Info-Mac 3/Info_Mac_1994-01.iso/Periodical/Info-Mac/InfoMac 11-197

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 20:30:16 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #197


Info-Mac Digest             Mon,  4 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 197

Today's Topics:

      [*] BigSound-10.hqx
      [*] BijouPlay 1.1.1
      [*] Bob15.hqx - Bob Programming Language (Think C source)
      [*] CommentKeeper
      [*] comp-sys-mac-screensavers-faq.txt
      [*] comp-sys-mac-test-not.txt
      [*] DeArj.sit.hqx
      [*] Downer.sit.hqx
      [*] Financial Portfolio Resubmission
      [*] HeartQuest 0.8
      [*] JimsBoloMaps.hqx
      [*] Macintosh Tracker 1.1
      [*] Macintosh Tracker 1.1 Source Code
      [*] Mac XDMCP Client
      [*] MultiSession 1.04
      [*] MultiSession 1.04 source code
      [*] MUSISaver v1.1
      [*] New version of MacHTTP, WWW Server for Macs
      [*] Packere True-Type font
      [*] Password 1.5.1
      [*] PC emulation on MAC (summary)
      [*] poor-mans-newton-11-hc.hqx
      [*] Saw 1.1 AfterDark Module
      [*] Scripting Addition Samples
      [*] Sounder V1.2
      [*] TextToMac 1.2
      [*] Trussdemo 4.0
      [*] Word or Nisus(Summary of answers)
      [*] x-fox-events-143.hqx
      [*] Zone 3 BBS settings for First Class
      "Women-in-Swimsuits"
      14"AV monitor and PowerKey (C)
      14.4k TCI Modem and FAXstf
      [Q] Radius RocketWare.
      Apple drops LC520--Clarification
      Apple reccomends no .filenames (summary)
      A request for your consideration...
      Auto Startup Correction
      Commodore 64 emulator for the Mac
      Connecting to EtherNet
      Digitized Coca-Cola video request (please?)
      DL file viewer
      Donna-and-Paul-textures-20
      EPS file conversion (A)
      Getting "Scanner Motor Malfunction" on PLW LS
      Hacking the Appleshare Sign On Screen
      hardware system update 2.0 disk image (A)
      How to format a Rodime drive (A)
      Idle Application Killer
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #194
      Internal modem status utility: Is there one?
      LW8.0 installation (Q)
      Macintalk-pro (A)
      Macintalk Pro - Thanks for Help
      Mac LC III educational pricing
      midi shareware?
      More Frozen Finders
      NEC CDR-25 for $199
      Need ideas for downloading PC stuff on my mac (R)
      No list of new postings? GREAT!!
      NuBus Serial Card from Apple
      paper size default
      performa 400 with sys 7.1 ???
      Personal LaserWriter NTR Rev x?
      pix transmission
      Problems with Apple Remote Access
      Q: Unix like talk program for Appletalk?
      RFI: Spanish PC software
      SCSI Pass-thru/terminating switch?
      Smtp Mail Package for Mac (A)
      Sony 1730 vs. NEC 5FG monitors--comments please
      System 6 won't run on Performa :-(
      Women in Swinsuits
      WordPerfect 3.0
      YAMMR (Yet Another Macwarehouse Modem Review)

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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 11:17:04 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] BigSound-10.hqx

BigSound 1.0

BigSound requires system 7.0 or later to run.

Lets you record, and play BIG sounds if you have a built in
microphone (ones longer than 10 seconds, depending on how much
memory/hd space you have).

You can drop any folder/file into it on the desktop and it'll
play any sounds it finds inside.

When it plays sounds, it plays them in the background so you can
use your mac to do other things while listening...

If you don't have a microphone on your mac, you can still use bigsound
to play sounds...

And, the usual... Although BigSound has a very robust error handling system
built in, and I believe BigSound to be free of bugs, you must use use
BigSound at your own risk, and you, yourself, take any responsibility
for any damages you may encur as a result of using BigSound.

BigSound is FreeWare!!  Enjoy...

   John Montbriand of Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/big-sound-10.hqx; 50K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 2:36:15 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] BijouPlay 1.1.1

Please find enclosed a QuickTime player called BijouPlay v1.1.1
This version supercedes all other versions of BijouPlay previously uploaded.

BijouPlay is a System 7 Only QuickTime player.  It is small, easy to use,
and FREE!
For more information, please read the enclosed README file

Please archive as :BijouPlay1.1.1.cpt.hqx

Thanks!
--
David A. denBoer                        University of Manitoba
[e-mail]                 Computer Services -- User Services
[e-mail]              Micro Resource Centre Consultant

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/bijou-play-111.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 23:08:11 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tzong-Shuoh Yang)
Subject: [*] Bob15.hqx - Bob Programming Language (Think C source)

This is the Tinnk C 6.01 version of  Bob 1.5.   For details,
please see article

  Betz, David.
   "Your own tiny object-oriented language: C++? Smalltalk?
   What about Bob? (an interpreter formed from C++ and Lisp)
   (tutorial)",  Dr. Dobbs Journal v16, n9 (Sept, 1991):26
   (8 pages).

Bob was written by:

    David Betz
    P.O. Box 144
    Peterborough, NH 03458
    [phone]

Bob is available free of charge for non-commercial use.  If
you're interested in using Bob commercially, please contact him
at the above address.

The original source codes are written in Microsoft C and can be
obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.mv.com.

Have fun.

T. S. Yang  ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/bob-15.hqx; 108K]

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Date: Sat, 02 Oct 93 20:14:56 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] CommentKeeper

Hi Werner!

enclosed the latest version of my FreeWare CommentKeeper 1.0,
it is very similar to 1.0b2 if I remember correctly.

MV

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/comment-keeper-10.hqx; 23K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 12:52:14 -0500
From: Lloyd Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comp-sys-mac-screensavers-faq.txt

COMP.SYS.MAC FAQ: Screensaver/After Dark answers

[Archived as /info-mac/info/comp-sys-mac-screensavers-faq.txt; 68K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 12:52:18 -0500
From: Lloyd Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] comp-sys-mac-test-not.txt

COMMENTS FROM SATISFIED USERS OF PREVIOUS COMP.SYS.MAC.TESTS:

"I am still laughing..."
"I stand up and clap: BRAVO"
"'Funny' is an understatement."
"ftp'd it, read it, lived it, laughed."

Praise indeed!

Okay, here we go....

You've probably seen and scored yourself on the Purity Test, the Talk.Bizarre
test, the Nerd test, and numerous others. You need more trivia to rate
yourself against the rest of the world. You need trivia you understand.
You need trivia you can care about.

