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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 26 Jul 93       Volume 11 : Issue 149

Today's Topics:

      [*] app/ups-monitor-13.hqx
      [*] DumbInit
      [*] File_Dropper_1.1b2.sit.hqx
      [*] Future Basic Technical Notes - Vol 2
      [*] MacGS 2.5.2.b3 Dev.cpt
      [*] morsetrainer-us-1.0.3.hqx
      [*] NET/Mac 2.3.25
      [*] Our Family Tree 1.2
      [*] robowar-tournament.hqx
      [*] SATQuizzer0.3final.hqx
      [*] sound
      [*] StuffIt Expander 3.0.3
      [*] ZTerm Frequently Asked Questions, v1.2
      [*] ZTerm High Speed Patch
      [*] ZTerm Phone Directory Listing
      (1) custom notification (2) deleting balloon help
      (Q) "Unable to put away disk" problem.
      020 accelerator for SE
      [Q]: Deskwriter C Driver 3.0 & Apple Upgrade 2.0
      [Q] Black and White Startup after zapping the PRAM
      Ancient History--Identifying OLD old System files?
      APDA Address
      Apple-Link (A)
      Apple Consultant Relations
      ARA and internet connections
      Artificial Life, Life and evolution
      Automap for the Mac
      Betterwriter 1.0
      Controlling LaserDisc Player from HyperCard
      Controlling LaserDisc Player from HyperCard (A) (3 msgs)
      C programming
      Dead Super Driver (Q)
      E-mail  AOL <==> Internet  ?
      Eudora and PowerBook Modem... (A)
      External HD connection to PowerBook 140
      FastPath IV is unreliable (C)
      Fax Software (R)
      Free memory?? What gives?? (MacOS memory layout policies)
      frequencies in Sound Manager"
      frequencies in the Sound Manager
      Gamma
      Help mixing Times and Symbol fonts
      How best to get a Mac over continent? (A)
      How to set the absolute location of HyperCard Windoids
      How to set the absolute location of HyperCard Windoids (A)
      How to set the absolute location of HyperCard Windoids (R)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #148
      Laser printer to cloth transfer
      LaserWriter 8 and Duplex default (Q)
      LaserWriter Select 300 vs. 310
      Letterman Top Ten Lists
      Lockdown!
      Locking a harddisk (R)
      Mac Chemtab 2.0
      Mac Plus and System 6.0.8 (C)
      Mirror PowerVision
      MPW 3.3: You may want forget about this one (C)
      New Macs Cyclones vs Centris (Q)
      norton backup problem
      PB Modems (R)
      PC Alt like functionality in a Extension (?)
      ppats/wallpaper (Q)
      Preventing trashing of apps on HD
      Project management software, esp. AEC Info Mgr
      Receiving voice messages over a modem speaker (Q)
      Rodime drives (R)
      Self Modifying LaserWriter driver causes chaos!
      SGI
      SoundManager 3.0
      Sound Manager 3.0 Doc's
      Splitting Mac files (Q)
      Stuffit Encryption
      SuperATM
      Tab key in Hypercard
      Tab key in Hypercard [R]
      Tapes & Backup for Mac
      The Apple /// Lives!
      Trouble with Arthur's Teacher Trouble
      Upgrading StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 -> 3.0.6 (Q)
      vt100 terminal program needed
      Where AOL can Stuffit(tm)
      Zapping PRAM
      Zmodem and my modem...

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 20:12:57 +0200 (WET)
From: [e-mail] (Yair Elharrar)
Subject: [*] app/ups-monitor-13.hqx

[Moderators: this is a replacement to app/ups-monitor-12.hqx]

UPS Monitor 1.3
by Yair Elharrar, 1993

A small hack to check a UPS's status via serial cable. Now more configurable,
less bugs, and less CPU intensive. System 7 only.

Shareware $15.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/ups-monitor-13.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 07:10:35 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R Lawrence)
Subject: [*] DumbInit

Suggested Name:  "DumbInit.cpt.hqx"  I actually call it
"DumbIcon", but I think "DumbInit" is more descriptive of what
it actually is :-)

Where to put:  I have no idea.  Maybe system extensions.  Or hacks.

Have you ever wanted to impress your friends by having 5 or 6 rows
of INITs show up when you turned on your computer, but you couldn't
find that many or you didn't have enough memory, or they didn't get
along with each other?  Well, this little INIT shows as many icons
as it can find in it's resource fork when it starts up.  Then it
disappears from memory without a trace (I hope).  It even randomly
pauses between each icon to make the sequence believable.  (The
drive light won't be flashing, but who'll notice that anyway.)

Thomas R. Lawrence
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/dumb-init.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 23:52:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Troy Anderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] File_Dropper_1.1b2.sit.hqx

File Dropper 1.1b2
Written by Troy Anderson

Copyright (c) 1992-1993, Troy Anderson; All Rights Reserved

What Is This Thing?

File Dropper is a THINK C 6.0 library that implements an application that y=
ou
can drop files or folders onto to do batch operations on.  It handles the
getting of the AppleEvents if running under System 7, the main event loop, =
and
the menus.  You need only write the code that acts on the individual files.

New with version 1.1b2:
o  Built "File Dropper =B9" in THINK C 6.0
o  The cursor is NOT reset to an arrow after each call to SetStatusPercenta=
ge.
o  If you return FALSE from the eStartup, eSFInitialize, or eAEInitialize
   messages, File Dropper  will send you an eQuitting message and quit the
   application.
o  If you return FALSE from the eValidate message, File Dropper will skip a=
ny
   remaining files in the current batch.
o  If you return FALSE from an eDispose message, File Dropper will send you=
 an
   eQuitting message and quit the application.  Returning TRUE from an eDis=
pose
   message will cause File Dropper to continue running.  This behavior does=
 NOT
   depend upon which of eSFInitialize or eAEInitialize was sent to you.
o  If you return TRUE from an eQuitting message, the File Dropper quits.  O=
n the
   other hand, if  you return FALSE from an eQuitting message, File Dropper
   will quit.
o  If you want the source code to File Dropper, send me money (see the end =
of
   this document).
o  Added an eUserCancelled message for when the user clicks Cancel in the s=
tatus
   box.
o  Added an eIdle message.
o  Added the ChangeStatusMessage function that lets you change the message =
in the
   status dialog on the fly, during your processing of the file.
o  Changed some things internally, so you can NOT call
   InstallCustomGetFSSpecFunc, InstallCustomFileFilterFunc, or
   InstallCustomDialogHookFunc from an eSFInitialize or  eAEInitialize mess=
age
   any more, just from eStartup.
o  Fixed a bug in the ErrorAlert function so that text relating to the erro=
r as
   well as the word "Error." show up in the dialog.
o  Made it simpler to support AboutBox functionality.  You just put text in=
 STR#
   resource 129, and it will be displayed in the warp stars.  To enable thi=
s
   feature, return TRUE from the  eDoAboutBox message.


New with version 1.1b1:
o  You specify if you want the status dialog displayed while you are
working on the file. Progress bar like Finder 7's that you update by
specifying how far you are along with a percentage (0 - 100).  You
specify if you want this, too.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/file-dropper-11b2.hqx; 72K]

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Date: 15 Jul 1993 11:55:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John B. McVey [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Future Basic Technical Notes - Vol 2

The attached are Technical notes of interest to Future Basic programmers.
Suggested file name  is future-basic-tn-vol2.hqx;. Suggested directory is
/dev/info/  The notes are Vol. 2 of 2 volumes published to date and were
furnished by the Future Basic publisher technical help department with the
understanding that the notes would be made available on the Net.

 This file contains technical notes that provides solutions to some
problems encountered when programming in FutureBasic.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/future-basic-tn-vol2.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 09:29:59 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Martin Fong)
Subject: [*] MacGS 2.5.2.b3 Dev.cpt

15 July 1993

This is an *incremental* souce code release of MacGS 2.5.2b3.  As
such, the contents of this distribution must replace, or be added to,
the files in the MacGS 2.5.2b2 development distribution.

Please note that this distribution contains a copy of gs_mac.ps that
fixes a problem with the copypage operator, and that this copy
supercedes its counterpart in the MacGS 2.5.2b3 *runtime*
distribution.


Beta 3 Enhancements and Bug Fixes
---- - ------------ --- --- -----
Because MacGS now correctly responds to page size and resolution
changes specified via the GS' putdeviceprops operator (see
language.doc), it will also change the size of its displayable area to
match the paper sizes specified in gs_statd.ps.  Also, the file
108dpi.ps, located in (macGS Tests), shows how to change the displayed
output resolution to 108 dpi.  This is particularly useful if you're
using MacGS to read manuscripts.

MacGS will open PS files of type 'EPSF' as well as those of type
'TEXT'.

MacGS' Resume command now invokes initgraphics.

The copypage operator now pauses and waits for the Resume command.


