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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 22 Sep 93       Volume 11 : Issue 190

Today's Topics:

      [*] Carotto 1.0.4 ( game )
      [*] e-disk Demo - replacement
      [*] Macintosh Clock Speeds II
      [*] Me Post Soft to U
      [*] network-time-20.hqx
      [*] Network Software Installer 1.4
      [*] One last update to Simpsons Icons file
      [*] Peace.hqx
      [*] Peanuts Icons 2.0
      [*] PopChar 2.6.2
      [*] submitting MiniText1.0.1
      [*] TidBITS#194/20-Sep-93
      [*] tiny-31.hqx
      [*] TriMines 1.0 Demo
      [*] Update! HyperNotebook v1.0b1
      (A) Word 4.0 won't run on Centris 660 AV
      14.4k Data Modem (TCI)
      Anyone know what .pbm forma
      applescript scripting additions?
      AppleTalk file protocol UNIX File Server
      ARA Scripts for PP14400FXMT?
      A recommendation for Public Utilities
      Can a IIci use a IIfx's RAM?
      conflict catcher ii & loading extensions from aliases
      Corkboard (Q)
      ctc??
      Desktop Sharing privileges
      Feedback on my Mac! (C)
      Fetch vs. TurboGopher (Q)
      Font problems (an A and a Q)
      Gatekeeper problem
      Hardware System Update 2.0
      Help Mr. Wizard!  FastPath woes.
      How does the Mac know which copy of an app to open?
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #187 (2 msgs)
      Keyboard commands for the Special menu
      Leaving (non-Mac) computers on
      Mac Dos Emulator??
      Macs:  To Leave On or Turn Off (Definitive Answer)
      Mactivity in Belgium
      One place where Windoze beats Mac (Summary 2)
      Pictures
      Problems with ImageWriters and AppleShare 3.0.1?
      Problem with Word Subscribe (Q)
      StyleWriter Cartridges..dry out?
      Stylewriter II Driver on a Stylewriter I
      System 7 Pro---what is it? (Q)
      Where are my fonts hiding??
      Where to get ChineseSystem 7.x?
      Word ->> Tex Converters

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 11:32:51 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Carotto 1.0.4 ( game )

          Carotto 1.0.4    Luc De Bois, (c) 1993 Tricky Soft

  Carotto is a fully interactive board game for up to 5 human and/or mac pla-
yers. It simulates a car race : you draw the circuit with the mouse then race
on it.

  You can select the number of players and their skill anytime you want during
the race, just clicking on the appropriate buttons. You want to play with a
friend ? Select 2 cars then start the game. Your friend ( a beginner ) is far
away behind you ? Let him play once again, or select one of the three mac pla-
yers skills to automatically play for him. Your friend gives up ? Race against
four mac players ( two beginners, one medium and one expert, that's a good
deal ! ). You want to play alone to improve your skill and get the best race
in
one circuit lap ? Well... That's up to you ! Finally, the circuit is too easy
for you ? Draw another one ( or play with an old one that has been saved pre-
viously ) which figures a few more sharp turns and chicanes.

  The race principle is simple : a speed vector is associated with your car.
  At
each race step you choose between ( in the most favourable case ) 4 possibili-
ties to increase or decrease your speed vector and your car moves to the new
position you've chosen : that's all ! You will accelerate in straight lines
but
be wise to anticipate road bends : whether you slow down in time or not,
you'll
take the race lead or crash into the circuit frame... You also need to antici-
pate your adversaries' movements in order to avoid crashing into them but
also,
so as to obstruct their way and make them follow the wrong direction... That's
how things go in reality !

  Carotto should work on every mac with system 7.0 or greater and a 256-colour
screen.

  Carotto is a whatever-you-want-ware ( see Credits inside ) !

  Enjoy !

  Luc De Bois

[Archived as /info-mac/game/carotto-104.hqx; 651K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 18:35:03 -0500
From: "Kevin Sartain" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] e-disk Demo - replacement

Dears Mac Informers,

Here is a working version of the e-disk 1.2 demo. The last one was apparently
corrupted. Please delete the last file I sent (e-disk 1.2) from the "disk and
file directory" - or comp - and replace it with this compact. I have included
a
brief read-me file which explains how to get it to work

(Just click OK three times on the start-up screen instead of entering a serial
number. After three failed attempts at entering the serial number, it will
work
as the demo version)

This demo will expand your drive 1.5 times instead of the 2,3, or 4 times
available in the fully registered version. By using it's built in registration
option (register by phone) you can get an authorization number too use it
immediately. You will still need to pay for the full version, but you don't
have
to wait for them to ship it to you.

Try it out on a drive, you will need to back-up and restore all of your data,
but you can easily remove e-disk from your drive if you decide it is not what
you need.

questions can be e-mailed to [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/e-disk-12-demo.hqx; 230K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 09:30:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Pepper)
Subject: [*] Macintosh Clock Speeds II

    Following are the clock speeds and processors of all the Macs I can
remember.  This is the second time I'm posting this, and includes the AV
machines.  Comments, suggestions, & criticisms welcomed.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/clock-speeds.txt; 3K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 13:04:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Me Post Soft to U

    Hello folks,
This is a tiny program I wrote a few month ago to solve the eternal
problem of quotient approximations. You just  enter the rationnal
number (eg: 0.707) and it gives you a set of propositions depending
upon the accuracy required (eg:707/1000 or VC2/2 or (87609*e)/336840).
    It includes 2 help buttons (one in French, the other in English)
that may give you further details, but it's really simple to use.

