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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 31 Mar 93 Volume 11 : Issue 69
Today's Topics:
[*] Murph's VAPORWARE Column for April 1993
[*] TidBITS#170/29-Mar-93
19" monitor compatibility with Quadra 800 video (Q)
8mm Internal Tape drives for Quadra
Abaton Interfax modem: fax drivers for system 7
all you ever wanted to know about aliases (Q)
Apple // to Mac (A)
Apple II to Macintosh
Apple LaserWriter 300/310 mysteries
Bill Gates Does Windows
Bill Gates Does Windows (A)
CDROM for both Mac and PC
ClarisWorks Version 2.0 (A)
Column edit for BBEdit
DEC PathWorks (Q)
Diff Utility
E-mail on VM/CMS
Ergonomic keyboards
Ethernet node address on Quadra (A)
Ethernet node address on Quadra 700? (A)
Fetch Shortcuts saved in Prefs file
Form making program (Q)
Funky keyboard-thanks!
I can't view some JPEG images recently downloaded
Is processor speed related to downloading speed?
John Thoo's simple request for uploaders
Keyboard lock-ups
LanRover/E log parsing programs (Q)
Locked TeachText files (thanks & another Q))
MetaFont for the Mac
new trouble with Speedometer and Easy View
partitioning w/ Apple HD SC Setup (C)
PB modem connection in other countries
peripheral problems (flame)
PowerBook screen with blinking pixels
Print PostScript files on TI PS17?
PrintSpoolers - any helpful ones?
QuickTime and XWindows
Recycled Toner Cartridges
Scott Johnson's Speed Message II (Q)
showing characters...(A)
sidegrade from OmniPage
Skipping mouse
SPYGLASS TRANSFORM 2.0
startup screen randomizer (Q)
Sys7 customized icons
TAR for Macintosh...the definitive answer...
TAR utility for Mac (A)
TAR utility for Mac?
Text Processors (C)
TFTP Client Application for Mac.
Version 2.0 of ClarisWorks ?????
Write protected Teach Text Files? (A)
X server software
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 09:38:20 EST
From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: [*] Murph's VAPORWARE Column for April 1993
Vaporware also is available by email to LISTSERV@RiceVM1.Rice.Edu
(subject ignored)
$MAC GET VAPORWARE-93-04.TXT
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/vapor/vaporware-93-04.txt; 9K]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 22:06:10 PDT
From: ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#170/29-Mar-93
TidBITS#170/29-Mar-93
New Macs? Yup, but the Apple Workgroup Servers may not knock
your socks off. David Blatner's essential "Desktop Publisher's
Survival Kit" from Peachpit Press stands a better chance. We
also have two reports from user group land, including a new
Internet SIG of the Boston Computer Society, and a sad story
of online unpleasantness. Digital sex crops up again, and if
you think that's exciting, check out the new Apple Internet
Router upgrade. Whee!
Topics:
MailBITS/29-Mar-93
TwoBITS/29-Mar-93
Apple Internet Router Upgrade
Nisus Terminology
Virtual Sex?
Apple Workgroup Servers
BCS Internet SIG
A Tale of Two Cities
Crash DTP Survival Course
Reviews/29-Mar-93
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-170.etx; 29K]
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 00:29:40 EST
From: psz@mit.edu
Subject: 19" monitor compatibility with Quadra 800 video (Q)
I just got a Quadra 800 (yea!), but am wondering whether I can get it
to drive my old Sony 19" monitor. It's a GDM-1902, is 1024x768x60Hz,
sync on green, 47.7 KHz horizontal frequency. An old SuperMac 8-bit
card successfully drove it, even though it runs at 48.8KHz. The
Quadra 800 does appear, according to some notes from Apple, to drive
19" monitors at 1024x768, in 8-bit color. However, the horizontal
frequencies appear very different from 48KHz. I have not been able to
find a cable that causes it to sync successfully. Is this known to be
hopeless? If not, useful advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
--Peter Szolovits
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 07:09:54 PST
From: spohn@newton.mayo.edu
Subject: 8mm Internal Tape drives for Quadra
I'm in the market for a good 8mm tape drive to backup our Quadra 950
fileserver. It would need to be at least a 2 gig drive, and be supported
by Retrospect (and preferably Fastback II, too). I'm thinking an internal
unit would be nice to avoid the inevitable SCSI cable hassle. Any
suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated. If you could take the
trouble to mail responses directly to me, that would also be appreciated
(due to temporary "technical difficulties"). Thanks in advance!
- Al Spohn spohn@mayo.edu 507-284-1666
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 21:26:39 -0500
From: page@osiris.phy.uqam.ca (Christian Page)
Subject: Abaton Interfax modem: fax drivers for system 7
One of my friend has an Abaton Interfax modem. The problem is that, since
Abaton is now out of business, he can't find anywhere the fax drivers that
works with System 7. We know that there is a version of the fax driver that
supports System 7. WHat can he do now?
Christian Page
page@osiris.phy.uqam.ca
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 8:10:44 CST
From: lamont@whitefish.rtsg.mot.com (Bradley Lamont)
Subject: all you ever wanted to know about aliases (Q)
Another question about aliases...
Should aliases support drag-n-drop? I ask this because I seem to be able to
drop files on aliases that are on the same drive (alias & original on same
drive). But if I copy the alias to a different drive it no longer supports
drag-n-drop. It will correctly open the original file, but I can not
drag things on it.
Is this the correct behavior or should i check my system for problems.
Bradley H. Lamont email: lamont@rtsg.mot.com
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 08:53:08 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Apple // to Mac (A)
On Mon, 29 Mar, Frederic Vecoven wrote:
>Here is my problem : I have a lot of old files stored on floppies on an
>Apple //e. Most of them are Appleworks docs. I'd like to get them on my
>Macintosh. The only way I find is to get them with a RS-232 cable, and
>make a text transfer using AppleAccess// on the Apple //e and a
>communication software on the mac. But is there any translator to
>convert Appleworks file? If so, where to find it ?
