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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 30 Jul 93       Volume 11 : Issue 153

Today's Topics:

      [!] Quadra 840AV/Centris 660AV (Cyclone & Tempest) Announcement
      [*] [Hazardous 1.1D]
      [*] appmenu-additions.hqx
      [*] Area Code & Time Finder stack
      [*] att-woman.hqx
      [*] BloodSuckers v1.0
      [*] Dr.Macinto 2.6
      [*] Fly1.11.cpt.hqx
      [*] mandel-music-hc.hqx
      [*] Network Software Installer 1.3.3
      [*] no subject (file transmission)
      [*] OtherMenu 1.2 extension
      [*] ppp1.13.hqx
      [*] radiusware2.3.cpt.hqx
      [*] SkyChart-2000.0.sea.hqx
      [*] startup doggy screen 640x480 256 color
      [*] StyleWriter II hack
      [*] Viewer.hqx
      [*] Weekday Sound version 1.0
      **** Don't throw away System 7 Desktop files - WARNING ****
      3 Q's: FPU+A/UX, Xterm for Mac, locking bckgd screen
      [Q] Hypercard extensions for regexp searches?
      A3 Mouse
      Abaton InterFax Software
      Anybody able to help me with images?
      Ar.Teach.Trbl & JustGrnd&Me (R)
      At-Ease clone
      Authorization question
      Bad experience with MacCenter
      Black terminator IIfx & Laerwriter pro 630 (Q)
      Can I play a sound at a specified time?
      CDEV that logs phonecalls
      Experience with "Times Two" and MacTools "Partition"?? (Q)
      FileMaker Pro 2.0
      Gopher server for Mac
      Hard disk icon won't cut or paste
      hard drive formatting (Q)
      Hardware System Updater 2
      Hardware Update 2.0 quirk
      hardware updater 2.0 int'l ?
      HC Scripting & Hell...
      Hidden Easter Egg in the new Sound CDEV
      Hiding the names of apps
      HP4M drivers for Laserwriter 8.0 (needed)
      Ian McCall about Quickmail scripts for the I
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #152
      info on macs-future and present
      laser to cloth transfer replys
      LC III Monitor Woes Fixed
      MacX and Sun OpenWindows?
      math. coprossor in PB 145/145B (A)
      memory upgrade - help (A)
      Memory upgrade - IIci or LCIII
      Mouse Problem
      need HyperTalk scripting help please!
      netfind application
      postscript conversion utility?
      Powerbook 145 & HP Deskjet plus
      PowerBook 145B or 160--What to buy (A)
      Powerbook questions
      PowerPC OS
      Printer SIMMs
      Problems initializing 800k disks after installing Hardware update
      request for subscription to Info-Mac Digest volumes
      Retrospect compatability on
      Rodime drives (R)
      SAM-StuffIt.SpaceSaver conflict..Help please
      Software acceleration article in TIDBITS
      Sound Manager 2.0
      Sound Manager 3.0 (Q)
      Stop lab copying
      TidBITS on AOL
      Trackball Problem  (A) if it's an old Turbo "Mouse"
      Uncompressing lzh/lharc format on Macs??
      Usenet Groups for PageMaker or Illustrator
      Western Digital (thanks)
      Word-Mac Subscription info
      Word quits with error3 on Centris

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 14:44:41 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Fernando Urbina)
Subject: [!] Quadra 840AV/Centris 660AV (Cyclone & Tempest) Announcement

       Apple Introduces Quadra 840AV and Centris 660AV


MACWORLD, BOSTON--July 29,1993--Redefining the boundaries of personal
computing once again, Apple Computer, Inc. today announced two new
Macintosh computers that feature a unique combination of
communications and computing capabilities. The Macintosh Quadra 840AV
and Macintosh Centris 660AV bring together telecommunications, video
and speech technologies on a desktop computer for the first time,
offering users new and enhanced ways to communicate.

Apple refers collectively to the set of technologies that distinguish
the new models as "AV Technologies". With AV Technologies, Apple adds
a new dimension to personal computing. For example, with these new
systems, customers can:

-- access voice mail, electronic mail and faxes from the convenience
   of a single location on their desktop;

-- use the computer as a hands-free speaker phone and answering machine;

-- communicate using desktop videoconferencing capabilities with
   greater ease and at a new price point;

-- use speech for command, control and navigation.

"No other personal computer on the market today can provide all of
these capabilities in one integrated system," said Ian Diery,
executive vice president of Apple's Personal Computer Division. "With
AV Technologies, we are extending the Macintosh platform, and
providing countless new communications possibilities for our
customers and developers. Once again, Apple is raising the industry
standard in personal computing."




                Powerful CPUs

Powered by the Motorola 68040 microprocessor and an AT&T 3210 Digital
Signal Processor (DSP), the new Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Centris
660AV computers are powerful personal computers that extend the
capabilities of the Macintosh family with new levels of performance
and functionality.

While the Motorola 68040 microprocessor does general-purpose
computing work, the DSP handles specialized tasks and real-time data
-- including speech, audio, modem, telephone and fax signals -- to
provide customers with advanced performance. Third-party developers
also can tap into the power of the DSP to provide performance
enhancements, such as "plug-in filters" for the popular publishing
program PhotoShop by Adobe.

With AV Technologies, Apple is laying a foundation for future
Macintosh systems. Apple intends to begin integrating these
technologies as appropriate into its next generation Macintosh
products based on the PowerPC RISC chip.



               AV TECHNOLOGIES

    AV Technologies include the following technology components:



            -- Telecommunications

The GeoPort telecommunications architecture featured in the Quadra
840AV and Centris 660AV is a plug-and-play access system for
telecommunications that integrates data, fax and voice telephony.
Unlike a traditional modem, the GeoPort architecture is a software-
based telecommunications architecture. With the GeoPort Telecom
Adapter and associated software, users can immediately connect to
telephone services and support phone calling and answering, as well
as send and receive data and fax.

The GeoPort Telecom Adapter will be sold separately. At introduction,
the adapter will support analog services at 9600 bits per second
(bps). Apple is also working with third parties to offer additional
GeoPort adapters for PBX and ISDN services in the future.



               -- Digital Video

The new Macintosh AV models feature a rich video and graphics
architecture, permitting seamless display of full-motion video from
sources such as VCRs, camcorders and laserdiscs, plus the
digitization and capture of single frames as pictures or video
sequences. For video-in, all major standards are supported--NTSC, PAL
and SECAM--and composite and S-video ports are provided.

The Macintosh AV series' video-out capabilities make it possible to
connect to a regular television, which allows users greater access to
inexpensive large screen TV for presentations--without the cost and
complexity of additional hardware circuitry and equipment to support
the connection. At the same time, business and education users will
find it easy to create inexpensive presentation materials by simply
connecting their VCR and using their Macintosh to print a
presentation to videotape.

The sophisticated video capabilities of the new Macintosh AV models,
when combined with GeoPort and built-in Ethernet networking
capabilities, enable a new class of collaborative applications for-
document sharing and local area network (LAN)-based videoconference
capabilities. As ISDN becomes  more pervasive, Apple believes these
built-in video and telecommunications capabilities will open more
cost-effective ways to communicate with electronic desktop
videoconferencing over wide area networks (WANs).



                  -- Speech

Equipped with Apple's PlainTalk speech technology, the Quadra 840AV
and Centris 660AV are the first mainstream personal computers to
offer both speech recognition and text-to-speech capabilities as a
standard user interface extension, complementing today's keyboard and
mouse. The first release of PlainTalk supports North American English
only.

The PlainTalk speech recognition system offers a robust speaker-
independent, continuous speech system for voice commands. Users can
manipulate standard Macintosh menu commands, and streamline computing
tasks with applications that take advantage of PlainTalk. Or they can
create their own speech-activated commands, using either AppleScript
or QuickKeys as a scripting engine. Both technologies come bundled
with the new systems. The latter is licensed from CE Software.

With PlainTalk's text-to-speech system, Apple delivers a standard way
for applications to synthesize a human voice. Today, this capability
is particularly useful in applications such as language instruction
and proofreading. In the future, with third-party applications, users
also will be capable of accessing electronic mail or faxes from a
remote location over their voice mail and have the text of messages
read to them.

"Although it represents the first generation of speech technology,
PlainTalk is a robust speech engine that will grow in richness," said
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, Apple's chief speech technology scientist. "We hope
to learn from real users' experience as they explore the benefits of
speech in mainstream settings and provide valuable feedback on future
speech product enhancements and development."



            Product Specifications

Based on a 40 MHz Motorola 68040 microprocessor, as well as a 66MHz
AT&T 3210 Digital Signal Processor (DSP), the Macintosh Quadra 840AV
becomes the highest performance Macintosh in the line. With a
balanced mix of high performance and expandability, the Quadra 840AV
is well suited to designers, publishers and media authors, engineers,
scientists and power users. Expandable from 8MB of DRAM to 128MB, the
Quadra 840AV features four standard expansion bays for internal
storage, including two 3.5-inch bays for hard drives or removable media,
and two 5.25-inch bays for removable devices. Offering up to 2MB of
VRAM, the Quadra 840AV supports 24-bit color on displays up to 16 inches
and 16-bit color on 21-inch displays.

