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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 19 May 93       Volume 11 : Issue 105

Today's Topics:

      [*] CMaster 1.09 to 1.21 updater
      (Q) any pd/shareware/commercial slip SERVERS for the mac
      1)Mac compatability with WP-DOS  2)bibliographic software
      1984 movie needed (Q)
      68040 Accelerators for the SE/30  (Q)
      Adobe TypeAlign 1.05
      announcing release of MacLayers v1.30, multi-window terminal emulation
      AppleLink address for Quark
      Bugs: QT 1.6 vs Now Toolbox 4.0.1p
      CD Remote and MacProject Pro (Q)
      Centris CD ROM Drive - Front Panel (Q)
      Centris CD sound (A)
      Comment on IIvi cancellation
      converting TT fonts to windoze (A)
      Directories and subdirectories
      EMERGENCY! DATA RECOVERY HELP NEEDED (Q)
      Endnote Journals File
      Error -39 Wierdness
      Error codes for PS Printers
      Help! Where is Thread Manager Extension? (A) (2 msgs)
      Info-Mac Digest
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #104 (5 msgs)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #98
      Info wanted about Discless Mac
      Keyboard Layouts
      Laser Driver 8.0?
      MacEqn
      MacWrite Pro Tables (Q)
      Mitsubishi Video Copy Processor
      Monitors
      my post re: c.s.m.scitech vote
      NEC CDR-37 Problems
      Nisus demo site (and is it better than Word)? (A)
      Ping for Macs?
      Problems with MACSERVE server
      quitting Finder (Q) (2 msgs)
      Respect for Copyright - Law and Ethics
      Shortening dates form in "View by Name" windows
      SoundMaster's sounds
      SuperClock! 4.0.4 still stomps on Timbuktu
      Switches for mice (Q)
      System folder protection
      TCP/IP XCMD Needed
      Text-Edit (reviewed in TidBits) Q
      The location of Thread Manager extension (A)
      Thread Manager
      TrueType and non-proportional fonts
      TurboGopher Bookmark Longforms (A)
      upgrade Centris 610 cpu
      ZiffNet/Mac Software (c)

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Date: 20 May 1993 00:10:35 -0600
From: "pfterry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] CMaster 1.09 to 1.21 updater

Here's the latest CMaster updater.

(for the wonderful Think C editor enhancement. You must have this utility
 if you use Think C. -Bill)

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/cmaster-121-updater.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 22:40:06 PDT
From: J Carlyle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) any pd/shareware/commercial slip SERVERS for the mac

    The subject says it -- I've seen the pd? application macppp and
Versaterm's slip client but are there any slip SERVERS available for the mac
(that would work w/MacTCP, commtoolbox, etc.).  The setup would be a centris
650 connected to a 10baseT ethernet connection w/a high speed modem on the
serial port (e.g. 14400).  Thanks in advance for any replies (can reply
to the digest or to me at [e-mail])

                    Jay Carlyle

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 17:49:45 CDT
From: "Joe Stanford, MD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1)Mac compatability with WP-DOS  2)bibliographic software

I am writing with two questions:
1) to request info on bibliographic software for the Macintosh.  I would
particularly appreciate info on Reference Manager (Mac version) vs.  End
Note (Mac version).  I am currently using Reference Manager, DOS version,
and I like it a lot, except for the very irritating feature that the program
allows only one database to be larger than 200 references.  I am moving next
month to a new job in Salt Lake City and will be purchasing a Mac, and need
to transfer my Reference Manager (DOS) files to a new program (Ref Manager
Mac or End Note Mac or ?)  at that time.
please respond to me privately at the address below because I am not a
member of this list.

2) I would like input on the issue of which word processor on the Mac would be
best compatible with DOS-word perfect files (version 5.1).

I will need to transfer my Word Perfect (DOS) files to a new program (Word
Perfect Mac version or Microsoft Word or ?).  I have mostly text-only files,
but also some figures and tables in Word Perfect (DOS) format.  I have tons
of these documents, so ease and speed of transfer (as well as accuracy) are
an issue.  I also will need to be able to convert my MAC documents back into
DOS Word Perfect documents for compatability with some of my coworkers.

Please respond to me PRIVATELY at the address below, since I am not a member
of this list.   Thank you very much.

Joe Stanford                                   Family-L listserv owner
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 16:10:01 +0200
From: Jean-Claude Arnouil <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1984 movie needed (Q)


  A few weeks ago, I saw a very nice Quicktime movie who was named
1984 or something like that.
  It was about the introduction of the macintosh in 1984 in a world
dominated by a Big B... Brother.
  Does some one on this better world have got it ??
  I remenber the size was about 4-6 Mb, so if you have it let me know
and we could find the apropriate method to download it.

  Thank you ++++

  - Jean-Claude Arnouil

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 14:26:15 MEZ
From: "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: 68040 Accelerators for the SE/30  (Q)

    We are currently considering to upgrade Macintosh SE/30's with 68040
accelerators. The machines will be used primarily to run Mathematica, a
symbolic
computer algebra system, and to develop and run Fortran programs under MPW and
Language Systems Fortran (number crunching).
    In addition to a substantial performance boost for the tasks
    described,
compatibility with other applications is an issue. Our SE/30's are running in
various configurations, i.e. networked under Apple Talk or Ethernet to other
Mac's or Unix workstations. One SE/30 has a Xceed video card with internal
grey
scale adapter. In the future, we might want to install a 13" or 16" color
monitor in another SE/30.
    Do you have experience with any of the available 040 accelerators?
    Specific
data on real-world-performance for tasks similar to the ones described above
and
benchmark results, preferentially compared to Macintosh Quadra systems, will
be
highly appreciated.
    (BTW, I was disapointed by the recent review of accelerators in the
    April issue
of Mac User which only reported lumped performance figures, didn't provide an
absolute comparison, had very little technical information, and, due to long
lead times, was already partially obsolete at the time of appearance when 040
accelerators were available)
    If I receive enough information, I'll prepare a report on high-end
    acceleration
for the SE/30.

