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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 14 May 93       Volume 11 : Issue 102

Today's Topics:

      About Harvest C (Q)
      Adding memory to LC?
      Adding memory to LC? (A)
      After Dark Modules
      AOL -> Internet (R)
      AOL -> Internet -> AOL access
      AOL internet
      Apple Cyclone (Q)
      AppleWorks <-> Macintosh
      AppleWorks <-> Macintosh [A
      CGM, DXF and HPGL to Mac (A)
      CMaster 1.2 for THINK C 6
      Connecting PC to an Appleshare server
      corrupted HC stack (C)
      Disabling 68040 cache
      E-mail from AOL (A) (2 msgs)
      Experiences w/large format plotter/printers??
      Great News for Zterm users with pets!
      How to contact [e-mail] who posted here last year?
      HPGL to PICT: Thanks!
      Hypercard Modem Communications (Q)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #100 [R
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #101
      Lance K. Chun & His Attitude
      LaserWriter 8.0 (C)
      LaserWriter 8.0 [R]
      Logic font (A)
      Macintosh on Unix
      MacLinkPlus-PC Graphics Translators (A)
      Mac Plus Users
      MacsBug
      Macsbug [A]
      Macsbug on Centris [A]
      MacTCP -Old Version and System 7.1 - seems to work fine
      MacWeek comments on Cyclone
      MIDI (From PC to MAC)
      Need a pretty Mono-spaced font (commercial or otherwise)
      need sumacc software
      Opinion on ACT! and PowerTrax 1.2 (Q)
      Personal LaserWriter LS
      Postscript files on a mac
      powerbooks, networking, efficiency (Q)
      PowerPC Strategy, was Re: Upgrades to PowerPC
      Problem with EndNote Plus (A)
      Protest IIvi Cancellation
      QUICKTEL Xeba - What settings for connection w/ZOOM
      QuickTime 1.6 press release
      RevRdist, interval/junk lifetimes dialog fields are weird
      Sending apple event
      setting version number for a document file
      Sharing a modem on a network
      STF email address
      SuperCard advice needed... (A)
      The future of 680x0 in Apple computers
      Ultrabook, Color Screens
      Wyse50 or TV950/925 emulation for mac?(A)
      ZiffNet/Mac postings
      ZiffNet/Mac utilities
      Zmodem [A]

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 9:04:47 +0100 (BST)
From: Charlie Stross <[e-mail]>
Subject: About Harvest C (Q)

>Date: 13 May 93 16:31:59-0400
>From: /PN=JOHN.WITHERS/O=IRS/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@sprint.com
>Subject: About Harvest C (Q)

>Hello all.

>I've downloaded Harvest C from sumex-aim successfully.  However,
>I have a problem.  Apparently, none of the 'header' (*.h) files
>are included in the package.  Therefore, none of the sample
>source files can be compiled.  Is this an oversight or have
>I missed something.

You missed something.

If you read the readme files you will learn that the header and
object libraries from the MPW compiler are needed. Instructions
are provided for ftp'ing them from ftp.apple.com. I don't have
harvest C in front of me so I can't tell you precisely which
files to pull or which README to look at, but they're under
dts/mac/tools/mpw.  You want something from each of the
3.2.libraries and 3.2.interfaces directories.

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlie Stross aka [e-mail] .....




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Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 23:28 EST
From: MACLINK/PC GREAT <[e-mail]>
Subject: Adding memory to LC?

To answer how to upgrade an LC's memory,
MacCenter and some other mail order companies offer a reduced rate so you can
trade in your old 1 Meg SIMMs for 4 Meg Simms ($105 per SIMM at MacCenter).
For more info call 1-800-950-0950.  That is where I got my 4 MEG Simms.
Sincerely
ABRODY @ CLARKU

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 12:20:48 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Adding memory to LC? (A)

Mark London <[e-mail]> writes

> I presently have a 4M memory configration on my LC. Someone told me
> that I have 2 slots of 1M RAM and I can replace them with 2 2M to
> increase it to 6M. However, I happen to have access to free 1M chips
> and wonder if there is a cheap way to use them to increase the memory
> without having to buy chips. Is this possible? Thanks.

Your LC has 2M soldered to the board and 2 SIMM slots.  These slots
are already taken up with 2 1M SIMMs. You can't use any more 1M SIMMs
:-( You can replace the 2 1M SIMMS with 2 2M SIMMS for a total of 6M,
or you can replace the 1M SIMMs with 4M SIMMs for a total of 10M.

-Bo Parker
[e-mail]

I do not speak for my employer, whoever that is.

``...the razor inside, sir...jerk the handle...''

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 09:25:19 -0400
From: [e-mail] (William Homer Waits)
Subject: After Dark Modules

To my dislike, we have some PC compatibles where I work and some of them
run After Dark for Windows.  Generally, I don't even give these machines
the benefit of me admitting their existance, but I have noticed that when
After Dark is running, the Windows version contains two modules that I
would like to see for the Mac.  They are Marbles and Swan Lake.  If my
memory serves correct, the about box indicates that there is at least a
Mac version of Marbles.  Does anyone know if or where these beast exists?
The Marbles module shoots marbles from the top of the screen and bounces
on pegs until they come to rest.  Swan Lake is well, a lake full of Swans.
By the way, the quality of sound on these machines sucks!  I mean it is
really pathetic.  You ought to hear Fish! or the Mac equivalent to Nocturnes!
It makes me laugh when I hear them!  Oh well, if anyone has any info, please
mail me directly, and I will create a posting very soon after finals.
Thanks in advance.

--Bill

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 07:46:31 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Vellek)
Subject: AOL -> Internet (R)

Thanks for all the replies:
    Richard Chuo [e-mail]
    Mark A. Shelly <[e-mail]>
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail] (Gabriel M. Schuyler)
    Drew Justin Asson <[e-mail]>
    [e-mail] (Nick Blackwell)
    Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>

Who says you can't get a few replies from the 'Net?

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 09:48:06 -0400
From: "Terry Stader  KA8SCP" <[e-mail]>
Subject: AOL -> Internet -> AOL access

Saw your note about your brother and AOL accessing Internet. It is very
easy! All you have to do from your end is get your brother's screen
name, strip out all of the spaces (if there are any) and then use the
@aol.com domain name.

An example:

John Doe at AOL would look like: [e-mail]

>From the AOL side your standard address form is EXACTLY how he would
send e-mail to you.

Hope this helps you out and feel free to drop me a note if you have problems.


Terry Stader - KA8SCP               ARRL EMAS Section Emergecny Coordinator
Internet: [e-mail]           America Online Ham Radio Club Host
      [e-mail] (all files/binaries)
Packet: KA8SCP@WA1PHY.#EMA.MA.USA.NA

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 11:45 EST
From: KEN SCHWARTZREICH <[e-mail]>
Subject: AOL internet

To email on AOL to the Internet, simply go to the mail option, and in the to:
box, simply enter the internet address you want, and AOL takes care of getting
it there.
-Ken Schwartzreich
 Assistant Network Manager
 Lafayette College
 Easton, PA

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Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 23:57 EST
From: MACLINK/PC GREAT <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Cyclone (Q)

Dear Netters,
Could someone enlighten about this mysterious computer, no talk have I seen
about it on the net before today?
Sincerely,
ABRODY @ CLARKU

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 04:14:45 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mark A. Shelly)
Subject: AppleWorks <-> Macintosh

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>A friend of mine has an important project in the works, but some of
>the data is stored in Appleworks format. Is there a MAC utility to
>convert this information to MAC format?

