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Info-Mac Digest             Thu,  6 May 93       Volume 11 : Issue 96

Today's Topics:

      [*] A FAQ list for Civilization
      [*] bolo-map-impenetrable.hqx
      [*] bolo-map-octapussy.hqx
      [*] drieuxCaps
      [*] extension/cleaning-lady-10.hqx
      [*] FontGeist--A virtual font maker for use with SuperATM
      [*] mac-solutions-30.hqx
      [*] MIDI Split
      [*] Privacy and Encryption Paper
      [*] ShutDowner 1.0.1
      [*] sumex_abstracts.hqx (use with Easy View)
      [*] The Constitution 2.0 (US) Hypercard Stack
      [*] TidBITS#175/03-May-93
      [*] ZoneRanger 0.9.5B
      .z (and .Z) files at ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk
      040 cache incompatibilities
      2MB SIMMs in a IIci -- any problems? (Q)
      Anyone got Sonic Finder (or Finder Sounds?)
      Assembler documentation (Q)
      Async AppleTalk
      Canvas Is Warped (Q)
      CD-ROM player vs. Audio CD player (A)
      Corrected Address for navigation software
      Directory Assistance (A)
      Duo, Express Modem problems, sw 1.0.4 (c)
      Ethernetlet Redux (One More Time)
      Ethernetlet Redux, a Reply
      FOCUS Ethernet cards
      FoxBase+ and read-only dbf files (help with CDROM)
      FTP errors
      FTP Woes (R)
      HideAlways
      Hypercard report printing (A)
      Hypercard report printing (A2)
      Hypercard report printing (S)
      Hypercard Stacks to Windoze
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #95 (2 msgs)
      Kidproof Desktop
      Launching invisible apps
      Limbaugh.hqx (a proposal)
      looking for a billiard game
      Looking for a sound from Buffy Vampire Slayer..
      MacLink Plus file conversions
      MacTOPS compatibility w/ '040 cache
      MacX v117 / new version
      Network Diagnostic (A)
      NIH grant forms (A)
      PICT <--> PCX (R)
      PICT <--> PCX Summary
      Powerbook Display Problems
      Programs with the same creator...Problems?
      Prometheus 14.4/14.4 Ultima Home Office - little survey
      QMS-PS 410
      Racal InterLan EtherTalk driver for System 7.0
      Secure
      SIMM chips
      SLIP
      SLIP - (A)
      Slooow StyleWriter
      Society for the Prevention of Microsoft (c)
      Sports Schedular
      StyleWriter II driver with StyleWriter I
      System analyzer (Q)
      TCP/IP
      Venice Font
      WizTools

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Date: -Wed 05 May 1993-05 09:00:38 EDT
From: James Stricherz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] A FAQ list for Civilization

Enclosed find the FAQ for Civilization. I found this in
comp.sys.ibm.games.strategic.  There are some peecee specific cheats/hints,
but it makes for interesting reading.

James

[Archived as /info-mac/game/civilization-faq.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 03:49:16 -0500
From: Charles <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] bolo-map-impenetrable.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-impenetrable.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 03:50:28 -0500
From: Charles <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] bolo-map-octapussy.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo-map-octapussy.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 19:51:27 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jamie R. McCarthy)
Subject: [*] drieuxCaps

drieuxCaps, the BBEdit extension for the rest of us.

now you too Can format Your usenet Articles The Same Way drieux does!
automatically!  Avoid the evil KKKconspiracies and the Insidious
Heterosexular Humanists With This convenient Editing Tool.  and who
knows, maybe you'll become A net.God Yourself!

(If you don't get the joke, don't bother downloading it.)

Public domain.  Source code, inexplicably, is included.
--
 Jamie McCarthy         Internet: [e-mail]      AppleLink: j.mccarthy

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bbedit-drieux-caps.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 15:49 +1300
From: "Nigel Stanger, Information Science" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] extension/cleaning-lady-10.hqx

This is Cleaning Lady 1.0, a system extension which I am uploading
on behalf of it's author, Joe Zobkiw. Here is the README file that
comes with the extension:
 ---------
Cleaning Lady is a very small system extension that enhances Apple's
Finder(TM) application.

With Cleaning Lady installed, whenever you select 'Clean up...'
>From the Finder's Special menu, you will be asked to confirm your
selection (Are you sure you want to clean up "Desktop").

The reason this was written is because I keep numerous aliases
(with small icons) arranged in the lower portion of my desktop.
This makes dragging and dropping easy to do and keeps my most used
applications close at hand. The problem is, sometimes I have gone
to clean up a particular window but much to my surprise, no windows
in the Finder were selected, so I end up cleaning up the Desktop! I
usually realize what I've done as soon as the first icon starts to
zoom from it's perfect spot to some not-so-perfect (but very
orderly) spot elsewhere on the desktop!

With Cleaning Lady installed, this can still happen, but at least
it warns me first and gives me the choice of backing out of a clean
up. Maybe someone else wants this "added safety"...so Cleaning Lady
has been uploaded!

Cleaning Lady was written in THINK C 5.0 using Resorcerer and
ResEdit. You can contact the author via:

America Online: AFL Zobkiw
Internet: [e-mail]

Cleaning Lady is free and no warranties of any kind are made
regarding it's usefulness. Use it at your own risk.
 ---------
Nigel Stanger <[e-mail]>, Otago University, New Zealand

[Archived as /info-mac/ex/cleaning-lady-10.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 19:31 EST
From: "Jonathan Z. Simon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FontGeist--A virtual font maker for use with SuperATM

_________

FontGeist
_________

copyright 1993 Jonathan Z. Simon

version 0.1

Requires SuperATM & ResEdit (and a strong lust for fonts).


FontGeist is a completely harmless, extremely small (under 3K),
virtually intefaceless application, with one sole purpose in
life: to make "Ghost Fonts".

A Ghost font is a font that does not exist on your system, but
you'd like it to, and can't get the real thing.

SuperATM has the ability to create fonts out of thin air (so to
speak), so long as it is one of the thousand or so fonts in
its knowledge base. Usually to invoke SuperATM you open a file
which uses a font which you don't have. SuperATM then creates
a virtual font with all the same dimensional characteristics,
so you don't lose your old line-spacing and character
placement in that file.

