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Info-Mac Digest             Wed,  5 May 93       Volume 11 : Issue 95

Today's Topics:

      [!] New 4th Dimension Archive
      [*] alarm-book-12.hqx
      [*] Clinton? 1.1
      [*] dateline-34.hqx
      [*] Funky-Maelstrom-Sounds-11.sit.hqx
      [*] Have-A-Blast 1.0.1 for AfterDark...
      [*] Hypercard Stack to add to your archive.
      [*] IIsi-clock-mod-poll.txt
      [*] info-mac/card/x/applevent-utilities.hqx
      [*] MacSokoban level editor
      [*] quadra-700-clock-mod-13.txt
      [*] Sci Graph submission
      [*] Shareware submission!
      [*] theTypeBook 3.08
      [*] Update to hebrew/shalom pad
      .z files from src.ic.doc.uk mirror and a limitation of Fetch....read
      on!
      Academic word processing
      A few Sys. 7.2 suggestions...
      AmiPro 3.0 for PC and Mac (Q)
      Apple Centris 650 Memory SIMMs?
      A question about the C650?
      Backdrop INIT: how to use it? (Q)
      cc:Mail, Macs, and Modem Tools for Remote X.25 Access
      Chinese Worldscript (Q)
      Colorquickdraw with 128K roms
      COPYright.demo problem solved [A]
      DEC, Plotting and System 7
      Desktop Manager
      double scroll cp
      DPI-On-The-Fly and NEC monitors (follow-up)
      Duo 230 hangs on wake
      Editable .eps graphic
      Ergonomic Keyboard Feedback
      Ethernetlet Redux
      Fileguard
      FORTRAN Compilers and Backgrounding
      FTP woes (R)
      how to change the (Q) (A) etc.
      Hypercard report printing
      Inexpensive Modems
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #91
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #94 - ftp woes
      Internet Access Question Answered (Duh!)
      Internet from home, SLIP, ARA or other solutions (Q)
      ISO an engineering plot prog.
      LCIII and input scanners (A)
      LCIII and scanner problem (A)
      lc iii to lx810 cable(Q) -envelopes thru laser(Q)
      Market for used parts (LC)? [Q]
      Network Diagnostic (R)0
      NeXT Dock
      NIH grant forms
      Norton Essentials Bombs Persuasion
      PB Modem Suggestions
      Performance loss on Classic [Q]
      PowerBook 145 on KanjiTalk 6.0.7.1
      PP Modem
      Programming in LOGO
      Q about LC III
      Secure
      SELECT 610 TEST PAGE
      SIMM chips
      SLIP - (Q)
      Slooow StyleWriter
      Soft Free Text
      software & foreign Languages
      Software for Faxmodem
      Something like Closeview?
      Spooling Postscript files (R)
      Sports Scheduler
      Strip Address (A)
      StyleWriter II driver. Where ?
      System 7.2 - undo in the desktop (C)
      TCP/IP FTP FAQ (Q)
      Tek 4693dx Parts, FREE!
      thanks (very late)
      Unwrapping AppleTalk encapsulated TCP/IP (Q)
      USR Sportster & Macs: warning, problems & questions (long)
      WANTED: Real world samples (ie, sound FX)
      WizTools
      Xerox driver for the Mac (Q)

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 22:16:54 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Liam Breck)
Subject: [!] New 4th Dimension Archive

I am pleased to announce the addition of a 4th Dimension (database
development package) archive to the anonymously accesible Macintosh
archive at sumex-aim.stanford.edu.

It consists of 122 files totaling 4.8 megabytes in the directory
info-mac/lang/4d/ (temporarily; it will be moved as Info-Mac is
reorganized).

Included in the 4D archive are 4D externals, example databases and
demos of commercial add-ons to 4D.

This archive was formerly stored at ftp.scri.fsu.edu.  Due to the
departure of the 4D moderator there, it had to be moved.

Currently, the files in the archive are not named in the Info-Mac
style.  The names will be changed when the files are relocated to
their new home in the new Info-Mac directory structure.

Within the next few weeks, there will be another announcement here
about ways to obtain and contribute files from/to the Info-Mac
archives (other than direct ftp).

Happy databasing!

Liam Breck     [e-mail]          El Cazador de Ratones

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 13:51:19 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Dan Repich)
Subject: [*] alarm-book-12.hqx

Welcome to:

AlarmBook - Demo Version 1.2

Released May 4, 1993.

(c)1993  Neptune Systems


Fixes and Updates Since Original Release
 ------------------------------------
We apologize for the oversight recently brought to our attention concerning
our
demo AlarmBook installer program.  Version 1.1 (the May1 release) would not
allow you to install over the old demo version.  This was implemented as a
simple software protection scheme by using a hidden file installed in your
extensions folder called ") 1993 Neptune Systems".  It doesn't take a
brilliant
computer scientist to figure this out, but it does take a little bit of
knowledge on how the Macintosh file system works. It was designed this way
because we never intended to release a second demo version.

This demo (version 1.2) will install over any existing old demo versions.  The
installer has been upgraded to notify you of the files being installed in your
System Folder, and give you the option to terminate the installation if you do
not wish to install those files.  Although, the software will not work without
the files installed.

Please understand that it is difficult from a business stand point to give out
demo software without some type of software protection.  We chose this simple
method because alternative methods are much more potentially destructive to
your system. We do not wish to "monkey" with any of your system files and
promise not to.

You can remove the hidden file with ResEdit,(c)Apple Computer to install
version 1.1. Or, you can simply install version 1.2 as is.

Other upgrades include a bug fix to the "Reset this alarm" option in the
OPTIONS menu. Also, the demo software version can now be obtained by selecting
the installer and doing a "Get-Info" on it from system file menu.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused you.


Software Description
 -------------------

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*Japplication 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-12.hqx; 371K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 01:37:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Owen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Clinton? 1.1

Some kind soul took the time to reduce my sounds from 22mhz to 11mhz.  This
decreases the size of the application by 50%.  Enjoy.

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

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-11.hqx; 224K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 00:35:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Perry)
Subject: [*] dateline-34.hqx

Hi! This file is a binhexed text file, to go in info-mac/digest.

thanks!

David R Perry

This is Dateline 32, the monthly newsletter of Star Trek
happenings from the Star Trek forum on America Online.
This file is compressed and binhexed teachtext document.

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/dateline-34.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 8:24:08 PDT
From: Kevin Savetz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Funky-Maelstrom-Sounds-11.sit.hqx

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

This is version 1.1 : Fixed icky "freeze" sound to something much niftier.

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

I am not affiliated in any way with Andrew Welch/Ambrosia.
The sounds are free. I do urge you to pay the shareware fee for Maelstrom,
however.
I can be reached on the Internet at "[e-mail]" or on America
Online as "savetz"

Moderators: this replaces the old Funky-Maelstrom-Sounds that is in the sound
directory. IMHO, this one should actually be placed in the games directory.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/maelstrom-funky-sounds-11.hqx; 511K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 16:56:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Alan Goates)
Subject: [*] Have-A-Blast 1.0.1 for AfterDark...

  I've finally gotten around to fixing a small bug (only two lines
of code changed) in Have-A-Blast. Here it is, now you can use 'repair
damage' without fear of a crash on exiting AfterDark. Oh, and the
sound works better now too...
  Play away,
  AL

[Archived as /info-mac/util/ad/have-a-blast-101.hqx; 93K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 16:22:26 BST
From: [e-mail] (Abdulkader Khattab)
Subject: [*] Hypercard Stack to add to your archive.