ClarisWorks will read Appleworks format files if you can get them onto
3 1/2 inch floppy disks.  I also read an novel a friend typed into that
program into MacWrite II and was able to edit it from there.

Transfering to a 3.5 inch disk was the hard part.  We used an Apple II
emulating drive on an IBM (from Orange Micro, I believe), then binary
transfer to a Mac. Doing this changed the creator and file type information,
which I had to change using a utilty program to match Appleworks.  It would
be best to find someone with an Apple IIgs with a 3.5 inch drive; the FDHD
should then be able to read the disk directly.

Hope this helps.

Mark Shelly
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 May 1993 16:53:04 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppleWorks <-> Macintosh [A

AppleWorks <-> Macintosh [A]
F.J. Van Wetering asked for a way to get AppleWorks files onto a Mac.
DataViz offers a collection of XTND translators called MacLinkPlus. In
their collection of translators is included an AppleWorks translator.

Robert

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 12:15:57 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CGM, DXF and HPGL to Mac (A)

On the back pages of the American version of MacWorld there is an advert
for a product called CADMOVER from KANDU Software Corporation
(phone [phone]) which claims to do what you want. Don't know
anything else about it.

(P.S. for those of you who don't read Info-Mac (This message is being cc'ed)
someone else said:
Canvas 3.0.x can open DXF/IGES and save as PICT.
MacLink Translators can convert AutoCad DXF to PICT.)

Does Claris have an XTND translator for any of this?

Regards, Bob Kenyon
[e-mail]1
[e-mail]
<C=es;A=mensatex;P=y-net;O=sp1;S=Kenyon;G=Bob>

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Date: 14 May 93 03:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jersey Scientific, Don Kelly,APD)
Subject: CMaster 1.2 for THINK C 6

May 12, 1992  -  Jersey Scientific announces CMaster 1.2.1 for use with THINK
C
5 and 6, and Symantec C++. This release increases the number of markers per
file to 250, and includes several minor bug fixes to release 1.0.9. CMaster
1.2.1 is priced at $99.95.

Existing CMaster customers can download an updater from CompuServe or sumex
which converts CMaster 1.0.9 to version 1.2.1. Users without connections to
these services or with earlier releases can send a check for $10 to Jersey
Scientific and receive a diskette.

CMaster installs inside of THINK C or THINK Project Manager and enhances the
environment. It adds the ability to see functions and "#pragma mark" markers,
save window position and context, and save information in multiple clipboards,
and received a 5-mouse rating from MacUser Magazine (August 1992).

Send email to [e-mail] to request a flyer - please include a
postal address.

Jersey Scientific, Inc
291 Springfield Ave Suite 201
Berkeley Heights  NJ  07922

AppleLink: JERSCI
CompuServe: 70400.3361
FAX: [phone]


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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 12:57:47 BST
From: John McKinley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Connecting PC to an Appleshare server

I'm fairly sure that this cannot be done, but here goes: is there any way for
a
PC to be added to an EtherTalk network which has an Appleshare server and to
then be able to access the server? I helping someone who has 18 Macs and their
accountant/consultant is a nana and is trying to get them to put in a PC for
some accounts package (despite the fact that there are excellent Mac ones) but
it would need access to the group's fileserver. This person really does not
want to throw away their Quadra 700 with Appleshare and put in a PC running
Novell, just for one machine running the accounts.

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 20:09:34 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: corrupted HC stack (C)

Best I've been able to do to recover a stack that has been corrupted was to
build a stack that went into the damaged stack to grab cards, buttons,
scripts, text, etc. The corrupted cards were not saveable but the other
cards were recoverable. Lots of work. Convinced me that backups were a good
idea.

Good luck.

Kee Nethery

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Date: Thu, 13 May 93 20:31:11 PDT
From: Jeff Richards <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disabling 68040 cache

Does anyone know if there is a CDEV or something, out in netland that can
enable one to disable the cache in a 68040 during the execution of an older
program that doesn't like the cache?

Can you give me an ftp address/pathname?

Many thanks in advance.
 ------
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 07:32 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: E-mail from AOL (A)

In 11-101, Mark Vellek wonders how to instruct his brother to send him mail
>From his AOL account.

Tell him to just use your regular Internet address, Mark--AOL requires no
special format. And you can mail to him by sending your message to his user
ID (any spaces removed)@aol.com.  Couldn't be easier. Remember, though,
that AOL's mail link with the Internet limits incoming Internet mail to a
maximum of 27k per message/file for Mac users, and to only 8k for IBM
users.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 20:09:19 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: E-mail from AOL (A)

>Okay, I have a direct InterNet connection, and I can send mail to my
brother on AOL. I know there's a way for him to send it back to me, but ...

Well, your e-mail address is
[e-mail]

If your brother types that into the address field of a mail message, it
will get to you. Your internet address is the address you use on AOL. No
modifications.

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 05:07:46 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Greg Ouzounian)
Subject: Experiences w/large format plotter/printers??

Does anyone out there have any experiences w/large format (a..E size)
D  I would like one that can print up to E size
plotter or printers (30" x 42") .  I would like to get ahold
of one that works with the Mac, prefereably through the standard Laserwriter
driverbut will take what I can get.  I can spend up to 10K, and if anyone has
any
reports, I would like to hear about them.    Please email replies.

Thanx


[e-mail]    Greg ouzounian

--
Its not what you've got, but rather what you do with it that
counts.  My opinions, however, don't.

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Date: 14 May 1993 01:02:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Schizophrenia means never being alone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Great News for Zterm users with pets!

Have you ever had a pet (or person for that matter) run up and press what
seems like half a billion keys, and all of a sudden you see this on the
screen repeating forever (during uploads and downloads):
*zrdat32: cnt = 1024
zrdata: cnt = 1024
zrdat32: cnt = 1024
zrdata: cnt = 1024
zrdat32: cnt = 1024
zrdata: cnt = 1024
zrdat32: cnt = 1024
zrdata: cnt = 1024
zrdat32: cnt = 1024
zrdata: cnt = 1024

As you can tell, I have.  But, I've finally figured out what *causes* it
*AND* how to *fix* it!  During a file transfer, if someone or somepet
presses on the 9 key, it causes the above to happen.  to *STOP* it, press
the 0 (zero) key and it stops!

Neil Schulman
[e-mail], [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 May 93 19:03:52 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Maas  [e-mail])
Subject: How to contact [e-mail] who posted here last year?

I tried to send e-mail in reply to an article in INFO-MAC, but it
bounced. I've been trying to find a correct address to re-send my reply
and have nearly given up. Here are the details of my search. Anybody
know the name or current e-mail address for this person?

xx [e-mail] (no such user CA95ME53 at node HOLMES)

-i [e-mail] (Sent query Aug.22, reply from Lee
Schultz <[e-mail]> that student no longer at College of
Wooster, postmaster doesn't know how to reach that person now) (Nov.05
sent query asking for human name, never got a reply) (Another query
Feb.11, no reply.)