FontGeist's only purpose in life (and beyond) is to reference
a font by name, which SuperATM then makes a virtual version of.

A Scenerio:

Let's say you want a really weighty font for your latest
desktop publishing extravaganza. You look through Adobe's
lastest catalog and notice that "Impact" would do well.

Unfortunately you don't have Impact.

Fortunately you don't really care what the precise bells and
whistles of Impact's individual characters look like, you
just like its overall tone.

Enter FontGeist.

Add the name of the font ("Impact") to FontGeist's list.
Double-click on FontGeist.

The cursor will momentarilly turn into a spinning lowercase
"a", and then FontGeist quits.

Any application that you open up afterwards will have Impact
added to its Font menu, and you can use it in any application
that supports fonts (don't wait too long to open another
application, or SuperATM will get bored with its virtual font
and throw it away until you use FontGeist again).

[Archived as /info-mac/app/font-geist-01.hqx; 16K]

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Date: 05 May 1993 06:33:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (eric shelden (wadsworth))
Subject: [*] mac-solutions-30.hqx

Mac-Solutions 3.0 is a calculator-like program which performs
calculations commonly used in making chemical solutions.
Concentrations can be entered in units of molarity, weight
per volume and weight percent. The program includes two
fully editable libraries for formula weights and solution
concentration of commonly used compounds.
Results can be copied to the clipboard to make recipes.
On-line help is included. Versions 3.0 is now fuly modeless,
libraries and on-line help are available at all times. In
addition, menu and keyboard equivalents of library commands
are now available to make addition/deletion of library entries
easier. Version 3.0 also can import libraries from other copies
of the program including earlier versions of the program. The
program runs in color and B&W under system 6.0 and later. Has
been compressed by Stuffit Delux. Shareware - 15$ (US).
Eric Shelden ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-solutions-30.hqx; 84K]

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Date: 06 May 1993 17:57 +1000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MIDI Split

Midi Split is a music application that allows a MIDI controller to be split
into 1 to 8 zones. Each zone can be assigned to a distinct MIDI channel,
and can send Pitch Bend, Controller data and Patch change to these
assigned channels. It requires the Apple MIDI Manager and System 7.0.

thanks,

Bill Stewart

[Archived as /info-mac/sound/program/midi-split.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 12:37:22 EDT
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Privacy and Encryption Paper

This is a paper I recently wrote for a legal seminar on Computers and the
Law.
The paper is entitled, "A Question of Informational Privacy:  The Public
Policies of Computer Encryption."  The paper discusses:  the relationship
between the individual and the state; the evolution of a right to
informational
privacy from a general right to privacy; informational privacy and policing
interests in computers; and computer encryption technologies--private-key
(DES)
and public-key (RSA) cryptography.  The paper then applies the relevant public
interests to computer encryption technologies.

This is a Postcard file; it is a self-standing, read-only file and no
application is necessary to read the file.

(This BinHex file created by DownLine 1.1)

[Archived as /info-mac/report/privacy-encryption.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 22:43:06 +1000
From: William Uther <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ShutDowner 1.0.1

Shutdowner is a system extension that will, when a key is pressed, shut down a
Macintosh computer during startup.  This is especially useful if it is set
to load first.  If the user select's Restart by accident instead of Shutdown
then they do not have to wait for all their INIT's to load before they can try
again.  Version 1.0.1 allows the activation key to be set in a resource.

\x/ill   :-}    [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/util/shut-downer-101.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 10:06:15 +0300
From: [e-mail] (Akif Eyler)
Subject: [*] sumex_abstracts.hqx (use with Easy View)

Here is a compact table of contents for part of sumex archives,
expandable easily. The contents of 5 out of 22 directories of
sumex have been included:  app, card, cp, ex, util.

info-mac/app/easy-view-2* is required to open the view.

As is, the view will show just the names of the files in these
directories. If the corresponding 00*.abs files are also downloaded
>From sumex into the same folder, then the abstracts will be shown
as well. (The file names must match perfectly)

In order to add some of the remaining 17 directories, just put
the desired 00*.abs into the same folder, and include the files
in the view. It is recommended that Auto-include and Auto-modify
flags turned on (see Prefs) for care-free performance.

This view reflects the status of the archives as of May 1.

Akif Eyler
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey

[Archived as /info-mac/app/easy-view-sumex-archives.hqx; 37K]

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Date: 05 May 1993 20:01:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Me Chief, Slinging Bull." <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] The Constitution 2.0 (US) Hypercard Stack

This is The Constitution 2.0.  A Public Domain Hypercard 2.1 stack which gives
you easy access to the Unites Statess body of law.  This contains all the
original wording and all amendments including the 1992 one regarding
congressional pay.

Send any comments/inquiries to [e-mail] --or-- [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/constitution-20.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 22:23:09 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#175/03-May-93

TidBITS#175/03-May-93

 This week starts with Apple's announcement of the Japanese
   Language Kit, a programmer's After Dark module contest,
   PowerBooks on the space shuttle, and a warning about using two
   TelePort modems at once. Most importantly, we review the
   excellent Toner Tuner, which saves toner on each printout,
   look at how to be more environmentally gentle in your computer
   use, and investigate a strange problem affecting Quadra 800
   users with 16 MB SIMMs.

Topics:
    MailBITS/03-May-93
    E-Machines Bundle Extended
    Japanese Language Kit Ships
    VAMP After Dark Contest
    TelePort Caveat
    PowerBooks In Space
    Toner Tuna
    Are You Computer "Green?"
    Quadra 800 RAM Quirk
    Reviews/03-May-93

[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-175.etx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 07:27:05 CDT
From: JOSHUA GOLUB 708-304-7573 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZoneRanger 0.9.5B

enclosed is version 0.9.5 of the ZoneRanger utility. a description of the
utility is below, followed by a list of the new features and bug fixes in
this version.

please send any bugs, comments or suggestions to:

joshua golub
1585 ridge avenue
evanston, illinois 60201
708-304-7573
[e-mail]


A B O U T  Z O N E R A N G E R

ZoneRanger provides detailed information about each heap zone that is
currently
active on the Macintosh. This information includes both the counts and total
sizes of the free blocks, pointers, handles, locked handles, purgeable
handles,
and resource handles in each heap zone.