Hi,
Attached with this email an educational hypercard stack which I have made
to help, those who are interrested, reciting in Arabic the first chapter of
the Holy Quran 'Surat al-fatiha'. It requires Hypercard 2.x.
Could please include it in your archive. Thank you in advance.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/holy-quran-in-arabic.hqx; 371K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 03:49:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] IIsi-clock-mod-poll.txt

This poll was conducted to help users decide whether or not to alter their
IIsi clock oscillator. I have attempted to gather as many case histories as
possible to find some estimate of success and risk. The number of replies
probably shows how rare this modification is but give the impression that
success rates may be higher than the previous 80% estimate. 25 of 25
machines were able to run at 25 mhz when no add on boards were present.
This is not a scientific survey but it is the best we have to work with.

Thanks to all who contributed to this poll.

[Archived as /info-mac/report/iisi-clock-mod-poll.txt; 6K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 10:57 +1200
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] info-mac/card/x/applevent-utilities.hqx

Here's a set of HyperCard externals I wrote for doing things with AppleEvents,
together with a demo stack showing some examples of their use.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Computer Services Dept
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x/applevent-utilities.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 12:33:54 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: [*] MacSokoban level editor

This is an editor for MacSokoban levels (2.0 or higher) in the form of a
HyperCard stack. HyperCard 2.1 is required.

I am not the author of the editor. I am, however, the author of the
MacSokoban game itself, so finding this on a swiss ftp site was a very
pleasant surprise for me, considering that I have neglected the need for a
level editor for quite some time, with the poor excuse that it can be done
with a text editor.

The original text blurb presenting the editor is included.

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-sokoban-level-editor.hqx; 85K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 03:52:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy Kuo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] quadra-700-clock-mod-13.txt

Text file for tech folder which describes technique for changing Quadra
700 clock speed. This version includes cooling fan installation, custom
speed oscillators, thermal data, caveats regarding socket pins, and
performance data. At the time of posting, the author has reports of six
Q700s modified in this way. Some have been running this way for months
without additional cooling. One machine required cooling for 33 MHz
operation.=20

[Archived as /info-mac/tech/quadra-700-clock-mod-13.txt; 17K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 15:23:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] (matthew battey)
Subject: [*] Sci Graph submission

Sci Graph is a program developed to help high school students with the
concepts of first derivatives and integration, on a graphical scale.

It will work on any Mac and if used with a color printer will print in color.

-Matt Battey

[Archived as /info-mac/app/sci-graph.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 11:48:14 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Shareware submission!

SaintEdit 1.0  Release ***

SaintEdit is a System 7, squeaky clean, robust general purpose text
editor-not a word processor, not a page layout program, not a draw program.
Hidden behind the simple and intuitive user interface lies a rather complex

program representing years of work. I use it as a snazzy, efficient

replacement for Teach Text: Though it doesn't (yet) support graphics,

SaintEdit will read any text file and is loaded with features including:

System 7 Savvy
Multiple open windows
Handles large file sizes limit (greater than 32K!)
Extensive Undo/Redo support
Safe file saving routines
Extensive Search and replace
Color Day/Night Settings (change background color too!)
FastScrolls
Drag and Drop any TEXT file
Sleek Interface
Printing Support
Core AppleEvents
Multiple Monitor Support
Auto read UNIX and DOS files without messing with converters
and much, much more...

Please read all the accompanying documentation before sending me E-mail.


Happy text editing,

Craig Marciniak
Logical Solutions, Inc.
AOL: TemplarDev
Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/saint-edit-10.hqx; 158K]

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Date: 04 May 1993 16:40 +0100 (MET)
From: Hans de Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] theTypeBook 3.08

Here is version 3.08 of theTypeBook (much more recent than the
version that was present in the archives).

theTypeBook is a freeware program that prints sample sheets
of the fonts that are installed in your Mac.

[Note: I am not the author of this program]

Hans de Wolf
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/type-book-308.hqx; 157K]

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Date: Tue, 04 May 93 22:07 CST
From: MATTHEW WEINSTEIN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Update to hebrew/shalom pad

Hebrew pad 1.91 replaces previous versions of both shalom pad and hebrew pad.
It
is a right to left processor for Hebrew Fonts, especially J. Brecher's Shalom
fonts.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/hebrew-pad-191.hqx; 44K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 09:32:46 EST
From: williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: .z files from src.ic.doc.uk mirror and a limitation of Fetch....read
on!

    The src.ic.doc.uk server which mirrors many US sites including info-
mac stores these files as .z (lowercase z) which have been gzipped.
    Up to now, I had no difficulty retrieving these files with Fetch which
I had configured to call up Macompress to decompress them on arrival( ZIVM is
the file creator and LZIV is the file type).
    Just this week, Maccompress reports bad magic errors in the data fork
and it can't decode the files.  The Mac gzip program can't do any better
either.
    Happily, there are workarounds.  Using a command line tcp program, I
can issue the command GET filename.hqx (i.e. I don't type the extra .z part
of the file name.  The server then understands that I want to do an ASCII
transfer of the .hqx file and I receive this with no problems at all.
    DRAWBACK: How can I do this using Fetch which is a truly wonderful
ftp program???  And if there are any Fetch gurus reading this, is there any
way
to prevent Fetch doing a complete directory listing each time it changes
directories?

John Williams (INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, C.R.Tours, Nouzilly,
France)
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed,  5 May 1993 11:24 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Academic word processing

I am trying to write a dissertation with WordPerfect 2.1.  The paper must
conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (aka Turabian), and WordPerfect is
giving me fits.  I cannot get WP to put the right amount of space between the
page number and the first line of text; and WP doesn't position the footnotes
or the separator line properly.  Believe me, I've wrestled with this thing for
untold, miserable hours.  I've called WP tech support (no complaints; those
people really try hard and are very courteous) to no avail.

So, two requests:

1. HELP!!!  If anyone has used WordPerfect for some really particular stuff,
like typing a dissertation in Turabian style, please contact me.

2. If anyone has a recommendation for a different word processor that does a
good job with academic-style writing and that will conform to the rigors of
Turabian, please contact me.

Thanks in advance for the help!

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

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 04:02 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear." <[e-mail]>
Subject: A few Sys. 7.2 suggestions...

Hi there....


I was thinking that for System 7.2, Apple should have the following Command
Key
combinations automatically installed like CMD. S, Q, etc...

CMD. M for Alias,
CMD. R for Reset,
CMD. T for empty trash
CMD. Z for Undo
etc...
Also, Apple should provide a System 7.2 Emergency repair boot disk along with
the other system file disks.

Gordon Werner

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Date: Wed, 05 May 93 15:38:59 ITA
From: Davide Proserpio <[e-mail]>
Subject: AmiPro 3.0 for PC and Mac (Q)

Hi,
   I have to exchange files produced on a PC with AmiPro 3.0 (Lotus)
 with my Macintosh. Any one knows if there is a Mac version of AmiPro or
a converter?
thnkyou
       dmp

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 04:03 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Centris 650 Memory SIMMs?

Hi again....


Does the new Macintosh Centris 650 use those special funny-shaped memory
SIMMs?
Or can I stick my good ol' reliable ones in the simm slots?

Thanks

Gordon Werner

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 04:19 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear." <[e-mail]>
Subject: A question about the C650?

Does the Centris 650 have the same problems with its cache switch that the
Quadra 700 and 900 had with their '040 processors when they were released?


or have all of the problems been fixed either with Sys. 7.1 and/or new design
technology.

