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Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 10 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 78

Today's Topics:

      ****WARNING: MACINTAX CALCULATES TAXES INCORRECTLY*(C)
      [REWARD] Help diagnose this SCSI problem on IIcx, please.
      About a Modem (Q)
      A comment about INFO_MAC (2 msgs)
      ADB Keyboards on PowerBook
      Apple IIe Card in LC III
      APS 128 M/O (One more time)
      APS DAT and Network FAXmode
      Backsplash/Grimmy
      BackSplash Oops
      Bananafish Software
      Big Problems
      bouncing windows between two monitors (A)
      Braille (sp) font
      Card for using Sun 4 19'' colour monitor on MacII?
      Conflict-Catcher demo problems
      CR/LF
      Cylclone Rumour Mill
      DD Hardware Compression
      Disk compressors
      diskdoubler-aux-377.hqx (C)
      disk question
      ftp troubles
      GIF screen-saver...?
      Hayes ACCURA modems?
      HD swap between Powerbook 170 and 100.
      Heap problems
      Help!!! PowerBook file corruption and SCSI problems
      If I were only a hacker I know what I would do (A)
      IIci and LCIII comparison
      IIci vs. LC III
      IIsi upgrade options (Q, C)
      insurance for Macs/peripherals/software (Q)
      JPEG's in Pagemaker 4.2
      large startup screens and backdrops
      MacInTax (C)
      MacinTax (Q)
      MacInTax Comments
      MacIntosh C Programmers (Q)
      Macintosh Grade Disks
      MacSlots (Q)
      Mac vs PS floppies (C)
      Mail Order from US
      modems and workshops
      NameView (Q)
      Need more seiral ports..suggestions?
      NeXT WDef III, version 3.0
      Pop-to-the-side Control Panel list NOW
      PowerPoint 3.0 Lockup on QUADRA 900
      Quicktime for Supercard
      RunPC/Remote-a clarification
      Shutdown Extension (A)
      Sound_Conversion
      Spot-On disk formatting software
      subject lines of posts
      ThoughtPattern 2.0 (Q)
      TN3270 and Can I get back files (Q)
      Upgrade Mac IIsi
      Where is ...?
      YARCs,RIBs, and Strata

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 11:53:47 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ****WARNING: MACINTAX CALCULATES TAXES INCORRECTLY*(C)

I used MacInTax again this year, and I didn't _find_ any miscalculations.
I'm getting over $2000 back, so I hope there aren't any. :)

But it is a pity what a mess the program is. It is hard to use, unless your
return is so trivial you don't need a program anyway. I think a lot of us
would be less hard on them if it were a new product, but in this case it's
not. It _used_ to be a great product. It was simple, easy to use, and very
mac-oriented. Then the makers of PC-based turbo-tax bought it, and for the
last couple of years it's been suffering from malignant featuritis.
Features that come with bugs, and are too obtrusive to just be ignored.

On the other hand, they _do_ offer a money-back guarantee. I suggest all
you disgruntaled users cash in on it. That will give them a message that
they need to make some changes. Or it _may_ give them the idea that the mac
market doesn't matter so that they continue to ignore it. Sigh. Well, maybe
then there will be room for a competitor as good as MacInTax used to be.

As for init incompatibility -- I thought it was ridiculous of them to tell
me to remove all my inits from the system folder to use their product. I
use autodoubler. That means to use MacInTax I was supposed to boot my
system, remove everything, and then reboot every time I used MacInTax.
Meanwhile, I couldn't really use anything else that involved documents.
Right. Luckily, I worked around it and only got occasional crashes -- at
least as good as some people who did do what they said.

I'm not returning it, because I think the program was better than doing it
be hand. But I do wish they would clean it up.

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

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 09:11:14 -0400
From: Gary Goldberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: [REWARD] Help diagnose this SCSI problem on IIcx, please.

I'm offering a reward of Think C 4.0 (upgradeable), SuperPaint 2.0,
Mac Tools Deluxe 1.2 and DeltaGraph 1.5 to the person or persons who can
help me figure this out.

I have a 20MB RAM IIcx running System 7.1 and a minimum of extensions,
mostly required for hardware devices. I have four SCSI devices, an
internal Maxtor 200MB 7213S, an external 120MB Maxtor 7120S with terminating
resistors installed (last device on chain), a CD300 External CD ROM drive,
and an Archive 2150S external QIC tape drive. The internal Maxtor is ID#0,
the external Maxtor is ID#1, the CD is ID#3, and the tape drive is ID#4.

With only the internal disk and (1) external device (any one), the machine
boots fine - no problem. With the internal disk and any (2) or more
devices, the computer won't boot. It stops at the grey screen with the cursor,
before it even attempts to load an OS, so it isn't an extension conflict.
(I know, I've tried booting with the shift key down, it didn't help.)

I have the manufacturers specs for all the devices and I have tried the
following, in different order over the last three months:

    1. Different SCSI cables at different lengths. Total length of my
    SCSI chain never exceeds 11 feet, including internal cable
    lengths. I've tried two different DB25->Cent50 system cables, and
    three different Cent50->Cent50 cables between the peripherals.

    2. Tried with and without terminating resistors internal and external;
    I also checked the termination power jumpers and spin up jumpers on
    the disks. I stuck to the rule that you terminate on both ends, but I
    also tried removing one end at various times.

    3. Reinstalled drivers, APS's, Apple's, and Golden Triangle's
    DiskMaker drivers. Tried all the same, and different ones. All are
    System 7.1 compatible. I also reformatted the two disks, and tried
    swapping internal and external disks.

    4. Tried different terminators. Tried different device ordering.
    Tried different SCSI ID's for each device. Tried substituting
    a known working external disk drive in place of each device.

    5. Tried all the other recommendations of APS tech support, as well
    as Falcon Microsystems (Apple GSA VAR) 's tech support, to no
    avail. They're stumped.

Sometimes it seems like the SCSI bus is being polled, because the drive lights
flash at a constant rate (occaisionally, not everytime.) Here's the kicker -
it
worked fine up until January, with the complete configuration. Then I shut it
down on a Saturday night, powered it up Sunday morning, and  *nothing*.

I repeat - internal device and any 1 external and it boots right up, no
delay.
No SCSI warning messages, no corrupt disks, etc. Add another or two and
I get the grey screen and a (movable) cursor, but it stops there.

For know I've been shutting down the machine and moving cables when I want to
use different devices. But with four SCSI devices, I really want to use
two externals at the same time, and can't. (To back up the external disk
to tape, for instance.)

Please reply with any advice or experience you can think of. - Gary

[e-mail]

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Date: 10 Apr 1993 21:02:21 -0600 (CST)
From: "Robert E. Malick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: About a Modem (Q)

Hello,

Does anyone know what a Racal-Vadic Auto Dial VA212PA Modem is?

Specifically, what are it's speeds and how can it be connected to a Mac.

