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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 30 Apr 93       Volume 11 : Issue 91

Today's Topics:

      [*] 99 Bottles v99b4
      [*] BoloStar 1.5
      [*] Checkermania 1.04 Demo
      [*] color-your-floppy.hqx
      [*] DisKeeper v1.9
      [*] Fractal! - Program submission FREEWARE
      [*] FS-ATC version 1.1 released
      [*] happy-weed-11.hqx
      [*] hellcats-faq.txt
      [*] LOC 1.0.4
      [*] misc/JWord-Lists-10.hqx
      [*] MultiSession1.00
      [*] POPmail II v2.0.8
      [*] School Stat 1.0.2 - Statistics app
      [*] ShowDialog 1.6 XCMD
      [*] Spectra-v0.9
      [*] The MIDI Primer BinHex Archive
      [*] Try2 Vocabulary Virtuoso Demo
      [*] Update to Fractal! program
      [*] upload error
      [*] WallPaper AfterDark Module (update version)
      1024x768 on NEC 5FG
      1024 x 800 on NEC
      160 MB backups ? Tape? ->sparc?
      99 bottles
      Abaton Upgrade Offer (R)
      After Dark (Star Trek) (R)
      Apple 300 310 good deal?
      Apple CD questions
      Apple Refund Problem
      app to combine aliases (Q)
      Bitmap to Postscript
      DayStar's upgrade policy
      Develop Magazine
      DoubleScroll CP with MSWord 5.1
      Duo to Desktop Mac
      emailaddress of MacDTS ?? (A)
      Eudora
      Eudora Scripts
      Experts, Imperts and FAQs
      FileShare oddity (7.1)
      font ID conflict: how to solve it?
      general enquir from Germany
      Hardware Handshake modem cable (Q)
      HideAlways
      Hi Speed Fax Modem CARD (R)
      How's Public Utilities compared to Norton, etc?
      HyperWorks: where is the editor?
      Is SID (Sound Input Dev.) supported?
      Kicking the tires on a used IIci
      Launchable, but not copyable Apps from a Network
      Launching invisible apps
      looking for sound ``Sexy Hi''
      looking for sound ``Sexy Hi''---FOUND!
      lost information powertest? (Q)
      Mac Multi-tasking vs. "TRUE" multi-tasing (R)
      MacStacker and TimesTwo
      Missing 1 - 3.5 Meg of RAM (Why?)
      More than one main dictionary in Word 5.1 (Q)
      Needed: Help with GCC Technologies' PLP printer
      NeXT-like Application Dock
      notecards/outlining
      Pathworks for VMS (Macintosh)
      Powerbook and System 7
      PowerBook mailing list
      problems with copyright-pro [Q]
      Probs printing on PM 4.2 with Pers. LWNTR
      ps -> eps conversion
      Resubmission - Medical Image Database
      Security for your Mac
      SLIP (Q)
      Society for the Prevention of Microsoft (C)
      Starup Document Manager
      Summer Project
      Talk*2*Me on appletalk remote access
      Tip of the Year
      Upgrading QMS PS410 RAM
      US modem use in GB
      which system error list to use (Q)
      X-Windows over phone lines
      z-modem transfers

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 09:55:11 -0400
From: "Jay Geagan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 99 Bottles v99b4

Somebody recently posted 99 Bottles here, but it was an old version.  This is
the current version as of 4/28/93.  -j

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/99-bottles.hqx; 279K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 14:10:01 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Daniel E. Rudman)
Subject: [*] BoloStar 1.5

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[*] BoloStar 1.5,  K&D Software, Shareware $10
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
(please note, this should replace BoloStar 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1.1.

Finally, the long-awaited new version of BoloStar is released! New features
include:

o 68000 compatibility
o Excellent B&W editing support
o Scraps
o Extensions (BoloText, BoloTrace, Island Generator included)
o Multiple-monitor @ multiple-depth support
o Four levels of zoom
o BlockMode/SmartMode draw options
o Contiguous point tool
o Base and Pillbox modification
o Starter position control
o Color Printing
o Show outer border limits
o Improved author security

IMPORTANT: The extensions that are currently distributed are NOT 68000
compatible right now. The author of these extensions, Slot-Machines, Ltd.,
has indicated 68000-compatible versions will be our shortly.

For those of you who don't know, BoloStar is a map editor for the popular
tank game Bolo.  K&D Software is extremely active on the newsgroup
alt.netgames.bolo, and a discussion of future features and other such
information can be found there.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please do not hesitate
to mail the authors of BoloStar (NOTE: we didn't write Bolo):

      Dan Rudman                [e-mail]
      Keith Fry                 [e-mail]

Furthermore, please write us if you are interested in developing extensions
for BoloStar; some programming knowledge of the Mac may be necessary.

Dan Rudman
Keith Fry
K&D Software
Authors of BoloStar

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-star-15.hqx; 336K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 09:34:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bob Garner)
Subject: [*] Checkermania 1.04 Demo

CHECKERMANIA is a magical twist on the old game of checkers.  The
introduction of magic spells has transformed it into a very exciting
and more challenging game.  In addition to magic, a "Return the Flag"
variation was added to eliminate any chance of stalemate.  Two players
can play against each other or you can match your wits against the
computer.   It's great fun for all ages.

CHECKERMANIA has superb color graphics and sound.  For machines not
equipped with color, it will also run in B&W.

This program is a demonstration version of CHECKERMANIA.  Try it out
and if you like it you can order the fully functional version directly
>From Majestic Software for only $12.  Just use the on-line order form
by clicking the "How To Order..." button in CHECKERMANIA's opening
window.  This will provide you all the instructions needed to order.

Some of CHECKERMANIA's features have been disabled in this
demonstration version; but enough have been left in to allow you to
see if you really like it.  CHECKERMANIA's on-line help explains all
the features of the full working version (so you can see what you're
missing!).  Also, the "Custom Setup" and "Preferences" windows have
Balloon Help.

Bob Garner (author of CHECKERMANIA)

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/checkermania.hqx; 465K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 1:52:31 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] color-your-floppy.hqx

Now that is crying out for a drag'n'drop gizmo! I knocked this up this
afternoon, it will add colour icons to your floppies WITHOUT using any disc
space for the custom icon. FreeWare - though you can always send me a
postcard for my son's collection if you're really pleased!

(BinHex, Compact Pro)

[Archived as /info-mac/util/color-your-floppy.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 13:03:24 -0400
From: "Jay Geagan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DisKeeper v1.9

DisKeeper 1.9 is now FREEWARE.  This program scans disks for identical files,
empty folders, text strings, etc.  Kitchen sink full of options.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/disk-keeper-19.hqx; 227K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 11:57:04 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Ed Rotberg)
Subject: [*] Fractal! - Program submission FREEWARE

Here is a new program that I'm submitting as FREEWARE.  I retain all rights
to the program, but it may be distributed freely as long as all enclosed
documentation is included.  It may NOT be included with any product sold
for profit without the express written consent of the author (me).

 - Ed Rotberg -

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fractal.hqx; 316K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 18:01:14 +0300 (EET)
From: Miika Asunta <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FS-ATC version 1.1 released

FS-ATC 1.1

Air Traffic Controller for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator
Macintosh version 4.0.

Here is the second release of the first air traffic controller that
operates with Microsoft Flight Simulator Macintosh version 4.0. It uses
some undocumented Apple Events to find out position of aircraft and
sends messages to the pilot with Notification manager.

This version fixes some bugs found in version 1.0 and adds some
new features. The name is changed from ATC to FS-ATC, because of
a name collision with existing game known as "Air Traffic
Controller". This software has nothing to do with it.

FS-ATC 1.1 is released as shareware.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a pilot myself, I wrote the program just for fun.
The messages and courses are purely fictional.

Miika Asunta
Miika [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/fs-atc-11.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 14:46:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] happy-weed-11.hqx

Here is a new version of Happyweed! (version1.1).
Please name it happyweed1.1.sea.hqx (or something like that).
It replaces my last submission, which I believe was called "drug-man"
in the archives.  There are a bunch of bug-fixes and some new features.

