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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 23 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 64

Today's Topics:

      [*] ARA AT&T DataPort
      [*] attoClock 1.2
      [*] Babylon 5 GIF
      [*] BBEdit-C-Indent-ext.hqx
      [*] Blizzard of '93 QuickTime
      [*] cali-japan.hqx
      [*] comm - Talk v1.1.0
      [*] Duo-n-Dock.pict
      [*] EndNote Plus Demo
      [*] Expression Photoshop Filter v 2.2
      [*] FileTyper 4.0.0
      [*] FileTyper Lite 4.0.0
      [*] flight.hqx
      [*] grapher361.hqx
      [*] HierPopup 3.1.3
      [*] HyperWais 1.7 submission
      [*] info-mac/report/modem-guide-11.hqx submission
      [*] info-mac/util/ad/oura-qt.hqx
      [*] Jaws QT Movie
      [*] JMP Demo
      [*] Loodle 5.3 (disk cataloging program)
      [*] mac-change.hqx
      [*] Mac as Xterm: summary of responses (LONG)
      [*] MacChemtab-20.hqx
      [*] Macintosh Tips & Tricks newsletter
      [*] MAC OCTAVE awailable
      [*] Menuette 1.1.2
      [*] MugShots #2 (Gray Scale Icons)
      [*] new Black Jack program
      [*] new Minitel emulator without password and account number
      [*] NSF Proposal Forms for Word/Excel
      [*] OneNet_Primer (Put in comm directory)
      [*] pict-show-141.hqx
      [*] PowerStrip 2.0 from CompuServe
      [*] PPDs for Xante Accel-A-Writer
      [*] Print Job Query
      [*] RE: Frontier Updater
      [*] Reference Link 1.1.1
      [*] startupscreen: coral
      [*] startupscreen: great white
      [*] Sumex submission
      [*] TidBITS#169/22-Mar-93
      [*] tips for Fox programmers
      [*] util - MacBinary II+ v1.0.1
      [*] xLibrary Version 2
      040 vs. 486
      048 vs 486 speed
      alias changing (A)
      Apple CD-ROM Driver Upgrade (A) (2 msgs)
      Apple DiskCopy
      ASCII/BINARY __hqx transfers (Q)
      ATM and Printers
      Broken SIMM sockets--how to fix? (R)
      CD-Rom driver upgrade
      Centris/Built-in Ethernet
      Clones? long life the clones!
      Color and Hypercard
      Combined Image & singlefile copyprg. [Q]
      C Programming on Macs
      DOS mounter ?
      Emailing software orders from Europe--UPDATE
      Ethernet Cards for the IIci [Q]
      European Prices...
      European pricing
      European software prices
      Excel 4 : bombs during scrolling
      Excel 4 : problems with macro menu definition (2 msgs)
      Folder Capacity Limit
      Free tex, etc. with eps preview and 7.1 capability
      How to get a Mac Postscript File show on the NeXT
      HP Laserjet 4M
      HP LaserJet 4M (addendum)
      HP laserjet 4M (R)
      HP LaserJet 4M vs. Apple LaserWriter Pro 600/630
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #62
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #63
      Information about Savvy?
      Large text files
      Latest Version Full Write Pro? Where to Get? (C)
      Logitech trackman problems
      Mac->Windows TT
      Mac Mail Servers
      Math co-processor in duo dock? (Q)
      Memory Modules for Mac Portable
      Network utility - Likewise
      Numerical Data from Graphs (C)
      NuvoLink SC and system 7.1
      PC Exchange vs. Access PC
      Pointing to Mecca
      PRAM zapping in System 7.x (q)
      Problem to print japanese aon LaserWriter IIg
      Recommendations for external HD
      SndControl
      SpeedyFinder7--where? (Q)
      SPICE circuit analysis for the Mac
      StarChart and MusicWorks leads
      Stolen serial numbers...
      Supra V.32bis Faxmodem
      Text Processor for large files (R)
      Times Two
      Typing tutors-looking for recommendation
      Uploading / downloading binary files with Kermit
      VersaTerm and Internet
      VRAM for duo dock (S)
      Where's GreyChicago? (Q)
      Word-Mac mailing list - Administravia
      Word 5.0 Crap Display (A)

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Date: 20 Mar 93 01:57:21 U
From: qubridge![e-mail]
Subject: [*] ARA AT&T DataPort

               Subject:                               Time:1:50 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          ARA AT&T DataPort                      Date:3/20/93
Enclosed is an ARA file for the AT&T DataPort 14.4/FAX.  I wrote it and  used
it to transmit this file.  It has been tested with the AT&T DataPort  14.4/FAX
but should work with any of the DataPort models.

P.S. This is the first file I've ever posted to an ftp site.  Let me know if I
did everything correctly.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-att-dataport-144.hqx; 21K]

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Date: 19 Mar 1993 23:24:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Condo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] attoClock 1.2

attoClock 1.2
The way-tiny, minuscule, little clock program.

What it is
attoClock is a very small application (6378 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 doesn't display seconds or the date or ring chimes or display
movies
or pictures or animations. Just the time.

Version history
1.2     Completely redesigned memory management. AppleEvent-awareness added.
Right-justification of time in window added. Brings Finder to the front rather
than remaining the active application at launch time.
1.1.2   Enabled formatting unreadable diskettes. Not released.
1.1.1   Removed needless Edit menu. Not released.
1.1     Added date to about box. Not released.
1.0.1   Changed file permission from Write to Read in the preferences reading
function. Also added time to about box and setting the cursor to the arrow on
activate events. Not released.
1.0     Initial release.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/atto-clock-12.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 01:21:45 -0600 (CST)
From: "Anthony F. Gaudiano II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Babylon 5 GIF

This is a GIF from the television show Babylon 5.  This file was obtained
>From a local area BBS.  Enjoy.

Anthony F. Gaudiano II
SFASU Apple Student Rep.
Applelink: ST0503
Internet: [e-mail]
Tenet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/babylon-5.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 08:51:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Stephen Roderick <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BBEdit-C-Indent-ext.hqx

"C Indentation" is a BBEdit extension that will indent C source code.
If there is a selection in the current document it will be indented,
otherwise the entire document will be indented.

The "C Indentation" extension for BBEdit is free of charge. This software is
offered on an as is basis and no liability or responsibility on the part of
Stephen C. Roderick should be assumed. Use this extension at your own risk.


Stephen C. Roderick
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bbedit-c-indent.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 16:06:07 EST
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Gasser)
Subject: [*] Blizzard of '93 QuickTime

The enclosed is a QuickTime movie I made of satellite images
of the East Coast during the so-called "Blizzard of '93."

More info in the README file.  Freely distributable.

Nathan Gasser

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/blizzard-93.hqx; 465K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 15:51:42 MST
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Hartig)
Subject: [*] cali-japan.hqx

March 16, 1993

Please post as info-mac/fonts/calijapanfonts.hqx.

Contained within this distribution are files for Japanese Katakana and
Hiragana fonts. Bitmapped fonts, copyrighted TrueType and Type 1
Postscript fonts are provided. Characters are in calligraphic style.
Characters for all the phonetic sounds are included. There are also a few
additional symbols which are used in standard Japanese type setting.

If  you use these fonts, please pay the shareware fee of $10 US to support
further development of fascinating and useful software. The outline fonts
are copyrighted, but you can them distribute freely as long as you include
all files in this archive. You may not distribute these fonts for commericial
purposes without my permission.

Comments, criticisims, support, etc... are encouraged.  They can be sent to:

[e-mail] or
[e-mail]

Thanks
-Kevin
) 1993 Kevin Hartig

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/cali-japan.hqx; 168K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 13:10:11 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comm - Talk v1.1.0

Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>             Ph: [phone]
Talk v1.1.0 & Talkd v1.1.0 is an implementation of the UNIX Talk
protocol for Macs with MacTCP.  Talkd is a background only application
that notifies you when a talk connection is requested, and Talk is a
talk client, allowing you to talk to other machines. Talk and Talkd
work with both System 6 and 7.

This is basically a bug fix release.  I keep saying "Talk really needs
a major rewrite", but I keep not doing it, so I may as well make the
current version available.

Changes since v1.0.6:
~Option to automatically connect to incoming talk requests.
~Dimmed the Talk button when an invalid address was selected.
~Changed RecieveKey to use TEInsert instead of TEKey to avoid TE calling
ShieldCursor
~Added Zoom state preserving.
~Preserve text selection across RecieveKey - still flickers though :(
~Support selecting a particular terminal to talk to.

Talk&Talkd are Shareware, $5.

Hope you like them,
   Peter. <[e-mail]>

Talk 1.1.0 & Talkd 1.1.0 Copyright 1992-93, Peter N Lewis

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/talk-110.hqx; 80K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 12:23:54 CST
From: Troy D Evans (SESInc)876-2291 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Duo-n-Dock.pict

cktime/pict format), but
I hope you enjoy.

Troy

[Archived as /info-mac/art/duo-n-dock.hqx; 138K]

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Date: 18 Mar 1993 12:48:20 -0600 (CST)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] EndNote Plus Demo

This is a demonstration EndNote Plus and EndLink software from Niles &
Associates, Inc.

EndNote Plus is an Enhanced Reference Database and Bibliography Maker.
As a database manager, it specializes in storing, managing, and
searching for bibliographic references in your private reference
library.  As a bibliography maker, it automatically builds lists of
cited works and also formats references to paste into footnotes.
Finally, using a user-specified bibliographic style, it produces a
copy of your paper by reformatting the in-text citations and placing a
bibliography at the end.

EndLink is an add-on module to EndNote which enables you to import
journal references from online databases into your EndNote libraries.

This demonstration package may be distributed freely but may not be
modified in any way.

Please contact Niles & Associates, Inc. for product availability and
pricing at [phone],fax to [phone].  Email addresses are:
[e-mail] (internet); Niles.Assoc (AppleLink); NilesAssoc
(America Online); and 71172,653 (CompuServe).

Niles & Associates, Inc.
2000 Hearst Ave., Suite 200
Berkeley, CA  94709  USA

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/end-note-plus.hqx; 567K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 12:21:20 PST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Bumgardner)
Subject: [*] Expression Photoshop Filter v 2.2

Expression 2.2 with doc.

This is a Photoshop filter which creates images by evaluating
a mathematical expression for each pixel and coloring the pixel
according to the result.

It can create beautiful abstract images, useful test patterns and
do limited image processing.

Used with Adobe Premiere, it can create very nice movies of
zooms into the Mandelbrot and Julia sets.

Uploaded by the author.  Contact him at [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/photoshop-expressions-22.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 16:33:55 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kalkwarf)
Subject: [*] FileTyper 4.0.0

FileTyper is a small application that allows you to edit file types, creators,
and Finder flags without having to open a large program. Just put FileTyper in
a
handy place (I usually keep it on the Desktop just above the Trash). Drag
files
and folders onto it, edit them, and click RChange.S FileTyper 4.0 offers many
features not found in other similar programs.

