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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 25 Mar 93       Volume 11 : Issue 66

Today's Topics:

      [*] abalone-11b1.hqx
      [*] AlphaTrecker 2.0
      [*] axo-calculator-11.hqx
      [*] BabyLabyrinth1.0.1
      [*] Calculator II 1.1.0
      [*] Centris Ethernet Report
      [*] DiskDup+ / new version: 2.21
      [*] Family Tree Software Report
      [*] Fox QuickTime
      [*] Fox XCMD/XFCN's
      [*] getting .z files and nixpub long list (01/23/93) submission
      [*] Here's a program to be put up on yoru FTP site...
      [*] inexpensive-midi-resource.txt (Mac-MIDI report)
      [*] LaunchPad 2.0.2
      [*] mac-change.hqx
      [*] MacMud 3.2 (comp)
      [*] MacSharewareCatalog - March Issue
      [*] magellan_venus.hqx
      [*] modernism.sit.hqx
      [*] Moon.cpt.hqx - Defender clone
      [*] MST3Kicons
      [*] Open Spaces 1.2
      [*] Personal references stack
      [*] Print To QuickTime 2.0
      [*] QuarkExpress PDFs for QMS printers
      [*] Rob's eyes PICS file
      [*] Rob's spin PICS file
      [*] Sept. 92 Mac Tips & Tricks
      [*] SoftwareFPU 2.41
      [*] studly-prez-and-vice.hqx
      [*] tele-finder-302-updater
      [*] Tiny Saver 2.0b5
      [*] Viet-Tang Fonts.cpt.hqx
      (Q) 80Mb Hard Drive Probs...
      (Q) menu item bug
      35mm Colour Slide Makers
      [ANS] Ethernet Cards for the IIci [Q]
      All you ever wanted to know about aliases....
      AppleLink Access
      AUX 3.0 vs Apple CD-ROM 300
      Babylon 5 GIF
      Bootable disk (was DiskCopy images vs. folders)
      Buggy StyleWriter II driver ?
      can this be done for this money? (Q)
      Command-key question
      C Programming on Macs
      DART 1.5.1 (Q)
      data thief and digigraph
      Dictionaries, add-ons in Microsoft Products
      DiskCopy images vs. folders [R]
      E-mail address -> Compact Pro folks
      Equipment advice
      European pricing
      Express Modem and Comm softwares (Q)
      Fetch Shortcuts saved in Prefs file
      Flying compilers desolve alternate universe navigator
      Full Impact macro question (R)
      How do you get p.v. integrals in MathType?
      HP DeskWriter Sharing between Mac and PC? (Q)
      icon lock and resize (A)
      icon lock and resize (R)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #65 (2 msgs)
      InfoWorld Mac Bashing
      Large text files (C)
      Laser Printers
      Laserwriter drum scratch
      mac draw pro on pb
      MacsBug ate my Math Functions
      MacWrite Pro (?)
      mailing lists (Q)
      More for Mac?
      New IIvx
      New Word Game
      PB 180c?
      Pgmkr & LPII printing wacky
      Photoshop won't open some JPEG files
      printing postscript files on a laserwriter? (Q)
      Problems with Word 5.1.
      Quadra 800/950
      Recycled laser toner cartridges
      Remembering Position in File Dialogs
      SE/30 Color & Accell.
      soldering 68882 to LCII motherboard
      StuffIt Expander (Q)
      supress header
      SWII and 32 bit-quickdraw
      SYSTEM 6.08L
      The System 7 Wish List (C)
      Turbo-Gophering Info-Mac (Q)
      Typing Tutors (A)
      underground newspaper
      WordFinder fix for 4.0 (R)
      X Terminal software Demo?

The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa.

The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
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[36.44.0.6].  Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help.

Please send articles and binaries to [e-mail].
Send administrative mail to [e-mail].

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 16:18:31 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] abalone-11b1.hqx

This file contains version 1.1b1 of Abalone for the Macintosh.
Abalone is a strategic board game.
This program is a freeware Mac version of Abalone.
This version can replace the 1.0 version currently found in the
archives.
The 1.1b1 version features performance enhancements, better
strategies and multi-level undo.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/abalone-11b1.hqx; 94K]

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Date: 22 Mar 1993 23:52:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Condo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] AlphaTrecker 2.0

AlphaTrecker 2.0

This file replaces all earlier versions (1.0 and 1.0.1) of AlphaTrecker.

AlphaTrecker is a faceless background application (FBA) system extension
that plays sound tracks (also known as MOD files) when you start up your
Mac. This is the same kind of file as SoundTrecker, by Frank Seide, plays.
AlphaTrecker plays all the MOD files it finds in the Preferences folder,
in a random sequence. You can place aliases of your MOD files in the
Preferences folder instead of the files themselves.

AlphaTrecker requires System 7 or higher and a 68020 processor or higher.

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/st/alpha-tracer-20.hqx; 45K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 17:07:03 PST
From: [e-mail] (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] axo-calculator-11.hqx

         AxoCalculator 1.1

AxoCalculator is a general purpose scientific calculator, and
a multi-language development environment. Standard scientific
functions (sin, cos, exp, ... ) and statistical calculations
are supported. Calculations are performed by typing them into
the editor window then pressing "enter". This approach
maintains a record which can be cross-checked or printed.

Programs and functions can be written in Pascal, Fortran,
Basic or C and executed by AxoCalculator's multi-language
interpreter. Programs can interact with the user via standard
dialogs. They can be assigned names which are then appended to
the "Calculator" menu. Programs can be automatically loaded
onto the menu each time AxoCalculator is run.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/axo-calculator-11.hqx; 290K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 16:46:42 MET
From: Simone Bettini 227678/il <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BabyLabyrinth1.0.1

BabyLabyrinth1.0.1: ) 1993 Bettini Simone.

A simple game for children: a labyrinth to walk across with
some funny characters, to reach a little prize, with amazing
sounds and pretty icons.

Bettini Simone : <[e-mail]>

( a new version of the game I sent you some time ago.)
(It should replace the previous one)
(it should be archived as game/BabyLabyrinth_101.sea.hqx)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/baby-labyrinth-101.hqx; 482K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 09:15:55 -0500
From: "David P. Faust" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Calculator II 1.1.0

This is the latest version of Calculator II downloaded from AOL. The
authors blurb follows.

Dave


Calculator II is a pleasant looking color multi-function calculator that
runs as an application under system 6.x or System 7.  The calculator was
written as an application to be run under MultiFinder or System 7 alongside
other applications.  It improves on Apple's original calculator by adding
trigonometric functions, functions for base 10 and natrual logorithms and
their inverses, hex-to-decimal and decimal-to-hex conversion, a memory
function for storing values across uses of the program, and all of these
functions can be invoked by using the F-Keys on the Apple Extended keyboard
(F5 - F15).  The calculator also allows users to correct trailing digits of
values entered on the display of the calculator through the use of a
backspace key.  Balloon help and general information about the program is
available under either the Help menu under System 6.x or the Balloon Help
menu under System 7.  This software is being distributed as FREEware so
give it a try and let me know what you think!
 David Faust      | [e-mail]   |   Student Consultant

[Archived as /info-mac/app/calculator-ii-11.hqx; 62K]

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Date: 22 Mar 1993 18:59:30GMT
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Centris Ethernet Report

Dear All,

A week ago I sent out a request for information about the built-in ethernet
connection in a Centris 650 (as in our College Microstore didn't want me to
use it). I enclose the responses I received for filing as a report.

The consensus is that the inbuilt connector is the thing to use, with the
caveat that Apple's self-terminating transponders may cause problems. One
respondent seems to have had very bad problems with Quadra 700s, cause
unknown.

Many thanks to all those who replied.

Alun

A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/centris-650-ethernet.txt; 21K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 23:07:28 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DiskDup+ / new version: 2.21

DiskDup+ 2.21 replaces version 2.11 or 2.14.
BinHexed Compact Pro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/disk-dup-plus-221.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 13:41:41 +0000
From: Richard Rathe <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Family Tree Software Report

Thanks to all who responded to my appeal for information. Please place this
upload in the reports subdirectory. It contains comments on three genealogy
programs for the Mac: MacRoots, Personal Ancestor File, and Reunion.

Richard Rathe, MD
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/report/genealogy-programs.txt; 4K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 09:28:44 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Weidl)
Subject: [*] Fox QuickTime

Info-Mac'ers: This should go in /info-mac/demos

This Demo file was created by Roger Bischoff and shows how to incorporate
multi-media QuickTime movies into your FoxBASE+/Mac applications.  This
file contains documented PRG, Resource file, ReadMe and 2 sample movies.
QuickTime support in FoxBASE+/Mac comes in the form of an XCMD from the
Apple Developer's QuickTime CD-ROM.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/foxbase-qt-movies.hqx; 156K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 09:30:09 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Weidl)
Subject: [*] Fox XCMD/XFCN's

FoxTools 1.5 is a set of 36 XCMD/XFCN's which may be useful for the
FoxBASE+/Mac 2.x programmer. They were compiled by Randy Brown for a Fox
Developer's Conference a couple of years ago, and then
posted on CompuServe. I got them from CompuServe and posted them here.
Other than that, I've had
nothing to do with them; except of course, to use them. My one addition to
the archive is a report
form that can be used to print out a list of the XCMD/XFCN's.