THE SE/30 WAS A GREAT MACHINE AT THE TIME. I WISH APPLE WOULD SELL AN SE/40
UPGRADE WITH QUADRA-800 PERFORMANCE!

Thank you very much in advance!

Stefan

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 9:39:46 EDT
From: Shaw Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: Adobe TypeAlign 1.05

Hi fellow netters,

I have this really strange problem.

Whenever I print out something with Adobe TypeAlign 1.05 (whether
it be something processed by it and pasted to another app such as
Word 5.1a or printed directly from the DA), I get a bunch of garbage
as output on the printer (literally...looks like garbage..:-). On
screen, everything looks fine (curved type and the works...:-).

I'm using Adobe Type Manager 3.0 along with an Apple Personal LaserWriter
LS with 7.2 driver software.

I'm doing this on a Quadra 700 (this shouldn't make a difference..
but you never know...).

Anyhow, somebody please help me...because this is getting frustrating...
I've tried all different combinations...with different driver software,
putting the TypeAlign 'loose' in the system folder, in the extensions
folder, with caches turned off, etc.

I have to create curved type for my job.


Thanks in advance.

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

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 23:50:19 -0700
From: Eric Rosen <[e-mail]>
Subject: announcing release of MacLayers v1.30, multi-window terminal
emulation

    [ the definitive archive site for the latest version of
      MacLayers is RASCAL.ICS.UTEXAS.EDU where you can find
      both the latest and the outdated versions of MacLayers.
      version 1.0 runs on the Mac 512, version 1.10 requires
      at least the 128k ROMs of the 512e model...  Of you know
      of FTPable sites (or other) which offer outdated versions
      to users, please take a moment to contact the site-admin
      and ask them to update or, at least, remove the outdated
      files and install a text file pointing to the RASAL archives ]


              Announcing MacLayers v1.30
                17 May, 1993

                   Summary
                   -------

     A new version of the MacLayers multi-window terminal emulator for
     UNIX systems is available by anonymous ftp to rascal.ics.utexas.edu
     [128.83.138.20].  Please access Rascal during off-peak hours.  Look
     in mac/communications/MacLayers.

     The following is an abridged list of the major new features
     since v1.20 of MacLayers; for complete information, see the
     MacLayers Manual included with the Macintosh side of MacLayers:

       *  The UNIX side has been ported to run on the following
          platforms:

           o SunOS (and other BSD hosts)
           o Sequent Balance and Symmetry
           o IBM AIX Release 3.2 (RS/6000 only)
           o SGI IRIX Release 4.0.5 System V
           o DEC ULTRIX Release V4.2A
           o Apple A/UX v3.0  (requires gcc)
           o SVR4 Hosts
           o NeXT Software Release 1.0, 2.1, and 3.0

       *  Support for a UNIX side .layersrc file to automatically
          startup and place additional windows when layers mode
          is started.

       *  Separate user settings and logfiles; each can be
          saved independently from the other; settings act
          as startup documents. Previous combined approach has
          been abandoned.

       *  Improved/reorganized keyboard support. System 7 users
          should install the included MacLayers Keyboard in their
          System.

       *  Longer dial strings, mouse support under emacs, new
          Finder icons, and more ...


     In addition, the Macintosh side MacLayers Manual and the UNIX
     side man pages have been updated.



                 About MacLayers
                 ---------------

     MacLayers is a vt100 terminal emulator that allows multiple
     terminal windows to be opened to a host simultaneously over a
     single serial connection.  The remote host computer must be a
     UNIX(TM) system which has sockets support. Each terminal window
     may be associated with a shell, login to a different host, or an
     individual command. Complete facilities are available for
     controlling the window and the associated host processes attached
     thereto.

     MacLayers is free for all to use, but is not in the public
     domain.  You may not sell MacLayers or any program derived from
     it.

                * * * * * * *

     You will need two files: one containing source to be compiled on a
     UNIX host, the other containing the Macintosh application and
     documentation. Please read the enclosed documentation before sending
     comments to [e-mail].

Enjoy!

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Date: 19 May 1993 16:58:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AppleLink address for Quark

Hi Netters,

Can someone supply me with the AppleLink address for Quark.

Cheers,
Tom Mahon
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 23:35:23 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bugs: QT 1.6 vs Now Toolbox 4.0.1p

I just spent a day thrashing with a bug and tracked it down to what appears
to be a conflict between QuickTime 1.6 and the Now Toolbox 4.0.1p.  I
mentioned this to DTS only to find that they know about it (found 2 days
after QuickTime 1.6 went final).  Too bad no one told me, but I'm going to
tell you so that you don't waste your time like I did.

I don't have specifics and I gather that the QuickTime guys are the only
ones who really understand what is happening, but essentially the bug causes
the System to hang when resolving an alias that mounts a network volume.  A
common example is if you double click an alias in the Finder, you log in,
the window displays and then it hangs with a non-spinning watch; or you drag
a file onto an alias and get the login dialog, only to hang there.  It would
actually hang the remote machine too.  Ugly!

I tracked it down to QuickTime 1.6 and DTS filled in the part about Now
Toolbox.  Apparently they don't think this bug will hit many people, but it
hit both my fx and my Quadra 900.  Luckily I merely had to revert to
QuickTime 1.5 (I need SuperBoomerang more than QT 1.6 and I use none of the
other Now 4.0 Utilities).

I'm telling you all this for several reasons.  One, I don't want you to have
to painfully thrash like I did.  Two, I'm hoping a little public awareness
will inspire a fix to either Now Toolbox (which has its fingers in way too
much stuff for my taste) or QuickTime if the problem is more widespread than
they suspect.  I would love a simple standalone Boomerang like the old days!

The motto here is, basically, watch yourself.  If you upgrade to 1.6, try
opening some aliases before assuming everything went well.  Post a note if
upgrading doesn't go well so we can all share in the misery.

Jon

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 09:16 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CD Remote and MacProject Pro (Q)

Greetings,
    Several of us have Centris 650s and are experiencing some
incompatability between the CD Remote utility (it plays audio CDs via the Mac
speaker) while using MacProject Pro.