The Macintosh Centris 660AV is the highest performance offering in
Apple's midrange line and is an ideal system for educator, trainers,
business professionals and telecommuters. Powered by a 25 MHz Motorola
68040 microprocessor, as well as a 55 MHz AT&T 3210 DSP, the Macintosh
Centris 660AV is expandable from 8MB of DRAM to 68MB.  For internal
storage, the Centris 660AV provides one 5.25-inch bay for removable
devices.  The Centris 660AV offers up to 1MB of VRAM for supporting
16-bit color on displays up to 16 inches and 8-bit color on 21-inch
displays.

Both systems come standard with Ethernet and feature the fastest
implementation of NuBus ever, NuBus 90.  NuBus 90 transfers data up
to four times faster than the existing Macintosh NuBus
implementations. The Quadra 840AV comes equipped with three high-
speed, 13-inch NuBus slots and the Centris 660AV supports one 7-inch
NuBus slot via an optional NuBus adapter. In addition, both models
support a Digital Audio Video (DAV) connector that provides a high-
speed path to and from the raw digitized video and audio data
produced by the computer. The DAV slot can be used for real-time
audio and video hardware compression cards such as JPEG, MPEG, DVI
and H.261.

The new systems also support 16-bit stereo audio input and audio
output at various sample rates including 44.1kHz and 48kHz for
outstanding quality audio.



             Accessories and Applications

The Apple PlainTalk Microphone and software that supports North
American English voice recognition and text-to-speech will be shipped
standard along with the new AV Macintosh computers in the United
States. Outside the United States, the Apple PlainTalk Software Kit
and Apple PlainTalk Microphone can be purchased separately. The
GeoPort Telecom Adapter is sold separately, with a U.S. suggested
retail price (SRP) of $129.

For an introductory period in the United States, Apple is bundling a
number of applications on the hard drive of the new systems, to make
the new AV Technologies useful out of the box. These include: Apple
Phone, a screen-based phone application developed by Apple; ExperFax
by ExperVision, a fax-to-text conversion application; FusionRecorder
by VideoFusion, an application that provides users with the
capability to record video and high-quality 16-bit audio; and ES.F2F,
a LAN-based videoconferencing application by The Electronic Studio.




               Pricing and Availability

The Macintosh Centris 660AV will be offered worldwide through
authorized Apple resellers beginning Aug. 3, 1993.  The Macintosh
Quadra 840AV will be available worldwide beginning Aug. 25, 1993.
Pricing and availability will vary outside of the United States.

Apple plans to make logic board upgrades available for Macintosh
Centris 610 customers to the Macintosh Centris 660AV and for
Macintosh Quadra 800 customers to the Macintosh Quadra 840AV later
this year. Both new Macintosh computers will support upgrades to
PowerPC in the future.



         Configurations and U.S. SRPs are as follows:

Configurations                                           U.S. SRP

Macintosh Quadra 840AV 8/230, 1MB VRAM, Ethernet           $4,069
Macintosh Quadra 840AV 8/230, 1MB VRAM, Ethernet, CD-300i  $4,399
Macintosh Quadra 840AV 16/500 1MB VRAM, Ethernet           $5,119
Macintosh Quadra 840AV 16/500 1MB VRAM, Ethernet, CD-300i  $5,449
Macintosh Quadra 840AV 16/1000 1MB VRAM, Ethernet, CD-300i $6,249
*Macintosh Centris 660AV 8/80  1MB VRAM, Ethernet          $2,139
Macintosh Centris 660AV 8/230 1MB VRAM, Ethernet           $2,489
Macintosh Centris 660AV 8/230 1MB VRAM, Ethernet, CD-300i  $2,799
Macintosh Centris 660AV 8/500 1MB VRAM, Ethernet           $3,139
Macintosh Centris 660AV 8/500 1MB VRAM, Ethernet, CD-300i  $3,449
Macintosh Centris 660AV NuBus Adapter Card                   $129
GeoPort Telecom Adapter                                      $129
**Apple PlainTalk Software Kit                                $39
**Apple PlainTalk Microphone                                  $29

*Education market only configuration.
**Available outside of the U.S. only.


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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 17:21:55 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Roy D.)
Subject: [*] [Hazardous 1.1D]

Hello!

Here is the new, updated version of the game Hazardous for the Mac.
The problem with the Mac Plus and other machines which do not have the
_GetMainDevice trap has now been fixed.

Also, it is not a .SEA anymore, but a .sit.hqx.

- Roy D., [e-mail]

HAZARDOUS 1.1D
is an addictive arcade action game for all Macintosh computers running
System 6.0.7 or higher.  It requires at least 512K free RAM and if you want
sound, you'll have to run it under System 7 or higher (if not, the sound
will automagically be disabled).
It has been successfully tested on the following Macs: Plus, SE, SE/30, II,
LC, LCII, IIsi, IIcx, IIci.
There is a color version and a special B&W version for B&W-monitor users.

This is a DEMO VERSION of Hazardous, restricted to the first FIVE levels.
The full game has ten levels and unlimited rounds.  The number of different
enemy characters is  limited to eight, as opposed to twenty in the full
version.  As a final limitation of the demo game, the high score table will
not be saved.

The full version is available on disk from the author for $15.
HAVE FUN!!!!!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/hazardous-11d.hqx; 353K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 10:43 +1200
From: "Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] appmenu-additions.hqx

Hi.

I don't know if you've got a separate section for AppleScript additions and
applets/droplets yet. Enclosed is a product of my initial messing about with
AppleScript: an "addition" that provides some new AppleScript commands for
making selections from the System 7 application menu, and an example "droplet"
application that makes use of them.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Computer Services
University of Waikato
Hamilton,
New Zealand
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/appmenu-additions-as.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 14:10:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kevin Savetz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Area Code & Time Finder stack

AreaCODE&TIMEfinder!

This is a very easy-to-use Hypercard stack will allow you to:
      * FIND the AREA CODE and CURRENT TIME for any one of more than 6,000
listed U.S cities with populations in excess of 2,500 (according  to 1990 U.S
Census figures) with direct dialing access. Searchable by city name, state,
etc.
      * FIND the AREA CODE and CURRENT TIME for all Canadian cities with
direct dialing access with populations in excess of 10,000 according to 1991
atlas information and virtually all Ontario and Quebec cities.
      * FIND the AREA CODE and CURRENT TIME for any one of more than 1,400
foreign cities listed from nearly 60 countries accessible by direct dialing,
    Shareware $15.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/area-code-time-finder-hc.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 12:49:50 EDT
From: Adrienne <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] att-woman.hqx

Herein lies a BinHexed SEA of my two most favorite clips from the infamous
AT&T
woman.  (System 7 sound)
I treasure them and I hope that they can find a happy home on someone's
machine somewhere.  If you download them, please send me e-mail.  This is my
first submission and I want to see how far and/or wide this gets.  Enjoy!

Mike Maccaferri
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/att-woman.hqx; 98K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 11:41:53 -0400
From: Diane Jewell Donaldson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] BloodSuckers v1.0

A submission for your games archives.  This was posted to my BBS, and I have
taken the liberty of passing it Subject: on here, as that seems to be in line
with the
spirit of the authors.

Chris Ott
Kaizen Online 410-995-3600 -- A FirstClass System

Bloodsuckers
)1993 Pangea Software
10918 Kirwick
Houston, TX 77024


%Programming by:
Brian Greenstone
America OnLine: BrianG19


%Artwork by:
Dave Triplett
America OnLine: DTriplett
Compuserve: 72220,1763


 We at Pangea Software believe in the "old" shareware ideology that shareware
should cost pennies and have no strings attached. Recently Mac shareware fees
have exceeded costs of actual packaged software, and we think that stinks.

 For this, our first Mac shareware game, we are only asking: $5

 We humbly request that instead of paying us, you send the money to the
 American
Cancer Society.  Please tell them why you are donating, and please write or
email us to tell us if you have donated - we want to know if we are making a
difference. We also are VERY interested in YOUR ideas for future shareware
games.  Our survival depends on your support.  It is our intention to produce
an
entire line of shareware games for the Mac.  We are aiming to crank one out
every few weeks, but we need your help.  Any assistance you can offer in terms
of ideas, equipment, tech support, etc., would be great!


 Please notify us of any bugs (no pun intended) or system incompatibilites so
that future games will work correctly.  We are not yet official Apple
developers, so our access to information is limited.  Any technical help is
greatly
appreciated.

 Copy and distribute this program all you want. Shareware distributors are
authorized to sell this program for no more than $5.  Anyone wishing to sell
the
program for a higher price must receive written permission from Pangea
Software.


HOW TO PLAY

 Bloodsuckers is a shooting gallery type game where your goal is to protect
 your
arm from being sucked into oblivion by hoards of blood-thirsty insects.

 The mouse moves your hand around the screen.  Press the button to swat at a
bug.  On the right of the screen are two meters:  a pain meter and a blood
meter.  The Pain Meter begins to go up when the first bug bites your arm.  It
cannot be stopped. The Blood Meter decreases as long as bugs are sucking on
you.
 The more bugs there are sucking, the faster the meter goes down.  When the
blood meter runs out, you are dead.

 Some bugs are easier to hit than others, and some bugs
may take more than one hit to kill.  When the screen becomes full of bug guts,
it may be difficult to see that a bug is sucking on your arm.

 At the end of each wave you will recieve bonus blood based on your pain
 meter.
The less pain, the more blood you get.

