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Info-Mac Digest             Thu,  1 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 70

Today's Topics:

      Administrivia
      2 Print Postscript files on TI PS17 - summary of Answers.
      A/UX advice sought
      Abaton Interfax Sys7 drivers
      Access to INTERNET
      AFE for AmigaDOS or alt methods?
      Banks joins CONNECT
      Bill Gates Does Windows
      BinHex4 @Vax?
      Can localisation prevent US software being used in Europe? (C)
      casper
      Chinese system for Duo (Q)
      Cross-stitch Pattern Maker [Q]
      D*** all MUD players (Reply)
      Damn all MUD players! (2 msgs)
      Diff Utility (A)
      Email Retail Order Addresses Update... (2 msgs)
      EPS Files
      file formats and types
      Form making program (A)
      hard drive problems
      How to install 7.0.1 on Mac II with 800 k drive (Q)
      Internal SCSI HD for LWPro630?
      MacLink converts AppleWorks (A)
      MetaFont for the Mac (A)
      Microsoft email address???
      New Server PDS Card
      new version of lpDaemon
      Opening PICT Resource
      Orange Micro Card
      PB140 stall-out [Q]
      PiggyBack DA---where? (A) (fwd)
      PostScript Files - printing
      Practical Peripherals Modem
      Printing on the move? (Q)
      Problems wih Icons and INITS (Q)
      Resources
      Slide shows...(R)
      Sticky mice, shifty keys, streaming chars
      TeachText Problem solved completely
      ThoughtPattern 2.0 (Q)
      Tools for newsbatches via TCP/IP [Q]
      Underlined tabs in Word 5.0a (?)
      Vatican
      Weird font alignment (PostScript?) problem
      Word 5.1 and SFD
      writing/editing ARA Scripts; How??

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 1:23:45 PST
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Administrivia

Dear Info-Mac readers,

After more than four years at the helm of the archives, the time has come for
me to throw in the towel. I have grown weary of the daily routines required
of the moderator: pruning ascii pictures of Bart Simpson from the bottoms
of one-line messages, killing ftp jobs left over from 1985, answering irate
mail about games that don't debinhex, and deleting nude pictures out
of the incoming ftp directory.

Sadly, the number of moderators has been a monotonically decreasing function
since my arrival. As I am now departing, the number has reached zero. This is
somewhat of a problem for the archives and digest. Therefore, my last duty as
moderator shall be to select someone to fill these cramped shoes. The ideal
applicant must be tough as nails, sensitive as recently scalded skin,
with an inordinant hatred of Microsoft and love of our favorite computer.
Send brief resumes to [e-mail] using the
subject line "Farewell, our on-line luminary" for easy sorting.

Bill Lipa

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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 93 10:31:30 SET
From: Ronen Mir <[e-mail]>
Subject: 2 Print Postscript files on TI PS17 - summary of Answers.

2 Print PostScript files on a TI PS17?

I received many replies to my question.

The essential answer is "INCREASE THE PRINTER'S MEMORY!!!"

Unfortunately the printer does not report that it is out of memory...

Here is a summary of some of the answers:

From:         "Kirke B. Lawton" <[e-mail]>
I have the same printer, and that sounds like an out of memory error.
Unfortunately, the printer never tells you when you run out of memory,
it just gives cryptic postscript errors like the one you described.
Try printing a small (or less complicated) version of the same file
to test this.

From:         tom prusa <[e-mail]>
your error description sounds like you need more memory for your
ti laserwriter.  the apple personal laserwriter doesn't give the
error because the page composition is done by the mac.  however
when you print to the TI printer the calculations are done by the
printer (precisely becuase IT IS a postscript printer).  buy a
2 or 4 meg memory upgrade for the printer.

From: Craig Bentsen x7200 Summit <[e-mail]>
I had same errors with an Apple Laserwitter IIg.  A call to Apple support
said - not enough printer memory.  I upped memory to 16 megs and
never had error again.

I sincerely thank
Mike Joyce, Gary L. Gray, Charles A. Patrick for their replies!

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 11:51:55 EST
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: A/UX advice sought

I am soon to acquire a 500 MB drive to go with my current old Jasmine 20 (Yup,
it still works!) and Quantum105lps on my Q700, both of which are packed full,
even with AutoDoubler.  :-(

I am seriously considering installing A/UX on it for use as a predominantly
single-user workstation.

I would really appreciate any advice regarding partitioning strategies in
preparation for this.  I would also appreciate any tips in general on A/UX as
well as caveats.  Tossing my way your personal list of programs and cp's and
extentions for the Mac OS that you yourself know to work with A/UX would be a
real nice plus.

Is there an A/UX internet mailing list?

I am no unix system gawd, but I have been a unix user for some time and am
fairly competent with things technical in general.

Thanks in advance.  If the info I recieve is substantive and useful, I will
prepare a summary.

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

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 21:00:33 EST
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Abaton Interfax Sys7 drivers

> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 21:26:39 -0500
> From: [e-mail] (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

    I'm posting a carbon of this message to the digest because I feel it
is of public interest and importance.

    *Abaton is NOT out of business*.

    This rumor was spread by one or two individuals a while back
who could not reach Abaton at their old 800 number (Which has been
discontinued) and thus concluded that the company had closed. In fact,
Abaton is alive and well and all the numbers listed in your InterFax
manual are all functional.

    As for the driver, I am sitting in front of my Mac SE/30 and am
writing while linked to my university's mainframe with my Interfax
24/96. I am also running System 7.0.1. I am using the Interfax package
v1.30 and have been very pleased with it. I have had absolutely no
problems with it in the 1-1/2 years or so that I've been using it.

    Call Abaton to find out about upgrading to the Sys7 version (Which
also improves on the old version, I believe). The number for tech sup-
port is [phone]. They might not be the right people to call, but
it's a start. You might also want to ask them what their new 800 numbers
are (To save LD charges).

    Hopefully this msg will also stop the rumors floating around about
Abaton's supposed demise.

