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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 23 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 87

Today's Topics:

      [*] Apple Adjustable Keyboard Fix
      [*] Basic Black 1.1 submission
      [*] boulleys-bolo-maps
      [*] Color Toolbar
      [*] DataBase
      [*] Dynamic Math 1.0
      [*] FamilyTree.sit.hqx
      [*] Locks.hqx -- security CDEV's, system 6 only =(
      [*] Screen Play 1.2 with documentation
      [*] Sound playing utility
      [*] Suitcase 2.1.3 Updater
      [*] Type Resolve 2.0.1
      [*] ups-monitor-11.hqx
      [*] WindowShade 1.2
      Apple 40 Meg HD (A)
      Apple Modem Tool Application [Q]
      Apple still treats small colleges like sh*t
      Archival Copy of SuperPaint 3.0 (S)
      C650 CD Mounting Problem (Q)
      Carina Software E-mail?
      Check your facts (still again)
      Check your facts, please!
      Color of Mac Startup Icon
      Data compression between different manufacturer's modems
      DAYNA FILE boxes
      Disk compression
      Driver version
      Ergonomic mouse problem
      FKEY--FAQ?
      How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)
      IIg zones
      Large files over great distances (C)
      Launching invisible apps
      Logitech and trackman problems with new macs
      Mac CD Player on a Sun
      Mac LC -> LC III upgrade (A)
      Maximum no. of items in apple menu? (Q)
      mosaic
      Multitasking: true or false? (Q)
      Outbound vs. Powerbook
      PB100: Long wake up time (Q)
      Performa 450 (C)
      Performa comparison
      Powerbook 180 with 32 bit mode off & LPA PROLOG.
      Powerbook Issues (flame)
      PrefsCleaner 1.1 (C)
      Protect Bit on Mac Files and Netware 2.2 (A)
      QuickTime Hypercard externals wanted
      Request for consulting: changing the labels on standard Finder menus
      Resource Detective needed (Solution)
      Serial Connectors
      Software Licensing Software
      Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware??
      Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware?? (A)
      Sys 7.1 / Suitcase problem ??
      Telefinder & Apple Modem Tool [Q]
      transferring 1,500,000,000 bytes at 110 baud
      TrueType init
      VersaTerm-Pro Upgrade Policy
      Video Driver for PB 140
      Why we shouldn't abuse the internet (C)
      Wrist Pads (A)

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 21:00:10 EDT
From: "Lonnie R. Abelbeck" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Apple Adjustable Keyboard Fix

File: Extended ADB Key INIT

Apple's new 'Adjustable' keyboard (the goofy one that splits in the middle)
has a major problem.

Rather than adding to the standard 'kbd ' Gestalt selector like all other
keyboards do, the Adjustable keyboard pokes 0x10 into the low memory global
0x21e (which is what the Key Caps DA uses, not Gestalt BTW).

Therefore programs like VersaTerm and VersaTerm-PRO that follow the Apple
guidelines and use Gestalt to determine the keyboard type don't map the
keyboard correctly.

The following (very small INIT) replaces the 'kbd ' selector with that of
the Extended Keyboard (value = 4).  I do not check that the Adjustable
keyboard is there, I simply check to see if it is an ADB keyboard and then
replace the 'kbd ' selector to return 4.  Who knows, maybe this will be
useful for something else as well.  A small keyboard ICON appears at startup
to let you know it is there.

To Apple's credit though, the Adjustable keyboard seems to work like the
Extended keyboard for most things.

Enjoy...  from the VersaTerm and VersaTerm-PRO author.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/adj-keyboard-fix.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 12:23:25 EDT
From: "Mason L. Bliss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Basic Black 1.1 submission

This is Basic Black version 1.1. It is a small, simple screen
saver which doesn't waste any time on whizbang graphics and
therefore lets your applications blast along at full speed.

Version 1.1 is now user configurable, with ResEdit. Detailed
and easy-to-follow instructions are in the Read Me file.

Version 1.1 fixes SEVERAL bugs from the first version. It now
fully supports multiple monitors, and is generally a lot more
stable than the previous versions. Please discontinue the use
of Basic Black 1.0 and switch over to this version. It is in
all ways better.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/basic-black-11.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 93 16:38:56 EDT
From: "Allan M. Boulley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] boulleys-bolo-maps

These are six maps created for play with Bolo.  Hope everybody likes them.
Send comments, criticisms, suggestions, etc. to [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/boulleys-bolo-maps.hqx; 15K]

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Date: 16 Apr 1993 12:41:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: PETER GINGISS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Color Toolbar

Color Toolbar for Microsoft Word 5.1a

Replace your dull toolbar in Word with this colorized version
and brighten up your desktop.  Simply rename or remove
your existing toolbar, and drag this color version into your
Word Commands folder.

This toolbar has been approved for distribution by Microsoft,
but is NOT supported by MS or Alki Software.  It is freeware,
and if you like it, the author requests that you drop him a line
(Matt Martinit, 74730.3254@compuserve).

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/word-color-toolbar.hqx; 86K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:04:44 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Lars Henrik Oestergaard)
Subject: [*] DataBase

Hi sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Please include this file in the sumex-aim.stanford.edu archive. I think, that
it
should be put in the directory "card" as it is a HyperCard stack.

Description:
A HyperCard (version 2.x required) stack for keeping track of your scientific
articles, book, etc. The stack includes both an import function and an export
function. These functions are useful for importing references from other
datAbases
or when making a bibliography.  Index of all
your articles on a special card, with the possibility of going to any card
wanted.
Cards can be marked by certain criteria, e.g. by author, title word, etc.
Have fun, it's free!!!

Best regards
Lars Henrik Ostergaard.
(Internet: [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/card/database.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 16:44:16 +0200
From: Christian Steffen Ove Franz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Dynamic Math 1.0

Dynamic Math (DM)
=================

DM is a library for THINK Pascal/THINK C programmers. It converts (parses)
and evaluates (interprets) formulas written in ASCII (i.e. Strings) during
runtime. This means you can evaluate the string '100*sin(x)/ln(x^2)' or
any other string you got (for example from a dialog). Obvious uses are
for testing and visualizing formulas.

DM 1.0 supports two independent variables and a wide array of standard
functions like sin, cos, tan, exp, trunc, sgn, ln, round, random etc.

DM is small (about 4K) and although no speed demon (it's still interpreted)
it's reasonable fast.

DM is postcardware for any non-commercial use including writing of freeware
programs.

I hope you like it.

Cheers,
Christian.