 At the end of each level there is a timed bonus round where you must pick up
 as
much blood as possible in the given time.  You do not need to swat blood, just
wave your hand over it to pick it up.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/bloodsuckers-10.hqx; 640K]

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Date: 26 Jul 1993 19:48:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Dr.Macinto 2.6

    Dr. Macinto is a single player game in which one is to remove all the
    viruses (smiling-face squres).  The blocks can be removed by arranging
    them sequences of 4 or more of the same color horizontally or vertically.
    Playing pills drop from the top and are comprised of two random colored
    blocks. Pills drop one at a time and may be moved left or right, or
    rotated.
    You can configure key in version 2.6. On-line help, flip command and more
    features are added. Version 2.5C features 256 color blocks and more twist
    (3 new kind of virus, diagonal remove, etc.).
    Dr. Macinto is now 32-bit compatible and should run on any Mac.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/dr-macinto-26.hqx; 97K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 21:22:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Eric Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Fly1.11.cpt.hqx

  Fly, Don't Die! is an arcade game for machines that have at least 16
colors and a 14 inch screen.  Defend the fly vial from pesky mites,
forceps, radiation and other hazards encountered in the life of the
laboratory fruit fly. $5 shareware.

Eric Johnson
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/fly-dont-die.hqx; 583K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 93 12:11:15 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Roger R. Espinosa)
Subject: [*] mandel-music-hc.hqx

Oops. I managed to submit an early prototype of MandelMusic, which will
have zero functionality to the net.audience. :-( Below is the
description and binhex'd code for the *real* version.

Roger
=======
This is a HyperCard 2.1 stack called "MandelMusic" -- a little project
that we worked on this summer to explore the relationship between math,
music, and graphics. Alas, there's no graphic of the Mandelbrot fractal
in this stack, only the raw data (code included, though). The stack
converts the data into musical notes, based on how you define "the
scale." MandelMusic has a variety of ways built-in to tweak the
compositions it generates, without having to delve into the fractal
scripts; several such "variations" are included. Nothing fancy, but it's
eerie how "real" the music sounds (especially "Donna's Version
(Tweaked"). Obviously, it's freeware, but we'd appreciate any comments
or thoughts on sonic fractals. :-) Send comments to
[e-mail]. Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/mandel-music-hc.hqx; 221K]

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Date: 29 Jul 93 17:11:47 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: [*] Network Software Installer 1.3.3

[e-mail] writes:

>Note: NSI 1.3.3 installs the same AppleTalk resources as NSI 1.3.2 but
>corrects the Installer script to solve the problem of a spurious "System
>Enabler 201" file being left in the System Folder after installation on some
>systems.

Except, as far as I can tell, this _still_ happens...

I've tried the sumex and bric-a-brac versions on my Q950 (7.0.1|1.1.1) and
it refuses to boot after NSI 1.3.3 is run... And I can _see_ the Installer
adding SE 201 during the installation process...

What gives?
--
    Jim Jagielski               |
    [e-mail]   |  "Use more honey,
    NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4       |   find out what she knows!"
    Greenbelt, MD 20771         |

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 11:26:44 MET DST
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] no subject (file transmission)

This is version 0.9.1 of the Decor Control Panel, which allows
you to display a picture in the background.
A bug from version 0.9 has been fixed (it showed when a file located on the
Desktop was renamed.
This file should replace version 0.9.

Don't hesitate to send me complaints and bug reports.
I am going on vacation right now, but I'll read them in
a few weeks.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/decor-091.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 22:31:26 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.2 extension

OtherMenu is an extension that creates a system-wide hierarchical menu
somewhat like the Apple menu.  It can be used for launching applications and
documents, restart and shut down, various file management functions such as
Delete, Empty Trash, File Info, and Make Alias, and executing FKEYs.  It
requires System 7.  Shareware, $10.

New in 1.1: When a directory dialog is showing, you can select a file or
folder with the menu. Faster menu builds. Fixed a file error that caused
failure on 68000 Macs.

V.1.2: Mainly to fix conflicts with Default Folder and other extensions.
New Hard to Soft Wrap external.

 -- Jim Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-12.hqx; 156K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 1:56:42 EDT
From: Shaw B Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ppp1.13.hqx

Newest version of PPP.

Enjoy!

/s SHAW

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ppp-113.hqx; 70K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 2:11:20 EDT
From: Shaw B Wu <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] radiusware2.3.cpt.hqx

Newest version of RadiusWare, version 2.3.

Enjoy!

/s SHAW

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/radius-ware-23.hqx; 107K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 12:11:57 EDT
From: Tim C DeBenedictis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SkyChart-2000.0.sea.hqx

This mailing contains SkyChart 2000.0, a program for calculating and
displaying
the appearance of the night sky.  SkyChart performs a number of astronomical
calculations that many other programs can't- for instance, with it you can see
how the constellations would look from Alpha Centauri, or animate them as the
stars move over thousands of years.  It also performs more typical
calculations,
such as computing the positions of the sun, moon, and planets for any place
and
time.

SkyChart 2000.0 will run on any Macintosh with a math coprocessor.  The
shareware
fee is $20.00.  Please contact me at the address below if you have any
questions.

Tim DeBenedictis
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/sky-chart-2000.hqx; 692K]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 21:05:19 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Rob Kouwenberg)
Subject: [*] startup doggy screen 640x480 256 color

Hello there,
attached via eudora is a startup doggy !
see inside comments.
greetings, Rob Kouwenberg
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/doggy-startup.hqx; 130K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 93 13:40:41 EDT
From: Adam Schenker (GE) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] StyleWriter II hack

This will let you modify the StyleWriter II printer driver so it can be
safely used on original StyleWriter printers. There is no guarantee,
so use it at your own risk! For details see the enclosed text file.

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/stylewriter-ii-hack.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 13:46:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Anthony F. Gaudiano II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Viewer.hqx

Howdy,

   This is a application which should allow you to view documents of type
SIMA and creator GEOL which are files created with Applelink.  Enjoy.

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

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/viewer.hqx; 61K]

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Date: 26 Jul 1993 15:10:07 +0100 (MET)
From: Ola Mont n 040 - 10 50 93 <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Weekday Sound version 1.0

Weekday Sound version 1.0

Description of the file:

Plays a sound file on startup. Every weekday has it's own sound.

The program is a Control Panel with an INIT.
This program is free, do what ever you like with it.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/weekday-sound-10.hqx; 19K]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 23:10 EST
From: DON'T PANIC <[e-mail]>
Subject: **** Don't throw away System 7 Desktop files - WARNING ****

Dear Netters,
If one does successfully throw away the Desktop DB, Desktop DF using the
option-empty trash command and cancel rebuilding desktop file
, a serious reprocussion may result!  One will then
not be able to load their documents from their applications or double click on
the documents to load them to the appropriate applications.  This message of
warning is only to those adventurous enough to try and rid their hard drive of
the load of a bloated Desktop file.  If done, the icons will also turn to the
generic finder icons.  This happens in System 7.0.0 on LCs.  The desktop files
are necessary in System 7 contrary to some popular opinions.  I know my
desktop file had grown to a MB, and I thought I could save space.  It did
restore the MB, but I lost all of my double-click-document-icon abilities in
the process.  In the end by rebuilding the desktop I was able to salvage the
old finder pointers, and get a 300K desktop file in its place.
Just a tale of one adventurous netter to save some others.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 11:51:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Owens)
Subject: 3 Q's: FPU+A/UX, Xterm for Mac, locking bckgd screen

3 questions for the price of one message! Wow!

1) Is it possible to run A/UX without an FPU on a IIsi? I tried, it
crashed, I used SoftwareFPU which did not help. Any ideas?

2) Is there any sort of term program which does Xwindows for Mac,
with, say, a 14.4KBaud modem?

3) I'd like to lock in the background pattern on a friend's LCIII.
(She goes to Stanfurd, me to Cal, those blue-and-gold C's look great
on her screen.) She knows little about her Mac (took her the better
part of 2 hours to figure out how to remove the C's in the first place.)
Any ideas on how to lock that screen in? Make General Controls invisible?
Change the patterns to have blue and gold only?

John
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 8:11:08 BST
From: charless <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] Hypercard extensions for regexp searches?

I'm looking for an XCFN to do regular expression string searches
in HyperCard. Preferably Extended Regular Expressions a la egrep,
something like the GNU regexp package or Henry Spencer's regexp
package compiled up for use in Hypercard. I've searched sumex
already; no joy. Anyone know if such a beast exists, and if so,
where to find it?

Charlie Stross ... [e-mail] ... [e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jul 93 17:15 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Gene Gotimer)
Subject: A3 Mouse

We are currently using the A3 mouse on each of two macs in our
office.

We picked them because we do CAD work, and were constantly bothered
by jumpiness when trying to precisely move them mouse.  We don't
use the 3-button setting as a rule (we have all three buttons set
to mimic the regular mouse button), but we tried out the option.

It is very easy to set up and change (control panel) the "macros" for
each of the buttons.  It stores key up and down events in the order you
type them.

All in all, this is a great mouse.  Even if you don't use the three buttons
to the fullest of their capabilities.




 ------

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 20:46:15 GMT
From: "E. Kilfeather" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Abaton InterFax Software

Dear All,
I was hoping someone could help me with a problem. In 1991 I got an Abaton
InterFax Fax Modem and Software . The manual stated that the software
was not System 7 compatible. I was hoping that someone would know if an
upgrade is available which is compatable. I have not seen any advertisements
for Abaton products for quite a while, have they gone out of business?
The Modem I have is the  InterFax 24/96 and the software is InterFax v1.2.3

Many thanks for your help in advance,
Eoin Kilfeather.