     ...Martin Fong                     [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/mac-gs-252b3.hqx; 124K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 14:34:10 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Lars Sundstr|m)
Subject: [*] morsetrainer-us-1.0.3.hqx

MorseTrainer US-1.0.3

Packed with BinHex and StuffIt Lite

This is a new-features and bug-fix release:

% Monaco 12 is used to represent the text to be signalled. The problem with
this
font is that O (the letter) and 0 (zero) can't be distinguished from each
other.
However, this is not the case for the TrueType version of Monaco 12.
Therefore,
if TrueType is available it will be used instead of bitmapped fonts.
% The tempo and speed  settings can be given as words per minute or as before
characters per minute by using a poupmenu.
% A number of small bugs have been fixed.


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

Features

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

And of course, it's FREEWARE!


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

[Archived as /info-mac/app/morse-trainer-103.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 10:10:56 -0500
From: Rick Nimtz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NET/Mac 2.3.25

   The KA9Q Amateur Radio Internet Protocol package. Provides
   internet services (telnet, smtp, ftp, tcp/ip, udp, macip, slfp)
   for connections over serial lines.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/radio-net-mac-2325.hqx; 264K]

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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 14:57:13 -0400
From: ""Timmy G. Bremer"" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Our Family Tree 1.2

    Our Family Tree version 1.2 is now available.  This is a HyperCard
    stack
genealogy program.  With it you can print out pedigree charts, descendant
lists,
and some other useful things.  This version has larger fields, a more spacious
display, a few new features, and better documentation than the previous
version
(1.0).  Also, some annoying limitations have been removed.  Note:  On sumex
and
perhaps some other sites, this program appears as Family Tree.  That is an OLD
version, and should be removed and replaced with Our Family Tree 1.2!
                    -timmy bremer

[Archived as /info-mac/app/family-tree-12-hc.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 09:48:41 EDT
From: [e-mail] (David Harris)
Subject: [*] robowar-tournament.hqx

The Sixth RoboWar tournament was recently completed, featuring
entries from around the world.  There have been several requests
to post the results online, so here they are.  The robots may
be freely distributed so long as they are not modified.

You must have a copy of RoboWar 2.3 to play with the tournament
entries.  RoboWar 2.3 is also available in the sumex-aim
archives.  RoboWar is shareware and has a $10 registration fee.

Happy hacking,

David Harris

[Archived as /info-mac/game/robowar-tournament.hqx; 130K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 17:01:03 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Philip Sarin)
Subject: [*] SATQuizzer0.3final.hqx

Enclosed is the latest version of SAT Quizzer, version 0.3.  I completely
reprogrammed it..this time in C.  The final release version fixes a few
problems with the Beta, including the hang which sometimes occurred on the
word "alienate."

THIS IS A FINAL RELEASE.  IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE BETA I RELEASED A FEW WEEKS
AGO.

SAT Quizzer is a program which quizzes the user on vocabulary.  It comes with
words from the Barron's high frequency word list, and my own words which
added while I was studying for the SAT.  There are 393 total words included
with the program.  The user does not need to use SAT Quizzer with the words it
came with, but can instead input his own words from a text file.  Or, he can
input his own words on top of the ones included with the program.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/sat-quizzer-03.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 11:27:47 +0200
From: [e-mail] (adriaan Tijsseling)
Subject: [*] sound

ghost.bitch.hqx

Hi folks,

I have recorded experimental guitar noises from Sonic Youth.
Hope you'll enjoy it. Mail me if you do.

Adriaan Tijsseling,
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/ghost.hqx; 920K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 93 14:57:13 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Rosenthol)
Subject: [*] StuffIt Expander 3.0.3

This self-extracting archive completely installs StuffIt Expander 3.0.3.,
the Macintosh industry standard tool for archive expansion.  StuffIt Expander
extracts files from the three most popular archive-based compression formats
for Macintosh: StuffIt archives, Compact Pro archives & AppleLink packages.

All Expander users (including StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.6, Lite 3.0.6, and SpaceSaver
1.0.5 users) should upgrade to 3.0.3 since this new version has significant
improvements over the previous versions.

This file left the factory virus-free.

Leonard Rosenthol
Aladdin Systems, Inc.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-303.hqx; 127K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 18:18:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leslie Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZTerm Frequently Asked Questions, v1.2

This is the ZTerm 0.9 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), version 1.2.

  This document answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to
  ZTerm 0.9. The FAQ also contains bug reports, ResEdit hacks,
  information about reports and software relevant to ZTerm users,
  and undocumented tips. This version replaces the two earlier
  versions currently available on sumex and umich.

=========================
  Changes in version 1.2:
=========================
o  new sections and updated sections are now noted on the
   Contents pages
o  warnings about the evils of fax software and fax modems
   (bad, technology! bad!)
o  a simple workaround for sending quotes within send strings
o  script examples
o  more hardware handshaking information, including references
   to relevant TiDBits issues, and the secret hardware
   handshaking cable digram stored in every copy of the Apple
   Modem Tool.
o  details about illegal characters
o  the prohibition against distribution on physical media
   has been amended to allow inclusion on the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
o  other, smaller changes

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

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

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/zterm-faq-12.txt; 49K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 18:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leslie Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZTerm High Speed Patch

This is a 16 color palette which allows ZTerm to correctly
display ANSI graphics and other colored text at 16 colors
instead of 256 colors. The result is an increase in
text display speed when using high speed modems.

Note: I am not the author. The author's address
appears below.


B E G I N   Q U O T E

How it works:
   Changing the code resource makes ZTerm call _GetNewCWindow, instead of
_GetNewWindow.  When a program calls _GetNewCWindow, GetNewCWindow looks for a
resource of type pltt with the same id as the window.  It finds the palette
copied into ZTerm, and loads it.  When ZTerm tries to change the colors, the
palette manager uses the closest available colors, which should be the ones in
its palette (since there are only 16 colors).   When ZTerm is normally used in
16 color mode, the colors are very hard to read, because it has to use the
available colors.  It takes half as long to draw a character on the screen in
4-bit mode (16 colors) then it does to draw one in 8-bit (256 colors) mode.
Running in 16 colors should make ZTerm display the screen twice as fast (if
your
modem is fast enough).

Send any comments to me at one of the following e-mail addresses:
America Online:  JonSnell
Internet:  [e-mail]
Prodigy:  FTCB36D

E N D   Q U O T E

Compressed with Stuffit Deluxe and checked for viruses with
Disinfectant 3.2.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/zterm-speed-patch.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 18:33:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leslie Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZTerm Phone Directory Listing

Note: I am merely uploading this file. Denise McElroy
is the author. She can be reached at the email address
listed in the About... box.

ZTerm Phone Directory Listing searches ZTerm's
ZPhoneList, ferrets out the names and
numbers of all services, and saves the listing
to a text file. The resulting file can be
printed, distributed, and archived.

In some cases, this program may be able to salvage
phone numbers from a corrupted ZPhoneList.

Compressed with Stuffit Deluxe. Checked for
viruses with Disinfectant 3.2.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/zterm-phone-dir-listing.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 09:41:51 MDT
From: "Roger B. Marks"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: (1) custom notification (2) deleting balloon help

2 independent questions:

1) Is there a utility on the net that will allow me to assign a specific beep
sound to a specific program, one that will override the system beep?

2) Can I use ResEdit to delete the balloon help from an application to save
space?  Which resources should I delete?


Thanks for the help.


Roger
[e-mail]            NIST/Boulder, CO

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 07:58:38 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (Q) "Unable to put away disk" problem.

We frequently have a similar problem with our removable optical disks here.
There is a basic cause:  file sharing is probably ON.  If not, something
funny is going on.  If you don't use file sharing, the best thing you can
do for yourself right now is get rid of Sharing Setup, File Sharing Monitor,
and whatever other extensions aid in file sharing.  Otherwise, you're just
eating up otherwise useful memory.
    Here's something else I discovered:  if you *wait* to insert the
removable disk until sharing is fully operational (if you share a desktop
folder, you'll see the icon change; otherwise, the continuous disk access
will stop and that's a good clue) then when you insert the removable it will
not be added to the sharing.  Then when you try to eject the disk, it's not
being shared, so it won't give you that problem.
    However, if you put the removable disk in on startup, when the system
looks for things to share, it adds that disk to its list, and hence is
considered "shared" *even*if* you didn't tell the system to share it.
    So:  just wait to insert the disk, or get rid of sharing software.

Brandon Munday
[e-mail]
How come wrong numbers are never busy?...

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 23:41:55 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 020 accelerator for SE

Through the net I recently found an 020 accelerator for an SE that I am
trying to install in my occasional-use [obviously] old SE. With a bit
of physical persuasion I got the board to fit, plugged into the PDS,
but I can't seem to get it to run. I have no documentation on how to
install it, so I'm a bit in the dark, esp since I don't even know who
manufactured it. Clues: to the right of the 020 processor is similarly-
sized square device that shows the backside of a mess of soldered leads,
and on said device it says MacPeak and "U1 68851" (a co-pro?). It has a
pair of jumpers toward the top of the right edge for designating the
installed RAM. Printed on the top center of the board is "PN101". It has
eight SIMM slots. On the left side it has an empty, square IC socket--
a PMMU? To the right of the device marked, "MacPEAK," there's a pair
of empty rectangular IC sockets--large ones--, one indicated as ROMLO,
the other, ROMHI. So goes my description.