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[Archived as /info-mac/source/dynamic-math.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 08:20:49 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] FamilyTree.sit.hqx

    I've just submitted my contribution to the world of Macintosh
    shareware
to the 'incoming' directory.  It is entitled 'familytree.sit.hqx'.  It has
been
compressed and encoded by StuffIt Lite 3.0.5, and checked for viruses with
Disinfectant 3.1.
    Family Tree is a genealogy program (I do not know if the name has been
used for another, so please do not confuse this one with any other) I wrote up
because I found others in the archive less intuitive to use (if I could get
the features to work at all, that is).
    This program stores family data, draws up ancestor charts, creates
    text
descendant lists, and allows for second marriages.  It is a HyperCard stack
with
instructions presented in Goudy Medieval font (I suggest any potential users
to
install that font on their system, or formatting of the instructions will be
wrong).  Navigating the tree is very easy:  All button-directed, with a menu
for
special options like charting ancestry.
    I cannot figure out how to get it to any of the other archive sites,
    so
if you can do this for me, I thank you.  The program is freely distributable,
and can be included on any CD-Rom shareware disk or archive (Please notify me
if such a thing happens).
    My E-Mail address is [e-mail]

                    -timmy bremer


 ------ End of Forwarded Message

[Archived as /info-mac/card/family-tree.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 21:10:20 -0400
From: Roy Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Locks.hqx -- security CDEV's, system 6 only =(

Dear sumex moderator....another one for the archives....


At the school where I teach, we have recently installed several Mac LC's with
hard drives.  In the past, we had only dual-floppy Pluses, SE's, and Classics,
so security was not a big problem.  However, with the hard drives on the new
machines, the potential for problems is great.  The Locks I've written are
intended to help avoid problems such as bozos mucking around with the Control
Panel or System Folder.  The Locks work well together under system 6.0.7 or
6.0.8, but I have not yet had time to make them system 7 compatible. =(
Considering that System 7/Multifinder just confuses most kids and slows
down the clunky Pluses/SE's/Classics most schools seem to have, I think
there are a lot of machines still running system 6, so it seems worthwhile
to post these CDEV's.


I wrote these programs because I needed them.  If you use them, please be
considerate enough to compensate me for my lost March Break (I spent the whole
week working on these things).

If you use the System Folder Lock, I ask that you send $10.  If you use the
Control Panel Lock, I ask that you send $5.  If you use both, just send $10.
Site licenses are available, as are educational discounts for bulk orders.

As the control panel interface says, registered users will get goodies in
return-- whatever I  happen to have come up with lately, including the most
recent version of The Locks.  Right now, I'm working on a program to scan
a hard drive and compare the contents against a master list of what should/
shouldn't be there, and automatically move unrecognized junk to a common
folder called "Student Work" (the kids have a habit of leaving a lot of
garbage on the hard drives, and it's a pain to manually clean it up).


My address is:

Roy Wood
122 Britannia Avenue
London, Ontario
CANADA
N6H 2J5
[phone]

or you can contact me at school:

Roy Wood
c/o Birchmount Park CI
3663 Danforth Avenue
Scarborough, Ontario
CANADA
M1N 2G2


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[Archived as /info-mac/cp/locks.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 16:52:33 PDT
From: Kevin Fong <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Screen Play 1.2 with documentation

Attached is a small Compact Pro archive containing Screen Play 1.2, along
with its original documentation.

Screen Play is an extension I wrote that randomly selects a startup screen
to display each time you turn on or restart your Macintosh.

Jerry Wilcox was kind enough to post a copy of Screen Play recently and
mentioned that there was no documentation included.  If you downloaded
that submission and were able to figure it out okay, you don't need to get
this one; all I've done is add the Read Me file.

Screen Play is freeware, but I would appreciate receiving email or
(preferably) a postcard if you use it.

Screen Play has been tested with System 6.0.x, 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.1.  It is
not related in any way to the ScreenPlay application distributed by
SuperMac.

------
Kevin Fong                  [e-mail]
Los Angeles, CA

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[Archived as /info-mac/cp/screen-play-12.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 20:58:07 +1100
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Home)
Subject: [*] Sound playing utility

What is Canon?

Canon is a small utility that plays System 7 sound files in the background
(synchronously for all you programmer types!).

This means I can play my 13Mb Sound file (I like recording CDs onto my hard
disk - and it's a REAL big hard disk!!!) while I am doing my work (it plays
it in the background).  The spin-off from this is that you can play BIG
sound files with very little memory!  Increase the memory allocation for
less hard drive access (but suffer more memory loss!).

Enjoy.

Oh, this is freeware - just sit back, relax and enjoy the music!

Look out for SwitchBack 2.0 - a really neat file synchronizing utility put
out by Glendower Software.  Available at all your favourite ftp sites
worldwide!!!

The authors can be contacted at:
[e-mail] - the programmer
[e-mail] - the dreamer
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
! Jeff Home                                Macintosh Specialist !
! [e-mail]                    Computing Services Centre !
+---------------------------------------------------------------+

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/canon.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 18:35:53 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: [*] Suitcase 2.1.3 Updater

Suitcase Updater will update Suitcase(tm) version 2.0, 2.1, 2.1.1
or 2.1.2 to version 2.1.3.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/suitcase-updater-213.hqx; 79K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 15:21:18 BST
From: thomsonj <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Type Resolve 2.0.1

Type Resolve 2.0.1 is a drag and drop application for System 7.x.

It is intended for those people who get a lot of files from
non-macintosh sources and want to change their type and creator
quickly and without having to think too hard.

For example, a file with the name 'dogcow.gif' could be turned
into a Photoshop document of type 'GIFf' - a Compuserve GIF
image - simply by dropping it on the Type Resolve icon in the
Finder. Double-clicking the file would now launch Photoshop and
open the file correctly.

Type Resolve can be set up to recognise different filename
extensions such as .gif, .jpg, .txt, .doc and so on and map
these to the correct mac file types. The creator of each file
is also set to an application of your choice.

Once configured, all details of types and creators can be safely
forgotten and you can use that part of your brain to remember
something far more important instead.

--

Version 2.0.1 adds a quick type and creator change on-the-fly
facility - if you hold down the command-key when dropping files
on TR, it will pop up a dialog asking for the type and creator
for those files. Two utilities for the price of none!

There is also a new 'Duplicate' button for making copies of
existing mappings - useful for setting lots of extensions that
map to the same type and creator.

Also, the new icons should now appear instantly when they are
dropped on TR, rather than when the folder is closed and
opened again.

James Thomson - [e-mail]

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[Archived as /info-mac/util/type-resolve-201.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 20:18:42 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Yair Elharrar)
Subject: [*] ups-monitor-11.hqx

[Moderators, please replace the previous version with this one.]

UPS Monitor 1.1 - a small hack to check a UPS's status via serial cable,
display an alert and shutdown the Mac after a specified period of time.
Now AppleEvents-aware, and quits properly on shutdown/restart.


Yair Elharrar, [e-mail]
      (Bitnet: [e-mail])

--

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ups-monitor.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 15:21:24 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] WindowShade 1.2

I noticed that this wasn't on the archive. I've found it very useful,
hopefully other people will too.

Graham

WindowShade Version 1.2
March 1992

WindowShade is a unique window enhancement utility for the Macintosh.
WindowShade gets its name from the old window blinds that roll up when
given a sturdy pull. This utility brings the same functionality to
Macintosh windows.