Rob Malick

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 10:41:27 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan, LILoL)
Subject: A comment about INFO_MAC

>Date: 8 Apr 1993 10:57:10 EST
>From: "Jeff Kline"  <[e-mail]>
>Subject: A comment about INFO_MAC
>
>I have a Question/Comment about Info-Mac.  It seems that over the
>past few months that I have asked at least 5-10 questions and have
>gotten maybe 1 suggestion per question, Sometimes none.  The
>questions have ranged from Hypercard to system questions.  Is this a
>trend?  Has anyone else had this problem? Or is it just the way i
>write questions.
>
>
>Jeff Kline
>
>[e-mail]

same with me, Man. I got ONE answer -- but it was from such a nice guy that
it was a pleasure.

-- Michel Eytan

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 02:48:54 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: A comment about INFO_MAC

[e-mail] (NOT!) writes:

>I have a Question/Comment about Info-Mac.
>It seems that over the past few months that I have asked at least 5-10
>questions and have gotten maybe 1 suggestion per question, sometimes none.
>The questions have ranged from Hypercard to system questions.
>Is this a trend?
>Has anyone else had this problem?
>Or is it just the way i write questions.

Now this is an interesting question.

While we are at it - what do you think about the kind of questions on
info-mac?
I mean, the kind of question that are usually answered in the FAQ?
Are you getting bored easily by question with no information about
system version or software version being used?
Does it put you off to reply with "I have read in the manual that came
with my Mac ..." or "The FAQ says that you should...", you know, that kind.
I think that it's a trend.

Sven :)  [Damn, where are the smileys?]

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 23:20:50 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: ADB Keyboards on PowerBook

I've been told by some people that adding an ADB keyboard on a PowerBook
computer can damage it. The manual seems to be silent on this issue although
a mouse seems to be okay.

Please send your advice, experiences, etc. to me directly and I'll post
the results to the net.

Thanks in advance.

Leo G. Leduc
CANADA
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 19:02:52 CST
From: [e-mail] (Edward Floden)
Subject: Apple IIe Card in LC III

Yes, the IIe Option Card works in the Macintosh LC III; I've got one
running on the desk next to me at work. The only annoying problem is trying
to partition the drive to give it a 10 MB ProDOS partition. Since the LC II
requires a system enabler to boot, you've got to create a bootable System
7.1 disk containing the copy of Apple HD SC Setup from the IIe Installer
disk (an external hard drive does nicely), or you'll be swapping floppies
just to run Setup. The reason is that (of course) the IIe Installer disk is
System 6.0.8, and it doesn't know what an enabler is. :)

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 93 16:52:09 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: APS 128 M/O (One more time)

Folk, today Adam Engst took me, properly, to task for not calling APS
technical support before my flamelet (Heck, I could have done better if
I hadn't been able to solve the problem with La Cie software and hadn't
had a day to mellow out, so it wasn't really a flame) on the APS 128M
M/O drive I got this week.

Yes, I should have called APS's excellent technical support folk. On the
other hand, should I have had to? Should not the documentation have said
anything at all about M/O drives? There was a one-sheet addendum that did
not add anything to my knowledge.

I got a great response from Matt Elliot telling me of some undocumented
features that make the APS software superior to those which require an
init like Silver. It involved APT software 2.7.2. So why did APS send
the 2.7 version? Tony Huang's suggestion that I already had Silver Init
running did not hit the mark. Nope. Sorry, Tony. I never had the urge to
install Silver Init before the M/O drive arrived.

I'm a bit less than totally chagined by Adam's (Soft, as usual. Adam is
far more a gentleman than I) wrist slap. I also got more than a half
dozen notes from folk who had seen at least equally disgusting symptoms
>From APS removables and who had previously thought that was simply the
way of the world.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 07:02:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Stuart Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: APS DAT and Network FAXmode

  Our organization is looking into obtaining a DAT backup tape unit and
network fax modem. MacWorld gave an editor's choice award to the APS
TurboDAT and I'm considering ordering this unit. We'll be using this on an
Appleshare network comprised of about 30 Mac IIci (8/80). We are also
planning on installing a network fax modem. Both Cypress Research and PSI
offer network fax modems. I would appreciate any comments on the DAT drive
or network fax modem to acquire. Please direct to me and I'll summarize.
TIA and HAGD.

stuart greenfield ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 93 16:01:22 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Backsplash/Grimmy

I probably shouldn't have been surprised that "Safe Sex" was asked for
almost as often as the BackSplash extension itself. It reminds me of a
really foul joke. What is the difference between Grimmy humping your leg
and a doberman humping your leg? You let the doberman finish.

I suspect that was Politically Incorrect.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 93 15:34:44 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: BackSplash Oops

I fear I got inundated today with requests for BackSplash. There was a
point where requests were piling up faster than I could mail-file in
response, and I was doing read-reply-delete just a tad faster than I
should have. One of you in the UK didn't get a copy. I got a message from
your mail daemon saying my post exceeded its 100K limit. And I pushed the
wrong naughtywording PF key in response. Support DAM -- Mothers Against
Dyslexia. I've no idea whom I stiffed. Would you please get back to me?
Vee haff vays uff getting around mail daemons. Especially those daemons
who have relatives in Argentina.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 18:58:44 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Bananafish Software

Here's the press release from Bananafish...

for immediate release
Monday, April 5, 1993

contact:        Stephen Zagerman
        [phone]
        AppleLink: Bananafish
        AOL: Bananafish
        Internet: [e-mail]

Media Advisory


San Francisco P Bananafish Software, Inc. announced today that
it is suspending all marketing and technical support operations
for its Macintosh product ThoughtPattern. The company is
seeking a U.S. publisher for ThoughtPattern, a free-form
database and personal information manager, and is devoting its
efforts to the completion of development of version 2.0 of the
product.

"We have always been a customer-driven company and pride
ourselves on the relationships we have built with our
customers. We sincerely regret any disappointment this will
cause and are actively seeking a partner who can deliver the
product that our customers have helped us define," said Stephen
Zagerman, president and founder of Bananafish Software.

#     #     #

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 16:43:38 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Big Problems

I'm having huge problems and I decided it wouldn't hurt to ask you guys,
since you probably know what to do...

I've got a Macintosh and would really like to take advantage of FTP to get
some software (just like everyone else who logs onto your archive.)
Unfortunately, I am having some hardware problems that I'll detail and hope
you can help out with.

I have no problem with getting files through FTP.  I know they need to be
text mode transfers, and all that.  The problem is that I can't get them
off the VAX and into my Mac.  My university's VAX has NO 3.5" drives.  The
dial-in modems are 1200 baud with no error correction.  The guys in the
computer science lab hear "Macintosh" and say "duh..."

There is hope.  There are a couple of MS-DOS clones in the computer
services lab.  The guys who FTP MS-DOS software use them to local-connect
to the VAX with some telecom program and use Kermit to put the files onto
the clones' hard drives.  Then they copy the files off to 3.5" and are
happy.  I've tried to do that, knowing that I could use Apple File Exchange
to read the files in.  But so far I've not been able to get it to work,
probably because of all the parameters and translations involved.

