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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 23:09:16 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #160


Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 11 Aug 93       Volume 11 : Issue 160

Today's Topics:

      [*] 3D Folder Icons 1.1
      [*] 727 Slide Show
      [*] archive submission (RUMORS: part 1 of 3)
      [*] AV-startup.hqx
      [*] card-shell-vol1.hqx
      [*] card-shell-vol2.hqx
      [*] Carte.cpt.hqx
      [*] Claris Works 2.0 Demo
      [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ (info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt)
      [*] Computer Select Demo
      [*] Cursor Utilities 1.0.1 for HyperCard
      [*] Disk-File/TouchFolder-200.hqx
      [*] Easy Accents
      [*] evergreen-4010.sit.hqx (Tek 4010 emulator)
      [*] FalconMC--Updater to 1.01
      [*] gift
      [*] Gradebook Stack
      [*] Harold's Date qt part xaa of xaf
      [*] Hazardous 1.2
      [*] HeadKnock sound file
      [*] HexEdit 1.0.2
      [*] Icons R Us (My Version)
      [*] Inside Mac Games - August '93 Free Preview Edition
      [*] Kid Pix Demo
      [*] LaunchPad 3.0
      [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.7.1
      [*] Mac Speech Demo 0.1
      [*] MattPaint 1.9.2d submission
      [*] MessagePad.cpt.hqx
      [*] Newton-Icon.cpt.hqx
      [*] nexus-10.cpt.hqx
      [*] Oops. Version 1.3 is the current one.
      [*]pattern-tips1-sea.hqx
      [*] Peanuts-Icons-10.hqx
      [*] PhotoShop 2.5.1 Upgrade
      [*] Playroom.demo
      [*] Powdered Toast Man movie
      [*] proFit 4.1.2 updater
      [*] Review of Aldus Fetch (multimedia cataloging program)
      [*] sampled-simple-beep-snd.hqx
      [*] Say - an MPW tool that talks!
      [*] SimBeavisButthead0.9.sit.hqx
      [*] simple-beep.hqx
      [*] Space Junkie submission
      [*] Spelunx Demo
      [*] straight-lines-hc.hqx
      [*] StyleWriter I+ hack
      [*] Symbionts 2.1
      [*] TechTool-Reset Desktop Database & Zap PRAM Utility
      [*] The Player Pro 4.05 beta
      [*] TidBITS#188/09-Aug-93
      [*] Timecode Calculator v1.0 (.cpt.hqx)
      [*] To Post...
      [*] Wallpaper light/dark
      [*] Warlords Demo
      [*]welcome-sit.hqx
      [*] XLisp 2.1e2 for Macintosh
      [*] ZTerm Speed Patch
      040 Cache Control (Q)
      1 (& only) area where Windoze beats Mac OS
      Aliasing the desktop folder/Floppy drive
      AppMaker?
      A Problem with Public Folder
      A Problem with Public Folder - SOLVED
      BeHierarchic and System 7.1
      BTX emulator...
      Centris 610 Power System (Q)
      Charts and Databases in Excel 4.0
      Cracked Duo 230 Display
      DECNET and HP LJ4M... (A)
      Disk Compression (c)
      Ditch the HMS system--go with millidays! (R)
      EcoFoam
      Ether-Write/LPR
      Ethernet Speed Trap (Tip/Warning)
      EtherPort Se/30
      Eudora - Help with Dial in ? (Q)
      fax-modem with ISDN
      First Word Plus (Atari) to Mac Word Processor (Q)
      gostscript?
      Logging CPU Use/Time
      Looking for formatted equations from Mathematica
      LW8 & PPD help needed
      Mesolist
      MMU & PowerPC
      new files
      New Submissions?
      OMEGA SANE patch
      Power-up problem
      PowerPC corrections
      Prograph comments
      SE/30 Clock
      Search for a MicroWriter
      Shutdown Procedure (Q)
      SLIP/PPP question
      Software Utilities Upgrade
      StartupScreen don't start up no more (Q)
      Stylewriter II and vertical axes (C)
      Symantec (C)
      Think C 5.0 Bug (Q)
      Trash Emptying Solved
      User Groups in Australia.......
      user logging
      What's going on at macserve@pucc?
      What ways are there to get Internet email access?
      Where are MOD files for SoundTrecker?
      Wildcard rename
      Windows NT
      Workgroup Servers 60 & 80 (Q)

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 16:07:10 EST
From: John West <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] 3D Folder Icons 1.1

Here is the newest verion of 3D Folder Icons 1.1.
It corrects cosmetic mistakes (what else?) and includes an improved (hopefully
clearer) README.

Reminder: this file needs IConArtist to install the icons, pick that up while
  you're ftp-ing. You could also use ResEdit, but I don't want to take the
  time
  to explain how.

Enjoy the icons,
-john

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/folder-icons-11.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 93 19:55:36 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert Dorsett)
Subject: [*] 727 Slide Show

The slide show is a product description of the 727 Systems Simulator,
scheduled
for release in August 1993.

To open the slide-show, just double-click on the "727 Slide Show" icon.  The
show should load automatically.  To advance from screen to screen, click the
mouse; to exit, use command-period.

You will need about 1200K on disk in order to run the slide show.  The slide
show software may not work on Macintosh IIsi's.  Sorry.  If it doesn't, it'll
probably lock up and crash if you try to do anything.

The slide show software is PICTShow 1.5, written by Oliver Dreer, and may be
found on many ftp sites and online services.

The slide show may be copied freely.

Robert Dorsett
Flight Simulation Systems
PO Box 204092
Austin, TX  78720-4092

512-837-0827
[e-mail] ([e-mail] through 9/1/93)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/727-systems-simulator-show.hqx; 407K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 11:44 AST
From: [e-mail] (Ken Hill)
Subject: [*] archive submission (RUMORS: part 1 of 3)

RUMORS is a  help utility for the game Might & Magic IIIT.  It contains
176 tips and spoilers available from the various bartenders of the Isles
of Terror. The rumors are presented in Rustle Laidman's superb shareware
product MUSEUM, for making standalone text-graphics-sound applications.


Ken Hill
email:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/rumors.hqx; 85K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 6:41:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Harry Myhre)
Subject: [*] AV-startup.hqx

Startup screen of a Mac AV machine.
Looks nice at 256 color monitors setting.

Submitted by Harry Myhre
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/mac-av-startup.hqx; 192K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 16:12:05 -0600
From: Ralph Sutherland <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] card-shell-vol1.hqx

Code and Artwork (c)1992 Ralph S Sutherland.
Portions of code remain (c) Symantec Corp.

Welcome to the first of a series of solitaire card game releases.  Volume
#1 is the first four games to be developed with a new card game framework
called the Card Shell.  They all use full colour graphics including 40
pack designs and 60 background patterns.

This 1993 release fixes a few minor bugs.

*****System requirements

The games are designed to work best under system 7.0 or newer, although
they will still function with some loss of smoothness under system
6.0.7.  The games use full 256 colour colour graphics, but they
have optimisations to work well under all depths from B&W to
32bit colour.  However they require a mac with colour quickdraw.
At the moment this includes:

all Mac II computers (including the SE/30), all LCs, all Quadras
all powerbooks (except the PB100) and probably all newer macs.
(I am not sure about the Classic II).

They each want about 1MB of ram under system 7.0 and up to 1.5-2MB under
system 6 without 32bit Quickdraw

*****Credits

Design & programming: Ralph S Sutherland.
Testing: Neville Smythe and Kim Holburn.

Enjoy!

Ralph S Sutherland  July. 1993.

-- Ralph S. Sutherland          Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/card-shell-vol1.hqx; 355K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 16:13:05 -0600
From: Ralph Sutherland <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] card-shell-vol2.hqx

Code and Artwork (c)1992 Ralph S Sutherland.
Portions of code remain (c) Symantec Corp.

Welcome to a series of solitaire card game releases.  This is the second
release of three games, developed with a new card game framework called the
Card Shell.  They all use full colour graphics including 40 pack designs
and 60 background patterns.

Volume #2 consists of some more difficult games.  'The Towers' is based
on 'SeaHaven Towers', the best computer solitaire game ever.  'The Smith'
is a version of Spider, and 'The Prince' is just very difficult.
Examples of sucessful games are included so you can see how it is done.
I had to get my testers to do 'The Smith', I couldn't....

**************************************************************************
IMPORTANT: You do not require Volume #1 to use Volume #2, but if you
already have Volume #1 then you only require one copy of the 'cards'  data
file.  It can be shared by all of the Card Shell games.  You can simply
remove the copy that comes with volume #1 and use the Volume #2 'cards'
file for all the games.  This will save about 350K of disk space.
**************************************************************************


*****System requirements

They are designed to work best under system 7.0 or newer, although
they will still function with some loss of smoothness under system
6.0.7.  The games use full 256 colour colour graphics, but they
have optimisations to work well under all depths from B&W to
32bit colour.  However they require a mac with colour quickdraw.
At the moment this includes:

all Mac II computers (including the SE/30), all LCs, all Quadras
all powerbooks (except the PB100) and probably all newer macs.
(I am not sure about the Classic II).

They each want about 1MB of ram under system 7.0 and up to 1.5-2MB under
system 6 without 32bit Quickdraw

*****Credits

Design & programming: Ralph S Sutherland.
Testing: Neville Smythe and Kim Holburn.

Enjoy!

Ralph S Sutherland  July. 1993.

-- Ralph S. Sutherland          Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/card-shell-vol2.hqx; 303K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 00:49:21 EDT
From: Art Min <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Carte.cpt.hqx

This is the release version of Carte, a card game that is similar to
UNO. It is freeware, so enjoy. Full color, b/w support. Runs under both
System 6 and 7. Happy with any Mac. Neato sounds and very configurable.
Beta testers enjoyed it very much. Nuff said.

Art Min
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/carte.hqx; 308K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 9:11:41 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Darrin Haug)
Subject: [*] Claris Works 2.0 Demo

This is a copy of the Claris Works 2.0 Demo which I got at the
MacWorld Expo in Boston.

Claris Works is one of those all-inclusive type programs.
It has a speadsheet, word processor, graphing, etc.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/claris-works-20-demo.hqx; 1361K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 21:43:03 -0700
From: Eric Rosen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Comp-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ (info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt)

Last-modified: Wed Aug 11 1993
This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for comp.sys.mac.comm
=======================================================================

This list of frequently asked questions and answers is intended to help
reduce the number of "often asked questions" that make the rounds here
in comp.sys.mac.comm. Since comp.sys.mac.comm is intended as a forum to
discuss telecommunication (and related issues) that are specific to the
Macintosh, most questions about modems, telecommunications in general,
and other non-Macintosh specific communication questions are not listed
here. The proper newsgroup for such questions is usually comp.dcom.modems.