Blurb suggestion:
This game is based on Pac-Man - with a twist.  You are Mr. Happyweed!,
going around a screen eating marijuana leaves and various other drugs
which give you extra speed and special powers.  Your goal is to finish
as many levels as you can while escaping the Campus Police.  Requires
at least 16 colors, 800K of free RAM, System 7, and at least a 640x480
screen.  Works best with 256 colors.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/happy-weed-11.hqx; 299K]

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 20:41:18 -0500
From: Ted Wagner <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] hellcats-faq.txt

Hellcats-FAQ  DESCRIPTION:

    (Notice to archive administrator:  Please delete all and any
    former versions of Hellcats-FAQ.  Please post this FAQ in your
    GAMES section with the name Hellcats-FAQ)   Thank you

    Hellcats-FAQ is a text document which features, tips, questions &
answers, and information for the game Hellcats Over the Pacific.  This
is the most current version of the FAQ and covers the newest scenario
set for Hellcats "Missions at Leyte Gulf"

    This FAQ is free, that's it!  The document itself is a compilation
of comments and contributions of Hellcats Over the Pacific veterans.  If
you like the FAQ, please contribute your own material (if you know of
something not already in the FAQ), and send me e-mail or a post card!  (I
collect stamps).

    All contributors to the FAQ are listed in the appendix of the
document under the Credits section.  Send them e-mail too and thank them
for their effort!

Ted Wagner
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hellcats-faq.txt; 67K]

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Date: 28 Apr 1993 18:21:00 -0800
From: "John Covele" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LOC 1.0.4

              [*] LOC 1.0.4
As a shareware author, I feel obligated to post something once in a while that
is totally free, and this is one such program. Mainly for programmers, LOC is
a
handy little program you can use to add up the total number of lines of code
in
all your source code files.  Especially convenient to drag-and-drop (under
system 7) a large group of files and add them up all at once.  Number of
lines,
number of blank lines, and number of comment lines are displayed (comment
lines
are user-definable for any programming language).  This updated version should
run on all macs, system 6 or higher.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/loc-104.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 20:42:56 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jan Schipmolder)
Subject: [*] misc/JWord-Lists-10.hqx

JWord-Lists is a collection of text documents each containing one word
per line, the words having been chosen from the union of a small
collection of American English "dictionaries" found on computer
systems running under the Unix operating system. The union itself is
included as a document named "words". The other documents are subsets
of "words": lower case letter words, upper case letter words, mixed
case letter words, words containing one or more digits, words
containing exactly i letters (i=1, 2, ... ) and randomly chosen
subsets of these documents. Totally useless, unless you are into
building word lists for games or such. Suggestions welcome. Compact
Pro'd, then BinHex4'd. If you archive this, may I suggest the name
misc/JWord-Lists-10.hqx. Free. No restrictions.

Version 1.0 -- 1993-04-28 -- Original issue. Waiting for feedback.

Jan B. Schipmolder ; [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/jword-lists-10.hqx; 486K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 15:40:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] MultiSession1.00

MultiSession is a program that allows you to have multiple windows open over
a serial connection.  It is similar to MacLayers but uses a different set of
tradeoffs (Error correction and flow control gained at the expense of
responsiveness and full bandwidth utilization).

This version has a couple of problems: Downloading must be done from a
MultiSession window (since the download error correction doesn't work right
yet).  The UNIX upload program doesn't work at all.  Also, there is an
occasional error in downloading which might corrupt a file.  (I'm
working on it.)

So why am I releasing buggy software?  Well, I'm losing Internet access real
soon now and I won't have access to UNIX either, so I want to get at least
something "out there" as soon as possible.  UNIX source code is included, so
perhaps someone else will come up with ideas...

Oh, yeah.  The program requires system 7; the UNIX part runs on Ultrix and
god knows what else (I sure don't...)

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/multi-session.hqx; 164K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 14:23:53 CDT
From: "David M. Johnson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] POPmail II v2.0.8

POPmail is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and POP2/POP3/IMAP2
(Post Office Protocol) based electronic mail application for Macintosh.

Features Include
 ---------------
+ SImple user interface.
+ POP2, POP3 or IMAP2 protocols supported.
+ Fetches and sends in background.
+ Optional spelling checker.
+ Can send and receive Mac documents as BinHexed enclosures.
+ Easy to use email groups.
+ Built in mail notification.
+ Supports MailCall for mail notification (small 90K background app).

Comments and suggestions to [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/pop-mail-208.hqx; 425K]

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Date: 26 Apr 1993 08:44:49 U
From: "Glenn Rosen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] School Stat 1.0.2 - Statistics app

Enclosed please find a bug-fix update to info-mac/app/school-stat-10.hqx.
Please address all correspondence to the author.

This is a shareware program containing interactive statistical
software. It is designed primarily for schools (hence the name!),
especially teachers who wish to show how probability distributions
can be brought alive with Macintosh graphics. It goes much further
though, and has a spreadsheet, sorting, arithmetic and mathematical
transformations (including N scores), statistical tests including
descriptive statistics, confidence intervals, paired and independent
comparisons (parametric and non-parametric), correlations, linear
regression, contingency tables and more. It has a graphing facility
for scatterplots, histograms, boxplots, stem and leaf diagrams, and
pie charts. A log window keeps tally of your analyses. It accepts 30
columns by 1000 data points in each and will perform any of the
functions on your own data. It includes both static probability
tables (eg normal, inverse normal, t- and F-distribution, chi-square
distribution, and others) and active tables which will plot the
distributions and fill in the specified (by the user) probabilities
as visible areas under the actual curve. These are in real time and
have to be seen to be believed! A fully interactive help system is
available (modeless windows) at all times accessed from the Apple
menu (Command-/).

Compatibility: It is compatible with Macintoshes with system 6.05 and
above, including system 7, and will run on any screen depth, though
to get flicker free drawing in the Active Tables, you must have Color
QuickDraw installed in your system folder, and to run on depths
greater than 8 bit (ie 256 colors) you must increase the memory
partition allocated to SchoolStat(tm) to at least 960K!

David Darby
WhiteAnt Occasional Publishing Current Address:
    69 Saco St, Newton, MA 02164, USA (current address until 1994),
    phone [phone], email [e-mail].

Evolution Log

v1.01
#Calculator: attempts to obtain logarithms of zero was
associated with a fatal error which has now been corrected (NAN error
returned).

#Linear regression difficulties with equipotential data in one sample
now correctly returns a correct equation or error message.

#Correlations for similar data sets now are returned as 1.0

v1.02
#Smooth active tables now implemented using an offscreen GWorld
only if Color QuickDraw is installed in system folder (otherwise
SchoolStat(tm) defaults back to the flickering method). This makes for
visually aesthetic probability graph updates. Support for thousands
(and millions) of colors tested on only a few recent machines, with
optimum RAM partition probably at least 960K. Importing of full color
PICT images into the Graph window is supported in these environments
if there is enough memory.

#Initial window size has been reduced to fit on compact Macintosh
screens.

#Axis labels on Scatter and Linear plots are now correct. Thanks go
to Joe Strout (and others) for pointing this error out.


<<<<<< Attached TEXT file follows >>>>>>

[Archived as /info-mac/app/school-stat-101.hqx; 555K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 13:50:54 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jay L. Cross)
Subject: [*] ShowDialog 1.6 XCMD

This is ShowDialog XCMD 1.6, a HyperCard external that allows
the display of dialogs which are much more "Mac-like" than
those of the ask and answer (and their variations) commands
built into HyperCard.  ShowDialog XCMD 1.6 and several other
useful externals are installed in the example stack, which is
a terrific example of stack design and scripting.  This is a
"must-have" for any stack developer, from novice to expert.
Although extensive examples are included, some knowledge of
ResEdit or other resource editor is required.  ResEdit (or
other) is required to create your custom DLOG and DITL re-
sources used by ShowDialog XCMD.

PLEASE read the enclosed "About" text document.  It contains
information about changes between this version and previous re-
leases, and information about the author (now deceased).

There have recently been several requests on comp.sys.mac.
hypercard and on the HYPERCRD list for this file, so I've put
together this archive and uploaded it.  Note that I've no
connection with the product or the author - I'm just a satis-
fied, long-time user of ShowDialog.  Shareware - $5.00 (!).

