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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 20 May 93       Volume 11 : Issue 106

Today's Topics:

      [*] Address-Book-361.hqx
      [*] background-hider.hqx
      [*] bbedit-sort-10.hqx
      [*] BBEdit 2.5 Demo Package
      [*] DAYNA Port Drivers version 7.5.1
      [*] Deskwriter 3.9 Drivers
      [*] Endnote Plus, and Endlink Demo's
      [*] Jurassic Park Logo & icon
      [*] MacBandit 1.1.hqx
      [*] Mac Gifts submission
      [*] Mathos AfterDark module
      [*] mission-thunderbolt-tips.txt
      [*] Second Update to Bulletin Boards and Beyond
      [*] SitC Lister 1.0.2.sit
      [*] the-macs-10b1.cpt.hqx
      [*] TimeVideo.2.5
      [*] UnStuffit 3.0.5
      [*] vendor-da-1.4
      [*] vendor-da-1.4bw
      [*] webss 3.0b2
      [*] Yo-Yo v0.8b Extension (INIT)
      68040 accelerators for SE/30 (A)
      [B.Junior <[e-mail]>
      Andrew Welch's Address (A)
      AppleLink address for Quark (A)
      Can I translate Word documents to TeX (not text) easily?
      Contact Software phone # (A)
      Date formats
      Default directory setter
      Directories & Subdirectories
      Diskless Macs
      Falcon MC Update
      Fund-raising Software Recommendations Needed
      how to make a startup screen
      Igor (Numerical Analysis) for the Mac (Q)
      Installer scripts (Q)
      JMP version 3
      Laser Driver 8.0? (A)
      LaserWriter Pro 600 vs. HP LaserJet 4M?
      Looking for Czech font
      LW Pro 600 vs. HP LJ4M--- OOPS! never mind...
      Mac Expo Boston
      MAC TCP/SYS 7.1
      Problems with LocalPath
      Serial Loop Back Cable
      sharing two CDROMs with the same title
      Trash Can won't Delete!
      upgrade Centris 610 cpu (A)
      ZiffNet/Mac
      ZiffNet/Mac Software  (c)
      ZiffNet CopyWrongs

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Date: 18 May 1993 14:07 +0100 (MET)
From: Hans de Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Address-Book-361.hqx

This upload contains the most recent version of the Address Book
shareware program (version 3.6.1)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/address-book-361.hqx; 358K]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 01:18:37 -0700
From: Bill Dugan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] background-hider.hqx

Application name: Background Hider
Category:  util

This is a little app that takes 20K of memory and opens a big black window
that covers your entire startup monitor.  I wrote this one day because it
bothered me that Microprose's game Civilization doesn't entirely hide the
desktop, yet it changes the palette all the time, so every time the palette
is changed, the Finder sees the need to redraw every single icon that sits
on your desktop, even if "Hide Finder" is on.  So now I run the
Background Hider application, hide it, launch Civilization, go through the
initial alerts to generate my world, choose "Hide Others," switch to
Background
Hider, and switch back to Civ.  It does seem to make play a tiny bit faster
than it is without Background Hider.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/background-hider.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 19:53:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: Carl Bryan Burch <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] bbedit-sort-10.hqx

Sort Lines (version 1.0, (c)1993, Carl B. Burch)

This BBEdit extension adds to BBEdit the ability to sort lines, much
like the Unix utility "sort", with some options from "sort":
    * Ignoring each line's first n characters,
    * Sorting in reverse,
    * Removing duplicate lines,
    * Ignoring the lines' leading white space, and
    * Folding uppercase to lowercase.

This program is free and may be distributed freely provided that the
information file accompanies it.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-sort-10.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 15:28:45 -0400
From: [e-mail] (BBEdit Support)
Subject: [*] BBEdit 2.5 Demo Package

The attached BinHex file is a StuffIt Deluxe archive which contains
a demonstration version of BBEdit 2.5. [Archive maintainers:
since this is a demo package, it does -not- supersede BBEdit Lite.]

Here's an excerpt from the notes which accompany the demo:

This demonstration version of BBEdit 2.5 is identical in function to
the full version, with the following exceptions:

    -       "Save" and "Save As..." are not supported. You can create a
        new and untitled editing window, but you can't save it to
        disk; conversely, you can open and edit existing text files,
        but you can't save the changes.

    -       Every page that you print will have "BBEdit 2.5 Demo" stamped
        across it, regardless of the setting of the "Rubber Stamp"
        option when printing.

    -       When you start up the demo version, a dialog box will come
        up reminding you that it is a demo version.

In addition, the full BBEdit 2.5 package includes source to the
standard BBEdit Extensions and information on how to write your
own.

For further information, download and extract the demo package,
or send mail to [e-mail].

R.

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/bbedit-25.hqx; 470K]

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Date: 18 May 1993 11:52:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kermit's Buddy! <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DAYNA Port Drivers version 7.5.1

Folks,

Here is the latest version of the DAYNAPort Ethertalk drivers. I
downloaded it from AppleLink and am submitting it on behalf of the folks
at DAYNA.

Hope it helps you folks out!! :)

-Bob Martin -- [e-mail] or [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/dayna-port-ethertalk-drivers-751.hqx; 533K]

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 20:32:39 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Brian David Olson)
Subject: [*] Deskwriter 3.9 Drivers

I just got the new drivers from Hewlett Packard for the Deskwriter.  When I
ordered them (I didn't feel like waiting any longer ;-) they told me that I
was free to upload them.  So here you go.  I haven't tried them out yet, I
wanted to send them to the archives first.  I hope that they solve all of
the problems with 3.1!

