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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 21 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 84

Today's Topics:

      [*] ARA script for direct serial links
      [*] automata-101.hqx
      [*] conflict-catcher-139b.hqx (2 msgs)
      [*] Copyright Pro Demo
      [*] CountDown
      [*] Gallery 3.0 (solitaire card game)
      [*] GNU-diff-cmp-20.sit.hqx: GNU diff and cmp 2.0 standalone
      [*] GrayChicago font for HyperCard
      [*] greyChicago.hqx
      [*] Handwriting font (v 2.0)
      [*] IconFamilyMaker23.cpt.hqx
      [*] imagic-9d65.hqx
      [*] Maelstrom-sounds-1.sit.hqx
      [*] MovieMaker 1.3 -- PICTs to Movie program
      [*] NameViewer v2.71
      [*] New file: MacVCR+.sea.hqx
      [*] PowerLaunch 1.6
      [*] QuickLoc corrected submission: changed one line in the doc file
      [*] TEFix 1.0 Submission
      [*] TidBITS#173/19-Apr-93
      [*] Tidy It Up! 1.0 (for system 6)
      [*] Tidy It Up! II 1.0 (for system 7)
      "Hot-rodding" a IIsi: 25 MHz works, 32 MHz doesn't
      (Q) Address of Authors of Expressionist.
      .AU to SND -- Programs that do it (Q) (2 msgs)
      A/UX 3.0
      A comment about Info-Mac (R) (2 msgs)
      ATM 2.0.3 with System 7 (A)
      Backsplash/Gates: No Mas! ()
      Centris 650 & SuperMac 21" Platinum monitor
      Data compression with modems and Appletalk Remote Access (Q)
      desktop pattern
      desktop pattern (R)
      Disk error copying a file (R)
      Educational Software for disabled children [Q]
      Ethernet Questions (A)
      Help With Partioning and Locking Volumes (A)
      How to read files with cpt
      How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)
      HP Deskjet printer driver for Mac LC II
      Icons for harddrives in 7.1 free how (A)
      IIci memory capacity
      IIg Connecting Problem [A]
      IIsi power LED flickering? (A)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #81
      I want a capslock key that talks to me!
      LC III and System Software
      MACINTAX and ChipSoft
      MacInTax Yet Again (C)
      Math in About this Macintosh doesn't work out..
      MCVERT needs some minor mods for VAX/VMS
      Monitors 13,14,15.
      Mousemats (A)
      National Videotex Network
      Outbound vs. Powerbook??? (C)
      Performa Plus Display vs Color Display (Q)
      Postscript Errors
      Printer on Ethernet
      Problem with SuperPaint 3.0 (Q)
      Re IIsi power LED flickering?
      Scanning in Greek texts (Q)
      Shutdown method (A)
      Strange Startup Error (R)
      translator for FullWrite (Q)
      Unmountit
      Use of Apple Modem Tool [A]
      Word - No problem (Shock!, Horror!, Probe!)

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 18:16:15 +0400
From: Vladimir Butenko <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ARA script for direct serial links

 The ARA script for Direct Connection
 (i.e. for a direct serial link or
  for other links with PortConnector(tm) installed)

 The "phone number" parameter is used to set the desired port speed,
 the values supported are: 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600

 version:1.0
 Copyright (c) 1993, Stalker GmbH
 --------------------------------

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-script-direct-serial.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 08:05:57 CDT
From: Garth Dickie <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] automata-101.hqx

I am resubmitting this file, as compressed by the archivists
at mac.archive.umich.edu, because version 1.0.1 did not make
it to sumex.  This is identical to the version currently at
mac.archive.umich.edu.

Enclosed please find Automata 1.0.1, an AfterDark module.
This fixes a multiple-monitor bug, which also affected
operation under MultiModule.

 -- garth


Automata is an AfterDark module which simulates three kinds of
1-bit cellular automaton.  Life is John Conway's game of life,
and Anneal and Majority are simple neighbor-counting rules which
result in interesting images.

Automata generates only black and white images, and will run
fastest if your monitors are in 1-bit mode.  It can simulate
automata with one cell for each pixel of your monitor, with
(what I believe to be) reasonable speed.

Automata is free for non-commercial use.

Send comments or bug-reports to "[e-mail]".

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/automata-101.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 12:15:03 -0500
From: "Jeffrey L. Robbin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] conflict-catcher-139b.hqx

Conflict Catcher 1.39b Demo

This version corrects an incompatibility that some users running
System 6 experienced.  The problem only occurred in the Demo
version, and does not affect users running System 7.  Casady &
Greene, Inc. apologizes for any inconvenience that this may have
caused.

New Demo Version!  Download Conflict Catcher(tm) and let's get to
work on your startup file problems!

Conflict Catcher is an intelligent INIT manager that can help you
to manage your startup files as well as tell you what startup
files are causing your Macintosh problem.

Whether your problem is:  A crash at startup time,  your favorite
word processor doesn't want to spell check anymore, or your
printer decides it is taking the day off, Conflict Catcher can
determine if INITS are causing your problem and which ones are
guilty.  Not relying on a built-in database that needs constant and
inconvenient updating like other INIT managing software, Conflict
Catcher guides you through a series of restarts, asking you just
one simple question:  Does your problem still exist?  Based on
your responses (which it remembers), Conflict Catcher decides
what startup files to activate/deactivate.  When you are finished,
you'll know exactly what startup files were causing your problem (if
any).

Conflict Catcher doesn't just isolate a single bad guy at startup
time either.  If your problem is caused by an interaction between
startup files (INITs), Conflict Catcher will detect those too!

Conflict Catcher is also a full-fledged INIT manager.  It can change
the load order of your startup files, wrap those pesky startup
icons along the bottom of your screen, and link sets of commonly
used startup files.  Conflict Catcher also links together startup
files that require each other to function.  You can even view the
startup files by load order, or according to the folders they are in.

Conflict Catcher recognizes the Extensions, Control Panels,  System
Folder, and the Startup Items folder.  It knows about unusual files
like the Tune-Up, and the Hardware System Update (Conflict Catcher
even shows files that load before it - in italics!).

Conflict Catcher is a part of "Conflict Catcher and other Innovative
Utilities".  The package includes four other utilities:  Color
Coordinator (automatically switches color depth), Memory Maxer
(kills the Finder and reclaims all memory), HotDA* (hot keys),
and Whiz-Bang Window Accelerator (speeds up Finder zoom
rectangles).  It retails for $79, and can be found in many of the
popular mail-order catalogs.  Just ask for it!

MacWorld Magazine gave Conflict Catcher ****. (Four Stars!) and had
this to say, "Conflict Catcher's ability to track down INIT-related
problems makes it a worthwhile investment even if you already own
an INIT manager." March 1993

This Demonstration version of Conflict Catcher will run for two
weeks, or until May 31, 1993, whichever comes first.  For more
information, please contact:

Casady & Greene, Inc.
22734 Portola Drive
Salinas, California 93908-1119
[phone] or [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/conflict-catcher-139b.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 03:28:37 -0500
From: "Jeffrey L. Robbin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] conflict-catcher-139b.hqx

Conflict Catcher 1.39b Demo

This version corrects an incompatibility that some users running
System 6 experienced.  The problem only occurred in the Demo
version, and does not affect users running System 7.  Casady &
Greene, Inc. apologizes for any inconvenience that this may have
caused.

New Demo Version!  Download Conflict Catcher(tm) and let's get to
work on your startup file problems!

Conflict Catcher is an intelligent INIT manager that can help you
to manage your startup files as well as tell you what startup
files are causing your Macintosh problem.

Whether your problem is:  A crash at startup time,  your favorite
word processor doesn't want to spell check anymore, or your
printer decides it is taking the day off, Conflict Catcher can
determine if INITS are causing your problem and which ones are
guilty.  Not relying on a built-in database that needs constant and
inconvenient updating like other INIT managing software, Conflict
Catcher guides you through a series of restarts, asking you just
one simple question:  Does your problem still exist?  Based on
your responses (which it remembers), Conflict Catcher decides
what startup files to activate/deactivate.  When you are finished,
you'll know exactly what startup files were causing your problem (if
any).

Conflict Catcher doesn't just isolate a single bad guy at startup
time either.  If your problem is caused by an interaction between
startup files (INITs), Conflict Catcher will detect those too!