Thanks

Gordon Werner

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 16:11:10 CST
From: "Z.  Sun" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Backdrop INIT: how to use it? (Q)

The subject line said it all. I'll appreciate any help on how to use the
little
freeware program to display a "backdrop" picture on the screen (since DiskPict
does not like System 7.1).

Thankx.

Jack

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 20:08:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kevin A. Cormier)
Subject: cc:Mail, Macs, and Modem Tools for Remote X.25 Access

Hello Mac Netters,

I'm not a regular Mac user so please bear with me on this plead
for help.

The Situation
=============
We are running cc:Mail for our corporate communications system
along with an X.400 gateway.  We have a remote server listening
on an X.25 circuit for incoming mail requests from our remote
users.

The Problem
===========
The DOS version of cc:Mail Remote permits scripting which is
essential to be able to configure the data line after the remote
user connects to a public dial port (e.g., DATApac, Tymnet, etc.)
and issues a connection request to the central mail system.

We have some Mac users so we got some copies of cc:Mail Remote for
the Mac.  You would think it would have the same functionality
since it has the same name and purpose as the DOS version.  WRONG!
Lotus says that it does not support scripting for the Mac version
and has no plans to (straight from the horse's mouth).  The Mac version
uses the Apple Model Tool for communications.

My Plead
========
Can the Apple Model Tool (or are there any other modem tools out there)
do scripting?  All I want to do is send about 10 ASCII commands
out the com line after I get carrier and connection.  This isn't
rocket science and I'm hoping you Mac comms guys can shed some light
on the problem.

So, what do you think ?

Apologies for the length of the plea.  Please e-mail me any responses
and/or queries for more info since our site doesn't subscribe to
this group.

Be happy to post summary and/or forward replies to interested parties.
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kevin C.



--
Kevin A. Cormier        The PSC Group
Consultant              2430 Don Reid Drive
[e-mail]        Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1H 8P5
            Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

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Date: 5 May 1993 18:44:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Yew Teik Chong)
Subject: Chinese Worldscript (Q)

I was just wondering if the Chinese Worldscript is available or not.
Also some pricing and resellers/retailers details would be much
appreciated.

Andrew Chong
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Western Australia

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 11:23:46 +0200
From: [e-mail] (stefan kuypers)
Subject: Colorquickdraw with 128K roms

I own an Amiga 3000 on which I have installed an AMax II+ board. I've got an
Motorola 68030 processor + 68862 math processor and 7 Meg of memory. These
are all correctly detected by MacEnvie. I am running system 7.0 on this
configuration.
Now I want to run Objectworks Smalltalk 4.1 on it, but this requires
Colorquickdraw, and, because I've got only 128K roms installed, there's no
Colorquickdraw available. It is not possible for me to install 256K roms
because of hardware restrictions.
Is it possible to patch Colorquickdraw on this system configuration or is it
possible to configure Objectworks in such a way that it doesn't need
the Colorquickdraw libraries.
I really don't care about colors (that won't be possible anyway), but I
REALLY want to get Objectworks running.

Please send replies to me personally.

Stefan Kuypers ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 19:55:52 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: COPYright.demo problem solved [A]

I've asked a couple af days ago a question about COPYright.demo:

> >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 ...

Thanks to everyone who answered, and specially to
Colin McLaughlin <[e-mail]> who said:

>I use Copyright and it works great. The main thing that can cause to not
>work is if you have used one of those hacks such as System 7 Pack or
>Speedyfinder to allocate all memory to copying ...

and was absolutelly right.

Jean-Francois Sygnet <[e-mail]>


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Date: 05 May 1993 13:20:00 -0600 (CST)
From: "Robert E. Malick [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DEC, Plotting and System 7

Hello,

I need to plot from applications other than Cricket Graph (e.g.
DeltaGraph Pro, MacDraw Pro and Powerpoint) to a plotter or to a file
for downloading to an HP7550 Plus plotter.  All of this has to work with
DEC PathWorks 1.1 and System 7.0.1.

If anyone is currently doing any of these things, please let me know
directly ([e-mail]) and I will summarize to the
net if interest is sufficient.

Thanks In Advance,
Rob Malick

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 8:42:55 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desktop Manager

[e-mail] (Bill Vilberg) wrote:
>The Desktop Manager INIT came with AppleShare in the System 6.0 days. It is
>not, to my knowledge, available on-line anywhere.

On ftp.apple.com, file /dts/mac/hacks/oscar.hqx contains Desktop Manager
v2.0.1.

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 08:45 EST
From: "Michael R. Roman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: double scroll cp

I've been using altcdef instead of double-scroll and I have had none of the
problems mentioned; I use Word 5.1a and Quicken with it quite happily.

Mike Roman
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 4 May 93 14:55:41 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Wyatt A Webb)
Subject: DPI-On-The-Fly and NEC monitors (follow-up)

Just FYI, I just called the number Tony gave us (Thanks!).  I was never
actually asked the serial number from my 4FG... just my name address and
computer type.

Your mileage may vary...

Later,

    -Wyatt

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 22:01:26 EST
From: [e-mail] (Mark R Anderson)
Subject: Duo 230 hangs on wake

I've recently started having problems with my Duo 230 - it tends to hang
after waking up. Either the hard drive doesn't start up, or it does & I
just get a blank screen, or I get a Bus Error in Finder, or something
similar. It doesn't do it all the time.

I am trying hard to trace the problem to an extension, but without luck
- and this is all the more strange since even if I have a small subset
of extensions which used to work fine, the problem is there. All I have
found is that Now Utilities (4.01p) and ARA installed seem to make the
problem worse. Restarting with the shift key down does seem to solve the
problem - most of the time.

I have done all the usual stuff - reinstalled the system, turned things
on & off, checked the drive with Norton etc, but no luck. The only (!)
things which have changed recently are I got a new logic board, a new
screen and got the express modem installed.

I am running a Duo 230, 12Mb RAM, 120 hard drive Enabler 1.01.

Any ideas? Please email me directly, I'll summarize any wisdom I get!

Mark.

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

Date: 5 May 1993 15:52:58 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Editable .eps graphic

     Editable .eps graphic
I know I seen this question on Info-Mac recently, but didn't pay much
attention, since it didn't affect me.  Now someone's asked me this question,
so
I hope someone can enlighten me.

I have a user that's received a postscript file from a Unix machine.  It's of
some graphic image.  They'd like to turn it into a Mac encapsulated postscript
image that can be read into Illustrator and edited *GRAPHICALLY*, not by
modifying the Postscript code.

Is this do-able?  I remember a similar thread, which mentioned something about
adding a header to the Postscript file to add a bounding box or something like
that and change it into an .eps file.  Anyone point me in the right
direction?
TIA!

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

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 16:46:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Tim Neese)
Subject: Ergonomic Keyboard Feedback

In light of the growing number of repetitive motion injuries and importance
of workstation ergonomics, I wanted to share my findings regarding
ergonomic keyboards.  After calling several mail order vendors, I became
frustrated at the lack of alternatives to Apple's mediocre split keyboard.
Then, thanks to John Darragh who pointed me to the typing injury archive
site, I discovered over a dozen alternatives - complete with reviews and
pictures of the products!

All of this information can be ftp'd from soda.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.19)
in the pub/typing-injury directory.  Many of the files are .Z and .tar
format so you will need to ftp them and untar and unZ them to view them,
which is a bit of a nuisance - but worth the hassle.  I would start by
looking at the documents in the typing-infury-faq directory and go from
there.  Be sure to check out some of the GIFs!

