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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 23 Jun 93       Volume 11 : Issue 127

Today's Topics:

      (Q) Mac IIsi sound problems...
      About LaserWriter Pro 630 Internal HD
      Apple CD300 on SGI machines (A),  SGI FAQ and email news
      A question about Exobyte...
      ATM
      Attn:  Ethertalk gurus (A)
      Attn:  Ethertalk gurus (Q)
      Basic Color Monitor (A)
      BEWARE New GCC Lasers
      Bitmap Files
      Broken Internal Monitor
      chair (C)
      chair/chairman, etc.
      Checkbook software
      CopyDoubler
      Credit Card Storage Devices (C)
      Deskwritter (sic) problems with v4.0
      Desperately seeking Michael Conrad (A)
      Dollars and $ense
      Ethernet Gurus (C)
      FAX Manager Plus
      File Transfer
      Floppy Desktops
      FullWrite rumor
      Graphic coprocessors in future macs?
      HELP!!! Developer needs help getting started... ]
      Hot key wanted
      Hot Key wanted (R)
      I *heart* Microsoft (3 msgs)
      I *heart* Microsoft (C - long)
      I *heart* Microsoft too!
      Jurrasic Park Drivel
      laserwriter IIg - 106 lpi
      LaserWriter IIg and scanned images
      Laswerwriter IIg continued
      LC Sound Problesms
      Mac-o-phile's review of Jurassic Park
      Manual-Eject Floppy Drives
      maX.500 X.500 Directory client
      Microsoft fans?
      MicroSoft products
      MIDI and the Duos (A)
      Mouse switch repairs...
      PaintWriter on Quadra
      Photoshop to B&W file
      PowerBook odds and ends
      Pro Audio Spectrum 16
      QT:  Where is 1984 MAC quicktime movie?
      Say it ain't so reply
      Software announcement
      Sound Site
      Stuffit Expander 3.0.1 problems
      stylewriter II and transparencies (r)
      System 7 Friendly True Basic
      Terminal Emulator Name Wanted
      True BASIC
      TrueBasic System 7
      VGA Monitor on a Mac
      Why are my icons changing? (r)

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 20:29:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Grant R. Bowman)
Subject: (Q) Mac IIsi sound problems...

I have a //si also.  It's definately a hardware problem with strange
symptoms.

The contacts that connect the power light to the front case and the speaker
leads are not good.  They use a thing that presses against the motherboard.
These contacts for some reason get blocked.  If the system resets the
connection like when you change the system beep, it clears the electrical
connection for a little while.  Some people have intermittent problem with
the power light as well, but I haven't experienced this.

The best solution is to get a set of external speakers.  I picked up a pair
>From Egghead called the LabTech SS-200's.  I use them in passive mode most
of the time, but they can be amplified with the flip of a switch on each
speaker.  I think they were $30.  It's OK.

I have friends that got better speakers, but it's more expensive.

Another solution is to open the //si cover, remove the speaker carefully, and
clean the contacts with an eraser (that's what I did for awhile).  This will
fix the problem for a month or two, but not permanently.

Good Luck,

-----
Grant Bowman        [e-mail]        Delta Sigma Phi TTF

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 11:06:53 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: About LaserWriter Pro 630 Internal HD

Someone recently asked where the internal hard drive goes in the LaserWriter
Pro 630 (this might apply to the 600 also, but I don't have one and don't
know if it does or doesn't).  Well, this got me curious, so I pulled open
my LW Pro to take a look.  I managed to get the plastic panel on the other
side from the lights off, but that revealed a blank sheet of metal which
required 5 screws to remove.  I decided I didn't want to know that bad.

So, I started asking questions of friends here at Apple and found that the
internal HD was kind of an afterthought.  It wasn't tested and the specs
weren't really released, so no one really knew this stuff.  However, APS
had just requested the same information and they had given it to them so
that they could make a mounting bracket and cable.  It also turns out that
the only drive you can fit into a LW Pro is a PowerBook drive.  How damned
convenient!  I had just replaced my 40M PB drive with a 120 and had the
40 just lying around.  So I called APS and did some finagling.  The bracket
arrived yesterday.

Of course, in my efforts to be the first kid on the block, I managed to get
them to send me the hardware before the instructions were ready.  How hard
could it be?  Well, not too hard, but given two ways of doing something, I'm
pretty much a "jam side down" kind of guy and guarenteed that I'll do it
wrong the first time.  So, I pulled off the mystery plate and found the
printer's motherboard.

Oh, I should mention that the plastic is non-trivial to remove.  First, open
the top door which accesses the toner cartridge.  There's a screw on the
right side, by the brush.  Remove it.  Now, the plastic (which is the right
side, same as the screw) hinges off with the rear (the part with the ports)
connected.  There are three latchs at the front though, so you need to push
the front of the plastic in to unlatch them.  Be firm but gentle (always
good advice in my book).  Breaking this would render your printer ugly.
Basically the move is: push toward the rear and then to the right.  The whole
side should rotate off.

Under this is a metal sheet with 5 or 6 screws.  There's also a piece on
top.  Remove them both and the motherboard will be revealed.  The drive plug
is fairly obvious, being as nothing is plugged into it.  It also matches the
cable APS provides.  The bracket has two holes which match two holes on the
top of the motherboard assembly.  Attach the drive to the bracket (here's
the crucial clue) on the outside of the bracket (it bends one way, put the
drive on the other side) and plug the drive into the motherboard.
Reassemble.

I should probably mention that there are a couple of cables to remove so
that you can turn the motherboard over.  I actually managed to only remove
one and got the board flipped over with the other connected.  Be sure to
hook them back up when you reassemble.

Voila!

Now use the Laserwriter Utility to initialize the drive (no preinitialized
drives will work) and start downloading stuff to your heart's content.

So, my adventure was that I didn't know the crucial clue and mounted the
drive on the inside of the bracket.  That made the cable connect backwards
and it didn't work.  A quick call to the APS (800) technical support line
revealed the essential clue (right off the bat too) and they even faxed me
the instructions which had just arrived, but I didn't need them once I had
the clue.

So, in a nutshell summary, APS has proved itself once again.  I've bought a
lot of equipment from them and they have always treated me right.  I bought
my 120M PB HD from them and they replaced it when it started acting up.
They were fast and recovered the data.  Their tech support is free, has an
800 number and didn't put me on hold.  They have good prices too, although
the LW Pro bracket kit costs $69 which I consider a bit steep, but you have
to factor in the fact that they had to design the bracket and make a custom
cable and probably won't sell all that many.  They stand behind their stuff
though, and because you can't rely on equipment (a lesson I've learned many
times since 1976) you need companies you can rely on.  I consider APS to be
one of those companies.

Jon

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Date: 23 Jun 1993 09:13:39 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble)
Subject: Apple CD300 on SGI machines (A),  SGI FAQ and email news

[e-mail] wrote:
>I live in a wonderfull mixed environment with a lot of Macs and some
>SGI workstations. Now I want to buy a CD-ROM drive that can be used on
>both kind of machines and delivers a lot of functionality.

