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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 28 Jun 93       Volume 11 : Issue 130

Today's Topics:

      [*] Pac-Man
      (C) Mac-o-phile review of Jurassic Park
      A4 Papersize
      Accelerating An SE Yet again.. :) (Q)
      Accelerating the Chooser
      ADB as a third serial port
      Adobe FTP site.
      ATM
      Bad disk sectors... (R)
      colossal icons
      Computer Store
      Connecting Macs to a Unix/PC net (Q)
      Connecting Mac to boombox stereo speakers ? (Q)
      Could someone download RapMaster? [Q]
      Distinguishing backup files .... (Blush!).
      Dollars and $ense (A)
      DOS Mounter (Q)
      Dynopage Lite free? Where? (Q)
      emergency -- pb140
      Eudora & '040 cache
      Fax/Modem for PowerBook 180 (Q)
      Ftp site for PPD files?
      Ftp site for PPD files? (A)
      FullWrite Rumors (redux)
      HD floppy problem (q)
      Home-made hard drive? (Q)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #129
      Inserting RETURNS in a String
      Inside macintosh volumes (A)
      Internet mail to AOL
      Is PCMCIA cards these gigabyte storage credit cards (Q)
      Joining file (A)
      Kaleidagraph and LCIII's = error 90?
      Keyboard Recommendations
      Large HQX files
      Looking for an app switcher
      Maelstrom sounds
      Microsoft focus
      MicroSoft products
      Microsoft software virtues
      Microsoft Vaporware & my earlier note
      MIDI Sound modules/Mac Sequencing/Stereo speakers (R)
      Monitors CDEV of 180c
      MultiSync 4D Woes
      PB165C: Summary of screen resp. + SVGA question
      Please Explain DAL (2 msgs)
      PM 4.2 PPD's for LW Pro 630
      Portable StyleWriter & Fax cards for PB100
      PostScript to TrueType document migration (Q)
      Powerbook 145b
      Power Supply trouble on a IIci.
      Printing to a PostScript file without the LaserPrep in System 7
      Publication-quality graph programs (Q)
      QuickMail 2.5 (mis)configuration problems
      SE/30 screen adjustment (Q)
      SE on Ethernet -- Unimplemented Trap problems (Q)
      Setting up an EasyView viewfile
      Slip for Unix
      Source (cheap) for Apple CD300 disk caddies...
      Terminal Emulator Name Wanted (R)
      Tessellations
      Thanks.
      Word 5.1a: problem with styles

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 12:31 EST
From: MACLINK/PC GREAT <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Pac-Man

Dear Netter,
Pac Man will not work on my 512 x 384 8 bit color 12" Apple Color Monitor.  If
you could write a plugin to shrink the size of the board and characters maybe
it wouldn't give me the error of only working on a 640 x 480 monitor.  Anyone
who writes the program for people of that size or larger is leaving out a
group of people who bought the 12" color for the very purpose that it is the
smallest and cheapest Apple Color monitor available (next to the Color
Classic).  Please e-mail me directly if a hack has been made to reduce the
screen size of Pac-Man.  Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 20:53:25 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Gregory Jewett)
Subject: (C) Mac-o-phile review of Jurassic Park

>>o One bad guy is a computer nerd, one good guy (actually a little girl) is
>>  too ("Hacker, not nerd," she complains).
>>
>>Though Apple gets a lot of publicity (and I'm sure it wasn't free...), one
>>of the better lines that breaks a cliffhanger type of situation is "Hey,
>>this is UNIX, I know this!"  Perhaps Apple didn't pay enough, or maybe
>>AT&T or Novell paid 'em something.
>
>"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.

I beg to differ.  Remember A/UX?  An Apple flavor of Unix that allows the
MacOS to interact and take advantage of the Unix operating system..
(I just set-up two Quadra's with A/UX within the last month, along with AS
Pro)

It is obvious from the movie, that the title of the window where the "nerd"
is working in -- when he is typing -- is called "CommandShell".
"CommandShell" is the program in A/UX where a user can type unix commands
and interact with the unix operating system at a text level.

The other monitors and windows that appear on them -- are part of the SGI
Unix system (machines responsible for some of the fantastic computer
graphics in the movie.)

Just my $0.02 worth.  Anyone watch the credits to figure out who/what did
the major computer animation and graphics in the movie?!

..Greg

** Gregory Jewett         Consultant/Programmer
[e-mail] **

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 11:16:07 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: A4 Papersize

[e-mail] (Pete Jemian) wrote:
>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...

Seems you are one of those Americans who think that only those
things THEY use or know really exist. Did you not know that
the A4 paper size is used nearly everywhere in the world except
in the United States and some other old-fashined countries who
thought they would never convert to the metric system ???

Regards, Christian             [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 01:27:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Joshua Who? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Accelerating An SE Yet again.. :) (Q)

Info-Macers,
    No, no please, let me beat a dead horse.  But first, hereUs what I
    have:
Macintosh SE,  running System 7.1, 4 megs of ram, 20 meg HD,and a Superdrive.
I have been following the discussion in info-mac about accelerating old SE's
and one of the comments that caught my eye was to get the MacWorld (I believe
it was) from June 1993 and read an article which was about accelerators. Well,
unfortunately by the time I got around to reading that particular info-mac,
the
June 93 MacWorld was not in stores anymore.
    I have an older MacWorld (June 1992), which rate some of the
    accelerators
which were out in 1992, and that article has been very enlightening about the
possibilities of accelerating my mac. However, how fast is fast? All I really
have to reference "faster" by is my Mac SE speeds, and I am beginning to think
anything would be faster.  Also, what "level" of an upgrade would be required
before I could gain the use of Quicktime? Or, is that not possible even with
an
accelerator?
    I am wondering from people who have made the leap to upgrade their Mac
    (SE
preferably). What have they thought about the Accelerator they have bought,
what kind was it, what kind of cost? Are there any options to buy accelerators
though the Higher Education Individual Purchase Program?
    I am thinking of the upgrade is not just a "patch" to hold me over for
    a
while, but something that will make my Mac last for quite some time to come.

Thanks,
    Joshua  ([e-mail]      or      [e-mail])
            ([e-mail]                 or
            [e-mail])

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 14:45:49 -0200
From: Peter Kay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Accelerating the Chooser

Further to a recent request for information along the following lines:

        **********************************

The Scenario:
Our department consists of 60 - 70 members of staff all with Mac access
to 3 or 4 LaserWriters (it varies), two of which are spooled. Some of
us are using System 7 and others are using System 6 (usually 6.0.7).
Until everyone moves to S7, we have standardised on version 5.2 of the
LW software. For various reasons, we (as individuals) wish to be able
to change the LW we use several times a day.

The Question:
Is there a way to by-pass the long-winded apple menu/chooser dialogue
process on both S6 and S7?


