Info-Mac 3/Info_Mac_1994-01.iso/Periodical/Info-Mac/InfoMac 11-168

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 22:02:56 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #169


Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 25 Aug 93       Volume 11 : Issue 169

Today's Topics:

      [*] Card Shell Volume 1 v1.01
      [*] Card Shell Volume 2 v1.01
      [*] Decor 0.9.3
      [*] File Buddy 1.7
      [*] hyper-kama-sutra.1.0
      [*] HyperNotebook v1.0a2
      [*] ICONS!.sit.hqx
      [*] Info-Mac #161(B) lost issue (August 14)
      [*] KEYBOARDS DRAG AND DROP
      [*] mac-tips-n-tricks-93-01.hqx
      [*] mac-tips-n-tricks-93-04.hqx
      [*] mac-tips-n-tricks-93-08.hqx
      [*] MacWais 1.23 submission
      [*] MenuDropper 7.1b8 -- submission --
      [*] missing posting?
      [*] Monitor Energy Saver
      [*] ncsa-telnet-26.hqx
      [*] PICTshow16
      [*] power-notes-20-hc.hqx
      [*] PowerClick v1.0.1
      [*] Red Dwarf sounds
      [*] ren-n-stimpy-log-song.hqx
      [*] ribplugindevkit.hqx
      [*] speecher-12.hqx
      [*] star-trek-demo.hqx
      [*]SWIIPrintUseMonitor version 1.0
      [*] teletimes-93-09.hqx
      [*] the-prisoner.hqx
      [*] TidBITS#190/23-Aug-93
      [*] Trash Can Icon Replacement
      [*] Upload Info
      [*] Welcome! v1.3
      [*] Yeager's Air Combat Demo
      "GATEWAY????"
      (Q) Apple CD300
      4th Dimension Updater needed
      Accelerator purchase frustrations (rant)
      Adobe Acrobat
      Aldus PPD Needed For LW Pro 630
      Archive for comp.sys.mac.digest
      Dead Hard Drives
      Finder/>2gb HD Problem
      Flight Simulator (R)
      Gravis MouseStick software not quite right
      HP Re-inking
      Hypertext readers
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #167
      Jiggle..My Screen Is Jiggling (R)
      LC3 Appleshare fixed!
      MacTcp
      Mac X
      Modems & Macs -- Carrier Detect
      NCSA Telnet 2.5 and control characters? [A][A]
      OCR recommendations
      Pre-Owned Electronics
      RAM 1.0.1
      screen movement
      SoftPC "Demo" (A)
      Speech Manager (A)
      Speech Manager works fine on SE
      System 7 Tune-Up problem?
      Techtool and its compatibility problems (A?)
      Trouble installing Silverlining disk software
      Worldscript Word Processors?

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 17:43:21 -0600
From: Ralph Sutherland <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Card Shell Volume 1 v1.01

Moderators,

    Here is yet another(last for a while I hope) update
of the cardshell games vol #1.  I was alerted to a case where they
will crash during startup on an accelerated 68000 machine
without colour quickdraw.  The games are meant to just quit gracefully
on any machine without colour QD. This has been fixed.  Otherwise
the games are unchanged and people with working copies of the
previous versions do not really need to down load these ones.
Although if they are going to spread the games further,then
it would be a good idea to use these fixed games.

Cheers

    Ralph

ABOUT THE CARD SHELL GAMES VOLUME #1. v1.0.1
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 second 1993 release fixes a few more minor bugs.

Features include:

*They will (should?) work on all Apple screens at any colour depth.
The games require a mac with colour quickdraw capabilities (see below).

*The game applications have automatic saving of the current game
so you can play, quit and restart where you left off.

*They all have full undo and redo features to allow you to step
forward and backwards through a game and even use fast forward
and rewind to give rapid replays.

*Copies of games in play may be saved in sepearate files, in this way
several players could play the same setup and a tournament is possible.
All the saved games include their playing history.

*The game applications are designed with system 7.0 multiprocessing
in mind. When the player is not moving any cards around the games
use almost no cpu cycles and give maximum time to background processes.
When the user starts to play, the games take much more cpu time to give
a nice fast response.

*The shell design uses a shared resource file called 'Cards' which
contains all the bulky colour resources and sounds.  This is around
350K.  Each game can simultaneously share these reosurces, reducing
the disk space requirements greatly.  Each game is about 70-90K.

For more details see the online help in the games ;-)

*****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,
Centris machines, Performas, the Classic II and the Colour Classic.
all powerbooks (except the PB100) and probably all newer macs.

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.

Freeware, Enjoy!

Ralph S Sutherland  August. 1993.

PS: The Example games folder contains some games that have worked out.
you can load them in and replay them with the rewind and fast forward
options.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/card-shell-vol1-101.hqx; 356K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 17:44:59 -0600
From: Ralph Sutherland <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Card Shell Volume 2 v1.01

Moderators,

    Here is an update of the second volume of the
cardshell games.  I was alerted to a case where they
will crash during startup on an accelerated 68000
machine without colour quickdraw.  The games are meant
to just quit gracefully on any machine without colour QD.
This has been fixed.  Otherwise the games are unchanged
and people with working copies of the previous versions
do not really need to down load these ones.  Although if
they are going to spread the games further,then it would
be a good idea to use these fixed games.

    This volume 2 is independent of volume 1, also posted.

Cheers

    Ralph

ABOUT THE CARD SHELL GAMES VOLUME #2.01
Code and Artwork (c)1992 Ralph S Sutherland.
Portions of code remain (c) Symantec Corp.

Welcome to a series of solitaire card game releases.  These are 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.

This release fixes some minor bugs, particularly occuring when
starting on a machine that doesn't have Color QD.

**********************************************************
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. [without file compression ;-)]
**********************************************************

Features include:

*They will (should?) work on all Apple screens at any colour depth.
The games require a mac with colour quickdraw capabilities (see below).

*The game applications have automatic saving of the current game
so you can play, quit and restart where you left off.

*They all have full undo and redo features to allow you to step
forward and backwards through a game and even use fast forward
and rewind to give rapid replays.

*Copies of games in play may be saved in sepearate files, in this way
several players could play the same setup and a tournament is possible.
All the saved games include their playing history.

*The game applications are designed with system 7.0 multiprocessing
in mind. When the player is not moving any cards around the games
use almost no cpu cycles and give maximum time to background processes.
When the user starts to play, the games take much more cpu time to give
a nice fast response.

*The shell design uses a shared resource file called 'Cards' which
contains all the bulky colour resources and sounds.  This is around
350K.  Each game can simultaneously share these reosurces, reducing
the disk space requirements greatly.  Each game is about 70-90K.

