7 or later.

You can use Print2Pict with any application that prints using the standard
Macintosh interface.

Drop it in your extensions folder and select it with the Chooser.

What is new in version 3.5 ?

- Print2Pict is now compatible with QuarkXPress.
- A extra extension is added : Pixmap PICT.
- The Poscard's "About..." box can be customized.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/print-2-pict-35.hqx; 129K]

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Date: 04 Mar 1993 16:52:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Re: Bill_Trash_1.0.cpt.hqx

Hi, Gordon!
Just got your mail about BillTrash...Hope I'm not TOO late!

    BillTrash is just a ResEdit file containing two icon families to
replace the standard Trash Can icon in the finder.  This replaces the
Trash Can picture with the likeness of Bill the Cat from Bloom County.

    Just open your System file with ResEdit and open up the ICN# resource
and find the trash can icons.  Open up the ICN# resource in BillTrash, too.
Copy each picture from each icon family and paste into the corresponding
icon family member.  Bill's mouth should be closed for the empty trash can,
and his tongue should hang out for the full trash can.

    There should be a "readme" file compressed with the resedit file, and
a STR# resource in the ResEdit document, both explaining what BillTrash is
and how to use him.

Thanx a lot!

Eric

PS If I *am* too late, let me know, and I'll send BillTrash to you again
(IF you're interested!!)

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/bill-trash.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 23:27:00 -0500
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] S100BatchBin2.2.cpt.hqx

Here is S100BatchBin, a drag and drop application that extracts data
>From a Canberra System 100 MCA data file into a tab delimited text
file.  This is version 2.2.  It is only useful if you have data from
a Canberra System 100 MultiChannel Analyzer.  Compact Pro archive.
Free, but not public domain.

Scott E. Lasley  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/s100-batch-bin.hqx; 94K]

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Date: 3 Mar 1993 11:17:45 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ShowShare 1.2.0

ShowShare 1.2.0                                        3/3/93        11:16 AM
A bug in ShowShare 1.1.0 prevents it from handling the following correctly:

You're using the movable indicator icon window, ShowShare is in the
background,
you click on the movable window to bring ShowShare to the front.

Version 1.2.0 (enclosed) fixes this bug. I'd have called it 1.1.1 but a freak
situation on CompuServe (don't ask) caused me to need to come up with a better
version number.

Robert

[Archived as /info-mac/util/show-share-12.hqx; 72K]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 14:13:00 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Speedometer-various-20.hqx

Here is the latest combined record of all the
machine file's i could get a hold on.
With the help of the people named in the readme.

Macintosh models (in various flavours) covered in this record file are :

68000 (8MHz)              Plus, SE, Classic
      (16MHz)             Portable, PB100
68020 (16MHz)             SE, LC
      (16MHz+FPU)         SE, II, LC
68030 (16MHz)             Classic-II, LC-II, PB140,IIvi
      (16MHz+FPU)         II-cx, SE/30, LC-II
      (20MHz)             II-si
      (20MHz+FPU)         II-si
      (25MHz)             PB145, PB160, Duo210
      (25MHz+FPU)         PB170, II-ci, Plus + accel
      (33MHz+FPU)         LC + accel, IIvx
      (40MHz+FPU)         II-fx
      (50MHz+FPU)         ci + accel
68040 (25MHz)             Centris610
      (25MHz+FPU)         Quadra-700, Quadra-900
      (33MHz)             Centris650, Quadra-700 + accel, Quadra-950

The machine's still wanted are Duo230,PB180,Performa's,macED.

This should replace
speedometer-for-various-12.hqx
speedometer-for-various.hqx
in the report directory.

Please call this one speedometer-various-20.hqx

regards ericv   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/report/speedometer-various-20.hqx; 32K]

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Date: 03 Mar 1993 23:09:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edvin Aldrian <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Tetris2000-v-1-4.hqx

Dear Mr Administrator,

I submit the new version of Tetris2000.
Tetris 2000 v 1.4 is the new modified version.

Several modification includes :
- the use of offscreen drawing makes the window moveable.
- user can perform background tasks.
- switching between Tetris and any background window is possible
   thus allowing user to take a rest while playing a game or take a
   rest from any application by playing the game.

so far the game has been tested on Mac LC, SI and Quadra 700 with
color monitor (8 bits) and system 7.0 and above. Any use out of that
configuration such as black and white monitor is not guaranted. User may use
system 6.0.7 or above. The screen configuration is 12 inch RGB color or
above.

If you like this game, please send me a postcard.
This game is a shareware and free but if you wish to include this game to any
other product please inform me.

The source code is available on Think C 5.0, and it cost $10.


Enjoy it.

Edvin Aldrian
39 Myrtle Ave, 3rd floor
Hamilton L8M-2E8
Canada
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/tetris-2000-14.hqx; 73K]

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 08:55:22 MST
From: [e-mail] (Ilana Stern)
Subject: [*] the latest greatest Weather FAQ

Archive-name: weather-data
Last-modified: 23 Feb 1993

Recent changes:

  ==within last two weeks==
  Addition of explorer.arc.nasa.gov/plaza.aarnet.edu.au FTP sites
  Addition of new section for WAIS information (part I section 6)
  Addition of four WAIS sources
  Addition of new section on AFS (part I section 7) and AFS data at MIT
  Addition of hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov FTP site for NCDC inventories
  Information on automatically receiving this posting by email (for archivers)
  Changed machine name for news.answers archive to rtfm.mit.edu
  Updated ZedX information

