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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 10 Sep 93       Volume 11 : Issue 179

Today's Topics:

      (A) DeskWriter/Classic II/System 7: Thanks & Summary
      [Q] Apple HD SC Setup trouble?
      Addition for VersaTerm Pro (Q)
      Animas Optipro Mouse
      Apple CD300
      Apple Contract Woes
      Are there Telephony apps in Mkt?
      AudioVision 14 color display (Q)
      BinHex 5.0?
      Cable for Apple AudioVision 14 Display
      Circuit Design
      Clock Utility for the Mac.
      Connect Mac CD-ROM Drive with SUN Workstations
      DeskWriter trouble ... (Q / C)
      Dingbat
      Energy Saver (R)
      Ethernet-SCSI-adapters and MacTCP compatibility (Q)
      FileBuddy 1.7 troubles
      FKEYs etc. in Fonts folder (Q)
      Help CASE Software for MAC!
      How to connect 2 LC III's to both modem and Grayshare printer (Q)
      IIsi RamDisk advice
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #178
      Installer Program
      LaserWriter Printer Driver v8.0
      Logging CPU Time (Summary-Resubmitted)
      Looking for an organizational program
      Macintosh Software Utility Update 1.0 (Q)
      Mac LC 520 PRAM Problem
      Macs---to leave on, or not to leave on
      MacTV Request
      MacX and default files? (A)
      MacX and defaults
      Making a secure folder (Q)
      Microsoft Word or Nisus?
      Mouse on PowerBook - Very Sloooow (R)
      Multi-disk self-unstuff problem (Q)
      Network Copy Protection
      Nisus in RAM
      Pathworks V1.2 compatible with NSI 1.4 ? (Q)
      PlainTalk voices
      Portable Drive
      Problems Printing Postscript File.(P3F)
      Q - Persian font for Windows?
      QuickDraw fills/shading!?
      Quick Time and Darkside questions
      reference points in MS Word
      reference points in Word (A)
      reference points in Word (c)
      SCSI/Mac II problems..
      SEAs on sumex
      something like Alarm Clock
      Subliminal msg from David Letterman
      Superclock and Help menu (Q)
      System 7.1 and SuperPaint 2.0 (A) (2 msgs)
      System 7.1 and SuperPaint 2.0 (R)
      URGENT ADB KEYBOARD PROBLEMS! HELP!
      UUDECODE on Mac (Q)
      WILL MAC SIMMS WORK IN A PC?

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 18:10:58 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Carol Conti-Entin)
Subject: (A) DeskWriter/Classic II/System 7: Thanks & Summary

To recap: I had asked how to get a DeskWriter purchased in 1990 to work
consistently [without "Datacomm buffer overrun - no DTR handshaking" error
messages] with a Classic II running System 7.0.1.  I had downloaded version
4.0 drivers, but the README indicated too much old software wouldn't work.

As of this writing, thirteen people, many veterans of a similar ordeal,
have shared their wisdom with me.  In chronological order they are: Marc
Bizer, Dwight Lemke, Kathy Graff, Povl H. Pedersen, Chris Monster, David
Anderson, Milton H. Hodge, Michael J. Kobb, Jay L. Cross, Daniel J.
Hofferth, Eric Hoffmann, Dennis D. Davison, and Sridar Narayanan.  Thanks!

Several people suggested DeskWriter driver version 3.1 as the best trade-
off among compatibility with System 7, relative lack of bugs, and compati-
bility with old software.  I tried it, and it worked!  (Others suggested
versions as early as 2.2 would work with System 7, although someone else
said nothing before version 3 would work.)

A few people specified that the culprit is a timing problem.  Suggested
solutions (besides a change of driver) were: switching from serial to
AppleTalk and/or changing the 32-bit addressing setting. [The driver's
README indicates 32-bit addressing and Virtual Memory must be either both
ON or both OFF].  I didn't need to try these changes, so I can't say how
much difference they make.

--
Carol Conti-Entin  2878 Chadbourne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120-2215
216-561-8720   Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 93 12:40:00 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [Q] Apple HD SC Setup trouble?

Hi netters :-)
I have a problem with the Apple HD SC Setup supplied with the Hardware System
Update 2.0. When trying to update my harddisk driver (I have a Mac
Classic) the program simply crashes with an error message: address error! I
have restarted the mac from a system disk - so that isn't the problem and I
know that the Apple HD SC Setup that I have works - because it updated the
harddisk driver on a Mac IIsi.
Does anyone know why this happens and/or how I can make it work?

Please help - I'm out of ideas

M. Sidelmann (Internet:[e-mail])

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Date: 08 Sep 1993 09:23:00 -0600 (CST)
From: "Robert E. Malick [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Addition for VersaTerm Pro (Q)

Is there an addition for VersaTerm Pro (or any terminal emulator really)
to give ZMODEM transfers? VersaTerm Pro support kermit, x- and y-modem
but not zmodem...

Would there me a "desk accessory" type addition or maybe even a CTB tool
for zmodem?

Thanks in Advance,
Rob Malick

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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 08:12:01 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Animas Optipro Mouse

>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 18:39:06 +1000
>To:[e-mail]
>From:[e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
>Subject:Animas Optipro Mouse
>
>Anybody know why the above will not work with my Powerbook 180c and how I can
>make a button do a double click.
>
>Alternatively does anybody of a e mail contact for the Animas people so I can
>ask them.
>


Colin McLaughlin    [e-mail]
University of Western Sydney-Macarthur

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 22:58:36 -0400
From: Prescott Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple CD300

 ---------------------------Original message----------------------------

   ----------------------forwarded message-------------------------

Help ..... anyone ??,

   We are having problems getting a contact at Apple Computer,  Does anyone
out there have a "dealer" that we could purchase Macintosh from ??

   If anyone could send me that information I would really appreciate it.
      Internet address:  [e-mail]


Thanks in advance,
  Brian

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 16:21:40 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple Contract Woes

I just learned today that our university's HEPP II contract will
go by the wayside at the end of this month.  According to our Computing
Services folks, Apple will only renew the contract if the university agrees
to keep a very large stock of inventory on hand.  Apparently, state
regulations (ours is a state university) do not allow the university
to keep large inventories in stock. So we've reached an impasse and
it appears that the Apple contract and campus Mac users are the victims.

I'm curious.  Have others encountered the same with their universities
or colleges, or are we especially disliked by Apple?  (Must be us, they
downrated us from a HEPP I to a HEPP II a few years ago.  :-(  )
Have other state institutions had to forfeit their Apple contracts
as well?