Also included with FileTyper is a utility with which you can create and edit
custom RAutoTypers,S which are very small applications that automatically make
a
specific change to files dropped on them. For instance, you can create an
AutoTyper which changes the creator of TEXT files to the creator of your
favorite RGIFS program. For more information, see the MakeAutoTyper
documentation.

New with version 4.0 is an extension that adds a FileTyper command to the
FinderUs File menu, so you can have quick access to FileTyper without
cluttering
up your desktop. For more information, see the FileTyper Finder Menu
documentation.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/file-typer-40.hqx; 137K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 16:37:23 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kalkwarf)
Subject: [*] FileTyper Lite 4.0.0

This is the same as the FileTyper 4.0.0 archive, but it doesn't include
the AutoTyper package, or the System 6 compatible version. Typer is being
distributed in two packages due to the large number of requests for a
smaller package by registered users.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/file-typer-lite-40.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 14:41:41 EST
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Johnson)
Subject: [*] flight.hqx

This QuickTime movie shows four jet planes flying in formation via a camera
mounted on the bottom of one of the planes.  It was converted from an MPEG
movie, so as a result, it has no sound (if someone has some appropriate
jet-like noises, feel free to add a soundtrack to the movie!).

Requires QuickTime v1.5.

If you like this, send me your favorite QuickTime movie!


Hugh Johnson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York, USA

internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/jets-flying-in-formation.hqx; 425K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 11:47:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Rona <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] grapher361.hqx

           Grapher Information

   Grapher is a function graphing program, intended as a
low-cost (but powerful) tool for students and
researchers.  Functions are entered in the standard
BASIC notation (e.g. 2*x; cos(x^3); 3*x-sqrt(x)) with
the usual order of operations assumed.  Several
functions may be graphed on the same set of axes. The
program supports the standard menus for saving and
loading files, printing, and copying graphs as PICT
graphics to the clipboard.  Other features include
zooming in on parts of the graph, zooming out, and
locating solutions and intercepts.  Use the "Help" menu
for directions.

   The program is shareware - see the "About" box for
details. The author is Tom Rona, 13210 42nd Ave NE,
Seattle, WA. 98125, USA. (Internet:
[e-mail])

Revision History:

Version 3.61 (3/16/93): Added many new functions.  Moved
the function menu to the menu bar, instead of cluttering
the dialog as a pop-up menu.  Enlarged the domain and
range boxes for easier editing.  Added a separate box
for recording individual points, intercepts, etc.

Version 3.31 (1/15/93): Original release.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/grapher-361.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 00:30:51 -0800
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HierPopup 3.1.3

I don't know what's worse, having people report bugs or finding them yourself
and wondering what those people were doing.  In this case I found a silly one
myself and made a few changes based on some user feedback.  When I changed
the code for MENU resources, I inadvertantly forgot to check the status of
the variable I set to tell if a menu was enabled, which resulted in all
menu items being enabled, even if they weren't.  They didn't look any
different, but if you let the mouse up on a disabled item it was returned
anyhow.  I guess not many people use disabled items in popups, but I do,
so I fixed it.  In addition, I beefed up the error checking.  I was bailing
on errors and leaving menus allocated.  Now I delete them.  That was just
sloppy.  I also fixed a check I was making for the error of too many menu
items.  It turns out that I fixed the limit but forgot to fix the check for
it, until now.  You can now have an unlimited number of items in your menus,
but you can only have 300 submenus.

In case you don't know, this Hypercard external implements a popup menu
wherever you want.  You can specify where you want the menu to appear and
what menu item you want to appear under the mouse, plus whether or not you
want a check mark on that item.  You can specify the font and size too.
In addition you can create big menus with up to 300 hierarchical menus
hanging off of them.  You can put in a single item which will expand out
to a list of resources.  You can also use MENU resources instead of specifying
a string.  This can work faster since it doesn't need to be parsed like
the strings do.

It is also on ftp.apple.com in /pub/pugh/hyperstuff/hierpopup.sit.hqx

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/hpopup-menu-323.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 12:54:54 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] HyperWais 1.7 submission

HyperWais 1.7

This version is an update to the current version maintained
in the archive.


HyperWais is a hypercard stack which can be used to access Wide Area
Information Servers (WAIS) on the internet, currently there about about
300 public access servers available.


To use HyperWais, you need HyperCard 2.1 and MacTCP 1.1.


Francois Schiettecatte
Software Engineer
Advanced Technology Group
Welch Medical Library
Johns Hopkins University
Internet: [e-mail]
Phone   : [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/hyper-wais-17.hqx; 285K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 9:26:16 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] info-mac/report/modem-guide-11.hqx submission

Hi,

This is Version 1.1 of "What You Need to Know about Modems" and
should replace the file info-mac/report/modem-guide-10.txt. The
author is Patrick Chen.

Although this document dated back on May 31, 1992, it still contain
many modem related FAQ which explains high speed modem, error control
protocol, data compression protocol, Fax modem protocol, how to
choose a high speed modem, how to set up software to work with high
speed modem, configuring those popular communication software to work
with high speed modem, other settings like data bits, parity, stop
bits, duplex, terminal emulatiion, file transfer protocols, etc.

I got this file from Mike Ruicci <[e-mail]> who posted
it to comp.dcom.modems a few days ago. Thanks, Mike.

Here is the extraction from the Preface:

> DISTRIBUTION NOTICE:  This document may be distributed by electronic
> bulletin boards and commercial on-line services.  This document may
> not be edited or changed in any way for redistribution.
>
> This article is Part One of a three-part book/report entitled "The
> Joy of Telecomputing."  As a plain ASCII file, it cannot contain any
> of the illustrations and graphic elements provided in the printed
> version.  For further information about "The Joy of Telecomputing,"
> see Appendix C to G.
>
> This article should be useful to anyone interested in high-speed
> modems (or 2400-bps modems with MNP5 or V.42bis).   Most modems
> mentioned in this article are external units.  These modems can be
> used on any microcomputer system, be it a PC, a Macintosh or an
> Amiga.  Although only certain communication programs are used as
> examples, the discussions about setting up software apply to packages
> not covered herein.


Liu

[Archived as /info-mac/report/modem-guide-11.hqx; 49K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 15:58 +1300
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] info-mac/util/ad/oura-qt.hqx

Here's a resubmission of OURA QT, my QuickTime movie player for After Dark.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Computer Services Dept
University of Waikato
Hamilton
New Zealand
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/oura-qt.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 07:10:09 PST
From: [e-mail] (Nick Blackwell)
Subject: [*] Jaws QT Movie

Here is a QT Movie of a shark attack during the Calif. cliff diving
championships. Best viewed with a color monitor.

-- Nic Blackwell                 InterNet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/art/qt/jaws.hqx; 78K]

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Date: 18 Mar 1993 11:45:26 -0600 (CST)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] JMP Demo

This is the demo of SAS Institute's JMP Statistical Visualization
for the Apple Macintosh software.  I'm posting this as the digest
carries frequent requests for info on stats packages.

-Dwight

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/jmp-stat-visualization.hqx; 1058K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 15:32:28 EST
From: "Paul T. Gelinas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Loodle 5.3 (disk cataloging program)

    Enclosed please find a copy of Loodle 5.3, a disk cataloging
program.  It used to be on the info-mac server but was apparently
deleted a while ago.  It allows either manual or automatic disk ejection,
label borders, and insertion of icoms or images on the disk label.
It can also export catalogs.
    Includes documaentation in applicatin format, and a HyperCard
stack for making a database for online filename searches (Which floppy
was that?)  Can also catalog hard disks.
    Binhexed Compact Pro archive.

        Paul

[Archived as /info-mac/util/loodle-53.hqx; 208K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 15:46:52 EST
From: [e-mail] (Drury Jan)
Subject: [*] mac-change.hqx

This is my latest version of my utility MacChange.
It changes file types and creator types for any files or folders
dropped onto it or opened with it.

Includes Balloon help, Drag-and-drop, recursive searching and a
popup menu of common applications and their creator and file types

Hope ya like it.  Released under StickerWare.  ie: send me an
Apple sticker if you like it !!!

Gary Drury  [e-mail]
    or [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-change.hqx; 18K]

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Date: 17 Mar 93 17:05:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Josh Hayes)
Subject: [*] Mac as Xterm: summary of responses (LONG)

A little while ago I asked for information about setting up my mac
at home as an Xterminal; here is the summary I mailed out to those
who mailed me asking for a summary....

Sorry I have not summarized earlier. I did not get much information
>From the net - in fact, I got about ten posts asking me to keep
the author posted on what I found, for every post I got from someone
who already knew something!

But the trickle of info has dried up completely, so I'll send you
what I have, which isn't much. What follows are extracts from the
mail people sent me; I'll try to provide a quick summary at the
bottom of this mail, so skip to that if you just want the punchline.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-as-xterm.txt; 8K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 23:06:19 -0500
From: [e-mail] (J.E. King)
Subject: [*] MacChemtab-20.hqx

MacChemtab is a database of the periodic table of the elements.  With
MacChemtab, one can easily explore the relationships that exist between the
elements in the periodic table.  By design, the database is easy to use.
It is, therefore, ideal for the educational environment.  MacChemtab was
designed for introductory high-school level chemistry courses as an add-on
to the, Introduction to the Periodic Table, section.  This is Version 2, and
it's officially free (but donations would be smiled upon!).

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-chem-tab.hqx; 163K]

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Date: 17 Mar 1993 11:55:51 -0600
From: "pfterry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Macintosh Tips & Tricks newsletter

Here's an electronic newsletter published by Maria Langer of Giles Road
Publishing.

<<<<<< Attached TEXT file follows >>>>>>

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/mac-tips-n-tricks.hqx; 70K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 09:21:14 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MAC OCTAVE awailable

this programme OCTAVE is available  : macarchie.umich.edu > /mac/misc/demo
name : octavedemo1.53.hqx
this is a very poxwerfull demo of electronic simulation (filters)
this is a specific program for theaching electronic.
good bye ----------- jf

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/octave-153.hqx; 260K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 07:24:56 PST
From: "Anthony D. Saxton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Menuette 1.1.2

The following is the Authors actual description retrieved from America
Online:

Subj:  Menuette
1.1.2
March 8, 1993
From:  L Products

File:  Menuette 1.1.2.sit (69856 bytes)
DL time (2400 baud): < 8 minutes
Download count: 125

AUTHOR:    Robert L Mathews
NEEDS:     System 7 or later, AOL 2.0 or Stuffit Expander 3.x
SYSTEM 7:  Dependent
TYPE:      Shareware cdev; $15
LIBRARY:   MUT/New Files
       Final Destination: MUT/Control Panel Devices

Menuette alters the appearance of menu titles in the menu bar (at the top of
your screen). Instead of the words that normally appear (such as File and
Edit), you'll see small icons representing these concepts. You can instantly
switch between icon and text views if you wish; if you do so, Menuette allows
you to choose your own font for menu display. It saves space, and makes your
Macintosh look really cool.