Frederic, you're off to a bad start. AppleWorks files are NOT text, so
a text transfer will yield non-desired results. You need binary transfer.
If Apple Access II is like Apple Access ///, you are out of luck. You'd
have to save the files in text format (print to disk, save as DIF, or
something like that) or get another II-side comm program.
There is an Apple File Exchange module at sumex-aim
-r 11004 Aug 26 1992 ./util/afe-appleworks-msworks.hqx
that is freeware from MicroSoft. It sort of sucks toads. The WP part
truncates files at 50K, a problem I ran into without noticing when I
was doing a bunch of WP conversions for a client. Gee, I was pleased
when he called and asked if I could re-do those files. Fortunately the
new MacLink translators can handle AppleWorks, so it was just a matter
of re-doing everything. For free. Snarl.
AFE has another problem. It only notices ProDOS files on 3.5 inch disks.
A wire transferred AppleWorks file sitting on your Mac disk is ignored.
You can get around that by using AFE to format a ProDOS disk, then doing
a default transfer from your hard disk to that ProDOS disk. Then AFE can
do its thing. MacLink doesn't have that problem.
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 09:46:38 -0600 (CST)
From: Andrew Vernon <avernon1@ua1ix.ua.edu>
Subject: Apple II to Macintosh
Frederic Vecouven asks about a translator AppleWorks to Mac. If I remember
rightly, Claris includes a set of XTND translators with every application
which includes one for AppleWorks. Some of these (I can't remember which)
are also in the BBEdit package.
--Andrew Vernon
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 13:43-0500
From: P. T. Withington <ptw@RIVERSIDE.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>
Subject: Apple LaserWriter 300/310 mysteries
Has anyone figured out the new low-end Apple laserwriters? The 310 is
Postscript level 1, but no Greyshare, Fineprint, or Photograde according
to the specs (just cheap).
The 300 is QuickDraw, Greyshare, and Fineprint, with optional Postscript
level 1 and Photograde upgrades. But the spec sheet seems to imply that
if you add Postscript to the 300 you get a 310. Does this mean you lose
Greyshare and Fineprint in the process? Or is the 310 just a loser and
you should really buy the 300 plus Postscript? Or are Greyshare and
Fineprint (and Photograde?) only available for QD? Are the Poscript and
Photograde upgrades mutually exclusive?
The 300 plus Postscript is cheaper that the DEC LW recently touted on
this list and it would seem that Fineprint/Photograde is more worthwhile
than Postscript level 2 (on the DEC) for most users.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 10:59:25 -0500 (EST)
From: LAN Supervisor <COLMENARES@rhoda.fordham.edu>
Subject: Bill Gates Does Windows
> Did anyone obtain the After Dark-compatible version of MacUser's
> screensaver "Bill Gates Does Windows?" while it was on Compuserve?
> If so, please upload it to Sumex ... I believe it was supposed to
> be freeware, and I've been waiting to get a look at it.
True, it is freeware. However, the documentation states that it CANNOT be
distributed via any other electronic means; it cannot be posted on any other
archive.
Josephine Colmenares / Fordham University
colmenares@fordmrh1.bitnet / colmenares@rhoda.fordham.edu
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 09:47:49 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Bill Gates Does Windows (A)
On 27 Mar, Mike Hutchinson wrote:
>Did anyone obtain the After Dark-compatible version of MacUser's
>screensaver "Bill Gates Does Windows?" while it was on Compuserve?
>If so, please upload it to Sumex ... I believe it was supposed to
>be freeware, and I've been waiting to get a look at it.
Sorry, Mike. As the enclosed blurb from ZMAC states, the file may not
be uploaded elsewhere. But thanks for asking. It gave me an excuse to
try out the "NewQuickB" White Knight procedure that was recently posted
to the archives. Works like a champ for downloading from CI$. Better
than XModem for sure.
The blurb didn't say anything about CROSSloading, so I sent you a copy.
Gee, I can be a literal little naughtyword, can't I?
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
>>ZMAC
>>Forum Name: DOWNLOAD Library: INITs, cdevs, FKEYs (3)
>>Accesses: 57 Size: 77056
>>File: BILLDK.CPT Submitted: [72511,36] 26-Feb-93
>>
>>Can a billionaire Harvard drop-out be at home working on the Macintosh?
>>Sure, as long as he does Windows. Bill Gates Does Windows our is 1993
>>April Fools After Dark module which has Bill washing your Mac's screen
>>as it gathers dust.
>>
>>REQUIRES: After Dark 2.0 or greater. Auth: ZiffNet/Mac. ZiffNet/Mac
>>Exclusive. Ref: MacUser 4/93. (c) 1993 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
>>CANNOT BE UPLOADED ELSEWHERE. Free. 76K.
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 11:10:06 U
From: "David Gutierrez" <drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu>
Subject: CDROM for both Mac and PC
CDROM for both Mac and PC
In Info-Mac Digest #68 craymer@emr.ca (Mike Craymer) writes:
>Does anyone know if it's possible for both Macs and PCs to use
>a CD-ROM connected to a Novell file server (486)?
When we investigated this a year ago, Macs could not access CD-ROM drives on
Netware servers. We went instead with an AppleShare file server and told the
PC
users they'd have to use PhoneNetTalk to access the file server.
I don't know if Novell's fixed this bug yet..
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 09:10:33 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <JFRITZ%WVNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: ClarisWorks Version 2.0 (A)
Brian Robertson asked:
> I heard a rumour a few days ago about a new version of ClarisWorks (v2).