I would appreciate any information that can be supplied to me.  I
would like to do what I can to perserve our Apple contract (although
I do admit that this may be a lost cause.)

Disclaimer:  West Virginia University has not sanctioned me to
raise this issue or ask for feedback.  I am doing this on my own.
My comments do not represent any WVU policy.  Etc.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 16:49:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA)
Subject: Are there Telephony apps in Mkt?

Hello:
    Would anyone know if there are apps that will allow you to develop
and execute one of those 'for info. press 1, to speak to a human, press 2'?
telephony mazes?  We are being inundated by phone calls, and most of them
could
be taken care by routine, repetitive instructions.
thanx
-Luis

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 05:12:22 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: AudioVision 14 color display (Q)

Short question: With a 3rd-party card (e.g. Micron), will the new AV14
monitor---with all the sound stuff---work with my ageing SE/30?  Thanks.

--John.
<[e-mail]>  ``Still discovering the power of FullWrite.''

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 09:31:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: BinHex 5.0?

Could somebody please explain why BinHex 5.0 has been on the
info-mac archive for about a year now, yet BinHex 4.0 seems to
be the 'standard' used by netters (myself included)?

Until today, I didn't even realize version 5.0 existed.  I found
it at info-mac, downloaded it, converted it (even IT is in v4.0
format), and tried a few things with it.  It appears that:

   * v5.0 creates smaller files than v4.0
   * v5.0 can convert v4.0 files
   * v4.0 cannot convert v5.0 files
   * Stuffit doesn't recognize v5.0 files
   * v5.0 files are less 'structured' than v4.0 files (this is
     just my impression from opening them in BBEdit, and seeing
     variable line lengths and no identifiable header line).

Should I be using v5.0?  Is that what everybody else is using?
Any info would be appreciated.

Ken Sayward
Vitro Corp.
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 16:49:48 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cable for Apple AudioVision 14 Display

I saw this posted a while back, but I need a repeat if the net
doesn't mind.  I understand that the cable for Apple AudioVision 14 Display
is a required option and not listed in the Apple price list.  Could
someone tell me what the product number and HEPPII price is for this
item?

I need the information fairly quickly so I can place my order on
our rapidly dying Apple contract.  (See elsewhere in this forum.)

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 20:14:07 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tobias Rossmann)
Subject: Circuit Design

I am looking for a mac-app that can create drawings of simple and complex
circuits. A graphical interface along the lines of MacDraw would also be
nice.
If you know of any that are on Internet or for sale, please mail me.

Tobias Rossmann
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 11:55:43 +0000
From: Fearghas McKay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Clock Utility for the Mac.

>
>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 93 10:27:27 PDT
>From: [e-mail] (Suvrit Varshney)
>Subject: Clock Utility for the Mac.
>
>Hello is there any PD program like Now's Alarm Clock?
>I've checked Superclock but it seems to be incompatible
>with stuff like the Sound Manager.
>
>Other than Superclock what programs are available? Thank
>you.

Suvrit

I use both Sound Manager 3 and Superclock without any problems, I would
check out if the clash is something else. v4.02 of SuperClock.

Sys7.1 Duo 230, lots of inits etc.

SE/30 as above is fine as well.

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 10:12:07 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Wolf Dieter Brandt)
Subject: Connect Mac CD-ROM Drive with SUN Workstations

Hello again!

I have another question. Is it possible to connect a cheap Apple
CD-ROM drive (i.e. 150i or 300i) with a SUN Workstation ? Has
anybody experiences with this kind of problem ? Does it work without
problems, does it read SUN formatted CD-ROMs ?

Please contact me directly via EMail.

Thanks,

Wolf Dieter Brandt.

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 20:46:19 CST
From: "Z. Sun" <[e-mail]>
Subject: DeskWriter trouble ... (Q / C)

Hi you all,

It's still not working :=) Here's what I have done so far:
1. Check/replace the AppleTalk connectors;
2. Re-plug all the connections;
3. Print a self-test page;
4. Run the Namer;
5. Replace the DW driver (with 4.0);
6. Turn the AppleTalk on/off a few times;
7. Hit and shake and ... the printer, without using a hammer...

Anyway, the printer still does not show up on the Chooser window. Again
I have been using this printer for two years with both  System 6.0.7 and
System 7.1. Everything was OK and it suddenly quit working. The error light
does not blink except when I replug the appletalk connector to the printer.

Sincere thanks go to Petter Gughes, Mike Dustan, and Michel Lewinger. But
I still need more advices. Please help!

Jack

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 16:43:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andy Kesling <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dingbat

I need a dingbat font which includes a triangle-shaped character that points
to
the right. Does anyone know of such a font and where I can find it?

Andy Kesling

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Date: 08 Sep 1993 12:11:49 +0000 (U)
From: "Dees, Ted E." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Energy Saver (R)

Following up on Richard Lim's comment (#175):
>We're currently using the new Energy
>Saver control panel on a Centris 650 with the 14" Macintosh Color Display,
>which we leave on all the time.  ... Now, the question: has anyone
>experienced problems with the Mac crashing when you try to bring the monitor
>back up?

I have not had any crashes on my C/650 & 14" display but twice over the past
two weeks (i.e., since I've started using it), after waking up from reduced
power mode the display looks as if it has switched to black and white although
the setting is 256 color.  Switching the setting to something other than 256
and then switching back has cured the problem so far.

Ted Dees ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 14:32:47 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Constantin Kahn)
Subject: Ethernet-SCSI-adapters and MacTCP compatibility (Q)

Hi,

I want to connect a soon to be purchased PowerBook (160 or 165) to our
department's Ethernet (thin coax cable) using one of the available Ethernet
adapters which attach to the PowerBook's SCSI interface. In addition to
EtherTalk full support for TCP/IP protocols is required, e.g., MacTCP-based
applications like Fetch, Eudora, NCSA Telnet should run without quirks.
Since I am seeking a solution for a single computer only (all of our other
Mac's and the LaserWriter are already on Ethernet proper) a FastPath or a
GatorBox is not an option in this case.

I would appreciate hearing from people who have had good or bad experiences
with any particular SCSI-Ethernet-devices (e.g., Asante EN/SC or Dayna
SCSI/Link 3 PB). The important issue here is MacTCP compatibility.

If there is sufficient interest I will summarize the results.