Icons for some popular programs are provided, and you can easily add more
icons by dropping new icon files (available on America Online) into a folder.
You can even create your own icon files using ResEdit. Icons are in color on
color Macs, but Menuette also works properly on black & white Macs (it's very
useful on Powerbooks, where menu bar space is tight).

Menuette comes with complete instructions (in fact, you can print a
twelve-page manual from within Menuette if you have a printer). In addition,
full technical support is available here on America Online in the Macintosh
Utilities forum, or by sending mail to "L Products."

Menuette is fully compatible with System 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 32-bit addressing,
and virtual memory. It takes just a few minutes to download - you'll be glad
you did!

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/menuette-112.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 21:18:31 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Todd McDaniel)
Subject: [*] MugShots #2 (Gray Scale Icons)

Archivists-
Please find enclosed Set #2 of my MugShot icons for the Macintosh. These
icons are of various peoples faces, with various others mixed in.
These icons are gray scale, but will look fine on a color monitor.

Please read the readme enclosed for more information.


This has been posted to both sumex @ mac_gifts.


Thanks in advance,
Todd John McDaniel
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/mug-shots-two.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 21:37:35 EST
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morrow)
Subject: [*] new Black Jack program

This one replaces blackjack-131.hqx which is currently in info-mac/game.

This version is 1.3.3, please remove the old version.

Thanks.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/blackjack-133.hqx; 250K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 16:30:23 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: [*] new Minitel emulator without password and account number

Dear Moderators,
    I'm sending a new copy of the Minitel emulator, this time without
the account number and password of the poor chap who sent it to me.
    Yours truly,
    Marc Bizer

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/minitel.hqx; 236K]

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 12:14:53 CST
From: [e-mail] (Judith Haller)
Subject: [*] NSF Proposal Forms for Word/Excel

This package may be of interest to people who prepare research proposals to
the National Science Foundation and would rather complete the required
forms on the Mac instead of on a typewriter.

Included are Word 4/5 and Excel 4 documents that are formatted to look like
the original forms on screen. The idea is to complete the forms on the
computer and then send the whole thing to printer.

The NSF Cover Sheet, Certification Page, and Current & Pending Support
forms are Word 5 tables. The Budget Template is an Excel 4 worksheet with a
macro that generates a set of blank forms with the right number of project
years and an automated summary page. To get the right results, you need a
Postscript printer and screen sizes of Times and Helvetica 9, 10, 12 and
14.

These forms shouldn't be regarded as anything official; they look very
authentic, and we have been using them for several years without complaint
>From NSF or our University officials. These are being shared with the hope
that your decision makers will accept them as well. Comments and
suggestions welcome.

Judith Haller         [e-mail]
Microcomputer Applications Specialist
Institute for Geophysics, Univ TX Austin

P.S. By the way, a version of the budget pages that runs under Excel
2.2a/3.0 can be uploaded if there is enough interest.

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/nsf-proposal-forms-for-word.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 9:29:51 PST
From: [e-mail] (Ron Bannon)
Subject: [*] OneNet_Primer (Put in comm directory)

This is a press release document downloaded from the OneNet BBS. It's very
informative and should be read by anyone interested in WAN and the
future of Mac communications. Ron Bannon 03/20/93 [e-mail]


Sunday, March 14, 1993 8:28:42 PM
onenet Item
From:          Scott Converse
Subject:       More about OneNet Member* network
To:            Mitchell L. Stoddard
Cc:            News
Attachments:
              OneNet Primer.sea          69K
For more information about OneNet Member*, download the attached archive of
our press release.  Contact Scott Converse, Onenet Member Executive Director
(via Email) at:

OneNet Los Altos (Scott Converse)
America Online (Scottish)
InterNet (CONVERSE1@[e-mail])
CompuServe (76004,3351)

[Archived as /info-mac/report/one-net-primer-pr.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 10:37:55 +0100
From: Oliver Dreer <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] pict-show-141.hqx

PICTshow a small slideshow program for viewing PICT-files, listening to sounds
and viewing QT-Movies on a color-capable Macintosh.

Versions >= 1.1 require System 7.0 (Please contact me for version 1.0)

Changes in version 1.41 :

- Fixed bug on machines with b/w monitor (PB,SE/30), that caused PICTshow
  to crash.

Changes in version 1.4 :

- Zoom always centers picture
- Fade option for fading between pictures (Thanks to Tony Copper!)
- Add Folder adds all items from a folder (PICTs or sounds) to the list.
  The contents of subfolders are also added.
- Drag&Drop of Folders (If you already have PICTshow, you have to rebuild
  your desktop [cmd-opt on startup] for activating this)
- Added support for QuickTime Movies. Add and view them like pictures.
  Option for doubling QT-Movies.

Oliver Dreer
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/pict-show-141.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 10:56:16 -0800
From: "Ron Wong, SCO DevRel, x7128" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PowerStrip 2.0 from CompuServe

ABSTRACT:

PowerStrip displays info like battery voltage level, elapsed time on
battery, whether AppleTalk is on/off, the speed of the CPU, more.  New
version  saves preference file to Preferences folder, window height adjusts
to font  height, graph showing battery load, more.  E-mail me with
comments!
freeware. .

    System 7 only; Powerbooks and Portables only.


README FILE:

From:
      Michael Caputo
      4186 Amboy Road
      Staten Island, NY  10308
      Compu$erve: 70233, 3523

To:
      All

Re:
      "PowerStrip"

Hope you like it, but more importantly, I hope you find it useful.
Here's the poop.

PowerStrip should have no problem running on a PowerBook, Duo, or Portable
that's running System 7.  I have no way of testing it on other machines or
versions of the Mac OS since my one and only machine is a PB100, so I take
no responsibility for any adverse effects caused by PowerStrip.

New version (2.0) info:
1. Version 2.0 saves it's data/preferences file to the Preferences folder,
in a file called PowerStripPrefs.

2. You now have the option of displaying it across the bottom or the top of
the screen.  I found there were so many applications that left more room at
the top than the bottom, I had to add this.

3. Window height is now proportional to font size.  Geneva @ 9 points is
the smallest and the most legible.  The window takes up only 7 pixels
across the screen.  IF ANYONE HAS A SMALLER AND STILL LEGIBLE FONT, LET ME
KNOW!

4. There is now a battery load graph.  It graphs the voltage level over the
last two minutes.  You can hide this graph, if you want.  It will still
update even though it's hidden.

USAGE:
The best way to use it is to drop it or an alias of it into the Startup
Items folder in your System Folder.  That way you won't forget to start it
up.

WHAT IT DOES:
"PowerStrip" tracks the elapsed time of battery and AC-charging sessions.
When tracking the battery session, the counter is NOT incremented during
sleep states.  When tracking AC charging sessions,  it DOES increment
during sleep states.  Neither counter increments during powered off states.

It also displays available space on your hard drive, available RAM, the
speed of the CPU, the on/off state of AppleTalk, and on/off state of the
internal modem, if any.

"PowerStrip" does it's best to save settings between sessions.  It saves
fontsize, style, and family, and if it exits in one state and starts up in
the same state (exit on battery and start up on battery), it picks up where
it left off. (It assumes you've rebooted.)


CAVEATS:
You can get REMARKABLE battery session durations by plugging in the charger
while the Powerbook is asleep, and unplugging it before it wakes up.  Get
it?  It won't know that it's been jacked in, so it won't reset the counter.
  Best thing to do is to change the connection state while the machine is
"awake", or use the menu command "count zero" to decrement the counter to
zero.  (Thanks to William G. for that one.)

I hope you like it, but I really hope you get something out of it!
Thanks!
Mike

[Archived as /info-mac/util/power-strip-20.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 23:04:35 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PPDs for Xante Accel-A-Writer

These are the latest versions of Aldus PPD
Printer drivers for the Xante Accel-A-Writer
printers and upgrade boards.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/aldus-ppd-accel-writer.hqx; 22K]


These are the latest versions of PostScript utilities
for the Xante Accel-A-Writer printers and upgrade boards.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ps-util-accel-writer.hqx; 6K]

These are the latest versions of QuarkExpress
Printer drivers for the Xante Accel-A-Writer
printers and upgrade boards.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/quark-exp-accel-writer.hqx; 3K]

These are the latest versions of Aldus APD
Printer drivers for the Xante Accel-A-Writer
printers and upgrade boards.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/aldus-apd-accel-writer.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 9:22:38 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Print Job Query

Application:    Print Job Query

History:
Feb. 12th, 1993 V1.00   Created and tested.
Feb. 19th, 1993 V1.01   Added code to display error messages,
                        include host name, printer
                        name,
                        and time of query.
March 2th, 1993 V1.02   Fix bug with receive data code.
March 6th, 1993 V1.03   Fix bug which cause it to crash if openconnect failed
(-23015).
March 19th,1993 V1.1    - Added Host menu option to support more than one
host (Str# 129)
                        - Added Finder Information for
                        Balloon help
                        - caching of IP Address
                        between queires.
                        - Background update every 5
                        mins of current status (zero =
                        diabled).
                          (STR# 128, index 15).

Display one or more unix lpr queues on a Macintosh by running a unix
script to get the status of the selected printers.

This program is free, it can not be sold or bundled with any
commercial program (except NetDoctor), but it may be distributed with CAP.

Send suggestions, bug reports to:

By: R. Mark Fleming
Phone: [phone]           Fax:   [phone]
InterNet: [e-mail]

** The Author of NetDoctor,  a Lab and Network Maintainer Package **

*************** Macintosh Program Requirements *************************

Requires:
* MacTCP installed.
* 200K of free memory (may run with less, have not tried).
* System 6 or 7.

Also valiable from:

I have updated the program on Queen's Anonymous FTP site were I maintain
the Info-AppleTalk FAQ:

These files are available by Anonymous FTP at:
    ftp.ccs.queensu.ca (130.15.126.54)

in directory:
    /pub/macintosh/
files:
Print_Job_Queue.bin - MacBinary version
Print_Job_Queue.hqx - Binhex version
PrintQueue.Instructions.txt -   Instructions for installing the Unix side
                and Macintosh program configuration
instructions.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/print-query.hqx; 47K]

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Date: 17 Mar 1993 22:47:41 -0600
From: "pfterry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RE: Frontier Updater

When I sent my message about the Frontier  2.0-> 2.01 Updater earlier today, I
failed to attach the binhex file to the message (someone asked me a question
and I became spacey). Sorry for being a ditz; here it is with the file.