This list is posted periodically (about once a month) to the Usenet
groups comp.sys.mac.comm, news.answers, and comp.answers. Latest versions
of the FAQ can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the following sites:

     mac.archive.umich.edu: mac/misc/documentation/compsysmaccommfaq.txt

     sumex-aim.stanford.edu: info-mac/report/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt

     rtfm.mit.edu: pub/usenet/comp.sys.mac.comm/c.s.m.c_FAQ_[1_4]
                        c.s.m.c_FAQ_[2_4]
                        c.s.m.c_FAQ_[3_4]
                        c.s.m.c_FAQ_[4_4]

It also available in the Macintosh SIG on Delphi for Delphi members.

This FAQ is purely a volunteer effort. Although every effort has been
made to insure that answers are as complete and accurate as possible,
NO GUARANTEE IS IMPLIED OR INTENDED. The editor and contributors have
developed this FAQ as a service to Usenet. We hope you find it useful.
It has been formatted in setext format for your browsing convenience;
use a setext browser, such as EasyView, to take advantage of setext.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/comp-sys-mac-comm-faq.txt; 123K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 9:08:02 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Darrin Haug)
Subject: [*] Computer Select Demo

This is The Computer Select Demo, which I got at the MacWorld Expo
in Boston.

Computer Select is a reference CD, which comes out monthly (I believe),
and includes reviews, articles, coments on all types of Macintosh
hardware and software.  It also has hints and tips.  Looks like a good
reference for anyone who may be selecting/recomending hardware and
software.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/computer-select-demo.hqx; 1915K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 13:52:29 +1200
From: [e-mail] (Nigel Perry)
Subject: [*] Cursor Utilities 1.0.1 for HyperCard

The Cursor Utilities Package contains externals for HyperCard which enable
the cursor to be hidden (great for touch displays), the idle cursor to be
changed to something other than a Hand (this allows "permanent" cursor
changes), moved under script control, disconnected from the mouse, and
constrained to move in either the horizontal or vertical directions only
(these latter options are used at your own risk - beware the Apple Thought
Police! :-))

Changes to 1.0.1: Fixed problem moving cursor on the Quadra 800.

Copyright by Nigel Perry. Cost: a postcard to most people for eductional
and personal use, see stack for full details.

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/card/cursor-utilties-101.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 17:07:33 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Disk-File/TouchFolder-200.hqx

Here is a new version of my TouchFolder application.  While its purpose is
still to set the modification date of a folder to match the latest-modified
file inside, this one is much more flexible.  It has a preferences dialog
that comes up when you launch it by double-clicking, allowing you to choose
several settings.  Documentation is included in the archive.

Please remove version 1.0.0 (the only version I have uploaded before this
one) and replace it with this version.

Thank you,
Kevin

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/touch-folder-20.hqx; 63K]

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 16:09:15 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo)
Subject: [*] Easy Accents

I'd like to submit Easy Accents.
Easy Accents is a keyboard layout for easy accentuation.
To get a-acute you type 'a instead of option-e+a.
And similarly for other accents.
The attached folder contains a ReadMe with more information.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/easy-accents.hqx; 5K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 93 17:10:36 -0600
From: [e-mail] (zmolek andrew c)
Subject: [*] evergreen-4010.sit.hqx (Tek 4010 emulator)

This is a Tektronix 4010/VT100 emulator I found on AOL. It's a
little old and clunky, but apparently free. It was written by
Kenneth Chin-Purcell at the University of Minnesota in 1986.

For those who use Mathematica remotely (and may not have
been aware), tek graphics can be initialized by entering
<<Tek.m at the In[n]:= prompt.  This emulator will allow you
to view any Mathematica graphs, although you wil definitely
have to play around w/ settings on both ends.

I'm looking for a good VT340 or VT240 emulator (or a better
Tek 4010, for that matter), so if anyone is aware of such an
animal, please let me know. (Mathematica will send graphics
output to either kind).

--Andy Zmolek
Brigham Young University
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/evergreen-4010.hqx; 40K]

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Date: 8 Aug 1993 02:53:36 -0500
From: "Cerro, Joseph A" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FalconMC--Updater to 1.01

Enclosed is a binhexed self-extracting archive containing Spectrum Holobyte's
FalconMC patcher, which updates version 1 to version 1.01.

It includes bug-fixes and performance enhancements. The file was downloaded
>From AmericaOnline and checked with Disinfectant 3.2.

Enjoy! (Standard disclaimers apply--I am not associated with Spectrum
Holobyte--I am merely a satisfied user.) Joe Cerro ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/falcon-mc-101-updt.hqx; 163K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 20:18:58 +1000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] gift

 PhotoSizer: dtp image sizing utility (proportion wheel). Can save
image details on the fly to text file. Compatible with all Mac hardware up
 to Quadra 800. Sys 6 & 7.

attached in proper .cpt.hqx format. Sorry for the oversight. I'm new to this!

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photo-sizer.hqx; 39K]

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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 10:58:15 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jim Witte)
Subject: [*] Gradebook Stack

Here is the initial shareware release of The Gradebook Stack v1.3

Features:

* Define your own grading system and grading scale
* Handles letter grades, numerical grades (25/30), or "Check-Plus-Minus"
* Calculates averages, tracks attendance, prints reports for you
  and your students
* Built-in Help and friendly interface make it easy to learn & use
* Shareware, $15

[Archived as /info-mac/app/the-gradebook-13-hc.hqx; 171K]

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 93 07:35:16 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Rory Hinnen)
Subject: [*] Harold's Date qt part xaa of xaf

This is a quicktime animation, nearly a minute long. I created it
using Infini-D & Premiere.

This is the first bit of character animation I've attempted, and I'm
fairly pleased with it. It involves a digital fellows attempt at meeting
the ideal digital woman. It was created in Infini-D 2.5, using elements
imported from Photoshop & Illustrator. After the CG files were created,
everything was brought into Premiere, tightened up, and titles were
added (from Photoshop, again).

Someday, I hope to do this sort of stuff for a living, 'tho right now
I'm a lowly CS student at University Nevada, Reno (Hear that, Misters
Lucas, Cameron or Kristoff - Hire me now and avoid the rush!)

Anyway, hope you like the file. It was fun to do.

.rory.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/harolds-date.hqx; 2232K]

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 02:22:47 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Roy D.)
Subject: [*] Hazardous 1.2

HAZARDOUS 1.2 (BIG UPDATE)
is an addictive arcade action game for all Macintosh computers running
System 6.0.7 or higher.  It requires at least 600/720K free RAM (B&W/color)
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 Mac Plus, SE, SE/30, II, IIcx, IIsi, IIci, LC and LCII computers.
It doesn't seem to work on the Quadra series (tested on the Q800).

NEW IN VERSION 1.2:
o no longer a demo; you get the FULL game
o extra lives are awarded every 25,000 points
o touch a four-leaf clover for luck
o 22 different enemy characters
o demo mode
o toggle sound (with Command-S) during game
o techical: the Sound Manager is reinitialized after every level and at the
beginning of every game, to solve Sound Manager problems
o technical: the 'QuitApplication' Apple Event is now supported.

If you have any questions, comments or fanmail, you can reach me at
[e-mail] (Internet).

HAVE FUN!!!!!

- Roy

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/hazardous-12.hqx; 308K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 93 16:55:43 -0600
From: Robert T. Weverka <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] HeadKnock sound file

Drumming your fingers while waiting for that long system beep to finish?

wait no more.  This short beep makes a great system beep.  It is the sound
of a knuckle rap on the head with mouth open for resonance.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/short-beep.hqx; 3K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 17:01:04 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Bumgardner)
Subject: [*] HexEdit 1.0.2

HexEdit v 1.0.2                         Copyright 1993 Jim Bumgardner

HexEdit is a hexdump viewer and editor that works similarly to the hex
editor provided with Apple's ResEdit.  It allows you to edit either
the data fork or the resource fork of a file.

Changes since version 1.0 :

Hex/Ascii Text search
Goto Address
Overwrite/Insert Toggle
Back-up files are optional now.
Various bug fixes.
No longer requires System 7 & 32-bit QuickDraw

[Archived as /info-mac/app/hex-edit-102.hqx; 42K]

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Date: 11 Aug 1993 10:55:31 +1000
From: "Sam Tan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Icons R Us (My Version)

This version of Icons R Us have been modified to not use folders as icon
holders. Each icon is now a single resoure file that you cannot accidentally
double-click to open into an empty folder.

I would recommend that icons be distributed in this way, as it would reduce
the
number of folders a hard drive would contain. And since the Finder does not
add
up invisible file sizes, Get Info on a lot of invisible files would be
deceiving.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/my-icons-r-us.hqx; 151K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 07:33:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Inside Mac Games - August '93 Free Preview Edition

--0-1026471258-745079771:#15782
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

--0-1026471258-745079771:#15782
Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; name="inside-mac-games-august-93.hqx"
Content-ID: <[e-mail]>
Content-Description:

[Archived as /info-mac/per/inside-mac-games-93-08.hqx; 895K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 17:37:14 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Darrin Haug)
Subject: [*] Kid Pix Demo

This is a copy of Kid Pix Demo which I recieved on a CD
interactive story from Broderbund.

Kid Pix is a cool Art program for Kids.  It has stamps,
brushes, effects, etc.  The sounds are great.
The demo lets you only use the first 3 choices from each
button item.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/kid-pix-demo.hqx; 386K]

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 93 11:50:04 EDT
From: J S Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LaunchPad 3.0

Archivists:  This version of LaunchPad replaces previous versions.

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


Application: LaunchPad(tm) 3.0
(Shareware, $11)


Changes from version 2.0.2:

LaunchPad 3.0 is a major upgrade that:

  -- introduces automated drop-launching via Valet Launching(tm),

  -- includes the LaunchPad Valet(tm) utility for configuring
     Valet Links(tm).


Description:

System 7's drop-launching features are a nice idea, but
there is a catch: in order to drop documents onto an
application, you need to have the application on the
desktop, or in some other open window.  This one problem is
probably the single greatest impediment to realizing the
full potential of drop-launching.  In the past, you had
basically two choices: either fill up your desktop with an
array of various application icons, to keep them available
for drop-launching, or keep your desktop clean, and limit
your use of drop-launching to rare occasions.

LaunchPad changes all that.

LaunchPad is a simple utility designed to let you keep a
clean desktop, but still maintain convenient access to
System 7's drop-launching features.  LaunchPad serves as a
drag-and-drop dock for any applications that you choose.
You simply drag documents to the LaunchPad icon, and then
select an application to launch from the "get file" dialog.
The dropped documents will then be opened using the selected
application (if possible).

LaunchPad also facilitates automated drop-launching with Valet
Launching.  With the included utility, LaunchPad Valet, you can
configure LaunchPad to automate your most frequent drop-launching
tasks.

With LaunchPad, you keep your desktop clean and take
advantage of System 7's drop-launching.

So why use drop-launching or LaunchPad?  If this question
comes to mind, then you are probably one of the many people
who have yet to experience just how convenient drop-
launching can be.  Drop-launching makes many tasks much
easier.  See the enclosed documentation for useful examples.