    Mark Aiken
    [e-mail]

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Date: 31 Mar 93 17:06:58 EST
From: Thomas Armbruester <[e-mail]>
Subject: Access to INTERNET

Hello,

I am from Munich, Germany and I am looking for a possibility to get an access
to the INTERNET. I am not working neither at the university nor in a company
which is connected to the INTERNET and therefore I dont`t know where to look
or
to ask. If there is somebody who can give me some information, please send me
an E-mail to CompuServe CIS 100042,1065.

Thank you
Thomas Armbruester

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 13:47:38 EST
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: AFE for AmigaDOS or alt methods?

I am interested in being able to upload graphics files generated on
an Amiga computer.  Photoshop is ready and able to read those files, but
my SuperDrive is somewhat less ready to deal with the Amiga disks.  I
tend to assume that Adobe Corp. did not put that capability into Photo-
shop in anticipation of the numbers of Amiga owners who were going to
acquire Macintosh emulation hardware/software for their Amigas???  OK,
does anyone know of an AFE translator or alternative method of reading
Amiga disks, not counting the obvious if awkward sol'n of putting an
Amiga on a modem or uploading to a 3rd party file server?


                   - Allan Hunter
                    <ahunter@sbccvm>
                    <[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 19:15:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Patricia Snyder-Rayl)
Subject: Banks joins CONNECT

[Irritating press release verbiage removed]

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (March 24, 1993) -- Pegasus Press today announced the
addition of Michael A. Banks as an editorial staff columnist for CONNECT
magazine.

With literally thousands of book and magazine article credits to his name,
Michael Banks is recognized as one of the premiere authors in the computer
industry. He has authored such books as DELPHI: The Official Guide (Brady
Books/Simon & Schuster), The Modem Reference (Brady Books/Simon &
Schuster), Understanding FAX and E-mail (Howard W. Sams & Co.), Portable
Communications (Brady Books/Simon & Schuster), and Laptop Power (Brady
Books/Simon & Schuster), as well as co-authored Pournelle's PC
Communications Bible (with Jerry Pournelle, published by Microsoft Press).

In a new column for CONNECT called "The Inside Line," Michael Banks voices
his opinions and shares with readers his unique viewpoint on the online
world of telecomputing. "I'll be more outspoken," says Banks, "and,
depending on the reader, more controversial in this new column than the
majority of computer magazine publications allow."

Along with fast facts, useful news and information, Banks will bring
readers the truth about what's available online, changes in the online
world, why things are as they are online, and what's happening behind the
scenes. "I'm going to shoot from the hip, but with accuracy," Banks said.

Banks promises his column will deliver some fascinating opinions and
extrapolations, all delivered in the style hundreds of thousands of
computer users have enjoyed in his books and other publications.

The first installment of "The Inside Line" will appear in the July/August
issue of CONNECT, which will be available on newsstand and bookstore
shelves in June.

"We feel Michael is an excellent complement to CONNECT's current line-up of
columnists and authors," says Patricia Snyder-Rayl, managing editor for
CONNECT. "Michael's style of writing and ability to explain cutting-edge
technology in easy to understand terms is exactly what we want readers to
find in CONNECT."

CONNECT is a bi-monthly magazine covering the major commercial online
services (such as CompuServe, America Online, GEnie, Delphi and BIX), the
Internet and bulletin board system networks (such as Fidonet and RIME). The
publication is available from newsstands and bookstores everywhere.

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 10:04:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Bill Gates Does Windows

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> >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.

Yup, ZMAC specific files cannot be reposted elsewhere - it's a hook
for them to get people to sign on to ZiffNet/Mac. Actually, they've
got some pretty good stuff there - I'm thinking about doing an article
on it.

> 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?

No problem there. I asked Ben Templin, the ZMAC manager, about that,
and giving a copy to a friend is perfectly OK. However, setting up
a mailing list of your 2000 closest friends is probably not kosher.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 31 Mar 1993 23:59:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Barnett <[e-mail]>
Subject: BinHex4 @Vax?

I'd like to un-BinHex my files on a vax (before pulling them to a
mac.  has it been done?  anyone?

aaron

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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 11:54:54 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Can localisation prevent US software being used in Europe? (C)

Fergus Sullivan writes:

>I have lately been told that the way Fifth Generation (Salient?) prevent
their
>US software being used in Europe is related to the software checking ROMs to
>see if they are American ROMs or European, thus ensuring that Europeans are
>obliged to buy software here at inflated prices, rather than ordering from
>Europe.

I don't think so. It seems to look at the system software version.  When I
bought a copy of AutoDoubler on my last visit to the US, it complained and
refused to run on my British 7.0, but worked fine once I'd installed a US
7.0.1 system in its place.

AutoDoubler and Microproject Xpert are the only two programs I've seen
localised in this manner so far.

Iain Farquharson, Cadence Design Systems, Edinburgh Scotland.

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 10:58:04 +0500 (EST)
From: "J. David Stradley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: casper

According to this month's vaporware column, new Macs due out this summer
will incorporate voice recognition software. The column intimated that the
software will allow a mac to take dictation. Could this be true? Are
people like me finally to be saved from their own dismal typing skills?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
J. David Stradley

<[e-mail]>
<[e-mail]> or
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 18:42:20 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Steve Harlow)
Subject: Chinese system for Duo (Q)

I run Chinese system (ZhongwenTalk) CHI-6.0.7 on my IIsi in the office.
Having recently become the proud owner of a Duo 230, would like to be able
to continue my work at home. Unfortunately the Duo doesn't believe in
anything as antique as 6.0.7. Is there any version of ZhongwenTalk that
will run on a Duo?

Steve Harlow                                 Internet:  [e-mail]
Department of Language                        Janet:    [e-mail]
  and Linguistic Science
University of York                            Tel: [phone]
York YO1 5DD
UK

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 08:52:09 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Cross-stitch Pattern Maker [Q]

Hello, all:
Do any of you know of a program that can produce a counted cross-stitch
embroidery pattern from a colour illustration (scanned, MacPainted, PICT or
whatever)? Shareware or cheap, preferably. I haven't seen anything on
sumex, but it's the only archive site I watch regularly so there may be
stuff out there elsewhere.

