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Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 15 Jun 93       Volume 11 : Issue 122

Today's Topics:

      [!] Preview info about the Centris 660av and the Quadra 840av
      [*] /info-mac/dev/a4d/drag-drop-ext.hqx
      [*] /info-mac/dev/a4d/fs-calendar-set-demo.hqx
      [*] After Dark Van Gogh Planet
      [*] Bat Signal 1.0 After Dark module
      [*] Billiard Parlour
      [*] Book 3.6.2
      [*] dev/a4d/backup-src.txt
      [*] dev/a4d/clients-rights-info.txt
      [*] dev/a4d/communications-kit-demo.hqx
      [*] dev/a4d/developer-mailing-list-info.txt
      [*] dev/a4d/goodies-db.hqx
      [*] dev/a4d/phone-dial-src.txt
      [*] dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv2-demo.hqx
      [*] dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv3-demo.hqx
      [*] dev/a4d/relate-selection-src.txt
      [*] Disk Charmer 2.0.2
      [*] fileshare slider
      [*] Front End for FontGeist (subm.)
      [*] GesSpectre (Nuclear MCA emulator)
      [*] Hellcats/LeyteCanSpell!
      [*] INIT-Scope 2.1
      [*] Jurassic Park Bolo Map
      [*] LandShark 1.0 Demo
      [*] MacLayers 1.30 for the archives
      [*] MacLayers 1.30 UNIX Server files for archives
      [*] Monitor.hqx - System 7 Monitoring Tool
      [*] MorseTrainer-1.0.2.sit.Hqx
      [*] MultiSession1.03
      [*] no subject (file transmission)
      [*] option-scroll-1.0.sit.hqx
      [*] OtherMenu 1.0 extension
      [*] Protein Structure
      [*] QuickNotes1.0b6
      [*] Random StartUp2.0
      [*] Re: Fixed?!
      [*] RFZap 1.0b2.sit
      [*] SitC Lister 1.0.3.sit
      [*] TidBITS#180/14-Jun-93
      [*] TimeServer
      [*] To Do Stack 2.0
      [*] UULite version 1.4.2 - Mac uudecoder enclosed...
      [*] ZTerm 0.9 FAQ, version 1.1
      "Smart" quotes
      ANOTHER MAC POWERPOINT 3.0 BUG UPDATE
      Another Plea
      Anti-Windows Windows?
      A Plea [C]
      A Plea [R]
      Bad SE/30 drive
      BBC TV Horizon (R)
      Can't do High speed uploads (Q)
      Desktop pattern...
      Deskwriter 3.9 and 4.0 drivers
      DW 3.9 not reporting progress (Q)
      Ejection Button On a Mac
      Fax/Data Modem & ARA
      Graphics and MPW C...
      Inexpensive graphics card: suggestions please
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #120
      Installing images w/o floppy (was: DW 3.9)
      Jurassic Park
      Jurassic Park Video Phone
      Kincaid Readability Score?
      Laserwriter 8.0 & Novell ATPSV (Q)
      LaserWriter 8.0 bugs or "features"?? (A)
      Laser Writer 8.0 problems (!)
      LC Upgrade
      Leaving computers on
      mac-Postscript to eps
      MFM Floppies, PC's, & Giving the Finger (C)
      Modem recommendations?
      NFS, or sharing a folder with UNIX (Q)
      PowerPoint 3 Silliness
      Printing to QD: OzTeX vs. DirectTeX
      SuperDrive's destiny.
      text blurb: soundbuilder101
      Wanted: Mouse MicroSwitch!
      Wanted: PPD for <insert brand here> printer
      Wedding Bells and/or Grapes
      What is the correct PPD file??? (R)
      X-Platform database
      Your Finger and... / Whitehouse Address

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Date: 15 Jun 1993 16:02:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kendig)
Subject: [!] Preview info about the Centris 660av and the Quadra 840av

MacWeek (14 June 1993) has some specific preview information about two
new Macs due out in September.  They're powerful stuff!  Keep in mind
that this information is by no means definite, except in that it's
definitely subject to change.  And it's not official, either;
everything here could be wrong.  That having been said...

Both new systems will include built-in digital video (in/out 16-bit
color, NTSC, and PAL, as either composite or S-video) and 32-bit
digital signal processors (AT&T 3210 DSP, for voice recognition /
synthesis and 16-bit sound at up to 48kHz sampling).  They also
include a faster DMA bus architecture and a high-speed serial port
("GeoPort", which can use the DSP to emulate a 14.4Kbps modem).  They
will come with Ethernet and offer optional CD-ROM drives and 500Mb
hard drives.  They use 2Mb ROMs, and will include Casper voice recognition.

The Macintosh Centris 660av ("Tempest") looks like a Centris 610.
It's also built like a 610 inside: it will offer one 7-inch NuBus slot
(that requires an adapter card), space for two internal SCSI drives,
and 4Mb memory (expandable to 68Mb).  It will also use a 68LC040
processor (the '040 without its built-in math coprocessor, like the
610), but it will run at 25MHz (the 610 is 20MHz).  Prices for a 660av
with an 80Mb hard drive will probably start at $2,300.

The Macintosh Quadra 840av ("Cyclone") looks like a Quadra 800.  It
will run on a 40-MHz 68040, offer three NuBus slots, and hold three
SCSI devices internally.  Its base configuration will have 8Mb memory
(using 60ns chips; expandable to 128Mb) and a 230Mb hard drive.  Its
VRAM can be upgraded to 2Mb for 24-bit color on a 21" monitor.  Its
base configuration will probably start at $4,200.

I don't know any more about these systems than what's here, so please
don't email me asking for more information!

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 09:33:52 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] /info-mac/dev/a4d/drag-drop-ext.hqx

Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 11:37:31 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Peter Amiri)
Subject: [*] Re: drag and drop externals

I didn't include the ACI one simply because this one does more. The ACI one
used a default box size when you were dragging and could only handle I
think 10 active drop areas. This one has two commands one draggs the text
wiht a default box the other takes the dimentions of the drag box as
parameters and doesn't have a maximun limit. The package includes some more
stuff as well.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/drag-drop-ext.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 09:28:46 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] /info-mac/dev/a4d/fs-calendar-set-demo.hqx

Date: 27 May 93 10:54:44 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Charles B. Wilber)
Subject: [*] /info-mac/dev/a4d/fs-calendar-set-demo.hqx

The enclosed self-extracting demo of Foresight Technology's "CalendarSet" 4D
external package has been authorized for upload to sumex-aim by Foresight
Technology.

Please let me know by return email if there is any problem with this file or
upload.

Charlie Wilber
Dartmouth College

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Filename: CalendarSetTM Demo.sea    Size:  144071 bytes

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[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/fs-calendar-set-demo.hqx; 193K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 09:51:38 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Mark Hayes)
Subject: [*] After Dark Van Gogh Planet

Here's a PICT file suitable for plugging into the After Dark
module "Globe":  it's a detail from Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
that makes a *great* spinning planet!  (If you haven't messed
with this module before, what you do is open the PICT file with
any suitable program, select the entire image and copy it, then
open After Dark, choose the "Globe" module, choose "Images...",
choose "Paste", then close up.)

Enjoy!  And protect the right to create with mirrors!

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/van-gogh-starry-night.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 21:53:03 BST
From: Lloyd Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Bat Signal 1.0 After Dark module

This is Bat Signal 1.0, an After Dark module (also useable with DarkSide 4.0)
that gives you a Spotlight-like Bat Signal, with selectable lighting and
screen clearing conditions, and an elegant About box.

This module is freeware, and replaces all previous releases (which lack a
visible version number in Get Info). Fixes include working correctly with
Randomizer and with SmartAlarms. Bat Signal 2.0, with many more features,
is now under development.

Posted on behalf on subversive software ([e-mail]). I am not the
author - I merely write the documentation. Enjoy.


 -- Lloyd. (Maintainer of the After Dark FAQ)

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/bat-signal-10.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 23:46:23 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Billiard Parlour

   Someone requested a billiad game a few weeks ago so here is Billiard
Parlour. It is several years old but seems to still work. Gives the info an
programing the ball movement and so forth. And best of all it is free.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/billiard-parlour.hqx; 80K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 12:01:30 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Book 3.6.2

I just registered Address Book, and the version Jim Leitch sent me was
3.6.2. I don't remember what the difference is -- it is an additional
capability that's no big show stopper, but I left the version info sheet at
home. I decided to upload it anyhow. This should replace 3.6.1.

Address Book is really nice $30 shareware address book (no kidding!). It
allows you to print labels, and bar coded envelopes, can dial the phone,
print day-timer type lists, and other nice stuff. I didn't write it, just
use it a bit.


Bryan Walls                             My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/address-book-362.hqx; 353K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:16:15 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/backup-src.txt

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1993 09:04:52 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Paige)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/backup-src.txt

The following should work to backup and restore your database, with the
above restrictions. If you call these as a new process, they open their own
progress windows:

  `Procedure: zBACKUP($1:pathname)

  `$1 = pathname to store files in

  `backs-up all the data files to external files in a selected folder

If (count parameters>=1)
  $FolderPath:=$1
else
  `if $1 is not passed, files will be saved in same folder as
  `structure (or 4D Client)
  $FolderPath:=""
end if

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/backup-src.txt; 3K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:20:56 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/clients-rights-info.txt

Date: 01 Mar 1993
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/clients-rights-info.txt

Dear Fellow Developers,

I'd like to know what you folks think about a client's right to the
source code of their database application.