By placing the WindowShade control panel into the System Folder, your
windows are given a brand new feature. By double clicking anywhere on the
title bar of a window, the lower part of the window will "roll up"
underneath the title bar.  Double clicking on the title bar again will
lower the window to its original size. This feature is very useful when you
need to click on something that is behind an open window, or to shrink down
windows that are not being used. Any number of windows may be "rolled up"
at a time. For even greater flexibility, just as command-dragging will
reposition windows behind other windows without bringing them to the front,
command-double clicking will roll up windows that are behind other windows.

[Archived as /info-mac/cp/windowshade-12.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 09:29-0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple 40 Meg HD (A)

>Date: 21 Apr 1993 15:09:00 -0500 (EST)
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: (Q) Apple 40 Meg HD
>
>I have an Apple 40Meg Quantum drive that came out of my IIsi.  I bought
>a external case for the drive and now I can't seem to be having problems
>with the scsi connection.  The external case has a push button scsi
>selector switch but there is no obvious way to connect it to the HD.
>There are 2 rows of pins on the hard drive that weren't used when it was
>in the si, that I assume is for some type of scsi id selection.  However,
>the case only has a cable with a single row of 5 pins.  My question is,
>how do I connect this scsi id selection cable or modify the hard drive
>itself (ie, pull some jumpers) to set the HD to some other scsi id.
>Any help would be greatly apperciated.  Thanks.
>Dave
>
The two rows of pins is indeed used for SCSI Id selection. Normally the
push-pin selector on the back of the drive is connected to these two
rows of pins. The way that the pins work is that jumpering pairs of pins
determines the ID (I think there is some standard setting for different
pairs, but I don't know what it is). The push pin simply acts a a jumper
switch for different pairs. No jumper usually means SCSI ID 0, which is
what internal drives usually come set up as. So if the cable doesn't fit
the two-row set of pins, simply place a jumper on any pair and you will
be selecting (hardwiring) a new ID.

Marcos Paz
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 09:36:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple Modem Tool Application [Q]

Hi again! :-)

Unfortunately I mailed my question to Info-Mac some days ago as an answer so
here it is again.
I have downloaded the Apple Modem Tool but I don't seem to be able to find a
shareware program that takes advantage of this. Does any of you people out
there know a program that does? Please help!

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



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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 10:21 EST
From: "Russell Aminzade: Trinity College of VT" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple still treats small colleges like sh*t

I will try not to flame.

I've been struggling hard for two years to get Macintosh computers
accepted here.  I've had some success in this mostly-ibm school,
with a lot of faculty support, and some STRONG opposition.  I was
deeply involved with a similar process at Northeastern University,
and found Apple very helpful.  We made a real difference there, going
>From mostly PC and mainframe computing to Macintosh computing,
and providing students with a computing environment they really
preferred.

When I moved to this small school, Apple no longer was interested in
us.  We were cut off from information, and nobody at Apple was willing
to cut through the bureaucracy to enable us to, for example, have our
faculty and students purchase macs from the computer depot at neighboring
UVM (they were very willing to do this).

The latest, and maybe last straw came this week.  I called our local
Apple dealer to get some pricing on a half-dozen LCIIIs for our lab,
and was told that they were no longer selling to higher education.  They
gave me the 800 number for Apple's "education advantage" or whatever
program, which is one of those phone-menu-recording things with no
human being anywhere.  I discerned from the recording that this was for
direct sales to faculty and staff members, not for institutional
purchases.  The dealer wouldn't give me any other number, and in fact
felt burned.

A called the listed number for Apple in Connecticut (Vermont accounts
are serviced from there!), and got a disconnected number.  I called
Apple in Boston, who gave me a good number.  Left voice mail two days
ago for the educational sales rep...no returned call yet.

Perhaps I should give up on purchasing macs?  It sounds like our
only choice is to buy the machines retail, or purchase the limited
selection from "educator advantage" with a credit card, and with
a lot of unwanted stuff bundled, and with the god-awful "apple basic
color monitor."

Frankly, I'm angry.  I've been fighting the good fight for years
here for a large, faceless corporation that doesn't care about small
schools.  I won't go so far as to say I'll start recommending Windows
to people -- I know how much it sucks, but I WILL say that I'm keeping
my eyes open and I'm ready for other operating environments -- perhaps
Windows NT, perhaps NextStep.

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 22:27:11 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Archival Copy of SuperPaint 3.0 (S)

Thanks to four kind souls who responded to my question concerning copying
SuperPaint 3.0, I now have archival copies of my original diskettes.
Although I usually make archival copies of my originals as soon as I receive
them, I waited a bit too long for SuperPaint 3.0.  In fact, I was worried
that I had damaged the originals by waiting so long.  Luckily, the procedure
outlined in the next paragraph solved my problem.  Needless to say, I am
annoyed that the user's manual does not make any mention of this hidden
file.

Solution:

Disk 1 of the original set contains a hidden file named "SomeFile" which is
not copied by a finder copy (i.e. disk-to-disk copy).  To copy Disk 1, I
used Norton Utilities Floppier which copies all files including hidden
files.  Any copy program which copies all files should work well.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 10:22 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: C650 CD Mounting Problem (Q)

Greetings,

  I just got a C650.  :)   Very happy with it *except* that most of the time,
the CD drive isn't recognized when a disk is inserted.  It has worked once or
twice.  I've tried booting with extensions off.  The light is on on the drive
itself, the pinhole eject mechanism works.

Any help?  Please reply directly to me, as I'm working on this problem and may
not get to read the digest for a few days.

Thanks,

Ed

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 08:27:25 PDT
From: Paul Romaniuk <[e-mail]>
Subject: Carina Software E-mail?

I need to contact Carina Software to upgrade my Voyager astronomy
program. Does anyone have an e-mail address, or phone/fax number for
this company?

Thanks,
Paul

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 20:20:28 HST
From: John Churchill <[e-mail]>
Subject: Check your facts (still again)

Tony Huang said:
> The 66MHz 486DX2 chip is rated at about 50
> MIPS while the Motorola 33Mhz '040 is rated at 29 MIPS.

I don't dispute that... but I think that the 040 chip is faster than the 486,
not because of the hardware, but because on the PC side, few programs really
take advantage of the "protected" mode of the chip.  If one runs a program
>From dos on a 33mhz 386, chances are it would be no different from a 33mhz
8088 (if one existed).  Even windows just barely uses the power of the '286,
never mind the '386.  On the macintosh, however, System 7.1 is a full grown
workstation operating system, in the league of NextStep, OS/2 and Solaris.
Excel (gasp!) on a Q700 is really tapping the power of the chip, unlike Excel
in Windows 3.1 on a '486.

> BTW, I believe the Mac's are vastly superior to the PeeCee's. However, at
> the chip level, Intel (with its DX2 chips and upcoming clock triplers) is
> way ahead of Motorola (in its schedule, not necessarily design). That's one
> of the major reasons Apple is adopting PowerPC chips.

