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Info-Mac Digest             Sat,  1 May 93       Volume 11 : Issue 92

Today's Topics:

      Administrivia
      [*] /gam/mapgenerator-097.cpt
      [*] /game/hangman-100j2.hqx
      [*] alarm-book.hqx
      [*] clinton.hqx
      [*] CoinMaster 2.0 Hypercard Stack
      [*] Educational Software for Disabled children (Summary)
      [*] Educational Software for Medical Sciences (Summary)
      [*] Keyboard PLUS
      [*] LogoMation 1.0
      [*] mac-to-sun-ulaw.hqx
      [*] Mac Hardware Guide Formats
      [*] MacMandelMovieMaker v1.0
      [*] MacOberon330.ReadMe
      [*] muddweller.sit.hqx
      [*] netOctopus 1.1 Demo
      [*] NoteCard 2.4.5
      [*] PLI Formatter v3.9.sea
      [*] PowerScan-10.cpt.hqx (disk utility)
      [*] ram-zero-20.hqx
      [*] Sokoban 1.1
      [*] speedometer3.21.cpt.hqx
      [*] Stereo Maelstrom Sounds
      [*] Streamer.hqx
      [*] war-of-flowers-11.hqx
      68LC040 (Q)
      99 bottles
      A Macintosh Bedtime Story
      An Unusual Finder Problem
      app to combine aliases (R)
      A Question about the Performa 600?
      B-Images(about it)
      BinHex 4.0 (A)
      BinHex 4.0 (A worry)
      Computer Cases
      Daynaport E/SE Network Card
      Develop Magazine
      Develop Subscription
      Duo to Desktop Mac (A)
      Eudora dial-up config.
      File/Disk Protection
      Hardware Handshake modem cable (A)
      higher resolution on a NEC 3FGx?
      High Speed Modem Question
      Installing A/UX on SE/30 (A)
      LaserWriter Select 300 and 310
      Launching and the "Copy Protection bit" (R)
      LCII/SE upgrades
      looking for sound ``Sexy Hi''---FOUND!
      Mathematica file format
      Metamorphisis
      Microphone for IIci
      New Sony 1730 (17 inch) Monitor
      NOW Menus and Word 5.1a conflict
      OzTeX and PostScript (A)
      PB145 and MIDI recording (A)
      PICT File format
      PowerBook Modem Question
      PowerBook utilities, key mappings, loud PB drives [Q]
      ps -> eps conversion
      QMS-PS 410
      Reading DOS formatted Bernoulli Disks?
      Should I get a Duo 210
      SLIP (A)
      Sound Input Device
      Starup Document Manager (R)
      Stuffit Lite vs. Compactor Pro -- FAQ?
      Superdrive woes!
      Using Eudora from Home
      Where to fine more Quicktime movies? (Q)
      z-modem transfers (R)
      zmodem transfers

The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa.

The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
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Please send articles and binaries to [e-mail].
Send administrative mail to [e-mail].

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 18:27:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Gordon Watts -- U of Rochester)
Subject: Administrivia

And behind door number 3 we have .... (cheers)... a new moderator!

I'm Gordon Watts.  I've been archiving and moderating part time (very part
time) for the past 8 months -- generally helpping Bill out.  He asked me to
tell you who the heck I am: physics grad student working at Fermi Lab just
outside of Chicago, just left of the Bison paddies.  I do mac programming in
my spare time.  Not much of a resume, eh?

Some of you, who send messages with long .sigs, may already know me... :)

Gordon.

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 10:19:10 +0100
From: Markus Julen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] /gam/mapgenerator-097.cpt

Hello!

Please find enclosed a Compact Pro file 'MapGenerator.cpt'.

MapGenerator is yet another map generator for Stuart Cheshire's
game Bolo (version 0.97 or later). It generates island with
a lot of different 'features': swamps, rivers, streets, cities, ...
It is System 7 friendly, works also in the background and needs
about 450 kByte of memory to run. The file itself is about 50k.

Please send comments, suggestions, bug reports to [e-mail].
MapGenerator is ShareWare ($10), see the 'About...' dialog for details.

--Markus ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-generator-097.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 21:55:01 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jan Schipmolder)
Subject: [*] /game/hangman-100j2.hqx

Moderators:

I am sending you an augmented hangman game. If you archive it, may I
suggest you call it /game/hangman-100j2.hqx.

This submission replaces an earlier one of mine that you archived
under the name game/hangman-100.hqx. Please delete it.

The game itself it authored by Ken Winograd and is shareware. My
contribution simply is a bunch of text documents that perhaps make the
game more interesting. The text documents are free. No restrictions on
distribution.

Abstract:

HangMan-10.0, authored by Ken Winograd, shareware, randomly selects a
word from one of its internal lists, and then lets you guess it,
letter by letter. Each time you guess a wrong letter, you are one step
closer to being annihilated.

HangMan-10.0 has an option that lets you provide it with your own list
of words, HangWords. My contribution simply is a bunch of documents,
free, no restrictions on distribution, that can serve as HangWords.
All words were chosen, most of them randomly, from a 20,000+ word
large dictionary of American English words. HangWord documents are
ordered by word length, up to 16 letters per word. Worked on my old
Mac+ and now works also on a Mac IIci. Compact Pro'd, then BinHex4'd.
Any feedback?

Jan B. Schipmolder ; [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hangman-100j2.hqx; 130K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 15:33:40 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Dan Repich)
Subject: [*] alarm-book.hqx

AlarmBook - Demo Version

Revised April 30th, 1993.

Copyright (c) 1993 Neptune Systems


AlarmBook requires minimum System 6.0.7 running Multifinder. AlarmBook
supports
all Macintosh Plus or later models with a minimum 2MB RAM. AlarmBook is also
compatible with virtual memory and 32bit operation modes.

To install AlarmBook*, simply click on the installer and follow the
instructions.

When the message "Please Insert:  AlarmBook* Disk 1" is displayed, simply
press
Command and period (universal abort key combination) to continue the
installation.

Neptune Systems would like to take this opportunity to thank you or your
organization for using the AlarmBook demo software. Our original intentions
were to develop a software product that would allow a Macintosh user to record
and play audio reminders in such a way as to aid in daily organization and
personal performance.

AlarmBook has many useful features. You can use AlarmBook to create up to 30
custom alarms (in the commercially available version) that play audio and/or
visual messages at periodic intervals. These alarms can be used to program or
condition yourself to learn new beneficial habits. Or, they can simply remind
you of the tasks you need to perform every day.

You can also use AlarmBook to create up to 30 custom alarms that play audio
and/or visual reminders at specific date and times. These alarms will remind
you of appointments months from now, or just keep you organized from week to
week.

If your Macintosh is connected to an Appletalk network, you can use AlarmBook
to send audio and visual messages to any legitimate AlarmBook user. Once a
message is sent, the destination user's Macintosh sends a response message
within 15 seconds. You will be notified of incoming messages immediately,
regardless of the application you may be running. AlarmBook also allows you to
send files to other AlarmBook users on your local network. There is no need to
log on to another user's Macintosh to retrieve or send files. Files can be
transferred quickly and effortlessly!

AlarmBook can also be used as an alarm clock on Macintosh portables with sleep
capabilities.  Simply configure the alarm and put your Macintosh into sleep
mode. AlarmBook will program your Macintosh to awaken approximately 15 seconds
before the alarm goes off. For portables with no manual power switch,
AlarmBook
will cause your Macintosh to turn on just before an alarm is ready to go off.

The AudioNote application allows you to record into itself.  It can be used to
keep a personal collection of audio reminders. The volume, size, and quality
of
the recording are determined by the control settings you pick when creating
the
AudioNote. Since the audio sample is contained within AudioNote application,
there is no need to access a separate file to hear your sound. Simply click
twice on the AudioNote to listen to your message. The AudioNote can be used on
any Macintosh with recording capabilities.