This is a SGI FAQ, and I reproduce below the answer that is given by SGI
SCSI guru, Dave Olsen:

>Subject:   -10- Can I use a non-SGI CD-ROM with my Indigo?
>Date: 26 May 93 00:00:01 CST
>
>Dave Olson ([e-mail]) says:
>We sell a modified Toshiba 3301B (special firmware and hardware).  I've
>heard people say that they were able to use the Sun CD-ROM to boot the
>Indigo from, but can't confirm it.  The basic requirement as far as
>Indigo goes is that the drive somehow be set to use a 512 byte block
>size.  Since Indigo doesn't reset the SCSI bus on reboot or halt, you
>*might* be able to set the blocksize with a devscsi program while the system
>is up on non-SGI CD's, and then install from them, but I won't swear to it.

Several people say in the SGI email digest that they have successfully used
non-SGI CD-roms on the Indigo, despite the special firmware.

You may download the SGI FAQ from my Quadra on FTP 192.54.197.172
user: anonymous, password: your email address.  You should use
Easy View (available from InfoMac) to read it (or any text editor).

>Since I already on ether, does anybody know if there is something like
>the Info-Mac digest for Sicon Graphics systems? Any hint is appreciated.

The SGI newsletter articles can be had by FTP SGI.COM.  I actually have all
for this year (many Mbytes) filed with Easy View.

Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 12:00:19 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: A question about Exobyte...

To who ever might know,

    I am trying to use an Exobyte 2.3 GByte tape drive connected to a
Macintosh computer via a SCSI port.  I have been able to read and write just
fine using a fortran program I have written.  However, when I want to append a
file to the tape, I am having trouble writting on the end of the tape.  For
some reason, it will not let me move to the right of an EOF marker, and write
more information.
    If any one has any information or code in Fortran, or C for writting
and reading on an ExoByte Tape Drive, I would greatly appreciate any
responce.

            Thank you,

                John Haverlack
                [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 13:35:33 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Tony Hung-Yao Wu)
Subject: ATM

HI,
    I now want to modify ATM so it can work with system 7.1 font folder.
I read the textfile that told me I only need to change the ascii 'extn' to
'font'. The problem now is that I found two 'extn' string in ATM file. Can
any one tell me which one I should modify? Besides, is it the same method to
modify both ATM and ATM 68020/30 files?

    Please give me your kind reply to [e-mail].

    Thanks a lot!

/Tony Wu

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 13:35:48 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Davidson)
Subject: Attn:  Ethertalk gurus (A)

I'm not an EtherTalk guru (nor do I play one on TV).  However the symptoms
Alun
J. Carr ([e-mail]) describes ("The two-way arrow icon indicating
Ethertalk activity appearing on the menu bar for up to 30 seconds at a stretch
(more typically 2--10 seconds") sounds like his users are displaying Finder
windows in list views (by Name, by Size, by Kind, by Date) and have Calculate
Folder Sizes turned on (see Views control panel).  The Mac desperately tries
to
read and add up the sizes of files in listed folders ACROSS THE NET!  Simply
stick to icon views or turn off Calculate Folder Sizes and this "normal"
behavior may go away.  Hope this helps.

Disclaimer:  include usual.h

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 14:51:03 -0400
From: "Donal Lynch" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Attn:  Ethertalk gurus (Q)

Hello:

This is almost always a result of one of the two following things (or a
combination thereof):

1. Your inits and CDEVs are conflicting with the proper operation of the
network software.  We had the same problem that you described
(novell/pegasus/ethertalk), the machines that were having the problems were
running Now Utilities 4.0. Once I pulled that off, life was fine.  I've seen
other machines that weren't running Now Utils have the same problems, and
almost always it was some init or CDEV. So I would suggest you pull all of
the non-system CDEVS and inits and then add them one-by-one until you find
the culprit (or the combination thereof).

2. Your network software wasn't installed correctly.  Delete the network
stuff, and re-install using the installer on your system disks.

To answer your questions below:

Is this normal. No!

Does this indicate a problem with your campus-wide ethernet? If you've
stripped the system to the bone, and reinstalled the network software, and
are still getting this problem, maybe.  But I'm willing to bet that the
problem is on the mac, not on the network.  Network problems tend to cause
devices to disappear, and connections to get dropped, not cause constant
activity.

Don't ask me why this happens, I just know it does. A mac can live happily
for years, with the same inits and CDEVS, and even be hooked up to a
localtalk net and have no problems.  But as soon as the ethernet card goes
in, life slows to a crawl.  My personal pet theory is that most of the CDEVs
people run were written 3-5 years ago, before ethernet/ethertalk became
popular, and thus were never tested to run in the "new" networked
environments we see today.

BTW: I'm not a guru, and could be way off base, so everything I say should
be taken with a large grain of salt :-)

Cheers,

  Donal

------original message---------
Date: 22 Jun 1993 9:21:57GMT
From: "Alun J. Carr" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Attn:  Ethertalk gurus (Q)

In the School of Engineering here at UCD there's an increasing number of
very frustrated Mac users.

The reason.
===========
Hooking into the campus-wide Ethernet so that we can access the Novell file
servers and Pegasus Mail system results in our machines being slowed down to
a crawl.

The symptoms.
=============
The two-way arrow icon indicating Ethertalk activity appearing on the menu
bar for up to 30 seconds at a stretch (more typically 2--10 seconds). Those
of you who use Ethertalk will realise that the machine is locked up during
this network activity. At peak periods, this icon is displayed for at least
25% of the time (i.e. 15 seconds in every minute). This occurs on all
categories of Mac (from LCs with SCSI/Ethernet adaptors, to IIcxs with NuBus
Ethernet cards, to Centris 650s with built-in Ethernet connections).

The question.
=============
Is this normal Ethertalk behaviour? If not, does it indicate that our
campus-wide Ethernet is incorrectly set-up? If it is normal behaviour, what
the heck do Apple think they're selling as a networking product?

I look forward to some interesting responses. Particularly ones I can use to
club our computing services people around the head with ;-) .

Alun

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

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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Donal Lynch, Project Coordinator          [e-mail]
Calumet College, York University            [phone] (ext.-66576)

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Date: Wed, 23 June 1993 10:08:27 -0500
From: Jill Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Basic Color Monitor (A)

Someone asked for opinions about Apple's 'Basic Color Monitor.'

Let me start by saying that I think an evaluation of a monitor is very
personal,
and what looks terrible to one person can seem fine to someone else.

That said, I think this monitor is terrible, if what you care about is reading
text on the screen. If you're going to be primarily playing games, the color
is
fine, and you won't suffer eyestrain. However, if word processing is more in
your future, watch out. We compared this monitor with an IBM monitor, and with
a
cheap Goldstar VGA monitor (all on the same Mac) and the Apple monitor (also
manufactured by Goldstar, I believe) was the fuzziest of the three.

I would recommend that you see this monitor for yourself before plunking down
your money.

Jill Williams
Academic Information Systems
Columbia University

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 12:59:17 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dave Hirsh)
Subject: BEWARE New GCC Lasers

GCC Technologies has just released 2 new laser printers, the BLB Eclipse 4
and the BCP Eclipse 8. Their pricing and features looked real good UNTIL I
printed out the sample pages and noticed that they use a 'PhoenixPage(tm)
PostScript Level 2 Compatible Interpreter 1.0' Does anyone have any experience
with Level 2 interpreters ?? I've heard horror stories about older Level 1
versions. I get sort of nervous when I don't see that Adobe logo on the test
page......... Thanks.

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 09:34:30 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dave Hirsh)
Subject: Bitmap Files

Is there a utility available that will convert a MacPaint/SuperPaint file
into an X11 bitmap file ?? It will be color. Thanks.

