Info-Mac 3/Info_Mac_1994-01.iso/Periodical/Info-Mac/InfoMac 11-193

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 16:28:31 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #193


Info-Mac Digest             Tue, 28 Sep 93       Volume 11 : Issue 193

Today's Topics:

      [*] /artwork/Wes' QuickTime Illus. (Part 1 of 7)
      [*] Adder
      [*] BBEdit HTML extensions
      [*] ChunkJoiner 1.0
      [*] ctc v1.5 (ChangeTypeCreator + change EOLs, too!)
      [*] DarkShutdown 2.0
      [*] Decor v1.1
      [*] DuoMon 1.1
      [*] F/A-18 Hornet screen shots and QT moov
      [*] Financial Portfolio 2.8
      [*] Frog Demo
      [*] led-zeppelin-12.hqx
      [*] LeeMail 2.0.1
      [*] MacChemtab v2.1b
      [*] MacNTP 1.0 - NTP Time Client
      [*] Network Time 2.0.1
      [*] Our Family Tree 1.3
      [*] Pathways Into Darkness "Howto" cheat file v.310
      [*] Pegasus Mail Information (long)
      [*] Poly-RC 1.01
      [*] PolyMine 1.04
      [*] Polytris 1.02
      [*] QuickThumb
      [*] replaces the-news and the-news-uucp
      [*] Rosebud Sound
      [*] Script Tools 1.3
      [*] Soccer_Movie QT
      [*] sound - midi - SendIt 1.0.0
      [*] StaticsDemo.hqx
      [*] Suitcase Updater 2.14
      [*] ThermoDemo.hqx
      [*] TidBITS#195/27-Sep-93
      [*] Xante PPDs for LaserWriter 8.0
      [*] Xante PPDs for PageMaker 5.0
      [*] zipple-icons.hqx
      [*] Zterm 0.9 - FAQ V. 1.4
      [*] ZTerm 0.9 FAQ 1.4
      14.4k Data Modem (TCI)
      7.1 vs 7.1P OS and Hardware Update 2.0
      aliases and conflict catcher
      A little from some FutureBasic gurus...
      A little help from some FutureBasic gurus...
      Another set of bulk replies :-)
      Anyone got extra mouse switches?
      Apple //e Print Shop to Mac
      AppleScript Extension (Q)
      ARA Scripts for PP14400FXMT? (A)
      A request for your consideration...
      Big Purple Guy submission
      breaks for volunteers
      Centris 660AV video-IO hardware (Q)
      chat software
      Conversion of Mac to UNIX text files...
      creator puAB is what?
      Cricket Presents 2.1 problem
      Cross Country/Track
      ctc??   FileTyper does the job!
      DIP switches- are all 3-ing schemes the same?
      Editing EPS files with Aldus FreeHand
      EPS file conversion (Q)
      Fax/Modem/Voice integration
      Got any NONproportional fonts?
      hardware system update 2.0
      HELP: PageMaker/Gatekeeper/DiskDoubler Problem.
      hooking an Intel modem to my Mac
      How can I change the SW II driver B&W/Grey Default? (A)
      How could I change the System Date and Time ...
      How to format a Rodime Harddisk ?
      How to open "AWDB"/"MSWK" file ?
      How to use MacDraw files without the program? (Q)
      HyperCard and base 10 Logarithm ??
      Icon Mess (2 msgs)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #191 (2 msgs)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #192
      MacTools Emergency Disk
      Mac Week Subscriptions
      MacWorld E-mail
      MacWrite Pro Converter?
      MacX and openwin
      Minuscule clock progr. in the Menu bar?
      Monitor Madness (Help!) [C]
      my 2c on the directory structure.
      New Apple Speech Manager Compatibility w/ old one
      No list of new postings? GREAT!!
      Passport Producer Pro/V2.0 (Q)
      PC emulation [Q]
      POP Server
      Powering on your Mac remotely
      Reviving Deskwriter Cartridges
      Same doc, diff size (C)
      SAME document, DIFFERENT size [C]
      Standard PostScript definition files?
      Subject: Apple reccoments no "." before names? (Q)
      System 6 won't run on Performa :-(
      Trincoll Journal 9.23.93
      upgrading clock speed on Centris 610, 650
      Upload Descriptions
      VGAfont... PC on a MAC?
      video-disc drivers [A]
      Women In Swimsuits (C)

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 14:37 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Wes Burian)
Subject: [*] /artwork/Wes' QuickTime Illus. (Part 1 of 7)

About Wes' QuickTime Illustration...

)1993, Wes Burian

August 1993

All the talk a couple of months back on comp.multimedia
inspired me to whip up an illustration pertaining to
QuickTime and video editing, and the whole thing. QuickTime
and video editing is still a hot topic, so I decided to post
this so that other people than I could stare at it on their
monitors.

It's provided as a 72 dpi teachtext PICT. The original file
is a 300 dpi Photoshop file, so if you want to have a look at
that, mail me. Or if you're in need of some other
illustration, contact me as well, I do them from time to
time. Or just mail me for the fun of it anyways, I like to
hear from other computer artists/designers.

This illustration is provided for your use however you want
to use it. At 72 dpi it's not horribly useful for anything
except looking at, but as long as no changes are made and you
don't make an exact replica of it yourself, feel free to do
whatever you want with it free of any legalities.

Wes Burian

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt-multimedia.hqx; 201K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 14:52:16 +0700 (GMT+7:00)
From: Ken Wessen <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Adder

Hello.

This is just a small utility designed to run under At Ease.  It enables
a user to add to the At Ease desktop applications from a floppy.
It also enables the easy removal of all such added applications.
It was designed for use in a student mac laboratory here, so that
we could use At Ease with its advantages for easy maintenance and easy
use of the system (most students her have little mac experience), but
still allow them to use applications they had on a floppy without having
to install them on the hard disk, or get an administrator to set
up an alias.
This does undermine the security of At Ease a little, but it is not
meant to be a security application really anyway.  I find the
advantages this utility adds outweigh the slight compromise
of security (which can be circumvented by a startup floppy anyway).

Ken Wessen
Department of Physics
Prince of Songkla University
Hat-Yai, Songkla
Thailand 90112

email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/adder.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 13:48:19 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] BBEdit HTML extensions

Dear netters,

I've written a set of BBEdit extensions which can assist HTML
(HyperText Markup Language) documents edition. Our Web Gang'
(we have an experimental World Wide Web server: 'http://www.uji.es')
has used it, and it has proved to be useful for us.

Drag files to 'BBEdit extensions' folder in order to install
the extensions. Once installed, the  usage is very simple:
select the text you want to be, say, a link to another document,
and then select the 'HTML link' in the 'Extensions' menu.

Included extensions are:

- Title
- Heading
- Paragraph
- Comment
- Anchor
- Link
- Format (numbered, unnumbered and descriptive lists,
  extended quotes, preformatted text, listings, menus and
  directories)
- Style (bold, italics, underline, emphasis,
  strong emphasis, citation and address)
- Typewriter font
- Image
- Specials translation (translation of special
  mac characters into HTML sequences)

I hope this can be useful to other people over the net.

Please, send me any comments, suggestions or bug reports.

(The package may be included in the CD-ROM of the archives.)

Carles Bellver <[e-mail]>
Web Gang - Universitat Jaume I SPAIN

[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-html-ext.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 09:20:51 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Alex Rodella)
Subject: [*] ChunkJoiner 1.0

ChunkJoiner is a small utility that lets you join (concatenate)
any number of files in a single chunk. To use it, simply select
the files you want to join, and drag&drop them onto ChunkJoiner.
You will be asked the "type" and "creator" for the newly
created file. You will be also asked for the name of the
application which can open the resulting file; I have added
this because the Finder 7.x can read this name and show it
to the user if the application is not present.
ChunkJoiner works on any Macintosh, but it
**requires** System 7 or later.
Life is easier with a drag&drop interface.

Enjoy yourself and remember the shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/chunk-joiner-10.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 93 13:11:14 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Jemian)
Subject: [*] ctc v1.5 (ChangeTypeCreator + change EOLs, too!)

ChangeTypeCreator.c
    Change the file type and creator of any file dropped onto
    this program.  Prompts for the file type and creator, and
    changes all files dropped at the same time to the same type
    and creator.

Written by Brian Bechtel, based on code by Juri Munkki
Feel free to use the code in your programs.

Modified by Pete R. Jemian, Late-Nite(tm) Software
Option was added to convert TEXT files to the
chosen system of EOL (end-of-line) characters.  Note that EOLs
on DOS files  are <CR><LF>  (VAX also uses this EOL format)
on Mac files  are <CR>
on UNIX files are <LF>

If you aren't bothered by this, that's just great.  If you
are, this little hack will surely help.  Very useful for
moving TEXT files between DOS, Mac, and UNIX machines
by diskNet (copy file onto disk, remove disk, sneaker it
to other machine, ...).

BTW: Set the application's size to that of the largest file
that you expect to convert EOLs.  The EOLconvert code
reads the entire file into memory at one time, then does
the conversion as the file is re-written.

WARNING:
If you don't know what you are doing, things *could* get
pretty fouled up.  They might not.  UNDO is not supported.
See the source code to determine *exactly* what is done.

