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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 18:06:18 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #199


Info-Mac Digest             Wed,  6 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 199

Today's Topics:

      [*] ChunkJoiner 1.0.1
      [*] Corrections to Arabic Quran in sumex-aim
      [*] DarkShutdown 2.1
      [*] Etoile 1.04
      [*] FloorTiles 1.0.1
      [*] FullWrite 1.7 Converters
      [*] FWRecover 1.0
      [*] TOUCHBASE PRO 3.0.1 patch.sea
      14.4e TCI Modem: S/R fax with FaxSTF (A)
      Accelerators - 040 - which one??
      ADB II Mouse Problems (R)
      AOL w/ GeoPort
      Automated FTP (R)
      BinHex Help Desperately Needed
      C, C++ Beginners Guides?
      Centris 650 prices
      Desktop PICT files (Q)
      eDisk Hype ? (C)
      Excel 3 and your Quadra 800
      Geoport
      GIF translation-PC to MAC (Q)
      HELP with NewsWatcher
      HP 4M and EtherTalk cards (R)
      Inquiry...
      Is there an "info-pc" around the net somewhere?
      LaserWiter 8.1 driver (R)
      Linelink sending/receiving faxes
      More Frozen Finders (R)
      notify mail from UNIX host
      PB 165
      performa 400 with sys 7.1 ???
      Performa Comm- solved
      Philosophy Font
      Powerbook 100 HD Flaws?
      proposal: sumex mail server
      Quadra 650
      Rush Limbaugh sound files
      Sad Mac [A]
      SoftPC Windoze
      startup icon mess (A)
      Strange SE Behavior
      Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 BinHex4 crashes
      sun login
      SwitchBack 2.1 Oddity
      System 6.0.8L
      Troubleshooting tip (Q)
      V11 #198: Making a 7.1-compatible Norton floppy
      What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser?

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 14:29:12 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alex Rodella)
Subject: [*] ChunkJoiner 1.0.1

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.

1.0.1 fixes a couple of bugs and has one interface improvement.

Enjoy yourself and remember the $5 shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/chunk-joiner-101.hqx; 24K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 09:19:02 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Akif Eyler)
Subject: [*] Corrections to Arabic Quran in sumex-aim

The following file shows the corrections to the Arabic text
       in   info/nms/quran-arabic-english-one.hqx
       and  info/nms/quran-arabic-english-two.hqx

Suggested name: info/nms/quran-corrections.hqx

-- Akif eyler

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/quran-corrections.hqx; 4K]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 14:29:35 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alex Rodella)
Subject: [*] DarkShutdown 2.1

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.
Version 2.1 speaks the countdown (ten-nine-eight-seven...) then speaks
"restart/shutdown" if the Speech Manager is installed.

Enjoy yourself and remember the $5 shareware fee!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/darkside-shutdown-21.hqx; 10K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 12:46:23 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: [*] Etoile 1.04

Recently released on AOL: Etoile 1.04 ("le jeu de diamant")
by Michiko Osakabe, a color implementation of a very Chinese
Checkers-like board game.

Requires 256 colors and at least a 13" screen. Presumeably
freeware (no evidence of it being anything else).

Leo Breebaart (leo @ cp.tn.tudelft.nl)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/etoile-104.hqx; 151K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 12:47:22 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: [*] FloorTiles 1.0.1

Recently released on AOL: FloorTiles 1.0.1 by Karl Bunker, a
color plane-filling game.

Requires 256 colors but should be small enough to work on all
available screens. Shareware, $10.

Leo Breebaart (leo @ cp.tn.tudelft.nl)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/floortiles-101.hqx; 66K]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 19:58:12 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Pradhan)
Subject: [*] FullWrite 1.7 Converters

 Here are two converters from Akimbo Systems' FullWrite support area on
America-On-Line. They update FullWrite versions 1.5s and 1.6 to version 1.7
which is compatible with the 68040.

 Here is what the updaters do, from the Readme file:

> * An incompatibility with Quadra and Centris Macintosh systems which had
> prevented FullWrite from being run if the 68040 processor cache was
> enabled has been fixed.

 And if you have version 1.5s:

> * An incompatibility with System 7 that caused the Set Margins dialog to
> disappear has been fixed.

Regards,
Malcolm

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fullwrite-15s-16-to-17-updt.hqx; 67K]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 19:58:44 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Pradhan)
Subject: [*] FWRecover 1.0

 This is a utility from Akimbo Systems' FullWrite support area on
America-On-Line. It is designed to extract text from FullWrite files.

 I did not write this.

 Regards,
 Malcolm

[Archived as /info-mac/text/fw-recover-10.hqx; 71K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 01:26:59 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Malcolm Pradhan)
Subject: [*] TOUCHBASE PRO 3.0.1 patch.sea

 This is a patch program to upgrade TouchBase Pro 3.0 to version 3.01.

 It is from the Aldus support section on America-On-Line. The only comments
with it was the brief description of the file saying that this patch fixes
various "incompatibilities".