Another useful feature is the ability of AlarmBook to perform a launch
(execute
an application) or power off task when an alarm goes off. For example, if you
need to start up an application at a specific time of day to back up your hard
disk, just select launch and choose the backup program you wish to execute. If
you are worried about accidentally leaving your Macintosh on overnight, just
set up an alarm to power off your Macintosh at the end of the day. The launch
task is only available when using System 7.0 or later.

We hope you find many useful applications of this software product. Neptune
Systems' intentions are to help the personal Macintosh users, as well as the
business users, better themselves. Thank you for helping contribute to the
future development of our new software products.

The demo version has the following restrictions:

Maximum of 3 alarms
Limited supplied audio
Inability to delete new audio
Inability to record personal audio
Inability to change appleTalk zones
Inability to perform tasks at alarm time
Inability to receive the correct sender's visual network messages
Maximum AlarmBook application runs


If you wish to purchase the full AlarmBook* software package which includes a
3.5 inch distribution disk and bound manual, please contact Neptune Systems
at:

[phone]  (for bulk purchase information)

Or, send $20 + $3 shipping and handling to:

Neptune Systems
1302 West 24th St, Suite 102
Austin, Texas 78705

Your financial support will allow Neptune Systems to establish itself in the
Macintosh market and supply quality innovative software for low market
prices.

Watch for our new educational products coming soon!

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/alarm-book.hqx; 369K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 01:08:01 -0400
From: Christopher Owen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] clinton.hqx

Clinton? is a small application (well minus the sounds anyway ;-]) that is
intended to be used as a start up application.  Just drop it in your Startup
Items folder in the system folder and it will run each time your mac starts
up.

What does it do?  When run Clinton? will simply say "Day xxx America held
hostage" (according to how long Clinton has been in office) and then
immeadiately exit.  This application requires a bit of memory but it is only
around for about 2 seconds so that shouldn't be a problem.  No promises that
it will work every day but I tested it enough that it should on most days at
least ;-].

They sounds that it uses are terrible (my voice recorded on an internal
microphone, in a noisy room, and by mistake I recorded them at 22mhz so they
are larger than necessary) but you didn't think I was going to spend a lot of
time on this did you?  If you would like to improve apon them feel free, but
please post your new improved version (or send it to me at least).

Clinton? is shareware.  If you voted for Clinton you have to pay me 39.6% of
your annual income.  Others can send me your favorite Clinton joke and we'll
call it even.

Chris Owen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/clinton.hqx; 452K]

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Date: 01 May 1993 11:49:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "Me Chief, Slinging Bull." <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CoinMaster 2.0 Hypercard Stack

This is CoinMaster 2.0 by Neil Schulman.  CoinMaster is a Hypercard based
program which catalogs U.S. Coins.  It is quite thorough and very intuitive.
It makes use of the function keys, balloon help, non-balloon help, and pop-up
as well as regular menus.

CoinMaster requires Hypercard 2.1 and any requirements that Hypercard 2.1
has.  It is not crippled in any way, but a shareware fee is requested.  See
the credits for more information.

Send all e-mail inquiries to [e-mail] --or-- [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/coin-master-20.hqx; 231K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 13:30 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Educational Software for Disabled children (Summary)

Resubmission of SUMMARY of responses.

With the help of:

Jay Kahn, [e-mail]
Graeme Forbes, <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Harry Wolfson)

Thank you all

Ilan Szekely, Compter Lab, Faculty of Dentistry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. internet: [e-mail]

Please archive as /info-mac/report/educational-software-kids.txt
and delete /report/disabled-children-software.txt

[Archived as /info-mac/report/educational-software-kids.txt; 6K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 13:22 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Educational Software for Medical Sciences (Summary)

Resubmission of SUMMARY of responses.

With the help of:

Timothy Cera  <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Irka)
[e-mail] (Medico Dental Software Development)
Barry Markovitz, [e-mail]
Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>

Thank you all

Ilan Szekely, Compter Lab, Faculty of Dentistry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. internet: [e-mail]

Please archive as /info-mac/report/educational-medical-software.txt
and delete /report/medical-dental-software.txt

[Archived as /info-mac/report/educational-medical-software.txt; 10K]

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 12:29:53 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Keyboard PLUS

Please find enclosed the new control panel file 'Keyboard PLUS v1.0',
which kind of replaces the extension 'Function Keys' that I
submitted a few months ago.

Berrie Kremers


Description:
Are you stuck with an ISO or Powerbook Keyboard, and missing the
extra keys from the Extended Keyboard? Then Keyboard PLUS might
be the solution. It let's you install emulators for most of those
extra keys. These emulators can be used troughout all the programs
you work with. The keys you can emulate include: F1 to F15, Page Up,
Page Down, Home, End, Delete and Insert/Help.

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/keyboard-plus-10.hqx; 30K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 21:23:29 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] LogoMation 1.0

LogoMation
 ---------

LogoMation is a programming environment for people, young and not so young,
doing their first steps in programming.  It introduces the concepts of
programming and program design through a programming language that supports
advanced graphics, animation and sound.  LogoMation was created by a
dedicated team of an old time computer hacker, signed below, and his nine
years old son.  It is a $25 shareware.

LogoMation runs on Macintosh computers equipped with a 68020 processor or
better, and system 7.0 or better.

LogoMation is not the traditional Logo language, although like Logo it
supports the notion of turtle graphics, and is easy enough to be used even
by very young users.  LogoMation was designed to be forgiving, yet
powerful.

LogoMation is an open language; You can use its powerful and simple syntax
to create colorful pictures, or you can import pictures created by any
other drawing tools on the Mac and then tell LogoMation to move them
around.  Likewise, you can use LogoMation to record sounds and use them in
sync with the animation, or alternatively import sounds from other Mac
files.

LogoMation  features

  * Turtle graphics, e.g. Forward and Left commands.  Straight and Circle
    movement modes.

  * Full 24-bit color graphics; variable width lines, fill patterns.

  * Unlimited number of named pens ("turtles").

  * Full Mac text support, including fonts, sizes and style.

  * Easy definition of named pictures, simply by preceding a group of
    LogoMation statements by the Picture command.  Pictures can also be
    imported from any other graphics tools.

  * Animation is easily programmed by moving pictures at varying speeds and
    along straight and arbitrarily curved paths.

  * Sounds can be recorded and used during animation, in either sync or
    async mode.

  * Library of built-in functions for math, string manipulation, and I/O.

  * WYSIWYG indentation (i.e. compound statements are defined through
    indentation).

  * Language-oriented text editor with automatic indentation and with
    automatic completion of abbreviated commands.

  * Automatic, declaration free data structures: numbers, strings,
    sequential arrays and associative arrays.


Chuck Shavit
email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/logo-mation.hqx; 692K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 14:22:24 +1000
From: His Divine Grace <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac-to-sun-ulaw.hqx

Please post the following preferrably in sound/program

Ulaw application...

This is a small application (freeware) that extracts 'snd ' resources
>From any mac file and generates a number of ulaw encoded sound files
(complete with header) which can be read and played on a Sun
workstation.  It supports a number of System 7 features where you can
drag a number of mac files (not just standard sfil files) onto the
application icon.  Alternatively, you can double click launch the
application and have more control over the processing.  You can you
the application also just to play the 'snd ' resources say buried in
any application file.  See the included readme for details and
qualifications.

It interpolates and ulaw encodes the 'snd ' resource to obtain the
8kHz Sun file.  In this way it does the opposite of what some
sun to mac sound file converters do.

Rod Kennedy
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/mac-to-sun-ulaw.hqx; 138K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 21:02:33 EDT
From: Adam Schenker (GE) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac Hardware Guide Formats

Well, here it is. The guidelines/formats for the Mac Hardware
Guide I will be maintaining. Go ahead and fill out the forms
and mail them back to me at [e-mail] and we'll
see how it goes. Please take your time and try to be as accurate
as possible.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/mac-hardware-guide-forms.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 23:12:37 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacMandelMovieMaker v1.0

>MacMandelMovieMaker is FREEWARE.
>This program creates a sequence of PICT files,
>spiraling into a point on the Mandelbrot set.
>Requires FPU and Color QuickDraw.
>Also needs utility to glue PICT files into a movie, such as MovieMaker.
>[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-mandel-movie-maker-10.hqx; 119K]

I'd like to see if anyone has come up with a nice movie.
Please tell me.  Better yet, upload it to the archives!