I'm currently developing an application for a friend, and, as I
realize that he will depend on it for longer than I am likely to be
living in the area, I am going to provide him with the source (ie: the
uncompiled structure file) and the designer password so that, in case
of my death or extended absense, he may find another 4d'er and keep
his db current with his needs.

I know of another situation where a small business hired a 4D
developer who charged them $100/hr over a long period of time to
create an application that is ultimately unsatisfactory to them.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/clients-rights-info.txt; 13K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:00:47 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/communications-kit-demo.hqx

Date: 27 May 93 10:27:44 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Leslie G. Wardwell)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/communications-kit-demo.hqx

This is the 4D Communications Kit version 1.1 that is compatible with 4D v3.
A 4DCK Demo version 1.02 is also included for 4D v2.

4DCK is now supported by Full Moon Software of San Jose, CA and no longer by
FORESIGHT Technologies.

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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: 4DCK Demo.sea    Size:  897867 bytes

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/communications-kit-demo.hqx; 1195K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:25:24 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/developer-mailing-list-info.txt

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 10:54:28 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Steve Holden)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/developer-mailing-list-info.txt

 --------------------------------------------------------------
-----                     4D Email Group                  -----
 --------------------------------------------------------------
This email group was created to provide users and developers a
forum to ask questions, bounce ideas, and expand members
knowledge of ACI's 4th Dimension. This is an informal group,
with no rules except proper email etiquette.

If you are in doubt of what proper email etiquette entails
either do:

    an anonymous FTP to isig.mit.edu, and get the file

    Primer/usenet-primer.

    There are other very useful Internet based documents in
    the /Primer directory.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/developer-mailing-list-info.txt; 5K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 09:57:16 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/goodies-db.hqx

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 15:17:47 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Robert Paige)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/goodies-db.hqx

4D-Goodies includes several useful utilities:
1) Progress Indicator. You can specify how often the indicator is updated,
and include messages in the indicator. It also trys to estimate how long
until the task is completed. The progress indicator is used throughout this
demo database.

2) Buffered I/O. One example from my MacII: reading a 484K file took 1.5
minutes buffered, 6.5 minutes unbuffered. The sample file is of 1000
records of varying length from 10-1000 characters. This example just counts
the records in a file, but it does show its usefulness. This is only useful
compiled.

3) InterProcess communication. I've implemented an amazingly simple set of
'Pipes' between processes. Any process can write to a pipe, and any other
process can read from its own pipe. Everything is buffered. On top of this
I've layered a messaging system that is demonstrated by the 'Messager'
section of the demo. The Pipes, Messager, and PIPEMANAGER probably take <
100 lines of code. This even works well interpreted.

4) Prioritization of long tasks. This is closely tied to the Progress
Indicator. Try this: While running a couple Buffered I/O demos
simultaneously (love that multitasking!), open the Prioritize window and
adjust the priorities for those processes (0 is highest priority).

All this (with the exception of a window-resizing external) is done in 4D
code. I'd be interested in any feedback on usage.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/goodies-db.hqx; 50K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:31:18 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/phone-dial-src.txt

Date:    Sun, 13 Jun 93 12:29 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/phone-dial-src.txt

dialing script:
Below is code from a "Dial" button on an input layout. It
automatically dials the phone number that is in the field
"phone 1" and gives appropriate information in a message box.

The code gives the user 5 seconds in which to pick up the phone
after the dialing.

Anyone see any way to better optimize for 4D Server? My understanding
is that the WHILE loops involve cpu cranking on the client end
and should not burden the server--is this right?

I got the core of this code from someone on this 4d mailing
list--whoever it was, thanks!

Steve Dahm

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/phone-dial-src.txt; 3K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 09:43:55 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv2-demo.hqx

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 12:53:35 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Joshua D. Wachs)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv2-demo.hqx

QuickCode Pro(tm) dramatically enhances the 4th Dimension  procedure
editing environment with the addition of over 100 new features which
simplify and accelerate script writing. QuickCode Pro gives you total
control via user-definable keyboard equivalents ("hot keys") for nearly
every new function added to your editor window. Coding in 4th Dimension has
never been this easy. The demo version is now available for downloading.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv2-demo.hqx; 305K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 09:53:25 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv3-demo.hqx

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 12:55:21 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Joshua D. Wachs)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv3-demo.hqx

And here's the QuickCode Pro(tm) demo for 4D v3 for the ftp site.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/quick-code-4dv3-demo.hqx; 297K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:38:34 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/relate-selection-src.txt

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 13:01:07 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Pliske)
Subject: [*] dev/a4d/relate-selection-src.txt

Bob, (and Bill) I don't have the CI$ discussions archived, but here is the
relateSelection procedure in all its glory:

Bill, re:
"In your RelateSelection/built search, do you sort the selection (or
call SELECTION TO ARRAY, then SORT ARRAY) in order to avoid searching
for the same value twice?"

No, no sorting, just built searches, for every 250 records of the "input"
file we build a 250 line search command, then execute it.  Note we could
become server compatible by changing the record loop to create sets of 250
records and apply to selection as in the top case, thus avoiding the "next
record" which forces the whole record to be loaded over the net uselessly.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/relate-selection-src.txt; 2K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 13:55:11 +0200
From: [e-mail] ( Rodella-Morena)
Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 2.0.2

Disk Charmer 2.0.x is a neat utility that lets you conveniently
initialize (or verify) floppy disks.
I have fixed more than a couple of bugs from version 2.0.1,
and improved the interface.
It *requires* at least System 7 to run.
It has a nice, modeless interface.
Help Balloons are everywhere.
It supports drag&drop (with the required Apple Events).
It is able to create larger disks: you gain 8.5K on a 800K disk,
18.5K on a HD disk (if you keep one large file filling the disk,
such as a Compact Pro segment).
It is the first disk formatter supporting the handy "Undo" feature
we all know and love.
It is the first disk formatter able to initialize and verify disks
(hold your breath) *in background*. To access this feature, you need
the Thread Manager Extension from Apple Computer.
It has even more features... but I am sure you are already impressed!

Enjoy yourself and remember the $10 shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-charmer-202.hqx; 71K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 16:51:43 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: [*] fileshare slider

The File Share slider resource adds a "slider bar" to the Sharing Setup
dialog.  This allows you to change the speed with which other users can
access your machine under personal File Share.  It can also be useful if
you access your Mac across the network, and want to increase your access
speed.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/fileshare-slider.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 15:27:55 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Francois Chaplais)
Subject: [*] Front End for FontGeist (subm.)

Here is a hypercard front end for FontGeist, the utility by Jonathan Z.
Simon that generates ghost with help from superATM. It allows easy
customization of the resources of Fongeist. Doc in included in the stack.

FreeWare.

Attached is a binehed, Compact Pro archive of the stack.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/front-end-for-font-geist.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 14:34:40 +0100
From: "Henri-Pierre GARNIR" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] GesSpectre (Nuclear MCA emulator)

GesSpectre is a data acquisition program which visualizes and analyses
spectra obtained from nuclear particle detectors. It emulates the display
of a multi-channel analyser (MCA). The acquisition is made by an external
MCA connected to the Macintosh through a serial RS422 line or with a direct
connection to an ADC via a PIA interface. Data can also be read from text
files.

The program has been developed in our laboratory and could be freely
distributed. The source code (in Think Pascal 4) may be obtained on
request.

Bien amicalement,
   Henri-Pierre GARNIR, University of Liege (BELGIUM)
Tel:[phone]   Fax:[phone]   AppleLink BEL0031
E-mail: [e-mail] & [e-mail] (139.165.32.1)

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/ges-spectre.hqx; 172K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 16:43:35 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Earl Williams)
Subject: [*] Hellcats/LeyteCanSpell!

Hellcats/LeyteCanSpell!
6/3/93

***************************************************************
** Requires the flight simulator Hellcats (incl. Leyte Gulf) **
***************************************************************

Those folks from Graphic Simulations can sure program a flight simulator,
can't they?  But they can't spell worth a darn; dialog boxes in Hellcats
and Leyte (and the manuals for that matter) are absolutely full of
stupid spelling errors (like "acheived", in one dialog box that successful
pilots get to see a lot).

This annoys me.  If it doesn't annoy you, read no further and trash this.
If it annoys you too, use ResEdit to paste these corrected STR# resources
into their respective applications (Hellcats and LeyteGulf).  All I did
was use ResEdit on the original STR# resources and edit their text to
correct spellings, capitalize Hellcat, etc.  You could use this same
technique to customize Hellcats messages (e.g. "You really bit the
big one there, ace.").

Graphic Simulations or anyone else is welcome to take these STR# resources
and create a more user-friendly patching application.

[Usual warning: ResEdit can be a dangerous toy, make backup copies first]

Surely this doesn't violate Graphic Simulation's copyright since the
STR# resources alone are of no use to anyone who doesn't own Hellcats/Leyte.

'Nuf said.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hellcats-leyte-can-spell.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 15:37:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (David Sumner)
Subject: [*] INIT-Scope 2.1

INIT-Scope 2.1 is an extension (INIT)/ Control Panel combination
that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the
behavior of your computer during the startup process.  Also, it
lets you skip any INIT by simply holding down the Shift Key.