 Regards,
 Malcolm

[Archived as /info-mac/app/touchbase-pro-30-to-301-updt.hqx; 170K]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 22:43:30 CST
From: Jack Z. Sun <[e-mail]>
Subject: 14.4e TCI Modem: S/R fax with FaxSTF (A)

Dear Moderators,

Sorry that I forgot to fill in the Subject line when I resent my posting
(first
post was returned to trim the signiture). Please, if you could, add the
subject
line as it shows in this mail to it (or post this mail if you would).

Thanks.

Jack Z. Sun

------ Original Posting --------

    Here's a simple instruction to setup the Linelink for
    sending/receiving
faxes with your FaxSTF software.

1. Double click on the Installer icon (in disk 1);
2. On the "Modem Selection" window, check the "Driver Type" radio button;
3. Scroll down the list, select "PN2388 for Sierra based modems";
4. In the INIT String field, modify the "ATVE" to "AT\Q1V1E";
5. Click at "Install" button;
6. Decide if you want to install everything or only to install the driver and
stuff for the TCI modem. For the latter, just select these items -

    - FaxMonitor
    - FaxStatus
    - FaxSoftware
    - ModemInit
    - FaxModem

7. Restart the Mac;
8. Go to the Chooser for "Setup". (Set the highest speed for S/R, test your
modem initialization string, enter your numbers and so on...)

NOTE: The "\Q1" part in the modem init string sets the modem to bidirectional
XON/XOFF. "&K4" may also be used for this (I don't quite know the difference
between the two). Under these installation/settings, my LineLink is
functioning
very well in 14.4k s/r faxes: it attempts to send/receive at 14.4k, but will
sense the speed of the other end and auto adjust to match the speed.

NOTE2: The LineLink 14.4e uses the Sierra chipset, which is the one with the
diamond shaped microprocessor logo. When you select the "PN2388 for
Sierra...",
the INFO box will tell you that "This is for modems based on Sierra
Semiconductor's chipset using the PN2388 specifications".

BTW, the "Performantz 14.4 S/R Faxmodem" from the MacZone seems to be the same
one as the LineLink. It is priced at $149 bundled with MaxFax. The TCI reps
decline to comment on the specifications because it is a private label
product.
One person mentioned that the Performantz uses a different chipset (either
Reckwell or Exar). Anyhow, all it takes is to open the case and see what's
inside...

BTW2, the LineLink may have more to offer. The ATI4 command returns this
line:

>>> SERIAL * V32BIS * V42BIS * VOICE 2.2 * TIES * CID * V23 * SRFAX *
                   ---------                      -----
So could someone please figure out more about this thing?

Happy Egg Hunting!


PS. I don't know much about the technology, feel free to make any
correction...


Jack Z. Sun
[phone],  Fax [phone]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 09:52:32 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Terry L. Hartman)
Subject: Accelerators - 040 - which one??

Has anyone had any experience with 040 accelerators on a IIci??  Which
one???  Any problems???  We are thinking about purchasing the DayStar
Digital 040 33 MHz board.  What are your thoughts???

Terry L. Hartman
Coordinator - Microcomputer Services
U.T. - Pan American

[e-mail] (preferred)
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 09:22:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marshall McGowan <[e-mail]>
Subject: ADB II Mouse Problems (R)

Hello!

Paul Kock asks about problems pulling down menus with his new ADB II Mouse.
The short answer is: Go and get a maouse made in Malaysia.

Here's the long answer and a probable explanation of the problem:

I've had the opportunity to install several Mac LCIII's in the past couple
of weeks. The only problem I have had with them is with some of the new
ADBII mice that are included with the system.

Some of the mice, when you go upto a menu, and press the button to select
the menu so you can scroll down and select a menu choice, get stuck at the
op of the menu. You can move the mouse down, but the cursor does not
always follow the mouses movements. I have discovered that when you press
down on the mouse button, on the top of the mouse, it forces the tip of
the mouse down, apparently making the roller lift up in such a way that it
no longer contacts the inner bearing where the cursor gets its movement
information from. I have narrowed this behavior down to a class of mice,
based on my observations, and some input that I have received via the
Info-Mac maillist on the Internet.

There are two types of mice:

   Type A: (Good Little Mousy)
        Ball: A grey, heavy ball.
        Feet: Grey thick teflon feet (Thick being a relative term.)
        Manufacturing Country: Malaysia

   Type B: (Bad Little Mousy, bad, bad, bad!)
        Ball: A black, light, spongy looking ball.
        Feet: Light grey/white thin teflon feet. (Not a relative
        term.)
        Manufacturing Country: Taiwan

I've come up with some solutions to alleiviate the problem:

     1. Get a good mouse, try before you buy.
     2. Use a mouse pad with a hard surface, not a spongy surface.
     3. Do not use a mouse pad at all.
     4. Instead of pressing the putton at the top, curve your fingers
    around and press the botton on the lower side corners.
     5. (I have not done this one.) Replace the ball with a grey ball from
    either
      a. Apple Service Part.
      b. An old ADB mouse. (I like using black balls in the older mice.)
      c. An unsuspecting "friend" who has a new mouse with a grey ball.