Here are their names:
Movefile
Sublaunch
NewFolder
Xdbf
Xtext
Xmemotxt
Xmemoext
Xmemolen
Xmemostf
Xmemosrc
Xeject
Xbeep
Xvolume
DoRestart
PutClipboard
GetClipboard
Shutdown
SystemFolder
SerialHandler
FiletoClip
Xwipe
Xpass
XCopy
CurrDevice
DeviceList
ChooseDevice
ChooserName
LeafName
Xabout
GetStr
Invert
changePREC
Movie
SetStdFilePath
Xtherm
XcmdEditPict

To make it easy to see what each does, Randy built a shell around them. To
run the application,
just double-click on the "FoxTool.prg" file in the Finder, or DO the program.

Eric

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fox-foxtools-15.hqx; 233K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 19:06:56 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] getting .z files and nixpub long list (01/23/93) submission

A few days ago some people asked about how to transfer, decompress
files with .z format. After some simple experiments I got everything
through. My way may not be elegent, but it could be done under the
restricted resoources as I have now.

Ok, here it is.


How to do a file transfer from unix box with .Z format through a IBM
mainframe to a local Macintosh:

1.      binary ftp
    (preserve the 8-bit character compressed format?)

2.      compress fn z fm (decompress lrecl 128
    invoke the compress utility that is available in the CMS version
    and able to deal with .Z, the unix compressed format. lrecl 128
    is used because CMS Kermit can do binary file transfer only for
    file with logical record length less than 128 bytes (unit?).
    option decompress is used to decompress file which is named as fn
    z fm.

3.      Kermit
    invoke CMS Kermit

4.      set file binary

5.      uncheck all the conversion and filter options of the local
    telecomm program

6.      check binary file transfer (not MacBinary) for local telecomm
    programs's  Kermit file transfer protocol

7.      do the file transfer

8.      use your favor utility/text processor to replace line feed
    character, (ASCII 10, or <LF>) with carriage return character
    (ASCII 13, or <CR>)

Following these procedures, and with the help of White Knight and
BBEdit, I could successfully get nixpub_long_list from ftp site
pit-manager.mit.edu under directory /pub/usenet/comp.misc/. The file
format is very close to the format of the old list found in the
Info-Mac archive.

As for nixpub_long_list, it gives information for --Open Access UNIX
(*NIX) Sites [both Fee and No Fee]--. This list was published on
January 28, 1993. It should be useful to people who are interested in
Internet availability, from simple net mail to ftp, telnet, news
feed, etc. For more details about such connection, check out

/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt
/report/internet-access-11.hqx
/report/internet-dial-in.txt
/report/mac-tcp-info.txt
/report/personal-internet-connection.txt


Regards,

Liu

[Archived as /info-mac/report/nixpub-long-list.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 04:24:39 PST
From: [e-mail] (Pseudo-Barry)
Subject: [*] Here's a program to be put up on yoru FTP site...

This file shoudl be named something like "QWK-1.30.sit.hqx"  Please direct any
comments or replies regarding this submission to [e-mail].  (I very
seldom use the [e-mail] account which I am sending this from.)

File follows...
 --------------
QWK 1.30

  This is a simple QWK-format offline mail reading package.
In order to use it, you also need a good text editor, and
a program to extract the contents of .ZIP files.  I recommend
BBEdit 2.2 and UnZIP 2.0, together with a patch that's floating
around out there to add word-wrapping capability to BBEdit.
Of course, you need a terminal program too.

  Instead of staying online, connected to a BBS for
many minutes, or sometimes even hours, reading th emessages, and
composing your replies to them, many BBSes now offer you
the option of downloading all your new messages as a
.QWK packet.  You can then decode and read the messages offline,
compose your replies, and upload your replies in the form
of a .REP packet.  Even if it takes you hours to read and
reply to all your messages, you only have to spend a
few minutes actually connected to the BBS.

  This package consists of a program called QWK, which will
convert the contents of a .QWK packet into a readible text
file, which you may read with any text editor, and another
program called REP, which will take a text file created by
you, containing all of your replies and new messages,
and convert it to a .REP packet that yu may upload to
the BBS to post your messages.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/qwk-130.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 00:44 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] inexpensive-midi-resource.txt (Mac-MIDI report)

Please replace the old archive file at sumex-aim:
info-mac/report/inexpensive-midi-resource.txt
with this newer version.
Comments to [e-mail] (J R Evans), the author.

Cheers - Shekhar Govind                 [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/report/inexpensive-midi-resources.txt; 21K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 21:49:51 EST
From: J S Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LaunchPad 2.0.2

Application: LaunchPad 2.0.2
(Shareware, $10)

Description:

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

LaunchPad changes all that.

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

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

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


Specifications:

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


Changes from version 2.0.1:

LaunchPad 2.0.2 is a maintenance release that:

  -- corrects a double memory disposal error (probably not
     noticeable, unless you have some specialized debugging
     tools installed).

[Archived as /info-mac/util/launch-pad-202.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 10:20:16 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: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 22:20:26 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Mimir Reynisson)
Subject: [*] MacMud 3.2 (comp)

This is MacMud 3.2 (comp) a Multi User TCP/IP based text adventure game.
MacMud is a port of the popular unix game LPMud and can run both multi-
user using MacTCP 1.1 or MacTCP 1.1.1, or in single-user mode by opening
multiple windows for each player connection on the same machine. MacMud
can also run as a background-only daemon by simply setting the Background-
only flag in the SIZE resources.

MacMud is essentially an LPC game driver (LPC is an interpreted subset
of object C of sorts), which executes the adventure game source code
which is written in LPC (commonly called a Mudlib). The game has two
classes of users: players and wizards. Initially you start out as a
player and advance through levels and then you reach wizardhood.

Wizards can extend the adventure world by writing objects which can
be added while the game is running.

See the enclosed documentation for further details.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-mud-32.hqx; 740K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 10:37 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MacSharewareCatalog - March Issue

The MacSharewareCatalog is a catalog offering from Insanely Great Software
with complete descriptions of top-quality shareware that can be ordered
directly from the catalog. United States and international orders are
welcome.

The March issue contains the following products:
Alias Director, File Buddy, TEXT <> ttro, & Finder Sets
Biorhythms 2
DOCMaker & GMC Calendar
File Sharing Toggle
MenuChoice & EasyKeys
ProgrammerUs Paradise
Quotable Quotes & Delicious Desserts
System 7 Pack!
System 7 Pack! & Companion Pack!
System 7 Productivity & Fun Pack!
SuperFontPack
TownMeeting

Also includes information on the new MacSharewareCatalog UserGroup and BBS
Program.

The catalog was specially designed for on-screen viewing and is totally
self-contained in a DOCMaker document.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/mac-shareware-catalog.hqx; 89K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 05:34:35 -0600 (CST)
From: Roger Stryker <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] magellan_venus.hqx

AUTHOR:    Robert A. Brown
NEEDS:     HyperCard 2.1, QuickTime 1.5

The "Magellan at Venus" PictureBook, created from an existing slide set
distributed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California,
contains a selection of 20 of some of the most intriguing images and
image mosaics of the surface of Venus, including views of mountains,
plains, volcanoes, and impact craters.  The captions accompanying the
pictures provide information about these surface features, including
their location in latitude and longitude, a general description, and
"guesses" as to what the features might represent in geological terms.
The text also provides information about the images themselves, such as
the date the image was acquired, and the image resolution.

The PictureBook is built on a Hypercard stack and is designed to run on a
Macintosh computer with HyperCard 2.1 and QuickTime 1.5.

This PictureBook is one of a series being produced by the Exploration in
Education (ExInEd) program at the Special Studies Office of the Space
Telescope Science Institute.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/magellan-at-venus.hqx; 986K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 17:11:48 -0500
From: Jacob Solomon Weinstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] modernism.sit.hqx

Have you ever wished you could experience the boredom and frustration of
"Waiting for Godot" or "No Exit" right in the comfort of
your own home? Well, stop waiting and start despairing. "Modernism" is a
text-adventure version of both of those plays. It was created with TADS,
the Text Adventure Development System.

"Modernism" is MailWare, because I, unlike Beckett or Sartre, don't have
the nerve to charge people for something so silly. If you like it, help
dispell the meaninglessness of my everyday life by sending me a
postcard.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/modernism.hqx; 188K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 08:23:55 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail] (Derek Bosch)
Subject: [*] Moon.cpt.hqx - Defender clone

(A shareware version of the arcade game, Defender-requires 256 colors)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/moon.hqx; 146K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 23:36:10 -0600
From: dan gardner <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MST3Kicons

Here are some icons I drew featuring the gang from Mystery Science Theater
3000.