Specifications:

LaunchPad requires less than 35K of disk space, and as little as 45K
of RAM.  LaunchPad Valet requires less than 25K of disk space.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/launch-pad-30.hqx; 95K]

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Date: 09 Aug 93 15:55:20 EDT
From: bruce grubb <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac.ftp.list Version 3.7.1

Archive name: mac-ftp-list371.txt
category: text

This is the latest version this report and should replace the previous version
of mac-ftp-list.txt.

This is a update to Mike Gleason's ftp list {He gave me permision to continue
it}.  It lists a good number of mac anonymous ftp sites with notes on some and

a little blurb on how to use anonymous ftp.


[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-371.txt; 30K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 15:04:17 -0700
From: Alan Coopersmith <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Mac Speech Demo 0.1

This is a tiny program with complete source code that allows a user to hear
samples of all the voices installed in their system under the Speech
Manager.  The Speech Manager is NOT included, but is required, and is
availble for anonymous ftp from ftp.apple.com.

This is a "quick-and-dirty hack" built in a half hour with only the Speech.h
interface file for reference.  No interface or error-checking is included.
It will probably crash Macs without the Speech Manager installed
(uninstalled trap error or some such).

Use of this program is at your own risk - no warranty is made and only
minimal testing (it works under Sys 7.1 on my IIsi) has been done.

[Compressed with Stuffit Lite 3.0.6]

[I just tried it on my se/30 -- still sounds like MacInTalk :(  You need to
get the speech manger from ftp.apple.com -- Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac-speech-01.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 22:53:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (matthew battey)
Subject: [*] MattPaint 1.9.2d submission

Matt Paint 1.9.2d is a shareware 256 color paing program for the
Apple Macintosh.  It features 16 different tool, 3 of which are
coustomizeable.  The coustomizeable tools include a paint brush, eraser,
and selector that has 6 different modes, one of which is a coustomizeable
lasso tool.

It was published on AMUG's(Arizona Macintosh User Group) "BBS in a Box"
cd-rom, and is also located on America On line.  You can find it written up in
MacWorld's new book MACWORLD MACINTOSH SECRETS which debued(sp?) at the
MacWorld Expo.

Matt Paint is a color paint program, so it requires Color Quick Draw.  If it
is
not available on you machine Matt Paint should give you the option to exit
with
out crashing your machine.

Please report any bugs to

[e-mail]
or
[e-mail]

-Matt Battey

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/matt-paint-192d.hqx; 144K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 6:40:43 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Harry Myhre)
Subject: [*] MessagePad.cpt.hqx

B&W Folder Icon of a Newton Messagepad.
Looks nice at 256 color monitors setting.

Submitted by Harry Myhre
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/newton-messagepad-256-icon.hqx; 236K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 6:42:02 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Harry Myhre)
Subject: [*] Newton-Icon.cpt.hqx

B&W Folder Icon of a Newton Messagepad.
Looks nice at 16 color monitors setting.

Submitted by Harry Myhre
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/newton-messagepad-16-icon.hqx; 2K]

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 11:04:52 +1000 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (alexander william macaulay)
Subject: [*] nexus-10.cpt.hqx

Please put this file in the games/bolo directory.

With recent discussion on various features that could be
put in a cyborg I decided to make a brain which incorporated
some of these ideas.  Here is the introduction for Nexus 1.0...

Nexus is a Bolo cyborg which (hopefully) improves your
performance. It should be compatible with at least Bolo 0.99.1
and higher. It has the following features:

- Extra key controls to control some building actions;
- Automated road building and restricted mine clearing abilities;
- Navigational information about tanks, pillboxes and bases;
- Wide area radar showing a larger view of the area around you.

Alex MacAulay ([e-mail]).
--

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/nexus-10.hqx; 15K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 15:14:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Jacobs)
Subject: [*] Oops. Version 1.3 is the current one.

Sorry, but I think I may have sent you version 1.2 of the Omega SANE
patcher.  I thought that I had sent v1.3, which incorporates some
important fixes, but the original send was such a mess...

I am enclosing v1.3 with this message.  It is in .cpt format, so it is
about 17K smaller...

sorry,

jon

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/omega-sane-13.hqx; 75K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 14:59:15 -0500
From: [e-mail] (kruse joel)
Subject: [*]pattern-tips1-sea.hqx

Hello there!  Joel Kruse here with the first in what will
hopefully be a series of tips dealing with creating desktop
patterns and ppat resources.  Let me know if this helps you
out!

JoelUs Pattern Tips #1 is a DocMaker document compressed as a
self-extracting Stuffit archive.

Joel Kruse
[e-mail]
AOL:  JKruse

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/pattern-tips-10.hqx; 201K]

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 01:46:57 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Peanuts-Icons-10.hqx

This is a set of color icons of eight characters from the "Peanuts" comic
strip; Charlie Brown, Sally, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Peppermint
Patty, and Marcie.

Postcardware.

keg

* [e-mail]   I've got plenty of opinions.  Just ask my wife! *

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/penuts-icons.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 08:10:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ephraim Fithian <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PhotoShop 2.5.1 Upgrade

--44205-483892774-744898433:#2603
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Here is the upgrade to PhotoShop 2.5.1 that was posted on August 8, 1993
on mac.archive.umich.edu.

Ephraim Fithian
Kutztown University of PA
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photoshop-251-updt.hqx; 1714K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 17:31:51 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Darrin Haug)
Subject: [*] Playroom.demo

This is a demo of Color Playroom, a kids game by Broderbund.
I got it with a interactive story CD, Just Grandma and Me.

The Playroom has counting games, clock/time games, letter games,
and other activities for youngster who know how to move a mouse
and push the button.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/color-playroom-demo.hqx; 668K]

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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 22:21:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kevin R Lesniewicz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Powdered Toast Man movie

--1073741863-1931381603-744776787:#21008
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Ren & Stimpy hero Powdered Toast Man's infamous line to the Pope when the
wind intensity was getting too strong. Viewer discretion advised ;-)
(QuickTime required) ((made it myself))

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/powdered-toast-man.hqx; 498K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 10:25:04 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Ivan Biaggio)
Subject: [*] proFit 4.1.2 updater

Re: proFit-412.hqx

This is the updater for proFit 4.1.2. It updates versions 4.1.0
and 4.1.1 to 4.1.2. It corrects some minor bugs and makes proFit's
PostScript output fully compatible with the version 8.0 of the
LaserWriter driver.

proFit is an application for scientific data analysis for the Macintosh.
It comes with a professional graphic editor for presentation of data and
mathematical functions, a built-in Pascal compiler for defining functions
and data transformation algorithms, offers an interactive fitting
environment for modelling data and much much more. Everybody working with
data and mathematical functions should have a look at it.

contact:

QuantumSoft, Postfach 6613, CH-8023 Zurich, Switzerland

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/pro-fit-412-updt.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 14:04:10 PDT
From: "Anthony E. Siegman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Review of Aldus Fetch (multimedia cataloging program)

The following is an informal review and collection of user comments
concerning Fetch, a multi-media cataloging program from Aldus that can
be used for building and searching catalogs of images, sounds, and
QuickTime movies, and previewing the contents of the catalog, either
for single users or multiple users on a network.  The review is in
ASCII text format, about 500 lines long, or 24 KB.  Reactions or
additional comments welcomed; email to [e-mail].

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/aldus-fetch-comments.txt; 23K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 21:31 EST
From: "Mitchell S. Cohen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] sampled-simple-beep-snd.hqx

Due to popular frustration with the new Sound Manager 3.0,
enclosed is SAMPLED-SIMPLE-BEEP-SND.HQX, a SAMPLED version
of our tried-and-true "simple beep."  It is in System-7
sound format, sampled at 8-bits, 22KHz, mono.  This was
created by connecting the sound-output from one Mac into
the sound-input of another.  Cleaned up slightly in Sound
Edit Pro.  Just drag it into your SYSTEM file, select it in
your Sound control panel device, and away you go.

For anyone wondering WHY...Sound Manager 3.0, which does
all sorts of wonderful things, doesn't play the old Simple
Beep in the same way.  It doesn't include a DIFFERENT sound,
just plays the old one in a new way.  Someone on Info-Mac
reported this as something to do with playing square waves
correctly.  Well I didn't like the "corrected" simple beep,
so I've sampled it the way it was.  Here for your enjoyment.

-- Mitch Cohen, [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/sampled-simple-beep.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 14:47:22 WET DST
From: Paul Russell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Say - an MPW tool that talks!

Say is an MPW tool which reads standard input and converts it to spoken text
using the Speech Manager. The current version selects one of the installed
voices (either MacinTalk or Gala Tea) at random. A future version may allow a
command line option to specify which voice should be used. This was a quick
hack. There is no commando interface.

Say is useful for notifying the user when a lengthy script has completed
execution, eg:

  DoVeryLongBuild # build latest version of my application
  Echo "Wake up!" | Say # wake me up when it's done

Requires: Speech Manager, MPW, System 7.0.

Paul Russell, Dept Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex.

Internet: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/mpw-speech-tool.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 14:07:16 +0501 (EDT)
From: Keith Makuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SimBeavisButthead0.9.sit.hqx

The attached is an application that simulates a conversation between MTV's
popular characters, Beavis & Butthead.  Based on the code from "SimBush,"
with the author's permission.  This version is limited to only a
few sounds, but an upcoming version should be much more streamlined --
providing a good response from the beta.
Postcardware.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/sim-beavis-n-butthead.hqx; 719K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 14:25:35 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: [*] simple-beep.hqx

Hello,

This system 7 sound file plays the Simple Beep, the default sound that comes
with every Mac.  This is a sampled sound, not a set of instructions to the
computer.  Thus, those people who have Sound Manager 3.0 from Apple can use
this if they prefer the 'old' beep over the 'new' way the Sound Manager plays
the Simple Beep.

Unfortunately, the sound sounds a bit hollow.  If anybody can do a better job,
I would appreciate it!

This file should replace the existing simple-beep.hqx, which did not
correct the problem under Sound Manager.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/another-simple-beep.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 22:43:47 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tuan Huynh)
Subject: [*] Space Junkie submission

Space Junkie submission
 ----------------------

Space Junkie is a shareware color arcade game for the Macintosh somewhat
based on the classic game Galaxian. It features colorful graphics, fast and
smooth 60fps animation and arcade-like sounds.

This game requires the following minimum hardware configuration:
- A color Macintosh with a 68020 CPU or better.
- A color or grayscale display with at least 16 colors and a minimum size of
512x384 pixels.
- At least 350Kb to run.
- 80 Kb on your hard disk (I hope that's not too much to ask for... :-)

Space Junkie is compatible with all known and reasonable Macintosh
configurations. It runs under either 24-bit or 32-bit mode and with any
number of monitors. It is compatible with both System 6 and 7 and was tested
on the Macintosh SE/30, II, LC, Color Powerbook, IIfx, IIsi, Color Classic,
IIci, Centris and Quadra computers.