ZoneRanger also provides windows in which a heap zone can be displayed
graphically, with the size, type, and attributes of each block clearly
defined.
The user can control the resolution and zoom factor of this display, as well
as
click on any individual block to view its contents.

F E A T U R E S   I N   V E R S I O N   0 . 9 . 5

Added support for 24-bit addressing.

Added a preferences file. ZoneRanger will now save the size, location, and
configuration of all windows.

Added ability to find blocks in a heap zone according to their type, size, or
contents.

Added ability to control the rates at which the windows are refreshed when
ZoneRanger is in the foreground and when it is in the background.

Added popup menu to Overview window.
Added more detailed balloon help.
Added more status information to Zone window.

Enhanced memory management.
Enhanced stack usage.
Enhanced segmentation strategy.
Enhanced drawing speed in Zone window.
Enhanced error handling.

B U G   F I X E S   I N   V E R S I O N   0 . 9 . 5

ZoneRanger uses a single offscreen drawing world for all open windows, which
is
sized to accommodate the largest of the windows. When the largest window was
closed, the offscreen world was not reduced appropriately.

If an application name contained characters that are meaningful to the menu
manager ( "(", "-", "/" ), then strange things would appear in the Zones menu
for that application.

It would sometimes be difficult to bring a window to the front by clicking on
the title bar of the window.

The scroll bar in the Zone window for a particularly large zone would
sometimes
behave erratically.

The maximum size to which a Zone window could be grown was the size of the
main
monitor. This proved to be a bad assumption if the main monitor were the
smallest monitor on the system.

The Zone window did not refresh properly when it detected that its heap zone
had increased in size.

A bug exists in the Window Manager of the Macintosh Toolbox in which the grow
box for a window, which includes the outline of the scroll bars, is drawn one
pixel too low if the window is resized while the left edge of the window is
off the screen. To minimize this unsightly problem, ZoneRanger will redraw the
outline of the horizontal scroll bar in its proper position.

[Archived as /info-mac/util/zoneranger-095b.hqx; 94K]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 15:42:15 +0100 (BST)
From: Mike Brudenell <[e-mail]>
Subject: .z (and .Z) files at ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk

Someone asked about .z files stored at the UK Imperial College shadow
archives recently....

It IS true that there are some .z files there, however there are also many
.Z files compressed with the ordinary UNIX "compress" program.  These
include the entire Info-Mac shadow archive.

It's also worth knowing (from the README files when you first connect)
that the system will automatically uncompress .Z files as it sends them to
you providing you give a "+" as the first character of your password as
you "login".  E.g.,
    Password:       [e-mail]

I don't know if it is also willing to uncompress the .z files when you use
this option......

The upshot: Fetch with a password beginning "+" should work just find on
the Sumex-Aim and UMich mirrors, but may not with other parts of the
filestore.

                            Mike B-)

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 13:39:45 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 040 cache incompatibilities

Hello all,

We recently purchased 2 Centris 610s, our first 68040
machines.  I had to laugh at the 040 control panel.
Faster Operation or More Compatibility -- a difficult
choice.  I was wondering if anyone has compiled a list
of software that is incompatible with the 040.  I am
running MS Word 5.0, Works 3.0, Ready, Set, Go! 5.14,
Superpaint 3.0, and a handfull of inits etc.  I am most
concerned about the commerical apps I mentioned.

So, am I luck.  Is there a list available or am I on my
own.

Thanks in advance,

Alberto L. Zuniga
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 93 07:14:50 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Igor Mikolic-Torreira)
Subject: 2MB SIMMs in a IIci -- any problems? (Q)

2MB SIMMs are not officially "blessed" in a IIci.  Any problems
using them?  Do they work okay?

Email to me and I will post summary to the net.

Igor Mikolic-Torreira        [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 93 10:44:14 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Anyone got Sonic Finder (or Finder Sounds?)

 A few years ago Bill Gaver (then at Apple) created Sonic Finder, a
Finder replacement which attached sounds to various finder events such
as selection, opening and closeing a window, drag and drop, emptying
trash, etc. This is not the same as Sound_master (?) which just had the
hooks for including the sounds...this is a very low level replacement.

  This pertains to some non-speech audio interface stuff I'm doing some
research on. I really just want the sounds, but the whole thing would be
nice as well.

 Thanks to anyone who can help me out...

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

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Date: 05/06/93 10:48:25 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Larry Chace aka [e-mail])
Subject: Assembler documentation (Q)

I am about to embark on a project that may require some very efficient
subroutines to be written in assembler.  What do you folks suggest
as documentation on the various flavors of the 680X0 processors,
especially references to the instruction timings and other performance
considerations at the instruction level?  These will be small
routines embedded in or called by C routines.  I'd also be interested
in hearing folks' experiences with trying to optimize C code on the
Mac (beyond just turning on the compiler's appropriate options).

I have done a lot of IBM System/360, etc., assembler programming but
I have little data on the details of the 680X0 processors.  Many
thanks in advance.  If you send mail to me ([e-mail]), then I'll
summarize to me list (I promise).

Larry Chace, Cornell Information Technologies

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 18:35:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Tim Neese)
Subject: Async AppleTalk

Does anyone have any information on an ARA predecessor called
Async AppleTalk 2.6d12, which is used at Dartmouth?  I would like to know
what kind of hardware and software is required on the server end and if it
allows AppleShare volumes to be mounted in the Finder or just MacTCP
communication.

Appletalk Remote Access is by far the first choice (over SLIP) from remote
access to the Internet and Apple networks, but I have a problem in that we
only have SEs (and even a few Plusses) available for home use.  I can't
load system 7 on these older machines - which is required for ARA - in good
conscience because it's so slow.

Evidently Async AppleTalk works under system 6 as well as 7, which sounds
like what I need.  SLIP isn't really an option for this because I need to
be able to mount Appleshare volumes in the Finder as well as use MacTCP
applications - on a system 6 box.

