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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 20:10:26 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #200


Info-Mac Digest             Thu,  7 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 200

Today's Topics:

      [*] Auto-ftp QuicKeys.hqx
      [*] BBEdit extension Speaking & it's problems
      [*] Double/yu part Dos
      [*] DutchBeeps.cpt.hqx
      [*] LanTest 1.0.3 - File Server Performance Evaluation Tool
      [*] LillySaxByte.sea.hqx
      [*] MacTCP guide 1.2.1 in Word 5 format
      [*] monitorswitch-11.cpt
      [*] narrow21-101.cpt
      [*] New (fixed) LogMaster billing program
      [*] Nuntius 1.1.2
      [*] pats-music-video.hqx
      [*] Re: Trincoll Journal (2 msgs)
      [*] speak-text-files-101.hqx
      [*] System Error Codes DA
      [*] WrapScreen 1.1
      $99 modem: I'm going for it!
      (Q) 840AV->PowerPC
      144e TCI modem FAX/stf settings (A)
      [Q] FDHD Upgrade For Mac II?
      Amiga 3000 or 4000 emulator for Mac
      Archive Submission
      Astound is Astoundingly Bad
      Auto Power On/Off
      BOOTP & RARP with MacTCP
      Can't change volume name
      Classic II and Color Classic
      Color Scanner & OCR *WANTED*
      Current price of memory in the US, esp. 4Meg SIMMS ?
      DateBook Pro Love/Hate Relationship
      Dismounting a SyQuest
      DL file viewer
      Electric version of Inside Mac?
      Express modem soft 1.1.2 (Q)
      FullWrite 1.7
      GateKeeper 1.2.8 vs. QuicKeys 3.0
      GIF translation pc to Mac
      GNU Chess
      IBM-PC digest
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #196
      info-pc list
      Intel Ad in MacUser
      LaserWriter Utility (Q)
      Logitech Scanman problem
      Looking for news-servers in Europe
      mac User and proud
      NameExtend or something like that?
      National Defense Policy or Intro to Computers software?
      notify mail from Unix host
      OS 7Pro & Powertalk
      Over-specialization
      Pagemaker 4.2 (A)
      PB100 Harddrives
      Personal LaserWriter LS (Q)
      Philosophy Font (R)
      Powerbook 100 HD Flaws?
      Printer Disk for Backup?
      Sad Mac Codes (Thank you)
      SGI .aiff & .movie to Mac (Q)
      SLIP and TCP free/shareware
      Small C++ Compiler
      Strange SE behavior
      Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 BinHex4 crashes
      StyleWriter II on a Plus
      Syquest Problem
      Sys 7.1 Bootable Floppy and Norton
      Video on the Mac (as in VCR video)
      VSO700 Newer Tech.
      What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser?
      What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser? (C) (2 msgs)
      What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser? (R)
      Yiddish Word Processing (A)
      ZiffNet AD modules - leads?

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 21:29:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Klaus P. Fechner)
Subject: [*] Auto-ftp QuicKeys.hqx

Hi!

After I saw the recent request regarding auto-ftp scripting I decided to
submit my currently used solution as a small contribution to the net.

Enclosed is a set of QuicKeys (now called "Shortcuts") that I use for
(mostly) automated ftp downloads from both info-mac and mac.archive.
Consider it a working prototype; modify as needed. See the enclosed text
file for details.

Requirements:

- QuicKeys 3.0 (need the conditional branch features)
- BBEdit (I use version 2.2.2)
      the shortcuts could be easily modified for another grep-able editor;
     (I guess Nisus would be ok, Adam :-)
- Fetch  (I use version 2.1.1)
- Mac hooked up to the Internet one way or another; I use MacPPP via modem
     (otherwise ftp won't work quite as well :-)
- Patience connecting to info-mac or mac.archive via ftp ;-)

I would enjoy getting e-mail from people who use this little hack. Please
let me know if you come up with useful improvements!

Enjoy,

Klaus

Klaus P. Fechner <[e-mail]>, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/quickkeys-auto-ftp.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 19:25:14 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mark Fleming)
Subject: [*] BBEdit extension Speaking & it's problems

Revisions 1.2.1:
    * Change all NewHandle() calls to use BBEdit's callback-Allocate() calls.
    * Free memory allocated when error occures when unable to allocating
speech channel.
    * #ifdef StackDebug code to check stack space problem (OS Error 28).


>I can't get your Speaking BBEdit to work with BBEdit Lite 2.3.1.
I have fix the problems with error code -244 - voice not available
(I now use the 1st voice if female voice is not available).

error code -240 is just that Speech manager is not installed or you have
not restarted since you installed it.

error code -241 is synth can't open up for some reason - memory?

NOTE: I have been unable to fix the following problems:

1) Due to some unknow reason the sound manger requires more stack space
than is available with BBEdit This causes system crashes with error ID 28 -
stack has entered the application heap.

Results of my debugging last night:
- initial stack space is around 23,000 bytes when the module is first called,
- as text to sound is initially being processed the stack space goes down
to less then 4000 bytes,
  (monitored via Speech Manager's Word callback routine).
- once the sound is playing the stack space goes back up to 23,000 bytes,
if it gets that far.
  (My guess is Async interrupt routine used by speech manager is using
lot's of stack space).

As a result, I don't know if I will be able to fix it, does anyone know how
to fix it?


2) The callback routine that allows me to hilight the word currently being
spoken does not update the screen if it has to scroll the text into the
window.  The only way I was able to force an update is to do a cut/paste
operation to the file!

I have try it with BBEdit V2.2.1 and BBEdit Lite V2.3.1 same bugs on LC
III's (System 7.1, 12M RAM) and Macintosh IIci (System 7.0.1, 8M ram).

The Centris 650 (System 7.1 + AppleScript, 24M RAM) - Stack bug does not
show up on the Centris 650 but the usage is still high and dangerlessly
low.

I will try to find time to create a TeachText type XTND capable program for
speaking word processing files in the next few weeks.  If you know how to
fix the program, let me know, I have included the source code with some
#ifdef around stack debugging code.  Enclosed is v1.21.


>How do you install it?
You place the file "Speaking" into the BBEDit extension folder and restart
BBEdit, the modules names will appear under the "Extensions" menu in
BBEdit.

> Do you paste the resources into the application with ResEdit?
no... no resEdit is not needed.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-speaking-121.hqx; 20K]

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Date: 7 Oct 1993 12:48:19 -0800
From: "Will Doolittle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Double/yu part Dos

Attached to this QuickMail message is Double/yu part Dos, compacted and
binhexed.  It is second in a series of QuickTime movies about Double/yu, a
rolling robotic hero.

Double/yu's logical home in your archives is Info-mac/Graphics/QuickTime
(where
it can live with its friend, Double/yu (the original)).  All files have been
checked for viruses with Disinfectant 3.2.

Thanks,
Will Doolittle
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/double-yu-part-dos.hqx; 3415K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 13:36:26 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Roland Siebelink)
Subject: [*] DutchBeeps.cpt.hqx

[English translation in next paragraph]
Dit bestand bevat twintig Systeem-7-geluiden in het Nederlands, die ik
opgenomen heb van enkele CD's van mijn moeder. Er zitten stukjes Toon
Hermans in, Robert Long, Jacques Brel, Wieteke van Dort, Wim Sonneveld,
Benny Neyman, Herman van Veen, Frans Halsema, en zelfs mijn eigen zus in
origineel Westbrabants dialect. Veel plezier ermee!