And so, for the third time, we present the...

OFFICIAL COMP.SYS.MAC TEST (NOT)!
VERSION 3!!!
(C) [e-mail] and friends

[Archived as /info-mac/info/comp-sys-mac-test-not.txt; 38K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 22:21:54 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Arg0n)
Subject: [*] DeArj.sit.hqx

DeArj is the fastest Arj decompressor on the mac. It is also the only one with
a Mac interface. Arj is a compression format commonly used on IBMs.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/de-arj.hqx; 20K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 22:24:30 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Arg0n)
Subject: [*] Downer.sit.hqx

Downer is a useful utillity that will automatticly turn off your computer
after a set number of idle seconds. Downer alows you to use "dont shutdown
points" Where if the mouse is in that location the computer will not
shutdown.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/downer.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 09:11:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: [*] Financial Portfolio Resubmission

Apparently the copy of Financial Portfolio I submitted to IMD V11 #193 was
corrupted. Here it is again. Hopefully it will make it through alright this
time.........

This is a '.sea' 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 .sea. 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-281-hc.hqx; 179K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 15:25:36 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: [*] HeartQuest 0.8

HeartQuest is a non-violent action game I made for my wife for Valentine's
Day. You control a butterfly, with which you catch flying hearts while
avoiding the sticky flypapers. No shooting, no killing.

Works on all Macs, in color when available.

This version has better graphics, and the difficulty of each level is
modified so it won't suddently get too much harder.

Freeware.

/Ingemar Ragnemalm

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/heartquest.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 20:25:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim McQuillan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] JimsBoloMaps.hqx

This is a collection of maps for use with Bolo, a networked Tank game for
the Macintosh.

If you have ANY comments, suggestions, or criticisms please send e-mail
to:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/jims-bolo-maps.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 16:09:18 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] Macintosh Tracker 1.1

Macintosh Tracker 1.1

Macintosh Tracker is a port (from UNIX) of a mostly Protracker
compatible MOD player.  It also has the ability to play MODs using
Frank Seide's Sound-Trecker.

New in version 1.1:  SIXTEEN BIT SUPPORT!!!!
I had the privilege (for only a few minutes, unfortunately) of
playing with a Centris 660AV.  The 16-bit modifications appeared
to work, so I'm uploading it.

Source code is now distributed separately.

PLEASE send all correspondence to [e-mail]!!!

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/macintosh-tracker-11.hqx; 128K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 16:10:41 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] Macintosh Tracker 1.1 Source Code

Macintosh Tracker 1.1 Source Code

PLEASE send all correspondence to [e-mail]!!!

[When submitting source code, please indicate language and flavour.]
[Thanks, isl]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/macintosh-tracker-11-c.hqx; 529K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 11:47:57 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Shotton)
Subject: [*] Mac XDMCP Client

The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) is a standard way for X
Servers to request login services from host computers. Mac X server
software, like Mac X and eXodus, have not included support for XDMCP. This
means that Mac users have had to go to extreme lengths to get Unix hosts
like HPs, Silicon Graphics, and Suns to present a login screen or to
configure a login environment that operates the same as a X Terminal or
console display.

Mac XDM addresses this problem by providing a separate application that
performs the XDMCP "handshake" with a X Windows host, requesting a login
session on behalf of the Mac X server.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/mac-xdmcp-client.hqx; 32K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 20:56:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] MultiSession 1.04

[Should I even try, I wonder...]

Here it is, MultiSession 1.04.  Various subtle enhancements to
the interface.

It now works on a whole THREE architectures:
SunOS, Ultrix, and HPUX.

The schpiel:  MultiSession is a multiwindowing terminal program
with error correction.  You compile the UNIX part and run it,
and then you can open several windows.

PLEASE send all mail regarding this program to [e-mail]!!!

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/multisession-104.hqx; 234K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 20:56:59 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Thomas R. Lawrence)
Subject: [*] MultiSession 1.04 source code

Wow.  Source code to MultiSession.

PLEASE send all mail to [e-mail]!

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/multisession-104-c.hqx; 493K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 2:39:17 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] MUSISaver v1.1

Please find enclosed a submission for the archives.
MUSISaver is a screen saver application for Macintosh.  As an application
it enjoys compatabilities that INIT screen savers do not.
MUSISaver is FREE to distribute, but is owned by MUSI Computer Products.

Please archive as : MUSISaver1.1.cpt.hqx

Thanks!
--
David A. denBoer                        University of Manitoba
[e-mail]                 Computer Services -- User Services
[e-mail]              Micro Resource Centre Consultant

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/musi-saver-11.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 11:59:22 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Shotton)
Subject: [*] New version of MacHTTP, WWW Server for Macs

What is MacHTTP?
================
MacHTTP is a server for Macs participating in the World Wide Web (WWW). It
allows you to serve hypertext documents to other WWW users from your
Macintosh.
This version allows you to serve text documents (like HyperText Markup
Language
documents) as well as binary files (GIFs, f'rinstance). This server works with
the standard WWW clients as well as clients like XMosaic that support embedded
graphics and it supports HTTP version 0.

What's New?
===========
Lots of new stuff in this release! First, a big thanks goes to Chris Johnson
([e-mail]) who provided a chunk of code for resolving
file aliases. That means that as of this version, you can have aliases in
place of every file with the exception of the log file and they will be
correctly interpreted.

Logging to a file has been implemented, capturing information on the date,
time, remote host, and requested file. Information on whether or not the
query was successfully performed is also logged. Logging is controlled
in the config file.

Specifications for the Default.html and Error.html files were added to the
configuration file, allowing you to specify any file for your home page
as well as error messages. These files can now be AppleScripts as well.

See the Special Files and Configuration File sections for more details.
Please read this document carefully. A lot of information has been
added and I probably haven't documented it very well.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/mac-http-10d9.hqx; 49K]

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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 19:38:54 PDT
From: dawis![e-mail]
Subject: [*] Packere True-Type font

Packere is a wonderful font that can be used in replying to letters and also
in
headings. Its a must have!

Thanks
Bryan

[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/packere.hqx; 74K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 10:29:31 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Martin)
Subject: [*] Password 1.5.1

Pleaser replace Password 1.4 in your archives with this newer version,
Password 1.5.1.

Password is a utility to prevent people from getting into your Mac without
a password.

