Info-Mac 3/Info_Mac_1994-01.iso/Periodical/Info-Mac/InfoMac 11-170

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 15:27:08 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #171


Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 28 Aug 93       Volume 11 : Issue 171

Today's Topics:

      [*] Aldus PPD for LaserWriter Pro 630
      [*] Attributes 1.1
      [*] FS-ATC-20.sea.hqx
      [*] FS-ATC-CGX-CMI-with-sounds.hqx
      [*] JCONV-DD
      [*] Misebirakasu 2.0 [*]
      [*] Net Othello 1.1b2
      [*] nlfe-13.hqx
      [*] Poly-RC 1.01
      [*] PolyMine 1.02
      [*] QuickDial submission
      [*] Re-post of Dark Star
      [*] redletter update
      [*] Right On Time 2.5
      [*] salloonExt update
      [*] snd-converter-pro-20.hqx
      [*] Software-Utility-10.hqx
      [*] Speak XCMD Version 0.1b
      [*] Submission: Remember 2.3.3
      [*] Welcome! bugfix
      [*] Word Connection Demo 1.0.1
      (Q) Apple CD300
      8-bit to 7-bit conversions (A)
      Acclerator Board Frustrations (C)
      aliases in sumex
      A Paranoid Android on Your Desktop?
      A problem with a PB140 - FIXED
      B/W MAC owners out in the cold!
      BinHex (A)
      BinHex (C)
      BinHex [A]
      Comments on READ-IT! O.C.R.(A)
      Disenchanted Microsloth user seeks advice
      FileMaker Updater?
      gopher abstract directory recommendation
      HD application list [A]
      HP 762 terminal emulator
      HS Modem Cable
      Huge Gaps when view by name(Q)
      ImageWriter II Fonts (A)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #170
      LC 520 (Too good to be true?)
      LC III networking
      LC to LCIII upgrade (A)
      Macintalk Pro -- What is it for?
      Mac X & MouseMan Config [A]
      MaxFax INIT and Prefs problem (R)
      Memory Connections
      MicroNet 46 HD Problem
      Monitor energy saver troubles
      MouseMan & MacX
      NewsReaders (A)
      Quantum 105S - my real address
      Removing System 7 from 30 SEs (R)
      RIB File Archive (Q)
      Silverlining
      Soft PC demo
      Soft PC Demo (C) (2 msgs)
      Sound Manager 3 and Speach Manager on an SE?
      Symantec Sig address and some C++ Questions
      System Error -192
      Weird problems with a Mac IIfx upgrade...
      ZiffNet Files Cannot be Uploaded to Bulletin Boards

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The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous,
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 08:37:34 -0500
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Aldus PPD for LaserWriter Pro 630

Greetings, all!

Here's the recently requested Aldus PPD for the LaserWriter Pro 630 printer,
straight from the PageMaker 5.0 update (which requires, and includes, the
new LaserWriter 8.0 driver).  I suggest it gets archived as
lw_pro630_ppd.hqx.

Hope this helps!


Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/aldus-ppd-laserwriter-pro-630.hqx; 9K]

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Date: 27 Aug 1993 18:36:54 U
From: "emark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Attributes 1.1

to the keepers of the sumex archives:

     please find 2 files ms-mail-binhex-enclosed:

(1) an ascii README file
(2) an .sea of a folder w/ everything related to the program

     i am submitting these on behalf of John A. Schlack (the author) who is
     not
directly on the internet... until actually submitting this i did not know that
direct internet access is not necessary... i have sent him a copy of this
submission, as well as the sumex submission guidelines for future use... his
address is "[e-mail]" if you wish to correspond with him directly...

     "attributes" is a handy file utility that allows easy access to the
'creator', 'owner', 'stationary', 'locked', and other fields of information
kept by the finder about each file... with a simple drag-n-drop interface...

     as i understand the sumex file layout, attributes seems like something
that would go in either "/info-mac/disk" or "/info-mac/util"... i think that
john would like to know where it ends up, so that he can tell internet users
he
knows... so he would probably appreciate a quick note from you confirming the
posting and describing where it has been put... if that is possible, please
send me a cc: so that i know he has that information...

                       thanks,

                        mark
What Is Attributes ?


    Attributes  is a flexible program designed to alter file
information using a drag-and-drop interface.  Drag a set of file /
folder / disk icons onto this program's icon and Attributes will change
the file information according to user specification.  This function
only works on files.  Dropping folders or disks onto Attributes  will
modify the information of the contents of the folders or disks.

    Information that can be modified includes date and time of file
creation / last modification, creator, file type, invisibility, and lock
/ unlock attributes.  The user can operate on all files or files that
matching specified criteria (such as creator, file type, etc.) while in
the batch mode.  If only a single file is dropped on the Attributes
icon, it's characteristics can be modified interactively.


    This program is quite useful for a variety of circumstances:

*       toggling Teach Text documents from read only to editable

*       transferring text files between the Mac and IBM PCs (permits
    definition of a program to launch [creator] when double clicking
    on the file from the Finder)

*       altering the creation and modification dates and times of groups
    of files (useful for programmers when releasing new versions of
    software and support files)

*       hiding files in the Finder

*       locking groups of files to prevent them from being altered or
    deleted accidentally

*       interactive editing of a file's characteristics

*       others limited only by the imagination

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/attributes-11.hqx; 206K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 11:35:17 +0300 (EET)
From: Miika Asunta <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FS-ATC-20.sea.hqx

FS-ATC 2.0

Air Traffic Control software for
Microsoft Flight Simulator Macintosh version 4.0.

FS-ATC is an air traffic controller software that operates with
Microsoft Flight Simulator. It runs on the background and it uses
some undocumented apple events to find out position, direction,
altitude and speed of  aircraft. Using this information FS-ATC sends
messages to the pilot using notification manager dialog box or playing
sampled sounds.

This version has been comletely revised. There are lots of new features
like realistic pilot-controller communication, altitude control, more
accurate position tracking, support for sampled sound resources,
and support for the new Speech Manager. There is also a new
instrument for long range navigation.

This version introduces a function key resource (FKEY) that is
installed into Flight Simulator application. Command-Shift-8 key
combination is used as a communication button to simulate pilot's
discussion with tower, center and approach controllers.

There are more flight routes and the old ones have been completely
rewritten. A couple of them are written for SD-series scenery files
by Mallard software. FS-ATC will automatically change sceneries needed
on the route during the flight.

For each route there is a map that opens with TeachText. You can
use the maps to study what the controllers will require you to do.