  ==within last four weeks==
  New volumes of DMSP SSM/I Brightness Temperature Grids CD-ROM set
  Changes to text of listing for DMSP SSM/I Ice Concentration Grids CD-ROM
  Addition of met-stud mailing list for meteorology students
  Clarification of telnet/FTP access to delocn.udel.edu

            C O N T E N T S
      0. Introduction
      I. Data available over the Internet
     II. CD-ROM source list
    III. Research data on tape and other media
     IV. Weather-related mailing lists

This is a guide to various sources of meteorological, oceanographic,
and geophysical data.  Some of these data types are intended for enjoyment
or hobbyist use;  other data are more research-oriented.  Much of the
research data is not free.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/meteorological-data-faq.txt; 42K]

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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 16:38:13 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] WriteNow 3.0 Filters for PageMaker

This file contains the import & export filters for WriteNow 3.0, for use
in PageMaker 4.2 or 5.0.

Previously, PageMaker/WriteNow users had to save their WriteNow files
in 2.2 or another format to be imported into PageMaker. These will
do the trick instead.

Downloaded from the T/Maker forum on America Online. This is
a binhexed Stuffit 3.0 archive.

Rev
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/pagemaker-writenow-filters.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 06:36:52 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 32-bit Enabler

Dear Netters,

    I have been reading in the digest about people reinstalling systems
    just to get the enabler to work.  Too much work! Here's what you do.
    Turn off Mode 32, then remove
it totally from the system folder.  Reboot. (This should switch it to 24-bit,
for that
is what you are trying to achieve, but also to totally remove MODE 32).  Next,
place the
enabler in the system folder, reboot, and then switch to 32-bit mode.  You
will have
to reboot one more time, so make sure you use extension manager or the like to
remove
your INITS and Control Panels, etc... because you will reboot three times.
This worked

on a Mac IIx with about 35-40 inits, extensions, and control panels on
bootup.  Hope
this helps someone.

--Bill

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Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 16:56:55 EST
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Abaton and Interfax/ATM3.0

    Regarding the rumors flying about Abaton being out of business
and difficulties with ATM 3.0 and the Interfax...

    These postings disturbed me because I've been the happy owner of
an Interfax 24/96 for quite a while now. I've never had to call tech
support, but the thought that they might no longer be there wasn't
a pleasant one.

    My first reflex was to call the Everex support BBS. Its number is
in the readme file that came with the Interfax -- for reference, you
can reach the BBS at [phone] (Although you have to pay LD
charges).

    The BBS answered normally and everything seemed in order. I did
notice that there is a *BETA* version of Interfax 1.3.1 posted -- it
is billed as "providing Quadra compatibility and fixes several common
problems". Please note that this *is* a beta version, but development
on the new version seems to be continuing, and the problem you des-
cribe might already be solved by this release.

    If you have a fast modem, I would advise calling the board at an
off-peak hour (After 11:00) and downloading the new version to see if
it solves your problem.

    I checked one other number: the international tech support line
(I live in Canada) at [phone] gave every sign of still being
functional, although I only got an answering machine, seeing as I called
off-hours. My manual lists [phone] as the number for within the
US and [phone] for fax messages. Customer service is listed
as [phone] and the customer service fax is listed as (510)
683-2662.

    If you've been trying 800 numbers, they might have changed them...
I would say the LD lines are a safer bet, although you *do* have to pay.

    Please keep me informed of any futher discoveries you may make!

    Cheers,

    Mark Aiken
    [e-mail]

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Date: 5 Mar 93 14:28:24 U
From: Evans-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: After Dark (StarTrek)

Here I am asking for a little help again....

I downloaded /info-mac/util/ad/star-trek and have not been able to get this to
work.  I do have AfterDark.  But this archive did not come with any readme
files.  Is there something special I need to do with these two files other
than
throw them in the After Dark Files folder?

Thanx
Troy
--
Troy D. Evans                   [e-mail]
Micom Macintosh/PC/UNIX Users Assistance Group  Redstone Arsenal AL

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 18:08:14 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apollo and Eudora

I have had a few reports of crashes occurring in Eudora when my
launching and switching extension, Apollo, is activated. I am
reasonably sure that I have found the problem: since it is easily
avoided, I am posting this message as a stop-gap until I release
the next version of Apollo.

The problem occurs not just with Eudora, but with any program that
uses window names longer than 32 characters, when Apollo's
window-switching submenus are active and Apollo is set to sort
windows alphabetically rather than front-to-back. Eudora seems
to be the commonest application that creates windows with long
names, but no doubt there are others. The bug, I must stress in
fairness to Steve Dorner, is entirely due to Apollo: Eudora is
completely blameless.

The best solution to the problem is to make Apollo sort its
window menus front-to-back rather than alphabetically. Use the
fourth page of Apollo's preferences dialog (Window menus) to
do this.

My apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Jeremy

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

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 12:34:24 EST
From: Thomas Smyth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Auto-Lock (C)

      While auto-lock-13 is probably just fine, I've had much
success keeping my 2-year-old out of the Finder (and my files) under
System7 through the use of a commercial product designed for ages 2 -
10 called "KidDesk" (Edmark).  It allows a child to launch her/his
own programs (as pre-selected by you; in effect an alias of the app
appears on the "Kid's" desktop) and return to KidDesk when he quits
the application.  It includes a calendar, a calculator, a talking
digital clock, and a phone/message machine (using the Mac;s micro-
phone).  You can also paste in a PICT of your child, and it permits
a separate "desktop" for several different users.
     I'm just a happy parent; no affiliation with Edmark.(18004260856)

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 09:10:15 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CAP and Retrospect (Q)

I am trying to backup our networked Macs with Retrospect Remote (v. 1.3Ci)
to an AppleShare volume on a UNIX machine (DEC Station 5000/125 with ULTRIX
4.2 running CAP 6.0 patch level 126. KIP - UDP routing by a Ether.Route/TCP
>From Compatible Systems). The Retrospect archive type is Combined file,
backup Mac is a Mac LC with 7.0.1.