Sven :)

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1993 00:41:33 -0400
From: "Scott E. Lasley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacOberon330.ReadMe

MacOberon(TM) Version 3.3


Welcome to MacOberon Version 3.3

The enclosed archive contains Version 3.3 of MacOberon. This software is
copyrighted, but may be distributed free of charge for non-commercial
purposes. Please read the copyright message within the program for details.
    MacOberon requires a Macintosh* equipped with a Motorola 68020
    processor (or higher) and a floating-point coprocessor. It will not
    run on Macintosh Classic computers. However, you can use it on
    Macintoshes without floating-point hardware by installing one of
    several widely available "shareware" coprocessor emulation INITs in
    the System Folder.
    MacOberon prefers to run under System 7 and later versions of the
    Macintosh operating system, and is compatible with 32-bit addressing,
    virtual memory, and the "fast" mode of Macintosh Quadra computers.
    This version of MacOberon prints on any Macintosh printer. For
    esthetically pleasing results, scalable versions (TrueType or
    PostScript) of the Helvetica and Courier fonts should be present,
    instead of bit-mapped printer fonts.


Decompressing MacOberon

MacOberon is distributed in compressed form. Use StuffIt* for uncompressing.
This will create two font suitcases and a folder "MacOberon* 3.3 Folder",
which contains all of the files that the MacOberon system is made up of.


Installing MacOberon

Open the newly created "MacOberon* 3.3 Folder" and locate MacOberon's
application program. This is the file named "3.3 MacOberon* 3.3", which should
appear in the upper left corner of the folder when its contents are displayed
in icon view. You can easily recognize the application "3.3 MacOberon* 3.3"
because it has a larger icon than the other files in this folder. If you
display the folder contents by name or by date, the file "3.3 MacOberon* 3.3"
will appear at the top of the list view.
    Select the file "3.3 MacOberon* 3.3" and choose "Make Alias" from the
    Finder's "File" menu. This will create an alias icon for MacOberon's
    application. Move the alias icon to your desktop, then close the
    folder "MacOberon* 3.3 Folder". Rename the alias icon to "Start
    MacOberon".
    Next, install the two fonts "Elektra" and "Math" that are distributed
    with MacOberon. These fonts are necessary for printing some of
    MacOberon's documentation. Your Macintosh Manual will tell you how to
    install fonts. MacOberon also requires the "Helvetica" and "Courier"
    fonts for printing. These should have come with the operating system
    when you first bought your Macintosh. If you have removed either font
    from your sytem, please re-install it before attempting to print from
    Oberon.


Starting MacOberon

Now you are ready to start MacOberon by double-clicking on the alias icon that
you have created before. You may move the MacOberon folder and the alias icon
that is used for starting to any other location on your hard disk, but please
make sure that the files contained in the "MacOberon* 3.3 Folder" stay
together always. MacOberon does not recognize files residing in folders other
than the one which contains the application program "3.3 MacOberon* 3.3".
    Please also make sure that MacOberon is always started by
    double-clicking on an alias icon, and that the "MacOberon* 3.3 Folder"
    folder remains closed while MacOberon is in use. Otherwise, MacOberon
    will run much slower, especially at startup and during compilation.


"Oberon" and "MacOberon" are trademarks of ETH Zurich.
"Macintosh" is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
"StuffIt" is a trademark of Aladdin Systems.
File: "MacOberon ReadMe", Michael Franz, 22.3.93

[Archived as /info-mac/lang/mac-oberon-33-readme.txt; 4K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 22:44:01 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Paul McNabola)
Subject: [*] muddweller.sit.hqx

This is MUDDweller 1.0 A Macintosh client program for MUDs that utilizes the
communications toolbox.  There is no documentation, but the program
works rather self-explanatory.  Freeware.
(I am not the author.  I found this for a friend using MAC-TCP, who
couldn't get the file himself, since is was in gzip format on another
site)

possible location /info-mac/comm/muddweller.sit.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mud-dweller-10.hqx; 115K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 17:10:57 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Greg Ferguson)
Subject: [*] netOctopus 1.1 Demo

Here's the latest NetOctopus Demo. We use NO for our remote administration
of over 1000+. *I* like it.

Greg

Enclosure: netOctopus 1.1 demo

netOctopus 1.1


Contact:
MacVONK International
P.O. Box 420
3700 AK  Zeist
The Netherlands
Tel: 31 - 3404 21944
Fax: 31 - 3404 21790
AppleLink: HOL0108


Attached is a demo version of netOctopus, the all-in-one network
management tool for the Macintosh. With netOctopus you can create a
complete inventory of hardware and software. You will be able to
install files, update files, as well as troubleshoot Macs across a
network from a single workstation, also through AppleTalk Remote
Access. You can employ a comprehensive set of functions to perform
all necessary administration tasks. Furthermore, it has the ability
to sort data and generate reports detailing any aspect of your
network. netOctopus can tackle the problem of illegal software with
a function called the Software Audit Report. System managers can
generate lists of all the software on the networked Macintoshes and
automatically compare these lists to a predefined list of legal
software. This comparison results in two reports. The first is a
summary that details the total number of applications licensed. The
second report shows the applications on each station and indicates
whether or not the application is legal. netOctopus is then able to
delete the application directly, or send a message to the users
asking them to delete the illegal application.

This demo version is fully functional in regards to commands and
features, however it is limited to working on two Macs.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/net-octopus-11.hqx; 655K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 11:31:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: "DALE H. MARSH, MD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NoteCard 2.4.5

     Enclosed is a BinHexed Compact Pro file that contains
NoteCard 2.4.5.  This is to replace the current file NoteCard
244.  This latest version of NoteCard fixes a few minor bugs.
     NoteCard 2.4.5 application is for creating
review questions to facilitate studying for examinations.
Included with this ShareWare package are about 700
pathology review questions based on medical school
lectures and pathology textbooks. These questions are
useful for studying for NBME part I (medical boards).
Persons paying the $15.00 ShareWare fee will receive an
additional 7000+ questions dealing with most all aspects
of NBME parts I and II.
     Reviewed in the April 1993 issue of Medical Software
Reviews:
     "The program covers a broad range of
     subjects and should be useful to students seeking a
     review in the format of multiple questions. It might
     be of even greater use to students who want to use the
     authoring system throughout medical school to prepare
     their own questions for ongoing study. At $15 it is
     a bargain."
     NoteCard is system 7 compatible, 32 bit compatible
and was developed on the Quadra (therefore 040 compatible)
and works on the Plus with System 6.0.x also. Code was
written with Think C 5.0 using the TCL 1.1.1.
Documentation is included.
     The review questions were written by a medical
student that received 700 (99th percentile) on
NBME part I.
Dale H. Marsh MD
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/note-card-245.hqx; 263K]

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 01:45:42 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] PLI Formatter v3.9.sea

This archive contains both the PLI Formatter v3.9 and RemvInit v3.9.
RemvInit v3.9 is needed to activate the PLI floptical drive which runs off
of the SCSI port on the Macintosh. It is able to read & write 21MB
flopticals as well as 1.44MB floppies. Early versions did not work with
System 7.1, so I am uploading this to the archives. This file was created
on April 22, 1993 and was downloaded directly from PLI's BBS at
510/651-5948.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/pli-formatter-init.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 18:44:09 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PowerScan-10.cpt.hqx (disk utility)

Here's finally version 1.0 of PowerScan. It's an application which scans your
disks or folders for files and lets you filter certain file types/creators,
find duplicate files, autoscan floppies, and more.

PowerScan needs System 7 and is postcardware (private users only; $10/user
for companies). Enjoy!