...brian

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/hp-deskwriter-drivers-39.hqx; 782K]

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 19:29:44 -0755
From: [e-mail] (David Valentine)
Subject: [*] Endnote Plus, and Endlink Demo's

This is the latest Demo of Niles and Assoc Endnote+ 1.3
Excerpt From the Manual:
Introducing EndNote Plus
Welcome to EndNote Plus, an Enhanced Reference Database and Bibliography
Maker. As the subtitle suggests, EndNote Plus is a program with a dual
purpose.

First, EndNote Plus is a database manager-specialized in storing, managing,
and searching for bibliographic references in your private reference
library.

Second, EndNote Plus is a bibliography maker-it builds lists of cited works
automatically, and can format references to paste into footnotes as well.
EndNote scans your word processor paper for in-text citations. It then
compiles a bibliography using the information in your database. Finally, it
will produce a copy of your paper, reformatting the in-text citations and
placing the bibliography at the end. You select the style to use and
EndNote does the rest! EndNote can reformat documents created by Microsoft
Word 3, 4, and 5, WordPerfect 1.0 - 2.1, MacWrite 5.0, MacWrite II,
WriteNow 1.0-3.0, Nisus 3 and FrameMaker 3. It can also reformat documents
in RTF (Rich Text Format), and plain text documents.

EndLink is the online database import facility for EndNote. It is an add-on
module to EndNote which enables you to import journal references from
online databases into your EndNote libraries. EndLink is not a program
itself, rather it is a resource file which, when present in the same folder
as the EndNote program, endows EndNote with a new import capability.

To use EndLink, you log on to your database service, and capture the
results of your search as they are listed to the screen. Then you start
EndNote, Import the resulting text file using EndLink, and the references
are imported directly into an EndNote library. Further instructions on
begin on page 28.

This file replaces the /end-note-plus.hqx
archive as /demo/endnote-plus-1.3.hqx

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/endnote-plus-13.hqx; 621K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 10:56:06 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jurassic Park Logo & icon

Here's a 300 x 300 32 bit QT compressed PICT of the Jurrasic Park logo with
a nifty custom icon (not just the Photoshop version of the PICT) for you
people who just can't wait to get into it.  ;)

This works great in After Dark's logo module.

By the way, scanning this kind of crud in isn't as easy as it seems.  I
had to crop out the text and replace it with other parts of the logo, then
replace all the background red to make it even, and then I had to smooth
out the glowing circle.  Sharp eyes will be able to pick out the paste lines
on the left and right near the bottom of the circle.  The rest of you won't
notice.  Anyhow, then I had to play extensively to make the icon without the
square border.  All in all, it beat working.  ;)

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/jurassic-park-logo-icon.hqx; 58K]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 00:24:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Anthony F. Gaudiano II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacBandit 1.1.hqx

This is a $10 Shareware Slot machine game.  Enjoy.

Anthony F. Gaudiano II
SFASU Apple Student Rep.
Applelink: ST0503
Internet: [e-mail]
Tenet: [e-mail]

Disclaimer: I didn't write it, don't blame me if it blows up on ya',
        I am just a satisfied player of this program.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-bandit-11.hqx; 44K]

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Date: 19 May 93 03:24:30 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Matthew O. Williams)
Subject: [*] Mac Gifts submission

The following file is a PD HyperCard version of The Time Machine by H.G.
Wells.  Please send it far and wide.  The stack is self documenting, so I
have not included a readme.  It is compressed into a SEA with disk doubler
(and binhexed by my mail program).

NOTE:  The following Macintosh file(s) are enclosed with this
message, in BinHex format.  If your mail system does not convert
BinHex files automatically, you will need to transfer the message to
a Mac and run the BinHex application to decode it.

Filename: The Time Machine 1.0.sea    Size:  179614 bytes

[Archived as /info-mac/card/the-time-machine.hqx; 241K]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 13:02:17 EDT
From: [e-mail] ( Huangxin Wang)
Subject: [*] Mathos AfterDark module

This is a renamed version of an AD module, the original name is
"WallPaper", due to a trademark conflict with "Though I Could"'s
"WallPaper" product, now the new name is "Mathos". (Moderator:  please
replace the "WallPaper" AD module in the ftp site by this one.
Thanks!)  I hope this can satisfy the lawyer and apologize for any
inconvinience thus caused.  Though I should say that I felt a chill
down my spine when I learned the kind-hearted lawyer actually tracked me
down to my school and sent me an enthusiast letter --- I thought I
still lived in the Cultural Revolution in China 25 years ago :-).

Mathos After Dark module is free.

Here is a brief description of what's Mathos:

"Mathos" AfterDark module runs on a color Mac (it won't crash on
Black&White Mac, but just not pretty).  It displays a complex color
pattern from coarse to fine) calculated by some complex/number
crunching math formulus.

It automatically dumps out the screen as a PICT file when the screen
pattern is completed at the desired resolution;
(You can turn off this option).

Program written by Huangxin Wang, University of Pennsylvania

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/mathos.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 15:07:06 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] mission-thunderbolt-tips.txt

Dear MTB player,

Below I include my much improved list of hints for Mission Thunderbolt.
Please do not read this if you don't want spoilers.  Note that this edition
contains spoilers from a board discussion with the author!  SPOILERS!

My thanks go to all the people who posted this information.  I did not credit
each person since there were so many and it would take up space.  Some of the
hints were added by me.