We will be using Supra 14.4 modems, so speed is not as much of a concern.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.
Tim

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Date: 6 May 93 08:51:00 CST
From: "Mike Sisson  " <[e-mail]>
Subject: Canvas Is Warped (Q)

Greetings:

We have recently purchased and started using Canvas 3.0.5 on several
machines (IIx,IIci, etc...) and I am now partially bald from pulling
my hair out. Everything is dandy until we try to print (on a IINT)
and then sometimes the first print job works but subsequently we get
an out of memory error from Canvas (if background printing is off) or
an insufficient memory error from PrintMonitor (if background printing
is on). On another machine PrintMonitor says a PostScript error occured
when we try to print any of several documents (Error:limitcheck; Offending
Command: imagemask). I have increasing  the memory size of Canvas (up to
4 Mb ) to no avail. I should mention that these are not complicated images.
They are mostly line drawings of a very reasonable size. We used to do the
same sort of thing in MacDraw II/Pro with no problems. Also, every other
application we use prints fine (Word, MacWrite II, DeltaGraph Pro, etc...)
It seems that the only common demominator is Canvas. Does Canvas have this
kind of reputation or is it just me? BTW, we are running 7.0* on one
machine (the insufficient memory machine) and 7.0.1* on the other (the
postscript error machine). Any and all suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you
Mike Sisson
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 01:28:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: CD-ROM player vs. Audio CD player (A)

>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?

CD-ROM players are not of audiophile quality when used to play audio CDs.
They generally have much lower signal-to-noise ratio than audio CD players.
I don't have the specs for the PowerCD (which hasn't been released yet) but
I suspect it has the same problem (it's just another CD-ROM player with
some additional capability).

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 12:23 EST
From: WALLACE FELDMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Corrected Address for navigation software

Date sent:  6-MAY-1993 12:20:01

I recently posted a name and address as a source for celectial navigation
and marine piloting software. The name is: Steve Tripp.  The CORRECT
address is:

[e-mail].   That's Cee Eye, NOT Cee One! Sorry About That.

I believe he can also be reached at: [e-mail]. Again,
that's CEE EYE.

Hope this ends any confusion.

Wally

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Date: 06 May 1993 08:39:18 -0700 (MST)
From: Bruce Long <[e-mail]>
Subject: Directory Assistance (A)

>I really don't want to install SuperBoomerang or Directory
>Assistance II because they have far more features than I need and take up
>too much memory. A simple (and rock-solid reliable) init to remember the
>position in a file dialog would suit me fine. If somebody writes it, I'll
>buy it (but I wouldn't complain if it's free).

A few years back (in the days before Boomerang and Directory Assistance)
the SFScroll Init and Rebound would both remember the position in a file
dialog. An Archie search should reveal copies still around somewhere, but
I have no idea if they work with current System(s).

I agree that Directory Assistance II is a bloated blimp, causing me to
return to the original Directory Assistance (I). To me, the most valuable
feature is the ability to view by date within a file dialog.

Bruce Long

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 14:17:21 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Larry Pickett)
Subject: Duo, Express Modem problems, sw 1.0.4 (c)

Last month I reported problems we were having connecting to our VM/CMS
machine through a 7171 using a Duo and Express Modem.  It seemed that with
the error correction on the modem spontaneously changed the settings from
7-E-1 to 8-N-1, needless to say this prevented the connection.  With error
correction turned off it worked.  Version 1.0.4 of the Express modem
drivers appears to have fixed the problem.

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Date: Thu, 06 May 93 20:19:53 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernetlet Redux (One More Time)

This whole thing is surpassing the merely surreal and getting to the
downright funny. Lord, preserve me from sincere people without a sense
of proportion. Or humor.

Let me say again. I'm real happy with the price and performance of the
FOCUS goodies I got for our home thin ethernetlet. The software installer
disk had a problem. I diagnosed and worked around the problem before I
told anyone else about it. I reported the problem, and the workaround,
to y'all and to FOCUS.

Then my mailbox started filling up. From Peter Cohen (Gee, Peter. I'm
sorry I mentioned you by name) and Sandhakar Ravi. I describe it as an
artillery barrage. Hey! I reported a bug. If it cannot be replicated on
your master disks at home, assume it is a badly copied disk and send me
a replacement. Don't tell me that what I observed is impossible. And do
not patronize me by saying you did not mean to denigrate my competence.
How much competence does one need to click an "install" button?

I'm at the point now where if I see a note from Peter or Sandhakar, I
flush it. I've answered their increasingly lengthy posts point by point,
and all I got from that is complaints that I seem angry and frustrated.
Yeah. I have a day job. I reported a bug. I don't have the time to play
around. Besides, if you ask a sufficiently pointed question, I'll give
you a sufficiently pointed answer. If you don't want to hear the answer,
don't ask the question.

For those of you who are considering FOCUS networking products, a bit of
advice. Buy them. They are great, and they are at a good price. But do
not, under any circumstances, even hint that there might be a problem
with anything. Just tell them everything is perfect.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 16:44:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ethernetlet Redux, a Reply

I've been working with Al Bloom on his problem with the card installer he
has- I just feel compelled to respond to his recent info.mac posting,
since he specifically mentioned me by name. While I haven't seen or heard
his exchange with Sudhakar Ravi directly, I can safely say based on our
exchanges that I haven't been "beating up on" Mr. Bloom.

I _am_ confused as to what's causing it, and I've been trying
to determine the nature of the problem.  Frankly, the individuals at FOCUS
Enhancements Tech Support haven't seen this problem extensively.  Like Mr.
Bloom, FOCUS believes the problem _does_ stem from an Installer program
error- we're anxious to fix it, and we hope we can get his cooperation.

Lastly, Sudhakar, the gentleman that Mr. Bloom mentioned in his prior
message, is NOT an employee of FOCUS Enhancements.  He is an employee of a
company that FOCUS is in a manufacturing partnership with for EtherLAN
card development.  Mr. Ravi's opinions and suggestions should, like mine,
be considered entirely on his own behalf, and not representative of
FOCUS.  We've privately apologized to Mr. Bloom for the frustration he's
experienced, and we're wholly committed to getting his problem resolved.