-- Jonas Wallden -- Internet: [e-mail] -- AppleLink: sw1369 --

[Archived as /info-mac/util/power-scan-10.hqx; 143K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 09:21:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] ram-zero-20.hqx

Here's a really tiny DA from 1987 called RAM-Zero 2.0. An acquaintance
found it on a BBS (with no documentation - all I can find is the string
in the About box "Part of the GEMINI Collection") and found that running
it solved his crashing problems with a Quadra 800 with several 16
MB composite SIMMs. It crashes on my 20 MB/32-bit Enabled SE/30, but
if it can help anyone having trouble with a Quadra 800, I'd be happy.

Essentially, the DA warns you when you run it, then clears all memory
and reboots the machine. This solved the crashing problems until the
next cold boot for the person who sent it to me.

I sincerely hope there aren't problems with distributing this DA (and
please let me know if there are). I'll talk more about the DA and
the problems in general in an upcoming TidBITS article. (I figured
if I was going to mention the DA in the article I had to make it available
first :-))

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

[Archived as /info-mac/da/ram-zero-20.hqx; 2K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 10:50:31 CDT
From: Scott Lindhurst <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Sokoban 1.1

This is a new version of my implementation of the game Sokoban.

Version 1.1 adds many new keyboard and mouse control options
(making mouse navigation easy, keyboard navigation even easier),
improved graphics, and is faster than version 1.0.

This is my version of Sokoban, a game (or maybe a puzzle).  You
have to push treasures around a maze.  Sounds simple, right?
Wrong!  There's not much room to turn around, and you have
to be careful not to get a treasure stuck in a corner (you can't
pull, just push).  And the treasures are too heavy to push two
at once, so don't get one stuck against another.  One bad
move at the beginning can mess up your whole solution, but
fortunately you can undo the last 500 moves or save your
position.

The game is easy to play, but hard to solve.  But all 85
levels are solvable, and once you solve them all, you can
always make up your own.

Sokoban has been available on Unix machines for a long time;
this version is a rewrite for Macintosh.  It's FreeWare and
works under any system from 4.1 up (including system 7)
on every Mac I could find to test it on, from the Mac Plus
to the Quadra.

Scott Lindhurst                         [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/sokoban-11.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 6:29:07 EDT
From: Shaw Bernard SP Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] speedometer3.21.cpt.hqx

This is the newest version of Speedometer.

Enjoy. (for some strange reason, sumex doesn't always get the
newest versions of speedometer...oh well...:)

___
Shaw Wu, NYU Stern Business - Finance & Info. Systems
<[e-mail]>  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/util/speedometer-321.hqx; 206K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 18:27:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Stereo Maelstrom Sounds

This is a collection of stereo replacement sounds for Maelstrom.

A few (~3) are lifted from the Funky set posted earlier but have been
made stereo with some offset and reverb between the left/right channels.

A few are original sounds that have been left alone or processed the
same as above.

The rest are cd samples or from my collection.  All together the file is
quite large...~1.7 Mb uncompressed and requires you to set the memory
for Maelstrom to around 3.5 Mb RAM.  If you can handle that, the effect
with a good set of headphones is tremendous.  These sounds really put
you in the action.  Have a blast!!!

Colin Law
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/maelstrom-stereo-sounds.hqx; 1973K]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 14:17:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (JON)
Subject: [*] Streamer.hqx

Here's the source to Bill's streamer, a little backup program for QIC24
streaming tape drives and such. I took it home and compiled it, and
discovered this version waits indefinately for devices that don't exist
on the bus. (while(); sorts of loops in scsi.c) After I fixed that to
timeout, it seems to work right. It's pretty basic -- tiny interface,
very little error handling (though error checking stuff is in place),
but this is how he sent it.
     I intend to upgrade it a bit, and when I do, I'll send it in. Bill
said it is to be under the usual copyleft freeware sort of arrangement
-- distribute it, but it remains his property. (don't sell it.)

(thanks, Bill!)
     --Jon
----
Here it is (a bit of a mess I'm afraid - kind of in between versions -
so if you can't get it to compile properly, get back to me). It's a
binhexed stuffit file, so you should be able to unpack everything OK.
I've not bothered to split it up into little pieces since most mailers
seem to be able to cope nowadays.

If it does get to you OK, then please let me know (and yes, do forward
it to macgifts)

Have fun!

Bill

[Archived as /info-mac/source/c/streamer.hqx; 103K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 11:11:50 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Minho Choi)
Subject: [*] war-of-flowers-11.hqx

     This is version 1.1 of War of Flowers.

     War of Flowers is an oriental card game.
The deck consists of 48 cards (4 cards for each month of a year),
and the cards have only pictures on them (no numbers). The rule is based on
a game known as Go-Stop.
***   System requirements
- Monitor at least 13" (640x480) large,
      and at least 4 bit deep (16 colors).
***   What's new in version 1.1
- Options dialog is accessible during the game.
- First player of a war is decided by selecting a card.
- Checks system requirements before loading the whole code.
- Small pictures were moved from 'PICT' to 'cicn' resource.

Enjoy.

Moderators, please replace the old version in game directory with this one.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/war-of-flowers-11.hqx; 164K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 19:39:50 edt
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 68LC040 (Q)

Can the 68LC040 be replaced with a 20 Mhz 68040 in the Centris 610
4/80. If so where can this chip be bought and what are the costs.

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 17:28:52 PDT
From: [e-mail] (David Ray)
Subject: 99 bottles

What a wonderful, annoying toy. Thanks for uploading it.
The poster said that you can set the number of bottles to one quadrillion.
In fact you can set it to 9 quadrillion followed by all 9's.
So instead of taking 300 million years to get through all the bottles,
more like 3 billion years.
-Dave

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Date: Sat, 1 May 93 10:38:46 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Daniel V. Blystone)
Subject: A Macintosh Bedtime Story

Once upon a time there was this disk. It was a magic disk that could hold
lots of information.  One day there was this mean person called a user
that had lots of information he wanted to put on the magic disk.

There were other people called users that also wanted to store their
information on the magic disk.  The only problem was that the mean user
had stored more than his fair share on the magic disk.

When the good users tried to store information on the magic disk the disk
was too full.  Alas the mean user had caused the magic disk to loose its
magic.  The good users searched far and wide for someone to restore the
magic of their disk.

When they found this person he consulted with the makers of the magic
disk to confirm his worries about restoring the magic of the disk.  The
makers did indeed confirm his fears.

The makers told the person to use a spell called NORTON UTILITIES to try
and get the magic back.  The person tried and tried to use the spell but
it would not work.

Fortunately the person had the sense enough to take a picture of the magic
disk with another spell called RETROSPECT.  The only problem was that the
person had done this a week ago.  This did not please the good users.
They had done much work in the one week that the spell did not get a
picture of.

The person told them that was the only way and they understood.  The
person used another spell called ALLIANCE POWER TOOLS to get the magic
back into the disk.  The person also used the RETROSPECT spell to get the
information back on the magic disk and all is well.

The good users banished the mean user to a far off land and the person
now uses his spell RETROSPECT to take a picture of the magic disk every
day.

Good Night.


[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 1 May 93 14:35:56 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: An Unusual Finder Problem

     I have a really unusual Finder 7.1 problem I'm hoping someone can help me
with.  For some reason, when I hit command-q within an application, it
merely brings up the finder rather than quitting the application.  When I
click on the application's icon in the title bar to show the list of
currently running applications, I notice that the Finder has command-q
indicated as a hot key next to it.  Huh?  How did this happen?  Can I change
this with ResEdit, or does have to do with my control panels or extensions?
Or could it be something that System 7 Pack 3.4 did?

     I'm using an SE/30 with System 7.1 and 8 MB RAM.  Please e-mail responses
directly to [e-mail]--I will post a summary.  Thanks for
your help!

                    Steve Heckler
                    Stanford University

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Date: 01 May 1993 14:45:14 +1200
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: app to combine aliases (R)

[e-mail] (John Thoo) asked:
>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?

NowMenus, included with NOW Utilities, lets you make a single
double-clickable "thing" which is very small and opens any number of
files and apps. However I do not know if this is a true alias; that
is, the location of these files and apps may not be updated within
this double-clickable "thing" when you move one, as they are with
true aliases.
 --------
matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 19:38 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear." <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Question about the Performa 600?