           **********************************

I had two responses (thank you Richard Lim and Larry Hanser)
suggesting that I use the freeware product, DTPrinter, which
I obtained from umich. It more or less solves the problem under
System 7. It allows one to create icons (one for each printer),
which can be used for changing the printer quite quickly.
We still had some problems because quite a few of us are still
using MacWrite II and this wouldn't allow us to change the
printer without quitting the application. I contacted the
author of DTP (Leonard Rosenthol), who responded on the same
day (!!). He informed me that if the application wasn't
written for System 7, one only needs to hold down the Option
key before doubleclicking on the DTP icon to avoid having
to quit the application first.

This doesn't solve the problem for those who are using System 6,
but I think that everyone will be upgraded (if that is the
right word :-)) to System 7 in a few months.

Thanks.


Peter Kay, University of Hertfordshire
[e-mail]                        tel.no.  0707 284 358

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 12:56:42 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ADB as a third serial port

    We have a old Mac Plus computer that we use for acquiring data from
a machine in real time.  We would like for this computer to print a hard
copy of the data (via a Imagewriter) as the data is being generated.  Also,
this computer needs to be hooked up to the network so that the data can be
retrieved from another terminal.  The problem is that we need three serial
ports for this.  I know there is a product available that allows one serial
port to switch among three different serial devices.  But I was wonder if
there is a simpler solution that doesn't involve manual switching.  Perhaps
that is a product available that allows a serial device to work throught
the ADB port.  If anyone knows of such a beast, please let me e-mail me.
Thanks in advance.


                                    Tim

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 01:48:07 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Dieder B.)
Subject: Adobe FTP site.

I've downloaded quite a few of the PPDs for LaserWriter 8.0 off Adobe's ftp
site....tonnes are there!

ftp.adobe.com is the site you're looking for.

You're permitted unlimited distribution so long as the copyright and the
header information is preserved according to the PPD files themselves.

I'd upload it to info-mac, but I really don't think I have time to do this
>From home. :-(

Hope this helps,

Dieder

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 23:33:32 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Anderson)
Subject: ATM

[e-mail] writes:

>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].

Using Resedit, open DCOD resources.  Then open DCOD ID-15005 (the second
one).  Do an ASCii search for "extn" and replace with "font."  Hope this
works for you!  It did fine for me.

David Anderson
nashville tn

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 07:57:28 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Bad disk sectors... (R)


On 24 Jun 93 Maynard Handley <[e-mail]> wrote:
> In Digest #126, John Thoo suggests using Norton SpeedDisk
> to control bad sectors by having it zero them out.
> If this feature worked all the time it would be great.
> However my experience with Syquest cartridges has been
> that more often than not SpeedDisk will simply say
> "Defective sector. Unable to continue" which is really
> useful. It doesn't even tell what the sector number is
> so you can go and deal with it using an app written by
> someone with more intelligence than the the SpeedDisk authors.
> So I would just caution people not to get too excited about
> SpeedDisk in thie regard.

OK, time to 'fess up: It's been a while since I've used Speed Disk,
really, for nowadays I use DiskExpress II for defragging.  However,
if memory serves me correctly, Maynard is correct in his assessment
if one presses the `Optimize' button; OTH, if one sets SD to Expert,
and uses the `Check Media' under the [Options] menu, then I believe
that SD will properly zero out bad spots on a floppy.  Of course, I
could be all wrong <grin>

My personal advice: If you have a floppy with bad sectors, toss it
out (they make for nice coasters :-)   For me, anyway, floppies are
cheaper than losing any data.

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

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 16:29:48 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: colossal icons

when you announced posting of my "colossal-icons.sea.hqx", you mentioned
that they were stored in /info-mac/gui/. however, it was brought to my
attention that they are actually in
/info-mac/gui/grf/
          ^^^^
several people have had problems finding it. could you please re-announce
it with the correct location? thanks!

dave schutz

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 20:36:10 CEST
From: Mario Maroncelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Computer Store

Hi Netters,
my Father will go to Halifax (New Scotland) next week and he probably (I
hope) will buy a new modem for me. So if you know a computer store there
please let me know where it is. (Please report the Address)
Please send the reply directly to me.
TIA
Maroncelli Mario
Ravenna ITALY
[e-mail]

P.S.
My Father intend to buy an Harley Davidson motorcycle too for him. If you
have any suggestion about the right place and the right price.... Thanks!
Sorry for this off topic.


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 18:06:49 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Connecting Macs to a Unix/PC net (Q)

Here's a question for the "network gurus":

We shall soon install a new computer system, probably an NCR
system 3000, running Unix, and most terminals will be "diskless
PC workstations" so that anyone can use MS-DOS software stored
centrally, but all are forced to save to a central disk unit
to ensure proper back-up.

This is not a problem with the DOS side, but: what is available
for the two (soon three) Macintoshes? What possibilities exist
to let them also use the storage capacity which will be available?

I think it won't be possible to make them start-up remotely, but
if we could force them to use the central disk space (so that
the Mac's hard drive would only hold the System files and the
applications), this would be great. Until now, the Macs are
only connected with a PhoneNet line, and they can use System 7's
File Sharing capabilities to transfer data from one Mac to the
other.

Oh, I forgot to mention: It's a Mac IIci with 16 mB RAM, and a
MacPortable (my machine) with 9mB RAM. The new will probably be
a Centris for something alike.

Please email me, and I'll summarize.

Thank you and best regards, Christian

[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 14:27:24 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Connecting Mac to boombox stereo speakers ? (Q)

Is there any way of connecting my IIci through its headphone outlet to my
stereo boombox speakers?  I wish to get stereo sound w/o headphone and w/o
buying specialized speakers.  Technically, I don't see why not.

Charles C. Hsieh

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Date: 26 Jun 1993 15:13:01 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Joung-woo John Kim)
Subject: Could someone download RapMaster? [Q]

In the Aug 1993 MacWorld (p.169) David Pogue writes there is  a freeware
called
"Rapmaster 1.0.1" by Bryan "Beaker" Ressler on American Online (AOL). Pogue
says it is a remarkable Mac music software.

Unfortyunately I don't have access to AOL. Could someone download it from AOL
and upload it either to SUMEX or UMich Mac Archive?

If you do it, please let me know me by email and also post it on
comp.sys.mac.digest. If you know it archived already at some other internet
ftp
site, please let me know also.

Thank you in advance.

John

P.S. Pogue says Rapmaster on AOL is in the MacWorld forum -- whatever this
means I hope it helps the search.
--
Joung-woo John Kim
Computer Science Dept., University of Southern California
[e-mail]

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Date: 26 Jun 1993 14:23:59 +0000 (GMT)
From: "NAME \"Fergus J. Lalor\""
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Distinguishing backup files .... (Blush!).

I would like to thank the folk who patiently reminded me
that the S7 Finder "Find" command has an option to allow
the user to select the drive to be searched so that a
mounted backup drive can be ignored. A bad case of
RTFM, I'm afraid.
Fergus J. Lalor, Chemistry Dept., University College, Cork, Ireland.
BITNET: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 14:27:57 -0700
From: Michael Ross <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dollars and $ense (A)

Dollars and $ense sure has been passed around alot recently! The
current "owners" are a small company called Software Developers'
Consortium, and their number is 801-288-1222.