Does anyone out there have a clue as to what this is and how to install
it? It didn't cost all that much, but it'd perhaps breathe new life
into a somnulent machine. TIA for any advice on this.

bob frost
dept of history
suny-albany
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 11:51:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Suvrit Varshney)
Subject: [Q]: Deskwriter C Driver 3.0 & Apple Upgrade 2.0

Could anyone post these two software packages when
they are available? I think Deskwriter C 3.0 has
been released already. Thank you.

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 11:50:13 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [Q] Black and White Startup after zapping the PRAM

Hi netters,

    I had to zap the PRAM today - and since then I do not get the
colour startup screens any more - just black and white. My system is a
Quadra-700, system 7.1 and 13" RGB Color monitor, 8 bit. It is a minor
problem - but it annoys me since I like the colours on the startup screen.
Has anybody got a bright idea of how to get the colours back during
startup? Anybody had the same experience?

    Any comments  will be appreciated. Thank you

                Christian - from Down Under.

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 10:45:12 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ancient History--Identifying OLD old System files?

How does one find out the version number of very old Macintosh Systems?
Apparently they did not all have VERS resources, and until System 6,
the About the Finder window is, literally, ONLY about the Finder and
says nothing about the System.

I have one rather old one that is identified (by scribbling on the
disk directory label) as 3.0.1, which shows folders on disks.  An older
System that comes bundled with Finder 4.1 is not able to show folders
on HFS disks or hard drives, and if an unformatted disk is inserted it
asks if you want it formatted but doesn't give the 400 and 800 K op-
tions.  This must be earlier than 3.0.1--System 2.x.x perhaps??

I have a list of System-Finder combinations which I've used to identify
copies of System 4.0 and 4.1, based on the notion that System 4.0 is
bundled with Finder 5.4 and System 4.1 with Finder 5.5.

Interestingly, I have no mention of a System 5 in this table.  Did
Apple never release a System 5?  (they are so weird with their numbers;
I've never gotten over that string of sub-decimal variations on 6.0
that were really different enough from each other than many programs
will not run on 6.0.5 but will on 6.0.7, or will run on 6.0.5 but not
6.0.3, etc.).  Anyway, the table only goes back to Finder 5.3 which
indicates System 3.2, so a more complete table or a secret to finding
out version numbers using ResEdit or FileEdit or something would be
useful.

For historical and curiosity reasons, I would like a copy of the first
full-fledged version of System and Finder, preferably along with what-
ever DAs it came bundled with.  Anyone with ancient copies thereof
still floating around?

PS>> How long has Info-Mac been around, and how far back do archived
issues exist?  Is it possible do download and peruse mid to late 1980's
volumes?

- Allan Hunter
 <ahunter@sbccvm>

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 14:54:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Russell Cotton <[e-mail]>
Subject: APDA Address

Hello,

    I would like to know the internet address of the APDA (Apple
Programmers and Developers Association).

Thanks
Russell Cotton
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 22:13:41 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple-Link (A)

>How to send mail from the internet to a person that only has an Apple Link
address? (i.e. my local apple dealer).

[e-mail]

[e-mail]
AKA: Kee Nethery

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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 21:14:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Mealiffe)
Subject: Apple Consultant Relations

Does anyone know how I can contact someone at Apple Consultant Relations
(ACR), preferably electronically?  ACR is a group at Apple that I have seen
mentioned in a few pieces of Apple propoganda, and I was interested in what
they have to offer to consultants.  Please reply directly to me
([e-mail]), and if you are interested in what I find out,
e-mail me.  I will either send you the information myself or summarize to
the list if there is enough interest.

Thanks for your help,
-jeff
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 06:46:53 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Terry L. Hartman)
Subject: ARA and internet connections

We have just brought on line our network (converted from LocalTalk wiring
with a Shiva FastPath to 10BaseT -- AppleTalk to EtherTalk/Ethernet).

Here's the question:  When we dial-in, using ARA, we can only utilize our
network.  By this I mean that we can no longer get out to sumex or other
sites, we are stuck in our network.

I realize that we are not in AppleTalk any more ToTo but since we can
utilize everything in the "Big World" on our office machines I figured we
could do the same from home.

Any suggestions??

Terry L. Hartman
Coordinator - Microcomputer Services
U.T. - Pan American

[e-mail] (preferred)
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 17:04:13 BST
From: "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Artificial Life, Life and evolution

I have just started to read a book about artificial life, which
mentions cellular automotons such as LIFE. Also mentioned was
Richard Dawkins software to generate *insect* like *organisms*
through simulated evolution.

Does anybody know of any such software out there in any archive?

Please email info direct to me, and if there is sufficient
interest/information I will post a listing.

Michael Mitchell, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London

[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 07:50:45 -0600 (MDT)
From: Bradley Nation <[e-mail]>
Subject: Automap for the Mac

Does anyone know of a program like Automap for the Mac? I have tried Road
Atlas, but it does not print out the route, nor are you sure that the
destinatio city is the one until after is runs and gives you the results.
I have used the results of "Automap" for the PC and liked them. For those who
donUt know what "Automap" does, it is a software program that will tell
you how to drive to some destination, such as from Albuquerque, New Mexico
(Yes that is in the US.) to Pendelton Oregon. It then  prints out the trip
itinerary ,times, highways to use, cities/towns, etc., with the exact
(almost) rout along with a map of the highway to be followed.

Send Answers to: [e-mail]
Thanks in advance,
Brad

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 93 11:51:12 EDT
From: Mark Mendenhall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Betterwriter 1.0

I thought some of you might be able to help me.  I am looking for
software that would enhance the quality of my Stylewriter output.
I read a MacWorld review that Betterwriter does this fairly well.
Is there any other software on the market (or shareware) that
will "turn my stylewriter into a laserprinter"?

Please e-mail me back asap.  Thanks in advance.  Mark.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 15:32:59 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Controlling LaserDisc Player from HyperCard

Greetings Keith,

>I remember seeing that it's possible to control a LaserDisc player from
>HyperCard...like being able to say "play frame x" or "play frames x to y,"
>but in all my checking, it seems that these are external commands that are
>not part of standard HyperCard.  Does anyone know where these commands are
>available?  Are they available through public domain channels (like here
>on Sumex) or do I have to buy them from someone (like call Pioneer)?

APDA supplies the Apple version of these externals, called (I believe) the
HyperCard Videodisc Toolkit.  The Voyager Company also has a set of externals
for this purpose that are generally considered superior, but are more
expensive
($20 vs. $150 last time I checked).  If you want to get down to the nitty
gritty, you could use the HyperCard Serial Toolkit from APDA (also $20) and
talk to the serial ports directly.
                     <->
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development                [e-mail]
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center       amccarte@idbsu (Bitnet)
Boise State University, Boise, ID  83725             [phone]@phone

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 11:29:22 +0000
From: Richard Rathe <[e-mail]>
Subject: Controlling LaserDisc Player from HyperCard (A)

Three ways to go:

1) Use an existing serial port XCMD and send the laserdisc commands directly
>From HyperCard ("1000SE<return>" followed by "2000PL<return>" to play from
frame 1000 to frame 2000 using a Pioneer 2200/2400/4200/4400 series player).

2) Buy a commercial driver XCMD package ($100-$200).

3) Use the built-in "dial" command ("dial modem empty with 1000SE" (the return
is added by dial). This only works at 1200 baud and adds a 2 second delay to
your program every time you call it.

CAUTION: There are big time problems with serial port XCMDs and PowerBooks--
most of them don't work and bomb your computer!! The "dial" command is the
only fix I have seen to date (it works but has it's own problem driving
internal modems!!)

Apple take note: Why isn't basic serial port support built into HyperCard?
Especially since you're 90% of the way there with "dial".

-Richard-

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Richard Rathe, MD
[e-mail]

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

Date: 23 Jul 1993 13:41:14 -0600 (MDT)
From: RITCHIE <[e-mail]>
Subject: Controlling LaserDisc Player from HyperCard (A)

Keith Gatling asked about:
> Does anyone know where these commands are
> available?  Are they available through public domain channels (like here
> on Sumex) or do I have to buy them from someone (like call Pioneer)?

The only place I have seen such tools for sale is the Apple Hypercard
Videodisc
Toolkit, from APDA, for $49 (A few years back). I've been using it with
Hypercard 2.x even though the XCMDs are quite old - but quite stable.

As usual, who knows if they sell it anymore, or what it's called, for that
matter.
I have also seen such tools available with some videodisc packages, but the
licensing on these is no doubt dodgy (and the packages are expensive).

Good Luck!

Ritchie Boyd       University of Wyoming - Center for Teaching Excellence
Internet: [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 19:47:18 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Controlling LaserDisc Player from HyperCard (A)

>I remember seeing that it's possible to control a LaserDisc player from
HyperCard...