P.S. Please send reply to my address as I am do not subscribe to this list.
I will summarise any replies I get and post that to the list. Thank you.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 23:00:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dwight Beebe <[e-mail]>
Subject: Anybody able to help me with images?

Hey there:
    I am relatively new to Macs and the Internet.  I would like to
find out how to download and use some of the images I have ftp access to.
I understand I need some type of software to _see_ what I download.  Can
some kind soul point me in the right direction for such software and give
me rudimentary instructions?  I don't read Info-mac too often, so direct
e-mail would be best.
    Thanks very much!
        Dwight Beebe
        [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 11:16:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Eric Burger)
Subject: Ar.Teach.Trbl & JustGrnd&Me (R)

> My girlfriend runs a IIci 8/170 with an Apple 13" RGB monitor driven by
> on-board video, System 7.0.1 (tuned,) with 8MB RAM, a Daystar Cache card,
> and an NEC CDR-74 using its own software and she runs both Thomas and
> Grandma for hours on end in her classroom without a hitch.
>
> We were seriously considering upgrading her system to System 7.1 and would
> like to know if Monty and his son are having this problem due to System 7.1
> or not.  Please let us know.  We are curious because.....
>
> At home I am playing with a Duo 230 12/120 running System 7.1 in a Duo Dock
> attached to  a NEC CDR-74 using FWB CD Toolkit software and the only CD it
> won't recognize is the "Timetable of History: Science and Inventions" CD
> >From Software Toolworks(?).  Could this be a function of System 7.1 because
> it is recognized in my girlfriend's machine?
>
> We are curious.
> Greg Louttit
>
> ------------------------------
>

I've got both Grandma & Me and Arthur's Teacher Trouble.  *Both* have the
sound dissapearing problem and mouse clicks not responding problem.

We've got an SE/30, NEC CDR-35, System 7.0.1 (tuned).  Out of curiosity,
what age group is your girlfriend's class?  I'm wondering if the problem
isn't caused by 3 year olds doing something that older children wouldn't
do (like click on the Mr. Ratburn's jacket 35 times in a row).

I also received a note from one of the developers.  They haven't seen
the above described phenomina, but they're committed to fixing it.
It was a nice note...  Assuming it does get fixed, I'll take back
everying I was *going* to say bad about Broderbund!

--
--  Eric William Burger       --  [e-mail]  --
--  The Telephone Connection  --  Tel. [phone]       --
--  15200 Shady Grove Road    --  Fax. [phone]       --
--  Rockville, MD  20850      --  U.S.A.                     --

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 15:50:07 -0500
From: Norm Weiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: At-Ease clone

I know there are a couple of At-Ease clones that are freeware or shareware,
things that will put application icons in a bar on my desktop, but I can't
remember what their names are or where to find them. I'd appreciate it if
someone would help me out with this. Thanks in advance.

Norm Weiner
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 09:44:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: Authorization question

All,

   I don't know if this is the appropriate forum for this, but I have a
quick question.

   I can't seem to get MacPPP 1.1.3 (the only version I have tried) to
spit out the Username and Password.  I have been able to create a
connection script that will log me on, but the password is types in the
clear and there is no option to leave it blank and get prompted to type
it in at connection time.

   (1) What string triggers MacPPP to enter the Username and Password?

and

   (2) Is there a command for the connection script that will tell
       MacPPP to goto the Authorization info and enter it now?

   I am trying to get a generic version set up for my installation so
that it can be distributed.  Thankx.

-- Pat ---------------------------------> [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 02:44:10 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bad experience with MacCenter

I had a very bad and unpleasant experience with MacCenter recently, and I
thought I will share with the netters. Maybe a lot of people have had nice
experience with them, but as far as I am concern, one experience is enough,
and it does not have to get it twice to be hurt very badly.

I ordered an 8-meg SIMMs for Centris610 two weeks ago. Before I made the
order, I knew the price of the SIMM would be going up, and I shopped around a
lot to finally decided to get the SIMM from MacCenter, because the guy (name
Kr**) I dealt with quoted me a good price. I placed the order, and he told me
that I would get it two days later. I waited for two days, nothing was
received. So, I called the company, and asked for the guy. He was not there,
so another guy took the call. He checked my order, but couldn't find my name,
order etc. It was as if no order has been placed. At that time, the price of
the SIMM has already gone skyroketted. He would not offer me the old price
which I had placed the order, and insisted that I deal with the Kr**. So I
called, many times, and everytime I call, they would say that either Kr** was
on other sales department, or was not in the room, etc. I even left several
messages on the answering machine of Kr**, and had somebody to conveyed the
message to him, asking him to call back. He never did. Now, not only I have
to pay a higher price for the same SIMM which I originally planned,worst
still, I could not get it for a while because they are out of stock in many
mail order houses. It also decreses my productivity, because this is the time
I need the SIMM most. Again, decide for yourself when you have to do business
with MacCenter. As I said earlier, you may be happy with them. But with this
type of attitute and irresponsibility, it only takes one time, and hurts me a
lot, and I will never do any business with them anymore.

An Upset Mac User

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 22:17:53 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Rob Kouwenberg)
Subject: Black terminator IIfx & Laerwriter pro 630 (Q)

Howdy,
a friend of mine asked something about a special terminator : type black.
For my memory I know that the Mac IIfx needed a special black terminator
for some special reasons. However he asked me the same question ( what is a
special _black_ terminator needed for ? ), but associated with the
laserwriter 630 Pro. Being a mac questionbank he asked me, but... I recall
something about that the IIfx used a somewhat unfamiliar SCSI setup to
improve speed, with the drawback of the special terminator. Can _ANY_one
spread some insight on this subject ? ( I don't like to say 'don't know
anything about this' all too often .. ).

Thanx in advance, greetings, Rob Kouwenberg
----
internet: [e-mail] snailnet:p/o Gr. Adolfstraat 86
bitnet  : ERSICRKO@HEITUE52                      5616 BX Eindhoven,Holland

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Date: 29 Jul 93 14:07:26-0400
From: /PN=JOHN.WITHERS/O=IRS/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@sprint.com
Subject: Can I play a sound at a specified time?

Hello all.

To help me control my Macintosh addiction, is it possible to
either:

1) Play a sound at a particular time of the day? or
2) Display a picture at a particular time of the day or
3) Shut the bloody thing down at a particular time

The purpose is to remind me (less gently than the alarm
clock does) to quit using the maching and go to bed.

John Withers

Internet:  [e-mail]
X.400:     pn=j.withers, a=telemail, o=irs, c=us

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 07:41:11 +0100
From: YSTAUB <[e-mail]>
Subject: CDEV that logs phonecalls

I'm searching for software that watches the modem. Each time the modem
sends a "CONNECT" or a "BUSY" and the like I want the software to write it
down into a log. A the end of a period I can take a look at the log and know
how many phonecalls I made. The software probably is an INIT or a CDEV
for I want it to be independent from other software (communication
programs, phonebooks, dialers etc.). I guess it will work like Serial of
Champions, i.e. I tell the software which software acesses the modemport
and each time I start such an application the software jumps in.
Can someone help?

Yuri

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 19:21:53 -0700
From: David Aston <[e-mail]>
Subject: Experience with "Times Two" and MacTools "Partition"?? (Q)

I'm using MacTools Deluxe 1.2 "Partition" on a MacIIsi, 40Mb SCSI disk, 5Mb
memory,
System 6.0.7 and considering buying "Times Two" (cheap from Tiger Software)
which

does file compression at the disk driver level.
Does anyone know of any problems encountered in using these two products
together??
I _am_ aware of the dangers of software partitioning (I am also using "Mirror"
and keep

backups)! No problems so far, but thought I needed to consult the Mac
community before

wading deeper into these shark-infested waters 8-)
AdvThanksance!

--
Dave Aston..........Internet: [e-mail];  BitNet: dyaeb@slacvm

SLAC, Stanford U, and DOE are not responsible for _anything_ I say.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 12:00:52 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Celia H Modell)
Subject: FileMaker Pro 2.0

Recently there was a thread about FileMaker Pro 2.0v4. I just called
Claris and was told that the current version is 2.0v3 (which I
already have).

Does anyone know if 2.0v4 exists? If it does, any suggestions of
who I should ask for at the Claris Help desk that would have heard of it.

Thanks,

celia modell
[e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 09:15:26 -0500 (EST)
From: "Andrew M. Sopchak" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Gopher server for Mac

I am searching for a gopher server or gopherd program for the Mac.
Does such a thing exist? If so, could someone point me to it. Currently
I am running a/ux to run my gopher, but I would like to bypass that.

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 22:55:41 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Keith Marshall)
Subject: Hard disk icon won't cut or paste

I can no longer cut or paste custom icons onto my hard disk icon. I
have a Mac IIci running system 7.1. Any suggestions? I would prefer
answers to be sent to me direct ([e-mail]), as I
don't get to read nn all that often.

([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 21:45:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: hard drive formatting (Q)

I'm looking to buy a larger internal hard drive for my PB.  The APS 120
looks attractive, so I'm leaning towards that.  MY question is, Would it
be OK to format an APS drive using SilverLining instead of the included
formatter?  The reason I'm asking is that I'm already using SilverLining,
and would like all my drives to use the same driver software.
(Am I just being silly?)