    Whenever an audio CD is playing, MacProject Pro will crash in
different ways.  They include Just Quitting, Freezing the Cursor, Application
Unknown has Quit (for various reasons) and One-Way Trip to MacsBug.
MacProject Pro runs fine if an audio CD is not running.

    Has anyone else had similar experiences?  I'm trying to gather some
more data before whining to Claris.  (Unless Claris is listening now?)

- Ed

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 09:25 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Centris CD ROM Drive - Front Panel (Q)

Greetings,
    Does anyone know how to get the CD ROM on a Centris 650 to recognize
the stuff on the front panel?   There's a section of the Centris case that
covers the CD drive (except for the slot, of course).  If you pop this section
of the case off (there's two plastic clips that hold it on), you reveal 1) an
"access LED" that shows when the drive is being read and when there's a disc
present; 2) an eject button; 3) volume control (presumably for the earphone
jack; and 4) the earpone jack.  I can't figger out how to get the earphone
jack and volume control to work and the eject button doesn't work, either.

    Any help?  I'd like to use earphones for the CD, but don't want to
hear the Mac sounds through them.  I don't particularly care about the eject
button.

- Ed

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Date: Wed May 19 16:05:51 1993
From: [e-mail] (David Wechsler)
Subject: Centris CD sound (A)

Hello netters

In Info-mac 11/103 I give a solution for the audio CD recording problem on an
Centris.

Gary Goldberg ([e-mail]) tell me a much easier way *direkt*
recording :


>You can use QT 1.6 to record Audio CD tracks
to disk at 44.1KHz/16bit without needing extra equipment. It takes
advantage of a new capability built in to the CD300 and CD300i.

To try this, run any QuickTime program on your Centris like Adobe Premiere,
Simple Player or MoviePlayer. (SimplsPlayer and MoviePlayer can be gotten
>From ftp.apple.com.) Select Open from the file menu, navigate to the
Audio CD (any music CD you've stuck into the CD300) and select any audio
track. It will prompt you for a location (disk) and name to save it
under. There will also be an Options... button where you can determine
resolution (8bit or 16bit), sample rate (11KHz, 22KHz or 44.1 KHz), mono or
stereo, and the amount to be sampled. There are two sliders that let you set
start and stop within the track. Default is to record the whole track.
Selecting Convert will sample and store the audio track as a QuickTime movie
(without
picture obviously).

At this point you can save the sound out if you have a program like Premiere
(which will save the sound as an AIFF file), or use it as is with a QuickTime
movie.
The sound is transferred to the hard drive through the SCSI bus, and it is a
feature of only the CD300s and the similar Sony unit. The resulting AIFF file
(or QT file is you don't convert) can be used anyway you want (SoundEdit will
read it, for instance). I have to warn you that if you select 16bit, 44.1KHz
stereo sound, it will sound fine but the resulting file will be HUGE. Of
course
it will sound much better than the equivalent file captured through a sound
sampling device (like the MacRecorder) because it doesn't have to go 'out' and
then 'in'.  >>


Thanxs to all folxs who have mail me!


                -David

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 9:53 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comment on IIvi cancellation

If I might comment on the comment (Digest #104), I think it's important to
remember that different Mac ranges are available in different parts of the
world.  Thus in the UK you could certainly buy an LC right up until the
end of last year; they're conceivably still in circulation from certain
authorised dealers even now.  Ditto the 68000 Classic.  So there's more
continuity in the product line in some places than in others

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 16:05:33 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: converting TT fonts to windoze (A)

  Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. I would suggest ftping:

/info-mac/util/TT-converter.hqx
/info-mac/util/font-clerk.hqx

don't look for exactly those file names, it's an approximation.

TT converter seemed to work okay with a few fonts, but when my friend
installed them in his windows system (that worked okay), trying to use
them causes a system crash.

So I tried FontClerk, which required me to install the fonts in my syste,
something I didn't want to do, but it converted them no problem.

So the reliable method is more of a pain, but works fine.

thanks again...

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: Wed, 19 May 93 22:57:11 CDT
From: "Carlton Hogan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Directories and subdirectories

As a frequent Sumex user, I very much appreciate what must have been a huge
effort reclassifying a number of the Info-Mac directories. However, I need
to ask you to go a little further: The "apps" directory is still longer
ythan the entire scrollback limit on NCSA telnet. I would guess this is a
problem for many users, especially as Telnet has one of the longest scroll-
backs in any Mac Terminal package.

Thanks-
Carlton

[It is Liam Breck you should thank, as he has been the force behind this
 effort. He will correct me if I am wrong, but I think many of the files are
 still in their old directories waiting to be moved. -Bill]

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Date: 19 May 1993 07:19:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Steven Hodas)
Subject: EMERGENCY! DATA RECOVERY HELP NEEDED (Q)

Is it possible to still recover data from a hard drive whose case has been
opened to expose the platters? Can you recommend any particular companies
for data recovery? About how much does it cost?

Steven


P.S. Details of annoying, pathetic story follow:

A friend of mine, not very experienced with her Mac, was having problems
with her hard drive that sounded very much like stiction. She wasn't
comfortable with removing the drive herself, much less banging it on the
table or twisting it. I happened to have an extra 80mb Quantum sitting
around, so I told her to box up her Mac and send it to me, along with her
most recent set of backup disks, and I would swap the drive and restore
her data.

The box arrives and, sure enough, it's stiction. Rather than trying to
bang and twist it into one last boot I swap in the replacement Quantum,
reformat, and everything's cool. While it's doing the install thing I
dissect the old drive: take the circuit board off and open it up. I play
with the head armature, solenoid, motor and stuff, but don't touch the
platters.

Now it's time to restore from her backup disks. Hmmm...even though she
doesn't back up her apps it seems like there should be more than 12 DD
disks for a Redux (uncompressed) backup of a 40mb drive. Sure enough, the
backup contains only her font folder. My friend is a young, struggling,
freelance writer just beginning to fing success. Her entire career's worth
of work, including stories, works-in-progress, contracts, letters, and
contact info is on the platters I have just exposed to the cruel,
unhermetic world.