    Enjoy.

    Laurent LACOMBE ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/quotient-approximations.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 20:12:14 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] network-time-20.hqx

(5.67a/IDA-1.4.4.3 for [e-mail]); Tue, 21 Sep 1993
16:16:36 -0500
From: Pete Resnick <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Network Time 2.0
To: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 16:16:32 CDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

This is Network Time, version 2.0. Please replace any earlier versions
of Network Time you may have with this.

Network Time is a control panel program that sets the clock on your
Macintosh computer to the correct time of day. To do this, Network Time
contacts a time server using the Apple MacTCPnetwork software to get
the correct time of day. Network Time automatically adjusts your clock
taking into consideration the time zone and the daylight savings time
rules that you configure using the Network Time control panel.

Network Time requires at least a Macintosh Plus computer running system
software version 6.0.5 or later (including System 7) and requires
MacTCP version 1.1 or later. Network Time has full Balloon Help
support. Foreign language versions of Network Time are available
separately; the versions that are now either avaiable or in progress
are Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and
Swedish.

This package contains a QuickStart manual with basic instructions in
TeachText format and the full Network Time manual is provided in
MacWrite Pro format. The manual is also available in PostScript format
in a separate archive, and a printed copy of the manual can be obtained
>From the author.

Network Time is a shareware program. Please send US$5 per copy or
US$100 per 100 copies of Network Time, and US$5 per printed manual
(along with any questions or comments)to:

Pete Resnick
1009 North Busey Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
[phone]

You can also send electronic mail via the Internet to:
[e-mail].

pr

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/network-time-20.hqx; 209K]

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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1993 19:53:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] Network Software Installer 1.4

Attached is the latest version of the Network Software Installer.  This
version upgrades your AppleTalk to 58.1 and other things.  The Installer
also knows about the latest av Macs.

Instructions
============
1. Decompress the archive with StuffIt Expander or similar.
2. Copy the folder to any non-start-up drive and launch the Installer.
   If you only have one drive, copy the contents of the folder to a floppy and
   name the floppy Network Software Installer (the same as the folder); then,
   install from this floppy.

I successfully tested this installer from a floppy and from a networked
file server.

Enjoy, igor

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/network-software-installer-14.hqx; 489K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 16:09:22 -0857
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] One last update to Simpsons Icons file

September 21, 1993

To the Sumex folks,

It is necessary to write to you one last time, because I have one last
update on my Simpsons Icons file. Sorry about all the trouble; this has
been my first "upload" and I guess it took 3 tries to get it right.

Anyway, the problem is that although my icons are free to distribute, one
person said he had modified the icons by putting them in a resource file.
The problem is that some of my work will be lost (some of the icon
resources will be gone). I didn't want them distributed in this manner, and
realized that I'd better send ya'll an updated file, which had a statement
in my "read me" about NOT modifying the original file upon further
distribution.

So, please put this SimpsonIcons.sea file in place of the one that's there,
in the info-mac/gui/grf directory. Thanks for your patience. I can't see
any other reason that I'd have to make another; this is it--finito.

Once again, thanks loads for your patience and cooperation with this
first-timer.   :-)

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/simpsons-icons.hqx; 282K]

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Date: 21 Sep 1993 12:47:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Peace.hqx

This is a startup screen of a color photograph of the handshake
between Arafat and Rabin.  It is 512 x 384 (12" color monitor).

-Dwight Lemke

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[Archived as /info-mac/grf/peace.hqx; 151K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 05:35:47 -0400
From: "Keith E Gatling" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Peanuts Icons 2.0

So WhatUs New Since Last Time?
     I've added Woodstock, Pig Pen, and two versions of Franklin; one
     for color monitors and one for monochrome/grey scale ones. I've
     also attached the icons to blank Teach Text documents instead of
     empty folders. Apparently the empty folders were causing some
     people problems.

Postcardware.

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

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/peanuts-icons-20.hqx; 35K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 09:03:26 +0100
From: Guenther Blaschek <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] PopChar 2.6.2

This is PopChar version 2.6.2. It corrects two bugs that were introduced
in version 2.6.1. The iconic menu mode now works as announced, and the
startup icon can be turned off again.
  Sorry for the inconvenience if you already downloaded 2.6.1.
  [Moderators: please remove version 2.6.1 from the archives.]

For your information, here is what was new in version 2.6.1:
 - A complete rewrite of essential parts was taken to make PopChar
   compatible with Microsoft Works 3.0.
 - The incompatibility with MacWrite Pro was resolved.
 - PopChar can now be invoked from an icon menu next to the help menu
   (System 7 only).
 - Up to 255 characters can now be inserted in the "More" mode.
 - The hiliting of the menus was removed.
 - The font size is now chosen such that the character chart always fits
   on the main monitor.
 - The frame around the "P" icon is not drawn on secondary monitors any
   more.
 - The PopChar settings are now stored in a preferences file rather than
   ion a resource in the control panel itself.
 - The PopChar icon was made more "System-7-ish".
 - The "ATR patch" was removed. It isn't necessary any more.
 - The documentation was converted to TeachText format.