Regards,

Constantin Kahn

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 16:59:56 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Chris Pepper)
Subject: FileBuddy 1.7 troubles

    I had trouble with this program.  I couldn't figure out how to get
the main program to change several files simultaneously, so I created a
Drag&Drop to do what I wanted.  The Drag&Drop crashed, though, with either
300+ files or when I simply double-clicked on it.  File Fanatic worked
perfectly.  Any similar experiences?

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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1993 15:19:54 +1200
From: "matt n." <[e-mail]>
Subject: FKEYs etc. in Fonts folder (Q)

I've heard there's an extension that lets you put FKEYs, keyboards,
sounds, etc., in your Fonts folder under 7.1. Anyone know what and
where it is? Thnx -- m.
 --------
matt neuburg, phd = [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 14:48:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: LUIS HERNANDEZ <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help CASE Software for MAC!

    This is my first try at posting anything I hope this works!
    I am looking for CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) Software
    fro
 the Macintosh. I study Computerized Information Systems at the University of
 Puerto Rico and they have various programs for IBM compatibles that do this
 but none are available for MAC computers. I would prefer a shareware/freeware
 program since I'm still a student.
    Please send mail directly to [e-mail], I will
 gladly post later the information sent to me...

                            Thanks in advance...
                            Luis R. Hernandez

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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 93 22:04:06 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to connect 2 LC III's to both modem and Grayshare printer (Q)

[to my many net friends.  I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth, but
I have gone through a major change in lifestyle that's stolen most of the
time I might devote to replying to mail :-(  I have been 'lurking' and
most of the time am able to reply to mail addressed directly to me - MAS]

Last week I dropped my (freshman) daughter off at college.  We got a
good educational price on an LC III and Personal LaserWriter 300. Her
roommate is also getting an LC III.  Kathy and her roommate can share
her (lamentably, serial :( ) printer (Grayshare) by connecting the printer
to her modem port and the roommates computer to AppleTalk.

Problem! How to connect a modem???  Actually, BOTH girls would like to
be able to use the modem.  There's only one phone line, so only one can
use the modem at a time.

One option is to connect the modem to the roommate's computer and buy
(what's the name??) modem sharing software, but I'm concerned about the
effect on CPU cycles in the instance where: Kathy is 'sharing' the 14.4K
modem and her roommate prints something (sharing Kathy's printer).

I know AppleTalk is sophisticated enough to make that double sharing
possible, but I wonder how serious a performance hit will occur.

The alternative would be one or more serial switch boxes that would connect
the modem to one computer and the printer to the other.  Put Grayshare
on both computers and the end result *should* be printing always works,
and whover is using the modem doesn't put a load on the other's LC III.

Does anyone know of an appropriate switch box (a source of same also would
be appreciated)?  Surely, my daughter and her roommate are not the first
to experience this problem.  Is there, for example an expansion card for
the LC III that will supply an additional serial port (that the modem or
the printer can find??)  Perhaps the expansion card would throw in an FPU??

/s Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 08:49:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Roger Brooks <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIsi RamDisk advice

On a Mac IIsi with 17M, what sort of ram disk arrangement would help speed
up overall system feel, particularly redrawing the screen with fonts
within WORD and the like?  With this memory now installed, I'd like to use
something like RamDisk+, but am unsure which files to place on the ram
disk for maximum effect.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Roger Brooks
Connecticut College

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 09:56:47 NZS
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #178

[e-mail] (The Moderators):
>
> YetAnotherNisusQuery:  Does Nisus allow the use of EndNote?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Gerhardstein ([e-mail])
> Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
>

Peter,
    You've probably had a reply already, but just in case... I recently
ask for biblio programs which worked with Nisus via the nisus list, the
answer turned out to be EndNote 1.3, none of the others do it seems. EndNote
also supports Word, WordPerfect & FrameMaker.

Hope this helps,

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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 93 20:02:19 CDT
From: Mack Willingham <[e-mail]>
Subject: Installer Program

Help,
     I am almost finished with my database program, and the boss tosses a
live one in my lap.  He is a windows person, and wants this elaborate
installer like the one he and his partner wrote for the windows version.
The installer ...in his words..MUST check to see if there is enough HD space
to do the entire install, check to see if the system version is compatible,
check to see what type of machine the end-user is using, check to see if
they are using a color machine, see if there is enough ram, and a few other
assorted things that was available in a package called "Install Shield."
Is there such an animal for the mac, and if so, where do I get it, and
what is the learning curve?  Will the Apple installer do this?  Shareware?
Commercial?

Mack

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 15:47:06 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: LaserWriter Printer Driver v8.0

I blissfully ignored all of the discussion about 8.0 in the last
few weeks only to discover I should have paid attention.  Where
can I download this driver (I assume somewhere at ftp.apple.com),
and, what does it do for me?  I think printing problems with
PM 4.2 are related to this because of a recent message on
this list.  Someone who paid attention to the discussion please
have pity on me!!

Thanks,
Glenn

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 08:50:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: Logging CPU Time (Summary-Resubmitted)

My posting to IM Digest #177 (9/7/93) apparently got *corrupted* somehow.
Here is the original message. Thanks again to those who responded.

>Some two weeks ago or so, I posted a request for an app that would keep a log
>of start-ups and shut downs to serve as a time-card. I received several
>helpful responses, the most helpful of which are summarized below.
>
>From Brandon Munday : the Background Internet Server, aka FTPd, does log
>startup and shutdown times as part of its access log.  As part of its job it
>writes a file called File Sharing Log, or somesuch.
>
>
>From Chris Reed Gatekeeper: The virus protection utility, keeps a time/date
>log of system activity such as potential virus-caused happenings, in a log in
>the
>control panel. This information also includes startup/restart/closedown.
>
>Jack Repenning suggested the program I am now using: Detective. I downloaded
>it from AOL. Detective is a FBA (Faceless Background Application). FBAs,
>which the author describes as the coming thing, can do many of the functions
>of INITs without the conflicts that INITs sometimes cause. It logs start-up
>and shut-down dates/times as well as launch and close dates/times for apps.
>It does exactly what I was looking, although I wish I could customize it a
>bit (don't really need to log apps on one of the machines). Maybe when the
>author gets my $10.00 he will send me some more 'features'.
>
>Thanks to all those who replied! Can't say enough good things about the Net!


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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 12:33:24 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Ephraim P. Hochberg)
Subject: Looking for an organizational program

I work part-time for a small export firm (~15 employees). The firm has
accumulated huge numbers of files which I have been assigned to organize. I
am looking for a macintosh program either shareware or commercial which
will allow me to easily diagram a decision tree with which to sort the
files. It should automatically link boxes together and allow me to create
multiple links off of a given box. I have tried 'drawing' packages and
cutting and pasting, but the extra work was immense.