Dave Hirsh
Cincinnati,OH

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 11:17:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Linger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Broken Internal Monitor

Great.  My Mac SE/30 fell (about 4 inches) but it was enough to result in a:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht noise and now my internal monitor
won't work.  Basically, for those who don't already know, the neck of the
CRT cracked and the monitor (most likely) needs to be replaced.

So, for those who already know, I ask this:

- Can I buy a new internal monitor (where?) and install it myself?  I am very
  knowledgable about the inside of my Mac and have had experience with much
  more than just putting in SIMMs.  I just want to know if just screws and
  plugs are involved or if soldering is needed or a dealer is strongly
  recommended.

- I have an external monitor also.  I still can use the computer by unplugging
  the internal monitor and leaving the external plugged in.  However, I cannot
  disable the internal from the System.  How can I tell it to use the external
  for everything (ie, when I move the mouse to one edge of the screen it won't
  pass on to the internal [which is unplugged])?

- What are my replacement options?  I couldn't replace it with a Color Classic
  monitor, could I?  That would be too convenient.  Assuming I can do it
  myself, what options of monitors do I have?  Would it be cheaper to buy a
  new Mac (doubtful)?

- Any other suggestions?  I can use the computer just fine with the one
  monitor, except that some windows default to the internal and I have to
  "grab them in the dark."

Thanks for any help,

Ken Linger
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 22:59:21 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: chair (C)


On 19 Jun 93 monica <[e-mail]> wrote:
> in the spindler announcement, john scully is labelled "chairman"
> of Apple.
>
> does the hip sensitive apple really still use the archaic
> gender specific term "chairman"?
> rather than the all-acceptable, multi -purpose "chair"?
>
> amazing.

At the risk (certainty?) of getting flamed, I'd like to say that
a chair is something I (usually) sit on.  Personally, I don't see
anything wrong with using the terms `chairman' and `chairwoman' any
more than using the terms `policeman' and `policewoman.'  (But I'm
probably behind the times there as well :-)

OK, I've got my asbestos suit on, so have at me <grin>

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>
``My other machine is a Macintosh.''

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 09:47:39 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: chair/chairman, etc.

Recently, monica <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>in the spindler announcement, john scully is labelled "chairman"
>of Apple.
>
>does the hip sensitive apple really still use the archaic
>gender specific term "chairman"?
>rather than the all-acceptable, multi -purpose "chair"?
>
>amazing.
>m.c. schraefel
>[e-mail]

The only thing amazing about it is that Apple is still using correct
English, while so many others commit liguistic errors.

A CHAIR is, literally, an item of furnature, but metaphorically it denotes
an office.
The person who holds that office is a chairman, or chairwoman, or
chairperson.
John Scully occupied the Chair and he is a man, so it was strictly correct
to refer to him as Chairman.  A chairman can resign or be fired; a chair
can not (unless the office were to be abolished).
The distinction between Chair and Chairman is analogous to the distinction
between the Throne and the Queen.  E II R is the Queen, not the Throne;
Scully was the Chairman, not the Chair.

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 00:53:05 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Checkbook software

> >I've been hunting around for a dedicated checkbook management
> >program for the mac, the PD/SW/FW kind.  If anyone has any
> >recommendations, I'd appreciate it.
>

> Don't be a cheapo, buy Quicken. It is wonderful and it is almost free.

Quicken 4.0 for the Mac is now available.  Upgrades are $29.95.

Has anyone here received the new version yet?

---
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# [e-mail]

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Date: 23 Jun 1993 10:45:21 -0500
From: "Marc Leroux" <[e-mail]>
Subject: CopyDoubler

Anne Harwell writes:
>Has Fifth Generation unbundled CopyDoubler from AutoDoubler?

There have also been a number of other messages asking for pricing, etc. I
haven't seen any answers (but then again, I've been travelling).

I just received my upgrade to CopyDoubler. It is indeed unbundled from
AutoDoubler, and if you call Fifth Generation you should be able to talk them
into upgrading. The upgrade cost was $14.95. Their phone number is (800)
766-7283.

CopyDoubler 2.0 is definately faster than the Finder. It also allows
background
copies ** BUT ** don't plan on doing a lot while it is copying. It definately
chews up CPU resources! I did one network copy and was sure that my Mac had
crashed. I was just getting ready to reboot when the window I had tried to
move
scooted over to the other side of my screen.

All this said, I really like it and highly recommend it. I spend a lot of time
copying files and it has (so far) proven to be exreamly useful. Maybe, with
enough requests, Fifth Generation will add a lower priority setting for
background copies.

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 05:34:30 PDT
From: "Steve Marsh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Credit Card Storage Devices (C)

In The Digest v11-126, Jeffrey Whittaker writes:

   >I read a while back "Last year" about a company in the Northwest
   >developing a credit card storage device which would hold 1-2 Gig. I
   >think it was in tidbits but I'm not sure, has anyone heard anything
   >else about this technology and/or the company?

Wow! That's great! But kinda silly, too. I mean, who wants to carry billions
and billions of credit cards around, nevermind 1-2 gigacards. If you ask me,
one or two dozen cards is plenty for most purchases. I don't think they've
even issued that many cards on the entire planet! Think of the postage for
all of those monthly statements! And where are you gonna find a pocket big
enough to ... What? You mean credit card-SIZED storage devices?!? Oh, that's
DIFFERENT! Nevermind.

       [with apologies to the late great Gilda]

--  Steve Marsh    [e-mail]   $-)


--  Steve Marsh    [e-mail]   $-)


--  Steve Marsh    [e-mail]   $-)

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 10:08:25 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Jemian)
Subject: Deskwritter (sic) problems with v4.0

Looks like you got bitten, too.
Go to Page Setup.. and make sure that you have
selected US Letter and checked the Save as Default box.
The darn thing comes configure for A4 paper for some reason.

Now who would want to use that stuff, I wonder...

Pete R. Jemian
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 23:04:31 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Desperately seeking Michael Conrad (A)


On 21 Jun 1993 "Ed van Zon, TFDL-DLO" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Does anyone out there know a sure way to get in touch with Michael Conrad,
> author of the shareware utility 'AutoMenus II'.
>
> Having sent the registration fee and a follow up letter to the adress
included
> in the InfoMac archive (resp. 12 and 6 weeks ago) and not getting any
answer,
> I now turn to you, the net, to help me out.
> 'AutoMenus' is great, but every time I startup, it reminds me that I have
not
> paid (wich is not true!), grinding the bootstrap to a complete halt. So I'm
> desperately wanting the key code to get rid of that message.

According to the ReadMe file I have, you can try any of

CIS: 73457,426
AOL: MichaelC50
GEnie: M.CONRAD1

U.S. Mail:
Michael Conrad
ATTN: AutoMenus
377 E. Eaglewood Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086


Just to comment, I remember that it took a _very long_ time before Conrad
gave me my key code for AMII.  But he did eventually send it to me.

Hang in there!
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>
``My other machine is a Macintosh.''

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 8:38:25 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Dollars and $ense

I've been a user of Dollars and $ense for several years, and am using
v5.0 now.  I'm generally happy with it, but wanted to update it since
the date on my copy is 1990, and I expected that something new would
be available.

Problem is, though, that the software, as well as Monogram Software
(the author) seems to have vanished from sight.  I'm imagining that
another company has purchased the rights for this software and perhaps
renamed it.  Does anyone know what the current name and distributor
is?


