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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 11 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 56

Today's Topics:

      [*] desktop-textures-iii.hqx
      (A) downloading postscript
      [Q] Quadra 700 Ethernet diagnostics
      Anyone use MacMeasure (Q)
      Apple guidelines
      AT&T Modem (A)
      Civilization Cheat Patch
      CServe & internet mail
      DECnet for Mac w/System 7.1 (R)
      DiskDup+ vs Apple's DiskCopy
      e-mail adress of Chris Moll, author of graph_3d ?
      Expert Astronomer (C)
      Greg's Buttons crashes PowerPoint (not for me)
      groff-mac
      Hard Drive Stiction problems
      help/multimedia contest
      How to avoid v____ in SEA's (R)
      How to open a PowerBook Duo? (Q)
      Hypercard books?
      Hypercard sound to sys7 sound.  How to do it?
      Info-Mac Suggestion (C)
      Infolog [Q]
      Inside Mac Games - March '93
      ISBN bar code utility (Q)
      LAN Variable RAM Allocation (Q)
      LC III Ethernet cards
      LC III VRAM, monitors & SIMMs (A)
      MacGambit Compiler (A)
      Mac Generated Storms (C)
      MacsBug won't restart Mac
      Mactivity'93 information
      MACtivity 93 (A)
      MYM 5.0
      Old Mac system question (C)
      Omega SANE
      Opening folders/files impossible (Q)
      PC Exchange (C)
      PICT display on desktop
      printing problems...
      QuickMail default form ques
      SE/Ethernet/Telnet Problems (Q)
      UK Sumex mirror
      Util/Desktop Textures-iii.hqx
      Which draw program? - Canvas vs Intellidraw (Q)
      Word upgrade

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 17:41:21 -0500
From: Geoff Adams <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] desktop-textures-iii.hqx

Desktop Textures III, including Textures Volume I, II, and III

This release includes the newest version of the Desktop Textures Installer,
version 2.1, introduces the Texture Randomizer and the Texture Scroller,
and presents four texture files: Textures Volumes I, II and III and a
32-bit Texture Supplement.

The Desktop Textures Suite includes 83 textures and provides the facility
to install any of them in your system as the desktop pattern. Unlike other
programs of this type, it does not require an Extension or Control Panel
to be placed in the System Folder. We've tried to include smooth desktop
"textures" which are suitable for long-term use, and keep distracting,
"busy" patterns to a minimum. Our textures can add considerably to the
perception of depth on your desktop. There are even several which can be
viewed (Stare-E-O style) as true three-dimensional patterns.

Installing a texture with this program is much like using the General
Control Panel, and you can revert at any time to the normal 8-by-8
patterns.

In addition to the ability to install the many textures included in this
package, the Desktop Textures Installer provides facilities to help create
textures. Once you have created a texture in a drawing, painting,
rendering, or other graphics program, just copy it and paste it into the
Desktop Textures Installer! You can also gather and store collections of
textures in multiple texture files for easy organization.

This program is System 6, System 7, and A/UX compatible.  Anyone with
Color QuickDraw can use this program.  This includes all Macintoshes
with a 68020 or better -- the SE/30 and Classic II on up.  (System 6
users may need to place the 32-bit Color Quickdraw extension in their
System Folder -- 32-bit QuickDraw is required for many of the textures.)

Enjoy!

-- Geoff Adams and Stephen Krauth.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/desktop-textures-iii.hqx; 1137K]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 13:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Henderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) downloading postscript

On March 10, Cees Baarda said:
>I'm searching for a postscript downloading utility or maybe a DA to use in
>one of our classes. ...
> SendPS 2.0 seemes to be a bad choice (i tested it in my lab)
>
I have found MacLPR to be a good substitute for SendPS.
It is in the info-mac achives as follows:
    -r    17804 Feb  2 15:46 ./util/mac-lpr-132.hqx

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 08:15:40 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Andy Moiseff)
Subject: [Q] Quadra 700 Ethernet diagnostics

Are there any diagnostics available to check the ethernet controller
on a Quadra 700?  I am trying to determine whether an ethernet problem
is being caused by the 700's controller or a Asante Friendly Net ->
10 BaseT adapter.  Any suggestions would be welcome.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 17:00:11 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Anyone use MacMeasure (Q)

Hello,

We are evaluating a program called MacMeasure.  There is a mouse mode, but the
full capabilities, and what we need to test, are only available with a
digitizing pad.  So, is there anyone who is using MacMeasure?  What are the
limitations?  We would use NIH Image, except this lab only has Classics.

MacMeasure is available from alw.nih.gov.  It measures area, length, . . .
etc.
of whatever you trace on a digitizer pad.  There is an ADB version that
crashes.
I suspect/hope that it is because there is no tablet presently attached.

We are especially having a problem because in mouse mode the on-screen map of
objects counted is offset from the place where the cursor is originally
clicked.
Plus, the map is invisible until you go to a map view mode.

The intended use is to count cells for morphometric analysis.

thanks much
tim
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 23:02:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Apple guidelines

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Actually, Apple can't escape blame for this one, since their human
> interface guidelines forbid programs from changing the bit-depth
> for the user. If Spectrum does this, they are breaking Apple's rules.