Changes since v1.4
- Cmd-opt-escape can no longer be used to force-quit Password
- Instructions are given for how to avoid disabling Password at boot with
shift

Changes since v1.5
- Memory partition for Password increased to avoid conflicts caused by other
  software

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/password-151.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 6:35 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PC emulation on MAC (summary)

Hello netters

To the following post I hereby summarize.
> Is SoftPC the only option? I heard it emulates only a 286. Does anyone
> know of a better version in the works?

The subject widened a little, so there is more than just about emulators.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/pc-emulation.txt; 5K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 10:03:16 MST
From: "Joe Cicinelli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] poor-mans-newton-11-hc.hqx

Poor Mans Newton v1.1
(C) Copyright 1993, Joseph G. Cicinelli
All Rights Reserved.

What is it?

Poor Mans Newton is a HyperCard stack that contains address and telephone
information and generally behaves like Apples new Personal Digital Assistant
(PDA), the Newton MessagePad.  If you are like me and you cant afford to buy
one of these high tech tools, here is your chance to own a virtual one that
can used on your Macintosh.

Whats New in this Version:

- Fixes a few cosmetic errors.
- Adds a Calendar to the Dates button.
- Can now dial telephone numbers that are selected in any field.
- Can now select your favorite Newton sound.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/poor-mans-newton-11-hc.hqx; 148K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 23:11 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Saw 1.1 AfterDark Module

This is Saw 1.1, an AfterDark module that I have written.  It
repeatedly saws a strip from the bottom of your screen, until
the screen is blank.  Includes an optional power saw sound.

Version 1.1 saws both left-to-right and right-to-left and has
a multimonitor bug fixed.

FreeWare, requires ColorQuickDraw.

Packaged with StuffIt Deluxe.

Danny J. Zerkel
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/saw-11.hqx; 82K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 12:56:06 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
Subject: [*] Scripting Addition Samples

Here are eight sample AppleScript Scripting Additions with C source code
done by Donald Olson of Apple Computer and presented in his WWDC talk this
year.  I was asked to make these available on the Internet and now I have.
;)

These demonstrate a number of useful techniques for presenting information
including the use of records and wildcard handlers in addition to the
minimal boring stuff.

For all who care, Donald said it was OK to post them since they are also on
Applelink.

Jon

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/example-scripting-additions-c.hqx; 113K]

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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 21:53:52 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jon Bentley)
Subject: [*] Sounder V1.2

Sounder - Version 1.2

  This is a GREAT little program that let's you control the volume of your
Macintosh without having to go through the (usually) time-consuming process
of opening the control panel, changing the volume, and closing the cp.  the
volume control is performed using a couple of keystrokes.  Read the enclosed
documentation for further information.

[This program is a boon for people like me who have lots of AMIGA .MOD files
 in their System, for whom it takes a decade for Control Panel to pop up!!!!]

    jon
    [e-mail]

P.S.  This file becomes a .sea file.  If this is a problem,
      contact me for some other form of the file.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sounder-12.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 17:18:18 GMT+0900
From: [e-mail] (SUMIYA Takahiro)
Subject: [*] TextToMac 1.2

TextToMac converts the end-of-line code of text files between
Macintosh, MS-DOS, and UNIX formats.

Just drag & drop the file you want to convert to the TextToMac
icon. First, you set the default way conversion method for each
file type (from Macintosh/MS-DOS/UNIX to Macintosh/MS-DOS/UNIX).
When you drag & drop a file, the program recognizes its type
and, voila, you get the converted file.

Requires System 7.0.

Freeware.

% Takahiro Sumiya, Hiroshima Univ., JAPAN.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/text-to-mac-12.hqx; 21K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 12:05:30 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hussam A Dandashli)
Subject: [*] Trussdemo 4.0

TrussDemo 4.0
Truss Analysis and Visualization is a program for the force analysis of planar
trusses and the visualizations of the results. The demo is limited to 4 nodes,
otherwise everything else is enabled. This version uses patterns and colors to
enable the use of this software on a B/W and color screen. (It needs Color
QuickDraw to be installed).

The program allows the user to

* Create a new truss design or use an existing preloaded truss.
* Alter the geometry of an existing truss design through moving the joint
locations
or by the addition/removal of truss members, truss supports or truss joints.
* Alter the loading on an existing truss.
* Produce free body diagrams of the entire truss or for selected pins.
* Produce a pattern/color graphical display of the load carried by the
individual
members with the pattern/color of the member denoting tension/compression and
the magnitude of the load.

I am asking $15 for the complete version. Orders and bug reports should be
sent
to
Hussam Dandashli
e-mail-> [e-mail]

Thank you for trying Truss 4.0

This application could be included on the archive's CD-ROM

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/truss-40-demo.hqx; 141K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 17:58:18 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Word or Nisus(Summary of answers)

Hi! Netters.

Few weeks ago I sent a message at info-mac about word
processors.
I received so many answers that I cannot send a personal reply to
each of them. I received so many answers and so many of them were
full of attention, full of details and explainations that it make me
feel great.

So I think the best way to say a usefull "Thank you" is to give you a
summary of answers. (Upon request I could send all the complete
answers I received to personal e-mail address)

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/msword-v-nisus.txt; 4K]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 0:26:22 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] x-fox-events-143.hqx

Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Dent)
X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: file for archives
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 9:12:40 AWST

XFoxEvents v 1.4.3 XCMD for FoxBase+/Mac
Provides double-clickable BROWSE, Hypertext "hot" rectangles,
button bars with BROWSE (or other windows) and more.
Shareware, expand with Stuffit Deluxe 3 or Stuffit Expander.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/x-fox-events-143.hqx; 16K]

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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 20:45:23 PDT
From: dawis![e-mail]
Subject: [*] Zone 3 BBS settings for First Class

This is the First Class settings for the BBS called Zone 3. It is located in
Santa Monica, has 4 14.4 lines, carries many many internet conferences, it has
internet mail, it has over 85 OneNet conferences , and much much more! So give
it a call today!

Bryan Kaplan
Dawis![e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/zone3-settings-fc.hqx; 442K]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 16:14:04 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Christopher L. Ursich)
Subject: "Women-in-Swimsuits"

I agree with the responses made here on this Digest by
Graham and Allan that this kind of material isn't suitable
for Info-mac Digest.  I have seen the same issue tossed
around on another forum, and it seems to me that although
I consider it a tarnishing of a Gentleman's honor to post/print
this kind of stuff, there is nothing anyone can do to prevent it
other than to make it understood that the readers consider
it unwelcome.  I also agree that this very likely is only a
transient occurence on IMD, so I will just leave it at that.