Apple Programmers and Developers Association (APDA)
1-800-282-2732
[e-mail]

They sell the externals that control LaserDisc Players.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 93 12:10:23 bst
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: C programming

I am considering buying THINK C and i would like some advice please

i have virtually no experience of C programming and no experience
of accessing the mac toolbox
how easy is it to start from scratch with THINK C - is the documentation
good ? is it aimed at beginners as well as experienced programmers ?
will i need any other books to help  me on my way ? if so does anyone
have any recommendations ?

please mail direct as i don't always have time to check info-mac - if i think
it is worthwhile i will summarise for the net

thanks very much

Mark Elliott

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 14:50:37 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: Dead Super Driver (Q)

One day after I opened my MacIIx and cleaned the dust inside, my disk drive
stopped working.  It seemed that the computer just didn't know that there
was a disk drive attached to it.  I checked the connection, but it was
connected.  What might cause this to happen?  What should I do?  I have had
this computer for 4 years.  Should I bring my Mac to the shop or just buy
another disk drive?

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 16:13:44 -0700
From: [e-mail] (jeff schindall)
Subject: E-mail  AOL <==> Internet  ?

Is it possible to e-mail a user on
America-Online or Prodigy from the internet?

If so, please send me the procedure for doing so.

Thanks.




                -jeff schindall

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

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 22:13:35 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eudora and PowerBook Modem... (A)

>Has anyone out there been able to get Eudora to work on a powerbook using
the internal modem?

I do that all the time. Eudora does require a TCP/IP connection such as
SLIP to work through a modem. First make a TCP/IP connection to the network
where you want to use Eudora and then launch Eudora. Works great.

[e-mail]

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

Date: 23 Jul 1993 10:48:04 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: External HD connection to PowerBook 140

Check the physical connection too. I have had pins bend on my SCSI BOY as
well as get pushed back into the connector. Fix the latter by taking the
SCSI BOY apart and pushing the pin back until it locks.

    Mel Park
    University of Tennessee, Memphis

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

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 22:13:59 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: FastPath IV is unreliable (C)

Benjamin Grossman sez:
>And I would add a caution about relying on Novell for Macintosh
networking; yes it may work today but their commitment to long term
support and so on has a wishy-washy track record. Macs are definately
number two or lower on their list.

and I say:
In this case, you are comparing Apples to Apples, the AppleTalk code in the
FastPath was written by the people who wrote the AppleTalk code for
Netware. Ironic eh? Kinetics was bought by Excelan which was bought by
Novell and that team moved to a larger building a mile or two away from the
Kinetics building in Walnut Creek California, grew tremendously, and they
have done a remarkable job of supporting the Macintosh in Netware. For that
entire office, Macs are definately the number one priority. They do good
work and I figure they'll continue to write outstanding AppleTalk code.

Just my opinion,
Kee Nethery
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 10:34:21 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fax Software (R)

>I was given a hand-me-down fax modem that a friend used with his PC.
>Alas, I have no software to drive the fax modem... actually, I haven't a
>clue how to even START using the fax feature!
>
>Does anyone know of any shareware that might put this beast to work? and
>maybe even some hints as to HOW it works. I presume that what is needed
>is a fax driver and/or something else.

Hi Terry

I recommend you get the FaxSTF software, from STF Technologies, which
should be available through all (or at least: most) mail order sources
in the U.S. and probably Canada as well.

This is a commercial product which can deal with nearly any fax modem.
And it's really easy-to-use and reliable (this can't be said of another
fax software called "QuickLink II Fax" - be careful!).

FaxSTF has even worked on my really old Zoom 2400 bps data / 4800 bps
send-only fax modem!

At present, here in Switzerland we have a "special user group offer" for
FaxSTF: 59 Swiss Francs (approx US$ 40) + shipping for a localized German
language version. This should give you some idea about the cost of this
product.

I hope you have a manual for your modem which enables you to set up the
software for it...

Best regards, Christian.  [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 13:51:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David A. Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Free memory?? What gives?? (MacOS memory layout policies)

>In IM V11 #147, Harri Rehnberg writes that the Mac loads programs from
>high to low memory, and won't reuse released high memory while some
>other app occupies low memory (he drew a nice picture, but I won't
>reproduce it here, to save space).
>
>That can't be right, can it?  There must be some further complications
>of some sort.

Well, yes, it can reuse the memory, but only if there is enough, the mac,
uses memory only in blocks, it cannot take fragments and put a program
into different places, so it has trouble reusing higher memory till the
'lower' program quits and 'links' the blocks on memory back.

If you want to see this in action, pick up the application Memory Mapper
>From sumex or umich, it will show you what and where memory is being used.

-David Smith
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 19:22:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: frequencies in Sound Manager"

(Please note:  I sent a this message earlier today, but it may not have gone
out, or it may have become corrupted. I'm sending it again to ensure that the
correct message went out.)

In an older version of Sound Manager, the freqCmd command allowed frequencies
to be entered two ways.  The first was using the MIDI values (e.g. middle C =
60).  The second way allowed the frequency in Hz to be entered after being
multiplied by 256.  For example, to specify the A below middle C, with a
frequency of 440 Hz, one entered 440*256, or 112640.  This second option is
apparently no longer available, or at least it doesn't work, and is not
described in the latest documentation. Could you please tell me how to play a
note in a frequency other than the standard MIDI values? I am using the Sound
Manager with Think C.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Raymond Greenwell
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 12:27:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: frequencies in the Sound Manager

 In an older version of Sound Manager, the freqCmd command allowed frequencies
 to be entered two ways.  The first was using the MIDI values (e.g. middle C =
 60).  The second way allowed the frequency in Hz to be entered after being
 multiplied by 256.  For example, to specify the A below middle C, with a
 frequency of 440 Hz, one entered 440*256, or 112640.  This second option is
 apparently no longer available, or at least it doesn't work, and is not
 described in the latest documentation. Could you please tell me how to play a
 note in a frequency other than the standard MIDI values? I am using the Sound
 Manager with Think C.
 Thank you.
 Sincerely,
 Raymond Greenwell
 [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 07:38:33 -0600 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Kurt Glaesemann)
Subject: Gamma

Does anyone know what the Gamma setting in the monitors control panel does.
You access it by holding down the option key while selecting options.


Thanks in advance

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 14:32:07 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Shannon Thornburg)
Subject: Help mixing Times and Symbol fonts

Could someone please help me with this small request? I need a font that
has a combination of the Times alphabet and the greek alphabetic characters
>From Symbol. If you've seen the font called Bartholomew, you know exactly
what I mean. The problem with Bartholomew is that the postscript resources
are missing.

Actually, all I really need is the lower case omega (looks like a curly
'w') added to the standard Times font in place of one of the other symbols
I don't need, like the upside-down question mark.

Does anyone know of a working PostScript or TrueType font of Bartholomew,
or another font that does the same thing? Or, can someone with one of those
nice font editing packages copy the omega into Times and send it to me?

-- Shannon Thornburg                         [e-mail]
   Aeronautics & Astronautics                [e-mail]
   Stanford University

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 19:47:55 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: How best to get a Mac over continent? (A)

>I need to get a MacII ci from Wisconsin to Stanford, CA.  What would be the
best way of doing it?  There seem to be 2 options:  over postal office, or
in
my car trunk.

If you have the original packing boxes, I'd ship them the way Apple ships
them, via UPS. When I ship mine, I turn the box inside out so that it
doesn't have a big red apple "Steal Me" notice on the outside. I'd ship
them only because they are big and bulky and unless you are planning to
drive non-stop, they could get stolen out of your car. Heat is not a
consideration.

If you don't have the original packaging, I'd wrap them in blankets and
snuggle them in with all your soft stuff and take them with you disguised
as junk. Keep in mind what a sudden stop might send towards your CRT and
protect it accordingly.

Kee Nethery
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 15:40:22 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to set the absolute location of HyperCard Windoids

Greetings Guy,

>For external HyperCard windows (Windoids, palettes,...), the next
properties:
>top, bottom, location, rectangle, ...
>can be set RELATIVE to the card window of current stack.
>
>How is it possible to set the location of such a window ABSOLUTE (i.e.
>RELATIVE to the topleft of the SCREEN)?

You can get screen, rather than window, locations by adding the offset
obtained
>From items 1 and to of "the rect of the card window" (which is in screen
coordinates) to the locations of the other objects.  The only problem with
this
scheme is that you need to keep track of whether someone moves the main card
window.  I do not know of a way to use coordinates that are completely
independent of the card window without an external.
                     <->
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development                [e-mail]
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center       amccarte@idbsu (Bitnet)
Boise State University, Boise, ID  83725             [phone]@phone

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 19:48:03 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to set the absolute location of HyperCard Windoids (A)

>How is it possible to set the location of such a window ABSOLUTE (i.e.
RELATIVE to the topleft of the SCREEN)?

Type this in the message box:

    put the location of window (the short name of this stack)

This tells you the absolute coordinates of the card window and then
everything else is relative to this.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 11:02:43 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Guy LOUIS)
Subject: How to set the absolute location of HyperCard Windoids (R)

Hello,

The question was:

How to set the ABSOLUTE position ( from the topleft of the screen) of a
Windoid in HyperCard?