Thanks for your help.

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

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 16:26:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: Hardware System Updater 2

Yesterday, I uploded Hardware System Updater 2 to the info-mac archive.
Because of my conversions, the Updater will only work from a second hard
drive or over the network.  Phillip Corchary uploaded a disk image to the
archive today that should work from a floppy.

There were also some problems with the NSI 1.3.3 upload.  The latter were
introduced by MountImage and precluded the Installer from running off a
floppy.  I uploaded working copies of those two archives today.

All of yesterday's versions will install correctly from the network or from
a second hard drive.  I received one report whereby the second drive
installation did not work, but I was not able to replicate the problem
locally.

The CD-ROM software will work over the network, from a second drive, or
>From a floppy as is.

If you have questions, please mail to me directly as I do not read the
digests.

I apologise for the inconvenience.

Igor
_____
NCSA-UIUC,  e:[e-mail],  p:[phone]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 01:18:19 -0700
From: Just brew it. <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hardware Update 2.0 quirk

I just updated my Duo 210 with the Hardware Update 2.0 files.  Has anybody
else noticed that a few pop-up menus in control panels are messed up (top
line missing) after the update?  They still work fine, they just don't
display properly before you click on them.

Bill

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 12:06:46 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: hardware updater 2.0 int'l ?

Will there be localized versions of the Hardware Updater 2.0 ?



--
Karl Pottie                           e-mail: [e-mail]
Mac Support                  University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium


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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 12:59:32 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HC Scripting & Hell...

Hi, y'all

2 quickies:
1.  What are some well-recommended HyperCard 2.0 scripting references?  I'm
testing the waters of HC stack-building and, well, I've gotten about as
far as I can by muddling through.  Any books, stacks, or downloadable info
files that have been helpful for others would be nice.

2.  What FAQ reference tells me how to delete the "Folder From Hell"?!?!?!?

Domo arigato!

Chuck
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 09:18:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hidden Easter Egg in the new Sound CDEV

Folks,

    If this is old news...forgive me.  Sometimes with the sheer amount
of mail that I get, I miss things.
    Anyway, go into the new Sound CDEV.  Select any option while you
hold down your OPTION key.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 22:54:07 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Keith Marshall)
Subject: Hiding the names of apps

I don't know about you, but I really find the names which appear under
apps in the finder a nuisance. I would love it if somebody could hack
up a piece of software which would hide the names of all(or even
better, only certain nominated) apps in the finder. After a while, you
get so familiar with the icons that the names are a nuisance and only
serve to clutter up the screen more than is necessary. I'm not a
programmer, but I'm just broadcasting a whim in case somebody else
can make it. Let me know if you do.
([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 12:09:04 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HP4M drivers for Laserwriter 8.0 (needed)

Does anyone know of an FTP site for HP4M drivers to use with Laserwriter
8.0 as I can't find them anywhere or alternatively could somebody email
them to me if it's not too much trouble (if the beast's exist)

Thanks in advance



Andy Green
Department of Automatic Control and
Systems Engineering
University of Sheffield
PO Box 600
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DU
UK

Email: [e-mail]
Phone: ++44 (0)742 825251
Facsimile: ++44 (0)742 731729

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 15:12 GMT0BST-1
From: Pindar Infotek Ltd <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ian McCall about Quickmail scripts for the I

               Subject:
Time:12:26 pm
  OFFICE MEMO          Quickmail scripts for the Internet
Date:29/7/93
Hello.

I'm trying to set up a script that will properly integrate Quickmail
with CIX's gateway to the internet. You're looking at the results of
one part of it - normal text based mail seems to be working OK.

However, I have severe problems getting binary mail to work. I
thought I'd do this by getting CIX to ftp things, but can find no
easy means of getting this to happen (well actually - no means at all
right now!).

Has anyone ever written Quickmail scripts that included binary mail?
I'd be very interested to see it - particulary if you managed to
write something to do with standard Internet-style mail.


Cheers,
       Ian



---
This message has been sent using a scripting system. To reply to this
message,
 please include 'Attn: Ian McCall' on a seperate line somewherenear
the top of the file.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 12:44:15 -0500
From: "Technical Services" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #152

Hello,
I hope this isn't a FAQ, I'm new to this group.

I have an SE and am considering buying one of the DUO systems.  I was
wondering who is using either of the systems and what sorts of
good or bad points have come up in their use.

Please respond to me by e-mail and I can post a summary.

Thanks,
Barbara Bond

compuserve: 72204,2504
or delphi: [e-mail] (via internet)
or internet: [e-mail]


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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 09:39:37 +0200
From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
Subject: info on macs-future and present

Dear Netters,

I am looking into buying another mac for our lab and would like to get some
info.  The mac will be used primarily for capture and analysis of black and
white images from our microscope.


1.      Does anyone know anything about the knew 'av' models that are
coming out in October?  I think there is a Quadra 840 and Centris model.
How good are the frame grabbers?

2.      Is the Centris the best computer for the job?  I have a Quadra 950
a few feet away that is being used for electrophysiology, so if I want to
do anything really heavy I can send stuff there.  Does the Centris support
standard NuBus boards?

3.      What is the difference between the centris and the vx series (the
ones in the peecee looking box)?  I know the centris comes with the
lobotomized 68040L chip.  Do the others also?

4.      What about upgrade paths. I have heard that it will be possible to
upgrade the Centris to the Power PC.  Can the vx's be upgraded also.

5.      I am also interested in the global port.  Can older models like the
SE/30 and the Quadra 950 be upgraded or is there more involved.

If these questions have been addressed please point me to the info.  I will
summarize anything that is new or different.

Thank you, David
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 23:46:33 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: laser to cloth transfer replys

Thanks to :
:"[e-mail]" "Robert Brickman"
"[e-mail]" "Jon Jenkins"
  [e-mail]   Doug Smith

for leading me to --

BlackLightning
phone [phone] ( 1-800-252-2599 )
fax [phone]
Compuserve 73130,1734

They sell iron on transfer toners in a variety of colors.
I called the company, and, through a *very* long voice mail
system (and very friendly human help), was informed that
they sell toner cart.s in 12 colors. They come in two versions,
regular and professional, for around  $90 and $275 respectively.
I requested a sample printout, which they said they d send out.
They also carry various other related products, as well as publishing
a newsletter / magazine called  Flash.
Since their help is so complete, I ll leave off here and suggest that
to would be best to call them for more info.

Eric Burgess

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 11:57:35 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Iain D. Dickey)
Subject: LC III Monitor Woes Fixed

Dear Net,

A happy ending to an otherwise strange saga.  As from a few days ago, you
may remeber the following tale of strange horror:

>We have 2, one is an LC III 8/160 with a 14' Mac Colour Monitor the other
>an 4/80 with a Mac 12" Monochrome Monitor.  This morning  I booted up both
>Mac number one and terror struck.  The screen had shrunk in display size.
>The black border that usually surrounds the useable display is now an inch
>and a quarter band at the top and bottom of the screen. The sides are still
>the same.  Its as if my LC III has become a Mac Plus in regards to display
>size.

Well all you bright Mac Aces were correct.  The problem was very simple.
The option in the Monitor Control Panel had been set from Macintosh High
Res. to 680X400, thus the loss in screen size.  Upon further investigation,
it seems that a moron in the office had reset this paramater thinking a"
number setting" was better than a setting that had a name, thought that it
sounded more scientific.   Well what can you expect from aold DOS head!!!
I didn't object to the experimenting, that is what a Mac is all about, it's
the fact of doing it on two different machines and then not mentioning that
little tidbit when all hell broke loose after they were booted up!

Anyway thanks to all who replied, it was as usual a great help!

Cheers,

_______________________________
Iain D. Dickey - Medicine II
Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C.
Ph.     822-8580
Fax.    [phone]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 1:34:32 PDT
From: Brian R. Gaeke <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacX and Sun OpenWindows?

Can I use MacX to use OpenWindows facilities from a Mac hooked via
ethernet to a Sun SPARC Classic running OpenWindows?

(that is, can I use it without adding any software to the Sun,
or do I have to be running a "virgin" X11R4 or X11R5?)

Brian.

--
Brian Gaeke, The Dimensional Gate Company   Internet E-Mail: [e-mail]
Finger my account for my PGP public key.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 17:05:28 -0400
From: Chris Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: math. coprossor in PB 145/145B (A)

>Hi Netters,
>
>Does anyone know if it is possible to put a mathematical coprocessor in a
>powerbook 145 and in the 145B.
>
>Please respond  ASAP.
>Thanks,
>
>Gerlo Hesselink                   [e-mail]

It is possible to have a math co-processor installed in a 145. However,
the space for the math co-processor in the 145 is taken up by the
additional 2MB of ram found on board on the 145B. This is one of the few
differences between the two models.

--Chris

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 11:36:51 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: memory upgrade - help (A)

Hi Dr. Silverstein,

Your decision of upgrading either Mac is going to be okay.

What I need to know is whether you have a video card driving your monitors or
are you using the Macs' internal video port for that purpose.

The reason whether you're using internal video port for your monitor is
because
the difference between these two Macs is that the LCIII has built-in VRAM of
512k where as the IIci does not. The IIci uses the on-board RAM for driving
the
connected display. If you are using the on board video then an increase of RAM
will give you a better performance on the IIci. The best way to configure your
IIci will be a video card pug into your NuBus slot; if one is free. As for the
LCIII you can increase the number of colours displayed on the attached monitor
by increasing the amount of VRAM. I think there is one free for an additional
256k.