Hmm, I understand the problems involved, but it's such a pain that
I see no real problem as long as the game sets it back when it's done.
Even ResEdit screws with the System Palette when you run it. :-)

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 00:33:36 CST
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: AT&T Modem (A)

I ordered a couple of these modems and have been testing them out on a
bulletin board as well as calling across the country to other boards. My
opinion? It's a really good modem. This modem features a special patented
optical interface which AT&T claims enables the modem to tolerate line
noise quite well. I couldn't explain the technical details of that claim,
but my results do confirm that it works where other 14.4K modems had great
difficulty connecting. The March issue of BoardWatch magazine featured a
write up on this particular modem. Their conclusion was that the modem was
a steal at the $220 price (available only to Sysops).

The modem runs very cool, comes with a decent manual, and excels at
connecting across long distances. You should be able to find BoardWatch at
a well-stocked newsstand. If not, write to me and I will forward
information on all the ways you can reach the publisher.

Only drawback that I have found concerns the model with fax capabilities. I
assumed that the modem would include FaxSTF, but it didn't. When I called
STF Technologies they were only able to provide me with a generic AT&T chip
class 1 fax initialization string. I assume that it will work, but STF
wasn't certain and I haven't tried it out yet.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 12:09:44 PST
From: Suvrit Varshney  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Civilization Cheat Patch

Okay here it is
Patch makes it so that selling something gives mondo $$
Code #14 the application:

Offset 5340     700AC1D0 change to 303C7D00
Offset 5352     D150 change to 3080

Thanks to the person who is responsible for this patch
If it does not work, please don't mail me!. Try it on a copy.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 7:53:00 EST
From: James BelBruno (GC-CDSI) <[e-mail]>
Subject: CServe & internet mail

To All:
   Can some one please give advice, help..etc., as to send/receive
internet mail thru CompuServe?   OR.....if it *has* been previously
bounced about what digest can I look for it in???   Thanks!
JBelBruno,  Dover, NJ

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Date: 11 Mar 1993 09:25:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "Michael A. McGuire" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DECnet for Mac w/System 7.1 (R)

>Date: Tue,  9 Mar 1993 11:05:15 +0100
>From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
>Subject: DECnet for Mac w/System 7.1...
>
>Anyone know if DEC has and/or is planning to release an update to DECnet for
>Macintosh which is compatible with System 7.1 (we have a site license for ALL
>DEC software and receive upgrades via CD-ROM every 2 months- but I don't even
>know if "in the works" or to be released "real soon now", etc.).
>
>ANY info as to the status of DECnet for Mac would be GREATLY appreciated!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Elliot Bennett
>[e-mail]

I have been running DECnet 1.1 with System 7.1 for several months with
no problems.


Michael A. McGuire, :-)
[e-mail]
UTCC - User Services

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 16:54:21 PST
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: DiskDup+ vs Apple's DiskCopy

Following Christian Buser's strong praise (in #55) for DiskDup+ as an
alternative to Apple's Disk Copy (which I don't think is anywhere near as
bad as Avram Dorfman claims in #54), I downloaded the DiskDup+ version
currently on SUMEX. All I got for my trouble was a program that crashed my
Mac II fx (System 6.0.7) everytime I tried to use it. Makes Apple's Disk
Copy appear positively brilliant by comparison.

Oh, well!




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Date: 11 Mar 93 11:39 +0100
From: Ulf Dittmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: e-mail adress of Chris Moll, author of graph_3d ?

Hi netters,
the subject says it all: I'm in search of Christopher Moll, the
author of graph_3D which displays graphs of functions with two variables.
His e-il adress was [e-mail] (it's in the documentation)
but he doesn't answer and the mail doesn't come back.
Alternatively (what I really want), is there a 32-bit compatible version
of his program?

Many thanks for any help. Greetings

Ulf Dittmer

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 10:10:05 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Expert Astronomer (C)

To the people looking for comments on Expert Astronomer...
Have you checked out MacAstro?  It's available at the usual ftp sites.  It
displays a plantarium view of the sky for any location on earth.  Although
it does not include the "sky from anywhere in space" or "watch the
simulated eclipse" modes, it does provide an already large but extensible
list of sky objects, labeling of constellations, planets positions, and
popup ephemeris data for any visible object.  A printout of black objects
on a white background is perfect for taking with you on a stargazing
outing.  I like it.

Paul

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 09:35 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Greg's Buttons crashes PowerPoint (not for me)

At Wed, 10 Mar 93 15:58:30 CST, "Eric H. Durbrow"
<[e-mail]> said:

>Greg Buttons seems to crash PowerPoint 3.0. If you access the PowerPoint
>text menu to change the font, the system crashes. Microsoft Tech Support
>suggests    Greg Buttons does not make "standard system calls." They contend
> ...

I just installed Greg's Buttons yesterday.  I also use PowerPoint.  After
reading this message, I tried what Eric described.  No problems.  My
configuration is IIci, 17MB, System 7.1-no enablers (I believe that this
version of PowerPoint requires system 7 or above), two rows of inits.