This file contains twenty System 7 sound files in Dutch, copied from a few
of my mother's CDs. It includes soundbites by Toon Hermans, Robert Long,
Jacques Brel, Wieteke van Dort, Wim Sonneveld, Benny Neyman, Herman van
Veen, Frans Halsema and even my own sister in original "West-Brabant"
dialect. Hope you enjoy them!
--
Roland Siebelink - CSNMIT/Vrije Universiteit Brussel -
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/dutch-beeps.hqx; 839K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 21:10:43 +0100
From: Jens-Uwe Mager <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LanTest 1.0.3 - File Server Performance Evaluation Tool

LanTest is an utility designed to test file server performance in a Macintosh
environment. It tests the following operations:

* Creating 100 files of 20kb each
* Opening and closing 100 files.
* Remove 100 files.
* Write 3 Mb to a file.
* Read 3 Mb from a file.
* Lock and unlock 4000 records.
* Read a directory containing 320 entries.

The utility can perform a mixture of these tests using a given number
of times and display the timings as well as an average. All results are
written into an ASCII logfile as well. The utility will count the
number of concurrently running LanTest programs in the current zone, if
not all of these test the same server the number of users displayed
might be misleading.

As all benchmarks, the results must be interpreted carefully and all test
parameters should be documented together with the results.

Jens-Uwe Mager

HELIOS Software GmbH
Lavesstr. 80
30159 Hannover
Germany

Phone:          [phone]
FAX:            [phone]
AppleLink:      ger.xse0082     Attn: Jens-Uwe Mager
Internet:       [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/lan-test-103.hqx; 76K]

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Date: 7 Oct 93 18:39:25
From: Matthew HALL <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LillySaxByte.sea.hqx

LillySaxByte.sea.hqx

I just saw Lilly was here posted to a music site recently, so I
extracted this chunk as a favourite sax bit of mine.  It's only
sampled at 8KHz (came from a Sun .au file) but sounds OK to me!

Enjoy....
--
     University of Technology, Sydney      | Apple Student Representative
[e-mail] |    UTS Microcomputer Shop

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/lilly-sax-byte.hqx; 64K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 14:13:58 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: [*] MacTCP guide 1.2.1 in Word 5 format

Having FETCHed Eric Behr's outstanding notes on how to set up and use
MacTCP on the Macs, I decided to pretty the document up in Word, so I
could distribute it to my local users. Attached below you'll find my
results.

This is based on version 1.2.1 of the MAC-TCP.TXT document found on
Eric's home base, spider.math.ilstu.edu. It has been formatted with
the Arial font, on Word 5.1a and paginated on standard U.S. Letter
paper with a 1" margin all around with the Apple LaserWriter 8.0 driver.
If you need to readjust these settings, beware that you'll have to
recompile the table of contents to resync the page numbers with reality.

The document content has not been changed in any way (nor updated, for
that matter) other than substituting graphic entities as appropiate
(such as inserting bullets, non-breaking spaces, etc.)

Enjoy,

Juan

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-tcp-word5.hqx; 108K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 20:23:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Suggs)
Subject: [*] monitorswitch-11.cpt

Monitor Switch 1.1

  Monitor Switch is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to
  switch resolutions on your multisync monitor without the hassle of
  changing the cable that is connected to the built-in video. It is
  similar to DPI-on-the-fly and Radius Resolutions; but it is compatible
  with more Macintosh models, allows switching to more resolutions, and
  is more compatible with other software (it is an application rather
  than an INIT/CDEV, and it doesn't patch any traps).

  Monitor Switch is known to work with any multisync monitor on the
  following Macintosh computers:
    LC III
    Centris 610
    Centris 650
    Quadra 700
    Quadra 800
    Quadra 900
    Quadra 950

  It should also work with the following computers, although no monitor
  settings files are available for them in this release:
    Centris 660AV
    Quadra 840AV
    Some PowerBooks
    Some DuoDocks

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/monitor-switch-11.hqx; 105K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 20:27:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Suggs)
Subject: [*] narrow21-101.cpt

Narrow21 1.0.1

  Narrow21 is a system extension for the Macintosh which makes the display
  from your built-in video appear narrower at the normal Macintosh 21-inch
  resolution of 1152 by 870. If your display appears too wide for your monitor
  and/or is shifted off to the left at the 21-inch resolution, then give this
  program a try.

  Narrow21 has significant advantages over the similar system extension which
  comes with the E-Machines T16II monitor. Narrow21 works on the newer
  Macintoshes, is more compatible with other software (doesn't patch any
  traps), uses less memory and less processing time, and functions correctly
  in more situations (for instance, after exiting MacsBug).

  Narrow21 currently works on the following Macintosh computers:
    Centris 610
    Centris 650
    Quadra 700
    Quadra 800
    Quadra 900
    Quadra 950

  Monitors which are known to benefit from this software (there may be others
  as well) include the following:
    E-Machines T16II
    MAG MX-17S
    Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 17"
  If you find any other monitors which require Narrow21 in order to use the
  21-inch resolution, please indicate the manufacturer and model of your
  monitor on your registration form.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/narrow21-101.hqx; 70K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 00:30:41 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Eric Hegstrom)
Subject: [*] New (fixed) LogMaster billing program

This is the latest version of LogMaster* version 3.0'3

It is a simple yet powerful program that allows you to keep
track and edit time spent on projects and print bills.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/log-master-303.hqx; 84K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 17:01:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] Nuntius 1.1.2

This is the latest release of Nuntius by Peter Speck.

Nuntius a Macintosh NNTP (News) client that offers multi-threading,
multiple windows, and automatic binary extraction, among other cool
features.

Nuntius is free.

Cheers, Igor

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/nuntius-112.hqx; 411K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 21:29:11 -0500
From: "T. Rex" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] pats-music-video.hqx

The next message from me will be a binhexed Macintosh QuickTime
MooV (1.4 MB) music video I composed and created on my Mac. I wrote
the whole thing and give you permission to put it in the archive (please!)
I think y'all will like it a lot.
Thanks!
Pat Ortman

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/pats-music-video.hqx; 1387K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 11:54:34 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Peter Adams)
Subject: [*] Re: Trincoll Journal

Here they are.......It's a weekly publication so I'll send them as they are
published.

[Please tell us the content of these journals --isl]

[Trincoll Journal 9.23.93.sea]

-P-

[Archived as /info-mac/per/trincoll-journal-930923.hqx; 582K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 11:55:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Peter Adams)
Subject: [*] Re: Trincoll Journal

Here they are.......It's a weekly publication so I'll send them as they are
published.

[Trincoll Journal 9.30.93.sea]

-P-

[Archived as /info-mac/per/trincoll-journal-930930.hqx; 582K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 12:20 MET
From: [e-mail] (Rune Lindman)
Subject: [*] speak-text-files-101.hqx

SpeakTextFiles version 1.0.1
        by Rune Lindman 25 sept 1993

What it is:
ReadTextFiles is a simple program I wrote to try out the Speech Manage
which was recently released by Apple. It lets you have the computer read
text files for you. This is possible thanks to Apple's new Speech Manager.