> Has anyone seen it, used it or read about it? What has been upgraded and
what
> has does it cost, and whe is it available ?
Yes, ClarisWorks version 2.0 is supposed to be out. However, Claris has
a habit of delaying their upgrades for long periods of time. (Witness
the upgrade for MacWrite--it's been promised for a l-o-n-g time).
I ordered, about 2 weeks ago, the upgrade for ClarisWorks 2.0 from
MacWarehouse. It was promised for March 20, then for March 26 and
it's still not here. At least they haven't billed my credit card yet!
I guess that ClarisWorks 2.0 will be with us real-soon now, but don't
hold your breath!
Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 12:17:09 +0100
From: xh@rf.no (Xiaojun He)
Subject: Column edit for BBEdit
There is one thing I am not satisfied with BBEdit:
There is no column edit function (copy and paste) as in other
editors, such as Brief on PC and Alpha on Mac.
Does any one know how to implement this function into BBEdit ?
Thanks in advance !.
xh@hpa.rf.no
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 13:22:40 +0100
From: dfuller@estwm0.DNET.ESTEC.ESA.NL (David Fuller, Microgravity Division,
ESTEC)
Subject: DEC PathWorks (Q)
My division is using DEC PathWorks as a mail and file server. We want to send
mail and files (enclosures) to Mac mail servers on SMTP gateways. The only way
I have been able to do this is to first BinHex the file, then send as a text
file. The SMTP gateway on the other end will un-BinHex it and treat it as
file.
Coming the other way, the VAX will receive the file, but I have to un-BinHex
it, and sometimes the file structure is not preserved (ie, warnings that the
header is suspect). I want the ordinary user to be able to send files without
worrying about BinHexing. I know this is possible with gateways that allow
QuickMail and MS Mail to connect to the Internet. Does anyone out there know
if
DEC will making this possible soon? Or do I just not know the trick?
All comments/hints/suggestions appreciated.
david fuller
dfuller@estwm1.dnet.estec.esa.nl
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 10:00:35 U
From: "Greg Harabedian" <Greg_Harabedian@cpqm.saic.com>
Subject: Diff Utility
Subject: Time:9:55 AM
OFFICE MEMO Diff Utility Date:3/30/93
I am looking for a utility that will compare and report back the differences
between any kind of Mac files. I am familiar with the "File Kit" and
"Revisionist" tools but those aren't exactly what I'm looking for. The File
Kit tool will only tell you if any two files are different, but it will not
report what the differences exactly are. For those of you familiar with Unix
utilites, I am looking for a Mac version of the "diff" utility. If anyone can
help I'd appreciate a response directly to me. Thanks,
Greg Harabedian
Internet: Greg_Harabedian@cpqm.saic.com
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 11:53:27 +0100
From: John Hendrickx <u211310@hnykun11.urc.kun.nl>
Subject: E-mail on VM/CMS
>> I'm using a VM/CMS system, with R. A. Schaffer (Rice)
>> Mail-90 program. Every mail from MAC-L comes with
>> a first screenful page of Received: From... tag lines of
>> very little interest to me. Since I'm connected to a
>> _s_l_o_w_ 1200 baud modem, I'd find very handy
>> to discard all these lines before they get displayed.
>> Do you know some XEDIT macro or other I can put
>> in my PROFILE MAIL or anywhere else to have this
>> done? (Why can't we connect our Macs straight to Internet!!!)
>
>Why don't you download make a text file of your electronic
>mail, dowload it and read it in a word processor? That's what
>I do.-Pete Tamas
>Gnome@VM.Temple.EDU, Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)
You can connect Macs straight to Internet using MacTCP. With MacTCP and
Eudora (avaibable at "ftp.qualcomm.com"), you can use your VM/CMS system as
a mail server. Our machine only had an SMTP server at first, so I could
only send mail. However a POP3 server is also available for CMS, so you
can also receive mail without logging on:
VM/CMS sufferers can try Charley Kline's popper port,
which can be had from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (cd to the "POPD" directory.
(From the Eudora QA stack).
I use Eudora on ethernet, but it can also be used with a modem. See the
documentation.
John Hendrickx
Department of Sociology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Internet: u211310@hnykun11.urc.kun.nl
Bitnet: u211310@hnykun11
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 13:25:33 -0500
From: gfink@relay.nswc.navy.mil
Subject: Ergonomic keyboards
I know there has been some controversy/healthy discussion about Apple's
ergonomic keyboard.
There have been some comments made that Apple's keyboard didn't offer
the same features as keboard x, y, or z (I forget the specific ones
mentioned).
I am willing to consider other keyboards, but is there a keyboard
catalog out there or does anyone know the addresses/phone nos. of
these companies?
Thanks netters,
Glenn
skim IMD067.txt
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 09:59:55 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <IRBLOOM@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Ethernet node address on Quadra (A)
On 29 Mar, Dan Lunderville asked:
>Can anyone direct me to a free utility that will tell me the Ethernet
>node address on the Macs with a built-in Ethernet connection?
How 'bout the MacTCP control panel, Dan? I assume you want to know so
you can have an IP address asigned to it. If that is the case, just hold
down the OPTION key while clicking on the EtherNet icon. The address
shows up automagically.
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 16:05:34 -0600
From: bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov
Subject: Ethernet node address on Quadra 700? (A)
There is a neat little utility called GetMyAddress 1.2 which simply checks
your machine and returns all addresses (Appletalk node, Ethernet #, MacTCP
address if applicable, etc.) If it's not in /info-mac/util, check on
Archie.
Bryan Walls My words are not NASA policy.
bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 15:26:16 GMT
From: denbesten@orchestra.bgsu.edu (William C. DenBesten)
Subject: Fetch Shortcuts saved in Prefs file
>not a problem yet. I sure would prefer it if the prefs were kept in the
>same folder with the application.