I hope this has helped you all become more informed and better
socially-adjusted people.

Marshall
All this talk of mouse balls, I wonder what a psychiatrist would say...

       1. Get a different mouse, try before you buy.
       2. Use a mouse pad with a hard surface, not a spongy surface.

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 20:40:52 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AOL w/ GeoPort

Howdy Net,

I'm using a geoport w/ my Quadra 840av to connect to AOL daily.  Try using
this as your initialization string:
ATS46=136&Q0

Jeff W. Keys
BANA-MIS/CVEN Texas A&M University
AOL:  GigM
Internet:  [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 21:21:50 -0600 (CDT)
From: Andrew Vernon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Automated FTP (R)

Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]> said:

>I keep reading in the digest every now and then of people "scripting" their
>downloads from the archives.  They do this from the digest issues somehow...
>my question is, HOW?  If someone could reply to this, it would be much
>appreciated.

There are a couple of handy unix programs to let you do that. Get on to
Sumex and snatch /info-mac/text/skim-new-unix.txt

[Aside to Gordon: Why the 'text' dir? Wouldn't reinstating the old 'unix'
directory make more sense?]

Once you have it, follow the directions for compiling the program, make
any alterations to your mail address and destination directory, and let
your unix box's compiler have at it.  Then you can use the 'skim' command
to look through the new files and pick the ones you want. When you finish
the digest, you'll have a shell script called "download" which will make
the run for you.  If you can use the unix 'at' command, have it run the
script around 4 a.m. Pacific time when Sumex isn't very busy.

Enjoy!
Andrew Vernon ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 18:54:58 EDT
From: Jeff Beaubien <[e-mail]>
Subject: BinHex Help Desperately Needed

I'm new to Mac computing, so please excuse my ignorance.  I've been
trying to decompress some .hqx files which I downloaded with the
program "Fetch".  I have a program called binhex.bin, which I know to
be the Binary BinHex 4 file.  However, when I try to decompress files,
the program will not list any of my .hqx files in the directory.  All
of the files were FTP'ed from an FTP site, with binary mode set on.
I know the files are there, but they don't show up.  Any help is
_greatly_ appreciated.

Thank You in advance.
Jeff Beaubein  (IQM446 at URIACC.URI.EDU)

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 11:06:29 CDT
From: Mack Willingham <[e-mail]>
Subject: C, C++ Beginners Guides?

After reading the literature on the PPC, and the "New age of Programming"
I have come to the conclusion that I will take on day a week out of my
schedule, and build upon that C class I had a few years ago.  First Q:
Should I start with C first and than move to C++?  The class I had was
the very basics of C, dos turbo c, but C is C, right...ANSI?  Second Q:
What books or guides are available that will help me learn to program
C or C++ on my mac?  As soon as I get this info, and find the right
books, I will get Think from the bookstore, and start crashing my mac.
And the last Q: How does one restart an 840 when It locks up and the
3 key sequence does not work....I could always unplug it, but rather
find another way.

TIA
Mack Willingham

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 12:46:08 -0700
From: C. 'Wacky Nickname' Mealy <[e-mail]>
Subject: Centris 650 prices

I friend of mine is planning to buy a Centris 650 through his university.
They have a centris 650/cd rom/monitor bundle for $27xx.
The components purchased separately would cost $26xx, w/o the cd-rom.
Will the price of the 650 most likely go down after the 15th, when
the new macs come out and the old bundle deals expire?

Thanks

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 11:33 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desktop PICT files (Q)

Dear Netters,
I tried Decor, and it couldn't load a 8bit color PICT file to use for a
desktop image.  Am I missing something here?   I would like the PICT file to
cover my entire desktop.  If there is other shareware/freeware that would do
the job for a 12" RGB 512 x 384 resolution screen, please let me know via
e-mail as I can now only check the digest once a week.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 14:49:52 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tony Huang)
Subject: eDisk Hype ? (C)

>Just got in the mail a offer for eDisk, a driver
>level compression utility that offers to quadruple my
>disk size.

The claim that eDisk can quadruple your the size of your disk is all hype.
The best you can expect is about a 2:1 compression ratio (unless ALL files
on your disk is HIGHERLY compressible).

>I'm suspicious, or at least I remain to be convinced
>that
>1 - It is safe.
>   (it works, if I change my mind I won't have to
>    reformat my disk, etc).
>2 - It doesn't conflict with anything.
>
>3 - It works - seems like a lot of hype to me.
>
>Any thoughts? Experience?

eDisk (or any other driver-level compression program, for that matter) is
NOT for everyone. My advice is not to use a driver-level program on the
start-up disk (or partition). Compressing files that are open and active in
the System Folder is not a good idea (this is true for file-level resource
compression programs as well). It's also not a good idea to compress the
invisible virtual memory swap file. If you have a 40MB or 80MB drive, my
advice is to buy a bigger drive. On the other hand, if you have multiple
disks or a disk with multiple partitions, eDisk may be your answer for more
disk space. You would have to backup your disk (or partition) if you decide
to install/de-install eDisk.