The answer, summerized from the net, is:

- suppose you want to set the location of window "foo" to (ABSx,ABSy)

- one possible script is:

  put the left of card window into x
  put the top of card window into y
  set the location of window "foo" to ABSx - x , ABSy - y

Guy LOUIS

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 13:58:43 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #148

>Hi folks.  I've got a sincere dilemma.  I've been using my MAC LC II for
>quite some time now, but still have a problem downloading mac files from
>the internet.  They keep coming in as text files.  Ya, program files keep
>showing up on the desktop in text file form.  I'm sure it's something
>minor that I'm doing wrong, but I've tried EVERYTHING, and nothing seems
>to work. I can download from other networks with no problem, but from the
>Internet, which has such a vast file bank...they continue to be showing
>up as text icons on the desktop, or wherever I set Smartcom II to direct
>them.  It doesn't seem to matter what kind of file I'm downloading
>either...sit, cpt, etc.  Please rescue me, as I'm missing out on all the
>fun!!!!!!

Michael,

If you have a direct Ethernet connection into your LC II, so you can
connect straight to e.g. sumex-aim, then I suggest you use Fetch (I can
post you a Binhexed copy). Fetch will set the transfer type according to
the suffix of the file, and will automatically switch to MacBinary transfer
if it detects that format. It will also un-binhex files for you, and if you
have StuffIt! Expander 3.0.1 (and you set Fetch up accordingly), it will
invoke that to unstuff, uncompact, etc. Truly a marvellous piece of
software.

If, on the other hand, you're pulling the files on to a mainframe first,
then downloading by serial connection on to your Mac, then check the
settings in your comms program to see if you can download in binary or
Macbinary.

Of course, your files may still be alright. Have you tried running them
through MacBinary II+?

Alun

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

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 00:34:30 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Laser printer to cloth transfer

Can anyone direct me to a source of a transfer process / product
which I can use to put laser-printed line art (B+W only) on T-shirts?
Ideally, this should be fairly simple and quick, with good resolution.
Please reply to me personally and I will summerize and post for the list.
Thank you !!!
Eric Burgess
[e-mail]

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

Date: 23 Jul 1993 18:32:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Schmidt Rodney A <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8 and Duplex default (Q)

I would like to have "DuplexNoTumble" appear as my default Duplex
option when printing to an HP LaserJet IIISi.  The default is
presently "Printer's default".

Yes, I have been following the A4 paper debate.  No, the same way of
attacking this default does not work.

Editing the DefaultDuplex line in the PPD does not affect the Duplex
default in the Options window of the Print window.  From one print job
to the next, the Finder will forget the Duplex setting.  Therefore,
editing the PREC 0 resource to be the same as the fPRT resource does
not work.

I prefer a printer driver solution, as opposed to modifying the
LaserJet IIISi system defaults.  (We have had problems in the past of
printer driver defaults overriding edited printer system defaults.)
However, I am willing to try whatever solutions exist.

Thanx,
  Rodney.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 00:23:47 -0500 (EST)
From: CHRIS EDWARDS <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter Select 300 vs. 310

I am planning on buying my first laser printer. Can someone tell me the good
and bad of the LaserWriter Select 300 and LaserWriter Select 310? I know the
300 has GrayShare and FinePrint and the 310 had PostScript, but what does this
mean? Can the 310 print greyscale too? Should I get one of these or a Personal
LaserWriter NTR? Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

--Chris

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 10:49:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jeff Mealiffe, Systems Analyst" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Letterman Top Ten Lists

I'm looking for a compilation of Letterman Top Ten Lists on the Internet.
I know there is a mailing list for Top Ten Lists, but it seems to be
inactive.  If anyone knows of an archive that I can find this information at,
please let me know via e-mail ([e-mail]).

Thanks,
-jeff

Jeff Mealiffe
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 12:02:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA)
Subject: Lockdown!

Mack Willingham (who is undeliverable)
asks about locking down his Macs at work ( a student lab), so no one can
trash the apps.  I wrote (and got returned)
"I used to work in a lab as well (got bored of showing people how to eject
a disk), but anyways, we got A
tware...
Whatever you do DON'T get it.  I guess if you had kids to keep out of
computer, it would be ok, but it causes big problems with diskettes, because

c


dir

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

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 09:54:08 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Locking a harddisk (R)

Mack Willingham <[e-mail]> asked:
>.....SO.. is there
>an shareware that will prevent a person from openning the HD, but will
>still have access to the desktop. The main test of the s/w would be it
>couldn't be disabled on start-up with the shift key trick. Also, it would
>force the user to save to a floppy, insted of the HD. Is there any such
>beast with sharp claws and a breath that would kill a moose? If so please
>let me know. I know that there are a few commercial apps that can do this,
>but need to use shareware....money is tight here and all that.

I don't know of a shareware to do that, but if all else fails, why not  go
for  a  commercial  product?  In  our  office I use "FileGuard" to control
access to the Mac. I did not have any problems so far. And -- sometimes
commercial software is comparable in price to shareware. At least, if
you're paying in full for all Macs which should be protected. Ask them,
if they sell 5 or 10 user packages. And sometimes it is worth doing a bit
of market research - call all mail order houses and ask for their prices
(don't forget shipping cost and sales taxes if applicable).

Here's the address of the publishers:

Head office:                   U.S. address:

Highware, Inc.                 ASD Software, Inc.
109 avenue Henri Jaspar        4650 Arrow Hwy, E-6
1060 Brussels, Belgium         Montclair, CA 91763
([phone] Phone         [phone] Phone
([phone] Fax           [phone] Fax

Best regards, Christian        [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 12:45:22 -0400
From: [e-mail] (J.E. King)
Subject: Mac Chemtab 2.0

Please move the archive from the Applications directory info
the Science-Math directory.  Thanks.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 10:33:14 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Plus and System 6.0.8 (C)

>With the proper SCSI termination, the Plus was able to boot from the HD.
>Now the problem is this: when trying to open the HD icon, the Plus
>reports an 'address error' of some sort. I wanted to try to initialize
>the HD with the software that came with it, but (of course) the disks are
>no where to be found. Any ideas as to why this setup won't work? Will the
>Plus only work with an earlier version of 6.0.x? Is there a ROM upgrade
>necessary?

Hi Eric,

No problem to use System 6.0.x on a Plus - I did that for a long time
before I switched to System 7 (yes, with a Plus, and 4mB RAM). I had
6.0.7 which is said to be identical to 6.0.8, except the printer drivers.

However, my hard disk was formatted with Silverlining, nit with Apple's
formatter. Maybe this makes a difference? Latest version of Silverlining
is to my knowledge 5.42. This one is also okay for use with System 7.
The version I had before (5.31) had some problems with System 7, but
should be okay for any earlier system version.

I think there are no ROM upgrades available for the Plus, but I strongly
suggest that you get more RAM, even for System 6.0.x.

Best regards, Christian.    [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 93 19:43:53 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mirror PowerVision

I sent this report to Adam Engst Monday July 19th with a copy to Mirror @ AOL
Industry Connection.  Adam remarked it was an awful story and that I ought to
upload it to AOL discussion areas, and also forward it to you.  My point is
that it's a jungle out there for early PowerBook owners with a bad case of
color monitor envy.  I am not necessarily out to hammer Mirror (who responded
tersely that they did not release a "defective" product and would forward to
their management).  From my research it appears that NONE of the products of
this genre are reliable, onboard or SCSI, so I pass on my own experience, for
whatever it's worth,  to the unwary.

"Cheers", as Adam wrote .....

Alex Forbes

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

In the latest Apple "PowerBook Pro Pack" received in the mail last Thursday,
I found in an enclosed "value-pak" a Mirror ad for its PowerVision video
display  adapter.  The price was $199 (no RAM) "while supplies last".  I
called the Order Hot Line Friday, but all lines were busy, so Saturday
reached a pleasant young person whom I asked about the PowerVision to drive a
NEC or Mirror monitor on my PowerBook 145.  He confessed being unable to
answer any of my questions about the product, but would have someone from
Tech Support call me Monday.

My call came at 9:00 A.M Monday from a person who understood I "had some
questions about our products".  After hearing about my PowerBook's present
RAM add-on memory board configuration, this person interrupted to ask if my
question was whether my existing board would drive Mirror monitors.  After
clarifying that I was interested in the MIRROR video board to drive a color
monitor,  I was told all stock in the PowerVision had been sold to Comp-USA,
and, yes, sorry, Mirror was already out of stock by the time I received the
ad.

I volunteered that I'd already read on America OnLine that Mirror had
experienced some software conflicts with the PowerVision.  the Mirror caller
said she hadn't heard of any problems but would be glad to put me in  touch
with a Technical person!  I told her there would be no need.

All in all, an extremely unpleasant experience.  The advertised item, I was
told, was already sold off, "dumped" to CompUSA, evidently complete with
unsolved crash-prone software problems, after Mirror had already committed
itself  to a mail liquidation advertising campaign through no less a vehicle
than the Apple Computer's house mailing.

There is nothing more taboo in retail than being out of stock on the day the
ad breaks, except perhaps being unable to get more of a 1-time special
because the marketing people found a "better deal" and torpedoed the
advertising department.

This experience with Mirror completely contradicts my happy contact with
Mirror as an owner of one of their hard drives.  There is not much Mirror can
say to compensate for the disappointing waste of time and energy I put into
researching a discontinued, out-of-stock, defective product based solely on
the newly-arrived Mirror ad announcement and its boasted four-star rating in
the February MacWorld.