For more details see the online help in the games ;-)

*****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,
Centris machines, Performas, the Classic II and the Colour Classic.
all powerbooks (except the PB100) and probably all newer macs.

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.

FreeWare, Enjoy!

Ralph S Sutherland  August. 1993.

PS: The Example games folder contains some games that have worked out.
you can load them in and replay them with the rewind and fast forward
options.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/card-shell-vol-2-101.hqx; 306K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 10:50:20 MET DST
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] Decor 0.9.3

This is version 0.9.3 of Decor, a control panel which
allows to displays a picture as a desktop background.

New to this version:
- the file is now chosen via a dialog

Bug fixes:
- should work better with big screens & big files
- displays an error message when it cannot load

Requires System 7 and 32 bit Quickdraw.
Please read the enclosed Readme file.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/decor-093.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 1:56:27 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] File Buddy 1.7

As requested...
[More please -- send more text!  Tell us what it does! :) -Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-17.hqx; 126K]

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 01:39:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] hyper-kama-sutra.1.0

    Hyper-kamasutra is a color HyperCard edition of
    one of the earliest "How-to" books.  Lots of R-
    rated advice from medieval India.  Includes a
    couple of sitar melodies.

    <fisherkj@snyoneva>

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/hyper-kamusutra-hc.hqx; 217K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 21:29:51 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] HyperNotebook v1.0a2

Dear Info-Mac Administrator,

This is the first public release of HyperNotebook and Reference Stack.
They are hypertext/multimedia versions of a spiral notebook and a box of
bibliographic notecards, respectively.  They work together, or separately,
and provide not only standard text manipulation and selectable key-field
card sorting, but also button-driven PICT and QuickTime viewing, embedded
pop-up notes, and much more.

This is just the first 'alpha' version.  There are several features which
have not yet been added, but the current version works reasonably well.

This is public domain software.  It uses several of Frederic Rinaldi's
wonderful XCMD's and XFCN's.  (Thank you Mr. Rinaldi.)  Per Mr. Rinaldi's
licensing requirements, this software is not licensed for commercial
distribution, but it may be freely distributed in the public domain on a
not-for-profit basis.

Please send any comments, suggestions or bug reports to me directly via
e-mail.  My e-mail address on Internet is:  [e-mail].

I hope you find this software useful.

Barry Sanders
Multimedia Consultant
National Center for Supercomputing Applications

[Archived as /info-mac/text/hyper-notebook-n-reference-hc.hqx; 832K]

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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 11:56:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (David Claytor)
Subject: [*] ICONS!.sit.hqx

Here's a collection of 40 shareware color icons.  Well-done.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/more-color-icons.hqx; 76K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 09:11 +0100 (MET)
From: Hans de Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Info-Mac #161(B) lost issue (August 14)

Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 14 Aug 93       Volume 11 : Issue 161

Today's Topics:

      [*] BP2
      [*] Deskwriter C Drivers v3.0
      [*] Dockernaut 1.1
      [*] HyperCuber
      [*] Let's try this one more time...
      [*] newton-demo-13-inch

[This is the "lost" digest.  Due to a failure in our scripts the info-mac
 digest didn't make it out correctly this day -- the issue number wasn't
 incremented! I hope this hasn't caused people too much trouble. The
 failure (bug?) is not yet understood. -Gordon]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/im/infomacv11-161-b.txt; 93K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 22:43:32 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] KEYBOARDS DRAG AND DROP

Item Subject: /.../0000069
Subject: Dvorak keyboards and many other
In this file you will find a Drovak keyboard and many other keyboards from all
countries. You just drag-and-drop the keyboards to the System folder and they
will be added to the list of available keyboards. To remove them, you open the
System file and drag them out.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/alternate-keyboards.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 11:44:06 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pieter Stouten)
Subject: [*] mac-tips-n-tricks-93-01.hqx

Enclosed is the January 1993 issue of Mac Tips and Tricks.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/mac-tips-n-tricks-93-01.hqx; 81K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 11:45:39 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pieter Stouten)
Subject: [*] mac-tips-n-tricks-93-04.hqx

Enclosed is the April 1993 issue of Mac Tips and Tricks.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/mac-tips-n-tricks-93-03.hqx; 106K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 11:47:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Pieter Stouten)
Subject: [*] mac-tips-n-tricks-93-08.hqx

Enclosed is the August 1993 issue of Mac Tips and Tricks.

[Archived as /info-mac/per/mac-tips-n-tricks-93-08.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 13:30:07 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MacWais 1.23 submission

What does this release contain?
 ----------------------------
This release contains 7 files and folders.

1.  README -- this document.
2.  README.shareware -- legal/license and shareware registration
    information.
3.  MacWAIS 1.0 -- the EINet WAIS client for the Macintosh.
4.  EINet Shareware -- a WAIS question that'll get you information about
    EINet shareware.
5.  MacWAIS User Manual -- written in MSWord.
6.  MacWAIS User Manual (text) -- a minimally formatted text-only
    version.
7.  wais-sources -- folder containing WAIS Source descriptions.

How do I install it?
 -----------------
MacWAIS and the wais-sources folder may be located anywhere on your hard
disk.

What do I do if I have questions and/or problems?
 --------------------------------------------
Send email regarding questions, problems, or suggested enhancements to
[e-mail].

The MCC EINet MacWAIS Version 1.0 software is distributed as
shareware.  This software may be copied and distributed freely
for evaluation.  The evaluation period is 30 days.  After this
time, MCC requests that you register your copy and obtain a
license.  The registration fee is $35.00 (US).  Checks only
please.  Please make checks payable to MCC and send them,
along with your name and return address, to:

EINet Mac Shareware
MCC
3500 West Balcones Center Drive
Austin, TX  78759-6509 USA

Internet EMail:  [e-mail]

You will be sent a registration key to remove the start-up reminder.

 Liu

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-wais-123.hqx; 491K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 16:44:17 +0200
From: [e-mail] (David Winterburn)
Subject: [*] MenuDropper 7.1b8 -- submission --

I have enclosed the most recent version of my utility MenuDropper,
it has been heavily modified from the previous public version
and I would recommend any current users to upgrade. A list of changes
is presented below.

This version superceeds all prior versions which should be removed and
deleted.

Thanks,

David Winterburn

Beta Version 7.1b8a          --        23 Aug 1993

  The distribution

Included in the MenuDropper package are the following files:

MenuDropper License Agreement      (please read this)
MenuDropper Instructions           (instructions on MenuDropper usage)
MenuDropper Version History        (definitely optional)
MenuDropper                        (the control panel file)
BeHierarchic 1.0.5 patcher         (a utility to modify BeHierarchic 1.0.5)
About the BeHierarchic patcher     (describes the above utility, PLEASE READ
                     before using the patcher program)

ANY redistribution of the MenuDropper product MUST be in the form of the
complete package, as per the license conditions stated in the MenuDropper
Instructions document.