Tony Huang
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 09:28:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Me chief, slinging bull." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel 3 and your Quadra 800

In the latest and greatest info-mac digest, someone reported a problem with
Excel 3 and their Quadra 800.  The reason is that Microsoft can't program
great programs the way they should.  Excel 3 is incompatable with a Quadra.
You have two options really, patch it to version 3.0a (available from
Microsoft), or purchase an upgrade to Excel 4, a relly awesome program! (which
will probably die when the next cool types of macs come out...)

Neil Schulman

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Date: 6 Oct 93 10:17:00 EST
From: "Dananberg, Jamie" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Geoport

I have a Centris 660AV (my 840AV is still on order and I'm totally impatient
with excitement) with a Geoport adapter and have had no problems whatsoever
with it. So far (knock on polypropylene) it has worked flawlessly. I am able
to
connect to America Online at 2400 without any trouble. Perhaps the problem
others have had is in the local Tymnet et al. type connections.

I do have one question though. The documentation lists the current Geoport
modem software as 9600 bps. When I connect to my office network (via a Shiva
Netmodem capable of V.32bis throughput) the software reports that I connect at
14400. Is Apple just being conservative? Does the software really support
V.32bis or is the connection rate due to MNP5 or V.42bis compression? Or am I
totally confused in general about this stuff?

Jamie Dananberg -- University of Michigan -- [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 12:24:42 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: GIF translation-PC to MAC (Q)

I copied 50+ scanned-in images from a friends PC, saving them in GIF
format using Photofinish.  I transfered them to my Mac using Apple
File Exchange and the default translation.  My graphics programs don't
recognize these files as GIF's.

What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?  Thanks.

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 8:49:40 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: HELP with NewsWatcher

Michael Conwell <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I just downloaded NewsWatcher 1.3 d8 from the sumex mirror and I am
>having trouble.  I get an error 502 No permission to talk error
>when I try and connect.  I am running on my school's mac system
>and I am trying to connect to news server:  news.acns.nwu.edu
>and mail server:  relay.acns.nwu.edu

First: Get a more recent version of newswatcher. 2.0d16 is most recent.

Second: You quite likely cannot connect to the servers you describe
anyhow. They're not at your site and are probably set up to disallow
access from outside their net. Find a more local site (one at Missouri,
perhaps?)

        tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 13:27:52 -0700
From: Rex Sanders <[e-mail]>
Subject: HP 4M and EtherTalk cards (R)

[e-mail] (Martin Farrall) writes:
>We are planning on upgrading our Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4M printer
>(which in the UK comes factory fitted with a LocalTalk card) by
>swapping in an EtherTalk card.  HP (UK) tell us that the part no.
>J2372A which incidentally is listed as a Novell NetWare/Ethernet card
>in various catalogues also supports EtherTalk (it apparently comes with
>a Mac specific driver).  Has anyone tried this combination, any
>comments would be appreciated.  Does anyone out there know if it will
>be EtherPhase 2 compatible please?

Just unpacked a couple of HP LJ4Ms a few days ago.  Removed LocalTalk
board, installed Ethernet board, plugged into AppleTalk Phase 2 10baseT
network, and printed from a Mac II using LaserWriter 7.1 driver - very
easy, no problems.  Didn't test the HP-supplied driver - we don't really
need the features.

The Ethernet card automatically supports multiple protocols in a slightly
strange fashion - the first protocol to try to print to the printer wins,
and all other protocols are ignored after that.  Very nice from a
plug-and-play standpoint, but slightly non-deterministic.

You can (and should) hand-configure the appropriate protocol (and other
information) using the control panel on the printer.  The printers have
been whisked away, but off the top of my head I believe they support
AppleTalk Phase 1 and Phase 2, TCP/IP, Netware, and something from
Microsoft.  We use only AppleTalk Phase 2, of course :-).

This was my first experience with HP printers - have supported many models
of Apple LaserWriters until now.  The HPs are wonderfully flexible - and
complex.  My gut feeling is you could configure the printer into a totally
catatonic state in just a few minutes.  I appreciate Apple's simplicity
much more now.

-- Rex Sanders
   [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 15:52:15 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Russ Miller)
Subject: Inquiry...

Is there a Macintosh client application for listening to the multicast
audio on the internet?

Russ Miller
Oak Ridge National Lab

Russ Miller
[phone]
Office of Technology Transfer
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.

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Date: 5 Oct 1993 19:37:49PST
From: "Mikey Likes It"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is there an "info-pc" around the net somewhere?

I seem to remember something akin to the info-mac digest (and the ftp site)
for pc users being mentioned a while ago.  My archie search comes up
negative, tho I might be using the wrong keywords..