Please e-mail me with any pointers. Thanks for your help.

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

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Date: 31 Mar 1993 10:38:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Mail Server <[e-mail]>
Subject: D*** all MUD players (Reply)

(Note:  I hit a wrong key and started sending a previous version of this
message; hopefully I cancelled it in time and this is not a duplicate.  If you
get two versions of this and need to delete one, please delete the other one,
as only this one is complete.  Thanks.)

>Note 837.34                  Info-Mac Digest V11 #68                    34 of
>95
>GROVE::INFOMAC "WALLACE FELDMAN <[e-mail]" 14 lines  29-MAR-1993
>22:51
>                           -< Damn all MUD players! >-
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--
>Date sent:  28-MAR-1993 12:54:23
>
>I noted"Julian's" plea for MUD software on a recent info-mac digest. I
>don't
>know how it is on your campus, but on ours the MUD players are the bane of
>the system. They tie up the dial-in modems so that faculty(and even
>students!) trying to dial in and do some honest work are frozen  out. We
>are taking steps here to curb this abuse. Frankly, the whole damned game
>should be banned from the nets. Nobody would object to his frying his
>brain with endless hours in front of his own machine playing a self-
>contained version, but MUD players should not be allowed to waste
>everyone's finite bandwidth resources to pursue their mindless mania.

This topic isn't really germane to the Info-*MAC* digest, but since the
moderator has seen fit to post the above flame, I trust a response is not
inappropriate.

First, I have to question Mr. Feldman's implied assertion that only those with
"honest work" have any right to access computer and/or network resources.
What
is "honest work?"  Is reading USENET News honest work?  Should "frivolous"
newsgroups also be banned?  Alt.sex.pictures?  Alt.erotica.gay?
Alt.gay.rights?  Should we ban the use of Email for personal pursuits?  Should
we prohibit dissemination of postings (such as Mr. Feldman's!) whose apparent
purpose is simply to vent a little personal anger?

I don't doubt that MUD players can abuse computer resources, just as any
computer user can.  It seems extreme to me, however, to call for a total
net-wide ban on the whole idea of MUDding just to solve a local abuse.  I have
proposed to our local group a number of steps that our site can take to limit
MUD access, but so far the official response has been that it is not yet
enough
of a problem to warrant interfering.  Should the system be abused to the point
where intervention is appropriate, it would be fairly trivial for us (on our
VAX system) to implement suitable restrictions.  Hopefully, this will not
become necessary.

I happen to feel that MUDding, at least in one of its more common forms,
actually provides a significant service to the net community by giving young
programmers and potential programmers the opportunity to participate in a
computing environment much like the team/project approach to coding used by
professional software developers.  Perhaps many Info-Mac readers may not know
this, but the LPMUD variety of MUDding actually sets up a "virtual" computing
system very similar to a UNIX-type mainframe, complete with its own operating
system (the LPMUD driver), programming language (LPC, an object-oriented C
derivative), file and network I/O, user account management, security system,
etc. etc.  (The MacMUD driver uploaded to the Info-Mac archives is an LPMUD
driver, by the way.)

The coders and administrators on a MUD (called "wizards" in MUDding lingo)
have
to deal with the same sorts of issues as are faced by professional programmers
and system administrators, e.g. protecting the system against hackers,
maintaining revision control over source code files, dealing with users and
(occasionally) hostile users, etc.  Programmers often work in teams, much like
professional programmers do, thus gaining experience in team programming and
(for some) project leadership.  Much of the programming that is done involves
creating re-usable modules, and even the code that is not re-usable has to be
maintainable; thus, the MUD coder has to develop skills in writing clear and
well-documented code.  Failure to do so causes the programmer and/or the
programmer's collegues, to experience the same real-life problems that result
when a professional programmer turns out hard-to-maintain code.

Of course, no system would be complete without users.  That's where the
players
come in.  In a real-world computer system, the system administrator's job is
to
make sure that the system allows the users to accomplish the tasks they want
it
to (within reasonable limits, of course).  Likewise, even though the MUD is
usually dedicated to gaming, the MUD administrators still have to deal with
the
same sorts of user-satisfaction issues that a professional administrator has
to
deal with, e.g. protection against crashes, maintenance of optimum system
performance, etc., as well as dealing with the occasional problems created
_by_
certain users (hackers, etc.)  The users exercise the system, put demands on
it, and on the coders and administrators.

In short, the users/players provide the usage that makes the MUD work like a
real live computer system, giving the administrators and coders experience
that
will be of immediate practical use to them should they get jobs as programmers
and/or system administrators.  Plus, the ultimate goal of the players, the
mark
of success in playing the game, is to win promotion to the status of "wizard,"
and thus becoming one of the coders and/or administrators of the MUD.  Thus,
the process is on-going, and over time gives valuable systems experience to a
large number of budding computer enthusiasts who would not otherwise get this
opportunity.  And they do all this without needing "root" or "superuser"
access
on the host machine!

I cannot vouch for DikuMUD or TinyMUSH or MOO or any of the other varieties of
MUD out there, but as far as LPMUD is concerned, I think one of the best
things
any Comp Sci department could do would be to establish an upper-level course
on
systems programming and administration, and include the operation of an LPMUD
as part of the curriculum.  I can think of no better way, short of giving the
students their own machine to administrate, that would provide this level and
quality of useful experience.

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 17:24:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mason L. Bliss)
Subject: Damn all MUD players!

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

>I noted"Julian's" plea for MUD software on a recent info-mac digest. I
>don't
>know how it is on your campus, but on ours the MUD players are the bane of
>the system. They tie up the dial-in modems so that faculty(and even
>students!) trying to dial in and do some honest work are frozen  out. We
>are taking steps here to curb this abuse. Frankly, the whole damned game
>should be banned from the nets. Nobody would object to his frying his
>brain with endless hours in front of his own machine playing a self-
>contained version, but MUD players should not be allowed to waste
>everyone's finite bandwidth resources to pursue their mindless mania.