Thanks to Michael Dautermann for alerting me to this.

pf

[Archived as /info-mac/util/frontier-201-updater.hqx; 278K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 8:45:57 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] Reference Link 1.1.1

Reference Link is an INIT that makes THINK Reference 2.0
easier to use if you have System 7.  With Reference Link
installed, you can do a modified double-click on a word in
a text editor or word processor, whereupon the word will be
looked up in THINK Reference 2.0.  Alternately, you can
first select a word or phrase, and then type a certain
keystroke, and the selected text will be looked up in THINK
Reference.  Use that keystroke again to jump back to the editor.
Freeware by James W. Walker.

Version 1.1 now works right with the Alpha editor, and uses the same
keystroke for look-up and jump-back.

V. 1.1.1 fixes a conflict with Logitech's MouseKey.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/reference-link-111.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 15:06:24 EST
From: Dr. G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] startupscreen: coral

This is a 640x480 colour startupscreen of some staghorn coral on the
Australian
Great Barrier Reef.

If you have trouble getting this startupscreen to work please read the report
/info-mac/report/startup-deskpict-faq.txt before emailing me. On the other
hand, feel free to email me if you like this screen.

Cheers

Paul.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/staghorn-coral-startup.hqx; 235K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 16:23:19 EST
From: Dr. G.P. Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] startupscreen: great white

This is a 640x480 colour startupscreen of every SCUBA diver's and surfer's
worst fear :-) the great white. Affectionally known as a "Noah" (from
Australian rhyming slang, Noah's Ark = shark), or "one of the men in grey
suits."

If you have trouble getting this startupscreen to work please read the report
/info-mac/report/startup-deskpict-faq.txt before emailing me. On the other
hand, feel free to email me if you like this screen.

Cheers

Paul.

[Archived as /info-mac/art/great-white-startup.hqx; 212K]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 11:40:14 +0000
From: clark riley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Sumex submission

Enclosed is Cairo.sea.hqx.  It is an excellent independent rendition of the
Cairo font of Mac 128K fame - the reason some of us were pushed over the edge
to finally buy a computer, but only a Mac.  Note:  This file contains NO Apple
parts, but for everyone's peace of mind, I have obtained a license from Apple
to distribute the font anyway - copy available on request.  It's really nice!
Enjoy!  Clark Riley

[Archived as /info-mac/font/cairo.hqx; 151K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 21:53:17 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#169/22-Mar-93

TidBITS#169/22-Mar-93

 A look at the murky world of Apple repair anchors this issue, and
   supporting topics include a report about mouse button problems,
   a review of Peachpit Press's "Silicon Mirage," various and
   sundry SyQuest drive news, an announcement of upcoming events
   put on by an email-accessible computer bookstore, and a number
   of useful notes about new Apple servers, the LC III, and a Duo
   230/PowerPoint 3.0 conflict.

Topics:
    MailBITS/22-Mar-93
    Computer Literacy Comes of Teen-Age
    VideoShop 1.0 Free Offer
    Other SyQuest News
    Silicon Mirage: A Virtual Review
    Mouse Button Problems
    Apple Repair, Part 17
    Reviews/22-Mar-93

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-169.etx; 30K]

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

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 21:05:07 WST
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Dent)
Subject: [*] tips for Fox programmers

The following is a long list of tips for FoxBase+/Mac programmers
(although many are generally applicable to Foxbase).

ABOUT THESE NOTES
All copyright to these notes is hereby relinquished and I transfer them to the
public domain. However, please leave this message at the top of the notes. If
you have any corrections or additional hints, forward to me and I will
incorporate them in the notes for future release.

Some of these notes may be a bit cryptic - they were written as more of a
reminder to me when coming back to FB from other environments. Feel free
to call for explanations, or mail me improved descriptions!

16th March 1993

Andy Dent
A.D. Software, 94 Bermuda Dve, Ballajura Western Australia 6066
phone/fax [phone]
CompuServe 100033,3241
Internet   [e-mail]

PS I have a couple of nifty shareware XCMDS for double-clicking Browse &
external scrolling list dialogs, with their own arrays!


[Archived as /info-mac/tips/fox-base-plus.txt; 24K]

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 12:40:19 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] util - MacBinary II+ v1.0.1

Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>             Ph: [phone]
MacBinary II+ is a System 7 drag&drop converter for MacBinary files.  It
has no User Interface, simply drop a MacBinary file on it and it will be
decoded, drop any other file or folder on it and it will be encoded.
MacBinary II+ should be fully compatible with all current MacBinary
encoders/decoders, and extends the format to include folder hierarchies
(although no other decoder will be able to decode folder hierarchy
MacBinary files created by MacBinary II+).

Version 1.0.1 corrects a problem that stopped MacBinary II+ from
recognizing MacBinary I files.  I don't normally like posting such
a minor change, but since I don't have any grand plans for the program
anyway, and since the problem is fairly noticable, I decided to post
this fixed version.

MacBinary II+ should work on any System 7 Mac.  If it doesn't, let me know.

MacBinary II+ is free for any use.

Hope its useful to someone,
   Peter. <[e-mail]>

MacBinary II+ v1.0.1 Copyright 1992-93 Peter N Lewis

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-binary-ii-plus-101.hqx; 25K]

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

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 13:53:58 +1000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] xLibrary Version 2

Hi
This is the lattest release of xLibrary.
Please put it up and remove xLibrary 1.1 and 1.02
The demmo version could be kept.

Frank

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/xlibrary-20.hqx; 320K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 10:45:34 +0100
From: John Hendrickx <[e-mail]>
Subject: 040 vs. 486

Wade Williams in Info-Mac #63:
>This doesn't surprise me one bit. The only thing that I've found 486's to
>be faster at is running DOS applications. Put a graphical interface on top
>of one, and even a 50 MHZ 486 runs about the same speed or slower than a 25
>MHZ 68040.

Hmm. In a recent Dutch magazine article, a quadra 950 was pitted against a
Compaq deskpro with a 66 mhz 486DX2. The Compaq was something 25% faster on
the whole, running applications like Xpress, Photoshop, Persuasion. What
really got me though was the price difference: the suggested price of a
quadra was almost double that of the Compaq. The 'street price' cited in
the article was not much lower than the suggested price, but even the
considerably cheaper Quadra 800 would be about 30% more expensive than a
Compaq. If you were to opt for a B-brand clone, the price difference would
be even greater.

I think it's rather meaningless to compare performance only: it's the
price/performance ratio that counts. Macs are simply much more expensive
than Intel/Microsoft machines, by a margin of about 50%. This has me very,
very worried. The Mac has a much better operating system, but as far as
applications go, the differences between windows and mac is small. The
greater ease of manipulating files and configuring or modifying the system
on the Mac easily justifies some added cost, but not this much.

I'd love to flame apple at this point, tell them to lower prices, etc. But
they've already lowered prices dramatically -- I don't get the impression
they've got too high a profit margin any more. I really like the Mac and I
can't stand the idea of dropping a great system for a much more primitive
one (if you compare windows and the finder, you have to keep reminding
yourself which was introduced in the 80s and which finally crawled from
under a rock in the 90s). So feel free to flame with uncontradictable
pro-Mac arguments. I may need them pretty soon.

John Hendrickx
Internet: [e-mail]
  Bitnet: u211310@hnykun11

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 21:39:47 UTC+0200
From: Rafael Collantes <[e-mail]>
Subject: 048 vs 486 speed

Here are the Matlab 3.5  BENCH results on two machines: 486/33 and Centris 650
(68040/25)

Machine      Figure of Merit     Kflops
486/33           46.9            1025
Centris 650      58.45           1712

Bigger is Faster!
I think that clarifies a bit the situation regarding the 486/68040 speed
discussion. I don't have the Windows version of Matlab for the PC, so
these are the results for the DOS version. Even running on a multitasking
OS and at 75% of the frequecy, the Mac is almost 70% faster!

Regards from Spain
Rafael Collantes

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 14:12 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: alias changing (A)

To Mr. Sullivan,
Aliases to some extent change their own pathways.  Also you can find Alias
Assassin on some ftps (I am not sure where).
Good Luck,
Sincerely,
ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 08:53:04 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple CD-ROM Driver Upgrade (A)

Neil Nickelson writes:
>Hello again!
>
>When I recently tried installing fonts from Adobe's Type On Call disc on my
>IIvx with internal CD-ROM drive, I ran into some problems.  I called Adobe,
>described the problem, and the first thing he asked was whether or not I was
>using a IIvx or IIvi.  It seems that the 4.0 driver for the CD-ROM, as
shipped
>with my machine, is buggy.
>
>He told me an upgrade (to v4.0.2) is available.  Can anyone point me to it on
>the net, or can anyone get it from AppleLink and post it to Info-Mac?  I'm
>sure many of us would be appreciative.

I had the same experience installing Adobe TOC fonts on my IIvi (a.k.a.
Performa 600). The current driver version is indeed 4.0.2. Try FTPing it
>From ftp.apple.com, in /dts/mac/sys.soft/cdrom. I don't know if I'm allowed
to post it here.

Cheers
Mike Dustan, Computing Services, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 10:57:32 -0600
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple CD-ROM Driver Upgrade (A)

Mike -
    Thanks for the reply on the location of the driver.  I appreciate it.

Neil

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:22:28 MST
From: Jim Powlesland <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple DiskCopy

I'm not too impressed with Apple DiskCopy 4.2 either.  On a Mac
IIfx, System 7.0.1 + Tuneup 1.1.1, with a bunch of extensions, I
have noticed DiskCopy will sometime lose the SuperDrive halfway
through making several copies of a high density disk. I solved
the problem by rebooting the Mac with extensions turned off
before starting up DiskCopy.  Seems DiskCopy likes to operate
with the system heap all to itself. Also for some reason, Apple
set it up to work with 800K disks eventhough they distribute most
of their software on 1.4MB disks. To find out how much extra
memory to give it for high density disks, I had to dig through
the readme stuff until I found it buried toward the end - 1600K.
Assigning any more than that also seems to make DiskCopy
unstable.

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 14:20:12 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: ASCII/BINARY __hqx transfers (Q)

Hello Netters,
Hopefully, someone out there will be able to fill in a minor gap in my
understanding. A few digests back, Scot Wyant said that he was having
problems transferring hqx files and that he was using binary mode in ftp.
Bob Kearns replied that the binary mode was the root of his problems since
hqx files are test encoded files.  I have also seen in the faq's that one
should use ascii mode when transferring hqx files.

This is all well and good, but I download hqx files every day (just about)
using binary mode. In fact, for me, that is the only way it will work. This
is due to the fact that there is no direct link between my ftp machine and
my Mac. If I transfer the hqx files as ascii, the IBM mainframe dutifully
converts everything to EBCDIC. Then, when I bring the files to the local PC,
everything gets garbled no matter if I use binary or ascii mode for the
second download. If I do binary ftp and binary transfer to the PC all is good
in the world.

The above process made sense to me since, despite the fact that ascii is
human readable (or at least printable), it is still a string of bits. If
the entire process is conducted in binary, the file should still end up as
an ascii file.

The only thing that I can think of is that it has something to do with the
way the Mac interprets ascii. So, anyone out there want to enlighten this
confused soul?