FS-ATC 2.0 is released as shareware (10 US$). The registered users
will receive documentation for creating controller files of their own.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a pilot myself, I wrote the program just for fun.
The messages and routes are purely fictional.
---

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/fs-atc-20.hqx; 350K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 11:50:27 +0300 (EET)
From: Miika Asunta <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] FS-ATC-CGX-CMI-with-sounds.hqx

CGX-CMI with sounds

FS-ATC 2.0 controller file with sound resources.
--

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/fs-atc-20-cgx-cmi.hqx; 537K]

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 23:57:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Natsu Sakimura)
Subject: [*] JCONV-DD

JCONV-DD -- a JIS<->SJIS<->EUC converter

FILE: JCONV-DD
ver.: 0.2b
Type: Application
Author: Natsu Sakimura
Date: 1993.08.26
System Requirement: System 7.0 or later
Distribution: Freeware

Description:
  JCONV-DD is a drag & drop application which performs the conversion
  of JIS, SJIS and EUC files. It auto-detects the encoding scheme
  of the file which was dropped.
  Read ReadMe for more detail.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/jconv-dd.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 08:57:52 -0400
From: Chris K. Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Misebirakasu 2.0 [*]

Misebirakasu 2.0
>>the Simple Online Knowledge Solution<<

Misebirakasu is an online documentation system, originally created to replace
DisplayDA and provide a simple means of displaying and accessing small
amounts of useful text.  Misebirakasu can now perform those simple duties,
and much more.  By the manipulation of resources, one may customize it to
display almost any sort of graphic- or text-based information of any size
that one needs to access quickly and easily, including pictures displayed
within text.

New for 2.0:  Status bar which tells you which chapter youUre currently
viewing.  Copy now copies pictures along with text.  Added the ability to
have the display window vertically stretch itself to fill the screen, and
since that means that we canUt use the autocentering utilities provided by
the System, an option which centers the window on the main screen.  Pictures
now copy to the clipboard along with text.  TeachTextiness eliminated
entirely.  Hilting problems fixed.  Drastic speed increases.  Find problems
fixed.  Changed packaging and method of distribution. Dropped TeachText
compatibility for speed.

Misebirakasu
* can have an unlimited number of chapters.  Each chapter can display up to
32K of Styled text in full living color.
* can display pictures within the text.
* allows the user to select and copy any portion of the text.  Selected
pictures are also copyable.
* has a "Find" function.
* is 32-bit compatible and 68040 cache compatible, and doesnUt do nasty
things to the system, so it should theoretically work with future systems
forever.

Also
* you can define sections of text which can be accessed quickly and easily
>From the TSectionsU menu.

Requires a Resource Editor to customize.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/misebirakasu-20.hqx; 186K]

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 14:41:19 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Andrew McGeachie)
Subject: [*] Net Othello 1.1b2

Network Othello 1.1b2

   This is the second version of Net Othello, which allows several
users to play othello over an AppleTalk network. It allows users to
play several games against different opponents simultaneously and is
fully MultiFinder compatible.  It can run on system 6, or system 7.

Improvements over first version:

  Net Othello now works across AppleTalk zones.  There are also some
internal changes which make it communicate more reliably over the
network.

  There is also a known bug: If you try and register yourself with a
name that someone else is using, you get a dialog prompting you to
enter a new one. After doing this, it bombs :(

  I will work on fixing this one.  Please let me know of other bugs
you find, or suggestions you have.


- Andrew McGeachie      [e-mail]      1/29/92

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/net-othello-10b2.hqx; 137K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 10:49:53 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hussam A Dandashli)
Subject: [*] nlfe-13.hqx

NLFE 1.3 -- Non-Linear Finite Element analysis of large deflection
 beam elements
using the 6 degrees of freedom model of a beam coupled with iteration scheme
to solve the large deflection problem. This is a demo version limited to 6
nodes
(or 5 beam elements) .
All bug reports should be sent to
                [e-mail]
This application may be included on the archives CD-ROM.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/nlfe-13.hqx; 235K]

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Date: 27 Aug 1993 21:08:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Poly-RC 1.01

Poly-RC is a game with falling rows and columns. The objective is to stay in
game by removing blocks. Although it looks similar to Polytris, it is a
different game.
Rows or columns with 1 to 4 squares drop from top and stop when they hit the
dropped blocks or bottom. The squares can be removed by arranging them
sequences
of 3 or more of the same color horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
Poly-RC is more challenging because it has rows and columns with 1 to 4
squares,
bombs, weights and radiation. Depending on your skill, you can adjust the
difficulty of the game.
    Minor bug was fixed in version 1.01.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/poly-rc-101.hqx; 218K]

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Date: 28 Aug 1993 15:27:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PolyMine 1.02

PolyMine is a game with special grid and mines. The objective is find all the
safe place without stepping on a mine. PolyMine is one of Poly-Series games.
Depending on your skill, you can adjust the difficulty of the game by
selecting
number of mines, holes and shape of grid.
Auto Click and continuous mode added in version 1.01. Minor bug was fixed in
version 1.02.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/poly-mine-102.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 18:00:35 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Eli Blain)
Subject: [*] QuickDial submission

QuickDial...

 This 4k program fills a very simple but important need: it dials
voice numbers with your modem. It has no interface whatsoever, but
rather reads the number from the clipboard. On launch the program
first tries to read STR id 129 for a phone number. If that is blank,
it wil try to read the clipboard text. It will send ATD <text>, ; H0
to the modem (a generic dial and hangup when done). Control will
return immediatly to the computer, even during dialing.  I suggest
putting the program in your Apple Menu for instant access!
 I'm sure that programs like this exist elsewhere, but I couldn't find
one so I threw this together myself. It works perfectly on my Mac
SE/30, and I can see no reason why it would not work on all Macintosh
models.
 This program is public domain. If you do or even don't like it,
please drop me a note!

 Version 1.0.2 really closes the serial port (Well, it always did. But
I had to open the input side to close it!). It now also runs at 1200
bps. and sends an initial AT<cr> to wake up the modem.
 Version 1.1 adds proper hangup-when-done (no silly wait 15 seconds
bit) and read a default prefix and phone number from the resource fork
of the file. It also includes an about balloon, bringing the size up
>From 2k to 4k. Bloat? You decide!

Matthew Blain. Version 1.1 of 8/26/93.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/quick-dial-11.hqx; 10K]

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Date: 27 Aug 1993 13:49:56 -0800
From: "Cheuk, Kenneth" <cheuk#m#[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Re-post of Dark Star

Hi SysOp :

As advised, enclosed please find a binhexed stuffit archive of the Dark Star
Power saver for new Macs.

If you have question, please e-mail me.

Hope we are lucky this time.

Regards,
Kenneth

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/dark-star.hqx; 31K]

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 12:01:05 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Bob Schenk)
Subject: [*] redletter update

Attached is RedLetter, an updated version of a typeface I released as
shareware
several years ago. Both PostScript Type 1 and TrueType versions are included.