Jay Cross   Cross Resources   [phone]
     [e-mail]
HyperCard development, Macintosh user training, DTP

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/show-dialog-16.hqx; 197K]

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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1991 17:17:23 +0300
From: [e-mail] (Dmitry Boldyrev)
Subject: [*] Spectra-v0.9

Hello dear moderators,
[I like this man! -Gordon]
I would like to post the latest for now on version of Spectra-v0.9.
Spectra is a program for simulation of IR-, Raman-, and other spectra.
I see that most of the articles which came out this and past years uses
simply lines (not spectra). Here, I suggest them to use my Spectra. It's
easy to use and friendly package. I'm currently working Spectra, since
I decided not to do Molecular Designer for a year(I'm taking CS classes so
I guess, I can go back to MolDis in the Winter).
I'd be happy if you can send me a message that you're using Spectra
and want to see new versions. BTW, I can keep in mind that you're using it
and send the new versions direct to you (binhexed Application).
I'm currently working on movable strings so that you can create a string
and move it, it could be a title or whatever..
Thank you.
Please, send your mails to [e-mail]
Thanks again.
--Dmitry

[Archived as /info-mac/app/spectra-09.hqx; 80K]

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Date: 28 Apr 1993 14:59:09 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] The MIDI Primer BinHex Archive

[Midi primer stuff - G]

[Archived as /info-mac/report/midi-primer.hqx; 969K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 22:54:01 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Paul Webber)
Subject: [*] Try2 Vocabulary Virtuoso Demo

*********  VOCABULARY VIRTUOSO* DEMO READ ME  **********

ABOUT VOCABULARY VIRTUOSOI

Vocabulary Virtuoso* is a learning aide that helps you build your vocabulary.
VV uses a variety of proven learning principles that help you make new words
part of your long term memory. The words VV uses are organized into vocabulary
sets, each containing 400 words. Several of these vocabulary sets contain
words commonly found in educated speech and writingQwords that often appear on
standardized tests like the SAT or the GRE. Other vocabulary sets contain
words from professional fields, like the legal or technical fields.

About the Vocabulary Virtuoso DemoI

This demonstration version of Vocabulary Virtuoso includes a shortened version
of a vocabulary set containing one unit of forty words. These words have been
selected from the Educated, Articulate, and Eloquent vocabulary sets. The
Educated Set is included with the VV application. The Articulate and Eloquent
Sets can be purchased separately, or as part of a bundled package.

Inquiries to:
Learning Magic
1133 Savoy Str.
San Diego, CA 92107
USA
Phone: [phone]
       1-619-225-0329
AppleLink: D5730
CompuServe: [e-mail]
Introductory Price with 400 words is $39.95, 1200 words $54.95.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/vocabulary-virtuosoi.hqx; 754K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 17:51:58 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Ed Rotberg)
Subject: [*] Update to Fractal! program

Oops!!

As usually happens, just after releasing someone found a bug (non-crashing)
with the Illumination Dialog.  Never trust version 1.0 of anything!!

Fractal is a program that can generate a wide variety of fractal landscape,
giving the user much control over many aspects of the rendered image
including an illumination model, color, a distance hazing model, a
water/wave texture model and more.

This program is FREEWARE.  The author reserves all rights.  It may be
freely distributed as long as all original documentation accompanies it.
IT may NOT be included in any package sold for profit without the express
written consent of the author.

 - Ed Rotberg -

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fractal.hqx; 317K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 17:35:09 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Judith Haller)
Subject: [*] upload error

Earlier today I submitted a revised edition of some NSF forms templates.
I've discovered an error in the upload. Any chance you could replace
today's earlier submission with the one attached? Apologies for your
trouble. It replaces /misc/nsf-proposal-forms-for-Word.hqx. The
announcement with the list of changes needs no correction.

Thanks very much,
Judith Haller
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/misc/nsf-proposal-forms-for-word.hqx; 194K]

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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 17:30:26 EDT
From: [e-mail] ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: [*] WallPaper AfterDark Module (update version)

Another AfterDark module which runs on a color Mac (it won't crash on
Black&White Mac, but just not pretty).  It displays a complex color
pattern from coarse to fine) calculated by some complex/number
crunching math formulus.

This is a updated version of "WallPaper" AD module.  The new features:
(1) more "Styles";
(2) fix a bug with 24 bit screen;
(3) automatically dump out the screen as a PICT file when the screen
    pattern is completed at the desired resolution;
    You can turn off this option.

Program written by Huangxin Wang, University of Pennsylvania

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/wallpaper.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 10:33:08 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: 1024x768 on NEC 5FG

>Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 22:58:22 GMT
>From: Bill Pearson <[e-mail]>
>Subject: 1024x800 on NEC 5FG
>
>        I have just purchased a Quadra 800 and an NEC 5FG monitor.  The
>monitor seems to be capable of much higher than 640 x 480 resolution,
>as is the Quadra, but I have not idea how to do this.
>
>        Do I need a new cable?  Where do I get it?  Software?  I don't
>need lots of colors (although I will get more VRAM) - I just want more
>dots.

Bill, you can get a 17" (1024x768) monitor cable adaptor from NEC free of
charge. Or better yet, get the "DPI-on-the-fly" control panel (also free),
which will let you change resolution on the fly. You have to get the newer
version which supports the Q800 and Centrises. NEC 5FG also support the
higher Apple 21" resolution (1152x870) - I assume yours is not the newer
(and cheaper) 5FGe model which doesn't support the higher resolution.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 17:24:05 PST
From: Nelson Byrne <nbyrne@139.121.24.140>
Subject: 1024 x 800 on NEC

1024x800 on NEC 5FG

>I have just purchased a Quadra 800 and an NEC 5FG monitor.  The
monitor seems to be capable of much higher than 640 x 480 resolution,
as is the Quadra, but I have not idea how to do this.

>Do I need a new cable?  Where do I get it?  Software?  I don't
need lots of colors (although I will get more VRAM) - I just want more
I tried this on a Centris 650, but I think it should work on a 610 or an 800.

Get an extension cable for your video, length about four inches is
convenient.
I paid $12 each for a pair of them, DB15-DB15. Unsolder pins 4, 10, and 7 from
the female end and pull them out of the cable at the male end so you can get
at
them. At startup the computer will examine these three wires.

If none are connected to anything it will shut down the builtin video.
If 4 is grounded it will generate video for a 13S tube.
If 4 is hooked to 10 it will do 16S.
If 4 is hooked to 7 it will do 19S.

I just hook together the wires with a paper clip to get the resolution I
need.
Someday I may hook up a switch instead. ThereUs probably a software solution,
but I donUt know it.
>>>>>[e-mail]
     Nelson Byrne
     SAIC  LOC#001/MS#C2
     10260 Campus Point Drive
     Sandy Eggo, CA 92121
>>>>>[phone]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 15:09:01 +0100
From: Chris Hitchcock <[e-mail]>
Subject: 160 MB backups ? Tape? ->sparc?

We are getting some machines with 160 Mbyte hard drives. In the past
we have been using DataPak removable harddrives which are costing us
L100 each (well over US$200 at current exchange rates) and hold 45
Mbytes of data. This is clearly suboptimal if we end up with full 160
MB drives to back up.

I am trying to find out about alternative methods of backing up. I'm
interested in possible hardware and/or software solutions. One
possibility which would be quite cheap for us would be if we could use
the tape drive on the SPARC station which is connected to the network.
I believe the SPARC is on the internet, and we talk to it via mac
TCP/IP. Alternatively, some compression method that ended up small
enough to fit on the 45 MegByte removable hard drives would also be an
option.

I would appreciate any suggestions people might mail to me about
alternatives, either ones that work, or ones you've tried that were
really suboptimal ;-).

The new machines are LC III's, but it would be nice if the method we
end up with is generally applicable to all Macs, some Mac II's, an SE,
and a plus.

Thanks for any help. Please mail to me personally, and I will
summarize and post if there is interest.

Chris Hitchcock.
Zoology, Oxford University.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 14:47:10 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael Roman)
Subject: 99 bottles

Rob Winters informs me that it takes considerably longer than 10 seconds to
get through a verse. Okay, so I'll revise my estimate up to a billion
years. Also, you can set it to 10 quadrillion - 1 (9,999,999,999,999,999),
so you could set it to run ten times as long, or 10 billion years. If
memory serves, that is three times as long as our solar system has
existed...
Mike Roman
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 15:44:41 +0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Abaton Upgrade Offer (R)

On Wed, 28 Apr 93 Steven W. Holland writes:

> As you may know, the InterFAX 1.3 software has a few highly irratating
bugs.
> These are never going to be fixed since the problems appear seated in the
> modem hardware itself.

> Everex (1-510-683-2800) recommends buying a chip set upgrade from them for
> the modem which costs $34.50 + tax and shipping.  Then you also need to buy
> new software .

> Bottom line:  If you own an Abaton InterFAX modem, I would now recommend
> you do the $34.50 chip upgrade and then get the $79 or higher (depending on
> your network needs) software replacement.  I hasten to add that I offer no
> guarantees and that this is just a public service announcement which I hope
> will be of use to some of you.