For those who do not know what PopChar is for:
PopChar is a control panel that simplifies "typing" of unusual characters.
Click the PopChar icon in the menu bar, select the character you want,
and PopChar automatically inserts it in the current document as if you had
typed the proper key combination on the keyboard.

PopChar is FREE. TeachText documentation included.
  e  Guenther Blaschek, University of Linz, Austria
 gu  E-Mail: <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/text/pop-char-262.hqx; 55K]

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 12:21:06 EDT
From: Le FEUSTE <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] submitting MiniText1.0.1

I'd like to apologize for re-submitting MiniText so shortly but
I realized that there was a small bug in v.1.0. I also forgot to
compact the stack (within HyperCard). Now, this is corrected and
I included in this archive both english and french versions of
the stacks.

MiniText1.0.1
 -----------

MiniText is my impression of a word processor using the HyperCard
(2.1) environment. I was looking for an easy way to open text
files from within HC. I couldn't find anything so I made it.
I hope you will find it worth posting in this archive.

BinHexed and Compacted with CompactPro
Checked for viruses with Disinfectant 3.2

Stephane Jose.  [e-mail]     (o is a letter)

[Archived as /info-mac/text/mini-text-101-hc.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 22:08:19 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#194/20-Sep-93

TidBITS#194/20-Sep-93

Numerous comments, tips, and announcements (After Dark, anyone?)
   fill the first part of this issue. Akif Eyler's Easy View
   wins the 1993 MacUser Shareware Award for Text Tools. Apple
   announces the Apple Workgroup Server 95 Tune-Up and combines
   the Newton Connection Kit and Connection Pro Kit into a single
   package. Finally, I look at Conflict Catcher II, the essential
   extension manager that actually catches conflicts.

Topics:
    MailBITS/20-Sep-93
    Easy View Wins Award!
    AWS 95 - The Latest Update
    Connection Kits Combined
    Conflict Catcher II
    Reviews/20-Sep-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-194.etx; 29K]

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

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 14:08:46 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Christopher Owen)
Subject: [*] tiny-31.hqx

Tiny Saver is a very small screen saver.  It does just what a
screen saver is supposed to do and not much else.  It is an
application so no conflicts but it only uses about 12k of RAM
18 of disk space.  This version is a 'background only appliation'
so it only uses 12k of RAM when it is in not actually saving the
screen.  Being a FBA it will not show up in the application
menu and won't always end up in your face when you quit other
applications.  It is a nifty (IMHO) blend of the features of
a system extension with the reliability of an application.

I have removed all the features I added in 3.0 for a variety of
reasons.  Some of them didn't work on older machines and I don't
have time at the moment to fix them.  Also I thought I might be
abandoning my original concept.  I will use those features in a
seperate application in the future.  If you have 3.0 and it works
fine on your machine feel free to use it, it just didn't work on
some machines.

Chris Owen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/tiny-31.hqx; 18K]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 15:51:17 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Peter Van Schevensteen)
Subject: [*] TriMines 1.0 Demo

Trimines Demo version 1.0 1993 by Peter Van Schevensteen

This is  Minesweeper (or Mines or Yours) version with triangles instead of
squares. Every cell now has 12 neighbors instead of 8, so new propagation
methods have to be used. Challenging software !  Not an action game, but a
game to think about.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/trimines-10-demo.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 00:14:11 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Update! HyperNotebook v1.0b1

Dear Info-Mac Administrator,

This is the second release of HyperNotebook, version 1.0b1.  I have fixed
some of the more obvious bugs from the last version.  Please replace my
previous upload, version 1.0a2, with this new release.  May I suggest that
you call it something like "hyper-notebook-v1b1" or "hypernotebook-v1.0b1"
in the archive.  I don't think it is necessary to mention the Reference
Stack separately, even though it could be used as a stand-alone
application.

++++++++++++++++  HyperNotebook Abstract ++++++++++++++++

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

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

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

I hope you find this software useful.

Barry Sanders
Multimedia Consultant
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Urbana, IL

[Archived as /info-mac/text/hyper-notebook-10b1-hc.hqx; 582K]

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Date: 21 Sep 1993 11:44:23 -0800
From: "Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) Word 4.0 won't run on Centris 660 AV

> From: "F. J. Van Wetering" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Word 4.0 won't run on Centris 660 AV
>
> My new Centris 660 AV arrived on Monday, and yesterday I discovered that
> Microsoft Word 4.0 won't run.  I brought the original diskettes in today and
> loaded it again, and I STILL get the same type of error.  What happens:

F. J. Van Wetering:

Have you thought about using a different word processor? I understand that
Nisus
works well ...

Seriously, though, you might want to check your version of Word. We use Word
4.0E (Note the E) at work. And, as I just found out, it does work on our
Centris
650s _with_ the Cache turned on. You might try calling Microsoft to see if
this
(free) update is still available.


Sandro Menzel

<[e-mail]>  -  Media Technologies, Inc.  -  Bothell, WA

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 14:14:40 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rocky Olive)
Subject: 14.4k Data Modem (TCI)

After much deliberation, I've decided to bite on the MacWareHouse offer for
the $99 14.4k data modem (no fax support).  I've talked to both TCI and
MacWareHouse about the modem and here's the skinny:

TCI LineLink 14,400 bps data only modem bundled with MacKnowledge and
AccuWeather.  It uses v.32bis and MNP5.  It DOES support v.42bis to get up to
57.6k thruput (in theory), according to MacWareHouse.