Eric

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Date: 23 Jun 1993 10:58:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (James Lynagh)
Subject: Ethernet Gurus (C)

    In Info-Mac Digest V11 #126 A. J. Carr writes about Macs on
Ethernet locking up.
    I too have seen the same behaviour though to a lesser extent. I
sent him a detailed message concerning it but am posting here also (but
with fewer details).
    I run a small lab of 15 Macs and a SE/30 file server using
AppleShare 3.1 (AS). Whenever someone in the lab prints, all other macs
lock up though only briefly (2-5 secs). Eventhough I have a connection to
the University backbone, packets are first sent through a PC bridge and
then a Novell server (not running Novell for Macintosh) which does not pass
any AS or other Appple-type packets. Because of the configuration, the Macs
in the lab see very few Apple-type packets. I believe what happens is that
the Macs look at every Apple-type packet on the line (BTW, Novell packets
are on the line as I can mount the local Novell volumes and other Novell
servers on campus by using NetMounter). As printing creates a larger than
normal number of packets (I believe) it can freeze a machine for a few
seconds while it looks at these packets.
    Solutions? Well, one method is to filter out packets through a Carl
bridge or, like I do here, a Novell server. This does appear to be a
problem with the Ethernet drivers or AppleTalk itself (I have the V58
AppleTalk from Apple and do not use the Assante drivers as I have had
problems with them. I do use the drivers for the machines with Dayna cards
but they too exhibt the same behaviour.) as the PCs running Novell do not
behave in the same manner.
    If anyone else knows of a solution or the reason why this occurs
please let me know because soon the lines will be split to reduce traffic
and I will not be running Apple-type packets through the Novell server.
James Lynagh                                             [e-mail]

   * Instructional Computing * Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA *

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

Date: 23 Jun 1993 09:34:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FAX Manager Plus

Has anyone had any experience with FAX Manager Plus from STF Technologies?
I'm particularly interested in its OCR capabilities.  Also, as I'm going
to be using this on a PB100, how much HD real estate does it occupy?

-Dwight Lemke

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 13:20:50 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: File Transfer

On Tue, 22 June, Jonathan Su wrote:

>I am not able to download from my Tech account to my LC III.  I have
>been using Kermit 0.9, which is not capable of transferring MacBinaries.

Jonathan, don't de-hqx or unpack or whatever until you get to the Mac.
If you get an hqx file, Kermit is very happy to transfer it as text, and
something like Stuffit Expander will de-hqx, unstuff, etc.

Kermit should be able to transfer a MacBinary file. MacBinary does NOT
have a data and resource fork. Just set file type binary (or whatever
the command is for your Kermits) and transfer. Then you need to get
a Mac <--> MacBinary decoder. Sumex-aim has an AFE translator.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 13:05:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: Floppy Desktops

GRENDEL <[e-mail]> writes:
>        This may not be a C.C. problem, but I first noticed it while
>transferring files from my old Mac to the new one. The desktop files on my
>floppies are growing. And I mean to monstrous size--one is over 250k,
>others top 100k, and every time (it seems) I copy things, the desktop
>grows. There's nothing physically wrong with the disks, and rebuilding the
>desktop doesn't do anything. All are clear of viruses via Disinfectant
>3.2. What's the deal?

I noticed somewhere that rebuilding the desktop on floppies doesn't work
using the option-command keys on insertion if there are no files on the
disk. Here's what I do:

Trash all files on floppy; create new empty folder; eject disk; hold
option-command and reinsert disk; click ok to rebuild desktop; trash empty
folder. I suppose you could also trash all files but one, rebuild, and
then trash the remaining file.

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA
[e-mail]

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Date: 23 Jun 1993 16:24:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FullWrite rumor

For the FullWrite devotees from MacWeek's Mac the Knife:

FullWrite Professional, possibly the ultimate cult word processor for the
Mac, has escaped from the stifling confines of the basement at Borland
International.  The Knife's sources claim that an individual in Boston
somehow persuaded Borland to part with the rights to this long-neglected
product.  Althought details are sketchy, it's a safe bet that the new
owner has put System 7 compliancy at the top of the list of improvements
he plans to make.

Just passing it on.

-Dwight

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

Date: 23 Jun 1993 04:34:39 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Erik. A Speckman:/u/v/especkma:/bin/csh)
Subject: Graphic coprocessors in future macs?

In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Summerall  Thomas G) writes:
>
>[A ton of stuff deleted enquiring why Apple hasn't gone with graphics
>co-processors with several pointers to Blitter graphics on Amiga's.]
>
>[Mac Video Accelerator board] . SuperMac's Thunder boards, for example
>have a tone of chips that are designed to do all the drawing from a
>given quickdraw routine. Apple *has* already done this with Quadra's and
>Centris's (and thus, the Centris plural/possessive spelling debate
>begins anew :-). Both of these machine's have something like 75% of the
>chips found in Apple's own accelerator card, the 8.24GC. Admittedly, the
>graphics aren't accelerated nearly as much as one can with most NuBus
>boards with onboard accelerators, but many users would rather save the
>money and wait for some screen redraws to complete.

The C610, C650, and Q800 achieve their video performance with a cunning
design--a clever combination of high speed video memory , a high bandwidth
video bus and a processor which handles all the video processing.

The chip has built in support for bit twidling and block move operations
which facilitate many common video tasks such as scrolling and line
drawing.  The QuickDraw routiens in the ROMs have been written to take
advantage of this chip.  It is available in two versions, one is used in
the C610 and the base model of the C650.  The other is used in the other
C650 models and all models of the Q800. As I recall, these chips are made
by Motorola and, unless I am quite mistaken, are commonly known as the
68LC040 and the 68040.

What I am trying to say, in a rather roundabout way, is that none of the
Centris or Quadra machines have *accelerator* chips to perform common
QuickDraw functions.  What they do have is QuickDraw code optimized for
the '040 processor.  In additon to the block move capability of the '040,
Motorola's 680x0 family of microprocessors have built in operations that allow
the rapid manipulation of individual bits, which are extremely useful for
graphic manipulations.

The high bandwidth connection between the processor and video memory
allows the Centris machines and the Q800 to approach the performance of
accelerated NuBus video cards on QuickDraw operations.  By eliminating the
NuBus bottleneck, this design gives superior performance on bitmap
graphics, most notably QuickTime Video

>Apple has yet to incorporate specific hardware into their machines for
>playing Quicktime movies (although Quickdraw acceleration helps), but
>there are *many* cards out there that will do this. As many people still
>don't know what to do with Quicktime, I think it's better to have it as
>an option.

I don't think QuickDraw acceleration helps at all for QuickTime movies,
both because QuickTime is bitmapped, and because most accelerators sit on
the far side of the NuBus bottleneck.  QuickTime can be helped by fast
decompression.  This will be handled by the DSPs in the upcoming Tempest
and Cyclone Models.
--
 -Erik [e-mail]-

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 09:40:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Susan Hassell, Systems & Networks, UNCG" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HELP!!! Developer needs help getting started... ]

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to respond to my question
concerning "HELP!!! Developer needs help getting started...

In very simplified terms:

1. The overwhelming consensus is the MPW is on it's way out due to faster,
nicer
things turing up.
2. Symantec Think C++ is the way of the future
3. Assembler is probably not needed unless you need to do very hairy stuff
4. Don't do anything until you get the "Inside Macintosh" series of books
and a few named others.
5. Read the comp.sys.mac.programmer news group.