The problem that *could* occur is that you mistakenly select
a non-TEXT file along with other TEXT files and convert them
all to type TEXT *and* convert the EOL characters to the
selection of your choice.  That's the danger.  Don't do it.
You are unprotected against goofball errors like this.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/change-creator-type-15.hqx; 34K]

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 09:21:30 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Alex Rodella)
Subject: [*] DarkShutdown 2.0

DarkShutdown is a Darkside 4.1 module which will restart/shut down your
Mac besides darkening the screens after the given time has elapsed.
The Finder or At Ease must be running, because I restart/shut down
by telling them to do it (with Apple Events), so that all open
applications are closed correctly.
There is even an option for responding automatically to the
"Do you want to save..." dialog boxes, useful if the Mac is unattended.
It is fully integrated with Alessandro Levi Montalcini's
Shutdown Delay 2.0.1.

Version 2.0 lets you restart/shut down:
- at a specified time;
- once a specified period of time has elapsed after the Mac starts up;
- once a specified period of time has elapsed after the screen saver engages.
DarkShutdown fades the screen and shows the countdown.

Enjoy yourself and remember the $5 shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/darkside-dark-shutdown-20.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 93 13:58:44 MET
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] Decor v1.1

This is the latest version of my control panel, Decor. It allows
you to display a picture in the background instead of the dull
desktop pattern.

New to version 1.1:
- The picture can be changed without restarting.
- Pictures can be randomly picked from a folder.
- PICT files are now recognized.
- A memory leak has been fixed.

Requires System 7 and 32 bit Quickdraw. $5 Shareware.
Try it!

To the archiver : this file should replace Decor version 0.9.3.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/decor-11.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 15:36:34 -0400
From: Mike Blackwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] DuoMon 1.1

This is the latest version of DuoMon, a utility program which tells
you more then you ever wanted to know about the state of your Duo's
power system, including how much power it is current consuming. It
only works on machines with the extended power manager (i.e. Duos).

        Mike Blackwell          [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/duo-mon-11.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 10:24:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] F/A-18 Hornet screen shots and QT moov

This archive contains 4 screen shots and one 24-second QuickTime movie
>From a pre-release version of Graphic Simulation's F/A-18 Hornet combat
flight simulator. These files are officially sanctioned for public release
by Graphic Simulations.

Brian Thomas
Inside Mac Games
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/fa18-hornet-combat.hqx; 465K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 15:27:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: [*] Financial Portfolio 2.8

This is a '.sit' file of a Hypercard based program for managing stock
portfolios and the like. I originally dowloaded it from AOL and have been
using it for over a year, now. I use it mainly for tracking stock
portfolios, but it has some other nice features as well. Liked it so much I
contacted the author for permission to post.

I am not the author, but am posting it for Michael Foreman. Information on
how to reach him is contained within the .sit. His posted description of
the program follows:

*******************************************************************************
This is version 2.81 of the Financial Portfolio stack, which lets you keep
track of your accounts & investments and allows you to calculate your net
worth, capital gains, etc.

This program is "kidware": if you are thinking of using it, please send me
a dollar (or more, if you would like) and I will forward it to St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital.

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

[Archived as /info-mac/app/financial-portfolio-hc.hqx; 142K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 16:30:15 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Frog Demo

     This is a demo of the frog dissection program from Cross Educational
Software.  It has a frog dissection, quiz, and an explanation of frog
anatomy.
Unlike the frogs that most people cut up in a Biology lab, this frog actually
enjoys being cut open and ripped apart. Try it. I think you will see a smile
on
his little green face.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/frog-demo.hqx; 129K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 11:26:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Brian Davies)
Subject: [*] led-zeppelin-12.hqx

************************************ LED ZEPPEILN FONT (KASHMIR)

This is the latest upgrade of my TrueType font based on the
typeface on the cover of Led Zeppelin's _Houses_Of_The_Holy_.
It also includes the runes from the untitled fourth album.
Please post this as /font/tt/led-zeppelin-12.cpt.hqx, and
delete the old version /font/led-zeppelin-11.hqx.  Thanks
much.  And, for the record, I grant the fine folks at sumex
the permission to include this font on future CD Rom releases
of their archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/led-zeppelin-12.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 93 11:45:59 -0500
From: Lee Fyock <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LeeMail 2.0.1

Here is LeeMail 2.0.1, an minor upgrade from 2.0.  LeeMail is a shareware
Macintosh e-mail program that can use both the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP) and the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) to send and receive
mail.
LeeMail requires MacTCP (or "TCP Connection for Macintosh"), available from
Apple.

Changes between version 2.0 and 2.0.1 include:

.       LM 2.0 now runs under System 6.  This problem was due to a small,
embarassing coding error.  :-)  Thanks to Guy Brand!
.       The RFromS popup in the Send dialog now reflects the sender when the
RToS
button is clicked while composing mail.
.       Command-clicking list items in mail windows now acts exactly like
shift-clicking.
.       Autoquoting does a much better job at wrapping text, particularly if
the
sender didnUt put returns at the end of each line.
.       LeeMail will now accept mail from mailers that use bare linefeeds
instead
of carriage return-linefeed pairs.
.       Filing mail to a folder alias works correctly now.
.       Deleting an alias now selects the first remaining alias.
.       The timeout period was increased to allow for slow networks.
.       All strings (or almost all) were placed in resources for ease of
translation.  More thanks to Guy Brand!
.       POP error reporting is now done through the status window to
facilitate
unattended operation.

LeeMail is shareware, $25.  Group packages, site licenses and source code
licenses are available.

For those of you who have paid your shareware fees, thanks very much!  The
upgrade from 1.x to 2.0.x is free!  To those of you who haven't paid, you
waited too long -- the price went up!  :-)

If you have any questions, feel free to mail me at "[e-mail]".

Thanks,
Lee Fyock
[e-mail]                                    access from home!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/lee-mail-201.hqx; 227K]

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 20:01:12 -0400
From: [e-mail] (J.E. King)
Subject: [*] MacChemtab v2.1b

MacChemtab 2.1 is System 7 dependant.  You cannot run
MacChemtab unless you have System 7.

This program is a database of the periodic table of the elements.
I am releasing this beta copy so that users of the previous
versions can test it, familiarize themselves with it, and report
any bugs found; especially in the printing routine.

Please send all correspondence at this time to:

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-chemtab-21b.hqx; 213K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 14:24:58 -0400
From: Charlie Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacNTP 1.0 - NTP Time Client

Mac connested to the Internet via MacTCP can have their clocks sychronized
with an Internet time server, using the Network Time Protocol (NTP).

MacNTP is a Mac NTP client that appeared recently in comp.protocols.time.ntp,
posted there by [e-mail] (David S.A. Stine).

Charlie Mingo ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/macntp-10.hqx; 199K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 93 23:04:24 CDT
From: Pete Resnick <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Network Time 2.0.1

This is Network Time, version 2.0.1, a minor bug fix release for
Network Time 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 MacTCP network 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].

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/network-time-201.hqx; 209K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 17:51:01 -0400
From: ""Timmy G. Bremer"" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Our Family Tree 1.3

Hello!
    I've just put the latest version of my HyperCard family tree stack in
the incoming directory.  As usual I ask that you forward it to macgifts, since
our editor has a really hard time incorporating files into mail messages.
Please
Please include the following description:
    Our Family Tree 1.3 is a HyperCard genealogy stack.  This latest
    version
has been modified so that each couple can have up to 22 (!) children. Also,
I've
I've added a command, "updateTree", which will update any existing version 1.2
Family Tree to version 1.3 (thus saving you the trouble of re-entering all the
information every time a new version comes out!).
    Thank you once again.  Sincerely,
                        -timmy g bremer

[Archived as /info-mac/app/family-tree-13-hc.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 13:26:21 -0500
From: Micah Anderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Pathways Into Darkness "Howto" cheat file v.310

Here is the newest version of the hack file for PID (Pathways Into
Darkness), this file shows how to edit your character and its items,
it also includes (this is new) Pou Lee's survival guide and some other
minor changes... If ya got the last one, ya gotta get this one.

            Pathways Into Darkness
            item cheat file v.3.10

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/pathways-howto-310.txt; 33K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 13:26:08 -0500
From: "Troen, Bruce" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Pegasus Mail Information (long)

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #191, Achim Voermanek asks about Peagasus.  Here is a
posting from the author.  At present, Pegasus for the Mac requires a Novell
Netware server.  Apparently a future version will not.

Bruce R. Troen
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/pegasus-mail.txt; 10K]

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Date: 26 Sep 1993 21:06:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Poly-RC 1.01

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

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

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Date: 26 Sep 1993 21:02:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PolyMine 1.04

PolyMine is a game with special grid and mines. The objective is find all the
safe place without stepping on a mine. PolyMine is one of Poly-Series games.
Depending on your skill, you can adjust the difficulty of the game by
selecting
number of mines, holes and shape of grid.
This version of PolyMine is shareware. If you want to use it, please send at
least 'ONE US DOLLAR' . If you send $10 or more, you will recieve a diskette
with the latest versions of other games.
Auto Click and continuous mode added in version 1.01. Minor bug was fixed in
version 1.02. Error trap works properly in version 1.03. Background was added
and scoring changed in version 1.04.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/polymine-104.hqx; 124K]

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Date: 26 Sep 1993 21:03:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Polytris 1.02

    Triiiiiiis iiiiiiis back!!!!
Polytris is a game with falling polyomino blocks,1 to 5 connected square
blocks.
The objective is to stay in game by removing rows. Tetris is one of variations
of Polytris which uses only tetrominoes, 4 connected squares.
Polytris is more challenging because it has 29 kinds of blocks, bombs, weights
and water balloons. Depending on your skill, you can adjust the difficulty of
the game. It can be configured as from 'Qualye's Tetris' to 'Ultra Super Duper
Extra Tris Plus'.
Polytris is a shareware game. If you want to use it, please send at least 'ONE
US DOLLAR' to the auther. It is worth far more than $1.
Version 1.01 works with upper and lower case keys. 'Configure Key' dialog is
displayed properly. More minor bugs are fixed in version 1.02.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/polytris-102.hqx; 232K]

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 22:07:21 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Gasser)
Subject: [*] QuickThumb

Enclosed is QuickThumb, a HyperCard stack which adds a QuickTime
thumbnail preview and optional custom Finder icon to PICT, JFIF,
and MooV files individually or by the folderfull. Read all about
it within the stack.  Postcardware.