- Ed

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 03:34:46 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Daryl Thomas)
Subject: groff-mac

Do you know of a translator to convert groff (nroff, etc) files to MAC
MS WORD 5 format? I would really appreciate any info you may have.
thanks
Daryl Thomas
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 16:52:03 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Francis Knight, SIEM UK Felixstowe)
Subject: Hard Drive Stiction problems

Here's a Golden Oldie to get you all reminiscing about the good old days!
I'm nursing an orphaned SE, which contains a Quantum P40S hard drive. This
is showing symptoms of 'stiction', needing judicious application of reset
button to mount after switching the Mac on first thing in the morning.

I tracked down the report old-quantum-drive-fix and found it referred only
to the Sony SRD 20x0 problem! Was there really an Apple- or
Quantum-supported zero outlay revival program? Various posts a couple of
years ago mentioned some sort of SupaTork ROM exchange: was that just
mythology?

Details, for those who may have Service Notices to refer to:

Drive Type: Quantum P40S 940-40-9402
Barcodes:   40911282922 and 0276
ROM Label:  TA201  1988 QNTM CORP

Any advice appreciated!
Cheers,
Francis K.

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Date: 11 Mar 93 06:41:15 EST
From: "Thomas Puryear" <[e-mail]>
Subject: help/multimedia contest

    during last month, i received information on a "multimedia
    contest" (with an april 1st deadline).  i wish to enter the
    contest, but can not locate my original materials on the
    contest.   i would greatly appreciate it if anyone who knows
    the particlulars of the contest would contact me with the
    needed information.

    i can be reached at: [e-mail]


    (20l) 893-4384


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 12:53:05 EST
From: Stephen Wall (SFAE-AR-HIP-SY) <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to avoid v____ in SEA's (R)

> I understand about the fear of finding that the SEA contains a virus.
> However, if there was a virus, it would either be in the SEA (or
> application code), or in one of the archive files. If the virus is in the
> supoosed self extracting code, then scanning with Disinfectant should
> catch it. Using Stuffit Expander will also effectively bypass any self
> extraction code, or any virus contained therein, since the self extracting
> code is not executed. If there is a virus in the archive files, then
> scanning with Disinfectant (or equivalent) after expanding the files
> should catch the virus.

This still leaves you vulnerable to a Trojan Horse disguished as an SEA.
Your only hope with a Trojan Horse would be something like Gatekeeper,
which would block a "suspicious" act on the part of the Trojan Horse (TH).
Unfortunately some of the most heinous acts a TH can commit are
not fully protested against, even by Gatekeeper.  For example, a TH might
erase substantial portions of your disk without anything stopping it.
The good news is that truly vicious THs often don't spread far since
attacked systems tend to "die" before passing the TH on.  Malevolent THs
also tend to give themselves away, so warnings filter back to BBS and FTP
site administrators quickly, limiting their damage.

Steve Wall


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 14:24:37 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mike Harpe)
Subject: How to open a PowerBook Duo? (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Is there a PowerBook DUO 210/230 owner out there who has installed an
>EXPRESS MODEM in it?

>The memory was no problem since there is plenty of room by just
>removing the keyboard.  The modem is a different problem.
>No directions with the modem, 'An Apple Authorized Technician'....
>is supposed to install it.

>Any comments..?

>Thanks.

I ended up having my friendly Digital Service Center install mine.  Getting
the case open is tricky.  If you have installed memory in it, you're most
of the way there.

The lower right lip of the case is GENTLY pried (pryed?) open and the case
flips up from the "front".  It's tricky enough that I didn't want to fool
with it.  It took the DEC guy over an hour.  I guess the plastic is stronger
than you realize.  Mine is none the worse for the wear.

Mike

--
Michael Harpe, Programmer/Analyst      Information Technology, Ormsby Bldg.
[e-mail]            University of Louisville
[phone]                          Louisville, Ky. 40292
"He's not a man, he's a remorseless eating machine!" - The Simpsons

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Date: 11 Mar 93 02:39:55 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Shaw, David P.)
Subject: Hypercard books?

>>>can
anyone recommend a handy-dandy moron-proof book on using Hypercard?<<<

I really like Dan Shafer's "The Complete Book of Hypertalk 2".  It is a good
book for beginners and experienced users alike on the basics and then the more
complex aspects of Hypercard 2 scripting.  It has proven itself an invaluable
resource to me.


--
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, 11 Mar 1993 08:59:31 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hypercard sound to sys7 sound.  How to do it?

Hi,

    What can I use to copy a sound out of a Hypercard stack so that it can
be played from my desktop.  I've tried several, (the names of which I don't
recall just now,) but they all get the sampling rate wrong.

    Thanks in advance for any answers.      :-)

'til next we type
HAVE FUN!!      --      Jesse

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Date: 11 Mar 1993 09:25:47 -0500 (EST)
From: "Michael A. McGuire" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Suggestion (C)

>Date: Mon, 08 Mar 93 21:43:06 EST
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Info-Mac Suggestion
>
>I don't know how many people out there try to archive copies of Info-mac, but
>if you do, you may find, like I do that using a numbering system without
>leading zeroes make issue #4 catalogue with #41, #42, etc.  I propose that
>info-mac have issue numbers 001, 002, 034, 300.  Since it never goes higher
>than 3-400 issues, 3 digits should be enough.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Jon

Good idea. I have noticed the same thing.