So, what I'd like to know is: with the above situation, can you give me a
step-by-step process for FTPing something and having it wind up usable on
my Mac other than using Kermit at 1200 baud?

If so, I thank you.

If not, I thank you anyway.

James McMurry
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 08:46:27 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert A Managan)
Subject: bouncing windows between two monitors (A)

Bill MacCarthy asked:

>Does there exist a utility which will permit one to
>move at a single keystroke (or click) a window from
>one monitor to another (on the same system, of course)?
>

The closest thing to a solution I have found is the MoveWindow FKEY.
I got this when on eof my two monitors was in the shop. The fkey
moves the front window so that its top left corner is where the
mouse is. When a window is on an absent monitor this is real
handy so you don't have to go hunting blind for it! You could also
use it to move a window quicklyand easily.

Rob Managan             ([e-mail])

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Date: 09 Apr 1993 00:42:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Scott Hordesky <[e-mail]>
Subject: Braille (sp) font

For a project that I am quite behind on at this point, I need a type one font
that prints the Braille (how do you spell that anyway?) equivalent of the
alphabet. A quick scan of the archives as well as umich reveals nothing (I
admit, I am in a hurry to leave for Easter). If you have such a beast or info
on where to find one, please let me know either on the digest or by e-mail.

ADVthanksANCE

Scott Hordesky
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 09:11:07 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Card for using Sun 4 19'' colour monitor on MacII?

Any pointers to a 8/16/24 bit colour NUBUS video card which can drive a
Sun 4 19'' colour monitor?
Thanks. Michael Fischer [e-mail].
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 17:11:04 BST
From: mf1@ukc
Sender: mf1@ukc

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 18:32:48 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey L. Robbin)
Subject: Conflict-Catcher demo problems

[e-mail] writes:

>It seems that Conflict Catcher (demo) needs an introspective algorithm so
>that it can catch itself creating conflicts!

>Bootstrappingly yours,

>- Steve Marsh  "[e-mail]"   ;-)

He He..  Well, I must apologize!  The demo of Conflict Catcher that was
uploaded
seems to have a problem that affects System 6 users.  Its been fixed, and the
new demo version has already been uploaded to sumex and America Online.  IO
apoogize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.  The problem was
straightforward, and only affected the DEMO and System 6 users.

Jeff Robbin
Casady & Greene, Inc.

PS:  It wasn't a conflict between Conflict Catcher, just a bug introduced in
the demo version.

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 16:51:44 +0000
From: Nick Rothwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: CR/LF

>Dear knowledgeable netters,
>I know this must seem to be a FAQ, however, what are LFs as opposed to CR
>(carriage returns).

A carriage-return moves the carriage fully to the right on a teleprinter,
such that the next printed character appears in column 1 on the paper. A
line feed causes the teleprinter carriage to feed the paper through by one
line, so that the next printed character appears a line below in the same
column.

All a bit dated now, of course. Mac text files separate the lines by CR for
no particular reason. Unix uses LF's, MS-DROSS uses both. Printers would
require both (CRLF) to print lines of text properly, though in these days
of PostScript(TM) and laser printers, it doesn't really mean very much any
more.

Anyone want to buy an Olivetti teletype? I have on here. You pay shipping -
it weighs more than I do.

            Nick Rothwell   |   [e-mail]
     CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance   |   [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 15:25:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cylclone Rumour Mill

I apologize in advance if this post is in error...up until now I've been a
silent subscriber to the digest...sort of a "verbal virgin".

I have been "crippled" by waiting for the be-all end-all Mac ever since the
128...every new machine makes waiting another six months seem worth while.
However, I would really like to know what Apple has in store for the PowerPC
and
more importantly (to me) the Cyclone. I know that if I haven't got any
information, then probably not much exists...But this is the world of the
Net...if it's out there, someone will know it!

Thanks for any info/rumours!
Timothy

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 16:55:25 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Suvrit Varshney)
Subject: DD Hardware Compression

Hello since Salient does not support the hardware
compression by another company, I cannot get
a file to uncompress (DD file compressed using
the hardware board). Does anyone have an older
utility (not extension) that will expand Diskdoubler
files compressed using the hardware board?
If so, can it be mailed to me (if it is pd ofcourse)?
Thanks

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Date: 10 Apr 1993 10:23:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Disk compressors

I received a couple replies from people with information on disk compressors.
Thanks much for replying.

                    [e-mail]

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

Try getting the April 1993 issue of MacUser. There's an article there
titled, "Beating the System," on page 243 that might answer some of
your questions.

Rory
[e-mail]

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I use AutoDoubler on an LC, a Classic, and a PB 100.  Its ease of
use and the tightness of compression are top features.  An added
bonus is the inclusion of CopyDoubler which dramatically speeds up
file copying.

-Dwight
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 07:13 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: diskdoubler-aux-377.hqx (C)

In 11-77, John B. Thoo complains that the Sumex file
/util/dd-auxiliary-files-377.hqx
turns into a DD archive, so he can't use it to get the DDExpand utility he
needs to turn a DD archive into a readable file.

True enough, John. But the NEXT file in the Sumex directory is:
/util/dd-expand-377.hqx
and it is precisely what you want.

(Salient/Fifth Generation Systems, for obvious reasons, sometimes insists
that the freeware it releases for public use be maintained in DD format
rather than in .sit or .cpt format. But the firm is sensible: the expander
may be posted in any format.)
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: 09 Apr 1993 15:48:02 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kevin Rusch, Tech Srvcs x7851"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: disk question

i have a question for you folx:

i was just given an OLD rodime external drive (the front of the box
says 45 plus) and i'm trying to hook it up to my IIsi.

my question is:  does it need a driver, and if so, where do i get one?

thanks,

kevin

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Date: 9 Apr 93 11:07:00 EST
From: "Troen, Bruce" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ftp troubles

In Info_Mac V11 #77, [e-mail] (Minh Do) writes that:

>I am having a lot of trouble ftping some files from the archives.
>
>/source/c/mac-starter-c.hqx
>/source/c/think-c-prog-guide.hqx
>
>The ftp session starts, but never quite finishes.  It just hangs until the
>server shuts down.  I have tried a variety of things, and none seem to
>work.  Turbogopher says it's not a valid binhex file, and refuses to get
>it.  I have tried it from several sites, including sumex-aim, the mirror at

I have occasionally gotten the same alert from TurboGopher stating that a file
is not a valid binhex file.  On those occasions, I have used GopherApp or
Fetch
to transfer the file without difficulty.

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Date: 9 Apr 1993 13:44:19 GMT
From: [e-mail] (gary anderson)
Subject: GIF screen-saver...?

Anybody know of a screen-saver for the Mac that uses GIFs?

I've got a GIF viewer program (CyberGif 1.3) that has a slide-show
function;  but is there a program out there that would present a GIF
slide-show whenever the screen is idle?