I've used InterFax version 1.1 with system 6.0.x without any problems; it
even worked fine when I switched over to system 7.0. I am presently using
version 1.2.3 and that has also worked without any mishap ;-) I believe we
may be entering a rather strage era in computing where older versions of
some software work better than newer versions (and where newer versions
introduce bugs and don't seem to offer any spectacular increase in
capability).We have been conditioned to feel somehow inadequate and
unfulfilled unless we have the newest version (1.2.3 verus 1.2.2) of very
piece of software. Getting off on a few new twitches to a piece of code
seems a bit flaky ;-) In this case my suggestion is to downgrade rather
than upgrade and thus save some bucks and some hassle.

r o b e r t

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 02:20:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: After Dark (Star Trek) (R)


On 27 Apr 1993 John Snell <[e-mail]>
asked:
> Date sent:  27-APR-1993 21:10:17
> >Hey,
> >
> >When I D/Led the Star Trek Screen Saver from sumex-aim.stanford...and
> >installed the file into the After Dark Files Folder. Star Trek
> >doesn't appear as a choice of screen savers. What do I do to get it to
> >work?? Does anyone know??

I might be wrong, but I believe that you have to run this from
the PICS Player module.

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

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:37:38 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple 300 310 good deal?

I would like any advice on the advantages and disadvantages of the Apple
LaserWriter 300 and 310. I want FinePrint but I do not yet need Photograde
or PostScript. Could people please report problems? Also, two questions.

(1) The 300 can be upgraded to PostScript, what is the likelihood that it
    can be upgraded to PostScript Level 2?

(2) Should a QuickDraw printer such as the 300 be able to take advantage of
    QuickDraw GX?

(3) Does the 300 and 310 print 5 ppm of text pages (Word, few fonts) in the
    standard memory configuration?  Appreciate any advice. Thanks!

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 08:51:11 +0200
From: Giulio Trillo' <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple CD questions

Hi from the Switzerland!
I have a question for all you netters: I'm planning to purchase an
Apple CD Rom, and since I own an SE/30 it will be the external type.
If, in the future, I'll buy a new Macintosh, that have a 5 1/4 bay,
can I transfer the CD Rom from the external box to the Mac?
Obviously, I understand that I'll end with an empty box and power
supply, but at the moment I need a CD Rom, but I can't afford a
new Mac, especially not knowing which models will come the next week...
Thanks!

Giulio

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 08:54:31 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple Refund Problem

Hello to all in NetLand...

I've got a serious problem I'd like to address, and I'm opening the
floor to suggestions.  Please e-mail to me, and I'll keep the net
updated on my progress.

First, the background:

In November '92, I ordered a Mac IIvx with the new 14" monitor,
Extended Keyboard II, QuickTime Starter Kit, and Mac PC Exchange.  I
had to order through my school, since I am a student and needed the
discount.  My system finally arrived on 11 Feb 93, a day or two after
the release of the Centris 650 and company, which was accompanied my
large price cuts on the IIvx.

I got in contact with my local Apple Rep here in Champaign-Urbana,
who does a lot of Education work (I work in one of the computer labs
she has a lot of contact with).  Through her, I was able to get a
commitment (over the phone AND in print, through e-mail) from Apple
to a refund of about $600-700.  They said the policy was to refund
everyone whose IIvx SHIPPED the week of the price cuts, so I should
have qualified, since my machine left the last Apple depot on 08 Feb
93 (a Monday).  She even forwarded me e-mail from a "Mark" at the
Austin Support Center, who said that the paperwork should be done by
"the end of the week"--this was 23 March 93.


Guess why I'm writing.

No refund in sight; I'm constantly checking with my credit card
company.


I've been in further contact with the Apple Rep, a Laura Walston, but
she has not replied to my latest letter (of 16 April, or
thereabouts).  While I will continue to push her for assistance, I
want to take things to the next level so I can get my money back.
This refund has been about two months in coming, and I really need
it.

My question is--who do you suggest I go to next?  I'm going to call
Apple Customer Service's 1-800 number, but I also would like to get
an address where I can send all my hardcopy documentation (invoices,
e-mail printouts, etc, etc) to support my claim.

If any of you could help me out in this, I'd be forever grateful.


Thanks a lot!!


Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]


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

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 21:31:05 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: app to combine aliases (Q)

Does anyone know of an app that can combine two or
more aliases so that several files/apps can be opened
by simply double clicking _one_ super-alias?  I am aware of
Stapler, but I'm not too happy with it because it uses
(temporarily) 500K of RAM to do its thing.  What I'm thinking
of is a way of simply combining aliases (pointers) to several
files; such a super-alias should work like vanilla aliases,
and not consume any RAM to do its thing.

Does such a beast exist?

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

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 12:30 EST
From: KEN SCHWARTZREICH <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bitmap to Postscript

In response to someone's query of converting Bitmap fonts to Postscript fonts
may I suggest Adobe Streamline, which does just that.  It sells mail order
for $119 at MacSelect (1/800/348-3636).
-Ken Schwartzreich
 Assistant Network Manager
 Lafayette College
 Easton, PA

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

Date: 29 Apr 1993 11:07:56 U
From: "David Gutierrez" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DayStar's upgrade policy

DayStar's upgrade policy
In Info-Mac Digest Volume 11 #89, Barry Markovitz, M.D. 454-6215
<[e-mail]> writes:
>BTW, anyone know the deal with Daystar and upgrade prices;  one is supposed
to
>be able to upgrade the card for the price difference, but the prices have
come
>down.  I'd have to check, but I think one could get the 40 or even 50 mHz
card
>today for what I paid for the 33 mHz one a year ago.  So what's my "price
>difference?"

The "price difference" is based on the difference between the current retail
prices of the two products. However, there's more to consider. Upgrades have
the lowest priority for shipment. I've been trying to upgrade two 50 MHz 68030
PowerCache cards to 33 MHz 68040 cards for over three months. Each time I
call,
I'm told they're not available yet and that I should try again in a couple of
weeks. I'm guessing it'll be about six months before DayStar is willing to
sell
me the promised upgrades.

If you're considering purchase of a DayStar accelerator because of their
upgrade policy, I'd think again.

David Gutierrez
Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 19:27:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Develop Magazine

Help!

In January I ordered a subscription to Develop for a friend as a gift. He
should also have received a CD with the subscription. But so far, he has
received nothing. How can I track my order? All phone numbers I have for
Develop are disconnected (both 815/734-6309 and 800/545-9364. My mail message
to [e-mail] bounced.

HELP!

Josephine Colmenares / Fordham University
[e-mail] / [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 08:43:58 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DoubleScroll CP with MSWord 5.1

Hello, all...

I just downloaded the great DoubleScroll control panel from the
archives, and noticed the following stange behavior:

1)  Most annoying of all, it makes the sliders INVISIBLE in MS Word
5.1; they still work if you "guestimate" where the arrowheads are,
but this is truly an undesireable situation...

2)  Unless I force the file to load LAST at startup, it totally
screws with the placement of startup icons on the screen (Mac IIvx,
System 7.1, with one complete row plus four more icons on a 13"
monitor--and don't lecture me about too many INITs!!).  Anybody have
any good workarounds for this?

Anyone else have these problems, or is it just me?

Until the MS Word problem gets fixed, I'm going to have to stop using
the program.  The second is just a minor annoyance, but I'd like to
see it fixed, too.  Any hope for an update soon?...

Thanks for your help!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:42:40 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Duo to Desktop Mac

Is it the case you don't need a minidock to transfer files from a Duo to
desktop Mac? One can just use a LocalTalk connection? Is this much slower
than a SCSI connection? Thanks in advance.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 4:19:29 PDT
From: Brian R. Gaeke <[e-mail]>
Subject: emailaddress of MacDTS ?? (A)

To register codes, or any other correspondence you have with Apple
Developer Suport, email to:

    [e-mail]

Brian

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

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:34:20 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dieder B.)
Subject: Eudora

I too, am trying to figure out the navigation strings required by Eudora
for dial-in access, in the meantime, however, try reading Appendix E (or is
it D?) of the manual, and try and figure out the navigation strings
required...you might also want to try the SFU version of Eudora, available
anonymously at fraser.sfu.ca in the pub/mac/eudora section....docs are in
/source/docs/c.rtf for the scripting info...hope this helps,

Dieder

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 11:42:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dwight Early)
Subject: Eudora Scripts

Mike,

You wrote:

>I am trying to use Eudora from home using a modem and the modem tool.
>...{rest edited out}...
>Thanks to anyone who can help me with this.  If someone does send me a script
>and their permission, I can post it with appropriate instructuions
>to help all those that are in a similar bind.....mike
>
>Michael Silverstein
>Materials Engineering
>Technion

Hate to say it, but did you check the Eudora Doc's?  Appendix D in the
doc's for Version 1.31 discusses Dialup Eurodra using scripts & a server
program called "srialpop". You can get srialpop from "ftp.qualcomm.com"
where Eudora now lives.  NB: I couldn't get it to work.  (I'm not a
computer scientist, just a manager who has to deal with an uninterested IS
shop.  Such is life in the Big City.)