I spoke to them briefly a couple of weeks ago. They're planning a
version 6.0, mainly a bug fix, for December. (No new features? How
can they expect to compete!) They aren't really clear on whether they
have an up-to-date registered users mailing list, so I'd sure give
them a call if I were you...

I, myself, can't be bothered to wait. I went out and ordered Andrew
Tobias' Managing Your Money.

Michael Ross

Antigone Press
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 12:39:27 EDT
From: Gene Mayro <[e-mail]>
Subject: DOS Mounter (Q)

I'm looking for an init/extension that was at Sumex maybe six months ago
(or more). It allowed DOS disks to show up on the desktop without having
to translate them. There was some talk soon after the the extension was
uploaded that it might have been a trojan horse, but I beleive that was
unfounded (I could be wrong). Does anyone know the whereabouts of this
extension, or if it was a trojan horse?

- Gene Mayro ([e-mail])

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 14:30:00 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Dynopage Lite free? Where? (Q)

I heard there was a free, stripped down version of Dynopage:  Dynopage Lite.
Where can I find it?

Charles C. Hsieh

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 20:37:58 EDT
From: "Christopher B. Hopkins (Wesley)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: emergency -- pb140

Ahhh, yes.  Life is full of rare moments like these...

I have a PB140.  It has been acting strange recently: it won't run off
the battery.  It will show me that the battery is 1/2charged (it won't
charge it further, btw) but it won't run w/o the power cord.  I tried
to "fool" it by putting it to sleep and taking out the cord but it
still doesn't work.  I tried another battery, same deal.

Today, I brought it to the computer store to be fixed.  A couple of
hours ago, the guy calls back and says that some part of my logic board
is dead and I will need to lay down about $750.  Is this right???
I know you folks are the Mac experts, so I have to know: why did this
happen?  Did I do something?  Does it really cost this much?  If I
don't fix it and use it off of the cord (until I "find" $750) will
I hurt anything?? I bought this used (it's of course, only now out of
warranty) -- did the guy who sold it to me know that this was going
to happen???

Please.  Somebody.  Take a moment and whip off an email to me.

Christopher [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 12:31:44 PDT
From: [e-mail] (David Herren)
Subject: Eudora & '040 cache

Is it just me, or are others having difficulties running Eudora 1.3.1 (the
latest I could find at Sumex) with the 040 cache on? Without, it runs just
fine but I haven't had the hours necessary to do a complete test to be sure
that that is the only variable that's being affected.

Is there a newer version (still a freebie) of Eudora that works with the
cache enabled?

David Herren, The Language Schools, Middlebury College, [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 16:02:15 BST
From: A.D'[e-mail]
Subject: Fax/Modem for PowerBook 180 (Q)

I want to buy an internal fax/modem for my PB180. Has anyone any
recommendations on hardware/software?
         Tony D'Emanuele, University of Manchester
         (A.D'[e-mail])

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 09:04:23 -0800
From: [e-mail] (David R Bosso)
Subject: Ftp site for PPD files?

>Anyway, does anybody know the ftp address for Adobe?

ftp.adobe.com  - lots of PPD files there.

-David

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 19:47:23 -0700
From: Michael Ross <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ftp site for PPD files? (A)

> Anyway, does anybody know the ftp address for Adobe?  And, does
> anybody know whether it is okay for these PPD files to be posted
> to info-mac?   It seems to me it would be more convenient to have
> them available at sumex (say, under the prn directory).

>


Adobe's PPDs can be ftp'd from ftp.adobe.com. Look in /pub/adobe for
all kinds of good stuff. This site is really an alias to
ftp-relay.mv.us.adobe.com

As to reposting on info-mac, I would vote no. Anyone able to ftp
sumex can just as easily ftp adobe, and be guaranteed the current
version. Just an opinion.

Michael Ross
[e-mail]

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Date: 28 Jun 1993 17:45:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FullWrite Rumors (redux)

For the FW faithful from today's MacWeek:

Somerville, Mass.--After almost two years of lying dormant in the hands
of Borland International, Inc., FullWrite Professional was sold last week
[make that MONTH] to Akimbo Systems.

Akimbo, a 2-year-old company based here, said it plans to deliver a revamped
System 7 version of FullWrite later this year.  FullWrite Professional 1.5,
which at one time had a loyal following, has not been updated for two and
a half years.

Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Borland took over FullWrite Professional, along
with three other Macintosh productivity products, as part of its $439
million merger with Ashton-Tate Co. in 1991.

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Date: 27 Jun 93 22:35:57 S
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HD floppy problem (q)

I recently developed a problem with a floppy drive on a 2ci: It can read
all the directories off of floppies, but it can't open files from any
disks in the drive. Similarly, it won't boot up from a floppy startup
disk of any type that I have tried,
 If anyone has any suggestions, including the means to "verify" the drive,
I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks in advance,

David Plotner
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary

[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 22:32:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jim Witte)
Subject: Home-made hard drive? (Q)

Hi netters,

I have an old Zenith computer case that I want to convert to an external HD
for my mac si. I have a 40 MB quantum HD (formerly the internal HD for my
si).

As far as I can tell, the quantum has no "on the drive" termination.

Here's my question: What sort of termination scheme should I use? What sort
of cable should I use inside the case?  Is this whole idea feasible?

If anyone has any ideas, I would be really thankful!

Jim Witte
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 07:49:24 -0600
From: [e-mail] (John Antolak)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #129

>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 93 09:36:56 +0200
>From: Martin Jourdan <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Aldus IntelliDraw (Q)
>
>Dear netters,
>
>I am highly interested in the IntelliDraw drawing software by Aldus,
>but I have specific questions/requirements about it before buying.
>Unfortunately, it is not officially distributed in France, so I have a
>hard time finding information about it.  So I turn to the net to ask
>you who have actually used it:
>
>1. Do the ``arrow'' and ``dotted/dashed'' line styles also apply to
>unclosed polygons and Bezier curves, in addition to straight lines?
>
>2. Is it possible to ``stickily connect'' two objects using unclosed
>polygons and Bezier curves, in addition to straight lines?
>
>3. Can you easily create circle or ellipse arcs of any angle (not just
>quarter circles as with the PICT standard tool)?
>
>Any other comment on IntelliDraw would also be greatly appreciated.
>
>Please answer by e-mail and I'll post a summary.

In answer to (1) and (2), yes, according to the promo video I was sent. I
don't know about (3). I am also interested in a summary of the answers you
get. If you post them to Info-Mac. I'll see them.