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/mystery-science-icons.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 18:22:07 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Open Spaces 1.2

Open Spaces is a system 7 extension which makes navigating through
folders in the Finder easier. When you are not renaming something,
hitting the space bar opens the currently selected file or folder.
This enables you to move around with just the arrow keys and the
space bar, or to open files more easily. When you are renaming
something, the space bar acts normally.

Version 1.2 corrects the behavior of Open Spaces with dialog boxes
opened by Control Panels.
Version 1.2 also contains a bug fix for 68000 machines.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/open-spaces-12.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 15:00:54 +0100
From: Henry S Bloomfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Personal references stack

[Moderators: This should go in /card]

Enclosed is a personal references stack I've been working on fairly
intermitently for the last couple of years. It allows you to keep a file of
the references pertinent to your work, to view them easily and to do
various searches on them. You can also print them all out, export them to
the clipboard, etc.
It doesn't yet handle the standard ACM references format (but it might one
day!).
It's easy to use, so I won't say much about that side of it. An example
file of references and cursory instructions are provided.

Version history.

version ? - version 1.4    Slow development, a few rewrites, that kind of
thing
version 1.5                You can now print out the results of searches
               You can print the index
               Automatic compaction of the stack
               Most of the externals have been updated to their
               latest versions.
version 1.5.1              First public version! - lots of tidying up.
               You can now change the font of data fields

Henry Bloomfield

[Archived as /info-mac/card/personal-references.hqx; 457K]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 08:37:48 NZS
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Print To QuickTime 2.0

This is the second release of Print To QuickTime, an extension
for Print To Pict.

New in this release is the ability to append movies to existing
files.

For new users:

Print To QuickTIme is an extension for Print To Pict which enables
you to create QuickTime movies from most applications simply by
selecting Print To Pict/Print To QuickTime as your printer and
printing your document.

Print to QuickTime is free to most people for personal and educational
use. Full documentation and conditions of use in the package.

Kiwis & Ozzies in particular:

Print To QuickTime, along with Pictoids & ColourText, is available
for FTP from my experimental FTP server, smis-asterix.massey.ac.nz.
Anybody is welcome to use this server, but please remember it is my
desktop LC and avoid heavy use during NZ working hours (GMT+12).

Enjoy
    Nigel

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/print-2-pict-to-qt-20.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 22:23:55 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] QuarkExpress PDFs for QMS printers

This file contains the Quark Express PDF printer drivers
for all QMS printers. Binhexed CompactPro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/quark-pdf-for-qms.hqx; 13K]

This file contains the PageMaker 4.2 PDX printer drivers
for all QMS printers. Binhexed CompactPro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/pagemaker-pdx-for-qms.hqx; 22K]

This file contains the PageMaker 4.2 PPD printer drivers
for all QMS printers. Binhexed CompactPro archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/pagemaker-ppd-for-qms.hqx; 112K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 18:57:10 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: [*] Rob's eyes PICS file

According to Grant Bowman <[e-mail]>,
> This is Rob's Eyes, done by Robert Letterman about 2 years ago.
> [e-mail], if he's still there.

Oh, yes, it a PICS file that is IMHO suitable for use with After Dark.

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

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/robs-eyes.hqx; 367K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 19:07:52 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: [*] Rob's spin PICS file

Here's a PICS file, `Rob's spin,' I use with After Dark that used to be in the
archives, but I don't see it there now.  It's of a spinning polyhedron with a
bouncing apple(?).  IMHO very nice, and certainly less boring than the
Rotating
Cube PICS that came with AD.  I don't recall who rendered it, but I wouldn't
be
surprised if it's Robert Letterman (<[e-mail]> about 2 years ago),
the same chap who did Rob's eyes (posted a few moments ago).

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

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/robs-spin.hqx; 341K]

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Date: 23 Mar 1993 17:01:26 -0600
From: "pfterry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Sept. 92 Mac Tips & Tricks

This is the September 92 issue of Mac Tips & Tricks.

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/mac-tips-n-tricks-sep92.hqx; 83K]
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/mac-tips-n-tricks-oct92.hqx; 105K]
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/mac-tips-n-tricks-nov92.hqx; 92K]
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/mac-tips-n-tricks-dec92.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 20:48:32 -0800
From: John M. Neil <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SoftwareFPU 2.41

A utility which allows programs requiring a Floating Point Unit
(FPU) to work on computers without one, such as the LC, IIsi,
ClassicII,  Color Classic, PowerBook, Performa, or Centris.
Drop this control panel into your System folder and many programs
that formerly crashed will begin working.

Version 2.41 works on the new 68LC040 Macintoshes (Centris), and
fixes problems with Claris Resolve and MatLab.

SoftwareFPU is a shareware product.  If you download it, please
send $10 to:

    John Neil
    P.O. Box 160699
    Cupertino, CA 95016

Your ten dollars keeps the lights on late at night and gives me
the incentive to produce more wondrous Macintosh software!
Thanks for your support.

Keywords: SOFTWAREFPU PSEUDOFPU FPU FLOATING POINT EMULATOR 68881
68882 LC IISI POWERBOOK PERFORMA CENTRIS CLASSICII COLORCLASSIC

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/software-fpu-241.hqx; 66K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 13:20:34 -0500
From: Jeffrey Rounsville <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] studly-prez-and-vice.hqx

This should go in /art/gif.


This is a GIF of our illustrious President and the VP - only their
heads are on the bodies of young studs who are arm in arm.  I find
this GIF very humorous and you will love it too, I am sure.

 Matt Herbison
 Penn State University

[Archived as /info-mac/art/gif/studly-prez-and-vice.hqx; 1199K]

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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 22:50:15 CST
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] tele-finder-302-updater

This standalone updater will convert the archive tele-finder-301.hqx to
TeleFinder User v3.02. TeleFinder/User 3.02 supports the same custom
appleevents as TeleFinder Pro 2.02 with the following exceptions:

* kAEDoScript - is not supported since TeleFinder User does not do  Macros.

* kAEConnectToHost - accepts a modem setup name rather than a host name.

* kAEAddToOutbox - ignores the bbs name paramter.

Supra users and others may notice that it is easier to connect to
TeleFinder Hosts with this newer version of the client software.

 Eric Hoffmann                      312/702-7500 voice
 [[e-mail]]         312/702-3185 fax
                    312/702-2146 BBS

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tele-finder-302-updater.hqx; 74K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 00:47:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Owen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Tiny Saver 2.0b5

Tiny Saver is a very small screen saver.  It does just what a
screen saver is supposed to do and not much else.  It is an
application so no conflicts but it only uses about 30k of RAM
12 of disk space.  This version is a 'background only appliation'
so it only uses 12k of RAM when it is in not actually saving the
screen.  Being a FBA it will not show up in the application
menu and won't always end up in your face when you quit other
applications.  It is a nifty (IMHO) blend of the features of
a system extension with the reliability of an application.

This archive also includes a non-background version for those
who fear the unkown ;-]

Chris Owen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/tiny-saver-20b5.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 18:01:06 EST
From: CYMT000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Viet-Tang Fonts.cpt.hqx

Viet-Tang Fonts:                                                        7:20
EST
This is a Compact and Binhex file of three TT Vietnamese fonts          ith
and a keyboard file for diacretics I have just made. Please put
this into the font/tt directory.
It is a smileware and my very first release. Please read the Readme
file for more detail. Thanks.

Thich Quang Due
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/viet-tang.hqx; 193K]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 8:40:11 GMT
From: Jonathan AH Hogg <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) 80Mb Hard Drive Probs...

Netters,

I have an LCII 6/80 and within the last few days I began to experience bizarre
crashes during some disk accesses.  I ran a friend's copy of Norton over the
disk and it pulled-up 43 bad blocks.  These were definately not there when I
got the machine last December.  I plan to take it back to the dealer as soon
as
I can get the time (its difficult when you work 9 to 5).

What I was wondering was: what could have caused these bad blocks?  surely not
a head crash as I would have imagined that to have caused a great deal more
extensive damage.  The disk block image created by Norton SpeedDisk shows that
the bad blocks are quite regularly spaced for the most part around the center
of the image (I don't know where that corresponds to on the surface of an 80Mb
disk - how does the Mac format its drives?) with a couple in odd places.  I am
altogether unhappy about the whole affair as I lost some data.  Could it have
been my fault and what might I have done?  I don't want to see a recurrence of
this problem.

Usual stuff about replies to me unless its of paramount importance to the
other
folk of the net.

Thanks,

Jonathan.

--
Jonathan AH Hogg,
Asst. Chief Cook & Bottle-Washer, Systems & Networks Group.
Stirling University, Scotland.

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 21:21:51 CDT
From: Gregory Ray <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) menu item bug

I have a recurring menu bug that I suspect is a result of INIT conflict but,
since I am one of those System Folder Overkill braggarts (although I've never
made an exact count), I was hoping to avoid a systematic search by asking the
Net first (perhaps a breach of netiquette, for which I apologize). Actually, I
seem to remember this particular bug being discussed some months ago, but as I
wasn't experiencing it then, I didn't pay attention. Now I will.