Now for the good news, if your mail server supports SLIP, you're much
better off.  I'm using SLIP on my Mac at home with a Supra Too Fast modem.
(I'm planning to get our IS shop to install SLIP on our PeeCee notebooks
computers to give the users the same interface on the notebooks as they
have on their desktops...hopefully.)  The Eudora Q & A stack, available
>From ftp.qualcomm.com, talks about & gives tips on using SLIP with Eudora.
It gives several sources for SLIP for the Mac.  Bad news is there are no
public domain versions of SLIP and you need Apple's MacTCP.  Good news is
the you can buy MacTCP & SLIP for the Mac as part of the VersaTilities s/w
pkg (Synergy S/W - they sell VersaTerm) for the same list prices as MacTCP
alone from Apple.  Check the usual mail order houses for the best street
price.

Good Luck!

--Dwight Early

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 04:34:06 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Experts, Imperts and FAQs

Whoever wrote this:

>Following up on some now not so recent comments -
>
>Not all of us have ftp or other access to download FAQs,
>which can make it difficult to read them before posting here...

What about the mail servers?
There's one at rtfm.mit.edu where you can request most of those floating
around.
Just read the FAQ!

Oops.

Sven :)

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 16:08:28 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: FileShare oddity (7.1)

We have someone on our campus (at a different location from us) that we are
trying to get functional with file sharing. From the information he gave
me, he has a IIci running 7.1 (as far as he knows, it was installed when he
got it from someone else). Oddly, he cannot use FileShare. Sharing Setup
for him only has the "Network Identity" and "Program Linking" sections--the
"File Sharing" panel is missing. If he tries to access File Sharing Monitor
he gets an error to the effect of "can't use this control panel with this
version of AppleShare".

I have no idea what they have on his machine, and cannot easily go to him
to try and solve the problem first-hand. If anyone has a clue as to the
cause (yes, I had him check the versions of the File Sharing Extension and
Sharing Setup), I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Dave
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 12:58:05 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: font ID conflict: how to solve it?

Under Quark Xpress, I got an error message when opening a document containing
among other some characters in Palatino.
But I have a Palatino TT font installed into Font folder (I'm running System
7.1) !
The error message said that 'a font is not installed in my system (ID #-2)'.
Could this be an error caused by font ID conflict?
If so, how can I solve it?
Many many thanks for the help.
Maurizio

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:31:14 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Bauer)
Subject: general enquir from Germany

greetings,
could you send me some information by e-mail on what kind of software/fora you
offer? I am a linguist working on South East Asian languages, and am
interested in contacts with people using "4th dimension" and the programming
language "ICON" (ProIcon for Mac). Thanks, Dr. Chris Bauer, Department of
Thai, Univ Hamburg, Germany

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 18:58:02 EST
From: GRENDEL <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hardware Handshake modem cable (Q)

I've got a Zoom modem 2400 (no fax) with all the protocol goodies-- MNP5,
v.42,
v.42bis, you name it. The problem is, I don't think it's working. Now I know
you need a hardware handshaking cable to take advantage of many of those
things,
and I suspect I don't have one. Now I know that the pinout assignments are
different for the two types of cables, but I have _no way_ to test the pins.
In fact, I have no clue how to test the pins, but if it involves buying some
device, I'll just buy a new cable. Oh, I got the cable with the modem (in the
box), from MacConnection.
As far as diagnosis, I have ATW1, and the max cps I ever got was 290 some. I
have my terminal set to 9600. Am I forgetting anything? OK let's hear it.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 08:08 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: HideAlways

Does anyone know if HideAlways is incompatible with System 7.1?  I have
HideAlways 2.0b on a Mac IIsi.  Every time I switch from an application to the
finder, one of two things happens: (a) the desktop disappears and then
reappears; (b) Hide Others is disabled or not working (e. g., everything shows
up on the desktop.  Best I can tell, HideAlways is not doing what it used to
do
before I upgraded to 7.1.  Any help will be greatly appretiated!  If by chance
HideAlways IS incompatible with 7.1, is there anything else that will do the
same thing?  Thanks!

Steve Waechter
swaechter@utmem2 (bitnet)
[e-mail] (internet)

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 08:35:40 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hi Speed Fax Modem CARD (R)

Aric Friesen asked in issue #090 about a 14.4 kbaud modem CARD for
NuBus Macs--namely, does such a beast exist?  He wanted to avoid
unplugging the MIDI interface currently in his modem port when he
uses his modem.

While I have NOT seen ANY internal modems for desktop Macs AT ALL
(a major oversight of manufacturers, IMHO), I would suggest that
Aric get one of the serial-port switching devices that are currently
available.  One particular device is available from mail order
vendors for about $130.00 (sorry, but I can't remember the exact
name...); check magazines like MACWORLD and MacUser for reviews
(within the past six months).

These devices include Control Panels that allow you to choose the
port that's "alive;" from what I understand, if the software supports
Apple's Serial Port Manager (or some such beast, anyway), ALL of the
ports can be active at once.

BTW, do you have anything in your printer port?  Most telecom
software I've seen can support sending info throught the printer
port, too, so this may be a MUCH less expensive option.

Take care, and I hope this helps!!


Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 09:29:26 EST
From: Scott Traurig <[e-mail]>
Subject: How's Public Utilities compared to Norton, etc?

Hi folks,

    I've been thinking of getting Public Utilities.  The more automatic nature
of it appeals to me, since I am getting tired of running Norton and Disk First
Aid once a week to make sure my hard drive stays healthy.

    I have not EVER had a problem requiring a reformat since I started doing
this 2 years ago, although I very occasionally have to resort to my backup to
replace a corrupted file.  I'm pretty hard on my system too, with lot's of
weird stuff in my system folder and trying shareware that crashes :-)  The
most
amazing thing is the number of problems it catches - is all the software out
there so bad that it can't keep the data structures in some semblance of
order?

    What's the general opinion on Public Utilities?  Any weirdness like
Norton/Disk First Aid interaction that requires you to run DFA last?  Is it
better or worse than Norton?

        Thanks,
            Scott ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 22:35:54 +0200
From: MEDGUILLOD <[e-mail]>
Subject: HyperWorks: where is the editor?

I read in the 1993 edition of Mac Dev Tools and Languages
Guidebook about Hyperworks Tools. But the e-mail and phone
are wrong and I am unable to find the editor.
How can point me to the right direction? Or does the
product really exist?

Please answer directly to me.

Joel
E-mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 19:51 CST
From: Dominik Hoffmann <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is SID (Sound Input Dev.) supported?

A while back I downloaded, I think from this archive, instructions on how to
build a sound input device (SID) for the Mac serial port. Now my question is
simply this:

Is it compatible with MacRecorder?

and:

If not, which software supports this device?

Dominik ([e-mail])

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 17:55:30 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Kicking the tires on a used IIci

A friend of mine just bought a used Mac IIci from a local dealer.  The
dealer said it had been a demo model in the showroom for the last two
and a half years.  The catch is that it only comes with a 30 day
warranty.  So my question is this:  How can you put a used IIci through
its paces to find out if it is sound before the warranty expires?

My normal advice to new computer purchasers is to leave the computer on
for a week or two, to see if any hardware problems surface.  I'm afraid
to advise this to my friend, lest I hasten the demise of an old but sound
computer.  Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on that?

I have DiskBasher, but I've never used it to see if an untested hard drive
was sound.  How useful would that be in this case?

Has anyone used Snooper, MacEKG or a related program to check out a used
computer?  Would it be useful here?

I should mention that the computer appears to be basically sound.  So are
these questions really worth worrying about at all, or should I tell my
friend not to worry too much about it?

Any advice or comments are welcome.  Send correspondence either to info-mac
or to me directly;  if I get enough private response, I'll summarize them
on the net.  TIA...

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 14:05:58 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dieder B.)
Subject: Launchable, but not copyable Apps from a Network

There is, however, another solution to the problem of allowing people to
launch applications, but not copy them, it does however involve the use of
System 6 for a brief moment...

Under System 7, you canNOT flip/set/toggle the protect bit of an
application, whether it be to turn it on or to turn it off. Thus, use a
System 6 setup, and toggle the bit using DiskTop, or MacTools, and you will
have now protected your program from finder-copying....thus if a person
tries to copy it, the Finder will say that 'A file cannot be copied because
of copy-protection.' Very simple, and no other applications needed to
prevent copying. If you make the folder read-only, then people can't delete
it either. System 7 respects that Protect 'bit' and thus you are protected
>From anybody copying the application.

Of course there are always ways to beat almost any copy-protection scheme,
but this is quick and simple to set up and implement.