There were several nice warnings about starting out.
1. The least of my worries was crashing my MAC, that often system
folders, extensions, files, etc could/would get corupted.
2. Reading and getting the "BIG" picture of the way the MAC does things
is the best start.

Again, thanks for your time and Happy Programming....

Susan Hassell
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 07:36:27 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Hot key wanted

>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 93 01:59:05 EDT
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Hot key wanted
>
>Does anyone have or know of a way to hot-key between applications, a la the
>Alt-Tab combination in windows?  I do a lot of work sans mouse and find it a
>bother to leave the keyboard, move to the upper-right corner, and change
>applications.  Thanks for any help
>
>Ed Lally :)
>
>--
>==========================================
>| Ed Lally III          <[e-mail]> |
>| My PGP 2.x key is available on request |
>==========================================


PwrSwitcher wil let you cycle through your applications using the power on
key.

Colin McLaughlin    [e-mail] 137.154.97.11
University of Western Sydney  OZ   Another MFZ

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 09:47:43 EDT
From: "Paul D. Bain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hot Key wanted (R)

You want ProSwitch 1.2, which lets you establish keys that:
1. Switch to the previous or next application,
2. Switch to the previous or next application & hide the current app,
3. Do not switch into "background" apps (like CEIAC from CE Software),
4. Allows you to click on the application mini-icon to switch to the next
   application, just like System 6 worked.

The default keys are Control-Left or Right Arrow key to switch
and Control-Option-Left or Right Arrow key to switch and hide.

I don't know if this is in the libraries. If it's not, I'll
upload it.

--Rick (at PDBAIN)

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 10:10:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Norman Chretien)
Subject: I *heart* Microsoft

Chris Edwards wrote:
>
>I am beginng to feel like the dissenting opinion, but I like Microsoft. For
my
>money there is no other software out there that is as powerful,
user-friendly,
>or more widely used. Besides that, it is just FUN to use. Is there *anyone*
>else who still likes Microsoft?
>
>--Chris

What, no disclaimer?  Where were you on the day of the Gates family
reunion?  Just wondering.  :)

Norm

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

Date: 23 Jun 1993 11:55:26 -0500
From: "Marc Leroux" <[e-mail]>
Subject: I *heart* Microsoft

Chris Edwards writes:

> Is there *anyone* else who still likes Microsoft?

Exceptin' Bill? No.

Marc Leroux
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 07:36:32 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: I *heart* Microsoft

At  3:23pm 22/6/93 -0700, The Moderators wrote:
>Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 16:48:23 -0500 (EST)
>From: CHRIS EDWARDS <[e-mail]>
>Subject: I *heart* Microsoft
>
>I am beginng to feel like the dissenting opinion, but I like Microsoft. For
my
>money there is no other software out there that is as powerful,
user-friendly,
>or more widely used. Besides that, it is just FUN to use. Is there *anyone*
>else who still likes Microsoft?
>
>--Chris


USER-Friendly - You've gotta be kidding. More like BUG-Friendly, Memory
Hogging and unpredictable.

Colin McLaughlin    [e-mail] 137.154.97.11
University of Western Sydney  OZ   Another MFZ

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 05:24 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: I *heart* Microsoft (C - long)

Chris Edwards <[e-mail]> defends Microsoft with:
> I am beginng to feel like the dissenting opinion, but I like
> Microsoft. For my money there is no other software out there
> that is as powerful, user-friendly, or more widely used. Besides
        ~~~(a)~~~  ~~~~~(b)~~~~~    ~~~~~~~(c)~~~~~~~
> that, it is just FUN to use. Is there *anyone* else who still
          ~~~(d)~~~
> likes Microsoft?

I can agree with using (a), (b) and (d) as valid factors to compare
software. But in today's environment of (almost seamless) document
translation, I think (c) is immaterial. Besides, just because everybody
else is buying MSxxxx doesn't make it a "good" product, and we needn't
behave like lemmings in this matter. I will restrict my observations to
MSExcel, MSWord, and MSWorks, the MS programs I am most familiar with.

As a registered user of Excel 4.0, I will be the first to acknowledge
that Excel4 is by far the most "powerful" spreadsheet for the Mac.
(Powerful as defined by features *I use*, which I would not otherwise
have access to in other software.) Have been an Excel user since Vers.
1.0 and do extensive data manipulation / charting / "macroing" etc. I
have even read the manual(s:-). So it is difficult for me to be entirely
objective in terms of (b). But overall it is (power?) user-friendly.
Could be better tho'. No question about (c) and no comment about (d).
IMHO, Excel is the only game in town for the power user. There do exist
leaner, easier, and faster (= better) alternatives for the casual user.

Used MSWord till Vers. 4. Switched to Nisus, despite the fact that
*every one else* in my department continues to use Word 5.1. IMHO, Nisus
is more "powerful". Apart form pub.&sub., any thing Word5x will do,
Nisus will do - either directly or with macros. I don't use/care about
pub. & sub., (nor do *any* of the Word users I know). But there are
plenty of things that I do need/care about that Nisus will do and Word
can't even shake a banana at (grep find/replace, a truly powerful macro
language). Judging by the questions I (a non-Word user) get asked ever
so often about Word, it is not intuitive or user-friendly (unless of
course the definition of "user-friendly" is limited to providing a
ribbon of flashy "one-trick-pony" tool buttons). Count the number of
modeless-dialog boxes you have to go through to perform some tasks in
Word and compare it with any other wordprocessor and you will get my
gist about its "friendliness". And ever wonder why there are no
hierarchical menus to make it a little easier and simpler to access
different options?  Not that it matters any way, but (c) is true about
Word. However, (d) is highly questionable - I'd have to say an emphatic
NO; (after all, it doesn't have a "Lunatic Fringe" module [yet!] :~).
Word also fails miserably in terms of speed, RAM and HD space
requirements when compared with almost any of its competition. IMHO,
there are *better* alternatives to MSWord for both, the casual user and
the power user.

Two friend with modest computational needs (i.e. "casual users")
have opted for MSWorks and ClarisWorks respectively. Having "stress-
tested" both programs I'd have to say that there is no comparison.
ClarisWorks has MSWorks beat in (a), (b), and (d).

So why do MS products out-sell their competition? I can understand why
it might be so for Excel. What about Word and Works? Marketing clout
comes to mind (why, if you advertize it well, we'll even buy our very
own "pet-rocks" for $ 39.95), as does the abundance of reporters/editors
of Macazines not willing to displease their richest client. Another
observation: Less than a decade ago, the higher unit sales of IBM PCs
compared to Macs was often explained away by "No one ever gets fired for
buying an IBM." Today, the (company/product) names may have changed, but
the mentality of "safe" and standardized mediocrity still exists for
most individuals handling large corporate accounts. And whether we like
to admit it or not, there is also the "lemming factor" for a lot of
folks.

This has gotten longer than I wanted it to be, so I won't even discuss
the number of bugs and failure to report *major* ones to registered
users, propensity for conflicts, and a host of other endearing features
we have all come to expect from our favorite company's product line.

Cheers- Shekhar Govind                  [e-mail]

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

Date: 22 Jun 93 23:49:00 +2000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: I *heart* Microsoft too!

 > I am beginng to feel like the dissenting opinion, but I like Microsoft.
 > For my money there is no other software out there that is as powerful,
 > user-friendly, or more widely used. Besides that, it is just FUN to use.
 > Is there *anyone* else who still likes Microsoft?