92.9.15&UsenetWhitepages(CA95ME53)xxx

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 12:07:07 EST
From: Scott Traurig <[e-mail]>
Subject: HPGL to PICT: Thanks!

    Thanks to all those who responded to my request for a HPGL to PICT
converter.  I found the Hypercard converter stack at sumex.  It took a little
while to get it to work, but I managed :-)

    The problems with this stack are that, 1) while it seems to convert
    the
entire plot, the plot is clipped off if it is larger than A size. 2) the PICT
files made by this stack import just fine into PowerPoint 3.0, but will not
appear when printed (this is not an out of memory problem - I checked).

    It gets stranger: if I take the converted PICT file and import it into
WordPerfect, I can then see the entire plot, and if I then export it as a new
PICT file from there, I can see the entire plot in, and print with no problems
from, PowerPoint 3.0.

    Any further hints in this area so that I can make it a one step
process?

            Thanks,
                Scott ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 09:47 PST
From: Magic <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hypercard Modem Communications (Q)

Hey, all,

  I'm looking for a simple (!) HyperCard stack or XCMD which let's me
use my modem.  Do any of you have something in HyperCard in which I can
dial out and do basic modem communication stuff?

  Thanks for you help (as usual)..

-M

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Date: 14 May 1993 16:00:35 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #100 [R

Info-Mac Digest V11 #100 [R]
There's been some discussion complaining about shareware authors
authorizing ZiffNet/Mac for sole distribution rights to their product.

The solution? Pay your shareware fees. If more people did so, shareware
authors wouldn't be tempted by commercial interests like ZiffNet/Mac.
ZiffNet/Mac pays shareware authors for the right to distribute the
programs, then they give them away (for the price of a subscription to the
service, a few bucks a month). This is an attractive alternative to
shareware authors, who generally make nearly nothing from their work.

Robert
(yes, I work for MacWEEK, which is owned by Ziff, but I have nothing to do
with ZiffNet/Mac's software distribution system)

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 08:22:15 EDT
From: Larry Turkish <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #101

I am sending out a reply to the net with a request for as much information
on Appleshare Pro, and the Workgroup Servers.  Specifically I am
interested in Disk quotas, and page accounting if it exists on the server.
If it doesn't exist, are there any software applications that can do this
working in the server environment.  Any and all information will be
greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Larry Turkish
Statistical/Applications Consultant
Faculty of Arts
York University
Canada
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 May 1993 01:03:32 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Lance K. Chun & His Attitude

Lance,

Relax!  Just because you are willing to spend cash and not complain when you
feel you've been treated unfairly is no reason to bash other list members.

You certainly don't deserve any pity, at least not from me.  All machines
eventually end up outdated and serving as doorstops.  Even if you are an
"OLD" mac user, you aren't any better than the guy (or gal) that bought a
Mac yesterday.

And if you don't want to read anymore "crap" then I suggest you do all of
us folks who believe in the free, uncensored sharing of ideas a big favor
and sign off this list.

Get real, or get a new attitude.  Or just get out!

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

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 00:56:07 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: LaserWriter 8.0 (C)

>Date: Thu, 13 May 93 19:07:28 EDT
>From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: LaserWriter 8.0
>
>I just got a copy of the LaserWriter 8.0 installation disk, from the
>Washington Apple Pi bulletin board. It is a very different animal from
>the LW driver we have known and loved. So different that I called Apple
>User Assistance to ask what was happening. Over the next half hour the
>Apple rep and I sort of jointly fingered out what was going on. He had
>not seen the new driver before either.

You are giving people the wrong impression. LaserWriter 8.0 is very simple
to use and is a gem. I have used it for months (since the beta version) and
it speeds up printing dramatically. I only wish Apple had released it
sooner.:) You obviously was talking a wrong Apple rep if he hadn't seen the
product before.

>What's new? There are a bunch of PPD's (PostScript Printer Descriptions)
>that come on the disk. I had only seen PPD's in the context of PageMaker,
>a toy Leslye uses. And PPD's have always seemed unfathomable to me. Since
>we don't have PageMaker at the office, I just custom-installed the LW8
>driver. Watch that part, even. It does not replace your LaserWriter in
>the Extensions folder because its name is "LaserWriter 8.0" now. You must
>trash your old LaserWriter extension manually.

No, you don't have to trash older LaserWriter drivers. They can coexist
peacefully with LaserWriter 8.0 - just select the driver you want to use in
the Chooser. PPD files are used by a number of graphics and page-layoout
programs. They're used by the printing program (in this LaserWriter 8.0) to
determine the unique features of the printer or typesetter.

>By the way, SAM 3.5 is truly install-friendly. It comes up observing that
>it seems like I'm doing an install, and would I like it to temporarily
>turn itself off while the install is going on? Nice. But I digress.
>
>Then I popped into the chooser to select my printer. New button: setup.
>It asked for the appropriate PPD. Since I had not installed any PPD's,
>both office printers showed as Generic. Brand X? Nonsense! So I went back
>to the installer to custom-install the printers. The Personal LW NT was
>rather straightforward, but do I have a IIg v2010.113 or v2010.130? At
>that point I called Apple. I needn't have bothered. If I had been a good
>person and just done an easy install, I could have told setup to just do
>an automatic setup for either of the printers. The "automatic" option
>found out which "v" of the IIg I had. And how much memory.

You can find out which version of PostScript intepreter is in your printer
within the LaserWriter drive. Just click on Printer Info in the Setup
dialog box. And then select the appropriate PPD file.

>And after the printer was setup, a little printer icon showed up to the
>left of the printer name in the Chooser. No, I've no idea what that means
>if anything. I suspect this whole thing is an Apple plot to get you to
>buy the manual.

I never bother reading any Apple manual (It's a tribute to Apple that
manuals are unnecessary) and I don't see why one needs to read the manual
of this simple piece of software.

>And easy vs. custom install doesn't seem to have any effect on disk space
>I just put in the Personal NT and the two IIg PPD's on my box. I did an
>easy (every PPD in the world) on our secretary's machine. There is no PPD
>file on either hard disk. The LaserWriter 8.0 extensions are the same
>size. What does PPD mean in this context? Beats me.

Why should the size of LaserWriter 8.0 change? Why even bother with the
installer? Just copy the driver to your Extensions folder and the
appropriate PPD file (or files) to the Printer Descriptions folder inside
the Extensions folder (Actually, PPD files can be anywhere).