Usually the first backup to an archive is OK, but when I'm trying to do
incremental backup, I get the message
  Device trouble: "1-TEst igen bass", error 105 (unexpected end of data)
  Execution terminated by an error
The cited thing is the name of the archive.

Any ideas about what's wrong? Please mail them to
[e-mail].

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 14:54:02 EST
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cap does do Phase II Ethertalk (was Xinet,...)

In infomac v11 #49 Alan Hewat ([e-mail]) writes:

> I know about CAP and Unix MacDump, but the first does not do ethertalk
> phase-2, and the second does not work with Quadras.


This in not correct.  We have had cap (Columbia AppleTalk Protocol) running on
our Sun workstation cluster for about 6-7 months or so now and it has been
using
ethertalk phase 2 the whole time.

Alan may have tried an earlier incarnation of CAP that did not support
phase-2.
We initially installed CAP v6.0 patch level 100 which does.  The current
version
is at patch level 128  (although 100 was remarkable stable - not a single
crash
or glitch the whole time up to our recent upgrade to the current patch
level).

Cap works great.  And you can't beat the price.  I'd recommend taking another
look at it.

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

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 22:31:34 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: CD-300i and audio (A)

>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]

The internal CD-300i doesn't have RCA jacks (they're called RCA jacks in
this country). You have to use the sound output port to drive an amplifier
or headphone. However, the sound quality would be severely compromised
because the output would be mixed with the signal generated by the Mac
itself.

For this reason alone, I would buy an external CD-ROM player and use
the internal space for a different 5-1/4" device.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 13:05:05 PST
From: [e-mail] (David Bosso)
Subject: DDP - IP through Netware?

Does anyone have a Netware server handling DDP to IP routing (IP
encapsulated in Appletalk)?  Is the Mac NLM capable of handling this
or is another NLM required?

Thanks in advance!

-David Bosso
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 15:17:20 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Disk Bug Checker (R)

Hi,

[e-mail] said:

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

I downloaded it and it worked fine.  I have a Mac IIci w/ undoubtably
too many INITs/cdevs running System 7.1.  On the other hand, I *may* have
run NDD on the disk before using it.  I usually do so when I download
stuff so that annoying minor problems such as a missing BNDL bit or
invalid date get resolved before I use the new stuff.  I don't recall
anything being terribly wrong with Disk Bug Checker, but I could be
wrong.

I guess I'd suggest that you either look for an INIT/cdev incompatibility
or run a disk/file fixing utility before giving up on it.

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu,  4 MAR 93 20:14:24 PST
From: ""Micro Mauler"" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DiskDoubler* patcher to 3.7.7

I down loaded the DiskDoubler* patcher to 3.7.7 from
sumex-aim.stanford.edu this week. After deBinHexing the file the
resulting *.sea doesn't appear on the desktop although the file
is present, e.g. re-deBinHexing asking if I want to replace the
existing *.sea file.

     1. Has anyone else complained about the *.hqx file from
sumex-aim.stanford.edu?

     2. Is there another archive site I might try?

     Thanks,  --Len Schwer   [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 12:55 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Does VM prefer a partition of its own? (Q)

At long last I am about to upgrade to a machine with Virtual Memory.  Given
that VM needs contigious disk space, is it a good idea to reformat the hard
disk with a partition of the 10 Megs or so that I intend to allocate to VM?
If
so, is there a problem with the unpredictable amount of disk space that would
be required by the Desktop file for this partition?  If so, how do I get
around
this.

For what it's worth, my new machine is a Classic II 4/80 running 7.1.  I'm
anxious to do any necessary partitioning _before_ I install my many megs of
apps....

Thanks in advance,

Fergus Sullivan.
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 09:01:55 +0100
From: "Olaf F. Normann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Driver for HP LaserJet IIIsi (Q)

Hello!
We have an LaserJet III si  connected directly to our ethernet, together
with our macintoshes, unix machines and PC's.
In order to print from the macintoshes to this printer, we use a Sun Sparc
with EtherShare, since this the HP LaserJet IIIsi dont speaks AppleTalk
(only TCP/IP). On the mac we use the LaserWriter driver, but this does
not always works. So, my question is: Does anybody know if there exist an
special driver for this printer for the Mac?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!

Best rgds
Olaf

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 10:34 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Expanding System Software

I am confused about something I noticed on my LCII and now on my LCIII.  I
have system 7.1, and only the control panels I need (for my Teleport Bronze
modem to work, MenuChoice, After Dark, Software FPU (turned off), SuperClock!,
SpeedyFinder7, Disinfectant, ATM.  I don't undersatnd why when I start up,
and then check out "About This Macintosh" in the Apple Menu, the box indicates
that my system software is taking up ~1,900K.  After using the computer for a
bit, the box will say the System Software is taking up as much as 4,500K !!!
Why does the system software become such a memory hog?  Is there a way to
stop the system software from eating so much memory?  I have 8megs total,
so it's not a travesty, but I am curious . . .