True, Motorola has its fingers in the beached Iridium project, and is having
trouble keeping up with Intel, who puts megabucks into R&D.  (That is why we
have a Q900 and a Q950 - the 030-33 wasn't ready in time.)  But the PowerPC
chip is a collaboration between IBM and Motorola, and will be (is being?)
built at a Motorola plant in Austin, TX.  Apple, not one to be held back by a
less-than-adequate supplier, has ported System 7 to operate on Intel's
Pentium chip.  Wether a '586-based macintosh comes out or not has yet to be
seen...

John Churchill, University of Hawaii

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 08:53:52 PDT
From: gla-aux![e-mail] (Glenn Austin)
Subject: Check your facts, please!

In article <[e-mail]>
([e-mail]), you write:
> I don't normally respond to postings like this, but this one is so full of
> factual errors... Nearly every statement is erroneous!
>
> Here are the facts:

PLEASE check your facts -- and have an '040 reference manual handy!

> 1) Unless the program REQUIRES the presence of an FPU (in which case the
> program won't run on a C610 - assuming no software FPU emulator is
> installed), the C610 is still generally faster than a Color Classic w/ FPU
> running programs that USES the FPU.

SANE on the machines which can have an FPU uses the FPU -- and then
laboriously
calculates the last few digits of accuracy.  That's why software like
QuickSANE
show such a marked improvement in speed without greatly affecting accuracy.

> 2) The '040 chips, unlike the Intel DX2 chips, are NOT clock doublers
> (notwithstanding Apple and Motorola's propaganda). Because of pipelining,
> some instructions do EFFECTIVELY take fewer clock cycles to complete and
> the '040 may be arguably better designed than the '486, but it's no clock
> doubler.

Not completely true.  Internally, the '040 requires 2x clock speed for the
bus -- which allows the processor to read instructions and data much quicker
than the 1x clock speed that the processor is rated at.

> 3) C610 runs at 20MHz, not 40MHz, inside the CPU.

Parts run at 20MHz -- and parts run at 40MHz.

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 01:00:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Color of Mac Startup Icon

What does it mean when the little drawing of a Mac that is next to the
Welcome to Macintosh comes up in black-and-white instead of in color? This
happens on on a color MacIIci with a color videocard, set to 256 colors.
Other machines here have the little drawing in color.
Alan

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 13:05:21 -0400
From: WING W R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Data compression between different manufacturer's modems

In Info-Mac Digest Vol 11 number 84 Alan Hewat wrote -

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 ?

I can attest to the fact that it can work, but clearly all is not well
in the modem standards world.  I use a US Robotics Courier V.32bis/
V.42bis modem at home to communicate regularly with a bank of modems at
work.  I don't use ARA, but I do use SLIP (Serial Line Internet
Protocol) in conjunction with MacTCP and Versaterm Admin SLIP to
establish terminal sessions (Versaterm Pro), FTP connections (Fetch 2.1),
read and send mail (Eudora 1.3, thanks Steve Dorner), and go exploring
with Gopher.  The modems at work come in two flavors (Telebit T3000,
and Racal 3264).  I've been participating in a "friendly early user"
test of SLIP service and so have seen some warts come and go.  The
experience with the Racal 3264 modems has not been good.  Part way
through the testing, Racal admitted that they had a problem with V.42bis
and send a firmware upgrade which actually made things worse.  On the
other hand, the Telebit T3000 modems seem to function very well indeed.
I routinely expect to be able to establish an FTP connection to the MAC
on my desk at work (which is connected via Ethernet to the SLIP server)
and upload text files to it at 2500-3500 characters/sec (note that is
characters, not bits per sec, and these are payload speeds, i.e., file
size divided by transmission time).  These speeds clearly are possible only
if hardware compression is working, since there is some hidden IP
overhead on each packet.

                    Bill Wing

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 16:19:50 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Clinton Hyde)
Subject: DAYNA FILE boxes

I have a DaynaFILE box with room for two drives. it came with a 3.5"
720k drive, which works great. I recently got a DaynaFILE II box,
single-bay, with a 1.2MB 5.25" drive. I thought hey! let's put the 1.2
in the same box as the 720!

it fits, and the cables work right, too. question is: is it OK to do
this? (meaning, are there jumpers to set, or anything?) I haven't
tried it out, so I don't know.

please reply direct...

 -- clint       [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 22:09:18 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Paul Westbrook)
Subject: Disk compression

   Does anyone use the driver level compression programs like E disk,
Stacker for the mac, or Times Two?  If you do have you run into any
problems with them?  I am interested in buying one of those types of
programs, but I don't know which to buy.
   Could you please mail me if you have any suggestions.

                    Thanks in advance,
                    Paul Westbrook
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 01:00:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Driver version

Is there any way to find out what application and version formatted a hard
drive?  The Get Info window on the hard drive does not give you enough
information about the SCSI driver. (Maybe system 7.2 will)
.
Alan

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 01:02:51 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ergonomic mouse problem

I definitely have a problem with sticking Mouse button on one of those new
ergonomic Desktop Bus II mice that came with my clients Quadra 800. Guess
where it was made - Malaysia. Apple needs better quality control on the mice
I think. I called Apple, we have to wait for the dealer to get service parts
before it can be replaced.
.
Alan

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 20:58:35 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FKEY--FAQ?

Info-Mac Lords and Ladies:

     This is something I've wondered for a long time now.
I have only now worked up the nerve to ask such an obvious
FAQ.  Nevertheless, here it is:  what is an 'FKEY'?  How
do I set one up? Do I want to? Do I have to have the Apple
Extended keyboard, with the fancy 'F1,' 'F2,' etc. keys? Is
it something like the commercial QuicKeys? The manuals
that came with my Classic don't mention 'FKEY' anywhere,
and the magazines MacWorld/User/Week don't either.  I
am at the mercy of the 'Net.  E-mail me, to spare me
further public embarassment.

     Thanks in advance,
     Clint

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 18:44:37 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to xfer 150 megs over 350 miles (A)

I would suggest getting a CD ROM write once recorder and getting a CD ROM
player at the other end.  The recorder will set you back $4000-$5000 and
a player is only a couple hundered.  A CD can hold (I believe) about 550MB,
and because it isn't magnetic is very reliable and safe to mail.  I would
worry about mailing a megnetic media product such as DAT.

        Aric Friesen

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 00:58:48 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: IIg zones

The following code was posted in info-mac to change laserwriter IIg zones:
%%BeginZoneChange
currentfile
statusdict begin product (LaserWriter IIg) eq version (2010.113) eq and end
not
{save exch 291 string readstring pop pop restore} if
/ASCIIHexDecode filter /SystemPatch statusdict /emulate get exec
85f6ba98b8147bdb3c41fc154e390200521caba043febd65f48e008d4259000
1cd0f62e4c9f2b841c6c1c85660f30002ba262234d72494f203c11995100000
0376b481858e01bff2db172cf2ecfe000446e2f3ddca7b1fb2d27814e1c22e0
00598f64cae7bb9897afb760a5d81ac0106>
serverdict begin 0 exitserver
(%EtherTalk%) <</EtherTalkZone (Your Zone Here)>> setdevparams
%%EndZoneChange

The following code was printed in MacWeek in the Help Desk colum a while back
(Code originally sent in by Nate Ferguson, network administrator at
Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh)
%%BeginZoneChange
serverdict begin 0 exitserver
(%EtherTalk%) <</EtherTalkZone (Your Zone Here)>> setdevparams
%%EndZoneChange

IS there any real difference in the code? Why is the first one so long??