Peter A. Cohen

Disclaimer: Here I speak on my own behalf.  I do not represent the views
or opinions of my employer or anyone associated with my employer.

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 08:16:11 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Henry Rzepa) (Henry Rzepa)
Subject: FOCUS Ethernet cards

I received my first Focus ard about 4 months ago. It was for a IIvx,
running 7.1. The Focus installer had not yet caught up with 7.1,
so when I used it, it installed all sorts of 7.0 products. Result,
total chaos. However, the Network installer disk from apple.com
sorted everything out! It turns out all the Focus files are updatable from
this disk. I e-mailed Focus about the problem, and they said they would
fix it. So 2 months later, I ordered another card. Same problem! I
guess once they have shrink wrapped a whole bunch of boxes, one
has to wait until that batch is sold!!

Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY;
[e-mail] via Eudora 1.3.1, Tel:[phone], Fax:[phone].


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

Date: Thu, 6 May 93 05:33:13 -0700
From: [e-mail] (David Dantowitz)
Subject: FoxBase+ and read-only dbf files (help with CDROM)

Hi,

We have a problem with FoxBase+.  We're creating a CDROM and
find that FoxBase+ has some trouble openning read-only .dbf
files (certainly a problem for a CDROM!)  FoxBase+ reports
that the file does not exist.  This happens MOST of the time,
but not ALL the time.  For instance when a .dbf file is placed
on a locked floppy (or even when a file has its lock bit
set) the file can't be openned.  Does anyone have a work around
or any idea to let me know what I'm doing wrong?

(I suppose we could patch the open file trap, right?)

Thanks,
    David

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

Date: 6 May 93 17:45:00 CST
From: "Mike Sisson  " <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP errors

Could someone please upload the fsid.hqx file from apple to sumex if it is
legal. I have repeatedly tried to ftp it from apple and keep getting a
receive buffer overflow error. Any other files I get just fine, it is only
this file (which I want for the Unmount-It utility promised as being within)
that I cannot get. Has anyone successfully downloaded this file?
Any suggestions?

TIA,
Mike Sisson
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 93 08:51:52 EST
From: "David Virga" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FTP Woes (R)

Allan Hunter <[e-mail]> asks:

>2.  Another archive, mac.archive.umich.edu, specializes in a plentitude
>    of periods.  Whereas other archives tend to put the dot only at the
>    significant spot so as to allow stupid machines like this IBM-VM
>    host to think in terms of filename.filetype, the mac.archive gives
>    files names like "Wonderful.extension.21.035.hqx".  Retrieval at-
>    tempts give rise to the annoying reply that the file of that name
>    does not exist.

Note that you can rename the destination file in an ftp transfer by saying:
   get <source-file> <destination-file>
for example,
   get Wonderful.extension.21.035.hqx WonderfulExt21035.hqx

(assuming you're ftp'ing directly to your mac...)
Also, be aware of the Mac's 31-character filename length limit.  Ftp transfers
will fail with varying error messages if the file can't be created on the
Mac.
Your example fits, but I've had to rename files for this reason, particularly
when "get"ting a file from a different directory, such as
   get greatstuff/Wonderful.extension.21.035.hqx
NCSA Telnet will try to create a Mac file called
"greatstuff/Wonderful.extension.21.035.hqx", which won't work.

Hope this helps!

Dave
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 22:24:41 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: HideAlways

Sigh. HideAlways is ZiffNet/Mac exclusive software and cannot be uploaded
elsewhere.

cheers ... -Adam

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Does anyone have HideAlways 2.1?  If so, could you please upload it to
sumex?
> HideAlways 2.0b (the current version in sumex) does not work with system
7.1.

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

Date: Thu,  6 May 1993 12:32:20 +0000
From: Richard Rathe <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard report printing (A)

To add a column title simply create a report item, position it, double-click
on it, and fill in the text (with quotes).

-Richard-

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

Date: Thu,  6 May 1993 13:33:40 +0000
From: Richard Rathe <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard report printing (A2)

I think I catch your drift. The solution is to create one big form (with
dynamic height ON) with title and data fields. Each data field has a VARIABLE
name in it (myData) (no quotes). When you are ready to print, first collect
all the data into the variable(s) and then print the form ONCE. This gets you
a printout with titles on the first page only. If you want them on every page
you will have to chunk the data into pages and print the form separately for
each page.

Another alternative I just thought of is to use the built in "header" for the
column titles. I'm not sure it will work but worth a try...

Cheers.

-Richard-

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Richard Rathe, MD
[e-mail]

 -------------------------------------
Date: 5/6/93 1:12 PM
To: Richard Rathe
From: davist
>
> To add a column title simply create a report item, position it, double-click

> on it, and fill in the text (with quotes).
>

I thought I tried that. When I did, the heading showed up over each
individual line: if I had 60 detail lines, I got 60 headings. I'll have to
go back and experiment with it some more. Perhaps the difference is
between dynamic and fixed height? Or defining one big, or more than one
little, "tiles" for report items on the page? In the meantime, if you know
off-hand what caused the results I got, I'd appreciate hearing from you
again.

Thanks,
Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 14:58:38 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard report printing (S)

>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.

What I do is use an XFCN from Rinaldi that adds spaces between items to get
each of the items to line up in columns IF you are using a monospaced font.

Next, I use a Print Field XCMD from somewhere that sends a chunk o text in
a defined font and font size, to the LaserWriter.

Works OK.

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 93 11:05 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hypercard Stacks to Windoze

Hi gang -- I am sorry to say that the library I work for is going to a Windoze
base PC.  My question is-- Is there a utility out there that can convert HC
stacks to Toolbook or what ever happens to be the DOS version.


Thanks in advance

[e-mail]
University of Delaware

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 08:26:07 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #95

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

The Mac Centris 610 and 650 use different SIMM's from the other Mac's --
they're the 72-pin SIMM's, similar to the one's used in Intel 486, etc.
machines and are readily available from the usual sources. The good news is
that you no longer have to worry about what capacity SIMM's go in which
slots, etc.
Bob Blackmun
Director of Computing Services
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte NC 28223
[phone] / fax [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 08:28:43 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #95

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

If by 'problems' you mean difficulties in dealing with certain software
packages that don't conform to 'standards' required for using the cache,
the answer is most emphatically yes! There are several software packages
available that turn the cache off when any software package on a list (that
you can edit) is launched, thus eliminating the need to use the control
panel to turn it off and re-start the machine.
Bob Blackmun
Director of Computing Services
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte NC 28223
[phone] / fax [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 10:07:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Debono)
Subject: Kidproof Desktop

David O. Blanchard writes ...