After perusing this site, though, I still feel that much remains to be done
to bring ergonomic workstation and computer designs into the mainstream.
Anyway, I think this site is very helpful.

Tim

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 17:46:35 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernetlet Redux

Folks, I don't believe this. Recall how warm and fuzzy I felt toward
FOCUS Technologies? My note of yesterday on my experiences with a FOCUS
ThinNet system yielded several responses from the vendor. None of which
made me feel as warm and fuzzy as previously. Here's what I got from
FOCUS's Peter Cohen, and my reply:

========================================================================

>The weirdness with the Installer disk is a little unusual.  About the only
>thing I can think of is that something may have interfered with the Installer
>program- perhaps an extension or control panel device that was trying to
>accomplish an unusual background task or trying to protect the O.S.

Hey! Mother Bloom raised a couple wifts, but no dummies. I shift-boot to
turn off all extensions before doing *any* install.

>Have you gotten the card software working yet?  If not, I'd recommend that
you
>should try to reinstall the software with all extensions turned off and see
if
>the same problem occurs.  Which card is this for, btw?  Different cards use
>different installer programs.

Of course it's working. And quite well. Otherwise I'd have screamed bloody
murder instead of just slapping your paddy <grin>. The card is 060-2000-A.
The manual does not describe/portray what happened, and no README on disk
told me what to expect. Tacky. But I've had worse experiences, most recently
with my APS 128MB M/O drive that needed LaCie software to function.

Sheesh! Don't get all defensive. I also got a note today from Sudhakar Ravi
of Sonic saying that he wrote the installer and my experience was utterly
impossible. Oh horseshit. I've been in this racket over 20 years, and I
don't even pretend perfection. I do my best. And I muck up. I encourage and
welcome bug reports, and I fix them. How else does one improve the product?
Certainly not by saying that what happened to you cannot happen. I've found
that even the most naive user can be right when he or she tells me I screwed
up. It is a humbling experience. I recommend it.
========================================================================

Lordy buck! I got a followup note from Sudhakar Ravi asking exactly what
steps I had gone through to get the disk eject problem. Uh just how many
steps *can* you go through when invoking a canned installer script?

FOCUS has some very nice products at some very nice prices. I have most
certainly not sent back any of their toys. I eventually got them working.
So why is FOCUS beating up on me instead of fixing its installer?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 18:11 EST
From: KEN SCHWARTZREICH <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fileguard

In response to Jospehine Colmenares' suggestion about upgrading Fileguard,
that is not the answer.  There is an option in the Filguard menu that allows
you to protect a hard drive (or disk or something) with a password.  That
option prevents bootup with the inits off or bootup from a startup disk
without
that password.  One word of advise, though: remember that password or else
you're screwed...
-Ken Schwartzreich
 Assistant Network Manager
 Lafayette College
 Easton, PA

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 9:56:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Trey Campbell)
Subject: FORTRAN Compilers and Backgrounding

Recently, [e-mail] (Joseph P. Andrieu) wrote:

  [ Old stuff about FORTRAN "automatic" backgrounding deleted ]

>Since that was my reply, I figured I'd answer here.  I agree, I don't
>want a flame war, but I still disagree with you. <grin>  I suppose that
>in a sheer number crunching language like fortran, it could be
>healthy.  I guess it's just that my limited experience in C on the
>mac, keeps me busy mostly with interface stuff, where
>foreground/background changes are best handled explicitly.

>And you may also note that C and Pascal programmers
>can allow the processor to schedule other tasks _anytime_ by
>calling the toolbox call EventAvail.  So, the C or Pascal programmer
>can just throw that in wherever they really want to offer background
>activity.  It's not automagic, but it get's the job done.

It seems to me that you've totally missed the point. Handling of context
switches has not changed at all. It's still up to the programmer to write the
code to react to going to and from the background. The compiler (in this case,
I'm speaking about Language Systems' product) simply generates calls to allow
other processes to have some CPU time--and to allow the user to switch the
application in or out. Many programmers still think that calling WaitNextEvent
once in the main event loop is good enough for a cooperative multi-tasking
OS.
In almost any *real* application it doesn't come close.

In particular, most FORTRAN programs that are ported to the Macintosh (and
that's why most people use these compilers) are not your typical sort of
application in that they are often involved in lengthy calculations. This is
exactly why being able to switch the application into the background and
smooth
operation in the background are advantages.

>It's vanilla and chocolate.  I'm glad you've found a feature which
>works well for you and I'm sure others find it just as handy, but it
>still gives me the heebeejeebees. <smile>

It's more than a handy feature. And as you gain more experience programming
the
Macintosh that you'll see why this is the case. Most simple programs spend
much
of their time in the main event loop, but when you start writing programs that
perform non-trivial tasks (not to imply that what you program is trivial in a
wider context). I'd like to see such a feature in *every* compiler--I think
that it may do more to improve the final product than the code optimization
options that so many compilers have.

>P.S.  I did not intend to insult your programming abilities, and I
>apologize if I had.  I'm no hacker either.  But I still don't consider
>the feature a "step towards better computing", although it may make
>programming easier.

Anything that makes the product more usable *is* a step towards better
computing. It makes programming easier because the compiler is adding the code
where I tell it to (not haphazardly) and the compiler makes a lot fewer
mistakes than I do. BTW, if you're not comfortable with it, don't use it. But
don't tell people that do use it that it's wrong for them unless you can make
a
better argument.

Trey Campbell
X-ray Diffraction Lab, Texas A&M University

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 8:55:34 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP woes (R)

John A. <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Finally, a question that I know the answer to.
>
>In the last Info-Mac, Allan Hunter wonders about *.z files at the wustl
>mirror site, and the many period files at the umich site.
>
>1. The *.z files are unix compressed files. To get uncompressed versions,
>just issue the get command and omit the .z at the end. The unix host should
>then decode the compression, and send only the *.hqx file.

Careful giving such advice, as it's host specific. There are some (dare I
say "experimental") ftp servers out there which support this. I don't know
if wuarchive is one of them - altho I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

Safe bet is to ftp as binary then uncompress locally. You're doing
yourself and the net a favor when you do that, BTW. Since the file is
smaller (it's compressed, right?), you're using less bandwidth and saving
yourself some time, to boot.

>2. The get command with our ftp allows 2 parameters, a remote filename and
>a local filename. I usually copy the whole filename, and then paste it
>twice (with a space between the 2 names). If the local name is not valid
>(more than one period is not valid with VMS as well), I just use the arrow
>keys to get to the appropriate place and backspace over the extra periods.

Right. But if you're not going to be making the local name different from
the remote name, there's not much point (or harm) in defining both names.
Just 'get filename<cr>'.

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 13:53:31 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: how to change the (Q) (A) etc.

I recently replied to a message that had a (Q) on the end of it.  Of course,
my subject, which was an (A) answer or at least a (C) comment retained the
(Q) implying it was a question.  How (in this VMS environment) can I change
the subject of a replied message (I know the Mac, not mainframes-that's a good
thing right? ;-)

        Aric Friesen

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

Date: Tue, 4 May 93 22:21:20 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hypercard report printing

Is there an XCMD that will provide simple column headings under HC 2.1?
What I want to do is SOOO SIMPLE: print a tabular report. Reports! is
impressive but is overkill, takes up too much disk space for this one
simple function. I could do it with any of the Works! database modules but
that would be overkill for the same reason: I've already got something
that holds and organizes the info the way I want it.

Alternative #1: I'll be happy to do this in HyperTalk if anyone knows of a
way.