In article , peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis) wrote:
> Unfortunately, this is not generally an acceptable solution. An
> application should NEVER write to itself or its folder because that
> folder is quite likely to be on a write protected AppleShare volume, or
> a CD ROM or some other non-writable area.
>
> The "correct" solution is for Fetch (and other apps) to allow you to
> double click a prefs file and use that instead of the one in the prefs
> folder. Not many apps do this as far as I know (certainly none of mine
> do :-). Eudora is one example of an app that does this quite well to
> allow multiple people to use it with different prefs on the same
> machine.
As a system administrator, I tend to like apps to search both the
preferences folder and the default (application) folder. This permits me
to distribute settings files with applications and not expect my users to
move them to the correct place. I don't care which is searched first, but
I can make a good case for either way. Pre-system 7 apps generally used
the poor man's search path, so this worked. The same wish holds true for
vender folders (ala Claris Folder).
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 17:03:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Kermit's Buddy! <GRAPHICS@ACS.EKU.EDU>
Subject: Form making program (Q)
Hey out there!!
Does anyone know of a program that is a 'fill-in-the-blank' type of
program??? I am trying to help my friend automate his office a bit more.
thanks,
-Bob Martin -- Graphics@eku.bitnet or graphics@acs.eku.edu
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 11:05:08 CST
From: PULLMANN@TRINITY.EDU
Subject: Funky keyboard-thanks!
A big thank-you to all who responded to my query about an ergonomic
keyboard design I'd seen but couldn't identify. The animal in
question turned out to be something called The Vertical, mentioned
briefly in the December 7, 1992 issue of Newsweek. (No wonder I
couldn't remember where I'd seen it--I was pawing madly through
stacks of Mac magazines.) I think that I didn't describe the thing
very well in my initial post--it actually is vertical, with the key-
pads on the outer surfaces of a sort of tower, so that when you use
it you're sort of holding it between your hands with your palms
facing each other. Sort of. ;). I still haven't determined if this
is a commercially available item or only in development.
BTW, the whole article was interesting and worth reading, if maddeningly
incomplete. (I like to see company names, addresses and phone #s in
things like this, for follow-up purposes.)
Thanks again for all the replies!
Pat
Pat Ullmann PULLMANN@VM1.TUCC.TRINITY.EDU or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 23:23:30 CST
From: Willi Wilkins <willi@bloch.rad.bcm.tmc.edu>
Subject: I can't view some JPEG images recently downloaded
I have a short question about JPEG images:
I have obtained some images from various sources lately which are supposedly
JPEG files. When I open them in JPEG View, all I get is a black image. They
seem to consistently come with a file signature that opens Canvas (8BIM),
but Canvas 3.0.5 has no idea what to so with them and puts up a blank screen.
The images I have at the moment are called Fireball, RepWorld JPEG, and REP
JPEG. If anyone can tip me off on how to access these, I will be happy to
summarize a solution for the net.
/s crw (willi@bloch.rad.bcm.tmc.edu,wilkins@opsusa.decnet.siemens.com)
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 14:41 EST
From: "In Taberna quando sumus, non curamus quid sit humus, sed ad ludum
properamus, cui semper insudamus." <LFINKELSTEIN@vax.clarku.edu>
Subject: Is processor speed related to downloading speed?
Using the same modem (Prometheus Home Office 14.4), and the same program
(Z-Term 0.9), is there a reason that my Mac 2si can download files upwards of
2000 cps, when my Powerbook 100 will download the same file at around 340 cps,
and still get a lot more errors?
Is this a processor thing, or have I inadvertantly set up something wrong in
the PB?
Thanks.
Loren Finkelstein
LFINKELSTEIN@VAX.CLARKU.EDU
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 14:15:39 EST
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <PATCHAS@VM.NRC.CA>
Subject: John Thoo's simple request for uploaders
In his posting on Sat, 27 Mar 93 12:09:39 PST, John makes the following plea
on his own behalf:
> When you post apps/utils/cps/exs/etc to <sumex-aim>, please, please say what
> it does, even if you're posting an update. . . . .
> . . . .It wouldn't hurt to say AGAIN what the prog is supposed to do, eh?
Since I concur heartily with his sentiments, I would like to reiterate with:
When you post apps/utils/cps/exs/etc to <sumex-aim>, please, please, please,
please say what it does, EVEN IF YOU'RE POSTING AN UPDATE.
Thanks much. I also would really appreciate it.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 08:02:36 -0500
From: page@osiris.phy.uqam.ca (Christian Page)
Subject: Keyboard lock-ups
Does anyone has experience keyboard (and sometimes mouse in conjunction with
the keyboard) lock-ups? I have to use ADBProbe to get back my keyboard.
Sometimes also, the keyboard sends a stream of one character without
interruption, and I have to shut off and start my computer.
I'm using an LC II, and this has happened with no extensions. SOmetimes also,
it happens alone, I get back to my computer, and it's working ok, except
that the mouse&keyboard doesn't respond... I've noticed that it seems to
happen more when I'm using ZTerm and my modem.
I have 32-bit on, but it happened without it.
Christian Page
page@osiris.phy.uqam.ca
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 14:53:17 EST
From: Ed Eng <edeng@BBN.COM>
Subject: LanRover/E log parsing programs (Q)
Anybody have any programs (C, Mac, Unix shell...) that make neat summaries of
the LanRover/E log files, which are just plain text?
Thanks
Ed Eng
edeng@bbn.com
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 21:03:02 EST
From: jhbauer@aol.com
Subject: Locked TeachText files (thanks & another Q))
Thank you to everyone on the net who replied to me with the simple answer to
change type of the file from 'ttro' to 'TEXT' with an editor (I used
ResEdit.)