The bug is this:
Whenever I select the sixth menu item from any of my pull-down menus (i.e. the
sixth line, including separators), my computer begins repeated a ritual loop
which involves running the HD, cycling my windows, and generally preventing me
>From doing anything short of a full re-start. This happens with Get Info
under
File, Clear under Edit, the last Sort By criteria, etc. Since I've recently
added AliasMenu, I've noticed this bug occurring much more frequently, and I
finally tracked it to selecting the 6th menu item. But it doesn't appear to
happen EVERY time I select that particular line in a pull-down menu (IMHO, it
usually waits until I'm in the middle of an important task before choosing to
appear.but that's probably just paranoia setting in). Any suggestions? I
hesitate at including a full extension list (see first paragraph), but I am
running several menu-affecting sys. extensions, including NowMenus 4.01,
SpeedyFinder7, AliasMenu, and Menuette (although the problem predates the
installation of at least the last two).

Any suggestions, or am I doomed to a long afternoon of switching off,
crashing, switching off, crashing, etc. to find the culprit?

Any help is appreciated.

Gregory

P.S. Has anyone else had trouble with selecting a new location to save
calendar information in the old Calendar (Cal 3.02, I believe) DA?

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 09:04:47 PST
From: Paul Romaniuk <[e-mail]>
Subject: 35mm Colour Slide Makers

Our department is thinking about buying one of those boxes that you hook
to a Mac to make colour 35 mm slides. I would appreciate receiving
advice/suggestions on this matter. Please respond to me, and I will
summarize for the net.

Paul Romaniuk
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 21:39:45 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [ANS] Ethernet Cards for the IIci [Q]

Howdy,

Well I have a network of 36 MAC's approximnately 18 of them
on ci's and the other on cx's, all running on an Ethernet.
I used the Farallon EtherMAC cards for the interface.  My
choice was the 3-way card, i.e. would take thin net, thick
net, and phone net.  System has been "on the air" for over a
year with no squawk or trouble at all.

The EtherMAC cost about 300 bucks depending on where you
get them and what options you want.

jd

>The following is the message that was responded to.
>
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail]
>Posted: Mar 23 10:48
>Cc:
>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]
>
>

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 19:05 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: All you ever wanted to know about aliases....

It seems that my question of a week ago has generated a great deal of interest
and subsequent comment.  As a lot of this was mailed to me direct I'll now
summarise all I've learnt....

Aliases are Clever.
 ------------------
When some bright spark at Apple came up with the idea for aliases another
bright spark realised there would be a lot of potential problems.  What
happens
when you rename a volume, a folder or a file?  What happens if you move a file
to another folder?  Basically, this was the question I asked a week ago and
remains the question that most worries people.

To deal with this problem, System 7 incorporates Apple's Alias Manager.  This
invisible element of the system software tells all aliases present on a volume
about all changes of name and location of all files, folders and online
volumes.  You can change the name of your Hard Disk from Joe's Hard Disk to
Abraham Lincoln's Hard Disk and the alias manager will tell all aliases about
what you've done.  Move a Letter to Step-Aunt Lucy from Macintosh HD/Word
Files/Letters/Personal to External HD/Excel/Commands/Solver Examples and the
Alias Manager will keep track of what you're up to.

Therefore, in the general run of things, you don't have to worry about
changing
the names and locations of files or folders.

But....

Even Aliases have their Limitations
 ----------------------------------
There is one serious problem with aliases which most users should know about.
The Alias Manager can _only_ tell aliases of any changes of name or location
if
those aliases are present at the time those changes are made.  For example,
imagine you have a floppy disk that is brim full of aliases to items on your
hard disk.  Normally, you just click on the alias and you launch the
appropriate file.  But think about what happens if you change the name of a
file when the floppy with all the aliases is sitting in your jacket pocket,
rather than on the Finder's Desktop.  The Alias Manager has no way of letting
the alias on that floppy know that Letter to Step-Aunt Lucy is no longer in
its
usual home.  If this happens, the alias is rendered USELESS unless you take
the
following steps:
    1.  Return Letter to Step Aunt-Lucy to its usual home.
    2.  Insert the floppy with all the aliases.
    3.  Now move Letter to Step-Aunt Lucy back to its new home in the
    Excel
        folder.
    4.  Remove the floppy.  The aliases should now behave as normal.

This problem can also arise if you occassionaly revert to running System 6 for
some reason.  As System 6 software knows nothing of the existence of aliases
it
does not have an Alias Manager to tell aliases where a files has been moved
to.
For this reason you should not move or rename files that have aliases pointing
to them under system 7 whilst using earlier System software.

Conclusion
 ---------
Aliases remain just about the best bit of System 7.  They are clever and
adabtable but should be used with caution if you're messing about with System
6
or lots of floppies.

Hope that answers all the questions.

Thanks to the vast number of people who were kind enough to supply me with the
above information.

Fergus Sullivan.
Trinity College, Dublin.

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 07:38:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Guy BRAND)
Subject: AppleLink Access

Hi Netters,

Does anyone know if there's an Internet access to AppleLink ?
Is the Inside Mac Vol.6 already available from ftp sites ? (HyperCard or
any else format).

Thanks.

Guy BRAND

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 14:37:13 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AUX 3.0 vs Apple CD-ROM 300

   There was some discussion of this some time back, but I connot seem to
find anything.  We have had AUX 3.0 sitting in the box for a month now and
cannot install it.  We planned on using a Mac IIvx with the internal CD-ROM
drive to install AUX on 2 Quadra 700's through LocalTalk.  However, Apple's
AUX 3.0 does not support the Apple 300 CD-ROM drive.  (Sounds soo much like
big blue doesn't it!)  They have been absolutely NO help over the phone.
They suggest 'borrowing' an old 150 CD-ROM drive from 'somewhere'.  We
could not find any.  They have not even indicated that they are working on
a driver, pointing out that very few 300 cd-rom drives have shipped so far
and most of those are on machines that do not support AUX.  We did try to
copy all of the files from the CD-ROM over to a read-write optical drive
and install from there, but that was a NO-GO also.
   So, if anybody has found a way around this, please let us know.
Randy Bradley; Systems Geek; [phone]; email:
[e-mail]
US Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center, Ne.  68938
*****     C++ := 'The object of my afflictions'     *****

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 01:28:45 PST
From: [e-mail] (Eric P. Scott)
Subject: Babylon 5 GIF

FYI, much more is available for anonymous FTP from
ftp.hyperion.com, directory /pub/Babylon-5/Pictures/

They appear to have a rather slow net connection; limit access to
off-hours (USA, Pacific Time Zone).

                    -=EPS=-

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 08:11:59 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bootable disk (was DiskCopy images vs. folders)

Avram mentions:
>This doesn't explain why you can make a system disk by dragging and dropping
>system files - I suspect that the system is smart about itself, and does what
>it can to make sure that when it is put on a disk, it is put in that special
>place. This is just a hypothesis, though (time to dig up Inside Mac, I
>guess..)

Actually, you're right. If you drag a System file and a Finder into the
same folder on a floppy that has no boot tracks, the Finder doing the copy
will create boot tracks from resources in the dragged System. The snag is,
if the boot tracks are mangled but not badly enough to be unrecognizable,
they won't be repaired by this technique.

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

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Date: 25 Mar 1993 12:32 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Buggy StyleWriter II driver ?

Dear fellow netters,

one of our students ran into the following problem: he created a document
with Quark XPress containing a few lines of text in a large size (for
instance 96 pt Sabon Bold). Printing this document on any LaserWriter did
not give any problems. Just recently he bought a StyleWriter II and wanted
to print the same document on that printer. To his big surprise the
document looked a lot less. Some lines are printed OK, but other lines got
printed with a part of the type horizontally chopped off on a intire line.
I have tested printing the document on an older StyleWriter with the same
computer and it did print good.

Configuration used:
-     Mac IIcx 8/40
-     System 7.0 and System 7 Tuner 7.1.1 (International English)
-     Quark XPress 3.1
-     StyleWriter II driver B1-1.0
-     StyleWriter driver B-7.1
-     ATM 2.03 -     Suitcase 1.2.12

The problem was still there when I removed all inits/extensions except ATM
and installed the font in the system using a typesize included with the
font.

Thanks for any response in advance,

>>>>>>>>>>>  Cees Baarda

         >  Rotterdam Polytechnic
         >  Academy of Fine Arts & Design Rotterdam
         >  Blaak 10, NL 3011 TA  Rotterdam, The Netherlands
         >
         >  Email : [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 9:30 GMT
From: Simon Shum <[e-mail]>
Subject: can this be done for this money? (Q)

I have a friend who wants to buy a Mac system for home use, which'll
also allow him to take work home (i.e. one of Apple's new targets!).

He's asked for advice on whether he could do the following for
1500 pounds total (inc. VAT).

- Basic wordprocessing, drawing, and spreadsheeting (at the level
of Claris Works - which is being bundled with Performas here in the UK)

- Printer

- PC emulation which can either run FoxPro (which he uses at work)
  or which can run a FoxPro executable program
    OR
- assurance from someone who's done it that a text file from (PC) FoxPro
  could be edited (in the wordprocessor he buys), and then exported
  back as a text file which FoxPro will accept.