       Sterling

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mission-thunderbolt-tips.txt; 46K]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 19:21:28 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bernard Aboba)
Subject: [*] Second Update to Bulletin Boards and Beyond

Please find enclosed the second update to Bulletin Boards and Beyond.
This update covers the history of FrEdMail, MUDs, TCP/IP for the PC,
and UNIX Tips and Tricks. To read it, you will need the SuperViewer
Classic application, which was included with the first update, but
is not included with this one.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/comm/bbs-and-byond-update-2.hqx; 229K]

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Date: 18 May 1993 15:20:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] SitC Lister 1.0.2.sit

Version 1.0.2 of SitC Lister, a utility for TeleFinder,
FirstClass, and NovaLink Pro Sysops to generate file lists
with descriptions. Tabby compatible.  Requires System 7.
Shareware $25. v 1.0.2 fixes a couple of bugs.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/sit-c-102.hqx; 41K]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 11:28:51 PDT
From: "M. David Greenspon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] the-macs-10b1.cpt.hqx

the MACS is a freeware application which displays a large number of
specs for all Macs that have ever been released.  I got the idea for this last
fall when document-based lists of specs started appearing on ftp sites.  In
a document, it's hard to show many types of specs in a compact space.
the MACS lets you select a Mac from a pop-up menu and shows all of its
information in easily readable form in a window.  You also get the
machine icon and a button to play the startup sound.
the MACS has a reasonably powerful search function.  You can use it to
search for all Macs that have, for example, a 32-bit data bus, or less than
512K of VRAM standard, that were released on Jan. 1, 1989 or later, or
that do not have an ethernet port.  In the future, the MACS will be able
to compare two machines by displaying the specs that they do not have
in common.
The information about a particular Mac, or the results of a search, can be
copied as text to the clipboard or printed.  Complete help is included
within the application.
Things the MACS doesn't, and probably will never, include:  prices and
benchmarks (since these vary so much), and any kind of hardware
besides the computers themselves.  To get this info you'll have to ftp
some of the reports other people have written, especially the upcoming
Hardware Guide.This is a beta version of the MACS.  I don't have all the
specs yet.  The purpose of this release is to have people send me bug
reports, corrections, specs I don't have, and suggestions.  I hope to release
version 1.0 final in June before I leave school for the summer.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/the-macs-10b1.hqx; 81K]

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Date: 18 May 1993 20:44:27 -0500
From: "Denis Pelli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] TimeVideo.2.5

Subject:TimeVideo.2.5                                 8:26 PM        5/18/93
Please accept the enclosed submission to the info-mac and other Mac archives.
In info-mac it belongs in the "Configuration" folder.

(NOTE to Arizona Mac Users Group: this is a component of the VideoToolbox, so
you already have my permission to include this in your CD-ROM collection.)

TimeVideo.2.5.sit
May 18, 1993

TimeVideo is a Macintosh test program that checks out the timing of all video
devices in anticipation of their use in critical real-time applications, e.g.
movies or lookup table animation. For each video card, TimeVideo measures the
video frame rate, frequency of VBL interrupts (supposed to be one per frame),
how long it takes to load the clut, and how much of the screen you can fill
with a real-time (one-image-per-frame) movie. And it does a write-then-read
test of the video card's clut. These tests are performed for every pixel
depth,
in both gray and color modes, for every video card. Just double-click the
application and watch it do its stuff. TimeVideo, and complete source in THINK
C, is included in VideoToolbox.sea (look in Info-Mac/source/c or MacPsych).

Denis Pelli
Professor of Neuroscience
Institute for Sensory Research
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-5290
[e-mail]

CHANGES IN VERSION 2.5
Test both color and gray modes. Estimate gray-mode color transformation
matrix,
and use it to assess gray error. Cleaned up mode indexing to work even with
original 32-bit QD, which had buggy HasDepth. Support old Mac II 24-bit NuBus
addressing. Fixed two places where I used garbage in place of a linear color
table when gdType==directType. Fixed RectToAddress to always return a 32-bit
address, so it won't crash under System 6. Fixed bug in GDTestClutHash in
GDTestClut.c in response to bug report by Jonathan Brecher. Changed
SetEntriesQuickly to respect the color/gray mode of device.
CHANGES IN VERSION 2.4b
Display Testing window with gray wedge on test screen.
Restore compatibility with 1-bit qd. Support old Mac II 24-bit NuBus
addressing. Fixed two places where I used garbage in place of a linear color
table when gdType==directType. Use new GDNewLinearColorTable. Estimate color
transformation matrix, and use it to assess gray error. Fixed RectToAddress to
always return a 32-bit address, so it won't crash under System 6.
CHANGES IN VERSION 2.3b No longer attribute any meaning to video mode number.
CHANGES IN VERSION 2.2 Recognize gray1 error.
CHANGES IN VERSION 2.1 Reorganized the printout. Added clut testing. Added
high-priority timing. Added visual inspection for black specks during clut
update.
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.15: Recompiled with new IdentifyMachine and GDVideo.
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.14: Report ROM version as 124+6*256.
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.13: Report ROM version.
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.12: Faster. Updated explanatory text.
CHANGES IN VERSIONS 1.10, 1.11: Added version resource for Finder.
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.09: Enhanced to work with or without color quickdraw.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/time-video-25.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 15:14:51 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] UnStuffit 3.0.5

This is UnStuffit 3.0.5, from Alladin Systems.  It expands
Stuffit archives, and allows you to join segmented Stuffit
archives.  This second function is not done by Stuffit
Expander.  IMHO, the only reason to download this is if you
need to join segmented Stuffit archives.  Otherwise, download
Stuffit Expander instead.  UnStuffit is freeware.

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/tmit/unstuffit-305.hqx; 123K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 11:47:30 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] vendor-da-1.4

I am uploading this file on behalf of Bill Baldridge. VendorDA v1.4
contains around 1000 recently verified vendor contact numbers. All the big
Macintosh software players, peripheral companies, hard drive manufacturers
are listed. Bill starts with Mac Product Registry's listing of over 1200+
numbers, adds numbers not listed, and then verifies as many new additions
and changes as possible. You can drop this right into your Apple Menu Items
folder if you are using System 7.0, or you may use the Font/DA mover on 6.0
installations.