As an additional twist, the graphic that I wanted to paste to Canvas from the
file turned out to have been a PICT resource, which I cannot paste into
anything (tried Canvas, Photshop, Nisus, Director) so I suppose I am stuck
with printing, scanning it and editing it as a bit map, unless anyone has an
idea. Sigh . . .
Three cheers and thanks to all the helpful netters!
Regards, Jonathan (JHBauer@aol.com)
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 22:20:13 CST
From: gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu
Subject: MetaFont for the Mac
Does anyone know where I can get MetaFont for the Mac? I would
like to able to take .mf files and use them in Textures, but I
can't find Metafont.
Thank you.
Gary L. Gray * Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu * University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 01:30:51 CST
From: gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu
Subject: new trouble with Speedometer and Easy View
I have been using Speedometer on a IIci for a long time and I
recently acquired a Quadra 800 and neither of them work any more.
They both quit when I execute them with error of type whatever.
Has anyone else seen an incompatibility of this sort?
Thank you.
Gary L. Gray * Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu * University of Wisconsin-Madison
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 22:18:55 CST
From: gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu
Subject: partitioning w/ Apple HD SC Setup (C)
Well, I found out that Apple's HD SC Setup *WILL NOT* partition
my HD the way I want to (make multiple Mac partitions). I got
Drive7 and am very pleased with it. Easy to use and very
flexible. The only problem was that I had to create a special
startup disk for my Quadra 800 since theirs wouldn't work.
Gary L. Gray * Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
gray@cmgroup.engr.wisc.edu * University of Wisconsin-Madison
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 20:16 EST
From: ncoast!tdi3!dieter@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu
Subject: PB modem connection in other countries
Hi PB modem users,
read this in info-mac:
>Subject: Help in Italy
>A colleague of mine will be taking her PowerBook to Florence for a year,
>and I'm looking for anyone who can tell me about the electrical system
>(special adapters needed?) and the phone system there (she's wants to do
>email to the states...does she need a special modem adaptor...will
>Kermit work just fine?). Keg
>* kgatling@mailbox.syr.edu
re:
This is indeed a problem. Traveling about once a month to Europe, I am
now a happy owner of a PB 160 with modem......
Germany:
========
Last week I tried to connect the PB to the phone line in Germany, but
surprise, there are at least 4 different phone connection systems in this
country alone:
- FFN (or FF) plugs (new Deutsche Telekom plug)
- 4 prong (male) plugs with diagonal prongs (homes and offices)
- transparent 4 prong in line plugs (hotels and offices)
- US phone connectors (called "Western")
After spending about $ 40 (!) on four phone plugs (Voelkner electronic) I
came to the first hotel: no phone outlet at all!!! The phone had been
hard-wired to a wall wiring box.
Fortunately I spotted a PB user in the lobby and he had the right answer:
a little screw driver! Just connect red and green to white and brown...!
"Streng Verboten", but works great. By the way, I'm selling 4 (un)used
phone plugs for 1/2 price....
France:
======
much easier, there is only one plug (about FFr 25 ($5))in every
hardware store);this is a fair price considering the huge plastic plug
you get (about 20 times the size of a US phone plug); suggest to buy a
plug that has an auxiliary outlet on top so you can hook up your hotel
phone (like an answering machine). Than you can call over the phone your
AT&T, US Sprint or MCI operator to avoid the hefty French phone costs,
b4 logging on your PB.
I would be more than happy to hear your story/experience (or better:
wiring diagram) for other countries.
:-)
Dieter
suggestion to modem manufacturers: pack a wiring diagram and color codes
of phone wires for the various int'l phone systems with your modem.
suggestion to modem users: take a screw driver/and or Swiss army knife
with you on your next int'l trip...
email tdi3!dieter@ncoast.org <Dieter Muller-Greven>
fax (216) 974 2296
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 15:50:06 EST
From: Paul Savage <paul.savage@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
Subject: peripheral problems (flame)
Want to hear an almost funny story? We recently bought a LabelWriter II
(notice how every other bit of computer hardware and software has an upper
case
letter in the middle) for the office only to discover it couldn't be plugged
into our local talk network as it was designed to be plugged into the printer
port of a mac. The labelWriter is great. Prints out labels quickly, includes
software to build databases of addresses etc., but we wanted to be able to
access it over the network like all our other printers. In Australia the
LabelWriter sets you back about $400.
So the manual says "The LabelWriter II *can* be shared on an appletalk network
by using CoStar's [note the capital in the middle :-)] LabelWriter II
AppleTalk
Network Box.... $199 from computer dealers" Yeah right. Here in Australia it
costs about $500. So anyway we bought one because it seems like such a great
product (and don't get me wrong -- the LabelWriter is terrific at what it
does)
would be useful on the network.
The "Network Box" arrived and I set it up and discovered there was a special
printer driver included to run the LabelWriter over the network. So I
installed
that and everything worked fine. But here's the kicker, included with the box
is a notice saying that the LabelWriter is designed for *individual use* and
if
we intend to share it across several users on a network we must purchase a
5-user site licence for $149!!
About this time I started to feel like there was someone from CoStar standing
there with his hand in my pocket. What earthly use could a network connection
for a printing peripheral be to an INDIVIDUAL USER??? Perhaps so I could
connect the LabelWriter to the network in the room next door rather than to
the
back of my own computer.
Is it just me or does this seem pretty lame way to sell Mac peripherials which
are supposed to be renowned for their plug-and-play ease. We go to great
pains
to be legal here and I don't support software piracy in any way but this time
I'm sorely tempted. $149 seems like a lot for a printer driver, site licence
after we've already shelled out over $800 on the printer and network box.