The video I was sent was pretty impressive. They show how you can make
drawings that will be easier to edit later on. However, there may be a
steep learning curve with all the different types of links that are
possible. Another possible advantage is the availability for Windows. The
feature sets are supposed to be identical.
~~~~~
John A. Antolak           Internet: [e-mail]
Radiation Physics                   [e-mail]
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX 77459

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 7:17:37 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Nick Blackwell)
Subject: Inserting RETURNS in a String

 > Help.  In need to concatinate a return into a string of words, so that
 > my popupmenu will display them properly.  Any ideas?  BTW this is to be
 done
 > in Hypercard.


    Try adding somthing like this :

       put <mystring> & return into fld <thisfield>

   This will put he Return at the end of the string.
   The & is the cat function. This is just off the top of my head so your
   mileage may vary....

--


      Nic Blackwell

      [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 03:18 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Inside macintosh volumes (A)

>    I am looking for some specific information in Inside Macintosh.  I
> was wondering if anyone could tell me what the topic of each of the
> volumes is?

Vol I   User interface guidelines, memory management, assembly language,
    QuickDraw, Resource Manager, Event Manager, Font Manager, Window
    Manager, Menu Manager, Dialog Manager, TextEdit, misc. user
    interface routines.
Vol II  MacOS, file and device I/O, memory management, interrupt
    handeling, File Manager, Device Manager, Printing Manager,
    AppleTalk Manager, driver utilities.
Vol III Finder interface, Mac 128/512 K hardware, Pascal routines for
    Vols. I and II.
Vol IV  Routines for Mac Plus/512KE, HFS, SCSI Manager, Time Manager,
    List Manager, changes to other Managers, overview of Mac Plus
    hardware.
Vol V   Routines for Mac SE/II, Color QuickDraw, Palette Manager, Script
    Manager, Sound Manager, Slot Manager, ADB,changes to various
    Managers, additional user interface guidelines, color for
    menus, windows, and dialog boxes; hierarchal, scrolling and
    pop-up menus.
Vol VI  System 7 related Managers, new routines and data structures,
    new interface guidelines.
X-Ref   Single volume index for Vols I - VI.

If you don't care about supporting 68000 and 68020 and anything less
than System 7, volume VI will suffice. (Most of the info in Vols. I-IV
has been superceeded anyway.)
Btw, all current info (including Tech. Notes) have now been combined
into 1 volume, available on-line. The printed version is supposed to be
out any time now (or may be its been published already).

Cheers- Shekhar Govind                    [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 07:27:00 -0400
From: Avon Middle High School 508-583-4822 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internet mail to AOL

       AOL has announced a significant improvement in its
    Internet mail operation in the coming weeks. They are
    asking that all Internet mail to AOL members be addressed
    as follows:
        [e-mail]
        There has been a continuing problem with incoming
    Internet mail and this form of addressing using the per
    cent sign seems to overcome this problem. There should be
    a further announcement from AOL in about a week.
        Mike Lane
        [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 14:34:11 -0500
From: "Paul M. Sheldon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is PCMCIA cards these gigabyte storage credit cards (Q)

    These PCMCIA's are starting to be talked about on Computer Chronicles.

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 06:14 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Joining file (A)

In 11-129, [e-mail] looks for a quicker way to
combine large ASCII .hqx portions than by using MacWrite Pro.

Get the sumex-aim.stanford.edu file:
info-mac/util/unity-311.hqx

It concatenates text files in a flash in order of selection, without
bothering to display the files on screen. Couldn't be easier!  There are
other larger programs available to do the same thing; frankly, I could
never figure out why anyone would rather use them than this old standby.
Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 08:21:48 +0200
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: Kaleidagraph and LCIII's = error 90?

Dear Netters,

I am only relaying this message as a favor and have not seen this first hand:

A professor here just got a new LCII and moved all her software over from
her old LC.  Everything works except Kaleidagraph 2.1 which gives and error
90 (or error -90, I don't remember which).  I know version 3.0 is out and I
guess she will upgrade but until then is there a work around.  THis doen't
have anything to do with the floating point chip (or lack of one) does it?

Thanks, David
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 16:03:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ronald G Mackley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Keyboard Recommendations

I have large hands and sore wrists, I'm looking for something to replace
my standard Classic II keyboard (the Keyboard II).  I'm looking at the
Apple Adjustable keyboard.  I like the fissure down the middle so that
my hands aren't so close together, but I hate the chicklet keys.   I'm
also looking at the Datadesk Mac 101.  I like the description of it and
the full sized keys, but I don't know whether it's too small for my
paws. Also, are the pads for wrist rests at all effective?  I have a
ProFlex "hump" and while it's better than nothing, it's annoying.  If
anyone has any experience and/or recommendations, please, please, help.
I thank you.

--Ron


------
 Ron Mackley
 [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 12:35:54 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jaime Garmendia - DuPont Argentina)
Subject: Large HQX files

 [e-mail] writes:

>>I recently received a Quicktime move that was 6 meg in size in a .Hqx
>>formate in order to transfer it to floppy I split it into 6 parts,
>>saved it do disk on a msdox pc and transfered it to my mac via apple
>>file exchange,the problem is recombining it. I tried using Macwrite
>>pro increasing the memory size to 13,000 k and inserting each section
>>after each other this worked but when I did a save the save box has
>>still not come up after 4 1/2 hours though it seems to be still
>>trying. "Mouse watch is moveing slooooly". Any help would be welcomed.
>>Thanks in advance. Ps I'm using a Centris 610 80 meg Hd 12 meg
>>internal memory and 5 meg of virtual.


The best tools for that kind of text processing are BBedit and McSink.
Back in the dark ages when I did not have Internet access (only a few
months ago), I used Mcsink to join multiple parts of HQX or UUE files
together prior to decoding. Both programs can hold large text files up
to the memory available. Both are available at Sumex.

J. Garmendia
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 13:01:45 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Looking for an app switcher

First off, I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions for
my problem.  I was looking for a way to hot-key between
applications, similar to the Cool Switch Alt+Tab combination in
Windows.

The most common suggestion was to use PwrSwitcher at the Info-Mac
archives, listed as: /info-mac/cp/power-switcher-10.hqx.  Thanks
to Alun Carr, Andre' C. van der Ham, and Ethan J. Benatan for
this one.

In addition, Jeremy ([e-mail]) suggested using his
own Apollo (which is supposed to do much more), available at sumex
as /ex/apollo-10.hqx.

Lastly, Dale Talcott told me to take a look at QuicKeys and John
Antolak suggested the ApplWindows control panel at sumex.

There were a few suggestions that came in too late for me to include,
but they were also appreciated.  Thanks to everyone for their help and
suggestions.

Ed  :)

--
==========================================
| Ed Lally III          <[e-mail]> |
| My PGP 2.x key is available on request |
==========================================

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