Any takers?  Thanks muchly.   8)

--Michael

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 15:59:26 -0500
From: "Vinko Tsui"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWiter 8.1 driver (R)

>>
>>Has anyone seen a LW 8.1 release? I saw something about this somewhere (I've
>>forgotten where) and I was wondering if this was a misprint!
>
>The latest (non-beta) version is 8.0.1, I believe. I got it from Adobe. The
>Apple version is perhaps on AppleLink or the developer CD (I haven't
>checked yet).
>

Jim & Tony,

The latest version of the LW driver is 8.1.1. It is available from
ftp.apple.com.

-- Vinko
Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 22:28:41 CST
From: Jack Z. Sun <[e-mail]>
Subject: Linelink sending/receiving faxes

    Here's a simple instruction to setup the Linelink for
    sending/receiving
faxes with your FaxSTF software.

1. Double click on the Installer icon (in disk 1);
2. On the "Modem Selection" window, check the "Driver Type" radio button;
3. Scroll down the list, select "PN2388 for Sierra based modems";
4. In the INIT String field, modify the "ATVE" to "AT\Q1V1E";
5. Click at "Install" button;
6. Decide if you want to install everything or only to install the driver and
stuff for the TCI modem. For the latter, just select these items -

    - FaxMonitor
    - FaxStatus
    - FaxSoftware
    - ModemInit
    - FaxModem

7. Restart the Mac;
8. Go to the Chooser for "Setup". (Set the highest speed for S/R, test your
modem initialization string, enter your numbers and so on...)

NOTE: The "\Q1" part in the modem init string sets the modem to bidirectional
XON/XOFF. "&K4" may also be used for this (I don't quite know the difference
between the two). Under these installation/settings, my LineLink is
functioning
very well in 14.4k s/r faxes: it attempts to send/receive at 14.4k, but will
sense the speed of the other end and auto adjust to match the speed.

NOTE2: The LineLink 14.4e uses the Sierra chipset, which is the one with the
diamond shaped microprocessor logo. When you select the "PN2388 for
Sierra...",
the INFO box will tell you that "This is for modems based on Sierra
Semiconductor's chipset using the PN2388 specifications".

BTW, the "Performantz 14.4 S/R Faxmodem" from the MacZone seems to be the same
one as the LineLink. It is priced at $149 bundled with MaxFax. The TCI reps
decline to comment on the specifications because it is a private label
product.
One person mentioned that the Performantz uses a different chipset (either
Reckwell or Exar). Anyhow, all it takes is to open the case and see what's
inside...

BTW2, the LineLink may have more to offer. The ATI4 command returns this
line:

>>> SERIAL * V32BIS * V42BIS * VOICE 2.2 * TIES * CID * V23 * SRFAX *
                   ---------                      -----
So could someone please figure out more about this thing?

Happy Egg Hunting!


PS. I don't know much about the technology, feel free to make any
correction...


Jack Z. Sun
[phone]     Fax [phone]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 07:16:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: More Frozen Finders (R)


On 4 Oct 93 [e-mail] (Rick Shafer) wrote:
> 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!?!

I don't know if this'll help, but ...

>From TidBITS#182:
**If File Sharing starts slowly** on cold mornings, try deleting
  the AppleShare PDS file that lives at the root level on each
  shared volume. Jon Pugh <[e-mail]> posted this tip on
  Info-Mac, saying that it took File Sharing about an hour to start
  up on his PowerBook, and after deleting the file, it took less
  than a minute. My Mac always seemed to start slowly as well, so I
  used ResEdit to make the AppleShare PDS files on all my volumes
  visible (at which point you can see the snazzy killer rabbit
  icon), trashed them, and then rebooted. I presume that File
  Sharing rebuilt them on the subsequent reboot, and File Sharing
  starts up much faster now. You will lose all your sharing
  preferences, but since I have nothing fancy set up, it wasn't a
  problem for me. (I just log in to my SE/30's volumes from the
  PowerBook as the owner, which allows me to avoid setting up
  sharing for each individual volume. I once heard that using the
  Finder's Sharing menu item to share the disks, which lets you
  share specific folders and set more specific privileges, exacts a
  small performance hit.)


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

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 02:04:37 -0700
From: Charles Chia-Hsing Hsieh <[e-mail]>
Subject: notify mail from UNIX host

My Mac is networked to my UNIX thru PhoneNet.  Is there a little utility
that can let me know new mail has arrived on my UNIX machine?  I don't
want to process mail on my Mac.  I just want to be notified, and then
logon to UNIX.

Thanks.

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

Date: Tue, 05 Oct 93 22:17:52 EDT
From: "Christopher B. Hopkins (Wesley)" <[e-mail]>
Subject: PB 165

As a proud owner of the PB 165, I'm somewhat curious as to why there
has been so little attention paid in the usual Mac magazines to this
new PB addition.  With all the complaining about the 165c's screen and
the feeling that the 140/145's were to slow, this seems like a nice
compromise.  I was wondering what other might think...