Just my $0.04 worth,

Dieder

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 0:29 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Launching invisible apps

My thanks to Steve Jaffe ([e-mail]) for answering my
question (rather the question of someone at Microsoft whom I've already
relayed Steve's suggestion to).

I did get another message saying that one could make an app launchable
but uncopyable by setting the copy protection bit.  Now this is something
I've been aware of for a while, but I always fought shy of asking about
it because I assumed the reason ResEdit doesn't allow you to toggle it is
because Apple want to keep copy protection a private thing which only
software houses and developers get to fiddle with.  I was told that FWB's
Hard Disk Toolkit will actually toggle the copy protection bit but I don't
have that, so the idea's no use to me.

But since the subject has been broached, well I thought I'd ask and be
damned (maybe): where is this copy protection bit, and how can I toggle it
using a disk editor?

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

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 21:11:39 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: looking for sound ``Sexy Hi''

A long, long time ago, there was a tiny sound file called
``Sexy Hi'' in the archives.  (The file was <10K, if I recall
correctly, and featured a female voice saying ``Hi.'')  I've
somehow lost my copy, and was wondering if one of you might
have archived it.  If so, would you mind terribly sending
me a copy?  I'd appreciate it.

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

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

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 04:57:35 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: looking for sound ``Sexy Hi''---FOUND!

Last night I posted a request for the sound called ``Sexy Hi''
that used to be in the <sumex-aim> archives.  This morning I
got the (bright) idea to check <archie> and found it:

Host wuarchive.wustl.edu    (128.252.135.4)
Last updated 08:27 28 Apr 1993

    Location: /mirrors2/info-mac/Old/sound
      FILE    -rw-r--r-- 14499 bytes 00:00 30 Jun 1991  sexy-hi.hqx


I should have thought of checking <archie> before asking the Net.
My apologies.

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

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 10:52:37 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Larry Pickett)
Subject: lost information powertest? (Q)

A while back I scribbled myself a note to retrieve some software from a
bbs.  All I wrote was the phone number [phone] and the userid
POWERTEST.  As I remember the software was an free offering by a commerical
company that was supposed to test the access time to Apple Share servers.
I can't find the origional note, have been unable to do anything but
connect to the modum at that number and then get dropped, and as looking
for more info.  Has anyone been successful in retreiving this and what is
the secret?

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

Date: 30 Apr 1993 07:29:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Imagination Flux)
Subject: Mac Multi-tasking vs. "TRUE" multi-tasing (R)

[e-mail] writes:

Nice summary of cooperative and pre-emptive multitasking. However,
your desire for an automagical background-aware compiling option
scares the bajeezus outta me.

>MT system. BOTH Language System Fortran and Absoft Fortran compilers allow
you
>to have the required "token passing" subroutine calls inserted
*automatically*
>in your code at compile time!!! This is just wonderful, since you end up with
>code that runs in the background without having done a thing to your source
>code. I am really puzzled why the C and Pascal vendors don't add this
>lovely feature! (If it can be done in fortran, it should be possible
>elsewhere,
>right?) This feature seems to be very robust and is as close as it currently
>gets to having preemptive MT on the Mac.

That's not even close to preemptive, and it seems very haphazard.  I
for one don't like the idea of mysterious things going on in the
background when I'm not prepared for it.  Mac memory management
makes it necessary for me to know when the machine might shuffle
around my data.

Good programming doesn't require magical compiler fixes to make things
run well.  On the other hand, NO level of programming can turn the Mac
into a pre-emptive system.  Maybe System 8?  Or how about the Mac OS
for the PowerPC?  Those of us that want real multi-tasking (and a Mac
OS) will just have to wait until Cupertino decides it's in their best
interest to give it to us *shrig*.

I don't mean to flame, you really just scared me.  <grin>

-Joe

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Date: 29 Apr 1993 17:52:29 GMT
From: William Shirley <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacStacker and TimesTwo

Is there a Macintosh version of Stacker?

If so, can anyone render an opinion of how it 'stacks up' to the other
driver level compression program TimesTwo?

Is is faster; more effective at compressing; cheaper; more reliable.


Please respond to me directly.

William Shirley
Cornell University
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 12:52 EST
From: E=MC^2 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Missing 1 - 3.5 Meg of RAM (Why?)

Dear Netters,
I have yet to get a decent response to a insolvable problem.
I have a vanilla System 7.0, 10 MEG of RAM installed, and a LC/I.
32-bit addressing on, extensions off, 16k RAM cache
 the About Macintosh still says System
Software is hogging 1 MB of my RAM.  I have only 7 TT fonts, 7  20 k Sounds in
my System Suitcase.  When 5 extensions are on and 32-bit addressing is off
System Software in About this MacIntosh takes 3.5 MB, leaving 6.5 MB for my
other application/Control Panels/DAs.  What is going on here?  Is there any
way of reducing the memory taken up by the system Software, other than the
methods mentioned above?
I will summarize any answers I receive, should anyone want to also know.

P.S. LC/I does have Virtual Memory.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 13:36 N
From: <[e-mail]> (Daniel Wismer)
Subject: More than one main dictionary in Word 5.1 (Q)

I have put the US and German dictionary in the Word Commands folder.
The preferences dialog would allow me to choose which dictionary I would
like to use.  Sounds perfect.  In the manual and the help file this feature
is mentioned: 'Under Main Dictionary, select the dictionary you want to use
as the standard dictionary.'

Why doesn't Word save my preference for the chosen dictionary ?
Every time I launch the program, it beeps at me and display the message:
" 'Rechtschreibung' and 'Spelling' cannot be used at the same time.
  'Rechtschreibung' is currently being used. "

Would you call this a bug or a feature.  Well neither, it's.......annoying.

Why would you want to offer an option to the user and then complain when
he's actually using it ?

Dan Wismer      University of Fribourg  Switzerland
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 12:58:14 CHT
From: [e-mail] (Patricio Mason)
Subject: Needed: Help with GCC Technologies' PLP printer

Many thanks to the individuals who answered my request for Apple Canada's
e-mail address.  As the heading suggests, I now need a bit of help with my
GCC Technologies' PLP II laser printer.

The printer driver (v. 4.0) appears to have become corrupt.  To my horror,
the original backup diskette reports a "disk error" when I try to run off a
fresh copy.  Although Chile is well-supplied with Apple dealers, GCC
Technologies is not known here.  I can only use my printer 2 times out of
10, and I'm stuck.  Any charitable souls out there who could help?  Please
reply to me directly.

Many thanks in advance.


Patricio Mason
International Communication Solutions Ltd.
Specialist Translation and Multilingual Productions
Santiago, Chile
Tel./Fax: [phone]
Tel.: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 15:03:26 -0500
From: Robert D Newberry <[e-mail]>
Subject: NeXT-like Application Dock

Is there a shareware/pub domain program for
the Mac that works like the NeXT application
dock, i.e., that lets you put an icon bar
up that contains icons for certain apps?

Rob Newberry
[e-mail]

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Date: 29 Apr 1993 17:34:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Barry Markovitz, M.D. 454-6215" <[e-mail]>
Subject: notecards/outlining

> I use plain old index cards for my notetaking! (Pretty pathetic,
>eh?) Then, I organize the citations on my living room floor.
>Is there a software equivalent of this process? What about
>software such "Endnote Plus" or "Inspiration"?

>Would be nice if some utility took a text file, numbered the paragraphs and
>printed them (no spanning pages). Then if it showed a list of numbers, I
>could click and drag the numbers around to suit my needs and then have it
>export the text file in the new order.

I would highly recommend Acta7 for such tasks.  You can outline a document and
collapse sections with ease, click and drag to rearrange, and it exports to a
Word RTF file once it's organized.  (It can also export to MacWrite, MacDraw,
MORE, WordPerfect, text, MailMerge, ThinkTank, and Works).  It imports MORE,
text, scrapbook, and ThinkTank.  For the lecturers among us, Aldus Persuasion
can import and export Acta outlines as well.

I've seen EndNote Plus in use for citations; some bibliographic services can
spit out references in a format that EndNote Plus can quickly import as
records
fully formatted (title, author, etc).  I'm told you can then import the
references directly into your word processor as well.

HTH (hope this helps :-) )
Barry Markovitz <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 08:43:32 EDT
From: "Lisa L.W. Besko" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pathworks for VMS (Macintosh)

Has anyone installed the new version of Pathworks for VMS (macintosh) 1.2
yet?
We received our's this week.  Is there a new client coming out too?

If anyone has been using it, do you have any comments?

Has anyone heard anything about about how it is in actual use?

Lisa Besko

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 19:29:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Powerbook and System 7

What version of System 7 is required for a Powerbook 140---7.0 or 7.0.1?