There is no charge for using the typeface, but there are restrictions on its
distribution which are explained in the readme file.

RedLetter is a novelty font made of hammers and sickles.

R Schenk

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/red-letter.hqx; 93K]

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Date: 27 Aug 1993 11:03:27 -0800
From: "John Covele" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Right On Time 2.5

              [*] Right On Time 2.5
Right On Time is a personal time manager.  It features a calendar, To-Do list,
reminders (alarms), and even a menubar clock.  You can set up repeating
events,
be warned ahead of time about upcoming events, archive old events, assign
categories to events, play sounds, manage your to-do list, etc.

Right On Time contains the most-used features of commercial applications such
as Now Up To Date, First Things First, DateBook, etc., yet is very easy to
use,
smaller (both in disk space and RAM), does not require any system extensions,
and costs much less.  If you are at all interested in the various personal
time
managers, check this one out!

Right On Time should run on all macs using system 6 or later, uses color and
large screens if you have them, and is system 7 friendly (supports required
AppleEvents, and 1 custom AppleEvent).  This is shareware, $15.

John Covele
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/right-on-time-25.hqx; 191K]

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 12:02:55 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Bob Schenk)
Subject: [*] salloonExt update

Attached is SalloonExt, an updated copy of a typeface of the same name which
I released into the electronic wilderness several years ago.
Both PostScript Type 1 and TrueType versions are included. (This is
probably the first legal distribution of the TrueType version.)
There is no charge for using the typeface, but there are restrictions
on its distribution. See the readme file.
SalloonExt has an "Old-West" look and feel.

R. Schenk

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/salloon-ext.hqx; 100K]

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 10:44:49 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] snd-converter-pro-20.hqx

Couldn't find this one at your place, so here it is. I think it will go
into /snd/util. I am NOT the auther of this software, just thought it would
be nice you had it too.  Included a couple of lines from the
About-document:


SndConverter Pro' is an application which allows you to convert one format
of sounds to another, and downsample certain sounds and filter the sound
names, among other options.  It is System 7-friendly, and has balloon help,
Apple events (for file, folder and disk dropping), etc.  The formats
currently supported are:

* SoundEdit' data files  (Hint: you can also convert PC sounds, thanks to
this format)

* System 7 sounds

* System 7 suitcases

* Sound Mover' suitcases - this category includes applications containing
sounds and HyperCard' stacks: basically, you can extract 'snd ' resources
>From any file.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/snd-converter-pro-20.hqx; 131K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 11:26:59 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Jean-Francois Sygnet)
Subject: [*] Software-Utility-10.hqx

Hi

I eventually succeded in connecting to ftp.apple.com
and downloading Apple's "Software Utility v1.0"
wich is a binHexed, self-extracting, image (i.e. DiskCopy)
archive containing the latest version of
Disk First Aid (7.2)
Apple HD SC Setup (7.2)
A utility that describe the Hardware and Software of
your mac with possible problems affecting it.

As many people on the net commented they couldn't
dowload that file, and as the file hardware-system-update-20.hqx
is already on info-mac (in the ./cfg directory),
I hope it is possible to have this file on info-mac
(and its mirrors :-) were many people can get it.

Jean-Francois Sygnet <[e-mail]>

[I'm afraid that probably won't happen.  Apple's policy, up to now, has been
to
distribute software only from ftp.apple.com or one of the online
services (I've heard many reasons why they do this, but never anything from
the "apple's" mouth).  It never hurts to ask, however.  If you can get
permission, we will be glad to add it to the archives. -Gordon]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 12:42:29 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Speak XCMD Version 0.1b

Speak XCMD by Jim MacInnes Version 0.1b - [e-mail]

The Hypercard stack "Speak XCMD 0.1b" contains an XCMD that offers Macintosh
Speech Manager feautures under Hypercard. It works with both the older
Macintalk
voices and the new PlainTalk voices. This is beta software and therefore may
contains bugs that I am not aware of. It has been succesfully tested on a
IIfx,
IIsi and and SE30. You may have to increase the memory of Hypercard if you
want
to use plaintalk voices. This XCMD may be freely used.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/speek-01b.hqx; 40K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 11:20:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Antigone Press <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Submission: Remember 2.3.3

I am re- submitting this to the sumex archives on behalf of the author, Dave
Warker. My last submission seems to have gotten lost and only the manual
has been posted...

Remember? reminder package V2.3.3 (with TeachText manual)
Self-expanding archive

Minor bug fix release replacing V2.3.2. Fixes problems with "Completed" items
and improves compatibility. Adds a few new preference items as well.

This is the COMPLETE package, not a limited demo version. It includes
comprehensive TeachText format documentation. TeachText is provided with your
Mac. (Microsoft Word(tm) format manual also available.)

Reminds you of important occasions in your life with pop-up windows and
sound.
You can specify one-time or repeating events in a flexible format. You are
reminded when you turn on your Mac, and at a time you specify before each
event.
Most features are us

er adjustable. MacUser rating: 4 mice.  Reviewed in Oct-91 MacWorld.

"Remember?" is ShareWare. Send $20 (US) if you decide to keep it after a two
week trial period ($5 more for a disk with the current version.)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/remember-233.hqx; 195K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 13:26:59 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Donna Foster)
Subject: [*] Welcome! bugfix

Once again, sorry for posting so soon after a previous version. :-(

This should be the final version of Welcome! for a while. Welcome! reads
the date and time to you, using the Speech Manager, and sticks in a greeting
appropriate to same. C source is included. Enjoy! :-)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/welcome-14.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 93 21:06:31 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Word Connection Demo 1.0.1

Word Connection 1.0.1 Demo

Word Connection is a new word search game that will challenge the minds of
adults and children with a variety of puzzle configurations and a wide range
of difficulty levels.

Word Connection's puzzle boards are made of hexagon, square, or triangular
shaped cells, each containing a letter. Players form words from letters in
connecting cells. Points are awarded based on the number and size of the
words found.

Word Connection includes hints, puzzle solutions and definitions of words in
the puzzles. As you search for words, the game offers hints to help you. At
the end of a round of play Word Connection will show you the words you missed
and the definitions of any unfamiliar words.

The full version of Word Connection offers a different puzzle every time a
round is played. In the demo version only one puzzle is available for the
small and medium size boards and the large size puzzles are not available.

The minimum system required is a Mac Plus, system 6.0.7, and 1 megabyte of
RAM. The full version of game requires 4 megabytes of hard disk space. Word
Connection is recommended for ages ten to adult.

Word Connection is available directly from Action Software. Regular retail
price is $59.95. Word Connection will be offered at an introductory price of
$39.95 + $3 S&H ($5 S&H outside of U.S. and Canada) until September 30, 1993.