Alternative #2: if anyone can recommend a SIMPLE, SMALL, FAST database for
doing simple reports under System 7.1, I would appreciate hearing from
you. FileMaker Pro is overkill.

I think you used to be able to do this with HC, but column headings got
dropped when somebody "improved" the product.

Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 01:07:20 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Inexpensive Modems

Hello again...

I friend of mine who is about to graduate is looking for a solid, inexpensive
modem for his Mac IIvx.  He doesn't know to much about telecom, so it should
be easy to set up, and have decent manuals and software.  He's hoping to find
something in the $200-250 range; he doesn't need V.everything.

Any suggestions from the helpful folks in netland?

Thanks a lot...


Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 11:32:57 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #91

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>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]
>
Rob,

Andrew Welch wrote a $15.00 shareware product called BlackBox
which does exactly what you're looking for with the exception
that it is always on the desktop. Looking at an older
all-files.txt I have it appears not to be in the archives. If
you or anyone else cares for the version 1.5 I have let me know
and I'll send it along.

Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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

Date: 05 May 1993 16:07:49 +0200
From: Maurizio Codogno <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #94 - ftp woes

I would like to add a couple of things, hoping that the Moderator does not
worry too much about a Unixer with her girlfriend Mac-provided.

- files ending in .Z are indeed compressed (with Unix "compress" command) so
that they become binary. And yes, a compression is achieved.

- but nowadays the extension .z (lowercase) is found, which means use of gzip
to compress data (and sumex has file /info-mac/util/gzip.hqx ...)

ciao! .mau.

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 11:47:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Internet Access Question Answered (Duh!)

Folks, I didn't check the archives enough before asking about connecting to
the internet from my house. Lotsa info is already there. If you're interested
its in /report/, just get all files of type *internet*.*

However, if anyone has further info, I would still like to hear it, and if it
extends what's already in /report/ I wlll add to it.

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 09:26:31 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Internet from home, SLIP, ARA or other solutions (Q)

Now that I have my new Supra 14.4Kbaud modem, I would like to become an
internet node from my house. I have tried a SLIP server with Versaterm,
and while it does work (badly), I am not happy with it. It is hard to
configure
and doesn't perform that well.

Some folks on this group have reported using ARA with TCP/IP tools and I seem
to recall that some others were using SLIP. Any help with any approach to
"being an internet node" will be much appreciated!!

My goals are: (1) Faster file transfers, (2) Direct FTP of files, (3) Ability
to run more than one "session" at a time, so that I can, for example, do an
FTP transfer from one machine and read my email from another at the same
time.
I know these are ambitious goals, but these new modems should have the
bandwidth to support this stuff, only so far it seems that the software is
the problem.

I think this is a topic of general interest, so if I get significant replies,
I will summarize back to this group, with a "report" if it gets too long!

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 13:04:44 -0400
From: Robert Scott Lillard <[e-mail]>
Subject: ISO an engineering plot prog.

Hello net:
After about 3 years of faithful Kaleidagraph use I have finally
given up on this rather simplistic plot program and am currently
in search of an alternate ... Don't get me wrong K-Graph has some
nice features: price (I think I paid approx 120 clams for my
copy), ability to create a series, zoom, cursor etc. However,
K-graph's major draw back is its inibility to plot multiple X and
can only plot double Y (in addition to some minor things like
limited draw, text cannot be mixed case, limited math library
...).  Recently there was a post on the net' about a program from
DeltaPoint, unfortunately the person had not yet used the package
and could not answer the specifics.  Here's the skinny on what I
need in a package:
MULTIPLE X (sorry to shout), at the min. double Y, draw
capabilities, zoom, cursor, extensive math lib., create series
and utilizes a 68882.
icing on the cake:
3-D, multi Y, mixed case text and template capab.
In addition I would prefer to spend under 300 samollies.  Keep in
mind MULTIPLE X (oops) is mandatory!!!)
please mail me direct and I will summarize for the net.
cheers,
Scott Lillard
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 16:58:59 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Pat Anderson)
Subject: LCIII and input scanners (A)

I haven't used a scanner on an LCIII, but I use one on an LCII all the time.
Are you sure you don't have a conflict of SCSI ID numbers between the scanner
and your hard drive or CPU?

You might want to check it out with the latest version of SCSI Probe.

Pat Anderson
Technical Writer
Alias Research Inc.

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 20:04:42 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Peter Goedtkindt)
Subject: LCIII and scanner problem (A)

A few days ago I posted a note about problems connecting any (not just
Apple) scanners to LC III computers. We have tried different computers at
the reseller, but by chance they had all a 80 Mb drive. It seems now that
the problem was caused just by the drives, and after replacing them with
other 80 Mb drives (from Quantum) it works as as one should expect:
normally.

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 9:46:11 -0600 (MDT)
From: Frosty MUG <[e-mail]>
Subject: lc iii to lx810 cable(Q) -envelopes thru laser(Q)

Dear info-mac,

Two questions.
1. What is the best solution to hook epson lx-810 with a serial
card to a mac (lc iii)? Chooser file addition? Cable?

2. Does anybody have this problem and a possible solution,
when running envelopes thru the laser printer the address smudges,
problem may be with the rollers or something. (Smudges seem to
occur with Apple and HP laser printers on our Campus). VP's
want it fixed ASAP!!!!

Thanks,
John Peterson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 13:50:55 EDT
From: [e-mail] (DanielMendelson)
Subject: Market for used parts (LC)? [Q]

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for helping
me unload some used parts from my LC.  My wife wants me to
upgrade our machine to an LC III which leaves me with the
following:

2 4Meg 70ns SIMMs
1 16MHz 68882 FPU on an LC PDS board
1 512k LC VRAM
1 FDHD (SuperDrive) [may want to keep as spare]

Can the 512k VRAM be used in anything besides LC I/II/III?
I still have the original 256k VRAM, so I am going to use
that to give me the max 768k VRAM on the LC III.  Know any
place that will take the two SIMMS in trade on a new 72-pin
SIMM?  What would be a fair prices be for these parts?
Please respond direct.  Thanks.

Daniel Ari Mendelson
[e-mail] [128.151.235.1]
Department of Biophysics
University of Rochester

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 12:24:41 EST
From: Jonathan Kamien <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network Diagnostic (R)0

I have been receiving several complaints of late about our "slow" net
and print jobs becoming "lost" when several folks are using our laser-
writer.  We have a small Appletalk net set up through a Farallon Active
Star controller.  We only have about 12 or 15 nodes.  Can someone point
me to some network diagnostic tools so I can see if there is any truth
to the users complaints?  Thanks!

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 13:47:44 -0400
From: Chris Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: NeXT Dock

Another piece of shareware I recall that was very good at creating a NeXTlike
Dock was "blackbox". It combined a number of interesting features into one
program (screensaver & clock for example), but it's best feature was the
dock.
I'm not sure if it's still supported, but it is an excellently written
program.

--Chris

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 12:05:46 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NIH grant forms

Does anyone has or knows where to find new versions of NIH grant forms in
MS Word or other Mac-compatible format?  We have those that were posted
quite some time ago, but apparently, NIH changed their forms last fall.

RObert Brenstein   [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 08:45:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: AL BEST <[e-mail]>
Subject: Norton Essentials Bombs Persuasion

Just loaded Norton Essentials for the PB on my
140 and it bombs Aldus Persuasion, and JMP.

Any others I should know about?
Any suggestions?