  INIT-Scope produces a text file called Startup Report that tells
you all about your system environment - such as the amount of
installed RAM, type of computer, type of keyboard, and the values
of important memory locations. For each INIT or Control Panel it
tells you which traps the INIT patches and where the patches are
placed. It tells you what resources were loaded in and where. it
(optionally) gives a detailed trap history of the loading
process.

    The report tells you all about the loading of Drivers,
VBL routines, Time Manager routines, Shut Down routines, and
Notification Requests (the actual text of Notification Requests
is stored in the report file). If any low memory globals are
changed by the INIT, then INIT-ScopeUs report will tell you so.

    You can (optionally) choose to monitor the value of any
particular global in greater detail. The amount of System RAM and
High Memory RAM used by each INIT is reported, too. INIT-Scope
does not patch any traps itself and stays transparent to the
loading process. You can intercept any INIT with a debugger just
as it loads and is about to execute.

While the report produced by  INIT-Scope is of greatest value to a developer
or other technical  person, the report can be used by virtually anyone to
determine  possible causes of problems during the loading process.

Version  2.1 fixes a bug that made the text file unreadable with
some word processors and also makes it possible to properly
intercept an INIT using MacsBug.

INIT-Scope is copyright 1990 by David Sumner and is $15 Shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/init-scope-21.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 21:36:34 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Jurassic Park Bolo Map

Here's a nifty Bolo map I made using Bolotomy and my previously submitted
Jurassic Park logo.  Keeping with the theme, it has no buildings or roads,
just a really cool island shape and lots of primodial forest (well, as
primordial as it gets in Bolo).  There's 16 bases and pills though and
room to manuever.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/jurassic-park-map.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 8:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] LandShark 1.0 Demo

Dear Moderators & to whom it may concern:

Please find enclose a demo copy of Land Shark 1.0.  This is a strategic tank
battle game with simple rules.  Kill the Bolo before he kills you and whipes
out your cities. This is not as easy as it sounds.
Note to UMICH archives: this demo should replace the Bolo10demo previously
uploaded by [e-mail].

This program has now been renamed to Land Shark instead of Bolo and most of
the sounds are no longer there for ease of d/l'ing over slow links!!!  Some
bugs have been fixed including the screen update is MUCH FASTER!!!!!! and a
few more suggestions are  worked on and if you register you will get the
full version that is the most up-to-date.

Please send all comments and suggestions for this program to me at:
    [e-mail]
            or
    [e-mail]

as the author does not have an e-mail account!!

Enjoy!!!

[Archived as /info-mac/demo/land-shark-10.hqx; 254K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 15:59:14 CDT
From: Peter Newton <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacLayers 1.30 for the archives

Here is MacLayers 1.30 for the archives.  It should replace
comm/maclayers-120.hqx.  I will send the necessary UNIX server
files separately.

MacLayers version 1.30 is a freeware 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.  New features since 1.20 include...

  The UNIX side has been ported to run on many new platforms including
  IRIX, AIX 3.2, SVR4, etc. (Not Solaris yet.)

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

  Separate user settings and logfiles; each can be saved independently
  from the other; settings act as startup documents.

  Improved/reorganized keyboard support.

  Longer dial strings, mouse support under emacs, new Finder icons, etc.

To use MacLayers, you need to get both the Macintosh MacLayers client
application and the UNIX server programs.  They are packaged separately.
You will have to compile the latter.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-layers-130.hqx; 200K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 16:02:52 CDT
From: Peter Newton <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacLayers 1.30 UNIX Server files for archives

Here are the UNIX server programs needed to use the MacLayers 1.30
multiple window terminal emulator.  The file is in shar format,
compressed and uuencoded.

This file should replace unix/maclayers-unix-side.shar

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-layers-130-unix.shar; 109K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 07:27:10 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Monitor.hqx - System 7 Monitoring Tool

Hello,

I would like to submit the following Macintosh utility to the Info-Mac
archives.

Thank You
-Mark

                Monitor 1.5-0
             Copyright   1991-1993 Mark Alldritt
                 All Rights Reserved

Monitor is a utility for the Macintosh which allows you to see the level of
activity taking place within your computer.  Monitor presents a number of
different types of information including CPU utilization, memory usage and
disk space availability.  Much of the information presented by Monitor is
displayed using simple graphs.

Monitor relies heavily on facilities of the Macintosh System 7 operating
system to gather data about your Macintosh.  As a result, Monitor will not
work with versions of the Macintosh operating system prior to System 7.

Changes for version 1.5 include:
- Added a Memory window which presents a summary of memory usage.  This
window
  displays memory usage information for the system as a whole and for each
  running application.  The Memory window is similar to the Finder's "About
  This Macintosh" window.
- Added new sorting options to the Volume Order menu.
- Changed menu highlighting for the Show Volumes and Show Applications
  menu items to make them conform more to the interface guidelines.
- Corrected a window redraw problem which caused the bars in the
Applications
  window to break up when foreground applications changed the color
palette.
- Corrected a rare problem which caused volume name changes and volume
  dismounts not to be reflected properly in the Volumes window.
- Added a limits check when adjusting window positions to avoid a problem
  where window title bars could move up under the menu bar when Resize
  Upwards is selected.
- Made Monitor sensitive to changes in the size of the desktop when
positioning
  windows at startup time.
- Corrected a problem where desk accessories were not sorted properly in
  the Applications window.
- Changed the way Pause operates.  It now pauses immediately as opposed to
  taking one more sample.

Monitor is freeware.  See Read Me file for conditions

Thank you to all those that responded to Monitor 1.4 with words of
encouragement,
suggestions and problem reports.  I've tried to address all the problems
and
many of the suggestions I've received.  I apologize to those who made
suggestions
I have not yet addressed.

-Mark
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/monitor-15.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 15:13:35 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Lars Sundstr|m)
Subject: [*] MorseTrainer-1.0.2.sit.Hqx

MorseTrainer US-1.0.2


This is a bug-fix release. Earlier versions could not generate sound
properly on Macintosh Classic.


MorseTrainer is a powerful tool for learning and training Morse code.

Features

* Three different training modes: user text, random text, library text
* Arbitrary signal pitch and timbre
* Arbitrary speed and tempo
* Multi-alphabet support
* Random text generator
* Text library editor
* On-line alphabet
* On-line manual
* Help Balloons
* And a lot more!

And of course, it's FREEWARE!


Lars Sundstroem
Department of Applied Electronics, Lunds University
P.O. Box 118, 221 00  LUND, Sweden
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/morse-trainer-102.hqx; 116K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 08:36:51 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R Lawrence)
Subject: [*] MultiSession1.03

Suggested Name: MultiSession1.03.cpt.hqx

This is the next enhancement to MultiSession.  It includes a cute
little online timer and MacMore can print things (sort of). It
was brought to my attention that I may have omitted the UNIX
part from the version 1.02 archive.  Also, I now have a new,
permanent email address, so I'll let y'all see it this way.

MultiSession:  A program, kinda like MacLayers, which allows you
to open multiple windows over a modem connection with a UNIX host.
It's got error correction, but its quite sluggish.  Requires
System 7.0.  The UNIX part runs on Ultrix and >maybe< SunOS.  It
requires GCC to compile.  It also doesn't seem to like Annex's
very well, but it handles NetBlazers just fine.
UNIX hackers: HELP ME!

MacMore:  A program for viewing text files you've just downloaded
and converting between MS-DOS, UNIX, and MAC files.  Also converts
tabs to spaces, has a rudimentary print function, and can open
files larger than the available memory.  (But there are still
limits, of course).  Requires System 7.0

Thomas R. Lawrence
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/multi-session-103.hqx; 235K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 8:51:46 CDT
From: Shawn Drew <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] no subject (file transmission)

Deep Thought is a very simple System Extension/Control Panel that I wrote
to display a stupid, humorous, thoughtful, etc. quote when you start up
your computer.  There are over 4,200 quotes included, most of which I
got from a popular UNIX utility called Fortune.  Since I didn't write
the quotes, Deep Thought is postcard-ware.  If you really love it and
can't live without it (like me!), please send me a picture postcard of
your hometown.  And yes, even if you live in the same town as me, I'd
still like to get a postcard!

What's new in version 2.0?  I've added a Control Panel interface that
allows you to set the font and size of the quotation shown at startup.
Also, you can choose whether to view a new quote every startup or
just one per day.  I also got to put Oasis Software propaganda... =8^}

Deep Thought and its documentation are copyrighted )1993 by Oasis Software.

Please direct questions, comments, etc. to:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/deep-thought-20.hqx; 489K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 15:35:52 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] option-scroll-1.0.sit.hqx

option-scroll

Copyright (c) 1993, John R. Montbriand.  All Rights Reserved.

This is a Macintosh system extension.  You drop it into
your system folder to add option-scrolling functionality
to your Macintosh.

The scroll bars look very similar to the standard ones,
and they work the same way unless you hold down the option key.

...if you hold down the option key while clicking, the
scroll bar works backwards...

Memory requirements:  it uses about 8k on disk,  and around
4k in memory once it's installed--a very small price to pay
for the added functionality.

This is GreenWare, it is not for free... see the enclosed
GreenWare Agreement for more details.

  hey, thanx...

    John R. Montbriand of Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/option-scroll.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 12:00:07 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.0 extension

OtherMenu is an extension that creates a system-wide hierarchical menu
somewhat similar to the Apple menu.  It can be used for launching
applications and documents, restart and shut down, various file management
functions such as Delete, Empty Trash, File Info, and Make Alias, and
executing FKEYs.  It requires System 7.