Thanks for any help!

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 10:27 PST
From: "Phil Jung, KD6SWQ" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hayes ACCURA modems?

Hey everyone,

I just got a catalog from some mail-order company, and they advertise the
new Hayes ACCURA 14,400 fax/modems for around $240 external.

Does anyone out there have one of these beasts? Is this another Rockwell
chipset cheapie, or does it use a Hayes proprietary chipset?

In case anyone's still wondering, a while back I posted a question about
the AT&T Dataport and the USRobotics Sportster modems... I'm still getting
some sporatic but informative emails regarding both, but I'm now leaning
towards the AT&T modem... I'm putting together another report, but I don't
want to repeat any info that has already been posted to sumex as a report...

Phil Jung   8-)
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:47 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HD swap between Powerbook 170 and 100.

Hi, I need help for swapping a HD from powerbook 170 to powerbook 100.
Recently I bought a go drive 120 for my powerbook 170 and would like to
put its original 40 mb HD into a powerbook 100. However, the powerbook's
HD frame doesn't hold the HD from 170 firmly. Or precisely the screws don't
fit. My question is where I may find the right screws which can hold a HD
>From Power 170 in a powerbook 100?

My second problem is this: After I formated the internal and external HDs of
my IIci, I can't boot the IIci when the external HD is hooked on. I get a
disk with a question mark flashing or not even an icon. I have to turn on
the external HD or unhook it to boot the IIci. It happens to my SE, too.
I'd like to know why this happens. I used to format my internal and external
HDs with different formaters and got no problems at all. What's wrong now?

The 3rd problem: Recently I re-formated the internal HD in a SE and put in
System 6.0.8 (from Apple's FTP server). And then I found Word 5.1a's several
manual items' name were gone, they were no longer invokable with a clicking
mouth. However, the keyboard short-hands of them still work. (BTW, I
used La Cie's Silverlining to reformat the HD.) Any comment?

Please send your recommandations, comments, suggestions to:
[e-mail]

Thanks.


Daw-hwan Wang
Institute of History & Philology
Academia Sinica
Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 09:18:51 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: Heap problems

>Firstly, many thanks to the very many people who gave me valuable advice on
>why
>a System Heap grows after startup.  My main concern now is to discover how to
>make it shrink.  The System Heap still sometimes grows to 2,100K.  I can then
>use Swatch to free up unnecessary space.  Balloon help then tells me that my
>System Heap then uses only about 1250k of the 2100k allocated to it.  I know
>that in System 6.0.x this allocation would never reduce itself, but
understood
>that with 7.0 it did.  I'm running 7.1 and no matter how long I leave the mac
>alone, the System Heap _never_ reduces.

Could you please summarize the answers you received about why the heap
grows after startup?
    I've experienced the same problems as you. Sometimes, usually after
printing on my Deskwriter (which takes up about 1 meg of heap) or when
using MacSLIP + MacTCP, I pull down "About this Macintosh" and get a
display which shows a 3 meg system with less than half of the bar being
black! I figure that this is due to a combination of bad application
programming practice and less-than-perfect system software.
    --Marc Bizer

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 10:06:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: Help!!! PowerBook file corruption and SCSI problems

Help!!
    My PowerBook 170 is still experiencing spontaneous disk directory
and program/document corruption two days after Apple replaced its hard disk
(for the second time) and DRIVE CABLE (for the first time). Since I
purchased my PB 170 last August I have had no end of problems with system
and application software corruption and Type 1 system crashes; reinstalling
the software would fix the problems temporarily. However, SINCE THIS LAST
REPAIR I am experiencing a completely new problem: I can no longer boot my
computer without its crashing when my LaCie ZFP-50Q external hard drive is
connected as a non-startup disk drive (SCSI ID 1 or 3). It is important to
note I WAS ABLE TO DO THIS UP TO THE VERY DAY WHEN I RETURNED MY COMPUTER
TO APPLE FOR ITS LAST REPAIR. Although the corruption problems were
initially deemed by technicians at the PowerBook support line to be the
result of an software conflict, I have succeeded in demonstrating this SCSI
crash problem to a technician at the Apple PowerBook line who had
instructed me to completely reformat my hard disk and reinstall only Apple
system software (without INITs or CDEVs). After following these
instructions, my computer no longer crashes with a "system error" or "bus
error", but it freezes immediately after the "Welcome to Macintosh" message
is displayed. Curiously enough, my computer will boot directly from the
external hard disk without any problem if I hold down
command-option-shift-delete during startup.
    Does anyone have any idea what is wrong? Steve Bobker suggests that
I still have a cable contact problem. It is imperative that I resolve this
difficulty as soon as possible because I have lost huge amounts of time
with a computer that has always had (for 8 months!) these devastating, yet
intermittent problems. I think that I need to help Apple find the
difficulty because it was only after just devoting two days to diagnosing
the problem myself that I was able to convince them that I was having a
hardware problem and that my PB should go back for a third and hopefully
final repair.
    All help would be appreciated. Digest readers, please post to the
Digest and answer me directly.
    Thanks.
    Yours truly,
    Marc

P.S. I am appending a list of my INITs / CDEVs anyway so that you might
indicate to me if any of them are capable of causing disk directory
corruption.

>System Folder Details:
>The active System files on this disk are:
>IBM 85:System Folder:System   (version 7.1)
>IBM 85:System Folder:Finder   (version 7.1)
>
>The active Control Panels on this disk are:
>ApplWindows   (version v2.0.2b3)
>Date & Time   (version 7.1)
>General Controls   (version 7.1)
>Keyboard   (version 7.1)
>Labels   (version 7.1)
>MacSLIP   (version 1.01)
>MacTCP   (version 1.1.1)
>Map   (version 7.1)
>Memory   (version 7.1.1)
>MICN   (version 1.9)
>Mouse   (version 7.1)
>NowMenus   (version 4.0.1)
>Numbers   (version 7.1)
>PBToolsT   (version 1.0.1)
>PowerBook   (version 7.1)
>PowerPort   (version 2.07a)
>Prevention   (version 1.0.1)
>Scroll2 v2.1   (version Scroll2 v 2.1.12)
>Sound   (version 7.1)
>Startup Disk   (version 7.0)
>Startup Manager   (version 4.0.1)
>Super Boomerang   (version 4.0.1p)
>SuperClock!   (version 4.0.3)
>Views   (version 7.1)
>~ATMT   (version 3.0)
>oMacEKGT   (version 2.0.6w)
>
>The active System Extensions on this disk are:
>  Now Toolbox   (version 4.0.1p)
>Desktop ResetT   (version 1.2)
>
>The active Control Panels and Extensions in your System Folder are:
>MacTCP DNR

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 07:13 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: If I were only a hacker I know what I would do (A)

In 11-77, Allan Hunter wants a program that will give him immediate access
to the items in the Control Panel under System 6. He's even willing to buy
commercial software, which leads to my two suggestions:

1) QuicKeys comes with an extensions called "Panels" that lets you go right
to any of your control panels, even in System 6. You can define a keystroke
for each control panel, or just include the appropriate QuicKeys in a
pop-up QK menu if you prefer.