Gee... We have a lot of mudders here at UMass Dartmouth, and we don't have
any problems at all with our dialup connections! Maybe your school should
consider upgrading to something more powerful than what you have now... Things
must be pretty bad if a few text-only transmissions are bogging you down
that much.

Muds should be banned from the nets? Maybe not. It seems to me that players
who get into muds enough get an education in object-oriented C in a multi-
user networked environment. Is this bad?

Hmm... No one would object to someone playing a single player multi user
dungeon. I suppose there's logic in there somewhere. I just can't see it
at the moment.

Honest work, eh? Hmm... In my not so humble opinion, YOU should be banned
>From the net! Next time you flame, how about leaving your name, so that
people will know who's spewing out the mindless drivel and whining.

Have a nice day!
--
 [e-mail]                                     [e-mail]
<<< What diabolical chicken stepped on your forehead and sat on your chin? >>>

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 03:49:25 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Peter N Lewis)
Subject: Damn all MUD players!

WALLACE FELDMAN <[e-mail]> writes:

>I noted"Julian's" plea for MUD software on a recent info-mac digest. I
>don't
>know how it is on your campus, but on ours the MUD players are the bane of
>the system. They tie up the dial-in modems so that faculty(and even
>students!) trying to dial in and do some honest work are frozen  out. We
>are taking steps here to curb this abuse. Frankly, the whole damned game
>should be banned from the nets. Nobody would object to his frying his
>brain with endless hours in front of his own machine playing a self-
>contained version, but MUD players should not be allowed to waste
>everyone's finite bandwidth resources to pursue their mindless mania.

Actually, I'd like to see news banned - all those people wasting the
resources posting pointless flames demanding things be banned, what a
waste of bandwidth.

Who are you to say what is and isn't allowed?  MUD often gives people
there first real taste of programming, people who might never otherwise
program a computer at all, people who might otherwise never even use a
computer.  There are a bunch of other plusses, and zillions of minuses
associated with MUD use, but what gives you the right to say what should
and shouldn't be allowed on the net?
   Peter.
PS: I don't connect to MUDs, I just get really anoyed when people go and
try to ban things - think of something you like to do and then imagine
someone trying to ban that.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Peter N Lewis <[e-mail]>           Ph: [phone]

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 09:00:36 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Diff Utility (A)

BBedit does this very nicely.

Bryan Walls                             My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 01:17 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Email Retail Order Addresses Update...

A little over a week ago, I asked for information on US software retailers who
had mail order available to non-US customers who wished to order through
email.
There were two main responses:
    MacWarehouse:  [e-mail]
    Mac's Place:   [e-mail]

I have been in contact with both companies.  Both seem speedy, well-informed
and efficient.  In this respect, they are unlike many European software
sellers.  They are also unlike European retailers in that there seems to be a
great disparity between their prices for some products.  I don't believe that
either of them is cheaper overall than the other.  all I'm saying is get price
quotations from both of them.

Both companies also sell hardware.

MacWarehouse ship stuff to Europe via DHL.  This costs $18 for the first pound
and $2.50 for each subsequent pound.  This compares favourably with getting
insured mail sent to you by individuals in the US, either through the USPS or
private companies.  I assume that Mac's Place have similar arrangements.

The forwarding company, in the case of MacWarehouse it is DHL, handle customs
clearance automatically.  You are billed for VAT and Duty by DHL upon
delivery.
In the case of the Republic of Ireland, rates are as follows:
    Import Duty: 5.1%       VAT: 21% (levied on the product price and
    Duty)
Rates elsewhere will vary, but will be of the same order of magnitude in most
EC countries.

Delivery takes 3-4 days.

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 01:17 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Email Retail Order Addresses Update...

A little over a week ago, I asked for information on US software retailers who
had mail order available to non-US customers who wished to order through
email.
There were two main responses:
    MacWarehouse:  [e-mail]
    Mac's Place:   [e-mail]

I have been in contact with both companies.  Both seem speedy, well-informed
and efficient.  In this respect, they are unlike many European software
sellers.  They are also unlike European retailers in that there seems to be a
great disparity between their prices for some products.  I don't believe that
either of them is cheaper overall than the other.  all I'm saying is get price
quotations from both of them.

Both companies also sell hardware.

MacWarehouse ship stuff to Europe via DHL.  This costs $18 for the first pound
and $2.50 for each subsequent pound.  This compares favourably with getting
insured mail sent to you by individuals in the US, either through the USPS or
private companies.  I assume that Mac's Place have similar arrangements.

The forwarding company, in the case of MacWarehouse it is DHL, handle customs
clearance automatically.  You are billed for VAT and Duty by DHL upon
delivery.
In the case of the Republic of Ireland, rates are as follows:
    Import Duty: 5.1%       VAT: 21% (levied on the product price and
    Duty)
Rates elsewhere will vary, but will be of the same order of magnitude in most
EC countries.

Delivery takes 3-4 days.

Place.  In the end I ordered the product I was interested in through
MacWarehouse, but this was only because their price was $20 cheaper for that
particular item.  This may only apply to some products, so I repeat, do shop
around.  The product in question will cost in total 40% less than the local
price.

Some netters questioned the wisdom of sending one's Credit Card details
through
an email network.  I fail to see how this is any more dangerous than ordering
by mail or over the phone (except that any email message will go through many
mail servers on its way to is addressee).  At any rate, both companies seem
prepared to phone their European customers to get Credit Card details should
you express that preference.

I hope this is of help to people.  I am indebted to many individuals for
information and advice sent in response to my original query, but especially
to
Gerold Ritter and Laurie Tyzenhaus.  Thanks to them and the interest of many
other individuals I now feel that I can at last get ready access to the range
of choice and competitive pricing that American Mac users have enjoyed for so
long.

Fergus Sullivan.
Trinity College Dublin.