Conflict Catcher is also a full-fledged INIT manager.  It can change
the load order of your startup files, wrap those pesky startup
icons along the bottom of your screen, and link sets of commonly
used startup files.  Conflict Catcher also links together startup
files that require each other to function.  You can even view the
startup files by load order, or according to the folders they are in.

Conflict Catcher recognizes the Extensions, Control Panels,  System
Folder, and the Startup Items folder.  It knows about unusual files
like the Tune-Up, and the Hardware System Update (Conflict Catcher
even shows files that load before it - in italics!).

Conflict Catcher is a part of "Conflict Catcher and other Innovative
Utilities".  The package includes four other utilities:  Color
Coordinator (automatically switches color depth), Memory Maxer
(kills the Finder and reclaims all memory), HotDA* (hot keys),
and Whiz-Bang Window Accelerator (speeds up Finder zoom
rectangles).  It retails for $79, and can be found in many of the
popular mail-order catalogs.  Just ask for it!

MacWorld Magazine gave Conflict Catcher ****. (Four Stars!) and had
this to say, "Conflict Catcher's ability to track down INIT-related
problems makes it a worthwhile investment even if you already own
an INIT manager." March 1993

This Demonstration version of Conflict Catcher will run for two
weeks, or until May 31, 1993, whichever comes first.  For more
information, please contact:

Casady & Greene, Inc.
22734 Portola Drive
Salinas, California 93908-1119
[phone] or [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/conflict-catcher-139b.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 21:13:45 -0500
From: "David P. Faust" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Copyright Pro Demo

This is a demo of Copyright Pro. It replaces the finder copying functions.
It allows you to do multiple copies at the same time and still retain the
use of the finder. This demo was downloaded from AOL. It runs for 14 days
>From the time it is installed.
Dave
 David Faust      | [e-mail]   |   Student Consultant
 222 Ray St. B    | [e-mail]       | Microcomputing Resource
 Newark, DE       | [e-mail]    |        Center
 19717            | AOL: [e-mail]          | University of Delaware

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/copyright-pro.hqx; 182K]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 18:00:57 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Marcus Wilhoit)
Subject: [*] CountDown

"CountDown1" 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.....   Quicktime Movie (320 x 240)   4/8/93
   - 150K - 10 seconds
   - Sosumi beep for each second

   Two Files:
     CountDown1 - Numbers are Future Font with Zig Zag Effect.
     CountDown2 - Numbers are Future Font

Have FUN!                                Marcus Wilhoit
([e-mail])


Marcus Wilhoit                                           [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/art/qt/countdown.hqx; 70K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 14:53:48 GMT
From: Adrian Herzog <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Gallery 3.0 (solitaire card game)

Gallery is a classical solitaire card game with following
particularities:

- Comparison of your score with the result of a "non-strategy" (i.e.
  doing all legal moves in random order): Because of the great amount
  of unpredictable situations even a good player looses games (about
  20%).
- Statistics: The scores are recorded and evaluated; for further
  analysis you can write them out to a text file.
- CAP: "computer aided playing" (optional). Level 1: Markers indicate
  movable cards. Level 2: Gallery does evident, unproblematic moves
  automatically for you. In most situations you have the choice from
  different movable cards (or in many situations, to wait with some moves).
  Thus, you concentrate your efforts in taking good decisions instead
  of looking for movable cards.

Changes in version 3.0: Extended CAP options, minor bug fixing,
  balloon help, preference file etc.

Gallery is free (but my children like postcards). Enjoy!

Adrian Herzog
K377212@CZHRZU1A  or  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/gallery-30.hqx; 108K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 16:44:52 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Georges M. Zwingelstein)
Subject: [*] GNU-diff-cmp-20.sit.hqx: GNU diff and cmp 2.0 standalone

This is the port of the GNU diff and cmp 2.0 as standalone application
to the Mac with THINK C 5.0.4. It uses the THINK C console and command
line interface. I helped myself by using some of the changes in the port
to MPW and I tried to combine them with my own changes for THINK C. I
had to implement the stat.h and dirent.h functionality because they are
not part of the THINK C ANSI or Unix libraries. Other changes were
parameter type casting due to a bug in THINK C. THINK C doesn't
automatically cast pointer of pointer to const pointer of pointer (e.g.,
char ** to const char **), although it works with pointer of pointer to
pointer of const pointer or pointer to const pointer casting.

                       Georges M. Zwingelstein

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/util/gnu-diff.hqx; 121K]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 15:38:33 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jay L. Cross)
Subject: [*] GrayChicago font for HyperCard

GrayChicago is a 12 point bitmapped (NOT TT or Type 1) font
similar to the Chicago that is included with the Macintosh, but
instead of solid black characters, it uses a gray "desktop" fill
pattern.  This font can be installed in your System or in your
HyperCard application, and can be used to make HyperCard buttons
that look and act like "real" buttons; that is, they can appear
to be disabled ("grayed-out") when appropriate.  This is much
simpler to implement than making painted copies of buttons and
manually filling each character of the copy with the gray pat-
ern.  Complete instructions and sample scripts are included.
Stuffit archive includes the stack with the font installed, and
a separate font suitcase file (less than 4K).  This version 1.2
adds system 7.x installation info to the stack and updates
the author's Email address.  The stack now requires HC version
2.x.  No change to the font.  If you have version 1.0 or 1.1,
you've got this font.  Free.

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/font/gray-chicago.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 00:50:42 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Charles G. Williams)
Subject: [*] greyChicago.hqx

Hi!

HereUs the infamous greyChicago font, I found it on some
obscure internet site that I canUt access any longer.  Note,
I am not the author; just someone who spent a lot of time
searching for it and thought it might come in handy to
another HyperCard programmmer.

Ciao,

Chuck

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--
Chuck Williams ==> CS Intern ==> Pacific Northwest Laboratories

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 10:49:13 +0100
From: Henry S Bloomfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Handwriting font (v 2.0)

[Note to Moderators: Please can you remove the old version of this font
info-mac/font/handwriting.hqx - Thanks]


This is the second release of my font "Handwriting".

This font was generated from tidied-up traced scans of my handwriting, and,
when printed out doesn't look too unlike real writing.

This release of the font is a major advance on the last release - it now
contains 211 characters, and is almost a 'complete' font.

This archive contains Postscript type 1 and TrueType versions.

The font "Handwriting" is "milk-of-human-kindnessware" (OK - if you
*really* want to you can send me a postcard, or give me a job or
something...). It is free to be used without permission in any
noncommercial or unpublished work - permission for any other usage must
sought from me. It may be distributed freely, so long as the file
"Handwriting README" remains unaltered, and is distributed with it. The
font "Handwriting" is (c) 1993 Henry Bloomfield.

Henry Bloomfield


--
  HCI Group, CS Dept.                    Phone: [phone]
  Queen Mary and Westfield College         Fax: [phone]
  University of London
  Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

[Archived as /info-mac/font/handwriting.hqx; 224K]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 19:35:47 -0400
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] IconFamilyMaker23.cpt.hqx

This is a Compact Pro archive containing version 2.3 of the program
Icon Family Maker.  This program will create an icon family (icl8,
ics8, icl4, ics4, ICN#, ics#), cicn, and PICT resource from icl8,
cicn, and PICT resources.  This version adds PICT resource -> icon
family conversion and fixes the printing bug introduced in version
2.2.  Freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/util/icon-family-maker-23.hqx; 121K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 10:36:53 -0600
From: Brian Powell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] imagic-9d65.hqx

NOTE TO MODERATORS!!!
 --------------------
    I am resubmitting this archive to you because the version the archive
    you currently have inadvertently includes some of the ANSI code
    distributed with THINK C 5.0, which is not supposed to be
    redistributed.  Please replace the current archive you have with this
    one.

    Thank you.

 ---------------- CUT HERE --------------


Imagic .9d65.01

    Imagic is an image processing software developed at the University
of Colorado at Boulder, by the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research.
It was originally written by Dr. Charles L. Norris (while working on his
PHD) and has since been handed over to me.  Look for a brand new version
around Summer '93 written in C++ with layers, quicktime, apple script and
events, and much much more.


    Imagic is a full-featured image processing package that includes:
full 8-bit painting, enhancement, color table editing, filters, 3-d image
creations, animation, batch jobs, and much more.  The biggest feature of
Imagic, is that you can write external functions, much like XCMDS for
Hypercard to use for any image processing task.  You can write your own
filters, channel additions, etc.  Includes all the libraries, documentation,
and sample source to get you going.  It is currently used and distributed
by the wonderful folks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.