            Thanks,
                Ephraim Hochberg

Please reply by e-mail.

--
Ephraim Hochberg                                [e-mail]
2nd year medical student

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Date: Thu,  9 Sep 93 20:04:01 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Kauffman)
Subject: Macintosh Software Utility Update 1.0 (Q)

The readme file which comes with the Macintosh Software Utility
Update indicates that "This update will be most useful if you
have Macintosh system software version 7.1 installed on your
computer." I use System 7.0 and have tried two of the three
utilities, MacCheck* 1.0.4 and Disk First Aid 7.2, with apparent
success. So far I have had no occasion to try the third, Apple HD
SC Setup 7.2.

Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of using these utilities
with pre 7.1 system software? Am I safe with system 7.0? What
about users who have not yet switched to system 7?

Jim K.
----
ProLine:  jimk@pro-scat
Internet: [e-mail]
UUCP:     crash!pro-scat!jimk

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 20:49:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Bob Kolquist <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac LC 520 PRAM Problem

    I am a Technology Consultant that assists 42 school districts in
West Texas.  One of my schools has a lab of 18 Mac LC 520's.  They have
been having some problems and I was wondering if other people were having
the same problem.
    Two Macs failed to boot (disk with question mark), we had to
reinstall System Software, incidentally Disinfectant 3.2 showed a damaged
System file on one of them.  I assume that this was caused by a student
switching off with the rear switch and not going through an orderly
shutdown with Special - Shutdown.  This is because while I was in the lab
doing some other work, one Mac would not boot, we had to turn on the
rear switch, not the power up switch on the keyboard.
    Two of the other Macs would not boot nor read a floppy, would not
even spin up the floppy or at least hang on the Happy Mac.  This failure to
read the floppy made me suspect a Parameter RAM problem.  Zapping the PRAM
solved the problem.  If this was only one machine it would be a fluke,
but two machines out of 18 makes me suspect a bigger problem.
    Has anyone had similar problems?  Is there a problem with the LC
520 or is this a student or lab teacher problem?  They are now making sure
that they use Special - Shutdown, but the problem with the PRAM is
elusive.  The teacher is fairly new to Macs, but learning.
    Please respond to me directly.  If there are enough responses and
worthwhile info, I will summarize and post. TIA

Bob Kolquist                            Region 14 ESC
Technology Consultant                   1850 Highway 351
Region 14 Education Service Center      Abilene, Texas 79601
[e-mail]                          Phone [phone]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 10:19:40 +0800
From: [e-mail] (Wiley Sanders)
Subject: Macs---to leave on, or not to leave on

I left my Powerbook sitting in the living room over a period of several
nights, and, attracted by the glowing screen, several gnats somehow
flew into the space between the LCD and backlight and died right in
the middle of the screen.

Now I have permanent bugs in my hardware. Gentle shaking usually
dislodges them, but I put the PB to sleep now before I turn off
the lights.

-w

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 21:06:34 -0600
From: "Timothy J. Greear" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTV Request

Hi

   Could someone volunteer to upload to SUMEX the monthly
schedule of MacTV.

   MacTV is an hour long program available on cable through
Mind Extension University. MacTV presents products and Demos
for the Macintosh.

  The schedule is available on the MacTV BBS.
                [phone]  (Marlow,NH ?)

  For more information call
                1-800-800-6912


Thanks
Timothy J. Greear
Internet:[e-mail]
Cleveland Free-net: ct023

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 13:56:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Eric Burger)
Subject: MacX and default files? (A)

Forwarded message from Wade Williams:
>
> A professor is using MacX.  Everything works fine.  In fact, he can open a
> rooted window and run the OpenLook Window Manager (olwm) if he wants.
>
> But, a lot of paths and defaults are kept in files like .OWdefaults, .
> desksetdefaults and .openwin-init.  Since it would appear that MacX does
> not do a traditional login when executing remote commands, these files do
> not seem to get executed.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to use MacX and still have it read the various
> default files for the Sun, the environment and the application?
>
> Wade Williams
> Network Support Specialist, Auburn University
> [e-mail]
>
> ------------------------------
>

The professor can still issue a ".openwin-init" command.  I moved my
non-OpenWindows specific commands (e.g. xinit) to a ".Xdo" file.
My .openwin-init calls .Xdo, as does my .xsession.  This way, I get
the same environment when I'm logging in on my Mac, a random X-
terminal, or the Sun console.
--
--  Eric William Burger       --  [e-mail]  --

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 13:18:45 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Adam Freeman)
Subject: MacX and defaults

>A professor is using MacX.  Everything works fine.  In fact, he can open a
>rooted window and run the OpenLook Window Manager (olwm) if he wants.
>
>But, a lot of paths and defaults are kept in files like .OWdefaults, .
>desksetdefaults and .openwin-init.  Since it would appear that MacX does
>not do a traditional login when executing remote commands, these files do
>not seem to get executed.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to use MacX and still have it read the various
>default files for the Sun, the environment and the application?

I just created a file which contained a series of SETENV (including PATHs)
commands, and then executed them from within MacX with

source myfile;/usr/bin/openwin -single

or whatever. I guess you could source the files directly, but I ran into some
problems doing this when files tried to call to the local screen. Maybe you
could set the DISPLAY first to the Mac screen....

Adam Freeman
Network Services Group
The Open University

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 20:21:16 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Peter Smith, Analysis)
Subject: Making a secure folder (Q)

Greetings from sunny Sheffield ...!

Is there any free/cheapo utility which provides simple password protection
to the contents of a folder?

I'm about to start sharing the LCII in my university office with a graduate
student who is going to come in one afternoon a week to help out with the
adminstration of ANALYSIS. I use the machine for some departmental business
as well as for the journal, so there will also be confidential letters,
draft exam papers, that sort of thing, on the disk. And what I'd like is
just a secure folder to put them, whose contents cannot be accessed without
a password. This doesn't have to provide Fort Knox levels of security, and
I don't want to have to go to the bother of encrypting. (It's as much a
matter of making the student feel comfortable with the situation, and also
stopping opportunistic snooping by someone dropping into my room while I'm
out for coffee, etc.)

All suggestions gratefully received. (The machine is connected to a network
server, and I've a password-protected filestore on that. Am I being
neurotic in not feeling happy about leaving sensitive material on that?)
Replies to me, and I'll summarize to the net.