Anyone have any views on the best system he could get?
Thanks for any wisdom,

Simon

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 16:22:16 MDT
From: Alonso Castro <[e-mail]>
Subject: Command-key question

Does anybody know how to assign a Command-key to the
"Hide <active application>" item in the Application
menu (upper right corner)?
I have browsed the fmnu Finder resource with ResEdit
(and the appropriate template) but couldn't figure out a way.
Thanks in advance.
Alonso.

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 05:58:59 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Bill Stewart-Cole)
Subject: C Programming on Macs

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>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"

OOOHHH... you are really in for a shock. The only C++ system for the Mac is
Apple's, a pre-release (last I heard, but then they pass out not-quite-ready
stuff to developers sometimes for years before making it honest) version that
uses their quite large quite demanding(ok, slow) quite expensive and overly
unixy development enviroonment, macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) MPW is a
good system, but it's a developer's equivalent to a swiss army knife. (big,
heavy, and you rarely use more than 3-4 of the 30 blades.)  IF you can wait an
indefinite small number of months for a full C++, but would like something a
bit sleeker, Think C is a less expensive alternative that is a bit faster and
is a C with objects that is compatible with C++ (it is missing operator
overloading and has tight constructor restrictions, plus some more obscure
missing C++ features) and the word is that a full C++ version is in beta. The
Think products are all put out by Symantec, the company that now also owns
Zortech's C++ systems and the DOS Multiscope debugger (i.e. this is not a
tyiny
Mac-only upstart company)  I would definitely advise avoiding MPW and going
with THINK C unless you are absolutely committed to having every little bit of
C++ immediately.

As for connecting into the OS, you need not do much. Either MPW or Think C
will
come complete with the necessary libraries and headers (and Symantec's are
just Apple's with some minor changes/additions) and all the Apple technical
info uses the same set of files so any reference you find won't be referencing
any strange file titles you've never heard of. It's appreciably less hassle
than trying to get the Windows API linked in because it is the only thing
going
on the Mac, and has been growing smoothly from a small kernel for most of a
decade. (i.e. it's not a fast kludge atop a aged crippled OS)


As for books, the one essential (I mean ESSENTIAL, as in you cannot expect to
write Mac software without it AT ALL) is Inside Macintosh. This is Apple's
reference to the system calls and interface rules. The original edition is 6
volumes released as deltas over the past 9 years as the Mac has gone from a
128K no-slot b/w box to a range of a couple dozen models. They have therefore
gone to totally redesigning the series, and unifying it into 15 smaller
volumes
with more C examples and a single view instead of having to hunt thru 2-3
different volumes to see the old way and how it has or hasn't changed. Either
get all of the 6 old volumes (numbered 1-6 withot descriptive titles) or get
whatever of the new volumes (no numbers, but descriptive names like "Toolbox
essentials" and "Memory") are as yet out (7 of 15 I believe) and snag the new
ones when they appear.  Beyond that, the C-oriented field is a bit sparse, and
I cannot comment on it since I learned the Mac with Pascal (sorta the Mac's
native language) and have never needed a C-specific Mac starter.

>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!)

I'd bet it would work fine. I haven't tried it, but your definitive source for
this would be Apple. The question is why. If the LCII is doing fine as the
router, and probably is at least somewhat useable even with the router running
on it, why do you need to go thru the hassle of moving it to the Quadra? You
might want to take note of the fact that development systems on the Mac are
not
known for being the friendliest of multitasking neighbors and you may find
yourself aware all around the net of when someone does a big compiler on the
Quadra.

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 14:12:51 -0500
From: Michael Grabenstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: DART 1.5.1 (Q)

    I had heard that it was possible for dart to mount its image
files under system 7 if it was running in the background, is this
true? If so how is such a wonderful option excuted?

Thanks,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 11:25:12 MST
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: data thief and digigraph

> datathief has an 'Autotrace' that traces the curve from a PICT.  I do not
> think that digigraph has this capability.  I could, however, be misinformed
> regarding digigraph.

That's right, DigiGraf doesn't have autotrace capability. It's nice for good
clean plots of a single function, but useless if the plot is dirty or consists
of more than one function plotted on a single graph, especially if the curves
cross. Since DataThief and DigiGraf are both free, just pick the one that
suits your needs.

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 19:40 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dictionaries, add-ons in Microsoft Products

Are Microsoft wasting 2Mb of space on their customer's disks?

I have installed Word 5.1a, Excel 4.0 and PowerPoint 3.0 on my Mac.  All are
Microsoft products.  All use translators.  All use other add-ons.  However,
none of them seem to use the same translators, dictionaries and other
add-ons.
Here's what I mean:
    Word's Spell-Checker, Dictionary, Custom Dictionaries, Translators,
    MS Graph plug-in-module (PIM) etc. are all located in the Word
    Commands
    Folder within the Word installation folder.

    Excel's Spell-Checker, Dictionary and Custom Dictionary are all
    located
    withing the Spelling Folder in the Microsoft folder in Extensions in
    the System Folder.  (Obviously taking a leaf out of Claris's book).
    The translators and Graph PIM are also within the Microsoft Folder.

What I want to know is whether this duplication of files is necessary.  Many
of
the same translators are used (although Word 5.1a uses some newer ones than
Excel does).  Certainly, the Graph PIM is duplicated (although whether this is
by PowerPoint or Excel I don't know).  The Custom Dictionary in the
System/Extensions/Microsoft/Spelling folder is new and empty and certainly not
my Word Custom dictionary which is quite comprehensive.

While I recognise that a spreadsheet may need a slightly different spelling
PIM
than a Word Processor, why should they need different dictionaries?  Why
should
the need different translators?

Can I use an alias to point from one Custom Dictionary or translator to
another?  If so, should I point to or from the Microsoft Folder in
Extensions?

I calculate that currently, users of both Word and Excel are wasting almost
2Mb
of space through Microsoft's topsy-turvy arrangement, so any advice or
comments
would be welcomed.

Fergus Sullivan.
Trinity College, Dublin.

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 16:44:22 EST
From: Michael Craymer <[e-mail]>
Subject: DiskCopy images vs. folders [R]

From:  [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Date:    3/24/93  3:15 PM

I read your question about making disk images from a folder. I am pretty
sure that there is no utility for it. There might be, but there is, almost by
definition, no reason for it: the only value of a disk image over a regular
archive (like a stuffit archive, or just a plain folder) is that the exact
sector layout of the original is maintained.
[rest of reply omitted]
________________________
Thanks for your reply, Avram.  I suspected it might not be possible to create
a
floppy image without the floppy, but no harm in asking.  The reason I wanted
to
do this was to create an image file for an HD installation disk of some
software.  The installer expected all the files to be on a single HD disk.
The
problem was that I wanted to do this on my SE at home which doesn't have an HD
drive.  It's really only an inconvenience to me since I was able to use my
SuperDrive at work the next day to create a proper image file, which I then
downloaded it to my SE and mounted with MountImage.

Mike Craymer
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 09:50:00 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: E-mail address -> Compact Pro folks

Hi netters :(
    Does enyone have the e-mail address to mail to with bug reports and/or
suggestions to Compact Pro. I can't seem to find it anywhere - in fact I
don't even know if it exists :-(
               Please help...
            M. Sidelmann ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 13:50:29 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Equipment advice

Doooh !  Take a few days holiday, fail to catch up on the latest Digests,
and what happens - the questions you ask have nearly all be answered in the
previous few Digests. I know I looked stupid asking about HP LaserJet 4M v
LaserWriter 630, but the English Lake District is very beautiful (and
quiet) at this time of year, so I guess it was worth it.

Many thanks to everyone who has pointed me to the last few Digests - no
news from Photo CD users yet though!

Graham

PS - Does anyone know if a day on a mountain bike does more damage to the
wrists and bottom (butt) than a day at a Mac?

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:08:56 CST
From: "Stephen Kawalko  " <[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%.

There was a recent Supreme Court ruling on the subject of
mail-order companies and the collection of sales taxes.
I think the ruling stated that mail-order companies are
required to collect sales taxes only on sales to individuals
who reside in states where the company has a significant
(business?) presence.

Stephen Kawalko ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 17:58:46 GMT
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Express Modem and Comm softwares (Q)

Hi netters

I've just ordered the Express Modem for my Duo. Although it comes with
software necessary to run it, I would like to know from users if they
have any trouble using communication programs such as Versaterm, Microphone,
Smartcomm and others.

Does the fact that the EM relies on proprietary software to perform certain
tasks which are normally handled by the hadrware hinder a proper use of
the above programs ?

Thanks for your replies. I will eventually produce a report on this should
I receive enough to do so.