Michael A. McGuire, :-)
[e-mail]
UTCC - User Services

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 21:17 EST
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Infolog [Q]

I'm intrigued by the description of InfoLog (from Connectix), and with the
low $44 "on-line" price, it sounds ideal for me.

I'm a graduate student in clinical child psychology, and between my
dissertation and other interests, I, too, have tons of papers and articles
of interest that I try to file in a somewhat logical fashion. Having a
system like InfoLog sounds fantastic!

1. I have an SE/30 and an HP Deskwriter. I can get access to a LaserWriter
   if I HAVE to. What size labels does it print to, and can I use my
   Deskwriter?

2. Can I set up my own categories to search on? I mean, can I enter
   author(s), title, abstract, journal, etc. or just keywords?


I appreciate any help the net can offer!

Robert Brockman
aka: [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 14:24:03 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Thomas)
Subject: Inside Mac Games - March '93

The March issue of Inside Mac Games has been uploaded to
info-mac@sumex-aim and macgifts@umich. This month's IMG contains a sneak
preview of Spectre Supreme, an in-depth and exclusive interview with Trey
Smith of Graphic Simulations (Hellcats, F/A-18 Hornet), results of our
Reader Survey, and, of course, reviews of games, including Civilization,
Indiana Jones/Fate of Atlantis, Spaceward Ho! 3.0, MMIII, and the new Gravis
MouseStick II. All in gorgeous 8-bit color. IMG is shareware, and e-mail and
disk subscriptions are available. Complete information is in the magazine.
Please note that the file name is inside-mac-games-mar93.hqx. Right now on
sumex there is a file called inside-mac-games-2.hqx which I've asked the
info-mac moderators to replace. The -2 version is the America Online version
and contains fewer graphics and no information about Internet subscriptions.
Wait for the posting announcement from info-mac before downloading (just a
suggestion). The file is rather large (1.6 MB) and is compressed with
Compact Pro. If you have questions or do not have ftp capabilities, please
write me.
--
----
Brian J. Thomas             | Internet: [e-mail]
Senior Editor               | America Online: Baba3
Inside Mac Games

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Date: 11 Mar 1993 13:59:57AST
From: "Adrien BERUBE"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: ISBN bar code utility (Q)

Hi netters:

Can some kind soul point me to a good shareware or commercial
program that will print International Standard Book Number Bar
Codes? Thanks in Advance.

Adrien BERUBE
Centre universitaire Saint-Louis-Maillet, Universite de Moncton
Edmundston, Nouveau-Brunswick, E3V 2S8

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 04:53:52 +0000
From: [e-mail]  (Patrick T. Pruyne)
Subject: LAN Variable RAM Allocation (Q)

Clever-netters:

    Surely someone has battled this strategic obstacle: Is there a
clever way to configure a Novell-LAN so that the amount of RAM an
application is allocated may be configured on a user-by-user basis? As it
is now, the server-resident applications are set for the lowest-common
denominator RAM configuration. Programs like MS-Word 5.1a (and others,
let's be fair!) offer a limited function set under lower RAM allocations.
We are not in a financial or hardware circumstance that permits boosting
everyone's RAM to non-limiting levels just yet.

    Ideally, placing application aliass' (alii?) icons on user's
desktops that are customized for minimum or maximum RAM allocation would be
best; but the Finder does not allow this. One option is to place multiple
copies of the same application on the server with different RAM settings
and alias those; but this option lacks elegance.

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 93 21:41:47 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LC III Ethernet cards

Merv Connell had a problem with an LC III and an Asante & an Apple LC II
Ethernet adapter card (see InfoMac V.11#49).

Asante is about to release a series of Ethernet adapter cards that are
specific to the LC III and work correctly. Get in line for one right away!

Jim Bethin

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 07:31:05 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Michael Bach)
Subject: LC III VRAM, monitors & SIMMs (A)

Dear colleagues:
There's been a number of enquiries about the LC III's properties,
some of which I can answer having examined my new toy:
1. VRAM can be expanded up to 700odd kB. Thus: try to weasel
a LC ownwer off her/his 256kB VRAM and stick it into your LC III.
You get: "Millions" of colors with the 14" montor (640x480 pixels)
and the option of the 16" monitor (832x634 pixels, 256 colors). For
the latter, you might want to buy a good multisynching monitor (many
now can synch to 30-60 kHz line, 60-80 Hz frame rate) and fiddle with
the sense lines. For 640x480 you ground sense0 (#4), for 832x634 you
connect sense0 and sense2 (#4-#10). On 14" monitors the result will
be somewhat hard on the eyes (that is, font size too small, as
resolution is not WYSIWYG to scale). You might even want to install a
switch to change between these two configurations between restarts
(can this be done "on the fly"??). Sticking 512kB VRAM into the LC III
also works, but you get to use only 256kB of it.
2. RAM _must_ be expanded with the _new_ 72-connector SIMMs. In
Germany, these are available as "PS2" modules (I'll wash my mouth with
soap...). Luckily, Apple seems to have chosen a "true" industry
standard here. With university discount, the prices are quite
reasonable. One moot point: In Germany, it seems to be difficult to obtain
sizes above 4 MB at this time. Remember: The LC III has only
_one_ SIMM expansion slot. The 72-connector SIMMs come in a bus width
of 32 bits, which explains part of the speed gain in the LC III
(doubling bus width does _not_ double speed, only by roughly a
factor of 1.5).
3. Number crunching coprocessor: In the LC III, there is an empty
quadratic socket dedicated to the 68882 coprocessor. The LC III is
thus easier to expand than the LC/LCII, which needed a small board.
It should be sufficient to order a 25MHz 68882 at your friendly chip
merchant and stick it right in. I've ordered one and keep you posted
if there's interest. The PDS remains for further expansion.
4. (and final): The LC III is a beautiful machine: same case, double
the performance of LC/LCII, more monitor options (upright page (15")
as well). The price is bearable, even for Europe (and yes, Mac prices
have been prohibitively high over here, and that's why Apple has
lost the race IMHO).
Greetings, Michael.