MWH does not have the 30 day MBG on this product, but says there is a 90-day
warranty (parts/labor).  TCI on the other hand says it is actually 1-year
(p/l).

TCI is a subsidiary of Prometheus (and so is DataDesk), if that makes any
difference.

I'll be receiving the modem tomorrow afternoon, so after a week or so, I'll
review the modem for any others that might be interested.

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

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Date: 21 Sep 1993 09:09:04 -0800
From: "Bob Clemmons" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Anyone know what .pbm forma

               Subject:                               Time:8:57 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Anyone know what .pbm format is? (A)   Date:9/21/93
.pbm stands for Point Bit Mapped.  On a Unix system, check the man pages for
pbm.  There are utilities to convert pbm to GIF (pbm2gif), as well as the
pbmplus utilities available at ftp sites.  Point bit mapped means that each
pixel is represented by one bit (therefore, B/W images only).  .pgm stands for
point grauy mapped, where a pixel is represented by a byte - 256 grayscale.
The format of the pbm file looks like

P4
512 512
[binary data]

Where the first line is the code for pbm, the second line, (ASCII) has the
rows
and columns, and then it is binary data.

I am not aware of any .pbm viewers for the Mac.  I usually convert it to GIF
or
TIFF on my Sun and then transfer over.

Bob Clemmons
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 18:08:29 +0000
From: (Alberto I Roca) <[e-mail]>
Subject: applescript scripting additions?

does anyone know where i can find scripting additions--they go in the
scripting additions folder and add functionality to applescript. for
example, the book "tao of applescript " supplies "numerics" which adds a
random-number-generator function to applescript. i'm looking for a
logarithm function. vanilla applescript only supports simple addition,
multiplication, etc.

i know APDA sells an applescript programmer's kit, but i didn't want to
spend $200 to find just one function.

alberto :|
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 13:01:31 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Rhoads)
Subject: AppleTalk file protocol UNIX File Server

John,

The file server that you are using is probably ignoring
the AFPSetForkParams or AFPSetFileParams call that is
used by the Macintosh after it copies a file to set
the timestamp of the file back to its original time.
Also, some Unix systems do not allow normal users to
set the timestamp of a file backwards in time, so
depending on how your fileserver implements these
AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) calls, you may be
stuck.  I do know that AFP servers provided by
other companies (e.g. uShare, from IPT, 805-541-3000) have
ways to work around this problem so that timestamps
are preserved (at least from the Macintosh's point
of view), so it is possible to do.

--Mark R.
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 04:44:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eric Lorenzo)
Subject: ARA Scripts for PP14400FXMT?

I was wondering if anyone out there was using their Practical Peripherals
14400FXMT with ARA.  If so, what are you using for a script?

Thanks,
Eric Lorenzo
--
Eric J. Lorenzo
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 22:12:02 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: A recommendation for Public Utilities

I had similar problems and Public Utilities fixed them right up.
I highly recommend Public Utilities over Norton Disk Doctor.
-Pete Tamas (Sorry for the late reply)

> From: Rodney S. Harl <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Nasty crash! Help!
>
> I'm experiencing quite a problem with my Mac. It's characterized
> by the loss of visible folders on the desktop among other things.
>
> Symptoms:
>
> - Booting from the 7.1 Install disk says that this startup disk
won't
> work on my Mac (PB 180) and to use the latest install disk to
> update it.
>
> - Norton Disk Doctor cannot fix the following problems:
>   - Part of the directory (leaf sector #2224) found invalid
>   information (invalid record type)
>   - an fLINK error (whatever that is)
>
> - Many of my folders are missing, both in my root directory and
> elsewhere. I can find some of them by using Finder's "Find"
> (they become visible) but this is not permanent.
> Open windows of these lost folders close on their own.
>
> - The Finder often restarts itself for no apparent reason.
>
> I've tried rebuilding and resetting the desktop and reinstalling
> the system. These don't work.
>
> Any help would be *greatly* appreciated.
>
> - Rod
> [e-mail]
>
>
>

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 09:18:55 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Can a IIci use a IIfx's RAM?

I know that a IIfx cannot use standard RAM from a IIci, but can a IIci use
a IIfx's RAM?

        Thanks in advance.

            Aric Friesen

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 08:05:33 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kim Cary)
Subject: conflict catcher ii & loading extensions from aliases

Adam Engst, in tidbits 194 writes:
>  One of Conflict Catcher's best features is hidden deep in the
>  preferences. A checkbox labeled Recognize Aliases, when checked,
>  allows Conflict Catcher to load extensions from aliases, rather
>  than requiring the original extension. This has two main uses.
>  First, you can load extensions over a network, so a network
>  manager can keep one updated version available at all times rather
>  than hassle with a bunch of different versions of popular
>  extensions.

OK, sounds cool, but when I go to update a version of an extension, say
Disinfectant init, from 2.9 to 3.2, how do I get all the aliases on those
Macs to reference the new version as their "original" item?

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 09:10:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tad Davis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Corkboard (Q)

The latest issue of Mac's Place has an item called Corkboard, from
MacToolKit. It's described as an idea processor; sounds like it might be a
cross between Inspiration and Spiral. Anyone heard more?