    It is a self-extracting archive.

--Brian Powell
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/imagic-9d65.hqx; 455K]

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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 10:35:55 PDT
From: Kevin Savetz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Maelstrom-sounds-1.sit.hqx

Hello, world.
Included is an alternate set of sounds for the shareware game Maelstrom. They
replace the usual game sounds, giving the whole Maelstrom exierience a new
twist. Or whatever. It includes recognizable bits from Laurie Anderson, George
Bush, Simon & Garfunkel and Lemmings; unrecognizable bits from Art of Noise,
Negativland and lots of other random places.

How to use the sounds:
1) Unpack the archive. Read the readme.
2) In your old Maelstrom directory, rename the file "Maelstrom Sounds" to
something like "Maelstrom Sounds (old)"
3) Move the new sound file into the Maelstrom directory.
4) Play.

I am not affiliated in any way with Andrew Welch/Ambrosia.
The sounds are free. I do urge you to pay the shareware fee for Maelstrom,
however.

I can be reached on the Internet at "[e-mail]" or on America
Online as "savetz" If there is positive reaction, I might make other sound
files for Maelstrom - more themed, probably.

<-begin file->

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/sound/maelstrom-sounds.hqx; 499K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 19:00:20 -0700
From: Jesse Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MovieMaker 1.3 -- PICTs to Movie program

   MovieMaker 1.3 allows you to convert a sequence of PICT files
into QuickTime movies. It has a nice interface, includes balloon
help, lets you use a custom color palette, and allows you to add a
sound track. Requires System 7.

Version 1.3 Changes:
    %JImproved the way colors are handled.
    % Replacing a previously saved movie works correctly.
    % Added a better folder selection dialog.
    % Added a cool color icon from Ian Chai.
    % Added a cash register sound when a movie succesfully saves.
    % MovieMaker checks to see if the machine supports color before
      displaying the color splash screen. (The previous version did its
      checks after displaying the splash screen).


[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/app/movie-maker-13.hqx; 194K]

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 93 20:36:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] ( )
Subject: [*] NameViewer v2.71

Looks like the archie server at Rutgers is not as thorough
as some.  As was pointed out to me NameViewer is available
at a number of locations.  I am now posting it here.
Below is the original poster's text
++++++++++++++++++
Here is an init which was written by someone I know very well,
my dad. It allows the user to view the full name of the file
in an open or save dialog by either the use of a hot key or by
putting up a small status line at the bottom of the dialog which
shows you not only the name but also the type, creator, size,
and other exciting things you might want to know. It is fully

cutomizable through a control panel interface and works with all
the Macs. (Don't know about the Quadra's or Powerbooks yet,
sorry!) The program is shareware, so please help support my dear
old dad!!

# Mike Shields                   | REPLY TO ->
# Research Assistant             | [e-mail]


---

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/name-view-271.hqx; 92K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 00:44:57 -0400
From: Kent Anthony Behrends <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] New file: MacVCR+.sea.hqx

Hello *:

I have attached an application (MacVCR+) that encodes and decodes VCR+ codes.
The encode.c and decode.c (included) came off the net a few weeks ago, I just
wrapped it in a Macintosh interface. The interface code call the AppMaker
libraries so I have not included that code (although if you have AppMaker you
can generate the code from the resources ;-). If anyone wants the sources for
the UI, please drop me a line and I'll include them in the next release.

EMail-ware, if you have any comments, please EMail a message.

---Kent-(- Behrends
BEHR Consulting
DECUS PC-SIG Macintosh Working Group Chair
[e-mail]

MacVCR+.sea.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/util/mac-vcr-plus.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 14:06:13 EDT
From: Roby Sherman <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PowerLaunch 1.6

Enclosed is PowerLaunch 1.6.

Changes from previous version :

1.6 - PowerLaunch's window can be configured so that it a> Brings itself
to the front when the cursor tracks over it. b> sends itself away when
the cursor leaves its window frame.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/power-launch-16.hqx; 181K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 10:55:59 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Scott Bronson)
Subject: [*] QuickLoc corrected submission: changed one line in the doc file

AUTHOR: Scott Bronson ([e-mail], [e-mail])
DISTRIBUTION: Free!  Share it with everyone.
COMPATIBILITY: Works fine under all System 7.
SIZE: tiny!  Only 378 bytes of memory and 1,262 bytes of disk space.

QuickLoc is a goofy little utility that, once you get used to it, is
hard to live without.  It simply opens all selected folders whenever the
user hits the return key and closes the frontmost window when the user
hits the delete key.  File names can still be edited by hitting the
enter key (on the keypad).

This INIT has been beta-tested for four months now, and no
incompatibilities or conflicts have reared their ugly heads.  If you
notice any, contact me at the E-mail addresses above and I'll offer what
support I can.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/quick-loc.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 11:24:39 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Scott Bronson)
Subject: [*] TEFix 1.0 Submission

TEFix fixes a cosmetic bug in TextEdit.  Source code is included.

To see the type of bug that TEFix fixes, open a new, untitled document using
TeachText and type three lines of unbroken dashes.  Use the mouse to place the
insertion point on the second line, then use the left arrow to back up to the
first line.  Notice how the insertion point skips the last character on the
first line?  That's one of the bugs that TEFix corrects.

TEFix cannot conflict with other extensions as long as it is loaded first.
For the memory-conscious, TEFix takes up 448 bytes of system heap space.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/te-fix.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 22:50:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#173/19-Apr-93

TidBITS#173/19-Apr-93

 This issue of TidBITS brings an encore to our popular issue #104,
   which focussed on System 7. This time we have a bunch more
   System 7 frequently asked questions and answers, along with an
   editorial on the virtues of the now-obsolete Quadra 700, a
   report on a nasty and long-standing bug in the Hierarchical
   Filing System, neat tricks with internal CD-ROM drives, and a
   passel of MailBITS, including one especially for PowerBook
   100 and Duo owners.

Topics:
    MailBITS/19-Apr-93
    CD Funkiness
    HFS Infestation
    Apple's 16-bit Solution
    System 7 FAQ
    Reviews/19-Apr-93

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-173.etx; 29K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 3:54:46 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Louis Paul Adams)
Subject: [*] Tidy It Up! 1.0 (for system 6)

This is Tidy It Up! for System 6.  See my message re: the system 7 version
for a detailed description, but in short, this utility arranges the files and
folders in your system folder into groups of similar files.  It's easy to
use and very flexible in how the category 'rules' can be defined.  Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac//e/backmod/ar/util/tidy-it-up-10.hqx; 71K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 3:50:51 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Louis Paul Adams)
Subject: [*] Tidy It Up! II 1.0 (for system 7)

I registered Tidy It Up a long time ago and was very happy with it...until
System 7 came along and it stopped working.  A couple days ago I got the
following in my snail-mail box all the way from Belgium.  Talk about customer
service!  Way to go Guy Fiems!  :)

Tidy It Up! II is a handy little utility to help organize your system folder.
It will arrange the folders/files in your current system folder by categories
according to type, creator, and name.  It is VERY flexible in letting you set
up its' "rules" however you like, but the default configuration will likely
suffice for most users.  It will optionally create little dummy files to
label each category.  My system folder looks something like this:

System Files     32-bit enabler    Finder     System

Apple Folders     Apple menu items      Control panels     Extensions
          Fonts                 Preferences        Startup items

Extensions Mgr   <disabled versions of the above>


Anyhow, you get the idea.  You can have similarly have it sort the Apple
Foldersfor you.  The program is safe to use since it's not patching anything,
just
moving icons around.  Have fun!

[Archived as /info-mac/util/tidy-it-up-2-10.hqx; 345K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 21:49 CST
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: "Hot-rodding" a IIsi: 25 MHz works, 32 MHz doesn't

After reading Ralph Durtschi's article "33MHz MacIISi Seems To Work!" in
infomacv11-068 and Ric Ford's column in MacWEEK 040593 I tried it myself. I
successfully unsoldered my IIsi's 40 MHz master clock crystal and put a chip
socket in its place. Now there's a 50 MHz crystal in the socket. So my IIsi
runs
at 25 MHz. I have not had any problems with this speed.