Space Junkie is shareware. This means that I'd like you to register by
sending me US$15 if you like Space Junkie and subsequently decide to keep
it. Personal checks or money orders are welcome. This small fee is to
encourage me to support Space Junkie and write more new exciting software.
Thanks in advance for supporting shareware. You can reach me at the
following address:
    Tuan Huynh
    16549 NE 36th Ct, Apt #NN102
    Redmond, WA 98052
    USA
I can also be reached via E-mail at:
    [e-mail]
or
    [e-mail]
Thanks!

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/space-junkie.hqx; 83K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 17:42:49 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Darrin Haug)
Subject: [*] Spelunx Demo

This is a copy of the Spelunx Demo which has some color added.

This looks like an interative kids game, where you travel in a
cave running into all sorts of things.  I think I saw some counting
games and other educational things that you run into.
I believe it was made by the same people who made Manhole.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/spelunx-demo.hqx; 1052K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 17:43:20 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Claude JACQ)
Subject: [*] straight-lines-hc.hqx

Straight Lines is a HyperCard stack useful to adjust points to a line.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/straight-lines-hc.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 12:52:10 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] StyleWriter I+ hack

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello,

This is somewhat enhanced version of Adam Schenker's hack to safely use the
new StyleWriter II driver with the older StyleWriter printers.

StyleWriter II driver is not included...

Please read the enclosed 'read-me' file.

Cheers, Igor

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/stylewriter-ii-hack.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 0:39:22 EDT
From: Kevin Hardman -- Personal Account <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Symbionts 2.1

As author of Symbionts 2.1 I'm sending you a stuffed and binhexed copy to be
included in your archive.  I've included a brief description below:

Symbionts is an extension that monitors the startup process.  Symbionts
displays the name and number of bytes of memory each system extension
allocates from the system heap.  The name and number appear beneath the
extension's icon, and since the name is usually truncated, Symbionts also
displays it in the menu bar.  Symbionts even shows the icons for those
extensions that don't normally reveal themselves.

Symbionts Control is a control panel that sets the preferences for the
Symbionts extension.  It also allows the review of the information collected
by the Symbionts extension.  Additionally, the control panel is used to
manage the loading of system extensions without having to dig around in the
System folder.  Extension can be enabled and disabled simply by
double-clicking on the extension icon and name.

Both items require System 7.0 or higher.  Comments and wish lists welcome.
Please send all correspondences to [e-mail].

--Kevin

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/symbionts-21.hqx; 82K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 09:14:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Bechtel)
Subject: [*] TechTool-Reset Desktop Database & Zap PRAM Utility

Downloaded from AppleLink:

Contact:
MicroMat Computer Systems
7075 Redwood Blvd
Novato, CA  94945
415-898-6227
MicroMatComp

TechTool is a small utility which automates two tasks Macintosh users often
need to perform:

* Rebuilding the desktop
* Zapping the PRAM.

While TechTool makes these tasks easier by allowing the user to perform them
without memorizing cryptic keystrokes, it also accomplishes these tasks better
than with traditional methods.

Desktop Rebuild:
Rebuilding the desktop is often necessary when documents fail to launch after
double-clicking, or when custom icons are unexpectedly replaced with generic
document or application icons. Traditionally, holding the option and command
keys before the Finder loads will force the invisible desktop file to
"rebuild"
itself. Quite often, this is not completely effective because the original
desktop file was corrupted, so rebuilding it only yields an updated desktop
file which is still damaged.

TechTool provides a better solution to rebuilding the desktop. It actually
deletes the original desktop. The next time the Finder loads, it will create a
brand new desktop file.

Zap the Parameter Ram:
The parameter RAM (PRAM) contains user-definable settings that must be
retained
after the computer has been deactivated. Settings such as time of day, mouse
scaling, keyboard repeat rate, and startup drive preferences are all stored in
the upper 64 bytes of PRAM. Traditionally, one could clear or "zap" these
upper
64 bytes of PRAM by holding a special key combination at startup or before
selecting the control panel.  This often cured behavioral anomalies which
could
not be remedied with software replacement.

Below the standard 64 bytes of PRAM lies another 192 bytes of memory which
are,
for the most part, publicly undocumented. These are secret storage areas that
Apple uses for such things as Manufacture Date and Factory Service settings.
When these portions of the PRAM become corrupted with invalid data, odd
problems can occur and sometimes the machine will fail to work at all.
Traditional PRAM zapping does not clear the lower 192 bytes of PRAM. The only
alternative is to remove the PRAM battery, which is often soldered to the
logic
board. TechTool clears all 256 bytes of PRAM memory without the need to remove
the battery. Once the system is rebooted, the Macintosh ROMs will replace the
PRAM contents with its default or factory settings.

This is a free utility which contains info/demo screens of MicroMat Products.

--Brian Bechtel    [e-mail]    "My opinion, not Apple's"

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/tech-tool.hqx; 95K]

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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 93 07:30:02 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jamal Hannah)
Subject: [*] The Player Pro 4.05 beta

Please place this archive on the info-mac list & FTP site..


The Player Pro 4.05 beta by Antoine Rosset

* Edits (some) Amiga MOD/Tracker files!
  (This option not enabled in beta version)

* Visual representation of MOD while being played back.

* Opening of MIDI files. (not enabled in this version)

* Takes advantage of the Cyclone & Tempest's improved sound capabilities
  during playback.


$15 shareware fee for origional full-featured version should be sent to:

Antoine ROSSET
16 Boulevard des Tranchees
1206 Geneva
SWITZERLAND

Send email to <[e-mail]> about contacting the Author via
the Internet.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/the-player-pro-405b.hqx; 293K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 22:41:32 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] TidBITS#188/09-Aug-93

TidBITS#188/09-Aug-93

Macworld Boston news abounds this issue with an in-depth look at
   the concepts and analysis surrounding Apple's newest and coolest
   device, the Newton MessagePad. Mark Anbinder provides his annual
   Macworld superlatives article, and we look at a new company spun
   off from CE Software, PrairieSoft. Finally, although merely a
   MailBIT, it's important to note that the Newton MessagePad won't
   officially ship for several weeks so don't bug your dealer until
   then.

Topics:
    MailBITS/09-Aug-93
    Oh Give Me A Home
    MacworldBITS/09-Aug-93
    Newton Arrives
    Reviews/09-Aug-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-188.etx; 28K]

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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 93 14:47:31 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Coven)
Subject: [*] Timecode Calculator v1.0 (.cpt.hqx)

Timecode Calculator, Version 1.0.

The timecode calculator is a simple calculator made for videographers,
audio engineers, and anyone else who every now and again needs to add
times together (such as on your homemade cassette of your favorite
songs).

It is a very small application that can sit in your Apple Menu
Items folder quite nicely.

To use it, simply type or click the numbers and operations you want,
and the answer will appear in frames and time (in the format
HH:MM:SS:FF, hours-minutes-seconds-frames).  You can also mix
non-drop frame (30 frames a second) and drop frame (29.9699 frames
a second), as well as select the output time in drop or non-drop.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/timecode-calculator-10.hqx; 28K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 17:26:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Hollye Knox-Green <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] To Post...

--0-1198335035-745108123:#3072
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII


Sumex-

The TENET !!!! Stack  Ver. 1.0
with accompanying "tenet" stacks and "tenet-research" is a Hypercard
program designed for educators who use The Texas Education Network (TENET)
and for those folks who want to learn more about the Internet.

This version can be distributed as FREEWARE.
Please e-mail me a message if you like the stack.
Please install the files
     tenet-student-stacks-1.hqx,
     tenet-student-stacks-2.hqx,
     tenet-student-stacks-3.hqx
     tenet-student-stacks-4.hqx
     tenet-student-stacks-5.hqx
     tenet-research-hqx
These stacks were an assortment of my special education student's
Hypercard stacks for the 1992-1993 school year.
These stacks go with the presentation, "Hype 'Em Up with Hypercard."
Many more stacks are available.

The Research Presentation is courtesy of Pat Cook.

The "Texas History" stack is courtesy of John Tomas'  3rd grade
students.

All freeware and shareware packages mentioned
in the "About" button on the Main Menu are NOT included.
The Word Processing, Kermit .99, ZTerm, GIF Converter, Decompressing-
Compressing Software, and Hypercard Stacks' BUTTONS should prompt you
for their location and work correctly if you have installed them on your
Mac's hard drive.  The HyperTEACH stack is available at
sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  Archived under info-mac/card/hyper-teach.hqx.

The TENET !!!! stack was developed for my own personal presentations
and workshops.  The workshops are entitled:
  --Intro Level-Telecommunications
  --Intermediate Level-Telecommunications
  --Getting Caught by the Internet
  --Using TENET in the Classroom  (3 levels)
      --The Basics
      --Intermediate Level
      --Advanced Level
  --Hype "Em Up with Hypercard

I hope you enjoy the program!


[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tenet.hqx; 543K]
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tenet-stacks-1.hqx; 260K]
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tenet-stacks-2.hqx; 469K]
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tenet-stacks-4.hqx; 538K]
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/tenet-stacks-5.hqx; 474K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 17:51:23 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Darrin Haug)
Subject: [*] Wallpaper light/dark

This is a copy of the latest version of Wallpaper which I was
asked to put up here.  I got it at the MacWorld Expo in Boston,

Wallpaper itself is now at Version 1.5 and in the new
Wallpaper Light and Dark, you get a screen saver which
uses the patterns in all kinds ways.  I believe they can be tiled,
overlapped, from the left or right, top or bottom, etc.

The screen saver can be used as an AfterDark module, and if
you do not have AfterDark they have an application on the
real disk which you can use to control the screen saving
features.

I was told the real one comes with 600+ patterns.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/wall-paper.hqx; 463K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 13:23:32 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Warlords Demo

Here, by request, is a demo version of Strategic Studies Group excellent
game, Warlords.  I got it off the Demo Games CD which came with my Apple
CD-ROM drive.

  -Greg Ferrar ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/warlords-demo.hqx; 637K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 14:58:05 -0500
From: [e-mail] (kruse joel)
Subject: [*]welcome-sit.hqx

About this StartupScreen...

This archive contains a pict file in StartupScreen
format.  The pict is  8-bit, dithered to the system
palette.  It is 640x480 pixels and should work well with
all 13" and 14" monitors.  All you need to do is put it
in the system folder, then restart your Mac to see your
nifty new greeting screen!

About the artist...

I'm a student at Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN,
studying audio production.  I am also a member of the
Electronic Artists Consortium (EAC), a group dedicated to
bringing artwork to the Mac desktop for all to see.  If
you like this, be looking for artwork from other EAC
artists.  Please drop me a line at:

internet:  [e-mail] America Online:
JKruse

I hope you get a kick out of this! :-)

Joel Kruse

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/welcome-startup.hqx; 166K]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 10:22:44 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kendig)
Subject: [*] XLisp 2.1e2 for Macintosh

This is XLisp 2.1e2 for the Macintosh, an upgrade to version 2.1e
which I posted a few months ago.  This version fixes an infinite loop
bug in the code for (loop) and cleans up a few interface and memory
problems.