--
Dr. Michael Bach, Dept. of Ophthalmology,
University of Freiburg, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany
(049)[phone] <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 11:24:41 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Steve Strassmann)
Subject: MacGambit Compiler (A)

 >Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 18:12:41 -0500
 >From: [e-mail] (MCGUIRE,PETER J)
 >Subject: MacGambit Compiler (Q)
 >
 >   Hi.  I just downloaded the MacGambit Scheme compiler and I'm really
 >impressed by it, but it seems a little slow.  There's supposed to be a
 >compile option, but when I try to select it from the menu its greyed out.
 >There is only one reference to the compiler in the manual and that is to say
 t
 >the compiler is available only in the full version.  Anyone know where I
 >could find the full version? Thanks.

MacGambit 2.0 is available from either of these ftp dirs:
 trex.iro.umontreal.ca:/pub/gambit/
 cambridge.apple.com:/pub/dylan/gambit/

The 2.0 release includes the compiler, all sources, and online help.
You can mail bug reports and questions to [e-mail].
The comp.lang.scheme newsgroup is another good source of help.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 10:19:28 PST
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Generated Storms (C)

>One of the my co-workers, who primarily works on the DEC
>equipment here, came over yesterday to warn me about a
>problem that Macintoshes have been generating on ethernet
>networks. He attended a DEC Users Group meeting (the night
>before) where a whole bunch of people sort
>of created a Mac-bashing session.

>Apparently, Mac's that are AppleTalk networking over the
>ethernet are known (at least by the above mentioned lynch
>mob) to generate network storms (such as packet pings or
>whatever).

Gee, it's interesting that these DEC users feel that Macs running AppleTalk
on their network generate network storms all by themselves. Digital has one
of the largest global AppleTalk networks with hundreds of AppleTalk zones
and thousands of Macs. Digital has some very excellent AppleTalk products
for large global WANs. I'm sure that Digital support personnel would happy
to sell consulting expertise to the people who have experienced problems.
ANY network that is set up incorrectly can cause problems. Maybe next time
they complain you should suggest that they hire the Digital Support folks
to set up their AppleTalk network correctly.

Just my opinion,
Kee
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 93 23:40 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MacsBug won't restart Mac

I having simular problems with my accelerated SE and Virtual 3.0. When i'm
using Macbug's RS or RB i'm getting sad mac face and it won't restart. I have
to
use restart button in the programmer switch which is a real pain since i dont
have a switch and i have to find a paperclip or something like that. The
reason
for it i believe that some software that modifies ROM is loaded that way so
Macbug does not initialise it and it gets messed up somehow. For instance when
i do "cold" restart with power off my mac start to boot, loads virtual and
then
restarts by itself and finishes second boot without any delays. It is
obviousely
load some code that stays there and is not acsessable by normal RS or RB
command
Since enabler dose some kind of low level ROM patching it might be why its
happe
ning to you. Mode32 might not modify it the sme way, so it works ok...
Just my guess...
Mike

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Date: 11 Mar 93 16:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Winehouse Computer, Paul Kent,ACR)
Subject: Mactivity'93 information

J.D.

Kee Nethery forwarded your inquiry about Mactivity'93 to me so I thought I'd
get you some prelim information.

The dates are June 29, 30 and July 1 and the location this year will be the
San
Jose Convention Center. The format will be roughly the same: full day seminars
on Monday June 27, the conference and exhibits the 29, 30  and 1st. About 65
total sessions. Lots of new vendors in the exhibit hall. Total attendance
expected around 7,000. Sessions will feature details on many topics that have
been hot lately such as Macs and ATM, Directions of ARA, New routing
protocols,
AOCE, IP solutions, as well as standard tutorials and our favorite features
like the network managers forum, network war stories, face to face with Apple,
etc...

Costs will be exactly the same as last year: $895 for the conference, $445 for
the seminar, $1195 for both.

Golf Tournament has a new sponsor MacWEEK and that will be on Friday. Your
welcome to play of course.

So spread the word, Mactivity'93 is about 4 months away! We have lots of
surprises and fun things to help make the conference 'aura' enjoyable. The
high
level of the content (low signal:to: noise ratio) continues.