Alan Gordon

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 23:09:51 EDT
From: Clinton Collins <[e-mail]>
Subject: Large files over great distances (C)

Hello from Gainesville, FL, USA;

I would like to thank the following netters for their insightful
replies to my question about transferring large amounts of data over
hundreds of miles:

J. David Stradley" <[e-mail]>
Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
"Dr Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
"Paul P Bemelmans" <[e-mail]>
[e-mail]
Thomas A. Russ <[e-mail]>
[e-mail]
Peter Gerhardstein ([e-mail])
"Mark R. Williamson" <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
"Timothy Cera"  <[e-mail]>
"Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Jon Spear)

The overwhelming consensus was to use large DAT tape backups
and then send the tapes via federal express to the other site.  I
had not considered this option.  Perhaps one day we will be able to
buy time on a T1 or T3 line for just the amount of time needed to
transfer large data sets.  The new wireless technology also looks
promising to do this type of thing.  I have concatenated the replies
into a report for anyone who is interested in it.  Perhaps I will send
it to the info-mac report archive.

Thanks again, Clinton Collins, University of Florida,
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 12:35 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Launching invisible apps

This was prompted by a discussion with an acquaintance at Microsoft (now
now, folks, don't bristle!):

How do you make an application executable but not copyable over a network?

The "obvious" way would be to make the application or the folder that
contains it invisible, but of course "invisibility" has been tightened up
under System 7 so that you can no longer launch the app by double-clicking
one of its visible documents.

The next thing that might seem possible is to launch the app using a
process manager utility like NoFinder.  Unfortunately, NoFinder respects
the Finder's invisibility bit in its standard file dialog box so you can
never see the thing you want to launch.  The same appears to be true of
Process Watcher 2.0.

Finally one might consider sending an AppleEvent to the application, which
is probably what NoFinder would do assuming you could see the app in order
to select it.  But I don't know if invisible apps can hear AppleEvents sent
to them by other means (not that I have other means, and don't tell me to
go buy AppleScript :-) ).

So, any suggestions?

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 10:53:26 -0700
From: [e-mail] (John Rosborough)
Subject: Logitech and trackman problems with new macs

In keeping with the spirit of a number of messages recently, let me post
the answers I found to my question some time ago regarding a
non-functioning Trackman trackball on a new Duo Dock.

The current version of the MouseMan software is 1.1.1

Ann Hopkins recently posted a bunch of phone numbers etc. for Logitech.
Thanks, When I tried to message them at [e-mail], the
message bounced with an unknown address.

I called tech support at 510-795-8100 and got a very helpful man who said
he would mail me the software at my internet address. that was a week ago
and it still has not arrived.

He also gave me the number of their BBS 510-795-0408. This has the current
version of software to be downloaded. So I got it for the cost of a 15 or
20 minute phone call.

With this version of the software installed everything is working fine with
the proviso that you don't touch the trackball until the software is
loaded.

Thanks for all your help.

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

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:06 EST
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac CD Player on a Sun

I have a CD Player on my Mac that I would like to also use on a Sun Sparc-
Station.  Does anyone know what needs to be done other than getting a new
cable?  I have been told by some tech people that it involves changing one
of the wires on the SCSI connector and that the player will still work on
the Mac.  There was supposedly an article about making the conversion in one
of the Sun newspaper type publications.

Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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Date: Friday, 23 Apr 1993 20:15 CDT
From: Joel Cunningham <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac LC -> LC III upgrade (A)

Adam Schenker asks:

>I read a message saying that 'everything' except the floppy and hard    s:
>drives were new. The question I would like to know is: Does it come
>with System 7.1??? Manuals?                                             r
                                    ut
  1) Yes!
  2) Yes!

In other words:
    "Is it a new LC III or an upgrade?"

    "Only your Apple dealer knows for sure!"


                  -- Joel Cunningham

                  "Push the button, Frank."

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Date: 23 Apr 1993 13:32:29 -0600 (MDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Maximum no. of items in apple menu? (Q)

What is the maximum number of Apple Menu Items? (I realize the absolute
maximum
and the practical maximum are different.)

I've done some experimenting with an SE, 4MB, 7.0(tuned). The majority of the
items were aliases. (I don't think the type of item matters, just the number.)

The maximum number of items displayed under the Apple Menu was 52. Machine
performance was SEVERELY degraded performing any type of Finder operation;
definitely not a recommended way to run a system.

The maximum practical number of items was around 25; at 30 machine performance
started to suffer noticeably.

Should anyone care to confirm or deny my findings, please email me directly;
I'll summarize for the net.

Thanks!


(My opinions; no one cares to share the blame.)

Ken Powell ([e-mail])
Information Systems
Macintosh System Support
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 14:36:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stan Kerr)
Subject: mosaic

[e-mail] writes:

>Does anyone know of a Macintosh version of Xmosaic, a
>hypertext browser of bulletin boards and other goodies?

If anyone knows, it would be the developers at NCSA. Try sending a
note to [e-mail]. The Mac version is still under
development I believe.
--

Stan Kerr
Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana
Phone: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 12:36:04 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Multitasking: true or false? (Q)

Several of my UNIX friends tell me that Unix does "true multitasking".
I think their implication is that the Mac only does false multitasking.
Is this the same distinction as between "co-operative" and "preemptive"
multitasking or the other way round? I, and perhaps others, would be
greatly edified if someone knowledgeable in these matters would explain
the theoretical differences, and whether they make any real-world
difference at all.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 07:50:00 +0000
From: Nick Rothwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Outbound vs. Powerbook

>There's a reason that used Outbound's are so cheap -- the company making
>them is outta business!  So, you have to ask yourself -- am I interested
>in buying a machine with no chance of future upgrades and little or no
>technical support in the event of a hardware failure?

I believe that there's another outfit offering servicing and support. I've
forgotten their name.

>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.

Excuse me, but you're logic's f*cked. Just because they didn't get FCC
clearance (assuming you're right) doesn't mean their machines wouldn't
pass; and even if their machines didn't pass it doesn't mean you'd be
screwing up aircraft. I believe avionics were getting screwed by accidental
FM antennae like mouse cables, and the Outbound has a trackbar. And, for
that matter: I have a pile of FCC-certified gear here (a lot of it
American, including three Macintoshes) and it screws up *my* TV reception,
especially the modem.

I've never seen an Outbound, and was unconvinced by the ergonomics and the
Mac Plus ROM's, but I believe that they're basically sound machines (though
I'll stick to my two PowerBooks).

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

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:52 PDT
From: "RGB Technology, Inc/703-834-1500" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB100: Long wake up time (Q)

I have a Powerbook 100 that seems to take an excessive amount of
time to wake up from sleep.  When I hit a key it takes several
seconds for a gray background to appear with a watch cursor on it.
the time to get back to a fully functioning screen is on the order
of 20-30 seconds.  Has anyone else experienced this?