As of today I have a 64 MHz crystal. When I put that crystal into the socket
the
computer seems to start up fine except that the display stays black. This
happens regardless of whether I attach the monitor cable to the Color Pivot/LE
video board that's in my PD slot or whether I hook it up to the motherboard's
video output jack. All the while the hard drive does its usual spinning as
though it was booting up properly. Of course one way to verify that that's
true
is to run the computer at 32 MHz and try to mount its hard drive over the
network. So far I haven't tried that because I don't have the heat sinks that
Ralph strongly recommends for running the computer that fast. So I only keep
the
computer running for a very short time.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could do to make the video
work?

Dominik ([e-mail])

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 13:30:45 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) Address of Authors of Expressionist.

Does anyone have current information regarding the authors of
Expressionist. This program lets's you build up complex eqations and
formulea and then save them as PICT files.

The only address that I have is from a very old version of the program
which a friend of mine had.

Alan Bonadio Associates
814 Castro Street # 60
San Francisco, CA 94114

Phone [phone].

Is this address still valid? Does anyone have an email for them? Does
anyone know how much Expressionist costs?

Thanks in Advance.

Peter Hardman

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 10:40:16 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: .AU to SND -- Programs that do it (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Can someone tell me what program I need to convert Sun soundfiles (.au)
>to Mac format?

Recently, a uuencoded binary for SUNs was posted to alt.internet.talk-radio.
It's name is "au2mac".
Unfortunately, no source was available.

You should transfer the converted files to your Mac in binary (NOT MacBinary)
mode and extract the sounds using SoundExtractor.
Then you should have your sound file.

I haven't tried this yet as I do not have SoundExtractor.
Hope it works for you.

Sven :)

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 9:35:52 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: .AU to SND -- Programs that do it (Q)

Brad Ackerman <[e-mail]>, writes:
>Can someone tell me what program I need to convert Sun soundfiles (.au)
>to Mac format?

Get thee to the Info-Mac archives and grab:
-r     4946 Apr  6 1992 ./unix/sun-audio-mac.txt
-r    34841 Apr 21 1992 ./unix/sun-audio-mac.uu
-r    26473 Jun 15 1992 ./sound/program/sun-ulaw-to-mac.hqx

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 09:04:35 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: A/UX 3.0

We had some questions concerning our recent info-mac posting.
Below is some additional information.......

As a followup to the question we asked on A/UX 3.0 and
getting a news feed going,we wanted to add the following
bits of information.

We are using a IIci with a fresh re-installation of A/UX
3.0.  We have dedicated 300 megs to a slice at /usr/spool/news
for the articles.  The rest of the controll and expiring
utilities have been given a slice with 100 megs available.

We have had limited sucess getting NNTP 1.5.9 found on
afsg.apple.com to compile and run.  We have found NNTPlink
but have had no success at getting it to compile. (errors
too numerous to mention)

We have compiled the most recent release of c-news but
have had little luck with running it.  It will run for
two or three days and then quit.  We will expire articles and
trim the log files.  It will still stall.

We want this thing to work but have had no luck getting there.
Any help would be grately appreciated.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 23:02 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: A comment about Info-Mac (R)

In Info-Mac #83 [e-mail] (Jim Gundlach) says in regards to
a seeming paucity of answers to digest questions:
>I believe the problem is not that Info-Mac has grown to much or that those
>of us who subscribe are all a bunch of greedy self-serving republicans.

Heck, even us greedy, self-serving Republicans answer a question every now
and again. I must have answered 1 or 2 last year alone. BTW, Jim forgot
impolite

and humorless.

-- glenn howes ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 22:15:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Korver)
Subject: A comment about Info-Mac (R)

>  2.  The introduction to the net should ask novices to down load the FAQ
> files to try out the down loading instructions.

Why not include the the FAQ _in_ the introduction people get to the
listserv when they first subscribe?

Brian Korver
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 01:57:42 PDT
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
Subject: ATM 2.0.3 with System 7 (A)

>I recall that there was a patch or a little application that would fix
>System 7 so that ATM 2.0.3 would find the Fonts folder. Would someone
>please tell me where to find the patch or give me the application name so
>I can retrieve it? I ARCHIEd "atm" and "adobe" and came up with lots of
>font stuff, but no fixer.

It's the other way around. The patch fixes ATM 2.0.3 so it will work with
System 7.1. The patch is called ATM Fixer and came with the package
"System 7 Pack", however I'm not sure if it's included with the latest
release. The latest version is available from sumex.stanford.edu in
info-mac/util/system-seven-pack-33.hqx.

You can also use ATM 3.0 or 3.5 (SuperATM). Both recognize the Fonts
folder. ATM 2.0.3 uses the least amount of RAM though.

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 18:03:27 CEST
From: Vittorio Dell'Aiuto <[e-mail]>
Subject: Backsplash/Gates: No Mas! ()

>Folks, I fear I must cut off the offers to share the ZMAC
>files "Gates Does Windows" and "Backsplash" with y'all. It
>has been a couple weeks, and I really need the disk space
>for the day job.
>
>Please, no more requests. Thanks for your understanding.

Since Al Bloom is overloaded with the requests about this
couple of files, is there anyone that received Backsplash
>From him that could "forward" Al's kindness and send the
file to me? :-)

Thanks a lotinadvance!

Vittorio Dell'Aiuto   ***   [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 09:29:32 EDT
From: Mark A. Saper <[e-mail]>
Subject: Centris 650 & SuperMac 21" Platinum monitor

I thought I would warn anyone planning on using the new Mac (Centris & Quadra
800) internal video with a Supermac 21" Platinum monitor.  There is apparently
an incompatibiltiy with their Video init Version 1.5 that makes the image
off-center and distorted (and out of focus) on the left side.  Supermac is
working on Version 1.6 of the init to hopefully correct the problem but
unfortunately they said it may take a month!

They assert that all of their other monitors including large color ones
operate
correctly.

Dr. Mark A. Saper             [e-mail]
University of Michigan

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 09:05:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble)
Subject: Data compression with modems and Appletalk Remote Access (Q)

I have Appletalk Remote Access (ARA) running at 9600 bps between
a Hayes Optima 9600 on my SE/30 at home and a SupraFax V32bis on
my Quadra 700 at work.  It works fine.  I especially like the ARA
call-back feature, and the access to the entire network option.
Perfectly usable, but its not as fast as I had hoped.

It is clear (from the Supra display panel) that neither MNP5 nor
V42bis compression is used.  OK, so I heard that ARA does its own
compression.  But, I transfer a 50 Meg uncompressed Word file in
about 50 secs - thats only about 9600 bps no ?

When I dig into the ARA scripts, I find that the Supra will report
connexion only up to 9600 (indicating that modem compression is
not being used, which is expected if ARA does it).  But the Hayes
9600 script can report connexions at up to 19.2 kbps (indicating
that at least MNP5 compression might be used).

So, can ARA work with MNP5/V42bis compression or not, and if
it can, why is it apparently not in the scripts (which I do not fully
understand yet)?  I downloaded the latest versions from Sumex of
course.  (Is there an editor for these things ? - I used CanOpener)

A colleague with experience of many types of modems tells me
that he never succeeded in using compression between modems
>From different manufacturers.  Anybody care to refute this ?
Anyone used ARA to establish terminal connexions to other
(Unix) computers using eg Versaterm Pro and the Comm toolbox?

Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 10:54:02 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: desktop pattern

[e-mail] writes:

>Is it possible to place a scanned image on the desktop instead of the boring
>desktop patterns.
>Is there a public domain utility or do you name it something
>special as in StartupScreen

FAAAQ!

One word:  DeskPict !
Available on sumex.

Sven :)

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 15:30:16 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Guy LOUIS)
Subject: desktop pattern (R)

>From: [e-mail] (Tony Minenna)

>I hope I am doing this correctly, oh well here goes.
>Is it possible to place a scanned image on the desktop instead of the boring
>ktop patterns. Is there a public domain utility or do you name it something
>special as in StartupScreen
>I'd appreciate a reply. by Tony M

Use "Randomizer" to randomize desktop PICTS and "Deskpict" to display the
PICTS.

You can find them at sumex.

Guy

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 22:49:36 PDT
From: Brian R. Gaeke <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk error copying a file (R)

>>>>>>>>>>
While copying a large number of files from an old hard drive to
a new hard drive the following dialog box appeared.