This version works with all Macs except those which use a built-in
monochrome display (see separate posting for the BW version).

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/vendor-da-14.hqx; 100K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 11:49:25 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: [*] vendor-da-1.4bw

VendorDA v1.4BW contains around 1000+ recently verified vendor contact
numbers. All the big Macintosh software players, peripheral companies, hard
drive manufacturers are listed. Drop this right into your Apple Menu Items
folder if you are using System 7.0, or you may use the Font/DA mover on 6.0
installations.

This version works with Macs which use a built-in monochrome display (see
separate posting for the color version).

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/vendor-da-14bw.hqx; 73K]

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 09:18 N
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] webss 3.0b2

WEBSs is a highly interactive software system, based on the
hypertext concept, which allows for creating and consulting
Integrated Electronic Books (IEB) on Macintosh computers.
An IEB is composed of a collection of documents that can be
interconnected with the help of networks of links and
organized with tables of contents.

FEATURES
WEBSs features include :
- an online tutorial which takes you step-by-step through
  WEBSs key features,
- an integrated scripting environment (including an object-
  oriented language and a powerful browser) that allows you
  to automate complex series of actions and to enhance the
  behaviour of the WEBSs application by attaching scripts to
  objects and groups of objects,
- a text editor with formatting capabilities (font, size,
  style, color, justification),
- import of pictures saved in PICT format,
- browsers (=tables of contents), a powerful structuring
  tool to hierarchically organize documents,
- creation of links to jump from one place in a document to
  another (even in another document),
- facilities for creating sets of heterogeneous objects
  (documents, links, etc.) that can be used in scripts,
- Balloon Help for all menus and menu commands.

DISTRIBUTION
WEBSs is copyrighted freeware. You can give it to others,
but you must redistribute the complete WEBSs package
(including this Read Me file). You cannot sell it (except
for reasonable downloading fees).

Development of WEBSs was funded in part by grants from the
Swiss National Science Foundation.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
WEBSs works with System 6.x and 7.0 (it wasnYt tested with
System 7.1, but it should work!). Balloon Help requires
System 7. WEBSs uses 1.5MB of RAM. This is a beta version,
which may contain some bugs.

See the enclosed Read Me file for more information.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/webss-30b2.hqx; 454K]

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Date: Tue, 18 May 93 11:40:03 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Craig A. Haney)
Subject: [*] Yo-Yo v0.8b Extension (INIT)

This is it Yo-Yo the original. A System 7 power user utility.
Have you ever had the urge to turn on your Macintosh and begin
working where you last left off, with the same applications and
documents open and running? This is the first step to such a utility.
I hope you enjoy watching the product mature.

This version only handles applications. When you Restart or Shutdown
>From the Finder, the same applications will be running when you
start up again. Future versions are planned to handle open documents,
so when you start up you truely are where you left off in your
open documents.
As applications are started, an alias for that application will be
created in the Startup Items Folder.
When an application quits, the alias previously placed in the
Startup Items folder will be removed.
Upon a Restart or Shutdown from the Finder, applications which
quit will not remove the alias. This is how Yo-Yo 'remembers' what
applications to start.

Do not include this on the CD-ROM.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/yo-yo-08b.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 11:14:12 EST
From: Robert DeMaria
<[e-mail]>
Subject: 68040 accelerators for SE/30 (A)

In response to Dr. Mueller's question on accelerators for the SE/30,
may I suggest reading the June 1993 issue of MACWORLD they have several
useful articles on upgrading your MAC.  In response to your question on
accelerators, they compare 4 accelerators for the SE/30.  One was the
Fusion TokaMac 25MHz 040 (Magellan 040) which ranked second in overall
speed compared to the Day Star PowerCache 50MHz 030.

If anyone is thinking about upgrading your Mac, I would take a look at
their articles.  They also have a informative comparsion chart of different
Macs.

Hope this helps.

-Bob

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 13:15:46 PST
From: B.Junior <[e-mail]>
Subject: [B.Junior <[e-mail]>

>         hi there.
>
>         In first place, i know you are a busy person, and i'm boring you
> for sure, but i'm a recent guy at Macintosh world that needs some help :-)
>
>         I'm in Electronics and Telecomunications at University of Aveiro,
> Portugal. Yesterday i've downloaded PSpice from "app" directory, i've
> decoded it with BINHEX, operation ok without errors. But when i've tried
> to run it, i had an error message, it seames that the file wasn't
> executable ! Can you sugest me anything ?
>
>         In a file whith the progs descriptions someone have mentioned
> a program named PseudoFPU or Software FPU ! what this means ? that there
> is a software package that can "emulate" a FPU ?!?!
>
>         What compressors/decompressors you think i should download ? I have
> BINHEX and Stuffit, but i've notice that some files in the dir "app" need
> another treatment.
>
>                         Regards
>
>                         B.Junior

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 10:06:29 -0400
From: Ed Ver Hoef <[e-mail]>
Subject: Andrew Welch's Address (A)

Neil,

In a recent info-mac you asked for Andrew Welch's e-mail address.  I can't
help you on that score directly but if you will settle for a snail mail
address, it's:

Andrew Welch
Ambrosia
P.O. Box 23140
Rochester, NY 14692

He apparently has formed this company, Ambrosia, to market his software.  I
recently received a disk full of some of his software as a consequence of
registering Easy Envelopes.

I hope this helps.

Ed Ver Hoef

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 12:42:38 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: AppleLink address for Quark (A)

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

Attached please find an AppleLink address search for "quark".
Hope it helps!