-Steve Satre
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 23:05:55 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Performa 450 (C)

> >       Global Village Modem Bronze (external)
>

>     Good modem, great software. Note: this is a send fax only modem.

The software can be upgraded to send/receive for $49.

---
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 08:07:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Performa comparison

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> My local Sears has the new Performa 450 in stock for about $1800 (this
> is the LCIII equivalent, with 4mb RAM, 120mb hard disk, built-in 2400
> baud data/9600 baud fax modem, keyboard, mouse, and the Performa
> monitor [which is the good one, same as the current 14" Apple Color]).

Check the price of an equivalent LC III at a dealer very carefully
since the Performas are generally more expensive than the equivalent
Mac. This is not to mention that you will have more trouble getting
service should you need it from what I've heard. Make sure about that
monitor as well, since there are two Performa monitors, one of which
is lousy, and I don't know that the other is really the 14" Apple
Color (since they talk about it in terms of dot pitch, and that makes
no sense with a true Sony Trinitron like the Apple 14").

> My question is, is the Performa 450 essentially an LCIII?

It's exactly an LC III.

>I mean, can
> I load my own System 7.1 on it? When 7.2 comes out, can I just pop it
> on? Will the appropriate system enabler work on it (the LCIII one)?

Good luck. I know someone who's been trying to do this to a Performa
600, which is a little different from the IIvx, and has had a lot
of trouble, although he finally got it working, I think.

Unless you can prove conclusively that you are getting exactly the
same equipment for less money and that service doesn't matter at all,
I'd recommend the LC III instead.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 23 Apr 1993 14:34:54 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Alexei Tsvetkov)
Subject: Powerbook 180 with 32 bit mode off & LPA PROLOG.

>I don't know whether this is a FAQ, an AQ or a U(nasked)Q, but our
>department's Powerbook 180, having 4+10 MB = (14.336K), reports (via "About
>this Macintosh ..."), having a system occupying around 7 (SEVEN) MB, instead
>of about 1.5 MB (System 7.1), when the MEMORY is in NON 32 bit mode, and it
>really behaves like that: the largest unused block is reduced to about 7MB,
>(instead of around 12.5).
>
>"32 bit mode off" results in a 24 bit mode isn'it? And that is still good for
>24*(1024*1024) bytes (24 MB) of adressing, IMHO.
>
>LPA Prolog requires lots of memory, but only runs in 24 bit mode (Shame on
you
>LPA!), that is what I need ALL the memory for.
>
>Any solutions/explanations?
>
>Henk Schotel

Sorry, but inspite of all that theorizing 24 bit limits you to 8Mb, and
that's final.

If LPA prolog isn't 32 bit clean it has no business asking for more memory
than 24 bit is able to deliver. Something does not add up.

Alexei Tsvetkov
Munich

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 10:32:41 -0400
From: [e-mail] (David B. Reiser)
Subject: Powerbook Issues (flame)

>Since when is fragility a 'design flaw'? If you drop a PowerBook down the
>stairs or slam a briefcase lid into it you can possibly expect
>indestructability. Get real.

I can't let this pass. Get real yourself.

Fragility in a portable instrument is at the very best an undesirable
design compromise. Depending on one's definition of fragility, it can
be either acceptable or un acceptable.

Most of the complaints on Info-mac about the screen breakage issue have
contained an explicit statement to the effect that "I haven't dropped
it." You are calling the complainers liars with no evidence to back
your claim. That isn't nice, and it's probably a stupid thing to do.

If you end up doing failure analysis for a living, you will probably
become familiar with a queasy feeling that starts when multiple
complaints of a similar nature arise with no good explanation. There
are a lot of things that could be going wrong here, and the sample size
for both the "I didn't do anything wrong" and the "You must have beat
on your machine" camps is too small to resolve the issue. Apple may have
sufficient data, but they aren't releasing it, so we can't tell if they
are stonewalling or not. It may also be the case that Apple doesn't
know exactly what's happening, in which case they almost _have_ to claim
the failures are the result of abuse.

Dave
[e-mail]
I speak only for myself.

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 17:18:24 -0800
From: Jerry Wilcox <[e-mail]>
Subject: PrefsCleaner 1.1 (C)

I downloaded PrefsCleaner 1.1 (c) 1993 by Luc Pauwels
(/info-mac/app/prefs-cleaner-11.hqx; 55K) after reading about it in
Info-Mac and gave it a try.

I encountered one significant problem. The program does not seem to
recognize applications which have been compressed, at least not those
compressed with Stuffit SpaceSaver. As recommended, I ran in the "let the
user decide" mode the first time, and was presented with a *long* list of
preference files to be deleted. The list included the preference files for
almost every one of my applications. I didn't take time to check all
hundred or so, but the breakdown seemed to be that if the application was
compressed with SS, PrefsCleaner thought that it didn't exist and wanted to
delete the preference associated with it. If the application wasn't
compressed, the preference file was left alone. Some preference files for
applications on unmounted volumes or applications I no longer use were
properly recognized and present in the list.

I have no way of checking, but would guess that the program would have a
similar problem with applications compressed by DiskDoubler, AutoDoubler,
or MoreDiskSpace.

I have sent email to the author reporting this problem and hope that a
future version will correct it, as the utility would be quite useful,
especially for people like me who tend to try out a lot of new applications
and utilities, many of which prove to be of no lasting value and are
discarded, leaving behind orphan preference files.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 00:52:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Protect Bit on Mac Files and Netware 2.2 (A)

To answer my own question...

It seems that Netware 2.2 occasionally enables the Copy Inhibit flag on
Mac files copied to the server. I have not been able to find a pattern to
this behaviour--it seems to be random.

When I ran flag.exe on a Netware 2.2 server it did not give me the option
to set the Copy Inhibit flag, leading me to believe that the flag was not
supported in Netware 2.2 (yes, I was using flag.exe from Netware 386
3.11).

However, Netware Control Centre does provide the ability to turn the Copy
Inhibit flag on or off. So, all I had to do was uncheck the Copy Inhibit
option for my "problem" files and they can now be copied. For some reason,
after I logged out and back in, the Copy Inhibit flag came back on for
these files, but after I unchecked it a second time, the change
stuck--wierd.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 13:48:32 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime Hypercard externals wanted

>I'm searching for Hypercard externals (XCMD/XFCN) that
>would allow me to play QuickTime movies from within
>HyperCard. Does anybody know whether there exists something
>like that, maybe as part of the Rinaldi or Dartmouth externals ?
>I wanted to check before I download half a MegaByte.