    +--------------------------------------+
    |  The file "filename" couldn't be     |
    |  read and was skipped (disk error).  |
    |                                      |
    |                    Cancel  Continue  |
    +--------------------------------------+

I selected the Continue button and let the Finder complete the
copy operation.

Moving the problem file to another folder on the same (old) disk
does not cause the above dialog box to appear. If the file is
copied using the Duplicate command the duplicate file can be
copied to another disk without any problems.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing this disk error?

Stephen Kawalko <[e-mail]>
<<<<<<<<<<

This file is probably sitting on top of a bad sector. It lets you move it from
folder to folder because that's just changing the directory tree, not the
file's location on the disk.

Recommendation: Unless you can get a utility like Norton or MacTools to get it
un-stuck, then this file's probably toast. Serve with butter and/or jelly.

Brian Gaeke, The Dimensional Gate Company   Internet E-Mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 23:09:44 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Educational Software for disabled children [Q]

On AppleLink and America Online, Apple has a database of products for the
disabled. On AppleLink it is "Disability Solutions" and on America Online
is it something similar. If you can get access to either ALink or AOL, that
database would probably contain mention of several software packages to
deal with motoric problems.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 23:09:58 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernet Questions (A)

I'm thinking a 10baseT system. I'm happy with the Asante cards we have
at the office. Looking at MacWarehouse, I can get the Nubus cards for
some $160 each and a minihub for $249. Am I OK so far?

>Sounds OK so far.

One of my concerns is wire length. The RJ45 wires that came with our
Asante cards at the office are a tad short for running between my Mac
and Leslye's in the next room. The usual mail order suspects don't even
mention cables. Inmac has cables. It looks like level three is the way to
go, but what is the difference between 2-pair and 4-pair cables? Is a
multi-strand cable better than solid? Doesn't mean boo to me.

>The distance limit is 100 meters using 4 pair, 24 gauge unshielded twisted
pair cable. Solid is better than twisted for several reasons; better
mechanical connections, the stuff was designed to work on solid, not stranded.
Even though it just uses 2 of the 4 pairs, get four pair because the other two
pairs provide physical separation between the transmit and receive pairs. Get
RJ45 wall jacks and run this cable from wall jack back to the hub. Use the
cable that comes with the card the same way you would use a phone cable that
comes with a phone, from device to the wall.

Then we get to the printers. Both are localtalk devices. I could spend
like $150 for Sonic's LaserBridge software solution, but I suspect there
is a better solution for not too much more money. Dayna's EtherPrint 2.0
connects two localtalk printers to ethernet for a tad over $300. And does
not need a host Mac fired up. Sounds like just what I need. Am I right?

>I would go with the hardware solution so that your printer does not depend
upon some other Mac being powered on.

>Shameless plug: I have a PowerSwitch LT on the LaserWriter that lives under
my bed. When I print to the Laser, the PowerSwitch powers it on. If I don't
print again after the timeout time, it powers it off. I really like being in
one part of the house and being able to print without having to go power on
the LaserWriter. I also appreciate that it powers the LaserWriter off after a
period of no use (I have mine set to 30 minutes) since the LaserWriter is a
big power hog (lights dim when the thing cycles the fuser). As mentioned
before, I helped design the PowerSwitch and I used to work there. Radiant
makes the thing and is reachable at 415-296-8040. End of shameless plug.<

>You shouldn't have too much difficulty with installing your ethernet. Just
follow the instructions and take your time and test everything. Once you get
it all up and running you'll love it.


Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 02:18:12 PDT
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help With Partioning and Locking Volumes (A)

>I am running a small Macintosh Lab short handly
>and I need some help with managing the hardware
>I need to partion a 40mega Quantum drive into
>two seperate volumes and then lock one of the
>volumes so that it is only read only.

SilverLining from La Cie will do the trick.

Note that if you intend to lock the boot volume, you will need to have the
System Folder load into a RAM disk to allow all Mac functions to work
properly. You can get away with running the System Folder from a locked
volume only if the machine has a narrow, limited purpose (e.g. a file
transfer machine) because functions such as the Chooser and Scrapbook will
not work on a locked volume.

If you go the RAM disk approach, you need RAMDisk+ (it will auto-load and
switch to the System on the ramdisk) and Carpetbag (so that you can keep
fonts on the locked volume to allow a small System Folder). Of course,
using a RAM disk means you've got to have lots of RAM. I'm using a 1216K
RAM disk on 4MB Mac Plus computers running System 6.0.8. This leaves
200-300K free on the RAM disk for clipboard space, etc.

You may also want a scratch volume for lab users to store files
temporarily. In which case, you'll need something to prevent changing that
volume's name and clearing the volume at startup (with a user-selectable
cancel) or a file deleting process based on age and available space.

It all gets very tricky. I got it working well for a lab of 15 machines
running System 6.0.8, but I don't think it would be so easy with System 7.
Even then, I probably spent about 100 hours of research, testing, and
configuring to get it right (no exageration). I sure hope the next lab I
do can be set up for remote booting (just a matter of money).

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

Date: 20 Apr 1993 11:43:31 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to read files with cpt

     How to read files with cpt suffix (A)
E=MC^2 <[e-mail]> asks:

>If I am using TurboGopher, how can I read files received with a .cpt suffix?
>Is there an additional application I can get out of sumex/aim that bin/hex's
>directly into a file that reads .cpt compacted files? Thank you.

The .cpt suffix is an archive compressed using Compract Pro, which you can
find
at sumex:  info-mac/util/compact-pro-133.hqx.  You can also use
info-mac/util/stuffit-expander-301.hqx to uncompress .cpt files.


Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 23:10:41 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)

>We have about 1500 megabytes of data that needs to be sent to a location
that is about 350 miles away from us. We would like to send it
electronically instead of delivering it in person.  This must be done
once per quarter (4 times per year).  What is the cheapest way? What
is the fastest way? What is the best way? Best in this case would be
defined as a very reliable way (ie little need to resend because of
an error) with a resonable compromise between speed and cost.
I ask for fastest and cheapest because I am interested in knowing the
extreme points.  I am assuming that the faster we are able to send it,
the more expensive the connection.  It is also likely this data set
could double to 3 gigs within two years.

---
If I was faced with this task, I would get a CD ROM WORM drive and make a
couple of CD ROMs with the data and send it overnight via Federal Express.
I forget who said it but it was something like "never underestimate the
bandwidth of a 747 flying cross country filled with CD ROMs."

The other option would be to get a gigabyte (or is that gigglebite) tape
drive for both locations and ship a tape ... overnight via Federal Express.

There is a time and a place for electronic data transfer and this does not
sound like one of those.

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: 19 Apr 1993 22:00:00 -0400
From: Whitman Regional High School 617-447-7020 <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP Deskjet printer driver for Mac LC II

Hello All:

A friend of mine has recently acquired a Mac Performa 400 and was given an HP
Deskjet. What he needs now is a printer dirver to operate it. Can anyone help
with a source for the printer driver or any other possible solution??

Thanks in advance.

Mark Stephansky
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 22:54:41 PDT
From: Brian R. Gaeke <[e-mail]>
Subject: Icons for harddrives in 7.1 free how (A)

>>>>>>>>>>
   System 7 allows you to copy icon from one infobox to another. I want to
copy from resedit but can't. What's the trick?
<<<<<<<<<<

Open the icon in ResEdit's Icon Editor, then use the selector tool to select
the whole bitmap. Do 'copy', switch to the finder, get info on your target,
then 'paste'... voila`...

Brian Gaeke, The Dimensional Gate Company   Internet E-Mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 9:27 BST
From: Richard Lim <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIci memory capacity

Remember that Apple is incredibly conservative with SIMMs (and maybe other
things too) and doesn't discuss the possibility of using 8 or 16 Mb SIMMs
(I don't include the "new" 72 pin ones here).

Hence if you go by Apple's standards, the largest SIMM which works is a
4 Mb SIMM and hence the IIci only can accept 32 Mb of RAM, the Quadra 700
20 Mb.  Needless to say these are not hardware limitations.

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 12:21:10 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: IIg Connecting Problem [A]

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:
>Hi netters,
>       We just got a new IIg and would like to connect it
>to our Macs, PCs and workstations. All of the PCs and
>workstations are on the ethernet. So we're thinking if we
>could connect them together via Ethernet. Some told me that
>the ethernet port on the IIg is for Macs use only, it does
>not follow (or support) TCP/IP. Is this true? We need some
>information about this from someone who really connects IIg
>to Macs, PCs and workstations at the same time, especially
>via Ethernet. Thanx in advance :-)
>
>Mack.