Francois Rossi   [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 09:27:19 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fetch Shortcuts saved in Prefs file

I work in a lab with several stations, and I move from one to another
as one comes free, carrying with me my data and some programs on a
cartridge.  I found that every time I created a Fetch shortcut on one
machine, then moved to another, it would disappear!  A coworker pointed
out that Fetch was undoubtedly saving the shortcuts in its prefs file,
which was in the system folder of the hard disk, and not on my
cartridge.  So now I keep a copy of the Fetch Preferences file in the
same folder as Fetch so that I can copy it onto another machine.
Needless to say, this could cause problems if various users had
differently configured copies of Fetch they wanted to transport from
Mac to Mac, and were constantly replacing each other's Prefs files.  So
far, I'm the only one using Fetch on these particular machines, so it's
not a problem yet.  I sure would prefer it if the prefs were kept in the
same folder with the application.

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 15:14:56 -0600
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Flying compilers desolve alternate universe navigator

    I've conceived of somthing totally diabolical that no commercial
compiler salesman would consider doing, making it easier to make compilers
for the rest of us. Only when you are in a noncommercial venture can you
dream of a cheaper way to do things and publish it for future negotiating
power. Often when you are in the commercial lucrative position, you might be
motivated to wonder if that tire that lasts a M year will bring home the
bacon,
when you do it in school you can creat an industry (gosh we ought to finish up
making tires and get into space travel would say the commercial guys that
didn'
t hire him because he didn't have a practical bone in his body).
    OK here is my'nonworking'hypothesis. Each language entity will correspond
to a set of classes. Each recognition will instantiate the corresponding set
of
objects. If object pascal has function assignment, and I imagine they do to
have something like transkell be possible, I can create functions without
quads and interpreter layer. The whole damn thing becomes like a 1st year
graduate semester course in system's programming.
    Wild stuff! Gonna look up the grammer for pascal expression don't even
want to parse a language just an expression or rather a system of expressions
for a system of equations. I think I could easily build NDSolve rather than
buy it.

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

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 19:20:29 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Full Impact macro question (R)


On Tue, 23 Mar 93 I posted:
> Howdy!  I'm trying to write a Full Impact macro that will assign
> students' course grades by using *lots* of IF-ELSE statements, e.g.
> [... beautiful e.g. <grin> deleted ...]

It's probably not of much interest to you folks, but I thought I'd tell
you that I figured out the problem with my macro: I'm allowed only one
ELSE with each IF; my original macro had more than one ELSE following
an IF statement.  I fixed it by creating a tree that has only two branches
at each node.

Cheerio!
--John.

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:12:47 CST
From: "Stephen Kawalko  " <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do you get p.v. integrals in MathType?

MathType has various templates for single, double, triple, contour
and surface integrals. However, MathType does not have a template
for principal value integrals. The symbol looks like a normal
integral but has a short dash though the center of the integral
symbol. It looks something like the following

     /
     |
    -+-
     |
     /

I have used the "Nudge" commands to position a single integral
over a minus sign but this leaves a training space at the end
of the integral. This can cause spacing problems if there is
another expression following the principal value integral.
Has anyone every tried to create a new symbol in MathType
using the "Nudge" commands? A more elegant solution would be
to find a symbol font which already contains a symbol for
the principal value integral. Does anyone known of a font which
contains this symbol? I would prefer a Postscript (usable by ATM)
font but a TrueType font would be acceptable.

Stephen Kawalko ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 05:30:25 +0000
From: [e-mail]  (Patrick T. Pruyne)
Subject: HP DeskWriter Sharing between Mac and PC? (Q)

The subject says it all: I need to share an HP Deskwriter between and SE/30
and a PC if at all possible. We would like it to be a local printer
although both machines are on an Ethernet LAN. Can someone tell me how this
may be done? Much obliged...
    -Pat

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 13:15:45 MST
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: icon lock and resize (A)

> Also, with all the drag-n-drop applications littering my desktop is there a
> way to make just the names appear (ie. with no icon) or reduce the icon
> size? I also remember seeing this discussed but at the time I thought that
> there would be no way I'd have that many utilities to bother about. I
> suppose another monitor would solve the problem :-)

Easy as pie. Just paste a little piece of plain white (select a white region
in MacPaint and copy) over the icon in the Get Info... window. Presto! Icon
gone!

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM USA

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

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 19:23:48 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: icon lock and resize (R)


On 24 Mar 93 G.P. Savage <[e-mail]> said:
> Also, with all the drag-n-drop applications littering my desktop is there a
> way
> to make just the names appear (ie. with no icon) or reduce the icon size? I
> also remember seeing this discussed but at the time I thought that there
would
> be no way I'd have that many utilities to bother about. I suppose another
> monitor would solve the problem :-)

I haven't tried this myself, but how about creating a while square block
with invisible border in a paint program, then pasting it as your new
icon via the file's GetInfo window?

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

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

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 23:30:56 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #65

One way I know of to do this is using a phase vocoder. I'm sure there are
faster ways, but I only know of PD phase vocoders. I think the one I use is
called lemur.

I must warn you this process is SLOW SLOW SLOW. Like on my SE/30 it takes
20 minutes to produce 20 seconds of sound. On the other hand, a phase
vocoder does really neat things nothing else will do.

If you don't come up with anything better, mail me and next time I'm at my
mac I'll get the exact prog name and details.

Maynard

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 17:16 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Claytor)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #65

Regarding the installation of the new CD-ROM driver on the IIvx, I have
experienced no problems at all.  I, too, have installed the System Hardware
Updater and System Enabler.  Occasionally I have difficulty ejecting the
disk, being told it's "in use."  You might try using the eject button oon
the CD Remote DA, rather than the straightened paperclip.

__Dave

--
               [e-mail]  313.485.3394

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 15:26:03 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: InfoWorld Mac Bashing

>The sidebar graphics though is the real joke!  Taking a Gateway 2000
>486/DX-66 and comparing it to a Quadra 900 by just adding 17in monitors
>(for $1285) to sho how inexpensive MesSyDOS systems running windows ($4300
>vs $5200) just doesn't cut it.

>Read it...let's debate it...and can someone more elocquent than myself
>raise the bs flag with InfoWeak?!

   Well, for starters, what about networking software.  Ethertalk will let
you share your disk with up to 10 others and is built into System 7.  The
Windows machines will be spending about $500 per machine for that.  Also
looks like they spec'ed out a NEC 5FG monitor for the Mac
configuration-given the price, while the Gateway spec'ed with some cheap
monitor???  To make the cost competitive, they could have spec'ed a cheaper
Mac monitor.
   I much prefer PCWeek over InfoWeak for objective analysis!
Randy Bradley; Systems Geek; [phone]; email:
[e-mail]
US Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center, Ne.  68938
*****     C++ := 'The object of my afflictions'     *****

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 09:44:55 -0500
From: WING W R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Large text files (C)

In v11n065 John Thoo recommends Alpha as a good text editor for looking
at large files.  Although I agree that Alpha is a fine editor, it has a
limit of 32k lines which is all too easy to hit.  (I needed to edit the
contents of my Eudora "In" mailbox which was around 5MB in size at the
time).  Alpha wouldn't do it, but BBEdit was perfectly happy to.  BBEdit
opened my 5MB file in its default 512kB partition.   BBEdit is also
available at Sumex in the App directory.  In my limited playing to date
I would have to say that Rich Siegel and his collaborators have
done a really nice job.
                    Bill Wing

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 0:07:03 est
From: "Maxwell Smart (Soell, Oliver)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laser Printers

I'm in the market for a low cost laser printer, and I'd like to hear any
reactions to the new DECLASER 1152. Well, any reactions? Also, I've seen the
QMS PS-410 for cheap. And lastly, has anyone encountered the QMS ColorScript
100? That would be a nice toy, and I've seen one advertised for fairly
cheap..
Well, thanks in advance!

Oliver Soell
Dickinson College
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 21:02:08 EST
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Greene)
Subject: Laserwriter drum scratch

The drum, or cylinder on my laserwriter (Apple Personal Laserwriter LS) has
somehow acquired a tiny scratch or nick, which produces a little pattern of
flyspecks at regular intervals down the page. Is there a treatment short of
replacing the cartridge?

Thanks, all.
--
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
 Arthur Greene - Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 19:29:22 PST
From: "m.c. schraefel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: mac draw pro on pb

our department recently received a promo copy of the
mac draw pro.

it loads fine onto our ci but we cannot get the easy install
to mount the program onto the powerbook 160.

we've tried turning off all extensions, definately removed any
anti-virus INIT's etc, but nothing shows up for installing on the
pb160.

is a patcher available at any site that updates the installation for
the recent pb's? (i'm hoping that's all the matter is.)

thank you          m.c. schraefel,  [e-mail]
please, if you can, reply to me directly.

again many thanks for the info

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93  14:20 GMT
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacsBug ate my Math Functions

I was casually running Speedometer on my lowly Mac SE in order to compare it
with a friend's Quadra 950 yesterday, when I noticed that the Math tests were
only scoring 70% of what they should be. Exhaustive investigation
revealed that the culprit was Macsbug.

Anybody care to explain this to me?

Andy Law

( LAWA @ IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK                  Big Nose in Edinburgh )

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:24:26 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Lance K. Chun)
Subject: MacWrite Pro (?)

Has the official version been released?

Please email response.