>But KidDesk can be circumvented by booting with the Shift key pressed.
>My 7-year old has figured this out and has a great time looking through
>folders and exploring.  He has done no damage - yet.  How can you force
>KidDesk to load at boot time?  That's the real questions...

There IS a way to disable the shift-down-at-startup-extension-bypass!

Get into the system with ResEdit and delete the _dbex_ resource.
I did it with the System active with no hassles.

WARNING: Be sure that you don't have an extension manager
running or it will defeat the purpose. Also have a floppy startup
ready just in case you get a conflict.

Also, some extensions respond to the shiftKey down by turning
themselves off. This could be the case with KidDesk, in which case
the author should re-write it!


Joseph Debono ...|                   [e-mail]
.................|  PO Box 270 Pascoe Vale South Victoria Australia  3044
--

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 93 00:57:02 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Launching invisible apps

RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]> writes:

> I did get another message saying that one could make an app
> launchable but uncopyable by setting the copy protection bit.

Try using Tonto (archived as /info-mac/util/tonto*). It allows you
to launch an invisible application. You use Tonto to create a link
between a small app (10k in size) to the real app, then make the real
app invisible. In a way, it acts like an alias, except that the
target of the alias can be invisible. Like the Bozo bit trick, it
cannot defeat a ResEdit expert.

It is free and unsupported, but it works great across an
AppleTalk/Ethernet
 network. Thanks, Dale...

Alex Morando
[e-mail]

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

Date: 06 May 1993 09:28:04 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Limbaugh.hqx (a proposal)

The submission of Clinton.hqx suggested another application that I
don't have time to write but feel free to use the idea.

Limbaugh 0.0 is a startup application.  When it is running you will hear
the voice of Rush Limbaugh ranting and raving, bitching and moaning,
non-stop except for a 24-hour pause every four years on the first
Tuesday in November.  If a republican is elected, the program displays
and American flag, plays a selection of patriotic music, then goes to
sleep for four years.  Caution, until the earlier Bush, Limbaugh has
no Quit option.

GLN

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 93 02:00:04 EDT
From: Saeed Al-Dhaheri <[e-mail]>
Subject: looking for a billiard game

Hi info-macers;
     Does anybody know where to find a good (shareware or commerical) Billiard
  game for macII machine. thanx

       "Don't say I found the truth but, say I found a truth"
                         Khalil Jibran

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 1993 13:33:53 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Looking for a sound from Buffy Vampire Slayer..

I haven't had a chance to check the sumex sound files yet so don't yell at
me for posting (because of end of semester, it is difficult to get an ftp
session going-hoping to this weekend) but I am looking for the quote from
the movie that was during the credits.  It went something like, "They were
animals, and there was evil in their eyes.  I think they were young
Republicans.
   "
If anyone has or knows where I can find this sound file, I'd appreciate
hearing
>From you.

            Aric Friesen
Did I mention what movie it was?  Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 93 11:21:03 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Doug Hardie)
Subject: MacLink Plus file conversions

Not too long ago, someone posted a list of the new file conversions
supported by MacLink Plus version 7.  I have not been able to find
that list in the archives.  If anyone saved it, or knows approximately
which issue it was in, please let me know.  I have searched the index
of the archive, but nothing stands out.  Thanks,

-- Doug

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

Date: 06 May 1993 08:31:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Joseph Clements <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTOPS compatibility w/ '040 cache

I recently purchased a Q800 and there is any
obvious compatibility problem with the '040 Cache
and MacTOPS version 3.1.

Has anyone out there in internet-land discovered
a remedy for my problem?

It would be a sin to disable the '040 cache switch.

Please reply directly to me.

Thanks in advance,

JP Clements
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 93 17:47:33 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Howard Hui)
Subject: MacX v117 / new version

Responding to Info-Mac Digest V11 #93

Olaf,

Regarding MacX version on System 7.1.  I guess you have no choice.
According to Apple, only MacX Version 1.2 will work on System 7.1.
Also you have to upgrade your version of MacTCP to 1.1.1.

Version 1.17 really doesn't work, we've tested it.

Thanks ... Howard Hui

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 14:58:57 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network Diagnostic (A)

>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!

I suggest that you get a copy of Apple Peek and run it on an older Mac. Let
it trap packets for a while, maybe 20 minutes or so. Don't worry about the
packets but do look at the numbers at the top of the screen; total packets,
CRC errors, Overruns, etc. Calculate the % total errors to the total number
of packets. If it is higher than 5% you definately have wiring problems. If
it is less than 1%, you should contact Neon Software or the AG Group and
order a packet analyzer for LocalTalk. They do a better job than Apple Peek
and you'll be able to use them to really find out what is going on. But, if
the packet error rate is above 5%, susspect wiring problems and fix them
first.

Kee Nethery

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 08:45 EST
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: NIH grant forms (A)

The NIH template forms for PHS 398 can be obtained via ftp from:
ftp ftp.bchs.uh.edu
cd pub/gene-server/mac         // for the macintosh
mget nih*.hqx    (4 files)     // MSWORD4 and EXCEL

cd pub/gene-server/dos
get nih398-dos.uue             // you'll need UUD to unpack this
                   // MS WORD template POSTSCRIPT

Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 93 09:09:34 EST
From: "David Virga" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PICT <--> PCX (R)

 [e-mail] asks:
>Subject: PICT <--> PCX

>I wonder whether it is possible to transfer PC format pictures .PCX to and
>From Mac Pictures?
>Can anyone help?