>I thought it was a hoot that the Apple tech type had never seen the 8.0
>LW driver and had to download it as we spoke. It took him long enough to
>do so (620K stuffed file, expanded to a 1.44M floppy image) that I had
>to do something in the interim. I diddled with the installer and found
>what I just told you. The tech confirmed what I'd found, I apologized for
>bothering him, and we hung up wondering just what the naughtyword either
>of us had accomplished.
>
>One more note. The installer does not install the new LaserWriter Utility
>program. You have to copy that puppy yourself.
>
>Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

As I said, don't even bother with the installer.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

P.S. For those of you wondering what's new, here're the press releases from
Apple and Adobe:


Apple Upgrades LaserWriter PostScript Driver

Dateline:  CUPERTINO, California-April 12, 1993

Product Description:
    The new Apple LaserWriter printer driver, version 8.0, is designed to
improve the functionality and performance of PostScript-compatible
LaserWriter printers, especially those capable of supporting
PostScript Level 2.
    The driver software combines all of the features of previous
LaserWriter printer drivers, including application compatibility,
support for TrueType fonts and PostScript Level 1 compatibility, and
it adds support for features that are specific to individual
printers.  Specific PostScript Printer Description files (PPDs) offer
finger-tip control for printer features such as multiple paper trays,
printer resolution, PhotoGrade and optional envelope trays.  This
means, for example, that a printer with two or more paper trays can
easily and efficiently print page one of a document on letterhead and
the rest of the document on regular bond paper.
    The new driver is also designed to improve background printing
performance-up to 30% for business graphics.  It also provides
support for PostScript Level 2 features, including data compression,
real-time error reporting, patterns and pattern caching and color.

Significance:
    Apple believes the new driver will allow Macintosh users to get the
most out of Apple's diverse line of PostScript LaserWriters printers
by providing them with enhanced functionality and performance.

Availability, and Distribution:
    The new software is currently scheduled to begin shipping with
Apple's PostScript Level 2 LaserWriters-currently the Personal
LaserWriter NTR and LaserWriter Pro 600 and 630-in late April. Apple
plans to replace previous versions of LaserWriter drivers with this
software. The driver was co-developed by Apple Computer, Inc. and
Adobe Systems Inc.  Adobe will ship the driver separately under the
brand name of PSPrinter version 8.0.

Upgrade Procedure:
    Once available, current LaserWriter owners will be able to purchase
the new printer driver and user's guide directly from Apple's
tollfree software line, [phone], extension 7873.  The software
is also available via Apple's online information system, AppleLink.
New PostScript Level 2 printers will ship with the new driver.

Editorial Contact:
Pat Kinley
Apple Computer, Inc.
408-974-2589

Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks; and
LaserWriter and TrueType are a trademark of  Apple Computer, Inc.

END


Adobe Systems Announces PostScript

Level 2 Printer Driver for the Macintosh

New Driver Offers Fingertip Control of Any Printer with Adobes PostScript
Software; Users Gain Access to More PostScript Level 2 Features

Mountain View, Calif. (April 13, 1993) (NASDAQ: ADBE)  Adobe Systems
Incorporated today announced the Adobe Printer Driver for the Macintosh
is complete and expected to be available to end users at the end of April.
The new printer driver, co-developed with Apple Computer, Inc., offers
greater control of any of Adobes PostScript output device and improves
background printing performance from most software applications. The driver
also provides access to important PostScript Level 2 features such as
device independent color and Adobes PostScript fax software.

The Adobe Printer Driver, labeled PSPrinter version 8.0, will also be
released by Apple as the new LaserWriter driver version 8.0. Both drivers
are identical in terms of features and functionality. The Adobe Printer
Driver is specifically designed for Adobes PostScript Level 2 printers and
adds significant value to currently shipping PostScript Level 2 software
products. The new driver fully supports Adobes PostScript Level 1 output
devices and gives the user additional printer control.

"We have worked long and hard with Apple to insure the Adobe Printer Driver
has the features users need and attains the highest level of compatibility
across applications," said Steve MacDonald, senior vice president and
general manager of Adobes systems products division. "We are confident end
users will see the value the new driver adds to their PostScript Level 1
and Level 2 output devices."

A Windows version of the Adobe Printer Driver is scheduled to ship later
in the second quarter of 1993.

New Driver Architecture
The Adobe Printer Driver for the Macintosh is designed with two components.
First, the driver engine converts QuickDraw protocol to the PostScript
language. Secondly, the PostScript Printer Description file (PPD) describes
to the driver each unique printer characteristic that can be used. These
features include duplex printing, image enhancement technologies or
multiple resolutions, to name a few. The printer dialog boxes dynamically
change to reflect these unique features. There are PPDs for each of Adobes
PostScript output devices and they can either be automatically selected by
the driver or manually selected by the end user.

Key Features
The Adobe Printer Driver for the Macintosh provides new features such as
device independent color that allows consistent color image output from
different devices and technologies. The driver also provides 2-up and 4-up
printing allowing more efficient methods for proofing and reviewing
documents. Additionally, the printer driver supports the growing PostScript
fax product line as well as the ability to save Encapsulated PostScript
files (EPS) from virtually any application.

Availability of Drivers
Adobe and Apple will distribute the driver through printer, application and
system software bundles. Additionally, Adobe OEMs expect to make the driver
available through their respective distribution channels within the next
few months. The driver will also be available with Adobe retail products,
the PostScript Language Software Development Kit and Adobe Acrobat
software.

Adobe and Apple will continue working together to develop and release new
drivers to Macintosh customers. Future versions of the driver will include
features to support ColorSync, Apples color management system. PostScript
Level 2 drivers for QuickDraw GX are under development by the two
companies.

The driver is expected to be available directly from Adobe at the end of
this month for $24.95. To order, call 1-800-83-FONTS.

Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain
View, California. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software
products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and
communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to
major computer and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of type and
application software products.  Revenue for fiscal 1992 exceeded $265
million.

_______________

Acrobat, Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated
which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Macintosh and LaserWriter
are registered trademarks and ColorSync and QuickDraw are trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc.

Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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

Date: 14 May 1993 16:07:38 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8.0 [R]

LaserWriter 8.0 [R]
Al Bloom asks some LaserWriter 8.0 questions...

RE: "What's new? There are a bunch of PPD's (PostScript Printer
Descriptions)
that come on the disk."

Apple is distributing the new driver with PPDs for their own printers
only. I have a collection of several hundred PPDs; I'll gladly upload them
if I can make absolutely sure that's legal.

You only need a PPD for a printer to take advantage of that printer's
special features. You can print to (theoretically) any printer with the
"Generic PPD" the driver defaults to if the specific PPD is unavailable.

PPDs are incredibly specific, even incorporating memory and AppleTalk
versions into their connection to a specific printer.

RE: "And after the printer was setup, a little printer icon showed up to
the
left of the printer name in the Chooser."

It means that printer has been "Setup" before and LW8 knows what PPD to
use with it. Different icons will appear depending upon the type of
printer; a QMS color printer gets a rainbow.

Robert

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 12:25:26 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Logic font (A)

Donald Peterson asks about logic fonts. The most complete sets of math
fonts I know about, which include as many symbols as a logician might
require are the Lucida New Math fonts from Y&Y and the Mathematical Pi
set from Adobe.

I use the LNM fonts. The total package includes TeX versions and a set
of related text fonts, Bright, Sans, TypeWriter, and so on. With educational
discount the package is $165. Y&Y is at 800-742-4059. They're very
responsive with help if you need it. The symbol fonts are designed
to complement the text fonts and output from my LaserJet 4M is stunning.