Say it ain't so. Direct me to a data-recovery service that can restore her
digital life. And please, be careful out there.

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 10:39:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Endnote Journals File

In #102, Leo G. Leduc wondered about the placement of the Endnote Journals
file, and he inquired:

> 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.

Well, my Journals File is neither in the Endnote Folder, nor in the Styles
Folder, but in a general-purpose Word Processing Aids Folder, wich contains
the Styles Folder as well as a folder full of specialized libraries, but
the Endnote program itself is not even on the same volume.

Regards,
Herb K

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Date: 19 May 1993 09:19:33 U
From: "Lauger.John" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Error -39 Wierdness

>David Virga <[e-mail]> writes:

>I've been experiencing a problem that I haven't been able to pin down.  Every
>so often, an application program will come up with an error code of -39 when
I
>try to launch it. [...]

>I have no strong evidence as to a specific application causing the problem,
>but if pressed, my hunch is one of my TCP/IP programs - TurboGopher 1.0.5 or
>NCSA/Telnet 2.5.  The problem seems to occur after I've been perusing the
>Internet with either or both of these. [...]

>Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon?  Any clues as to the cause?
Any
>suggestions for easier recovery?

Dave,
I was experiencing the same thing with Telnet. Error -39's on occasion in
applications after using Telnet.  I started downloading to a floppy, instead
of
the hard disk and that seemed to help.  I don't use Telnet for downloads
anymore.  Just TurboGopher and Fetch.  No problems since giving up Telnet.
This goes back a year or so ago, Telnet 2.3 something, IICX,  System 7.0,
Tuneup 1.1.1, MacTCP 1.1.

John Lauger
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 23:17:08 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Error codes for PS Printers

I am looking to compile a database of Postscript errors, causes, and
solutions, for use as a diagnostic tool. I especially would like to get
printer-specific problems, either related to the hardware, application, print
driver, or Printer Description file. Solutions are also appreciated.  I
intend on making this database available to all.  It will an excellent tool
for large DTP departments. Any submissions or comments welcome, I can be
reached at [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 00:06:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Help! Where is Thread Manager Extension? (A)

The Thread Manager Extension is in the /dts/mac/hacks directory of
ftp.apple.com with the name thread-manager-exten-1-1.hqx (or something
along those lines).  Happy hunting ;-)

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 16:05:12 -0400
From: Charles Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help! Where is Thread Manager Extension? (A)

Richard Chuo ([e-mail]) writes:

> I wonder if someone who can help me find Thread Manager extension from
> Apple? I know it's somewhere in ftp.apple.com. Thanks in advance!

Look in /dts/mac/hacks:

-rw-r-xr-x  1 mjohnson archivis   619703 May  7 11:04
                        thread-manager-exten-1-1.hqx

Regards.

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 6:30:30 MDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest

I have seen various startup screens that different people have put
together. Is it possible to use your own picture for a startup screen.
Bill Wallace
Manzano Day School
Albuquerque, NM
[e-mail]


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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 13:01:53 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #104

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>Date: Tue, 18 May 93 11:48:12 EDT
>From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
>Subject: Font conversion utils?
>
> Can anyone point me to a Mac/PC utility that will convert fonts, say
>TT fonts from Mac to Windows?
>
>Thx,
>
>Steve
>--
>|  Steve Portigal, Dep't of CIS, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1
|
>|  email: [e-mail]    Phone: [phone] ext 3580
|
>
Steve,

Look in info-mac/util for tt-converter-13.hqx.
--
Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 13:15:43 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #104

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 10:13:02 +0000
>From: [e-mail] (Kevin Quick)
>Subject: Laserwriter II Error Codes.(Q)
>
>Does anybody have a list of the errors on the II series printers that are
>shown by sequencing the led's.
>
>I ask this question because I was called to a faulty printer which showed
>two different sequences and it would have helped our maintaince engineers
>if we could have defined the fault.
>
>Kevin Quick
>Computer Support Engineer
>Faculty of Technology
>The Open University
>
>Mail by Eudora 1.3.1
>
Kevin,

Since there is limited LED error indication on a IISC/NT/NTX I'll
assume it is a IIf/g. If so there are 17 possible indications
therefore it is necessary to know if each LED is either on, off,
or flashing.
--
Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 13:33:49 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #104

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>Date: 17 May 1993 17:24:12 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: SCSI terminators (Q)
>
>I'm helping a friend with a Mac Plus and an old Dataframe 20Mb hard
>drive. She connects the drive to the Plus with the SCSI cable, which
>plugs into one of the two ports in the back of the Dataframe. She
>also has a terminator. Here are my questions:
>
>1) Should the terminator go into the other port in the back of the
>external drive? There are no other SCSI devices being used. The
>answer to this question may seem painfully obvious, but when I came
>to my friend, she had the SCSI cable plugged into the terminator,
>and the terminator plugged into the drive, leaving the other port
>open. This is how she got it from the person that sold her the Plus.
>
>2) This raises the other question: Why is it possible to plug
>something into the other end of the terminator? From the name, I
>kind of expect a terminator to be a cap, a dead end. If you wanted
>to add another SCSI device to the chain, wouldn't it be about as
>easy to remove the terminator from external device #1 before
>plugging in external device #2 as it would be simply to plug #2
>into the terminator on #1? Then you wouldn't have to buy a terminator
>for #2, or so it seems.
>
>3) If a device is improperly terminated, WHAT HAPPENS?
>
>Thanks. Please reply to me directly & I'll summarize for the Digest in
>a day or two.
>
>Will Porter / University of Houston
>[e-mail]
>
Will,

The answer to 1), 2), and 3) is the terminator was designed to
be added to either the cable end or the 2nd connector of the last
device in a SCSI chain. I prefer the latter since it takes some of
the strain off the drive connector. Normally you can get away
without terminating the first device but will need to terminate
if a 2nd or more devices are added because without it voltages
on the SCSI bus will not be within a certain range.
--
Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 14:18:36 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #104