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 00:02:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Maelstrom sounds

Anyone know how to make a custom Maelstrom Sounds file like the "Funky" and
"Simpsons" sound files floating around the net?
Thanks,
Jay Becker
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 11:45 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microsoft focus

Adam Engst ([e-mail]) writes in Digest 129, in response to me:

>you can see for yourself that the current Microsoft programs are dogs
on low-end hardware

Personally, I don't find Word 5.1 uncomfortably slow on a Mac II/LC.
Slow it is, but not much slower than other software.

>My conclusion (just to stick with the thread): Buy what you want to
>buy, but examine Microsoft's products and the competition carefully.

I regard this as a fair paraphrasing of my conclusions.  I think the notion
of boycotting Microsoft because they allegedly don't know how to write some
decent software is pure wishful thinking.  Notice how much whining follows
every time someone points out a flaw or shortcoming in some MS product - as
though the competition is a model of bug-free elegance!  And when someone
claims that _unreleased_ MS stuff is flawed, people immediately jump onto
the claim as proof of their own preconceptions, no matter how tenuous the
evidence.

On the other hand, I do think there are "ideological" reasons for some
discrimination against Microsoft in favour of smaller, less domineering
enterprises.  But if Microsoft do come up with something which is clearly
better than the competition, they ought to be given due credit and (maybe)
custom.  My own position is that the MS app has to be A LOT better than
its competitors for me to buy it

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 18:06:46 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Parag Patel)
Subject: MicroSoft products

Few of Microsofts products are optimized for any specific system.  Their
compilers can generate P-code (an intermediate compiler translation
syntax popular in older compilers) which is then executed using a P-code
interpreter written native for each host.  This is much slower than
using a native compiler, but theoretically much more portable and also
allows Microsoft to use development platforms other than the Mac.

The big 3 Microsoft apps use P-code rather than being compiled native
for the Mac.  I think that the PC versions also use P-code, but since
they are using their own compilers, they should be able to use their
native x86 code-generators instead.  This is also a source of bugs since
they have a heck of a time tracking Apple's changes to the Mac Toolbox.

For ResEdit fans (and I am not one), open your favorite Microsoft app
and look for a PCOD resource.  Large, isn't it.


    -- Parag Patel <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 10:37:01 -0400
From: "Tad Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microsoft software virtues

Can't resist joining in the fray on Microsoft software. The only Microsoft
program I've used on the Mac is Word, so my comments are based on that
program.

What are the virtues of Word? I keep hearing people trash Microsoft
software as being slow, buggy, and hard to use, but I can't figure it. Word
has gotten consistenly more powerful and easier to use with each upgrade,
and it STILL runs briskly on my Classic II. (Some people would consider
that a low-end machine.)

I have two other word processors: WriteNow 3.0 and MacWrite Pro 1.0v2. It's
true that WriteNow is faster in some respects, and it's an aesthetically
pleasing program that makes writing fun, and my kids love it. But it's
missing some crucial features that I need for my work, so I keep coming
back to Word.

In one VERY important respect, typing speed, Word easily keeps pace with
WriteNow. I type about 60-70 wpm, and I can feel a typing drag on many MANY
programs on the Mac: feel it in my fingers, feel myself typing harder to
try to make the letters show up faster. I have never had this feeling with
either of these programs. As long as MS keeps that briskness at text entry,
I can forgive it some slowness at features that I use less often.

I have, by the way, created documents in Word that were a couple of hundred
pages long and consisted entirely of tables spanning five or six pages
each, with NO apparent decrease in typing speed. I've also created
documents from several-megabyte RTF files downloaded from the mainframe,
and ditto. Scrolling speed DOES slow down in this situation but is not
unacceptable, even in page-layout mode. (Did I mention that these documents
were created on an SE?) In any case the outline view makes it possible to
skip around a long document easily.

And with respect to speed in general, Word runs circles around MacWrite
Pro. That typing drag I just mentioned is immediately apparent in MacWrite
Pro. Saving a 90-page document can take well over a minute -- even when
doing an incremental save. And if you want to tie the program in knots,
just try a liberal application of "Keep with Next Paragraph" and "Keep
Lines Together" commands in a long document. Claris's own recommendations
for improving MacWrite Pro performance include NOT using these features
(along with, as your next option, buying a faster computer). I have great
confidence that MacWrite Pro will eventually evolve into a worthy
competitor to Word, but as beautiful and graceful as it is, it's not there
yet.

And with respect to bugginess... I realize my system is kind of humdrum;
System 7.1 with only three or four extensions. But Word is one of the few
programs I own that has NEVER crashed on me. I have NEVER lost data from
Word. I have NEVER had a corrupted document in Word. (No, that's not true;
I had a corrupted document once when I switched to System 7 before my
hard-disk driver was compatible. But it wasn't Word's fault.)

So yeah, I hate the company as much as anyone else, but leave their
software out of it, OK? It's useful, it's well-designed, and it works.

Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 21:44:22 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Parag Patel)
Subject: Microsoft Vaporware & my earlier note

I think that I blew it in my earlier note.  Please nuke it if you can.
Otherwise, I meant to say that I'm not a fan of Microsoft.  I like
ResEdit.  Thanks!


    -- Parag

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 14:35 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MIDI Sound modules/Mac Sequencing/Stereo speakers (R)

> I am writing to find out if any of you Mac MIDI/Multimedia/Presentation
> users have used the following products, and what you think of them:
> MIDI Sound modules
>  -----------------
> Roland SC-33 SRP $695
> Roland SC-7  (built-in MIDI interface) SRP $399 (advertised in Apple cat.)
> Yamaha TG-100 (built-in MIDI)  Street $399
> Yamaha CBX-T3 (built-in MIDI)  Street $299  (advertised in TigerSoftware ca
> Emu Sound Engine (built-in MIDI) Direct $595  (advertised in NewMedia mag.)
> These are all compact General MIDI (GM) modules, with audio inputs.
> Has anyone used one of these? Suggestions/Recommendations?

In the matter of General MIDI sound modules, there is no better
judge than your own ears.  This is especially true if you want to
buy one for multi-media presentations, and not as a pro-musician
looking for specific advanced features/sounds.  Visit your local
music shop and listen to the sounds each of the modules have to
offer and then make up your mind about the one you should splurge
on.  Having said that, some gossip.... ;-)

The Roland Sound Canvas modules are fairly popular (and highly
rated). Haven't heard the SC-33, but it is supposed to be
basically a repackaged SC-55 (which has good sounds) with much the
same voices, but a different interface.  You should be able to
knock down the $ 695 SRP into the $500 range. Try 1-(800) MAC-BEAT
for decent prices on Roland gear.

Haven't heard any of the other sound modules you list (the TG-100
is actually a "tone generator"). Also, if the E-Mu Sound Engine
sounds anything like the E-Mu Proteus series, it should be *quite*
good.

You should probably consider posting your query on the Usenet
discussion group rec.music.makers.synth - I have always received
excellent feedback from that forum about MIDI hardware.

> Macintosh MIDI Sequencing software
>  ---------------------------------