2) BeHierarchic (earlier versions shareware; current version
commercial--it's part of the Kiwi Utilities package) sets up an
hierarchical menu allowing you to choose any control panel from your Apple
menu by a single click. I don't know if this utility works in System 6,
though.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 14:03:44 +0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: IIci and LCIII comparison

Some people have mentioned that a IIci is still faster than an LCIII,
although both are 25MHz 30's with FPUs.  How significant is this
difference?

(My original question was which should I use at home and which should I use
at work, the IIci or the LCIII [I don't plan on using the slots]).

I have spent the last day trying out the LCIII at work and can see no
noticeable difference except that the LCIII takes up less space, but I
don't want to be in a situation where I suddenly find I need the IIci at
work.

Thanks for any advise....mike

Michael Silverstein, Materials Engineering, Technion

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:20:02 -0400
From: Chris Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIci vs. LC III

[e-mail] writes:

I am trying to compare a MacIIci (8MB, no cache card, FPU) and an LCIII
(the same) to decide which is better for work (heavier tasks) and which for
home.  The external differences are that the LCIII has a microphone (not
all that important) and the IIci and monitor can be booted from the power
switch (I can survive without it).  Are there more significant differences
that I should be aware of (I will be using a StyleWriter at home and a
laser at work.  The only other device/card will be a modem or fax/modem for
use at home)?

Also, looking at the old 13" display vs. the new 14" display, it seems to
me that the only difference is that the text lines in a document are a
touch further apart on the 14" (could it just be me?).  Are there any other
significant differences (I even see my old friend the Trinatron line 2/3
the way down)?

As always, thanks for all the information.....

Michael Silverstein, Materials Engineering, Technion

 -----------------------------
Ok, there are a number of internal differences between the IIci and the LC
III.
Perhaps the largest difference is with graphics. The IIci's onboard graphics
uses the ci's DRAM as VRAM. This has two noticeable effects: 1st) large
redraws
take significantly longer than you'd expect. 2nd) about 300k of memory is
consumed for video if you are displaying 256 colours. The IIci is also limited
to displaying 256 colours, whereas the LC III (with the proper amount of VRAM)
can display the 32,000+ colours everyone wants for quicktime. I believe the LC
III can also handle 16-inch displays (although only in 256 colours).

Where the IIci "makes up for" this, is in it's expandibility. Whereas the
LC III has only a pds slot, the IIci has three NuBus slots and a cache card
slot. The cache card does help a lot, btw. So, your IIci can get graphics
installed that will blow away the LC III throught he NuBus slots.

One other thought: the IIci *was* once upgradeable to a Quadra 700. I doubt
Apple still has this offer out, but it's one other potential difference.

--Chris

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 08:39 PST
From: Charles G Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIsi upgrade options (Q, C)

     Gurus,

     In InfoMac 77, [e-mail] writes...


     -Hi,
     -        Now I think my Mac IIsi is getting old. I want to know
     -whether Apple will have an upgrade plan for the Mac IIsi, or just
     -treat it like an orphan.
     -
     -        If Apple doesn't afford a plan to upgrade, I want to know
     -whether a 50MHz 030 accelerator or a 25MHz 040 accelerator is better.
     -Besides, will there be any incompatiblity problems if my system speed
     -up?
     -
     -        If any one had the experience upgrading the Mac IIsi, your
     -recommendation, experience, and suggestion is welcomed. There are  a
     -lot of cards
     -available so I don't know how to choose.

     Strangely enough, I was thinking about a similar thing this morning...
     Even though this is probably an invitation for some juicy rumors, what
     kind of RISC upgrade options do the "info-mac experts" think will be
     available come January, 1994? (the expected release date of Power PC
     601)

     I know very little about what is needed to make an "add on" RISC board
     functional.  I imagine it could just take over for the resident CPU
     like some current boards.  This should probably go to
     comp.sys.mac.hardware, but I couldn't resist hearing what YOUR
     thoughts are.

     If you want to know more about the upcoming PowerPC chip, check
     "Mac-IBM-compare-xxx.txt" info-mac's report directory (I think.)  It
     gives some mouth-watering specs on the PowerPC, 68060, and all the
     current CPU's; as well as a plethora of other information.

     Please reply to the digest, I think there are quite a few of us who
     would be interested to hear what may be released in the future.

     Thanks,

     Chuck Williams =====> CS Intern =====> Pacific Northwest Laboratories
                  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 04:43:54 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: insurance for Macs/peripherals/software (Q)

Does anyone own any insurance for Mac equipment?  I've been thinking
lately that perhaps I should invest in some, perhaps as part of some
type of renter's insurance; but then something from a company called
`Safeware' (Columbus, OH) showed up in my snailmailbox yesterday.

What's your opinion?  Is insurance for Mac equipment and programs worth
getting?  And, if so, what's the best `type' (whatever that means) of
insurance to get?  And from where?  And how much is considered reasonable,
and at what cost?

Lots of questions, but I don't know where else to turn for good,
honest advice on this.  Thanks for your help.

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

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 15:37:48 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: JPEG's in Pagemaker 4.2

Hi there fellow netheads!
  Just wondering if there is an Addition to Pagemaker that will allow JPEG's
to be read...  Anyone hear of such a thing?
Thanks
/\\att

Matthew E. Cable                [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 22:41:01 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: large startup screens and backdrops

I am looking for some nice/cool/whatever PICT images for StartupScreens
and backdrops using BackSplash.  I have a color 16" monitor so I would
like them to be at least that big.  Any suggestions?  The only one in
sumex I know of is the large astronaut.  They must be out there, but
where?

Thank you.

Gary L. Gray                *  Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics
[e-mail]  *  University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 16:54 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacInTax (C)

Dear Netters,
While everyone is complaining about the service of ChipSoft with regards to
MacInTax, haven't you noticed the Warrenty they offer?!   They will pay any
penalty assessed for a faulty tax-return run off of their MacInTax program.
  This warrenty is IN WRITING in the current MacZone Catalog (1-800-248-0800
is where to call to get a copy of one).

  Thus all you have to do is write back to ChipSoft, and let them know you
  were
penalized, and you will get your money back.

If there is a warrenty in writing, everyone has the right to sue the company
if they don't comply to their warrenty.

Thus I wouldn't make a big fuss over ChipSoft, unless they don't pay your
penalty.

If you are really worried about how well your taxes are calculated, get a
spreadsheet, it is easier to read, it can be set up to look just like a
checkbook, and one can get a spreadsheet for less than MacInTax.  And I say
this of any spreadsheet in the market.  Or get over
sumex-aim one of the dozens of calculators.  Better yet spend only $8 at Radio
Shack for their cheep scientific calculators.

 Stick to spreadsheets and calculators, and no INIT bugs will happen.

Just my 0.02 worth.