 What is Menu Dropper

Menu Dropper is a System 7 utility that allows the you drag Icons from
the Finder and 'drop' them onto items inside various system menus. It
is supplied as a control panel, drop it into the Extensions , or Control
Panels subfolder of your System Folder and restart your Macintosh.
Currently Menu Dropper is compatible with Finder 7.0, 7.1 and the
AppleScript Finder version 7.1.1. MenuDropper will work with the Apple,
File and Application menus. It supports AliasMenus, OtherMenu, NowMenus
and BeHierarchic.

As new versions of the Finder appear I shall publish new versions of
Menu Dropper to support them. The latest version can always be found
by anonymous ftp from world.std.com in directory /pub/MenuDropper

Happy Dropping.

David W.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/menu-dropper-71b8a.hqx; 202K]

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 22:51:09 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Skudlarek)
Subject: [*] missing posting?

I think I sent this message to you about 12Aug93, yet I have not
seen it posted yet.  I may have sent it to the wrong address
(info-mac-request instead of info-mac maybe), or I may have missed
the posting, but would you please check to see if you got this
posting? If so, please let me know.  If not, please consider this
a request to post.  Thanks.  /Jskud

In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of 12 Aug 93
06:09:16 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: info-mac CD II OnLocation Summary
References: <[e-mail]>
Distribution: world
--text follows this line--
This is a follow up to my original posting:

    >------ Begin Included Message ------
    > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 10:46:15 -0700
    > From: [e-mail] (Joseph Skudlarek)
    > Subject: info-mac CD II OnLocation Index
    >
    > Is there any reasonable shareware/freeware for using the OnLocation
    > index that is included on info-mac CD II?  The index itself is about
    > 7.3MB, and is reputed to have both filenames and text within files
    > indexed, which should make searching much easier.
    >
    > OnLocation itself costs about $129 retail, and about $75 from
    > MacConnection or MacWarehouse.  That's really more than I want to
    > spend for something I only expect to use very occasionally, and with
    > low priority.
    >
    > I don't know much about easy-view, but I wonder if the OnLocation
    > index can be massaged into something that easy-view can use
    > effectively.
    >
    > I will post a summary of the e-mail I receive.  Thanks.  /Jskud
    >
    >------  End Included Message  ------

I received only two replies and one inquiry.  Here are the edited
summaries.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/on-location-index.txt; 4K]

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Date: 25 Aug 1993 14:46:48 -0800
From: "Cheuk, Kenneth" <cheuk#m#[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Monitor Energy Saver

Hi Sysop :

Enclosed pls find the monitor energy saver for Macintosh Quadra, Centris and
LCIII computers.

I'm using Microsoft Mail and if you cannot get the file, pls e-mail me and
I'll
try uploading a binhexed version (It's a lot longer and more costly for me.)

Regards,

Kenneth Cheuk

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/monitor-energy-saver.hqx; 305K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 17:51:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Browne)
Subject: [*] ncsa-telnet-26.hqx

Hello, all.

I am the author of NCSA Telnet 2.6.  It has _not_ been released.  It hasn't
even been finished yet.  This is some beta version that was _not_ supposed to
be uploaded to any major Mac archives.

Telnet 2.6 will be released soon, although now it will take longer as I have
to wade through entirely too much mail due to the wrong people using a beta
version.

What irks me the most is that the uploading user put his name on the README
instead of mine.


--
Jim Browne             NCSA/SDG System Administrator| [e-mail]  |

[It has been removed from the info-mac archives.  -- Gordon]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 09:53:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PICTshow16

PICTshow a small slideshow program for viewing PICT-files, listening to sounds
and viewing QT-Movies on a color-capable Macintosh.

Versions >= 1.1 require System 7 (Please contact me for version 1.0)

Changes in version 1.6 :

- Added preferences menu plus some new options
- Speechmanager support
- Added information dialog when printing
- Spinning beachball cursor while loading
- Improved Delay Options
- Better accuracy of delays
- Fixed some minor bugs

Oliver Dreer
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/pict-show-16.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 08:59:06 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Robert Rumpf)
Subject: [*] power-notes-20-hc.hqx

PowerNotesT 2.0 is a major rewrite/upgrade to PowerNotes 1.0, including
several bug fixes, speedier algorithms, and implementation of new features
such as Password Protection and the option to attach graphic images to your
notes!

PowerNotesT is a Hypercard stack designed to be an electronic notebook for
students and researchers alike.  Designed for use on a Powerbook (although
it will run on any Mac with a screen size of 640 x 400 or larger), it
organizes and stores information (ie, class notes, research notes,
diagrams, recipes, whatever), which can be textual or graphical in nature.
PowerNotesT has import and export functions for exchanging data with
others; the exported files are browsable on their own or may be imported
into another PowerNotesT stack.  This stack is exceptionally useful as an
electronic notebook for students taking notes directly onto their
PowerBooks, or for researchers and experimenters who need to keep track of
experiments, projects, or information from primary literature references.
See the HELP button on the main menu for more information!

[Archived as /info-mac/text/power-notes-20-hc.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 21:56:07 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Daniel A. Segel)
Subject: [*] PowerClick v1.0.1

"Never trust first releases".

"Never trust releases ending in even numbers".

I'm embarrassed about this. I hope this version fares better.

This is version 1.0.1. Version 1.0 had a few minor problems. See
the documentation for more info.

PowerClick allows you to independently set the function of the two
trackball buttons on a Powerbook Duo (and maybe other Powerbooks
as well - again, see the documentation more info).

You can set *each* button to be either:

1. Nothing
2. Single Click
3. Double Click
4. Click Lock

Daniel A. Segel
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/power-click-101.hqx; 22K]

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 16:08:34 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Gasser)
Subject: [*] Red Dwarf sounds

This is a collection of System 7 sounds from the first season of the BBC
sci-fi show "Red Dwarf," all sampled at 11 kHz.  The sounds are:

Confusing                       Ding dong
I happen to be dead             Find
M'laddo                         Grease Stain
Skating to work                 Nice, period
Stabbim                         Smeg for brains
Stupid cats                     Wrongability

A file is included with the full text of each sound, if you can't
make it out (ok, at least what *I* think they said...)

Hope you enjoy them,
Nate
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/red-dwarf.hqx; 547K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 08:21:16 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Mr. Nitro Plastique)
Subject: [*] ren-n-stimpy-log-song.hqx

The "Log" Song from the Ren & Stimpy Show.