Thanks,
Lance

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 13:37:03 EST
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: mailing lists (Q)

Does anyone have any information on how to set up mailing lists.  If you
can't provide this information to the info-mac digest, can you send it to me
or direct me where to obtain it.

Thanks,

Paul D. Bain
Gainesville, Florida

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 05:16:39 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Bill Stewart-Cole)
Subject: More for Mac?

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>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 ...

This is indeed a serious hassle. Long ago I solved a similar trouble with
400-600k text dumps out of a BBS that nothing would touch. The solution was to
take 2 shareware programs and use them to create a monster. The first is
McSink, the nifty little DA text processor. (I used version 6.5, because 7.0
and later got crippled to make Vantage seem good) The critical unnatural mate
is a application wrapper called DA PiggyBack (by Kerry Clenndining if memory
serves) that will consume a DA and yield a real application. The resulting
'McSink application' can then have it's memory partition upped to ungodly
heights, and huge files may be loaded up. I felt like Dr. Frankenstein. It
seemed to work just fine, but I ended up needing serious automation on these
dumps and wrote my own Q&D program to pre-process them into reasonable chunks
instead of using this unnatural mating.  If you cannot figure out some better
way (maybe a HC stack that would split them up and give them to you as a
stack?) this may do you some good.

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 9:09:02 EST
From: Michael C. Roca <[e-mail]>
Subject: New IIvx

I just went out and purchased a new Mac IIvx 5/80 CD at Computer City in
Natick, MA. They had about 10 of this model in the store and a lot of
other IIvx's with other configurations. The IIvx box with the CD actually
came with 8MB of main memory to make it easier to manufacture. Shucks:-)

The IIvx box with all of this cost $2079. I thought that the price was very
good and just thought that I'd pass this on.

It came with the typical 9 pack of sample CDs to try out. Some real good,
others just ads.

BTW, I purchased an NEC 3FGx 15" monitor to go with the IIvx. The CD model
also adds another 512K of VRAM to bring the total to 1MB and give the 3FGx
"thousands" of colors (16 bit).

After purchasing a Mac 512K in 1985 and a MacPlus in 1989, this new Mac is
REALLY something!! (One reason I purchased the IIvx was that it's upgradeable
to a Centris 650.)

Michael C. Roca | Sequoia Systems, Inc. | internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 19:51:26 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: New Word Game

I promised that I would post another message after getting enough beta testers
for Word Connection.  This is it.  Thanks.

If you sent an email but haven't already been contacted, I either didn't get
it
or am having problems responding.

Daniel

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:28:23 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Anders Alvers)
Subject: PB 180c?

Is there anybody out there who have heard of a color PB180 coming this
summer?

Cheers Nille

_________________________________________
Anders Alvers  /Anders.Alvers@[e-mail]/

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 14:18:03 EST
From: James BelBruno (GC-CDSI) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pgmkr & LPII printing wacky

To All:
  A co-worker has encountered a problem that I cannot answer for him.
What he is using: MAC IICi, LaserWriterII, pagemaker 4.0, sys 7.
The problem:
1.)  printerkicks out starter page randomly.  It could happen about once
     every 5-10 minutes.
2.)  When printing a Microsoft Word doc, it sometimes says: "the laser
     writer could not be found."  This also happens using Pagemaker.
3.)  Afterprinting the starter page randomly, all the printer lights
     go on.
  So basically, the printer is acting like it has a mind of its own.
   Only one user uses the whole hardware setup, so theres virtually
    no chance of others coming in and changing parameters.
  One more thing:  In the Chooser, it won't show the laserwriter
    selected until he chooses...meaning he chose it previously but
    changed somehow.
     Thanks,
Jim

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 10:20:11 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: Photoshop won't open some JPEG files

Here's a conundrum for you graphics types that has stumped Adobe's
support line:

The Library of Congress has made scans of a large number of manuscripts
>From its current exhibit of Vatican manuscripts and made them
available for anonymous ftp downloading at seq1.loc.gov.  I have
downloaded many of these using Fetch 2.1b4 with binary turned on, and
used JPEGview 2.0 to view them.  This is the viewer supplied by LOC
and recommended for viewing these files on a Mac.  I save the files
in PICT format, using JPEGview.  Some can then be opened and edited
in Photoshop 2.0.1, but others cannot. When I try to open certain
ones, I get the message "Could not open 'china03.pict' because the
scratch disk is too full (either free up space, or select another
scratch disk).'

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH CAREFULLY TO ELIMINATE THE
OBVIOUS:

The scratch disk is definitely NOT full.  The same message pops up
no matter what disk is assigned the virtual memory in Photoshop,
including one with over 200 MEGabytes free.  The problem is not
linked to image size.  Images larger than the problematic ones
open fine; some small ones balk.  Photoshop is not running out of
memory.  It has more than 4 megs assigned to it, and our Quadras
have 20 megs of RAM each.  These are Quadra 700s, by the way.

Re-downloading a problem image and reconverting it invariably
results in the same problem.  There seems to be something in
the file itself that is triggering this false error message.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this?  Can it be solved by
using a different converter (no Photoshop cannot see these JPEG
files until they've been converted)?  Does anyone anything about
the file structure of these images.

If you want to experiment, the one I most want to convert and
which is giving me the most trouble is china03.jpg in the
directory pub/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/i-rome_to_china.
As a PICT file it's 411 k.

LOC is doing a great service by mounting this exhibit electronically,
but it was tested only on IBM platforms, so there may be some bugs.
I would very much like to hear from anyone who can help.

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 9:27 GMT
From: Simon Shum <[e-mail]>
Subject: printing postscript files on a laserwriter? (Q)

A project I'm working on has placed the requirement on me to ftp
postscript files created in Unix systems, and then print them.

LaserWriter Font Utility has worked once so far in my endeavours,
printing an encapsulated postscript file. It just sends the
others into the ether.

Can anyone recommend something that works on other standard
postscript files?

Thanks,

Simon

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

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 00:20:59 GMT
From: Simon Read <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with Word 5.1.

A colleague of mine has just installed Word 5.1 on her LC. Every time
she tries to use Find File the machine crashes without a message. This
is completely repeatable.

The machine also crashes if you try to open a file stored on a floppy
disk, which isn't in the machine at the time, if you use the recently
visited files mechanism.

The installation process also seemed to interfere with AfterDark which
now puts some sprites in inverse video.

Are these known bugs with these pieces of software? Are these bugs
repeatable on someone elses system? Do these functions work for
anyone? Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to try next?

The relevant little details are: Word 5.1a (Nov 4 92). AfterDark v2.0.
SystemB1-7.0 on an LC with 32-bit addressing off.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please mail me as well if you post.

Simon Read

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 08:13:05 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Quadra 800/950

We are planning to buy a computer to use with our transmission electron
microscope.

Question:  What are the differences between the Quadra 800 and 950
(especially regarding speed and processing power)?

What are the rumours about Apple's plan for the high end products in the
near future?  (You see why Murph's Vapourware is so desperately needed!!)

Thanks for the help.......
Michael Silverstein, Materials Engineering, Technion....

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 9:33:10 -0500 (EST)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Recycled laser toner cartridges

Hi,

We currently use SpringPoint recycled laser toner cartridges. Has anyone
else had experience with them (good or bad)? Also, in general, are recycled
cartridges "inferior" to new cartridges?

Many thanks,

Josephine Colmenares
Fordham University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 09:12:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Remembering Position in File Dialogs

I read somewhere here that Default Folder is a good substitute for
Boomerang. However, I tried it and the one feature I need -- file dialog
boxes that come back to the last position I scrolled to -- does not seem
to be there.

I used to use an init called SFScrollinit that provided that feature, but
it broke with System 7. I don't want to use Norton Directory Assistance
because it uses too much memory, causes some of my software to crash, and
generally just has a whole lot of features I don't need. SuperBoomerang is
also too big for my tastes.

Is there any really small extension that justs provides the sticky file
dialog scrolling and works with System 7.1?

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:42:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: SE/30 Color & Accell.

Hola all,

I'm seriously considering doing some upgrading on my old faithful SE/30.
My first priority is getting a color card and monitor, though I wouldn't
mind doing some acceleration if the price was right AND I could have a
color monitor.  So I guess what I'm looking for is info on your experiences
with SE/30 color cards (8-bit) and info on accelerators for the SE/30 that
will allow use of a color card.  Many thanks in advance.


                  Ken

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

Date: 25 Mar 1993 13:49:22 U
From: "Walter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: soldering 68882 to LCII motherboard

I have an LCII with a 68882 board that plugs into the PDS.  Now I want to put
a
data acquisition board into that slot, but I don't want to give up the FPU.  I
noticed that the motherboard of the LCII has a pad next to the processor that
sure looks like its for the 68882.  Does anyone know if simply soldering the
68882 socket to that pad will work?

Walter Taylor
Harvard University Biological Laboratories
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 17:06:45 +0100 (WET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: StuffIt Expander (Q)

Hello,
Here are some little problems I found with StuffIt Expander:
1) in Preferences section one can choose about deleting originals,
if I choose DELETE ORIGINAL I get the expanded file/folder only.
If I check the DELETE ARCHIVE AFTER DECODING BINHEX box I get the expanded
file/folder and the binexed file.
I'm interested in both the expanded and the original compressed file while
I want to discard the binexed file; Is there a combination of
preferences options that can do this job?