I share my office (and my Mac) with two people using PCs but our printer is
a IIg. I print directly to it and my colleagues print to it via a
NetWare>print queue. This works perfectly. It does however require a
NetWare server>somewhere to handle the print queue though. We are able to
use the
departmental NetWare server for that.

We have also tried and successfully used PhoneNET PC from Farallon which
implements AppleTalk (both LoclTalk and EtherTalk) on PCs. The new version
even supports Windows and comes with a Chooser. It also allows PCs to mount
AppleShare volumes including volumes shared using System 7 file sharing.

I'm afraid I can't comment on the question about whether the
printer>supports anything other than AppleTalk over the Ethernet because
the
methods we use to print to it do use AppleTalk (either directly from a Mac
or NeXT machine or by using the NetWare AppleTalk  print server)

I hope this helps. If you want more specifics you can mail me directly.

Cheers

Duncan Lennox
Computer Science, UCD, IRELAND

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 09:56:43 -0700
From: [e-mail] (John Jack Repenning)
Subject: IIsi power LED flickering? (A)

As it turns out, the IIsi power LED flickers for exactly the same
reason the sound cuts out: they're both connected by the same row of
spring-finger contacts, and they both become intermittant after a
while.

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:52:22 LCL
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #81

I hae an original Apple Scanner that was upgraded with an Abaton board
to an 8-bit gray scale scanner.  The Abaton scanner drivers, disk
accessory, and plug-ins seem to have varying degrees of incompatibility
with System 7.0 with Tuneup 1.1.1.  These drivers were prepared in
November 1991, and appear to be version 1.02.  does anyone have access to
more recent drivers, etc. and/or the phone number or address for tech
support for Abaton scanners?

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:49 MET
From: MARC CLEIREN <[e-mail]>
Subject: I want a capslock key that talks to me!

Dear friends,

I am in need of a very small, and probably simply implementable function
that is lacking in the use of my PB100.

Frequently, when typing text, I look up from my fingers
on the keyboard to the screen (yep I can't type blindly), I find out
that I have accidently hit the capslock key instead of the shift key.
Consequence: EVERYTHING AFTER THAT APPEARS IN CAPS, AND HAS TO BE
UNDONE, an annoying time consuming action. Selecting the text and
changing it back to normal undercase with the nice, but not optimal
little ball gets on my nerves. Since Apple in their wisdom decided that
it was better (read cheaper) that the feel for all keys is the same, so
no clicks or resistance when you push capslock, I wonder if anyone has
come up with a solution to avoid this.

A nice solution: the capslock key screams when it is touched (a simple
beep may also do it). That way, at least you get some feedback on what
you do.

My question: is there any FKEY or something like that available in
share or freeware that does this? My nonexistant knowledge of
programming limits the realization of creating it myself.

(by the way: what about each key having its letter attached to it in
speach, so that your computer talks back to you what you type? Must be
useful for some people (like those with a broken PB170 screen))

Thank you for your attention and response,

Greetings,  Marc

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 10:46:20 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: LC III and System Software

Rick Lakin writes:

>       The problem that I encountered occurred when I attempted to modify
> a texture installed using Desktop Textures III.  The program caused the
> computer to crash and corrupted the System file preventing the LC to start
> up.  I attempted to startup using an existing system 7.1 on a Syquest
> cartridge.   The machine replied by saying that I needed a system newer
> than 7.1.  It appears that the LCIII requires a harware enabler and will
> not start from a vanilla System 7.1.

    Not a hardware enabler. It requires a system enabler just like all
of the new machines do. You either need a 7.1 startup disk with the
correct enabler or the Install Me First LCIII disk from the system set.

> As I troubleshot further I found that Apple no longer ships the System
> software disks.  When did this policy start?

    It hasn't started. The only machine I have ever seen without a set
of system disks is my Q800 and that is because it has a CD-ROM drive and
Apple ships a special start-up CD that has all of the current 7.1 disk
images on it.

> We ordered these machines directly from Apple as an Educational customer
> and there was no System Software included.  The only option short of
> going to a dealer was to return to school and copy a system folder from
> one of the other LCIII's.  I have dealt with Apple Computer since 1980
> and they have always shipped the system disks with the computer.  I hope
> that this is not a thing of the past.

    I don't know what to tell you. The LCIII that I purchased for my
office came with a full set of system disks, and was an educational
purchase just like yours. In fact I'm looking at the disks right now.
All of the machines that I have purchased in the last 2 years, from
Dartmouth, have come with a set of system disks, and these have ranged
>From Classic IIs to Powerbooks to a Quadra 950.

>       It looks like a new era of buyer beware with the new Apple.

    Don't jump to conclusions. As far as I know the only Macs that don't
come with system disks are the Performas. All other Macs come with
system disks, or possibly a system CD if you have a CD-ROM drive.

-Hades

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 09:26:12 PDT
From: [e-mail]  (Omy Ronquillo)
Subject: MACINTAX and ChipSoft

I just heard through a reliable source that ChipSoft has bought out
the company that makes TAXCUT.

So maybe with this merge, we can have a better TAX software next year.

Omy

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 21:50:41 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacInTax Yet Again (C)

I too experienced big problems with MacInTax while doing my taxes. It
probably crashed around 8 times while doing my taxes and I specifically
started up with extensions off to avoid wierdness. I think it did my taxes
OK and did not lose information and I will use it again next year because
it is way better than doing it by hand but, they need to at least stop the
wierdness. The tax laws change each year but I imagine the underlying
engine remains fairly constant.

As an aside, I sure did like using the 1040-PC form to mail to the IRS. I
also got a kick out of the look on my loan officer's face when she asked
for a copy of my federal tax returns I gave her the 1040-PC. Priceless.
:-)

Kee
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 20:33:50 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Math in About this Macintosh doesn't work out..

By doing an About this Mac. from the Finder, it will give you a display of
current RAM, but the Math doesn't work out right.

Currently I am running on a IIci with 5 megs RAM but with 12 megs set with
V.M.
I am running ZTerm, Calculator, and obviously Finder.

It shows 12288K total available as ram Built in as 5120K total available as
6749K
Finder is taking 2915K
ZTerm is taking 450K
and Calculator is taking 20K

These are the only programs running.  Some quick math..
Total memory-(Finder memory+Zterm memory+Calculator memory)=available mem.
12288       -(2915         +450         +20)               =8903K
but it says it only has 6749K available.  That's 2,154K that isn't accounted
for!!  Where did it go?  I know that to access more than 13megs I need 32bit
addressing on, but I didn't think it mattered for 12megs.

Note:  Where I say Finder above, it says System Software.

If anyone can enlighten me as to why this is happening, I would be very
appreciative.

        Aric Friesen

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

Date: 20 Apr 1993 10:04:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Michael W. Wheeler" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MCVERT needs some minor mods for VAX/VMS

Any C guru's out there that would be willing to update mcvert so that
it will be portable to VMS? It doesn't build properly for VAX/VMS.
There used to be a VMS or was it VAX directory on info-mac years ago
but it got killed somewhere down the road. Don't ask me why because I
have no idea.

I'm not really a C programmer although I do dabble around in it a
little. We use the VAX C compiler. I'm not sure if installing the
posix v1.1 kit would help but the sysmgr doesn't want to do that now.
I think he's waiting for the next release for some reason or another.
(Digital also offers a DEC C compiler but from what I've been able to
find out it wouldn't make much difference.)

The code for VMS can be placed in "#ifdef VAX/VMS" to isolate it.
I have been able to build it after messaging the code somewhat
but it still has problems. I only use it to convert .HQX files
to .BIN files. The problems that exist are as follows:

    1. mcvert reports that it is writting too many bytes. This
       usually only happens when the .hqx file is a .sea or an
       application instead of just a plain compress .sit or .cpt
       file.

    2. The date on the downloaded .sea (which is really an app)
       is way way off ~50 years or so. I haven't tried to pinpoint
       by how much it's off.

    3. The .sea won't launch usually saying that it needs a gigabyte
       or so of RAM to run.

    4. The archive in the .sea is still intact an can be successfully
       extracted by firing up StuffIt Lite or Compact Pro. Of course
       if it was an uncompressed app I'm out of luck.