Listings that match quark

C.OWCHU         "Quark Int'l, Carla Ow-Chu,PRT"
D0605           "Quark, Fred Ebrahimi,PRT"
D0650           "Quark, Jane Mosher,PRT"
D0658           "Quark, A Evangelista-France,PRT"
D0660           "Quark, Yuko Hayakawa,PRT"
D0707           "Quark, Denise Ryan,PRT"
D1589           "Quark, Micheal Valentine Smith,PRT"
D1590           "Quark, Mark Niemann-Ross,PRT"
D1591           "Quark, Peter Warren,PRT"
D1740           "Quark, Cathy Blackburn,PRT"
D1985           "Quark, Charlotte Isoline,PRT"
DIANA.F         "Quark, Diana Freedman,PRT"
DK0149          "Quark Media/Kristensen,Hoje,DK,IAC"
DK0150          "Quark Media House,Hoje,DK,IAC"
DONNA.COHEN     "Quark, Donna Cohen,PRT"
ED.OWENS        "Quark, Ed Owens,PRT"
HECTOR.LOPEZ    "Quark, Hector Lopez,PRT"
J.SIRONEN       "Quark, Joel Sironen,PRT"
JOANNE.V        "Quark, Dealer Support,PRT"
KRIS.MURRAY     "Quark, Kris Murray,PRT"
LINDA.BRYANT    "Quark, Linda Bryant,PRT"
LUCIA.M         "Quark, Lucia Marcantonio,PRT"
MOLLY.G         "Quark, Molly Gookin,PRT"
QUARK.CS        "Quark Int'l,PRT"
QUARK.FR        "Quark, Catherine Volland,PRT"
QUARK.GRMY      "Quark, Catherine Volland,PRT"
QUARK.J.DVJ     "Quark Inc/Yuko Hayakawa,IDV"
QUARK.J2.DVJ    "Kazunori Hori, Quark,IDV"
QUARK.LOCAL     "Quark, Donna Williams,PRT"
QUARK.QPS       "Quark, John Stroud,PRT"
QUARK.UK        "Quark, Catherine Volland,PRT"
QUARKTECH       "Quark Suppt,PRT"
QUARKXT         "Quark, Dave Knoshaug,PRT"
RALPH.RISCH     "Quark Inc., Ralph Risch,CST"
RON.STALMAN     "Quark, Ron Stalman,PRT"
S.FRIEDMAN      "Quark, Susan Friedman,PRT"
XPRESS.MAC      "Quark, Jay McBeth,PRT"

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

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 15:52:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Mohana Yethiraj [phone])
Subject: Can I translate Word documents to TeX (not text) easily?

Hello,
    Can I translate Word documents to TeX (not text) easily? I would like
it for submission to journals that accept only TeX format electronically. I
realise that Word is not the most versatile word-processor, but I don't want a
TeX word processor (ie OzTeX or TeXtures)  -  just a translator.  Sorry if
this
question has been answered before. Reply to [e-mail]
                    that's (M-one-Y)       Thanks, Mona

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 20:07:01 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hoffmann)
Subject: Contact Software phone # (A)

[e-mail] -- Li-Hsiang Tu writes:

> Does anyone have the phone numbers and/or email addresses for
> Contact Software International (ACT! for Macintosh) and Soft
> Solutions (PowerTrax 1.2)? They are not in the vendor email list in
> the archive.

Using Bill Baldrige's VendorDA listing (which contains over 800 vendor
contact numbers, not 1,000 sorry about that ;-) I come up with:

Contact Software:

214/919-9500  800/365-0606  214/919-9750 (FAX)

Bill's listing doesn't include Soft Solutions. The only listing I have for
a company by that name is:

Soft Solutions
907 River Road
Suite #98
Eugene,  OR   97404

503/461-1136

but this company specializes in Mac repair so I am not sure if it is the
same one...

PS. if you download and use Bill's VendorDA listing, please send along the
$10 shareware fee he is requesting.

-EH

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 09:50:25 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Date formats

>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)?

Even better would be to have the form (dd/mm/yy).
One can make a case for year-month-day, or for day-month-year, but the
inside-out form month-day-year is indefensible.
Come on, America, get into step with the rest of the world!
And how about adopting the metric system too?

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 18:35:02 PDT
From: Bill Lipa <[e-mail]>
Subject: Default directory setter

What is the most reliable method of getting System 7 AppleEvent-aware
applications to set the document directory as the default instead of the
application directory? For example, when you double-click on a project under
Think C 6.0 and then select Open..., the directory you see is the Think C 6.0
application directory. I want it to be the directory containing the project.

Two questions really:

- How can I fix this as a user of these applications (Think C is not the only
one -- I believe it is any application that is core AppleEvent aware)?
- As a developer, can I fix it for the apps I write without hacking in low
memory?

I am interested in any and all methods -- shareware, commercial, ResEdit,
etc.,
as long as they are reliable and unobtrusive.

Bill

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 12:21:51 EDT
From: Jeremy Goldman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Directories & Subdirectories

Just a brief note -- Someone mentioned something about a "Scrollback Limit"
in NSCA telnet.  Actually, you can change that default (100 lines) very
easily.  When you open a session, just click on the 'configure' button &
change
the value.
        -- Jeremy

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 09:59:00 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Diskless Macs

Stan Diamond asked about diskless Macs. By coincidence, yesterday, our
campus Academic Computing Services newsletter arrived, which mentions our
Macintosh provision; an extract follows:

"The public service is based around Macintosh LC IIs, with 10 MB memory
maths coprocessor, 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy disc drive and industry standard
colour VGA monitor. These machines do not have a local hard disk but get
all their software from file servers, across the Ethernet LAN. This ensures
that a user is guaranteed a consistent environment, which is extremely
difficult to ensure on hard disc machines. Sheffield was the first UK
university to use this technique."