Thanks,

Josephine Colmenares / Fordham University
[e-mail] / [e-mail]

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Date: 30 Apr 1993 02:23:57 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PowerBook mailing list

Is there a PowerBook specific mailing list / listserver / etc?  If so, what is
the address?

Thanks in advance!

stj
Steven T. Jones
Assistant Professor of Design & Technology
Middle Tennessee State University

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 15:35:06 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: problems with copyright-pro [Q]

hi

I've downloaded ./demo/copyright-pro.hqx from
info-mac a couple of days ago and installed it
on my (old) IIcx. Nothing happened i.e. the finder is
still doing the copying (and not in the background :-( )
I'm running a IIcx under 7.0.1 TuneUp 1.1.1 with no Inits
or Cdevs but for:
1/ the Apple standards Cdevs that have no Inits in them
2/ Extensions Manager 1.8
3/ The Cdev that was part of copyright-pro

Is someone able to run copyright-pro ?
Any clues to what I'm doing wrong ?

Jean-Francois Sygnet <[e-mail]>


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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 19:55:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] ()
Subject: Probs printing on PM 4.2 with Pers. LWNTR

My friend is having problems printing with PageMaker 4.2 on his Personal
LaserWriter NTR.  He has installed what the PM ppd list file says is the
proper ppd and pdx files using the Aldus installer utility.  Whenever he
prints, however, he gets two dialog boxes:  the first says that the proper
ppd is not installed, the second says that his file will be printed using
the general ppd.  The files then print properly, but this is rather
annoying and one wonders if this is truly working properly.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing.

Feel free to email me if this is too trivial to post

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 01:25:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tron R.)
Subject: ps -> eps conversion

[e-mail] writes:

>I would like to convert a ps file to an eps file, but I don't know what to
>use.  I've seen ps2eps.shar, but that's only unix as far as I know and I
>just don't have the time or bandwidth to upload several meg of .ps files
>to my unix account.  IS there a mac equivalent?  Where can I find it?

>Eric Oehler
>[e-mail]

Assuming your unix ps file does not contain any instructions, such as clear
or initclip, etc, all you need to do is to change the comment header to
something similar to the following:
%%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%%BoundingBox: lowerleftx lowerlefty upperrightx upperrighty

the ps coordinate system is the same as the standard mathematical
coordinate system with 0,0 at the lower left corner and the measurements
are in points (1 point = 1/72 inch).

tron
--
    T
  T     T
  T  T  T
  T  T  T

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 08:27:01 CST
From: Akira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Resubmission - Medical Image Database

Hello people,
  I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR U.  I JUST GOT A LARGE
project dropped into my lap.  The project is a medical image database.
They have one installed on a windows platform.  What I am to do is to
build one on the 950.  The jest of it is that the doctor will sit down
and choose from a list of criteria like what part of the body, what
type of tissue, and the like.  The database will search out all the
images that fit the criteria, and list them.  The doctor will have the
option of doing another search and add to the list of images that were
found.  After all the images have been found, he can pick from the list
the one that they wish to view.  All the images are on Laser Disk.  I
thought of a couple commercial programs that would come close to the
criteria, but I need a custom interface.  Questions:

1)  I have set-up a few databases in Filemaker Pro, but know of no way
that FM can drive a Pioneer LD player.  Is there any way that this can
be done.

2)  I have see databases set up in Hypercard, but have little knowledge
in scripting in HC.  Are there any example of such a database out
there?  Is this the best way of doing it?  Can I link HC with a DB
written in Fox Pro or Dbase using LD driver XCMDS?  (i.e. do the
database in Dbase, and use HC as a front end.)

3)  I know that there are LD drivers already written for Pioneer LD's,
where can I find them?  Are there any here on the net?  What about HC
XCMDS?

IF I am looking at this in the wrong fashion, they hey, any assistance
would be great.  I know that there are a few doctors out there.  Do u
have any input on some of the features that are needed?



AKIRA

UAB COMPUTER SUPPORT SERVICES
ZU01988@UABDPO

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:44:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dr. Ephraim Fithian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Security for your Mac

    BRYAN SMITH <[e-mail]> asks about a
security program for his Mac.
    We needed to secure a Mac directly connected to a color printer so
    that
university students wouldn't print out $50 bills (we try to reserve that
for faculty ;-) ) or any other unnecessary documents. After trying several
shareware solutions, we decided to use PowerLock.
     This is an application rather than an init,
but if you place it in the startupitems folder
(7.01), and change the icon to a white blob, and change the name to a
period, and set the startupitems folder to icon view, most students won't
find it. (Unless they read this!) You can set it to accept up to 3 tries
for the correct password and if not given, it shuts down the mac.

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 08:23:09 EDT
From: "Lisa L.W. Besko" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SLIP (Q)

Could anyone point me to some information about what it is that SLIP is?  Any
details on how SLIP works (eg. what equipment is needed? what do you connect
to?)

Lisa Besko

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:26:06 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Society for the Prevention of Microsoft (C)

Allan Hunter <[e-mail]> writes:
>Microsoft is responsible for an entire PLATFORM, remember?  Good old
MS-DOS...

I'll go one better by reminding everyone that Bill Gates didn't invent DOS,
he "acquired" it, tied a bow on, and sold IBM buyers on its superiority to
other then-current OSs.  In fact, MicroSoft has NEVER (to my knowledge)
invented ANYTHING NEW.  They collect other's good ideas, rewrite them using
their own (often brain-damaged) implementations, and sell them to the
public as "revolutionary".  Of course the first few releases are the "let
the buyers find the bugs for us" ones.

I am constantly amazed that people will not only put up with this garbage,
but venerate it!  I guess they justify the hard work climbing that MS
learning curve by claiming that the view from the top of the "hill" is the
best they have seen.  Perhaps, having crawled across the desert, even the
dirtiest, smelliest water looks delicious. (mixed metaphor alert!).  How
many studies are now showing the time spent struggling with computers may
actually degrade office worker productivity.  In the context of US business
which is predominantly stocked with PCs running a load of MS apps on top of
MS Windows on top of MS-DOS (three layers! Ugh!)  Who you gonna blame?

I am happy to say I get along fine with only one MS application: Excel
(because it was the only alternative for a long time).

I don't begrudge Gates his billions.  The way he identified a need, a
solution, and the opportunity to bring them together, and then doggedly
built from there should not be underestimated.  But I can't abide those who
consider him a technology god and hang on his every word.

What company had the slogan "the name so-and-so on the outside means
quality on the inside"?  I have my own version to apply to MicroSoft :-)

Paul Baim

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 08:56:19 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Starup Document Manager

Hello again...

I'm looking for a free/shareware program that will allow me to alter
the startup order of Extensions, CPs, and the like without altering
their filenames, etc.  I know about Extension Manager, but I don't
think it can change startup order...

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks a lot...


Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 11:04:58 -0600
From: "Bill Wing"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Summer Project

Eric,
  Do I have the project for you!!!  If you follow this digest you will
remember the howls of anguish a few months ago when Apple announced that it
was going to start charging a bundle ($150 or so if I remember correctly)
for MacTCP.  Here we have this interesting situation in which MicroSoft
(Windows NT) and IBM (OS/2) are moving toward including IP in their
standard distributions, and Apple is going the opposite direction.  I claim
a PD or shareware IP stack for the MAC would be a perfect project, *and* a
public service.
  Just as a cultural note, last summer when Merit published their list of
the 50 top names for nodes on the Internet (a side effect of their node
discovery project), it was pretty stunning.  The list contained the
expected smattering of names of planets, cartoon characters and science
fiction references.  But it also contained MAC1, MAC2, MAC3,  and so on
down through about MAC10, if I remember right.  There were a few SUNs and
such but nothing like the list of MACs.  Of course, there is no way to know
how many of the other node names have Macs hiding behind them, but it was
clear the Mac is the most popular machine on the net.  I claim this is in
large part because a cheap IP stack (Mac TCP) has made it the machine of
choice.  If Apple continues down its current path, that status will soon
change.  I'd like to see you pick up the gauntlet.

                    Bill

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 22:59:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ryan Christian Nelson)
Subject: Talk*2*Me on appletalk remote access

I recently downloaded Talk*2*Me to see what it could do, and as
I read the documentation, it occurred to me that it may be exactly
what I've been looking for for quite a while.

Can anyone tell me the following, though?

1. At what frequency does it sample sounds?  Is this selectable?

2. Will it work on something like Dial Up AppleTalk or netmodem?

Specifically, I've been looking for a Macintosh solution to the
problem of remote broadcasting for the two radio stations I work for.
If we need to broadcast from a point too far away from our base, we
have to use the phone, and then it sounds, well, like you're on the
phone.