Hello there....

I recently heard that there is a slight difference between the Performa 600
and
the Macintosh IIvx.

What I would like to know, is what the difference is.

Is it a question of internal code in the ROMMs or what?

I know that the Performa 405 and 450 are really Mac LC II/IIIs, and if you
install system 7.1, the computer thinks it is an LC and not a Performa, but
this
is not the case with the P600.

In fact, it says that it can't even use system 7.1.

Does this mean that you can never install System 7.2 on it, or will sys. 7.2
also recognize Apple Perfoma computers as well.


Thanks

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 17:29:12 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Phillip Gardner)
Subject: B-Images(about it)

This quicktime movie requires the quicktime 1.5!!

The movie is divided into four sections with all the images created on swivel
three-d.

In the first part of the movie, I created a submarine.  I used the sub to
learn about movement within the swivel three-d world.  It was really quite
simple and fun to make.

In the second part of the film, I created a speaker system.  I created it as
part of the Industrial Design class.  The basic concept of the speaker was to
mount them horizontally instead of vertically.  With this system, three
speakers could be pilled on top of eachother and placed in the center of the
room.  It could be viewed as a different form of surround sound.

In the third part of the film, I created a space ship.  I got the idea for the
design from 2010, with the two rotating sections of the ships.  It took my
computer about five minutes to create each of the 120 sceens.

Finally, with the fourth part of the movie, I took a symbol that is seen here
at San Jose State University and rotated it, and made it appear out of
nothing.

All of these projects were done for the fun of it.  I used this completed film
as part of my homework assignment in that you the view is to (hopefully)
respond and tell me what you think of it (good or bad).  So please, do respond
by internet to: [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Thank You Viewers!!

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 11:06:07 -0500
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: BinHex 4.0 (A)

    When you see a file with hqx at the end that means you still need
    something
to have a decoder to take out binhex coding. Once you have unbinhexed decoder
then you can use info-mac/util/stuffit-expander-301.hqx because you can decode
it. This stuffit-expander-301 is less buggy than BinHex 4.0, so you might use
BinHex 4.0 once to decode it and then thereafter use the stuffit-expander-301
to decode others. Now how do you find an ftp site that has a decoded
anything.
You must"ask archie". What does that mean? There are these ftp sites which
look
all over the world at ftp sites and find files if only you know the name of
the
file! You mail to these places and a robot responds. You can also get a unix
client to these places and then can write:
    archie -s -l -h archie.au "stuffit-expander-301"
    etc.
    Getting file from archie:
    ftp ftp.sura.net
    anonymous
    your e mail address
    cd /pub/archie/clients
get whatever and then you have to decompress and detar on unix, it won't be
hqx'd because it isn't a mac file.
There may be all sorts of interesting readme files at the ftp site, too.
As I recall, some instructions appear when you telnet instead of ftp!
Interactive use of archie:
Telnet archie.sura.net and log in as "archie" for details.
    Mailing archie, so it will mail back to you:
for example,
Mail To: [e-mail]
Subject: <none>
Mail body: prog stuffit-expander
It will mail back to you files containing that string that you can ftp.
Next you must look in long lists of files for an instance without the hqx at
the end!
    Some of these ftp sites might be off when you client them and so you must
control z or control d when you bet that it is too long and try another.
    OK go out there and look around the world!

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 11:31:10 -0500
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: BinHex 4.0 (A worry)

   I made a long posting on how to do an archie search for expander or
   binhex.
   Have I goofed on the ending the file is supposed to have?
   In the directory suggested by Tom Scott were two files with ending .bin.
One was binhex 4.0 and the other something with expand. Now, in the old days,
binhex 5.0 was needed to decode a *.bin file. Now, when I see that suffix, I
think that there might be a way to decode without a decoder. ftp as binary and
then kermit as binary or macbinary, not sure so check it out. Then if kermit
as binary change file type to APPL and see what happens when you run it.
If kermit as macbinary just run it and see what happens.
   Even better there might have been a reassuring text in this huge abstracts
file, try dir *abs* to see its name and then get it. I can't read it on my
ibm host, too big, you'll have to download it and then have a text editor that
can open it. Maybe huge maybe-reassuring text files can wait.

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 19:39 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Computer Cases

Hello there,

recently a friend of mine had a little accident where the outer shell, the
case,
of her Macintosh cracked right down the middle.

Is there anyway of replacing this with a new one?  I.E., how much does it
cost,
where can she get a new one, etc...

Thanks

Gordon Werner

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 21:44:59 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Daynaport E/SE Network Card

Fellow netters,

I'm posting this question for a colleague who is experiencing difficulties
with a Dayna Daynaport E/SE card and a Mac SE. I believe that he has tried
two version of the Mac SE (older and newer) operating different systems
(6.x and 7.0 with the Tuneup). Please read his question below and reply
directly to me. I'll summarize the results to the net if I deem it is
worthwhile.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]


We have a problem with a Dayna Daynaport E/SE adapter card that we
have been trying to get working in a MAC/SE. We installed the card according
to the manufacturer's specifications, then installed the accompanying software
and were greeted with a message saying that all had been a success. We then
rebooted the machine, went into Network in the control panel only to get a
message that the software was not installed properly.

After phone calls with Apple and Dayna, trying a different SE and card,
we are no farther ahead than where we started.

Has anybody successfully installed a Daynaport E/SE in a MAC/SE?

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 21:42:19 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Develop Magazine

> 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.

Each issue of develop comes with a CD-ROM.

You appear to have the wrong 800 number and email address.

Here is the info I have:
    develop
    Apple Computer, Inc.
    PO Box 531
    Mount Morris IL  61054-7858
    800 877 5548
    815 734 6309
    Fax [phone]
    [e-mail]

develop is also available thru APDA:
    APDA
    P.O. Box 319
    Buffalo NY  14207-0319
    800 282 2732    U.S.
    800 637 0029    Canada
    716 871 6555
    Fax [phone]
    [e-mail]

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

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Date: Sat, 1 May 93 18:44 EST
From: KEN SCHWARTZREICH <[e-mail]>
Subject: Develop Subscription

Your friend will receive issue # 14 when it comes out later this month.  I did
the same thing, but asked them to start with issue 13 which came out in late
February.  I don't know why they do this, but that's what they do.  APDA can
link a message to them if you want.  If you don't have APDA's #, call Apple
at 1-800-SOS-APPLE and ask for APDA's phone #.
-Ken Schwartzreich
 Assistant Network Manager
 Lafayette College
 Easton, PA

In regard to LAN Supervisor ([e-mail]'s query about his
develop subscription.

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Date: Sat, 01 May 1993 18:59:17 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Duo to Desktop Mac (A)

In his article Eric H. Durbrow writes:

> 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.

Yes,  you can use the LocalTalk. The easiest way how to do that is to
connect the computers via standard serial cable (as used for StyleWriter).
If you have LocalTalk connectors (e.g. Farallon's PhoneNETs), your problem
is also solved.

Of course, that LocalTalk is much more slower than SCSI. I would not compare
here their theoretical speeds (which is mostly misleading), but according to
my practical measurement the transfer speed from Duo 230 to IIci is
approximately 660 kB/min, which means, that you can backup full 80 MB HD
in slightly more than 2 hours. This is an ideal case - in real environment,
if you have a large number of small files, the progress will be significantly
slower. That has little to do with the LocalTalk - it is a problem of Mac's
operating system.

To speed up the transfer, both computers should be disconnected from the rest
of LocalTalk network (if you have any).

Regards,

Vladimir Lieberzeit, Dept. of Computer Science
Czech University of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 22:50:07 -0700
From: Kevin Pfeiffer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eudora dial-up config.

>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.

    (Material about using SLIP deleted)

    SLIP seems like overkill when you're just logging in to
send/receive messages and nothing else.

    You can get a .rsrc file from qualcomm for unix systems which you
drop in your Mac's Preferences folder that is optimized in a generic way to
make Eudora work for dial-in to unix systems. This is meant to work with
typical unix systems that give you a unix prompt, but will not work as-is
for Dieder B.'s system which requires the command "unix" to first be given.
The resource strings file probably could be easily modified to do this,
using RESedit.