This Stuffit file (use one of the v3 unstuffers to open it; 1.5.1
won't work) contains the XLisp executable, documentation, and sample
code.  It provides all the functionality of XLisp with an interface
similar to that of Apple's MCL -- it is not as fast or powerful as
MCL, but it is a lot cheaper (free) and less disk-greedy.  It should
be completely compatible with XLisp code written on other platforms.

There is another file available separately which contains the complete
source code to Xlisp 2.1e (I'll upload the 2.1e2 changes if there's
interest), along with a THINK C v6 project file.  You can get it from
popular Macintosh ftp sites such as sumex and umich.

Like XLisp on other platforms, this program is in the public domain.
The source code to the xlisp engine is completely unchanged from the
code used on other platforms.

Be sure to read the release notes!

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/xlisp-21e2.hqx; 307K]

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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1993 15:30:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Leslie Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZTerm Speed Patch

This ResEdit color palette may speed up ZTerm's performance
at high speeds (>=9600 bps.) If you don't need color, simply
set your monitor to black and white. The following is from the
ReadMe file:

Begin Quote

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

End Quote

This version replaces my previous upload, which contained the
instructions, but not the color palette. A Stuffed, BinHexed
file. Please place in the comm directory with ZTerm.

Leslie Jones
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 19:58:42 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 040 Cache Control (Q)

As usual, I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention when the subject of
the 040 cache and incompatibilities came up. Now I need to know. Goodwife
Bloom's birthday present is a Centris 650. Yeah, I know. She should be so
nice to me.

Nonetheless, what is the preferred mechanism for flipping the beast's
cache on and off by application?

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 23:56:22 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: 1 (& only) area where Windoze beats Mac OS

As a Mac user & PC developper (not by choice), I have conclusively decided
that the Mac GUI is better in nearly every significant field... Except one.

There is one think about Windoze that I thinke makes more sense than one
the Mac: Keyboard navigation. In Windoze, it is possible to do nearly e
everything using only the keyboard. I still like mice, but sometimes it
can be frustrating to run circles around your target instead of just pressing
a key. Some other times, I just don't feel like taking my hand off of the
keyboard (if I am doing lots of typing and don't want to have feel for the
key with the bump again).

The price that Windoze pays is that many key stroke commands require more
actual strokes than on the Mac. It is also true that this feature is more
needed in Windoze because the MS mouse is pretty flakey.

I realize that this is a little picky, but I am wondering what related
opinions other people have. Although it is a small subject, one fact remains:
In Windoze, it is possible to have a session in which you never touch the
mouse - On the Mac, it is not.

Please send replies to me directly - I'll post a summary of opinions in
about a week (I don't want to start a "war" with this, so please be nice,
and please leave it to me to post the results so we can keep the traffic
here a little lighter).

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 09:33:54 -0800
From: [e-mail] (I Like Liver)
Subject: Aliasing the desktop folder/Floppy drive

Hi everyone-
Can anyone think of a way to alias these?  Doing so to the floppy drive is
probably not possible, but I thought I'd ask anyway.  But is there a way to
alias the Desktop folder?  From dealing with floppies, I know that it shows
up under sys6 as a normal folder, but then one  cannot make aliases... This
started out as an attempt to put it in the applemenu for hierarchical
menus, and has turned into a personal vandetta, which I now give up on and
plea for help.
Thanks
jamie

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 09:28:10 CDT
From: Akira <[e-mail]>
Subject: AppMaker?

Are there any users of AppMaker?  Anything you want to pass on?

Akira

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 10:58:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: A Problem with Public Folder

>
> >>>>
> The path to the folder as :desktop:Public Folder:
> and Custom Name set to the name of the Mac,
> and a folder on the desktop named "Public Folder".
> >>>[e-mail] |
>
> Ray:
>   The problem is that your Public Folder sits on your Desktop.  Once you
move
> it back inside the Hard Drive Hierarchy everything will work fine again.  I
> guess when Claris made this product (since it is so old), they did not
forsee
> the sys7 changes.
>

If I am correct, System 7 stores the files that reside on the desktop in
the hard disk in the folder 'Desktop Folder' (or is it just named
'Desktop'?  Forgive me for forgetting :)

Anyway, the path should be 'Name of Hard Disk:Desktop Folder:Public Folder'

I hope this helps!

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 09:51:08 GMT
From: "Ray Kallman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Problem with Public Folder - SOLVED

I would like to thank everyone for their suggestions for fixing my
Public Folder problem.  I apologize for not keeping track and thanking
you by name.

I found my problem was in the way I wrote the path name to find the
"Public Folder" folder.  I had written it :Desktop:Public Folder: and
had forgotten that in System 7, the desktop is really a folder sitting
on the hard drive and is called (of all things) the Desktop Folder!
The path should have been written :Desktop Folder:Public Folder:.
When I changed this, it worked perfectly.

I want to thank Les Ferch <[e-mail]> who suggested that I look
into "Novell's DataClub product. It implements a virtual
server, which is definitely the smartest way to share files without a
dedicated server and the easiest system for users."

Thanks to all who responded.

| Ray Kallman       [e-mail] |

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 10:19 BST
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: BeHierarchic and System 7.1

Dear All,

This may have been discussed previously but forgive me, I wasn't paying
attention. A friend of mine seems to think that BeHierarchic 1.0.5
doesn't work on System 7.1. I have neither so I can't test it myself.
He says the problem occurs on Powerbooks, IIsi and LCII machines. Is this
a known fact, is there a fix or are we looking at some other INIT
conflict.

I'm afraid that details are necessarily sketchy. I think that the drop
down arrows are appearing OK, but sub-menus don't appear. I also don't
have a clue what else he's running 'cos this is just the result of a
telephone conversation.

Any help gratefully accepted. Please reply direct to me.

Thanks in advance,

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

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 15:32:38 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: BTX emulator...

Ok, I know this has been discussed before (I even thought I HAD a solution,
but apparently I was mistaken) but, does anyone have a BTX emulator (software)
for the Deutshce Telekom BTX service (it's the expensive German version of the
French MiniTel)?  I thought there was one on SUMEX but I couldn't find it...

Any tips or suggestions would be MOST appreciated!

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

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 23:23:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rick Gore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Centris 610 Power System (Q)

I seem to remember this being discussed upon the introduction of Centris 610,
but once again my memory fails me.

How exactly does the power system work on the Centris 610?  I know there is a
front switch, but does Apple provide an outlet for a monitor that is
switched/unswitched?  Does it work just like an LC?  The user of the machine
will be an elderly person who would like something as easy as possible.
Please
E-mail me direct and I will summarize for the net.

Many Thanks
Rick Gore
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 14:43 BST
From: Big Nose <[e-mail]>
Subject: Charts and Databases in Excel 4.0

Dear All,

I know that I can have an embedded chart that automatically updates itself
whenever I change the values in the cells which were used to specify the
chart initially, but is it possible to link a chart to a database such
that the chart updates when a new record is added?

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 11:12:21 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Laura Boynton)
Subject: Cracked Duo 230 Display

Hello, all!  It's been a while since I've been on the Info-Mac (since I
am *still* trying to get a permanent Internet account), but I'm using my
fiancee's account to send out this message (thanks, Laura!).

I purchased a Duo 230 for the president of my company in May, and
recently the screen has cracked  in the lower left-hand corner.  This
powerbook was *not* abused in any way; he had plugged it in to charge
just before leaving on a plane, and when he opened it up in flight to
use it he discovered that the lower left fourth of the screen was
cracked.  The Duo was *never* dropped or abused.

Upon calling SOS-APPL, they instructed me that a local service provider
would have to examine the Duo before Apple could service it under
warranty.  I called  up my service company (with whom I have a service
contract) and they confirmed with me and with Apple that the case shows
no signs of having been dropped or abused.

However, Apple reserves the right not to service this under warranty
(!), and may charge me for the screen replacement.

I am sending this off this morning to Apple, and I hope it will be
covered under warranty.  But have there been other instances of cracking
Duo screens?  I remember hearing a rumor that there was a rash of them,
so add my name to the list.

Please reply to [e-mail]; I will summarize if there
is interest.

Thanks in advance,

Adam Hauerwas (aka [e-mail])
Mac Manager - Duff & Phelps Financial Consulting

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Date: 11 Aug 1993 07:08:00 -0600 (CST)
From: "Robert E. Malick [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DECNET and HP LJ4M... (A)

With a little trial and error (and a lucky first guess...) the solution
to the HP4M on a mixed PC/Mac DECNET network is to switch the printer to
XON/XOFF pacing instead of the default DTR/DSR pacing. Now it runs as
advertised!

Rob Malick

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 08:26:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disk Compression (c)

Mark,

    I have used AutoDoubler for years and have evaluated Stacker.
AutoDoubler is very transparent, resulting in no slowdown of reads and
especially no slowdown of writes.  One caveat is that if an accessed file
is AutoDoubled compressed and is open, and is in "write" mode, then
AutoDoubler will create a temporary expanded copy.  This can result in a
slow write when one is quitting the file.  It is slow because of the
re-compressing of the expanded file. At least that is my understanding.
However, this is not really typical and not many files are in "write"
mode. I find it amazing that QuickTime movies are write enabled. With
QuickTime movies they will only expand into memory if you lock them.
    So, the solution is to either exclude such "write enabled" files
or to lock them.
    AutoDoubler works on a file by file basis.  This gives the user
wonderful control of whether the files are to be compressed or not.
Exclusion of files is very easy, either by individual file or by label.
There are no "gotchas".
    Compression is on the order of about 35% on my system.  I have a
240 megabyte mechanism, so I'm saving a lot of space.  I'd suggest
installing AutoDoubler prior to going to bed, and when the computer is not
going to be used for a day or two.  AutoDoubler spends a LOT of time
setting up for the mechanism during the initial installation.  After the
initial installation, compression is marvelous and the SPEED of file
access is not hurt at all, at least on my Quantum mechanism and my LC.
Writes occur very fast and there is NO penalty with the exception of the
caveat above and THAT is user controlled.
    The user does not lose access to the Mac when AutoDoubler is
working. Interruption by mouse or keypress when it is busy will give
instant return of the computer to the user, even during the initial
installation.
    Support of AutoDoubler is fantastic.  The folks for the product
are always friendly, responsive, and confident.
    Stacker is another good product and works on a "driver level".  It
is not an individual file compressor and the user does not have the option
to exclude files.  For all practical purposes, such exclusion is a moot
point and not possible due to the driver level compression.  The Stacker
folks are friendly and very supportive.  The product is easy to install,
and the installation is quick.
    In spite of the above paragraph, I don't like Stacker, mainly due
to performance.  Reads are fast and transparent.  Writes are another
story. Actual timed comparisons demonstrate anywhere from twice to three
times more time is used during the saving of files or during copies.
    The Stacker manual states that saves' time consumption is
determined by the speed of the processor in the machine as compression
occurs in memory of the computer.  A Mac Classic would be much slower in
saves than a Centris, for example.  So, if you do work that involves a lot
of file saves and file manipulation, then you'll find that getting up
while this is occuring will be quite common.
    Good folks who say, "I have no speed loss at all" during such
events have either incredibly fast computers, or have never done
before/after comparisons of large files and bunches of stuff in folders.
    In summation of the two products, both are high quality with eager
and supportive staff.  Of the two, AutoDoubler allows easier control and
is more transparent due to its method of compression.  AutoDoubler's
operation is fast in all modes, with the exception of the caveat.  Stacker
gives little control to the user, other than whether to install or not.
(;>) Stacker is fast, but only during the read mode.  I prefer a fast
machine and don't want any performance hits.  Well, I can't afford a fast
machine so have a Mac LCIII (well, ok...it was faster than my Mac LC) and
I still don't want any performance hits.  For my set up, AutoDoubler is
the most transparent and leaves my mechanism's performance alone.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 09:06 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ditch the HMS system--go with millidays! (R)

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #159, you wrote

>Now, according to the hours-minutes-seconds [HMS] system is expressed
>as

>8/11/93, 12:46:31 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Savings Time)

>This is not good.  Time should be decimal.  Divide a day up into 1000
>bits and you have increments that are roughly on the order of the
>minute--about 86.4 seconds, to be sure.  That is the milliday.  Take
>the idea two more decimal places so that you're talking about hundred-
>thousandths of a day, and you've got 0.864 of a second.  Meet the
>centimil.  Now, suppose you dispense with the convention of starting
>over with renumbering days every month, and instead number them all
>From winter solstice.  Day of year.  Decimal point.  Millidays.  If
>necessary, more decimal places gives centimils.  For that matter,
>go on to microdays, attodays, femtodays, etc.