-Greg Anderson

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 22:56:08 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Expert Color Paint (A)

>(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?

I combine scanned photos to create realistic fakes using Expert Color
Paint. It has very few controls but plenty enough for digital retouching.
(changing gamma & RGB balance) no, (brightness & contrast) yes. Yes ECP
works quite well. It handles TIFF and PICT. It runs in 2Megs of RAM and
creates a virtual space on your hard disk to manage the image. You need
enough free disk space for a copy of the image to reside on the drive while
you work on it (in addition to the original image file that is your saved
version). (support 16-bit color correctly) no idea. For the money I love
it.

I have been scanning in 8 by 10 inch photos and "working" with the scanned
images. I just got my images back on Kodak Photo CD and will see if by
using the Kodak software I can manipulate the images in ECP.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: 04 Mar 1993 22:16:03 -0600 (CST)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Gopher Apps

Well, I finally spent a few hours with my systems guru and the MacTCP
manual--I seem to be up an running.  Now, what is the recommended
Gopher app?  I got a copy of TurboGopher from selfsame guru and it's
neat but a little kludgy.

Thanks!

-Dwight

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

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 02:26:44 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HELP!! Crashed Hard Drive!! (A)

You sound like you're experiencing the recently discovered bug in the
Mac ROM chips. When certain conditions exist (disk size, fragmentation
of extents file, # of partitions, etc.), the Mac will perform incorrect
math and think the disk is not a Mac disk.
Solution: Get Disk Bug Checker 1.1 from the archives. It will tell you
what conditions cause the problem. Either way, do this:
1. The Disk is FINE!!!!!. Don't initialize. No data will be lost.
2. Run Norton or MacTools. let the utility mount the disk near the end
of the diagnostic.
3. Optimize the disk to eliminate the fragmentation. This brings the
fragmentation of the extents file down to zero.
4. Now reboot. Since their is no fragmentation, it should work.
OTHER NOTES:
1. Don't use Apple's 32-bit enabler. It double boots on startup, which
forces the problem to appear more often. Must use Mode 32 for now.
2. Changing partition sizes may make the problem go away (you change
the mathmatical calculations that produce the bug.

I've been having this problem for 10 months with my IIcx. Glad somebody
finally traced it to the ROM chips.

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 13:55 PST
From: Charles G Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help with MacTCP (Q)

     Hello...

     I have a question that's just burning deep inside me; it involves
     using MacTCP and a modem.  I have heard that it is possible for a
     modem (serial connection) to emulate an ethernet card and make it seem
     that you are directly connected to the internet.  Is this true?  Have
     my prayers been answered?  I think I have all the necessary tools to
     do it:  MacTCP, modem, NCSA Telnet 2.5, CTB tools (necessary?), and
     last but not least internet and telnet access.  Am I missing a piece
     of the puzzle?  I hope I only need help putting the pieces into place.
     Could someone please supply step by step instructions on how to
     perform the configuration?  Either a reply to the digest or to me
     works, I'm flexible!

     thanks in advance,

     Chuck
     [e-mail]                "millirems, our best friend."

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:35:59 +0000 (GMT)
From: [e-mail] (Bernard Khoo)
Subject: How can you make your own gamma?

Dear All

The setup: a Quadra 700 hooked up to an Apple 16" via internal video
(paperwhite
gamma) and to a Tatung SVGA monitor via an Apple 8.24 card (defalt gamma).

The problem: the Tatung's colours are very noticeably cooler -- e.g. whites
are
blue in comparison with the 16".

So, how can I hack my own gamma to compensate for this?

All help gratefully received.

Bernard Khoo. Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, UK.
E-mail: [e-mail], @phx.cam.ac.uk or @mbuk.bio.cam.ac.uk

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 22:03 EDT
From: Alex Leary <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard for the beginner(me!)

Date sent:  4-MAR-1993 22:00:56
  Hello netters, I am wishing to create a hypercard stack on the
values and uses of the internet. I have fooled around w/Hc before but
haven't had much luck. I need to know eveything from scratch. I want
to add picts, and possibly sound as well as text. Can someone point me
to a file in i-mac or even better send me a "hypercard for the
complete idiot" directions?
Thank you
---learyj@snycorva

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

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 10:10:46 EST
From: "A. Marsh Gardiner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: info-mac/util/disk-bug-checker...  ( A)

>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.

I had the same problem.  I got around it by using Stuffit Deluxe 3.0.5
to extract it.  Stuffit Lite should work as well.  But yes, I think that
the archive is somehow corrupted.

______________
Marsh Gardiner       [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 09:10:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Wade Williams)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #50

>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.


It's quite obvious your dealer doesn't know anything about Macs.

There are about 5 (or more) vendors that make NuBus Ethernet cards.  The
cheapest are Focus Systems and Asante.  We've used Asante cards and they're
very good.  We haven't tried Focus Systems yet, but I haven't heard any
major complaints.

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

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 15:15:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Wyant <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet rookie requests decompression help

Help.  This is probably a classic FAQ,
if not a DAQ (dumb-ass question), but
the self-referential nature of the net
has me bamboozled and ftp has me
stumped.  I have a Quadra 700, use
Microphone II for communications.  When
I log on to, say, NNSC, I bumble around
for a while in UNIX and eventually get,
say, Internet-tour.  Per instructions,
I set file type to ascii, and it
transfers to my local computer, a Unix
Sparcstation operated by CLASS.org.
Then I download from there to my
machine, using Xmodem and binary
transfer (since it's .hqx).   Then I
try to use Binhex and Unstuffit,
neither of which even sees the
internet-tour folder on my desktop.
What am I doing wrong?  While I'm at
it, I read a recent note advising
against using binhex.  What should one
use instead? (Not that I know how to
use it anyway)  Is there a book or
manual anywhere that deals with
compression?  "Whole Internet Users
Guide..."  talks about _everything_ but
this.  If this really is an FAQ or
(ulp) a DAQ, respond to me directly and
I'll swallow my pride.  Or embarrass me
publicly -- I have to know.  Thanks.