Chris Ursich
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 12:34:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: "F. J. Van Wetering" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 14"AV monitor and PowerKey (C)

Thought this would be of interest to the info-mac list.  The new 14"
monitor is NOT compatible with PowerKey, the 'software power-up' solution
>From Sophisticated Circuits.  The company is aware of the incompatibility
and is working on the problem.  For the time being, PowerKey is on the shelf.

F. J.  Van Wetering, Ph.D.     INTERNET: [e-mail]


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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 23:31:42 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: 14.4k TCI Modem and FAXstf

I plan on using FAXstf with the 14.4k TCI modem from MacWarehouse. Does anyone
have experience with this setup? I would appreciate receiving help on the
chip set selection (driver). Also, does this combination work well?

Thanks in advance.

Leo G. Leduc
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 10:32:56 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Peter Hardman)
Subject: [Q] Radius RocketWare.

Does anyone know what the latest version of Radius Rocketware is.
We currently have version 1.3 and this doesn't work with either system 7.1
or virtual memory.

Do radius have an anonymous ftp site where this software can be found. As
getting it through dealer channels in the UK is a complete pain.

Peter.

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 16:02:09 -0600
From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple drops LC520--Clarification

Recently, I informed this readership that Apple Canada has dropped the LC520.
Thanks to [e-mail] and his source, I now have a clearer picture. Here,
I'm
told, are the words of Apple Canada dealer Bob Cotter:

>Not true... well, not all true...
>
>The LC520 has been dropped from the price list... not the product line...
>Apple has almost 2,000 of these on backorder in Canada alone and will not
take
>any more orders until supplies are available.  I ordered 30 of the 8/160
units
>today which are scheduled to ship from Apple on the 22nd of November... and,
I
>expect to have a dozen of the same units available for sale next week.

Thanx for that clarification, folks.

The subtle distinction that escaped me in the original announcement is that
Apple Canada has dropped the LC520 from its _price list_, but not from its
_product lineup_. (Which means, I guess, that they haven't stopped selling
them;
you just can't buy one. Only in Canada, you say? ...Pity. ;-)

Anyway, my apologies if I created any panic.

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

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 16:19:11 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert Reeves)
Subject: Apple reccomends no .filenames (summary)

Thank You all for the many replies! If I have left anyone out it is through my
error, and I apologize.

  [e-mail]
  [e-mail] (Pete Jemian)
  <[e-mail]> Doug Larrick
 <[e-mail]> Dan ???
  [e-mail]
  [e-mail] (David M. Palmer)
  claris!clarisii![e-mail] (Dennis Cohen)
  [e-mail] (Mike Maughmer)
  Robert Lenoil <[e-mail]>
  [e-mail] (Kenneth Cheng-Lim Seah)
  Jerry Wilcox <[e-mail]>
  [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
  Pete Resnick <[e-mail]>
  [e-mail]
  ??? <glenn>
 [e-mail] (Thomas A. Russ )
  David Faust <[e-mail]>
  Brian Bechtel <[e-mail]>
  [e-mail] (Ulf Dittmer)
  [e-mail] (Povl H. Pedersen)
The consensus was, and I quote:

It's because of device drivers. In the original Mac operating system,and up
through system 6, there was a single Macintosh operating system call, _Open,
that was used both to open files and to open device drivers. The way that the
_Open routine could tell
the difference was that device drivers started with a "." in the name.
Starting with System 7, there are now 2 routines, _Open and _OpenDF,the latter
of which will open the data fork of a file. So, any program that is truly
System
7 dependent can use files with names that begin with a ".", but Apple doesn't
recommend it, sinc
e lots of programs still use the old system call.

(You can get a list of these drivers by using "Tattletale" (at
Sumex: cfg/tattle-tale-163.hqx).

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 22:02:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Anderson)
Subject: A request for your consideration...

I'd like to know of the foundation that takes donations of old computers.
I first heard of it on National Public Radio and now can't figure out who
they are.

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

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 11:47:22 PDT
From: Dieder A. Bylsma <[e-mail]>
Subject: Auto Startup Correction

In a previous digest, I proclaimed that this Auto Startup CP should
work with all modular macs since the IIsi that supported the soft-power
on/soft-shutdown and were using System 7.1

Well...

so far, it seems that I am wrong!

damn...

anyhow, so far as I can tell, it doesn't work on:
Duos, PBs, Quadra 800, Q700.

If you can find a copy of the Auto On/Off and it does work, then
tell others! So far as I have noticed, it works just great on the Quadra 840av
as well as the IIsi.

Seems like Apple is up to their usual tricks in implementing a hardware
function
on one machine, and not putting it on others and then re-implementing it on
yet
another machine. This reminds me of the IIfx w/its DMA chips being unused
and DMA reappearing in the Q840av and the 660av. Go figure!

Anyhow...

Just thought I'd tell y'all.

Dieder
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 16:11:54 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: Commodore 64 emulator for the Mac

My roommate wants to know if there is a Commodore 64 emulator for the Mac.


            -- Jay Bienvenu
               [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 93 16:31:40 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Connecting to EtherNet

I administer to a very small, very local, LocalTalk network consisting
of 4 SE/30Us, a Classic II, a Laserwriter IIf and a Canon L770 Fax
machine (using Shiva NetSerial). There is also available a Department-
wide EtherNet Network, from which our isolation will soon have to come
to an end.

As a start to ending this isolation, I am contemplating installing an
EtherNet card in the SE/30 (using the PDS slot, assuming that such cards
are readily available) sitting on my desk. While it is unlikely that
there will be much call initially, I am assuming that at least in
principle, all the other machines would also have access, using the
LocalTalk linkage, to the EtherNet backbone, though at degraded speeds.

Why am I not making a complete switch and moving everything on to
EtherNet? I am hoping to upgrade all our hardware in about eight or so
months, very likely to PowerPCUs, which I assume will be EtherNet-savvy
out of the box. With this timetable, and the limited initial demand, it
seems silly to throw away the investment in six or seven EtherNet
adaptors, etc.

More specifically then:

   1. I would appreciate having those who have done something similar
share their experiences with me, especially the lessons learned and
counter-recommendations derived therefrom;

   2. I am also seeking recommendations on EtherNet cards for the PDS
slot, for 10-Base-T wiring; and

   3. I am also seeking any other interesting ideas on this subject.

Thank you in advance, and

Cheers.

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 01:01:29 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: Digitized Coca-Cola video request (please?)