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 09:16:46 EST
From: Rich <[e-mail]>
Subject: EPS Files

I have a PB 170 and a Personal Laser Writer LS.  I have long been trying
to decide whether to go with all Truetype or all Postscript fonts.  I use
Pagemaker for two local newsletters that I publish and I would like to
be able to place EPS images in my documents.  Is there any equivalent to
the ATM that would print my EPS images at 300 DPI on a Quickdraw printer.
Sorry if this is FAQ, I couldn't find it in the archives.  Also I would really
appreciate some feedback on my font choice.  It seems like TrueType would
be the simple solution, but what if I could one day afford a 600 DPI
Postscript printer.  Would it be time for all new fonts?  Also, when I
use Postscript fonts in MS Word I only get 3 size choices because of the
screen fonts so I have to choose the font size by typing it into the dialog
box
 for font info.  HELP, Please.

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 14:01:26 EST
From: [e-mail] (BRUCE HUMPHREY)
Subject: file formats and types

Gang,

I need to find out what the extension .PSO or .PS0 might be for a file (It
might not be a Mac file, but it was located in an FTP sites' Mac
directories).  Also, if a tex file is ftp'd, what apps would open it?
Well, I might as well go the whole route and ask for any and all
suggestions regarding opening files which have been downloaded: any
recommended apps or procedures?  I am familiar with binhex, .sea's, and
sit's, but any less common file types and apps would be helpful.

Thanks

Bruce Humphrey ([e-mail])
Education Computing Consultant
Grand Valley State U

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 16:10:48 EST
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Form making program (A)

On 30 Mar 1993 17:03:32, Kermit's Buddy asks for suggestions for a Forms
Design and Management Package.

INMHO, the best thing on the market is a pairing called Informed Designer and
Informed Manager, developed and very well supported by Shana Corporation at

Advanced Technology Center
105, 9650-20 Avenue
Edmonton, AB  Canada
T6N 1G1

Tel: [phone]    FAX: [phone]
AppleLink: CDA0004     MacNet: SHANA

Informed Designer, as its name suggests, is for designing forms and is a very
powerful layout program with terrific and very precise object and font
handling
capabilities. I have used it, albeit sporadically, for more than three years
to design things like order forms, various types of application and renewal
forms, and so on. If the designed forms are to be used one copy at a time,
then
 Informed Manager is not necessary. One can stay with Informed Designer to
 fill
out the forms. If however, the forms are to be filled out in any quantity
using a print-merge type operation requiring data from some database, then
Informed Manager is absolutely necessary.

I recommend them heartily, with the assurance that my relationship to Shana
Corporation does not go beyond that of a very satisfied customer.

Most mail order houses carry the software. I know MacConnection does.

I hope this is of some help.

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

Date: 31 Mar 93 10:14:47 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: hard drive problems

Mac gurus, I have a fundamental problem somewhere but can't figure it out.
I brought home my mac LC I and connected it to an old Ehman hard drive
that had been connected to an even older mac plus. Everything works fine
when apart-mac plus+hard drive OK, mac lc at lab with different hard disk-OK,
mac lc at home wo hard disk-ok.
when the scsi cable from the ehman drive is connected to the lc (whether the
drive is on or off) the lc will not start up. IT goes as far as giving the
mouse pointer then freezes (the mouse works).
Like I said, everything is fine apart, scsi ids are ok (I have checked by
program and external display). Why does a hard drive connected to the scsi
port of the lc but turned off cause the lc to not start.
LC has new 7.1 installed, runs fine by itself. Mac plus has 6.08 system.
Let your suggestions run wild. thanks for any help.
email to [e-mail]

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

Date: 31 Mar 1993 12:55 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to install 7.0.1 on Mac II with 800 k drive (Q)

Dear Net,

what is the best way to install system 7.0.1 on a Mac II with a single
800 k floppy drive ? To my knowledge, system 7.0.1 is not distributed
on 800 k floppies. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Daniel van Kraalingen, [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 16:21:47 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: Internal SCSI HD for LWPro630?

In comp.sys.mac.digest Kevin Laurent writes:

>Has anybody equipped Apple's new LaserWriter Pro 630 with an INTERNAL SCSI
>hard disk?

    Not yet, but I have one on order.

>It looks from the specs like it is possible but my usual suppliers are
>perplexed.  If you have this working, where did you get the disk, what
>size is it, etc?  Thanks.

    I'm getting my internal from Procom Technology. They carry LW Pro
internal drives in sizes from 80MB to 200MB. The drive itself is
actually a 2.5" Powerbook hard drive, like the Quantum Go drives. The
trick is finding someone who has the bracket for the LW Pro. You can
reach Procom at [phone].

-Hades

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 10:24 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacLink converts AppleWorks (A)

To Netters: (in response to the message left by Frederic Vecoven)
MacLink/PC, the holy grail of conversion programs from IBM-MAC-IBM, also
converts AppleWorks files into readable Mac files using 9 and 25 pin serial
cables on the Apple II side, and 9 pin DIN on the Mac side.  Also if you have
an LC series computer, there may be a way to trick the hard drive into
accepting the Apple II software, using the Apple IIe Card made by Apple.
However, I am uncertain how to do this.  Call Apple to get more info about its
card, and moving the data used with it onto the hard drive.  The MacLink/PC
software is made by DATAVIZ and runs about $120 at MacConnection
(1-800-334-4444).
Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 05:44:02 PST
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: MetaFont for the Mac (A)


On 30 Mar 93 Gary Gray <[e-mail]> asked:
> 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.

Gary, try anonymous ftp from <midway.uchicago.edu>; look in the
[pub/OzTeX] directory (I believe, for I haven't visited <midway>
in a while).

Hope this helps.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 15:31 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microsoft email address???

Does anyone have an email or even snail address for Microsoft?  I'm
specifically looking for one dealing with submissions for suggested
improvements to Word.  I know they advertised for submissions some time ago,
but I neglected to note the address.

Thanks,

Fergus Sullivan.
Trinity College Dublin.

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 11:37:38 EST
From: "Mel Martinez"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Server PDS Card

Not that I could possibly afford it or really need it at this time, but just
for
the sake of discussion...

The announcement of Apple's workgroup servers brings up a few questions:

Will the PDS server card work with the Quadra 700?