If you are a Nisus user, you should approach these fonts with caution,
however. Nisus behaves bizzarely - somehow triggered by the font
metrics. The problem is with Nisus, not the fonts - Word, PAgeMaker,
Quark, FrameMaker all perform as expected - and the Y&Y people
diagnosed what's going on for me using Nisus Demo. I've been at
Nisus to fix the problem for a while now, but it was still there in the
most recent version. Basically, if you try to print two consecutive
characters from the same font, one with ASCII code < 160, the other
with code >= 160, Nisus mangles the spacing. Whether it's just the Lucida
fonts this happens with, or also with the Adobe ones, I don't know.

Graeme Forbes

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 11:24:43 -0400
From: [e-mail] (  Paul Mrozek.......)
Subject: Macintosh on Unix

Does anyone have the inside scoop on Apple's plan to develop
software that lets Unix workstations run Macintosh programs?
An article in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal said that the
software "will allow server and workstations computers that use
the Unix operating system to run Macintosh applications software
with no modifications."  I am curious to know how powerful of a
workstation is needed to get reasonable performance and how much
it will cost.  The article also quoated an Apple vp as saying
"we do have it working in the lab, and we are expecting to make
it available by the end of this year."

Paul Mrozek

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 18:22 EST
From: MACLINK/PC GREAT <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacLinkPlus-PC Graphics Translators (A)

Dear Netters,
As nobody requested directly for additional translators, I thought since the
topic of converting PC graphics to Mac has been on several past postings that
it might be helpful to add a list of graphics translators available through
DATAVIZ's MacLinkPlus PC 7.0:

TIFF <-> PICT
Windows Metafile.WMF <->Pict
 -------
EPS <-> EPS (with thumbnail)
Harvard Graphics CGM->PICT
LOTUS.PIC -> PICT
LOTUS FREELANCE.CGM ->PICT
VENTURA PUBLISHER.IMG->PICT
WINDOWS BITMAP.BM<->PICT
WORD PERFECT.WPG<->PICT
PC PAINTBRUSH.PCX<->PICT
PICT->PUBLISH (SYSTEM 7 ONLY)

MacLinkPlus PC has hundreds of other PC-MAC-PC translators that all come in a
package with the above translators at only $130 at MacConnection and other
mail order companys.  For additional translators that are available in the 7.0
version of this software see :
sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/report/maclink-pc-formats.txt

The translators listed in the report directory are only the new translators
 found in the 7.0 version, though 6.0
version of this software contains translators for earlier versions of the same
software, in addition those 6.0 translators are also found in 7.0.
  If you have questions about what translators are available in
either version or the XTND translators DATAVIZ has its own 800 number that
during regular Eastern Time business hours can answer these questions:
1-800-733-0030.  Please use this number sparingly,
 as I have not gotten permission to
release this information.  I am just a happy owner of its 7.0 version of
MacLinkPlus PC.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

P.S. Any test trials yet of OrangePC's 486 card and Software that runs about
$1100 - I saw this in their ad on page 52 of the June 1993
 Issue of MacWorld.  Is
it compatible with all PC software as the hardware might suggest that it is?
How fast is it compared to a DX2/66 Mhz PC when put into any of the
Macintoshes it works with?  Is it a PDS card, or a NuBus card?
 Do we finally have a single platform that can run both systems at their top
speeds i.e. both IBM (whoops) and Mac Software?

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

Date: 14 May 93 09:15:18 MET-1
From: "Jozsef Horvath"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Plus Users

I would like to find out whether there are other Mac Plus users on
the net for personal email contact.  Please reply if you're currently
a Plus user of have ever had one.

Care

Horvath, Jozsef
Janus Pannonius University, Pecs, Hungary
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 08:58:52 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MacsBug

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I've heard alot about Macsbug so I decided to see what all the hubub was
> about.
>  I downloaded it from ftp.apple.com and got macsbug (6.1 I think), some

The latest version for most Macs is 6.2.2 I think. You drop it in
your System Folder loose and reboot. Then, when you crash, you drop
into MacsBug rather than getting the silly error message. You can
type 'es' for escape to shell (go back to Finder), 'rs' for restart,
or 'g' for go (continue where you left off, which isn't likely).
Note that in my June MacUser article on MacsBug, the copy editors
changed the 'g' command to 'Go' and that just plain doesn't work.

Watch a future TidBITS for more on MacsBug...

cheers ... -Adam

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

Date: 14 May 1993 16:17:49 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macsbug [A]

Macsbug [A]
David Norris has some Macsbug questions:

RE: "After unbin-hexing it I tried out the program and it didn't work. Is
Macsbug something like a settings file for a commercial product (Macsbugs
preferences file looked kind of like a res-edit file). If not what else to
I need. I'm not even so sure what Macsbug is exactly."

Macsbug isn't a program. It's a debugger, which makes it possible for
programmers to very closely monitor the activities of programs they are
writing.

Users (i.e., non-programmers) generally have little use for Macsbug. Many
use it for one thing, though: crash recovery. When an application crashes
and Macsbug is installed, a special screen (usually) appears. This screen
lets programmers do special things to find the source of the crash (if
they're lucky). Users who install Macsbug can take advantage of its macros
to do three things:

Type  what it does
====  ============
ES    Returns you to the Finder, kicking the crashed application out of
memory
RS    Restarts, leaving mounted volumes (usually) closed down properly
RB    Reboots, leaving only the startup volume closed down properly

There's also "EA", which you needn't bother using. ;) And "G" tells
Macsbug to continue executing the application, which is useful when bad
programmers put debugger calls in their code.

In summation, Macsbug isn't an application. Just install it and forget it
until you crash.

Robert

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

Date: 14 May 1993 16:54:39 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macsbug on Centris [A]

Macsbug on Centris [A]
Harald Herchen commented about his problems with Macsbug on a Centris.

I am almost sure Centris users need to get the new version, 6.3, which is
available as a beta on developer CDROMs. I _think_ I even saw it on
ftp.apple.com.

Robert

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 09:28:39 +0200
From: "Olaf F. Normann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTCP -Old Version and System 7.1 - seems to work fine

Hello:

A.D'[e-mail] writes:
> I have been using the old version of MacTCP (1.1) with System 7.1 without
> any system crashes! ....... Anybody discovered any
> problems? What does the new version of MacTCP offer.

We too have been using MAcTCP v.1.1 on several Mac types with sys.7.1 without
any problems.
I have heard that it is only some few new Mac types with sys7.1 which actually
need MacTCP v.1.1.1
Maybe it is not 32 bit clean? We run our macs in 24 bit mode.

-olaf

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 19:53:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacWeek comments on Cyclone

Howdy folks,

    This is a question regarding comments made in MacWeek (10/May/93, page
110) concerning the Cyclone.  Actually, there is a hole in a paragraph
which interests me.  To wit:

>       "Oh, the multimedia types are, for the pmost part, suitably
>       impressed with Apple's fresh, new CISC Mac.  But the graphics
>       and publishing audience greeted the seed units with a
>       collective yawn.  What they want more closely resembles a
>       Quad 950 running at 40 MHz."