For more information, contact:
Action Software
P.O. Box 1448
Ponca City, OK 74602
405-762-1622
[e-mail]

Change History:
v 1.0.1 fixes a bug for the SE, SE/30, II, IIx, and IIcx running System 6
with the 32-bit Quickdraw init installed.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/word-connection-demo.hqx; 266K]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 20:33:04 GMT
From: Sven Guckes <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Apple CD300

[e-mail] writes:

>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?

Machine         Output device           Program
=================================================
Mac IIvx        Builtin Speakers        CD Remote
...             ...                     ...

Alright - let's cascade to make a list!

Sven :)  [I fear some experts on c.s.m.hardware will know the definite
answer.]

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 16:21:12 -0500
From: PAUL M SHELDON <[e-mail]>
Subject: 8-bit to 7-bit conversions (A)

Dwight Lemke wrote:
>which format would you
>recommend for transmitting documents across the internet which will
>be used on both Macs and Pcs?
   Now, stuffit deluxe 3.0.6 has Z compression and uuencoding. This has a
bearing on recommendations. The following is my experience.
   I wanted to get the feelings of publication, so I latexed a document
that was a 22 page book with table of contents. That is a nontrivial thing
to do at first or to instruct "at last". That is not the experience I am
going to talk about.
   What I want to write about is instead "becoming a wizard". I liked z
compressing the doc and then spitting its binary at high information speed
to my unix host and then uuencoding it to prepare to e mail it to whatever
platform this professor was on (I was going to experience publishing to
one guy, with permission). I tried out the uncompressed file on unix and
unix said the line was too long and that I should go find a wizard. My
professor claimed we both weren't one and I went home and figured it out.
   Odd error messages on these unix machines, especially since I use Oz
Tex on my mac and they don't. Well, pay no attention to the man behind the
curtain, let's get on with it. Here goes and what qualified me as a wizard.
   Unix text files show ends of lines differently than macs and ibms. You
will want to compress before uploading to save time, but you best make
certain you compress the right sort of text file! Stuffit 3.0.6 has text
translators. If the com program transfers as text the text, not coded
text, then the com program sees the end of lines and makes appropriate
changes when sending to different machines, but if you do any sort of
coding before sending, be careful and change the text type to the machine
you are sending to or you will be exposed as not being a wizard and your
publication may be received with less than enthusiasm when the prof you
send it to has to admit he isn't one either.
   Summary:
   You would not be just a nothing, your potential headmasters all full of
stuffing, if you only had a brain (distortion of what the scarecrow sang
to the wizard that I hope someone finds funny, I sure didn't mean it to be
insulting). Incidentally, my latex book had over the rainbows in it,
Andrew Trevorrow said it might be a latex or plain tex macro bug. When I
specified overdot, I got over the rainbow (arc over character). Maybe I
ain't such a wizard after all, but I can't finger Donald Knuth, don't have
the savvy.

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 09:30:54 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Acclerator Board Frustrations (C)

A simple solution to frustration over an SE accelerator board is to get a Novy
Quick30 or ImagePro. These are 33 or 50 mhz 030/882; the ImagePro adds video
and can drive a large monitor. I have one and I love it. I am running the 33
mhz ImagePro with 16 megs of RAM, all directly addressable by using the
Compact Virtual Init from Connectix. The monitor is a 1024x768 Zenith,
a Mobius monitor, actually, and it is stable and crisp. I highly recommend
this setup.

I have essentially no software incompatibilities, but I don't do anything
fancy with sound, or MIDI or games. Some games break, cause they don't react
properly to the video setup. BTW, the VRAM is on a 32 bit bus to the 030 and
is updated by the 030, not the 68000, so the screen operations are very fast,
despite the large screen size.

Novy is at [phone]. I have no connection except as a satisfied
customer.

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 13:38:19 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: aliases in sumex

 Well, when you use Fetch, you usually see the aliases AND the original
directory right next to each other. It usually means twice as many lines in
a directory listing, but NonMacStuff helps me figure out what nms stands
for. I still end up using nms, since most often I get the paths right out
fo the digest anyway.

 If I had to type everything in by hand, mind you, I'd probably rather not
be forced to type the more information NonMacStuff each time when I can
type nms.

 So I guess it's pretty inconclusive what it is I'm trying to say. At any
rate, for Fetch I'd prefer not to have the aliases.

Steve

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 18:08:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Francis Knight, SIEM UK Felixstowe)
Subject: A Paranoid Android on Your Desktop?

   I just have to confess, the first thing that struck me when I saw review
photos of the Centris 660av with its av monitor sitting on top, was "Hey!,
it's Marvin!". Hoopy!
   Anyone else noticed the visual resemblence to the Beeb's TV
interpretation of Douglas Adams' hero? Feel free to extrapolate this
observation. How about a Marvin voice for the Speech Manager, anyone? Or a
startup whinge?

Francis

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 11:48:46 GMT
From: "Ray Kallman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A problem with a PB140 - FIXED

I recently asked for help for friend who's settings for the Trashcan (to
turn off the alert) and for the Views Control Panel would return to
their default values on reboot.

I want to thank Pete Jemian, Tim Wong and Peter Gerhardstein for their
help.  It turns out that Pete and Tim had the solution.  We had a
corrupted Finder Preferences file.  This is located in the Preferences
folder in the System Folder.  We trashed this file and the system
rebuilt it with a new one that works correctly.  A simple fix for an
annoying problem.

| Ray Kallman       [e-mail] |

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 08:47:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: B/W MAC owners out in the cold!

I own a classic, and am a huge star trek fan.  I keep seeing all these
cool games being posted to sumex recently, but all the coolest games
require color quickdraw.  I know many many people who have classics, ses,
and even plusses that would love to try these games, and who avidly
support shareware, but cannot.  If you are a shareware author,
PLEASE consider revising your games to support BW macs.  You will be
greatly enlarging your potential paying audience, and we appreciate not
being forgotten!

Thanks!
Jason Osborne

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 12:21:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Anders Stegen)
Subject: BinHex (A)

>, a 6MB+ binhex'd file; however, de-hqx'ing the file
>revealed a 2.5MB SEA.  My question is, How does binhexing work so that it
>adds so much overhead to a file?  Thanks.

Binhex is intended to solve the problem of transporting Macintosh
binary files using channels accepting text-only, e g email.

BinHex thus encodes the binary contents of a Mac file into ASCII text.
That is each byte (8 bits; range 00-FF hex or 0-255 decimal) is converted
to *two* ASCII characters (7 bits; range 21-7E hex or 33-126 decimal)
which approximately doubles the file size.
(0-31 is control characters, 32 is SPACE and 127 is ASCII character DELETE,
neither is transported thru email very well.)