Requirements:
System 7.0 or later.
Apple Speech Manager.
MacinTalk 2 or MacinTalk Pro.
Speech Manager and MacinTalk can be obtained from Apple's FTP-site.
stdTTS extension for the speech settings dialog. It can be found on the
Apple FTP-site.

Directory at Apple FTP-site (ftp.apple.com):
SpeechManager: /dts/mac/sys.soft/speech
stdTTS: /dts/mac/sys.soft/quicktime/sample.code/specch-media-handler.hqx


How to use:

Once you have installed the Speech Manager, you can simply drop text
files (pure TEXT and TeachText documents) on the SpeakTextFiles icon
or double click on the icon to select a file to speak. To pause speech,
press and hold "P", press "C" to continue. Pressing "S" stops current
speech.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/speak-text-files-101.hqx; 34K]

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Date: 6 Oct 1993 13:50:13 U
From: "sholmes" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] System Error Codes DA

Dear colleagues:

Several recent postings have asked about the availability of a list of the
system error codes displayed in the dreaded bomb-box or "<application> has
unexpectedly quit" dialog.  The enclosed ErrorCodeDA is a handy magic decoder
ring put together by Bill Steinberg which I've been using for a couple years.
Click the "About..." button at the bottom of the screen for information about
the author and extensive help on how to customize the "DisplayDA" shell for
other applications.  As mentioned in the help, DisplayDA is freeware for
non-commercial applications.

I don't know if this DA is System-7 compatible.  Would also appreciate hearing
of any newer versions of this nifty utility.  (This is my first attempt at
posting; I'd welcome constructive criticism to <[e-mail]>.)

/Steve Holmes

[Archived as /info-mac/info/error-code-da.hqx; 26K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:40:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Eric Aubourg)
Subject: [*] WrapScreen 1.1

WrapScreen is a small control panel that allows the mouse for instance to
exit on the right of the screen and reenter on the left. You can choose to
wrap the screen horizontally, vertically, or both.

Not tested for multiple monitors system, where it could be very useful, for
lack of such a system. If beta testers volunteer, I'll work on a
multiscreen version.

Shareware, pay what you want
Eric Aubourg

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/wrap-screen-11.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 21:46:18 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: $99 modem: I'm going for it!

A few weeks ago I noticed the TCI 14.4 kbaud modem sale at MacWarehouse.  It
seemed too good to be true, so I queried about it here.  Meanwhile my roommate
had his Intel modem sent here, and when it arrived we found out that we didn't
have the right connector.  I asked about a connector here.  The responses
indicated I'd have to shell out $10-25 to use his modem.  Since the responses
about the TCI modem have generally been good, I decided to take the plunge and
on Saturday I dropped the order form in the mail.  I'll submit an update in
about a week (figure roughly one week for them to deliver and a few days to
get it up and running).

Thanks to all who have helped me with this purchasing decision.


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

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 09:44:11 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders Alvers)
Subject: (Q) 840AV->PowerPC

I just heard from some idiot that 840AV->PowerPC upgrade, will not give the
same performance as a true PowerPC due to hardware inconsistencies. I am
buying a 840AV and would like to know if iam walking into a trap. Is there
anyone who can tell me the truth about it. Thanks

_________________
Anders Alvers
/[e-mail]/

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Date: Wed,  6 Oct 93 17:41:57 PDT
From: Duke=[e-mail]
Subject: 144e TCI modem FAX/stf settings (A)

<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?

Here's a post from [e-mail] (Thomas D.Halter) found on one of
last week's Info-Mac issues reguarding your question:

"Just for giggles, I tried using my copy of FAX/stf with the LineLink with
the TCI modem.  It took a little trial and error, since I didn't know which
chipset the 144e uses, and the 144e is not in the list of supported modems.
I finally got it to work with "PN2388 Rockwell RC9624AT" setting."

I haven't tried to send a fax with FAX/stf yet (actually, I'm gonna get
around to it tonight), but I am routinely experiencing 1300-1700 cps data
transfers.  I AM having a bit of trouble with the 144e picking-up line-noise.
The 144e picks-up a local radio station!  I don't know if a higher quality,
high speed modem would have the same trouble (figures, I probably live in a
high-frequency vortex or somethin':-) )  but it has caused me lots of grief
tracking down the source of the line-noise. Overall, it's a decent modem
given the price.

Hope this helps.

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 15:05:45 EDT
From: Dave Grunbaum <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] FDHD Upgrade For Mac II?

A while back there was discussion about places that still offered the FDHD
upgrade, or atleast the PROM, for the Mac II. Would anybody who knows of a
vendor that still sells it please pass it on to me.

Thanks
David E. Grunbaum
[e-mail]

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Date: 7 Oct 1993 12:56:09 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Marston Gould)
Subject: Amiga 3000 or 4000 emulator for Mac

I was wondering if anyone knows of an Amiga 3000 or 4000 emulator for the
Mac.
I figured since they run on the same Motorola processors (680x0) that it
may be possible.

----Marston Gould
    [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 07:56:39 +0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Archive Submission

Abstract.
 --------
At-Your-Service 1.0 is a HyperCard communications package that -

  provides a toolkit for installing self contained communications
capabilities into new or existing stacks. The installed facilities provide
a fast, simple and secure way of launching multiple, simultaneous
communication sessions.

  is based upon Apple's Communications Toolbox technology, consequently
connectivity is only limited by the range of Connection and Terminal
Emulation tools that are available on your machine.
(N.B. The package comes bundled with a public domain TCP/IP/telnet tool
and Apple's VT102 terminal emulation tool).

  includes 'communications' extensions to HyperCard's scripting language
(HyperTalk) to provide a powerful communications scripting facility.

The package is designed around the concept  of a 'service', which is
defined as any process running on a local or remote computer, eg. an
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) or a Campus Wide Information System
(CWIS). A service is uniquely defined via a series of 15 parameters that
describe attributes such as the name, service type, the method used to
connect to the service, the login and logout scripts, etc.

The hub of the package is the AYS Installer stack that is responsible for
maintaining service definitions by providing facilities for creation,
storage and  testing. As the name implies the stack is also responsible
for installing/removing definitions into/from other stacks, therefore
enabling the creation of custom built communication stacks or the addition
of communications facilities to existing stacks.

Installed service definitions allow for multiple, simultaneous sessions to
be active at any one time. A typical session might therefore include a
serial connection to your local OPAC in one window, whilst another window
displays information from a CWIS, and a third displays a remote network
connection to a second OPAC.

The second stack included with the package, the AYS Example stack is a
stand-alone communications 'application' that is intended both as an
example of what can be achieved as well as a useful, ready-to-use utility.

What Is Supplied.
 ----------------
HyperCard Stacks :
 AYS Installer stack, AYS Example stack

Comms. Tools etc :
 TGE TCP tool (Public domain tcp/ip/telnet tool)
 Serial Connection tool
 TTY Terminal Emulation tool (+TTY Font)
 VT102 Terminal Emulation tool (+VT102 Font).

Documentation :
 Installation Instructions
 Getting Started
 User Manual

Cost.
-----
The two stacks that are distributed will only launch communication
sessions that will remain active for 5 minutes, after which they will
automatically terminate.
Upon activation of the AYS Installer stack the operator is invited to
enter a code that will neutralise this mechanism and allow the launching
of sessions with unlimited time spans. The code may be purchased from the
contact address below for $30.00 per copy or a $300 per site licence (this
price includes both stacks and Communications Toolbox tools).