2) Using "Watch folder": at the first scan SE expand all compressed files then
in the watch folder the compressed AND expanded files are together present,
at the next scan StuffIt expander will expand those files a second time.
How can I prevent SE from doing that (except by moving away old files from
the watch folder)?

Thanks,
                        Federico Giacanelli

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 13:22:08 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: supress header

Sunil Harari writes:

   >Is it possible to supress headers on certain pages using MS-Word
   >4.0. I checked the Word manual but it does not have any
   >information on supressing headers or footers.

Having been an MS-Word user for many years, I only know of one way to
do that: insert section-breaks before and after the series of pages that
are to be "headerless".  Make each section start on a "New Page".  The
headers and footers for the new sections will be copies of those in the
original (only) section.  Place the insertion point somewhere within the
middle section (the one that is to be headerless), then use Format/Headers
to clear the header and footer definitions for that section.

Hope this helps.

Jim Hudson <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 16:47:33 +0100
From: "Gerlo Hesselink"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: SWII and 32 bit-quickdraw

In Digest #63 Stefano Pelli mentioned:

>For the bad news, Jose M. Payo warns :
>>  - You only can do grayshading with SW I or II when your Mac has 32 Bit
>>     QuickDraw, that is, you can not do grayshading from a Mac with 68000 as
>>     microprocesor (Plus, Classic, SE, Portable, PowerBook 100).
>but may be this problem can be fixed with the software enablers.

Could someone tell me if this is really the solution to this problem. Are
there
other solutions beside the photoshop trick to print grayshade on a SE.
By the way I have an SE which is equiped with an MOBIUS 68030-accelerator.
Nevertheless I cannot print grayshades on my stylewriter (I) with this new
Stylewriter II software. Should I install 32-Bit Quickdraw? How to do that?

Suggestions?

Gerlo Hesselink

Integrated Optics Group
University of Twente
    EL-TN-building room 7224
7500 AE  Enschede
The Netherlands

Tel. X-31-53-892816

e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 18:38:05 GMT
From: Stewart Walker <[e-mail]>
Subject: SYSTEM 6.08L

Current APPLE CANADA PRICE LIST Extract:

        MACINTOSH SYSTEM SOFTWARE

B9100   System 6.0.8L Group Upgrade                     39
For use with Classic, Classic II, LC, LCII and PowerBook 100 only.

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 08:42:30 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: The System 7 Wish List (C)

>IN%"RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>" writes:

>Personally, I continue to be pretty disappointed that Apple don't bundle in:

>(1)  Something offering Super Boomerang-like functionality

I'd like to say, ME TOO.

I swear that I saw EXACTLY that functionality in a beta version of Sys7
demo-ed
at a Pacific University Consortium Conference in Vancouver about a year and a
half before Sys7 was released. I specifically looked for the Boomerang icon,
but
don't remember seeing it. However, the same functionality was built in! Wonder
what happened to it between then and release date??

I think it is downright stingy of Apple not to buy out that wonderful idea and
incorporate it into the operating system. ;-(

Earl R. Misanchuk, Extension Division                      Phone: (306)
966-5555
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK  S7N 0W0, Canada   Fax: (306)
966-5567

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Date: 25 Mar 1993 10:17:17 EST
From: "Jeff Kline"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Turbo-Gophering Info-Mac (Q)

I use turbo gopher to explore the world of gopherspace (love that
word) and i have been having consistent problems gophering in to
Info-Mac.  Usually i get a "Could not Connect" or i get "Server
Busy" message.  The funny thing is that i can turn around
immediately and use fetch, and log on with no problem.  This does
not make sense.  I want to use Gopher because it does not maintain a
useless connection, also it allows me to transfer more than one file
at a time.

Thanks

Jeff

***********
Jeff Kline          InterNet: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 18:28 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Typing Tutors (A)

Pete Tumas asks about Typing Tutors for the Mac, specifically a Mac Plus
running 6.0.7.  Having never used the by now almost ubiquitous "Mavis Beacon
Teaches Typing" I can only comment on two Tutor Programmes--Type! by
Broedurbund and Typing Tutor IV (by Kriya/Simon & Schuster).

Type! has the better interface of the two.  It has a fairly attractive
representation of a keyboard which lights up the keys you should be pressing.
It allows you to state your goals in terms of speed and accuracy.  It is fast
and System 7 friendly.  Included is a neat little game:  you are a hurdler who
must race against another reppresented by the computer.  If you type faster
than your current wpm goal you run faster than the computer's hurdler.  Every
error causes you to stumble, fall and lose time against your virtual
opponent.
The sound effects are good.

Typing Tutor IV is a much simpler program.  Its pictures of the keyboard are
simple line drawings and all sounds are based on a simple beep.  It will not
work with System 7 (I don't know if any newer version exists).  Unusually for
software, it comes in book form.  Kriya Systems Inc are listed as the authors
but Simon and Schyster are the publishers (New York 1987).  TTIV also has a
built in game, Letter Invaders.  Words and letters fall from on high and you
must type them correctly to destroy them.  If you fail, they eat away at the
earth below, ultimately leaving you with no earth to defend at which point the
game ends.  TTIV not only allows you to specify your speed and accuracy goals
but also how many hours per week of time you are prepared to put in.  If you
spend more time at the program than you have promised the dialogs tell you
what
a wonderful student you are.  If you spend less time than you ought, it sends
you to Coventry.

Both programs offer graphs of your speed and accuracy, comparing the current
session with your previous history.  Type!'s graphs are more complex but
Typing
Tutor IV's are more interesting.

Type offers error analysis.  Learn if your main problems are shifting when you
shouldn't or typing the mirror key of what you aimed at.

Type! is happy with several different users.  With TTIV each user needs their
own disk to avoid problems.  The original TTIV disk is a 400k MFS disk and
needs to be used with caution on systems later than 6.0.x.

So which do I prefer?  Type! is much more advanced than TTIV, but has one
major
drawback.  It shows the text you should type but, unlike TTIV, does not show
what you actually type.  TTIV shows what you actually type underneath what you
should have typed and highlights all errors.  This is an invaluable facility
and, to my mind, gives Typing Tutor IV the edge over Type!  But remember.
TTIV
will ONLY work with a Mac Plus.

Finally, I should add that I learned to type on TTIV so I may have
someresidual
loyalty to the product.  For the record, it increased my speed from 25 wpm
with
about six fingers to 50 wpm with all ten. I managed this in the space of
fourteen hours of lessons, something I doubt I would have achieved elsewhere.

Fergus Sullivan.
Trinity College, Dublin.

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 10:16:31 MT
From: Roger Marks <[e-mail]>
Subject: underground newspaper

>Sorry to all of those who are offended by the nature of this request.
>I publish a underground newspaper at my high school and lay it out
>with Pagemaker. I print it on a laser (llntx?) and the quality is good
>but not what it should be.

I'm offended. The print quality of an underground newspaper SHOULD be low.

Roger
[e-mail]    NIST/Boulder,CO

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:33:14 +0100
From: [e-mail] (JEAN-LUC BARBLAN - IGBM - LAUSANNE)
Subject: WordFinder fix for 4.0 (R)

>This was a looooooong time ago, but I remember reading (and executing) a
>patch for WordFinder to make it work with MS-Word 4.0.  I have since
>dumped the text file explaining how to do it, and now a colleague of mine
>would like to have the same capabilities.  Can anyone help me out?

Very easy:
Following operations may be done under system 6.0x or system 7:

1) Load Font/DA Mover (v. 4.1 under system 7)
2) Close the window displaying the system fonts.
3) Open document WordFinder/DA in a window.
4) Keeping OPTION key down, open WORD 4 application in the other window.
5) Paste the DA into the app.
6) Quit Font/DA Mover.

Hope this helps.

Jean-Luc Barblan
Institut de genetique et biologie microbiennes
Lausanne - Switzerland
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 13:03:24 UTC+0200
From: Rafael Collantes <[e-mail]>
Subject: X Terminal software Demo?

Hi!
Does anyone know where can I get from a demo of a good X terminal
emulation software for the Macintosh?
I am trying to convince someone to buy a Mac instead of a Tek terminal.

Regards from Spain.
Rafael Collantes
Instituto de Investigacin Tecnologica

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 6:39:39 PST
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] persian.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 6:39:39 PST
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex-aim

This file contains TrueType, bitmap, and Adobe Type 1 printer fonts for a
Persian (Farsi) font.  I received the font in Windows TrueType format from
Tooraj Enayati ([e-mail]) and converted it using
Chris Reed's TTConverter 1.3 and Ares Software Corp. FontMonger 1.0.5.  It
is a very simple implementation--it does not contain font management
software (i.e., that would change the letter's form depending on whether
it's at the beginning, middle, or end of a word), but it works beautifully!
 It is a hqx'd self-extracting Stuffit file.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/persian.hqx; 117K]

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