    The srialpop.c file needs to be transferred to your unix system and
then compiled to work--your system administrator can help with this (it's
very small).

    The Eudora-Q&A hypercard stack provides more information about
making these modifications and is also (was at least) available from
"ftp.qualcomm.com".
--
       * Kevin Pfeiffer  <[e-mail]>  Pasadena, California *

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 07:39:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dr. Ephraim Fithian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: File/Disk Protection

I have used PowerLock (shareware) and FileGuard (commercial) software to
protect the disk drives on LC II macs. With either of these, it is
possible to restart with shift key down and disable all extensions and
startup programs. That is fine if I need to make changes to a drive, but
others also know this trick and can easily disable the protection. Is
there any kind of software protection that can get past the
shift-key-startup disabling?

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA

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Date: Sat, 01 May 1993 19:03:38 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hardware Handshake modem cable (A)

In his article GRENDEL <[e-mail]> writes:

> 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, Igot the cable with the modem (in the
> box), from MacConnection.

Actually, you do not need HW handshaking cable. For most Mac applications this
is not necessary (though pleasent). The only difference is, that you will not
be able to do HW flow control and will be forced to substitute it by SW or
even
no flow control (which works in many cases). Try generic initialization
strings
"ATE0V1X4\N3" or "ATE0V1X4&Q5", which work with many modems. You can also try
to
add "AT&K0" for disabling flow control and "ATW1" for displaying more
results.

I believe there is nearly no modem which cannot be configured for SW flow
control. The main problem with cables is in the fact, that Mac's serial port
has
fewer signals then should have by the CCITT recommendation and that the sparse
pins on the modem side must have correct signal level to allow the modem to
work
But I believe that this is not your problem, because otherwise you would not
be able to communicate with your modem at all.

To that testing: you can check the pins *quite* easily by a pair of wires,
a battery and a light bulb, but you will have to be a little inventive. As I
have written before, I do not think that such a thing is necessary.

> 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.

This is the final point: how did you measure that speed ? Is ATW1 a command
you
used with your modem (which is correct) or some communication program? The
normal
comm programs tell you the transfer speed only during a file transfer (e.g.
via
ZModem or XModem). If this is the case, you actually have no problem at all!
The
transfer rate of 290 cps (which roughly equals to 2900 bps) is typical for
file
transfer with 2400 bps modem with compression on. You cannot expect higher
speed,
unless you have a special kind of files which can be highly compressed. I hope
you didn't believe that the modem compression can speed up the transfer 4
times
-
it is only a marketing trick (they say "up to 4 times") - it can happen only
on
a very rare occassions.

If you have further questions, you may mail directly to me.

Regards,

Vladimir Lieberzeit, Dept. of Computer Science
Czech University of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 19:50 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear." <[e-mail]>
Subject: higher resolution on a NEC 3FGx?

Hell again...

I have a NEC MultiSynch 3FGx monitor with an apple 8*24 GC video card.  I am
using system 7.1 on a Mac 2cx.

Is there any way that I can increase the monitor's resolution?

I know that the monitor is capable of it and I think the video card is as
well.

What should I do?

Does NEC offer software that will enable my Mac to sgow a greater resolution?

Thanks

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 19:44:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ken Linger)
Subject: High Speed Modem Question

I'm using a Zoom V.32 14.4K Fax Modem.  When I am connected to my Unix
host, the following (Green) lights are on:

DC, EC, and FC as well as, in red, CD, OH, TR, MR

Now, assuming that DC is Data Compression, EC is Error Correcting, and
FC is Flow Control, when then, when I download a file with Kermit, do I
get occasional errors?  For example, with 2048 Byte Blocks, sending a 1000K
file, I may have 50 retries.  If the modems are doing the error checking,
then shouldn't Kermit or Versaterm see no errors?

My Unix connection is 2400 Baud and is only 7 Bits so I can't use any
protocols like Xmodem, YModem, or ZModem.

Also, when I connect to a local BBS (all our local BBSs are IBM), I have
the following GREEN Lights:

14.4, V32, V42, DC, EC, HS  Note the no FC.

When I am uploading a file, it takes about 10 times as long as if I were
to download the same file (I get alot of errors uploading the file).

I get minimal errors downloading.  I have the upload problems with X,Y and
Z modems and, though the FC light is off, the EC light is on, so again,
shouldn't the modem take care of that?

I'm using ZTerm to call BBSs, Versaterm to call my Unix, and sometimes I'll
use the latest version of Mac Kermit.

Ken Linger
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 01 May 1993 13:52:14 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Installing A/UX on SE/30 (A)

In his article Chian Wang writes:

> I am considering to install A/UX on my SE/30 with 8MB RAM for my project.
Does
> any one have the experience about this? How about the performance on a
SE/30?
> And how much disk space does it need to archieve its "optimal" performance
and
> features?

According to my information you should be able to install A/UX on SE/30. The
*MINIMAL* requirements are: 68030, FPU, 5 MB RAM (but you need 8 MB for the
installation process), 80 MB HD, CD ROM (for installation only). You will be
able to install only the basic system on 80 MB HD; for full installation you
need 160 MB (230 MB is advisable). You can split the installation to up to
3 HDs, so external disks are acceptable.

I have not tried it on SE/30, so you should better check it somewhere else
too.
Neverthless, I installed it on IIci, 8 MB RAM, 210 MB HD. It worked fine, but
it
was (at least according to my experience) pretty slow. If it is only for try,
SE/30 can do, but for real daily use I believe that nothing less then Quadra
is acceptable.

Everything I have written so far applies to A/UX 3.0, but I believe that the
difference between 2.0 and 3.0 is not too big in this area.

Regards,

Vladimir Lieberzeit, Dept. of computer science,
Czech University of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 01:45:18 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Marc Bizer)
Subject: LaserWriter Select 300 and 310

>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!

Dear Eric,
    If you want FinePrint, then you must exclude the 310 since the
PostScript motherboard doesn't have it. Admittedly, the features are
distributed strangely between the two models. The 300 has FinePrint and can
also have PhotoGrade if you install an extra 4 Mb of memory and pay extra
for the Photograde (about $200 I think). It also can be shared via
Grayshare. In exchange for PostScript Level 1 and both serial and parallel
ports (but the machine must be restarted to change ports), the 310 excludes
FinePrint, PhotoGrade, and Grayshare. I guess it all depends on what you
plan to print and how powerful the computer you connect the printer to will
be. If you print graphics frequently and/or have a 68000 Mac, I'd suggest
the 310: PostScript is supposed to be great for graphics, and a QuickDraw
printer such as the 300 puts greater demands on a computer's CPU than the
310 (which has its own RISC processor). Don't count on the 310 ever having
PostScript Level 2, however. Remember that these are the cheapest Apple
printers. The upgrade options for both are quite clear.
    I don't know about QuickDraw GX and the 300. Let's hope that when
GX comes out, the 300 driver will be upgraded (if necessary)-- but I don't
really know what GX is all about anyway.
    Both printers have 5 ppm engines. Of course, they will print at
that speed only under the best conditions (i.e. text with few fonts). I
think that you can reach 4 ppm quite easily.
    I have a 300 which I use with a PowerBook 170; its printing is very
sharp (better in my opinion than Apple's 300 dpi laser printers without it,
so it may be better than the 310). The 250 sheet paper tray (which adjusts
for letter, legal, A4 paper sizes) is a big improvement over the LS. I've
been told that the manual feed works very well with envelopes. For those
who have seen the HP IIp and IIIp, the 300/310 seem rather large. My only
criticism (slight) is that I find the 300 to be noisier when printing than
most laser printers I have seen. The 300 is a great value in my opinion.
    ---Marc Bizer


P.S. One last thing: if you print graphics on the 300 or legal-size
documents, you will almost certainly need to add 1 megabyte of memory.