Scott Wyant    [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 17:18:05 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jerome 'TofuSoft' Chan)
Subject: Jerome's Journal Password.

  I'm going to fix it in the next version so that when you don't have a
password, it won't ask you for one. Currently, when it asks for a password,
just press return. I wrote this in the comment field (when you do a get
info) but it was lost when I stuffed it ( I think ).

  If you have any comments, please email them to me.

---
 The Evil Tofu

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 22:42:27 -0600
From: Brian E. Saunders <[e-mail]>
Subject: John Dvorak

About Mr. Dvorak:  he was not in this month's MacUser.  Does anyboy know
if he quit, they canned him, or if he just took a break?

Brian E. Saunders                       [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 09:39:28 EST
From: williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Kaleidagraph, Deltagraph et al (A)

    In digest #48, Gerald Hammond wrote of Deltagraph "As you can see, I'm
not a fan but it seems to be the only 3D plotting (postscript) around."

    The local graphics artist uses GraphMaster and swears by it for 3D
stuff, he says you get moire control over rotations than with DeltaGraph.  I
*think* that it does PostScript output too.


John Williams (INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, C.R.Tours, Nouzilly,
France)
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 02:21 CST
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: Keybounce on PowerBook Duo

I'm thinking about buying a PowerBook Duo. There's one catch, though.

My friend has one, too. Obviously, I've tried it out. It shares the problem
with
the other couple of Duos that I played with. The problem is key bounce. With a
rather high frequency (every 15th keystroke, or so) the typed key produces two
identical characters in the document I'm typing. The problem does not occur
with
an external keyboard hooked up to the external floppy drive adapter.

When my friend called the Apple hotline for PowerBook users he felt like he
was
stonewalled. They told him, they had never heard of the problem without
offering
to fix the problem. I myself have including his had this problem on three dif-
ferent Duos.

If you have this same problem, could you please drop me a line?

Dominik Hoffmann ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 16:08:05 CST
From: "Joseph Clements"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Listserv address

Netters:
Does anyone know the full address necessary to
reach the listserv at Marist U?

Please reply directly to me.  Thanks in advance.

*Joe Clements  [e-mail]

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

Date: 5 Mar 1993 09:57:40 -0500
From: "Bill Fleischmann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: M/O Drive Question

REGARDING                re> M/O Drive Question
Allan M. Bloom <[e-mail]> asked:
> 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?

I have a 128 Mb M/O drive from PLI which I've been using since this
past summer (brief pause to remember summer...).

(1) would be true, except that PLI supplies their own init--
"RemvInit 3.5"--to mount automatically any newly-inserted disk.

(2) is true; even if I am not sharing any particular folders on the
M/O disk, even if the disk itself is not set to be shared, even if
I turn program linking off, I cannot unmount the disk if I have file
sharing turned on.  (I *think* that's because *all* mounted volumes
are being shared for the "Owner"--that's me--regardless of other
settings.)  But I rarely have file-sharing turned on.

So, in practice, I have the same functionality as your "PC type down
the hall ... [who] treats them like floppy drives," except that I
*can* turn on file sharing when I want to ;-)

>>Bill Fleischmann
Univ of Michigan, Anesthesiology

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 09:27:28 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert Brickman)
Subject: M/O Drive Question (A)

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #50 you asked:

>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

I have a PLI 128Mb M/O drive and I can say that the answer is "Depends".
PLI does provide an extension (RemvINIT) which allows you to insert and
remove the optical disks at any time, works just like a floppy. Now I will
qualify that statement when it comes to file sharing. If you have an
optical disk already mounted on the desktop, and then you startup file
sharing (assume System 7 for this discussion), you will not be able to
dismount and eject the m/o disk regardless of whether you have a shared
folder on it or not. But if you startup file sharing before inserting and
mounting an m/o disk, then insert and mount the m/o, the m/o disk will be
ejectable. It all depends on the order you do things.

Regards,
Robert Brickman   <[e-mail]>
   - The opinions expressed here are my own and in no way reflect the the
opinions, policies or practices of my employer...

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 11:13:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hank Dolben)
Subject: M/O Drive Question (A)

In the following responses I relate my understanding of the way removable
media and personal file sharing work based on my experience with the
Microtech 650 magneto optical drives (OR650 and Genesis 650).

In Info-Mac V11 #50 Al Bloom wrote:

>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,

If a disk is in the drive when the system is started, the driver is read
>From the disk. Microtech provides a system extension that installs the
driver even if there is no disk in the drive on startup, so that a disk can
be inserted in the drive anytime. Perhaps not all removable media drive
manufacturers provide software to do that.

>and (2) a disk cannot be "put away" if file sharing is active.

The good news is that removable media can be shared. There are two relevant
rules with personal file sharing. One, all disks that are mounted when file
sharing is turned on are "shared" (implicitly, you can mount your "hard"
disks from another AppleShare client). Two, a "shared" disk may not be put
away. So, if you *want* to share a removable disk, insert it before
starting file sharing.  Then you will have to stop file sharing before
ejecting that disk. If you do *not* want to share a removable disk (e.g.,
if you want to eject it without stopping file sharing), leave the drive
empty when starting file sharing. Then, you can mount and put away any
number of removable disks, but cannot share them.