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

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 17:53 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: ATM and Printers

Would someone please explain to me what bearing Adobe Type Manager (2.0.3)
will
have on the printed page generated by (a) LaserWriter IIg and (b)
StyleWriter?
I have the gamut in fonts--bitmap, TrueType, PostScript Type 1.  I'm just
unclear as to whether I need ATM for the LaserWriter or StyleWriter or both or
neither!  Any help and insight will be much appreciated!

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

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 10:05:39 EDT
From: David Virga <[e-mail]>
Subject: Broken SIMM sockets--how to fix? (R)

...finally getting caught up on my digest backlog.

>From IM 11-045:
>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 18:07:18 CST
>From: [e-mail] (Judith Haller)
>Subject: Broken SIMM sockets--how to fix?

>One of the Mac magazines had an article on how to keep a SIMM firmly
>embedded in its socket after the plastic clip gets broken. Does anyone
>remember what magazine and what issue discussed this problem? Or could
>anyone share their (cheap) solutions? Thanks in advance.

>Judith Haller
>Institute for Geophysics, UTexas Austin
>[e-mail]

Stephen Wall (SFAE-AR-HIP-SY) <[e-mail]>, in IM 11-046,
suggested:
>the most practical sounding fix for a broken SIMM socket I've heard is to
>wrap a rubber band around the SIMM in the busted socket and a SIMM or two
>in front of it.  This fixes the most common socket failure, which is broken
>"ears" ... This won't work for fixing the very first SIMM socket...

I used this fix on a Mac IIcx, but got tired of having to replace the rubber
bands every six months (they deteriorate).  One day, while replacing the bands
in that machine, a coworker offered a suggestion, and promptly produced the
necessary material - dental floss! (Thanks, JJDM!)  I'm sure that strong
thread or any other light string will work just as well, if you're not of that
particular habit.

For what it's worth...
   (standby for the barrage of Have-You-Flossed-Your-Mac? quips!)

Dave
[e-mail]
**  MY opinions!!  Don't try to say, "The Government said..."  **

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:59:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jaime Garmendia - DuPont Argentina)
Subject: CD-Rom driver upgrade

Re: Apple CD-RROM Driver Upgrade

>>He told me an upgrade (to v4.0.2) is available.  Can
>>anyone point me to it on the net, or can anyone get
>>it from AppleLink and post it to Info-Mac?  I'm sure
>>many of us would be appreciative.

Look for it at FTP.APPLE.COM, in directory


DTS/mac/sys.soft/cdrom/cd-rom-setup-4-0-2.hqx

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 21:33:05 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Centris/Built-in Ethernet

When a Centris 610 or 650 configuration indicates the machine has built-in
ethernet, does it mean the machine has an ethernet card installed, or does
it mean something else?

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:42:47 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: Clones? long life the clones!

In his message Arif Shaikh speaks of clones and R&D as a matter of ethics:
poor IBM and Apple that spend so much money for us all! we *must* buy from
them
 so that they can have a little little revenue for their immense effort!
Well: I thing that computers are things that you BUY. You buy what you want at
the price you want. And the IBM clones didn't stopped the race to increasingly
mighty CPUs, nor the R&D. In fact, some small companies are often offering a
ve
ry better support than that offered by big names like IBM and Apple.
So, if one likes to buy 'not-clone',everything is OK, for him and for us all;
b
ut, please, don't speak in ethical terms of what's only a matter of the best
(i
n each one's personal opinion) use of money to get what each one want!
Best wishes. Maurizio

MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: [e-mail] | fax [phone]
CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 09:45:17 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color and Hypercard

Greetings,

>I have Hypercard 2.1 and would like to use color in my stacks.  Is there an
>XCMD or something to do this?  Working in B/W is getting real old!

There is a package called "Colorizing HyperCard" that is probably the best
current solution.  It can be found in the archive, probably under the
/info-mac/hypercard or /info-mac/hypercard/x directory.

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 10:49:00 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Combined Image & singlefile copyprg. [Q]

I need a program that allows me both to make disk images of disks (like Disk
Dup+) and at the same time allows me to select single files from various
folders on the harddisk to be copied to floppies.
I don't know if such a program exists, but I hope someone could help me.
I prefer shareware suggestions ;-)

                M. Sidelmann

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 11:42 GMT
From: John Armstrong <[e-mail]>
Subject: C Programming on Macs

A colleague and I need to start learning how to develop applications
to run on Macintoshes.  The intention is to use C++, with calls to
System 7 application program interface.

What C++ compiler for the Mac would be the most appropriate and
how/where do we get information on interfacing/linking System 7 calls?
Are there any good books available on writing Mac applications -
the only one I recall mentioned on the net recently is Scott Knaster's
"How to Write Macintosh Software"

We are getting a Quadra 800 next week, on which the development work
will be undertaken.  As far as I can make out it has a `standard'
specification, except that it will have 24Mb of RAM, and a 500Mb disk.
We have our existing Appletalk network connected to our Ethernet via
an LC II running Appletalk Internet Router s/w and DEC's Pathworks
for Mac.  Could we use the Quadra as the router or does the type of
ethernet card preclude this option?  (Yes, I know it will impose an
additional load on the Quadra, bit it *is* supposed to be powerful!)

Any help would be much appreciated.

John Armstrong
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 14:08:17 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kuo-Chen Chang)
Subject: DOS mounter ?

Is there any DOS accessing utility that works with Turbo 040?  My friend
just got a Turbo 040.  Everything is fine except DOS Mounter (part of the
package of MAC LINK Plus) not compatible.  She needs that to transfer data
and spreadsheet files between Mac and PC.

--Harry

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 19:59 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Emailing software orders from Europe--UPDATE

Okay folks, here is the latest news on my attempts to order software by
email.

Zero.

The only addresses I've found are for Mac's Place ([e-mail] &
[e-mail]).  To date I have received no reply from either.  I
still am keen to get this thing to work as it ties in nicely with the problem
of software being so overpriced in Europe (and indeed everywhere else outside
North America).  If we can bypass the local sales networks the buggers may
start paying more attention to their pricing policies.  The cheapest way to do
this is by email.  Fax is fine, but perhaps Adam Engst (editor of TidBITs) is
right to disapprove of fax as a means of communication.  It's slow, expensive,
wastes time and wastes trees, not to mention the fact that the bloody machines
cause more filing headaches than any of us who are supposed to be leading the
computer revolution should tolerate.

Thousands of people have the potential to read this sentence.  Doesn't it make
sense to use the same medium for retail trade?  It makes sense universally,
but
especially for those of us in overpriced marketplaces.

Some people have suggested it may be foolish to send email which includes my
Credit Card number.  These people may be right, but I would suggest that
people
consider moving to banks that have fraud insurance as standard on their Credit
Card contracts.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I await with interest any response from
Macsplace.  If anyone can come up with any other email addresses I'd
appreciate
them too.

Fergus Sullivan
Trinity College Dublin

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 10:48:42 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ethernet Cards for the IIci [Q]

Hello World,

This is my first posting to info-mac so I hope it works.

I am planning to purchase an ethernet card for my IIci so that I can connect
it
to the network here at school. Thus, I am interested in any comments and/or
information on the various cards and networking software options available.

I am an experienced computer user (many years on mainframes and Atari ST) but
am fairly new to the Mac (purchased first Mac 12/92). So technical and basic
facts will both be apprecaited.

Please reply by E-mail. I will summarize to the net.

Aaron the Alchemist
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]


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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 14:04:24 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: European Prices...

I once talked to the distributer for Canvas in Germany (this was about 2 years
ago).  He said it cost him about DM 20,000 (approx. $12,000) to translate the
manual, have it printed and translate all the resources in the the program and
have it duplicated on disks with labels, etc.  He said that for the couple of
copies he sells per month it wasn't worth it and that because the volume was
so low (unlike Microsoft products) he had to charge a LOT more for it just to
recoup his investment.  I'm not saying that these numbers are really true
(and/
or accurate) or that MUCH higher pricing for translated software is justified,
but you should think about these issues (translating and printing of manuals,
etc) when discussing this (of course, there SHOULD be some small offset in
that the distributor of translated software should not have to pay ANYWHERE
near even the street price for the software since translation avoids costly
buying and shipping of english manuals, customs and/or VAT, etc.).

Just my $0.02 worth...

Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 18:04:56 CST
From: bq Mackintosh <[e-mail]>
Subject: European pricing

Caught some folks griping about VAT (value added tax) charged on
European stuff.  Don't forget, people:  the prices you see listed in
American mail-order listing are *WITHOUT* tax.  European taxes are
indeed higher, but we in the USA still pay 7%-10%.

bq Mackintosh
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 05:24:57 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: European software prices

    Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 09:06:04 EST
    From: williams <[e-mail]>
    There is still the translation problem.  The low prices are quite
    often
    for US versions and some distibutors sell French versions for *twice* the
    price
    of the US product.  I find it hard to believe that the work involved in
    translation equals the cost of developing a software product.

The cost of translation *per copy* may easily equal or exceed
the cost of development *per copy worldwide*.  The smaller
the product, and the less-widely-distributed, and the better
the documentation and user-interface, the more likely this is
to be true.

(More than likely, though, there's also cost in there for the
additional inventory costs, local support, etc.)

Fortunately, though, the more copies you sell in a language, the
less likely it is to be true; prices may drop with time.
Unfortunately, if the prices are too high initially, they may
never sell enough copies to get to that point.

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

Date: 23 Mar 93 18:36 +0100
From: Ulf Dittmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 4 : bombs during scrolling

Hi netters !

Sometimes when I scroll vertically in Excel 4, the program bombs.
This happens no matter whether I use the scroll arrows, click in
the scroll bar or drag the thumb. The bomb says "Invalid F-Line
Instruction (10)", MacsBug calls it a "CHK Exception" and the
Finder a Type 5 Error (check trap error). Disabling all extensions
doesn't help. Has anyone seen this before and/or a clue what is
going on ? Many thanks in advance.

Setup: Mac IIci, 32bit adressing on, 8*24 video card (unaccelerated),
Apple 16" monitor, 20MB RAM

Greetings
Ulf Dittmer

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

Date: 23 Mar 93 18:39 +0100
From: Ulf Dittmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 4 : problems with macro menu definition

Hi netters !

When you set up your own menus in Excel's macro language you can
define a text that appears in the status line on the bottom of the
screen when that particular menu is highlighted. At least, the
manual says that and I have been able to do that with Excel 3 on
the Mac and the PC and with Excel 4 on the PC, but , alas, not on
the Mac. According to the manual there has been no change from
Excel 3 to 4 regarding the menu definitions and I rechecked the
menu setup : They are ok. Has anyone had similar problems or
could shed some light on this ? Many thanks in advance.

Greetings
Ulf Dittmer

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 18:38+0100
From: Ulf Dittmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 4: problems with macro menu definition

Hi netters !