Nathan Gasser
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/quick-thumb.hqx; 56K]

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 19:42:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (William D Cramer)
Subject: [*] replaces the-news and the-news-uucp

And now, TheNews ...

This is the latest release of TheNews, a net news reader for
the Macintosh. TheNews V2.3 gives you access to the various
and sundry news groups available on Usenet, directly from
your Macintosh.  With this access, you can:

  * read news articles
  * post new and followup news articles
  * send mail directly to the author of news articles

TheNews understands how to communicate with news and mail
servers directly via MacTCP.  This new release also understands
how to read news articles directly off of your hard (in
conjunction with UUPC and ToadNews), and by popular demand,
this release can also talk over a plain old modem via the
Communications ToolBox.

In addition, this release adds the following features

  * dynamic sorting of the contents of the article list window
  * dynamic threading/unthreading of contents of the article
    list window
  * an option to "open with refresh" whenever you start TheNews
  * a "read next unread" command (available from either the
    article list window or the article text window)
  * the abilility to save (or append) one or more articles (or
    an entire thread or several threads) directly to your
    disk
  * a menu bar entry for each active window (which allows you
    to bring any active window into the foreground)

In the spirit of "shared sacrifice", this program retains its
original low, low shareware price of $25 US, with even lower prices
when you buy a boatload of copies of the program. Send your
comments, checks, and money orders to

    TheNews
    1257 Worcester Road, Suite #196
    Framingham, MA  01701
    USA

For questions and comments, you can reach me at "[e-mail]".

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/the-news-23.hqx; 476K]

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Date: Mon, 27 SEP 93 10:42:38 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Rosebud Sound

This is my first attempt to get sounds off of a VCR.  This is from the
opening scene of Citizen Kane - Charles Foster Kane's dying word, Rosebud.
Stuffit and BinHexed, System 7 sound.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/citizen-kane-rosebud.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 11:25:31 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Script Tools 1.3

                  Script Tools 1.3-0
                   Copyright   1993
              Mark Alldritt All Rights Reserved

This package contains a series of AppleScript additions which add
functionality to the AppleScript language.

    Choose Folder
    Choose New File
    Choose Several Files
    Choose Several Folders
    Get Default Folder
    Set Default Folder
    Shutdown
    Compile Regular Expression
    Match Regular Expression
    Substitute Regular Expression
    Open File, Close File, Create File, Create Folder, Delete File
    Rename File, Exchange File, Move File
    Read File, Write File
    Get File Length, Lengthen File
    Get File Position, Position File
    List Processes, Get Process,
    Get Foreground Process,
    Get Current Process
    List Screens
    Speak, List Voices, Get Voice
    Get Gestalt

The package also contains some example AppleScript scripts which illustrate
the use of these commands.


ScriptTools is freeware for personal use.  See Read Me file for details.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/script-tools-13-as.hqx; 119K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 7:13:59 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Nick Blackwell)
Subject: [*] Soccer_Movie QT

Here is a QuickTime Movie of how not to play soccer. It is a rough sport,
but nothing worth losing your head over.

          Another SicNic Production....

 This file should go int the QuickTime Dir.

   [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/soccer-movie.hqx; 37K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 10:23:34 JST
From: [e-mail] (Takashi Suzuki)
Subject: [*] sound - midi - SendIt 1.0.0

[SendIt 1.0.0]

SendIt is Drag & Drop application for the Macintosh which allows
you to send patch data edited by "DX7 Librarian" or "JUNO Librarian".
Apple Script recordable.
This application requires :
System7 or later + Apple MIDI Manager

Freeware.

Takashi Suzuki                           [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/send-it-100.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 93 12:22:16 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] StaticsDemo.hqx

This is a Demo of the Statics program from Cross Educational
Software.  It is geared towards HS Seniors and College students.
It can be used in an introductory Statics course for engineers,
but is intended to be used in a physics course.  Statics is the
second program in the Physics Series from Cross Software.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/statics-demo.hqx; 277K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 93 03:36:28 -0700
From: Michael Ross <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Suitcase Updater 2.14

Hot off the presses... Suitcase Updater 2.14.
Updates any version of Suitcase from 2.0 to 2.13.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/suitcase-214-updt.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 93 12:30:11 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] ThermoDemo.hqx

This program is a demo of the Thermodynamics program avaliable
>From Cross Educational Software.  The Demon on the title screen
is Maxwell's demon.  This program is geared towards HS Seniors
and students taking a first college course in Physics.

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/thermo-demo.hqx; 259K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 22:25:27 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#195/27-Sep-93

TidBITS#195/27-Sep-93

New Macs once again grace the electrons of this issue, with
   details on the Quadra 605, the LC 475, and the Duo 250 and
   270c, not to mention an infinite number of strangely numbered
   Performas. The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh hits the
   shelves and is also available for direct ordering at discount
   for TidBITS readers. Finally, Wolfgang Naegeli reports on
   PowerTalk, and the AudioVision video input port turns out not
   to be live.

Topics:
    MailBITS/27-Sep-93
    PowerBook 165 & 145B Plus Pack
    The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh
    The Proliferation Continues
    PowerTalk Arrives
    Reviews/27-Sep-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-195.etx; 30K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 10:41:16 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Xante PPDs for LaserWriter 8.0

Here are the PPD-files for LaserWriter 8.0 which should be
used with the printers and upgrade boards from Xante Corp.

Also included is a utility to modify the LW 8 software.

BinHexed CompactPro archive.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTION FILES CAREFULLY BEFORE TRYING
TO RUN THE MODIFIER UTILITY.

Happy printing!

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/xante-ppd-lw8.hqx; 104K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 10:42:28 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Xante PPDs for PageMaker 5.0

Here are the PPD-files for PageMaker 5.0 which should be
used with the printers and upgrade boards from Xante Corp.

I have uploaded the LaserWriter 8.0 PPD files in a separate
posting.

Binhexed CompactPro archive.

Happy printing!

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/xante-ppd-pm5.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 14:27:55 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] zipple-icons.hqx

This is a set of animated icons for use with Zipple. I post this for a
friend. I am not the author. The icons are very good. Below is some blurb
>From the about file:
 Open the Micro movies with Zipple and import them.
 (Zipple version 1.4 or later)
 I recommend good eyes or strong glasses for these pictures.
 And for all you Coke drinkers, there is a special one - just for you.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/zipple-icons.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 00:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Zterm 0.9 - FAQ V. 1.4

AUTHOR:    Leslie Jones
       AOL: LeslieJonz

This is version 1.4 of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for ZTerm 0.9.
The FAQ includes answers to common questions, undocumented tips, bug
reports, ResEdit hacks, and information about the next version of ZTerm.
The questions and answers cover every aspect of ZTerm operation.

Before sending a question about ZTerm to America Online, Usenet, or ZTerm
author Dave Alverson, you should read this FAQ. This will save everyone's
time. Also, you will probably find information in the FAQ that you never
knew existed.

=========================
  Changes in version 1.4:
=========================
o  Update on the ZTerm and the AV Macs
o  Update on CTB ZModem tools
o  Warning about using \J1 with 14400 bps modems
o  Details of multiple phonebooks (ZPhoneLists)
o  More detailed explanation of MacBinary
o  Information about DTR, dropped carrier, and hangup problems
o  Other updates

This is the most extensive rewrite to date. I've added a great deal
of information, and rewritten and reorganized several sections. My
motivation is that this version will be published on the Nautilus
CD-ROM, so I want it to be perfect, or nearly so.

A Microsoft Word text only document. [Stuffed & Binhexed]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/zterm-faq-14.hqx; 32K]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 13:26:17 -0500
From: Les Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] ZTerm 0.9 FAQ 1.4

This is the ZTerm 0.9 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), version 1.4.

  This document answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to
  ZTerm 0.9. The FAQ also contains bug reports, ResEdit hacks,
  information about reports and software relevant to ZTerm users,
  and undocumented tips.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/zterm-faq-14.txt; 64K]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 15:57:18 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rocky Olive)
Subject: 14.4k Data Modem (TCI)

> If you read the advertisement carfully you will see that the modem is
> capable of 14,400 kbps throughput.  It never says its a 14,400 baud
> modem.  I bet this is a slower modem with compression capability.  I
> hope I'm wrong.  Will look forward to your next posting.

Believe it or not, Murphy's law didn't hold here.  It actually is a 14.4k
modem, as in, that is the carrier speed.  It uses v32.bis, which defines the
14.4k protocol, plus it has v42 error correction and v42.bis compression on
top of that.  And if that weren't enough, it has fax capabilities built-in...
all I need is s/w.  I have connected at 9600 and at 14,400 and have only had a
few snags, mostly just relating to setup and the host modem.