I do!

--  RUBE GOLDBERG

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

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 23:48:59 -0700
From: Jon Pugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Jurrasic Park Drivel

> In IM V11 #26, Brad Ackerman said:

> "It's a UNIX system...I know this!"
> Wrong...it's obviously using MacOS.  If it were U**X, it would have an
> OSF/Motif or similar interface.

> BTW, what's with that extremely un-Mac (and un-U**X) interface in the final
> scene (the main menu)?  And why does the Mac have a 2-button mouse?  Has
> anyone *ever* seen a Mac with anything but a 1- or 3-button?  Ugh. :(

Double wrong.

The final scene **was** Unix on an SGI machine.  Apparently (according to a
friend who works for Sun and whose wife works for SGI) this was a public
domain shell written for the SGI which represents file sizes as vertical
heights on blocks and allows you to fly over the files which are grouped
into "city blocks" of directories.  The reason they did it this way?
Because they had the hardware to make it trivial.  The reason they used
it in the movie?  Because it looked cool.  ;)

Not that I think a pre-teenage girl would have any experience with that
shell on that computer, but then I don't think they should have had to reboot
the whole damn island either.  Nobody knows how to reboot the damn computers?
At worst, pull the f***ing plug out of the wall!

My favorite part of the show was when they panned around the computer room.
As they showed each different brand of computer, a different section of the
audience would cheer.  There's nerds galore out here.  ;)

Jon

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

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 93 00:49:45 +0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: laserwriter IIg - 106 lpi

This is the fourth (and last) in the series of my struggle to get good
transparency output....I tried using lpi=106 instead of the lower default
value and the result was the quality I had been expecting...thanks to
eveyone for their help....mike

Michael Silverstein, Materials Engineering, Technion

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 11:57:53 +0300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LaserWriter IIg and scanned images

We have scanned a B&W photograph at 300 dpi using an apple one scanner.  On
the screen it looks fine.  How can we get the best quality output using an
apple laserwriter IIg from such programs as Canvas, Freehand, and
Photoshop?  In particular:

Do we need a PPD file?  If so, where do we get one?

Looking at the manual for Image it recommends doubling the Halftone option
in the print dialogue in order to take best advantage of the printer.
Would this be equivalent to printing at 600 dpi in other programs?

The output we have received so far is rather course and I am sure that we
could improve on it somehow....

Thanks........

Michael Silverstein, Materials Engineering, Technion...

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 14:19:19 IST
From: "Dr. Michael Silverstein"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Laswerwriter IIg continued

Continuing the question of how to get the best results printing
on a laserwriter IIg images of
B&W photographs scanned at 300 dpi, my apple dealer had the
following contribution:

Print at 106 lpi....

I will try this suggestion this evening when all other
users have gone to bed in order to prevent having them
chase after me for my 1hr print jobs.

He also suggested that I would received optimal results
by scanning at 150 dpi and not 300 dpi...

Any comments out there???

Michael Silverstein, Materials Engineering, Technion

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

Date: 22 Jun 93 19:51:52 GMT+7
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LC Sound Problesms

The past couple of days I have been having sound problems.
When I turn on my LC the intial "bong" is muffled.  Any other sounds
are only at half volume.  Then out of the blue it will go back to
normal.  WHATS UP?
    Thanks

    Mark Fitz

    [e-mail]

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

Date: 23 Jun 1993 21:05:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Jack Repenning)
Subject: Mac-o-phile's review of Jurassic Park

> "It's a UNIX system...I know this!"
> Wrong...it's obviously using MacOS.  If it were U**X, it would have an
> OSF/Motif or similar interface.

Sorry, kids: that was indeed UNIX(tm): SGI's Irix.  The directory
browser she "recognized" (flying over a vast plane of hierarchical
folders, with spotlight from God for selection) isn't common UNIX,
however - it's a fun little thing called Fusion that circulates as
underground-ware for Irix.

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 13:02:48 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: Manual-Eject Floppy Drives

I got to thinking about all the discussion concerning the new floppy drives
that Apple is rumored to be looking into and I have come up with a possible
reasoning for them (if true).

If you combine the rumored drives with Apple's "Star Trek"--the port of the
basic MacOS features to the Intel platform running under DR DOS--it points
to a possible Apple-labelled Intel-based loaded and ready to run DOS/Mac
machine. Those users would be used to the manual-eject floppy drives and
would not need Mac 800K disk compatibility while still being able to read
some Mac disks. It would be the perfect intermediate system to pull DOS
users over to the Mac and away from Windows (makes you realize why Apple
code-named the upcoming Macs the Cyclone and the Tempest--they always tell
you when one of these is coming to "stay away from the Windows";).

Of course, if Apple really *is* getting these drives, and really *is* going
to put them in "real" Macintosh hardware, it's a big mistake. But then,
they've
made a number of them in their years...

Dave
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 13:12:29 -0400
From: Mark Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: maX.500 X.500 Directory client

Version 2.0 of the maX.500 Macintosh X.500 Directory client is available via
anonymous ftp from terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu as:

    /x500/max500-2.0-nonumich.sea.hqx
    /x500/max500-2.0-umich.sea.hqx

X.500 is an international standard for online directory services.  A great
many organizations across the Internet have information about the people
at their organization available via X.500, and maX.500 2.0 provides a nice
Mac interface to the info.  maX.500 requires MacTCP and system 6.0.5 or
later.

I would appreciate it if you could add this to your archives.  The file
with "nonumich" in the name has a few University of Michigan specifics
removed and should be placed on all the archives.  The archive located here
(mac.archive.umich.edu) should *also* included the umich version.

If you have any questions, let me know.  Thanks in advance!

-Mark Smith
 University of Michigan X.500 Directory Project

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 16:29:30 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Microsoft fans?

Chris Edwards writes:

>I am beginng to feel like the dissenting opinion, but I like Microsoft. For
my
>money there is no other software out there that is as powerful,
user-friendly,
>or more widely used. Besides that, it is just FUN to use. Is there *anyone*
>else who still likes Microsoft?

Well, I'm almost afraid to whisper it, Chris, but (sotto voce) so do I.
At least, I like Word. I can't really claim a lot of experience with
other MS products.

Please, please, gentlefolk, don't deluge me with mail about how Word
sucks and how sterling others (particularly Nisus) are...this is just
my own humble opinion...:)
               Pat

Pat Ullmann  [e-mail] or PULLMANN@TRINITY (BITNET)

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 14:24:39 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Scott Kaplan)
Subject: MicroSoft products

In Info-Mac #124, (sorry to go back a few days), Karl Pottie
wrote about MicroSoft Word and Excel.  He said:
>My conclusion: from now on, stay away from the LCII or
>Classic II, even for low end use.  These machine will soon be
>rendered useless when MicroSoft releases their new
>"fatware."

I'm sorry, and I really don't mean to sound agressive here,
but I can't *stand* to think that people would make their Mac
hardware descisions based on MicroSoft products.  First of
all, there is no excuse for any word processor or spreadsheet
program to be so poorly written as to not run effectively at all
on those two machines.  While the 16 MHz 68030's they are
based on are no speed demons these days, they should
handle such basic computing needs without a flaw.
MicroSoft is to blame here.