Good Luck.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 07:27:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Francis J. Van Wetering" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacinTax (Q)

I, too, have watched the MacInTax program get progressively worse since I
first started using it (1987).  I use Managing Your Money to keep track of
my home finances, and this year I was unable to get MacInTax to read the
MYM file.  I searched the documentation, but the only reference that was
made was for Quicken.  I tried everything that I could think of, but
because the data file was so big (from MYM), MacInTax choked on it.  I
ended up printing hard copy reports from MYM, and manually transcribing
the totals to the MacInTax program.

Question:  anyone use MYM with MacInTax who can tell me how I could have
done this (my taxes are done, but I would still like to know)

F. J.  Van Wetering         INTERNET:  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 09:50:28 EDT
From: Dave Grunbaum <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacInTax Comments

Just to add my two cents worth about MacInTax. I have used it the last  two
years  (state  and  federal)  with  minimal problems.  My returns have been
pretty intense, foreign earned income calculations, relocations, etc, etc.

Last year I ended with the headstart version and had a few minor  problems,
but  I  found  the  technical support staff at MacInTax to be very helpful.
Even  after  it  was  determined  that  the  error  that  was  causing  the
miscalculation  was mine.  They didn't scream or yell at me, nor were they
rude.

My solution this year was to sit tight and wait for  the  "final  release".
In  fact,  when  I ordered my update I specificly asked that I only be sent
the final release and MacInTax was happy to oblige.

This year I had a short scare when the index  file  got  lost  or  trashed,
which  caused  the  program  to  lose track of my forms. But this was fixed
without contacting MacInTax by using a little "MAC" sense.

Now, this is not to say that the program is fault proof, nor  couldn't  use
some  improvements.   However,  what  I  would strongly suggest is that you
don't just trash your bug reports and go elsewhere. Why not wait until May,
when  the  high  point  of the Tax season is over, things will be a wee bit
calmer, and then contact MacInTax with your questions/problems.  After all
have you ever tried to call the IRS during April? Or the North Pole during
Christmas?

We can only hope that they will be then take your questions,  comments  and
bugs.  After all they still want to sell the product next year.

Even if you don't use the program next year, your  troubles  and  bugs  can
only  help  and  benefit those of us who continue to use the program. After
all for $45.00 I still believe it's the best Tax software in town!


Disclaimer: I have no connection with MacInTax or it's company. However,  I
do have a close relationship with the IRS.(not that I wanted it!)

David E. Grunbaum
Ex-Expatriate
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 19:51:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Lange)
Subject: MacIntosh C Programmers (Q)

How many more years will in take before people stop using the damn
capital "I" in the name "Macintosh".  This was so common in 1985, but
is inexcusable in 1993.

Yeah, I'm touchy...

>I recentally found a place with "The MacIntosh C Programming Primer Vol II".

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1993 00:58:51 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Grant R. Bowman)
Subject: Macintosh Grade Disks

[e-mail] writes:

>> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 17:15:20 -0400
>> From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
>> Subject: Macintosh Grade Disks?
>>
>> I just got the new MEI/MicroCenter catalog today and noticed something
>> rather interesting.  It seems that they've devided their 3.5" disks into
>> two groups:  PC grade and Premium Macintosh/Duplicator grade.  The prices
>> go like so:
>>
>>         DS/DD PC Grade : $0.39@     DS/HD PC Grade  : $0.49@
>>         DS/DD Mac Grade: $0.45@     DS/HD Mac Grade : $0.57@
>>
>In my experience, Macintosh drives (or maybe it's the way the OS is written)
>DO
>have more trouble initializing disks with one or two bad sectors than do
PCs.
>They also seem to have much more difficulty reading marginal disks.
>
>So, it is possible that MEI is in fact selling the slightly defective disks
to
>PC users, whose machines are better able to deal with marginal disks.

Well, as I understand it, the IBM disks physically read data differently.

IBM uses a constant speed motor to read disks, so they must vary the sector
size when going in and out on the disk, or something like that.

The Mac uses a variable speed motor, so they keep the sectors the same size
compared to the circular disk center, and vary the drive speed so that the
head thinks they are the same size.  That is why the mac, when formatting,
seems to change "modes" or whatever.  The sound changes a couple of times
during the format process, unlike the IBM disks I have formatted.

*Disclaimer:  This may just be folklore, I haven't verified any of this.

So, I am also curious about the difference in price.  I have bought from MEI
several times, and I haven't had any real problems at all.  I am also
baffled at what could be different.  I am not sure how the above
description would affect reliability.  It implies that the mac shoves it's
data closer together near the center, possibly making the difference.

Out of curiousity, how much testing did they do before they made a
distinction?

Another related question:  Is the 'FAT' and/or desktop file kept on the
inside tracks, or the outside?

Cheers,

    Grant Bowman               Delta Sigma Phi, Technology Task Force



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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 16:40 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacSlots (Q)

Dear Netters,

Where might I find a game that has a "one-arm-bandit" (a.k.a. slot machine)
like the original MacSlots, that will run on today's LCs.  MacSlots I found
only runs on SEs or earlier MACs.  Is there a shareware/freeware game, or
commercial software game that is like it.
Thank you.

P.S. MacSlots came out in 1984, and has its own finder.  When I load it on my
LC I get a SAD-MAC and FFFF 0007 error.  The best part about it was that it
kept on increasing the maximum possible winnings.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 10:11 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac vs PS floppies (C)

My own experience is that Mac floppy drives AREN'T more sensitive than PC
drives to bad blocks on floppy disks.  Under System 7, you can usually
format a floppy unless the bad blocks are in crucial places, but the
trade-off seems to be that the Finder gets terribly nitpicky during the
formatting process, which is why you wait ages while the Finder re-verifies
the format.

As to the question of exchanging disks across platforms when one platform
can't format a disk, YES, this does work and it certainly works both ways
with PCs and Macs.  I've taken totally unusable disks from PC friends and
formatted them on Macs, sometimes with absolutely no bad blocks at all.
And my PC-using friends have absorbed some of my Mac cast-offs, though I
have to say that bad blocks found by a Mac often reappear as such under
DOS.  In both cases, I certainly wouldn't use the disks for backing up
crucial data!

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 16:51:30 +0000
From: Nick Rothwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mail Order from US

>Hello Brian,
>The following manufacturers prohibit exportaion of their products outside
>the United States:

Hmm. A lot of US products are marked "Not for export" but I'm not clear
what this means in law, or even who tries to enforce it.

I'm using a US copy of MicroPhone-II. I ordered it when I was in the US. It
arrived with said stickers, so I called SVC to ask about taking it home
(UK) and registering it. They said sure, no problem, and seemed a little
surprised that I wanted to ask. While a US dealer couldn't ship it to me, I
was allowed to buy it there and take it home with me.

By the time I hit Heathrow Customs, of course, I'd removed the stickers... :-)

>Because of these restrictions, we cannot ship
>Symantec's THINK Reference program. (item LNG0050) at $89.00.