Changes since 1.0b16 include:
* Deeper hierarchical submenus.
* No need to manually force the menu to rebuild.
* No background application.
* Many new or improved externals.
* It is now shareware, $10.

 -- Jim Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-10.hqx; 135K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 09:18:55 CDT
From: [e-mail] (C. Eugene Burchill)
Subject: [*] Protein Structure

Protein Structure is a set of three versions of a HyperCard stack
describing the four "levels" of protein structure. v 1.0.2 should replace v
1.0 posted to info-mac/card on May 26, 1993.

v 1.0 incorrectly stated that all of the alpha amino acids used in protein
synthesis had (S) configuration at carbon-2. This has been corrected and
some other minor changes made.

C. E. Burchill

[Archived as /info-mac/card/protein-structure-102.hqx; 474K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 19:55:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Joe Zobkiw)
Subject: [*] QuickNotes1.0b6

QuickNotes 1.0b6 by Joe Zobkiw

QuickNotes allows you to quickly and easily create reminder
notes on your Macintosh! Requires System 7 and is very cool!

Full Read Me file enclosed.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/quick-notes-10b6.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 14:16:51 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Random StartUp2.0

Here it is:

Yet another startupScreen/sound random selector. But it is small and fast.
It selects a random Screen/Sound to be showed/played at startup time. Great
programm against monotonism (sp?).
Ok, I think it's useful - just download it ;)

   Enjoy

      Jochen

([e-mail])
P.S: Remember: It's postcard - ware!!
P.P.S: Sorry about my bad english.
Hey Ruth, sag' was!! XXX  naemlich...

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/random-startup-20.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 12:26:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Re: Fixed?!

    I sent HQXer to MacMod? Hmm. I don't remember that. I did send it to
mac.archive.umich.edu -- supposedly they distribute to most common sites?

    Well, I will send it to you anyway. BTW the version # is still 1.0 --
I sent out a 1.0 before but it was never seen by anyone but one person and
they deleted it, so it's safe to send out again. I don't want my first r
release to be 1.1!...

    Whatever, here's HQXer1.0 again.
                        *Stiles

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/hqxer-10.hqx; 43K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 09:02:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Lemieux <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RFZap 1.0b2.sit

RFZap 1.0b2 is a "drop box" that will delete the resource fork
of any file.  Useful for Tabby sysops who get archives with
trashed resource forks.  Caution: Dropping an application
(except .sea's) on RFZap will destroy it!  Freeware.
Requires System 7.  Another potential use for RFZap is a very
quick and dirty way to strip application specific information
stored in the resource forks of text files.  1.0b2 adds the
dialog to verify whether to zap the resource forks of INITs,
cdevs, RDEVs, applications, and DA's.
Paul Lemieux
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/rfzap-10b2.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 09:03:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Lemieux <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SitC Lister 1.0.3.sit

Version 1.0.3 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 1.0.3 fixes a couple of bugs and improves
the interface.
Paul Lemieux
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/sitc-lister-103.hqx; 44K]

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 21:32:24 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#180/14-Jun-93

TidBITS#180/14-Jun-93

 Matt Neuburg's investigation into Inspiration 4.0 and other
   outliners anchors this issue, aided by Mark Anbinder's article
   on the Newton and some competition from EO. We also have bits
   about the Color Classic, one possible punishment for deterring
   computer crime, the correct pin-outs for the standard hardware
   handshaking cable, and look at a new Apple rebate program that
   will be popular with users but potentially a problem for
   some dealers.

Topics:
    MailBITS/14-Jun-93
    Waiting for Newton
    Rebate Sparks Controversy
    Inspiration 4.0: Outliners and Me
    Reviews/14-Jun-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-180.etx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 22:54:03 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Willem Nijenhuis)
Subject: [*] TimeServer

>Can anyone help me find a program that will allow me to sync the times
>of multiple macs on an appletalk net.  I have a number of macs running
>on appletalk and I would like to set the clock on one and
>then synchronize all the others to that one.

The Time Server system consists of two parts.  The Time document which
is the combination Chooser and startup document, and the Time Server
which is a startup document. They must be distributed together and they
must not be modified in any way. They must not be sold for profit.
Non-profit user groups have permission to add the Time Server system to their
libraries.  Profit groups may not include the Time Server system as part of
their software offerings in any form at any price without written
permission from John Raymonds.
The documentation is available by dropping the Chooserdocument on the
system folder, selecting the document in the Chooser itself and clicking
the Help button.
For convenience of the netters I have collected this documentation and put
it in a Read Me document enclosed in this file.

Willem.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/time-server.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 21:58:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: PETER GINGISS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] To Do Stack 2.0

To Do Stack 2.0 by Jonathan Cooper, based on Version 1.5, by
Peter Gingiss. (This version released with his permission.)
A 19K (when empty) HyperCard 2.x stack for organising and
prioritising tasks. Freeware. Original improvements were
made by Samuel Lester. Jonathan Cooper - CompuServe:
100033,2677 - InterNet:
[e-mail] Peter Gingiss -
CompuServe: 72411,550 - InterNet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/to-do-stack-20.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 21:24:21 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Strobel)
Subject: [*] UULite version 1.4.2 - Mac uudecoder enclosed...

I am pleased to announce the release of UULite version 1.4.2 for the
Macintosh.  Version 1.4.2 has the following features:

  * One-step "Smart" uudecoding:
     - Multipart file decoding with automatic article header/footer
       removal - no manual editing required
     - Source file may contain multiple output files,
       e.g., the source file may contain any number of gif files:  all
       will be decoded
     - Configurable "Drag and Drop" decoding of any number of files
       (System 7 required)
     - "Super Smart" uudecoding for problem files.
     - File Merge and Decode for decoding images from multiple input
       files for news readers that don't support appending on the fly
     - Straight File Merge for merging text files
  * One-step uuencoding:
     - Auto file splitting to simplify Usenet posting
     - Auto file description insertion in first or all encoded parts.
  * Smart automatic file Type and Creator stamping - user configurable
  * Manual file Type and Creator editing on any file
  * UNIX To Mac text conversion
  * Mac To UNIX text conversion
  * Help
  * Usenet Read News Tutorial


...Jeff Strobel                                [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/uu-lite-142.hqx; 107K]

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 20:20:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leslie Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZTerm 0.9 FAQ, version 1.1

This is the ZTerm 0.9 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), version 1.1.

This document answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to ZTerm
0.9. The FAQ also contains bug reports, ResEdit hacks, information
about information and software relevant to ZTerm users, and
undocumented tips.

Changes in version 1.1:
>more ResEdit hacks
>more questions and answers
>foolproof ANSI graphics informations
>ZTerm-related software information
>more System 6 information
>corrections (never trust version 1.0 of anything!)

This FAQ is posted once a month to comp.sys.mac.comm and
comp.sys.mac.apps. It is also available on America Online
(filesearch keyword: ZTerm.) Sorry, I can't mail this FAQ to
individuals. My student/staff account is too limited.

A Microsoft Word text only document. Checked for viruses
with Disinfectant 3.2.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/zterm-11-faq.txt; 41K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 11:14:20 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: "Smart" quotes

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Word 5.0/5.1 will do this itself. If the object is to "smarten" the quotes
> of a dumb-quoted document. Simply make sure that the Smart Quotes
> preference is checked and then search for the quote sign and replace with
> the quote sign (just the dumb kind will show in the change dialog, but
> that's OK). They will all be replaced by the correct kind of quote. You
> can also "fix" apostrophe's and single quotes that way. You can also
> stupefy both by doing the same with the "Smart quotes" feature turned off.

Of course, if you use curly quotes and hash marks correctly,
Word and most other programs with "smart" quote features may
mess up your documents. The curly single and double quotes are
used for apostrophes and quotes, but NOT inch and foot marks.
If you want to write 3.5" disk, then you have to use the
straight hash marks that come normally on the keyboard. Doing
3.5" with a curly quote looks pretty strange, and is indeed
incorrect, if you're going to be picky about that sort of
thing.

I have a Nisus macro which does curly quotes _almost_ right.
There's one instance when there's no way to tell which type of
quote to use. If you have a number ending a quoted section, the
macro doesn't know if you want it to be a curly quote or a hash
mark - there's just no telling. Otherwise my macro does
everything like numeric possessives correctly (<System 7's
Finder> should be curly quotes, <a 6' tall person> should be
straight quotes). If anyone wants this, let me know and I'll
send it to sumex....

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: 15 Jun 93 10:48:00 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ANOTHER MAC POWERPOINT 3.0 BUG UPDATE

Hello, folks...

Yet another salvo in the PowerPoint bug update...about which the PowerPoint
Bug
Rep said...
    "DEFINITELY NO damage or loss of data to any
    files residing on a hard drive."
and
    "NO files are damaged and no other data is lost."