Could someone out there with the ability to digitize video please do me a
little favor? I would really like a QT movie of the TV Coca-Cola ad that just
has a big round Coca-Cola logo in the middle, and has patterns (logo &
background) rapidly changing to the beat of the "Whenever there is fun,
there's
always Coca-Cola..." song (jingle) in the backgound.

I had a VDIG board for my LCIII for a while. It wasn't very good, so I
returned it. I didn't have a chance to capture the ad.

If no one wants to do it for "free," I have access to a very good color
scanner. If you want a still dig'ed, we could trade... Please?!?!

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 18:00:09 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: DL file viewer

Are the MS-DOS .gl and .dl files different?  For .gl files, GL viewer can
run them on a Mac.  So if there an application that can run .dl files on a
Mac?

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 17:49:52 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Paul Farry)
Subject: Donna-and-Paul-textures-20

If this file already is in the backlog, please ignore otherwise add this
file alongside of donna-and-paul-textures-10. In the GUI directory.

This is our second desktop texture collection. We created these over 4 weeks
and have finally submitted them.

This file can be placed on the INFO-MAC CD Rom.

Paul Farry.
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/donna-and-paul-textures2.hqx; 413K]

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

Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 06:43:33 -0700 (MST)
From: Bruce Long <[e-mail]>
Subject: EPS file conversion (A)

[e-mail] states:
>I create numerous graphics in Mathematica to which I always want to add
>labels for inclusion into LaTeX documents. I used to save the graphics out
>of Mathematica in EPSF format and then import them into Canvas 3.0.X, add
>the labels, and then save them as EPSF (since it is easy to import
>PostScript figures into LaTeX). This did not work very well since Canvas
>was slow, and did not preview the EPSF out of Mathematica very accurately
>-- I would often have to print a figure a number of times before I got the
>additions aligned properly. Then I discovered Adobe Illustrator. What a
>joy! Since its native mode is PostScript, it became trivial. I can now save
>a figure out of Mathematica in Illustrator format and then easily (and
>quickly) import it into Illustrator 5.0 (used to be 3.2) for additions. The
>preview is now exact and I get it right the first time, every time.

I have the same problem, but I do use Canvas 3.0.x, plus Smart Art (the DA
>From Emerald). Smart Art will take an unpreviewed EPSF file, send it to
the printer, and the printer will send back the preview, which is saved
into the new EPSF file. Then it can be imported into Canvas for labels,
etc.

Bruce Long    [e-mail]
Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 11:42:30 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: Getting "Scanner Motor Malfunction" on PLW LS

As of yesterday I started getting a Scanning Motor Malfunction error on my
Personal LaserWriter LS. So far I've always been able to print one page
fine, and then the error happens and the job is aborted. Just how serious
is this? Are we talking replacement? Any way to lubricate? I have heard
some squeeking as pages print. Would it be wiser to junk the printer and
get something PostScript than to go for repair?

Bryan Walls  My words are not NASA policy.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 12:24:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Les Ferch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Hacking the Appleshare Sign On Screen

I have set up some Mac LC IIIs with System 7.1 where I must ensure that no
one without a Network ID on our Appleshare server can use the Mac. So, I
have set the machine to pop up the Appleshare sign on screen at startup. I
have done this via the "Save My ID Only" checkbox in the Appleshare sign
on screen rather than a startup alias so that it happens as soon in the
boootup as possible. I then used ResEdit to hack the DITL resource for
Appleshare so the Cancel, Set Password, and Guest buttons would not be
available or visible.

So far so good, but one problem remains: If Esc or Command-period is
pressed, the Appleshare dialog is bypassed. Is there any further hack I
can do with ResEdit to prevent Esc or Command-period from bypassing the
Appleshare sign on screen?

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 10:27:54 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: hardware system update 2.0 disk image (A)

    Use apple's mountimage or disk copy.
     Here's what you do.
     ftp to apple.
     how ftp, I simply paste for your convenience
ftp ftp.apple.com
anonymous
ident

Get their directory
info file in the help directory (dir files all and dir files recent).
I don't remember when and if dashes. Then word search for mountimage.
If they don't got it, I can't give it, but they probably do---their
lawyers and corporate sales haven't taken over yet.
     apple has anonymous ftp, sometimes when my host is funky apple's ftp
tells me I am not on their list. I  don't believe them and wait for my
host system tech to come back from his weekend or maybe apple's tech. Who
knows. Then it works and doesn't mention I am not on their list. Don't
believe all error messages, they are fallable too.
Hope this helps!

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 15:57:28 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to format a Rodime drive (A)

Some digests ago I asked about how to format a RODIME harddisk which could
not be dealt with by Silverlining or by FWB Harddisk Toolkit. Now it seems
my problem is solved, anmd here's the story.

>From Roger Bates at LaCie, I received the following email message:

> It does not sound like you are going to the the to work with any of the
> available disk formatters.  From the description of the problem, either
> you have a damaged drive, or that particular model (its quite old) does not
> properly support the SCSI commands that all formatters now assume to be
> available.  In the earliy days of SCSI, manufacturers and programmers
> were having dificulties interpreting the SCSI standard, and thus there
> were times when special handling had to be done for a specific
> manufacturer and model.
>
> You might try to contact a Rodime supplier and inquire about that model
> drive to see if they could provide a driver for it, or if they could
> test the drive for you.

"[e-mail]" emailed me Rodime's driver utility. I could use
it to "test" the drive and lock out bad blocks, but it failed to work when
I selected the menu item "install" or "format & install". Using System 7.1
on a Centris 650, there was an error message with some numbers in it, and
since I do not have any manual or so, I could not interpret them. When
used on a MacPortable and with System 6.05 (booted from a floppy; it has
7.1 as well on the HD), it was simply a bomb which required a restart. But
it is not that bad - the rest could be done with FWB Harddisk Toolkit, and
now the drive appears to the Finder. I still have to install all the files
back to it, but I think this is not a problem.

I was disappointed to see that Silverlining (from LaCie, which I usually
take to format all my drives - not only those from LaCie) was still unable
to deal with that particular drive. It showed only half of the size
(someting over 70 mB) and always complained that something was wrong.

So it seems that this time, FWB's product is more useful - at least in
this special case - and that Rodime's own product is not behaving the
way it should.

Christian Buser        email: [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1993 11:38:27 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mark F. Heiman, Information Coordinator)
Subject: Idle Application Killer

I'm looking for an application or extension/control panel that will
identify applications that have been idle with no open windows and quit
them after a specified idle time.

Does anyone know of such a utility?