Also, since this finally establishes an Apple Standard mechanism for
implementing DMA on the scsi controller, can we expect third party scsi-2
cards
to soon implement the same?

Just curious...

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

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

Date: Thu, 01 Apr 93 09:31:18 +0200
From: Andre' PIRARD <[e-mail]>
Subject: new version of lpDaemon

Dear Info-Mac and Casper,

On Tue, 30 Mar 1993 16:25:11 +0800 (WST) you said:
>I have just posted a new version of lpDaemon (version 3.3.1) to info-mac
>and should appear there in the next few days.  The sources were also sent
>in a separate posting,
>Casper

Don't you think that lpDaemon ought to belong to the "comm" directory where
all MacTCP applications are stored? It's PRINT all-right, but on network.
Casper told me before he had the intention to post lpDaemon and I've been
watching comm in vain every now and then.

Casper, I'm delighted you went on with this project. It's a key piece in a
network. I'll sure test it thoroughly and I expect to contribute with a
simple suggestion related to international environment.
For the time being, I have a question and a remark.

Q: does the lpr/lpd protocol distinguish in any way between text data and
so-called binary data like other protocols?

R: you store the preference file in "System:Preference".
That folder has a different (translated) name in other countries.
Apple has defined another way to reference this standard folder (by number,
my understanding). If you use that way, we (administrators) will do without
the "he speaks English" confusing explanation in our installation notes.

Info-Mac, isn't R: worth being forwarded to your list?
Sorry I am little of a Mac guru and I am not connected.

Keep the excellent work both of you. You're moving the Mac ahead, here.

Andr'e PIRARD        SEGI, Univ. de Li`ege      | 139.165(ULg) IP
B26 - Sart Tilman    B-4000 Li`ege 1 (Belgium)  | Architecture & Adm.
[e-mail] aka [e-mail]   [phone]

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

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 01:23:08 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: Opening PICT Resource

 > 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.

Open the file containing the PICT resource in ResEdit.  Select
"New" from the File menu and copy and paste the resource into the
new file.

Select Get Info from ResEdit's file menu and change the
resource's ID # to 0 (zero).

A PICT resource with  an ID # of 0 is a StartUpScreen which can
be opened by most graphics programs or use GIFConverter (Sumex:
/art/gif/gif-converter-232.hqx)

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

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 22:19:26 EST
From: Dave Norris <[e-mail]>
Subject: Orange Micro Card

I have considered upgrading to one of those new fangled modular macs and I was
concerned about access to PC software. I am aware of softPC but through my own
experience with it, it is painfully slow (especially on my Classic) and I was
w
ondering if anyone has had experience with Orange Micro's add on card for the
m
ac. As I understand it's a '386 or a '486 on a NuBus card. Once I upgrade, I
wa
s hoping to have a Centris and one of these cards. I was wondering if anyone
ha
s one of these 'PC's on a card' how does it perform.I wanted to know things
lik
e, do I need to get a PC drive, should I get a very large Mac HD when I
upgrade
 and then give it a PC partition, can I hook up a PC CD-ROM drive and then
 acce
ss it from both the mac and through the PC? Please send responces directly and
I will summerize and post as I have not been able to find anything in the
diges
t                                Thank You,
                     David Norris   R3DAN1@AKRONVM
                University of Akron [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 09:59:07 PST
From: dunn@saffron (Casey Dunn)
Subject: PB140 stall-out [Q]

Hi folks-

 has anyone had their PB140 "stall out"; last eve while writing a
 letter in MSWord the hard disk started to exhibit a behavior best
 described as "stalling out"...
 the disk would attempt to spin up, some head-chuckling could be
 heard, and then the disk would spin down. after a couple of seconds,
 it would again attempt to spin up, chuckle, and spin down.

 we reset the box, and it continued to exhibit this behavior. finally,
 by pushing the power button we seemingly turned the beastie off.

 we left it recharging and retired. (we is the ol' GF and I)
 in the morning everything was fine. however now we're worried.

 I've been working with macs for quite a time now, but have never seen
 this sorta behavior...have seen disks unable to boot but I don't
 remember them spinning down like this. it sounded like a wheeze!

 anyway, if you've tumbled down this path before please let me
 know...what lays ahead!

casey

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 16:04:20 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: PiggyBack DA---where? (A) (fwd)

Some digests ago, I asked where I might find an app called PiggyBack DA
because my archie search turned up empty.  Well, I must have done something
wrong, because several  persons' archie searches located the DA.
Since my query I've received several requests for the same info, so I
thought I'd post it for all to see.

Host wuarchive.wustl.edu   (128.252.135.4)
Last updated 03:57  8 Feb 1993

    Location: /mirrors2/info-mac/Old/da
      FILE      rw-r--r--     46772  Dec  9  1991   piggy-back-docs.hqx.Z
      FILE      rw-r--r--     30900  Dec 12  1991   piggy-back.hqx.Z


Other sites also hold PiggyBack DA.

Again, thanks to *everyone* who sent me the info.

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

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 13:23:31 BST
From: A.D'[e-mail]
Subject: PostScript Files - printing

Does anyone know how I would go about printing a postscript file? eg. If
instead of printing a document I produced a postscript file, how would I
later print that file. Regards, Tony D'Emanuele University of Manchester.

A.D'[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 18:59:57 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Practical Peripherals Modem

I have been offered a Practical Peripherals PM2400 model
second hand , but it has on it a warning against
connecting it to "the 9 pin connector on a Macintosh 128
or 512 or any other computer which provides a direct power
supply voltage on the serial interface connector". Would
there be a problem in connecting it to a Mac SE/30?
Graham White

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 14:09:20 +0100
From: Hans-Ulrik Karlen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing on the move? (Q)

Buddy, can you spare a dime?
(I really need your '.02 c advice'; it's worth a 'bit' more for me...)

I'm looking for a printer solution away from home. Our researchers can
bring a PowerBook and do their computing, but as <X>DOS dominates parts of
the world they have problems to get their work printed - the available
printers are mostly 'PC-' or 'Unix-'related.