Please CoStar, tell me it's not true...
Paul.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 01:05 CST
From: Govind@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject: PowerBook screen with blinking pixels
Last year in January, a few weeks after I got my PB170, the
screen started to occasionally behave oddly (pixels randomly
blinking on and off.) It turned out that every 8th column of pixels
could be affected - but not all of them at the same time. A few
pixels in some of these columns would either turn on or off (when
not supposed to) or blink furiously giving the illusion of ants
crawling up the screen in a straight file. (Btw, the screen does
not have a single 'dead' or 'bad' pixel.)
The customary call to Apple got me no where - they had never
heard of such symptoms before. I took the PB to the dealer, but
since the problem could not be replicated on demand, the dealer
never saw it happen. Queries on the net turned up one other
similar case - but no solutions. After a couple of futile non-
demos for the skeptical dealer (I think he wanted to know what
kind of mushrooms I was ingesting :), the symptom just stopped
its ghostly manifestations.
Well guys, today (3 months after the warranty ran out,) it is back
with a vengeance. Whereas previously the blinking would be fixed
after just one restart, this time it hasn't gone away through 10+
consecutive restarts/shutdowns. I intend to take the PB to the
dealer some day soon based on that day's blinking statistics :~).
Considering how the PB behaved today, it seems a safe bet that
this time around I should be able to replicate 'das blinking pixel'
show at the store.
So what gives? I remember reading about screen problems with
the PB 140 (or was it 145?) caused by loose connections. Does
this sound like a similar problem? Does Apple acknowledge it for
the PB170s? Any ideas about Apple's repair policy for this kind
of problem? Does Apple acknowledge this as a problem with the
PB170 and fix it without asking me for the rest of my life-
savings (the part they did not get when they sold me the PB?)
Since the warranty has expired, and knowing how intransigent
Apple can sometimes be in admitting hardware problems, I expect
the worst. In which case, can an Apple-noncertified technically
dexterous person ;~) fix the loose connection? How? Or am I fit
to be certified for even thinking about opening up a PB?
Before I take the PB to the dealer, any advice / information will
be much appreciated.
Cheers- Shekhar Govind govind@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 6:50:36 -0600 (CST)
From: DAVE@GERGO.TAMU.EDU (Dave Martin, Geochemical Research, Texas A&M)
Subject: Print PostScript files on TI PS17?
The problem is with PostScript in one way, Canvas and other drawing programs
in another, Apple's LaserWriter driver in another, as well as with the file
being printed. (How's that for distributed blame?).
I am not familiar with the TI PS17 (is it Level 1 or 2 PS, a clone PS, etc.),
but one thing I did learn with PostScript early on was that polygonal regions
have a limit of 255 points. While not entirely certain, I believe that this
limit is retained in PS Level 2. If the document has some complex filled polys
(they don't have to be filled--I can't go back up and edit the above line...)
try splitting them or editing them to remove some of the excess control
points.
If you don't have any polygonal regions in your doc (this would, of course,
include any text->outlines that you may have fiddled with by converting to
polygons; any auto-tracing; freehand curves; etc.) then it must be something
else <grin>. I am probably mistaken (it's happened before ;), but if I recall
correctly, the only Personal LW that is PS-based is the NTR (or is the PLW NT
a PS Level 1?). If the PLW being used is not PS-based (i.e., uses QuickDraw),
you won't have the poly problem where you would have with a PS (particularly
a PS Lvl 1) printer.
The reason I attribute blame on drawing programs & the LW driver is that this
limit should be a known by now and the software should take such limits into
account. Canvas sometimes calls SysBeep as it is printing a doc that has some
complex polys (when it stops beeping during the print I know that it won't
have any more limitcheck errors...) but it doesn't inform you via dialog what
the beeps are for, nor does it correct the problem itself by breaking any
polygons into smaller pieces (it should at least have a command to split polys
at specified control point intervals, automatically adjusting any curves to
retain the shape of the poly). Same with the LW driver.
Hopefully splitting your poly paths will alleviate the problems. Without any
more info as to the types of items in the doc, I can't suggest anything else.
Dave
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 08:15:59 +0000
From: steven.taylor@mrc-applied-psychology.cambridge.ac.uk
Subject: PrintSpoolers - any helpful ones?
Hi there all,
This may be a silly question (it wouldn't be the first!):- is there a print
spooler around somewhere that will log any print errors (in particular
'catastrophic' errors like jams) that occurred during a printing session,
and notify you at which page or section the error occurred? The reason I
ask is that several people around here have been printing out their thesis
in the small hours of the morning, and it's frustrating enough having the
paper jam for example in the middle of it, without a page or two going
missing as well, unnoticed, if they don't think to check once the following
pages are on their way out when the printer resumes.
Something that will either present a list of the sort "1) A <printing
error> occurred on LaserWriter 'Clint' while printing Page 6 of 'My
Comfortable Fluffy Slippers' - do you want to try printing it again? [NOW]
[AFTER COFFEE]" or in fact something which recognises there is a problem on
the fly and prints the suspect page at the next available opportunity.
Indeed, does PrintMonitor do this already and I hadn't noticed?
Many thanks,
Steve
steven.taylor@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 07:57:39 -0500
From: page@osiris.phy.uqam.ca (Christian Page)
Subject: QuickTime and XWindows
Is there any program that could anime many images, like QUickTime does it on
the Macintosh, but on XWindows?
Christian Page
page@osiris.phy.uqam.ca
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 19:10:08 -0600
From: Colglazier <coljos@homer.bethel.edu>
Subject: Recycled Toner Cartridges
Our firm uses recycled cartridges from Quill (a U.S.
company) and we've been very happy with them. We tried to
switch to Nashua brand recycled cartridges and had problems
with every cartridge. I would say that the quality of the
recycling just depends on the company who does it.