Contact  Address.
 ----------------
Tim Barlow
G.P.O. Box 607
Sandy Bay
Tasmania
Australia   7005.

[e-mail]


Tim Barlow  G.P.O. Box 607     [e-mail]
        Sandy Bay
        Tasmania
        Australia   7005.

[Archived as /info-mac/card/at-your-service-10.hqx; 675K]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 16:45:05 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Astound is Astoundingly Bad

Turn on the jets, here comes the flame!

*****Flame On********
I purchased Gold Disk's Astound 1.0, presentation software. Astound got good
reviews in both MacWorld and MacUser.  After having suffered through a week
of major problems with the software, I feel that it's time to warn the net
that this is software that is not ready for prime time.

Astound very bug ladden. It's worse than beta. It will not save a presentation
without crashing.  Astound reports: "Error -43. File not found trying
to save." (I suppose that means something, but it's a bit weird to
me.)  The next thing that happens is a crash to MacsBug (bus error)
and a type 1 error from Finder.  According to Gold Disk technical
support, I needed to convert all my graphics to PICTS  (I thought they
already were) and eliminate any empty placeholders that Astound
created when it imported my presentation (Huh?) and purge all
my resources.  (Okay, if you insist.)  A major job indeed, just to
use an imported file that is theoretically supported by Astound!

Well I did all that and the damn software still crashes--even with all
extensions out of the picture.  Save as... seems to work for some
crazy reason, however.

Astound will not operate from a file server, even if the application runs
locally.  (Gold Disk says their working on this.  Ah ha.)

It took a 152K PowerPoint presentation and turned it into a 678K
Astound presentation even before any changes were made!

If that wasn't bad enough, after fighting with Astound for a week
(I thought software was supposed to help the user--oh well), I finally
managed to save a complete presentation (version 12 or something like
that).  Now the damn thing won't show any of the last seven slides.
It just hangs and must be killed with System 7 bailout keys.

I know that it is possible that I'm at fault.  It is also likely
that 32 people on the net will send me e-mail saying that they've
used Astound without any problems for the last year.  But as for
me, I've had it!  I'm going back to PowerPoint!  :-(

******* End of flame and end of message ********

Obviously, these opinions do not represent my employer.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 07:22:27 BST
From: Richard Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Auto Power On/Off

Dieder A. Bylsma <[e-mail]> wrote in I-MD #197:

>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.

It doesn't work on my IIcx, either. :-(

Someone told me that the AV machines had a different power control chip, and
it
was this chip that allowed the CDEV to do its' stuff.

Richard Smith
Hardware & Systems Executive
NorthEast Macintosh User Group - UK

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 14:02:43 +0000
From: Matthew Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: BOOTP & RARP with MacTCP

The answer to your question is not unfortunately very simple.

1.FINDING AN IP ADDRESS BY MACTCP AT STARTUP
MacTCP will find its IP address at startup with two protocols RARP and
BOOTP. Both of these protocols however are restricted to the local network,
since they are basically 'cries for help' which would swamp the network if
propogated.

Thus if you are running MacTCP with a Ethertalk as opposed to an Ethernet
connection then either a local Mac or the router must respond. To my
knowledge neither RARP nor BOOTP is supported by anything but unix
workstations. Some appletalk routers will give out IP addresses dynamically
under ethertalk, but this is a different protocol, and won't consistently
give the same address to the same machine. My local appletalk expert
disabled this feature on our Webster Multigates because it caused a lot of
problems. I don't know about the Gator of Fastpath.

a. RARP (reverse address resolution protocol)
If however you are running MacTCP on Ethernet, and share the network with a
unix host then you can use RARP quite easily. Just find the ethernet
address of the mac (opt-click on Ethernet in MacTCP) and enter this into
the /etc/ethers (or equiv) database.

b.BOOTP is a superior method as it can also supply routing information and
netmasks to MacTCP. There is a big catch not mentioned in the MacTCP
reference which I stumbled on by chance. MacTCP will do a RARP request
before trying BOOTP, if it gets a response then it will not try BOOTP. If
you want BOOTP to work you must remove the mac's details from the RARP
daemon. BOOTP is supported by some unix hosts directly (not Sun), but is
available under anonymous FTP.

[Personally I use it to configure a Duo which when docked is on ethernet,
but otherwise is connected via ARA. This is the only solution I have.]

2. NAMING OF APPLETALK ZONES
A very black art indeed. This is normally enforced by the router, but once
it starts propogating the information it is nigh on impossible to ammend
it. I believe from a report by Wolfgang Naegeli <[e-mail]> that their
is even a working group studying this problem at the moment!

Hope this helps,
Matthew.

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 10:28:14 JST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Can't change volume name

I remember the question of how to change a volume name coming up before on
this group, but unfortunately I don't remember the answer.  I am running
system 7.1 (with WorldScript II if it matters) and cannot change the name
of any of my disk volumes.  As I recall someone had written a program to
fix this.  Can anyone help me out here.

                         [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 19:54:51 -0300
From: [e-mail] (Caio Barra Costa)
Subject: Classic II and Color Classic

i'd like to know if anyone has listen this information that our Brazilian
Distributor is telling to our local dealers:
Apple will stop shipping the Classic II and the Color Classic.

Please if anyone can confirm or deny this info, please reply ASAP because
I'ing
to buy some macs and the Color Classic has the best cost/benefit for my
needs.

Thanks,

Caio Barra Costa

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1993 08:26:25 -0700 (MST)
From: "Mark V. Flegg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Color Scanner & OCR *WANTED*

My boss is looking for a good used (or new if the price is right) color
scanner and ocr software.  Drop me a line if you can help!  thanks!

**               [e-mail]                                       **

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

Date: 07 Oct 1993 16:41:09 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble)
Subject: Current price of memory in the US, esp. 4Meg SIMMS ?

Anybody had a good deal on memory recently ?  With the current
fluctuations, prices are not published anymore.

I am particularly interested in buying 4 Mbyte SIMMS (for Centris-650s).


Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE ([e-mail]) Fax (France=33).76.48.39.06

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:51:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: DateBook Pro Love/Hate Relationship

I love it. Really. Sorta. Maybe. I dunno. Nope. I don't. Well, not really.

Has anyone out there some insight and wisdom into why on earth DBPRO
seems to be uncomfortable with my PB180??? (they go through good periods
where even TBPro links are fine and dandy...and then DBPro causes my 180
to take a powder....serious powder - start counting to 5 type powder.)

Also, get this predicament : After one such crash, any attempts to load
in my now-corrupted-calendar-file (according to Norton) causes the system
to hang! Yep, you read that right. Nothing petty like "Sorry
there guy, the file is bad...would you like me to throw it away for you?"
It just dies. I can't import...I can't seem to correct it...

AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE THE HECK I'M SUPPOSED TO BE...
or WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ONCE I GET THERE!!!!  ACK. ACK. ACK.