Any comments?   Christopher

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 21:31:11 -0600 (CDT)
From: Andrew Vernon <[e-mail]>
Subject: performa 400 with sys 7.1 ???

Mark Elliott <[e-mail]> asked:

>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
?

No reason why it shouldn't. When I first looked at the 400, I found that
the "About this Macintosh" box didn't respond with the model name of the
computer.  Hmmm.... I fired up ClarisWorks, which snags Gestalt info for
its about box, and repeated the experiment.  The info said:

"Macintosh Model: LC II"

For a low-cost Performa-to-LC II upgrade, I'm betting you can buy a
standard System 7.1 package, do a clean install and get somebody who has
the Garamond Narrow font to make you a front-panel decal. No logic board
changes, no huge upgrade fee (except for the system software).

For my next feat, I'll turn a Workgroup Server 80 into a Quadra 800 with a
can of Lysol and a piece of cheese. :-)

Andrew Vernon ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 17:55:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: Michael Salmons <[e-mail]>
Subject: Performa Comm- solved

Thanks to everyone who responded to my problem w/the Performa!
Here's the results of the postings and my downloading:
_It was suggested that I get a copy of ZTerm, which I did, but haven't
gotten around to using it because another solution proved so useful
_I downloaded Kermit Tool GH for use with my Clarisworks Comm module. This
added Kermit downloading to my Comm. toolbox. The interface is really
nice. As it turns out, I can successfully download applications using CW's
Xmodem Text setting (w/CRC-16 block checking), but the interface is lousy and
information in progress is hazy at best. Kermit Tool GH provides estimated
time remaining, automatic filename transfer, and a bar measuring how much of
the download is done (or left). Very nice!  Thanks Glenn!

Michael Salmons  [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 08:02:33 -0500
From: "Roderick O. Moore" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Philosophy Font

I'm working on a symbolic logic paper and I need a font that contains the
symbols that I need.  I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

Roderick Moore
moore014@ maroon.tc.umn.edu

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 14:34:15 EDT
From: "Patrick S. Golden" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Powerbook 100 HD Flaws?

I have a Powerbook 100 (one of the $800 fire sale models from
Spring 93).  While it was under warranty the machine crashed.
That is, it would not boot up and Norton Utilities and the
Apple HD Set-up Application would not even recognize the hard
disk as existing.  My Apple dealer found a way to reinitialize
the disk but they said they could not find any hardware related
problem.  They said that it was caused by a software problem.
(Though they couldn't tell me what kind!) Since then the problem
has recurred twice more.  We're running simple programs on it
(Word 5.1, etc.)

Does anyone out there know of a hard disk service notice that
may have been issued in the past year for certain hard drives
in this model Powerbook?  I can't believe that this is all
software related.

I'd appreciate any help you can give me, by e-mail if possible
since I don't get back to this newsgroup every day. Thanks in
advance.

Patrick Golden
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 12:47:15 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Karl Pottie)
Subject: proposal: sumex mail server

I'm on UUCP and I use ftpmail to download software from the info-mac
archives. Lately, it's been very difficult to access the archives this way.
Would it be possible to set up an e-mail based server (like the BART-server
at mac.archive.umich.edu) for sumex ?

Karl

[Yes, folks, there is a way.  Info mac does have a mail server setup.  Here
is the form letter I send in response to queries:

Send a message to [e-mail] with your commands (either single
or one to a line) as the body of the message. The subject line doesn't
matter.

Possible commands:
HELP
$MACARCH HELP
$MACARCH INDEX
$MACARCH GET 00DIR.RECENT
$MACARCH GET VIRUS-GATEKEEPER.HQX

The file should show up as a mail message to you. There may be two additional
messages also; one tells you what name the file will be sent to you under
(for reasons to do with Bitnet support it doesn't use the real name).
The other tells you how much CPU time you burned.

Please be considerate of the nice people at Rice in your use of the
server. This means keep the bulk of your usage outside of working hours.
If too many people load down the system, we might lose this capability.

Don't contact us for help with the server -- we don't know any more than
what's in this message. Send questions/problems to [e-mail].

If you are in Europe, please use the similar [e-mail] instead
of [e-mail]. That saves time and network telephone bills.

The Info-Mac Moderators
[e-mail]

[I just tested this (it is 10am, EST, USA) and got the think c defect list.
I used internet only, and I had the 70K binhex in my mail box about 90 seconds
after I sent the mail out. -Gordon]

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

Date: Wed,  6 Oct 1993 14:50 CST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quadra 650

When is the Quadra 650 supposed to be available to the public?  And, is it
really any better than the Centris 650?  Thanks for the info.

Steve Waechter
swaechter@utmem1 (bitnet)
[e-mail] (internet)

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 21:39:44 -0400
From: Rick Miller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Rush Limbaugh sound files

HELP!  Not long ago, someone posted two sound files to sumex-aim.  They
were entitled "rush-limbaugh-sounds1.hqx" & "rush-limbaugh-sounds2.hqx"
(or a reasonable approximation thereof!).  Unfortunately, I didn't
get them when I first saw them and they're not there any more (for
technical reasons).