A built in compression scheme reduces this space increase but since
your binhexed file was already a compressed archive there was nothing
to compress...

Q E D  :-)

Regards
/Anders

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 13:42:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: BinHex (C)

Yesterday, I posted the following query:
>I'd never given it much thought before, but today I grabbed MacintalkPro
>from <ftp.apple.com>, a 6MB+ binhex'd file; however, de-hqx'ing the file
>revealed a 2.5MB SEA.  My question is, How does binhexing work so that it
>adds so much overhead to a file?  Thanks.

First, let me say that I erred when I reported that the Macintalk Pro SEA was
only
2.5MB.  The reason for this perculiarly small size was the dehqxed file was
corrupted (and incomplete).  I dehqxed the file again, and this time got a
4.5MB
SEA.

Second, I would like to thank all the folks who took the trouble to respond to
my query (please excuse me for not listing you :-)   I now know why binhexing
adds to much to a file: essentially, it converts 8bit stuff to 7bit stuff,
which
translates to three 8bit chunks --> four 7bit chunks.

The end result is that the 4.5MB Macintalk Pro SEA was converted to a 6.2MB
BinHex file---quite a difference in size.  I never realized the cost of
binhexing before, I guess, because for smaller files, the difference
is not so noticeable. (Macintalk Pro was the first really large hqxed file
I've
grabbed.)

--John.
<[e-mail]>  ``My _real_ word processor is FullWrite.''

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

Date: Sat,  28 Aug 93 17:13 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: BinHex [A]

>How does it work so that it adds so much overhead

The purpose of BinHex is to create files that can be sent over the network as
standard mail messages. So the files should be "text" files. That means at
most 7 bits (out of the 8 bits in a byte) can be used. Programs are "binary"
in nature (every bit in a byte is used). So one has to do something with the
8th bit. Here a conversion program comes in. BinHex happens to be the
standard in the network, but it could be anything that "expands" the data in
a predetermined way - so it can be converted back later.

I do not know exactly what BinHex does to the data. If the relation of
Pre/Post Binhex is 1 to 2 we can assume it converts every byte into 2 bytes
with one half "Zeroed" out and the other half containing meaningfull data.

But this sounds as pure waste to me. From A quick look into a BinHexed file I
can see that at least 5 bits are used. So from where comes the other
overhead?
Some of it may be attributed to controls - like "data fork" and "resource
fork",  application name, type etc. But this does not explain it all.

May be someone with better knowledge of BinHex can explain the exact
algorithm.

Hope this helps

Ilan Szekely, Jerusalem, Israel
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 17:35:01 -0500
From: PAUL M SHELDON <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comments on READ-IT! O.C.R.(A)

    This software would be excellent if you had a high res scanner that
didn't jink lines of text off horizontal.
    Here's the poop. I went to school where there was an apple scanner of
300dpi resolution. I xeroxed and enlarged type and this meant that I
couldn't scan a whole line in. So I neither suffered jink and also got
nearly perfect recognition. Hey some amateur astronomer I might meet at
Fort Davis ought to be able to adapt a scanner so it would scope about.
Then I could use speech manager to recite books onto tape to hear on the
way to the annual gathering. Are any of you amateur astronomers who are
brave with optics out there?

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 19:13:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Thomas D. Halter)
Subject: Disenchanted Microsloth user seeks advice

I am a long time user of both Word and Excel, and have watched with
disdain as my favorite software packages gradually have
turned into Fatware. Even though I am now running them on a Mac
IIfx w/accelerated video, Excel 4.0 and Word 5.1 run slower than
their previous releases did on my old Mac II.  By comparison, Word
2.0 and Excel 4.0 for Windows fly on a 40MHz 386, a machine with
comparable performance to mine.

Excel isn't too bad (unless I start embedding graphs), but Word 5.1
is almost unusable.  Every menu, every button, every keystroke
feels like I am working in molasses. I don't even care that the
programs are huge.  Well, not much anyways. CPUs are expensive. RAM
and Disk Space are cheap by comparison.

Perhaps worse of all, I am a long time FoxBASE developer.
FoxBASE+/Mac, written by Fox software way back in 1989, still runs
circles around most other Mac and PC database programs. While I am
eager for the LONG overdue release of Microsoft FoxPro/Mac, I fear
that it will be another lumbering p-code behemoth.  This would be
truly ironic, since Fox software made their name writing tight,
fast code. If it is any consolation, FoxPro/Win is also a sloth.

The point of this rant is that I can barely stand to use Word and
Excel, and am seriously considering switching to other products.
Since the Mac world is lacking in xBase compilers, I am pretty much
stuck waiting for FoxPro/Mac and hoping for the best.  I am seeking
advice of people who are considering or have jumped ship.  I like
the rich feature set and general interface of Excel and Word. It is
the sluggish performance and incompatibility with my favorite INITs
that I don't like. Products with cheap sidegrade pricing would be
nice, to minimize the trauma of the swap.  Should I look elsewhere,
or just hope that the next major releases of Word and Excel deal
with these shortcomings?

--

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

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1993 14:32:22 -0800
From: Just brew it. <[e-mail]>
Subject: FileMaker Updater?

I've heard tell of a FileMaker Pro updater floating around somewhere.
Anybody heard of it, and can anybody post it?

Thanks,

Bill D.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 12:37:16 -0500
From: PAUL M SHELDON <[e-mail]>
Subject: gopher abstract directory recommendation

   Consider the following gentleman's letter:
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 07:31:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: EasyView 2.33 Question

I have a Question abou EasyView 2.33.  I remember someone telling me that
using EasyView was a great way to view the abstacts from info-mac and
indexes from mac.archive.umich.edu and csmp archives, etc.  However, these
abstracts and indexes are not updated frequently enough, also you have to
go into every directory to get all (if you want all) the abstracts you
want!!  This is painstaking and tiresome.

My question, is there a way to get ALL the abstracts at once (say find all
of them in one directory at info-mac or umich)?  And can they be updated
more frequently, say once a week?

Thanks.

 -----------------------------
Ok, now you have considered it. I think that you have aliased unix
directories at sumex, can you alias files? In particular, could you have a
directory called all abstracts and then put aliases of all abstracts in
that directory and make it readable through gopher.
   I would recommend this gentleman use gopher and go to the new all
abstracts directory and carriage return on selecting an abstract. Gopher
was said by someone to be less demanding of the net than ftp. If abstracts
could be made accessible by gopher to impatient people, then the rest of
us could find the net faster.
   Hope this helps!