I won't lie and say it doesn't have a quirk here and there, but I have never
had a modem that didn't have an occacsional oddity, mostly related to setup,
the host modem, etc.

When I call my favorite local BBS, I connect at 14,400 bps with error
correction enabled!  Now the "weak link" in my setup is not the modem, but the
emulation software, ZTerm.  While ZTerm is probably the best shareware modem
s/w out there, it has the same problem the commercial packages seem to have;
it is a little slow in emulating ANSI color/graphics, so my data gets to my
emulator's data buffer, and then a second or two later, it draws it on the
screen.  It's entirely possible my IIcx processor is just pokey.

And, by the way, I quickly realized that only having an IO light (instead of
TXD and RXD) is not as bad as I thought.  As long as it's blinking, I'm
happy.  I can figure out which way the data is going.

That's all for now!

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

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 9:50:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Capt Bob Canfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: 7.1 vs 7.1P OS and Hardware Update 2.0

My Mac SE finally reached its limit, so I moved up to a 68030 Mac
last week (welcome to the modern computer age).  Although I
started out looking for a Mac LC III, their prices have not
dropped since the spring due their popularity.  However, I could
get a discontinued Mac IIvx/Performa 600 and almost a Centris 610
for the same price.  Performa 600 won out on price, figuring
what's the difference of a letter "P" in an operating system?

That is the $64,000 question.  Noticing that the Hardware Update
was only version 1.0, I went to ftp.apple.com to get version 2.0,
but found in the documentation that it is "not intended for
Performa's."  Woah.  Why not?  My understanding is that the
hardware of Performas and true Macs are identical, except for an
optional math coprocessor or cache here or there.  Should I
really not update the Hardware Update system extension?

More fundamentally, should I scrap 7.1P altogether, and buy and
install a true blue (oops, IBM reference unintended) version 7.1?

Also, I have four System Enablers installed.  How do I find out
what they do?  All are numbered >300 and have no counterpart on
ftp.apple.com where the latest enablers reside.

TIA for any advice.


Bob Canfield, [e-mail]
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 10:46:40 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jamie 'Bobo' Lawrence)
Subject: aliases and conflict catcher

>In fact, I've never figured out when you can replace an original
>with a new version and have the alias still work, and when you can't.
>I do know that the name has to be the same, and you generally have
>to replace the file specifically, rather than throwing out the original
>and putting a new copy in its place.
>
>Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. I wish I could figure
>out why, but frankly, I just don't grok alias details well enough.
>Maybe someone more technical can help.

Adam, the Alias manager uses several different references for resolving
aliases. I think it trys filename first, but then uses (I think- don't
quote me on this) path and some internal file number-record. It is possible
to fool it sometimes, but you aren't 'supposed' to be able to do this. A
tool like Alias Zoo or the like can attach an alias to any other file-
reseting the alias to point to another file. This would probably be the
best way to replace an aliased extension, short of tossing aliases and
making new ones. I think it (alias zoo) has a search for orphaned aliases
function (haven't seen it in a while), which could help with this some.
Hope this helps.
jamie

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 19:31:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: A little from some FutureBasic gurus...

Folks,

    I need some assistance in resurrecting some syntax from my
    thick-skull.
I haven't worked with BASIC in years and am having problems with the
following while using FutureBasic:

IF VAL (TIME$) > 19:05:00 THEN BEEP
           ^^^^^^
               \
            \
               This portion is not correct and will give
               a syntax error message.

This is correct but not what I want:

IF VAL (TIME$) > 19 THEN BEEP

    If someone can get back to me on this, I sure would appreciate it.
I need the ability to check hours:minutes:seconds and produce a beep if a
certain conditional is met.  I can only get VAL, using the syntax I've
given, to recognize the first number (the hour), as it should.  Somehow, I
need to pull in the minutes and seconds.
    I have a feeling I'm going to feel awfully foolish when I see the
solution.
    Many thanks!!!

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 21:27:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: A little help from some FutureBasic gurus...

On Mon, 27 Sep 1993, Yen C. Lee <<[e-mail]> wrote:

> IF SUBSTR(TIME$,1,5) = "19:05" THEN BEEP

On Mon, 27 Sep 1993, Sonja Wolf <[e-mail]> wrote:

> IF VAL (TIME$) > 19+ 5/60 + 0/3600 THEN BEEP

    Actually, with a foolish grin....
    It turns out that:

IF MID$(TIME$,0) > "19:05:00" THEN BEEP

    is the one to use.  Gosh, how QUICKLY I have forgotten BASIC.
    Thanks, y'all...!  I'm STILL getting letters from the entire
PLANET offering solutions.  I hope this hasn't cluttered up the net any.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 12:41:27 EST
From: Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>
Subject: Another set of bulk replies :-)

* 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? *

The trick is: make sure the old application and the new one have EXACTLY
the same name.  Copy the new application into the folder with the old
one (and give an affirmative response to the "do you want to replace"
dialog).  You'll find that the old alias will now recognize the new
(replaced) version (I've been doing this with updates to TrashMan and
StuffIT Expander for several versions on several Macs)

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

You can use both to retrieve software from many of the same archives
(sumex, umich, wustl), but the two programs are quite different. Once
Fetch connects to another host, it holds the connection until you
disconnect (that's why it's nearly impossible to connect to sumex or
umich during the daytime--the few available connections are almost
always being used by someone else). TurboGopher is client software that
connects to a Gopher server (at Minnesota by default, but it can
"trained" to connect to a local one if there's one at or near your
host).  Gopher servers connect to each other, or to hosts that support
Gopher access (sumex and umich both do, ftp.apple.com does NOT) ONLY
when they need to send or receive data.  Hence many more people can
share the same number of ports using Gopher.  At a busy host like sumex,
Gopher will return "server busy" quite often during the day but connect
successfully a minute or two later (persistence pays with Gopher much
more often than with Fetch).

* > So, the obvious questions is: is anyone out there in net-land
sending binhex files from home via GEnie and if so, how are you doing
it?

Use any program to search for a return and replace with a return and a
specific character that you agree on, such as M. *

What happens if your dad, on Genie, invokes the "add linefeeds"
provision in most binhex encoders (makes CR/LF instead of just CR)?
Will Genie start the lines with LF instead of '*' (or just double space
the hqx file, which wouldn't help)?  Most binhex decoders won't have
difficulty dealing with lines starting with LF, and there are lots of
ways to strip the LF's if you need to.  If you can use LF's that should
minimize the hassle.

* In the meantime, does anyone recommend a shareware desktop pattern CP?
*

I'm partial to DeskTop Textures myself.
get /info-mac/UTIL/desktop-textures-21.hqx

That program also should be able to restore you System to the default so
you can use the General CP if you wish to.

* does anybody know a mail-program for the macintosh called Pegasus?
Somebody told me that it is a shareware-programm. Maybe there is even a
ftp-site where I can get it... *

Pegasus Mail version 2.0.2 for the Macintosh available from risc.ua.edu
(130.160.4.7), as /pub/network/pegasus/pmmac202.hqx

It should also be available from the following sites:
omnigate.clarkson.edu

If you get that CLIENT, you'll still need a Pegasus Mailer, on a Novell
server (does Pegasus Mail run on anything else) in order to use it?
There also are Pegasus clients for WinDoze and, I believe, MeSsy DOS.

* They claim to be sit files, but even the latest version of >unstuffit<
refuses to recognize the format. *

UnStuffIT was superseded by StuffIT Expander about two years ago (my
memory for time sometimes is inexact).  The .sit files you're
downloading are StuffIT Deluxe 3 format that has been the standard for
the past two years.  get /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-303.hqx and
you'll be able to unpack .cpt as well as all .sit archives.

/s Murph Sewall <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 10:42:32 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Anyone got extra mouse switches?

Yep the continual thread about looking for those hard-to-find mouse switches.
I'd rather not order a whole heap, so if you've got some, I'd love to
buy one from yah...

Thanks,

steve
--
|  Steve Portigal, Dep't of CIS, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1   |
|  email: [e-mail]    Phone: [phone] ext 3580  |

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 07:36:13 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple //e Print Shop to Mac

I used Print Shop for years on the Apple //e and I have a very large
collection of graphics and fonts.  Is there any way I can convert the graphics
and fonts to
their bitmapped Mac equivalents?

I have the Apple //e card in my LCII so getting them onto my Mac is no
problem.


 --------------
Jay Bienvenu
[e-mail]
 --------------

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 19:50:21 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: AppleScript Extension (Q)

I grabbed JPEGView 3.0 from the archives, and read in the info file
that to use the `JPEGView Convert To PICT' droplet *requires* the
AppleScript extension.  My question is, Where do I find the extension?
I looked around <ftp.apple.com> a little, but couldn't find it there.
Thanks for your help.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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

Date: 27 Sep 1993 07:46:15 -0600
From: Stewart-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA Scripts for PP14400FXMT? (A)

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

We are using the script "Practical 144000FXSA 1.0" with ARA.  No problems.

Marcus
[e-mail]
opinions are my own....

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

Date: 27 Sep 1993 11:08:12 -0500
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A request for your consideration...

Starting on Sunday, October 17th, 1993, I will be hosting a new radio show on
personal computing called Online Tonight. It will be syndicated
internationally
and will be delivered via the ABC Satellite Network. It will be *very*
different from other computer shows...and I hope that you all will join in.