In the same vein, I see that Portfolio has a program called Dyno Notepad
that is supposedly a reworking of Acta. Any reactions? (I have a great
fondness for outliners and idea processors.)

Tad Davis
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 08:43:28 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Ron Bonner)
Subject: ctc??

A few days ago someone described a drag-and-drop priogram for viewing and
editing the type and creator of a file;  I believe it was called 'ctc' ?  I
have tried all the directories on info-mac and searched the all-files.tx
file but I haven't been abl;e to locate it;  does anyone have more
information (or better yet a copy of the program)?

Thanx
Ron Bonner, Sciex, [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 09:30:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Pepper)
Subject: Desktop Sharing privileges

>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 10:22:32 -0600
>From: (Dominik Hoffmann) <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Sharing privileges of Desktop Folder
>
>I have found out only one way to set the sharing privileges of the Desktop
>Folder. To do that you set the desired settings in the "Sharing..." dialog
>of the hard disk it resides on and set the "Make all currently enclosed
>folders like this one" flag.
>
>Unfortunately, that changes the access privileges of everything else, as
>well. Of course you can change everything back to what it had been before
>individually, but that's a great pain.
>
>Does anyone know a better way for achieving this goal?
>
>Dominik ([e-mail])
>
>------------------------------

    Try connecting from another machine (as owner).  You should be able
to see and control the Desktop Folder and Trash folder.




                    L8r,


                    Chris Pepper
                    [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 10:58:13 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Norman Chretien)
Subject: Feedback on my Mac! (C)

Reverend John wrote in Info-Mac:

>A couple minutes ago, my LCIII began to emit what was clearly a
>'feedback' sound, very shrill and piercing.  [...]
>I stopped it by raising the mac's volume back up, which produced the usual
>system beep. The beep cut off the feedback.
>
>In the time I've been typing this note it's happened twice more and I
>know the event that triggers it: an extension called "Obnoxious" that
>sounds out a Daffy Duck yell at random every few minutes. Whenever the
>sound plays, feedback kicks in.  [...]
>There it goes again. Daffy Duck yells and the feedback starts. Making the
>system beep (or, I presume, any other sound) kills it.
>
>The solution, of course, is obvious: unplug the microphone (since if Daffy
>can set it off, maybe other sounds can too). Does anyone have any ideas
>about this? It's definitely the most bizarre thing I've run across.  [...]
>Comments, anyone?
>

Yes.  Well, a question really.  You've got a shamelessly-named "Obnoxious"
extension in your System, and now that it's proving to be just that, the
"obvious" solution is to cripple your Mac!?  Do you get employee discounts
on exorcisms? ;)

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 20:25:38 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: Fetch vs. TurboGopher (Q)

I've used Fetch a little, and like it.  I've never used TurboGopher.
What's the diff between the two?  Are they functionally the same?
Thanks.

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

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 22:09:35 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Font problems (an A and a Q)

> From: <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Font Problem
>
> I have a user using System 7.1 and the latest version of Adobe Type
> Manager.  He says he's having problems with some of his older
fonts
> (or as he says, "The oldest fonts.").  I believe these are Adobe
> Type 1 fonts from about 1987 or 88.  Generally, the Macintosh
seems
> to have problems consistently kerning the fonts and will not allow
sizes
> other that those that are installed to be used.
>
Sorry for the late reply. These fonts are probably Type 3 fonts.
Chances are that the solution to your problem is converting them to
Type 1 with Altsys' Fontographer or some font convesion utility.

Make sure you have the Postscript fonts installed. If you open the
System Folder and then the Fonts folder (Sys 7.1 only) and View by
Kind, they will be listed as "PostScript TM Fonts." The ones listed
as "Font Suitcases" are not enough.

BTW- does anyone know the practical limit of fonts one can install
in Sys 7.1's Fonts folder before they should go out and get Suitcase
or one of its competitors? Thanks, Pete Tamas

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

Date: 21 Sep 1993 18:42:55 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kimo B. Yap)
Subject: Gatekeeper problem

[e-mail] writes:

>I'm having no problems with Gatekeeper 1.2.8 on my IIvx running System 7.1

>HOWEVER... one of our users has had a report from several of HIS users that
>they're experiencing exactly the same problem you describe (System
"attacking"
>Finder with a SetResAttr CODE 18) on a IIci (System 7.0.1), as well as
Pluses,
>Classics and SEs.  They also have some LC II's and SE/30's which don't (at
>present!) exhibit the problem.

>Any further info would be most welcome!

>Has anyone mailed Gatekeeper's author, Chris Johnson, yet?

>                                               Mike B-)

I have had this problem twice. I sort of just forgot about it after figuring
out
how to get it to go away the first time (see below), but it recently came
back.
I didn't know what caused it the first time, but I seem to recall puttin
a new copy of the Finder (which I had been playing with) influenced the
problem.  Recently, I seemed to be unable to turn on VM - the option would
take
in the memory cdev and make the file, but upon reboot the VM file got
deleted.
The memory cdev still said VM was on (after reboot...).  Rather than try and
track this down, I decided to reinstall the system from the 7.0.1 floppies (I
am running 7.0.1).  This also re-installed the FInder, of course.  Upon
reboot,
VM came back, but the Gatekeeper problem reappeared.  Recopying the old Finder
back made that go away; wonder if it has to do with relative dates of System
and
Finder files.  Allowing the System to attack the Finder and then disallowing
the privilege doesn't help the problem in the long run, btw.-kby

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 22:27:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Hardware System Update 2.0

Now that all the hubbub seems to have died down, what's the verdict
on HSU 2.0? Does it cause more problems than it solves? Does it
screw up SoundMaster? Will it crash my system? Opinions to
[e-mail].
Thanks,
Jay Becker

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

Date: 21 Sep 1993 16:16:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mark Nutter, Apple Support" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Help Mr. Wizard!  FastPath woes.