For the benefit of other '145' owners I would add that NEC loudly advertised
a similar product around January of this year.  It will be a repackaged
Radius product which STILL is not ready for shipping, or even beta testing,
as of last week.  CompUSA DID carry an Apple board for $419, out of stock at
my local store and none on order.   The SCSI add-ons scroll horribly and
apparently crash too.   The severe industry credibility and software problems
with video add-ons of this genre suggest early PowerBook owners who really
MUST have portable color just swallow the incredible depreciation on their
Apples and trade up to a 160 or better.  I resent the wasted energy and
edident lack of industry credibility on color video add-ons more than the out
of stock.  One can only shudder to think how mass merchandisers might handle
any remaining software crash problems.  Myself,  I'll just save up for a
Centris or PowerPC and a NEC monitor.

Alex Forbes
1625 Monte Diablo Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94401-1361
415-342-9275

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 10:53:47 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MPW 3.3: You may want forget about this one (C)

I am just istalling MPW 3.3, as an upgrade from MPW 3.2.3. So far, I am
mostly wondering if this is worth the trouble, because:

1. The installation isn't done with an updater script; it wants to *replace*
your MPW folder, so you have to create a new MPW folder, and save your old
one.

2. Then you have to drag over, **BY HAND**, all the files that were in your
old MPW, that are now not in your new MPW folder. WHY is it this way??

3. The zoom box on the MPW worksheet now makes the worksheet window
disappear!
This violates apple's own user interface guidelines!! This is considered a
FEATURE!!!!

I am left with the definite feeling that Apple new this was the "last" MPW
revision, so who cares? I wanted to use ToolServer and the new incremental
linker, but this is just not worth the trouble.

Am I wrong about this? Anyone have comments?

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

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 19:53:28 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: New Macs Cyclones vs Centris (Q)

Hey MacHands,

I was interested in buying a IIvx this spring and I am glad I waited 'cause
now I want a Centris 610 or do I? I hear but have sen nothing about the new
Cyclones could anyone send me information about them processor and
configuration information. Excerpts from MacWeek etc. I want a new Mac but
I don't want an outdated Mac
TIA
Al West, email via [e-mail]

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

Date: 25 Jul 93 07:50:27 EDT
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: norton backup problem

In Digest-140 John Thoo says:

>Ryan, I believe that your problem can be cured easily by ordering the
>bug fix for Norton backup <[e-mail]>.  Open the
>Get Info box; the Created date should read `Mon, Apr 20, 1992, 14:04.'
>Note the time---if it's earlier than 14:04, then you need the bug fix.

I checked my version of norton and found the time tag to read 14:02, so I
guess I should get the bug fix.

Question: any idea where I can ftp this bug fix ?

Thanks for your help !

Hans
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 10:45:42 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PB Modems (R)

Jerry Tangren asks:

>We have two faculty in our department who have Express modems on back
>order with our university personal computing store. One has been waiting
>since last fall and has been told that he gets the next one that comes
>in. Unfortunately, Apple has pushed the promised delivery date into
>September.
>
>Our questions: (1) Are other educational accounts having difficulty
>getting Express modems? (2) Are there other products on the market
>people are using that are just as good or better?

Check out the Global Village PowerPort fax/modems. There are 3 versions:
bronze, silver and gold, offering varying modem speeds and probably some
other differences. I have used the bronze package, the bottom of the
line, in a PB 165C, and been very impressed. I haven't used Apple's
Express modem, so I can't offer a comparison, but I bet one of the
Global Village packages would meet your needs, and possibly even be
superior to Apple's (and it's available right now, too ;)).

Hope this helps,
               Pat

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

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 21:31:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joshua Who? <[e-mail]>
Subject: PC Alt like functionality in a Extension (?)

I think the sybject line almost says it all :) Has any one wizard out there
created a system extension which will activate the menu bar like the alt key
will in a Windows setting?

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

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

Date: 23 Jul 1993 17:37:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Eckman)
Subject: ppats/wallpaper (Q)

This is probably an FAQ somewheres, but I didn't see it.

Is there a FTP site for desktop patterns? In ppat, Desktop textures, or
Wallpaper format?  I have checked out the ones at sumex under the
gui/grf folders - is there a more complete or specific site?

Please reply via private email - I'll post a summary to the net if there is
enough response.

Thanks, sorry if this is an obvious question . . . \

John Eckman
The University of Washington, Seattle
Department of English
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 11:51:58 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Stewart Walker)
Subject: Preventing trashing of apps on HD

Best simple solution I know of is to format the HDs with two partitions,
one of which is read-only. The sytem won't run properly from a read-only
partition, but you can put a copy of it there,s o replacing a system is
just a matter of copying from one to the other. Some apps won't run
properly from a locked partition, but the majority will.

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

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 23:37:38 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Project management software, esp. AEC Info Mgr

I had asked for recommendations for a project manager.
[e-mail] (Dave Trautman) replied:

> May I be so bold as to suggest that if you want a very useful software
> product for Project management that can be adapted to a variety of task
> structures you check into:  AEC Information Manager?
>
> My recent contact with them suggests that they are releasing a version
2.0
> by about September which has improved by about 100% from version 1.2
which I
> have been using for many years now.
>
> If you're in a hurry you could find that MacProject gets you into the mud
> pretty deep before you know that you're stuck.
>
> As with any project managment stuff, get a chance to trial its use
before
> you buy anything.
>
> My use is for motion picture production management which involves
literally
> hundreds of changes per day and to coordination of 75 actors, 5
locations,
> multiple crews and scads of hired equipment.  These events are
developed,
> contracted, negotiated, and scheduled over a period of months and
results in
> an intensive 6 to 8 week production period at the end of everything.
>
> You didn't mention your use but I figure anything that can handle the
lunacy
> of motion pictures should be a breeze with anything else.
>
I can not find AEC Information Manager advertised by any of the
usual mail order suspects? How can I order it?
Am I missing something abvious?

Does anyone else have experience with MacProject? How about with
Fair Witness? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail], Temple Univ, Philadelphia (betw New York & Wash DC)

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 21:25:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: Receiving voice messages over a modem speaker (Q)

Does anyone know of a simple program that will let me call up my office
voice mail through a modem, enter the voice mail commands from the
keyboard or from scripts, and listen to the messages over the modem
speaker or over the Mac speaker? This would give me a speaker telephone
without buying one!

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

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 07:22:33 BST
From: Richard Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Rodime drives (R)

>Forwarded message from Richard Smith:
>>
>> >1) I recently reformated my external HD from Frog Systems (a Rodime
>> mechanism)
>> >   with SilverLining 5.4.2. Then I tried to install System 7.1 onto it. I
>> >   kept getting message as such "There is a problem with the disk. No
>> >   installation can take place (error # 2231)." No luck even after
>> >    re-initializations. What's wrong with the HD?
>>
>> 1: - I've had this problem with Rodime drives - I think it's to do with the
>> non-Apple driver that's installed, or an incompatibility with the drives'
>> ROM.
>> The only answer I've found is to use another brand hard drive and use the
>> Rodimes as non-boot drives.

Eric Burger replies:

>The issue is that with System 7 (& 7.1)'s Virtual Memory, it's possible
>for asynchronous, unrelated SCSI requests to occur.  Thus the driver
>must be reentrant, which the System 6 and before is not.

>I'd try FWB's Hard Drive Toolkit.  It supports most drives; ask your
>favorite vendor if yours is covered.

Personally, I always use Hard Disk Toolkit to format drives, although I also
have Rodimes own formatter, but this doesn't always work on Rodime drives!

However, even if you format a Rodime drive with HDT, the system installer will
not like to install a system file to it, this applies to S4.1, S6.0.5, S6.0.7,
S7.0, S7.0.1, S7.1 (these are the only ones I've used). The installer will
_usually_ report an error when trying the installation.

Just to confuse the issue even further, I have once or twice put a system file
onto a Rodime drive by dragging the folder from another (boot) drive. The Mac
will usually then start up from the Rodime. The problem occurs when you then
delete the System file from the Rodime, and use it a second drive. The Mac
tries
to boot from it!!!!!! I've tried erasing the empty space, blasting the
directory
tree, shooting the drive with Norton, but the only cure for that is a
reformat!
Cheers,
Richard

Hardware & Systems Executive
NorthEast Macintosh User Group

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 10:37:21 -0400
From: "Brian Gerstel"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Self Modifying LaserWriter driver causes chaos!

Yesterday I had a problem with the LaserWriter drive that I thought I should
share with you (and find out if anyone out there could explain it!):

First, a little background:  Our network's only AppleTalk router is a Novell
server running the MacNLM.  Since I didn't know *anything* about AppleTalk, I
configured the router exactly the way it was in the manual:  seperate zones
for
the router's internal network and for the external network that the Macs could
connect to (I even NAMED them "Internal" and "External"!).  Recently, I
realized
what a goof-up that was, and considering the low # of devices (about 30 Macs
and
5 printers) on our network, I decided to consolidate them into one zone.