Peter Smith
Peter Smith, ANALYSIS, Dept. of Philosophy,
University of Sheffield, S10 2TN. UK

[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 93 12:29:00 PDT
From: "Ryan, Phil" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Microsoft Word or Nisus?

Charlie Roth in IM-178 seemed to think that Nisus was not as good as Word
with regards long documents, since Nisus keeps all of the file in RAM
whereas Word doesn't.

This may be true, but Word also chokes on very long documents, and when you
have to split a Word document, you can't do multiple-file global search and
replace like you can with Nisus. Charlie had obviously not taken advantage
of Nisus's Files monitor (or whatever its called) which allows you to simply
click on a file or files out of a directory list to include them in your
search-and-replace. These connections can be permanently associated with
your document.

Add this to the PowerSEARCH of Nisus, and you have something that you cannot
duplicate in Word (for Mac OR Windows).

Phil Ryan Research Scientist  Melbourne Australia

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 14:45:19 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mouse on PowerBook - Very Sloooow (R)

Tony,

You should make sure the desktop mouse is a low power consumtion version.
If it is not it may damage your ADB port and may also drain your battery
prematurely.

To tell whether your desktop mouse is a low power mouse. If it is you
should be able to find a small circle on the label under your mouse. If
it is one of the new ergo mouse than it is already a low power one.

Using an incorrect mouse may be the cause of your slow cursor.

-- Vinko
Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, [phone], ALink: CDA1051

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 18:33:14 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Sven M. Sorensen)
Subject: Multi-disk self-unstuff problem (Q)

Dear fellow netters

We have got a 3-disk Monotype(R) ValuePack(TM) set of fonts. The first disk
contains a double-clickable file called "Double click me to unstuff!.sea".
It was produced by Aladdin Systems. It unstuffs a number of fonts and then
asks for disk 2 containing the file "Double click me to unstuff!.s.2".
When I insert disk 2, it is promptly ejected again - even though it
actually does contain a single data-only file with the strange name asked
for.
If you have been in the same situation and found a solution, I would like
to hear about it.
Thank you!

/Sven
Odense University
Denmark

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 09:35:36 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Sean Elfstrom)
Subject: Network Copy Protection

Does anyone remember a program/system extension/cdev that was posted
a while back, that blocked NBP lookups to check serial numbers? The
reason I'm interested is that I know someone who has multiple
licensed copies of Pagemaker 5.0, but limited disk space. He doesn't
want to install it on the server twice to allow multiple users.

Thanks,
Sean Elfstrom
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 11:24:38 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Nisus in RAM

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> The biggest potential problem with Nisus is that it keeps
> your entire document in memory. This is good because it can work
> faster, but it makes it hard to have a big document like a thesis
> unless you have an enormous amount of RAM. The work around to this is
> to make each chapter a separate file, but then it is hard to change a
> term throughout the thesis because you must open and change each
> chapter separately.

Since Nisus can search and replace in all open documents or in a selected
list of closed documents, this isn't really much of a problem. I just
wrote a book in Nisus, but I had to convert it to Word to submit to
my publisher, and I couldn't believe how difficult it was to do some
things in Word. Inflexible and buggy search and replace, no true Ignore
in the spelling checker, mega slow word count, slow saving with tables
in the document, ugh.

Frankly, creating a single document for a book is a dangerous proposition,
and I would strongly recommend you don't do it in any program. All
program slow down and become flakier when you start stretching the
limits of what they can handle.

>         I like many of Nisus' unique features like multiple undos and
> being able to select unconnected phrases into one clipboard, etc, but
> the memory problem is a real limit for a thesis. I needed about 4
> megas of RAM just for Nisus to open a 40 - 50 page document the other
> day. It's nice to have both programs - Word for big things and Nisus
> for general files.

You must have some major pictures in that document. I give Nisus 2
MB, and I can open almost all the chapters in my book (somewhere around
1.3 MB of text - I haven't checked specifically) before I run out
of memory, but all the screen shots are separate and will be put in
during the layout phase in PageMaker by my publisher.

The RAM method has some advantages other than speed. Since Nisus will
use all the RAM you can give it (well, all that I've been able to
give it when working with 1.6 MB files), you can open larger files
and do more to them than in Word, since Word won't use more than the
first 4 MB or so that you give it no matter what. More RAM after that
point (which may be higher, I haven't tested specifically) makes no
difference to Word.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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Date: 10 Sep 1993 08:19:12 +0100 (MET)
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pathworks V1.2 compatible with NSI 1.4 ? (Q)

Does anybody know if the new NSI 1.4 software is now compatible with Pathworks
V1.2  ?

Note: NSI 1.3 is not

Thanks for all replies !

Hans Kroeger
[e-mail]          (Internet)
[e-mail]     (Internet)
[e-mail]  (Compuserve)
PSI%4575455310::KROEGER     (DATEX-P)

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 19:13:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey S. Shulman)
Subject: PlainTalk voices

[e-mail] writes:

>Hi

>Just looking at the PlainTalk voices, it strikes me that it should not be too
>hard to assemble another collection of phonemes and substitute them into
>another voice. I would have thought this possible with resedit. However, it
>seems that the voices are assembled at a lower level than this. I have the
TTS
>developer kit, but this deals only with using existing voices, though it
lists
>the phoneme operand codes and prosodic controls.
>Anyone got any better idea?

>Thanks,
>Marcus Bointon

Putting together an entirely new voice is a non-trivial process. Apple does
not document the voice table format because it is subject to change in
future versions of PlainTalk (so I've been told) and they don't have the
resources to support outside developers.

I suppose if enough people/developers want to generate their own voice
tables, and are willing to pay for the tools to do it, Apple could
dedicate resources to it. However since it is a VERY complicated
process, subject to change, and not something the general public is
going to do, I wouldn't expect to see it soon. At least not until the
process is MUCH easier.

Perhaps some day you will be able to "talk" to your Mac, let it process your
voice, and then have it talk back to you in your own voice.

Jeff Shulman
Shulman Software Co.