Here's my request: please let me know of any computer oriented charities that
would benefit from having their missions publicized.

Here's why: during the course of the show, there will be numerous commercial
breaks. Each of these breaks is approximately 3 minutes long. In each break
there will be 1-2 minutes of national commercials (commercials *we* have sold
and air from the network origination point), followed immediately by a minute
of *local* commercial time. Now, if the local station does not sell a
particular slot, we can't very well have 60 seconds of dead air, so what we
(and every other network show) do is air a public service announcement (that
would otherwise be covered up by the local station's commercial if sold).

What I'd like to do is not only play PSA's in those slots by the American Red
Cross, the American Cancer Society, etc. but also make sure that if there are
any worthwhile *computer-oriented* causes out there that they get the
exposure,
too.

For example, I've heard of a foundation that takes old computers and
refurbishes them using ***-challenged people for labor and then donates them
to
schools. I've also heard of SeniorNet, a non-profit organization that is
trying
to get senior citizens to be more computer literate.

If you know of any other organizations, hopefully that already have produced
30
or 60 second radio PSA's, that you either E-mail me at OLTDavid on America
Online, or post the info here. We won't be accepting copy for live reads, just
tapes. Format is 7.5 or 15 IPS 1/4 inch reel tape or CD.

Thanks in advance, and I look forward to hearing from you.

David Lawrence
Online Tonight  <-- debuts Sun Oct. 17 1993 8 PM ET
            (check your local listings!)

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 18:47:27 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Shih-Tung Ngiam)
Subject: Big Purple Guy submission

  The submission is a hypercard stack of posts from alt.sex.bestiality.barney
The header vaguely mentions "Contains scenes of graphic violence. Parental
discretion advised", but does not fully describe the contents of the
submission.


Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School
on the Charles

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 15:00:04 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: breaks for volunteers

Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
>> 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]
>
>Nope, there's no rest for the wicked, or for volunteers. Even when
>I announce beforehand that I'm taking a week off from TidBITS, I still
>get all sorts of messages asking if TidBITS is still alive. :-)

Yep. Makes ya wonder why you bother telling anyone you'll be gone.

>Remember, folks, much of what happens on the net is done by people
>with real lives, and they can't always devote all available time to
>the net, even if they want to.

Right. And the message to the net at large is: Read the administrative
mail you see! Heed what it says! None of us who run mailing lists (and I
don't pretend that either of the lists I run are as big as Info-Mac) get
paid for what we do! If you don't get a some new files for a few days or
even a week, so what? Is it really that crucial? Sure, a bugfix might make
it to that level of importance. But the latest Ren 'n Stimpy sounds?

Sorry for sounding so pissed off, but the level of net.whining has really
gotten a bit ridiculous.

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 18:33:16 +0100
From: Jean-Claude Arnouil <[e-mail]>
Subject: Centris 660AV video-IO hardware (Q)

Dear Mac enthousiats,

  I will buy a Centris 660AV in a few weeks and I plan to design a
video codec card which I want not to be too expansive to build.

  For now I have a few questions about those AV Macs video-IO hardware:

  - what are the reference of the Philips chipset used in those macs?
    (it should be something like SAA7191/92,TDA8708/09. Am I right?)

  - does there is a technical documentation were a could find infos
    about designing a card for those new macs?

  - at a minimum, could someone tell me the pinout of the DAVE connector.

  Thank you in advance for any help provided.

--
Jean-Claude Arnouil          Unix Systems Manager
Ecole Superieure d'Electrotechnique et d'Electronique
email: [e-mail]
BP 99 - 93162 Noisy-le-Grand  CEDEX -  FRANCE

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 16:25:02 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: chat software

Up until now we've used the Quickmail "Quickconference" feature to allow
our users to chat over the network. Because we're getting rid of Quickmail
we're looking for an alternative. Broadcast was rejected because of it's
awkward user interface (chooser device). Do there exist any other products
(shareware or commercial) which allow the user to chat over the network ?

Karl

[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 17:01:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Scott Kaplan)
Subject: Conversion of Mac to UNIX text files...

I have a need for something which will convert Mac text files to UNIX text
files (basically changing how the ends of lines are represented...)  I realize
that many text editors, like BBEdit and Alpha, will do this for me, but then
I'd have to do one file at a time (unless there's something about these
programs that I don't know.)
So my question: Is there a utilty, or a part of some other program, which will
quickly and easily convert a group of files from Mac text to UNIX text?  It
can be either a Mac or UNIX program, although something on the Mac side would
be nicer.

And yes, if no such thing exists, I'll just write it myself.  But I thought
I'd check and make sure I wasn't reinventing the wheel.

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]

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

Date: 28 Sep 1993 18:02:51 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Steven L. Armentrout)
Subject: creator puAB is what?

I've been asked to extract the contents of a mailing-list created by an
unknown program with a creator label of puAB.  I'm unable to decode the
file directly, so I thought I'd ask the net whether anyone recognizes
this program from its identifier.  Please email responses to [e-mail]

Thanks in advance,
Steve

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 12:20:06 bst
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cricket Presents 2.1 problem

Hi,

i have cricket presents 2.1, and i want to use it to create a presentation,
which i will print on overhead projector slides (acetates)

i have my document , and it looks fine on screen, but when i try to print
to a postscript printer it just won't work. i have tried a number of
printers (both mono and colour) and from a number of different machines
on an appletalk network , but nothing helps

if i save the file as postscript ( an option within the printer driver) ,
the resulting file is unreadable ( on a pc ) and our resident postscript
expert says that the file is no good

the question is this...

has anyone else had a problem printing from CP 2.1, and if so what can i
do about it ? is there a bug fix/update ?

above all, do computer associates have an email address (or phone no. in
the UK) so   i can contact them to ask directly.

please reply direct, if this is a common problem with an easy solution,
then i will forward to the net

thanks in advance

Mark Elliott

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 11:38:44 +0000
From: LTB Wright <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cross Country/Track

Does anyone out there know of any programs that can be used to score cross
country or track meets?  A program that can handle road races might work
also.


Brian Wright
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 10:01:39 +0100
From: "Olaf F. Normann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ctc??   FileTyper does the job!

Hello!
>"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)?

I am using FileTyper I found it somewhere at sumex-aim.stanford.edu. I dont
remember where.
It does exactly what you are describing. Very nice program.
Best regards Olaf F. Normann

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 11:25:33 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: DIP switches- are all 3-ing schemes the same?

Do dip switches all follow the same standard? In other words, if you
know which combination of ups and downs is id#1 on one device, will
that combination be the same for all devices? (This is for SCSI)
Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 12:32:16 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Editing EPS files with Aldus FreeHand

>From IM 11 #191
>Does anybody on the net have definitive information whether FreeHand can
>_edit_ EPF files?

>Stefan

Paul Rauschelbach got there first (IM 11 #192), but can I confirm what he
said - the current version of Aldus FreeHand (3.11) cannot edit its own EPS
files.

I've had a few replies and talked to a few people since my original posting
about this. It appears that both native FreeHand files and FreeHand EPS
files are stored as binary EPS files (though native FreeHand files are
amended in some way). As far as I am aware, there is no utility available
to convert binary EPS files into text EPS (eg readable in Adobe
Illustrator) or native FreeHand files. However Altsys' EPS Exchange must do
this sort of conversion when converting native FreeHand files into
Illustrator format. Also Adobe seem to be releasing more PostScript code,
so the likelyhood is that the binary EPS format will be common knowledge,
and hence a conversion utility more likely.

Paul also mentions that Transverter Pro "will create editable Illustrator
files from EPS format files". Macworld (USA) Sept '93, p44 says
"[Transverter Pro] translates PostScript graphics into bitmapped files ....
and adds EPS previews to standard PostScript files".

I would be grateful if anyone could let me know if Transverter Pro will
indeed create Illustrator files from EPS format files, and also any details
of DeltaPoint's Graphics Utilities, which is supposed to convert graphics
files formats amongst other things.

Many thanks for evryone who has helped so far!

Most of the above is based on gossip, hearsay and rumour - as I'm already
going to get flamed on another posting, please feel free to let rip on all
my mistakes - I'm sort of ready.

Graham
Graham Allsopp                     Department of Geography
Email: [e-mail]   University of Sheffield
Tel:   [phone] (direct line)   Winter Street, SHEFFIELD
Fax:   [phone]                 S10 2TN, United Kingdom

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

Date: Tue, 28 SEP 93 11:45:02 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: EPS file conversion (Q)

We frequently wish to produce graphics for presentation based on
EPS (encapsulated PostScript) files, since that is what is available
>From programs that we run on mainframes. Importing these files into
word processors or drawing packages and then printing them out on
PostScript printers works well. The PROBLEMS are (a) if we wish to
enhance the images, e.g. add labels, colours, etc., (b) to print
them out on non-PostScript printers like the HP DeskWriter 550C.
Canvas won't do (a), and neither Canvas nor Word will do (b). Do
people have suggestions for what DOES work? For example, Adobe
Illustrator? I suspect that there is a big demand for a utility that
converts EPS into, say, PICT, with 300 dpi resolution.

I will summarize useful replies for the net.

Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary & Westfield College,
University of London                          [e-mail]

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

Date: 28 Sep 1993 15:55:44 +0100
From: YSTAUB <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fax/Modem/Voice integration

Does anyone know about a software-solution that let's a mac
with fax-modem distinguish between a fax-call, voice-call
or a modem-call? Is it possible at all to solve it with software
only? I think of a CDEV that takes the call, decides what kind of
call it is and then starts the appropriate application to take the
call.
I know that Global Villages Teleport modems have such a kind of
switch and if I remember well it's a software only solution. I'm
asking because I'm a user of Applied Engineerings DataLink PB
with voice for the PowerBook. Right now it is a very cumbersome
integration of the three parts (fax, voice, modem). It's an isolated
three part communication package but not an integrated communi-
cation solution as long as I have to switch manually between the
three parts. But since this applies to all fax-modem users someone
might has come up with a solution.

Yuri Staub

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 22:57:11 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Got any NONproportional fonts?

I am searching for nonproportional (fixed-width) fonts to incorporate into the
adventure game Moria using ResEdit.  I would like to know which fonts in the
directory mirrors/info-mac/font are non-proportional, or if you know where I
can obtain nonproportional fonts. Thank you.
                   Sincerely,
                    Thom Ancell
                    [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 12:13:29 bst
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: hardware system update 2.0

i have the above file !

i can binhex it to get a stuffit self extracting archive !

i unstuff it to get a disk image file !

what do i do with that ?

please reply direct

thanks in advance

Mark Elliott

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

Date: 28 Sep 1993 22:19:21 +0000 (GMT)
From: "NAME \"Fergus J. Lalor\"" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HELP: PageMaker/Gatekeeper/DiskDoubler Problem.

I have just installed PageMaker 5.0 on my Quadra 700 following
the manual meticulously, i.e. all virus blockers and other
extensions off. Following restart I launched PM and got a
series of messages of which "Gatekeeper has violated an
attempt by DiskDoubler INIT to violate the "Res(System)"
privilege against "System". [Rsrc.Map.Entry(Pack,2)]" is
typical. Booting up again with all extensions off EXCEPT
Gatekeeper and DiskDoubler INIT produced the same problem.
Note that it happens when (and only when) I launch PageMaker.
To a non-techie like me this seems rather scary and I am
reluctant to allow GateKeeper to grant priviliges for
these operations without advice. Can any MacGuru out
there advise me?
Thanks in advance -
Fergus J. Lalor, Chemistry Dept., University College, Cork, Ireland.
E-mail: [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 07:35:49 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: hooking an Intel modem to my Mac

Hello everyone.

I'd like to hook up my roommate's Intel modem to my Mac. The modem has a
25-pinfemale RS232 connector. I've looked at the local Radio Shack and called
my
computer supplier and neither said they had the adapter.

Anyone know where I can find such an adapter, especially in the Lafayette,
La.
area?

Assistance would be greatly appreciated.

                    -- Jay Bienvenu
                       [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 17:03:05 -0100 (MET)
From: Thomas Madsen-Mygdal <[e-mail]>
Subject: How can I change the SW II driver B&W/Grey Default? (A)

In InfoMac vol.11 #192 Gabriel M. Schuyler asks about how to change the
default printing-setup... Here is my answer, hope you can use it!

You will need the small program MyPageSetup, which is very easy to use.
You can probaply also do it in ResEdit someway, but MyPageSetup i very easy
to use...

You should be able to find it at Info-Mac. If it is not there, please give
me a note and i will upload it to you!

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Denmark, Europe
InterNet address:
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 19:23:18 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How could I change the System Date and Time ...

Dear Netters ...

How could I fix the System Date and Time to my local area or
for my experimental purpose ?

Is anybody out there who knows the tips and are willing to let me know
please ?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated .
Thanks for reading me and in advance .

Sincerely Rhee Hwan-Seok
e-mail :  [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 11:56:58 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to format a Rodime Harddisk ?

In the past I always recommended Silverlining (from LaCie) when I was
asked for an universal HD formatter.

It appears, however, that even Silverlining has come to it's limit with
the disk I wanted to initialize yesterday. The label on the disk says that
it is a Rodime RO 5180ST, and should hold about 140 mB of data. It's one
of these early 5 1/4 inch drives. The sticker on the IC5 chip says
"Program (c) Rodime Inc. 1988  PGM 22130-7"

I installed the drive in an external case (which I know is working
perfectly with the tape device which is usually in it) and tried my luck.
I heard the disk spinning, but Silverlining refused to do anything with
it. When I opened Silverlining and selected the drive, a message was
displayed that I should check cables/termination/Id, etc. After selecting
"short test" it said that the test was okay, but I could not start the
long test, and the "Format" command resulted in an error.

After that, I was able to select the disk from the menu to see the
partition, but none of them had any size, and the message displayed on the
bottom of the window said: "Maximum available space: -17". Now what's
this, a negative value for the disk size ??? I could not change the size -
neither make it positive nor type any other negative value!

After that, I tried "HDT Primer" from FWB, but the results were about the
same - only that it did not display a negative value for the size, it
simply said that the drive was not ready and I should rescan the SCSI bus
(which I did more than once).

A utility program - I think it was called SCSI Info, I found it on a BMUG
shareware disk - displayed some info about the drive, and at the bottom
the message "no media" - just like a removable disk with no cartridge
inserted or a tape drive.

Maybe I should say that I did all this with a Centris 650 computer, but
the drive will be used (if it works some day) with a Mac Plus.  But since
I don't own a Plus, I can't try it with one.

All suggestions are welcome. Best regards, Christian.

Christian Buser                [e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 15:19:49 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Ulf Dittmer)
Subject: How to open "AWDB"/"MSWK" file ?

Hi netters !

I just got a file from a friend (who is now on vacation)
which contains important information but which I cannot open or
import. It has a type of "AWDB" and a creator "MSWK", which I
think is an AppleWorks database written using MS Works.
Unfortunately I have neither an Apple II nor the other program around.

The Claris MS-Works XTNDs don't work, of course (in fact they bomb).

The Apple File Exchange Filter AppleWorks->MSWorks (from sumex) also
doesn't recognize the file, neither do the MacLinkPlus translators.

I converted the file to ASCII but since all format informations are
lost and it's a large file, it would be a major task to reformat it by hand.
Please help ! Any advice whatsoever is heartly welcomed.

Greetings,              Ulf
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 09:40:16 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to use MacDraw files without the program? (Q)

Sometimes documentation of public domain software comes with drawings
in Macdraw format. Since we don't have Macdraw, is there a way to
convert this files to an other format to display or print it's
contents?

Gerrit.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 08:57 EST
From: Jim Allison <[e-mail]>
Subject: HyperCard and base 10 Logarithm ??

Netters,

Actually, I am working insuperCard and I need to get the base 10 logarithms
of some real numbers for a calculation of the power output of speakers
at various frequencies.  Neither HyperCard nor SuperCard have a log base 10
function. Does anyone know of a way to calculate a base 10 log in HyperTalk
or better yet of a fast xFunction ??

Thanks
Jim Allison
Clark University IRC

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 22:05:52 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: Icon Mess

>Dear Netters,
>Not to be confused with the question of how to change the order of icons
>appearing on the screen, how does one simply make NO icons appear on the
>screen, short of disabling the extensionshat don't have that option
normally?
......

The Startup Manager of Now Utilities can turn off all the icons that load
after it in the startup sequence.  I don't know of any shareware
alternatives.

Martin Stoermer
3D Centre, University of Queensland Australia

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 22:05:52 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Martin Stoermer)
Subject: Icon Mess

>Dear Netters,
>Not to be confused with the question of how to change the order of icons
>appearing on the screen, how does one simply make NO icons appear on the
>screen, short of disabling the extensionshat don't have that option
normally?
......

The Startup Manager of Now Utilities can turn off all the icons that load
after it in the startup sequence.  I don't know of any shareware
alternatives.

Martin Stoermer
3D Centre, University of Queensland Australia

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 8:25 BST
From: "Liz Newell, King's College London" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #191

StyleWriter cartridges can dry out if a printing operation
isn't completed correctly. If the print cartridge is not
returned to its start point, the ink head remains uncovered
and can dry out. This can happen if you switch off half
way through printing or too soon after it's printed a page.

Liz Newell
King's London

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 15:13:58 WET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #191

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:

>Date: 23 Sep 1993 07:48:59 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Airport Security & Disks(A)
>
>From what I've been able to read, the PowerBook itself is unaffected
>by the x-rays.  But, to minimize any potential damage, be careful to
>put your PB in the center of the conveyor so that it is not near any
>magnets which may be part of the innards of the beast.
>
>As for floppies, DON'T let them be x-rayed.  Either get one of those lead
>foil bags used for film or carry them on your person.  Again from what I've
>been able to read repeated exposure to x-rays will degrade the floppies.
>Someone from one of the Mac rags did a test to confirm this.

X-rays will NOT affect the data on your disks. Period. Whether or not
prolonged, and/or repeated exposure of floppies to x-rays will affect the
materials these thingies are made of I don't know for sure, but my guess is
that you need a LOT of radiation to destroy them...

DON'T (and I repeat DON'T) carry floppies on you, as the magnetic fields
generated by the metal-detector arches you'll have to walk through WILL affect
the data on your floppies. My advice -- from experience both ways :-( -- is,
just put your floppies in the same bag as your PowerBook and let them be
x-rayed.