Thanks in advance
Timothy

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 15:23:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA)
Subject: Dismounting a SyQuest

Hello, Y'all:
    Funny thing happens: I'd like to share my SyQuest on the AppleTalk
network but can't.  Even funnier:  I'd like to dismount my SyQuest but can't
because, well, its being shared...  Well it ain't being shared with me!!
System 7.01 tuned, MacIIci, appletalk,etc.  If I upgrade to 7.1?  Will the
unable to dismount because sharing problem disappear?  Please lemme know.
thanx
--Luis

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

Date: 7 Oct 93 02:31:37 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Shaw)
Subject: DL file viewer

In digest <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] writes:

>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?

Actually, yes.  Get DLViewer from info-mac (may be DLViewer or DL Viewer).

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 18:58:47 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Electric version of Inside Mac?

Hi netters.

I read sometime ago that there is an electric version of
Insede Mac. I thought the article was saying that it is
in the develop CD. Now, is it the develop bookmark CD
or the developer CD? Or, am I totally off the track?

Also, does think reference have the full text of
IM?

Thanks in advance.

Natsu Sakimura

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

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 93 01:39:28 +0100
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Express modem soft 1.1.2 (Q)

Hello

I was expecting a teach text file describing the changes and improvements but
no such things. Does someone know what's new in 1.1.2 ?

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 23:41:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: FullWrite 1.7

Please find attached below a press release from Akimbo Systems re
FullWrite.  I'm posting this on their behalf.

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

 ---------------- CUT HERE ------------------
Akimbo Systems
11 Rose Street
Somerville, Mass 02143
617-776-5500
[e-mail]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       Akimbo Systems Ships FullWrite 1.7;
       Announces FullWrite 2 Upgrade Pricing

(September 22, 1993, SOMERVILLE, MA) ...  Akimbo Systems announced today that
it is shipping FullWrite 1.7, an interim upgrade to the FullWrite word
processor for the Macintosh computer.

     The upgrade addresses an incompatibility with the Quadra and Centris
Macintosh systems, which had prevented FullWrite from being run if the 68040
processor cache was enabled,  said  Kelly Moutsos, FullWrite Product Manager.
In addition, the upgrade fixes an incompatibility with System 7 that caused
the Set Margins dialog to disappear, Moutsos added.

     The FullWrite 1.7 upgrade is available free of charge to owners of
FullWrite 1.5 or higher and costs $20 to owners of prior FullWrite versions.
A $7.50 shipping and handling charge applies. A dedicated toll-free number
has been created to take orders for FullWrite 1.7 only. Users wanting this
upgrade may phone [phone].

     Owners of FullWrite 1.5s may opt to upgrade to FullWrite 1.7 by making
use of a converter, which may be downloaded from online services. The
converter is available in the FullWrite support forum on America Online, and
soon on Compuserve.

FullWrite 2 Upgrade Pricing Announced

     Ms. Moutsos also stated that the FullWrite 2 upgrade, which is scheduled
to ship in the first quarter of 1994, will be priced at $99. Users paying $20
to upgrade to FullWrite 1.7 will be credited this amount when upgrading to
FullWrite 2. This pricing effectively means that the FullWrite 1.7 upgrade is
free of charge to all users who upgrade later to FullWrite 2.

     FullWrite 1.7 runs on any Macintosh system having 2MB of memory or more
under System 6, or 4MB of memory or more under System 7. 1MB of hard disk
space is required (3MB is recommended).

About Akimbo Systems

     Akimbo Systems Inc., founded in 1991, is a privately-held firm based in
Somerville, Mass. The company develops, produces, and
markets powerful, general purpose, easy-to-use productivity software.

    - 30 -

FullWrite, FullWrite Professional and Akimbo Systems are trademarks of Akimbo
Systems Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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

Date: Thursday, 07 Oct 1993 15:14 CDT
From: Joel Cunningham <[e-mail]>
Subject: GateKeeper 1.2.8 vs. QuicKeys 3.0

Is anyone else having problems with this?

The setup:
    Mac LC III
    System 7.1
Extensions:
    Gatekeeper 1.2.8
    Gatekeeper Aid 1.2.8
    Apple CD-Rom 3.1/3.2
    Appleshare 7.1
    AutoClock Extension 1.3.1
    CD Remote 1.2/3.2
    CE Toolbox 3.0

Yes, I have other extensions, but they never get a chance to load.
The system hangs loading the CE Toolbox. If I remove Gatekeeper, all
is well. I tried calling CE Software and got put on Infinite Hold (tm).
I also e-mailed Chris Johnson last week but have gotten no response.
Is anyone out there? Is this thing on? Testing...testing...


                  -- Joel (clueless again) Cunningham

                  "Push the button, Frank."

P.S. Granting "all" privileges to CE Toolbox does not help.

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

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 93 10:40:56 CST
From: "Dr. Shrooms" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GIF translation pc to Mac

 My submission had an incorrect FOR field in yesterday's digest.
My problem is mine, not the problem of the info-mac moderaters.
My problem is this:  My graphics programs wouldn't recongnize
the 50+ scanned images that i translated from windoze BMP to GIF
using Photofinish, copied to floppies and translated to my Mac
using the default translation.
    What's my solution?
Thanks.

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

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 93 13:35:50 EDT
From: dom manno <[e-mail]>
Subject: GNU Chess

 In Digest #198, K.C. Quick asks about obtaining the source code for GNU Chess
3. I can't help her with that, but I do have a question about the program.

 I downloaded the program some time ago, and, after playing it a number of
times, noticed that it only knows one opening, the Four Knights Defense. I got
so tired of that opening that I eventually trashed the program.

 Anybody know if I got a somehow bad or limited copy, or if it is only
 supposed
to offer the one line? I'm curious.

Take it easy, but take it!

D.F. Manno, Temple University, Philadelphia
<[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 13:37:17 +0100
From: [e-mail] (John Williams)
Subject: IBM-PC digest

In Info-Mac digest V11 #199, I read

>
>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
>

Try searching for or sending a mail to [e-mail].  I get=
 this
digest sent via a UK site in Daresbury but this address is probably=
 no good
for US distribution.  It's OK but nowhere near as lively as Info-Mac,=
 while
Info-Mac is up to #199 so far this year, Info-IBMPC has only reached=
 #87,
and many of the issues are much smaller than a typical Info-Mac issue.



John Williams

INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre de Recherches de Tours,=
 37380
Nouzilly, France

T=E9l (33) 47 42 78 47    Fax/t=E9l=E9copie (33) 47 42 77 78

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 21:28:00 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #196

It is possible to install a disk drive light on almost any
Mac at the risk of voiding your warranty.  Look at the
"front" of a SCSI hard disk mechanism (the side
opposite SCSI and power connections).  There are two small
pins on the disk printed circuit board.  On my Quantum 105
they are labelled "LT". About 1/8 in long and as thick as
this "l".  Plug in a standard low power green or red LED;
I cannibalized one from an old HD but radio shack has them.
Drill small hole in Mac case at a convenient spot, then tape LED
to hole and carefully replace case.  Note that only mounted
(IE diode in a socket with two iwres terminating in female
plugs) will work.  Looks pretty good on my LC- I just enlarged the
existing hole to the right of the (unused)second floppy bay.
Fred

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

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 93 13:30:55 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: info-pc list

After some peeking weeks I subscribed to info-pc (actually [e-mail])
which is more technical, less intellectually stimulating than info-mac, but
ver
y useful and iteresting. It sends also less messages per week.
Maurizio

MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: [e-mail] | fax [phone]
CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 13:01:27 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: Intel Ad in MacUser

Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]> wrote:
>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?