Disclaimer: The above should not be taken as any official or unofficial Apple
policy. It was gleened from discussions with several "insiders" who shall
remain nameless.
--
Jeff Shulman
Shulman Software Co.
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 11:50:28 -0500
From: Dennis D. Davison <[e-mail]>
Subject: Portable Drive

Bill,

Conner Peripheral has a Drive that would meet your needs.  This
internal drive has a special connector and different components than
your standard SCSI Drive.  Conner was the Manufacturer of the
Original Drive in the Portable.  I got my replacement thruogh
SabreData (Local Repair Shop) (Cost $399.00).  You might want to call
Shreve Systems for a replacement.  They sell new and refurbished
equipment for almost every Mac configuration.  I also use Pre-Owned
Electronics.  They carry the Drive you need for $399.00.  Of course
this is half the cost of a replacement Portable (They are selling
for around $799.00).
Here are Phone#'s for reference:

Shreve Systems
800.227.3971

Pre-Owned Electronics
800.274.5343
Talk to Andrew x 4410

I do not get a kickback from either Company!  They just happen to
carry the Items I need, when I need them.  I will say that I get a
warm fuzzy feeling dealing with Pre-Owned that I don't get with
Shreve, but I buy from both.

Hope this Helps,
Dennis Davison
[e-mail]

P.S. We are changing our Domain Server, so you may not get mail to me
at the above address.  You can try "[e-mail]" if the
above address does not work.

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Date: Thu, 9 SEP 93 13:45:29 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Problems Printing Postscript File.(P3F)

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 93 20:39:55 EDT (0039Z)
From: MG John Fryer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems Printing Postscript File.

> I need help in determining how to print a postscript file of the  Internet
> I downloaded from ftp. merit. edu last night (called world.  ps).


I've run into similar situatuations with P3F.  Have you tried DropPS?  This
has worked on my P3Fs.  You can find this at Info-Mac as
info-mac/prn/drop-ps-10.hqx.

    Capt Bill Cameron
    AF Wright Laboratory
    [e-mail]


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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1993 16:59:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ellen Ricca <[e-mail]>
Subject: Q - Persian font for Windows?

Hello Info-Mac:

I know this is really a Windows (PC) question but i thought I would try here
anyway. :-)

I recently downloaded a file from [e-mail]
for a Persian font for the Macintosh. Worked great! Got it on  my Mac
and bin-hexed it. no problem.

But, does anyone know if there is a place to get fonts and such for
PC's running Windows, and specifically a Persian - type font? If so
is there a PC or Windows equivalent of bin-hex or Stuff-it that
will unscramble such a file??

Any help appreciated. You can either e-mail me direct or post to info-mac.

Ellen Ricca
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 93 22:33:44 EDT
From: CXEO000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: QuickDraw fills/shading!?

    Hi, all!

    It's been a while since I've posted here, but something's been
bothering me:

    I recently bought a SWII (*Wonderful* machines, and *much* faster
and nicer than my old ImageWriter! Cheap, too...), and noticed
something:

    Why is it that one can't make nice, smooth, device-optimized fills
and shading with QuickDraw? If, for example, in Word5, I ask to have a
paragraph shaded (Such as a cell in a table, for example), the shading
that gets printed is the same cheap-looking, 72dpi pattern that appears
on my screen. For example, if I shade a title cell in a table by 25%,
I get the coarse, tightly-spaced but large-sized dots exactly like on
my screen when I print.

    I noticed that when printing color images on my SWII in Greyscale
mode, the printer produces nice smooth grey tones, so I know it's pos-
sible. Why can't I specify, for example, 10% shading and have the SWII
print it in this way? I've managed to get very attractive shaded *text*
out of my SWII by making text different colors (Red is fairly dark,
yellow is very light when printed), but I still want to be able to
shade paragraphs and cells properly.

    Can anyone offer any insight? Hasn't anyone ever run into this? For
the record, I'm running Sys7.1 on an SE/30 5/40 (I know, I know; I'm
saving my money for a PowerPC). 32-bit QD is standard, so I don't think
that could be the problem...

    Answer here or to [e-mail]

    Cheers,
    Mark Aiken

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 19:50 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Greg Hammel : Univ. of Sask. [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quick Time and Darkside questions

Howdy all, I have a couple of questions regarding Quick Time and Darkside of
the Mac. My system is a IIsi with 5 meg RAM and an 80 meg HD.

I have just recently installed a Startup Movie in my system folder, and was
suprised to find out that with this little addition, Quick Time now loads
fully
into memory at the start (~200K) and not in its dormant state (~50K). Also
it doesn't want to give up that extra 150K after it finished the movie. My
question is, is there anyway to get QT to play the startup movie and then
return to only occupying 50K of RAM? I have the most recent version of
Quick Time (but I seem to have forgotten the version number).

My second question has to do with the most recent version of Darkside of the
Mac. I have version 3.2 installed. I tried to install version 4.2(?) and
whenever I tried to open a fader it gave me the message "Cannot open fader
because it has not been updated to version 4.0". I thought this might have
something to do with the prefs file, so I trashed it and then ran the newer
version, setting up the prefs file for that version. I even dragged the whole
folder containg the older version with its fader files into the trash before
running the newer version. None of this worked. Has anyone else experienced
this problem? Did anyone find a solution?

Thanks for the help,    Greg.

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 22:09:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: "William M. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: reference points in MS Word

I noticed in the last Infomac Digest the following question:

> Do you know if there is a way to "mark" a place in the text and have a
> page number reference to that place somewhere else, where Word itself
> keeps track of any change of page of the mark.

With due respect to the earlier respondent, the answer to this question
is YES. Not an enthusiastic yes, but a yes nonetheless.

If you insert the "page number" glossary in the cutline or description
beneath a figure or table on a given page, select it & copy it, then use
"paste special" to paste it elsewhere in the document where you want it,
you will get a live link between that page number and the reference to it
somewhere else. If the figure or table moves to a different page, the
reference to it elsewhere will automatically be updated.

This works: I've used it. I have also had occasional problems with files
that had lots of these links in them, so I would recommend caution, and
be sure you keep important files backed up constantly.

I do hope that Word 6 (about which rumors are starting to be spread) will
include some simpler and more reliable way of keeping track of figures &
tables, or of page cross-references. But in the meantime, try this.

Will Porter / University of Houston

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 09:40:22 MDT
From: [e-mail] (Sean Morgan)
Subject: reference points in Word (A)

>>From: [e-mail] (Bruce E. Wilson, Eastman Chemical Company,
>([e-mail]))
>Subject: reference points in Word
>
>[original attribution lost]
>
>> Do you know if there is a way to "mark" a place in the text and have a
>> page number reference to that place somewhere else, where Word itself
>> keeps track of any change of page of the mark.
>
>I've been using Word since 1.05 (no flames, please :-) ), and that is
>one of my more persistent gripes.  There is not...