Could the original poster please re-post (via email to sumex-aim)????

(My wife works with a ditto-head who'd love to get them! And no,
it's not me! :) )


Rick Miller                     rmiller!quest.ece.uc.edu

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

Date: 6 Oct 1993 10:50:48 U
From: "James Smart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sad Mac [A]

               Subject:                               Time:10:33 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Sad Mac [A]                            Date:10/6/93
Chris Ursich writes:
>would it be possible for you to upload the "sad mac list" to IM?
>I think it would be helpful to many people (including myself!)
>when they get the "sad mac."  While I'm writing, does anyone
>have a list of the mac errorcodes?  I am having problems
>with my Duo and I am getting error #41, whatever *that* is.
Chris - For Brian Wolf's Sad Mac list look in i-m/info/hdwr/sad-mac-code.  The
error #41 is system error and according to the "system errors list"
(i-m/util/sys-error-da) that translates to "can't load finder error".  You
might try a "clean" reinstallation of the system.  To do that you need to move
the finder on your hard drive into any other folder in the system folder and
then reboot with disk one of the system installer set.

ps.. does anyone know of a source of 64K - 150ns DRAM chips??

Jim Smart
@um.cc.umich.edu

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

Date: 06 Oct 93 03:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (U of Wisconsin, P Chane,STU)
Subject: SoftPC Windoze

Is it possible to get SoftPC Windows up and running (at any speed) on an 8 meg
Mac?  I cannot seem to get it operating at all.  I sure hope the PowerPC
version of SoftWindows is better than the current one.  Help!


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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 07:41:49 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: startup icon mess (A)

>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.

Isn't there a shareware INIT called NoIcon that will do the trick?

Another alternative is to use ResEdit to blank out the icons within the
files.


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

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 15:04:09 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Strange SE Behavior

     Strange SE Behavior
I have a user that has an SE with an external HD.  When she boots up the Mac,
it goes all the way to the Finder (Sys 6) and than comes up with an error
dialog that says "This disk is unreadable.  Do you want to initialize it?"  It
has two buttons, Eject (which is the default button) and Initialize.  Besides
this, is has an icon of the SE, with and external FLOPPY drive attached (there
is none), indicating that that is where the problem lies.  If we click either
Eject or Initialize, the box goes away for a few seconds only to come up
again.

OK, I scrounged up an external floppy drive and attached it.  It still comes
up
with the same error message at boot-up.  But when I click on the Eject button
(with a disk in the drive) it does what you expect it to do -- it ejects the
disk.  When you click on the Initialize button, it starts to initialize, only
to abort with an "Initialzation Failed!" message.  The original error dialog
comes back, but this time the icon is of the SE with an arrow pointing at the
top floppy drive.  Pressing the Initialize button now gives the message
"Initialzation Failed!  This disk is write-protected!".  I get the error
message when there's NO disk in the drive, a write-protected disk in the
drive,
or a non-write-protected disk in the drive.

After dismissing the "Initialization Failed" error dialog, I get the original
error dialog again, but now the icon has an arrow pointing at the lower floppy
drive.  Again I go through the procedure, and again I click the OK button in
the "Initialization Failed" error dialog.  Now we're back to the error with
the
external floppy icon.

In a totally unrelated situation, there's another user that has an SE with an
external CMS hard drive.  His problem is that he gets 6 images of the hard
drive as well as 6 images of any files that are on his desktop.  It doesn't
affect what he's doing, 'cuz he can click on any of them to open either the
file or the hard drive, but it's kind of perculiar, and I would like to get a
solution for this.

Anyone have any ideas about either problem?  Any assistance would be mucho
appreciated.  TIA!


Thomas Scott, Systems Manager, College of Engineering
Cornell University, Carpenter Hall Annex, Ithaca, NY  14853

QuickMail:  [e-mail]
POPMail:    [e-mail]


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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 10:19:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 BinHex4 crashes

Has anyone else noticed that the BinHex4 translator in Stuffit Lite 3.0.7
doesn't work? If you attempt to encode it "unexpectedly quits" with a Type
25 error; if you attempt to decode it crashes System 7.1 with an "illegal
instruction." I e-mailed this to Alladin a few days ago but have had no
response. Is there a work-around, perhaps an earlier version of the
translator will work correctly?

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 13:13:00 CDT
From: Anthony A. Bauer <[e-mail]>
Subject: sun login

I would like some information on logging onto a sun from my MAC LC.  Which
modems and software are the best for this?  What are the system and memory
requirements also?

                              thanks

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 15:57:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: SwitchBack 2.1 Oddity

I hope the author of SwitchBack is able to read this (he is in New Zealand,
and gives no e-mail address). SB seems like a friendly app for file
synchronization between 2 Macs, but it acts oddly when it encounters a
locked file...gives the message "<filename> could not be found" (or
something like that). It will not copy locked files, either, when used for
backing up a drive.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 20:48:46 -0600 (CDT)
From: Andrew Vernon <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 6.0.8L

>From: [e-mail] (Freek Wiedijk)
>Subject: System 6 won't run on Performa :-(

Someone else said [Sorry, don't remember the name]

>>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.