Used to be I could go for months without having to turn to Info-Mac for
help; and now for some reason I'm needing to every time I turn around!

Anyway, my thanks to all who responded to my 2 most recent inquiries.
Hopefully the 3rd time will be the charm here, and I can stop these
frequent posts! :)

Situation:  power failure last Friday.  Upstairs, we have PacerShare running
on a Decstation 5000 (Ultrix 4.3), serving a classroom of Ethernet-
connected Centris 650's, plus a lab of LCIII's connected via AppleTalk and a
FastPath V.  After the power failure, the Centris 650's can access the server,
but the LCIII's on the other side of the FP cannot see it.  BYU Telnet,
however, can make it across the FP (i.e. we can telnet out from the LCIII's
to Internet sites, etc.).

We have reconfigured the FP as best we can recall, but we're new to the
world of Macs on Ethernet and quite likely we're overlooking something.  Is
there a Mac/FastPath/Ethernet guru out there who might be able to help?
We're pretty sure it's a zone problem, because PacerShare insists it's on
the "*" zone and that no other zones are visible, even though we have 2
different zones, each of which can see each other, but neither of which can
see the server.

If you can help, please send Email to [e-mail].  He doesn't
subscribe to info-mac, but I'm going to be out of the office for a week, so
I can't relay any messages.

Thanks much for any help.  We're desperate.

Mark Nutter
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 22:07:51 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: How does the Mac know which copy of an app to open?

> Date:         Sun, 19 Sep 1993 14:17:00 EDT
> From:         "Alan S. Dobkin" <[e-mail]>
>
> It all seems pretty simple to me actually.  I'm just trying to open one
copy
> of an application instead of another by double clicking on it's associated
> document.  How does the finder know to launch Application X instead of
App. X
> Copy, which is located on my RAM Disk?  Is there any way to tell it
otherwise?
>
This may not be something you'd do every day, but perhaps this gives
someone an idea for future use. Perhaps you can compress the "original."
Then, when you double click your document, the Mac does not find the
program in the original place, finds the one on the other volume (RAM disk
in this case) and updates the desktop file to reflect the "new" location
of the application. Again, if you create a RAM disk every day, this is
pretty tedious but since it may be usefull information for someone,
I decided to post this idea.-Pete Tamas

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 08:22:47 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #187

Are there instructions available on "How to use" the archives and downloading
software from a 6085 ?

Thanks, Tom

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 08:22:47 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #187

Are there instructions available on "How to use" the archives and downloading
software from a 6085 ?

Thanks, Tom

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

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 07:29:01 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: Keyboard commands for the Special menu

>We are upgrading our Macs to 7.1 and I would like to be able to add
>Command-S, Command-R and Command-T to the Special Menu.
>I had this set up for 7.0.1, but the method I used with ResEdit doesn't
>seem to work with 7.1.
>Would someone please post or send me the steps for doing this to
>System 7.1 using ResEdit.

The menu commands for the Finder can be found in the first few "fmnu"
resources
in the Finder file.  I don't remember which specific number it is, but you'll
know it when you open the resource.  There are several "empty" spaces before
each command.  The shortcut for the command goes in the third character before
the title:  for example, T##Empty Trash (#=non-printing character).  (I used
this process in boith Systems 7.0.1 and 7.1.)

The cp SpeedyFinder7 can dynamically add some of these key commands.

                    -- Jay Bienvenu
                       [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 09:30:26 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Chris Pepper)
Subject: Leaving (non-Mac) computers on

Pholx,

    Part of the reason UNIX machines are left on is that they are
multi-user.  If you want to use a Mac which is off, you simply turn it on
and wait for it to boot up.  UNIX machines can be used remotely, via telnet
or rlogin, and their disks can be accessed from other machines (via *FS,
particularly NFS).  It does bad things to your UNIX boxes if (remote) parts
of their filesystems are shut off.

    It's also true that UNIX machines are designed to be on most of the
tim, but this isn't that big a difference -- Apples are (all) designed to
take this treatment in situations where they're left on.

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

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 93 08:46:29 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac Dos Emulator??

A fellow employee here at the Gerontology Research Center asked me this
morning if there was an emulator for the mac that enabled it to run an
MESSY-dos program.  He has received a program to run on DOS for his wife,
but his MAC is not able to do it as it stands.

I am posting this while we get him an account on our machine.  If you are
aware of a DOS emulator for the MAC and can point me in the right direction
to find it, it would be greatly appreciated.  Reply to me at:

        [e-mail]

Flames are accepted for this dumb question.  (I am a CP/M nut, not a DOS
dummy, so the MAC world is new to me .)

Thanks for your assistance!

Paul Pullen
Gerontology Research Center
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore,  MD  21224
land line [phone]

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 07:53:14 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Shannon Thornburg)
Subject: Macs:  To Leave On or Turn Off (Definitive Answer)

Since the moderators are no longer posting new file notices, I'll do this
one myself.