> MusicShop (Upgrade to Opcode's EZ Vision)  Street $99
> Metro (Upgrade to Dr. T's Beyond)
> Trax
> These are mostly entry level sequencing programs. I found out that Metro is
> not developed by Dr. T as it was bought out by a company called OSC which
> also developed Digidesign's Deck.

You can also add Ballade and General MIDI Sequencer to your list
of entry level sequencing programs.

MusicShop features the usual Opcode tape-deck style sequencer and
a 32 stave notation editor- $ 150 list Opcode Systems, (415) 856-
3333. (This info is from Opcode propaganda material. Opcode
produces good MIDI software, but most of their packages have an
annoying copy-protection scheme; I just don't like my software
to be copy-protected. Don't know if MusicShop is copy-protected.)

Metro (which is not really an "entry level" package) can edit an
almost unlimited number of tracks in real time. It hasn't changed
much from Beyond - the most major change being an integration to
DECK, a digital audio recording system. (OSC also sells DECK for
$ 249). Supports OMS and over 500 MIDI channels [$225 list. OSC:
[phone]]. There used to be a demo of Beyond at Sumex.  If
you can't find it there, look for it at <Wuarchive.Wustl.Edu>  in
mirrors2/info-mac/Old/demo/ (You could also write to
[e-mail] . As the author of Beyond/Metro, I am sure
he will be happy to provide more specific info :-)

Trax is an easy to use sequencer for beginners with a tape-deck
type interface. Shares most of the "power" features (and the
interface) with Master Tracks Pro, its senior and more powerful
sibling. One of the few sequencers perfectly happy running on a
Mac Plus. $99 list. Passport Designs, (415) 726- 0280.

Ballade is a 16 track sequencer with built-in support for some
sound modules such as the Roland SC-xx and Yamaha TG-xx [list $ 99
Dynaware USA Inc. [phone] ]. I haven't played with this one
either (2 months ago when I checked it was vaporware); but if the
propaganda material is to be believed, it should prove to be an
excellent package in terms of price/value, and user-interface.

General MIDI Sequencer (Altech Systems, street price < $50) has a
"GenMap" module mapping the instrument-list for a number of
synths/sound modules to General MIDI patch numbers. It is also the
least expensive sequencer package in the commercial MIDI line-up.
Some of its features compare very well with the standard features
found in more expensive packages. Over all, it feels a little
"kludgy" (like it was written in Basic). For its price and
features, it may give the other "entry level" packages a run for
their money.

Hope this helps.

Cheers- Shekhar Govind                [e-mail]

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

Date: 28 Jun 1993 09:48:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: O MH KATA MHXANHN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Monitors CDEV of 180c

I'm really not usually inclined to option-click my way through CDEVs and
what-not, but I notice on the new 180c that by doing this on the "options"
button in the Monitors CDEV one gets the opportunity to use "active gamma"
or "uncorrected gamma." What do these options have to do with? Fidelity
of color? Speed of screen? Thanks in advance to him/her who will enlighten
me.

bill mccarthy
washington, d.c.

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 18:31:06 EST
From: Scott Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: MultiSync 4D Woes

Dear Fellow 'Netters:

Awhile back I posted a question regarding the compatability of the
NEC MultiSync 4D monitor with the built-in video of the Centris 610.

As it turns out the monitor works quite well, except that only
640x480 pixels are available (it's a 16" monitor)!  I discovered
that through a bit of telephone magic, one could request
a new adapter or software ("DPI-On-The-Fly" I think it's called)
>From NEC that enables one to achieve a higher resolution (832x624).
Well, I ordered said adapter and 6 weeks (!) later I have finally
received the beast and am now basking in the glory of MORE PIXELS!
Hoooray!

But...

I have encountered an interesting problem on which I hope someone
will be able to shed some light.  Whenever I am in 256 grayscale or
color mode I have some interesting lines flickering on my screen when
I scroll  in a document (noticed whilst I was using Word 5.1).
Strangely, these lines disappear when I switch to any other setting
(1-bit (B&W), 4-bit (16 colors) or 16-bit (Thousands of colors),
 etc... ), and scroll.  Note that the lines primarily surround the window
that is being scrolled; however, they are not constrained to its borders
and do extend out into the "desktop void" a bit.  But they do NOT run
across the entire screen.

Am I losing my mind?  Has anybody else seen this?  Do I have a
defective piece of hardware (whatever piece it may be)?

Thanks for helping a "hardware ignorant" fella out!

Scott A. Johnson

[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 9:59:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Owens)
Subject: PB165C: Summary of screen resp. + SVGA question

Thanks to those who replied regarding the PB 165C screen. Verdict was that
the screen is one of the best passive-matrix screens on the market, and while
definitely not as good as the 180C's screen, it is certainly a solid screen.
The persons who responded seemed to share the view that the criticism of
the screen is not justified.

Anyway, the other issue in purchasing a 165C is the video support. We have
an SVGA monitor at home hooked up to a 486. Is it possible (through a pin
adaptor, for instance, or software) to get the monitor to work with the
165C? What is the procedure for this? What would the resolution be?

Thanks -

John Owens
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 13:41:37 EDT
From: David M. Rosenberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: Please Explain DAL

In a note with the subject "Please Explain DAL" in Info-Mac Digest
Volume 11, Issue 126, Todd E. Frenzel <[e-mail]> asked
several questions about DAL. Info-Mac Digest Volume 11, Issue 129
contains a response from Pete Gontier <[e-mail]> with the same
subject. I'd like to add to that discussion.

First, there is a listserv distribution list named DAL-L devoted to a
discussion of DAL. It is run from MITVMA.MIT.EDU (or just "MITVMA" on
Bitnet). Anyone can subscribe by sending a message with the body line
       SUBSCRIBE DAL-L your name
to [e-mail] from the address at which you would like to
receive the DAL-L list. Messages mailed to [e-mail] will be
distributed to all subscribers on the DAL-L list.

Contrary to what Pete said, both Oracle and Sybase servers are supported
on a DAL Server for VAX/VMS (from Apple) and DAL Servers for Ultrix and
SunOS (from Pacer Software).

If you want more information about DAL, I encourage you to join the
DAL-L list and ask them there. I'll attempt to answer any DAL questions
(that I can) raised on the DAL-L list.

/David M. Rosenberg (Internet: [e-mail], Phone: [phone])

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 17:26:23 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Gontier)
Subject: Please Explain DAL

In-reply-to: <[e-mail]>; from
"David M. Rosenberg" at Jun 2 8, 93 1:41 pm

> Contrary to what Pete said, both Oracle and Sybase servers are supported
> on a DAL Server for VAX/VMS (from Apple) and DAL Servers for Ultrix and
> SunOS (from Pacer Software).

I believe what I said was that I was unsure of my claim that DAL
is not currently supported on Sybase; thus, the facts of the matter
are not contrary to what I said.

--
 Pete Gontier // EC Technology // [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 93 17:19:53 CDT
From: Akira <[e-mail]>
Subject: PM 4.2 PPD's for LW Pro 630

Where can I find a PPD for PageMaker 4.2 that will work DIRECTLY with the
630.  I can print by doing an OPTION-PRINT, but need a PPD for 4.2.  Can
anyone help me?

Akira

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 16:27:51 EDT
From: "Charles A. Patrick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Portable StyleWriter & Fax cards for PB100

I thought that Apple was to announce and start shipping a portable version of
the StyleWriter this month. My friendly neighbourhood Mac Shoppe hasn't a
clue.
Does anyone on the Net have one?

Does the Collective Experience of the Net have any recommendations, caveats
and