Joshua Colglazier
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 13:17:51 -0500
From: gfink@relay.nswc.navy.mil
Subject: Scott Johnson's Speed Message II (Q)
Recently downloaded the above program. Would ask this question of
Scott Johnson directly, but his e-mail address was not included
in the documentation.
This program sends mail messages between Macs on a system 7.x network.
All well and good, but it only keeps the message queued on a person's
Mac for up to 15 minutes. I work off hours from my officemate, and
I need the Mac to queue the message for up to 24 hours or so.
Any way I can get this program to do that, or does anyone have
Scott Johnson's e-mail address? Or failing both of those, is there
another shareware/freeware program that will do this?
Thanks netters,
Glenn
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 18:44:22 -0500 (EST)
From: YOU RANG? <S43110%SIENA.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: showing characters...(A)
Someone asked about a program to display the keystrokes to get a character in
a certain font.
I use Pop Char. It's a control panel. It Places a small 'p' on the menu
bar.
When ever I click on it, it displays the character set for the current font.
As you drag over the characters it displays what's needed to achieve the
character. Or you can drag to it, let go, and it'll place it in the
application
you are currently in.
I've only had two problems with it: it crashes Word 5 whenever I want to
insert
the chosen character. If I drag over it and drag back to the 'p' it's o.k.
Second is that it only displays upto font size 14. It's difficult to
recongnize
some of the characters in Dingbats and fonts that are size 72.
Other than that, it comes in handy. IMHO, of course.
**********************
Gil Irias,Jr.
S43110@Siena
GilIrias AOL
**********************
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 11:05:52 U
From: "David Gutierrez" <drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu>
Subject: sidegrade from OmniPage
sidegrade from OmniPage
In Info-Mac Digest #68 peterst@arti14.vub.ac.be (Peter Stuer) writes:
>Omnipage would refuse to start
>only displaying a message that this version of the program would only
>work with a US system.
>
>I tell you, the first decent sidegrade that comes
>along, they are off my harddisk.
Expervision offers a sidegrade to TypeReader for $149 (U.S.). It's gotten good
reviews. I haven't tried my copy yet, because my scanner has started acting up
since I got my new Mac.
You can reach them at (800) READ-TYPOS in the U.S., (408) 428-9988 from
everywhere else.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 22:19:43 EST
From: CXEO000 <CXEO@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: Skipping mouse
Hi, All!
I have a question for all hardhards out there: my standard-issue
ADB Apple mouse is driving me up the wall and I would like advice on
fixing it before I throw it out a window.
The problem is this: the mouse seems to randomly skip fairly
considerable distances (a dozen or so pixels, perhaps) along the
horizontal axis during any form of motion. The problem doesn't appear
in the vertical axis (You can imagine what this is doing for word
processing), leading me to believe that this is a problem with the
horizontal roller.
Before I get inundated with patronizing answers, the rollers are
clean enough to see one's face in, and opening the bottom and rolling
the roller (as it were) by hand produces the same skipping phenomena.
I have unscrewed the case and peered unknowingly at the inner
workings without being able to improve the situation any by pure brain
wave energy. Are more direct means, short of trade-in at my friendly
Apple dealer, available to me? I have no fear of poking at my rodent's
internal organs -- anything to get this problem to go away. However, I
am a poor starving student and steer clear of Apple whenever possible.
BTW, my USS. Enterprise (As in the carrier) keyboard works flawles-
ly, so I doubt the ADB port itself is damaged.
Thanks in advance,
Mark Aiken
cxeo@musica.mcgill.ca
------------------------------
Date: 31 Mar 1993 11:06:31 +0200
From: chd@wsnex.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de (Christine Deininger)
Subject: SPYGLASS TRANSFORM 2.0
Does anyone has experiences with SPYGLASS TRANSFORM 2.0 or SPYGLASS DICER 1.1
in comparison with programs for workstations, f.e. IDL?
Thanks,
Christine
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 21:27:29 -0500
From: rinelljv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu ( )
Subject: startup screen randomizer (Q)
Hello all,
could someone point me to a startup screen randomizer?
I am aware of Randomizer by Mr. Pugh and have used it successfully in
the past but one of my myriad of system extensions is walking all over
it and not allowing it to work. I know I have seen another extension
that randomizes startup screens. Any insight appreciated.
Joe Rinella
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 09:24:34 +0100
From: karl@uz.kuleuven.ac.be (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Sys7 customized icons
My program implements system 7 customized icons: it puts ICN#, icl4 and
icl8 resources with ID = -16455 in the resource fork of the documents it
creates and switches onthe custom icon bit.
This works fine until I change the icons to some other icon. I can not get
the finder to notice a change in icons has taken place.
Heeelp !
----------
Karl Pottie
Macintosh Consultant for the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium
karl@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 13:52:33 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <Elliot.Bennett@europa.rs.kp.dlr.de>
Subject: TAR for Macintosh...the definitive answer...
I would like to thank:
Paul Sheldon, Craig Ruff, Steve Jaffe, John Lillibridge, Jerry Wilcox, Calvin
Teague, Sridar Narayanan, Hans Kroeger, Ronald Leenes, and (last but not
least)
Jerry Black
for suggesting: Stuffit Deluxe, suntar1.33 (on both SUMEX and umich), and tar-
30 (actually written by Craig Ruff and also on SUMEX)
in response to my request for a TAR program for Mac. I must admit to being
EXTREMELY embarrassed at not having done a directory search on SUMEX before
posing my question (2 of the 3 suggested programs were there if only I had
looked before I leaped).