This still does not answer your original question of which Mac you should
give the RAM upgrade to. Let me assume that you're using a video card to drive
both Mac's monitors. So an increase of RAM on either machine will let you have
better performance for most applications; by increasing the amount of memory
allocated for each application from "Get Info", and like you said have more
application running at the same time.

If running more applications at the same time is your goal, then you have to
decide whether you can have all the applications you want to run at the same
time, and all possible input and output files fit in a 80M drive with System
7.1. If no, do you want to use one of the many disk compression utilities to
increase the storage compacity of your IIci's 80M drive? If you decide to go
this route, I will suggest choosing an utility that does not require you to
reformat your drive. One such utility is AutoDoubler.

The reason I chose 80M as the criteria, is because that's the lowest common
denominator between the two Mac's. In my opinion the IIci is a much better
position machine for future enhancements from Apple or 3rd party. Almost all
3rd party vendors release hardware upgrades for the IIci first. Hence, you
will most likely have more and better choices in the future (I have a IIci).
This is why I think that you may want to spend your money on the IIci rather
than the LCIII.

Now lets talk about the Cache card you want to buy. IM cache card is not the
standard. I think 64k is the "standard" (a better word would be common). There
are many vendors who offer Cache card upgrades for your IIci, but your LCIII
can venture to that option also. Agian here you have to decide what you'll
be using your "primary" Mac for? What sort of application are you going to be
running? If speed improvements or upgrades to PowerPC is your goal then the
purchase of a Cache card will just add to your collection of dead weight.

I think this respond is long enough, if you need more info. please send me
email directly. As to where to purchase all this stuff. You can try your local
dealer or go with Mail Order. But if you go with Mail Order make sure they
have
a good money back or some sort of refund.

I hope all this helped you and not confused you even more.


Vinko
-----
Vinko Tsui                        Vinko Enterprises
In Chicago:                       In Canada (Oakville):
Work: [phone]              Voice: [phone]
Home: [phone]              AppleLink: CDA1051

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 09:35:41 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael S. Silverstein)
Subject: Memory upgrade - IIci or LCIII

The few suggestions I had so far indicated that the IIci with extra memory
and cache card would be the faster and probably the more
upgradable/expandable machine.

I would love to switch the large hard drive in the LCIII for the smaller
one in the IIci, as someone pointed out, but they are also physically
different in size (the 80MB hard drive in the IIci is thicker) and
according to my local apple rep they cannot be switched...

If anyone out there has another consideration or $0.02 to add, I would
appreciate it, as this is a major decision...

Thanks again, especially to all those that responded...mike


--
Dr. M.S. Silverstein
Materials Engineering
[e-mail] OR jli@cwru

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 9:09 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mouse Problem

Marshall McGowan wrote in Digest 152:

>(The new ADBII Mouse) What is happening is that when she
>presses down on the button (and it is not a very hard press, becase I
>have experimented with the mouse, and reproduced her results with a fairly
>light touch) the front portion of the mouse (this is on a slightly spongy
>mouse pad, but there were some of the same problem just on the desk)
>would depress in such a way as to make it very hard for the rollerball to
>move

We have an Apple mouse of the old variety which exhibits the same problem.
I'm convinced it's not due to dirt - instead, it's the mouseball being
very light that is to blame, I think.  Because it's so light, the mouse is
sort of imbalanced, and pressing on the button near the top end causes the
bottom end where the ball is to lift off the mousemat just enough that
contact between ball and mat is very poor.  The mouse wasn't like this when
we got the Mac, but became that way just a few months later, and has stayed
like that ever since.  Would be interesting to know if there's a simple fix!

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 11:27:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: need HyperTalk scripting help please!

Hello....I am a technician in the Foreign Language dept. We
have a HyperGlot language tutorial CD-ROM that we want to
use in the language lab. The snag is that the stacks have to
be copied on the hard drive to be usable. I have been trying
to write a script to copy a selected stack to the hard drive
and then delete it when the student is finished. Most of the
stacks have scripts at the stack level, so copying them
card-by-card doesn't work. Does anybody out there have any
ideas? Please reply directly via E-mail....

                Thanks,
                Conard Murray
          [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 17:05:14 EST
From: G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: netfind application

There are nice mac interfaces to many internet services. For example there is
"Archie" which does archie searches, "Query-It" which essentially does
NSLookup
type searches, "Nuntius" and "News-Watcher" which are USENET news readers, and
"WAIStation" which is a WAIS front end.

I was wondering if the authors of these (or any other aspiring programers who
understand TCP connections) would be interested in writing a netfind
interface.
Netfind is a great way of finding the email address of peole when you know
their names and where they work. It seems to be a bit like WHOIS but better
(IMHO). For those unfamiliar with netfind, you telnet to your nearest host
(archie.au for me in Australia, for a list of other sites see below) and log
on
as netfine, ie:

login: netfind

There is fairly extensive online help from there.

Alternate Netfind servers:
    bruno.cs.colorado.edu (University of Colorado, Boulder)
    lincoln.technet.sg (Technet Unit, Singapore)
    malloco.ing.puc.cl (Catholic University of Chile, Santiago)
    monolith.cc.ic.ac.uk (Imperial College, London, England)
    mudhoney.micro.umn.edu (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)
    netfind.oc.com (OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, Texas)
    redmont.cis.uab.edu (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
    nic.uakom.cs (Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)

Paul.

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 14:25:19 EST
From: G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: postscript conversion utility?

We have a desperate need for some utility that will convert postscript code
into something that can be viewed on screen (high resolution PICT, TIFF,
etc).
Our GC-MS (a research instrument) produces postscript files of gas
chromatographs and the users would like to see them on their macs and include
them in reports etc. I know postscrips will print if pasted into the report
and
that there are several postscript printing utilities. What we need is a
graphics converter that converts postscript on screen.

Paul.

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Date: 29 Jul 1993 13:06:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Powerbook 145 & HP Deskjet plus

    Is there a driver out there which will allow me to connect
an HP deskjet plus to a powerbook 145.  I have had no luck finding
one, and I would appreciate some direction.

Alan Brown

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 02:43:08 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PowerBook 145B or 160--What to buy (A)

>With the latest round of price reductions for the powerbooks, the time is
>right to upgrade my PB100. I am trying to decide between getting a PB145B
>and PB160. Some questions:
> >- Does the grey-scale enhance the screen a lot? Enough to justify a
$200-250
>  price differential. Does it cause more problems with submarining (I use the
>  PB as a primary computer - 8-10 hours a day; Graphics about 5% of the time)

Well, it's nice to get 3-D icons, and greys, but it's not as if the 160
has a 640x480 8 bit internal grey scale display.  Definitely the main
reason for the extra cost (a bargain really, when you consider the cost and
hassle of PB display adapters) is the 16" color monitor support.  Are you
_sure_ you aren't interested in video out?  A color monitor on the 160 is
sweet, especially with the extra real estate of the built-in screen.

The 160 screen looks just like the 145 screen when set to B&W.  I don't see
any extra trouble with submarining at any monitor setting, but the grey
screen is definitely more prone to streaking--the ghost lines that extend
>From window bars--mainly to say that the 160 display requires much more
adjustment of the contrast and brightness controls than is necessary on a
145.  Finally, as you might expect, the greys on the 160 display are a bit
uneven near the corners and edges of the screen.

>- Is the 160 as easy to upgrade (install memory, 120M drive, modem) as the
>PB145 (I have average engineering skills). Also, are Quantum 120M drives
>faster than the conner drives (?) that the PB come with? (I amn planning
>to get a 4/40, and upgrade). On a related note, are PB145B/PB160
relatively >easy to open or should I turn to a authorized dealer for such
upgrades?

The upgrades are pretty much the same, as far as I know, but I'm pretty
sure the 160 can take a bit more RAM. (My cheat sheet on this is out of
reach--is it 8MB vs 12MB?)  That can make a real difference, such as when
using the RAM disk.  Also, the 160's can be purchased with the 120MB drive
already installed.  (Maybe the 145 comes with this size drive too, I don't
know.)

I've not opened one up yet--I don't have one that's out of warranty--but
>From what I've read, it can be a bit tricky,  and I think a lot of people
who are good with tools are nonetheless opting  to leave it to a qualified
(read legally responsible) board swapper.  How's that for a long sentence?

>- Do both lose RAM disks when turned off?

Yeah, RAM disks are exactly the same on both.  Does not survive ShutDown
the way the PB100 does.  You can automate a restore however, with Quickeys
or the Maxima RAM disk.

>- Does the 145B and the 160 have similar battery life?

Yes, they does. :-)  One interesting point here is that the 160 requires that
the power adapter be plugged-in when using an external monitor.

Hope this helps,

Brian Pickerill<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 20:38 PDT
From: The Foolish One <[e-mail]>
Subject: Powerbook questions

I just purchased a Powerbook Duo 210 a few weeks ago, and I was wondering
about a few things.

1) How the heck is the darn think cooled? As far as I can tell the only
cooling method used is natural air convection through the spaces in the
keyboard. Have there been any reports of overheating problems with power
books? It seems that when the Duo is docked, the heating problem (if there
is one) would be compounded...