Allan, according to the sillidays ... er, millidays calendar, does the 11th of
August translate to the standard calendar's 1st of April?  I cracked up.

-- Ed

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 15:34:42 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: EcoFoam

I would like to sing the praises of MacWarehouse, not only were they nice
and fast but when I got my product it was packaged in biodegradable
peanuts!  This material is so cool that you can just drop it in water and
it will DISOLVE! Needless to say I had fun with it and astounded my friends.

Plagued by curiosity I called MacWarehouse to find out who they bought
the peanuts from.  After getting transfered to shipping I was told a company
called American Excelsior (shades of Stan Lee) made them.  Then I called
my local library and they found the phone number for me.

For all of you who own or work at a company that uses peanuts reguraly I
urge you to give these people a call, this product is called EcoFoam.

Their number and address are:

American Excelsior
PO Box 5067
Arlington, TX  76005

1-800-777-2691

Once again, Way To Go, MacWarehouse!

Jason Curtis
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 08:16:03 EDT
From: Mark A. Saper <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ether-Write/LPR

Has anyone used Compatible Systems Ether-Write/LPR, a Unix to AppleTalk
Printing Gateway?  If so could you send me your comments?  And does anyone
know of a similar software or hardware product that would convert AppleTalk
packets destined to a printer to TCP/IP printing packets?

Thanks, Mark Saper ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 10:57:36 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mel E. Martinez)
Subject: Ethernet Speed Trap (Tip/Warning)

Hi y'all.

I just thought I'd pass on what could be a useful warning regarding using
ethernet with the Quadra/Centris models.  If you have been having very
crappy performance, this MAY be the cause.  It is a simple trap that is
easy to fall into, and from what I have heard, it is not uncommon, so I am
posting here so as to possibly help people out.

The problem is not really a performance problem with the Quadras or Centris
hardware and it is not a software problem, though you may often think that
it is.  The problem simply is an implementation glitch that one can fall
into when using the AAUI ethernet port on these machines.

Basically, to hook up an mac AAUI port to any ethernet line requires that
you attatch a transciever (Typically $50-100) to convert from AAUI to
either thicknet, 10baseT (twisted pair) or thinnet.  The problem I am going
to describe involves only AAUI-to-thinnet implemention.

A popular brand of these transcievers is the Asante' FriendlyNet series.  I
have the thinnet version myself.  These are pretty nice units that have
among other features, self-terminating connectors.  That is were the
potential problem lies.

A lot of newer buildings are installing ethernet lines that use AMP
make-before-break wall taps.  The lines used for this are ALREADY
TERMINATED.  Although the special cable used to tap into these AMP
connectors LOOKs like a normal strand of BNC cable, it is really a loop
that coms up to the connector end.  If you simply plug this into a normal
thinnet connector such as on a typical NuBus/PDS third-party ethernet card,
this is fine.  It is then no different than attatching the card right at a
'T' in the strand.  In the case of the Asante' trancievers (and possibly
other brands as well), however, the transciever itself has two ports acting
like a 'T'.  This, again, would normally not be bad, except that if you run
the AMP cable directly into one of the two connectors, the port that is
left UNCONNECTED remains TERMINATED.  This will cause problems because that
is an extra terminator on the line, which ethernet hates.

The fix is simple, just stick a normal, unterminated BNC "T" connector on
the open port of the tranciever.  This physical connection will turn off
the self-termination and the network should behave noticeably better.

I want to point out that this is not a 'problem' with ANY of the mentioned
pieces of hardware.  All components are behaving as they should.  This is a
simple trap that one can simply fall into because of unfamiliarity with
either or both the AMP wall taps or/and the self-terminating ports of the
Asante' trancievers.

IN summary:  If you have a Quadra or Centris on ethernet and your
performance is lowsy, you should check that your line is properly
terminated or NOT terminated as your individual case may require.

I hope this is helpful.

Mel Martinez
The Johns Hopkins University
Dept. of Physics
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 10:42:19 JST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: EtherPort Se/30

  We have a EtherPort Ethernet card for a SE/30 that we purchased about a
year and a half ago from Shiva systems and will shortly make a switch from
English system 7 (actually gomtalk 1.3 for those in the know) to KanjiTalk
7 (basically English 7.1 Japanese version).  Does anyone have any
experience with the above?  Will things actually work -- new drivers needed
etc.?  I checked the shiva systems ftp system and it seems that Dayna
systems now owns the EtherPort line, but they don't seem to have any site
online that I can find.  Does anyone know what the latest drivers etc. are?



                    Thanks  [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 10:14:10 BST
From: A.D'[e-mail]
Subject: Eudora - Help with Dial in ? (Q)

I have just bought a modem for my PB (Apple Expres Modem) and want to be
able to make dialup connections to the University from home to check my
mail.

I am not sure if this is possible. When I dial in I get to what is known as
GANDALF PACX where I have to type my name and password. I then have to type
the name of the service I want to get to as follows:

NSS <CR>

This gets me to the pop server (SunOS UNIX). I guess once there Eudora can
automatically log in.

I am not sure how to get Eudora to do all of this automatically. From the
Eudora manual (in Appendix D) it would appear so but I can not figure out
how to do it. (I am afraid I am not familiar with ResEdit). Can anyone
offer any advice?

Regards, Tony D'Emanuele, University of Manchester.

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 10:30:52 EDT
From: Morris Birnbaum <[e-mail]>
Subject: fax-modem with ISDN

I would like to get a FAX/modem for my Mac II, but my University uses
an ISDN phone system.  Is there any way I can hook up a FAX/modem
to an ISDN phone?  I only need to send FAXs, not receive.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 17:43:20 MEZ
From: Helmut ORTNER
<[e-mail]>
Subject: First Word Plus (Atari) to Mac Word Processor (Q)

A coworker here at the library is switching from Atari to Mac and wants
to move her thesis which is done in First Word Plus on the Atari to MS Word
on the Mac.
Of course we could do an ASCII export, but then we loose all formatting and,
more crucial, all the footnotes.
Knowing very little about the Atari world my question to the net is:
Is there a translator utility that will do the job and preserve the
footnotes?

Many thanks in advance.

Helmut Ortner
Austrian National Library

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 14:50:02 EDT
From: J. Warner Soditus <[e-mail]>
Subject: gostscript?

I was trying to dornload the Ghostscript files from here.
I couldn't get it to translate since it is a split file.
Can someone let me know how I need to go about de-binhexing
and un-compressing this,

or

is there something else that would work as a postscript
previewer.

Thanks!

Warner
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 09:53:06 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: Logging CPU Use/Time

A few issues ago (I can't recall exactly), someone posted a query I've been
wondering about myself for quite some time...

Is there an app that will log CPU activity (e.g. date/time the unit is
powered up, time when it is accessed by someone on the net, the date/time
it is shut down, etc.). I have been looking regularly for a response to the
original posting, but have seen none. I am particularly interested in
keeping a log of start-ups and shut-downs (sort of a time card function).
Does anyone know of any such app.

P.S. The smaller (my system already eats up half my memory) and simpler
(KISS principle, ya know) the app the better!

Thanks in advance! I will summarize (eventually).

Monty

E.M. Hampton, OUHSC College of Pharmacy & OKC DVAMC
921 NE 13th Street,Oklahoma City, OK 73104 [phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 15:30:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Monroe Williams)
Subject: Looking for formatted equations from Mathematica

Does anybody out there know of a way to get Mathematica to produce real
formatted equations?  I am looking for something similar to what you
get from the Equation Editor that comes with Word 5.1.  The way that
Mathematica formats its symbolic output looks like someone rendering in
ASCII - readable, but not pretty.

Mathematica has a built-in PostScript interpreter (all of its graphics
are generated in PostScript), and there might be a way to program it to
generate PostScript code for some equations, but I don't think that
there are sufficient facilities for measuring text to get the output
right in most cases.

There are also ways to convince Mathematica to spit out TeX fragments
for equations, and I could make do with a utility that converted these
to small PICT graphics that could be pasted into other programs.

I haven't downloaded any TeX programs like OzTeX or DVI72 yet; they
seem pretty huge to use for just this one thing, and I'd rather not
have to start a collection of pk-files (I don't have tone of disk space
to spare).

Any ideas, pointers, or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Monroe Williams
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 20:56:06 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jay L. Cross)
Subject: LW8 & PPD help needed

I've lately been fooling around with the LaserWriter 8 drivers (d/l'd
>From ftp.Apple.Com) and have run into a small problem.  I work with
a small non-profit group that has three LCIIs and a NEC Silentwriter
95.  On the set of disks that came with the printer (about a year old)
are several PPD files.  One of them is the one asked for by the LW8
driver (when clicking the Printer Info button, I think).  When this is
copied to the extensions folder and the LW8 driver is brought up in
the Chooser, trying to manually select this PPD returns something
like "This doesn't look like a valid PPD file".  You must then OK the
use of the Generic PPD or cancel.

I opened this PPD, and it's layout and format look pretty much like
those included by Apple for their printers.  There is a line in the PPD:
--       *NickName: "NEC SilentWriter 95 v2010.121"    --
I renamed the file to match this, but got the same results.

So, for now, we're using the generic PPD.  Does anyone know why the
driver won't accept this file as a "valid" PPD, and what I might do to
fix it?  Thanks very much for any insight.

As an aside, these folks are using MS Works version 2.0.  After
installing LW8, opening any previously save doc in the WP module (I
didn't try it in the spreadsheet or other modules), the cursor is the
watch, when it should be the I beam.  This makes it difficult to
select text or locate the insertion point accurately (the "hot spot" is
just under the crown, BTW)!  The fix turned out to be opening, then
closing the Page Setup dialog.