Claris has a set that they'll send to registered users for $19.  There is
nothing that I know of in the Rinaldi or Dartmouth collections, but I can't
double check that at the moment.  Black Mountain Multimedia has a set of
QuickTime control externals for SuperCard that might work with HyperCard as
well called SuperQuick.
                     <->
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development                [e-mail]
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center       amccarte@idbsu (Bitnet)
Boise State University, Boise, ID  83725             [phone]@phone

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

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 12:39:17 PDT
From: (Pete Kruley) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Request for consulting: changing the labels on standard Finder menus

My lab has a Mac IIsi w/ a flaky hard disk  --  whenever the power is
turned off, the machine may
refuse to boot up again because the hard drive won't spin up.  So, we've
told everyone to leave the power
on always, but every few weeks someone forgets & does a shutdown, w/
unfortunate results.  I want
to change the Finder's "Special" menu either to disable the "Shutdown" item
or at least rename it.
Presumably this can be done using ResEdit, but when I looked at a copy of
the Finder, it turned out that
there are no MENU resources in it.  We're running System 7, if this
matters.  What now?
Peter Kruley
Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1202 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI  53706  USA
608-263-4948
Internet: [e-mail]
Bitnet:   [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 07:23:47 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Resource Detective needed (Solution)

I recently posted a request for a resource detective utility that would
allow gather all of the text items in  DITL, STR, STR# and MENU resourses
and place them in a text file so that I could find out what would be
necessary to change to localize software to a French Canadian version.

I did get several resposes but I was able to find the solution myself on
Applelink.  The software is available from their developers forum and is
called AppleGlot.  This software is wonderful.  It does everything I
requested as above, but also, permits you to edit the structured text file
that it creates and automatically will update your application with your
translated text.  A real time saver.


*******************************************
 Stewart Lynch
Director of Technology,North Vancouver School District
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
*******************************************

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 20:59:05 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Scott Allen Gruby)
Subject: Serial Connectors

Our technician here is looking for a company that makes a "plug" that fits
into a Mac serial port (RS-232) on one end and has an RJ45 connector on the
other end. He has one, but it has no markings on it and the person that
gave it to him doesn't know where it came from.

Please direct responses to [e-mail]

Thanks.

Scott Allen Gruby                          [e-mail]
Macintosh Student System Administrator
Academic Computing, Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711

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

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 09:13:28
From: [e-mail] (David M. Libby)
Subject: Software Licensing Software

Paul Antaki wrote:

>I'm looking for a software package that will allow me to track the
>applications being used on a group of networked Macs....

I'm using KeyServer from Sassafras Software to do this for us and am
very pleased with it.  KeyServer itself will run on any Mac in the
background with little overhead -- I run it on our AppleShare Server.
Each person's Mac runs a small extension called KeyAccess which is
accessible through the Chooser.  When you first want to set up an
application to be KeyServed, you run the administration software on it
(doesn't have to be on the Server, I run the admin software on my own
Mac), and it installs an extra piece of code in the application that
goes to the Server and checks on the legal number of copies before that
application will run.  The application can then installed locally on
each person's hard drive (for performance), but checks the Server for
permission to run.

KeyServer has wonderful administration features.  You can get regular
log reports on who is using what, how many times you've hit the limit,
and what maximum usage tends to be.  You set the number of authorized
copies, so if you have an emergency you can always increase the number
(while, of course, you're placing the order for the extra legal copies).
If someone wants a piece of software that is at its limit, they have the
option of being placed in a waiting list for the next available copy.
When it becomes available, they are notified, and have 5 minutes to
begin to use a copy before KeyServer moves on to the next person in
line.  You can set up reminders to people that they should upgrade to a
new version.  You can set up a reminder that if someone is running a
copy of oh, say, Excel, and have not used it in over an hour (it's
sitting in the background under Multifinder), they get reminded that
they should quit to make it available for others.

The next version of KeyServer, due out soon, will include support for
a transparent, backup Server in case the main one goes down, and limited
time keys, so that a user who wants to take their Mac/PowerBook home for
the weekend can run an application for say 48 hours without a connection
to the Server, but can't run it permanently.

You can contact Sassafras Software at Sassafras Software, P.O. Box 150,
Hanover, NH 03755.  Phone and fax [phone].  Internet mail at
"[e-mail]".

The one problem I have had is not with Sassafras, but with vendors.
MicroSoft and Claris both allow concurrent use licenses.  Aldus and
Quark are much pickier on the issue, and XPress and the new 5.0 version
of PageMaker incorporate network serial # protection, meaning KeyServer
may not really be the way to go with them.  And Aldus and Quark have not
been interested in talking 5 and 10 user licenses with me, only about 50
and up.

There are two competitors to KeyServer that I know of.  Quota
(advertised in the back of MacWeek) and LaunchBreak (available for free
>From a server at U. Michigan).  I've heard good things about Quota,
although it doesn't seem to have as complete a set of adminstration
features as KeyServer.  LaunchBreak is more of a hack, has more limited
features, and I have heard rumors of one or two compatibility issues.

And that's what I know.

Good luck!

David Libby
Mac Consultant
MIT Alumni/ae Association
[e-mail]

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Date: 23 Apr 1993 14:35:03 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Alexei Tsvetkov)
Subject: Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware??

>Having had a string of mysterious problems with Now Utilities 4.01, I have
>decided to try shareware equivalents. I have found replacements for
everything
>but Super Boomerang (my nominee for absolute BEST Mac sytem enhancement).
>
>I'm running a Mac IIci with system 7 (tuned). Anyone have suggestions about
>anything that replaces SB, even sort of? I wish that it had never been
bundled
>with the Now Utilities!

Why don't you look for a simpler solution: a shareware equivalent of System
7?

Alexei Tsvetkov
Munich

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 10:42:02 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Russ Arcuri)
Subject: Super Boomerang equivalent Shareware?? (A)

Hello all,

In a recent info-mac digest, [e-mail] writes:

>Having had a string of mysterious problems with Now Utilities 4.01, I have
>decided to try shareware equivalents. I have found replacements for
everything
>but Super Boomerang (my nominee for absolute BEST Mac sytem enhancement).
>
>I'm running a Mac IIci with system 7 (tuned). Anyone have suggestions about
>anything that replaces SB, even sort of? I wish that it had never been
bundled
>with the Now Utilities!

You don't mention what problems you are having with Now Utilities.  I have
been running the same version as you since it first became available, with
no problems.  (Despite the fact that my system isn't exactly the
"cleanest"...  I have numerous other freeware, shareware, and commercial
extensions running, all under system 7.1).

To answer your original question, though, I only know of two substitutes
for SuperBoomerang.  One of them is the original Boomerang (still available
as shareware) and the other is Norton Directory Assistance II (which is
included with the Norton Utilities package).

Actually, I really am curious about the problems you are experiencing.  It
seems a little odd to me that you would waste your investment in a good
utilities package (Now Utilities) by replacing it with shareware
equivalents.  If you like, you can e-mail me a list of the problems you are
experiencing and maybe I can offer some solutions.

Russ Arcuri
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 01:11:22 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Sys 7.1 / Suitcase problem ??