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 15:57:00 +1000
>From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
>Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #103
>
>At  7:56pm 16/5/93 -0700, The Moderators wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 14 May 93 15:48:56 EDT
>>From: [e-mail] (Kurt White)
>>Subject: [*] dart.cpt.hqx
>>
>>DART (Disk Archive/Retrieval Tool) is an application that
>>enables you to duplicate Macintosh, Lisa, Apple II, or MS-DOS
>>disks, save disk images, and create disks from image files.
>>DART 1.5 can read disk image files in DART, DiskMaker, or Disk
>>Copy format.
>STUFF DELETED
>(For more information, please refer to the
>>DART User Manual.)
>>
>>[Archived as /info-mac/disk/dart-15.hqx; 161K]
>
>The manual is in a strange format and is unopenable from word processsors.
> Can anyone tell me what the type SIMA creator GEOL is and how I can RTFM
>
>Colin McLaughlin    [e-mail] 137.154.97.11
>University of Western Sydney  OZ   Another MFZ
>
Colin,

Reading the DART 1.5 manual requires AppleLink software as it is
in AppleLink Image format. I know of no other software which
will open it.
--
Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 11:55:54 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Danny Thomas)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #104

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:
> From: [e-mail]
> Subject: Mindmaps
>
> Hi!
> I need a program for writing/drawing mindmaps on a mac. I'm interested in
both
> public domain and commercial programs! Thanks in advance for all answers!
It might help to be a bit more specific on what a 'mindmap' is. If you are
refering to cortical maps then we too have an interest, and up till now
have been using MacDraw or Canvas but they have limitations in dividing an
object into separately fillable sub-objects.
    then again maybe you're referring to something quite different.

cheers,
Danny Thomas.

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 00:37:48 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John S. Leibovitz)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #98

In article <[e-mail]>, you wrote:
>
---
>
> Date: Sat, 8 May 93 15:38:28 GMT
> From: [e-mail] (justin m. collins)
> Subject: 2MB SIMMs in a IIci -- any problems
>
> In digest <[e-mail]>
> [e-mail] writes:
>
> >Hey!  I was just about to ask that question myself!
> >I currently have 8*1MB and wanted to move to 4*1MB and 4*2MB to bring me in
> >line with my current memory needs.  Buying 4*4MB would, of course, be
> >almost twice as expensive.
>
> >Bottom line....my Apple dealer says a thousand times 'no', they have had
> >only problems with the 2MB SIMMS and would not recommend them under any
> >circumstances.  They were going to try other sources for the SIMMS but as
> >of today....NO.
>
> Well your dealer is right but for the wrong reasons.  2 meg simms work fine
> in the IIci, but you CAN NOT use them in conjunction with 1 meg simms.  The
> problem is that the simms in the two banks must be either the same size or
> a multiple of four of the other.  What this means is that you can use
> 256k simms in one bank, and anything that is a multiple of four in the
> other bank, so like 1 meg simms, 2 meg simms, 4 meg simms, and so on, or
> if you use 1 meg simms in one bank, the other bank has to have 4 meg simms
> 8 meg simms, or 16 meg simms.  We have tried the 2 meg in one bank
> and the 1 meg in the other bank, and it just won't work.
>
> >I am, of course, still interested in getting RELIABLE 2MB SIMMS, if anyone
> >out there knows something....
>
> >mike
>
> my suggestion would be to bye the 4-4 meg simms.  In the long run you
> will probably be better off anyway.
>
> peace,
> -justin m. collins
> <[e-mail]>
>



Would using combinations of 2MB and 1MB simms cause problems over a
protracted period of time, or would the computer simply not work? I've been
using four 2MB simms and four 1MB simms (total: 12MB) in my IIci for about
a year and a half, and while I've had problems with my computer, I've
always assumed they've been software related. Should I go out and replace
my 1MB simms with 2MB simms?


John Leibovitz
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 08:40:26 EDT
From: SDIA000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info wanted about Discless Mac

Some time ago there was discussion about setting up student Mac Labs
with machines that did not have hard drives and would therefore
automatically boot from a network server on turnon.
      Is this a viable concept... ie. does it work reliably?
      What are the requirements for individual mac memory?
      What are the requirements for the file server to boot this lab?
      Is there a specific software package that handles this?

Stan Diamond
St. Lawrence Univ.
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 07:12:54 -0400
From: [e-mail] (William Homer Waits)
Subject: Keyboard Layouts

Could someone please indicate how I can remap a keyboard layout?  What I want
to do is make the enter key on the numeric keypad to the down arrow so that
it will be easier to enter in data on a spreadsheet by not having to back and
forth to the arrow keys to move down.  I am quite proficient with ResEdit,
but keyboard loyouts are new territory for me and I just wanted a little
direction.  Thanks.

--Bill

PS Please mail directly.  Thanks again.

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 18:34:49 CST
From: Akira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laser Driver 8.0?

Hello,
      I saw a post of a person that claimed to have the lated Apple Laser
drivers....i.e. 8.0.  I have been searching around for two days, and have
come up on the short end of the stick.  Does anyone know where I can find
them?
I have looked on sumex, applelink, AOL, and in ftp.apple.  I this person has
them, could he upload them to sumex so we all can join in on the joy.  YIA
(Yippeee! in advance)


Akira

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 10:57:14 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: MacEqn

In #104, Rick Sutcliffe inquired about what happened to MacEqn. I doubt
very much that it is still around. It was a great program for its day, but
it badly lacked any meaningful capability to modify already-existing
equations. I myself dropped ME as soon as Expressionist and MathType came
out, and I suppose most others did the same, causing ME to wither away.

Both Expressionist and Mathtype have been extensively developed since then,
and both -- I think -- work under Nisus. They are quite different, thoughm,
and which one to pick is a matter of personal preference. I have used both
extensively, and have finally settled on MT, even though EX gives the user
many more options and much more flexibility. But MT comes closer to my idea
of publication-quality printouts.

Regards,
Herb K

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 14:55:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Michel)
Subject: MacWrite Pro Tables (Q)

[e-mail] writes:

>Does the MacWrite Pro table feature allow (a) sorting of rows,

Yes.