Well, money always helps <grin>. Actually, I kinda chuckled when I saw it.
Means that Intel is running scared.

In reality, they do have a grasp of one thing in the move from MC680x0 CISC
chips to PowerPC RISC--it is a major change which is certain to burn some
bridges and the hands which cling to them. Think of all the problems with
compatibility that arose just by stepping up in the 680x0 series--now
multiply that by ten (which, BTW, is what *I* think Apple should be naming
the PowerPC Macs instead of four-digit-numbered Quadras--"raise your level
of computing to the power of Ten").

Intel is taking a chance that they can convince people to choose *their*
new processor over Motorola's--"If you are going to switch processors
anyway, why not pick ours?" Intel may even be hoping that, when faced with
the estimates for upgrading existing software to versions that work with
the PowerPC (either fixing incompatibilities with the 680x0 emulation or to
full native code versions) that some users may prefer to start over from
scratch. They may even get some converts--if that is what best fits the
particular user's needs then that is what they should do.

And, in general, the fact that Intel is trying to lure Mac owners away from
PowerPC *is* a Mac-related item. Of course, considering that MacUser was
one of the chickens that censored the Global Village ad, I do think they
should have done the same to Intel's--run the ad but cover up the possibly
offensive parts (Intel's logo, etc.) <grin>.

Dave

-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 20:21:46 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: LaserWriter Utility (Q)

Almost immediately after I posted my query a few days ago re my not
being able to install the LW8.0 driver, several folks (you know who
you are---thanks! ;-)  wrote me saying that version 8.1 is now
available at <ftp.apple.com>.  I now have a question about the
LW Utility.  Is is necessary for me to install it (the installer
doesn't)?  And does it have to reside in any particular folder or
volume?  Thanks much for your help.

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

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 14:19:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: Michael Shannon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Logitech Scanman problem

As some of you may know, the Scanman 32 is incompatible with the Centris
660av. Logitech is working on a software upgrade which they told my would
be available at the end of Oct. If you need this upgrade be sure and get
your name on the list.
In the mean time I want to connect the Scanman to my nephew computer, a
610, but I've lost the terminators. I took them out as I have an external
hard drive.
Does anyone know where I can get replacements? I called Logicache and they
told me they don't sell individual parts, but they would be more than
happy to sell me the whole SCSI box.
Any help appreciated!
Michael Shannon

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 17:39:14 +0100 (MET)
From: Dimitri Boone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for news-servers in Europe

Greetings,

Does anybody know of a news-server i can connect to in Europe?

Thanks very much in advance!

Dimitri Boone

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

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 93 13:55:32 EST
From: Anthony Wycihowski <[e-mail]>
Subject: mac User and proud

Dear Mac users

   I sit hear, Thinking about why people have this miss conseption that
the Macintosh computer is not a real computer| Contrair to there
beliefes, we share in many common probleams with the every day PC
user. One of the most common is File format, this is probleam with
Mac user and Pc users. Also all these diffent Font standerds, BitMap
fonts,True Type Fonts, ATM fonts, Post script fonts etc. In short
     If are hard drive crashes,Don't we Cry.
     If are prentation are a big successe, don't we smile?

    What I think is if we stop having puting down each other for a
computer choise and speend are energy on complian to these vendor
about how we all have these, format problem.... that the world be a
better place.

              Peace, to All mac user
                 Tony

PS: I'm dislexic, sorry for spelling|

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 06:48:57 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NameExtend or something like that?

Does it exist something (application, control panel or extension)
which could be named "NameExtend" or "BigName" or BallonsName
or anything else which could do the jog I describe below?

Let me explain what I mean.
I work in a research laboratory. Suppose, a nice day, I finally
decide to do a big job! I adjust the lasers, set up all amplifiers,
digital storage scopes... prepare samples ..etc.. and turn on my
Mac to do acquisition of datas. During that day I record, say, 50
different signals. I can name it signal_01, signal_02, signal_03
...   ...   ...   signal_49, signal_50; and with a pencil and paper, note
that signal_01 has been recorded under this and that particular
conditions,temperature, power of laser etc etc etc ... and so on for
signal_02 through signal_50.  But why pencil and paper, I have a
computer at hand! Here is my problem! I cannot write it in the name
of the icon, there is not enough space. Nor I can write it in "comments",
it will be erased when I rebuild the desktop, and there to there is
not very much space and it is not simple and fast to open and read.
What I have to do is to write a small TeachText document for each
signal, name it signal_xy_info, put it with signal_xy_data in a folder
named signal_xy. It work, it is clean but imagine the job when come
the time to browse in it to find a particular signal!

What would be beautiful would be something which could put an on-off
buttons in the menu bar, or a button on each icons or something else,
simple and fast like depression of a key which produce, when you put
the mouse on the icon, the appearance of a window (like ballon's help
for example) and the collapse of that window and the appearance of
the next window when you go to the next icon. Evidently it should be
possible to, with a simple command, to maintain that window open
to copy, paste and write in it. Is it a dream?

If someone know something which can do that or if someone
find it is a good idea for producing a shareware, please let me know!
I don't have time and knowledge now to do it by myself, I work on
a hard research project!!!
I hope someone in the whole world could save my life !!!!!!!

Thank you very (very) much !

Normand Beaudoin

[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu,  7 Oct 1993 11:35:53 +0000
From: Frank Tito <[e-mail]>
Subject: National Defense Policy or Intro to Computers software?

Does anyone know where or have any freely distributable software that could
simulate the following political science subjects:

      Game Theory
      Prisoner's Dilemna
      International Relations
      National Security
      Econometrics
      or other Political Science subjects.

I'm looking for simulation software for a college senior class.  It doesn't
have to be pretty or polished, just something that gets its point across and
engages the student.

I've beat Archie and Veronica to death over the past few weeks looking for
this stuff, but every lead turns into a library of text files on the
constitution of Bolivia.

I'm also looking for similar software that could be used in an Introduction to
Computers course.

Please mail replies to me and I'll summarize and post if there's a good
response.  Thanks for any help in advance.

Frank D Tito
US Coast Guard Academy
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 11:07:04 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: notify mail from Unix host

I have traditionally just left an NCSA telnet window open to my host with
biff running. My mac beeps at me, so I can go check mail. Just recently, I
got a pop server going on my workstation, so I'm reading my mail on my mac
via Eudora. I like it, though I think I prefered archiving my mail on the
unix box. You could set things up this way and set Eudora to notify you and
not delete the mail on the unix box. This would work, but would be a waste
of bandwidth, since you would be downloading mail you never read. Plus
you'd occasionally have to trash all the messages on the mac. I don't know
of a MacBiff.


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

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 20:40:11 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders Alvers)
Subject: OS 7Pro & Powertalk

Is there anyone around with either OS 7pro or Powertalk, or will they be
released with the PowerPC? No one having beta versions? What are the
differences between current OS (7.1) and 7 Pro? and Powertalk - Appletalk?

_________________
Anders Alvers
/[e-mail]/

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

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 09:51:53 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Over-specialization

A recent issue of the Digest announces

>ChunkJoiner is a small utility that lets you join (concatenate)
>any number of files in a single chunk. ...
>...
>ChunkJoiner works on any Macintosh, but it
>**requires** System 7 or later.