I would also like to give a special thanks to Hans Kroeger for including the
following table as excerpted from info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt (I
thought it useful enough to enclose here):
Suffix: .sit .cpt .hqx .bin .pit .Z .image .dd .zip .uu .tar
Extractors
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
StuffIt 3.0 | X X X X X X X ! ! !
$ Expander | X X X
Compact Pro | * X X
UULite 1.4 | X
MacCompress | X
SunTar | X X X X
BinHex 5.0 | X
BinHex 4.0 | X
DiskDoubler | * X X
UnZip | X
DiskCopy | X
Packit | X
Table 2.5.1
Thank you all for replying and I hope to be more exhaustive in my searches
before asking for help again...
Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
elliot@europa.rs.kp.dlr.de
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 06:55:26 +0100 (MET)
From: HANS KROEGER <KROEGER@dornier.de>
Subject: TAR utility for Mac (A)
From: Elliot Bennett <Elliot.Bennett@europa.rs.kp.dlr.de>
Subject: TAR utility for Mac (A)
Elliot Bennett asks in Digest # 67:
>I've been asked to investigate the availability of a program that can
>decompress unix "tar" files. Does such a thing exist for the mac?
Here is an excerpt from info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can use the following table to determine what Macintosh
programs decode which formats. For a more complete description
of the various Macintosh archival programs, see the excellent
FAQ for comp.sys.mac.apps.
Suffix: .sit .cpt .hqx .bin .pit .Z .image .dd .zip .uu .tar
Extractors
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
StuffIt 3.0 | X X X X X X X ! ! !
$ Expander | X X X
Compact Pro | * X X
UULite 1.4 | X
MacCompress | X
SunTar | X X X X
BinHex 5.0 | X
BinHex 4.0 | X
DiskDoubler | * X X
UnZip | X
DiskCopy | X
Packit | X
Table 2.5.1
! Note: StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.3 includes translators for .tar, .uu,
MacBinary, atob, btoa, AppleLink packages, AppleSingle, DiskDoubler,
and Unix compress. These translators can also be used with StuffIt
Lite. .arc and .zip translators are also distributed with StuffIt
Deluxe, but remain part of the commercial package.
$ 'Expander' refers to Stuffit Expander 3.0 which can decode BinHex,
Stuffit, Compact Pro, and Applelink archives. It supports drag-
and-drop under System 7. Stuffit Expander is distributed free by
Aladdin Systems Inc.
* Not all of the various StuffIt formats are recognized.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Go and check from info-mac/util/suntar-133.hqx......
Hope this helps.
Hans Kroeger
kroeger@dornier.de
kroeger@foca.dnet.nasa.gov
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 22:33:36 MST
From: "Paul Gilmartin (303) 673-4428" <stortek!Paul_Gilmartin@csn.org>
Subject: TAR utility for Mac?
On Fri, 26 Mar 1993 14:56:43 +0100 you said:
> I've been asked to investigate the availability of a program that can
> decompress unix "tar" files. Does such a thing exist for the mac?
I got the following from LISTSERV@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU:
MAC-ARCH F0011991 48 91/08/25 UTIL/TAR-30.HQX
Presumably similar at info-mac and umich. Works great.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 08:07 EST
From: Dan Rolander <DROLANDER@LANDO.HNS.COM>
Subject: Text Processors (C)
> Mr Rolander,
> Have you tried Teachtext 7.0 ? It is free with System 7. This is as simple
> as text processors get, plus it reads screen dumps of graphics.
> Sincerely, ABRODY @ CLARKU
Mr. ABRODY,
I constantly find your posts amusing. Thanks for making my day.
------------------------------
Date: 30 Mar 1993 08:11:26 -0500 (EST)
From: SCHMIDT_RODNEY_A@LILLY.COM
Subject: TFTP Client Application for Mac.
I need to copy files to and from an IP device that uses TFTP for file
transfers. It does not support FTP. Where can I find a Macintosh
application that acts as a TFTP client?
Rodney.
From: SCHMIDT RODNEY A IVM1 1 TC86120
Subject: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
To: INTERNET ADDRESS BITN
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 04:45:19 GMT
From: harrym@netcom.com (Harry Myhre)
Subject: Version 2.0 of ClarisWorks ?????
Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes:
>I heard a rumour a few days ago about a new version of ClarisWorks (v2).
Claris is taking orders for the new upgrade over the phone. Call the upgrade
number in the 'getting started' manual. The upgrade is $99.00.
I'll post a note here when it arrives. They're supposed to start shipping by
end of month.
_______________________________
Harry Myhre <harrym@netcom.com>
Los Angeles, California
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 05:52 EST
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <needje@msen.com>
Subject: Write protected Teach Text Files? (A)
In 11-68, Jonathan H. Bauer wonders how to convert a read-only teach text
file into something editable.
Easy. Such files have the type/creator ttro/ttxt. Just use FileTyper 4.0 or
a similar program (or ResEdit) to change the type to TEXT instead. (ttro
is short for teach text read only, of course.)
Jeff Needleman <needje@msen.com>
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 21:38:01 EST
From: Prof GWK Moore <moore@rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca>
Subject: X server software
I am interested in running an image processing X client from my
mac. My question is simple: Does MacX and/or eXodus support colour
X clients?
Thanks
Professor G.W.K. Moore Department of Physics
60 St. George Street University of Toronto
Toronto,Ontario,Canada M5S 1A7
Phone: 416-978-4686 Fax:416-978-8905
email:moore@rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca
------------------------------
Date: Tue Mar 30 21:58:51 1993
From: jumbo@imp.ch (David Wechsler)
Photoshop/gif import
Dear netters
I just open the new version of Photoshop and I canUt open gif files and a few
of the other file format in Version 2.01.
Are there some shareware plugins for gif and the other formats?
Thanxs for any ideas !
Greetinx
-David
Internet : jumbo@imp.ch
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