Don't be so sure; I got the following info today:

>Date: 6-10-93 12:20pm
>From: Glenn C
>Subj: Powerpoint Bug
>In-Reply-To: Message from John Z of 6-10-93
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>FYI-
>
>I believe I have experienced this bug.  While saving files in Power Point
>3.0, a bad file was created on the hard disk.  When trying to fix it with
>Norton Utilities, several Catalog Tree errors were noted.  Norton Utils
>could not fix it; neither could Norton's tech rep on the phone.  I had to
>reformat the hard drive (although most of the data was recoverable - I only
>lost 5 files).
>
>What Powerpoint does <at a minimum> is screw up the Catalog Tree nodes
>which can affect files as well as whole folders <I'll bet it somehow
>transposes node numbers when you're using multiple media>.  The node level
>affected determines how many folders & files get screwed up (if node level
>4, many files, node level 1, hopefully only a few).  Files will either be
>left with links that loop or skip files (i.e., in the case of a loop, if
>you try to access those files, the disk whirrs forever). If this happens
>you can usually at least recover all files which are not linked to the
>affected nodes, and then reformat your hard drive.
>
>For Greg:  Does this happen with <any> other external file source (i.e,
>extra hard drive, removable drive, etc.?)  Should the rule be to always
>save to the disk on which PowerPoint is resident?
>
>GC

Sounds to me like it *does* affect your hard drive, and other files as well.
As you can see, I'm sending this message to a number of people, including the
PowerPoint Bug Rep, the Info-Mac bulletin board, and interested observers
around here.  Please continue to forward me any info about this bug; I'll pass
it along to MicroSoft and the Info-Mac board.

Brandon Munday
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

And for those of you who joined us in the middle of our story:

>------------------------forwarded message follows----------------------------
>From: John Langhans
>Subject: RE: Mac PowerPoint 3.0 bug alert!
>Date: Friday, June 11, 1993 8:36AM
>The issue is not what was described on internet, but is as follows:
>3.0b addresses two specific issues:
>a.   Problem loosing TYPE/CREATOR information when saving a
>    presentation to a network that does not support Apple
>    File Protocol 3.0.
>    Nearly all network vendors have versions that now
>    support AFP 3.0, so this fix is only necessary for those
>    installations that have not upgraded their network
>    software
>b.   Problem with the Apple floppy disk driver that can cause
>    system error when saving a presentation, which may
>    result in the loss of any work done on any open documents
>    on the computer, since the last time they were successfully saved.
>
>    NO files are damaged and no other data is lost.
>
>    DEFINITELY NO damage or loss of data to any
>    files residing on a hard drive.
>
>Please make sure that this is clarified as soon as possible, if
>you have an account on the Internet.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Langhans
>Support Lead - PowerPoint
>
>
>>-----------------------forwarded message follows---------------------------
>>Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 13:16:54 EDT
>>From: [e-mail]
>>Subject: MAJOR Powerpoint 3.0 BUG!
>>
>>Just heard thru the local grapevine that there's a major bug with
>>the latest version of PowerPoint for Macintosh, Version 3.0.  Microsoft
>>confirmed this rumor over the phone and offered a few "do's and don'ts"
>as follows:
>>
>>The problem occurs whenever you work with a floppy diskette or a remotely
>>mounted volume from inside PowerPoint, such as save to a floppy or save to
>>a mounted volume.  Apparently, Microsoft hasn't fully nailed down the
>>circumstances under which this bug will bite you, but the rep I talked to
>>recommended that I only work from the hard drive.  If you need a file sent
>>elsewhere, or on a floppy, do it from the Finder.
>>
>>The result of the bug seems to be that the hard drive AND the floppy can be
>>***ERASED***
>>by using the floppy.  Yes, ERASED.  So if you value your data, don't write
>>to a floppy until you get the patched version, v 3.0B.
>>
>>When I spoke to the Microsoft rep I was immediately promised replent
>>program disks in the mail, even FedEx'd if required.  So Microsoft must
>>really know how bad this one is.  If you own the new version, call
>>Microsoft for a replacement, or something; just be careful until you get
>>the new version.
>>
>>For your info, enlightenment, safety, or whatever...


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Date: 15 Jun 93 10:53:17 EDT
From: Mark Heard <[e-mail]>
Subject: Another Plea

Am I the only one annoyed by the posts with title "Info-Mac Digest V11 #xxx"?
Such titles strike me as fairly useless... Is this a "feature" of some I-net
comm SW or a 'convention' used in other digests (looks a lot like DOS error
message, no?)? (Or just lazy typing <g>?) Please consider being more
descriptive in your titles when posting to the Digest (look around - there are
plenty of good examples in this and earlier ones.)

There - that's better. Now I can resume being anal about more important
matters, like whether I use a button or a paper clip to eject a floppy disk!

Mark

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Date: 15 Jun 93 19:07:24 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Anti-Windows Windows?

Help!  I am being held against my will in an office environment with only PCs
and Windows 3.1!

Does anyone know of an anti-windows, or anti-pc, or pro-mac program or screen
saver I can run here (share- or free-ware; I really don't feel like putting
much money into this thing)?  I know Windows 3.1 has its built in screensaver
and I could just have a message scroll by on the screen, but I was wondering
if anyone knew of any specific programs or modules that would show my love for
these <P>ieces of <C>rap.

(Crap being a game played in Atlantic City :)

Ken Linger
[e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jun 1993 17:00:37GMT
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Plea [C]

Oops,

I credited Paul D. Bain with writing posting that I responded to, but I see
I was actually someone called Rick, using the PDBAIN account.

Sorry.

Alun

A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Internet: [e-mail] / [e-mail]

Snail: Dr Alun J. Carr                 Phone:    [phone]
       Mechanical Engineering Dept.              [phone] x1989
       University College Dublin       Fax:      [phone]
       Belfield                                  [phone]
       Dublin 4                        Internet: [e-mail]
       Ireland                                   [e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jun 1993 16:56:40GMT
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Plea [R]

In IM 11/121 Paul D. Bain writes (in response to my previous posting):

>I understand your request that replies to messages should contain
>the original message (or as much of it as practical) preceded by a '>'
>character. It does look nice.
>BUT....
>Would you like to tell those who are less experienced how you go about
>doing that easily?????  I just found a program called SignatureQuote
>(don't blame me; I didn't name it that) which can take selected text
>on my Mac screen, copy it to the clipboard, and put those signs in
>front of the message. Then you can Paste it back in. However, I've
>been doing this for a long time now, and I've never seen an explanation
>of how to do this.
>
>Would you like to explain?

The reason for my heartfelt plea was that I had just responded to someone
who's message was included verbatim in someone else's posting to Info-Mac.
The included text had the standard Info-Mac <Date:>, <From:> and <Subject:>
lines in it, it wasn't indented, and it wasn't prefixed (one or the other
normally serves the purpose of indicating an inclusion). If the includer had
properly commented the inclusion out, I wouldn't have mailed the person who
had originally posted the included text. Thus, I don't suggest
commenting-out because it looks pretty, but because it actually serves a
useful purpose.

As to how to do it, I extract the digest into a file on my Mac, and read it
in BBEdit 2.2.2, which will allow lines to be prefixed (or suffixed) with
whatever you like, just by selecting the text, then inserting the prefix.
Thus, I can build the message I want to send in BBEdit, cut, then paste into
Pegasus Mail. Alternatively (as in this message), I cut the text I want to
include, paste it into P-Mail, then manually prefix the lines (there are
only 13, in this case).

I hope I don't sound like an awkward so-and-so for requesting this, but
we've all grown up accustomed to some sort of visual clue indicating a
quotation (usually the block of text is displayed, with indentation,
possibly in a smaller font), so it makes sense for all readers of e-mail to
be presented with some electronically-convenient visual indication of a
quotation. Mac users should appreciate this more than others, being much
more concerned about the visual appearance of information.

Thanks for reading my ranting.

Alun

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       Mechanical Engineering Dept.              [phone] x1989
       University College Dublin       Fax:      [phone]
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Date: 15 Jun 1993 08:08:58 -0800 (PST)
From: GLEN SHIERY <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bad SE/30 drive

I recently sent a drive from a Mac+ to a place called LPS Computer service
for repair. The flat rate is $40.00 for the basic stuff. I had to pay
another $49.00 to cover the cost of new read/write heads, but what
impressed me the most is that they shipped the drive before receiving
the additional $49.00. They told me to just send them a check. I find that
it's a strange feeling to be trusted like this by a company today.

The drive works fine. I think that I'll send them more of my business.

LPS Computer Service Group
210 S. Juniper Street, # 103
Escondido CA  92025 USA
619 489-5342 Voice
619 489-6069 Fax

I would send the drive out for repair rather then replace it. Or at least
call them and ask thier advice about your SE/30 superdrive. Good luck.

Glen Shiery
[e-mail]

>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Bad SE/30 Internal Floppy
>
>        My internal 1.44M floppy drive is bad.  It always thinks that there
is
>a disk inside even when there isn't.  Its constantly making the "clunking"
>noises as if it is trying to read something that is not there.  Sometimes the
>Mac pops up the "Would you like to format this disk" dialog, again, when
>nothing is in.
>
>        It ejects any disk I put in it and THEN tries to read it.
>
...
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Ken Linger
>[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93  12:43 GMT
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: BBC TV Horizon (R)

The cheque for the transcript of the above show should be payable to BSS,
not BBC as previously stated.

.. and in further comment to what Sak Wathanasin said, it was the narrator,
not the Microsoft man who said that they couldn't be working for anyone
else.

Andy Law
( LAWA @ IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK                    Big Nose in Edinburgh )

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:02:11 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: Can't do High speed uploads (Q)

I can't do high speed uploads. Anything faster than 2400 baud receives 2
blocks
successfully, and then get a ZRPOS=0 which it never recovers from. I have
tried
at 14.4 kbaud w/v.42bis, 9600 baud w/v.42bis, and 9600 without v.42bis.

I have no trouble whatsoever with downloads, regardless of compression mode.