What's worse, Word and Excel were *not* optimized for the
Mac?!  I need no further information to convince myself that I
should not buy another product made by this company.  To
have such a large group of developers in their company, and
to charge so much money for a single software package, and
not take the time to fine-tune the code is criminal.  MicroSoft
has violated more of Apple's programming guidelines than
any other major software distributor (witness the problems
with Word 4.0 and the 68040 caches), and Mac users are not
getting the kind of quality software that they should be.

My conclusion: Keep the Mac the suits your needs best.  Stay
away from MicroSoft, as other companies make comparable, if
not superior products.

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 10:40 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MIDI and the Duos (A)

Duos work fine for use as a MIDI platform.
Read "MIDI on the Macintosh", a 3-part article in TidBITS for details
The issues are available via anonymous FTP from:
<sumex-aim.stanford.edu>   /info-mac/per/tb/...
Part 3, Hardware: Interface, Macs, Synths, in (TidBITS#178/31-May-93)
is the one that deals with the PowerBooks and MIDI.
The other issues containing parts 1 & 2 of the article are #176 & #177.

Cheers-Shekhar Govind                      [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 17:00:52 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mouse switch repairs...

I know this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything on SUMEX
in info/hdwr that could tell me where I might find a micro-switch replacement
for a Mac mouse (pre-Quadra 800 design).  It seems a waste to buy a new mouse
because of one defective switch...

If someone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction I would be
MOST grateful!

Thanks in advance,
Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 13:14:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: PaintWriter on Quadra

I recently inherited a HP PaintJet converted to a PaintWriter. The
software driver for this dinosaur is 3.07, which HP claims is the latest
(dated 1991). After several hours of crashing my Quadra 700, I found the
correct combination: cache turned off. Since the driver is not an
application, I can't use the compatibility init from Alysis to just have
the cache off when printing. I must restart with cache off, open documents
with cache off (slower than an LC II) and print from this crippled mode.

Anybody run into this problem? Any ideas? Help?

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 00:15:29 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Photoshop to B&W file

I wish to scan topographic maps which come in green, brown, purple
and black. Then I wish to select by color in Photoshop to I can
seperate the contours from the lakes. OK, I got that much. But, then I
wish to save them as a file that Adobe streamline can trace easily.
It is not as straightforward as it sounds. If I save it as greyscale,
the contours become chunks of  bitmaps rather than a long line.
Is there an easy way to turn all the selected dots into black? That would
do me a world of good if I can. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
-Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 16:25:01 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: PowerBook odds and ends

Fellow PowerBook enthusiasts:

An upgrade, and a techie question, followed by a MS PowerPoint experience.

Having taken posession of a PowerBook 180 just last February, I was somewhat
miffed at having missed the opportunity to acquire a 180c by prematurely
jumping the gun. I will accept that I've thoroughly enjoyed using my 180
these past 4+ months, and that Apple enjoys taking advantage of its loyal
customers (come to think of it, I might have purchased a vx....). But enough
of these ramblings: the question is, will there be a 180 -> 180c upgrade
path offered by Apple anytime soon ? (If anyone from Apple is reading, yes,
my PB was legally imported and bought thru Vertex, together with 100+
other CPU's in THAT purchase order) If the answer is yes, in what $$$ frame
are we in, and what availability schedule is contemplated ?

Being an EE, it recently occurred to me to wire up an adapter to permit
plugging a 9 volt radio battery in place of the battery charger. The idea
is to use this contraption when I'm miles from the nearest outlet and have
to swap batteries, thereby avoiding having to shut the machine down. The
question is: will this harm the circuitry ? The procedure is SLEEP the
machine, plug 9v batt. in, swap rechargeables, unplug 9v batt, awaken &
continue work.

Last, but not least, problems getting MS PowerPoint to run on the before-
mentioned hardware. After an error-free Installer installation, the program
refused to load: after blanking the menu bar and just before flashing the
title/copyright/registration window, it would hang ad-infinitum, requiring
hardware reset (Option-Cmd-Esc didn't work). Using Ricardo Batista's
Extension Manager to avoid loading the Shared Code Manager, I got the
application to start, but all OLE extensions (Equation Editor, Graph, etc.)
didn't work, as might be expected. Loading up MacsBug didn't help in
pinpointing the cause, but at least I could now interrupt and 'rb'oot,
making the machine happier (took far less time to restart). Finally,
just before calling Customer Support, I had to rebuild the desktop for some
other reason... lo and behold, PowerPoint started up just fine, with the
shared code manager loaded! One more item for the dirty tricks & techniques
grab bag... I should also mention that I even tried a system reinstallation
(without rebuilding the desktop, unfortunately)  while attempting to get
the thing to run. Specifics: PowerPoint 3.0, System 7.1.

One free reminder for System 7 power users who haven't gotten a copy yet:
get ahold of David Lamkin's PwrSwitcher 1.1 ! This gem of an extension
lets you switch applications at the touch of a key; even better than the
old Multifinder, where you had to touch TWO keys ! Best of all, it's free !!
Recently made available on info-mac (and mirrors).

Cheers, and happy Macing !

Juan Courcoul
Monterrey Tech
Queretaro Campus

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 12:15:21 WET DST
From: Paul Russell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pro Audio Spectrum 16

I'm trying to get hold of detailed specifications for this board. I'd
also like to know whether it works with the new Sound Manager and QuickTime
1.6, what software it comes with, etc. If anyone can provide this info,
or can give me an e-mail address or fax number so that I can contact the
manufacturer directly, then I'd be most grateful. I'd also be interested
to hear any reports from users of this product, satisfied or otherwise...

//Paul

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 17:20:50 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Michael Rose)
Subject: QT:  Where is 1984 MAC quicktime movie?

INFO-MAC folks,

Where can I get a copy of the 1984 MAC quicktime movie?

I have seen the quicktime clips on some demo MACs.  Is it available via ftp?

Mike - {New LC III owner from West Palm Beach, Florida}



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Date: 23 Jun 1993 11:34:13 -0500
From: "Cerro, Joseph A" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Say it ain't so reply

>You've gotta be kidding me.  They should have gotten rid of Sculley
>when they got rid of Gasee.  They were behind the astronomically
>high prices of Macs as well as stupid machines like the SE and the
"Portable".

>-Terry

BTW- while the "stupid" (and pricy) SE was out (1988ish), I recall that it was
the single largest selling computer model made by ANY company.

Joseph Cerro
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 23:01:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Software announcement

HyperGASP
 -------------

HyperGASP is a new multimedia authoring and auto-scripting extension for
HyperCardr.  It offers an integrated package of utilities and resources
designed to accelerate the development of interactive "stacks" and
courseware, and it features an exceptionally friendly and in
formative interface. It has proven especially helpful to teachers and
students. Here's a sum
mary of the release:

Product:  HyperGASP 2.1

Requires:  HyperCard 2.x, 4MB of RAM (preferred 2500
K partition for HyperCard.)

Features:
- Complete, integrated interface for adding color to HyperCa
rd;
- Easy, versatile point-and-click placing of PICTs and QuickTime movies;
- Powerful text
 control, including the ability, using Microsoft's "rich text format," to
export any and all formatted text from HyperCard fields to other applications
and to import formatted, revised text ba
ck into the same fields from which it was sent;
- Extensive sound-installing utilities, includin
g a graphic keyboard for sound effect construction, and over 80 digitized
sound resources;
- Easy laserdisc control providing presentation card and/or button making
options (requires Voyager drivers);
-
A customizable library of ready-made card and exercise templates, including
automated interactiv
e quiz and essay cards;
- Card organizer (map) for naming/reordering cards, and for moving cards off
 of and onto HyperCard "backgrounds";
- Animation of text and icons, automatic "hot"
 (hyper) text links, among other field and button effects and utilities;
- HyperTalk programmi
ng instructions generated and installed automatically for all features.
- Extensive, well-organiz
ed and informative documentation.