I have a wierdness on a Quadra 800.  Seems to be an init conflict between
Suitcase 2.1.2 and Apple's Network Extension. Can this be? We have a Master
folder with Adobe font folders in it, each font in its own folder as shipped
>From Adobe. There are about 100 font folders in the master font folder. From
Suitcase, we could not see past the 15th or so folder in the master folder.
Sometimes it evern hung at this point, forcing a reboot. After a long
diagnostic, I decided to start clean. I reformatted the Apple 230 drive with
SilverLining 5.42. (Originally it had Apples driver and had the problem, so I
changed drivers) Installed new fresh copy of System 7.1 with QUadra 800
enabler, no patch. Installed fresh copy of Suitcase 2.1.2. Thats it. No other
inits, nothing else at all added. It was a clean system. Again, I could not
see all the fonts folders in the master folder - Suitcase Still was having
font problems.  I removed all extensions Apple and did the trial and error
till I diagnosed an init conflict between Suitcase and Apple's Network
Extension.
Could this be?  I cant be the only one out there with Sys 7.1, Suitcase
2.1.2, Quadra 800, Apple's Network Extension. Called Fifth Generation to
verify conflict; they had not heard of it.
Anyone out there have any problems?  I have tried it with both 32bit
addressing on and off, 040 Cache on and off, and all combinations there of.
(VM was always off)  I will download Suitcase 2.1.3 updater, but I don't
think that will fix it if Fifth Generation had not yet heard of it. You can't
fix it if you don't know about it. Anyone out there have similar problems?
Alan

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 09:40:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Telefinder & Apple Modem Tool [Q]

Hi there

The TeleFinder/user 3.02 seems to have the possibility to use the
communications toolbox (it shows an icon saying that it detects it). How do I
use the toolbox from within TeleFinder so that I can take advantage of the
Apple Modem Tool (which fortunately has the driver to my modem: A PSI
Comstation ONE faxmodem)?
Help very much appreciated

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

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 20:52:52 HST
From: John Churchill <[e-mail]>
Subject: transferring 1,500,000,000 bytes at 110 baud

>>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 you have an internet connection at both ends, you could use FTP to
transfer
>the files.  Check out info-mac/comm/ftpd-11.hqx.  It allows you to set up an
>FTP server and info-mac/comm/fetch-21.hqx is a great FTP client.  File
>Transfer
>Protocol (FTP) is an extremely efficient way of transferring files over long
>distances.  Check it out!   :-)

I couldn't resist this one.  1500 megabytes is an extremely large
amount of data... it would fill up three CD-ROMS!  There is no way in
the world that you could justify sending that much stuff over a
telecommunications device, at least not in this decade!  With my 14.4
modem, I can transfer compressed data at a rate of about 11 minutes
per megabyte, with a good, clean error-free line.  At that rate, it
would take 275 hours, or 11.5 days of continuous long-distance data
transfer!  And I don't think that you would make a lot of friends
trying to send that kind of volume over the internet.

Save yourself a bundle, and buy a DAT drive for each end, and send the
tapes via snail mail (it will still be faster than using a high speed
modem).  In addition, you will have the use of the DAT drives to back
up your network with all of those quicktime videos of your kids.

John Churchill, University of Hawaii

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Date: 23 Apr 1993 14:35:09 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Alexei Tsvetkov)
Subject: TrueType init

>Is this necessary for 6.0.8, or only for earlier versions?
>
>Michael Everson
>School of Architecture, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, E/ire Phone:
>[phone] Fax: [phone] Home: [phone]

TrueType Init is for System 6.07 and up. Earlier versions simply cannot use
TrueType.

Alexei Tsvetkov
Munich

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 93 10:17:01 MDT
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Harmony)
Subject: VersaTerm-Pro Upgrade Policy

Info-Mac 11-85 contained this diatribe about Synergy's upgrade policy:

>       VersaTerm-Pro version 3.5.3 will crash (bomb) your Mac if you
> have a Quadra and attempt to change the type of file transfer. The current
> publishers, Synergy Software, will sell you an upgrade for this fatal bug,
> but they will not give it away even though version 3.5.3 is clearly
> defective. Buyer beware!

I couldn't let this one pass without comment. Synergy Software has one of
the best upgrade policies in the business. You can upgrade any version of
VersaTerm PRO to the latest version any time you like for $20.00. Version
3.5.3 predates the Quadra, so it's not too surprising that it crashes on a
Quadra. The upgrade that you get for your $20 is not just a bug fix, but a
feature packed upgrade that includes multiple simultaneous sessions and a
time server/time client pair.

Steve Harmony
Los Alamos, NM

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Date: 23 Apr 1993 17:21:46 -0600
From: "Glockzin Donald" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Video Driver for PB 140

We have a Powerbook 140 and would like to hook it into a projector viewer that
handles the standard Mac video (i.e. it connects to internal video of Mac
IIci)
that we already have.

Does anyone have any recommendations on a video driver device for the PB 140?
I
can search through the ads in back of a Mac magazine, but I would prefer
another person's opinion .

Thanks in advance -- DG

Please email replies to [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 23:00:45 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: Why we shouldn't abuse the internet (C)

I suspect most of you have noticed that in many cases (like at all
universities
that I know of), the internet is free.

Perhaps fewer of you have realized how amazing this is. Think about this: If
the
internet were run by a business, instead of the government, we would all
probably have to pay by the hour to use the internet.

There would probably be a flat fee for email - imagine having to pay $0.29
for every email you sent over the internet, like you have to for the post
office? I bet 90% of us would spend $50/month or more on email!!

There would be extra charges for being allowed special acces to anything that
was really cool (like ftp).

The point is that the internet is amazingly cool, and it's free. The problem
is
that it is not infinite. Eventually, the internet will become exhausted, and
we will all be crippled when they take it away from us. I hate to be the
bearer of bad news, but this is inevitable - IT WILL HAPPEN!!!

All we can do is limit the amount that we strain the internet in hopes of
postponing this sad day for as long as possible. This is why we should only
do big ftps super-late at night, and this is definitely why we shouldn't
transfer gigabytes of data ever.

Of course we can all use and abuse the internet however much we want - it is
up to each of us do our part to be reasonable.

This is just the humble opinion of someone who wants this wonderful tool to be
around for a long time, and wishes that we didn't live in a world wher people
are brought up to either ignore or step on the interests of others.
Fortunately,
info-mac is composed largely of people who like to help others - too bad the
whole world isn't like info-mac.

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 23:40:51 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wrist Pads (A)

Charles C. Hsieh asked:

> Do people recommend wrist pads? If so, which brand? Is there any diff. b/t
> wrist pad and a book with the right thickness?

I have been using Wristsaver from L B Innovators, Inc.  I bought a set
(one keyboard, one mouse) from MacWarehouse for $25.  I like them.
They are comfortable to use and seem to be well designed.  About the
only complaint I have is that the mouse pad is small (Apple freebee
size).  I wish it was larger, but then again I don't seem to run
out space.

My desktop space is limited, so I couldn't try a book in front of
the keyboard for support even if I wanted to.  So I can't comment
on using a book.  $25 is not really that much to spend for the
additional comfort and potential safety that the Wristsavers offer.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 17:59:30 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Paul Westbrook)

  Does anyone know about any ftp site that has clip art in EPS or PICT
format.  Any help would be appreciated.  Please respond to my e-mail
addresses.
                    Thanks,
                    Paul Westbrook

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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