When you set up your own menus in Excel's macro language you can
define a text that appears in the status line on the bottom of the
screen when that particular menu is highlighted. At least, the
manual says that and I have been able to do that with Excel 3 on
the Mac and the PC and with Excel 4 on the PC, but , alas, not on
the Mac. According to the manual there has been no change from
Excel 3 to 4 regarding the menu definitions and I rechecked the
menu setup : They are ok. Has anyone had similar problems or
could shed some light on this ? Many thanks in advance.

Greetings
Ulf Dittmer

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

Date: 23 Mar 1993 14:45:45 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jonathan Baker <[e-mail]>
Subject: Folder Capacity Limit

>I have over 4000 text files nested about 4 levels deep on a 240 mb drive.
>Some of the folders now contain well over 200 files.
>Could one of the Mac wizards out there tell me if I am nearing some
> folder limit that is going to cause me grief?
>Does anyone know if there is a standard rule to follow?
>This data is critical to my research, but I would still be very messed
> up if the extents B-tree [or whatever it is called] becomes twisted.


No, you are not nearing any file limit on your hard disk.  We keep well over
7,000 files stored on some of our larger (600mb) drives, and have not run into
any real problems.

If you have been reading about problems with the File System recently, relax.
This problem affects only certain users, and only when thier extents tree
becomes full.  This means that you have to have lots of file 'pieces'
(fragments
for all techies) that are scattered over the disk.  With 4000 text files on
your
disk, I doubt that your text files are very large.  If this is true, you
probably don't have problems with fragmentation.

If you are still worried, download the Disk Bug Checker (thanks Central
Point!)
>From INFO-MAC.  It can be found in: info-mac/util/disk-bug-checker-11.hqx.

Most importantly:  MAKE BACKUPS!  If you don't have a good backup program, go
out and get one.  I recommend Diskfit Pro for people with just a floppy disk
drive, or Retrospect if you have something more complex (optical disk, tape
drive, etc.).  Once you get the backup done, do it regularly.  You may find
that
you thank yourself later.


Jonathan Baker
Macintosh Systems Manager                       Accu-Weather, Inc.
[e-mail]                                AL: accu.macmgr

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 14:02:41 -0600
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Free tex, etc. with eps preview and 7.1 capability

    I have notes on where thing were awhile ago.
    dvi2img prints tex, latex etc.
    OzTeX 1.42 gets you eps preview and works in 7.1.
You can download free from:
    ftp midway.uchicago.edu
    anonymous
    ident

    They even have a support e mail address:
    [e-mail]

    They can tell you what directories you will need to look in.
    You can, if impatient try my old pathnames:
     cd /pub/tex/macintosh/oztex
     cd /pub/tex/macintosh/dvi2img
    and see if they work.
    There will be a lot of megabytes to download, but it will be worth it.

    Hope this helps!

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 01:28 CST
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to get a Mac Postscript File show on the NeXT

In Info-Mac Digest, Volume 11 : Issue 49 I had asked how to properly display
a Mac PostScript file on the NeXT. Finally, I know how to. What I had to do
was this:

1. With the LaserWriter 7.1.2 driver I created a PostScript file
   "My-PostSript".

2. With StripFonts on the Mac I stripped out all the fonts in the document as
   "For permanent removal".

3. Using binary kermit I then uploaded the file to the NeXT.

4. I ran macps on it. (macps My-PostScript > My-PostScript.ps)

5. I transferred the PostScript fonts that are used in the document and which
   I have on my Unix account anyway (they have accumulated there in the
   process of using StripFonts previously) to the NeXT and put them inside a
   ~/Library/Fonts folder. For each individual outline font a directory has
   to be created in there whose name consists of the outline font's name and
   ends in ".font". The outline font goes into that directory. Optionally,
   the AFM file belonging to that font can be put there, as well, but it
   doesn't seem to be necessary. For example, the outline font
   Minion-BoldItalic (MinioBolIta on the Mac) goes into the directory
   Minion-BoldItalic.font, along with Minion-BoldItalic.afm.

6. Now the document can be displayed with Preview by double-clicking on the
   icon of "My-PostScript.ps" The error message

    The file is missing the proper PostScript header information.
    If you attempt to open it anyway, you will only be able to page
    through the file's pages sequentially.

   appears. How to remedy that problem, I don't know.

Dominik ([e-mail])

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 16:23:09 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP Laserjet 4M

In answer to the question about the relative merits of the 4M versus
Apple's 600dpi machines. Briefly, the reviews and the blow-up pictures
in recent MacWorld/User/Weeks indicate the the 4M is the hands-down
winner for text quality. For greyscale, I couldn't figure out what
the reviews were saying. Photograde only runs at 300dpi so it's that
versus the HP at 600dpi. I think you'd have to print out a variety
of images with different nos of greys in them at different lpi's and
just stare at them.

On the downside of the 4M: HP *still* hasn't released a driver that
knows to look in the fonts folder in System 7.1. However, the printer
seems to run well enough under Apple's own laser driver for that system,
if this bothers you (I use Suitcase anyway, so don't much care either
way). Also, the 4M doesn't have the option of attaching a hard disk
for fonts, the Apples do.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 17:24:03 CST
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP LaserJet 4M (addendum)

Well well, just after my previous message in answer to the which-is-better
query about the 4M and the Apple 600 series, I opened the current MacWeek
to find a review of the Apples that made some things a little clearer
and others a bit murkier.

First, I said that "the Apples" had an option for a fonts hard disk. Seems
this is true only of the LaserWriter 630.

I said I hadn't been able to compare halftones from the 630 with PG active
versus the 4M at 600dpi. There are some samples in MacWeek, but they're
not all that revealing. It looks like the 630 with PG on (300dpi) has a
slight edge over the 4M but it's hard to tell - the dot shape seems to
be different in the two relevant images and that's application-set.
Or at least it is in Sketcher.

According to MacWeek, as regards text, the 4M has a "very slight advantage
in type readability". According to March MacWorld, the 4M is the "hands down
winner for type". I suppose these aren't necessarily contradictory verdicts
- maybe MW was considering more than readability (?) - but the 400%
blow-ups in MacWorld show a very large advantage for the 4M. This is
consistent with comparative reviews of Fine Print (Apple) and RET (HP)
on 300dpi machines. The LaserJet IIIsi always won the taste tests for
text sharpness easily (NEC, not Apple, typically came second).

Perhaps someone who has access to both machines could run some experiments
and report.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:17:59 CST
From: [e-mail] (Michael Glowacki)
Subject: HP laserjet 4M (R)

Gary,

To go through your questions regarding the HP laserjet 4M --

Is the LaserWriter Pro 600 shipping configured for 600 dpi?
    Yes, Apple realized that people want a 600 dpi printer without ethernet or
    SCSI ports. The LW Pro 600 comes with 8 MB RAM, and that is enough for 600
    dpi or Photograde. You don't get to use both. But IMHO 600 dpi is better
    for text and bitmapped art. Photograde is better for stuff requiring half-
    toning or subtle gray transitions, such as photos. :)

Are there and FAQs comparing these printers?
    I haven't seen any. There might be something in /infomac/reports/

How does the 4M compare with Apple's Pro 600?
    We don't have a 600, rather we have 2 Pro 630's. We are very happy with
    them
    One of the labs here has a LaserJet 4 (not 4M). They like it but it
    doesn't
    have PostScript or the LocalTalk interface. Some say in comp.text.desktop
    that they have had troubles with the drivers that came with the 4M. I
    really
    like the drivers that came with the 630. All the current printers are
    ship-
    ping with LaserWriter 7.2 and a new LaserWriter Utility (7.4).

    I think the 600, like the 630, has all the parallel and serial interfaces
    and the PCL emulation if you want a mixed enviroment printer. Anyone know
    for sure?

Michael
--
Michael Glowacki                 |  [e-mail]
Department of Biochemistry       |  [e-mail]
University of Wisconsin--Madison |  [phone]

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 17:55:58 -0500
From: Mike! <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP LaserJet 4M vs. Apple LaserWriter Pro 600/630

Gary Rodman asked about how the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4M stacks up
against the Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 and 630.  I just finished an
evaluation of the two for our Office of University Computing, so here's
some excerpts from my report:

[Recall that the HP LJ 4M is HP's small workgroup, auto-switching,
PostScript/PCL, serial/parallel/(optional) ethernet, 600 dpi, resolution
enhancement laser printer -- basically the Apple LaserWriter Pro's direct
competition.  Note also that the prices mentioned at the end are University
of Notre Dame pricing to it's own staff, faculty, and students.]

In TEXT QUALITY, they were virtually indistinguishable at all sizes.  The
HP had just barely better quality on subtle curves, but the Apple was able
to produce just slightly finer lines on delicate fonts and smaller print
sizes.  Net result:  tie -- both can product text output which obviates the
need for using image setters such as a Linotron in many cases.

In GRAPHIC QUALITY, they are again indistinguishable.  The HP had a
slightly broader range of tonality, with darker darks and whiter whites
(no, it's not laundry detergent) but this was very slight.  Net result:
tie -- too close to be a mitigating factor when choosing the two.

In SPEED, I ran a test using five files (three graphics and two text) which
tested grayscale printing, line-art, font scaling, and font downloading.
Both tests were run with the printer on ethernet on the same subnet as the
computer.  The HP took 12:54 to print the five documents, while the Apple
took 7:26 for the same files.  Both were printing at 600 dpi with image
enhancement on.

For NETWORKABILITY (yes, that *is* a word), the Apple comes with an Apple
ethernet jack, which means you must purchase an Asante FriendlyNet or
similar connector for about $80, or you can use the on-board LocalTalk.
The HP comes with a LocalTalk board installed, or you can purchase an
ethernet board for $450.  Both can do PCL/PS switching on the fly.

PRICE is a major concern for many people, and there is some difference
between the two printers.  The Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 has on-board
ethernet port that costs (net) $330 more to match in functionality on the
HP.  The LW Pro 600 does not have ethernet capability.  Figuring in the
ethernet, the costs of the two memory-loaded machines is $2435 for the HP
and $2175 for the Apple.  For LocalTalk LW Pro 600, the price is $1815,
while a similar equipped HP is $1985.

Mike!

****---  [e-mail]    **    I can't even THINK straight!   ---****

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 23:55:03 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #62

I don't know what's available on your campus, but I would suggest asking
the local network powers that be if they have a SLIP server available. If
so, you get a fast modem, macTCP and macSLIP (your campus may have site
licenses for both---ours does) and ask the net for free TCP/IP software
like fetch and archie and gopher. I have a SLIP link and find it fulfills
all my needs. (But I have everything in my computer life based on
TCP/IP---maybe if you don't, then you need a a different solution. ) What I
described cost me $450 (or maybe $35o, ccan't remember) for a good fast
14.4 kbps modem with fax software, and nothing for any other software. A
Novell or ARA based solution will cost you for software.