We have around 200 public-access Macs, so it is a viable concept, and I
assume it works reasonably reliably. Don't quote me on this, but I think
it's marketed as part of the Sonic Systems Ethernet stuff. I haven't been
able to contact the author of the article to see if he agrees to be
bombarded with questions about this, but if anyone wants to contact me
direct, I will try and find out a specific answer.

Graham Allsopp, Dept of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK
[e-mail]; Phone: [phone] (direct line); Fax: [phone]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 00:43:34 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Falcon MC Update

Concerning the update to Falcon MC that was mentioned in the April issue of
Inside Mac Games, I wrote to the address on the inside of my Falcon manual,
[e-mail], and got this response:

> We are working on a update for Falcon MC, but it is still undergoing
> compatibility testing.  It should be available early next month.  At that
> time, send me the following:

> Name
> Address
> Telephone Number
> Product Name
> Product Serial Number
> Request for a Update disk.

So, we are required to wait for it, and I am.

Jon

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 16:35:10 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jamie Sonsini)
Subject: Fund-raising Software Recommendations Needed

Carol - I serve on the board of directors for a local organization
(Klien Bottle Youth Services) in Santa Barbara county.  They've asked me to
put together a recommendation for their computing needs.  I haven't even
begun the interviews and need analysis, but I do know they need to track
donors.

If you do come across something for the Mac environment, I'd appreciate
knowing about it.

Thanks,
                Jamie Sonsini
                UC Santa Barbara

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 06:06:40 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: how to make a startup screen

>I have seen various startup screens that different people have put
>together. Is it possible to use your own picture for a startup.........


Sure, if you have PICT file, you can spend up big and buy Superpaint or
Canvas which can write in Startup Screen format.  To use one, just rename
the new file StartupScreen   (no spaces and two Upper Case "S's"), and dump
it in your system folder.  I have an inkling that GifConverter does the
same thing as the commercial Big Boy's, but for much!!!!! less dollaro's.
If by your question you actually meant a photo of yourself, then you'll
have to shell out for a scanner as well.  (or ask a friend really nicely).

P.S. totally useless suggestion for System 7.2 additions:  enable multiple
StartupScreens (named StartupScreen1, StartupScreen2 etc.)  Sort of like a
slide show instead of a startup Quicktime movie.

martin

***Martin Stoermer, 3D Centre, University of Queensland, Australia***

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 08:26:06 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Sean M. Joyce)
Subject: Igor (Numerical Analysis) for the Mac (Q)

Hello again!

Does anyone know of a package to do numerical recipies and algorithms on
the Macintosh called "Igor"?  Who publishes it?  Where is it available?  Is
it any good?"

As I'm sure this topic is not of interest to the general reader, please
send any responeses to my address below.  Thanks in advance for any help.

-----
Sean M. Joyce
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 13:36:04 edt
From: Maxwell Smart <[e-mail]> (Oliver Soell)
Subject: Installer scripts (Q)

Could anyone give me some pointers on writing/decompiling installer scripts?
I know that there's a certain tech note at ftp.apple.com with related info,
but I think it's buried deep in that three meg "old" tech note archive that I
can't get because of my large 100k quota. Thanks for any help.

Oliver Soell
Dickinson College
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 09:51:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: AL BEST <[e-mail]>
Subject: JMP version 3

Anyone wanting information on the new statistical analyses that
will be available in JMP version 3 (from SAS Institute), please
drop me a note.

It includes stuff on: Survival, Stepwise, Scripting, Contour
plots, Clustering, and integration of JMP/Design
There are also interesting developments "SAS on the Mac" and
"JMP under Windows".

Al Best
Dept of Biostatistics
Medical College of Virginia
Internet: [e-mail]

Caveat: I teach the JMP course for SAS Institute.

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 12:33:44 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Laser Driver 8.0? (A)

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

On AppleLink check the following path: AppleLink Services->Apple
Products->Apple SW Updates->Macintosh->Printing Software.

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

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 10:27 PST
From: "Phil Jung, KD6SWQ" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter Pro 600 vs. HP LaserJet 4M?

Hi everyone,

Our office's NEC LC890 (yes, the dinosaur) is finally conking out on us,
and the service guy has been out here about 4 times in as many months. At $100
a visit, we finally decided that we should just buy a new printer instead...

We are presently looking at Apple's LaserWriter Pro 600/630 and the HP
Laserjet
4M.

Does anyone out there have any real-life experiences with either of the two?
What made you decide to buy the printer that you have?

Also, at this point, would the LaserWriter IIg be a good deal? Does the Fine
Print of the IIg make the output close to the 600 dpi output?

We need multiple-computer (Mac/PC) compatiblity, with auto-switching between
the ports. Ethernet is a future possibility in our office, so any input on
that application would be appreciated.

(What about the ethernet-to-parallel port adapters that are out?)

This was probably already discussed before, but I never really paid much
attention to them, because it didn't apply to me. But, Murphy's law....

If there's a FAQ around, I'd appreciate a gentle or not-so-gentle nudge in
the general direction.

Thanks!

Phil Jung
<[e-mail]>
Institute for Information Storage Technology
Santa Clara University

P.S. We need to make a decision within a week...


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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 09:08 MDT
From: "Leslie C. Gay"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for Czech font

I've got a friend who does a lot of work with Eastern European languages
(especially Czech).  Is there a Mac *postscript* font that (easily) supports
all
the diacritical markers such languages use?  It could be public domain or
otherwise.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Leslie C. Gay, Jr. [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 10:55 PST
From: "Phil Jung, KD6SWQ" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LW Pro 600 vs. HP LJ4M--- OOPS! never mind...

Sorry, please ignore my recent request for info regarding the LaserWriter Pro
vs. LaserJet 4M comparison.

I found the digests that contained this info (end of March), and have almost
all my questions answered...