2)How prone are powerbook hard drives to crash? With the amount of trans-
portation a powerbooks is subjected to, it would seem that the hard drive
would be more prone to crash.  I know that I'm not supposed to move the
powerbook when the drive is running, but doesn't carrying the powerbook
on it's side tend to wreck havoc to the drive?

--Alvin
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 03:41:14 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Nagle)
Subject: PowerPC OS

[e-mail] (Max Ross Brenner) writes:
>I have a question regarding the PowerPC that are coming out next year.  Will
>those PowerPC's have their own operating system, optimized to run on the new
>Motorola chip, when they come out next year, or will we have to wait for
>Pink to develop PowerPC-specific applications?

      Supposedly IBM will use a version of AIX, and Apple will use a version
of System 7.

      Just think.  Apple is introducing a new high-end machine for the 1990s,
without memory protection or real multitasking.  Even the System 7
port is supposedly a year away.  And that date was issued before the
last round of layoffs were announced.  That just isn't going to cut it
against NT and Pentium.

                    John Nagle

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 16:31:09 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Paul Westbrook)
Subject: Printer SIMMs

  What kind of SIMMs does the LaserWriter IIf use?  If anyone can help
me please e-mail me.

                    Thanks,
                    Paul Westbrook

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 08:58:55 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Bill Williams)
Subject: Problems initializing 800k disks after installing Hardware update

hardware system update fixes the Centris MOVE16 scrollrect flicker bug and
includes the new sound manager stuff you mentioned. but it also has a
hidden conspiracy in it. The "feature" of it allows you to start
formatting 800K disks as 720K disks instead ***AND THIS IS THE DEFAULT***
It is a popup selection (like the Prodos dialog) asking if you wanth the
interchangable HFS format or a real 800K disk.

800K GCR disks are vital but apple wants people to not use them so that
managers at apple will not all have to be fired after users are offended
at the new crappy MFM disk drives that cannot do GCR 800K recording. These
crappy drives are rumored to lack ejection motors as you all know, and
might or might not use the newly added (cyclone) interrupt for disk
insertions to eliminate polling.

Novices in computer labs at universities and libraries will accidentally
be reformatting valid 800K floppy disks **HUNDREDS OF TIMES PER DAY**
because the dialog box will probably still say "The inserted disk needs to
be initialized or is not a Macintosh disk blah blah blah" instead of "The
bean counting managers at Apple that are destroying Apple decided to remove
800K GCR floppy support from your PowerPC to save a little money, and hope
that the few models that offer 2.88 MB MFM formatting on 5 dollar disks
will make you forget about how hostile and unfreindly your non motorized
ejection drive really is. OK?"

The hardware update 2.0 is an embarrassment and leaves a sour taste in my
mouth.

--Bill

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 16:49:07 +0000
From: Karen Roem <[e-mail]>
Subject: request for subscription to Info-Mac Digest volumes

I recently joined the University of Cambridge responsible for user support on
Apple Macintoshes. A colleague of mine showed me the Info-Mac Digest volumes
and
I would very much like to be a recipient as well, if possible.

Many thanks in advance.

Karen Roem
University of Cambridge
Computing Services
Computer Laboratory

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 09:19:59 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Retrospect compatability on

     Retrospect compatability on a Centris?
Does anyone have any idea if Retrospect 2.0 is compatible with the Centris 650
040 cache?

A little background:
I had a Mac IIcx as my backup server for a centralized backup system for a
couple of years.  I just got a new Centris 650, which I transferred all my
info
>From the IIcx internal drive to the Centris.  The Retrospect application and
tape catalogs reside on an external GCC UltraDrive 100S drive.

Now I tried to run a backup for a set of my offices last night, and it gave me
some strange type of error message (sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't get a
chance to write it down) but it essentially said that it couldn't find the
tape
volume.  When I tried to execute a DIFFERENT backup script to a different
tape,
it said the tape was locked.  In both cases, it froze my system.  I tried to
do
a Command-Option-Esc to break out of it, but when I tried to press one of the
buttons in the dialog, the button stayed black and wouldn't let me out.  I
ended up having to reset the machine.

On a whim, I disabled the cache switch and restarted.  Seems to be working
fine
now.  That's why I ask this question.  Anyone have experience with this?  Any
help would be mucho appreciated!  TIA

Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 19:34:24 BST
From: [e-mail] (Sak Wathanasin)
Subject: Rodime drives (R)

In Info-mac digests vol 11 no 150, Richard Smith
<[e-mail]> writes:

> 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!

Rodime use a somewhat unsual caching scheme and you must use the
appropriate driver (installer) for the ROM that you have on the drive.
Apart from Rodime's own driver, the only other driver that I know of that
works correctly with Rodimes is FWB Hard Disk Toolkit.

> 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.

I have a Rodime 210 external formatted with HDT and have no problems
installing a system on to it or booting from it. In fact, until I got
my internal drive, this drive was my boot drive. Before that I had a
Rodime 100 on which I ran Sys 6 without any problems. I've had Rodimes
in one form or another since '88, on which I have installed over the
course of the years every MacOS from System 4.1 up and have never seen
the problems that you described.

Just in case my memory was playing tricks on me, a few minutes ago, I
installed System 7.1 on the Rodime from the developer CD, set it to be
the startup disk, and booted from it. I then set the startup back to my
internal HD, and booted from that without any problems.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 07:28:59 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Chris Ursich)
Subject: SAM-StuffIt.SpaceSaver conflict..Help please

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your Macspertise..

I am using StuffIt SpaceSaver, the file compaction utility which
comes with StuffIt Deluxe, to compress my hard drive.  I am also
using SAM to protect my system.  I believe they are in conflict.
When SAM kicks in to begin it's periodic checkup of my hard drive,
I get many error messages.  They read (for instance):

>>Examined file 'Apple File Exchange' in folder 'Apple File Exchange'
    An error has occurred while trying to examine this file
    This file is probably not a valid resource file

or, another example:

>>Examined file 'MacCheckers 0.5' in folder 'Games'
    An error has occurred while trying to examine this file
    This file is probably not a valid resource file

These files are APPLICATION PROGRAMS compressed using
SpaceSaver.  All the applications that I checked which were
compressed by SpaceSaver yielded that error message when
virus-scanned by SAM.

The other conflict I find is with READ-ONLY TEACHTEXT DOCUMENTS.
(The ones whose icons are Newspapers, not the ones that look like
papers with three lines of dots on them).  Other TeachText
documents are not even scanned by SAM, but the "newspaper" ones
yield the error message (like this one does):

>>Examined file 'README' in folder 'Digital Camera 0.7b'
    An error has occurred while trying to examine this file
    This file is probably not a valid resource file

So, what do I do to eliminate the problem?  SAM just doesn't
seem to recognize "SpaceSaved" applications and read-only TTexts.
Everything else seems okay.

Preliminary Gratitude.

"We must hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
---Benjamin Franklin, July 4, 1776.

Chris Ursich
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri,  30 Jul 93 7:50 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Software acceleration article in TIDBITS

Hi netters
In TIDBITS from July 26 appears a long article by Roy K. McDonald, Connectix.
The article is highly interesting for every computer professional.

You can get TIDBITS in /per/tb on info-mac archives.

Just read it! IMHO it's great.

Ilan Szekely

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 9:52 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sound Manager 2.0

The new Simple Beep is just, well, yucky!  And NO BALLOON HELP!!!  If
Apple don't even bother to include it, how do they expect other developers
to take it up (hence the poor state of balloon help in most Mac apps I've
seen).

At least the Sound cdev growls at you when you hold down the option key and
use the pull-down menu!  I guess that's some kind of compensation

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 08:32:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sound Manager 3.0 (Q)

I downloaded and installed the Sound Manager 3.0 extension and control
panel on my SE/30, and have not experienced any problems, yet.  My question,
however, is, What is the advantage of using the SM3.0 ext/cp combo over the
original System 7.0 Sound cp?

BTW, did anyone notice that the Simple Beep sounds different (wimpish,
IMO) using SM3.0?  Or is it just me? :-)

Thanks for your help.

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

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

Date: 29 Jul 93 17:22 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Gene Gotimer)
Subject: Stop lab copying

One excellent option for stopping students from copying programs
in a lab setting is KeyServer.  KeyServer is a "software licensing
compliance" program.

A program is "keyed" (i.e. a small piece of code is removed).  The
key is stored on a networked mac. Any time someone tries to run the
keyed version, the client mac connects to the KeyServer and requests
the key.  The application won't start if a) all keys are out (i.e.
all licensed copies are being run) or b) the client can't connect to the
server.  The keys are small (>3k) and do not slow down the program launch
at least not that I can see (unless the server cannot be reached).

Copying from the lab could then be ignored, since the keyed versions of the
software would be useless without the key.

E-mail [e-mail] (I think) fort more info.
I'll check the address tomorrow..
 ------

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 09:00:30 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: TidBITS on AOL

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> -> More interestingly, America Online has started to split big messages,
> -> which means that if you get a file mailed to you, you can piece it back
> -> together rather than just losing everything after 25K. It's still a bit
> -> of a pain, but at least people can subscribe to TidBITS on AOL now
> -> without losing the last bit each week.
>
> ...but then, we can always just download tidbits as a whole from whoever is
> uploading them each couple of weeks in either .etx or .sit format!