    I was really under the impression that the Cyclone was going to be
a real barn-stormer due to its CISC/DSP/DMA environment.  I am confused as
to why the "graphics and publishing audience" are allegedly yawning at the
machine.  Have I been wrong in assuming that the Cyclone gives
non-multi-media functions (text scrolls, word processing speed, etc.)
speedy functions as compared to the Quad 800, for example?
    Comments would certainly be appreciated.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>


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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 14:00:00 +0000
From: WANDERER_DAVID/[e-mail]
Subject: MIDI (From PC to MAC)

Does anyone have any experience transferring midi files from
the PC to a MAC?  What software do I need to simply play a midi
file (that was generated on the PC) on a Mac?

Thanks

Dave

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 04:52:31 -0700
From: [e-mail] (David Dantowitz)
Subject: Need a pretty Mono-spaced font (commercial or otherwise)

Hi,

  I need a nice mono-spaced font for displaying table data in
  an environment where all I can do is set the font (no tabs).

  Any suggestions for either commercial, freeware or shareware
  would be appreciated.  Also, if you have the skills, how about
  a quote on creating a custom font (it there just aren't enough
  pretty ones available at the present time?)

Thanks,
    David

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 9:18:45 +0100 (BST)
From: Charlie Stross <[e-mail]>
Subject: need sumacc software

>Hi friends!
>I am from Moscow, my name is Arkady Panfilov.
>Some years ago I used sumacc sofware to write application for Macintosh.
>But today, I want use sumacc tools again. Would you please tell me where
>I can get new version of sumacc software on sumex ftp host.

>Best regards Arkady Panfilov.

You can find it in
src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/computing/systems/mac/sumacc

(src.doc.ic.ac.uk is the UK academic public domain software repository;
IP number is 146.169.2.1)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlie Stross aka [e-mail] .....




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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 16:58:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: Opinion on ACT! and PowerTrax 1.2 (Q)

I am looking for opinions on ACT! for Mactintosh and PowerTrax 1.2.
Specifically, I want to know how these two programs handle activity log (I
am interesting more in pass activity log), if the activities can both
display in calender view and contact database view.

In the ad for PowerTrax 1.2, it mentions about relational contact database.
 What does it mean?  What does it do?  What kind of relational function
does it do?  Do it relate to the events in calender?

Thank you very much.

Tim

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 12:35:37 +0200
From: Vecoven Frederic <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal LaserWriter LS

Hello everyone !!

I recently saw in info-mac questions about connecting a Personal Laser
LS on a net. I have found a solution, which works great. Here is what to
do :
- Say the laser is connected to the Mac A, and Mac B wants to print.
- Mac B prints the document, with background printing ON. The printmonitor
will flash the application menu (notification) to tell you that an error
occured, and the doc couldn't be printed. DO NOT SWITCH TO PRINTMONITOR.
Instead, open the folder 'PrintMonitor documents', where you will find a
file named 'Spool File x'. If the icon is crossed, you have to change the
type 'xjob' to 'pjob' manually (using ResEdit, or a drop-app such as
TypeConvertor). With AppleShare, open the system folder of Mac A and copy
the 'Spool File x' into the printmonitor folder of Mac A.
- That's all !!! Mac A will print the file.

I am interested to know if there are other solutions (such as StyleWriter
II).

Another question : How can I change the name of my printer ??? (If there is
an utility, please tell where to download it.)


Thanks.
Frederic Vecoven ([e-mail])

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

Date: 14 May 1993 04:25:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: Postscript files on a mac

[e-mail] writes:

>My problem: I want to make a .ps file with my mac that is reasonably
>portable.

You should check out the ChunkIt utility found at the finer Mac archive
sites.  Some brain-dead printers or operating systems can't handle files
with > 256 characters.

ChunkIt is able to divide any really long lines into smaller pieces so
that every printer and OS we have bumped into had no problems with the
PS file after it was "chunked".

-- Pat ----------------------------------> [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 16:45:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Larry Pickett)
Subject: powerbooks, networking, efficiency (Q)

We have a classroom set up with 55+/- powerbook 145's.  In looking for
network solutions we were not happy with the scsi connected ethernet
solutions because of the possibility for those large connections to fall
out, bang up upaginst the protruding front of the desk (I didn't design the
desks), the short cords going from the pb to the connector box etc.  We
decided to try a AppleTalk solution using a series of small zones (6).
This has not been a success.  Perhaps the zones are not small enough (8-10
Mac's per).  Perhaps the arrangement isn't smart (daisy chained vs.
staggering the zones between adjecent mac's better?, given the room is
probably rarely full).  Does anyone have any words of wisdom to help get
these PB's better connected?  How many PB's within zone before accessing a
1MB file is an unbearable task?  What is the best way (hardware supporting
multiple zones?) to route from the AT zones to Ethernet, or TokenRing for
that matter?  Does anyone have any experience with optimising this type of
setup?  Should we putup with the EtherNet connectors and go that route?
What's the breakage factor?  How robust are those connectors?  Will they
stand up under classroom & student abuse or constantly come lose.

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

Date: 15 May 93 02:18:09 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Erik. A Speckman)
Subject: PowerPC Strategy, was Re: Upgrades to PowerPC

In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] ( Celestian) writes:
>
>Do you suppose that the C610 will be upgradable to the same model PowerPC as
>the Q800 and C650? If yes, then it will have to cost more, right?
>
>How do you suppose Apple decides which machines it will offer upgrades for
>and which ones it will leave in the dust? I don't think it has an awful lot
>to do with how many units are in service since there were many Q700s sold
>and it appears there will be no upgrade for them.
>
>John

I think that there will probably be at least three basic models of the
Power PC relesed initially -- one model for each case style.  I suspect the
PowerPC models will be differentiated from each other in much the same way
that the current C610, C650 and Q800 are differentiated from each other,
i.e. speed and expansion capability.

I can only speculate as to how Apple decided which models to support for
PowerPC upgrades but it seems pretty obvious to me that all of the
machines mentioned in the various press releases are housed in new case
designs released since last fall.  The Q700 case is really just a
derivative of the IIci case. Apple is not going to produce a new
motehrboard just to support an old form factor.

The reason Apple has decided to abandon such popular form factors is not
clear but I suspect it has somthing to do with the new direction Apple is
taking. I think that it is somehow significant that these new machines all
come in cases which have room for at least one externally accessable
storage device.  I can also speculate that the new cases are cheaper to
produce than the cases they replace. Just as an exaple.  The spray-on
metallic coating found inside the plastic case of the IIsi, IIci and Q700
is necessary for RF sheilding but it is expensive.  The C610 has a
plastic case with a sheet metal insert for sheilding. This sort of
thing is important as Apple moves to cut costs in order to cut prices and
increase sales volume.

What I wonder is exactly how Apple is going to impliment the PowerPC macs.
Currently the 601 chip ships in 50MHz and 66MHz versions.  Who knows what
speeds will be shipping in volume when the PowerPC macs ship next year but
I am sure Apple will use the fastest chips they can get in large amounts

There are still alot of unanswered questions.

Will all of the machines have a secondary cache or will this only be used
to boost the performance of the high end machines?