Al Best
Medical College of VA

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

Date: 4 May 1993 13:56:33 -0500
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB Modem Suggestions

     PB Modem Suggestions
I've been asked to make recommendations for a modem for PB 170s.  No, these do
*NOT* already have them --- I originally recommended 170s 80/4 WITHOUT modems
instead of 170s 40/4 WITH modems at the same price, since I heard the modems
shipped w/ the 170s weren't great and, at the time, we weren't doing any type
of remote dial-in.  Now we're looking at starting with remote dial-in from
home, from conference sites, etc.

I'm looking for recommendations for the best price/performance combos for 14.4
modems (preferrably, but will take suggestions for 9600s as well).  I'm fairly
new to this, so I'm not going to ask the "beginners" questions like "...what's
the difference between V.32, V.32bis, V.42, and V.42bis?..." until I download
the modem-faq file from sumex and find out more about what I'm talking about.

Here are the features I'm looking for:
    * 14,400 bps send/receive data
    * Data/fax capabilities
    * Data compression
    * Error correction/data transmittal integrity

Anything else I need to know?

On a related subject, I'd like to get a modem/modem server/??? on the network
end to be able to access services on the network, so I'd like recommendations
on this as well.  Something like LanRover or NetModem.  Our network is
primarily still on LocalTalk, but a few offices have converted to Ethernet,
and
one person that might be dialing in is in one of the E'net offices.

One last request:  Recommendations as to whether to use QM Remote or ARA for
reading QM remotely.

I'm cross-posting this to MAC-L, MACNET-L, MACPB-L and INFO-MAC.  I'm a bit
behind in my MACNET-L and INFO-MAC reading, and I'm no longer subscribed to
MAC-L or MACPB-L, so I'd appreciate responses directly to me.  TIA.

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

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 12:42:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Performance loss on Classic [Q]

Hi netters!

I'm thinking of buying either Times Two or AutoDoubler. I have a Mac Classic
4/40 and I'd very much like to know if I'll experience noticeable performance
loss when these utilities compresses/decompresses in the background?

Also, if anyone have experienced bugs or have had problems when using one of
these utilities I'd be very pleased to know.

As always
    thanks in advance
    M. Sidelmann (Internet: [e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 01:27:51 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Toshiyuki Kumashiro)
Subject: PowerBook 145 on KanjiTalk 6.0.7.1

Hello,

I am thinking of buying one of those PowerBooks, but I need to run System 6 on
it. (I don't have the money to upgrade to System 7 yet.) I know KanjiTalk
6.0.7.1 runs on PowerBooks 140 and 170. Tidbits reported that PB 145s are
recognized as 140s by Finder on System 7.0.1. I wonder if KT 6.0.7.1
recognizes
PB 145s as 140s and will happily run on them. Does anybody know?

Thanks in advance.

Toshiyuki Kumashiro
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 07:26:05 EDT
From: Jon Butler <[e-mail]>
Subject: PP Modem

In answer to Donald Glockzin's question about a PP PM14400FXMT modem, I
recommend it highly.  After a sea of troubles with Apple's Express modem in
the Duo, I had it removed and just bought the PP PM14400FXMT modem, in part,
because I liked my older 2400 baud PP modem.  This new one works flawlessly.
The fax facility works without a hitch, the 9600 baud connection seems to work
without any problems, and the entire unit just performs.  I think it's a real
value and recommend it. --Jon Butler

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 01:08:20 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Programming in LOGO

Who's can HELP me?

I'm trying to locate LOGO, a programming lanquage, used by my kids in
school (on a PC). To extent their education at home I like to obtain the
MAC version.


Herman Bruins

[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 08:10:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Q about LC III

Is the Performa 405,  the Macs sold by chains like Silo and Sears,
the same as an LC III?  If not,  can anyone explain the differences?
Our local stores have 405s with monitor,  modem,  and Claris-Works for
$1299.

Thanks,

    Chuck Koch.

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 14:30:11 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Secure

From: [e-mail]
>Next, a user is trying to find a program called MacSecure.
>I keep telling him that it is a commercial program. But I can not
>find it in any software cataloges, so I can prove myself. Is it
>Dead? Is it shareware? (if so where is it? Its not here or at
>umich or at Rascal.) If its is commercial, who carries it still?

Secure was part of MacTools 1.0 from Central Point Software, U.S.
version. I think they did not include it in their international
version, because it contains some DES-capabilities. Not sure wether
it's also in the current version of MacTools.

Best regards, Christian.    [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 10:26:39 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SELECT 610 TEST PAGE

I have got a Select 610. It works fine but it lacks one of the 'old'
laserwriter's features; it doesn't print any test page when you turn it on.
This feature interested me because il allows to keep a trace of the numbre
of pages that were printed on the device.  My question is: do the Select
printers have a page number counter? Is it possible to read its content
with a little piece of software? Does this software exist?
Benot De Nayer
Centre de Droit de la Consommation
1, place des doyens
1348 Louvain la Neuve

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 08:40:53 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: SIMM chips

> So, I put together this chart, and I wanted to get your
comments/confirmation
> on
> its contents.
>
>  8 bits  = 1 Byte
>  8 Mbits = 1 MByte
>
> therefore it takes:
>    # of     chip       SIMM
>    chips    size       size
>  --------------------------------
>     8   x  256 Kbit = 256 KByte
>     4   x  512 Kbit = 256 KByte
>     8   x  1 Mbit   =  1 MByte
>     2   x  4 Mbit   =  1 MByte  (Has anyone made a SIMM this way??)

I think I've seen some of these.

>     8   x  1 Mbit   =  2 MByte
>     8   x  4 Mbit   =  4 MByte
>    16   x  4 Mbit   =  8 MByte

I've been told that these guys use a "double bank" of 4 Mb chips,
so you essentially get two 4 MB SIMMs on one SIMM card. It's a
non-composite SIMM because of that. This may not apply to the older
30-pin SIMMs.

>     8   x  8 Mbit   =  8 MByte  (Is there a 8 Mbit chip??)

I don't believe so.

>    32   x  4 Mbit   = 16 MByte

That's a composite SIMM.

>     8   x 16 Mbit   = 16 MByte

I don't believe this exists.

>    16   x 16 Mbit   = 32 MByte

This is correct for a 32 MB SIMM, but you're missing the non-composite
16 MB SIMM, which, as I understand it, is 8 x 16 Mb, or actually half
of a a 32 MB SIMM. It sounds like the 32 MB SIMMs use the same double
bank scheme as the 8 MB SIMMs, so if you remove half the chips, you
get a 16 MB SIMM.

>     8   x 32 Mbit   = 32 MByte  (Is there a 32 Mbit chip)

Not in production as I understand it.

>   The list is an overview, and by no means exhaustive of all the possible
> combinations.  I would really appreciate any comments or corrections.  :)

Other than the non-composite 16 MB SIMM, I think you've got most of
the important ones. When you finish with this, please send me a copy
and I'll put it in TidBITS as part of a followup on our Quadra 800
RAM Quirks article. It took me a long time to figure out what little
I know about these things, and such a chart would be a good reference
in the future (at least for me, if you don't save TidBITS issues it
won't do you any good. :-))

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 17:47 EST
From: MY GOD <[e-mail]>
Subject: SLIP - (Q)

Dear Netters,
Where can I get SLIP?  Do I understand that all I need is a modem to hook up
with Internet, if I get the SLIP software?  Thank you.
Sincerely,
ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Wed,  5 May 1993 08:24 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slooow StyleWriter

I have an original StyleWriter connected to a Mac LC with 10M RAM, running
system 7.1.  I know that the StyleWriter is no speed demon, compared to the
LaserWriter family.  But lately it seems like the printer is (a) very slow to
begin printing; and (b) very reluctant to continue printing if ANYTHING else
is
going on with the computer.  It takes much longer to start the page on the one
hand; then, once the printer starts with a page, if I do ANYTHING (even open
or
close a window on the desktop), the printer absolutely stops.