    What rolls down stairs, always in pairs,
    Runs over your neighbor's dog.

    What's great for a snack,
    Fits on your back,
    It's LOG! LOG! LOG!

    It's LOG, It's LOG,
    It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.

    It's LOG, It's LOG,
    It's better than bad, it's good.

    Everyone wants a LOG.
    You're gonna love it, LOG.

    Come on and get your LOG.
    Everyone needs a LOG.

    LOG.....From Blamo!

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/ren-n-stimpy-log-song.hqx; 493K]

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 07:17 PST
From: [e-mail] (Mike Murdock)
Subject: [*] ribplugindevkit.hqx

This file contains the Pixar Showplace 2.0 RIB Plug-in Developer's Kit.
You will need Think 5.04 or later for use with this file. This will allow
you to develop RenderMan Interface Bytestream Plug-in Modules for use with
Showplace 2.0 from Pixar. Like Photoshop, Plug-ins offer users the ability to
have additional functionality added to a program by people that like to code!

We believe that this will increase the popularity of Showplace, and bring more
realistic pictures to the industry. America Online users have already
downloaded
this kit, and begun development efforts on many types of plug-ins.

The purpose of these plug-ins is to generate geometry in an otherwise
non-modeling
type of program. Showplace does not allow you to model in 3D, but rather to
import
objects that have been designed in a modeler. Now with the plug-ins you can
make your own geometry.

This kit does ship with Showplace, but if you do not have Showplace 2.0, then
you can use this to develop without it.

Mike Murdock
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/pixar-showplace-20-dev-kit.hqx; 322K]

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 00:36:25 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Povl H. Pedersen)
Subject: [*] speecher-12.hqx

--========================_13842680==_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"


Here is the current release of Speecher. Now has an icon, and will open
text files (although only first 32000 characters is read). Also highlights
the currently spoken word, as well as writing it above the plain text
window.

This completely replaces Speecher 1.0 and 1.1 in the archives.

Still needs speech manager, and is also system 7 dependent.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/speecher-12.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 01:27:31 -0700
From: Bill Dugan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] star-trek-demo.hqx

StarTrekDemo.sea.hqx

This file is a playable demonstration of MacPlay's new game for the Mac,
"Star Trek: 25th Anniversary".  You need a color Macintosh with System
6.0.7 or later.  A 68030 or later is recommended; the faster, the better.
The demo lets you play through one ship-to-ship combat in the space
simulator part of the game -- you get to pilot the Enterprise against
another Constitution-class vessel in a simulation -- and then you can
play through one room of the "ground-side missions," the adventure-game
aspect of the game which constitutes the majority of the game.

Please go ahead and distribute this demo everywhere.

It is copyright (C)1993 Interplay Productions.
"Star Trek" is a registered trademark and copyright to Paramount Pictures.

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/star-trek-demo.hqx; 1584K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 13:14:56 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*]SWIIPrintUseMonitor version 1.0

Dear Moderators,

Enclosed is version 1.0 of SWIIPrintUseMonitor.

This small application checks the log file created by the
StyleWriter II driver and warns the user if the the cartridge
is approaching the end of its expected life.

I believe that it sould go in the 'prn' folder, with other
StyleWriter Utilities, such as StyleWriterII_log.sit. This
program has been compressed and BinHex'ed with Compact Pro.

Please feel free to distrbute on the CD-ROM of the info-mac
archives if you wish.

Steve Smith
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/stylewriter-ii-use-mon.hqx; 27K]

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 23:42:47 PST
From: [e-mail] (Ian Wojtowicz)
Subject: [*] teletimes-93-09.hqx

This month, Teletimes brings you four articles on COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY: EFFECTS
ON SOCIETY. The articles are from Singapore, Montreal, Tsukuba and Winnipeg.
There are also two regular columns from Vancouver.

If you are interested in writing or doing some photography for Teletimes,
please e-mail me.

Ian Wojtowicz
Editor-in-Chief of International Teletimes

[Archived as /info-mac/per/teletimes-93-09.hqx; 221K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 21:26 +1300
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] the-prisoner.hqx

Moderators,

Enclosed please find a Quicktime movie from the classic British TV series "The
Prisoner" which starred Patrick McGoohan. I'd be grateful if you could put
this on your archive.

It is not a proper movie as I don't have the equipment to capture video, but a
series of PICTS starting with the thunderous sky through to the view  Number 6
sees from his window after waking from his drugged sleep. The  soundtrack is
the opening dialogue between Leo McKern (as No. 2) and No. 6  (Where am I? In
the Village etc.) with a smattering of theme music in there too. I haven't had
much time to work on it so it is a bit rough around the edges, but it still
looks quite good. It is 55 seconds long and about 900k. This will be of
particular interest for Prisoner fans. If you haven't seen The Prisoner
before, look out for it - it's a Masterpiece.

"R. W. Dutton"
[e-mail]

*NOT* [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/the-prisoner.hqx; 907K]

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 23:54:12 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#190/23-Aug-93

TidBITS#190/23-Aug-93

This week we bring you a thoughtful article about copy-protected
   MIDI software, an overview of the new Centris 660 AV and Quadra
   840 AV, some humorous notes for people who do telephone
   technical support, and we continue our multi-part Newton series
   with a look inside the MessagePad.

Topics:
    MailBITS/23-Aug-93
    Copy Protection in the MIDI Market
    Two New Macs - A Quick Trip Around the AV Room
    Your Customer Could be a Space Alien
    Under the MessagePad's Hood
    Reviews/23-Aug-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-190.etx; 30K]

(Don't expect prompt responses for several weeks until I finish the book.)
   Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 22:38:42 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Trash Can Icon Replacement

Item Subject: /.../0000069
Subject: Trash can replacement
This files includes three different replacement for the trash. The first one
is a plain toilet, the second a smiling toilet and the third one is a box with
files in it. The first two options will be hackerOs favorite. The third option
have a very classic modern look. You must use Resedit to completely replace
the icn# resource which is inside of the System file with ONLY ONE of the
three different icn# which are included. ItOs working fine with System 7.1,
but as usual you use at your own risk.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/toilet-trash.hqx; 15K]

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Date: 23 Aug 1993 08:47:38 -0600
From: "Mike Baranowski" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Upload Info

               Subject:                               Time:8:39 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Upload Info                            Date:8/23/93
Mac Moderators:

The author of a program wants be to distribute a Mac application to the vaious
FTP sites around.  I am mirroring through wuarchive.  I couldn't find upload
instructions.  Are there any?  I would like to upload the enclosed file
(UUParser15.sea.hqx).  The application was previously available as v1.2.  It
is
used for parsing files saved from a news server.  It also features a FAST
uudecoder as well as file joining, splitting, and multi-file parsing (1 file
with multiple files within).  This should be placed in the Compress-Translate
dir.