That's because Symantec are b*stards. They have a UK branch which charged 3
times the US price for the Norton Utilities upgrade, the UK "version" of
which still has US spellings and reports US technical support numbers.
Symantec have generated quite some degree of ill-feeling over here.

            Nick Rothwell   |   [e-mail]
     CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance   |   [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 08 Apr 93 15:37:57 CDT
From: Becca Remley <[e-mail]>
Subject: modems and workshops

I need to know a good mid to low cost fax/modem to put on the Mac IIsi
that I have at home. I will use it to hook into the mainframe computer
where I teach probably using White Knight software.

Does anyone know of a computer music workshop or music technology workshop
available this summer. (The closer to Birmingham the better) I will be
teaching some courses in this area beginning next fall and need to do
some catching up.

Thanks,
...Becca (RDRemley@Samford)

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 20:28:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] ( )
Subject: NameView (Q)

Does any one remember a control panel called NameView?
I remember such a beast being posted to sumex a while ago but
it is no longer there.  I have searched with the archie at Rutgers
but it seems to have disappeared.

Could some kind soul post it to the archives?
Thanks,         Joe Rinella

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Date: 09 Apr 1993 13:49:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Dave Truxall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need more seiral ports..suggestions?

Aric Friesen writes:

> Hi all, I own a laser print, midi interface, and a modem.  My Mac IIci only
> has 2 serial ports.  I don't like unplugging/replugging all the time, so
> I am open to suggestions.

I use a midi interface to solve this problem. It is made by Altech, and I
believe I got it from MacWarehouse. It has an extra serial port, and
a physical switch to go from the extra port to the midi interface. It only
cost about $50. The interface has one midi-in and three midi-out ports.

Dave Truxall

[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 06:02:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Fnord)
Subject: NeXT WDef III, version 3.0

This submission reminds me, there is a cdev/init around that changes
the CDEF of the scroll bars to one similiar to the NeXT scroll bars.
It is a couple of years old, and I found that it didn't work real
well, at least not on my Quadra 700 with system 7.0.  So, I was
wondering if anyone knew of a newer "more compatible" version?

--Aaron Greenhouse

--

+--     Heute die Welt,              /\
+--     Morgens das Sonnensystem!   /<>\
| NORD    - = Echelon Three = -    /____\

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 93 18:46:51 CDT
From: "Mark R. Williamson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pop-to-the-side Control Panel list NOW

In Info-Mac Digest, Vol 11 Issue 77, Allan Hunter said (in part):
>In response to my wailings about a solution to the slow response-time
>after selecting Control Panel under System 6 ...
>                   ...  I'm impatient:  I want access to them suckers
>like RIGHT NOW!
>
>            ...  I'd make it so that when you select Control Panel
>under the Apple menu, a pop-to-the-side submenu would appear listing
>the Control Panels in a scrollable list, with "Open All" at the top
>and the option of selecting just the one you want running down below
>in an order you set with user prefs.  Until you select one, the memory
>isn't reaching for anything more complicated than the list and the prefs
>file.
>
>Yo, for this I would pay shareware fees with exquisite enthusiasm.  Hell,
>I'd pay commercial software bucks for it, for that matter.  ...

OK, if you're willing to spend some money. try Now Utilities.  One of them
(I forget what it's name is in the latest version, but was it NowMenus?)
will give you a second-level menu for Control Panels (and Chooser).  There
is no explicit "Open All", but if you mouse-up while still in the main menu
you get the effect of the original main menu item.  I think it works in Sys
6 as well as 7.  (The latest version _requires_ 7, but they sold me a
"downgrade" for the same price as an upgrade, while I still required 6 and
they still had a pile of the old boxes coming back from vendors.)

I hope this helps.

Mark R. Williamson, Rice U., Houston TX; [e-mail] or @RICEVM1

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 09:43:10 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Piszcz)
Subject: PowerPoint 3.0 Lockup on QUADRA 900

Has anyone experienced system 7.0.1 lockup on a Quadra 900 running
powerpoint 3.0?

It is the only application that hangs, have tried:

Asking MicroSoft: They mentioned known problems with PowerBook Duo only.
Disabling all inits and extensions:  Still does it.

When it hangs it locks up and the mouse pointer freezes.
MacsBug is installed and it does not drop into it.

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 14:57:24 EDT
From: Michael C LaBossiere <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quicktime for Supercard

Hello,
   I'm working at developing multimedia presentations with Aldus Supercard
   1.6.
Does anyone know of any free/low cost XCMDs that will let Supercard play
Quicktime movies? I belive the Hypercard Deveklopment kit has such an XCMD,
but
I don't want to lay out the $ unless I have to (I am but a poor, soon to be
graduated and hence unemployed Ph. D student in philosophy).
Thanks. Send email (or a compatible XCMD file -superacrd or hypercard stack)
to:
[e-mail]
(until June)
Michael LaBossiere

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 93 00:57 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RunPC/Remote-a clarification

Jerry Tangren <GSW$[e-mail]> writes:

> In the June 5 I-M digest Shekhar Govind ([e-mail]) highly
> endorsed a product known as RunPC/Remote which runs your
> PeeCee off the serial port of the Mac--your old PeeCee becomes a
> peripheral instead of a doorstop. I have not seen RunPC mentioned
> since this posting and my Apple dealer (a fairly progressive chap)
> never heard of it. Is it still available? Shekhar Govind likes it, any
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> others?

I do???  Ah, my words come back to haunt me.  ;-)

I do not "highly endorse" RunPC/Remote nor do I "like it".  The
interface stinks, menu items are not intuitive, command-key
equivalents are missing, etc. ......  Other than that it works.
I like the concept of this software, not its implementation.

Cheers - Shekhar Govind               [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 11:19 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Shutdown Extension (A)

Dear Netters,
Michael McGuire asks why an extension to shut down the MAC automatically after
a period of time would be wrong. In reply I say:  The Shut Down
feature in System 7, allows you to quit from every open Application/Desk
Accessory, and save any changes you have made before turning off the MAC.
This safety device would be compromised by an auto-shutdown INIT if one would
exist in the programming field.  The next best thing is screen savers which
turn on after the MAC has shut down.  These do not compromise the safety of
leaving the MAC unattended to shut down.   After Dark (Commercial Software)
and Moire (Shareware) are two that I know of.  I don't know if the new version
of Pyro does the same thing.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU.

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 09:04:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Cox)
Subject: Sound_Conversion

I'm trying to find some software to convert Macintosh sounds into
SUN format sound files. I know there is software available to convert
SUN sounds into Mac format, but I am interested in converting Mac sounds
into SUN.  Any suggestions?

-Brian-

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 19:38 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Spot-On disk formatting software

Further to my own query in Digest #77, let me add that I've realised Apple's
HD SC Setup won't let me reformat the problem Quadra's gigabyte drive, since
it was originally formatted with Spot-On and not by Apple.