--
Jay Cross     Cross Resources     [phone]
        [e-mail]
HyperCard development, Macintosh user training, DTP

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 17:59:35 +0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mesolist

I am interested in the computer program Mesolist devised by Jim Rosenberg,
which is John Cage's electronic version of the I Ching. Anyone knowing how
to contact Rosenberg by e-mail or anyone having information about Mesolist
or similar programs please write to me directly.

r o b e r t

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 17:04:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MMU & PowerPC

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Let me say that again, just so there's no confusion:  the 68020 emulation
> on the PowerPC-based Mac will run most any Macintosh software, except that
> which *requires* an FPU or PMMU.  Many packages will use an FPU if there is
> one available, but do not require one.  Excel falls into that category.
> The PMMU only affects those programs which implement their own virtual
> memory (like Photoshop).  Now, all programs which *require* an FPU or PMMU
> are high-end programs that need the extra speed anyhow.  So, they'll likely
> have PowerPC-native versions ready by the time the PowerPC-based Macintosh
> ships.

We mentioned this in TidBITS a few weeks back, and several people,
including the developer of Photoship rival Color It, wrote to tell
me that these applications don't use the MMU directly for their VM
schemes. So they should run fine in PowerPC emulation, unless there
is some other quirk to get them.

And as Wade says, things like this will almost certainly be ported
as soon as possible, since they _really_ want that extra speed of
native PowerPC code.

Apologies if this has already been addressed - I'm catching up.

cheers ... -Adam

--
(Reply to [e-mail] from 02-Aug-93 to 11-Aug-93)
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 09:25:55 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Gary Nash)
Subject: new files

Hello, my name is Gary Nash, and I am the File Librarian of
Tele-Mac, the official BBS of the San Diego Macintosh User
Group.  That being said, I would like to say I am new to the
Net, and I find all the services available (the ones I have
been able to find so far) are fantastic.  I especially enjoy
your archive and have been exploring it whenever possible.

I have downloaded many FAQ's, indexes, and help files, so I
know basically how to navigate around.  What I would like to
know, if you please, is if you keep a running index on your
new files.

How often do you post new files?  How often do you update the
index?  Do you post a "new" index with recent files every
week?  Month?  If you do, what do you call it?  Can I down-
load it?  Could you e-mail it to me periodically?  Could I
subscribe to it?  Am I asking too many questions?  Are all
these questions answered in a FAQ somewhere?

Enquiring minds want to know.

Thanks!

Gary Nash
VP, File Librarian
SDMUG
[e-mail]
AOL: ebo8
uucp: ucsd!orincon!gnash
Tele-Mac: 619-576-1820

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 11:06:57 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: New Submissions?

>
> Nubi Achebo was unable to find Canon 2 v1.0.3
> (/snd/util/canon-2-103.hqx), which was posted in 11:156.  I sought Sound
> Mover 1.9 (/snd/util/19.hqx), which was posted in the same issue.  Like
> Nubi, I was unable to find it, even with Archie, and it's not mentioned
> in 00util.abstracts.abs, either.  Did these binaries get sidetracked?
> ...................
>
> When in doubt, always check the 'recent' directory for new files.
>

I also searched for Sound Mover 1.9 to no avail.  There *was* no recent
directory; it had mysteriously disappeared!  The all-files.txt had
nothing in it, and there it was not listed in the recent-files.txt
either!  A day or two later, everything was back to normal.  I now have
the latest version of Sound Mover :)

It appears that the info-mac archives were not updated those few days.
After a few days, the new files are there.  Very strange, but I suppose
I could live with it.

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

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 04:14:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stephen C. Gilardi)
Subject: OMEGA SANE patch

[e-mail] writes:

[stuff about why Omega SANE backpatching is bad on non-Quadras]

What I'd like to see is the accuracy and better rounding aspects of
Omega SANE available on non-quadras.

Do the rounding fixes depend on backpatching?

Why not fix the rounding but leave the calls alone?

Thanks
--
Steve
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 05:33:55 PDT
From: "DENIS MULLER"    <[e-mail]>
Subject: Power-up problem

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From: [e-mail] (DENIS MULLER)
To: dxi::"[e-mail]"
Subject: Power-up problem

Greeting Info-mac'ers,
       I thought I'd cast a net upon the NET to see if I
could get some assistance.
       I have an intermittent problem with the power-on key on my
IIcx.  Since the mac has been moved to a new location, it will
occasionally play dead when I hit the power-on key.  I've tried
using the keyboard from a different mac with no success.  However,
if I unplug the power cord from one power-strip and plug into
another strip I can get the mac going again.

       Is this a common problem?  Well, common enough that
the repair person won't scratch his head and look at me
strangely ;-)?

       TIA.

Denis Muller -  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 08:40:05 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R Lawrence)
Subject: PowerPC corrections

>No there's nothing evil about Intel.  However many people, including
>electrical engineers, have always felt that Motorola has had a better chip
>because it did not have the baggage of past mistakes to support that Intel
>did.  When you believe that's the case, it's frustrating to see see the
>"inferior" Intel chips winning the war.

Unfortunately, after the 68020, this is not true.  The past mistake made
in the 68020 was the introduction of "double indirection" addressing.
Ya know, the hideous instructions that look like:

    move.l ([BaseDisp,An],Xn.SIZE*SCALE,OutputDisp),D0
and
    move.l ([BaseDisp,An,Xn.SIZE*SCALE],OutputDisp),D0

These addressing modes perform 2 memory accesses instead of one (Not to
mention a heckuvalota computations in between).  Unfortunately, a page
fault can occur on EITHER ONE of these accesses, requiring really
sophisticated circuitry to keep track of the required "undo" information
needed to back out of the instruction and restart it after a page fault.
It also means it is nearly impossible to make these instructions pipeline.
(Note that even if you never use these instructions, the "undo" circuitry
still has to be there just in case someone DOES).

The Intel series of processors, screwey as they are, somehow resisted the
temptation to put these [rarely used] addressing modes in.  This is one
reason why Motorola had such difficulty getting the 68040 up to 40MHz,
whereas we have 486s running at 66MHz.

The RISC vs. CISC argument surfaces on a quasi-bi-weekly basis in the
newsgroup "comp.arch"; why not drop by and visit us?

Thomas R. Lawrence

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

Date: 11 Aug 1993 09:01:07 U
From: "Jonathan Maybaum" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Prograph comments

               Subject:                               Time:8:50 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Prograph comments                      Date:8/11/93
In response to the query about Prograph:
I have tried to use both Prograph and Serius Workshop and I found the Serius
system to be much easier to understand and use effectively. In addition, the
Serius environment has a compiler for Windows (purchased separately) so that
(supposedly) one can create a single binary file that could be compiled for
either platform.  Also, if you happen to need to create a database program,
Serius provides a much richer set of objects for this purpose than does
Prograph.  I should point out that neither of these environments is likely to
be the choice of a professional programmer; rather, they seem to be most
suitable for folks like me who just need to write some simple apps but who
want
them to have a proper interface without taking a year off to learn how to do
it
in C or Pascal.  I felt comfortable with Serius after a couple of weeks;  even
after a couple of months, I never felt comfortable with Prograph.

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

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 04:13:06 -0500
From: Dennis D. Davison <[e-mail]>
Subject: SE/30 Clock

I am having a problem with the clock on an SE/30 at one of our remote
sites.  It jumps ahead approx. 10 minutes per day.  I am trying to
get some ideas of what could be causing the problem before I take
another CPU to them (it's across the state and I need to swap out
their hard drive).  I'm pretty sure it's not the battery as it is
jumping ahead, not falling behind (I could be wrong).  The time and
date are an important part of the programs we run, as it dumps a data
file to our Central office daily.  Reply to me direct or to info-mac.
I will summarize as neccesary.

Any help would be appreciated,
Dennis Davison
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 14:44:23 GMT
From: David Coleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Search for a MicroWriter

Hi all,

Has anyone out there ever heard of a Microwriter? Apparently it is a
single handed keyboard that was developed initially to speed up typing
as it could be used (with practice) for taking dictation and such like.
To the best of my knowledge it has just five keys. Unfortunately I
don't know anything more about it.

The reason I am looking for information about it is because a friend of
mine has just one hand and understandably finds the standard keyboard
to be unsuitable for his needs. We are in a University and using Macs
(LCs and LCIIIs) so if anyone has any info. about the Microwriter
(or another single-handed keyboard) I would be grateful if you could
let me know. Does it exist? Was it ever in production? How much does
it cost? Where is it available? Can it be used with a Mac?

TIA for any help,

Dave.

David Coleman
University College Dublin
Ireland.

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

Date: 11 Aug 93 17:11:00 CST
From: "Eugene Cohen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Shutdown Procedure (Q)

Okay, firstoff please don't flame on me cause this is a programming
question, it's just that I'm in a hurry.

Has anyone out there written an INIT that installs a shutdown procedure?
(That is a procedure that gets executed at shutdown.)  I am interested
in what I must do to make it work.  I've consulted Inside Macintosh
Volume V, and done everything that I thought was right, but every time
I shutdown, it bombs instead of does what it is supposed to.  I think
I should be locking the procedure in memory or something, but I haven't the
faintest idea what I'm doing.  I AM using the procedure
'InstallShutDwnProc' and I AM reading carefully what Inside Macintosh says.
If you think you know the answer to this, could you please respond via
direct e-mail to my address.  Much thanx, and all that!

eugene

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 10:02:48 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Henry Lewis Lefkowitz)
Subject: SLIP/PPP question

I hope that someone could provide
me with some information ( I have no doubt
that many will be able to do so).  I have been reading
in various internet books about PPP and SLIP.
I have also seen some recent postings to Info-Mac on this subject.

I understand (I think) that these are both ways to connect directly (sort of)
to the Internet using simply a regular phone line and a high
speed modem.  I would like some information about what
other MAC software (and hardware) might be necessary for such
connections.  I have a Classic II right now (can I access SLIP/PPP with
this?).
If anyone could point me to a FAQ concerning
this, I would also appreciate it very much.

Thanks alot.

Henry Lefkowitz
([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 17:53:46 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Henry Rzepa) (Henry Rzepa)
Subject: Software Utilities Upgrade

I have run the new Apple HP Setup (7.2) and Apple Disk First Aid
(7.2), to install an new driver and apparently correct some catalog
problems on an external disk. Both Disk First Aid and
Norton (2.0) pronounce the disk completely healthy.  Next, I tried
installing System 7.1 from the
original Mac installation disks. The system refuses to install now, claiming
an error 2231 exists on the Hard disk. I have tried on three disks, and
all give this problem. Has anyone else seen this?

Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY;
[e-mail] via Eudora 1.3.1, Tel:[phone], Fax:[phone].