Thanks,
Mike Baranowski

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/uu-parser-15.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 14:48:20 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Donna Foster)
Subject: [*] Welcome! v1.3

//I'm sorry I'm sending this version out so soon after 1.2, but I couldn't
//figure out how to do the changed voices until last night--this is the first
//time I've tried to define my own resources. :-)

Welcome! is an app which will speak the date and time, along with a short
greeting appropriate to same. You can choose which of the Speech Manager's
voices it will use on the next startup. It has a memory partition large enough
to run everything up to "Female Voice", and it defaults to that, if
available.
If you prefer one of the smaller voices (RoboVox, Brenda, Voltron), you can
reduce the partition down to 75K or so. To get out of the app in the middle
of a sentence, just click anywhere except the menu bar, or hit a non-modifier
key.

This is probably the last update for a while--v2.0 will store the greetings,
weekdays, etc. in resources for easy localization and modification. It's
fairly
low priority for me, since I have my game to finish up. Any comments on
Welcome! can be sent to my fiance at [e-mail]--I will get them
quickly. Thanks, and enjoy! :-)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/welcome-13.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 16:51:48 MDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Yeager's Air Combat Demo

This is a demo version of Electronic Arts Mac version of Chuck Yeager's Air
Combat.  Mac programmer Mark Adams has done a great job in porting this
originally DOS game to the Mac.  The high frame rates (on my IIsi), numerous
mission scenarios, several types of flyable aircraft, ability to create
missions, make QuickTime movies of your missions and network dogfights will
make this game a welcome addition to the growing list of Mac flight
simulators.

Yeager's Air Combat is expected to start shipping in September.

Thanks to Russell Jordan for e-mailing me the demo.

Tom
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/chuck-yeagers-air-combat-demo.hqx; 1842K]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 08:56:23 -0400
From: [e-mail](Norm Friedman)
Subject: "GATEWAY????"

EXCUSE ME-In V11#168, I asked,"I would like to put "Gateway" in my Mac SE.
I understand there are problems
when I already have "AutoDoubler" installed.
  Any thoughts or help?

[e-mail]
Problem IS.. It is not "Gateway",   the checker is "GATEKEEPER 1.2.8"
SORRY
THANKS TO ALL UP FRONT

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 20:15:30 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Greg Birch)
Subject: (Q) Apple CD300

The latest issue of MacUser (UK) magazine has an article about the Apple
CD300 in which it states that it is possible to transfer digital audio data
files across the SCSI link to the computer.  However, despite quite some
time spent experimenting, I can't work out how this might be done.  Can
anyone help?

Incidentally, how do users with an internal CD-ROM drive (CD300i) listen
to audio CDs?  Is it through the Mac's built-in speaker or are there
"phono" connectors on the back of the Mac to connect to the user's hi-fi?

Thanks in advance,
Greg Birch

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 09:23:15 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 4th Dimension Updater needed

Hi,

  I was just talking to Acius reps (very helpful) and they mentioned that
they have released updaters to 1.0.5 on Compuserv.  Could some kind soul
please upload them here as I do not have a CS account and need these updaters
to correct a few bugs I've run into.

Thanks,
Ryan Marquette, [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 18:29:55 EDT
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Accelerator purchase frustrations (rant)

I'm so frustrated I feel like blowing something up.

Since last June, when an unrelated economic catastrophe forced me to
wait until this fall, I've been planning on buying an accelerator for
my SE. [In the mean time, of course, the Japanese glue factory blew up
and prices have been skyrocketing since!] The original preference was
the DayStar 50 Mhz board, although I also looked at DayStar's 40 Mhz
board. But when I learned more about it, I started to think I'd rather
have the cheaper AE TransWarp 40 Mhz board with 128K static RAM cache.

- the TransWarp board comes with its own 4 slots for ordinary 30 pin
SIMMS (1, 4, or 4); DayStar's board comes with a single 72-pin slot (8
or 16 MB). The single 72 pin 16 MB chip is $16 cheaper than four 4MB
30-pin SIMMS at todays' prices--assuming it can use the cheaper
composite chips. But DayStar was awfully evasive about where I could
obtain compatible SIMMS chips, and no one else (e.g., MacWarehouse)
seems to know, either.

- Although the DayStar board can use the motherboard's memory as a RAM
disk, this is so only if the SIMMS which are there are 80 ns or faster;
I doubt seriously if any of mine are; the AE board requires a few
working SIMMS chips on the motherboard for a few limited instructions
that will still go there, but there is no speed requirement. So I could
use the chips I've already got there.

- the DayStar board requires a $150 SE adaptor [originally $45 but that
was before the glue factory burnt down]; The AE accelerator does not.

- with the static RAM cache, the AE 40 Mhz accelerator is very fast;
the DayStar running at 50 Mhz is probably somewhat faster but it has no
build-in cache;

- the DayStar board may not be able to work with System 6 without
additional software that allows System 6 to access the extra memory,
such as Maxima.  AE's board ships with its own System-6 software.

- the AE TransWarp board is obtainable for $428; the DayStar board
costs $599 for 40 Mhz and $749 for 50 Mhz.

So the TransWarp board looked like the clear winner and I was in the
process of arranging for its installation (I've never had SE out of its
carapace and I'm not going to start cracking cases now!) when the
installation tech support person told me that the [AE] board I wanted
would not be ready to make use of more than 4 MB of RAM until they
finished writing software for the SE's ROMs, which would be another 3-4
weeks. How nice of someone to tell me! A call to AE confirmed this; the
software will be free to purchasers of the board, but there doesn't
seem to be any real guarantee that they'll be successful in getting it
to work. The board comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, but that's
about the same window as the likely arrival of the memory-use software.
And I guess I'd have to take the computer back in to have the
accelerator removed and returned and then wait to see if they get the
bugs out, and then RE-purchase it (for a higher price by then?) if they
do? And what about the damn SIMMS chips? There I'd be with 4 4MB SIMMS
chips, probably not the worst investment, but probably not explicitly
returnable...grr!

Or I could wait for a few more weeks. And watch the prices of chips and
boards continue to rise. And enjoy my 8 Mhz 68000 machine for awhile
longer after anticipating all that speed and power. Grr!