MacLink Plus, by DataViz, will do this.  Commercial S/W, around US$130.00

Dave
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 93 10:17:19 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PICT <--> PCX Summary

Recently I made a quest about conversion between PCX and PICT formats and I
got many replies.  Thanks all for your help.  Here is the answers:

For PICT --> PCX
MacLink Plus (which can do more than just this conversion)
PhotoShop's "PCX save" export feature.
PC program Corel Draw

For PCX --> PICT
FREE Mac program called Imagery
Imagery 1.8 available from mac.archive.umich.edu


Hope that will also help others who need this information.

--Yuhui



P.S. Life is easier in Mac than in PC, isn't it?

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 93 11:30:52 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dave Hirsh)
Subject: Powerbook Display Problems

I recently posted a message expressing my concerns over the increasing number
of Powerbook display 'fracturing' problems that Apple chooses to blame on the
user. A letter to the editor in this week's MacWeek seems to reaffirm this.
After giving it some thought I think I may have found a 'possible' cause and
a preventative action. Here goes....

The Powerbook display screens rest in a plastic frame that folds up and down.
Normally the user first unlatches the display then lifts the screen into
position at a comfortable viewing angle. The problem may be how the screen is
lifted into position. Are you lifting by using the corner of the case or the
center?? If you use the corner you would be putting the greatest stress on the
plastic frame and display screen. If you lift from the center you still put
stress on the frame but probably not as much. If you were to raise the screen
>From the lower sides using both hands you would almost eliminate any stress
to
the screen. This may be the problem and solution. I'm especially concerned
because the Duo plastic frames are much thinner than the older Powerbook ones
were and do show more 'flex' during operation. If you place this kind of
stress
on the display unit I believe that over time it will give (i.e crack).
Remember
that the display screen/frame have a friction lock to hold it in place.
When you raise the screen you are in essence transmitting pressure from your
hand, through the display/frame to the friction bar in order to overcome that
resistance and thus move the screen up.
THIS SAME SITUATION OCCURS WHEN CLOSING THE CASE TOO !

The preventative measure seems to be OPEN/CLOSE THE DISPLAY BY THE LOWER
CORNERS. This may seem awkward but not as awkward as shelling out $1000+ for
a new display.

If you move your Powerbook around a lot you're a prime candidate for this kind
of problem.


Now the question arises 'Is this a design flaw ?'. I really think so. Apple,
in it's infinite wisdom, has chosen to design the packaging without really
considering the average user and his habits. The display frame should have
been designed for NO FLEX operation or the friction lock should have be set
up as a manual type of friction lock/unlock.

Let me know your views on this 'theory'.......  Dave Hirsh  Cincinnati,OH
                        [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 1993 13:30:10 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Programs with the same creator...Problems?

Bonjour all, I have two programs that have the same creator 'SSSS' and they
don't know what icons to use (i.e. both programs are using the same icon).
This really doesn't bother me, but I am worried there might be other problems
later on.  Anyone know?

Thanks...

        Aric Friesen

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 93 15:50:03 SET
From: Ronen Mir <[e-mail]>
Subject: Prometheus 14.4/14.4 Ultima Home Office - little survey

A few issues ago I posted some questions regarding the prformance of
the Prometheus 14.4/14.4 Ultima Home Office. I received 4 answers, 3
very favourable, 1 against. This is not very high statistics.
I sincerely thank all who took time to reply!
Here are the answers:
=========================================================
From: Rob MacDuff <[e-mail]>

I have been using their products for many years now and I am quite
satisfied with it. Their technical service is excellent and their customer
support could not be better. The Ultima Home Office with 14400 baud data,
9600 baud send receive fax(now upgraded to 14400) and voice mail has had a
few teething problems which they now seem to have fixed.

Their MaxFax software is very good and so it their voice mail. Their
communications software is so-so and since there are many better ones on
the market this is not a real problem. (I rarely use this type of software
anymore so for me the one they provide is quite adequate.)

I certainly would recommend their products to anyone.

Cheers

Rob
=========================================================
From: Aron <[e-mail]>

Well, it's a lot larger than the Supra. I've got one of each, and Supra claims
they will add voice capability soon. The reason they're taking longer, they
claim, is that they are trying to solve problems that occur with the other
system which do voice (Prometheus, Dove, Zyxel (? on mac)). I haven't
experienced any serious problems with the Prometheus UHO yet, but we've only
had it a week so far. IMHO, voice capabilities probably won't be really
solidified until the end of summer/early fall for all manufacturers, but most
of them will offer free/very cheap upgrades for early adopters.

Aron Spencer
Radix Technologies
=========================================================
From: William L Reed <[e-mail]>

I have been running this for close to a year now. It supports 14.4 data,
9600 S/R fax (with an upgrade to 14400 send/receive fax just announced)
and in addition supports voice mail in that it will answer the call
determine if the incoming call is voice or fax and if voice record the
message. OUTGOING messages may be recorded/changed remoely and incoming
may be routed to up to 999 mailboxes. Finally, I believe MAXFAX to be the
best fax software for the Mac.
Bill
=========================================================
From: Garry Burgess <[e-mail]>

sorry I didn't catch your name.  I have the Prometheus home office ultima.
 I really regret not buying the Supra, because this modem seems to have
problems.  It seems to cut me off a lot, and the voice mail/fax software
seems to be buggy.
Now that I have a lot of experience with it, I realize that it was just
modem speed that I really wanted, not all of the bells and whistles,
especially when they don't work properly.
Garry

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 22:06:18 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: Thu, 06 May 93 19:21:52 +0800
From: Kwok Patrick R12563C <[e-mail]>
Subject: Racal InterLan EtherTalk driver for System 7.0

Do any one know where can I find/download Racal InterLan EtherTalk driver for
System 7?

Regards,
Patrick

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

Date: Thu, 06 May 93 12:49:29 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Secure

Secure was in MacTools Deluxe but got dropped from MacTools 2, to my
irritation. If you're running System 7 you need version 1.2 - if yours
is an older version they'll upgrade it for the cost of mailing it. I
don't believe they'll sell it to you if you don't already own a version,
but you can always ask.

Graeme Forbes

Sorry, "they" is Central Point Software, 503-6090-809 in the US & Canada,
081-848-1414 in the UK.

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

Date: Wed, 5 May 93 22:25:30 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

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Date: Thu, 6 May 93 08:57:45 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: SLIP

There are two implementations of SLIP now, both commercial. One comes
>From Hyde Park Software and the other from Synergy, the people who
do Versaterm. You also need MacTCP from Apple, which is also commercial.