...but there is a work around.  Somebody on the digest long ago showed how
to get "Page x of y" to work right, and the same trick can work here:

Insert the page number glossary item at the reference point and then change
its type to hidden text so it won't be printed (you might want to show
hidden text so you can see it!).  Then copy it, and paste as a link to the
place where you want to make the reference.  Cool, eh? (<-- obligatory
Canadian content)

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Date: 8 Sep 1993 14:51:16 -0500
From: "Cerro, Joseph A" <[e-mail]>
Subject: reference points in Word (c)

Several folks have written:
> >Do you know if there is a way to "mark" a place in the text and have a
> >page number reference to that place somewhere else, where Word itself
> >keeps track of any change of page of the mark.
>
> I've been using Word since 1.05 (no flames, please :-) ),

Me, too, though I use FullWrite (the politically correct choice of the
software-oppressed) & BBEdit as well!

> and that is one of my more persistent gripes.  There is not, and I have
> bitched to customer support several times about this, any way to do what
> you want, except manually.  Pro-Cite and BiblioLink help the problem of
> keeping citation numbers up to date, but page, section, table, figure, and
> equation numbering have to be done manually.

Ditto with EndNote Plus.

Since the DOS/Windoze versions of Word have supported in-text reference points
for some time now, and given the hubbub about future Windows and Mac versions
sharing tons'o'code and features (I will believe it when I see it!), perhaps
relief is in sight with Mac Word version 6. Unfortunately, this is a tragic
example of a product originally developed on the Mac getting more attention on
Windoze.

Joe Cerro aka [e-mail] * [e-mail] * [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 21:01:50 CDT
From: Oliver Philip Soell <[e-mail]>
Subject: SCSI/Mac II problems..

Yes, I have a venerable Mac II, and it's finally beginning to show its
age.. It crashes a lot. And I mean a lot. Just in the last few weeks,
I'd say it's been crashing about every five minutes of regular use (going
in and out of applications, and generally screwing around) but much less
frequently while engaging in only one application that isn't too stren-
ouos. I think it may be my SCSI chain. I have a DAT drive hooked up right
off the back, and an external hard drive off of the DAT drive, and yes,
it's terminated correctly. What sort of problems can bad cables yield?
Anything like this? Right now, I can't even run Retrospect after a shift
boot..

The only other thing that I can think of is the fact that I had an accel-
erator in there for a while, which required the removal of the CPU. I did
this a few times, and maybe I screwed something up in there. If anyone
has any ideas (stress on the any) please email me. Also, things become
corrupt on my computer all the time, usually Stuffit archives or diskcopy
images. Is it the hard drive?   Well, I'm grasping at straws now, so I'll
take leave.

Thanks

Oliver Soell
Rice University
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 01:38:06 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SEAs on sumex

I see that SEAs are appearing on sumex - it's annoying, downloading a
small After Dark module from your unix box via a 2400 baud telephone
connection that costs, only to find that 1/3 of the downloaded file
was a totally unnecessary self-extracting code segment.

Surely the only things we need SEA'd on sumex are the compression
programs themselves?

Please don't submit SEAs! .cpt or .sit (v3.0) is fine.

Thankyou. Plea over.

L.

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 11:19:23 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: something like Alarm Clock

>Hello is there any PD program like Now's Alarm Clock?
>I've checked Superclock but it seems to be incompatible
>with stuff like the Sound Manager.
>
>Other than Superclock what programs are available? Thank
>you.

How do you mean incompatible?  We have the Sound Manager and Superclock
running happily together on LCIII's (8/80) and a IIfx (8/80).  They've been
living together peacefully for about a week now, no problems. Perhaps you
have some other init that's playing up?

martin
3D Centre, University of Queensland, Australia

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Date: 8 Sep 1993 12:56:11 -0600
From: Stewart-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: Subliminal msg from David Letterman

Has anybody else noticed that if you play David Letterman's CBS ID/promo
backwards he says "ABC"?  Set the player for "loop back and forth" and
listen...

If you don't have the quicktime movie it is archived as
/info-mac/grf/qt/letterman-over-cbs.hqx; 219K.

Marcus
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 22:16 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Superclock and Help menu (Q)

Dear Netters,
Just got SuperClock from a friend, yet I don't know how to turn off the help
menu, so SuperClock shows up on applications that fill up the menu bar.
Does anybody know how to do this?
I don't mind ResEditing, if that is what it takes, and I have thrown away
Finder Help (the prefs file).  In other words, I would like SuperClock to
appear where the help menu icon appears now on applications with menus that go
right up to the help menu.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]
P.S. I am
 still hunting for a screen shrinking software that will make 640 x 480
software appear (with less pixels) on my 512 x 384 12" RGB - 256 Color
Monitor.  Any clues?  FTP, Gopher, Telnet are all possible paths from the VAX
account here.  There is also a Fetch client here on campus.  Thank you again.

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 15:08:03 -0500
From: Ping-Chung Li <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1 and SuperPaint 2.0 (A)

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #178 I wrote:

>       My wife purchased a Centris 650 equipped with system 7.1. However,
>it fails to run two application programs, Excel 3.0 and SuperPaint 2.0.
>After I Launch these two programs, the screen freezes immediately
(SuperPaint)
>or after I type in the first data (Excel). I did a test in my office, both
>programs work fine on a Mac stem 7.0.
>       I would like to know if there's compatibility problem between these
>two programs and 7.1, should I go back to 7.0?

All the response pointed out it's because the 040 machine, especially the
instruction caches. I got three different options:

(1) Turn off the caches. It works with Excel 3.0, but not SuperPaint 2.0.
(2) Get SuperPaint 2.0a and Excel 3.0a (bug fix) from the manufacturer for
free.
(3) Update the software to current version, Excel 4.0 and SuperPaint 3.5.

I would like to thank the following people for their help. The list would
not include response after 3:00 CST.

Dennis D. Davison [e-mail]
Allan M. Bloom [e-mail]
Hal Perkins [e-mail]
Michel Lewinger [e-mail]
RICHARD LIM [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 17:32:58 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: System 7.1 and SuperPaint 2.0 (A)

Ping-Chung Li <[e-mail]> writes:

>> My wife purchased a Centris 650 equipped with system 7.1. However,
>> it fails to run two application programs, Excel 3.0 and SuperPaint
>> 2.0. After I Launch these two programs, the screen freezes
>> immediately (SuperPaint) or after I type in the first data
>> (Excel).