In order to get the best advantage out of the RISC processor I suspect the
machines will take advantage of the DMA I/O architechure that will debut
in the Cyclone/Tempest systems this summer.

I would also guess that they will use some form of the interleaved memory
found in the C650 and Q800, but what will the relationship be between
processor speed and memory speed?

The 601 bus can operate at various fractions of the core speed, sort of
like the idea of a clock doubled 486, but more flexable.  Will the system
bus of the higher end machines operate at a larger fraction of CPU core
speed than the lower end systems?

There are all sorts of ways Apple can cast the CPU/sytem interface to
balance price and performance.  What do other people think they will do?
What do you thing they should do?



--
 -Erik [e-mail]-

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 93 0:09:19 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Problem with EndNote Plus (A)

As some of you may recall, I had problems printing a library using the
application EndNote.  I kept getting the message "Resource not found".
In addition, the message was often followed by a crash.

Several people suggested that I get in touch with Avi Rappoport at Niles &
Associates. So, I did. Avi was very helpful and quick to answer my Email. She
suggested that I update to version 1.3 of the application - for free BTW.

A few days ago, I received my upgrade my snail mail and to my surprise the
problem still persisted. After several brainstorming sessions on my Mac I
finally discovered the problem. It turns out that the problem was caused
by the simple fact that my Journal file was in the EndNote folder and not
in the Styles folder. According to Avi Rappoport, this is not a standard
configuration. In other words, the Journal file should work when in the
Endnote folder. This explains why it is not documented in the manual.

I hope that this information will be helpful to others. BTW, I'm curious
to find out if your Journal file works well when outside the Styles folder.
I would appreciate feeback on this matter from those using EndNote and
printing abbreviated journal names.

Finally, thanks to all those netters who took the time to reply to my
question. It is proof that Info-Mac is still viable.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 14:29:32 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael LeBlanc)
Subject: Protest IIvi Cancellation

Mr. Frank Lechner wrote:

>If you purchased a vi, I hope you will join me in protesting in the strongest
>>possible terms to Apple. The only way in which I think Apple can make
this...
>

then Lance K. Chun wrote:

>_I_ am so sick and tired of people who bitch about their CHEAP little Mac's
>>being so expensive and quickly outdated. You want to hear some REAL
>stories...

I've owned a Macintosh 128, a Mac II, and now a IIvi (my wife's, actually).
 When I bought all those machines I expected that others would come along
that would be better and cheaper, but Apple (Canada) really laid an egg
with the IIvi.  It's not that it's a bad machine.  It works well.  It's
just that the IIvi was DISCONTINUED and replaced by the LCIII on the low
end and the Centris on the high end.  The Centris 650 is at least 4 times
as fast as the vi, for not much more.  Apple Canada would have been wise
not to have released this machine.  Maybe Cupertino led them to think that
this was a machine Apple was committed to.

Anyway, what's done is done, and to their credit Apple Canada is offering
an upgrade from the IIvi or IIvx to the Centris 650 for around $1500 CDN
(that's what I hear-- I haven't seen this in print).  So if you want you
can have that new machine for cheap without dumping your old one.


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

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

Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 13:03 EST
From: MACLINK/PC GREAT <[e-mail]>
Subject: QUICKTEL Xeba - What settings for connection w/ZOOM

Dear Netters,
I have a QuickTel Xeba 9600/9600 XV that has a lot of trouble hooking up with
a ZOOM 14,400 modem.  The negotiation process is so bad that most of the time
a minute of negotiating takes place and a No connection jumps onto my screen.
2400 BAUD I get in as no negotiation has to take place, but at 9600....

Hardware/Software at my place
QuickTel 9600 BAUD  AT\N1 ATN1 AT&K5 AT&K3 AT&K4 all tried.
Mac LC
Zterm 0.9 VT100 Emulation Xon/Xoff Hardware Handshake
Extensions off
System 7.0.0

ZOOM is a modem
hooked into a VAX/VMS server
Internet hooked into VAX/VMS
Ethernet also hooked into server
as well as separate 2400 BAUD modem.

Sometimes the negotiation works, but rarely, only 10 logins out 200 trials in
10 days.  All the successful settings are also unsuccessful at times too.
This means most of th time I can't get into the serverr at 9600 BAUD.  Please
let me know of any settings that can help?

Thank you.

Sincerely,

ABRODY @ CLARKU

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

Date: 14 May 1993 16:30:38 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickTime 1.6 press release

QuickTime 1.6 press release [A]
Richard Lim asks...

RE: "All well and good, but the press release (Digest #100) doesn't say a
thing
about the mysterious new Apple Component Video codec!"

I'm guessing here, so don't hold me to this.

(Warning: A really basic explanation of the Component Manager follows. If
you understand the CM, you can probably skip this message.)

Along with Apple events, Apple quietly introduced something called the
Component Manager.

What's the Component Manager? The theory is this: many applications offer
similar functionality such as compression/decompression. A developer can
write a CM-compatible application and other applications can take
advantage of the developer's work. It's a way for applications to use each
other's functionality, basically.

The way I understand it is this: a developer configures her software to
register itself with the Component Manager as, say, a "data compressor."
Applications which need to compress some data can call on the CM and say,
"Hey, is there a piece of software registered as a data compression
component? Yes? Cool. Here's some data. Hand it to that component and
return me the compressed version."

I'm guessing the Video Codec (which, if I remember correctly, stand for
"COmpressor/DECompressor") is such a component.

Robert

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 10:20 N
From: <[e-mail]> (Daniel Wismer)
Subject: RevRdist, interval/junk lifetimes dialog fields are weird

A question to other RevRdist users:
I have configured this stunning program for our lab, but I am having big
troubles with editing the numbers in the Prefs dialog:
I enter '23:00' into the field 'Update Interval' and on exiting the field it
changes to '4000', then, when I click on the field to change the value again,
it changes to zero.
I managed to set the disk space threshold to '2000000', but the three time
fields change the entered value on leaving and entering (I can enter '1 00:00'
or '24:00' or '86400', the value gets changed).  I tried it with the Swiss
German and the U.S. date and time settings (System 7.1, all extensions off).
For the moment, I solved the problem by changing the values in ResEdit.

Weird to work with these dialog fields.

Dan Wismer      University of Fribourg, Switzerland

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 08:09:39 HAE
From: Denis Gauthier <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sending apple event

Hello from Quebec

What is the best application ( freeware or ...) to send apple event
to another application ?

( I would sent AE to Omnis 7 and Mapinfo)

Denis Gauthier
Services a la clientele
Universite Laval
[e-mail]   or   [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 12:51:51 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Peter D. Esser Ph.D.)
Subject: setting version number for a document file

I am looking for a drag 'n drop application to set the verion number on a
document file.  (I know ResEdit can set it.)  Can anyone recommend one?

Thanks,
Peter D. Esser Ph.D.

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 17:35:51 EDT
From: Jean-Pierre Gattuso <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sharing a modem on a network

I would like to share a modem (Teleport gold, global village) on an Appletalk
Network. I would be grateful to have comments of anyone using PortShare Pro or
any other similar software.