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

Date: Sat, 01 May 93 00:51:49 EDT
From: "M. David Greenspon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Launching and the "Copy Protection bit" (R)

In yesterday's Digest, [e-mail] (Dieder B.) said:

>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.

And RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]> said:

>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?

I'm pretty sure that the AppleShare File Server (version 3.x), which runs
under System 7, can turn the copy protection bit on and off.  If you run a
network, you probably have bought the AppleShare File Server already.  But
don't go out and buy it just for this, since it's expensive.

I'm not sure what the copy protection bit is in System 7.  In older systems,
there is an equivalent called the "Bozo Bit," that just tells the Finder not
to copy.  In System 7, it disappeared (or rather, turned into the "Is
Stationary" bit).  But in the end, I don't think you should even bother with
this kind of "protection."  The name "Bozo" is quite apt, since:

[e-mail] (Dieder B.) said:
>Of course there are always ways to beat almost any copy-protection scheme,

In this case, that's almost an understatement.  "Bozo" obviously cannot
protect against pieces of files being read into memory (if it did, the files
would be useless!), so you can just use Compact Pro, Stuffit, or the like to
make an archive of the "protected" file.

--David

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

Date: 30 Apr 1993 19:32:48 -0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LCII/SE upgrades

I have a LCII 4/80 512VRAM and a SE 2drives(800k),4MB/40MB, and would like to
kn
ow what would be the best upgrade soulutions. For the LCII I want to put more
th
an 10MB and would like a 68030 w/FPU and full data-bus, would a LCIII upgrade
be
a cost-effective solution. Also I resitate upgrading my old SE, I have many
doub
ts. Would it be able to use the old memory, do I need the new ROM to use a
Super
Drive? and would I be able to use 24bit color with an appropriate monitor and
vi
deocard? Would there be any trade-offs in these upgrades (compability
problems)?
   Would there be an option to turn on my old SE back by the means of a
   switch?

Thanks in advance
Flavio
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 18:37:08 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: looking for sound ``Sexy Hi''---FOUND!

[e-mail] writes:

>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

After I transferred this hqx I find that it ends with 104 null
characters (or are these control-a?).
Is it because of my ftp?

Sven :)

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 93 14:03:28 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mathematica file format

type = TEXT
creator = OMEG

Therefore, just create plain text files and change the creator to OMEG.
I do it all the time.


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

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 93 13:50 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Metamorphisis

I don't believe the abstract for my recent submission of Metamorphisis
(sic) ever got into the Digest, although the app has been archived for
about a week now.  Anyway, let me take this opportunity to restate that
author Mark Krueger can't offer any support for this quick-and-dirty
morphing program, so don't go pestering him when something doesn't seem
to be working!  A few suggestions if you do have problems:

(1)  Try changing the memory partition.  The app doesn't have a suggested
size so you can regard the requested size (currently 5 Mb) as a bit
arbitrary - reduce it if you haven't got enough RAM installed, or raise it
if you want to work with big pictures.

(2)  Don't attempt to Morph vast images.  It may help if the PICTs are
already QuickTime-compressed.

(3)  Remember to select the QuickTime compressor and number of stages
(frames) you want before selecting the "Do Metamorphosis" command.

Have fun!

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 23:20:10 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microphone for IIci

I have heard about Microphones for the IIci,
but they are quite expensive.
Is there a cheap way to attach a microphone to the IIci?

Sven :)

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 18:08:12 +0500 (EST)
From: Joseph Chiang-Shen Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Sony 1730 (17 inch) Monitor

Does anyone have any information about the new Sony 17 inch
monitor--Model 1730?  How does it compare to the 1604S?  I have heard
that some of the 1604S monitors suffer from bowing at the edges, so I
wonder if this newer model will fix this.

Please reply to me directly and I will sumarize if I get enough
responses ([e-mail]).

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 19:53:00 PST
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: NOW Menus and Word 5.1a conflict

Here's an obscure INIT conflict for you.  When I have NOW Menus 4.0
running on my IIsi under System 7.0.1, I can't enter the letter a with
a grave accent over it (option-grave, a), either from the keyboard or
>From PopChar in Word 5.1a.  The conflict doesn't exist with any other
vowel, and doesn't occur in TeachText.  Turning off all but the
essential INITS (including PopChar) makes this conflict absolutely
reproducible.  It took me hours to track this one down and I don't
feel inclined to experiment any more to see what obscure ramifications
it may have, but it certainly is an odd one.  I'd be interested to hear
>From anyone who can replicate this--or not.

As for why I want to type grave-a: it's a common character in French
and Italian.

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 12:58:37 -0500
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: OzTeX and PostScript (A)

   dvim72-mac at the chicago ftp site will print *.dvi files made by OzTeX on
non ps printers. I checked it out just now:

    ftp midway.uchicago.edu
    anonymous
    ident

    cd /pub/tex/macintosh/dvi2img

    download megabytes and you can access high tech documents all around the
world.

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 24:55 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PB145 and MIDI recording (A)

<bert%kstad2.sunet.se> writes:

>I am using a Powerbook 145 with Master Tracks Pro sequencer. I have
>tried everything to get it to work and have only been able
>to play files not record them. I have heard later this is a problem,
>but nobody has had a solution. Someone on the PowerBook list
>said there was a file somewhere to fix that but had no FTP
>address. Anybody know? Thanks.

Hi Bert,

Are you getting some MIDI data through to the Mac (and loosing
some), or are you receiving absolutely nothing at the Mac end?

If it is the latter (i.e., the PB does not receive any MIDI data
whatsoever), do check your synth's MIDI transmit "switch", the
transmit channel number, cable connections, interface hardware,
software settings...etc

What ever the symptoms, you'll also need an OMS (Opcode MIDI System)
driver to get your PB 145 to receive _all_ MIDI data properly. AND
you can only use the modem port for reliable input. Opcode can be reached at:
   3950 Fabian Way
   Suite 100
   Palo Alto, CA 94303
   USA
   [phone]
Since January, Opcode has been licensing OMS free to all interested
MIDI/Music developers. According to a recent Opcode press release,
software from Passport Designs (publishers of MTP) will reportedly
be OMS Vers. 2 compliant. I don't know whether or not the version (?)
of MTP you are using will work with the currently shipping OMS 1.2.1
Perhaps some MTP/OMS users can help you with that one.

Tune in to near-future-issues of TidBITS for more about MIDI on the
Mac, including the MIDI/PB escapades.

Cheers- Shekhar Govind              [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 2 May 93 16:18:47 GMT
From: Jonathon Fletcher <[e-mail]>
Subject: PICT File format

Hi,

Please can someone point me at the details of the PICT file format ? I'd
like to know about both PICT and PICT2 (and any other variations !). I've
looked in /infomac/report and /infomac/tech and found nothing relevant (so
no flames please :-) )

Will summarise if there's more response than to the fax software question*

-Jon

* - no-one replied )-: !
--
Jonathon Fletcher <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 11:57:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jeff Mealiffe, Systems Analyst" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerBook Modem Question

I am in the market for a v.32bis Data/FAX Modem for my PowerBook 100.  I
am particularly interested in one that I can purchase for under $300.  I
noticed the SupraFAXModem v.32bis Internal for PowerBook in MacWarehouse
for $285, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations, good or
bad, or if they know of any other good internal PowerBook modems.  Please
reply directly to me, not to the list.  I will summarize if there is
enough interest.

Jeff
Jeff Mealiffe, Network Administrator  | E-Mail: [e-mail]
           & Technology Consultant|      OR [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 22:23:09 -0400
From: "Michael J. Kobb" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerBook utilities, key mappings, loud PB drives [Q]

Greetings!

  I'm now the happy owner of a PowerBook 100.  I'm seeking
information on the various PowerBook utilities packages, including
but not limited to CPU, Norton Essentials, and Power To Go.  How do
they stack up?  Which ones do people prefer?  Why?  Do any of them
besides PTG have a "modem in use" indicator?  I've turned the PB off
twice already, forgetting I was logged in.

  I'm also looking for a way to exchange the tilde and ESC keys in
the keymapping.