I tell you what I'm strongly inclined to do: buy the AE board for now,
and if the 30 day guarantee starts to run dry and I haven't received
the higher-memory software, return it-and buy the DayStar 50 Mhz board
instead. And say to hell with AE. Aw, damn them anyway, I really wanted
their board. Does anyone have sufficient experience with Applied
Engineering to be able to advise me on the likelihood of them getting
this missing piece of software out, and not leaving me in the lurch?

-- Allan Hunter
 <ahunter@sbccvm>

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 21:35:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Adobe Acrobat

I understand Acrobat Reader is available for a limited time through ZiffNet.
Does anyone know the legalities of posting it at sumex. If it is okay and
someone has access to ZiffNet, will you please post it.

Thank you in advance.

s kharbanda

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

Date: 25 Aug 1993 08:27:20 -0600 (CST)
From: "Pamela G. Gades" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aldus PPD Needed For LW Pro 630

Could anyone help me find the Aldus PPD for the Apple LaserWriter Pro 630?

I've searched the archives and other sites (including ftp.apple.com) and can't
seem to find it.

Pam Gades, User Services Spec.
University of MN, Morris

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 18:31:23 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Fadi Abourjeily)
Subject: Archive for comp.sys.mac.digest

Hello,

Is there an archive for comp.sys.mac.digest ?
if yes how can I access it.

Thanks a Zillion.
Fadi Abourjeily
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 07:29:33 BST
From: Richard Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dead Hard Drives

Michael Lehnertz (Drummer) writes:

> The hard drive on my SE/30 has been dead quite a few times now. I was
>ready to give up all hope and by another internal hard drive when I noticed a
>book in the office. It saved me about $200 in the long run. The book is
titled
>"The Dead Mac Scrolls." I looked for the problem and there was the
diagnosis.
>It turns out my drive heads were stuck to the disk and all I had to do was
>open the Mac up, take out the drive and spin the disk manually. Works great
>now! Hey, $20 for a book sure beats spending $200 for a Apple Dealer to say
>"You need a new hard drive and all your data is lost."

Be warned, however, that you really should get a new hard drive, install it
and
copy all the stuff from the old one **NOW**; -

I did this with a Sony drive removed from an SE/30, it's heads were stuck and
most days it would start up OK. If it didn't, there was a little screwdriver
slot you could twist and that would get it to spin up!! Great! a free hard
drive!! :=)

It was used as an external drive on my IIcx, and contained, amongst other
things, my Info-Mac Digest archive (all of volume 11) and Easy View.

One day, the drive didn't start up, so I twiddled the screwdriver and it spun
up
(span up?, I don't know) but with a grating noise like someone was holding
their
fingernails to a revolving blackboard! Needless to say, the drive didn't work,
40Mb of data lost, including all my Info-Macs and it now is in my 'useless
drives' pile. The heads had got bent during the unsticking process and had
gouged a lump out of the disk surface, so the drive couldn't find track zero,
so
it's no good.

So, the moral is, if your hard drive starts acting funny, replace it and use
the
old one for a paperweight.

Actually, there's two morals - 2) back up your data!! (self to note)

Cheers,

Richard Smith
Hardware & Systems Executive
NorthEast Macintosh User Group

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

Date: 25 Aug 1993 12:47:19EDT
From: "Randy Bytwerk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Finder/>2gb HD Problem

    Our file server is now at 3 gb. Apparently, the Finder can't handle
    more
than 2 gb. Anyone have advice on how we can allow users to put things on the
server by some means other than the Finder?

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 06:48:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Flight Simulator (R)

Brian Pickerill <[e-mail]> writes:

> Even when a product is originally written on the Mac (Word), it is always
> given more attention on the PeeCee, and it seems, other platforms as well.
> Hell, even the ANCIENT 8-bit Ataris supported modem games.  (Larry, I want
> you to know that I mentioned this bit about Atari just for you...  ;-))

    Well, four days after contacting MicroSoft, ONE disk showed up in a
near-shoebox sized container that allows mouse-handling to work
properly.  The disk is a replacement so it isn't a patch that can be sent
to the nets.
    Yeah, I miss the modem games.  In that regard, we've gone backwards
in the past few years.  There were BUNCHES of those things for Atari 8
bits in the early 80s, and there are several NOW for the newer Atari
machines.
    The typical response I get on this is, why not use ARA or a network?
Well, not everyone can afford ARA and not everyone can network across town.
The modem games have all of this built inside of the game/simulator.  One
dials up within, a connection is established, and away you go.  sniff!!!

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 08:54:13 -0700
From: Bruce Carter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Gravis MouseStick software not quite right

Greetings,

I recently purchased a Centris 610 8/230 w/CD and have been hooking back up my
peripherals from my old IIfx system piecemeal.  Last night, I hooked up my
Gravis MouseStick (the original version, not the II) and it doesn't seem to
work exactly right.  That is, the joystick itself works ok, but the software
isn't functioning quite properly.  It no longer automatically switches the
mouse tracking to tablet, which many of the program sets require to work
correctly.  The Mouse control panel shows tablet selected, but the tracking is
actually still set to the fastest level (my normal setting).  If I click on
the
tablet radio button, THEN it switches and everything works again.  The FKEY
that comes with the package doesn't perform the switch correctly either.

Did something change that broke this feature?  Is there an update available
anywhere?  Do I need to dig out my original material and call Gravis?  Thanks
for any suggestions.

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 09:59:31 -0400
From: Dennis Lougheed <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP Re-inking

Could someone please E-Mail me the differences betwen refilling the low
capacity and high capacity HP DeskWriter Cartridges. I have been doing the
low capacity ones successfully, but I think I remember some discussion about
there being a difference with the high capacity ones.

--
Dennis Lougheed
E-Mail to :    [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 17:04:45 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hypertext readers

I am looking for a macintosh hypertext viewr (and compiler) similar to
Microsoft Help included with Excel 4.0 and PowerPoint 3.0.  Anyone know
of such a beast?  THanks

M. Scott Roth, SAIC, [e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 13:17:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #167

Dear netters,
    In IM V11 #167 (Michael Bach) writes:

>Dear colleagues:
>I am confronted with a network problem with which I have no experience
>so
>far. We want to use campus-wide services that are accessed via TCP/IP
>protocols. The 30odd Macs in my department are connected with
>PhoneNet,
>running AppleTalk protocols of course. My understanding is that we
>need a
>gateway for protocol translation, such as Shiva Fastpath. However,
>this
>appears an overkill to me: The device is expensive (at least in
>Germany),
>expected traffic is low, a Mac dedicated to routing would be
>available.
>Apple's internet router unfortunately does only AppleTalk tunneling
>through
>TCP/IP, no translation. Question: Are there any software-based
m>ultiprotocol

>routers available? Your advice is appreciated.