>Gee, that seems goofy. If it is true.

What makes all of this seem "goofy" is the *implicit* sharing of all
mounted volumes. (Note that it doesn't help to turn off "Allow user to see
entire disk" for the "Owner"; probably because this can be turned on and
off without stopping file sharing.) If the sharing of each volume could be
turned on and off in the manner of the sharing of a folder, then it would
make sense to be able to put away an unshared removable disk. Of course,
just because it makes sense to me doesn't mean that Apple would do it ;-).

>A PC type down the hall has a couple 128MB M/O's, and
>he says he treats them like floppy drives.

As you can see from the previous comments, you can "treat your magneto
optical drives like floppy drives" as long as you don't want to share them.
(I'll resist asking about the PC type's personal file sharing. :-)

Regards,
Hank Dolben      Space Science Center      University of New Hampshire
Hank Dolben                                          Space Science Center
[e-mail]                                University of New Hampshire

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 08:33:08 -0800
From: Claude Errera <[e-mail]>
Subject: M/O Drive Question (A)

In IM 11-50, Al Bloom asks about 128MB MO drives, and asks
if it's true that they 1) must have disks in them at startup,
if mounting with something like SCSIProbe is to be avoided,
and 2) that filesharing must be turned off to eject a disk.
Well, I've got an Epson MO drive from APS, and unfortunately,
both of these things are true. Luckily, with QuicKeys, both
toggling filesharing and mounting added disks can be automated.
Once I got used to it, I didn't mind the hassle so much, and
the abundance of space (each additional 600 megs costs me
$200!) more than makes up for any inconvenience.

Hope this helps,

Claude
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 22:19:29 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac as a FAX server? (A)

>Does anyone know of a hardware/software combination that allows the Mac to
>answer a phone, listen for touch-tone combinations, and then send back a
>requested FAX? My prototype is the MacWarehouse FastFacts system, where you
>are faxed info depending on the identifier code you type in.
> We publish several biological journals, and we were considering setting up
>such a system to allow people to be faxed offprints of our articles
>directly.

Magnum Software Corporation
21115 Devonshire St. Suite 337
Chatsworth, CA 91311

818-700-0510 voice
818-700-8225 fax

They definately have a fax back solution for the Mac. The other people to
consider (real soon now) is:

Cypress Research
240 E. Caribbean Dr.
Sunnyvale CA 94089

408-752-2700    voice
408-752-2735 fax
[e-mail]

Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 11:59:56 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Macsbug

>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 can verify that!  I have a MAC IIx with sys 7.1 and the new 32 bit enabler.
Same problem.
But if you go back to MODE32 - guess what - back to normal.  Maybe Al Bloom is
on to something!!
Jim Smart

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Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 13:37:04 EST
From: "Dieder B." <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP problems...

Okay, this has me stumped...

why does FETCH work so well at resolving names and ftp'ng around the world,
yet NCSA Telnet has a cow when I try to open it?

It says one of two things...System Error...or 'Unable to open Resolver'.

I am using MacTCP 1.1.1

Any suggestions appreciated.

Or should I just shoot the darn thing? ;-)

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 09:17:06 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail] (Daniel V. Blystone)
Subject: MacX 1.2

This is a letter to everyone who was having problems with MacX and
System 7.1.  Lots of us were describing a problem with the selection
of a host in MacX 1.1.7.  I must say that after recieving my MacX 1.2
upgrade, there have been no more problems.  I also had problems with
my A/UX 3.0 machine telling me that there were no available pty's.
This problem has also gone the way of the TRS-80.

Many debts of gratitude go to Alan Mimms, Steve Peters, Paul Jensen,
Andrew Zaeske, and everyone who helped and tested the much improved
MacX.

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel V. Blystone  {[e-mail]}

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 20:30:15 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Ray Flesner)
Subject: mcvert.shar

Dear sir:
I am having trouble getting mcvert.shar to work on my unix machine (it is
a DEC-Ultrix form of unix).  I tried doing "sh mcvert.shar" and
"shar mcvert.shar".  These did not work, and I am at a loss to how
to get the mcvert.shar file to create the proper c programs so that
I can compile them on my machine.  I do not know unix that well, but
I am trying to learn a bit of it.  Any help on this matter would be
greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance for your help.
....Ray Flesner, [e-mail]....

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 11:47:54 EST
From: Mark A. Saper <[e-mail]>
Subject: Non-breaking en dash in Word 4.0 (Q)

Does anyone know how to insert a en-dash in a word so that it doesn't break
across lines?  Does this feature exist in Word 4.0?  How about 5.1?

Dr. Mark A. Saper                                          [e-mail]
Biophysics Research Division                          [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 14:34:56 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: NuBus Ethernet cards

Stop the presses!!!

My humblest apologies to the digest for taking up bandwidth for such
a worthless question yesterday, but the pressure was on and the brain
was off ;-).

A few folks have taken the time to show me the error of my ways (very
nicely I might add) and to point out that there are scads of NuBus
ethernet cards out there.

I will try to make ammends by sacrificing my Novell dealer to the Almighty
Gods of the Internet and raising the level of my questions in the future.

Thanks again to all those who took the time to answer.