E-mail me if there's any other questions. We're getting the brochure to the
printer this week and they'll go out before the end of MArch. You'll start
seeing ads in the usual places in April.

Paul Kent
President
Winehouse Computer Co.


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Date: 11 Mar 1993 13:12:05 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MACtivity 93 (A)

     MACtivity 93 (A)
[e-mail] (J.D. Delancy) asks in Info-Mac #11-55:

Anyone seen or have the latest announcement for  MACtivity 93?
Last I heard it was in Jun in San Jose.  Anyone have details?

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

You're right, J.D., they usually start advertising for it in mid-February
for this mid-July conference.  I haven't seen anything for it yet, which
is surprising, since it's two weeks EARLIER this year.  The card they
handed out last year said that the conference will be held June 29-July
1 at the San Jose Convention Center (a change from the last two years in
Santa Clara---I hope they still have the golf tourney at Santa Clara :-).

I called Neil Kent from Winehouse Computer Company (phone [phone],
fax [phone]) about this.  He said it's still on, and the theme this
year is "See It -- Touch It -- Learn It".  This is in reference to the
ShowNet network that they started last year.  You can "see it" in the
vendors' booths, you can "touch it" on the ShowNet network of Macs they
have set up to test all the products without the pressure you normally
get at the vendor booth, and you can "learn it" in the seminars.  They
are doing more stuff this year with video conferencing, BBS systems, more
groupware (the theme from last year -- collaborative computing), cross-
platform databases and tools, and much, much more.  They want to talk
more about not only networking, but communications in general.

He did say that they're getting started a bit later than usual in getting
the ads out, but look during the first week of April at MacWeek magazine
and in May's LAN Magazine.

Speaking about MacWeek, he also said that MacWeek will be sponsoring the
2nd annual Mactivity Golf Tournament, something that all you amatuer Jack
Nickalaus' will appreciate.  It will be held at the Sunol Golf Club, which
is close to San Jose.  If you have any questions, give Neil a call
at the above number.  If you're REALLY anxious to find out what the
preliminary schedule is going to be, stay tuned.....  I'll be posting
all the Mactivity news that's fit to print (and maybe even some stuff
that's NOT fit to print) to Info-Mac, Mac-L, and MACNET-L over the
next couple of weeks.

Happy happy!  Joy joy!   :-)  :-)  :-)

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

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 23:12:36 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MYM 5.0

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
>      I just received some bulk mail that offers Andrew Tobias' Managing
>      your Money 5.0 for only $8.50 shipping and handling.  It says that if
>      I don't like the program all I have to do is send a "no thanks" post
>      card back, and there's no more charges.  Is the 8.50 s/h worth it?  I
>      am looking at Quicken to manage my accounts but MyM is cheaper (You
>      pay 29.95 if you decide to keep it.)  Has anyone used it?  Any
>      responses would be greatly appreciated.

I went for that deal (it's even cheaper if you just buy it straight
and waive your right to keep it for $8.50 without being a registered
user), and I've been extremely happy with MYM over MacMoney, which
I had used for the last four years. MYM has a nice interface and you
can double-click on most any number or label to get more detail about
where it came from. It takes a bit of getting used to, like anything,
but on the whole, I recommend it highly.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 09:35:48 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Old Mac system question (C)

M. David Greenspon said:

>According to MacUser, the 128K Mac runs Systems up to 2.0 and the 512K Mac
>(not 512Ke, but just 512K) runs Systems up to 3.2.  Too bad--this means you
>can't get the Hierarchical Filing System, popup menus, hierarchical menus,
>styled TextEdit, and things like that.

what is the difference between the 512K and the 512Ke, only the ROM's??
if so is it posible to replace the 512K ROM's with 512Ke ROMS?
are there images of these roms available for instance in Intel HEX or
Moterola S format so I can program my own new ROMS?
Can I use Classic ROMS in a 512K?

Gerrit.

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 23:09:53 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Omega SANE

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Both these points have mystified me since the time I started playing
> around with this patch.  It doesn't make sense for Apple to have removed
> OmegaSANE from 7.1 simply because it's in the ROMs of the newer Macs -
> there is a large installed base of Macs with those 512k 32-bit clean ROMs
> (ie post-IIci) which would benefit.  And if we accept the notion that
> OmegaSANE was also removed for compatibility with future hardware (eg the
> PowerPC) and/or software, well, why retain it in the ROMs of the newer
> Macs anyway?  Apple should either drop it completely or supply it with 7.1.

You expect Apple to necessarily make sense? :-)

> As Adam pointed out elsewhere, you certainly need an FPU to benefit from
> OmegaSANE.  But as to the ROM version required, Apple's release notes for
> 7.0.1, and its own technical note for OmegaSANE, assert that you need
> those 512k ROMs.  However as I pointed out last year, when I patched
> OmegaSANE into a good old Mac II, Speedometer showed the same speed
> increase as on an LC.  Does this indicate a quirk in the way Speedometer
> tests floating-point performance, or that Apple's declared requirements
> may be somewhat at variance with fact (cf other bad advice they've given
> viz Connectix's Mode32, or the 32-bit Enabler)?