>(b) designating the first row as a "header" to print on each page,

No. MWP tables are limited to 100 cells (what a drag), so it wouldn't be of
much use to have one row appear as a header on separate pages.

>(c) different justification and other formatting for each row, (d) variations
>in borders?

Yes and yes.

>Tad Davis
>[e-mail]

Steve Michel
co-author of MacWrite Pro Inside and Out.

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 09:27:05 PST
From: Tim Castle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mitsubishi Video Copy Processor

Karl Pottie, from the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium
<[e-mail]> asked in IM Digest 11-104 about the
Mitsubishi Video Copy Processor, model P7IU.

Karl, this animal is supposed to sit inline between a video source
and a monitor, or recorder. I put together a system for someone once,
where they were going to be capturing pictures from a video camera
using a image-grabber board in their PC clone, then using some fancy
image-analysis software for some kind of mapping work. The VCP was
supposed to sit between their PC and the computer monitor.

As I recall, there isn't any driver software. When you want to print
out the image on the screen, just press a button on the VCP, and it
spits it out.

I don't know for sure if you could hook it up to a Mac or not. I think it
worked off of a VGA monitor cable (9-pin), so if you had the right kind of
adapter, maybe so.

Tim Castle       [e-mail]
End-User Computing, GTE Gov't Systems, Mountain View, CA

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 13:58:05 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Monitors

I had asked what, precisely, was the difference between monitors
and TVs. I knew they were different, I just realized that I did not
have a precise answer. So, I got two excellent answers which I
am forwarding to the lists.-Pete Tamas

From:         Jon Spear <[e-mail]>
>You ask:
>>One of my desktop publishing students asked me what the difference was
>>between a Trinitron TV and a Trinitron-based computer monitor. I
>>realized I did not have a precise answer, so I thought I'd ask...-Pete
>
>And I'm no hardware engineer, but the answer should be somewhat
>obvious.  Is the same as asking what's the difference between any TV
>and a computer monitor of similar design.  TV's are optimized to have
>adequate performance with broadcast video standards which aren't all
>that swift.  For NTSC (the standard in the US), it is 60HZ interlaced
>(effective refresh rate is 30Hz) with approximately 400 lines vertical
>(I forget exactly) resolution and some specified bandwidth
>horizontally.  TV's have builtin tuner that generates the video
>signal, but many do have a composite video interface that lets you
>easily plug in other video sources.
>
>A decent color monitor will have a much finer dot pitch (look at the
>thickness of the phosphor stripes in the monitor vs TV), will refresh
>at least 60Hz non-interlaced, handle at least 480 vertical lines
>(usually more), have much sharper focus, and is designed to be
>something you can stare at and read for hours at a time.
>
>Old Apples and Tandy's and things often tried to use TVs as monitors,
>but the resolution was really poor compared to a real monitor.  But
>you can do it with some video cards.
>
>-Jon


From:         [e-mail]

>The trinitron tv and the trinitron computer monitor share the same
>picture tube design but the manufacturing process and the electronics
>are very different.
>At the front of the crt tube is a very fine screen which the electron
>beam passes through to light the phosphor. The size and spacing
>between these little holes is known a 'dot pitch'. The TV has a very
>low dot pitch when compared to a Macintosh screen.
>Dot pitch is not the only difference though. The screen refresh rate
>is quite different as well. A tv has a vertical refresh rate of
>59.9... hz. The Mac monitors are typically 72 hz.
>Taking the combination of superior dot pitch and higher vertical scan
>rates and you get a more expensive monitor which is capable of
>displaying signal qualities well beyond that of a tv.
>
>Hope this helps
>--
>David Milton       Internet: [e-mail]       Bitnet:
>milton@UOFMCC
>T153-770 Bannatyne Ave., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
>[phone]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 23:06:58 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: my post re: c.s.m.scitech vote

I was very surprised to see my post regarding the comp.sys.mac.scitech vote
included in the Info-Mac Digest V11 #104.  It bears my name, yet I know that
I didn't submit it.  Is it common practice to include in the digest messages
taken from elsewhere without the author's knowledge or permission?  What
percent of the digest contents fall in this category?

                    jonathan brecher
                    [e-mail]

[I cull a few Usenet messages a week. I choose ones that I find interesting
 or important. -Bill]

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Date: 19 May 1993 17:30:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NEC CDR-37 Problems

Hi Netters,

I've been trying out an NEC CDR-37 CD-ROM, and having a more than a
few problems. When playing QuickTime movies directly from the CD, I
get lines or bands that travel across the screen from edge to edge.
Some kind of screen refresh problem I guess. I also get frequent
system hangs, and applications that quit unexpectantly.

I'm running a IIci with 8MB of ram, no unusual inits/cdevs or control
panels. The NEC is the only SCSI device, and I'm using the latest version
of the NEC driver (3.06, which I believe is later than the one in the
Info-Mac archives) with System 7.1.

Is anyone else having these problems with this model?

Any clues greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom Mahon
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 12:08:16 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nisus demo site (and is it better than Word)? (A)

Brian Gaeke asks where to find a demo of Nisus, to see whether it's
better than Word.

You can find Nisus demo by ftp'ing to  syrinx.kgs.ukans.edu or to
weber.ucsd.edu.  I haven't looked recently - it may still be the
version 3.06 demo, instead of the new Limited Flag Edition.

As to whether Nisus is better than Word: I'm a long-time Nisus user
and I find that when I have to use another document processor, it's
very hard to get by without unlimited undos, macros and powersearch.
Even FrameMaker's search/replace capacity is feeble compared to Nisus.
And Nisus has a whole slew of other ease-of-use features that you
can't find anywhere else, as Don Crabb noted in his MacWeek rave
about the program. I also understand that it takes better advantage of
WorldScript than anything else currently available, tho' I have no
personal experience of this.

On the other hand, if you must have a built-in table editor, equation
processor or publish and subscribe, you might prefer to go with Word.
These features are promised in Nisus Writer, supposedly due this
summer. But then it was supposedly due last summer as well.