[Yes -- our whole abstract system badly needs an overhaul.  After writing
scripts to make daily digesting faster (read: less of my time!),
abstracts are one of the next projects.  You'll see a short message in
the digest when this happens, but I wouldn't expect it before the end of
september or so. --Gordon]

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

Date: Sat,  28 Aug 93 17:11 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: HD application list [A]

>...make a list of all the applications...

Most of these file-listing utilities let you SORT the complete list of files
by "kind" or "type", and presto - all applications are grouped together.

And there are shareware prgrams on info-mac that give versions also.

Ilan Szekely

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 08:49:35 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: HP 762 terminal emulator

We're looking for a HP 762 terminal-emulator, commercial or shareware. Any
info is welcome.

Karl Pottie                           e-mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 08:23:15 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rocky Olive)
Subject: HS Modem Cable

Where's the cheapest place (mailorder) to get a high speed modem cable for
the mac?

Rocky Olive <[e-mail]>       [phone]
Data General Corporation              fax: [phone]
Apex, NC  27502    USA

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

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 93 20:39:37 -0700
From: [e-mail] (DnA...)
Subject: Huge Gaps when view by name(Q)

Hello...

I am having problem with viewing my files by Name, Date, Label, Size and
Kind in the Finder.  There is a mysterious 6 inch gap between each file or
folder.  Though everything works and all the files are there, does anyone know
what caused such problem and/or what I can do to fix it?

Please send your suggestions to me directly and I will post a summary if
there is enough response.

Thanks very much!

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 10:45:42 -0500
From: Dennis D. Davison <[e-mail]>
Subject: ImageWriter II Fonts (A)

J,

There are no built in Fonts on the ImageWriter II.  ImageWriters use
the Fonts located in your System file or Font Suitcases depending on
your setup.  That is why it is wise to use TrueType Fonts or to
invest in ATM if you are going to use bitmap fonts (less jaggies).

Hope this Helps,
Dennis
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 08:22:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (John Antolak)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #170

>Date: Sun, 2 Jan 94 23:29:09 +0200
>From: [e-mail] (David L. Hirschberg)
>Subject: LC to LCIII upgrade (Q)
>
>Dear List,
>
>Can someone tell me what is involved in upgrading an LC to an LCIII.  Is it
>a motherboard swap.  Someone here wants to upgrade and wants to know if
>they can just buy the parts when they are in the states and bring them
>back.  I would appreciate a fax and/or E-mail address of a source.
>
>Thank you David
>[e-mail]

-From what I understand, they take your hard drive, and put it into a new
LCIII. Your friend would have to take the entire CPU box with him, since I
think they expect it as sort of a trade-in.

hope this helps.

John A. Antolak           Internet: [e-mail]
Radiation Physics
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 21:39:33 -0500
From: Colglazier <[e-mail]>
Subject: LC 520 (Too good to be true?)


MacWorld's 9/93 issue (p.109) list the Mac LC 520 at
$1600 for:
25mhz 68030 5/80
built-in 14" color (Trinitron)
380-KBps speed CD-ROM.

The only drawback for most people seems to be that at this
point it will only be available through education channels,
although the review suggested that Apple will eventually
realize that many people have been waiting for this animal
for a long, LONG time.

Comments anyone?  Anyone from Apple care to comment?
Anyone
have one yet?

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 12:52:21 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: LC III networking

I don't know if anybody can fonfirm this, but LCIII seem to be very
sensitive to localtalk problems. We recently bought a number of LCIIIs and
one of the machines developed some problems with the network (very slow,
etc...). We replaced the machine with several other types of Mac, and none
had big problems, but when we put *any* LCIII in that location, we
instantly had trouble. The problem was ultimately solved by replacing the
starcontroller.

Could anybody else confirm if the LCIII is more sensitive to network
problems than other Macs ? I'll summarize the results for the net.

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 10:21:59 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jim Bradley)
Subject: LC to LCIII upgrade (A)

David L. Hirschberg asked what is involved in the LCIII upgrade.  I've just
upgraded an LCII to the LCIII and it comes with a new logic board AND a new
case.  If I understood the techies correctly, all they did was move the
hard drive and disk drive.  The RAM upgrade I bought for the LCII didn't
work on the LCIII so I had to buy more RAM too...

Jim

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

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1993 16:15:49 -0600
From: (Dominik Hoffmann) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintalk Pro -- What is it for?

For a few days now, Apple has made Macintalk Pro available at its ftp site
ftp.apple.com. Unfortunately, Apple didn't provide any kind of
documentation with it. What is it for? In which way is it different from
the Speech Manager extension?

Dominik Hoffmann ([e-mail])

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

Date: 28 Aug 1993 19:55:51 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Erik A. Johnson)
Subject: Mac X & MouseMan Config [A]

[e-mail] writes:
>> 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.

>I use MacX 1.1.7 and a Logitech MouseMan (MouseKey 1.0 Control Panel) on
>my IIci.  My final mouse button setup was to leave things the way they
>are for the rest of the applications.

The MouseKeys control panel is up to version 1.1.1 and it works fine on
our IIci with MacX 1.1.7.

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 6:58:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Bruce Goldstein, [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MaxFax INIT and Prefs problem (R)

"Tom Wilson" <[e-mail]> (Tom Wilson) writes:
Summarizing:  If he uses the MaxFax Init that comes with his Prometheus
Utlimate Home/Office modem, the Mac crashes at boot time unless the MacFax
Prefs file is discarded before the boot.

I had a possibly related problem.  I found a three way conflict between
Gatekeeper, Gatekeeper Aid, and MaxFax; all three had to be present to
cause my SE/30 to crash at boot time.  Setting Gatekeeper to allow MaxFax
all possible privileges did not fix the problem.  This was with Gatekeeper
1.2.7.  I emailed the author of Gatekeeper about this, but did not receive
a response, so I do not know whether it is fixed in 1.2.8 or not (I switched
to disinfiectant).  So, persons having trouble with MaxFax might want to
check their antivirus software as a source of conflict.

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 14:41:04 CDT
From: Akira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Memory Connections

Can anyone out there tell me of a person or company that has a good deal
on ram for an 840av?  I am looking at both 8 and 16 meg simm chips.  TIA

Akira

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 08:39:08 -0500
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: MicroNet 46 HD Problem

Greetings and salutations...

I've got a friend with a problem (doesn't everybody?)...her Mac Plus refuses
to find her MicroNet 46 HD, and thus will not boot except from (ugh) floppy.
Running the MicroNet Utilities (System 6.0.4) was pointless...they couldn't
find the drive on her machine.  I hooked it up to an SE/30, however, and the
utility was able to find the drive.  I backed everything up, reformatted (for
a Mac Plus with an interleave of 3), and initialized the drive with the
utility.  The thing still wouldn't boot up a machine, though...