other helpful thoughts on Fax/Modem card for a PB100? One consideration is
that
 the PB travels to Europe (East and West).

TIA.

Cheers.

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 13:23:47 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PostScript to TrueType document migration (Q)

All,

Our dept. used to have Plus's and a II running Sys6. Thanks to a matching
funds
program, we now have Q700's and a Q800 running Sys7.1. Part of the 7.1 pkg is
TT fonts and (?) ATM. We've had a couple of problems when trying to print out
old documents on the new systems, as well as printing new documents.
(1) Canvas 3.0.3 graphics print out OK, but Helvitica text is 'squooshed'. The
fix: set kerning to 'loosen 2' for every occurance. Obviously, a PITA!
(2) MS Word 5.1a Helvetica is not WYSIWYG: looks fine on the screen, but is
improperly spaced (kerning again?) on paper, esp. underlining does not match
text (line too short).

In (1), the printer driver is the same as always: LaserJet III v1.1 for a LJ3
with PS cart. on both the old hw and the new. In (2), the old hw used LW 5.0
and the new uses LW 7.1, on a IIg. I could try using the old LW driver, but my
suspicion (?sp) lies with TT vs. PS fonts. Would like to try replacing all TT
fonts w/PS, but would like some feedback before undertaking such a noble task
:-)

/\/\/\_ Eric VanBuren   [e-mail]
\ \ \-' Immuno/Microbio         please respond to above ip address
 \_~_/  Wayne State University  Detroit, MI

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 22:45 EST
From: MACLINK/PC GREAT <[e-mail]>
Subject: Powerbook 145b

Dear Netters,
What is the difference between the 145 and the 145b Powerbooks, i.e.
speed grayscale etc...?
I haven't seen any publication yet mentioning the 145b other than the
advertisements in local newspapers.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 14:21:51 EST
From: "Scott Kaplan [phone]"          <[e-mail]>
Subject: Power Supply trouble on a IIci.

Okay, I need help.  I've had my IIci for three full years now.  I have long
had the odd "trickle-down" problem that some others have described.  (For
those who haven't seen talk of this problem before...If I turn my Mac off
for long enough, usually a few hours, it will refuse to turn back on.  I
must turn off the power strip that I have my Mac plugged into for two or
three minutes, and when I turn it back on my Mac comes to life as though
nothing were wrong.)  Someone once posted a hardware fix (involving some
soldering and other stuff) which I failed to go through with (because I'm
lazy.)

Now my IIci won't turn on at all.  I have actually had bouts with this
once before.  It wouldn't turn on for a few days.  I sent it back to the
place I bought it from (Mac Friends, now seemingly out of business) to get
it fixed.  When they got it the thing powered right up.  Ever since it's
been the same minor problem, having to cut the power for a couple of
minutes.  Now it's been two weeks.  The local Apple dealer wants some
ludicrous amount of money to fix it, and I'd rather see if someone has any
wise ideas on how to figure out just what's wrong here.  Can anyone tell me
how I can figure out whether I'm still having some trickle down problem?  Or
maybe the power from my outlets is questionable?  Or did my power supply die
completely?  How much would a new or refurbished IIci power supply be, and
how hard would it be to install myself?

Feel free to reply to the net if you have some general wisdom about this,
but I suppose it would be quicker and more effective to send replies right
to me.

Scott Kaplan
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
[e-mail]
(It's only a summer job, I'm really a Mac person.)

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 03:25:39 -0400
From: Andy Sun <[e-mail]>
Subject: Printing to a PostScript file without the LaserPrep in System 7

Hi Everyone,

In System 6.0.x, it is possible to print to a PostScript file without the
LaserPrep by using Command-F. Does anyone know if one can do the same
under System 7.x? That is, can I print to a PostScript file without all
the junk between %%BeginProcSet and %%EndProcSet? The reason for doing
this is because some users here would like to upload/email Mac PostScript
files to a Unix box for printing and I am looking into a way to minimize
the transmission time by not sending the LaserPrep Prologue. At the moment,
under System 7.1 with LaserWriter 7.1.2 driver, a Word 5.1a document
with a single line "This is a test" results in a 342K PostScript file.

I know I can use ResEdit to mess around with the LaserWriter driver to
eliminate the printing of all the Prologue lines, but this still requires
users to switch drivers under Chooser. I wonder if there are some neat tricks
within System 7.x itself that can suppress the generation of the LaserPrep
Prologue. Any advice is welcome and thanks in advance.

Andy
--
Andy Sun ([e-mail])          4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto
Computing Coordinator                   Ontario, Canada. M5S 1A4
Department of Industrial Engineering    Phone: [phone]
University of Toronto                   Fax:   [phone]

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

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 14:20:00
From: "G.MORLEY" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Publication-quality graph programs (Q)

I'm looking for a program that will output publication quality scientific
graphs, most of
which will be X-Y scatter type. As a microbiologist I need the standard range
of point
symbols (ie. filled/open circles, squares, triangles, diamonds etc.), multiple
error bars,
scalable axes with the ability to use sub/superscript text in labels and
legends. Regression and
curve fitting are desirable tools, in fact the more the merrier.

I would like to be able to use/import data straight from my Excel 3 sheets
(don't knock it,
it works for me!) with the minimum of manipulation (I've got a lot of data).

I've seen various stuff in action (mostly CricketGraph) but have little hands
on experience.
I pulled a SerePlot demo from a ftp site, this looks to be the kind of thing I
want, but I'd like
to be sure that I'm making an informed decision.

I'll be running it on a Classic II with a coprocessor, I need output to be
printable on a
StyleWriter and/or LaserWriter.

All suggestions, opinions and comments will be gratefully received. Posting
directly to me
is preferred as I can't read the digest as often as I'd like.

Thanks

Graeme Morley (possible Ph.D.)
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 10:12:28 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickMail 2.5 (mis)configuration problems

The powers-that-be over here recently decided that communicating via
QuickMail is a Great Idea and ordered that this be implemented. Our campus
has an administrative AppleTalk network consisting of about 30 machines on
two zones, joined by a Shiva NetBridge and connected to the Internet via
a Shiva FastPath. Our assigned MailCenter is located on another zone,
operated by the regional Vicechancellor's staff, which is on the same Ethernet
and also connected to it via a Shiva FastPath.

Mail operations, incoming and outgoing, seem to operate correctly but
QuickConference refuses to locate users on other zones. All our school
system ATalk zones are visible (on the Chooser, as well as on QuickMail's
zone menus). I've fiddled with timeouts, to no avail. Other internetworking
applications work just fine (such as TN3270, et. al.).

I've attempted plugging my Mac on the same zone as the MailCenter, and
QuickConference works ok there, rapidly locating other logged-in users.

What gives ? Where do I begin to look ? Any and all tips and assistance
will be greatly appreciated.


---
Juan M. Courcoul                           Voice:  [phone]
Monterrey Institute of Technology          Net:  [e-mail]
Queretaro, Qro., Mexico
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 15:35 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SE/30 screen adjustment (Q)

Could someone please direct me how to adjust the SE/30 screen?
Not only has the screen shrunk over time, it has always been a
little cockeyed (the rectangular sides have never been perfectly
horizontal / vertical).  I know there are some "knobs/switches"
inside which can adjust the alignment of the active screen area.