    Well, Michael we use a product called Liason which is an
    application that runs in the background of a Mac to connect
    the LocalTalk network on one end with an Ethernet using
    MacTCP protocols.

    I've been told by our Apple Rep. that there are many
    such software Gateway-emulators.

    I think the publisher is Farallon

        Hope that helps,
            Dan

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 08:41:29 -0400
From: [e-mail] (John Violette)
Subject: Jiggle..My Screen Is Jiggling (R)

>         I've been gone for a week, having boxed up my mac before I left
> and then I just moved into my new place for the year.  The image on my
> 14" Color Display is now jiggling ever so slightly.  The picture is fine,
> just the whole damn picture is waving back and forth.  I can ignore it
> sometimes, but I want to know what might have caused it since it was working
> fine before I left.  Could something about the power lines in this building
> cause this to happen?
>         Any suggestions are appreciated.

Check for anything with an AC motor next to your monitor.  If you have a fan
or refrigerator or anything like that next to it, you will get the
'Jiggles' on your monitor.  If that doesn't work, move your computer to a
different part of the room, or a different room even.

HTH.

John
 ----------

John Violette <><
Data General Corp.
Apex, North Carolina
[e-mail]

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

Date: 25 Aug 1993 15:44:52 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LC3 Appleshare fixed!

    Appleshare on the LC3 is now up and running again!

    The problem:  After changing the spelling of some Users in the
User/groups file to correct some spelling errors, the LC3 would not share
it's files with anyone else but could read other hardrives on the net.

    The Solution:  Deleting the Users and Groups data file in the
Preferences folder.  Restart.  Entering the Sharing Setup control panel
and giving a new name, passwd, and machine name.  Then changing the names
back to what they were supposed to be.  File Sharing then could be turned on.

    Thanks to all that replied and tried to help.

Allen Kitchen   (61 days and no rain... maybe if I wash my car...)
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 21:35:47 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MacTcp

> Does anyone happen to know where to find MacTCP...

MacTcp is a commercial product. It is available from APDA, they are shipping
version 2.0 ($59.00).

You may also be able to get MacTcp bundled along with some networking
applications (Intercon's NFS share for eg.).

As far as setting it up, you will need some information like domain name,
addresss etc. Your system administrator or the service provider should be
able to give you that information. You should be able to find some more
information (advice) on mac internet connections from "Mac Internet Tour
Guide" by Michael Fraase published by Ventana Press.  Check it out, it has a
section on MacTcp and how to configure it, should be available at your local
bookstore or get it from WordsWorth Books (1-800-899-2202), where i got mine
from.

s kharbanda
i read and review mac books

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 18:08:53 EDT
From: "/\\\\att" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac X

I've recently set up MacX running on a Quadra 950.  I have a Logitech Mouseman
and was wondering how I should program the buttons to be the equivelent of a
Unix type mouse.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please e-mail me
responses at [e-mail]
Thanks!
/\\att Cable
MTUC Jackson Macintosh Labs
Tufts University
Medford MA
02155

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 2:58:11 PDT
From: Dieder A. Bylsma <[e-mail]>
Subject: Modems & Macs -- Carrier Detect

I understand that most modems support the feature of telling the
computer that a carrier has been detected, and when it has, that it
has a special wire to tell the mac. Specifically, pin #7 of the modem
port. Problem is that a number of macs do not have that pin specifically
supported, while others do. I wonder what practical use it would be for me
to be able to use this feature. Are there any applications that support
it's use?

Thanks for any solutions to my curiousity,

Dieder
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 09:32:09 EDT
From: "Michael L. Dickens" <[e-mail]>
Subject: NCSA Telnet 2.5 and control characters? [A][A]

> From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
> Subject: [A] NCSA Telnet 2.5 and control characters?
>
> Someone writes:
>
> >In your Telnet Configuration file (telnet.cfg), ...
>
> Hm, we don't seem to have such a file.
> What do I do now?

My mistake - it should have been "config.tel", not "telnet.cfg".  All
versions previous to 2.6 should come with a configuration file.  If not,
you can create it yourself using TeachText (or any TEXT editor), then
change to type to CONF and creator to NCSA using ResEdit.

    MLD

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 15:39:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mel E. Martinez)
Subject: OCR recommendations

Can anyone provide opinions/experiences/recommendations
on OCR software?

The scanner is a nice new Apple OneScanner, if that matters.

All comments are welcome,

Thanks in advance,

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

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

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 15:08:12 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Pre-Owned Electronics

On July 15th, Mark Dohm posted a question about used Macs -

>
>>
>>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 13:54 CST
>>From: "Mark Dohm, Mac Information Technology" <[e-mail]>
>>Subject: Info on used mac pluses needed.
>>
>>
>>We are currently planning to get them from Pre-Owned Electronics out of
>>Boston,
>>but I am looking for other suggestions. They can sell us refurbished pluses
>>(as
>>above) with 90 days P&L warranty for $339.
>>>
>>Thanks a bunch.
>>!! MarkMAD (Mark Dohm)
>>
>>!! [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>>!! alternates: [e-mail]  AOL: MarkMAD  Applelink: STPLATT
>>
>
>


I have E-mailed the following question to him, but have not received a reply -


>
>I wonder if you could supply me with more information about the company
>>"Pre-Owned Electronics". I couldn't get anything from phone company
>information >for Boston. I would appreciate a phone number and/or an
address.
>
>

Could someone from the Boston area send me info on "Pre-Owned Electronics"?

Thanks


Joe Carson
Princeton University
Plasma Physics Laboratory

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 09:18:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (JOSHUA GOLUB 708-304-7573)
Subject: RAM 1.0.1

infomac-

i believe that /dev/ram-101.hqx was misfiled. since it is an AD module,
i assume that it should have gone in /ad/ram-101.hqx.

-joshua golub
----
RAM

"RAM" displays the contents of RAM one page at a time. the user
can control the length of the pause between pages and the font
size of the display.

source code: available on request

[Since we don't unpack the binhex and try it out (we do this on a unix box),
you guys need to tell us exactly what is in there.  Otherwise this sort
of thing is going to happen!  :) It has been moved to ar/gui/ad. -Gordon]
[The only thing we do here, by the way, is use mcvert to make sure the binhex
is not corrupt.]