Henk Verhaar

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 14:03:23 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rocky Olive)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #192

> I don't know if this is old news or not, but the I to sent away for
> one of the $99 TCI LineLink 144e modems from MacWarehouse that everyone
> has been raving about.  The modem works great!  There is really no
> reason for anyone not to get a high speed modem now.  My one gripe
> would have to be the lack of seperate Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX)
> lights.  Instead, it has just one "IO" light which indicates both
> transmission anfd reception.
>
> Just for giggles, I tried using my copy of FAX/stf with the LineLink
> with the TCI modem.  It took a little trial and error, since I didn't
> know which chipset the 144e uses, and the 144e is not in the list
> of supported modems.  I finally got it to work with "PN2388 Rockwell
> RC9624AT" setting.
>
> The bottom line is, if you already have some FAX software, it may
> work with the LineLink modem, saving you the cost of TCI's fax
> "upgrade."

Thanks for pointing that out.  I got my modem and was surprised to find out
that all you need for fax is the s/w, which means it's built in to the modem!
I don't have any fax s/w, so I'm looking around.  It seems not many people
sell fax s/w separately... only bundled.  If you know if any, let me know.
Thanks!

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

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 11:08:48 CDT
From: "Stephen Kawalko  " <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacTools Emergency Disk

> I recently purchased MacTools v2.0. The System 7 emergency
> disk, a 1.44MB floppy, is unreadable by a Mac SE with an
> Applied Engineering HD+ floppy. I am running System 6.0.8.
> The System 7 optimizer disk, also a 1.44MB floppy, is readable.
> Is is normal for the MacTools Emergency disk to be unreadable?

Well, the HD floppy is now readable by the AE HD+ floppy drive.
I don't what has changed but everything is ok. When I first
installed the AE HD+ I noticed that occasionally it would say
a 1.44 MB Mac floppy was unreadable and ask if I wanted to
format the floppy. I haven't seen this annoying error in some
time because I generally only use the the AE HD+ drive with
Apple File Exchange to read MS-DOS floppies.

Stephen Kawalko ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 22:20:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac Week Subscriptions

Could someone please E-Mail me the information on how to get a
subscription to MacWeek by paying and by being a dealer.

Thanks!

<|Brian M. Amira      | E-mail: [e-mail] |>

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 16:33:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michel Eytan, LILoL)
Subject: MacWorld E-mail

>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 10:40:30 -0800
>From: [e-mail] (Gerry Paille)
>Subject: MacWorld E-mail
>
>Anyone know of an E-mail address for MacWorld magazine?  Subscription
>department is preferred.
>
>Thanks
>
>Gerry Paille ([e-mail])
>
>
>Gerry Paille  ([e-mail])
>School District #60
>North Peace Secondary School
>Fort St. John, BC
>[phone]

macworld                        [e-mail]
macworld editorial              [e-mail]

--
Michel Eytan, Lab Info, Log & Lang              [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 17:30:28 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: MacWrite Pro Converter?

Is there a XTND converter (or ANY other way) to convert MacWrite Pro files
to something more common (Word, WriteNow, even any "lower" form of
MacWrite)?

I am trying to read the manual for "Network Time", which is in this not
exactly very common format, which no word processor I have seems to
understand. The author also provides a set of (of all things) Postscript
files, but I'll be darned if I print close to 1 Meg of Postscript just to
READ a 36-page document of which I probably never want a printed version.

Regards,
Herb Kroemer

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 08:57:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott Kelsey <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacX and openwin

Hi All -- I am trying to get the .openwin-menu-program to come up on my
screen.  I have sucessful connected to our on-site Sun and get xterm window
to come up without any problems.  The problem come when I do a olwm
command from that xterm window, the system does not allow me to open a
session like that, I assume it is because the MacX is already running a
window manager.  My question is how do I get around that?
 In my Remote Command of MacX I have the following line to open xterm

/usr/X/bin/xterm -ls -title "(host xterm" -sb -display  "(display"

Do I need to list my computer(MyMac:0.0) in this line somewhere? Or can I
substitute olwm for xterm on this line?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance...

Scott Kelsey
University of Delaware
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 10:11:03 +0100
From: "Olaf F. Normann" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Minuscule clock progr. in the Menu bar?

Hello!
Does anybode know of a small clock program like Attoclock,
but which is not showing up in the Applic. menu, and is displaying the
time in the menu bar?

Thank you very much for any answer
Best regards
Olaf F. Normann

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 09:36:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Monitor Madness (Help!) [C]

I don't know why Twilight no longer works, but I expect all that is was
doing was resetting your video's gamma to reduce the brightness. I have a
hypercard XFCN around that will let you fade down and fade up if you are
interested.

Michael E. Cohen a.k.a. [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 21:08:12 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: my 2c on the directory structure.

Some time ago I gave my two cents about the sumex directory structure.  The
structure is great except for one small item:  Why is there no directory for
control panels?  It just occured to me that this is why SuperClock and a few
other system extensions are in the Applications directory; apparently the
archivers couldn't classify it as GUI or anything else there is a directory
for.

Please bring back the CP directory!

                    -- Jay Bienvenu
                       [e-mail]

P.S. Even though I am an occasional downloader, I think there should be a
regular list of new postings (preferably special issues of Info-Mac).

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 12:45:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Cosmin Tomescu cs312-spr91)
Subject: New Apple Speech Manager Compatibility w/ old one

     I am interested to use commands for the old Macintalk v2.8 using
the new Macintalk Pro (Apple Speech Manager). I have programs that
use the old system file for speech to read some text and I want to
do the same with the new one. Is there a system file available or how
do you do it ? I have the new one fully installed but whenever I try
to use one of my old Macintalk calls it just doesn't do anything (it
does if I put back the old file in the system folder). If anyone has
any information on this subject I would greatly appreciate a
suggestion. Thank you. ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 17:09:47 CST
From: "Juan M. Courcoul"
<[e-mail]>
Subject: No list of new postings? GREAT!!

On Thu, 16 Sep 1993 17:43:24 -0600 (CDT) Andrew Vernon said:
>Quite frankly, having no new-upload announcements screws the way I work
>with the digest.

I echo Andrew's feelings. The lack of new upload announcements really limits
getting to know what's new over there.

>                  I absolutely abhor trying to connect to Sumex. I abhor
>having to dilligently enter "Name:anonymous Password:
>[e-mail]" only to be greeted by "Sorry, too many anonymous
>users. Please try again later."

Might I suggest the setting up of a /.netrc file ? For example, I've an
entry in my netrc on our Unix box that goes:

machine sumex.aim.stanford.edu login anonymous password
[e-mail]..
et.cetera

This (somewhat unknown) feature of the Unix ftp command will get you in
without further intervention beyond the "ftp sumex.." command. The man page
has all the gory details... ;)

>bed. I would hope that there is some other alternative, like a secondary
>list containing the new files, sent weekly to a smaller group of
subscribers.

Ditto for that. Or why not dedicate one specific digest (say, the last one
sent out on Tuesdays, for example), to contain EXCLUSIVELY new upload
announcements for all the files added in the previous week ?

Juan Courcoul
Monterrey Tech.
Queretaro Campus

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

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 18:34:02 +0100
From: Jean-Claude Arnouil <[e-mail]>
Subject: Passport Producer Pro/V2.0 (Q)

Dear fellows,

   Some months ago I posted a demo version of Passport Producer multimedia
presentation software on this net.

   I bought the V1.0 from MacConnection and I am very pleased with it
since that date (March 93).
   In the August MacWorld I saw an announcement about Passport Producer V2.0,
also named Passport Producer Pro.

   Could someone tell me if there is an upgrade program from V1.0 to V2.0 ?

   If so, at what price. If not what is the price (street) of the new version
   ?

   Thanks a lot.

--
Jean-Claude Arnouil          Unix Systems Manager
Ecole Superieure d'Electrotechnique et d'Electronique
email: [e-mail]
BP 99 - 93162 Noisy-le-Grand  CEDEX -  FRANCE

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

Date: Tue,  28 Sep 93 7:34 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PC emulation [Q]

Hello all netters

It may be a FAQ, but here it is:
I need a PC emulator for a MAC Centris 650 with CDROM.
Is SoftPC the only option? I heard it emulates only a 286. Does anyone
know of a better version in the works?
What performance can I expect?
Is there related material in the archives of Info-Mac / Umich ?

TIA
    Ilan

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

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 10:03:23 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: POP Server

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Anyone know of a POP mail server that will run on the MacOS (not A/UX)?
>
> Kee Nethery
> [e-mail]

There is a POP2 server that works with POPmail - I think it's called
MailStop and should be available on the nets at U of Minnesota and
other places. However, there is no POP3 server that I know of that
runs on the Mac, and Eudora and most other POP mail clients require
POP3.

cheers ... -Adam

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
 Author of "The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh," which includes MacTCP

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 16:01 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jan Richard)
Subject: Powering on your Mac remotely

I know there is software to power off your Mac remotely, but is there
hardware or software that allows you to power it on remotely?  The two
applications would be for people dialing into our network (via Netblazers
using ARA) to be able to turn on their office computer from home, and also
for computer center staff to power on Macs in another building in order to
install software over the network.  (By the way, we have been using
NetDistributor for installing software over the network, and recommend it
highly.)  I think there is a device that allows you to power on your Mac if
you are dialing in to it directly with ARA and a modem attached to the Mac,
but this is not useful for us since people would be dialing into the
network via a central pool of modems attached to the Netblazer.  If remote
power-on via the network is available only for Macs that can be powered on
via the keyboard (e.g., the IIsi), that would be helpful, though not ideal.
 Reply to me and I will summarize if anything interesting comes up.