(1) Where exactly are they located and what do they look like?

(2) Will the same "knobs" take care of both the (size and
    horizontal/vertical alignment) problems?

I am fairly comfortable opening up the case (2 memory upgrades and
a HD upgrade), so discharging the CRT and delving in the innards
of the SE/30 should not be a problem. Thanks!

Cheers- Shekhar Govind                [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 14:10:12 PDT
From: Dennis O'Reilly <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE on Ethernet -- Unimplemented Trap problems (Q)

We recently attached a number of Mac SE's to Ethernet using
Asante adapters. Now the SE's are crashing at random times
with "Unimplemented Trap" errors, even at times when no MacTCP
applications are running.

The SE's are running System 7.0 with the system 7 tuneup
installed. We're using MacTCP 1.1 on these systems. Also, they
don't have any non-standard extensions or control panels
installed. We removed all of those.

I've searched back through the Macintosh news archives and
found several reports of similar problems related to SE's,
Ethernet, and System 7.0 ... but I couldn't find any
solutions.

If anyone knows of a solution to this problem, we would
appreciate hearing about it. Thanks.  :-)

   Dennis O'Reilly
   University of British Columbia
   Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 13:53:38 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Setting up an EasyView viewfile

I'd like to use Akif Eyler's excellent EasyView program for perusing thru
the FORUM.DOS file from Novell, but I'm having trouble setting up a view.
This file is a directory of all files available on the CIS NovLib forum
or via Internet on ns.novell.com. This is an excerpt from this file:

LIB 1 !scan *.* /desc /lib:2-12



[76703,615]     Lib:12
1000.ZIP/Bin    Bytes:   1913, Count:  145, 11-Mar-93
Last:05-Jun-93

  Title   : MASTER LIST FOR ALL TIPS
  Keywords: DRDOS DRDOS6 MASTER LIST TIPS HINTS TECH

  This file contains a Master list of all of the DRDOS 6.0 tips and  Technical
  Bulletins. This file requires Pkunzip 1.10 to unzip.

[76703,615]     Lib:12
1001.ZIP/Bin    Bytes:   1352, Count:   98, 16-Sep-92(19-Nov-92)
Last:05-Jun-93

  Title   : A LIST OF NEW DRDOS6 BOOKS
  Keywords: DRDOS DRDOS6 NEW BOOKS CURRENT

  This file contains information on DR DOS 6.0 books.  The file is current as
  of 9/9/92.  (Novell Upload!)

[76703,615]     Lib:12
1002.ZIP/Bin    Bytes:   3626, Count:   17, 17-Jul-92
Last:03-Jun-93

  Title   : USING THE HOST BBS SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADS
  Keywords: DRDOS DRDOS6 DR DOS HOSTBBS HOST BBS USE USAGE

  This file contains information on using the Host BBS system for
  file downloads. Use pkunzip 1.10 to unzip.

Ideally, EasyView should separate and use each item as a section, using the
contents of each Title: line for the index.

So far, I've gotten EasyView to separate by items using a "Simple" view format
and using a text processor to insert a string of '-----' before each '['.
Is there a way to get EV to read the file and process it, without having to
patch it beforehand ? Also, indexing by title string would be nice.

Thanks in advance.

Juan

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 19:44:29 +0100
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Slip for Unix

I've tried to set up InterCon interslip to connect to my unix account at the
university but discovered that the SGI they have hasn't got a slip protocol
implemented.

Question: is there any free slip for SGI anywhere ?

Thanks

Francois Rossi   [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 21:03:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Source (cheap) for Apple CD300 disk caddies...

Folks,

    The subject says it....  does anyone know of a good source for the
CD caddies that are required by the Apple CD300 unit?

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 14:55:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michael A. McGuire)
Subject: Terminal Emulator Name Wanted (R)

In Article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (The Moderators) wrote:
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 93 16:40 PDT
>From: Terry Carroll <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Terminal Emulator Name Wanted
>
>>       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?
>
>Sound like it might be the emulator I use (and am using to compose this
>message) -- TCP/Connect II from InterCon.
>
>It's not bad.

Try VersaTerm or VersaTerm-PRO.  They both come with MacTCP and lots of
other goodies.


Michael A. McGuire, :-)
[e-mail]
UTCC - User Services

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 12:18:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tessellations

Priyajeev Narain Trika <[e-mail]> writes

> Recently I was working on Aldus SuperPaint 3.0 and was
> trying to make testellations.  Well I drew the image,
> duplicated it, and gave it a free rotate since i was not in
> the drawing layer......well while rotating the image I lost
> certain dots and the lines were not "dead straight" anymore.
> Does anybody know what i can do to preserve the original
> image and rotate it and not lose anything.

In the painting mode in most paint/draw apps, bitmaps are created. When
rotated at angles other than 45, 90, etc., the single dots don't really
know where to go. Use the drawing mode, even though it is more difficult
to use, and the rotations will be ok.

I use Illustrator 3.2 for tessellations and find it to be fairly simple to
create quite complex tessellations. Art majors can even achieve a fair
measure of success with Illustrator. Canvas 3.0.6 is also fairly easy to
use as long as the painting tools are not needed.

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA
[e-mail]

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Date: 26 Jun 1993 14:20:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: "NAME \"Fergus J. Lalor\""
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Thanks.

Thanks to the many people who replied to my recent queries on
ClubMac drives and the great "Switch-off-or-not" debate. My
apologies that I have not had time to reply to you all
individually.
Fergus J. Lalor, Chemistry Dept., University College, Cork, Ireland.
BITNET: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 JUN 93 16:06 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Word 5.1a: problem with styles

Hi,

I've got a problem with formatting by using styles in Word 5.1a (italian
version).
I've created a stationery document with about 30 customized styles, all
based on Normal, header, footer styles. I've created a new document using
the stationery and then I apply styles while I'm writing new lines.
All the customized styles are not particulary "exotic": bold, bold with
italic,
new margins, spaces after paragraphs, etc.

When I apply a style on a paragraph in the middle of the document everything
is OK. When I apply a style on the LAST paragraph of the document two things
happen:

1) The Mac beeps
2) A window appears saying "FORMATTING TOO COMPLEX" (translated from italian)
3) The style is applied on the paragrah anyway.

The problem is perfectly reproducible on that document (created by the
stationery) but not on a new document (created by command-N).
The Manual hasn't a "Troubleshooting" chapter nor a "Error list" chapter
and I wasn't able to find any explanations about my problem on the
"Formatting by using styles" chapter.

Of course, it is only an annoying problem: I could fix it by typing a
paragraph mark at the end of the document and writing above it.
Anyway I'm very interested in finding the bug (if there is one!)

Please reply directly to me and I will summarize later.
Thanks in advance,
                            Federico

[e-mail]
[e-mail]



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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 15:55:47 BST
From: Lindsay King <[e-mail]>

hello,
I am considering buying a Macintosh Colour Classic, to enable me to write
up my thesis at home. In my department, we use Sun SPARC stations; do
you know if it is possible to read Mac disks into the suns (I know that pc
disks can be read) or do I have to convert them to ms-dos format first ??

Thanks,

Lindsay Jane King

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