As I see it the possibilities are to bring either
1.  drivers for 'foreign' printers (I have heard of GDT's Power Print)
2.  an 'intelligent cable' (I know about Orange's Grappler II si)
3.  a truly portable ink-jet printer (I've seen ads for GCC's WriteMove)

Any information (preferrably 'hands on') of the above products, alterna-
tives to them, other ideas to do the job (no, printing to the fax on your
hotel is out nowadays) are eagerly awaited - the sooner the merrier...

Please answer directly, and I will summarize to the net  :)   Hans-Ulrik

 Hans-Ulrik Karlen, Information & Computer Science, Lund University
 Systems Manager           E-mail:    [e-mail]
 Sweden                           Bitnet/EARN: [e-mail]

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

Date: 31 Mar 1993 16:26:50 EST
From: "Jeff Kline"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems wih Icons and INITS (Q)

I recently began to have problems with the Icons on one of my
partions.  A few days ago i installed The Control Panel AliasMenu
>From Benoit Wideman (sp?).  I love the idea, and find it useful, but
my Icons disappeared in the finder and became generic.  I had alos
just installed a faceless background app called tinysaver 2.x.  Well
sine then i have attempted to isolate the problem.  If I rebuild my
desktop files the ICONS are back, until I startup the next time.  If
i force quit the finder they come back when the finder reloads, but
do not come back after a restart.  Turning off Alias Menu, and
TInySaver do not seem to effect these things.

I ran mactools 2.0 and fixed some bundles and some dates, and still
the same pattern.

What Could be happening? any suggestions.  THis does not affect my
functioning, since the aliases and apps and docs work, just destroys
my aaesthetic sensibilities.

My system  Mac SE, 4 megs, system 7.0, tuner 1.1.1.  I have been
running this system for at least 6 mos with no problems.

EXs and CPS are

Cp Scheduler Extension, EM Extnsion, Bongo Bob, Deskwriter Driver
3.1, Kermit Tool GH, NoBaloon Menu, System 7 tuner 1.1.1 , Vt102
Tool, xmodem tool , Cp antivirus Control Panel, Cp DriveLight,
Mirror Control panel, Aliasmenu, Escapade, MICN ,Mouse2, PopChar,
SuperClock, MacsBug

Thanks for the Info

Please E-mail me direct

Jeff Kline

[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 06:12:51 -0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders Wahlin)
Subject: Resources

Hay!

How can open a file with ThinkPascal and change its Resourceinformation

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 22:36:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slide shows...(R)

On Wed, 31 Mar 1993 [e-mail] wrote:

> Rather than complaining, have you thought of actually looking for something
> like this? At least PICTshow and JPEGview do this---there are probably
> half a dozen other utilities as well. A polite request, rather than
> a complaint not only is more likely to solve the problem but doesn't
> expose you to the world as an ignorant bozo.
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Well, I have been called worse.
    Several users wrote me expressing the same frustation, this is,
the various slide viewers for the Mac display the images rather slowly.
Some mentioned some Amiga and Atari shareware viewers that flip 8 and
16bit images on the screen instantly on the screen either in a timed
fashion, as determined by the operator, or advances with each mouse press.
    One viewer for the Atari ST can pop images on the screen either in
a forward direction or backwards direction, just like a Kodak slide
projector, by using either the right or left mouse button.
    At any rate, most messages centered around the slow display rate
of the Mac, especially the Mac LC.  However, recall that Amigas and Atari
STs can be had for under $450.00.
    Anyway, JPEG View and GIFConverter have slide show features.  My
mentals might be incorrect, but I think GIFConverter can only display in
up to eight bit mode.  I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, being the
bozo that I am.
    Of the two, JPEG View has the nicer slide show, in my opinion.
Images can be loaded in memory and can advance automatically as per a user set
value.  A one second value will give you about seven seconds for a frame
advance, depending upon the depth of the image, its size, resolution, etc.
This is awfully slow.  But the features of JPEG View are nice.  There is
no mouse button press for image advancement, a problem for folks who use
Macs to demo pictures during presentations and would like to use the mouse
as a trigger.
    So, nice shareware slide utilities for the Mac are here, but the
nature of the Mac display results in a slow slide show, if seven seconds
or slow are considered slow.  For me, that is slow, but then, I'm an
ignorant bozo.  grin
    Below are a couple of comments:

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93
20:42 BST From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
To: LRYMAL <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slide Shows

I have just tested GIFConverter and JPEGView at home on my LC at 16-bit
color. It seems that both programs are a little slow after all.  They're
fast if the pictures are smaller than the screen, but slower if the
pictures are larger (JPEGView always scales to fit, as you know, which
takes time, whereas GIFConverter centralises the image but doesn't display
the whole thing).  This reminds me of something I read on the net, namely
that Amigas/Ataris can quickly scroll offscreen graphics because they have
custom hardware for it, whereas Macs don't.

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93
From: "Anthony F. Gaudiano II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GIFConverter 2.3.2
To: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

Larry,

   If you want a slide show of GIF files, GIFConverter can do it, but,
only version 2.3.2 or greater can do it.

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 13:04:21 CST
From: Paul Koch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sticky mice, shifty keys, streaming chars

The saga continues.

Info-Mac Digest #69 contained the third post I've seen in the
past month which associates all three problems.  It appears
that _any_ button that can be pushed can get stuck, be it the
mouse button, the shift key, or a character key.  This seems
to suggest that the problem may not lie solely with the make
of the mouse.  Perhaps the phenomenon is seen as a mouse problem
because the mouse button tends to be held down longer than any
of the other keys, and this makes the "lock-up" more likely.

Has anyone pursued an explanation along these lines?

Paul Koch
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 13:16:20 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: TeachText Problem solved completely

I asked (1) how to unlock TeachText files and (2) how to copy and paste PICT
images from the unlocked file.

As to (1), it was a simple matter of changing the file type to TEXT from ttro
(one reply pointed out that ttro means 'teach text read only')  I appear to
be the only person left in the world who didn't know this since my replies
came from everywhere in the world.