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 08:25:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jamie Lawrence)
Subject: screen movement

>> and then I just moved into my new place for the year.  The image on my
>> 14" Color Display is now jiggling ever so slightly.  The picture is fine,

>
>Hello, Eric.  I'm not sure what you mean by `jiggling,' but a few weeks ago,
>my Radius monitor's image started shrinking-expanding-shrinking-expanding-etc

You know- my monitor the other day wasn't really jiggling or
shrinking-expanding-shrinking-expanding-etc, but did kind of vibrate
rapidly up and down. It may have been an earthquake, I don't know.
:) Just being silly.
jamie
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 21:02:50
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: SoftPC "Demo" (A)

> Awhile ago, there was a demo version of SoftPC available at
> a couple of ftp sites. I can't seem to find it with Archie
> anywhere. Could anyone give me the scoop on this?

Sure.  There is not and never has been any "demo" of SoftPC (this
is according to Insignia).

Last December, someone posted a fully-functional pirated copy of
SoftAT 2.51 to mac.archive.umich.edu.  This was noticed after a
few days, and deleted.

The only way to get SoftPC is to buy it.  The only SoftPC-related
files on the net are updaters.

Hope this saves you from fruitless searching.

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 21:35:23 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Speech Manager (A)

>I tried to find it on ftp.apple.com but wasn't able.  Can >someone e-mail me
the exact location that it can be ftp'd >from?

The speech manager is located at ftp.apple.com.
The directory is:
/dts/mac/sys.soft/speech
There are three files get them all.
Also since the speech manager documents are in Apple Docviewer format. While
you are ftp.apple.com get that too. It is located at /dts/utils/
Now, if you figure out how to use all the parts let me know, I have been
waiting for someone to reply to previously posed queries on the net about
speech manager.

s kharbanda
I found out the hard way

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 10:10:38 EDT
From: Doug Larrick (HLO2-3/N02; DTN 225-6017)  25-Aug-1993 1010
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Speech Manager works fine on SE

In IM 11-167, Richard Lim said:
> I believe the Speech Manager requires a 68020 Mac or better but I'd be
> happy to be proved wrong.  I don't know if you'll also need the new Sound
> Manager 3.0 or the Component Manager of System 7.1 and QuickTime 1.5
> however.

The Speech Manager works fine on my Mac SE, running System 7.0.0 tuned.  I do
have the Sound Manager 3.0 installed, but (obviously) not QuickTime.  I
haven't
tried Macintalk Pro, because I don't have 3 MB of free *disk space*, much less
RAM :-)

-Doug, eagerly awaiting '040 PowerBooks
Disclaimer: I speak not for Digital.

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 09:48:13 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Porter)
Subject: System 7 Tune-Up problem?

I have a IIci, 8mb with 2 monitors -- Apple 13" color and Apple 12"
monochrome (actually grayscale).  I had been using a video card to
drive the color monitor and built-in video for the other;  when I
switched it around, so that the color was driven from the built-in
video instead, then System 7 Tune-Up v1.1.1 starting hanging the
system during boot.  The rest of my inits - nothing "hacky", mostly
commercial software like ATM, Quickeys, Suitcase, etc. - work just
fine after I disabled Tune-Up.  Installing a fresh version made no
difference.  Further possibly relevant info:
    I have the color monitor set for the menu bar, the other monitor
    to display the happy face at boot
    I run without 32-bit addressing or virtual memory on
    I run System 7.0.1
Any ideas, anyone?  Anyone want to refresh my memory as to why I would
want to use Tune-Up, anyway?

Andrew

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 18:21:55 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: Techtool and its compatibility problems (A?)

In article <[e-mail]>
([e-mail]), you write:
    Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 16:08 EST
    From: INTERNET-THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY <[e-mail]>
    Subject: Techtool and its compatibility problems (A?)

...
    The following is an overview of what may
    cause incompatibilities on some Macs with TechTool, and how to solve that
    problem on some Macs.  TechTool is available at the archives and is
    explicitly
    designed for resetting the desktop and zapping the PRAM.
    TechTool will yield a strange "Enter Enter" dialog box just before it
    decides
    to restart my Mac LC for resetting the Desktop.  It does this ONLY when
    Desktop-Reset (the extension from Symmantic which was downloaded from the
    archives) was still active in my Extensions Folder.
...

DesktopReset is from Fifth Generation Systems, not Symantec.

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 09:56 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Trouble installing Silverlining disk software

Hallo Net,
I have trouble installing Silverlining 5.31 software on a new 125 Mb disk.
After installation, Apple HD SC Setup won't even see the SCSI #0 id. What's
worse is that the machine won't boot after a succesfull system 7.01
installation
The Welcome to Macintosh. screen shows up as it should but after that,
a rectangle of the same size shows up on the screen without text but one of
the
black lines around the white area is switching from white to black and vv.

After these troubles I tried to install ETC disk driver software. The result
is a working machine (machine boots fine with sys 7.01) but during the
ETC installation several SCSI errors were reported. Also now the
Apple HD SC Setup program doesn't recognize the SCSI #0 id.

I feel uncomfortable having these troubles on a machine I promised I would
install for my old Professor. Why doesn't Silverlining work, why doesn't the
Apple HD SC Setup recognize the disk anymore and where do the SCSI errors
during
ETC installation come from ? BTW, the machine is a Mac II, the manufacturer of
the hard disk is presumable quantum but I am not sure (haven't opened the
case yet).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Daniel van Kraalingen

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Date: 25 Aug 1993 18:52:40PST
From: "Mikey Likes It"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Worldscript Word Processors?

Okay, besides Nisus 3.4, does anyone else know of what WPs are WorldScript
compatible?  I know WordPerfect 2.something is, but I don't know...

Or maybe text editors...  The new TeachText is cool, but I really need
formatting-n-stuff.  BTW, as far as I have tested, BBEdit Lite is NOT WS
compatible..  8(

I'll assume Word 6 will be..  Let us pray.

End of blither.  Any flames, ideas, suggestions, or semi-intelligible
nonsense will be appreciated.

--Michael

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 12:20:41 BST
From: Yoram Ney <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest,comp.sys.mac.misc,connect.audit
Path: yoram
From: [e-mail] (Yoram Ney)
Subject: Latest version of THIN C
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Distribution: connect
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 11:20:38 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail] (Yoram Ney)


I've got Dave mark's Book 'Learn C on the Macintosh" which I bought
about a year+half ago. It came with a shrinked version of Think C
called THIN C (as many would know probably). I used it then on Sys
6.08 and 5mb of RAM, with no problems. I now tried running it on my
same SE/30 running 7.1 and 20mb of RAM. It crashes, -if 32 bit is
on.

My Qs: 1. Can anyone who recently purchased 'Learn C on the
      Macintosh' tell me what version of THIN C it ships with?
      (mine is 1.0)

       2. Anyone running it with 32 bit on?? - if yes, which version is
      it???????

Thanks a lot for any help

Please email directly - I'll summerise to the net.


Yoram         <[e-mail]>

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