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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 16:37 BST
From: David E Newton <[e-mail]>
Subject: StartupScreen don't start up no more (Q)

For the last few months, I've had a full-screen startupscreen installed
on my Mac (LCII), which, I think was a GIFConverter file, in StartupScreen
format. It was fine, and displayed over the whole screen while the
INITs loaded across the bottom.

Now, all of a sudden (literally - nothing new installed, all I've
done is move the machine from one house to another!), the startup
screen only appears at about 1/2 the screen size, with the "normal"
grey border all the way round it. In addition, the picture is
cropped oddly, and has lots of deterioration, in the form of dots
all over it. Sometimes, it even just comes on looking like TV
"snowstorms", with no "picture" to speak of at all.

I still have the original GIF file, which still looks fine through
GIFViewer, but I can't get anything which comes up right on
startup (having tried saving it in various formats and graphics programs).

Am I thick, and/or what's going on?

Ta

Dave

David E Newton
Department of Language and Linguistic Science
University of York
Heslington
York
YO1 %dd
    5
            [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 18:40:32 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Sridar Narayanan)
Subject: Stylewriter II and vertical axes (C)

>>
I think that Kaleidagraph, like other programs, actually change rotated
text from text to a bit-mapped graphic.  This would explain the jaggies.
>>

I don't think so.  I had the same problem with my DeskWriter using old
driver software.  Upgrading the drivers cured this problem, so
it's not KGraph's fault.  (I think it was about the time I started using
TrueType/Sys 7, and the "new" drivers were 2.1, but I don't remember
exactly.)

Sridar

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 20:39:58 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Symantec (C)

Folks, I fear that what the press has been saying about Symantec is true.
I just had an experience with their erstwhile excellent technical support
that is a hoot. My secretary has long and loud griped that her startup
screen (Sting, nude at least from the waist up from all indications) gets
clobbered by SAM's startup scan. Leaves a large white rectangle where his
chest is. Once a year I drop a note to Symantec about Sharon's complaint.
Why can't SAM repaint the screen when it is through?

This week's response was, at best, troubling. The tech rep asked what pgm
I was using to create the startup screen and suggested that it was the
responsibility of that program's creator to repaint the screen. Say what?
What program? I think we have a DOS Puke (no offense) here. Has SAM
become somehow generic? I doubt it. It does, after all, mean Symantec
Antivirus for Macintosh.

This is really too ruddy bad. Symantec's NORTON.TECH only knows about
those Intel-inside machines? Sheesh!

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 09:35 EST
From: "NRN TIA :-)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Think C 5.0 Bug (Q)

Dear Netters,
I admit it , I haven't updated yet,  but first I must shop around for the best
price of Think C++.  Think C 5.0 has been giving me errors everytime I try to
make an alias of its application Think C 5.0 and openning the alias.  The
error happens only upon trying to open the alias.
Anybody else experiance this?  Are there any solutions around this, so I can
have Think C in my Startup Items Folder?  TIA.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: 11 Aug 1993 10:25:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "Doc Kinne: User Services Associate" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Trash Emptying Solved

Folks:

    Recently I posted a problem concerning not being able to empty my
trashcan when there were two items in it.  I'd like to thank everyone for all
the responses.  Info-mac has again proven its great worth to those of us with
access to its many knowledgeable people.

    For the record, the structure of my disk (I believe the valiance
    number
for the trash "folder") had apparently gotten screwed up.  Norton Disk Doctor
made very quick work of the problem.  I felt stupid since I probably should
have thought to use NDD myself!

    Again, thanks folks!!

                        Doc Kinne
                        [e-mail]

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Date: 12 Aug 1993 05:27:22 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Trevor Rook)
Subject: User Groups in Australia.......

[e-mail] writes:

>Wojciech (Adalbert) Duda asks a few things about Mac's in Australia.

The Apple Users' Society of Melbourne (AUSOM) may be worth contacting.
Try Nicholas Pyers at [e-mail]. If he's not the appropriate person
to contact, I'm sure he'll point you in the right direction.
Cheers,
Trevor
--
# Trevor J. Rook   Applied Chemistry (City campus), RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
#
# [e-mail]       [phone]       Is there any tea on this ship?
#

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 13:08:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: user logging

Hi netters,
    I am looking for a software shell for a mac workstation
    (a la At Ease) that will not only protect fragile files from
    new users, but will also keep a log of application
    ussage. Not that I need to know everything they do or
    even who they are, just a record of the application
    name and the time it is launched or quit.

    I would any creative input you may have.

            Dan

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 09:05 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: What's going on at macserve@pucc?

The shadow archive at macserve@pucc has no files more recent than June 19.  If
it is no longer an active archive site, could some please post a list of
currentsites that do not require ftp access (our nameserver has never gone
online).

Thanks,
Steve

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 22:10:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Scott Brisko)
Subject: What ways are there to get Internet email access?

Hi, replying to your post about e-mail access.

Location is proably going to be your biggest hurtle in getting people access.
Along both the east and west coast there are many different commercial
suppliers of internet access, and even in some of the southern states like
Texas, you can find many vendors. But for people in the midwest and central
regions it will be harder to find internet links, other than universties.

I use a company based in San Jose, CA called Netcom, and I can send you their
number if you are interested, there are some other firms too that supply
dial-up service, like I said before, and I think I even have a listing of
those numbers that I could give you.

Or if you are looking for a complete source for all of this, you could pick up

"the Whole Internet Guide and Catalog" by Ed Krol, published by Nutshell
Books, about $29.00, it has a complete listing of service providers, and might
even give you some hints as to how to organize things.


How it helped, reply if you would like me to give Netcom or anyone else's
number

Scott

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 16:22 EST
From: Jim Allison <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where are MOD files for SoundTrecker?

I recently downloaded SoundTrecker from Sumex and the dozen or so MOD files
included in the directory.  The sound is amazing when played back on my
Centris through high quality amplified speakers.  Does anyone know where
to find more MOD files.  I understand that this is a Amiga file format.
I tried looking in Amiga directories accessible via Gopher, but all the
MOD files I located seemed to have .lz extensions.  Is there a Mac unLz'er?
Does anyone know of a source of ready-to-go MOD files for SoundTrecker other
than the set distributed with SoundTrecker?

Thanks,

Jim Allison

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 11:20:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mike Basham)
Subject: Wildcard rename

Does anyone know of a utility or technique for renaming a bunch of files in
a Macintosh folder a-la-DOS/UNIX wildcards? Suppose I have a bunch of files
with the names:

File1
File2
File3
...

And I want to rename them:

File01
File02
File03
...

This particular example would fix problems with sorting by name. Normally,
a file with the name "File10" would come before "File2" and "File3" unless
the files are renamed "File02" and "File03."

I've looked at Quickeys, AppleScript, and Frontier and none seems to
support wildcards. Surely there must be a way!

Mike Basham ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 14:52:03 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: Windows NT

>I think that this would be a great idea for Apple, too... except for the
>fact that Apple would rather sue than share, when it comes to the GUI
>stuff. I don't know if this is fair(tm) because Xerox PARC developed a
>lot of this stuff, but that facet of it is out the window here.

The main thing to remember is that Apple *did* license a number of
interface items to Microsoft for Windows 1.0. The lawsuit came about when
Apple felt
that Windows 2.0 overstepped its bounds and was using interface items which
Apple had not licensed to them (whether Apple had licensing rights on those
things--Apple seemed to believe that they did--was a separate issue that
the lawsuit brought into question in determining the outcome) and that
Microsoft
was "copying" Apple's interface in order to compete.
So to Apple the suit was an attempt to protect what they felt was *theirs*
(whether right or wrong) from a company that would rather mimic ("steal"
*may*
be too harsh a word) than play fair.

You could parable-ize it like this, perhaps:

    Johnny had a little red apple, a bushel of them in fact, which he sold
    at his fruit stand. Of course, you could only buy an apple if you also
    bought a basket to put it in, so Johnny didn't sell as many apples as
    he would have liked.

    Billy, who ran the vegetable stand, saw the apples and wanted one just
    like it. Johnny wouldn't let Billy sell apples--they were *his* apples
    after all--but he would allow Billy to sell other fruits as long as they
    didn't look like apples.

    So, little Billy starts selling oranges (some said they were lemons ;).
    Johnny saw this and everything was fine. People kept buying Johnny's
    apples and baskets and not very many really liked Billy's oranges.

    Billy really wanted to sell more oranges than Johnny sold apples. He
    had an idea--he would sell tomatoes. At a distance they look just like
    Johnny's apples, so more people would come buy Billy's stuff. True, they
    don't taste like apples (you can't put sliced tomatoes on your breakfast
    cereal; caramel tomatoes don't sound palatable; and tomato sauce is not
    as sweet and delicious as apple sauce) nor do they act like apples (you
    never heard of anyone discovering anything after being bonked on the head
    by a tomato, have you?). But tomatoes are fruit--and you didn't have to
    buy a basket to get one.

    As Billy predicted, people were lining up at his stand to buy his red
    tomatoes, because they looked just like Johnny's apples, but--since you
    didn't have to buy the basket--they cost less. As long as you didn't try
    to eat them, your neighbors would swear you had apples...

<grin>. I'll let someone else clean it up and continue the parable if they
want to. The thing just sort of hit me as I was typing, so it could use some
more work. :)
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 22:30 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Workgroup Servers 60 & 80 (Q)

Is the Server 60 simply a Centris 610 bundled with AppleShare 4.0 or
are there any hardware enhancements?

What about the Server 80? Stock Quadra 800 or enhanced?

Joe Cottrell    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 20:01:55 PDT
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 12:52:10 -0500
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From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] StyleWriter I+ hack
Cc: Adam Schenker (GE) <[e-mail]>
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Hello,

This is somewhat enhanced version of Adam Schenker's hack to safely use the
new StyleWriter II driver with the older StyleWriter printers.

StyleWriter II driver is not included...

Please read the enclosed 'read-me' file.

Cheers, Igor

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/stylewriter-ii-hack.hqx; 25K]

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 20:25:17 PDT
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] speedometer-macav-results.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex-aim
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Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
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You should have been there.  They brought an 840av 8/230 CD, and a Newton
Message Pad!!!  The voice rec. is ok, still needs work.  You can do
finder commands ok, others will have to be scripted....aka trained.
There were 6 different personalities, or voices that are included with
the system.  DSP for audio is like the DSP one would hear in a home
stereo, real nice.  The video inputs work well, and the capure is better
than a Spigot.  There is a full s/w package that comes with it...fax,
video capture, and the rest....same that was listed in MacWeek.  I have
uploaded the test results that Speedometer saved in the test files.  It
is a real nice neat package on the inside too!  The award winning design
of Apple products is taken to another level.  There is little space left
except for three nubus 90 cards, a couple of internal HD's, and a CD if
needed.  Apple is now using a 8 meg. chips, leaving the other 3 slots
open.  There is oe thing that I found quite strange.  There is an
interrupt button, but no restart.  So if it locks up, and the interrupt
won't work, you will have to unplug it.  Just thought that you would want
to know!!  IF u don't get the HQX file, look in sumex for it!  Sorry if I
pissed anybody off.

Akira

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