Any ideas/advice/suggestions will be warmly received!  Thanks!

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

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 17:23:07 CET
From: Jean Schumacher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Soft Free Text

Is there someboty using FREE TEXT with non-latin texts?
Using FREE TEXT with the SUPERGREEK character set gives bad results when
sorting data and when creating contexts.
Thanks by advance for all help.
Jean Schumacher
Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
email: [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 13:41:11 PDT
From: e_watson <[e-mail]>
Subject: software & foreign Languages

Bill and Jon,

    I am currently working to increase the use of computing resourses by
the humanities professors at Seattle Pacific University.  I was wondering if
you would post a message in your list that I would be interested in any
Macintosh public domain programs written in foreign languages (French,
Spanish,
German, Russian, & Latin).  I would be interested in any internet resources
and
FTP sites that would make this available.
       I have be unable to find any of these resources for our small
       university
and thought some of your members might have this information.

    Thank you,

        Eric Watson
        [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 14:31:08 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Software for Faxmodem

I have a (rather old) Zoom modem for 2400 bps data and 4800 bps
send-only fax, which was connected to my Mac until last week.
Now that I have replaced it with a "V.everything" send / receive
faxmodem. The old Zoom came with QuickLink II Fax software, but
since this is really useless s/w, I got FaxSTF for it and it
worked flawlessly.

Now I want to connect the old modem to a DOS PC (please, don't
argue about DOS...). I have QuickLink II Fax for DOS as well,
but when the program is started, it complains that it can't find
a suitable modem at the serial port. I assume this is because
the s/w expects a send/receive fax modem, and not a send-only
version.

Does anybody know where I could obtain software that allows
sending faxes using this modem? Since I'm not convinced of
QuickLink, I'd rather not ask Smith Micro for another version.

Thanx in advance, Christian    [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 08:32:26 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael LeBlanc)
Subject: Something like Closeview?

I was wondering if there is anything available that expands a standard
Applecolor 13" screen to fit into a new Apple 16" screen for student
demonstration purposes?

Closeview makes a view which is DOUBLE the size.  We want something that
shows a 13 inch screen on a 16 inch monitor.

Any ideas?


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

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 01:55:19 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Spooling Postscript files (R)

I use a little utility called MacLPR to spool Postscript files.  I
just put a copy on the Desktop and then drag-and-drop.  It spools
beautifully so you can keep working away.  I am quite sure that it
is available at sumex, but if not I will gladly upload it.

Best regards,

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

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 07:45:17 EDT
From: [e-mail] (David Ciotti)
Subject: Sports Scheduler

I do the paperwork for a local boys basketball league, ages 7 to 16.  We
have about 400-500 boys participating in 4 divisions.  I have tried through
Archie searches to locate software to generate game and practice schedules
without success.  Does anyone know of an application or stack that I can
input team names and available playing times and it will output schedules?
Binary Bear
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 00:59 EST
From: MY GOD <[e-mail]>
Subject: Strip Address (A)

Dear Netters,
Another answer to the puzzling strip address error is the old Type 1, 2, 28
errors associated with the dreaded BusError. Hmmm.  JASE (Just another System
Error), at least this is the way my BusErrors appear on MacsBug (A Strip
Address).
Sincerely, ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 16:22:06 +0200
From: Jordi Steve <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter II driver. Where ?

hello,
Since the new driver for the SWII works on the "old" SW, I'm interested in
getting a copy. Is it available somewhere on the Internet ?

Thanks for any help.

Sincerely,
Steve Jordi-Dpt of Geophysics-U of [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 4 May 93 21:04:13 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Harold Herchen)
Subject: System 7.2 - undo in the desktop (C)

Ian C McCall wrote in Info-Mac #91 that undo in the desktop
would be a useful addition to System 7.2.

I agree whole heartedly, since I often drag icons around
because of system response changes as others access my Mac.
However, this is a major undertaking probably best left for
System 7.3.  My suggestion for System 7.2 is a window
describing the last dozen or hundred Finder operations that
have been completed.  That should be a manageable project for
System 7.2 and would allow the user to quickly undo most
operations.

Harald Herchen            <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 00:35 EST
From: MY GOD <[e-mail]>
Subject: TCP/IP FTP FAQ (Q)

Dear Netters,
What is the difference between TCP, TCP/IP and normal FTP programs such as
GOPHER and FETCH?  How does one get AppleTalk Remote Access? Thank you.
Sincerely,
ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: Wed, 05 May 93 16:30:15 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tek 4693dx Parts, FREE!

FREE TO A GOOD HOME:

If you have a Tektronix 4693dx printer and could use spare parts, and if
you are with an educational or charitable institution, read on.

We recently upgraded our printer to a Phaser PXi, an operation that
involved swapping out all the electronics. Left over are the mother
board (including 4MB extra memory), the front and back panels, and the
Nubus interface card, plus cables, from its 4693dx incarnation.

I'd hate to see all that working-order stuff go into the landfill.

As is usual with such things, first come, first served. Send your name
and institutional address, promise that you'll send me a thankyou note
on institutional letterhead (for the IRS), and I'll ship you a box of
goodies.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: 05 May 1993 15:41:36 +0200
From: Maurizio Codogno <[e-mail]>
Subject: thanks (very late)

I would like to thank the people who helped me in finding a program to write
files from a Sun workstation in Mac readable format: namely

Wayne Walrath            [e-mail]
Maurice Mol              [e-mail]
Alun J. Carr             [e-mail]

For people with my own problem, the file /info-mac/unix/suntar-132.uu plays
the
trick; one has to save the needed files in tar format on the workstation, and
the application automagically retrieves them.

ciao! .mau.

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 08:45:36 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Atle Kleven)
Subject: Unwrapping AppleTalk encapsulated TCP/IP (Q)

Hello,

Does anyone know of any SOFTWARE that is capable of "unwrapping" AppleTalk
encapsulated TCP/IP packets sent by ARA (AppleTalkRemoteAccess) & MacTCP.
To be able to send TCP/IP commands by ARA, MacTCP encapsulates these
commands in AppleTalk. The receiving ARA server does not unwrap these
AppleTalk packets to clean TCP/IP, but redistributes them on the local
network, where they are not dealt with, except if you got dedicated
hardware on the net (Gator Box).

What I am looking for is some sort of software that grabs the AppleTalk
packets received by ARA for distribution on the local network, analyses
them to see if they hide TCP/IP commands, if so peels of the AplleTalk
shell and distributes the raw TCP/IP commands to the local network
(Internet).

Anyone got the idea what I am talking about ? If you know of such a thing
or have any other relevant (or irrelevant) suggestions, I'd be overwhelmed
if you could hint me.

Thanks,

ATLE KLEVEN <[e-mail]>

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

Date: 5 May 1993 18:11:30 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Steggall)
Subject: USR Sportster & Macs: warning, problems & questions (long)

Net people:

Well, I thought I'd save myself $40 and get a bare USR Sportster
14.4 Fax and buy the cable separately (I already own telecomm
software). What a mistake that was!!! I've now spent the better
part of 2 days trying to figure out what the problem is. I'm on
my *third* cable (all supposedly hardware-handshaking) and I
still can't connect to UC Berkeley's new bank of USR v.32 bis
modems at high speed or otherwise.