Mark F. Heiman <[e-mail]>
Information Coordinator
Academic Computing and Networking Services
Carleton College, Northfield, MN

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 15:28:00 -0800
From: root@physix (Stewart Walker)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #194

In article <[e-mail]>, you write:
>From: "Earl Misanchuk"  <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Apple drops LC520
>
>Sigh..... Apple apparently hasn't learned a thing from its irate customers
>world-wide who purchased IIvx's and IIvi's, only to have them dropped from
>Apple's product lineup after only a few months.
>
I beleive it will reappear in November. It seems Apple Canada for some
reason wildly underestimated the demand for some of these machines. Almost
everything is in scarce supply.

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

Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1993 13:33:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: MONTFORD MANASSAS <[e-mail]>
Subject: Internal modem status utility: Is there one?

I've got a Prometheus internal modem in my Powerbook, and I'd really like
to be able to put a representation of the standard modem indicator lights
in my menu bar or in a small window. I've searched through Sumex and AOL,
and there's nothing there. Can someone help me out?

Thanks-
Ian Blackburn   [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 21:56:04 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: LW8.0 installation (Q)

I grabbed the LW8.0 image file from <ftp.apple.com> today, and put the
contents on a floppy.  Then I restarted my SE/30 with the Shift key down,
and opened the LW8.0 Installer.  Using Easy Install, it read from the
floppy OK, but ... part way through the write, the Installer spit out
the message

  Decompressor Atom has Expired

and curtly aborted the installation.  My question is, What the heck
happened?  And how do I install the LW8.0 stuff?  Thanks much.

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

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

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 19:55:46 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintalk-pro (A)

   Colin McLaughlin writes in our digest 194:
>What gives with ftp.apple.com
>
>I used to be able to connect though with some difficulty but I have been
>trying for weeks to get the above file for weeks but without luck.
>
>I have all the other files but cannot get hold of Macintalk-pro which I
>believe has much better voices.
>
>Is there any other way I can get it. I believe it is too big for anybody to
>email it to me but would love to get my hands on it on this side of this
>Pacific.
>
I pleaded and pitched with apple licensing, the apple archive moderator and
I believe Carolyn Rose and a major general at the Pentagon (who wrote in this
digest, I believe). Someone must have heard me. It is on the (cheap)
bookmark cd 15.
    Now this high quality female voice reads me the apple doc viewer
document on speech manager while I shower each morning. I will never have
the gall to say I haven't time to learn something ever again.
    Hope this helps!

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

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 08:29:11 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
Subject: Macintalk Pro - Thanks for Help

>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 08:00:59 +1000
>To:[e-mail]
>From:[e-mail] (Colin McLaughlin)
>Subject:Macintalk Pro - Thanks for Help
>
>This is just a short note to say a BIG BIG thanks to all who offered
>suggestions to help me get the above.
>
>In the end I got it from the German site which worked like a charm probably
>because the time zones for once worked in my favour.
>
>Special thanks to Martin who tried to ftp it to me and to Stephane who
offered
>his site to ftp it from.
>
>It never ceases to amaze me the level of thoughtfulness and generosity that
>abounds on the net.
>
>Thanks again everyone.


Colin McLaughlin    [e-mail]
University of Western Sydney-Macarthur
Home of the 2000 Olympics

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 17:59:03 +0800 (SST)
From: Chong Chiang Seng <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac LC III educational pricing

Dear netters

I would like to know the educational pricing for Mac LC III. The
configuration I'm looking at is: Mac LC III with 4MB RAM, 160MB Hard disk,
keyboard II, mouse, Color Display monitor, (optional) Farallon ethernet
card with 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors, (optional) 4MB RAM, FPU.

Thank you.

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

Date: Sun, 03 Oct 93 08:42:00 PDT
From: "m.c. schraefel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: midi shareware?

awhile ago i saw a posting for a simple midi sequencer, share ware,
and i can't find the ref or site info.
if any of you know of it, could you re-post it?

will aa Anatek pocket mac midi interface run off a powerbk160?

thanks
m.c.
at [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 14:27:26 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Rick Shafer)
Subject: More Frozen Finders

Similar to Jay Bienvenu, I have also been having some trouble w. my Finder,
but it goes back a ways, and I don't use the myriad extensions that he has.
The hardware:  IIsi, 105 MB Quantum HD (w. 4 partitions), LocalTalk
connections,
The Software:  7.0.1 w. Tuneup (and 7.1, see following);  AfterDark,
AutoDoubler, DiskDouble, CopyDoubler, Suitcase II, SoundManager Extension,
MenuChoice, FirstThingsFirst and some standard System 7 extensions, etc.

I noticed that in starting up the system, it took a LONG time to boot, with
an inordinate amount of disk action going on (this is long after stuff in
the StartUp folder is launched).  All the disks are mounted, their open
windows displayed, etc., but although I can close individual windows, etc.
I can't get anything to happen
UNTIL after the disk stops chattering AND it looks like the Finder restarts
itself:  the desktop is completely wiped, and the disks are remounted,
windows reopened, etc., although any windows that I had CLOSED before
during the previous phase of the startup are still OPEN (as if those
changes had not been saved).

Well, I went and installed 7.1, with the hardware upgrade 2.0.  Now I get
the same amount of disk action at the launch, but NOW unstead of restarting
the FINDER everything HANGS.  Usually nothing will respond, though
occasionally I can launch from Icons on the desktop (but NOT open a folder,
or a disk).  The menubar in particular is unaccessable.

If I quit the finder (w. a Cmd-Opt-Esc sequence), I get a fresh copy of the
finder, (similar to what seem to happen 'automatically', though
mysteriously undier 7.0.1) and everything runs fine (until I shutdown, and
then the next day I have to go through the whole thing again).

As an experiment, I tried a Cmd-Opt_Esc earlier in the startup sequence
(after the StartUp folder stuff, during the heavy disk activity), I got a
dialog asking if I wanted to quit the "File Sharing Extension" (rather than
the Finder).  So I took the File Shareing Extension out of the Extensions
folder and the hanging Finder problem went away.  BUT I WANT FILE SHARING.
What do you do?  What DO you do!?!