[Not true!  Not true!  Postings are done as usual.  Geez, I can't even take a
small break around here, can I!? :) -Gordon]

I've sent the text of an article about how to maximize your computer's
lifespan by being smart about when you turn it on or off.  A lot of
discussion of this topic has been in the digest recently, and this is the
only in depth discussion based on real engineering experience I've seen.
Everyone who owns a Mac should read this, since it gives guidelines on how
you can double your computer's life.

For those who don't have time, the bottom line is that you should turn your
Mac off if you won't be using it for 8 hours or more.  This will make your
Mac last longer and reduce energy consumption.

Archived as info-mac/info/hdwr/power-cycle.txt

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 17:20:08 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mactivity in Belgium

Can anyone tell me how to get in touch with the Mac User's Group
Mactivity in Belgium?  Thanks,
Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]  Home: [phone]

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

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 14:56:17 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: One place where Windoze beats Mac (Summary 2)

Here is the second summary regarding my suggestion that the Mac could
really use an object oriented navigation system (If you missed the first
summary, please read it before commenting on this - it is in Info-Mac #183
and is called  "One place where Windoze beats Mac (Summary)").

By object oriented navigation (hereafter referred to as OON), I mean a system
that lets you from one object to the next instead of one pixel to the next.
The idea is that we don't really care about distinguishing pixels in an
interface, only objects (menus, menu items, buttons, icons, etc). For more
info, read the last summary.

As before, please send replies to me, not Info-Mac. I will post another
summary if warrented. This helps de-clutter the digest, and avoid digest
wars.

First of all, several people misunderstood the summary, and thought that I
said "Windoze is better than MacOS". This was not what I said at all. I only
said that the OON of Windoze (by letting you use keystrokes to jump from one
object to the next) beats the analog input of a mouse once you know your way
round the app/OS/etc.

One very good point was made: the idea of an OON system is entirely seperate
>From the idea of the convenience of being able to keep your hands on the
keyboard. Following are two points that expand opposite sides of this
concept:

1) One of the problems with a mouse is that you have to take your hands off
   of the keyboard, and sometimes your eyes off of the screen. This is solved
   in the case of Powerbooks, where the mouse is accessible to thumbs WITHOUT
   removing your hands from the standard touch-type position, and thus without
   removing your eyes from the screen.

   One user said that he liked the Powerbook setup so much that he bought a
   trackball for is desk mac, and put it directly in front of the space bar
   of his keyboard. He says that it works just as well as the Powerbook.

2) The idea of an OON system could easily be applied to an otherwise analog
   input device (e.g. a mouse): It is easy to imagine a system that has an
   object "mode" for the arrow (pointer) which automatically centers it on the
   nearest object. This would certainly solve the problem of "chasing" objects
   around the screen, and could make mouse navigation faster than the
   keyboard.

   (If anyone feels like writing such an application, I highly encourage it -
   If you got the idea here, please give me credit, but that's all I ask.)

Someone pointed out that there is a very good reason for the mouse-free
ability
of Windoze: Many PCs don't have mice (historically more true than today). This
is somewhat tangential, but it makes the interesting suggestion that the OON
ability of Windoze may be more of a side-effect than simply good planning.

There is another benefit of keyboard OON: the ability to put events into a
buffer. It is much harder to queue mouse events than keystrokes, so the
keyboard lets you enter a large string of events and let the CPU finish them
as fast as it can, instead of stopping to wait for the user between events.

Another person made the comment that he was not interested in keyboard
navigation. This is fine, but it is not a reason to omit it from an OS.
Everyone has his preferences. If preferences don't conflict, then they should
both be offered (IMO).

Here are some other products that people mentioned that help with this area:

   Greg's Buttons
   ApplWindows       (keystroke application  & window switcher)
   ProSwitch         (keystroke application switcher)
   Escapade          (dialog navigator)
   Open-Wide

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 00:44:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: Oliver P. Soell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pictures

Is it possible to have more than one palette for a 16+ bit picture? What I
mean
is, if I have a 24 bit picture and I want to display it at 8 bpp, can I define
a palette that it will automatically use (preferable with the necessaey system
colors as well)? I'd like to have a 16 or 24 bit picture on the desktop, but
my current one looks like crap when I change it to 8 bpp.

thanks bunches

Oliver Soell
Rice University
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 12:34:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Marlene Davis, Assoc. Dir. Information Systems"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with ImageWriters and AppleShare 3.0.1?

We've been experiencing a lot of problems with Appleshare 3.0.1 and 3.0.3 and
the Imagewriters!!!  Has anyone else run into this?  We have 2 different
networks with workstations and the file servers running System 7.1 and 7.01.
One network has only Imagewriters and the other has a LaserWriter as well.
And
are having problems with both!

Occasionally when an error shows on one of the Imagewriters it affects
the network (the file server does not show on several workstations).
Other times the que "freezes" and entries have to be removed before anything
will print.

We've tried updating using the 3.0.3 patch and it made things worse.  The
imagewriters constantly spool pages of garbage (one line per page) and we can
not capture any of the printers (laser or Imagewriters).  The Laser can only
be
captured when the ImageWriters are turned off.

Does anyone have any suggestions????????

We've been running Appleshare 3.0 on another network with no Imagewriters and
have had no problems.