I am all in favor of using the features of System 7 *when they are
relevant*,
but there is no reason why such a simple utility should be System 7
dependent.
This is simply a poor design decision.  Even though I have System 7, I will
be sticking with an older concatenation utility that has no such
limitations.

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

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 17:43:13 -0500
From: alfred!vicstoy!n1mnb.oau.org![e-mail] (Brad Ackerman)
Subject: Pagemaker 4.2 (A)

>Anyone know how to generate automatic continuation notices in Pagemaker
>4.2?  I'm referring to the markers that appear in articles which are split
>across pages; at the bottom of the first section it says "Continued on page
>n" and in the next section, at the top, it says "'Story' continued from
>page m".  Can't find it in the manual and I'm not a Pagemaker guru by
>any means.

Easy.  Call Aldus and quote plastic.  The solution should arrive by UPS
promptly, in the form of PageMaker 5.0. :)

Brad Ackerman, Star Trek/Dr. Who/Quantum Leap/seaQuest DSV addict at large
[e-mail]

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

Date: 07 Oct 1993 13:16:10 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Prof. Dwight K. Lemke)
Subject: PB100 Harddrives

I just had the same problem this morning with my drive. The folks
(actually, a very helpful woman) at Apple Assistance had me reset the power
manager and the
drive spun right up and mounted when I restarted.

To reset the power manager, first move the battery disconnect switch down,
then hold down both the interrupt and reset buttons on the side
simultaneously for 15 seconds. Now, reconnect the battery with the switch
and power up.

I also need to add here kudos to the techs at 1 800 SOS APPL. This is the
second time in six months they have helped me with my PB100 and the service
and the level of knowledge were superlative.

-Dwight
``````````````````````````````
`  Prof. Dwight K. Lemke     `
`  UW-Oshkosh                `
`  [e-mail]  `
``````````````````````````````

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Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1993 15:11:57 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Personal LaserWriter LS (Q)

I'm having problems printing out graphics with my Personal LW LS.  Given a
non-color image, the printing comes out blocky and lo-res.  (Stylewriters
print
out the files just fine and with curves instead of small staircases.)  I've
tried the three latest versions of the printer driver, and they all print the
same.

I've tried printing non-color, downloaded GIFs with NIH Image, GIFConverter,
SuperPaint, and even MSWord.  They all give the same quality printing:
mediocre.  (I even tried printing the same image in different formats, namely
PICT and TIFF.)  Now the neat thing is that if I use MacDraw Pro and make some
Bezier curves, _those_ all come out smooth. Also, text comes out fine.  It's
just graphics that give me a problem.  My guess is that it's the printer
driver's fault, but I have no way of checking.  Maybe there's some esoteric
setting that I'm skipping over?  Does anybody know what's going on?  Thanks
much for any info.


                        Kareem
                        [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 13:19:09 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Philosophy Font (R)

Roderick Moore asks about fonts with logic symbols (presumably other than
those in Symbol). Assuming they have to be TrueType or Type 1, I know of
three options, apart from getting Fontographer or such and rolling your
own.

(1) The logic program MacLogic comes with a logic font "Konstanz" in TT and
Type 1 formats. It contains a variety of symbols including the Girard set.
To obtain MacLogic send e-mail to [e-mail]
(Roy Dyckhoff). I think [e-mail] will also work. (No doubt other
logic programs offer something similar.)

(2) The most comprehensive symbol collection is the superset of the AMS set
that comes with the Lucida package from Y&Y. The academic discount price is
$160 (approx). You get a lot for the money - a serif and a sans serif
family, the NewMath family, fax, typewriter, calligraphy fonts and so on.
Warning: Nisus does not print the NewMath fonts correctly. The fault seems
to be Nisus's, since everything else does (ok, I haven't checked
*everything*; but there's no problem with Word, FrameMaker, Quark,
PageMaker; and in Nisus, peculiar PS commands show up in the output to the
printer). Y&Y: 800-742-4059, fax [phone].

(3) Adobe has a collection called Mathematical Pi, if I recall correctly. I
think I once determined that it isn't as comprehensive as the Y&Y package,
but I've forgotten the details.

Hope this helps.

Graeme Forbes

Admission of bias: I wrote a textbook called Modern Logic using the Y&Y
fonts (and a 4M) for crc. But if you want to see what they look like you'll
have to wait until OUP's publication date in November. The book is designed
to work with MacLogic.

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:17:40 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mike Basham)
Subject: Powerbook 100 HD Flaws?

Patrick Golden said:

> 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 have had the same kinds of problems with my PowerBook 100. I think it is
related to a bad SCSI chip. Whenever I have the problem, I plug an empty
SCSI cable into my PowerBook, and the hard disk usually comes right up.

Mike Basham ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 19:11:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Ted Goranson)
Subject: Printer Disk for Backup?

I have a disk coming for my printer, and it's much bigger than what I
actually need. Is there a way to use spare space on it for a daily
backup? That is, can I send (and retrieve) files in a way similar to the
fashion in which I use my hard disk? Even if its a hassle, I can script
it with Frontier.

I have a Q800 (system 7.1) linked to a laserwriter pro 630 (localtalk) which
will soon have the APS go80 internal drive. I have driver 8.0, and will
soon get 8.1.1 if it matters.

Ted Goranson

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 09:23:34 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Christopher L. Ursich)
Subject: Sad Mac Codes (Thank you)

Hello InfoMac readers,

I want to thank
[e-mail] (John Thoo)
[e-mail] (Gabriel M. Schuyler), and
"James Smart" <[e-mail]>
for their replies about the Sad Mac codes.

Their consensus was to download
 ./info/hdwr/sad-mac-codes.hqx
 ./info/hdwr/sad-mac-codes.txt
 ./util/system-errors-701.hqx
"Sad_Mac_Error_Codes_1.1", and
i-m/util/sys-error-da

Thanks again very much.

Chris Ursich
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 10:28:38 CST
From: [e-mail] (student)
Subject: SGI .aiff & .movie to Mac (Q)

Hello, Mac gurus:

Is there any utility capable of the SGI .aiff<-->Mac (any format) conversion?
Also, is it possible to convert SGI .movie files to Mac QuickTime movies? What
kind of stuff do I need?

Thanks in advance.

--- Chian Wang, [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 12:02:13 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert Knighton)
Subject: SLIP and TCP free/shareware

Hi (again :)

Could you help me with finding free/shareware software for setting up
Slip lines and then using tcp over them?  I'm thinking of getting
MicroPhone Pro if I can just get the basic protocols taken care of
>From my house to the dial-up.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Robert Knighton

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:49:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Small C++ Compiler

First Question : Is there a SMALL ANSI C++ compiler sitting out there
somewhere that makes writing simple code on a Powerbook less painful than
using full-blown Think C++ ???
Thanks
Timothy
"[e-mail]"

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Date: Thu, 07 Oct 93 18:01:06 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Strange SE behavior

On Wednesday October 6, Tom Scott <[e-mail]> wrote

> . . . . When you click on the Initialize button, it starts to initialize,
> to abort with an "Initialzation Failed!" message. . . . .