There is no Internet "number" to call, so you have to find an Internet
host that runs SLIP on its end and is willing to give/charge you for
a connection.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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Date: Thu, 6 May 93 13:51 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SLIP - (A)

MY GOD <[e-mail]> asks:

>Where can I get SLIP?

I use MacSLIP published by:
    Hyde Park Software
    P.O. Box 7133
    Austin, Tx. 78713
    [phone]
    Internet:  [e-mail]

>               Do I understand that all I need is a modem to hook up
>with Internet, if I get the SLIP software?  Thank you.

1. You will need MacTCP 1.1 (or later). MacPlus users should have
   MacTCP 1.1+ (a special version for the Plus).

2. System 7 required for Plus/SE/Classic. Mac II (and up) can do with
   System 6.0.x

3. Ofcourse, a SLIP server to connect to would also help :-)

Cheers - Shekhar Govind                [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 23:21:05 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dieder B.)
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!

Sounds like you may have to reinstall the system...mine went like that as
well...but it worked great once I reinstalled....

Also, you might want to check whether or not you have any background
processes such as background compressors and whatnot running...

Just my $0.04 worth...

D.

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 14:59:55 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Society for the Prevention of Microsoft (c)

Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw once. It had the acronym for this
society displayed in big letters.

Society for the Prevention of Little Animal Tragedies

Wish I had thought of it,
Kee Nethery

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Date: Thu, 6 May 93 11:15:24 MDT
From: Jim Powlesland <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sports Schedular

>[e-mail] (David Ciotti) writes:

>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]

I have been looking for a sports scheduling program for the Mac
for YEARS! The only thing I have found is an inexpensive program
($20 or $30) for DOS machines. It is called Sports Schedular 1.71
and is available from:

Computerized Sports Systems Group
Dept. of Physical Education
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2N 1N4

Contact Dr. Larry Katz ([e-mail]) or Bill Richardson
([e-mail]) for ordering information and exact $$.

--

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 11:46:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter II driver with StyleWriter I

Steve Jordi <[e-mail]> writes in Info-Mac-95:

>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 ?

    I copied (illegally, I suppose) the software from a new
StyleWriter II and installed it on a Quadra 700 to run a StyleWriter I. It
prints grayscale now in all applications, not just PageMaker. It also
prints Illustrator documents from within Illustrator. Recent versions of
the StyleWriter driver could not do that, although version 7.1 could. It
takes control of the Quadra so that little can be done while it is
printing. I tried the software on an LCII with a StyleWriter I and it was
so slow, I had to reinstall the old 7.2.3 software.
    Are you sure you still want it? I am not sure what Apple's
position is on using the StyleWriter II software with the StyleWriter I. I
don't think Apple knows what their position is. They are probably waiting
for us to find out how well it works; then they'll take a position.

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Date: 06 May 1993 12:39:33 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: System analyzer (Q)

Is there a utility that will list all the components currently included
in a running system 7 and give statistics on the size of each DA, font,
extension, control panel, etc.

The system file in one of our studios has grown to almost 4MB.  Beacuse
20+ students use the machine it is difficult to tell who has been adding
what.  Yes, yes, I know...add security.  We are looking at a few things
but almost all of them prevent us from doing things we MUST do.  I'll
appreciate any suggestions along that line too.

Gary Lee Nelson, Professor
Electronic and Computer Music
TIMARA Program
Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH 44074
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 93 09:00:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: TCP/IP

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

TCP = Transmission Control Protocol

IP = Internet Protocol

Don't worry about them - they are the protocols that the Internet
runs on. Programs like Gopher and Fetch require those protocols be
available on your Mac (via MacTCP from Apple). If you aren't directly
networked to an Internet machine, you also need SLIP to fool your
Mac into think that you are directly networked.

You get AppleTalk Remote Access by buying it from Apple.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 06 May 1993 11:03:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Venice Font

Hello folks,

I'm in need of a truetype or PS version of the good ol' Venice font. Now, I
know
that the city named fonts are bitmap only, but I once ran across a
"LaserLondon"
which someone had concocted, so perhaps there is a "LaserVenice" or something
equivalent out there.

Ari Kissiloff
Ithaca College
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 5 May 93 22:25:48 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.

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 23:11:36 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dieder B.)

>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.

I believe the 512k VRAM can be used in other machines, esp. the new ones,
so keep it....

The upgrade preserves your HD and your FDHD....

places for tradein? Dunno...don't think so...try and sell and see what you
get...

The MathChip....that's a problem....if you use an LC/LCII board that has
the MathChip on it and plunk it in an LCIII, you will bomb. Guaranteed. Put
the math chip on the motherboard in the socket and it will work...questions
however as to the wisdom of putting in a 16Mhz math chip in a 25MHz
chassis....

Hope this helps,

Dieder

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Date: Thu, 06 May 93 14:13:19 EDT
From: "S.I.M.S. UID" <[e-mail]>

CALL FOR PAPERS

Redefining Basic Skills:  Transforming New Approaches into
Pedagogy
November 5-7, 1993
Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

Sponsored by Adelphi University, the City University of New
York, the National Testing Network in Writing and the
National Project on Computers and College Writing.

Designed for faculty administrators and researchers, the
conference will highlight and explore changing views about
basic skills in higher education and innovative approaches to
curricula and pedagogy.

Presentations are invited that explore basic skills in areas
such as reading, writing, mathematics, computing, critical
thinking, multiculturalism, visual literacy, ethics and
values, ESL, developmental education and the core curriculum.

The proposal should summarize the content of your
presentation and your audio-visual needs.  It should also
include information about a) your institution, b) your
approach to integrating instructional theory and pedagogy in
the basic skills, c) the benefits of your approach for
students and d) the targeted audience.  Presentations may
range from 20 to 75 minutes, or may be organized as a poster
session.  Please include both your office and home telephone
numbers with your proposal.

Contact:

Redefining Basic Skills
The City University of New York
555 West 57th Street/ 14th Floor
New York, NY 10019

DEADLINE:  June 15, 1993

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