One BIG problem though:  LaserWriters would appear normally in the Chooser,
but
whenever someone tried an actual print job, Print Monitor would report that
the
printer couldn't be found.  In the case of LaserWriter 8.0 (which was
responsible for most of these incidents, but not quite all) if you went into
the
Chooser, clicked on Setup for the printer in question, and selected Printer
Info, the old zone name was still listed, even though it had vanished from the
Chooser Zone list!

Even stranger, on maybe one or two machines, everything worked fine with
LaserWriter 8.0, while on others LaserWriter 7.1 ha the exact same problem!
(No
Setup verification, though, obviously!)

Deleting the LaserWriter Prefs file did not fix the problem, but re-installing
the driver itself did, which obviously means that LaserWriter 8.0 is
self-modifying code.  (Check the date on it, you'll see!)  What I can't
understand is why it isn't self-RE-modifying...I guess that since we went to
only one zone, it looked like a zone-less network to the Chooser and driver,
but
why did it still sometimes keep the old Zone names?

Brian Gerstel
The Institute for Research on Higher Education
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 14:57:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Russell Cotton <[e-mail]>
Subject: SGI

Hello,

    I would like to know the ftp address of SGI please. Also, I heard
somewhere on the net that there was a way to convert SGI Graphics to
Macintosh Format. How is this done?

Thanks
Russell Cotton
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 18:39:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Macintosh ICONtact Internet Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: SoundManager 3.0

I've read a lot of things about the new sound manager 3.0.  The docs that
came with quicktime 1.6.1 said that it is distributed with quicktime, but
did not see it anywhere on ftp.apple.com or anywhere else.  Does anyone know
where I can find it?  Is it integrated into system 7.1?

Thanks,

Neil Schulman

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 12:54:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Anthony F. Gaudiano II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sound Manager 3.0 Doc's

Howdy,

    Don't know if the Sound Manager 3.0 can be uploaded yet or not to the
public ftp sites, but, here's the doc's kindly provided to me from someone
else.  Hope this clears up any questions of what this extension does with
Quicktime 1.6.1.

Anthony F. Gaudiano II
SFASU Apple Student Rep.
Applelink: ST0503
Internet: [e-mail]
Tenet: [e-mail]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound Manager 3.0 Read Me

Warning: This software is beta. Please use it at your own risk.

About Sound Manager 3.0
 ---------------------
Sound Manager 3.0 is a completely new version of the Sound Manager. Other
than the Sound Input code, not one single line of code remains from the
Sound Manager that shipped in System 7.0. But don't worry, the API has not
changed. Your applications will transparently take advantage of the new
Sound Manager when it is installed. And Inside Macintosh VI remains the
source of Sound Manager documentation.

Increased efficiency is the major improvement for Sound Manager 3.0. In
most cases, the Sound Manager will be 3 times more efficient. In other
cases it's even better. For example, you can now play 4 channels of sound
on a Mac LC where in the past the Sound Manager would not allow this.

QuickTime movie's frame rate will also increase. As a rule of thumb, you
will be able to get one extra frame per second for video playback. The
premiere multimedia platform is now QuickTime1.6 and Sound Manager 3.0 on
a Macintosh!

Alternate sound output devices are supported. It allows you to hook up
hardware to your Macintosh for CD quality 16-bit 44 kHz stereo sound output.

Sound overdriving is now possible. By setting the movie volume above 1.0,
the sound will actually be overdriven. Hold down the shift key while
changing the movie controller's sound control.

True balance control is now possible.

System Requirements
 ------------------
Sound Manager 3.0 requires System 7.0 or later. Drop it in the Extensions
folder and reboot. It depends upon the Component Manager, which is
currently available in QuickTime and is also built into System 7.1. If it
does install, you'll see the Sound Manager icon at startup.

Sound Manager 3.0 In Action
 ------------------------
Use a multiple text track movie with the Speech Media Handler. The Sound
Manager 3.0 will be able to handle the multiple sound channels necessary
to be speak more than one voice at a time. The Speech Media Handler is
sample code located on this CD in the QuickTime 1.6 folder.

Trivia Notes
 --------------
Good news to all you Simple Beep fans. SquareWave sound channels are
working. Before Sound Manager 3.0, the square wave 'snth' never produced
square waves. A strange routine created the wave cycle, but it was always
a modified sine wave. The new version in Sound Manager 3.0 produces true
square waves as documented.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 01:16:34 edt
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Splitting Mac files (Q)

Does anyone know of a Mac program that will split files into segments
that will fit on a 1.4 meg disk and the segments must be able to be
recombined on a Msdos or Unix machine. I have a Utility to combine
them on a Unix machine. I have Stuffit and other compression utilities
but these are not supported across different platforms. The file is a
4 Meg Quicktime movie.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 17:37:48 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ken B Kirksey)
Subject: Stuffit Encryption

> Stuffit Deluxe is a great program, but ever since version 3.00, it
> has not had DES encrytpion. It was eliminated because of the problems
> that having DES in a progrma cause for exportation.
>
> Stuffit Deluxe now has a proprietary encryption module that they will
> not release any specs or source code on (I asked).

Ken's Rules for Life, number 142"

    "Never trust a program that relies on 'Security Through Obscurity'".

    :-)


               Ken







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

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 93 16:49:30 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SuperATM

Has anyone experienced problems with SuperATM while printing. I used to have
SATM 3.5 which would create problems while rebuilding (freeze). I updated it
to SATM 3.6 (Adobe was very efficient in sending me the update) but now I
cannot print. I am using a Kodak 180 (no nasty comments on this please!).

Any comments, ideas  or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

sanjk
anam enterprises

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 15:17:59 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tab key in Hypercard

Greetings Marc,

>I've tried everything that I can think of and still can't get this to work. I
>would like to, within Hypercard, control the fields that the user goes to
when
>pressing the tab key. I know that I can use the "bring forward/move back"
>commmands, but this gets awkward if I put any new fields in. I know I can
trap
>the tab key with "on tabKey", but the command to move to a specific field
>eludes me. Any ideas?

"select after the text of field "Whatever"

Is probably what you are looking for.  That will put the cursor at the end of
any material that might be there.  You can also select before, or select any
piece of the text.  If you want the entire existing text in the field
selected,
use:

"select the text of field "Whatever"

Any of these will put the insertion bar at the beginning of an empty field.
                     <->
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development                [e-mail]
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center       amccarte@idbsu (Bitnet)
Boise State University, Boise, ID  83725             [phone]@phone

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 00:39:26 PDT
From: Robert Lenoil <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tab key in Hypercard [R]

>I know I can trap
>the tab key with "on tabKey", but the command to move to a specific field
>eludes me. Any ideas?

"select the text of field xxx" (xxx is field name or number)

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

Date: 23 Jul 1993 12:23:34 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jonathan Baker <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tapes & Backup for Mac

>Ideally what we'd like to do is for the backup procedure to fire up on its
>own at night, backup specific files for specific nights of the week and
>maybe a total backup at the end of the week. While we're at it, may as
>well wish for something that will do incrementals as well, and do the same
>for PCs. I know Nortons will do this but only for Mac and on disc.

If you want the entire lab backed up onto one tape drive, I strongly recommend
Retrospect and Retrospect Remote(from Dantz Development).  Retrospect is a
strong backup software program which can deal with tape drives directly, and
extensions are available to back up remote workstations over a LAN.

My company has been using Retrospect 2.0 for over six months now, and I can
say
that I am a 'very satisified customer'.  The software is very easy to set up,
and will continue to run unattended even after experiencing an error.  The
only
complaint I have about Retrospect are the large data files it puts on the
disk,
to keep track of the files it has backed up on the tapes.

Hope this helps.


Jonathan Baker
Macintosh Systems Manager
Accu-Weather, Inc.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 16:46:05 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: The Apple /// Lives!

Okay, I know that this is a Macintosh discussion list.  But seeing
Allan Bloom's comments about his Apple ///, I just couldn't leave
well enough alone.  Someone else in the world actual admits to
owning an Apple ///!  (Good for you Allan!)  ;-)

Beside a Mac or two floating around the house, I also have a still
working (but in boxes, unfortunately) Apple /// Plus.  As much as
I love the Mac, the Apple /// (which was my first personal computer)
is really my first love.  I get goose bumps thinking about the ///.  That
just doesn't occur with my Mac.  (Okay, call me sentimental!)

I was just curious how many folks on the net still have Apple ///s
and how many are still in working order.  If you have one in one
category or the other, send me an e-mail and let me know.

My /// came directly from Apple (I had a friend working there who
sold it to me --he has long since departed Apple).  I have some experimental
software that came with it.  Stuff that never saw the light of day.
(Flight simulators, experimental SOS versions, experimental Business
Basic, etc.)  Really interesting stuff--but much of it doesn't run.
(Sure hope Apple isn't listening!  ;-)

One of these days I gotta fire it back up again.

So much for the digression.  Now back to the Macintosh...