Believe it or not, it exists. You can pick up the 1440K disk images from
wuarchive.wustl.edu in:
/mirrors2/rascal.ics.utexas.edu/support-of-products/Apple/sys.soft/
6.0.8L.startup.sit.bin
6.0.8L.additions.sit.bin

The hack, I believe was written for some PowerBooks and the LC II, but you
could try it, if you go at it with a nothing-to-lose attitude.

Andrew Vernon ([e-mail])

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

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 18:59:16 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Troubleshooting tip (Q)

I recently got a newsletter which said that if "the only thing that
will move on your screen is your point.... usually, this is caused by
static electricity. Rather than restart and lose your unsaved work,
unplug you mouse and keyboard for two minutes or so. It doesn't always
work, but its worth a try..."

Anyone care to confirm or refute this troubleshooting tip? Isn't there
a small chance of blowing a fuse or a chip in one of the ADB devices?

Also, is anyone familiar with Central Point's Alert! and care to comment
on it? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 14:52:07 CDT
From: Robert Carlin <[e-mail]>
Subject: V11 #198: Making a 7.1-compatible Norton floppy

>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 16:47:27 -0400
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Sys 7.1 Bootable Floppy and Norton
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>CC:Mail To SMTP Converted Message.......vjd 9/27/93.................Version
>1.1
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Hi everyone,
>
>    Sorry, but I couldn't remember how to make a System 7.1 bootable floppy
>with Norton Utilities on it.  I tried the trick where you remove the Finder
>and replace it with the Norton program that is then renamed "Finder", but
>that didn't work.  I am obviously missing something dirt simple.
>
>           Thanks in advance,
>
>                   Scott ([e-mail])

I recently had the same problem.  This is direct from Symantec:

Instructions for creating a System 7.1 Emergency Disk:

_What you will need:_
A blank, formatted High Density diskette
Your original Norton Utilities Emergency Disk or Emergency Disk HD
The "Disk Tools" disk that came with your Macintosh.

_What you need to do:_
1) Name the blank floppy disk "7.1 Emergency Disk".
2) Copy the System and System Enabler XXX* file from the Disk Tools Disk
   onto the 7.1 Emergency Disk
3) Copy the "Norton Utils" application from the original Norton Emergency
   Disk onto the 7.1 Emergency Disk
4) Open the Norton Utilities Application by double clicking on it.
5) When the main menu appears type the letter E on your keyboard, to start
   the Norton Disk Editor.  You will be asked to "Choose a volume to explore."
6) Select the 7.1 Emergency Disk and open it.  A "Directory Window" will
   appear.
7) Choose "Boot Blocks" from the "Objects" menu.
8) Highlight the word "Finder" that appears to the right of the category
   "Finder Name."
9) Hold down the Command (open Apple) key and type a J.  You will now be
   looking at a hexadecimal display, highlighting a "06."  Note the offset
   in the upper right hand corner of the window; it should read "26."
10) Type a "0C" (zero-C) and hit the Tab key.  You will now be highlighting
    the letter F in "Finder."
11) Type the name "Norton Utils," exactly as the application is named on
    the floppy disk; don't worry that the text wraps onto the next line.
    When you are done typing, your offset should read 39.
12) Type a Command-J.  The text to the right of "Finder Name" should now
    read "Norton Utils."  If not, go back to step #8 and try again.
13) Click the close box in the upper left hand corner of the window.
    You'll be asked ifyou want to save the changes.  Save them.
14) Quit from Norton Utilities and test your new disk by booting from it.

* You will have a System Enabler file to copy only if your Macintosh
  requires System 7.1.  If you don't have an enabler on the Disk Tools disk
  that came with your Macintosh, you don't need to worry about copying an
  enabler.

It also adds that if you need any other help in making the disks, you can
call their Technical Support Line at (310) 449 - 4990.  Tech. Support is open
between 7 am and 5 pm Pacific time.

Hope this helps!

Rob Carlin
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 17:02:51 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser?

I got the November MacUser today.  I was thumbing through it when the Intel
logo caught my eye.  My first impression was, "Finally, Intel is going to
support the Mac."  Boy was I wrong.  In this ad, Intel is outright urging
Mac users to abandon the Mac in favor of Intel-based PCs.

Why did MacUser, a magazine geared toward informing the Macintosh user and
afficianado of the latest trends and developments in the Mac world, run an ad
that tries to persuade the user into switching computers?

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 02:02:07 -0700
From: Charles Chia-Hsing Hsieh <[e-mail]>

CD-ROM CD Interface player

Isn't there a better (programmable, eg) CD player interface for CD-ROM
installed
Mac than CARP in the sumex archive?

Shareware/PD ware preferred.

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