Amongst the utilites recommended were:  FileTyper 4.0, Norton Utilities, Fast
Find, ttro_maker, TextCapture FKEY 2.1, screensnap-22.hqx -- I just used
ResEdit.

As to (2) Wayne Walrath provided enlightenment -- simply open the PICT from
ResEdit then copy, switch application and paste.  Worked perfectly.  I was
trying to copy from the unlocked TeachText file which is (apparantly)
impossible.

If I neglected to thank anyone directly, my apologies; the large response to
my question is another demonstration of the generosity of net.
Regards,
Jonathan ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 22:54:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: ThoughtPattern 2.0 (Q)

Is ThoughtPattern 2.0 released yet?  If so, how well does the calender
feature  work with database portion of the program?  Is there a demo, or is
there any offer by some company that I can try the program before I buy it?
 I can't find it in our campus store.

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

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 8:57:17 +0100 (BST)
From: Charlie Stross <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tools for newsbatches via TCP/IP [Q]

Title says it all ...

I have a Mac Classic 4/40 running MacTCP and PPP over a V22 bis
modem.  I can dial up my host NNTP provider (Demon Systems, here in
the UK) and read news over the phone via Eudora, but I'd prefer
to get a batched newsfeed.  Otherwise I'm in for some big phone
bills, because I can't read news as fast as my modem can.

The only news batcher I've come across for the Mac is ToadNews,
which looks good but requires UUPC. My host can only handle
SLIP or PPP. Does anyone know of software that can pull a batched
newsfeed over TCP/IP? Alternatively, is there a release of KA9Q
for the Mac that supports NNTP? I know there's one for the PC,
but I don't have any Mac development tools and/or experience ...

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlie Stross aka [e-mail] .....




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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 11:57:17 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Underlined tabs in Word 5.0a (?)

Hello,

Having a problem getting MS Word 5.0a to underline tabs properly.  If you type
a
word, tab to the next tab stop, underline both the word and the tab stop,
there
is a space between the word underline and the tab underline.  Also the tab
underline is about 4 times thicker (in the printout, not on screen) than the
word underline.  Is there any work-arounds?

thanks
tim cera
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 07:47:30 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Peter D. Engels)
Subject: Vatican

I'm looking for the internet address of the Library of Congress archive
that has the material on the Vatican Library Exhibit.  Can anyone
supply this?
thanks in advance
Pete

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 17:08 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Weird font alignment (PostScript?) problem

We've been having strange problems trying to print to our Apple
LaserWriter II from a particular Mac today.  All the font alignment has
gone weird, which means that Word docs which used to be justified at both
margins no longer are, underlines shoot out beyond what they're meant to
underline, and so on and so on.

Further symptoms:

(1)  It used to be that when we printed font samples using Apple's
Laserwriter Utility, we would get the list of font names in what looks
like Helvetica 14, and "The quick brown fox..." in the appropriate
font in a neat column to the right of the font names.  But now, the second
column is not correctly aligned at its left-hand edge.  This may be
because the Helvetica 14 used for the font names is now slightly condensed!

(2)  In Word 5.1, docs appear correctly justified when viewed in Page Layout
mode.  However in the Print Preview, they do exhibit the jagged right-hand
edge.  But when we print, the text is not only poorly aligned, but it's
misaligned in a different way to what's shown in Print Preview (which
suggests Print Preview does this all the time).

Needless to say I've tried changing the Font Substitution and Fractional
Widths options (the latter applies to Word only) and nothing produces
correctly aligned text.  I'm beginning to think it's some kind of weird
PostScript error, as our docs print fine from different Macs - only our
Mac produces these results whichever PostScript printer we use.  The fonts
on our Mac are the standard Apple-supplied ones, are all present in our
printer's ROMs, and we have hardly any TrueType fonts in the System file.

Suggestions please!

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

Date: 31 Mar 1993 12:52:24 U
From: "Anne" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word 5.1 and SFD

Does anyone happen to know if Word 5.1 installs a "new Folder" button in the
standard file dialog box?

Thanks,
-abh

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

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 07:22:21 PST
From: [e-mail] (Terry L. Hartman)
Subject: writing/editing ARA Scripts; How??

hello netters,

What program does one use to create a new, or modify an existing ARA Script??

Does ARA have the capability to use the Error Correction feature of Modems??

We are currently up and running with a Promethius ProModem 9600EC as our
dial in Modem, however, the script we are using does not allow it to use
the Error Correction capabilities.

Terry L. Hartman
Coordinator - Microcomputer Services
U.T. - Pan American

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 08:18:47 CST
From: [e-mail] (Lee Pavlock) (Lee J. Pavlock)

I don't know if this is going to the right person but I'm looking for some
information that I saw posted at info-mac a few months ago regarding a
problem with the Apple 13" monitor that would shut off intermittently.
Someone posted information that Apple was repairing those free of charge
and that person provided information on the repair order document number
that was provided to Apple repair centers and the serial number ranges that
the free repair applied to.

I know my monitor was in that serial number range at the time but I really
diddn't notice a problem until recently. Can anyone help me locate that
information again?

Thanks

Lee
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 11:48:17 +0200
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From: [e-mail] (Arne Venstad)
Subject: When to SetOrigin of printPort?
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Some times ago I reported problems with my software for printing
a multiple-page drawing on QuickDraw printers. In my first setup
I SetOrigin of the printPort to the topLeft of each of the drawing
pages before calling my drawing procedure. This worked well with
the LaserWriter, but QD (HP DeskWriter, ImageWriter) printers only
printed the first page (located at (0,0,pW,pH)), the other pages
were blank.
I now changed my setup, so that I OffSet the coordinates of my
drawing for each page instead, so that each page to be printed
will be at (0,0,pW,pH) in my drawings coordinates. I then ClipRect
to the same rectangle (0,0,pW,pH) for each page. This setup works
for all the printers I have tested (both PS and QD).
However, I am not quite satisfied until I know why the first setup
do not work on QD printers. Can anybody elaborate on this?

Thanks in advance!

Arne Venstad   Internet: [e-mail]
SINTEF DELAB
N-7034 Trondheim,
Norway.

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