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I always upload TidBITS in both .sit and .etx
formats to the Macintosh Hardware Forum's New Files library (keyword
MHW)  each week. However, people like to receive TidBITS in email
much of the time, and in the past that's been a problem, since AOL
truncated the files at 25K (once you took the header into account
as well). Now AOL splits the files at about 14K, so you can get the
entire issue (or any large file), although you do have to piece it
together yourself if you wish to save it as a file for later browsing
with Easy View (which we HIGHLY recommend).

AOL still has two major Internet problems in my eyes. First, 2400
bps access is just ludicrous. They claim they're going to 9600 bps
any day now, but they've claimed that for years. I'll believe it when
I log in at that speed. Secondly, whenever someone leaves AOL without
signing off a LISTSERV (like the TidBITS LISTSERV), the mail is bounced
back with the error "Unknown AOL user" or something like that. The
problem is that the bouncing mailer doesn't identify the user! So
there's no easy way to tell which AOL address on the LISTSERV is causing
the problem. And since AOL bounces the entire 30K issue of TidBITS,
I get a ton of junk back.

Of course, most people don't have to deal with this latter problem,
but it's going to irritate list administrators to no end until they
fix it.

(and to stem the personal requests that always follow something like
this message, here's how to subscribe to the TidBITS LISTSERV. :-))

To subscribe to our mailing list, send email to:

    [e-mail]

with this line in the body of the mailfile:

    SUBSCRIBE TIDBITS your full name

cheers ... -Adam

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 02:40:53 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Trackball Problem  (A) if it's an old Turbo "Mouse"

>Any ideas about a trackerball that stops working, and only starts to work
>again if it's unplugged and plugged back in again? Machine is a Quadra
>950, don't know the make of the ball.

Ah, yes.  This is something that I meant to write about earlier, but you
know, no one asked and I forgot to post any info about it.  And to think
that this is not anything that I have read about elsewhere!

Funny thing about the Kensington Turbo Mouse (a trackball) is that versions
prior to the current one (4.0) really suck the current.  150 ma. of it or
thereabouts.  My 2 year old version 3.0 turbo mouse kept locking up on my
Q950.  (BTW, I have read many many  times that it is NOT a good idea to
disconnect and reconnect an ADB device while the computer is running--you
can fry your motherboard that way.)

It was fairly clear that the trackball was causing the problem.  Weirdly,
the keyboard continued to function when the cursor hung.  I called
Kensington and they politely suggested that I buy a new, version 4 TM. No
upgrade was available.  :-(

Well, I ended up getting a new, Version 4 anyway, and retiring the old
"mouse" to an older Mac.  The new one is a bit nicer in that it has
software selectable chording, and the  ADB ports are much better located on
the back rather than the old side locations that sometimes made it
difficult to put it right next to the keyboard, where it belongs.

The interesting part of all this is is that I don't think they ever mention
the new low power draw (~10ma) of the new version.  It's not on the box and
I don't remember reading about it in their ads. My guess is that they did
not want to announce that their old products were incompatible, and take
the heat for not offering an upgrade of some sort to their customers.  Like
me.  Instead, they touted the "smart mouse" feature where the cursor jumps
to a specific location--(I've got quickeys, why would I need or want "smart
mouse"?)

Brian Pickerill<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 13:25:51 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Suvrit Varshney)
Subject: Uncompressing lzh/lharc format on Macs??

Is there any application that can uncompress lzh/lharc
type files on the Macintosh ? Thanks as always.

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 21:49:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: Usenet Groups for PageMaker or Illustrator

I recently subscribed to a usenet group for * PhotoShop * . This has been very
valuable since my position requires me to teach artists how to use
PhotoShop. Is there a similar group for * PageMaker * or for * Illustrator
* ? Any help appreciated.

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 18:08:35 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Western Digital (thanks)

Dear net,

This is a belated thanks to the people who helped me with my second hand
Western
Digital hard disk. (My host, y-net in Spain, has been down for a week.)
I am sending this to Info-Mac since I have had difficulty getting mail to some
of the people who sent messages.

Thanks to:
[e-mail] {Mike}
[e-mail] {Kevin Quick}
[e-mail] {Richard Smith}

Kevin sent me version 2.0.1 of the Western Digital formatter. I installed the
driver from it and it ran a bit quieter, a bit faster (subjectively!) and with
fewer errors. Later, I copied everything off the disk and reformatted it. It
then ran much quieter, a bit faster again and with only one error since then.
(I
closed all the windows belonging to the drive and when I tried to reopen the
disk, I got a disk error. Hitting command-space (SCSI Probe for mount) made
that
problem go away.)

The formatter offered me interleaves of 3:1 for a 512KE, 2:1 for a Plus and
1:1
for anything later. As the disk had been attached to a Plus before (and is now
on an SE) the interleave change probably explains the speed up.

Richard sent me lots of info about how to check that it had indeed got
internal
termination, but as it has been working practically faultlessly, I haven't yet
opened the case to check. I have had it working in the configuration (because
it
only has 25 pin SCSI sockets):

     MAC SE with internal HD  ====  WD external HD  ==== Syquest drive

with no external termination anywhere, and it worked. I don't know what that
proves.

Thanks again,
[e-mail]1
[e-mail]
<C=es;A=mensatex;P=y-net;O=sp1;S=Kenyon;G=Bob>

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 11:42:37 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Bebb)
Subject: Word-Mac Subscription info

Here is the Word-mac subscription info requested by "Rekha Rangarajan"
<[e-mail]>.  (Moderators: feel free to ditch
this if it is reply #47 or similar!).  The Cornell.Edu address is way out
of date.

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 13:55:45 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Word-Mac Moderator)
Subject: Word-Mac mailing list - Administravia

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 1:44:33 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Craig Sadler)
Subject: Word quits with error3 on Centris

 Is there an incompatibility between Word 5.1 and a Centris 650 ?
I seem to remember that MS Word products don't run on 68040 Macs
without a patch from microsoft.

 My friend's new Centris 650 reports that MS word quits with a
"type 3 error" when he tries to print. An error of type 3 is
apparently an illegal instruction.

 Can anyone help.

Forgive me if this is a faq and thank you!

Craig
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 14:16:17 BST
From: [e-mail] (Sak Wathanasin)

In Info-mac digests vol 11 no 149, [e-mail] writes:

> 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:

I've been running 3.3 since the alpha came out on ETO 9, and have no
problems with 3.3 final.

> 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.

You can always update your MPW using the backup command. I have the
following in my WorkSheet for easy reference:

backup -from 'E.T.O.:Tools - Objects:MPW:Latest MPW:MPW:' 6
       -to "{MPW}" -a -c -r

This comes from the release notes (page 12). Of course, you cannot use
this to copy the MPW Shell itself because you need to be running MPW to
execute the commands. This merges new and updated files from the CD on
to your hard drive.

> 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!!!!

It does? The zoom positions are controlled by an environment variable
ZoomWindowRect, but you don't have it set, it zooms to the full height
of the screen, leaving a little room at the bottom. Seems very sensible to me
and it doesn't make my worksheet disappear. Has it by any chance zoomed off
to a second monitor that you don't have switched on?

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 13:49:58 PDT
From: [e-mail]

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: moss
From: [e-mail] (Barry Moss)
Subject: Re: *rumour* of higher pc prices not a rumour.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
Organization: Motorola, Wireless Data Group - Richmond, BC
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 20:49:41 GMT
Lines: 47

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>There have been a lot of rumours flying about this around here.  I will
>try to provide what I have heard for fact.

>An explosion ripped through the Sumitomo Chemical Co. plant in Tokyo,
>Japan this last July 4, killing one person and injuring three others.
>I do not know the cause of the explosion, but rumour has it that it was
>sabotage.

>The Sumitomo plant accounted for 60% of the world's productivity of
>high-grade epoxy resin.  This black material is used to make the
>packaging for semiconductors.  The result is that component prices have
>skyrocketed.

<< local price increase info deleted>>

>While Sumitomo has asked DOW chemical, among others, to help fill the
>demand for epoxy resin, don't expect lower prices soon.  The rumour is
>that previous production levels will not be reached for 3 to 5 years.


>Regds,
>Gordon Laqua, technical analyst
>Tecknowledge Consulting Inc   ([e-mail])

I spoke to the local Motorola Semiconductor rep (who happens to sit in
our building :-) ) about the price issue. His comment was that the
loss of the epoxy supply will affect all IC manufacturing (at least those
that use plastic packages - most of the commercial/consumer electronics
markets); however, the DRAM market has the smallest margins so it will
be the most affected. Also, DRAM prices are no longer set by manufacturing
costs but more like the commodities market (pork bellies are down today,
meanwhile DRAM futures have doubled in the wake of an explosion...), so
many of th price increases in DRAM are not do to incresed cost but rather
due to a market scare. Watch for DRAM prices to peak in the next couple of
weeks due to the hysteria, then gradually return to present prices (+10% or
20%) over the next six months as the normal competitive market forces
take over.

Barry Moss

--
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Motorola: Wireless Data Group,  | Fax:   [phone]
11411 Number Five Road          | Member: Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
Richmond, BC, Canada  V7A 4Z3   | Disclaimer: My opinions, not Motorola's.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 22:14:59 -0700
From: [e-mail]

I downloaded several files from Sumex-AIM.  The files say that they must be
converted with BinHex 4.0.  Where can I dinf BinHex 4.0.  Thanks for your
help.

Ming Zhu

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