  Finally, a question: I installed an APS 120Mb Quantum GO drive in
the PB.  It's LOUD.  Really loud!  Especially compared to the 20
that was in there to begin with.  I can feel the drive "hum" through
the wrist rests, and if you sit it down properly, the PB case
resonates and you can hear the machine from several feet away.  It's
not a disaster, but it's a bit annoying.  Is it supposed to be this
way?

Any help, advice, or warnings would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
--Mike

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 05:32:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David D Kilzer)
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
>[e-mail]


Okay, but what if you've produced the Postscript file from the "Print"
dialog box on the LaserWriter driver?  Adding the above two lines to the
file doesn't effectively convert it to an EPS file (at least one that
Adobe Illustrator recognizes, which is my goal).  Has someone made a
conversion utility to take one of these PS files created from the
"Print" dialog and convert it to EPS format?

Or better yet, has someone written a "printer driver" that creates an
EPS file to begin with, instead of a "plain" PS file?  This would be an
EXTREMELY useful utility for those programs which fail to provide an
option to save graphics in EPS format.

--
David D Kilzer
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 93 09:03:22 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: QMS-PS 410

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

I suspect this is NOT related to the amount of RAM in your QMS-PS
410, but the firmware revision you have. I had revision 1 in my printer
for a long time and then started getting weird errors with System
7 and downloadable PostScript fonts. Other people have had major trouble
printing TrueType fonts with an old QMS-PS 410. The fix is not to
get more RAM, but to call QMS and get a free motherboard replacement.
I sent my printer back to them and got it back a week or so later
with firmware 9.4a and I haven't had any problems with printing since
then (other than discovering that they handle envelopes in the envelope
tray wrong - so you have to change your Page Setup and rearrange things
to get them to print right from the tray).

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: Fri, 30 APR 93 8:14:11 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Reading DOS formatted Bernoulli Disks?

I thought I could use AccessPC or Apple File exchange to read Bernoulli
disks formatted on a DOS machine using identical Iomega Transportable 90
Pro removable media drives.  So far it hasn't worked.  I have tried
formatting them in DOS with the mac and that doesn't work either.  I've
called Iomega a couple times.  First before I bought the drives to see if
it would work and they said yes (AccessPC).  Then I called about my cable
not working (I fixed it).  I sent them E-mail and don't want to be on hold
for another 30 minutes, waiting for thier tech people.

Thanks,
Charlie Hill ([e-mail])


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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 17:07:23 CDT
From: "Eric H. Durbrow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Should I get a Duo 210

Because of the price drop ($1550) and because I learned you don't need the
minidock to connect to aesktop mac, I'm thinking seriously about buying
a Duo 210. I would appreciate hearing from satisfied and dissatisfied Duo
users, especially people who are using their Duos as a secondary machine.
Thanks!

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

Date: Sat, 01 May 1993 19:05:33 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SLIP (A)

In her article Lisa L.W. Besko writes:

> 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?)

SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) is a means how to connect two computers
by TCP/IP via serial line (e.g. modem dialup connection). The really *basic*
information you can find in the Macintosh Communications FAQ, which you can
download by anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu, directory
info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt

Regards,

Vladimir Lieberzeit, Dept. of Computer Science
Czech University of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 19:03:32 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Scott Allen Gruby)
Subject: Sound Input Device

>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])

Awhile back this was updated to SID II and included information on ordering
a kit to build the device. It was ~$50 a couple of years ago. I bought the
kit and assembled it and it has worked very well. It appears to be 100%
compatible with the MacRecorder. I even have had it working with the
MacRecorder driver (found on sumex) for use with the sound manager.
Basically every program that supports sound input via a build in microphone
can be used with the SID (II) and the MacRecorder driver.

If you want more information, send me email.

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

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

Date: 01 May 1993 14:57:26 +1200
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Starup Document Manager (R)

[e-mail] writes:
>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.

StartupManager, which comes with the NOW Utilities, is not free/
shareware, but it might as well be free since you did want to buy
Super Boomerang and NOWMenus anyway, didn't you???? Seriously, since
I don't believe anyone in the universe can live without these, I do
regard StartupManager as essentially a free extra.
 --------
matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 22:38:54 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stuffit Lite vs. Compactor Pro -- FAQ?

[e-mail] writes:

>Stuffit Lite vs. Compactor Pro - which to buy?
>
>I'm sure this has been a subject of debate before.
>Can someone either supply me the advantages/disadvantage of Stuffit Lite
>and Compactor Pro or where I can get the information?
>Is one really superior to the other? or is it a toss up?

Well, for one thing there is a utility called "CPT2SIT"
which I have yet to see as "SIT2CPT".

Sven :)

SUMEX:
-r   114337 Mar 16 15:29 ./util/stuff-it-cpt-2-sit.hqx

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 11:55:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Jason D.B. Sutin " <[e-mail]>
Subject: Superdrive woes!

Hi,

My floppy drive has been the Achilles' heel of my IIci since I bought my Mac
about 4 years ago.  It seems dust collects in the floppy drive eventually
causing it to fail which requires that I take the drive apart and blow the
dust
out.  During most recent time I did this, I also needed to re-lubricate the
mechanical parts of the drive.  Now the floppy drive will not correctly read
floppies (the mechanical part of the drive seem functional as does the
electronics since the initialize floppy dialog appears,only it does so with
all
floppies). I think I just moved the heads out of alignment.  I see the
brackets
to adjust the motor which drives the heads, but I do not know how to align
them.  So my questions are 1) are there any programs for aligning the heads
and adjusting the timing as are available for MS-DOS, and 2) are there any
books which deal with superdrive repairs?

I would greatly appreciate any responses.

Thanks in advance,
Jason

PS  Since I do not regularly subscribe to info-mac, please send replies to me
directly at [e-mail].

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

Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 18:25:02 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael LeBlanc)
Subject: Using Eudora from Home

Thanks to Mike McCarty and other generous people at St. Mary's University
Computing Services, I am using Eudora from home with AppleTalk Remote
Access.  I have a Focus 14.4 Data+Fax modem, and am connected to a Mac
Server, which is hooked up to the Internet.  I needed to buy ARA and the
modem, then Mike had to install MacTCP onto my System.  I use Eudora,
NewsWatcher, TurboGopher.  Works great!


Michael LeBlanc, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3J6

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

Date: 30 Apr 1993 09:58:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Jaime Villacorte)
Subject: Where to fine more Quicktime movies? (Q)

>Are there any places to get Quicktime movies besides here at info-mac, and
>at apple?
>
>I'm interested to know of any ftp sites that have a stock of qt that is
>different from info-mac.

    Last time I checked, uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu (/mirrors/info-mac/art/qt)
    had
several QT movies which used to be on sumex, but subsequently had to be
deleted
for storage space reasons (prior to the large disk drive acquisition) or
for other reasons.

    I refer people to this site when they ask me to mail them my
kennedy-assasination or aliens movies.

                        - jaime villacorte

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 21:54:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: z-modem transfers (R)

On Thu, 29 Apr 1993 Stewart Lynch <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 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.

Try  sz -w 2048 <filename>.
Personally, I haven't been able to do any reliable downloads with a
larger window size than 2048K.

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

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

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 21:48:05 +0500 (EST)
From: "J. David Stradley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: zmodem transfers

My roommate (a computer science major) and I have been trying optimize
zmodem transfers and so far we've gotten rather peculiar results. We have
access to a switch that supports 14.4 kpbs access with V.everything but it
only supports 7 data bits. We have been unsuccessful in getting zmodem to
work with 7 data bits despite the fact that the documentation contains no
mention of the need for 8 data bits. We also have access to a 9600 bps
switch which supports no data compression but does use 8 data bits.

The surprise (I think) is that *Kermit* over the 14,400 line is faster
than *zmodem* over the 9600 baud line. Is this supposed to happen or is
something terribly wrong with the zmodem transfers. We're getting transfer
rates of ca. 450 cps with the 9600 zmodem transfers and 800 cps with
Kermit at 14,400.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.



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J. David Stradley

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