Thanks in advance,
J.-P. Gattuso ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 14:47:16 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Scott Allen Gruby)
Subject: STF email address

I am looking for STF Technologies email address if they have one. I have
checked the vendor emails file and did not find it. If anyone has it,
please send me email or put it in the digest.

Thanks.

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

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 20:09:48 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: SuperCard advice needed... (A)

>     Does anyone have suggestions for good, easy to read and understand,
>     SuperCard reference books?  I have been using HyperCard for a while
>     and would like to see what kind of "enhanced" features SuperCard
>     supports.

I called the Computer Literacy Bookshop and had them send me every
SuperCard book they had. Recommended. They even have an internet account:
[e-mail]
or phone:
408-435-1118

Kee Nethery

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Date: 14 May 93 23:34:22 -0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: The future of 680x0 in Apple computers

On the comp.sys.68K group, a detailed description of the 68060 was posted
by a Motorola employee. The key points, to my mind, are 3 - 3.5 x performance
of a 25 MHz 68040, and 3.3V design with power-saving functions. Note that this
is a 50MHz part. But heck, this chip seems damned complicated!!

Does the 68060 have a future with Apple? Apple has stated that they will
continue to make 680x0 machines: "we clearly anticipate introducing new
680x0 desktop, portable, and low-cost systems well after the initial release
of RISC-based systems" (Blueprint for the Decade, 8).

Me...I just can't see it. PowerPC development seems to be going without a
hitch, with higher speeds achieved that anticipated. Plus, the part is cheap
to make. At the release of the first PowerPC machine, most major applications
should have been recompiled in native RISC to take advantage fo the power of
the new chip. Where do 680x0 machines fit into this picture? I heard that
prices for the 601 could go below $100...where does that leave the 68040, or
even the 68030 for that matter, in the 'low end'?

If the 68060 is out early in 1994, I could see it being an excellent performer
in a PowerBook or Duo. But in a desktop machine??

When will we see the last 680x0 machine from Apple? My guess -- end of 94/
beginning of 95.

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

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 03:20:54 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eric H Seale)
Subject: Ultrabook, Color Screens

[e-mail] writes:

>I took a glimpse at a MacUser in January seeing some mention of an
"Ultrabook"?
>Active-Matrix display, Color, and made by Apple?

The first part is right (active matrix color powerbook); the second part
isn't (made by Apple).  Mac User took (conceptually) a PB180, found out
how much it would cost to add active matrix color, a PCMCIA slot, etc.
The bottom line: if you wanna do it yourself, be prepared to spend tens
of thousands of dollars.

Last I heard, tho, Apple is working on an active-matrix color powerbook
-- on the streets this Summer/Fall, maybe...

Eric Seale
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 May 1993 09:31:11 U
From: "Kaufman Peter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wyse50 or TV950/925 emulation for mac?(A)

To: "Info-Mac" <[e-mail]>

>>Help!
>>Does anyone know of any terminal emulation software or tools (public
>>domain or commercial) that can emulate either a wyse50 of >>televideo925
terminal? I need to access a program on our unix server >>that is
hard-codedfor
only those two terminals. Please drop me a line >>if you know of such a
thing.

I think the program MacEmulate does what you're looking for.
CornerStone Data, Anaheim CA
[phone]
[phone]

Peter Kaufman
The Boston Consulting Group

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 09:52:43 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac postings

Chris Culy correctly noted in email that I had failed to make
my biases completely up front in my postings about ZiffNet/Mac
and the MacUser utility of the month. He's quite right,
although it's not quite like it appears.

I wrote four installments of the Beating the System column with
the last one appearing in the June issue. Then they reorganized
the magazine and deleted my column (which I was not terribly
pleased about, but such is life). They did ask me to write one
article for the column that is replacing Beating the System,
and I did that several months back. That article, on QuicKeys,
will appear in the August issue. Incidently, I haven't even
been paid for that article yet. So the link with MacUser is not
particularly there any more.

But that's not all. (Oh, the shame! :-)) My standard policy with
TidBITS is that commercial services have to trade me a free
account for me to upload to them every week. I have such
agreements with AOL, BIX, Delphi, and ZiffNet/Mac. I've been
offered a free CompuServe account, but since that provides
nothing beyond my free ZiffNet/Mac account, I didn't take them
up on it at that time. As a result, I see all the services on
their merits alone, regardless of cost (and don't get me
started on interface issues, since they're all pretty much
mediocre to bad once you remove cost from the equation). I also
pretty much treat all the services the same in my mind. So what
it comes down to is that I know a lot of the people on
ZiffNet/Mac, I've talked to them about the licensing issues in
relation to an article I'm writing on these utilities (like it
or not, it's an interesting and different method of
distributing software, and they do a good job), and I see no
reason why we should abuse their clear and explicit license
agreement "This software may not be uploaded elsewhere."

In fact, when I first started looking at some of these utilities
after I realized they were being uploaded to the Internet, I
noticed that the license agreement on the some of the early
ones was not particularly clearly worded. It had the same
restrictions, but it was harder to tell. I mentioned that to
the ZiffNet/Mac manager, Ben Templin, because I knew this was
going to come up and it didn't do anyone any good to have an
ambiguous license agreement that didn't say what they meant.
They subsequently reworded it to make their intentions clear.

Also keep in mind that I'm being a pain about this to protect
sumex and the reputation of the Internet. Suffice it to say
that Ziff-Davis Publishing has a lot more lawyers than sumex,
and if Ziff-Davis wanted to make life difficult for our most
excellent moderators, they could. I don't want to see anything
jeopardize sumex, and I don't want to see something like this
sully the reputation of the nets. Too many uninformed people
already think that software is pirated over the net all the
time. Since I know precisely what the deal is with the
ZiffNet/Mac licensing agreement, I can't let others' confusion
endanger the net resources we all rely on.

cheers ... Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor

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Date: Fri, 14 May 93 08:54:33 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac utilities

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I couldn't agree more. How can it be shareware/freeware if you have to pay
> (a subscription) to even try it out.

They aren't shareware/freeware and don't pretend to be.

> This system of distribution also means that it is only readily available to
> people in the USA as even though I am a MacUser subscriber trans atlantic
> downloading via modem is hardly a viable option.

That's unfortunate, although I don't believe it's necessary since
there are Australian hookups to CIS there. I talk to the editor of
Australian Macworld on CIS and he's not dialing across the Atlantic.

> It seemed to me pretty weird that I could get the 7.01 compatible version
> of HideAlways via sumex but could only get the 7.1 version from Ziffnet.

That's because the 7.01 compatible version shouldn't have been at
sumex either. :-)

> It's bad enough having to pay for System 7.1 without having such difficulty
> getting 7.1 compatible versions of simple utilities.

I hope my previous post explained why they do this. They pay for the
utilities to be developed, so they can restrict the distribution in
whatever way they want.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 14 May 1993 16:58:09 U
From: "Robert Hess" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Zmodem [A]

Zmodem [A]
Dwight Lemke asked if Zmodem offers any advantages over Kermit when
communicating with a VAX system.

Zmodem ought to offer some speed advantages, as well as offering the
ability to resume aborted file transfers.

Robert

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