See ya,
Maynard

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 05:40:02 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #63

    Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 12:32:02 GMT
    From: [e-mail]
    1)Install Kanji-Talk (6.07 or latest 7.1) and use Japanese WP like
    MacWriteII-J, EG-Word, Wortzword and so on.

I understand that the latest version of WordPerfect also supports
Japanese.  Also, Nisus supports it.  (I haven't used either, yet).

      In this case you have to buy, or ask someone the copy, Kanji-Talk and
      Japanese WP. Kanji-Talk 7.1 comes with Macs sold in Japan. However
      person
      who buys Macs from abroad can register to Apple Japan. It costs  70000
      yen.
      If you want to know further how to contact with Apple Japan send me
      E-mail
      personally. Japanese WPs cost around 30000 ~ 50000 yen.

I believe it is supposed to be available here sometime next month
as well.  I was told that Apple Japan will not send KanjiTalk 7.1
outside of Japan, but perhaps that has changed?

    2)Install word-script and FEP, Front End Proccessor or Japanese fonts, and
    Japanese Fonts to System 7.1-English and use Japanese WPs.
      In this case you can use Japanese fonts and FEP, called KOTOERI, under
      system 7.1 of English. However of course you cannot use Japanese font
      for
      finder like file names.

Actually, you can use Japanese fonts for the finder, if you make
Japanese be your system script, either with ResEdit or a program
such as ScriptSwitcher.  I have many Japanese filenames.

I also recommend FontPatchin', which allows you to control the
system and application fonts on a per-application basis, and
also fixes a highly-annoying problem with underlines.  Unfortunately,
I don't know where to get it on the net.


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

Date: 23 Mar 1993 13:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Information about Savvy?

I downloaded an extension called Savvy 0.1 from the info-mac archives.
According to the abstract, it displays an icon in the Get Info window
"showing how System 7 savvy the
application is and whether it's 32 bit clean"
It does display an icon, and the little 32 must mean 32 bit clean, but does
anyone know what the other little letters tell you?
(I've checked other archives and can find no other documentation.)

Steve Jaffe
Math Dept
Vassar College

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 13:26:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jaime Garmendia - DuPont Argentina)
Subject: Large text files

>>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 06:12:45 GMT
>>From: [e-mail] (p-m agapow)
>>Subject: More for Mac?

>>Having accquired several very large text files lately that i need to
>>peruse (but not edit), i've run into a few problems. To wit, _no_ text
>>processor wants to handle a megabyte long file. Not wanting to split the
>>files up (they're alamanac and encyclopedia type references dowloaded from
>>a Unix mainframe) is there any convenient way to browse them on the Mac?
>>Ideally there'd be something like "more" but i have a hunch that i may
>>have a programming task on my hands ...

>>p-m

Have you tried McSink or its commercial sibling Vantage? I can open
very large files with ease. I would be surprised if there wasn't a
text browser that fit your requirements. I believe there is one in
SUMEX called Quill DA that could do.

Jaime Garmendia

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 07:04:49 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Latest Version Full Write Pro? Where to Get? (C)


On Sat, 20 Mar 1993 Larry Rymal <[e-mail]> wrote:
> THE ARTSTONE COLLECTIVE <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> > I have FullWrite Pro V1.0. When I purchased it I was
> > supposed to receive an upgrade. At the time I called
> > and wrote but to no avail.
> >
> > Does anyone one know where. I might get the upgrade now.
> > The reason I ask is that I have been reading about
> > all ther good things it can do and I am tired of
> > strugglimg with Word 4.0.
>
>         You could always try contacting Borland International which now
> has rights to the program and to be frank, they are not too responsive
> when dealing with FullWrite.
>         Two years ago
> [... deleted ... ]
> you could get the latest update for about $55.00,
> I think.  I doubt very seriously that any of the updates are even available
> but that is mere speculation on my part.
>
> Borland International
> 4585 Scotts Valley Drive
> Scotts Valley, CA
> 95066  U.S.A.
> 1 408 438 8400

Even though I'm upset at Borland for neither developing nor releasing the
Mac products it acquired from Ashton-Tate, I have to say that (some time
ago) it did send me the System 7-compatible version of Full Impact---which
I still use---when I requested it, and it did that at NO CHARGE.  Perhaps
Borland will do the same for FullWrite Professional, now; it's certainly
worth a try ringing them.  You have to be very specific about the version
you want, however, because (as I recall) their customer service persons
haven't a clue about Mac software.  So, be sure to ask for

  FullWrite Professional version 1.5

That was the latest full-release by A-T.  Then, to get System 7-compatibility,
run the updater [./app/fullwrite-pro-15s-patch.hqx].

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

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 16:41:43 -0800
From: [e-mail] (John Rosborough)
Subject: Logitech trackman problems

We have a Logitech Trackman which has worked very nice for some time, but
we have just got a powerbook DuoDock and it won't work with this machine.

When it is attached and the machine is restarted, the trackball only moves
the pointer down and to the right, and that only very slowly. The buttons
act like one is depressed all the time. I have tried removing almost all
other extensions but still no go.

Is there a newer version of the MouseMan software than v1.0? Has anyone
else bee successful in this environment?

Duo 210, DuoDock with Radius TPD (nubus card), System 7.1.

Thanks
 ---------
John Rosborough  Computer Support Specialist,        [phone]
         Faculty of Education                 fax  [phone]
         Simon Fraser University
         Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6

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Date: 23 Mar 1993 09:24:11 -0600 (CST)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac->Windows TT

I remember a PD utility being discussed that would convert Mac TrueType
fonts to Windows 3.1 format--can someone enlighten me?

Thanks!

-Dwight

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 20:18:12 GMT
From: J Fletcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Mail Servers

I'm looking for a mailer (Internet SMTP) for the Mac, that will
deal separately with a number of different people on the same mac
(at different times). Sort of a multi-user LeeMail would be right
Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas where I could look ?
We also use CE Quickmail - is there a quickmail <-> SMTP bridge
available ?
Any information, even peripheral, would be useful
(If there's a lot I can summarize)

Thanks In Advance,

-Jon

--
Jonathon Fletcher ([e-mail] / [e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:19:52 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Math co-processor in duo dock? (Q)

Can someone tell me what the math coprocessor that goes in the duo
dock consists of? Apple is presently telling me that it will be at
least another 14 weeks before I might get the one I ordered at the
beginning of February. If it's just a standard 68882 as for some other
machines, there are lots of places that advertise those. But Apple's
SRP is $79.00, which seems awfully low for a 33 MHz. 68882, and Apple
isn't exactly known for under-pricing add-in chips. I want to use this
with a Duo 230, so I presume a 33 MHz part is required....but perhaps
it's a 16 MHz one (which would be more reasonable for this price)? Or
perhaps its something else altogether?

--Steve Anderson
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 09:32:08 -0800
From: [e-mail] (John Rosborough)
Subject: Memory Modules for Mac Portable

Does anyone have any recommendations of a source for a 4 mb memory module
for the Mac Portable. (Not the powerbooks or duo, I'm talking the original
luggable)

A Candaian source would be preferable to ease cross border stuff, but good
US Mail-order houses are also welcome.

thanks
 ---------
John Rosborough  Computer Support Specialist,        [phone]
         Faculty of Education                 fax  [phone]
         Simon Fraser University
         Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 14:42:28 EST
From: Michael Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network utility - Likewise

A while back there was some mention of a network utility called
_Likewise_ and it was supposedly from Apple.  I tried to order it
and they told our purchasing dept. they did not have such a package.
Do I have the wrong source?  If so who is the vendor? If not, does
anyone have a product number?

Thanks,
Mike Williams   -   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 11:07:01 MST
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: Numerical Data from Graphs (C)

Continuing the discussion of freeware and shareware programs for grabbing
numerical values from a scanned graph:

In Info-Mac V11 #63 Bernard Seront mentioned DataThief and asked:

> Does someone know if I can use DataThief with an image opened in another
> program on the background (for example: I open my scanned image with
> photoshop, adjust the size, and then switch to datathief to work with the
> image in photoshop).

I don't know if DataThief does this, but DigiGraf, another freeware
application mentioned in the same issue by Rob Managan, does. As Rob said,
you display the graph on your Mac's screen in any application, then launch
DigiGraf. When you're defining the endpoints of your axes or entering data
points, DigiGraf goes into a mode (normally a bad thing in a Mac program,
I'll admit) where any mouse click anywhere on the screen, inside or outside
of DigiGraf's windows, is interpreted within DigiGraf.

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 08:24:26 +0100
From: Hans Magnus Aus <[e-mail]>
Subject: NuvoLink SC and system 7.1

Does anyone have the NuvoLink SC external box working under system 7.1 ?
Hans M Aus, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
email: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 02:15:08 -0500
From: Chris Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: PC Exchange vs. Access PC

I'm sure this is an FAQ, but could someone outline for me the differences
between these two programs (feature wise). I'm looking for translator
software,
and I'm tempted by DataViz's new deal that inlcudes PC Exchange, but I have
to think that 3rd party software must have a few interesting tweaks to be on
the market agains Apple software. Thanks in advance.

--Chris

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Date: 23 Mar 1993 11:41:19AST
From: "Adrien BERUBE"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pointing to Mecca

A Muslim friend of mine is trying to locate a utility program which
computes compass directions to Mecca using Longitude and Latitude
for any given location in the world.

Can someone direct me to such a software.

Thanks in advance.

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

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Date: 23 Mar 1993 15:00:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Thermite: our warm little exothermic friend" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PRAM zapping in System 7.x (q)

  Does anyone know offhand how to zap the PRAM in system 7.x?
                --Jason Goodman

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:51:05  +0100
From: Leif Jensen-Pistorius <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problem to print japanese aon LaserWriter IIg

Hi,
the problem:
A colleague works with a Mac IIcx, System 7.1 with japanese worldscript and
some japanese TrueType-fonts. He can not print out on a LaserWriter IIg.
If he try to print, he get only the first page and then some erros. On a
LaserWriter IIntx it works fine. (on System 6.x with KanjiTalk he had the
same problems.

Any solutions? Please send the answers direct to me: [e-mail]

Thanks very much and sorry about my english

Leif Jensen-Pistorius

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 16:43 EST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Recommendations for external HD

Folks,

We'd like to purchase external hard drives for several IIsi machines we
have.  I've been looking around and they all seem pretty much alike.  Is
this true?  Are there any manufactures we should avoid?  Can anyone tell me
anything about the PowerUser hard drives?

Thanks for any and all input,

Cindy

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 19:04 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: SndControl

Has anyone run into any conflicts with trying to use SndControl 2.2 on a LC?
I
have been having trouble with the sound on my LC--as in not getting any
sound!
When I open the SndControl control panel, it won't let me choose any sounds,
but keeps going to "no sound."  I also noticed that the SndControl prefs file
is an invisible file in the Prefs folder, and I can't seem to get rid of it.
I
tried copying the SndControl prefs file from my IIsi to the LC, but it
wouldn't
let me replace the invisible file.