The $40 questions:

1) Is it really so *difficult* to construct a hardware
handshaking (HWHS) cable for the Mac and if not why do two major
vendors (and many more according to other net-references) seem to
have so many problems?

2) Is the Apple spec. for HWHS cables bogus (which was suggested
by one USR tech person)? Do USR HWHS cables need to be different
than other vendors modem cables (see below for USR recommended
spec.)?

3) Are my USR Sportster's settings and DIP switches properly set
(see below for a listing)?

4) Which vendors sell real HWHS cables that work with USR
Sportsters, and will these cables work for other high speed
modems? I've heard that MacConnection sells good cables and the
USR tech people suggested Farallon ([phone] and Computer
Friends [phone] as good choices. Also [phone] (some
company in PA) and ask for part # 7001 for $14.

5) Is there anything in particular that needs to be set on White
Knight (besides the usual parity, data/stop bits, etc. and the
hardware handshaking option) in order to communicate at high
speed?

6) Is it too much to ask modem manufacturers to include a small
section in their documentation for Mac users? Considering that
most Macs are capable of using high speed modems without
modification, I would expect Macs to represent a
disproportionately large portion of the high speed market, no?

Background:

I'm using White Knight 11.14, Centris 650 8/230, and a Sportster
14.4/14.4 Fax modem. I've set WK for 57,600 bps (as well as
38400, 19200, 9600, etc.), no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit,
full duplex, "use hardware handshaking" is selected. I have the
usual ridiculous assortment of extensions (more than necessary of
course :-) and I'm hooked up to an HP LJ IVM via appletalk.

The Cables:

The cables I've tried are made by System Connection both old and
new versions (supposedly), and AESP (Advanced Electronic Support
Products). The System Connection tech guy said that they use the
Apple spec to build the new cable (I didn't ask him what spec
they used on the old version). Sys Conn mailed me a new one for
free when I called to complain about the first (bought at Whole
Earth Access). The local retail store which sold me the AESP
cable swore that it worked fine with USR Sportsters (they sell
them). I get the same symptoms with both vendors cables (see
below).

US Robotics:

I've now spoken with USR tech support 3 times (and they do
provide what seems to be great support). Each time they decided
that the cable I had was a bogus HWHS cable. We even tested the
setup over the phone by connecting my modem with theirs.

They provided some mail-order companies which supposedly build
"proper" cables but I wanted to get this going quickly and avoid
shipping charges and/or return problems if it didn't work. I also
wasn't (at least so far) interested in rolling my own since it
would probably take me close to a day to finish one and I'm
trying to finish my dissertation. Sigh...

The Symptoms:

I can connect to the old 2400 bps modems at UCB even with
hardware handshaking set in White Knight and the modem settings
set up for HWHS also, although everything doesn't act exactly
normal (the scrolling is very jerky and readnews repeats the
last/first line on page scrolling, etc.). I haven't tried
uploads/downloads yet.

When I try to connect to the v.32 bis modems I get a connection
at 2400/ARQ regardless of how I set the DIP switches, or
configure the modem's registers. Furthermore (and much more
bizarre), when I try to type the terminal type (e.g. VT100) at
the prompt some characters will only be typed if uppercase case
(e.g. "v"), while others (e.g. "t") will only come through as
lower-case. Carriage returns and some numbers (e.g. "0") don't
seem to get through at all.

I've tried changing various registers to other settings
(following various recommendations from comp.sys.mac.comm and
comp.dcom.modems, with no luck. And let's face it, there are an
enormous number of combinations of modem settings, DIP switches,
and software possibilities. Following USR's recommendations seems
to go against some of what I've read (like the DIP switch for DTR
which I would guess should be *down*) but I get nowhere with
these either.

Settings:

These are my current settings (for what it's worth):
______________________________
US Robotics Sportster 14400 Fax Settings...

   B0  E1  F1  M1  Q0  V1  X4
   BAUD=38400  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8
   DIAL=HUNT   OFF HOOK

   &A1  &B1  &C0  &D0  &G0  &H1  &I0  &K1
   &M4  &N0  &P0  &R2  &S0  &T5  &Y1

   S00=000  S01=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=002
   S07=030  S08=002  S09=006  S10=007  S11=070  S12=050  S13=000
   S14=000  S15=000  S16=000  S17=000  S18=000  S19=000  S20=000
   S21=010  S22=017  S23=019  S24=000  S25=005  S26=000  S27=000
   S28=008  S29=020  S30=000  S31=000  S32=000  S33=000  S34=006
   S35=000  S36=000  S37=000  S38=000  S39=000  S40=000  S41=000
   S42=000  S43=000  S44=015  S45=000  S46=000  S47=000  S48=000
   S49=000  S50=000  S51=000

DIP switches:
1 - down
2 - up
3 - down
4 - up
5 - down
6 - down
7- up
8 - down

Note USR suggests that only 3, 5 and 8 be down. I've tried this
and had the same results as the settings with 1 & 6 down too.

For wireheads, here is the cable setup that the USR tech person
told me to find/build (I wouldn't suggest it till confirming the
spec with their tech support):
_________
DIN 8       DB25

HSKo 1      4 (RTS), 20 (DTR)
HSKi 2      5 (CTS)
TXD- 3      2(TXD - transmit)
Grnd 4      7 (Grnd + pin 8 on DIN 8 side)
RXD- 5      3 (RXD)
     6      not used
     7      not used
RXD+ 8      (tied to pin 4 on DIN 8 side)

While I may have written this down wrong, it certainly looks
different from the other cable configurations I've seen posted on
the net. I don't know what the pinouts are for either the AESP or
System Connections cables I've tried.

Any suggestions/comments please write me at address below. I'll
summarize for the net if apropos.

-john steggall

[e-mail]




--
-john steggall

[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 14:21:29 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: WANTED: Real world samples (ie, sound FX)

 I'm looking for some "real world" sound samples, there are lots of fun
things at Sumex, but I'm in need of some more sound-effect like noises
for some research I'm doing.

 Thanks to anyone who can provide either samples or pointers to sites...

Steve
--
|  Steve Portigal, Dep't of CIS, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1   |
|  email: [e-mail]    Phone: [phone] ext 3580  |

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 08:46:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: WizTools

I've used it and although it has some neat features, like allowing
small icons on the desktop, I've found it somewhat troubling. The
PowerBook utilities don't begin to approach PBTools or CPU, the backup/synch
feature just crashed on me, I've had weird problems with the Finder
since WizTools modified it (on my sacrificial Classic), and it took
two installations to get it all installed and working - it wouldn't
see its own modules that were very much present the first time.

It seems like some of ASD's other utilities, like WindoWatch - a good
idea with a middling implementation.

cheers ... -Adam

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
>         Before attempting international phone calls I would like to inquire
> if anybody has already used or purchased it, what is the price (after all,
> I already own the QuicKeys and Now Utilities) and who wants to be paid.

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

Date: 05 May 1993 14:10:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael A. McGuire" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Xerox driver for the Mac (Q)

OK. It is time to play stump the band. Will someone please point me toward a
Xerox 135 driver for the Mac (if such a thing exists)? Don't ask why you
don't want to hear about it. It is too ugly to tell. Thanks.


Michael A. McGuire, :-)
[e-mail]
UTCC - User Services

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 10:03:53 +0200
From: [e-mail]

I want to link an apple cd player to a HI-Fi amplifier. Do someone know how
an CD ROM player (audio mode) compares versus a 'normal' cd player . What
about the new POWERCD?



Benot De Nayer
Centre de Droit de la Consommation
1, place des doyens
1348 Louvain la Neuve

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