Contact: Caliban Mindwear
6590 Camino Carreta
Carpinteria, CA 93013
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]


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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 13:10:55 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sound Site

On Tuesday, 22 June, JOHN S. CONRADER wrote

>Just wondering if anyone knows of a ftp site with lots of sound files.
>I tried audio.cc.rochester.edu which used to have some, but I am having
>difficulty connecting(I have to use ftpmail).  Is this one still around?

Sorry, John, but Thede Loder graduated from Rochester this Spring. He had
offered to share his sound collection before he lost his InterNet node,
but no one took him up on it.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 13:20:23 +0200
From: [e-mail] ( Rodella-Morena)
Subject: Stuffit Expander 3.0.1 problems

Dear netters,
I have a problem with the ~Stuffit Expander~.
when decompressing Stuffit Expander.sea itself,
ExtensionsManager1.8.sit or other Stuffit archives from a locked
floppy disk, it **bombs** with a bus error
(Quadra 700, System 7.1, extensions off, 32 bit mode).
I found out (with Macsbug) that it occurs during a _ParamText call at
CODE 3 + $3F6A.
Does this problem occur on other Macs? Is the Expander supported, even
if it is freeware?

Thanks,
Fabrizio Oddone

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 09:13:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Thermite: our warm little exothermic friend" <[e-mail]>
Subject: stylewriter II and transparencies (r)

  Stylewriter won't work on nonporous material like plastic transparencies.
Laserwriter will.  To use the "your brain on drugs" analogy, take an ungreased
frying pan.  Pour a little water on it.  It beads up and pours off, right?
That's a stylewriter.  Now take an egg and fry it onto the pan.  It sticks,
right? That's a laserwriter.
  Some people will tell you not to use transparencies in a laserwriter, since
plastic has a lower melting point than a frying pan.  But I've done it
successfully several times.  You might want to try to find "photocopy safe"
transparencies, and open the back door of the laserwriter for straight-through
feed, to avoid jams.
                    Jason

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 09:33:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Pengra <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7 Friendly True Basic

Jeff asks,

>I just inherited a copy of True Basic which doesn't seem to like
>running on System 7.  It crashes big time upon launch.  The version
>is 2.01 dated April 24, 1987.
>
>Is there a newer version that works with System 7?  Is True Basic
>Inc. still alive?

   YES! The regular-sized version is MAC 2.6 for System 7 and '040' machines.
The current price is $99.95. There is also a PRO version for Macintosh, v.
4.01, which includes ALL the dozen, or so, special packages, like the 3-D
Graphics Toolkit. They were running a special deal on the PRO version
depending
on how many (legal) special packages you have. I paid $295.
   They're still located at:
          12 Commerce Avenue
          West Lebaonon, NH 03784  [phone]
   Hope this helps.
 -- Jim ([e-mail])

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Date: 23 Jun 1993 08:44:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Doc Kinne: User Services Associate" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Terminal Emulator Name Wanted

Folks:

    Ever have one of those events happen that you can't track down
again so you start believing that you dreamed it?  Well, its happened to
me again and I'm hoping someone out here can help...

    We're looking at setting up Macintoshes on an Ethernet.  This
means, of course, somehow getting MacTCP.  A few months ago (couldn't
have been more than three) I saw a couple of ads for a Macintosh
terminal emulator that included in it MacTCP for less than the cost
that Apple itself was selling MacTCP alone for.  My problem is that I
can't for the life of me remember the name of this product and I've
been through the MacWorld and MacUsers for the last 2 months or so
and cannot find the ad.

    Does this product description ring a bell with anyone?  If
so, please email me the answer (I'll post to the list if there is
interest) so I know I'm not going...totally...insane!  8-)

                    Doc Kinne
                    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 15:57:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: True BASIC

Jeffrey N. Fritz asks if True BASIC is still alive and if there is a
System 7 friendly True BASIC.

True BASIC is very much alive; their version 2.5 for Macintosh is System 7
friendly. To order call 1-800-872-2742.

It is a well-designed, powerful structured language, with 100%
compatibility of source code (even for sound and graphics!) between
Macintosh, PC and other platforms. And there is ever a $15 student version.

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 12:54:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: TrueBasic System 7

Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]> writes:
>I just inherited a copy of True Basic which doesn't seem to like
>running on System 7.  It crashes big time upon launch.  The version
>is 2.01 dated April 24, 1987.
>Is there a newer version that works with System 7?  Is True Basic
>Inc. still alive?

I think that the latest version of TrueBasic is 2.5, which we run on system
7.0.1 but with 32-bit addressing off.

 Ephraim Fithian
 Kutztown University of PA
 [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 13:05 CDT
From: Philip Nelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: VGA Monitor on a Mac

One other thing I've always wnated to know about htis is what
resolution the monitor ends up as.  Since Macs sense what type of monitor
is attached and adjust their ouput accordingly, and a VGA has no mechanism
to "tell" the Mac what it is, where does it end up?  640x480 is standard
VGA but most monitors today can work at other and higher resolutions to
1024x768.  Can the Macs use these resolutions? How if so, why not it not?

Philip Nelson \ University of Wisconsin-Green Bay \ [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 10:19:14 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Jemian)
Subject: Why are my icons changing? (r)

 In infomacv11-126.txt, you remark that your icons are
reverting to generic icons.  Re-building the desktop
provides a temporary cure.

Q: Are you running AutoDoubler?

AutoDoubler does some work with the icons that can cause
the BNDL information to get confused.  They also provide
an extension called Desktop Reset to try to unscramble
the mess.  One way to avoid this (with AutoDoubler) may
be to tell AutoDoubler NOT to put the little DD symbol
in the file's icon.

BTW, this is not knocking AutoDoubler.  It is a really nice
utility that saved me themoney of buying a new hard disk.
However, it is peculiar behavior.

If you aren't running AutoDoubler, then I don't know
what the cause of your icon problem is.

Pete Jemian
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 05:00:38 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)

>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 18:26:53 -0230
>From: "Michael Coyne, Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland"
><[e-mail]>
>Subject: Why are my icons changing?
>
>Can someone please tell me why my program icons are disappearing and
>being.......

We noticed the same sort of thing here but on documents (actually teachtext
files).  I downloaded "Colossal Icons" the other day.  In this great
collection of icons (thanks Dave Schutz!!!)  the icons in this archive are
pasted onto teachtext documents, not folders or ResEdit documents.  I
pasted a few of these onto some foders of mine and they worked fine, _but_
the starting customised teachtext files started scrambling their icons.
i.e. the file named Calvin ended up with Pooh's head.  I thought at the
time that it may have something to do with BNDL resources.  These are the
things that tell for instance teach text files to have those document
icons, or the newspaper type when they are of type 'ttro'. Or word files to
have the little "W" in the corner etc.  So that when you paste a custom
icon on top, they get confused.  Maybe the same things happen with
applications.  They might expect to see their own icon, not some imported
upstart.  I know that these problems don't happen with folders, but maybe
the system software allows for this.

martin stoermer, 3D Centre, University of Queensland, Australia

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