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

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Date: 05 Mar 1993 12:36:32 +0100 (MET)
From: HANS KROEGER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Please help with QuickTime movie (Q)

QUOTE
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     The Galileo Earth-Moon Conjunction animation is now available at the
AmesSpace Archives.  This animation is courtesy of Paul Geissler and Larry
Kendallfrom the University of Arizona, with permission from Mike Belton,
GalileoImaging Team Leader.  The animation was formed from 46 images taken by
Galileospaecraft shortly after its Earth flyby on December 16, 1992, and is
in acompressed PICT format to be used with the NIH Image software on the
MacintoshEfforts to convert the animation to other formats is currently in
progress.The animation is available using anonymous ftp to:

    ftp:      ames.arc.nasa.gov (128.102.18.3)
    user:     anonymous
    cd:       pub/SPACE/ANIMATION
    files:
          Earth_Moon_Movie.Hqx
          Earth_Moon_Movie.txt

The animation can be run using either NIH Image or Quicktime 1.5.
A fli version of the animation is expected to be ready by this Friday (March
5).  Thanks again to Paul Geissler and Larry Kendall
for creating the animation and making it available.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNQUOTE

Help needed:

I downloaded the Earth_Moon_Movie.Hqx and unbinhexed it with StuffIt Expander
but I cannot run it. I tried to open the movie file from WordPerfect and
MacDrawPro (as I did so often with other QuickTime movies) but to no avail.
I downloaded it again, still same problem. I downloaded the venus.hqx file
(which is an AD .pics file) using the same tools from the same directory and
it runs fine.
Any guesses what is wrong ?

Appreciate your help!

Hans Kroeger
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:44:13 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Printer log file

Hello,

Could anyone inform me where I could found "lazer log" or any other utility
which could give a easy log file about curent activities oe a shared lazer
printer?

Thanks in advance.

Patrick Mertes-Universite Catholique de Louvain-BELGIUM
[e-mail]
                    Cordialement


                        Patrick MERTES
                         I.E.P.R. / S.I.E.P.

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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 93 20:50:22 CST
From: Ken Austin <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE boot up problem (Q)

A faculty member here has an SE running System 6.0.5 (I've tried to get
him to upgrade) and the Disinfectant INIT.  Occasionally it just won't
boot.  (We only get a flashing disk w/?)  I suggested his hard drive may
have crashed and he drove across town to the shop where they succesfully
booted it several times.  Later that day, it wouldn't boot again, so he
HIT the side of it and it booted.  He hasn't turned it off since.  Any
ideas?  (He would rather not take it back to the shop. I think they were
rude...)(It's the factory HD, 40 Meg I believe...)

Also, can I prevent having to paste custom icons back in after rebuilding
the desktop in 7.0.1 (tuned)?   -THANX-

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 09:31:46 EST
From: williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Setting up a French system (A)

    To add my two centimes worth to this discussion, I might add that
WordPerfect is available in a French language version (although they tend to
lag behind by a version or so, translation takes time...).
    Any one doing any serious typing in the French language would be well
advised to buy a French AZERTY keyboard.  There is a learning curve to be
overcome (AZQWM and ; are the chief differences plus numbers on the top row
require the shift key to be pressed) but in my opinion, this is preferable to
searching the command key combinations for the diacritical characters which
are
very frequently used in French.
    By the way, I switched back to QWERTY when in Scotland last year, now
I'm back to using AZERTY again.  A bit of a pain switching over, but it can be
done!

John Williams (INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, C.R.Tours, Nouzilly,
France)
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 15:25:37 EST
From: Nathan Y Pearlstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: Starup Screen Oddness

I downloaded the lord-of-the-rings.hqx startup screen the other day and ran
into what I think is an odd problem. I have a mac IIci w/ cachecard 5 MB ram
Sys 7.1 w/ quicktime 1.5.   13" AppleColor Monitor When I ran JpegView I got
an
unimplemented trap error.  So I figured something might be wrong with my copy
of Quicktime.  So I tried to run simpleplayer and sure enough it bombed.  So,
I
turned off all my inits except for quicktime.  JpegView and simple player
still
didn't work.  So I removed the StartupScreen (the aforementioned
lord-of-the-rings.hqx startup, note that I had already debinhexed it and
looked
at it with Gifconverter converted it to startupscreen format)
>From my system folder and then everything worked fine again.
So, how could a StartupScreen cause this problem?  just curious.

--
DarkNater

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Date: Fri, 05 Mar 93 13:54:29 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Thanks for SAM opinions

A big 'thanks' to all the folks who sent me opinions about SAM vs.
Gatekeeper and Disinfectant. I had been planning to get back to
everyone individually, but the recent listserv snafu caused me to
have to dump all my mail files, and I don't remember everyone who
replied.

The consensus, with a couple of dissenting votes thrown in, was
that there is not much point in using SAM instead of Gatekeeper or
Disinfectant, *unless* you use a lot of compressed files. SAM, I am
told, is able to scan compressed files while the others are not.
Other than that feature, the choice seems to pretty much boil down
to personal preference.

Thanks again for all the replies.
                 Pat

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

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 04:33:43 PST
From: SnoMan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Using a DeskWriter w/ Windows

I have an HP DeskWriter (Mac version of the DeskJet) hooked up to my Mac.
I also have a PC running Windows.  I want to print from Windows to my
DeskWriter.  I can't.  :-(

I have a couple of those serial switch boxes that I was planning to use
so I could share my modem and my printer with both computers. Everything is
working great with the modem.  When it comes to the printer though...