I'd have to look back at what Tom Thompson found, but Speedometer
definitely does FPU testing in one specific way which may not be the
way BYTE's benchmarks work, or the way that programs work. There are
many different benchmarks, but the only valid one is what happens
on your system with your application running with your data. If you
can see a speedup with the OmegaSANE patches on a Mac 512K running
System 7.1, more power too you. And you know better than to believe
Apple in all cases... :-)

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 08:48:31 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan, LILoL)
Subject: Opening folders/files impossible (Q)

Hi Mac gurus,

I sorely need urgent help: am having trouble again. I was absent 2 weeks
and lo and behold!, my Mac has suddenly gone sour: when I start up, the
hard disk icon appears OK, but after that I cannot open folders/files (not
even in the Apple menu): everything freezes after attempt to open
(double-click or menu).

Have tried many things (such as cmd-option-esc and programmer's key).
Somewhere I got a message saying 'finder missing or corrupted', so I
replaced the Finder. Nuttin' doin'. I then reinstalled the system. Nuttin'
doin'. I examined the HD with Norton DD and SUM: they see everything as OK.
I even used the Norton File Saver to no avail. When I startup from anything
else (floppy or SyQuest) things are OK. Could it be a speck of dust on my
HD? Norton DD says the media is OK.

Machine: Mac IIsi/5Meg, system 6.0.2, 40Meg HD partitioned into 2 pieces.
Many INITs (yes, that's why I haven't gone over to 7.0). Mouse is new.

Thanks for your help. Please respond to me privately; I shall summarize if
need be.

--

Michel Eytan, Lab Info, Log & Lang              [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 10:48:18 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Bebb)
Subject: PC Exchange (C)

Somebody on this list was having problems with PC Exchange.
I don't use it extensively, have only a modest set of extensions, and
don't use some of the applications the original poster listed.  Having
said that, I find PC Exchange works:
Disks formatted to PC standards have been recognised by Suns and Amigas
(not sure about PCs!!).
I've pulled Word for Windows files off PC disks and translated them
successfully.
I've read vanilla text files (Amiga and PC) with no problem, from Word or
BBedit.  Stripping line feeds in no big deal - BBedit does it from a menu,
Word can do it with a Find & Replace, and there are a number of utilities.

(Used on 7.0 and 7.01, both tuned, LC, IIcx and IISi)

Malcolm Bebb   [e-mail]  [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 15:31:02 PST
From: [e-mail] (Erik Jonson - EECS)
Subject: PICT display on desktop

    Do you know of any application that will allow me to use a PICT file
as my background on the desktop instead of the patter that is set in the
general control panel?  I have heard of a file called "backgrounder".  Any
comments on whether there is such a file and if so, where it might be
located?  I have a IIsi and a 13 inch color monitor if that helps.
Thanks.

                Erik Jonson

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 17:04:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Drew Pommet)
Subject: printing problems...

Hi,

  Does anybody at your site know of a way to transparently print files from
a mac to a unix queue (hplj)?  I know that lpr1.2 and lpr allow you to ship
text files, but I am looking for a package that will allow you to select
the unix queue from the chooser.
  If that is to much of task, then is there a package that will send a
PostScript file to the UNIX queue?
  Thanks for your time.

    Drew Pommet

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Date: 11 Mar 1993 10:18:28 U
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickMail default form ques

     QuickMail default form question... (A)
Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]> asks:

>This is obscure, but perhaps interesting.  We use QuickMail with an
>STMP connection to Internet.  When I get messages from the Internet
>they're delivered with a kind of generic form (just the normal From:,
>To: , CC:, etc. and a subject line and the text).  But the window is
>too small for my tastes (Internet headers tend to be VERY long)- I'd
>like to make it bigger so that I don't have to scroll as much.  Anyone
>have any idea how this might be done?  Could I use QM Forms or is this
>inherent in the way Dispatcher (the SMTP software) works with QM?

I don't know about Dispatcher, because we use Mail*Link SMTP for QM as
our SMTP software of choice here at Cornell, but M*L lets you set a
configuration switch to place the Internet RFC header at the TOP of
the message, at the BOTTOM of the message, or to suppress it altogether.
You might want to check if there's something similar in Dispatcher.
I just set up my own SMTP gateway a couple of weeks ago, so I'm a
little hazy about all the mechanics of SMTP gateways, but I think
that the default form is an intrinsic property of the gateway.  It's
possible that it's a resource that could be hacked using ResEdit,
but I can't be sure.

It wasn't quite what you were looking for, but I'm an alternate
solution kind of guy......    :-)

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

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 11:18:07 EST
From: "Robert E. Yellen" (IMD-TSB) <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE/Ethernet/Telnet Problems (Q)

SE/Ethernet/Telnet Problems

1. We have installed Ethernet 10-base-T cards in four Mac SEs. Two
of the cards are EMAC Speedlink cards and two are DaynaPort cards.
All four Mac are running System 6.0.8

2. We have also installed Telnet 2.5. The users all want the capability
of logging into a variety of mainframes and printing to their appletalk
printers.