I have tried both ZTerm zmodem, and MacIntercomm Lite zmodem and xmodem.

any ideas?

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Date: 15 Jun 1993 15:15:15 -0500
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desktop pattern...

re:

>>>
>>> I am looking for a sound of a tiolet flushing. Hopefuly in a click on
>>> sound file. My other request is were can I find pict or other stuff that
>>> can be used as a desktop pattern. I would really like a pattern like a
>>> granite or marble pattern that I could paste into the system with
Resedit.
>>> I saw a computer with what might be the Now Fun desktop patterns which
>>> looks quite nice but $70 for a simple pict is expensive since I can
already
>>> do everything else in that software package.
>>>

Try Desktop Textures, shareware, and available here and other online sources.
I
happen to have a gray granite desktop installed right now.

David Lawrence

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 13:20:19 EDT
From: "James A. Connolly" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Deskwriter 3.9 and 4.0 drivers

When I installed DW 3.9 and 4.0 drivers, I did it from the hard drive,
that is, from my second hard drive.  The installer allowed me to install
to any disk that didn't contain the running installation software.

I noticed one problem with the 3.9 drivers... when I selected print
to an envelope and later tried to go back to print to 8.5x11" paper,
the printer kept trying to pick up envelopes.  The only solution was
to turn off the printer and survive an Appletalk error.  I haven't
tried to duplicate this error on 4.0, but will shortly.

Has anyone else seen this before?

                     ...James

[e-mail]      phone [phone]      fax [phone]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 14:14 MET
From: "E Hoenkamp, NICI" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DW 3.9 not reporting progress (Q)

The older DW driver used to tell what page it was printing. DW 3.9 does
not do this anymore. Maybe I overlooked a setting? Edward.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 11:18:33 -0400
From: [e-mail] (William Homer Waits)
Subject: Ejection Button On a Mac

in response to my reply to ban an ejection button on a Mac,
lingerk@attmail writes that "please insert disk" menus did
not stay up long.  You can now do two things to prevent
this on a Macintosh:

    1) Insert requested disk

    2



    2) Press Command-period

The mere fact that this message is displayed shows that
the hardware and software are integrated highly.
Without it, severve crashes of sorts can happen.
Let's say that you are running a program from a floppy
and one from the hard drive.  The Hard drive program
is asked by you to save a file.  You eject the first
disk, insert disk two and save your file.  You then
go back to the open program running from the first floppy
and get "please insert disk".  Without the Mac interface
or the high level of integration, your program would
crash just like on a PC.  As it stands now, you insert
the first disk and carry on.  He also writes that I shall
have less paper clip that are bent on my desk.  Strange
but true, I have had my Mac for over 3 years and have
never had to use one. (I know quite well that not everybody
has been as fortunate as me, but come on, how often to
you really have to use it.  There are 6 major Mac
labs on my campus and with all those students using them
all that time, RARELY is a disk become stuck.)

Also, ahunter@sbccvm writes about ejecting disk:

The floppy disk doesn't CARE.

You missed my point entirely.  It's not the disk I care
about, it is the end user.  The disk can take a flying
leap and do cartwheel for all I care.  It is so nice to
have the disk come to me istead of having to manually
fetching it.  That is what makes the Mac a MAC!  Again,
it's the high level of software/hardware integration
that does not beseige the PC and separates the Mac
>From the imitators.  The end user is much more
comfortable that way.  You should have seen my father
hook up a DeskJet 500 the other day(s).  It took
a total of 7(!) hours just to hook up a printer.  The
machine couldn't tell what was there, nor could it give
any feedback, something the Mac has nver been accused
of, not giving enough feedback.  Mr. Hunter also states
that the PowerPC will not be a Mac, and etc...

Well that was off the beaten path a little, but if
Apple is smart, to differentiate their PowerPC from
IBM's, they will take the same motherboard, add there
special ROM's that make a Mac a Mac, or a PowerPC
equivalent, Use a SuperDrive type on disk drive,
add the operating system Pink.  Then Apple will have
a true PowerPC.  IBM will take their motherboard,
probabally add an AT style BIOS, a IDE drive, a
klanky disk drive, and OS/2 and pray that they can
convince people that their machine is supperior.

No matter what, to add an eject button to a Mac
would be a slap in the face to the end user.  Note
that I am saying nothing about the format in which
data is saved on the drive, although it would be a
MAJOR pain to transpose my 800K disk to the new
format, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do NOT add
an eject button!!!!!!!!!!!

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 8:32:34 EDT
From: "Dr. Daniel Arkin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fax/Data Modem & ARA

I am running a Dove Fax/Data Modem on a dedicated line and want
to add AppleTalk Remote Access to the process.  I would like
incoming calls to be answered automatically with an
interpretation made as to whether the call is a fax (thus
invoking Fax stf) or a data call (thus invoking ARA).

When ARA is "receiving calls" it answers the modem and sends
out the obligatory data modem beep.  Faxes at the other end
don't understand and don't respond.

When ARA is not receiving calls, the Dove software answers the
call and sends out its obligatory fax modem beep.  Faxes at the
other end understand (usually) and respond accordingly.

I want some software intelligent enough (bummer) to answer the
call, initiate some dialog, listen for a signal and then respond
accordingly.  Is this possible?

Will another fax/data modem software package do something like
this?

Does a line manager box exist that can work with an all in one
data/fax modem properly so that it interprets and responds
accordingly?

Do I need to have a separate modem from the fax modem and use
the hardware device to interpret and route the signal first?

Will the Axiom serial port splitter allow both the separate
modem and the fax modem to share the one modem port on the
Macintosh IIsi (the other is used for Appletalk)?  Are there
other choices?

Thanks in Advance

Daniel Arkin
workSmart
Richmond, Virginia

[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 10:02:56 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Graphics and MPW C...

   Hello---
     I have recently been working with MPW C on a quadra 700.  I have been
trying to find out if there are any graphics packages that can be accessed
>From MPW C that are capable of plotting histograms, that can also perform the
functions of Quickdraw.  Or (this is probably a long shot), does anyone know
if
the MHbook library of fortran routines from CERN's MacUA1 can be accessed by
MPW C using cfortran.h and a compatible FORTRAN compiler?  Any help I receive
will be greatly appreciated---Please feel free to respond via email to me at
[e-mail].  Thanks in advance.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 19:50 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Inexpensive graphics card: suggestions please

We're currently shopping around for an inexpensive graphics card for a
IIfx.  Our Apple dealer has, not unnaturally, suggested the 8*24GC card,
but I'm a bit wary of it because of what I vaguely remember about its
associated hardware/software incompatibilities.  (Actually, can anybody
remind me of what these are?)  Besides, the 8*24GC card looks a bit pricey
for what it is.  What we'd like is a card which simply has to support
16-bit or more colors on standard 640x480 monitors - graphics acceleration,
though it would be nice, is not of primary importance.  Any ideas?  Thanks
in advance

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 12:27:27 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #120

In article <[e-mail]>
([e-mail]), you write:
    Reply - Bad SE/30 Internal Floppy
    I had a similar problem to the continuously ejecting disc drive as
    described by Dwight Kelly.  Larry Pina describes the problem and
    some possible solutions in "The Dead Mac Scrolls."  In my case the fix
    was simple, a little WD40 in the drive mechanism's micro switches.
    As I borrowed Pina's book from the library, the repair cost me about 1
    hr.
    of my time.  Bon Chance! Alard Malek ([e-mail])

Also check for objects in the drive that shouldn't be there.  A disk
label (still on the backing) as an example (I've seen it).  It will
produce the symptom of ejecting floppies.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 14:04 MET
From: "E Hoenkamp, NICI" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Installing images w/o floppy (was: DW 3.9)

You can install images without first copying to floppy by using Steve
Christensen's cp 'MountImage' (available on sumex). It lets you treat an
image as if it were a floppy, thus speeding up the process considerably,
(especially in 'toaster mode' (i.e. several floppies as with DW 3.9)).
Edward.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 21:40:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Aaron L Dickey)
Subject: Jurassic Park

[e-mail] writes:

> As someone already posted, QuickTime is used in Jurassic Park. However,
>I laughed pretty damn hard because it is supposed to be during a Vid-Phone
>session, yet the QuickTime frame bar is clearly shown moving across as the
>conversation (two-way) takes place. I thought that was one of the easiest
>and most obvious (to those who knew) changes they could have made to improve
>the (otherwise stupendous) effects..

I laughed at that as well, because it was so pathetically obvious.  I'm
also surprised that, considering all the merchandising they're trying to
do, they haven't realized that there are plenty of Mac users who would pay
good money for that animation of Newman going, "You didn't say the magic
word!" :)

--Aaron

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 09:42:44 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Jurassic Park Video Phone

SP> As someone already posted, QuickTime is used in Jurassic Park.
SP> However, I laughed pretty damn hard because it is supposed to be
SP> during a Vid-Phone session, yet the QuickTime frame bar is clearly
SP> shown moving across as the conversation (two-way) takes place.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I just finished the book.  (Forgive
me for reversing the order!  ;-)  Compression Labs Inc., Northern Telecom
and a couple of other firms may also get a chuckle out of the vid-phone
scenes.  These companies sell Quicktime based video phones for the Mac.  We
are running CLI's Cameo here at West Virginia University.  When we
place a video call, we get a medium sized QT window, but *no* frame
bar.  Maybe someone should send Steven Spielberg a Cameo for his
Mac so he can get it right next time!  ;-)

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 15:55:13 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Kincaid Readability Score?