On a related note--how does one go about trashing an invisible file?

Thanks for the help.

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

PS--When I opened the SndControl control panel on my LC, it locked up the
computer and I had to restart.  Strange happenings!

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 10:03:10 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: SpeedyFinder7--where? (Q)

Can anyone please point me to a source of SpeedyFinder7 shareware?

ADVthanxANCE

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

Date: 23 Mar 1993 11:01:11 -0700 (MST)
From: John Glaser <[e-mail]>
Subject: SPICE circuit analysis for the Mac

    Does anyone know about or happen to have a version of the SPICE
    circuit
analysis program which has been compiled for the Mac. I know that the  FORTRAN
source code for version 2G.6 is available somewhere, because I used to have a
compiled version for my Amiga (which I no longer have). I have tried an
"archie"
search for a compiled version to no avail. If anyone with a FORTRAN compiler
is
interested, I will look for the source code for v2G.6. I also think that the
source for v3E.2 is availible, but is only suitable for Un*x machines (I
think,
I don't really know).
    I know that a demo version of PSpice is available, but the demo is too
"crippled" to be of any use to me. While the original SPICE may not have all
the
fancy features of PSpice, it is public domain, and may be useful to a lot of
people. Contrary to popular belief, not all professors have unlimited funds,
or
even any funds at all, with which to purchase expensive commercial products
(my
advisor  certainly doesn't). Any help would be appreciated, and if I obtain a
version, I will upload it.

John Glaser ([e-mail])
"Original" quote for the day: "Boy, I can't wait to graduate!"

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

Date: 23 Mar 1993 17:43:41 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Tom Wentzel)
Subject: StarChart and MusicWorks leads

Dear Netters,

   I have two old programs which a friend used to run on his Mac Plus
under the Finder in System 6.  They both looked like fun and I wanted
to see if they would run on my Classic II (System 7.0.1 w/ Sys 7
tuner), and they don't.  I've tried running the programs under System
6.0.8L, and I've tried using the archived demo of AutoLock V. 1.31
(which claims to be able to run some programs which were not designed
to run under Multifinder), and still no go.  If I could get the
programs to run, or get upgraded versions of the programs that run,
I'd gladly pay the cost or shareware fees.

   So, my question is whether anyone out there in cyberspace (netland?)
may know how to contact these folks; or if you have been able to run
these programs under System 7 or any emulator or version of System 6
which the Classic II can handle (e.g., System 6.0.8L); or if you know of
upgraded versions.  I know both of these programs date from the
Neolithic era, and I'm not implying that I indignantly EXPECT these
fossils to run on our present day miracle machines.  It would just be
nice if they could.

   The first program is shareware $15, and I think is still posted in
the archives.  I think it's archived as StarChart1.4, its name is
"Orion, the Space Flight Simulator," it dates from August 6, 1986, and
the author is Robert P. Munafo, who lists an address of 8 Manning Drive,
Barrington, Rhode Island 02806.  I tried writing to Mr. Munafo a year
ago, enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope, and received no
reply.  (If he doesn't live there anymore, I wonder if the current
resident is looting whatever shareware fees continue to trickle in?) 8^)

   The second program is called MusicWorks V. 0.42, by Jay Fenton, Marc
A. Canter, and Mark S. Pierce of MacroMind.  It's dated October 11,
1984.  It's not clear to me whether it was commercial software or
shareware or a demo version, and my friend who gave me his copy of the
old program has long ago lost all documentation.  I had a tip that
MacroMind turned into MacroMedia, the maker of MacRecorder Sound System
and SoundEdit Pro.  I tried calling this company twice, leaving messages
in Infernal Voice Mail, and never heard back from them by phone or
letter.  It's nice to be ignored.

   Any information would be welcome.  Please E-mail responses to:
   Tom Wentzel   [e-mail]      Thanks!

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 05:59:10 -0500
From: Bob Kerns <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stolen serial numbers...

    Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 09:16:43 PDT
    From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)

    If anyone offers you a great deal on a used 165c, check that serial
    number...

    STOLEN POWERBOOK 165C 4/80 SERIAL #FC3051LZ490 ONLY CPU TOOK
    SHOPLIFFTED ON 3/15/93 ABOUT 3PM FROM

You know, it would be both a great public service, and excellent
PR with enforcement agencies which often seem to have serious
misunderstandings of computers, networks, BBS's, and the like,
for there to be a central list of serial numbers of stolen items
that people could check.

Asking your local police for a floppy of serial numbers of stolen
equipment so you can put it on the network & BBS's is likely to
be a healthy bit of education for them.

I don't have the time to coordinate something like this, but if
someone wanted to volunteer, it would be a great bit of communal
self-defense against both thieves and misguided law-enforcement
personel who act like thieves (q.v. the Steve Jackson Games case
and numerous others).

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 23:24:42 PST
From: [e-mail] (Gavin John Reid)
Subject: Supra V.32bis Faxmodem

I realize that the Supra modem has been discussed before, but I had a question
about it.  I have been considering the purchase of a 14.4 modem with FAX, and
like the looks of the Supra.  I have read people's complaints about the
modem.
I find it weird that the magazine review found no problems.  My main question
is, has anyone used the Supra with the newest ROMS?  I read the comparison
between the Zyxel and the Supra, but I am wary of the Zyxel due to its
limited distribution (I called Zyxel to find a reseller, and they only told
me of one, one I have never heard of.)  Also, although the MacUser review
said nothing bad about the Zyxel (or Supra), it didn't say anything good
either.  I would appreciate any comments people have to give.  Also, does
anyone have an alternate recommendation for a modem?  Since this topic
is not new, it might be better to E-mail me.  I will summarize any responses
for the digest.  Thanks...

    -Gavin Reid <[e-mail].

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 15:05:52 EST
From: Michael Kazlow <[e-mail]>
Subject: Text Processor for large files (R)

paul-michael agapow,

Vantage will handle very large text files. When I was using my Mac Plus
I was able to handle files larger than 4M (under both Systems 6 and 7).
I have opened much larger files on my 9M IIsi.

Microsoft Word wil also do the trick, but it is not a text processor. I would
bet that it would not be hard to program Hypercard to browse a large text
file and give you a "more" like pipeline.


... Mike K.

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

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 21:32:53 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Times Two

Would anyone using the disk software called Times Two like to comment on it?



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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 11:29:04 EST
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Typing tutors-looking for recommendation

Anyone care to recommend a typing tutor program? Ideally,
it will appeal to both children and adults and work on a
Mac Plus wihout hard drive. However, I'd be pleased with
recommendations for programs not meeting these ideals. ;-)
Thanks, Pete
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 20:22:57 CHT
From: [e-mail] (Patricio Mason)
Subject: Uploading / downloading binary files with Kermit

On 20 Mar 93  10:16:33 EST, [e-mail] (Allan Hunter) wrote:
>
> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 93 10:16:33 EST
> From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Uploading / downloading binary files with Kermit
>
> I'm in phase 6 or 7 of what has become an embarrassingly major project:
> trying to send fully formatted WordPerfect documents with graphics over
> to friends on the internet who have the poor fortune to have a PC as
> their home computer.  My original assumption was that the MS-DOS world
> would have an equivalent of BinHex or Compact Pro (which has BinHex

I send fully formatted WordPerfect files (graphics included) on a routine
basis.  One handy equivalent of BinHex is the process known as
uuencoding/uudecoding, which does exactly the same as BinHex: turn a binary
file into a text-only file, so that you can fool the system into thinking
it's handling regular, plain text.  I recommend UULite by Jeff Strobel,
which you ought to be able to find in sumex-aim.  Of course, your
unfortunate PC counterpart would need to have some version of MS-DOS
uuencoding/uudecoding, which is very easy to find.  Both pieces of software
are very light.  Use ZIP compression if graphics make the file too heavy.
That's also available for the Mac (MacZip is fine).






Patricio Mason
International Communication Solutions Ltd.
Specialist translation and multilingual productions
Santiago, Chile
Tel./Fax: [phone]
Tel.: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 19:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: VersaTerm and Internet

Hello all Mac users...
I recently picked up a copy of VersaTerm for my Mac, mainly for its DG
emulations capability for my job.  I have discovered that it has many internet
features including the ability to use ftp over internet, MacSlip, MacTCP, and
talk to a VAX over LAT network.  I am curious how to use these features since
my school is set to go on internet in the next few weeks, and the dorms are
being wired with an ethernet network to the VAX that runs the LAT protocol.
Is
anyone familiar with how to do any of this?  I am more concerned with the
SLIP capabilities and the ftp capabilities, since internet is supposed to be
turned on possibly april 1, next week.  Any help would be greatly
appreciated...

                Thanks

                Greg Sachs
                [e-mail]
                (should have an internet address soon)

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 12:30:54 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: VRAM for duo dock (S)

A few weeks ago I asked what I should get to substitute for the Apple
VRAM expansion kit for a duo dock. I got several answers, mostly
saying that the 512K VRAM expansion for the dock was the same as the
one for other machines (e.g. LC II). This was consistent with a couple
of postings in comp.sys.mac.hardware. One person pointed out to me
that 80 nanosecond chips are needed for the dock VRAM. I thought I
should summarize in case others are wondering the same thing.

So I bought an 80 nanosecond 512K VRAM SIMM from Chip Merchant for
about $49 (including shipping, etc.), which compares well with Apple's
price of $79 (HEPP II discounted; SRP $99). Unfortunately, I can't
report on whether it works or not, since Apple is still resisting all
of my attempts to get them to ship me the dock I ordered at the
beginning of February. My (potentially) nice new duo (as well as the
VRAM SIMM, the external monitor and keyboard, etc.) just sits there
gathering dust (and pointlessly using up its warranty).

:(

--Steve Anderson
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 19:57 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Where's GreyChicago? (Q)

Hello!

I have searched high and low for the font that simulates greyed
dialog box buttons but have not been able to find it.  Does anyone
know where it is hiding?  Also, if there are any other "greyed"
fonts available, where are they?

Either a reply to the digest or to me directly works, I read
IM religiously.

Thanks,

Chuck

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 13:55:45 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Word-Mac Moderator)
Subject: Word-Mac mailing list - Administravia

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 19:42 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5.0 Crap Display (A)

Andy Law complains of a rotten screen display following his upgrade to Word
5.0
>From 4.0.  The problem is almost certainly related to his printer.  Word has
always used its own Printer Resources.  With Word 5.0 (and with System 7 Tune
Up 1.1.1) the ability to use Fractional Widths was extended to non-Laser
Printers like the StyleWriter.  By default, this option is turned ON aftre
installation.

To rectify the matter, just go to PageSetup and uncheck the Fraction Widths
check box.  This may result in a fractional (no pun intended) disimprovement
in
printed output, but will ensure a better display on machines with only one
pixel depth (i.e. B/W Macs).

Ferg.
Trinity College, Dublin.

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