Didn't mean to clog up the net with this previously-asked question...

Phil Jung  8-)
<[e-mail]>
Institute for Information Storage Technology
Santa Clara University

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 16:38:42 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac Expo Boston

Hi mac lovers, I have a question:
    could some one of you tell me the dates of the Expo in Boston
    ( Mac Expo ) ??

                Thank you in advance.

                        Bye Fabio

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 10:35:30 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MAC TCP/SYS 7.1

Has anyone had problems running MAC TCP (v 1.1 Aug 91) with
a II-ci and System 7.1?

If I leave virtual memory on, it crashes.  without VM, it boots
and runs fine.  Any hints?

Is there a new version of MAC TCP and if so whose got it?

jd

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 11:03:11 -0600
From: David Bourne <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with LocalPath

I am using a Mac connected via a localtalk network to a LaserWriter (and
other machines). I also have an Ethernet connection to the 'outside'. I had
lived with switching networks with the Network Control Panel for some time
but it was inconvenient at times.

After reading a MacUser review a few months back I decided to try LocalPath.
It did mention a 10 user limit on the localtalk portion of the network but it
looked like I could limit things to just the LaserWriter. [The localtalk
network I'm on has one LaserWriter but about 12 Macs]. LocalPath worked great
for a couple of weeks. I occasionally got some messages that I was exceeding
the limit of eight but nothing else seemed to happen. Then after rebooting in
the middle of the day (When more people had their Macs turned on??) I got a
message that LocalPath wouldn't work because of the limited being exceeded. I
called Farallon (the publisher) and was told tough that's the way it's
supposed to work you need to buy their more expensive router software [This
was within a 30 day MBG period with MacConnection]. Well I was looking for a
minimal solution in the first place so that wasn't a viable option. I thought
I could live with occasional messages and and even less frequent 'no shows'
on reboot. WELL I WAS WRONG - IT SEEMS THAT LOCALPATH IS CAPABLE OF DISABLING
OTHER USERS ACCESS TO THE LASERWRITER. I had a fellow LocalTalk user come to
me complaining that they could no longer see the LaserWriter in the Chooser
(also was missing from another machine). Sometimes our network is a little
loose so I ran around checking a few other machines including my own and the
LaserWriter was showing up fine. It was only after the disconnected LocalPath
on my machine that the LaserWriter showed up in all the Mac's Choosers. I
have now stopped using LocalPath [This is now outside the 30 days return
period].

The reason for this post - other than a little flaming and issue a 'warning'
(assuming my observations and conclusions are correct), is to ask for help in
choosing another solution.

What I want to do is connect ONE Mac II to both the LaserWriter (via
LocalTalk) and the Internet via an Ethernet card. I understand the Farallon
product PowerPath may do the job but after one discussion with the Farallon
tech support which did not mention this product I'm a little less willing to
jump into another Farallon product. Any suggestions.

David Bourne, OU College of Pharmacy

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 08:20:56 -0400
From: [e-mail] (STAN)
Subject: Serial Loop Back Cable

Does anyone have the correct pinout for a serial loop back cable???  Please
respond directly to me.

Stan Grzybowski

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 20:40:07 METDST
From: Julian <[e-mail]>
Subject: sharing two CDROMs with the same title

Dear friends,
I hope someone can help me with my problem: I own a Centris 650, and
I am facing the task of sharing two CDROMs with the same title
("untitled"). Once I am sharing the first CDPROM, whenever I try to share
the second one, I get that annoying message telling me that I am
already sharing one volume with that name. Being a non-rewritable CD-
ROM, I am unable to change its name. I tried with AppleShare 3.0, with
the same results.

Is there any solution for this problem? Any hint appreciated.

Please, reply directly to my Email address.

Julian Veron
[e-mail]
Univ. Zaragoza - SPAIN

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 12:24:12 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rick Miller)
Subject: Trash Can won't Delete!

Help!  Running System 7.0.1 on a Mac IIcx, the only way I can delete
files is by holding down the option key while dragging file(s) into
the trash.  This problem just sprang up a week ago.  Until then, everything
was fine.

I've checked everything and -- suppose -- I could reinstall the system;
but that seems pretty brute force.

Has anyone else encountered this?  If so, please help!

[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 15:09:36 EDT
From: "Michael Gallamore"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: upgrade Centris 610 cpu (A)

Berry Jonker Writes:
>
>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


   I have not done this myself.  In fact we do not have any Centris Macs yet,
   so
I haven't seen anyone make the switch.  ;)  You can put a 68RC040 into the 610
without needing a heat sink, because the 610 itself runs at only 20MHz, thus
you
are only running the 68RC040 at 20MHz.  If the 610 ran at 25MHz, like the 650,
then a heat sink would be required.
   A vendor for the 68RC040 is:
       Sonnet Technologies, Inc.
       1-800-945-3668
       Price: $375

   Not that you asked, but if you upgrade the processor, the only speed
difference will be for operations involving floating point calculations.
Also,
most programs use integer math, and thus the fpu portion of the  full 040 does
not speed them up.  Hope this helps. :)



Michael Gallamore,  [phone]   NSWCDD
[e-mail]  or
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 12:22:27 CDT
From: Graeme Forbes <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac

Am I just old fashioned, or is anyone else taken aback by the we-can-
get-away-with-it-and-no one-knows-what-the-legal-outcome-would-be-so
let's-do-it attitude of some recents posts to info-mac about the Ziff/Net
Mac license business?

I don't doubt for a moment that the legal situation over this kind
of software license  could provide Dan Seligman with a year's
material for his "Only in America" column in Fortune. But the
issue of principle is stunningly clear.