Anybody got any ideas?  Also, I'm planning to update her System software,
too.  Should I go to 6.0.7 or 6.0.8 (i.e. which is more stable?)?

Thanks for your help!!

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 11:31:25 -0500
From: Mike Hutchinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Monitor energy saver troubles

Has anyone else had trouble decoding the Centris/Quadra monitor saver
control panel that was uploaded a few days ago?  After decoding the
Binhex I appear to have a Packit file, and Stuffit Deluxe says its
header is corrupted.

If this is a common problem, could someone (maybe the original uploader,
sorry, I trashed that digest) upload a copy in a less obscure compression
format?

Thanks ...

Mike Hutchinson

Mac Sys Admin / Software Productivity Consortium / Herndon VA
[e-mail] / 703 742 7311 / Centris 650 24mb & 1gb

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 14:39 BST
From: Matthew Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: MouseMan & MacX

Matt,

you posted...

>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.

The most recent edition of the MouseKey control panel is v1.1.1. This fixes
certain incompatiblities encountered with previous versions; specifically
it allows control & shift to be added on the keyboard at the same time as
pressing one of the MouseMan buttons. This did not work with version 1.1.
If you do not have it, it can be freely obtained from Logitech.

My suggestions for setup are the same as Michael Dickens. Set MacX to take
option-left and option-right for centre and right buttons, and then you can
program MouseKey to accept these.

With MouseKey v1.1.1 a control-left, centre & right when used on an xterm
will now bring up menus as per normal (and the cursor keys will act
correctly). With version 1.1 this did not work.

Matthew.

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 07:57:51 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NewsReaders (A)


Chip Sample <[e-mail]> writes:

> We do not have a news server, but I've heard of them, and apparently
> read some news items using TurboGopher.
>
> I've also downloaded NewsReader programs from the archives out of
> curiosity, but they seem useless unless we set up our own news
> server.
>
> Do there exist *public* news servers that one can point a newsreader
> at without having an account with the server (and without angering
> the administrator of the server)? If so could you point me to a list
> of IP addresses?

It's easy to use USENET with no newsreader or local news server at
all.

There are public, Gopher-accessible news servers at Michigan State U,
U of Pennsylvania, some place in Finland, a couple of places in
Australia, and many more. Use the veronica search feature in
TurboGopher to search for ``USENET''. You will get a large number of
entries, _some_ of which are public. I get my newsfeed through Gopher,
not through a newsreader, and it works very well indeed.

BTW, you can post to USENET through the U of Texas Mail-News Gateway.
To post to sci.math.symbolic, for example, send your post as email to
[e-mail].

Have fun on USENET.

See ya

BoParker'sShortSigMyOpinionTheRazorInsideSirJerkTheHandle X^P

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 13:50:47 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Oleg Chaikovsky)
Subject: Quantum 105S - my real address

To all mac netters,

About the Quantum 105S problem, my reply address is

[e-mail]


I use that other workstation as my main work host - Info-mac is not using the
interface to a true Sun mail tool , so my Reply-To script doews not work. Of
course you can send your answers back to the digest, where I hope the
moderators
will add tehm to the digest. :-)

Oleg Chaikovsky
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 08:19:16 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Removing System 7 from 30 SEs (R)

[e-mail] wrote in i-m digest 190:
>I'm seem to remember hearing something that it's not as easy as changing
>systems with System 6.

Just remove the FINDER file from the system folder and hide it somewhere
else. Wit another hard drive (or removable) attached to the SE, select
restart, and it will boot from the "other" drive.

Make sure that there is a system on that disk which is capable to start an
SE.

You can also try to switch startup disks with the "Startup device" control
panel - but I'm not sure if this works with an SE. It does NOT work with a
Mac Plus, but you might try it. This would make it unnecessary to move the
FINDER file out of the system folder.

Good luck, Christian           [e-mail]

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

Date: 27 Aug 1993 07:38:36 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael Tarr)
Subject: RIB File Archive (Q)

Using a variety of modelers we have created a nice set of RIB models for
rendering in ShowPlace. I was wondering if others had done the same and
would be willing to share them -- if so I propose a subdirectory for
info-mac: grf/rib/*.rib

My specific need for such models is to create stimuli for human
perception experiments.

Please do not upload models from commercial sources such as Acuris,
Viewpoint, Pixar, Macromedia, Alias, or Acme.

Michael Tarr, Assistant Professor of Psychology, [e-mail]

[Uhh... :)  We are trying to cut down on extra directories right now.  No
new ones unless the need becomes overwhelming (as it is now in the per
directory).  We'll be happy to preface all the files with "rib-" so you
can do a "ls rib-*" to see what rib files are in there.  Just make it clear
in the text description you supply with the binhex (in the same mail
message).  For more info on posting guidelines, see the file
posting-guidelines.txt located in /info-mac/help.  :) -Gordon]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 08:17:57 MET DST
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Silverlining

[e-mail] wrote in i-m digest 190:
>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.

According to info from LaCie, the version to be used for System 7 or
higher is 5.42. Try to get this version (or anything newer)!

Best regards, Christian       [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 9:50 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Soft PC demo

Charlie Mingo writes in Digest #170:

>According to Insignia, that version was fully-functional (no 10 minute
>limit) and not a "demo".  It was never available to the public, either.

It is silly to be arguing about this, and even sillier for Insignia
to be claiming this.  I tried that demo myself, and after 10 minutes
it flashed up a Mac dialog box saying, "Thank you for trying this demo of
Soft PC" (or words to that effect), "You can get the full program from
your local dealer".

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

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 13:37:55 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Willem Nijenhuis)
Subject: Soft PC Demo (C)

In Infomac #170 Charlie Mingo writes:

>  According to Insignia, that version was fully-functional (no 10 minute
>  limit) and not a "demo".  It was never available to the public, either.
>  I repeat: I have talked to Insignia, there is no "demo" version of
>  SoftPC, and they really, really do mind if it is distributed publicly.
>  If you don't believe me, call and ask them yourself.  (Or write insignia@
>  netcom.com.)

Obviously the people at Insignia don't know what really is on the Macintosh
Demo Applications CD-ROM. The following is from the ReadMe file:

WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS DEMO VERSION?

This demo has a one megabyte C: drive already created.  MS-DOS 3.3 is also
    pre-installed in your C: drive, although some pieces of it have
been removed to
give you a little more room to test some small DOS programs.  You have about
half a megabyte of space to play with in this demo.  If you run out of space
when attempting to install a DOS program, it's because of the limited size of
this demo hard disk.  With the full version, you can create more useful DOS
hard disks up to 32 megabytes in size, but it's not possible for you to do so
with this demo version.  Neither is it possible to use "PC network disks."
This feature normally allows you to use a folder on your Mac desktop as an
"E:"
drive which makes it a gateway between the Mac and DOS worlds, but it is
disabled in the demo.
The demo will allow Universal SoftPC to run for 15 minutes, then it will
abruptly shut down.  You can double-click on it and run it again, but it will
keep shutting down after 15 minutes.  Needless to say, the full version does
not do this!