Here are the changes that I've made to mcvert to get it to build using
VAX C (version 3.2 if anyone cares to know) on our VAX/VMS system.
(VMS version 5.5-2 if anyone cares to know that).

Changes to mactypes.h:
    1. VAX C doesn't have a dir.h file so I put in the following ifdef
       #ifdef VAX/VMS
       #define DIRSIZ 39 /* Maximum filename or extension size for VMS */
       #else
       #include <sys/dir.h>
       #endif

    2. VMS also doesn't have a sys directory. All .h files are in the
       sys$library directory. I usually just define the logical name
       sys to point to sys$library instead of putting in ifdefs for
       every include from the sys directory. Although to make it
       generic and easy to build for everyone it should be ifdef'ed
       like:
       #ifdef VAX/VMS
       #include <whatever.h>
       #else
       #include <sys/whatever.h>
       #endif
       for every ocurence of an include from the sys directory.

    3. The Makefile doesn't work under VMS which really isn't that
       big a deal I guess except for I have to figure out what flags
       to define for the preprocessor.

    4. I'm not sure if TIMEVAL should be defined or not. I've been
       building it without it defined since if I define it the
       preprocessor will try to include param.h which VAX C doesn't
       have either. I'm not sure what it is from param.h that mcvert
       needs or I might be able to define that myself based on my
       knowledge of VMS. This may be responsible for the bad time
       values but I kind of think it's the byteorder stuff.

    5. I've been defining NOBYTEORDER because if I don't when I
       try to link mcvert the ntohl and htonl routines are undefined
       symbol references because VAX C doesn't have those routines.
       Also there is no netinet directory for .h files so I have to
       define netinet to point to sys$library which is where all the
       .h files are for VMS. I think the byteorder stuff is what is
       making the dates, .sea, and apps corrupt but I'm not sure.

    6. VAX C doen't have the bzero or bcopy routines either so I
       define NOBZEROBCOPY so that it will use memset and memcpy
       instead.


Changes to mcvert.c:
    1. The only change that I know of here is for unixify since
       unix can have characters that are illegal in VMS files names.
       #ifdef VAX/VMS
       if (c < '$' || (c > '$' & c < '0') || (c > '9' & c <'A') ||
          (c > 'Z' & c < '_') || c == '`' || c > 'z')
       #else
       if (c <= ' ' || c == '/' || c > '~')
       #endif

I don't know of any changes that are necessary to hqxify.c or unpack.c.
However, I have been known to hack a change so the .bin file receives
the same name as the .hqx file except that the .hqx extension is replace
with the .bin extension. I think this would be a good option to put in
because many times the name that it gives it will have no resemblance
to the name that is in the info-mac archives. Making it almost impossible
to figure out what files are what if you convert more than one .hqx files
before downloading them. Don't you just love those descriptive archive.sit
and upload.cpt type of names? ;-)

Thanks for any and all help. If no one has the time to make a portable
version I will be glad to if I can get help with the changes that need
to be made.

Michael W. Wheeler (Bitnet: mww@tntech) (Internet: [e-mail])
VAX/VMS Systems Support, Tennessee Technological University

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 02:01:50 edt
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Monitors 13,14,15.

Has anyone heard anything good/bad etc about Magnavox 13,14,15 inch
Monitors for the Macintosh. A friend of mine is going to be getting a
LC III and will need a monitor. Cost is a large consideration.

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 07:47:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Carol Conti-Entin)
Subject: Mousemats (A)

>...what do you use for mousemats?

I use nothing but my desk surface, which is just rough enough naturally:
it's a 2.5' x 6' piece of particle board (laid over two 2-drawer legal-size
file cabinets)--large enough to hold the IIsi, keyboard, mouse, flatbed
scanner, laser printer, and a whole lot else. I painted it with a latex
semigloss. Whenever it gets the least bit grimy, I clean it with SoftScrub
and a thorough rinse and dry. Thus, dust never has time to collect, and my
2.5-year-old mouse has stayed clean as a whistle. (Yup--I just opened it up
and checked inside--still looking like new.)

Of course, if you already have a desk and its surface doesn't work well,
my solution isn't cheap :-(   In that case, I remember reading in some Mac
periodical that a sheet of notebook paper works well and can be discarded
when dirty.  But I gather the paper surface would have to be smooth enough
not to gum up the mouse with paper fibers, yet rough enough for mousing.

--
Carol Conti-Entin      216-561-8720
2878 Chadbourne Road   Shaker Heights, OH  44120-2215
Free-Net: ag311        Internet: [e-mail]
     from CompuServe: >INTERNET: [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 23:10 PDT
From: Don Nakanishi                        <[e-mail]>
Subject: National Videotex Network

I just heard about this new online services and I thought people on the net
might be interested...

Don

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        CONTACT: Pam Maxwell
                              713-840-9777

        USERS OF 9600 BAUD BENEFIT FROM
      NVN'S COMPETITIVE PRICING STRUCTURE

National Videotex Network (NVN) -- an electronic services provider -
announces that they now support 9600 baud and will give users of this
high speed, access to all Premium services at the same low rates of
$6/hr nonprime and $9/hr primetime, currently being offered to 1200
and 2400 baud users.

"PC users can now get the speed of 9600 baud for as little as $6 an
hour," stated Bill Louden, Vice President and General Manager, NVN. "It
is our objective to provide PC users with a new online alternative
that combines top quality services with very affordable connect time
rates."

For just $5.95 per month, PC users can become a member of NVN and get
unlimited access, twenty-four hours a day, to a complete list of Basic
services including news updates from reporters across the nation,
sports services giving important highlights and game summaries,
business and financial services to keep you abreast of important
financial statistics, a complete encyclopedia and member assistance
services including a unique Account Management feature to control the
amount of time and services that family members can use. Other basic
services cover such categories as travel, shopping, lifestyles and
entertainment.

NVN also offers a variety of premium services to make their online
world even more exciting. These services, which can be accessed at just
$6/hr nonprime and $9/hr prime, include: A real-time chat line where
you select a nickname and chat anonymously with intriguing individuals
across the nation, multi-player games to challenge your survival
abilities in faraway lands, like the Island of Kesmai, and venture
beyond to distant galaxies, national and international headline news
and weather, sports updates while the games are in progress, 20 minute
delay stock quotations and other vital financial services to make
keeping track of your investments easy and many others.

NVN also features a wide collection of bulletin boards -- a meeting
ground where members with common interests meet to share knowledge, ask
questions, get ideas and mingle. Forums also offer software libraries
stocked with information on all aspects that users can download to
their own PC. Conference rooms are also available for live group
discussions and seminars. NVN's array of forums currently includes
aviation, food and wine, IBM PC/compatibles, the Macintosh, pets and
animals, politics, sports, UFO's, gardening, finance, photography,
religion, science fiction, history and many more.

The NVN Network can be easily accessed with any modem-equipped PC using
communications software. To subscribe to the Network electronically,
simply set your communications software to 1200/2400/9600 bps, 8 data
bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and full duplex (local echo). Dial
1-800-336-9092 and upon connection enter MC and press <CR>.

To obtain additional information on the Network contact our Client
Services Representatives at 1-800-336-9096.

                 #   #   #

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

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 06:44 PDT
From: "RGB Technology, Inc/703-834-1500" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Outbound vs. Powerbook??? (C)

In Vol 11, issue 83, Eric Seale writes about the Outbound portable:

> Oh, and (according to magazine review) Outbound apparently never
> bothered to get their laptops FCC certified.  So if you buy one and use
> it at home, you'll jam your neighbors' TV & radio reception; if you use
> it on a plane, you'll jam the aircraft's navigational equipment.

Just because a product is not FCC certified does not necessarily mean
that it will cause interference.  Likewise, that FCC "stamp of approval"
doesn't guarantee that the product will be interference-free.

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:42:15 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: Performa Plus Display vs Color Display (Q)

Does anyone know how the Performa Plus Display compares to the Apple Color
Display?

According to the Performa Brochure, it is 640x480 14", and delivers "extra
sharp
text and graphics". I am wondering (hoping) that it is the same monitor as
the Color Display, just in a different case.

The reason I am concerned is that the Performa Plus Display is on sale this
week at Lechmere for $399, whereas the Apple version costs $540 ($450 even
with an educational discount).

Could some people please respond soon? the sale ends saturday.

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:13:49 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Postscript Errors

I've encountered a lot of "Postscript Errors" lately on some of our
machines. When printing to a laserwriter II, printing fails and the
printmonitor says "xxx could not be printed because a postscript error
occured".