                    Jan Richard

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 09:56:03 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Henry Rzepa) (Henry Rzepa)
Subject: Reviving Deskwriter Cartridges

I have found the following works;

Black cartridges are readily unclogged using warm water.
colour cartridges can be unblocked using dry cleaning fluid
(actually I used tetrachloroethylene, but as a chemist, I have access to
stuff like this)
If not all the jets are cleared, play steam from an electric kettle over the
nozzles for a few minutes.
If that does not work, apply some dry cleaning fluid, and THEN steam
clean the cartridge.
Finally, if you have access to an ultrasound sonnicator, that will also
unblock all the nozzles.

Thus far however, the cartridges that come with the HP 1200C have
defeated me. They use an ink that does not apparently dissolve in
dry cleaning fluid!  Does anyone have any info on a) how to unblock
these cartridges (they clock far more frequently than 550 ones)
and b) whether HP have finally made a totally unfillable cartridge?


Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY;
[e-mail] via Eudora 1.4, Tel:[phone], Fax:[phone].


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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 11:24:23 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Same doc, diff size (C)

>I am using two Macs (a IIci in my office and a SE/30 at home).
>They both run with system 7.1 I have noticed that the SAME
>Word 5.1 document, when saved on the SE/30 has consistently a
>larger size than when it is saved on the IIci. For example, this
>morning I saved a document at home a 136K document; on my
>office computer its size went down to 121K (of course, I had not
>added or subtracted text). How come??? So far, this hasnUt
>caused any problem, but IUm curious.
>Thanks for your help.
>Alberto Cambrosio
>[e-mail]

The most likely explanation is that you have "fast saves" permitted
under the preferences on your SE/30, and you don't have them set
this way on your IIci.  It's normal to get a bit of difference too,
if the disks are different in size.  (minimum space for a file is
different for different formatted sizes--see recent digests about
for more info on this.  THis should not explain a difference of
15k though.)

The fast save option of Word can add much more than this to the
file size.  I've seen documents grow to 3 or 4 times their normal
size with this option turned on.  There's much more info on this
topic in past digests and in the manual as well, if you're still
curious.  ;-)

--Brian Pickerill  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 09:41:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: SAME document, DIFFERENT size [C]

Files can have different sizes on different machines depending on the size
of the volume on which they reside. This has to do with the allocation
block size, which is the smallest size any one file can be (that is, even
if a file is 1-byte long, it will be stored in a file that is the
allocation block size). For example, on my 650Mb hard disk, the allocation
block size is 11K, so all my files are a multible of 11K in size. The
larger the hard disk partition, the larger the allocation block size
(e.g., my 240Mb hard disk has an 8K allocation size. So, this might
account for some of your differences in file sizes on 2 different machines.

WORD files can also differ in size, depending upon whether Fast Save is
enabled or not. When Fast Save is enabled, it saves files more quickly,
but at the expense of leaving obsolete data hanging around in the file
(which makes it larger). With Fast Save off, the file is completely
rewritten back to disk, meaning that obsolete data is purged, and the file
will be smaller. If you have Fast Save on in Word on Machine A, take a
file from it to Machine B (where Fast Save is off) and resave it, it will
possibly be smaller, even though its contents are identical to the file on
Machine A. (BTW, Fast Save is EVIL and should always be turned off, in my
experience.)

 Michael E. Cohen
a.k.a. [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 17:36:56 EDT
From: Jim Pryor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Standard PostScript definition files?

Does anyone know where I could get PostScript definition files for
the fonts that come on the LaserWriter II NT etc.? viz. Courier,
Helvetica, Times, Palatino, New Century Schlbk, etc.
Are these even in the public domain? One of my clients has a LaserWriter
Select 3xx which doesn't come with Palatino in memory, and would prefer
not to use TrueType.
Please respond by email to [e-mail]; I'll post
a summary.

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 12:12:24 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Peter Brecher)
Subject: Subject: Apple reccoments no "." before names? (Q)

    Greetings!  Here is a question that has stumped most of our office, so
I turn to the net for a possible answer....
    We just ran the Public Utilities Demo over our humble SE, and were
    told
that having files with a dot in front of them is "not reccomended by Apple."
That's fine, we changed them all to spaces, so they are still shoved to the
top
of the alphabetical list, but my question is why is this not reccomended?
Neither Norton nor DiskTools had any problem with this, so is it really all
that bad?  Anyway- if you know or want to take a guess, write to:
                            [e-mail]
If there is a great interest, I can post a summary if so desired.

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 9:35:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Capt Bob Canfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 6 won't run on Performa :-(

Well, I finally did it.  After 9.5 years using a B&W 68000
compact Mac, I moved up to color and an '030.  With firesale
prices for discontinued Performa 600/Mac IIvx's, I bought the
former for less than the price of a Mac LC III (my original
choice).

While testing my software for compatibility this weekend, I
discovered that system 6 will not run on my new Performa 600.
Unfortunately, at least one frequently used program is not system
7 compatible.  Previously, I simply switched to system 6 whenever
I needed to use this one program.  But now the new machine won't
let me boot from system 6.0.7.  Is there any way around this
restriction for downward compatibility (without paying for a
software upgrade--I'm otherwise happy w/ the program).

TIA for any tips.


Bob Canfield, Capt, USAF                       [e-mail]
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 20:09:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (P.A.)
Subject: Trincoll Journal 9.23.93

Greetings all,

We at the Journal invite you to read the Second issue of our school
year.
It can be obtained from either: troy.trincoll.edu
/pub/incoming/TrincollJournal/Trincoll_Journal_9.23.93
               OR
>From sumex-aim.stanford.edu in their "recent" directory.
We heard your cry for general interest articles and we are doing our
best. So please keep contributing.

If you have any questions, or problems with our issue please send Email
to: [e-mail]  and we will try to help you as best as
we can.

ALSO......

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The Trincoll Journal is a weekly publication for Macintosh users. The
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Join our growing staff of people from around the Internet.  For more
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Send us your stories, arguments and opinions.

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GET INVOLVED, FIND OUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS THINKING......

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 16:29:50 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: upgrading clock speed on Centris 610, 650

I am interested in any information in upgrading the clock speed of a
Centris 650 from 25 MHz to 33 MHz.  I have heard that the "new" Quadra 650
is simply a renamed Centris 650 with a higher clock speed of 33 MHz, and
wondered whether it was as simple as replacing the clock chip.  Has anyone
tried yet (I don't want to be the first!)?  Is it reasonbly safe for
someone with above average electronic soldering skills to attempt such a
replacement working only with a standard pencil-type soldering iron, or is
this strictly a job for the shop?
I would like to do the same type of thing for a Centris 610, as well.  I
have upgraded the CPU to the full 68RC040, but not the clock chip.

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Date: 27 Sep 1993 07:33:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Dwight Lemke @ Wisconsin Oshkosh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Upload Descriptions

I realize that Gordon is frustrated by people who post files to the archives
with not a word of explanation as to what the file does.  However, that
does not mean you should give any and all information that passes by
your desk when submitting files.  For example, I've seen recently 100 lines
of description for a 10K file.  An example of what might be extraneous
is the version history--only the most recent changes are relevant.  Put
the rest in the readme file.

So, be terse, be concise, and include "Just the facts, maam!"

-Dwight

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 13:07:04 GMT
From: Michael Everson <[e-mail]>
Subject: VGAfont... PC on a MAC?

I got these three files, VGAFONT.COM, XLATE.EXE, and PRINTER.COM,
plus a document which gives a picture of the keyboard layout of a
certain non-Roman font. Is there any way I can view this document
in this font on a Macintosh?

Michael Everson
School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]  Home: [phone]

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 09:31:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: video-disc drivers [A]

One company that supplies video-disc drivers for HyperCard is the Voyager
Company, 578 Broadway, Suite 406, NY NY 10012 (phone [phone]).

Yes, this is the same Voyager that used to be in Santa Monica. I know, I
work for them (still in Santa Monica).

Michael E. Cohen
a.k.a. [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 11:02:45 +0000
From: Graham Allsopp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Women In Swimsuits (C)

> [*] WomenInSwimsuit.startupscreen (IM 11 #188)
>This startupscreen contains two Nice looking Asian woman pictures with a
>purple background.

I don't want to appear as a politically-correct zealot (or a prudeish
Brit), but am I the only person who feels slightly uneasy about this sort
of thing being posted? How do female Digest readers feel?

Flame me if you wish, I'm wearing my asbestos and leather posing thong in
anticipation.

Graham

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 8:59:22 PDT
From: backmod (Info-Mac Moderator )

Subject: [*] kill-fileshare-fkey.hqx
Resent-To: info-mac@sumex
Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 8:59:22 PDT
Resent-From: Backup Moderator <[e-mail]>
Apparently-To: info-mac@sumex

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 15:50:00 -0800
To: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Xavier Mora)
Subject: Kill File Share FKEY
Resent-To: backmod
Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 15:19:06 PDT
Resent-From: Info-Mac Moderator <[e-mail]>

Enclosed is a FKEY for killing file sharing. Cmd-shift-7 brings up a window
telling you the status of file sharing and let you kill it if its on.
System seven only for obvious reasons. :-)

Maybe someday I'll add the start file sharing code.

Yet another freeware FKEY by me.

Xavier

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/kill-fileshare-fkey.hqx; 4K]

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