  Can anyone tell me where I might snag some software (preferably PD)
that will let me calculate the Kincaid Readability Score of a text (or
Word) file?

Thanks,
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: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 12:44:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Fowler <[e-mail]>
Subject: Laserwriter 8.0 & Novell ATPSV (Q)

Hello All:

I have a qeustion for fellow users of the Laserwriter 8.0 driver on Novell
Networks.
Yesterday I installed the driver on a IIci and I installed PPD's for our
specific printers. I downloaded these PPDs from ftp.adobe.com.  When i ran
the chooser I first selcted the QMS825 printer, ran >SETUP< and configured
the driver for that printer. I then attempted to repeat the process for
>PSBACK<.  PSBACK is the QMS825s' print que that is generated by Novell
ATPSV.
During the process of Assigning the PPD file to this que ATPSV hung and
generated a processor exception fault that brought down the entire network.
I have been reluctant to use the new driver since then, but I plan to do
extensive testing this weekend when it wont matter as much if the net
comes down.
We are running Netware 3.11  over 50 ohm coax using 4 ports on a repeater.
100 user  every NLM is most recent.  Has anyone experienced this or similar
problems?  Should I not use the PPD file for the que??  I appreciate your
help in advance.

Peace!!!
[e-mail]

Greg Fowler
Sys Manager
Oliver, Wyman & Co.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:54:29+080
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Smoliar)
Subject: LaserWriter 8.0 bugs or "features"?? (A)

Earl Misanchuck found the following gem in the README file on his LaserWriter
8.0 installation disk:

    The LW 8.0 driver allows some printers to print using a larger
    imageable print area on the page.  If your printer does so, you
    may find that text in some documents reflows or is clipped to
    fit the new imageable area.

Quite rightly, Earl asked to which printers this claim applies.  My own
printer
is a Personal LaserWriter NTR.  Sure enough, Word reflowed its text and my old
page boundaries went up in smoke.  I have not encountered this in a crisis
situation, nor do I expect to.  However, other users probably ought to know
that the NTR is at least one data point to which Apple's claim applies.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 12:54:28 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Laser Writer 8.0 problems (!)

    I just installed the laserwriter driver 8.0 on my Mac IIcx
running system 7.0 (tuned). I have an old laserwriter plus (roms
are v48 or something like that, the newest). When I was in pagemaker
and printed out (pagemaker 4.2) My text was not where it was on the
screen. I had taken a letter sized page turned it wide set the margins
to .5 inch and was trying to get some text out in the lower right hand
corner. What came out looked as if I had not switched from legal to
letter. I got half of my text on the page.

    Anyone else have this problem? Had aldus addressed it? Should
I just select the LW 8.0 PPD instead of the aldus PPD for my printer?
Or get the one from Adobe?

    I did get it to work, I printed using the LW 8.0 printer driver.
Instead of Aldus's, once I told it that the page was wide everything
worked fine.

    One other thing that really bothers me about my old LW and
printer drivers. When I choose manual feed Apple's LW driver always
tells me to go to the print monitor because of an error. Which I go
to and it says the printer is waiting on a piece of paper. I look
down at the printer and there is a piece right in its manual feed.

    Why can't the printer driver check before print monitor raises
a flag???

    Is there a hack for removing this "option" ??? since the printer
is smart enough to wait till there is a piece of paper in its manual
feed...

Thanks,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jun 1993 10:48:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: LC Upgrade

As the budget year rolls over, I should get some soft money with which to
upgrade my LC.  It currently has 10MB RAM, a 40MB harddrive, the 512K
VRAM upgrade, and an Asante ethernet card with FPU.  I personally lean
towards the LCIII upgrade, however, I really don't want to replace the
4MB chips I already have.  Until I updgraded to Excel 4 I thought that
the LC was fast enought for my use!

Any suggestions on how to get the most go for the least dough?

Thanks gang!

-Dwight

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 11:21:54 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Leaving computers on

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Adam Engst
> just published a long thing about this, I think right here on
> info-mac. He's not afraid to leave his computer on all the time even
> though one time he lost a hard disk when a drunk hit a telephone
> pole. So, chacun a son gout...

Well, that actually happened about a year ago now (it was a week before
Macworld Boston last August), and the hard drive miraculously came
back to life after failing SCSI self-tests for a week. That drive
has worked fine for the last year, although I don't trust it a lot.

But yes, the power here is a bit flaky too (Seattle metropolitan area)
and after that incident, I bought a $342 APC 370ci uninterruptable
power supply that I like a great deal. I've never had the slightest
concern since then, because every time the power goes out long enough,
the UPS kicks in. I can't count how many times it's done this, especially
with the quick drops that can really hurt things.

I was testing circuits in my house the other day, and because of the
UPS, I also didn't worry about hitting the breaker that the computers
were on - the UPS simply kicked in as soon as I cut power.

That said, yes, I leave my SE/30 on all the time. Screensavers no
longer work for me (16 apps running tends to confuse them and if they
do kick in, they ruin automated sesssions online), so I turn off my
13" monitor and turn down my SE/30's internal. The first one saves
power too.

My SE/30 has been running like this (with the same hard drive - the
one that died for a week (incidently, that happened at 11 AM, so it
wouldn't have mattered if I did shut the Mac off at night)) for at
least three years, and since the Mac was an SE before that, it's certainly
getting up there in age.

I don't recommend this if you go for long periods without using the
Mac, but I use mine every day and it runs email sessions at night,
so it's doing good work at night.

cheers ... -Adam

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 17:31:47 +0200
From: "Olaf F. Normann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: mac-Postscript to eps

Hello!

1) When you are about to print something to the printer, you are allowed to
   save this to a file instead. Thats nice. But what can you do with it?

2) We often need to include drawings and other graphics created on a mac,
   in latex or framemaker (for unix). A very flexible way to make this
   possible (i think!) is to be able to convert this saved mac-postscript file
   to a eps file.
   Does anyone know of such a program?

Best regards
Olaf F. Normann
e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 10:56:15 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MFM Floppies, PC's, & Giving the Finger (C)

 Allan Hunter <[e-mail]> said:

>Bryan Walls <[e-mail]>, in the course of discussing
>the impending loss of the self-ejecting floppy disk slot on (some?)
>Macs, says that this is necessary for compatibility with IBM-type folks
>whose floppies are designed for ejection by the finger.
>
>Huh?  The floppy disk doesn't CARE!  I use IBM compatible floppies of
>either size (720K or 1.44M) in my SuperDrive, with Dayna DOS Mounter
>and/or SoftPC, and they've never complained about being auto-ejected!
>
Right. I meant, of course, that their OS and floppy _drives_ are not
designed for auto-ejection. In a couple of years, most (all?) of the
machines marketed by Apple to run Macintosh software (PowerPCs) will also
be able to run other operating systems. What is more, other non-Apple
companies will be making PowerPCs, and Apple dearly wants to be able to
sell them software, both Pink and the Mac OS. Non-Apple companies have no
motivation to support previous Macintosh designs at more cost to themselves
(or very little motivation, anyway). So Apple has to deal with it and make
sure the Mac OS is still marketable.

>Besides, although it is probably true that the forthcoming PowerPC is
>intended to bring along a new load of IBM-oriented defectors as well
>as the current crop of Apple Mac users, it should probably be said out
>loud at least once:  the PowerPC, whatever else it may be, is NOT a
>Macintosh, any more than my Mac is an IBM-PC, any more than my friend's
>Commodore-Amiga is a Macintosh; the ability to EMULATE someone else's
>platform doesn't equal true full-bore compatibility.

The big difference is that the PowerPC both is and is not some else's
platform. The PowerPC will be Apple's platform, and will be the platform
Apple wants to sell software on even if someone else made it. Big change in
business.
>
>Therefore, whatever arguments might make sense about the PowerPC being
>positioned to appeal to both MS-DOSsers and Mac users are irrelevant to
>the increasingly troubling question of what Apple is doing with (or to)
>the Macintosh.
Hardly irrelevant! With the advent of PowerPC, "the Macintosh" will become,
by and large, a software package, meant to work on at least two
architectures (68xxx & PowerPC) from multiple manufacturers (for the
PowerPC). That makes a big difference in the answer to that question! It
doesn't make it any less troubling to those of us with an investment
already in place...

>Frankly, those GCR 800K disks are a lot more durable
>than the hi-density MFM disks are; the electronic information is coded
>in more emphatically and is therefore more resistant to corrupting
>interferences.  I say give Apple back their finger.  So to speak.

Well, 800k disks will be more durable, whether GCR or MFM. They're about .6
the capacity of HD disks, though, and so are going the way of the 8-track.
So it's not that big a deal unless you have hardware limited to 800k disks.
I want a 2.8 Mb floppy drive with a button, auto-eject, and full backward
compatibility to GCR and MFM! But I wouldn't necessarily pay a lot extra
for it... That's what it comes down to.
Bryan Walls                             My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 09:36:09 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Modem recommendations?

Hi, y'all.

Any specific recommendations on a good, *cheap* modem?  I'd love to get a
14.4, V.32 bis, fax s/r, bells & whistles to the moon, but I'm on a
dramatically restricted budget.  Fortunately, my current needs are pretty
meager as well.

For less than $100, (the more less the better!), I'd like to get:
     2400 baud
     cable
     software (how's ZTerm?  I've got that...)