You should beware of comparative reviews in magazines, especially if
written by Jim Heid in MacWorld. The Mac mags tend to take Word's
feature set as the paradigm and score down other programs accordingly.
Take the Nisus feature set as the paradigm and Word doesn't look so great.
But that paradigm shift will never occur, given the relative sizes
of the advertising budgets at MicroSoft and Nisus Software.

Graeme Forbes

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 05:28:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Resnick)
Subject: Ping for Macs?

[e-mail] (Jamie Sonsini) writes:

>I'm trying to locate a version of Ping that will work for a Macintosh
>attached to an TCP/IP network.  I've managed to find a version of Ping that
>will work on AppleTalk networks, but haven't seen anything for TCP/IP.

>Anyone know of such a critter?

I believe it is on ftp.apple.com in the /dts/mac/netcomm directory in
the file named mactcp-1-1-examples.hqx.

pr

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 21:36:50 EDT
From: Eric Weiss-Altaner <R22104@UQAM>
Subject: Problems with MACSERVE server

Is anyone else having trouble downloading files from
MACSERVE@PUCC, the Princeton BITNET Macintosh software
repository?

Since the day before yesterday, an interactive message (i.e. "tell macserve at
pucc get <filename>") only generates tthe reply "<filename> does not exist>,"
even if the list of files --which I can still obtain with
the interactive message "tell macserve at pucc dir all"-- says that
the <filename> is indeed in the server.

Could anyone telle me whom to get in touch with at Princeton about this/
Thank you in advance,
Eric Weiss-Altaner, Univ du Quebec a Montreal, R22104@UQAM

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 22:04:00 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: quitting Finder (Q)

Here's a really stupid question, the only kind of question I seem
capable of today:  I understand that one can `regain extra memory'
by quitting the Finder (via some AppleEvent).  My question is, so
what?  I mean, after I quit the Finder, how do I open another app
or file using the reclaimed memory?  Can I open an app or file
without the Finder active?

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

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 22:04:00 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: quitting Finder (Q)

Here's a really stupid question, the only kind of question I seem
capable of today:  I understand that one can `regain extra memory'
by quitting the Finder (via some AppleEvent).  My question is, so
what?  I mean, after I quit the Finder, how do I open another app
or file using the reclaimed memory?  Can I open an app or file
without the Finder active?

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

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Date: 19 May 1993 17:48:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (steve jaffe)
Subject: Respect for Copyright - Law and Ethics

Hurrah!  In the same issue of info-mac digest (v11 #104) we finally have
two clear and cogent statements of
a)legal, and
b)ethical
reasons to respect software copyrights and license agreements.

The articles of

Adam Engst (on ethics)
[two: "Subject: Licensing agreements" and "Subject: ZiffNet/Mac discussion"]

and

Charlie Mingo (on the law of copyright)
["Subject: ZiffNet/Mac Software (c)"]

are models of clear thinking which should ought to be archived as a
response to the FAQ: "Why shouldn't I copy this program without paying for
it, since it's so easy to do and no one will ever know?"
Steve Jaffe
Math Dept, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY 12601
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 17:11:05 EDT
From: "Seamus Cooney, English" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Shortening dates form in "View by Name" windows

I'm running a Quadra 700 with System 7.0.1. I prefer
to view files "By Name," but hate the verbose form
for the "Last Modified" date. Does anyone know a (share
ware or freeware) utility to make it print in short
form (mm/dd/yy)? I tried one called "LongDate/ShortDate"
or some such name, but it wouldn't work for me.

Reply by e-mail to [e-mail] and if I
find something that works, I'll report on it.

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 14:45:21 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SoundMaster's sounds

SoundMaster doesn't come with sounds, but I'm sure some of you out there have
spent hours finding and choosing the sounds appropriate for each event.  Would
it be possible for you guys to send your collection to me, or to the archive?

BTW, is the latest version 1.73?

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 11:32:41 EST
From: Michael Craymer <[e-mail]>
Subject: SuperClock! 4.0.4 still stomps on Timbuktu

Has anyone had problems with the new SuperClock! 4.0.4 stomping on the
Timbuktu icon?  The release notes say that "SuperClock! should not
stomp on the Timbuktu icon".  The word "should" implies to me that it's
not really known for sure if it does or not.  It doesn't work for me
though!  Timbuktu's icon is overwritten by SuperClock as I write this.
Does it work (not stomp on Timbuktu) for anyone else?  Can someone also
email me Steve Christensen's Internet email address?

Mike Craymer
Geodetic Survey of Canada
[e-mail]

P.S. How about those Leafs, eh?

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Date: 18 May 1993 15:46:16 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Switches for mice (Q)

Greetings,

Having ignored the discussion regarding the
replacement of faulty switches in Mac mice
that took place not too long ago, (I don't
need to pay attention to this - it'll *never*
happen to me!) I must now request that someone
repeat the info re what switch is necessary and
where one can obtain said switch.  Please reply to
me, and thanks in advance.

Peter Gerhardstein ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 8:47:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schenk)
Subject: System folder protection

Hi,

Does anyone out there know if there is a utility that will prevent
users from trashing the System folder or it's contents?  We need
something for a student lab.

Thanks,

Jim

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Date: 19 May 1993 11:38:05 U
From: "Greg Harabedian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: TCP/IP XCMD Needed

REGARDING                TCP/IP XCMD Needed
Does anybody know of any XCMDs/XFNCs that will allow me to communicate via
TCP/IP with a remote host from Hypercard/SuperCard.  I want to be able to
establish a connection to a remote host, say a Sun or a VAX, and communicate
syncronously/asyncronously with the host.  If anybody knows of any XCMDs that
will allow me to do this I would appreciate a direct response.  Please respond
to:

[e-mail]

Thanks!

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 17:24:59 -0700
From: Kevin Pfeiffer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Text-Edit (reviewed in TidBits) Q

In _TidBits #177_ Mark Millard writes:
> Tex-Edit has replaced TeachText on my desktop...