As a Mac support-person, I eventually always manage to solve this by
re-installing system software, applications, running Norton Utilities etc,
but I've never been able to pinpoint the real cause of this problem.

Could anybody tell me what the causes of these postscript error might be ?

 ----------
Karl Pottie
Macintosh Consultant for the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium

[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 11:56:19 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Seth R Trotz)
Subject: Printer on Ethernet

Hello Info-Mac people,

   I am interested in a device which would permit me to use an apple
Laserwriter over Ethernet. It is currently on an appletalk network which
is accessed by a few macs and a pc with an appletalk pc card. This requires
pc users to sneaker-net files to the pc and print directly from the pc. We
are interested in putting all of the computers on the ethernet and aallowing
everyone to print directly to the laserwriter.
   I have seend adds for a device called SprintTalk. Does anybody knwo
anything about it? Do Asante or Dayna or ... have any such devices?

         thanks in advance for your help,

            Seth Trotz
        [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 23:56:33 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Problem with SuperPaint 3.0 (Q)

I have a problem making an archival copy of SuperPaint 3.0.  My archival copy
of the installation disks containing the compressed SuperPaint 3.0 files do
not work properly in that the following error message is displayed:

An error occurred while processing SomeFile
File not found.
Error ID: -43

At this point, I have two buttons to choose from: Continue or Cancel. Choosing
either one does not produce a successful installation. The above error message
comes up during decompression of Disk 1. My original disks do not produce this
anomaly. Seeing that the problem is reproducible on several different Mac
computers, I can only suspect that there is some form of copy protection
although the manual specifically states that copy protection is not used.

Any help with this matter would be much appreciated.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 01:02:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re IIsi power LED flickering?

This is in reply to a question about intermittent sound and LED flickering
on the wonderfully designed IIsi. The problem sounds like the pressure
contacts on the motherboard which are one the bottom, left of the board are
getting corrosion. The contacts are merely pads on the motherboard which are
contacted by metallic fingers when the motherboard is in place. Over time
visible and electrically signicant corrosion occurs. You might be able to
restore function by wiggling the motherboard a bit but removing the board
and giving the contacts a proper cleaning would be more definitive.

How to take an SI apart. Usual antistatic caveats and disclaimers here.

1) Open the case and disconnect all cables and power connectors from the
back of the machine.

2) Disconnect the hard drive cable from the motherboard. Lift the HD out by
releasing the two metal clips on the side of its mount. (Spread the two apart
and left the HD straight up)

2) Disconnect the floppy drive cable from the motherboard. Remove this drive
the same way you removed the hard drive.

4) Remove the cooling fan. Do so by squeezing the middle of the left side of
the fan towards the powersupply about 1 mm. While continuting to squeeze the
fan left it with firm but less than animalistic strength straight up.

5) Remove the power supply. This is held in place by two metal clips at the
sides of is rear segment and a tab at its front. Squeeze the two rear flanges
together and release the front tab. Simultaneously pull the supply
straight up. Only moderate force should be needed on any of these components

6) Remove the motherboard. The motherboard is held in place by two tabs which
prevent it from sliding forward and several plastic overhands which keep it
>From lifting up. Spread the two plastic tabs which intercallate with the
middle of the left and right edge of the motherboard. Slide the motherboard
foward until it can clear the plastic overhangs. Lift the motherboard straight
up.

7) Clean the connector on the underside of the motherboard. Nice and black
isn't it. Use contact cleaning solution like Tweak or Gold Wipes. An eraser
and alcohol will work but removes a lot of metal.

8) Reverse the dissassembly procedure to put the machine back together.

Remember. ALWAYS FOLLOW ANTISTATIC GUIDELINES or you may have a squeaky
clean and expensive doorstop.

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Date: 20 Apr 1993 08:30:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Scanning in Greek texts (Q)

Here is my question: I have a scanner and OCR software and a stack of texts in
Greek that I would like to scan in. Is it possible to scan those texts, use
the
OCR software to turn them into documents in symbol (or other greek) fonts?

I can provide more details, if necessary, I just don't have any idea how to
begin to do this project, but it seems to me that it should be doable.

Thanks,

Creighton Rosental
Harvey Mudd College

[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 21:50:27 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Shutdown method (A)

Contact Radiant Enterprises Inc. at [e-mail] (+1
415-296-8040)and ask them about products they have for remotely shutting
down a Mac.

There are two parts to shutting down a Mac, doing a clean shutdown and
turning off peripherals. They have a product "PowerSwitch LT" that comes
with software that does a clean shutdown. The PowerSwitch can be used to
turn off the peripherals.

Kee
[e-mail]

Disclaimer: I helped design the PowerSwitch and used to work there. I am
biased and opinionated.

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:05:09 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Strange Startup Error (R)

Scott Kaplan says:

>I have been consistently getting a very strange startup error lately, and I
>was hoping someone else may have seen it and knows what it means...When I
>start
>up, the Finder comes on, the things I have in my Startup Folder are loaded,
>and I then get a alert box which reads "Privacy Startup Error: ids: 120,67340
>(Sorry, there is no descriptive message for this error/warning)."
>
>It happens every startup.  The system continues to function without any
>problem
>after that warning.  I have yet to try getting rid of my Extensions and
>Control
>Panels and Startup items (systematically, of course) to try and track it
>down..
>But if someone knows where this comes from to help my search, that would be
>nice.  (And even if I do find the source of this problem myself, it would be
>cool to know what the heck it meant.)

This is totally from left field, Scott, but there is a shareware goody out
there by the name of Privacy. Is it possible you loaded it and forgot
about it, or loaded and removed it but didn't get all of it, or something?
You might try doing a search of your disk(s) for items containing that
name. I believe Privacy is a sort of password protection system, so it
might indeed try to kick in just after boot.

This is all guesswork, as I've never used Privacy or seen the message
you describe...

                     Pat

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 17:26:10 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: translator for FullWrite (Q)

Does anyone know of the existence of a Claris XTND translator for
FullWrite Professional. The export options FW offers (MacWrite 4.5 and
text) are not quite sufficient if you want to export a file with more
than just simple text.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Geert Jan Rademaker

Utrecht University
Bijvoet Center,Mass Spectrometry
P.O. Box 80083,3508 TB  Utrecht, The Netherlands
+31.30.536794; fax:[phone]

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:37:51 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: Unmountit

> Also look
>  for a free utility from Apple called UnMountIt, which I haven't
>  seen on the Internet yet, but which was uploaded to CompuServe's
>  MACDEV libraries.

Could somebody upload this to info-mac please ?

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 14:02:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Use of Apple Modem Tool [A]

Yo fellow netters!

I have a PSI Comstation ONE faxmodem.
I've downloaded Apple Modem Tool because it contains the setup for my modem,
but I don't have the proper program which takes advantage of this extension.
I have tried White-knight. It uses the extension allright but it only
connects to other White-knight BBS'es.
Any help is much appreciated :-)

AtDhVaAnNkCsE
    M. Sidelmann (Internet: [e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 10:59:10 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word - No problem (Shock!, Horror!, Probe!)

In Digest #81 [e-mail] (Irene McAuley) writes:

>I experience the same problem with MSWord 5.0a. However, After Dark does kick
>>in on it's own after the assigned 5 minutes of idle time. After this
>automatic >'kick-in', After Dark can be activated by placing the pointer in
>the 'sleep >now' corner.

>Another annoying occurrence is that sometimes, if I try to activate After
Dark
>>with the pointer before the automatic kick-in sets in, everything freezes
and
>I >have to restart. This usually happens if Word has only been open for a
>short >time. Later on, after Word has been running for a while (I haven't
>monitored >the time period), the pointer seems to activate After Dark, even
if
>previously >it had not been activated automatically!


I'm running Word 5.1a on a IIx with a DayStar PowerCache 50, 8Mb RAM,
System 7.0.1 and enough INITs and CDEVs* to fill three-quarters of a 21"
screen at startup. These include SuperClock! 4.0.3 and Gatekeeper 1.2.7

I don't get these problems !! I feel left out! Word can really mess up my
Word for Windows files (more of that tomorrow), take up loads of RAM and
hard disk space and generally be a pain, but it won't do this!

Graham

*  err, sorry, that should be Control Panels and System Extensions - don't
want the System7Speak police after me!

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