As I understand, the DeskJet 500 and the DeskWriter are the same printer.
The only difference is that the Mac version has a mini-din port used either as
a serial port or as an AppleTalk port (it has circuitry to sense which), and
the PC version has a parallel port.  I figured I could use the DeskJet 500
driver that comes with Windows to talk to my printer.  I told the driver
to use the COM1 serial port instead of the LPT1 (parallel) port.  The
problem is, for some reason, it won't let me set a speed higher than
19.2Kbps.  The DeskWriter manual says that the printer communicates at
57.6Kbps
(and for all I know can't be changed. I wouldn't want to though, 'cause then
it wouldn't talk to the Mac).

My comm software on the PC can be set to 57.6K, so I know it isn't a
limitation of the PC's serial ports.  I guess my question is, does
Windows itself simply not allow PRINTING to go any faster than 19.2?  Or is
it a limitation in the DeskJet driver?  Does anyone know of another driver
that would allow me to run the serial port faster?


Any Clues?  Anybody?  Please?
Todd Winter
[e-mail]

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Date: 05 Mar 1993 02:14:33 -0600 (CST)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is GhostScript?

Sorry: everybody seems to know but me. What is GhostScript? I get the
impression it is a PostScript emulator, like Freedom of the Press: is
that right? If so, will it enable me to print PostScript from my LC
II to my StyleWriter? How much trouble is it? I tried Freedom of the Press
once & found it to be a big hassle. BTW, what is the shareware fee? It's a big
file to download if I know in advance I can't afford to pay for it. TIA.

William Porter / University of Houston

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

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 22:18:49 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is InfoLog (A)

>The Connectix online users deal was reported recently in this
>forum.  In it is mentioned their new product "InfoLog."
>I've looked through all my references and latest mags and
>can't find this product.  What is it?

I've been using InfoLog for almost two years now. InfoLog is a specialized
database for locating documents. Infolog is an OnLocation kinda software
for physical files.

It prints out a batch of Avery Labels with unique ID numbers. You put a
label on a document, enter some keywords about that document into InfoLog,
put that document into some folder or box, and tell InfoLog which folder or
box it is located in. When you use InfoLog to search for all documents with
specific keywords, it displays those documents. As you pull each document,
you enter an additional keyword in InfoLog to distinguish it from the
others. Next time, locating THE document you desire is even quicker.

I read a stack of trade magazines every week. When I see something worth
saving I rip it out and file it. Used to have tons of file folders with my
attempt at some sort of categorization of the documents. If I knew I had a
document on a specific subject, I'd end up looking through a bunch of my
folders since it could have been filed into any number of them. Since
documents were difficult to find, I didn't search for them unless I really
needed them.

With InfoLog I read and rip articles and then enter them into InfoLog. Now
I search using InfoLog and not only do I quickly see where the article is
located, I also find other articles I was not aware that I had, and where
they are located. My paper files are many times more useful to me now.

Right now InfoLog is a single user system. The idea is that a work group
would use InfoLog to keep track of their paper files. In a multi-user
version of InfoLog, you and my other partners might allow me to look
through your InfoLog databases for specific information. Maybe you have
documents from some personal connections that I am unaware of (so I
wouldn't even know to ask you for information on the subject). Through
InfoLog I would see that you have documents that fit my key words. I could
ask you about these things and if you felt it was appropriate, you'd supply
me with the information. A multi-user InfoLog would provide a collective
memory of what documents were available. But, for now it is single user and
it greatly increases the usefulness of my personal files.

If you have specific questions, just ask,

Kee
[e-mail]

Just my opinions. I was an InfoLog beta tester. I get no financials from
Connectix for using InfoLog or talking about it. I love it and am very glad
to have it as a tool.

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

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 93 12:28:07 SST
From: [e-mail] (Benjamin Lian)
Subject: Word 5.0a -> 5.1

The Word 5.0x to 5.1 update must have been reasonably substantial
because I don't see any update patches and stuff in the Info-Mac
archives.  Would some kind soul please tell me what's new and what got
fixed in 5.1?  Did you get your update free?  If not, how much did you
pay for it?  I am having problems with Word 5.0a quitting on me after
some seemingly innocent activity.  Just upgraded from 6.0.8 to 7.1.

The local Apple software dealers haven't a clue about what I'm talking
about.  Not the first time.


Benjamin Lian
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 23:41 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: WriteNow Dictionary (A)

Mr. Rordon's question is valid.  The second disk of the WriteNow 3.0 upgrade
contains a special archive.  Try double-clicking the file iconed with the
file-drawers as well.  I think you might find the dictionary you need.
Sincerely, ABRODY @ CLARKU

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:43:58 +1100
From: [e-mail]

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU!wchang
From: [e-mail] (William CHANG)
Subject: Re: 14" Apple Color Monitor (Q)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 03:43:53 GMT
Lines: 33

[e-mail] writes:

>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.

>Please reply directly to me.

>Thanks in advance for your help.

>Leo G. Leduc
>[e-mail]


If your monitor is a Sony Trinitron tube, then the problem is inherent.
The grey line is actually a wire inside, and can be seen on all Trinitrons.
Apple has used Trinitrons in the 13" RGB display as well.

Nothing can be done except turning up the brightness. The same wire can
be seen on Trinitron TV's as well, but one does not notice it as much
compared to a Mac's desktop from 12" away!

Apple's new Color Classic has a 10" Trinitron as well - wonder if the
line is still there?

Live with it, its the Trinitron trademark! (Pity the poor souls without one!)

Yours, William

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