Jeffrey Fritz
[e-mail]
West Virginia University

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 08:35:19 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: Trouble with Arthur's Teacher Trouble

Anyone out there have Author's Teacher Trouble by Broderbund? My 3 YO son
loves it, but I've had problems with it even with a stripped down system.
It starts fine but after about 15-20 minutes (it seems more time dependent
than where you are in the program) it loses sound and he can't quit the
program (he knows Command-Q). It happens when I use it too - so my son is
doing anything out of the ordinary (or at least nothing I'm not also doing
- which is basically pointing and clicking). I am running it on a IIci with
System 7.1 and only At Ease and the Apple 4.2 CD driver software for INITs.
Unfortunately, the problem has also occurred when I did not use At Ease.
After several calls to Broderbund (8 to be exact), they finally sent me a
replacement disk - but alas - the problem was still there. `Just Grandma
and Me' works fine, so I don't believe I have a hardware problem. Anyone
else experience these symptoms? Any ideas or suggestions? Any help would be
appreciated.
E.M. Hampton, OUHSC College of Pharmacy & OKC DVAMC
921 NE 13th Street,Oklahoma City, OK 73104 [phone]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 16:17:23 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Upgrading StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 -> 3.0.6 (Q)

Hi
  I have a copy of Stuffit deluxe 3.0, and I keep it updated
 all the times that Aladdin put a new updater on Info-Mac.
 But I do the upgrade on my HD, what happen if I crush my
 HD and I want to reinstall stuffit deluxe 3.0.6 ?
 Do I need to restart from 3.0 and then update step
by step with all three o four updater? There is a way
 to generate a Master copy of Stuffit Deluxe 3.0.6
 from my master 3.0 using the updater?
 I wrote to [e-mail] with no answer
 Any help from all of you?
 thank you in advance      Davide Proserpio

 e-mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 93 08:38:13 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Thomas J. Erickson)
Subject: vt100 terminal program needed

I work for a college and we are searching for a vt100 terminal program to
be used on public access machines to access the internet.  We would prefer to
have freeware or shareware, however, other alternatives may be needed.

I have searched the info-mac/comm archives and failed to come up with anything
that will work reliably.  However, maybe I missed something.  If you would
pleamail me the names and locations of programs you think might help I would
greatly
appreciate it.

Thanx in advance

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 17:02:32 EDT
From: Larry Wink <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where AOL can Stuffit(tm)

I've received a lot of feedback (mostly e-mail) concerning my comments
about AOL and their insistence on using the Stuffit(tm) format for
compression (Info-Mac Digest V11 #147). Most were very interesting and
informative and I wish to thank all for their input (there is always
a jerk in any group and I hope that Dan Rolander will some day figure out
how to respond to the digest with a more informative subject than "Info-Mac
Digest V11 #147" - I almost missed his inane remarks).

Jeff Needleman <[e-mail]> and Dave Martin <[e-mail]>
point out that AOL allows auto-decompression on d/l (it's an option to
make life easier for novices) and that this is the reason that files must
be in .sit format. While this was the original rational, it is no longer
valid. Stuffit(tm) (any current version) can handle Compact-Pro archives
"just fine."  It's AOL choice not to update their software. Also,
since both of these gentlemen were concerned with the novice user,
I will point out that it you make life "too easy" for novices they will
never be anything but.

Jeff Needleman <[e-mail]> and Alun Carr <[e-mail]>
mentioned Cpt2Sit (freeware) which will convert Compact-Pro files to
Stuffit(tm) format.  This is true (and I also believe there is a
Sit2Cpt) but is not the optimum solution (IMHO).

Alun Carr <[e-mail]> also mentioned other algorithms that
can produce even tighter archives than Compact-Pro or Stuffit(tm)
but I will refrain from mentioning them for fear of confusing those
novices. %^)

Jerome Chan (The Evil Tofu) <[e-mail]>, a shy writer
<[e-mail]>, Dave Martin
<[e-mail]> and Jim Bethin <[e-mail]> all suggested
that the uploads be in Compact-Pro .sea format.  This IMHO is the optimum
solution. If only the original rejection letter from AOL had made that
suggestion instead of insisting on Stuffit(tm). So, uploads of the Info-Mac
Digest to AOL are now on-going in Compact-Pro .sea format.  Wave to all
your friends on AOL (and hope that .sea format is acceptable and not
"too hard" for the novices to double-click %^).

--Larry Wink <[e-mail]> or (still) <[e-mail]>

Oh, Dan Rolander, keep working on those Subject Lines, you'll master
it - someday.

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

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 93 09:20:29 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Zapping PRAM

Hmm,

Well, I'm stumped now. I reported earlier that zapping the PRAM reduced
the size of my System heap in the About this Macintosh box. It did,
and I even have witnesses. A friend tried it and it worked for him
too. However, another person mentioned that it didn't make much difference
for him, and when I went to check mine, I was back up to 5,400K. Here's
what he postulated.

System 7 can dynamically change the heap size. Perhaps the PRAM stores
the highest necessary value. Zapping the PRAM drops that back down
(what I and my friend saw) and standard usage will raise it back up
again. Fact, fiction, stupidity? I don't know - can anyone clarify
this?

One warning. Zapping the PRAM eliminates the setting for Startup Disk,
and I've heard of at least one instance where the user had to boot
with Disk Tools and use the Startup Disk Control Panel to set the
proper boot hard disk before the Mac would start up properly. This
was with an external boot disk and an internal hard disk that didn't
have a System on it. So be warned - zapping the PRAM is not for idle
use and should only be done if you think it will fix something.

cheers ... -Adam

PS: Here's the list of what's supposed to be in the PRAM from TidBITS#104
(the information came from a friend at Apple).

What's in the PRAM?
  If you have ever wondered what information is stored in the
  parameter RAM, this list should answer your questions and help you
  in figuring out when zapping the PRAM might be useful.

(48) 32-bit Addressing (Memory Control Panel)
     default: 24-bit Addressing
(49) Brightness settings (Brightness Control Panel)
     default: mid-range on the slider
(50) Highlight Color (Color Control Panel)
     default: black
(51) Cursor blink rate (General Control Panel)
     default: middle setting
(52) Menu blink count (General Control Panel)
     default: 3 times
(53) Date, Time and displayed format (General Control Panel and
     Alarm DA)
     default: 12:00 am, January 1, 1904
(54) Keyboard Repeat Rate and Repeat Delay (Keyboard Control
     Panel)
     default for repeat: one away from Fast
     default for delay: one away from Long
(55) Disk Cache size (Memory Control Panel)
     default: 16K
(56) Monitor Settings and Location of extra monitors (Monitors
     Control Panel)
     default: primary monitor only, set to Black & White
(57) Mouse Tracking and Double-click Speeds (Mouse Control Panel)
     default for tracking: Very Slow
     default for double-click: Middle setting
(58) Beep Sound (Sound Control Panel)
     default: Simple Beep, even though it is not highlighted
(59) Startup Disk Choice (Startup Disk Control Panel)
     default: none set, will use standard volume search method
(60) Default application font is reset to Geneva.
(61) Serial port speeds for printer and modem ports are reset to
     9600 bps.
(62) AppleTalk active/inactive (Chooser)
     default: AppleTalk is active.
(63) Selected network (Network Control Panel)
     default: Built-in LocalTalk port is selected
(64) Macintosh IIfx serial port (IIfx Serial Switch Control Panel)
     default: Faster is selected
(65) Macintosh Quadra 68040 CPU cache (Cache Switch Control Panel)
     default: Faster is selected
(66) Macintosh Portable speaker is reset to more audible volume.
(67) Macintosh Quadra/PowerBook RAM Disk (RAM Disk Control Panel)
     default: RAM disk is off, size is set to 192K.


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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 00:38:02 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Wonko the Sane)
Subject: Zmodem and my modem...

I just bought a PPI 14.4kbps modem.  I was very happy to upgrade from my
sluggish 2400bps.  Anyway,  I kept the software that came with my 2400, which
was a 2-year old version of Smartcom, which had served me well.  However, now
whenever I transfer files, my speedy connection gets a lot of errors.  Usually
in the first 10 or last 10 blocks transferred.  Is this a handshake problem?
Is it my error correction?  I don't think I have a particularly noisy line...
It starts out, retrying about 5-10 blocks, then pretty much flies through the
rest of the transfer, then the last few k give it some trouble. Is it my
software?  I'm connected through an annex to a DEC 5000, using a 9600/LAPM
connection.  I send the hardware handshake cable string and the conditional
compression string to the modem at setup time.  Am I configuring things
wrong?
Or is this just a problem with having a modem that's faster than the
other end expects?  I can live with the minor annoyance of a minute or two
(2400 baud d/l's of 1MB taught me patience) but if I can rectify this
situation,
I'd like to.

Thanx in advance,

Eric
[e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 23:27:49 -0600
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From: [e-mail] (Eric Lorenzo)
Subject: A3 Three buttoned mouse?
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    I was wondering if anyone out there has used the A3 three buttoned
mouse made by Mouse Systems.  According to the blurbs in the MacWarehouse
and MacConnection catalog, the mouse comes wi tha cdev which allows you to
assign keystrokes to the different buttons.
    How does the mouse feel and track?  How much can you program into
a mouse click?   Can you use combinations of buttons?  Any feedback is
greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

Eric

P.S.  If anyone knows of a place where I can get one for less than $77
    (including shipping) please let me know.
--
Eric J. Lorenzo
[e-mail]

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