    If one literally does this, and then double-clicks a TeachText
file, will Tex-Edit be recognized as the program to start? If not, what
would one have to (easily) do to change this?
--
       * Kevin Pfeiffer  <[e-mail]>  Pasadena, California *

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 22:13:06 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: The location of Thread Manager extension (A)

Hello everyone,
First, I'd like to give my thankfulness to
Mr Darin Takemoto
Mr Glenn Howes(?)
for sending me the directory of Thread Manager extension.

Here's the location of Thread Manager extension.
The directory is in /dts/mac/hacks of ftp.apple.com.
I guess someone else may be interested in it too.

BTW, I want to say sorry to Mr Bill Waits. I tried to mail this directory to
you but just failed to reach your host. Hope you will read this information.

Richard Chuo
========================================
[e-mail]
========================================

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 16:50:22 PDT
From: Jeff Richards <[e-mail]>
Subject: Thread Manager

In a recent note in Info-Mac there was a new utility called "Disk Charmer" and
it says in the explanation that it needs the "Thread Manager Extension" from
Apple.  I've two questions - what does it do and where do I find it?
-----
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 21:07:45 -0700
From: Alex McCormick <[e-mail]>
Subject: TrueType and non-proportional fonts

Hello everyone.  I guess now it's my turn to ask a likely faq -- though
I've scanned the faq's and reports and haven't seen anything about this.

I frequently download output from Unix-based stat packages, and the tables
are usually arranged with spaces, rather than tabs, used to set columns.
These look fine on screen with a non-proportional (aka mono-spaced) font,
both before and after downloading.  But when I print on my StyleWriter I
the alignment gets out of whack.  It looks like the spaces have a slightly
different width than the other characters (using Monaco; haven't tried
others); or perhaps character in general varies.  The columns align
properly if I print with a bitmap font, but then the characters print at
72dpi.

Anyone know of a trueType font (preferably sans-serif) that is consistently
non-proportional?  I have ATM (but I'm not using it now), so I guess I
could install it and stick with the bitmaps.  Other ideas or suggestions?
I'd rather not have to tabify these documents, but that seems to be the
best option so far.

Please reply to [e-mail] and I'll summarize if I get
anywhere with this.

Thanks,

----
Alex McCormick
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 17:36:17 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Robert Geisler)
Subject: TurboGopher Bookmark Longforms (A)

>I'm curious if there is a long form of the TurboGopher bookmark (i.e., a
>complete address) that can be extracted and transferred to other machines.

Save your items as a bookmark file. You can either save the selected item, or
all the items in the active window, if none is selected. (To remove the
selection, close and reopen the window.) TG bookmark files are editable text
files.
If you just want to look at the address, Shift-click on the item or select Get
Attribute Info.

Robert Geisler

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 17:56:31 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: upgrade Centris 610 cpu

Dear sirs,
    I have a Centris 610 computer with the 68LC040 cpu, and want to
upgrade the cpu to the full 68040.  I recall reading an article describing
this upgrade and vendors who could supply the chip, but of course cannot
find it back.  Do you know of any vendors who supply this chip and can
provide advice about such an upgrade?  The chip is a pin-for-pin
replacement, but there was something about the 68040 requiring a heat sink,
since it ran hotter than the 68LC040.  This apparently is not an upgrade
currently offered by Apple or its dealers.   I am in the Washington, D.C.
metro area.  Thanks for your help.
            Berry Jonker

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 16:08:19 +0100 (BST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac Software (c)

Jonathan Bauer posted an interesting, reasoned and thought-provoking
reply to Adam Engst's recent letter supporting ZiffNet.

Adam Engst's reply was over the top, just because you disagree with
Jonathan on a pretty academic point there's no need to resort to
pejorative language.

>If you violate that
>person's wishes, then you're at best a jerk and at worst in
>violation of law.

Adam, you'd have done better to restrain youself immediately after
posting you apology for not declaring the conflict of interest. Now
I feel that you should at least withdraw the word "jerk" and preferably
apologise a second time. As I see it, this discussion was reasoned, you
introduced the flames.

>This is my last posting on this topic; I have projects more
>constructive than restraining myself from flaming to occupy my

The correspondent supporting Adam fortunately returned to argument
rather than flames. (Unfortunately, at least in my copy, the piece was
"unsigned"). I'd take issue with him/her on a couple of points.

I think that you should follow your own advice and be more careful in
"quoting" law:
>  Subject to sections 107 through 120, the owner of copyright
>  under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any
>  of the following:
>  ...There is no provision for compulsory licensing of software in US law.
>  The copyright holder has the "exclusive right" to control distribution.
> "Exclusive" means no one else has right to decide otherwise.

I don't query your interpretation of the word "exclusive", but is that right
absolute. Presumably sections 107-120 deal with extensions AND exclusions,
what did they say?

I suggest that you've also made an incorrect interpretation of the legal
status of the licence.

> The software is only licensed to
> users of ZiffNet's forum; people who obtain it elsewhere are doing
> so in violation of the license, and this is just as illegal as
> getting Microsoft Word somewhere other than a commercial source.

In the hypothetical case of someone posting the software and my down-
loading it I would have done nothing illegal. Ziffnet's gripe would
be with their licensee who did the downloading.

Finally an opinion on copyright law in general. I presume that it's
common ground that ordinary copyright law is complex and computer
copyright law doubly complex. What has attracted our interest to the
ZiffNet case is that we have a situation where the envelope has been
stretched still further. Any opinion expressed, even if it were that of
a copyright lawyer, would be speculative. Here's my speculation.
ZiffNet wouldn't have a chance of enforcing their license.

Dennis Summerbell

INTERNET: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 09:54:58
From: [e-mail] (Jamie Lawrence)

>Dear netters,
>I wonder if someone who can help me find Thread Manager extension from
>Apple?
>I know it's somewhere in ftp.apple.com. Thanks in advance!

If it is legal to do so, please put it somewhere accessable to those of
us w/o ftp access.  I really want it, blah blah blah, but cannot ftp.
thanks
jamie

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