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 10:00:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Eric Burger)
Subject: NEC CDR-25 for $199

Forwarded message from [e-mail]:
>
> Does anyone know anything about the NEC CDR-25 CD-ROM reader as advertised
by
> Tiger Software for $199?  Specifically, is a cd-rom "reader" somehow limited
> in
> not being able to do something that a regular cd-rom drive can do?  $199
> sounds
> like a good price for a cd-rom drive, but I don't want something that's not
> going to do much.  If anyone has one of these things, please let me know
what
> it's all about.  I'm primarily interested in using it for educational stuff
on
> cd for my kids.  Thanks!
>
> Steve Waechter
> swaechter@utmem1 (bitnet)
> [e-mail] (internet)
>
> ------------------------------
>

All CD-ROM drives are "readers".  If you want to master (write) a
CD-ROM, you need a WORM (Write-Once Read-Many) drive.  They go for
around USD 3,500.
The only negative thing about the CDR-25 is that it is ***SLOW***.
--
--  Eric William Burger       --  [e-mail]  --

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

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 93 08:30:20 EST
From: "David Virga" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need ideas for downloading PC stuff on my mac (R)

In IM Digest v11-195, Eric Lorenzo <[e-mail]> writes:
>Subject: Need ideas for downloading PC stuff on my mac

>Hi there,
>        What I want to do is download DOS based programs onto my mac, put
>the file onto floppies and then put them onto my roommate's PC.  I guess
>it being a DOS program is irrelevant since it will be zip'ped which is just
>binary anyway.  I do have AccessPC so being able to read DOS formatted
>disks is no problem.
>        The problem is if the file is too large to fit onto one HD floppy.
>Does anyone know of a UNIX based file splitter that has a DOS based counter-
>part that I can put on my roommate's PC to join the split file?

>Thanks for the help,
>Eric Lorenzo


Uh oh, I think I'm about to display my DOS roots.  Please forgive me!!

You may not need a DOS file concatenator.  If you use a file splitter
that does not add anything in the spot where a file is split (ie, at the
end of the leading piece or the beginning of the trailing piece), then
you can use the standard DOS COPY command to join the segments.

The syntax is:  COPY SEGMENT.1+SEGMENT2+...+SEGMENT.n JOINFILE
             ^------------------------------^
Note:  NO spaces in this string!  ---^

To the best of my knowledge, file splitters do not put headers or trailers
in the files that they split.  So just give it a try with any file splitter
you may have.  The worst that may happen is that it won't work....

Dave
[e-mail]
***  MY opinions!!  Don't try to say, "The Government said, '...'"  ***

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

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: Mon,  4 Oct 1993 19:59:44 +0000
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: NuBus Serial Card from Apple

I hear that ARA 2.0 will be able to work with Apple's NuBus 4 port serial
card.
  We were thinking of buying one for our server and attaching 4 Zyxel modems
to it for ARA access.  Anyone have any experience with this card (apparently
no one in Germany even has a data sheet on this thing)?

Also, would anyone know if it could be used in the opposite direction?  I.e.,
could someone on our net access one of the 4 modems to dial out to AppleLink?


TIA,
Elliot Bennett
DLR, Cologne, Germany
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 21:18:42 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders Alvers)
Subject: paper size default

Hi there,
Is there anybody who could tell me how to set default paper size on a
chooser extension? I downloaded the HP laser Jet chooser extension and when
I print I always have to change the page setup from US letter to A4 that I
use. Thanks

Anders Alvers
/[e-mail]/

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 11:43:37 bst
From: Mark Elliott <[e-mail]>
Subject: performa 400 with sys 7.1 ???

does anyone know if the Performa 400 will run okay with the 'normal' system
7.1 - a friend of mine has bought one, and doesn't like some of the
'extra features' which are supposed to make the thing easier to use

also will most (all?) of the pd/shareware extensions work with the performa ?

please reply by email

thanks

Mark Elliott

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

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 20:40:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: bonnet j m <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal LaserWriter NTR Rev x?

I have a Personal LaserWrite NTR that I just bought from Falcon Systems for
work.  When the startup page comes out in the lower right hand corner (and
running up the right hand side of the page) is some information about the
Postscript copyrights.  On the second  line of this information,  after some
words about Apple logos etc., then is a Rev. 2.0.  I also bought one of these
printers for home within a few days of the one at work.  The startup page
for it says Rev 1.0.  Any ideas about what the difference is?

I recently heard about the upgrade/fix for these printers that Apple will
do for free if you are having specific problems.  I wonder if that
upgrade has been applied to the one that says Rev 2.0?  Would applying
the upgrade to the one at home cause it to say Rev 2.0 ?  Thanks for any
info you can offer.

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

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 15:03 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: pix transmission

From:   NAME: David J. Crockett
    FUNC: News Services
    TEL: [phone]                         <DAVE AT A1 AT UNIREL>
To:     in%"[e-mail]"@mrgate


Greetings, Net.folk!

Here's a query for your collective Mac expertise.

Anybody out there in .edu or .com land public relations had any
experience in sending anything beyond text files to print media?

Specifically, our university news office is wanting to know the
hardware and software requirements to transmit newspaper-quality
images (photos and occasional infographics) to newspapers and
Associated Press via modem.  A conversation today with the graphics
department of a local paper turned up that they (and many others,
apparently) use a system called "A.P. Photolinks Pro" to exchange
photos both by telephone and over a private satellite network.

Beyond that, the fella wasn't real familiar with the process.

What do we need to get images _into_ our Mac network at
newspaper-quality level (we have an OmniPage scanner in service now
for in-house OCR text and non-critical graphic DTP work) and, probably
more importantly, what hardware/software do we need to be compatible
with the media at the other end of the twisted pair line?  [Or is that
the twisted media at the other end of the telephone line? ;-)]

Please reply direct and I'll summarize for the group if warranted.

TIA!

David J. Crockett, Clemson (S.C.) Univ. Dept. of News Services
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 21:45 AST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Problems with Apple Remote Access

Dear info-mac readers:

    We have a PowerBook 145 and Apple Remote Access.  Also we have an
Apple Remote Access (ARA) network.  On the ARA server we have a Smartmodem
Optima 2400.  We have many users using the same modem for accessing the
ARA network.  The owner of the PowerBook 145 use a Smartcome Optima modem
and can get through the network.  But the person order an internal fax/modem
9600/2400, PSI PowerModem.  He can send faxes and comunicate using a comuni-
cation software.  But when we use ARA it's fails.  Always report an error
type -5,920.

    The strange think is if we use an external modem with the same Power-
Book works.  We change the internal fax/modem, two times.  But again the same
error.

    Theres one piont, we have a Fax Line Manager (for split one thelephone
line for a fax and the modem).  When we try without the Fax Line Manager
works.
Why.... theres any body expirience the same problem.

Thanks in advance....

Jesus A. Rodriguez
Internet : [e-mail]
       [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 17:55:18 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Suvrit Varshney)
Subject: Q: Unix like talk program for Appletalk?