Any advice from you experienced folks wouldd be greatly appreciated!

btw, the modem is for my LC at home.  I currently read the 'net with a
borrowed IBM PeeCee clone <shudder!>

TIA!

Chuck
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:53:25 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NFS, or sharing a folder with UNIX (Q)

    I have a user that needs to generate data on a sun
then get it to the mac for reports.

    Preferably I would like the mac to mount the directory
on the sun via NFS.

    Or have the sun mount a shared folder from the mac.

    I know we could share files through ftp, but the user
wants, some what, immediate access to the data for the reports.
I think the data changes rapidly and it is a set report, so if
the mac program could "subscribe" to the data, or have a link
to it. His reports would be almost automatic.

Thanks,
    Mike    [e-mail]
    ps-cc'ing to my email would be great! TIA...

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 11:22:40 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerPoint 3 Silliness

On Monday, 14 Jun, Brandon Munday wrote:

>For anyone who read my ***preliminary*** message last week about the
>PowerPoint 3.0 bug...  If I was wrong about the severity of the bug,
>I say this:  I'd rather pass on what I've heard NOW and save some
>people a lot of aggravation, and iron out the details later, than not say
>anything and let some fellow Mac users find themselves in major trouble.

I demur. The tale was easy enough to check out. I am somewhat confused,
however. Brandon said a MicroSoft tech support type confirmed that PPT 3
erased both your hard disk and the floppy because of the MAJOR BUG. Now
he says that he (Brandon) might have been wrong about the severity of the
bug. Not that the MS tech told him wrong.

I'd say that there was a fair amount of aggravation associated with
passing on "what I've heard NOW" that could have been avoided, quickly
and easily, by checking the rumor out before reporting it as a fact that
was verified by the vendor.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 12:35:30 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tobias Kuipers)
Subject: Printing to QD: OzTeX vs. DirectTeX

Hello,

I would like some advice on printing DVI-files to a non-PostScript
printer (= StyleWriter I). I'm trying to decide whether to use OzTeX or
DirectTeX.

OzTeX doesn't print to non-PS itself, so I use the utility Oz.psprint.
This a bit of a nuisance. (print to file, then read the file into
Oz.psprint, and wait for some hours). Especially since for some dark
reason, Oz.psprint cannot print in the background.

DirectTeX does print to non-PS printers, but since it lacks OzTeX
capability of using Mac-fonts, this is REALLY slow. I printed the
DVIdriver manual (19 pages) and it took my Mac 12 hours to do it.

Ok, ok, I have a Classic. Hey, I'm just a student. Specs: Classic 4/40
and StyleWriter I (How low-end can you get?).

My question:
Is there anyway to improve performance (maybe by forcing DirectTeX to use
Mac-fonts?) without having to buy new hardware? Is there maybe some very
smart app that improves print-performance in general? Is anyone wrestling
with the same set-up, or am I the only primitive person in the world?

Please respond by email, I'll post excerpts if anything interesting or
useful comes up.

Thanks in advance

Tobias [e-mail]-University Of Amsterdam-The Netherlands

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 10:15:42 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Scott Kaplan)
Subject: SuperDrive's destiny.

I think that some of us may be overreacting to the replacement of the Super-
Drive with the so-called CrippleDrive.  While I agree it is a step backwards
to be pushing a mechanical button to eject your floppies, I think this really
just isn't that important an issue.  On one hand I hope it doesn't start a
trend with Apple to start cutting corners--the Mac's advantage has always been
the attention to detail and the quality of design.  However, if a better
overall machine can be made available to more people, and the general
computing
population can get a better look at the MacOS, I'm willing to sacrifice the
infintessimally small time and effort to press an eject button.  Not that big
a deal.

Scott Kaplan

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 13:34:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: text blurb: soundbuilder101

SoundBuilder 1.0.1: "Record, play and edit sampled sound.  Several bug fixes
included (including bug which prevented opening resource files on certain Mac
models).  Recognizes snd resources, PC .wav files, and its own file format.
Record time limited only by RAM.  Can compress sounds.  Many other features.
Includes manual and one example sound.  Freeware."  (Downloaded from AOL.)

This file is a binhexed Compact Pro archive.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 9:50:51 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Wanted: Mouse MicroSwitch!

  Unbelievably, a second mouse has up and died, again with a faulty
microswitch. There has been a lot of discussion on how to go about getting
the required microswitch (not very easy to do as I discovered last time
this happened) to fix it. I'm hoping to appeal to anyone who went out and
bought 10 of the little guys last time this happened to them who might
be itnerested in parting with one.

 Please send me mail personally if you can sell me the appropriate
microswitch..

 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: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 04:30:14 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Gabriel M. Schuyler)
Subject: Wanted: PPD for <insert brand here> printer

Is it just my imagination or are these questions a waste of space?  Why not
just call the company that makes the machine?  It's their job to know these
things and it's probably an 800 number.  If you've lost the number, call
800-555-1212 and ask directory assistance for the number.

C[all]TFM[anufacturer]

-Gabe

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 13:22:54 EDT
From: "James A. Connolly" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wedding Bells and/or Grapes

Two different couples are getting married on 28 August 93 and want
me to make wine labels for them.  Specifically, they want "wedding
bells" and/or "vines with grapes" for the labels.

I don't have any clip art (none, zero, zip, nada).  Does anyone know
of a source of wedding clip art by FTP or similar?  Please reply.
I definitely can't draw these things myself!

If anyone knows of a "wine label" printing program, let me know as
well.  Many thanks in advance for all your help.

                       ...James

[e-mail]      phone [phone]      fax [phone]

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Date: 15 Jun 93 09:29:00 EST
From: "MIKE TAPPY" <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is the correct PPD file??? (R)

>I just got the laserwriter 8.0 driver from ftp.apple.com. I have a RISC
>printer
>called a "Real Tech Laser" that I bought from Hardware that Fits. The
>Laserwriter 8.0 dialogoue thinks that I need a PPD file called LZR960.

>I looked at ftp.adobe.com and didn't find any such thing (although they have
>a bunch). I suspect that this printer is secretly relabeled by the retailer,
>so does anyone know what PPD file I need? Or how to find out?

The Real Tech Laser is the same as the Data Product laser printers
if memory serves.  Try getting:

/pub/adobe/PPDFiles/DPLZ9601.PPD

>From ftp.adobe.com.

Michael G. Tappy             [phone]
Naval Air Warfare Center     [e-mail]
6000 E. 21st Street
Indianapolis, IN  46219

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 13:15:15 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dieder B.)
Subject: X-Platform database

Outta curiousity, what would be recommended for creating a cross-platform
compatible database? It must be able to be programmed, i.e. like Paradox
for the IBM, but must be able to be used with both the IBM and Mac. What is
recommended? FoxPro/Base? FileMaker Pro? How compatible are they?

Thanks for any info.

Dieder

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93  12:47 GMT
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: Your Finger and... / Whitehouse Address

Seeing as how this issue affects our basic human rights as Macintosh Users,
perhaps one of you stateside guys ought to write to the President, a known
Mac enthusiast if this list is to be believed, and get him to lean in
a purely Interventionist way on Apple.

[e-mail] is the address I'm led to believe

Andy Law
( LAWA @ IAPE.AFRC.AC.UK                    Big Nose in Edinburgh )

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 22:56:28 PDT
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] strip-mac-22.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
Resent-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 22:56:28 PDT
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex-aim

A quick outline of the game: Strip-Mac! is a risque, computer-moderated card
game for adults. Briefly, the game plays as follows. Players take turns in
drawing a playing card from the deck. If a player fails to turn up an
appropriate card then s/he must choose between options that include:
    (a)  removing a piece of clothing;
    (b)  taking a 'punishment'; and
    (c)  purchasing a 'reward'.

Play continues until one or all players are naked. What happens next is
up to you.  :-)

Cheers,
Tim North.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/strip-mac-22.hqx; 362K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 15:40:02 -0400
From: Normand Beaudoin <[e-mail]>

Subject: Drawing electronic circuits.

Hi! everybody.

In our laboratory, even if it is not my main job, I often have to design
and build simple or "mid-complex" electronics circuits. I know that
there exist sophisticated software, not only to draw but to compute
and simulate behavior of electronic circuits too. At that time,
considering our needs, these software are too much expensive
(few thousands dollars). I would like to find a good Macintosh
software, only for drawing electronic circuits (if it can do more,
it is O.K. but I must consider price and ease of use).

I would greatly appreciate if someone have any suggestions.

Thank you very much!

Normand Beaudoin

[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 0:22:57 PDT
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] mac-grid-20.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 0:22:56 PDT
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex-aim

MacGrid v2.0 is a major revision of MacGrid v1.2, a Minesweeper clone that
I wrote several months ago.  The new features include:

A "Custom"-sized grid that allows you to pick a grid of any size from 8x8
to 50x50, along with the option to keep that info in the preferences.

Support for B&W-only Macintoshes (Plus, Classic, PowerBook 100, etc).  The
new version should avoid all crashes on these machines, and should actually
let you play, instead of quitting like v1.2 did!

Cleaner, faster code.  I optomized the preferences, drawing, and scanning
routines to speed them up as best I could. (not very noticable to us
humans, but the overall code is better.)

Other miscellaneous changes that I forgot to write down!

I'd also ask that anyone who downloads this from InfoMac please upload it
to AOL for some users there who have asked me for the new version. (I dont
have access there myself.)

---

[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-grid-20.hqx; 69K]

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