I've been looking for a simple interface to allow one Mac to input
sound, compress it (this is automatic with MACE, right?), and then
shoot it down the phone line to another mac, which would then convert
the bits 'n' bytes to sound again, and, hopefully, it would sound a
lot better than a regular phone conversation.  "Realtime" isn't that
important to me, but I'd like to be able to send a 30 second sound byte
in at least 30 seconds...

As for user interface, I'd like to just yell into one end, and it comes out
the other end. (a five second delay or something would certainly be
acceptable)  That's why this AppleTalk "realtime" intercomm system cought
my attention.

I'm shopping for a powerbook, but right now I only have an SE/30, and
hence have no way to check it out.  Is there someone out there who
uses Remote AppleTalk who'd be willing to try calling the office with
his powerbook?

It just occurs to me that if the internet TCP/IP appletalk link works out,
we could be using the internet for realtime talking...  how long till THAT
gets policed?

In case anyone's wondering, Talk*2*Me _looks_ like a really nifty gizmo,
and can be found in the "app" directory of SUMEX.

Thanks for any help I get...please reply to the net, or to me, and I'll
post summaries.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 17:23 GMT
From: Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tip of the Year

What follows is my nomination for Macintosh Tip of the Year:

Free megabytes with every Mac.....
If you buy a Mac with a 40Mb Hard Disk (or 80, 160 etc.) and you compare its
size with that of another Mac hard drive ostensibly of the same size you will
see that both drives do indeed appear to have exactly the same capacity.  But
then ask youself how often you've seen drives advertised that are exactly 40,
80 or 160 MB.  Usually they're 42, 85 etc.  Here's the good bit: Apple buy
their drives from the same manufacturers that everyone else uses, often
Seagate
or Quantum.  They buy whatever drives are in plentiful supply, often the same
42 or 85 Mb drives.  These are then installed in Macs on Apple's production
lines, formatted and localised for their ultimate destination marketplace.
But, and this is the really good bit, Apple only format these drives to the
advertised size, i.e. 40, 80, or 160 Mb etc.  This means that Apple leave
EMPTY
SPACE ON EVERY HARD DISK.  The amount of empty space will correspond to the
difference between the HD's manufactured size and the even number that Apple
have selected for use.  On my 80Mb Classic II I found 3Mb lying unused.  On a
friends 160Mb LC III there was _16_ Mb unused.  This makes the follwing
procedure all the more worthwhile...

1.      Backup ALL your files/apps/everything.  Make sure the backup disks are
    okay.
2.      Restart your Mac with its Disk Tools Disk.
3.      Start the application Apple HD SC Setup
4.      Tell the this Setup program to reformat the Hard Disk.  THIS WILL
    EVERYTHING ON YOUR HARD DISK so make sure you'vebaked up everything
    (including your User Dictionaries, preference files etc.).
4a.     The process of reformatting the Hard Disk is fairly intuitive.  You
may
    wish to select the Custom Format option.  If you do, you should drag
    the partition indicator down to its full extent.  This is what regains
    the lost disk space.
5.      Reinstall your system software from Apple's original disks.  Restore
    all backup disks to their former location.
6.      Sit back and enjoy the extra space.

Caveat:  This procedure worked fine for me, but clearly I'm not about to take
responsibility for some obscure problem that causes this procedure to fail on
anybody else's machine.  Above All, ENSURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP EVERYTHING AND
THAT YOU HAVE A FULL SET OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE DISKETTES FOR YOUR MACHINE.  If
you
fail to comply with those two aspects the whole thing WILL be a disaster.
Otherwise you should be okay.

As I say, on my machine, this cleared 3Mb that otherwise could not be used.
On
other machines the saving may be only slight.  On some it may be vast.  If you
like, you can run Apple HD SC Setup directly from your main hard disk just to
see if anything can be saved (To actually retrieve the Disk Space, however,
you must statup from the Disk Tools disk for your machine).

Sorry about the length of this posting.  I'm sure that the rewards justify the
use of bandwidth.

Fergus Sullivan.
Dublin.
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 12:23:42 +0100 (BST)
From: [e-mail] (Bernard Khoo)
Subject: Upgrading QMS PS410 RAM

Dear all

Whislt printing a complex document recently on my two year old QMS PS410, I
encountered many problems, viz. printer freezes and errors. I think this is
probably related to the fact that I have only got 2MB of RAM onboard.

So, my question is:
* how do I upgrade the printer (to, say, 4MB)?
* what tools do I need?
* what sort of RAM do I need to buy?

I have investigated the manufacturer's upgrade but this is far too expensive
an
option.

Thanks for any help, in advance.

Bernard Khoo. Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, UK.
E-mail: [e-mail], @phx.cam.ac.uk or @mbuk.bio.cam.ac.uk

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Date: 29 Apr 1993 14:13:21 -0500 (EST)
From: "Andrew M. Sopchak" <[e-mail]>
Subject: US modem use in GB

    I am planning a move soon to Great Britain. I am wondering what
problems, if any, there are with interfacing modems sold in the U.S. fir
the U.S. phone system with the Great Britain phone system. Anyone with
any experience with use of U.S. modem in Great Britain or has any
information that might help, please respond directly to me at:
    [e-mail]
and I will summarize for the list.
    Thank you.

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 13:59:27 EDT
From: Tony Silva <[e-mail]>
Subject: which system error list to use (Q)

Does anyone have any definitive information as to which of
"SysErrTableDA 3.1" and "System Errors 7.0.1" is better?  I've quickly
compared them and found that the application was based on an older
version (3.0?) of the DA, and the DA has a couple of codes (104
dsNeedToWriteBootBlocks and 105 dsNotEnoughRAMToBoot) not in the
application, but the application has additional support for printing,
etc.

Tony Silva, Atlantic Aerospace Elec. Corp., [phone], [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 7:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Bruce Goldstein, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: X-Windows over phone lines

[e-mail] asked about running X-Windows over the phone line.
First, you need a fast modem (14.4 kbps is desireable).  Then you need a
TCP/IP connection from the remote machine to your Mac.  This could either
be a SLIP dial in connection to a networked SLIP server, or you could
use run MacTCP over AppleTalk REmote Access to a networked Macintosh with a
modem.  The client SLIP software for the Mac is part of the VersaTerm Pro
package from Synergy software, and I believe that they sell it unbundled as
well.  For X-Windows on the Mac you could use MacX and, alternatively, EXodus
(I think it is called).  My experience is that the best way to do this,
however, is not to run X-windows over the network.  I have rather large
graphics files (Postscript version is over 1MB, and they take a long time to
plot).  SO, HERE IS A BETTER BUT MORE EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE.

Get two Macs, one at home and one at work with a direct network connection.
Put AppleTalkRemoteAccess on both, and high speed modems on both.  Then,
get Timbuktu for both Macs.  Run X-Windows on the machine at work, and use
Timbuktu over the dial-in AppleTalk link so that the home Mac controls the
Mac at work.  You will find that the X-Windows displayed on the work machine
are transferred by Timbuktu to your home machine much faster than if you
had run X-Windows directly on your home machine.  I don't know why this is,
but I think that is some cases the X-Windows format must not be very efficient
for coding graphics, whereas the Timbuktu people must have done a very
excellent job in compressing the information displayed on the screen.

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 07:15:49 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: z-modem transfers

I monitor the info-mac archives and download files all the time, but I
often have problems getting files from my dialup UNIX space at the local
university to my home via zterm and my duo 230 (I had the same problems
before my duo)

For example, I recently tried to download the file "do-it-all-30.hqx" from
the app directory.  I used the "get" command to get it over internet to my
university file space and then I use the "sz -w 8196 do-it-all-30.hqx"
command with zterm to have it downloaded to my computer at home.  I am
using a standard Hayes compatible 9600 baud modem.

Things start out O.K.with the occasional Data CRC error @xxxxx, but then
after almost 50% of the download I get Hd CRC error @119808 and it repeats
itself until zterm finally gives up and I can't get the file.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem might be and how I
can resolve it?

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

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 16:08:14 EDT
From: [e-mail]

Recently, someone posted that the Inside Macintosh books were Hypercard
Stacks at FTP.APPLE.COM.  I found these OK, and I downloaded a couple of
them and then I tried to deHqx and expand these with Stufffit Expander.
The deHqx process went fine but it left me with a sit.7 file (I think),
something like that anyway.  I then tried to expand this with Stuffit
Expander again.

Stuffit Expander opened the files fine, but then did nothing with them.
To make a long story into a short question, Is there something special that
I have to do with those files to be able to use them?

Please help me!

Bill Harrigan ([e-mail])

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