Is there any program that will let macs
connected thru appletalk, use the talk
like interface available on unix?
I mean that would let users communicate
through apple talk with a unix talk interface
(simultaneous writing ie)

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 00:43:46 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Scott T. Spencer)
Subject: RFI: Spanish PC software

No question that an "ibm list" would be a better place to post. However, I
know nothing about such lists. And, after reading info-mac for a year or
so, it's clear that many of your correspondents do have their feet in
multiple camps -- and many of you are university people, who seem more likely
to know about "bioreserve management" than the run of the mill folk that
hang around most newsgroups.

I suppose I could have phrased my question as "can anybody provide me a lead
toward a PC newsgroup similar in scope to info-mac, i.e. same type of
participants, same general interests, professional and/or university and/or
research orientation.

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 23:19:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matt X. Herbison)
Subject: SCSI Pass-thru/terminating switch?

I have two SCSI devices plugged into my Mac.  Sometimes, I don't want to
have second one turned on.  Is there a switch or something that I can put
in the line between the first and second device so, to accomplish what I
want, I don't have to unplug the second from the first and then terminate
the first.  I would just like to be able to leave the second device off and
flick a switch to provide termination without undoing any cables.  My first
device is a Asante Mini EN/SC ethernet box (with internal termination) and
it has a pass-thru SCSI cable, into which is plugged the cable for my
SyQuest drive (externally terminated).  Any help in solving my problem is
GREATLY appreciated.  :)


-Matt X. Herbison  :)                  -Penn State University
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 08:38:20 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Smtp Mail Package for Mac (A)

> I am looking for a SMTP mail package that runs on the
> mac.  Preferably Shareware.  Any suggestions ?

Try MacPost. It is available at ftp.lu.se

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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 93 22:24:01 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sony 1730 vs. NEC 5FG monitors--comments please

Someone asked for advice about buying a monitor to use with a
Centris 650 for Photoshop work. She has it narrowed down to a
NEC 5FG 16" or a Sony Trinitron 1730 17".

She feels that the color is too green on the NEC but that it is sharper.
The Sony's color is better and of course is a little bigger. Aesthetically,
she likes the Sony better. If it were not for the better the sharpness of
the NEC, I'd say go with the SONY. Also, it is probable that the color of
the NEC can be corrected with the Gamma control panel that comes with
Photoshop.

Can anyone familiar with either the NEC 5FG 16" or the Sony 1730 17"
please comment or make suggestions? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 17:44:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Freek Wiedijk)
Subject: System 6 won't run on Performa :-(

[e-mail] writes:
>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).

I don't know, but...

In the dutch MacWorld there is a multiple choice test, in
which question 7 is (translated):

  7. What is the non-official Macintosh system
  version that was developed by hackers especially
  to circumvent the use of System 7 on
  certain Macintosh models?
  a. System 6.2.0X
  b. System 6.0.8L
  c. System 6.9.9H

Now, I've never heard about anything like this.  Anyone?

Maybe it's cheating asking for this information on the net
(my guess is "b"), but I'm really curious.

Freek
--
My newly acquired LC III has two bugs:
>It's much too noisy (fan & HD). Why isn't there a silent desktop Mac
anymore?
>It doesn't run system 6
Apart from that it's perfect.

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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1993 10:37:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Allison Greene CSC [phone]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Women in Swinsuits

    Yes, I'm slightly uneasy about these, too.  They certainly don't belong
    in the workplace, as they could be taken as sexual harrassment.  On the
    other hand, maybe what we need is some *really* nice beefcake!  :-)

    -Allison
[I would hate to encourage anyone.  I don't see us as becomming any sort of a
great gif/jpeg archive -- wauarchive (am I spelling that correctly?) is way
better than we ever will (or want?) to be.

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, 4 Oct 93 08:58:43 BST
From: [e-mail] (Martin Farrall)
Subject: WordPerfect 3.0

Any information regarding the features/specification of the
"soon-to-be-released" WP3.0 would be appreciated.  Will I have
to start saving up to upgrade my trusty WP2.0 version?

Martin Farrall
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 21:46:54 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Casgrain Philippe)
Subject: YAMMR (Yet Another Macwarehouse Modem Review)

Yes, ladies and gentlemen! This $99 modem from MacWarehouse (*) is indeed
a 14 400 baud modem with v42 bis compression and fax capability!
This modem is hereafter referred to as "TCI" (short for "TCI LineLink
14.4e").
You should know from the start that this modem seems to be Hayes-compatible
(i.e. it responded correctly to every AT command I threw at it...).

So, you ask:
> Well, what's the catch? Why do other vendors charge $299 and more for such
> a thing?

I don't know, but part of the answer might be: them other modems have more
little lights (such as a separate Send/Receive diode, which the TCI lacks).
Also, they might take a little less desk space (the TCI covers roughly
the area of a rotary phone, so I put mine on top and voila! Zero-footprint
modem :-). They come with more appropriate software (MAcKNOWLEDGE, for the
TCI, is awful) as well as faxing software.

However, the modem's capabilities are plenty: 14 400 bauds with compression,
so the transfers are done at approximately 1500-1600 bytes per second for
a typical file (i.e. compressed with Stuffit and binhexed). These files
contain few redundancies and are thus not compressed much by the v42bis
algorithm. Still, it's better than the theoretical maximum of 1440 bytes
per seconds, typical of a 14 400 baud modem.
Compare this with a theoretical max of 240 bps with a 2400 baud modem...

Also, a text file (e.g. "all-files.txt", from info-mac), transfers much
faster: 3500-3600 bps! Now that really flies! You can really see the
compression at work here.

All file transfers were made with ZTerm and the ZModem protocol, on a not-
too-noisy line.

And now, an added bonus: this modem can fax! Send and receive, though I was
not able to confirm if it was at 9 600 baud or 14 400 baud (I suspect the
latter). To do this, I simply used the fax software that came with my
trusty Zoom 24/96: QuickLink II Fax. It worked the first time: no setup,
no hassle.

So, indeed, I think this was a very good buy. I just hope it won't fail
right after the 90-days warranty!

Pros: Fast (14 400, v42bis), Fax send/receive (if you already have the
software)

Cons: limited warranty, a bit on the bulky side (but surprisingly light,
IMHO),
      poor manual (doesn't even list the S-registers), poor software (you
      have to get ZTerm or something), not all the lights you want (but then
      again an internal modem has _no_ lights).

Keep on Mac'ing!
Philippe Casgrain
[e-mail]

(*) This is by no means an endorsement, of course! I'm just a satisfied
customer...

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