Greetings,

Willem Nijenhuis. ([e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 18:58:36 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SoftPC Demo (C)

I've watched the debate(?) about the existence of a SoftPC demo with a
bit of amusement. Yes it is! No it's not! So's your mother!

May I inject a bit of truth here?

Leslye's birthday present, a Centris 650, arrived last week (And if I'd
ordered a 16M SIMM when I ordered the machine, I'd be a less reviled man
today. But I digress), and it was accompanied by at least a half dozen
CD-ROM discs. One of which is called Business Productivity: The Macintosh
Demo Applications CD. One demo is SoftPC Pro. Runs some 7M, what with its
OPENME (5.1M), README (10K), and SoftPC Pro (1.25M).

I was pretty close to agreeing that no SoftPC demo exists. The naughtywording
thing kept telling me I had no MS/DOS A-disk drive. After telling it that the
drive was my inboard FDHD maybe five times, the beast decided to accept it.
I suspect it was just ensuring that I was sincere. After getting past that
little problem, up came the normal SoftPC screen. Followed by a note that
this demo will turn itself off after 20 minutes.

Yes, a SoftPC demo exists.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 09:17:03 EDT
From: Doug Larrick (HLO2-3/N02; DTN 225-6017)  27-Aug-1993 0917
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Sound Manager 3 and Speach Manager on an SE?

I'm the one who posted that the new sound stuff works fine on my SE.

> The Speach Manager init caused an unimplemented trap error on startup.
I would imagine this is due to your accelerator--it works fine on my (stock)
SE.

> And the sound control panel "Cannot be used with this Macintosh."
Sorry, I forgot to mention that: the control panel doesn't work, but the Sound
Manager does.  Listen to Simple Beep with & without Sound Manager 3.0--they're
different.  That was my indication that it is working.  The benefit is more
efficient routines mean sounds consume less processor power.  When you're
running Speed Beep (a Control Panel that plays your beep sounds
asynchronously--i.e. lets you keep working while the computer beeps), that's
important, especially on an SE.

-Doug

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 10:34:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Symantec Sig address and some C++ Questions

Now that there is a real C++ compiler for MPW I am thinking of trying it.

First, I know there is a SIG on internet for Symantec things. Does anyone
have the address??

Second, does the standalone Symantec C++ generate object files that can be
linked with MPW object files?? I would like to retain some MPW compatibility,
but it is also probably that the new C++ "environment" is a reasonable
traingin ground for the MPW follow-on from Symantec. Or is it just the same
as Think C??

Help appreciated!!!

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 14:47:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: System Error -192

Can anyone give me an idea about a certain system error? I have
been having extension troubles lately. In an effort to track them
down, I often boot the Mac with the shift-key depressed, bypassing
the loading of all extensions and control panels.

However, in this mode, whenever I attempt to quit any application,
the system responds with a dialog box with a message to the effect
of: "Unexpected error. System error -192", along with an "OK" button.
When I click on the OK button, the dialog box disappears and then
reappears immediately with the same message, leaving the machine
stuck in an infinite loop displaying the same dialog box. The only
way out is to press the hardware programmer's restart switch.

According to what literature I have, a -192 error means resource
not found, though it gives no indication of what the missing resource
is. My configuration is: Mac IIfx, System 7.1. If you have any
thoughts to share, they would be much appreciated.

Skip Newhall, JPL
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, Aug 27, 1993 1:51 PM
From: "Phillip Broussard" <broussard@128.60.10.10>
Subject: Weird problems with a Mac IIfx upgrade...

Netters,

I have a truly weird problem that has taken days to diagnose, and I am
throwing
it out to the ether to see if anyone else has had a similar problem...

Situation:  A Mac IIx was upgraded to a IIfx by Apple's logic board upgrade.
However the company that did the upgrade did not give us one of the magic
black
terminators so it ran for a day or two before that was discovered. (the owner
of
the machine was on vacation when it was installed).

Soon after the terminator problem was worked out, the machine experinced hard
drive crashes, which we ascribed to the hard drives which were somewhat old.
So
a new MacinStor 200 was purchased and installed.  We began to have problems
with
it soon, however, and so we were suspicous...

Namely, what we see is the following.  With the disk formatted and a new
system
7.0.1 installed, if we reboot the system with the shift key down after the
machine has been on for say 30 minutes (like we would to install some new
software), the machine hangs with the "Welcome to Macintosh, Extensions Off"
message, and the read access light on the drive is on.  If we reboot with the
Shift Key off (and nothing on the drive except the Apple System) it boots
fine.
Repeat with the Shift Key on, and it hangs.

So I said, well it is the hard drive.  So I moved it to a different computer,
and it seems to be fine.  So I moved a different hard drive, with a new System
7.0.1 installed and nothing else, and repeated the above process, and sure
enough, the machine hangs.  Exchanging Keyboards also did not solve the
problem.

The weird thing is if the upgraded Mac IIfx has been off for say 1 hour or so,
it will boot up fine if the shift key is held down.  You have to let it sit
for
about 20-30 minutes before it will fail.  Now I know in the great tradition of
the Marx brothers, we could say, "Well, don't do that!", but this is really
weird. Does anyone know what happens in the machine when the shift key is held
down?  Could this point to a failure of the SCSI chips on the motherboard when
it gets hot?

Frankly, we're bamfoozled.  We would appreciate any help y'all can give.
Thanks

Phill Broussard

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 13:10:55 PDT
From: Paul Brians <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZiffNet Files Cannot be Uploaded to Bulletin Boards

In what qualifies as a FAQ, someone just asked again about the
possibility of uploading the latest ZiffNet utility.  To repeat:

ZiffNet creates a nifty Mac utility each month and posts it for
downloading by its paying customers only.  They are free to pass it
around one by one, but forbidden to uploaded it to any BBS, including
Info-Mac.  Since the utilities are a come-on to entice subcribers
into signing up for ZiffNet, and downloading after the allotted
month costs more, it would make no sense for the company to
distribute it freely. Essentially subscribers have paid in advance
for the software by subscribing.  Just like you have to pay for the
magazine if you want the "free" floppy stapled inside of some
publications.

So there is no objection to asking "Anybody got ZiffNet's ZippyUtil
who would be willing to send me a copy?"  But you're wasting your time
asking for it to be uploaded to SUMEX-AIM.

And no, I don't have the current one.

Paul Brians, Washington State University, Pullman, WA  99164-5020

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