The first and easiest fix is to turn off the processor cache on the
Centris. You need the Cache Control control panel, which, if not
already installed, should be on the 7.1 Tidbits disk. There are two
buttons in this control panel: "Faster" and "More Compatible". Click
"More Compatible" and then restart the Centris. This should clear up
the Excel problem, and may also help with SuperPaint. (I'm told that
the compatibility problem is fixed in Excel 3.0a and 4.0).

If the SuperPaint problem persists, there's one more thing to try
before upgrading to the current version (3.5): You can try changing
the SuperPaint preferences so that "Use only QuickDraw for screen
rendering" is checked (this is under Miscellaneous Settings). How can
you do this if the application crashes on startup? You make the
change on your Mac II, then copy the SuperPaint Prefs file (in the SP
Pouch folder) to a floppy and bring it to the Centris.

>> should I go back to 7.0?

Someone will doubtless correct me, but I don't believe you can run a
Centris with System 7.0.

Regards,
Mitch
-BMUG Boston 617-721-5840, East Coast BBS of The World's Largest Mac User
Group

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 16:42:58 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7.1 and SuperPaint 2.0 (R)

On 8-SEP-1993 21:16 %"Ping-Chung Li <[e-mail]>" wrote:

>        Does anyone of you encounter the following problem?
>        My wife purchased a Centris 650 equipped with system 7.1. However,
>it fails to run two application programs, Excel 3.0 and SuperPaint 2.0.
>After I Launch these two programs, the screen freezes immediately
(SuperPaint)
>or after I type in the first data (Excel). I did a test in my office, both
>programs work fine on a Mac II with system 7.0.
>        I would like to know if there's compatibility problem between these
>two programs and 7.1, should I go back to 7.0?

I regularly use Excel 3.0 with Sysytem 7.1 and have experienced no similar
problems. However, SuperPaint is another story. I had the same problems you
describe, and finally had to upgrade to SuperPaint 3.0 (which, IMHO, is a much
less pleasant program to work with--it's S..L..O..W; I don't know what they
did
to it in the upgrade, but they certainly bent, if not broke, it!)

(I'm using a IIfx, so maybe the Centris hardware has something to do with
it....)

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 19:07:17 PDT
From: Dieder A. Bylsma <[e-mail]>
Subject: URGENT ADB KEYBOARD PROBLEMS! HELP!

Help!

I packaged my Extended keyboard II carefully in a suitcase, surrounded by
lots of nice soft clothes, and now when I have reconnected the beastie
to my Mac, it reads that the control key is being kept down on the
keyboard. This is *not* so!

Using Keycaps, I can see that all the other keys work fine, 'cept for that
one darn key...this is very very VERY aggravating, since I cannot type
anything
with that key held down. I need some help, any help! I would be willing
to open up the keyboard to examine switches if someone would show me
how to do such a thing....but whatever happens, if you know how to help me,
please, please tell me what I can do, other than waiting for Apple
techies to tell me that 'oh, the keyboard needs replacing', since I do
*not* have that type of Ca$h at the moment!

Please help!

Dieder
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

p.s. please respond to *both* addresses, since I'm not certain whether
     one will be online in the near future...THANKS!!!

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Date: Wed,  8 Sep 93 16:35:17 PDT
From: Fergus Sullivan (ITL Temp) <[e-mail]>
Subject: UUDECODE on Mac (Q)

Can anyone tell me how to uudecode on a Mac files that have been
uuencoded on another platform?  Is there a specific application that does
this?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but thanks in advance regardless.

Fergus Sullivan <[e-mail]>

 ------------------------Blame me, not Microsoft-----------------------

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 19:17:15 GMT
From: Clint.Laskowski <[e-mail]>
Subject: WILL MAC SIMMS WORK IN A PC?

Can anyone tell me if 256K 80 nanosecond 30 Pin SIMMs work in
a PC (386, 486)? What does 8x256 vs 9x256 mean?

Thanks!

- Clint


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CLINT LASKOWSKI
P. O. Box 552
Cudahy, Wisconsin 53110-0552
[phone]
<[e-mail]>
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 00:02:16 -0400
From: Victor Muslin <[e-mail]>

Greetings!

I have several loosely related questions and I apologize in advance if they
are too numerous for a single posting. Kindly send all replies to
[e-mail].

1) I would like to find out and obtain software that would allow my Mac to
communicate with Internet better. Currently I am connected via a service
provided by PSI (Precision Systems, Inc.). As front end SW I am using
Worldlink program from Intercon, Inc. Unfortunately, this program has many
limitations, the most notable one is that it does not provide a mechanism for
reading/writing Usenet News.

1.1) Are there better programs? Freeware or shareware would be preferable, as
my funds are limited, but commercial products are of interest also.

1.2) If there are such programs available, could someone mail me one (I
believe that Worldlink can correctly decode an encoded binary)?

2) I read in the latest info-mac digest a mention of BINHEX program. Is this
a standard way to encode/decode binaries sent over Internet mail (similar to
uuencode, uudecode for Unix)? If so, how can I obtain it?

3) I am involved in producing a Russian-language journal and would be
interested in getting in touch with anyone who has experience with using Mac
with Cyrillic (i.e. Russian). I am interested in finding out (and in return
sharing what little knowledge I have in this area) about tools available
(word processors, spell checkers, fonts, etc.).

3.1) I am interested in finding a program that would allow me to read
messages posted to usenet newsgroups (such as relcom.*) in Cyrillic. I
imagine that most of these messages are posted by people using DOS PCs. In
Russia there are many drivers that convert extended ASCII characters to
Cyrillic letters. Thus the postings appear as "garbage" full of strange
graphics characters to anyone on IBM PC who does not have the driver. (I
haven't figured out how these would appear on the Mac, as I can't get to net
news from the Mac yet -- see item 1 -- but I think that the message would
look like a dump of a binary file). A pointer to any solution would be
greatly appreciated. If there are any Russian language Mac users reading this
I would appreciate your advice.

Thanks for the help, it's greatly appreciated.

Victor Muslin

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 00:09:15 -0400
From: Victor Muslin <[e-mail]>

Hello. I can't get my Mac to work with the Telebit Worldblazer modem, though
I managed to get the modem to work with Sun Workstation and DOS PC/AT. The
modem just does not seem to respond (even when I use Kermit to issue "AT"
commands directly). However, my Mac works with a Hays Personal Modem 2400
(which comes with it's own cable attached). This, I think, eliminates
hardware problems with the Mac and the modem. Thus the only remaining
variables are: cable and Worldblazer settings. Do I need some kind of a
special cable? If Worldblazer register settings are wrong, how do I reset
them if it does not respond to anything?

Thanks, Victor Muslin

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