Look. After years of labor I've finally completed my Super-Duper
Utilities package for System 4.2. And I'd like to make some money
out of it, so forget shareware. But I don't have the resources to
market it myself. And Gates has politely declined to buy me out.
Then these Ziff/Net chaps make me a nice offer. A lump sum, which
they'll recoup from people who download it off their boards, is
coming my way, provided I agree that only ZF/Mac can distribute
the program. It's *my* program and that's the arrangement *I* like.
If *you* want super duper utilities for System 4.2 for free, go
write some yourself. Do not download mine from an archive where
it has been put in violation of my wishes.

Meanwhile, Super-Duper Utilities for System 4.2 has been upgraded
to the wicked-fast Super-Duper Utilities for System 5.  I try to get
the same deal from Ziff/Net but they tell me they don't do it any more,
so much of their stuff has been uploaded to other boards that
they don't recoup their fees. Thanks guys. The people who uploaded
my program for free copying elsewhere in knowing violation of the
arrangement I entered into with Ziff/Net *are* jerks and Adam Engst
doesn't have to apologize for saying so. Perhaps they can get away
with it. So what?

Graeme Forbes

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 16:24:52
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac Software  (c)

Dennis Summerbell <[e-mail]> writes:

> 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.

Adam should apologize for nothing.  He didn't say that Jonathan
Bauer was a jerk, he said that people who copied software without
permission were jerks, because they broke the agreement between
author and user.  Jonathan never claimed to have pirated software,
and so Adam's epithet did not refer to him.

>  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.

My posts were not "unsigned".  Several readers replied to me by
email, and another post in this very digest refers to me by name.

> I think that you should follow your own advice and be more
> careful in "quoting" law:

> 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?

This is a computer digest, not a law review.  Sure I can quote to
you the entire copyright statute, but that would take up many, many
screenfulls of text. Some readers may already think this thread is
taking up too much space.

My point was that Jonathan Bauer seemed to believe that he was
not bound by anyone's license, absent a "binding legal determination"
otherwise.  I quoted the Copyright Act to indicate that Ziff has
"exclusive rights" to its software by operation of the statute, and
that no prior legal determination was required.

If you want to read the copyright act yourself, so as to try to
formulate an intelligent response to the statutory argument, I
suggest you telnet to fatty.law.cornell.edu, port 8210, and log
in as 'www'.

If you can't be bothered to do that, then just note the headings
of sections 107-120:

 17 USC 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.
 17 USC 108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries...
 17 USC 109. Limitation on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of of
        particular copy or phonorecord
 17 USC 110. Limitation on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain
        performances and displays
 17 USC 111. Limitation on exclusive rights: Secondary transmission...
        [relates to cable systems and hotel TV systems]
 17 USC 112. Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings.
 17 USC 113. Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and s...
 17 USC 114. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings.
 17 USC 115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works...
 17 USC 116.  Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical work...
 17 USC 116A. Negotiated licenses for public performances by means ...
 17 USC 117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs.

       Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an
     infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or
     authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer
     program provided: (1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as
     an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in
     conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or
     (2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and
     that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued
     possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful. Any
     exact copies prepared in accordance with the provisions of this
     section may be leased, sold, or otherwise transferred, along with the
     copy from which such copies were prepared, only as part of the lease,
     sale, or other transfer of all rights in the program. Adaptations so
     prepared may be transferred only with the authorization of the
     copyright owner.

 17 USC 118. Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in
          connection with noncommercial broadcasting
 17 USC 119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary
         transmissions of superstations and network stations for
         private home viewing
 17 USC 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works.


>  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.

Your mistake is that you are ignoring Section 106, which gives Ziff
the "exclusive right" to authorize distribution.  If you don't have
a license from Ziff granting you permission, then you don't have any
rights to use the software, and you are breaking the law.

Copyright law would be pretty useless if it only restricted copying
by people who had a license, and did not restrict copying by people
who were never granted any sort of permission to do anything.

> 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.

I haven't seen any legal reason to believe Ziff was "stretching
the envelope".  No one has pointed to a single provision of
_copyright_ law which is inconsistant with Ziff's license.

> Here's my speculation. ZiffNet wouldn't have
> a chance of enforcing their license.

Remember: the license is the legal document granting _permission_
to copy the software.  The copyright is granted by _statute_, and is
always binding on everyone.  If your license is invalid, then you
have no right to use (or possess) the software, and must destroy
all copies immediately.

A person who posseses Ziff's software, and who is not covered by the
Ziff license, is breaking the law regardless of whether the license
is valid or not.  Thus, (to return to the source of this thread)
Internet ftp sites would be breaking the law if they were to carry
Ziff's software.

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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 23:03:56 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZiffNet CopyWrongs

Personally, I think the ZiffNet "free but don't upload" restrictions are
wrong for a variety of reasons.  I don't care about enforcement or any of
that stuff.  I just think they are a bad idea.  The idea of restricting
information is foolish and detrimental to society.  I know that there are
a number of very useful utilities that ZiffNet had done that will not
benefit people because they don't have access.  For example, they have a
nice database of every Macintosh ever made with specs and capabilities.
They also have several Hypercard stacks that are expert systems designed
to aid you in purchasing decisions when buying Macs, drives and printers.
It doesn't make sense to only allow certain people to have this information
and I wish there were a way to make this known to the ZiffNet people.  The
problem is that they only carry their own software there, otherwise I would
encourage authors to make "ZiffNet prohibited" clauses on their software.

Face it, the ZiffNet guys are snobs.  They could get much more advertising
by allowing their nifty stuff, with their contact information, to circulate
freely.  This way, only people who've signed up will know what's available.
Elitism at it's worst.  I call it "computerized inbreeding".

Jon

No right of private conversation was enumerated in the constitution.  I
don't suppose it occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented.
 -- Whitfield Diffie, Sun Microsystems

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