Marlene Davis
Academic Computing Center
Western Conn State University

[e-mail]

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Date: 21 Sep 1993 08:42:29 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Problem with Word Subscribe (Q)

Hello,
I have a problem with publish and subscribe between MS Word and MacDraw Pro. I
am writing technical documentations with Word 5.0 desighning the graphics in
MacDraw Pro 1.5. During a development phase of such a text I use the publish
and subscribe functionality.

This normally works perfectly well. When designing a new graphic, I create a
publisher and subscribe to it in Word, which makes the picture appear in the
text as it was drawn in MacDraw Pro. I then only have to center, left- or
right
align it.

In my texts I so far experienced a special problem with two pictures:

When subscribing these graphics they were inserted into the word text, but the
subscribers window was smaller than the graphic object, so only part of the
picture was visible. By clicking on the frame and enlarging it with the mouse
the problem can be solved. But after each new subscribe operation, or each new
opening of hte text file, the problem occurs again. I already deleted the
entire graphic in MacDraw Pro and recreated it and also recreated the
publisher
(publishing only entire objects). But that doesn't help.

Any ideas?

Thanks for help

Jens

([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 93 7:55:20 EDT
From: James BelBruno (GC-CDSI) <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter Cartridges..dry out?

This may be FAQ..if so, I will available for crucifixion tomorrow morning
at 9am.
       At any rate....I was wondering..how often do these cartridges dry up?
  I had one in my printer for over a year.  I would say up to 2 months ago,
the printer was used a few times a week.  I hardly touched it the last 2
months.  When i went to print a page a few days ago....it printed half the
page and that was it.  I thought maybe it ran out of ink so I inserted
new cartridge.  It still didn't print.  Is it possible the new cart....which
i purchased the same time as the first...dried out also??  I purchased it
in June 92...expiration date on package said 11/92.     Thanks for any
thoughts.
  J.BelBruno    Dover, NJ
  [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 13:06:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Russell Cotton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stylewriter II Driver on a Stylewriter I

Hello Net,

I recieved many responses to my question. I finally found the answer that
worked best for me. on the anonymous ftp site  mac.archive.umich.edu in
the directory /mac/util/print  there is a file called
stylewriteriihack1.1..sit.hqx

This file worked for me

Russell Cotton
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 09:02:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7 Pro---what is it? (Q)

In his latest update of TrashMan, Dan Walkowski writes

  Here is the latest version of TrashMan, the most popular trash utility in
  this arm of the Milky Way.  This version is now fully compatible with
  System 7 Pro and AppleScript.


My question is, What is System 7 Pro?  Is this different from Sys7.x?
Thanks.

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

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

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 93 13:40:36 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where are my fonts hiding??

Maybe one of these days I will finally figure out fonts...

The other day, I noticed that when certain fonts were displayed
they looked terrible on the screen. This occurred in MS Word,
Canvas and in some dialog boxes. This occurred in places where I
had never noticed anything wrong before (previously created
documents, etc.). The display looked like very bad bitmap
characters.

I finally had a chance to do some checking and it appears that
one of the major culprits in Geneva 10pt. So off I go looking
through my font suitcase (I am using Carpetbag). In it, I have a
whole collection of Geneva fonts, including Geneva 10.

Ok...I figure that maybe some of the fonts that have been added
lately have caused some resource id conflict and proceed to move
all of the more esoteric stuff off to another suitcase that is
not on Carpetbag's list. No joy, applications still only see
Geneva 9 and 12.

So here are the questions:
-  In the font suitcase is a font file that is called simply
   Geneva (supposedly containing 9,12,18 pt) and separate files for
   Geneva (italic) 9 and Geneva 10, 14, 18, 20, 24 (all separate).
   Can some font wizard, clearly explain what the difference between
   these files are (is there any?).
-  Most importantly, can someone explain why all of the Geneva
   (and Monaco) sizes are not available? BTW this problem does not
   effect all of my fonts (all of my Times sizes are available).

Details:
    Mac IIsi
    System 7.0.1 (tuned)
    8MB RAM
    About a dozen (not to extreme) extensions.

Oh yeah, printing a document with Geneva 10 does not look as bad
as the on screen font but it is definitely worse than it used to
be.

Thanks in advance to all you font wizards out there.

David R. Steiner, Research Assoc., Remote Sensing & GIS
ISPA-Uni. Osnabrueck     D-49364 Vechta, Germany

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

Date: 21 Sep 93 11:31:28 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Where to get ChineseSystem 7.x?

     Just read an article in this week's MacWeek (9.20.93) about Apple
     opening up shop in Beijing.  It also talks about ChineseSystem 7.1S.
     Anyone on the net know how to get/where to get/cost of said
     ChineseSystem?  APDA?  ftp.apple.com?

     Please reply by email, I'll post to the net if enough people request
     to.

     [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 12:19:45 CEST
From: Carlo Viviani <[e-mail]>
Subject: Word ->> Tex Converters

Hi netters,

I posted last week a question on a good text editor to use with OzTeX. Yhe
answer was unanimous: Alpha. I tried it, and I think it's pretty good.
However, I still have a problem: I have most of my work saved in Word 5.1
format. Is there a way to convert it to TeX format? It wouldn't be so nice
to have to reformat all the documents...

Thanks,

Carlo <[e-mail]>

PS: please, answer to mailbox!

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