3. When the Mac's are started with Localtalk selected via the Network cp.
executing Telnet freezes the Mac. Starting with Ethernet selected via
the Network cp Telnet executes fine. Starting with Appletalk selected,
changing to ethertalk Telnet executes fine. If I now change back to
appletalk Telnet stills executes fine.

4. Ihave tried the following with the same results:
 a. Telnet 2.5 with ans without MacTCP
 b. Telnet 2.4.4
 c. Telnet 2.3.2

5. This problem is only on Mac SE's. We have MacIIsi , MacII, MacIIci,
MacIIcx, and MacIIfx. Any help or hints would be appreciated. Please
e-mail me directly.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 10:28:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Bebb)
Subject: UK Sumex mirror

Does anyone know if the sumex mirror at Imperial College London supports
dial-in access?  (If so, number and settings info would be useful!)

I don't have Internet FTP access, our mailer seems to have problems with
the Rice and umich servers, and sumex has declined guest access the last
couple of times I've tried the pa.dec sever!

Malcolm Bebb   [e-mail]  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 10:30:22 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Util/Desktop Textures-iii.hqx

This file will not download as binhex or text correctly. It seems to be
corrupted in some way. I have tried via Turbo Gopher and Fetch. It gets
right to the end then says it is not a valid binhex file.

Sorry if I am sending this message to the wrong person
Colin McLaughlin
University of Western Sydney
Booloobidja Aboriginal Education Centre
61 2 772 9415 PHONE     [phone] FAX
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 11:51:57 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Which draw program? - Canvas vs Intellidraw (Q)

I'm toying with the idea of buying a dedicated drawing program. This is
brought on not by any pressing need for drawing tools more sophisticated
than FrameMaker's, but because you can get Intellidraw for under $100
and Canvas for $150 via competitive upgrades (I hope they count Superpaint
as a competitor!).

Canvas has done very well in magazine reviews, but I haven't been able
to find a review of Intellidraw. Does anyone have opinions about the
merits or demerits of these (or other) draw programs?

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 23:35:44 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Word upgrade

Word 5.1's "hot" new features...

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
>                 *  A customizable toolbar

For those of you that like them, sure. I found it about as equally
nonsensical as Word's menu structure and naming conventions (and yes,
I know I could change it - I don't actually use the program).

>                 *  An envelope generator

Major printing problems with this baby - don't be surprised.

>                 *  Ability to use text annotations

Whee!

>                 *  Using Drop Caps

I use 'em every day. Don't you? :-) Seriously, if you do use them
this is great, because it allows you to avoid Framing stuff, which
in an innovative use of the English language means "place in a specific
spot on the page". Far be it from me to praise Word 4, but at least
it used something like "Position" for that command.

>                 *  Playing QuickTime movies within a document

Whee!

>                 *  Integrated MicroSoft Graph

Get real - anyone who really uses graphs in Word will use Excel or
something real to create them.

>                 *  Easier table creation & modification using the Table
button

OK, I'll buy that. Tables are useful, but a pain to deal with.

>                 *  Finding files by folder (more robust Find feature)

Could be termed a bug fix.

>                 *  Printing double-sided pages

 (actually the ability to print odd and even pages separately)

Hooray, the most important feature in the entire upgrade. Welcome to
the 1980s, Microsoft! :-)

>
> And, one of the neatest features IMHO, is the scaled-down PowerBook install,
> which only
> takes a little over 2 MB of disk space and includes a battery-power
indicator
> on the
> format ribbon.  MicroSoft sure did themselves proud, offering this upgrade
> with
> all of
> its new and useful features at such an *incredibly* low price.

Sure beats the standard install of 6-7 MB - and does anyone really
use a PowerBook without something that provides a battery power indicator
for _all_ programs? It doesn't do you much good when you're in the
Finder if your batter indicator is in Word, now does it? Now of course,
the PowerBook install doesn't make any difference in how often Word
spins up the hard drive, or anything like that. It's basically just
an install script and that battery icon indicator. I was trying to
read a proof of a friend's book, which happened to be in Word and
wasn't worth translating, and the silly thing insisted on spinning
up the hard drive every time I scrolled. I turned background repagination
off (gee, that's not something I'm used to worrying about in any other
programs for the last five years), fiddled with all the preferences,
and did everything I could think of. Then my wonderful wife came home
and suggested that I actually manually repaginate the document and
it actually worked! Word stopped spinning up the hard drive on every
scroll. The trick was that Word didn't know what page it was on and
every time I scrolled, it had to get confused and spin up the hard
drive to see if that might help. It didn't, needless to say, but it
drove me up the wall. And I wonder why I don't use Word regularly.

Now don't get me wrong - I thoroughly approve of Microsoft
charging $15 instead of $129 for an upgrade and even putting a
few new features in with a bunch of bug fixes (if it had been
just bug fixes they would have gotten knocked for charging for
it - so the new features were a masterful marketing move). And
I think everyone should be able to print odd and even pages, so
if you ever consider doing that (and flipping the paper in the
printer in between for that double-sided printing), get the
upgrade. I just don't think it's worth drooling over.

Sigh, I guess it's late at night and I'm starting to ramble. Nothing
like a bit of word processor fervor to end the day. :-)

cheers ... -Adam

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