Latest developments (this problem just gets weirder and weirder):

I tried running Morph and found that it would save valid movies to an
external hard disk, but when it saved them to the internal gigabyte drive
there was something wrong with the files and Simple Player would crash while
playing these movies (drawing horrible colored things all over the desktop
in the process).  Doing a byte-wise comparison of what should have been
identical movies on the internal and external hard disks showed that what
Morph saved to the internal disk was simply different here and there,
throughout the movie.  Yet the media on the internal hard disk checked out
okay.

This got me very suspicious that there was a problem with the hard disk
driver, and I then threw every single test I could muster at the Quadra and
the hard disk using Snooper 2.0.  Everything passed.  I then took the plunge
and reformatted the internal hard disk using FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit.  AGAIN
when I tried installing 7.0.1 on the freshly-formatted drive, the Installer
crashed during the "One last cleanup" stage.

I then switched to 24-bit addressing and booted the machine from the Install
disk again.  Lo and behold, this time the installation was completed
successfully.  But when I restarted off the internal hard disk, I AGAIN got
a bus error at 004005AE within 2 seconds of the happy Mac appearing.  And
this is off a totally clean installation!

If I boot off an external hard disk and try to run Morph, it won't even save
movies to the internal hard disk anymore - it just crashes during the
morphing process with an error of type 28.  This doesn't happen at all if
you ask it to save to the external hard disk.

I'm really stumped as to what to do next.  Could the problem be dodgy ROMs
(do such machines ever get out of the factory)?  Or could it be something
odd about the SIMMs or the CPU?  Yet Snooper passes everything.  Suggestions
please!

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 04:36:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: subject lines of posts

This is not a flame, it's just an observation; but it seems to me that
a subject line like

      Subject: MacIntercomm Lite (Q) (was Re: Mac's Place (C))

is much more helpful to me when I'm pressed for time browsing an issue of
the digest than a subject line like

      Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #xx


I.e., please, please use a somewhat descriptive subject line, and I promise
I'll try to do the same.  Thanks.

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

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 03:00:17 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: ThoughtPattern 2.0 (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Is ThoughtPattern 2.0 released yet?

AAARRRGGGHHH!

Can we put this into the FAQ?
PLEASE?

No?
OK - what about a some report text on "discontinued software products"?

Sven :)

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 16:34:44 EDT
From: Clinton Collins <[e-mail]>
Subject: TN3270 and Can I get back files (Q)

Hello from Gainesville, FL, USA;

I am pleased to announce that I am now connected to the net via a 16mbs
token ring card running in perfect harmony with MacTCP.  I am
exceedingly pleased with how fast this connection is (I used to dial
in at 14.4 with White Knight) and with all the goodies that can now
be utilized (HyperFTP FTPd...). I was also amazed at how easy it was to
set up. I am quite pleased with TN3270 (I hope Peter C is well compen-
sated at Brown) but I miss one thing I was fond of doing. I used to
run White Knight and Easy View at the same time.  If I saw something
in Easy View (reading the digest of course) I wanted to respond to, I
would highlight the person's internet address and copy it.  I would
then jump to my terminal session in White Knight and type mail and then
paste in the address.  Then I might jump back and copy some text if I
wanted to quote something.  This procedure does not work with TN3270.
When I make TN3270 the foreground process it seems to clear the
clipboard because the menu item paste is no longer available.  Is
there a work-around? Am I doing something wrong?

Next issue: I deleted a bunch (like over 100) Ready Set Go 5.4 files
by accident and I would very much like to get them back.  I have had
no luck using Norton Utilities to get these files back.  By the way,
nothing has been written to the hard disk since I deleted these files.
Norton does not have Ready Set Go! in its list of files to search for
on the disk.  Please help!  I think I would even be willing to pay
$$$ to get these files back.


send help to Clinton Collins ===> [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1993 00:56:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Grant R. Bowman)
Subject: Upgrade Mac IIsi

I think I heard in the rumor mill awhile ago, somewhere, that the si would be
a perfect target for a PowerPC motherboard upgrade.  That would be very cool.

There is also a way to change the frequency crystal on the motherboard so
that it runs at 25 mhz instead of 20.  I personally don't want to risk it,
but there hasn't been any disasterous happenings yet for those who tried
it, I don't think.

If you want a quick upgrade, some of the FPU adapter boards offer caches in
them just like you can do to the ci.

Then of course you can always add lots of RAM and use a RamDisk to speed up
file accesses.

These are some of the things I have thought about, but lack any funds to back
them up.  :-)   I don't have any experience with CPU upgrade boards.

Cheers,

    Grant Bowman               Delta Sigma Phi, Technology Task Force

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Date: 09 Apr 1993 11:01:31 -0600 (CST)
From: "John A." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where is ...?

I just want to reiterate what I said several weeks ago. There is a file names
all-files.txt in the "./help" directory at SUMEX that contains a full
directory. If you want to know where a certain file is, download this file,
and
search it. I keep a copy of this file around all the time. Every few weeks I
update it by downloading the latest copy. Doing a VAX search yields

sear [.info-mac]all-files.txt add-strip
-r   180199 Dec 22 23:27 ./util/add-strip-302.hqx
-r    45294 Dec 26 11:10 ./util/add-strip-303-updater.hqx

How about that, there it is. 8-)

John A.

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1993 00:19:26 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Dwayne Sandall)
Subject: YARCs,RIBs, and Strata

I am looking for information on the YARC rendering acceleration board (RISC?),
and specifically if it will work in conjunction with Stratavision. I have
heard
a rumour that there is now an extension that allows this. So if anybody knows
anything about this, and may have some real information (ie. Vendors name,
contact number, email, applelink, etc) that would be appreciated.
In the same rumour as aboved, I also heard that there was now an extension for
Strata that allowed you to import RIB files. Please tell me this is true, as
my
fave modelling package has a very poor DXF out, but it also does RIB, which
come out quite cleanly (so I'm told).
Also, if anybody actually uses the YARC board, I would appreciate some
feedback
on it as well, in terms of compatability, power usage, real world speed
savings
and all that type of info the brochures miss.
Thank you all for your time, and if possible I would appreciate mail, and if
enough ask for the same info, i will post a summary.

--
    Dwayne Sandall,
        Faculty of Architecture,
            University of Manitoba
                [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1993 10:13:11 -0700
From: "David G. Kay" <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: kay
From: [e-mail] (David G. Kay)
Subject: Site License for Full HyperCard
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:13:03 GMT
Lines: 19


    We are setting up a new lab with 40 LC IIIs.
We would like to install full (scriptable) HyperCard
on these machines, which come only with a HyperCard
player.  With HyperCard's status in limbo between
Claris and Apple, our support people have not been
able to find anyone at either place willing to talk
about an educational site license price for full
HyperCard.

    Does anyone have any leads or pointers to
someone at Claris or Apple who can deal?

    Many thanks.

David G. Kay, Director of Introductory Programs
Information and Computer Science Department
University of California, Irvine CA 92717
[e-mail]

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