This behavior has more than passing similarities to what I began encountering
on my SE/30 recently. Whenever I insert an empty floppy in the FDHD drive, up
comes the message asking to initialize. If permitted, the initialization
proceeds aborts on the verge of completion.

I took the machine in to the closest FRIENDLY dealer, who went through the
Following:

Attempt 1, replaced the floppy, but to no avail

Attempt 2, ordered a new logic board, whose installation created a new set of
problems which prevented a testing of the original problem

Attempt 3, ordered yet another logic board, and all problems were eliminated.

Before I threw in the towel I posted an account of my tribulations to the
list,
 requesting some guidance as to the ACTUAL cause of the problem (merely
knowing that changing the logic board eliminates the problem doesn't really
tell me anything as to the cause!). The several responses I had had one thing
in common: a referral to Larry Pina's book *Mac Classic and SE Repair and
Upgrade Secrets*.

Cheers.

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Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1993 11:24:36 CHT
From: [e-mail] (Patricio Mason)
Subject: Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 BinHex4 crashes

On Tue, 6 Oct 1993, Peter Macdonald <[e-mail]>
wrote:
>
> 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" [...] I
e-mailed this to Alladin a few days ago but have had no
> response.


Same here.  Aladdin, you are on the spot.

Patricio Mason
[e-mail]
Santiago, Chile

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:59:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter II on a Plus

Hello all. I'm going to rely on the power of the net for a third question.

Simple task - connecting a StyleWriter II to a Plus 2.5/170HD.

Not so simple result. Systems tried : 6.0.7 / 6.0.8 / 7.1 minimal
Net result : the chooser will not let me actually choose the port
         it just "flashes" when clicked on...doesn't stay lit.
Therefore, the printer is not "seen" by the plus.

Qualifiers. My PB 180 works FINE with the stylewriter. The SCSI HD was
reformated about 5 times using various insundry devices (Hammer HDT,
Micronet, Mac SpotON from MacPeak which came with the drive which is from
MegaHaus in shows up as a Quantum 170 SCSI 2 drive...which DOES seem to
work with the plus despite the SCSI 2 classification) Stylewriter install
was either done from the regular 4-disk Apple install of version 1.0, or
from version 1.2 and also via drag and dropping pieces manually from both
versions.

I'm young, I'd like to maintain most of the hair on my head...so please
reply soon so I might stop pulling chunks out over this problem.

Thanks
Timothy
"[e-mail]"

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 09:48:41 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders Alvers)
Subject: Syquest Problem

IA friend of mine has a Syquest and he is having problems with transferring
large files (>1.5mb). I know he initialized the syquest with silverlining,
but should he also reformat it. Can that be the cause of the problem.
Thanks

_________________
Anders Alvers
/[e-mail]/

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 10:59:50 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Sys 7.1 Bootable Floppy and Norton

    Thanks to all who responded.  The dirt simple thing I missed was to change
the type and creator to match that of the Finder - type: FNDR, creator: MACS.

    There is also another way, which is perhaps more correct, but more
involved.  Start with a copy of the Disk Tools disk.  Remove everything but
the
System file and the application, which should be left at the root level of the
disk.  Using a handy disk editor, edit the finder name in the boot blocks to
be
the name of the application.  The easiest way I know to do this is to use the
Disk Editor that is part of the Norton Utilities.  The application name cannot
exceed 15 characters, and the byte immediately proceeding the finder name must
contain, in hex, the length, in bytes, of the name.  I guess the advantage to
this is method is that it preserves the original application icon instead of
disguising it as the Finder, which could be confusing.

            Thanks again!
                  Scott

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 23:08:20 ADT
From: DONOVAN STEWART <[e-mail]>
Subject: Video on the Mac (as in VCR video)

Greetings & Salutations:

I wonder if anyone out there in netland has had any experience with
video editing hardware & software on the macintosh. I am not talking
about merely creating QT movies; I mean editing real raw footage (in
both VHS & Betacam SP format) and printing out a finished product to
video tape. Broadcast quality is of the utmost importance.

I have read some information about Radius's VideoVision DigitalMedia
studio, and have seen references to some other systems, but can't seem
to get any real information from people who use them (reps will tell
you anything).

Cost is an issue -- less than $10,000 would be nice.

In case you were wondering, I am using a Centris 650 8/230 CD, built
in video (1 meg VRAM), Apple 16" colour display. Both memory and HD
capacity can be increased if needed.

I will post a summary of replies to the net.

Thanks for your cooperation and input.


Trevor Sawler Lecturer, St. Thomas University [e-mail] Fredericton,
NB, CANADA

PS: Please reply directly to this address.

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 16:25:55 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Anders Alvers)
Subject: VSO700 Newer Tech.

I have lost my manual and I need to reconnect my overdrive (VSO700). Please
help

_________________
Anders Alvers
/[e-mail]/

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 23:34:01 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Gontier)
Subject: What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser?

> 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?

Intel paid.
--
 Pete Gontier // EC Technology // [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 15:37:53 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Shannon Thornburg)
Subject: What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser? (C)

> 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?

Simple.  Money.  Most magazines will print almost any ad if they're paid
to. In publishing, economics are often far more persuasive than editorial
scruples.

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 19:29:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser? (c)

> 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?

    Perhaps users ought to post a letter to MacUser's "Letters to the
Editor", c/o MacUser, 950 Tower Lane, 18th Floor, Foster City, CA 94404.
    I found the ad brazen and an annoyance:  "What's a company like us
doing in a magazine like this?"  After all, MacUser is not exactly
lacking in advertisements.

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 16:58:57 PDT
From: Brian R. Gaeke <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is an anti-Mac Intel ad doing in MacUser? (R)

>>>>>>>>>>
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?
<<<<<<<<<<

because they paid them.... remember that the purpose of any print publication
is ultimately to sell advertising. The subscription fees are just an adjunct.
Heck, there was an intel ad on page 16(?) of the 10/4/93 MacWEEK. It was a
2-page spread, full color; Intel surely shovelled out the dough for that.
How could they refuse?

Brian

--
Brian Gaeke, The Dimensional Gate Company   Internet E-Mail: [e-mail]
Finger my account for my PGP public key.

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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 18:09:31 -0500
From: alfred!vicstoy!n1mnb.oau.org![e-mail] (Brad Ackerman)
Subject: Yiddish Word Processing (A)

>I've been asked for my $0.02 worth on producing a Yiddish-language
>newsletter on a Mac. It seems that Nisus with Hebrew extension would work
>OK, but the Full Flag version of Nisus sold in Australia is copy protected.

So what?  The copy-protection is in a box that you hook up to the ADB
port--as long as you aren't trying to pirate it, you don't notice the
copy-protection.

>Does anyone have any experience with any alternatives?

There are no alternatives.

Brad Ackerman
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 21:41:14 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ZiffNet AD modules - leads?

A while back, in Info-Mac, Paul Bail wrote:

******
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 12:15:45 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ZiffNet/Mac free trial

latest CompuServe Magazine announces ZiffNet/Mac will be free of the
monthly fee for a "test-drive" period from 11-18 September.  As a bonus, 13
After Dark modules will be available for download free of connect charges
during this period.

We may not be able to upload 'em, but at least we don't have to pay the
"membership" tariff :-)

Paul Baim
*******

Now, I maintain the Screensaver/After Dark FAQ, and I'd like to know what
those modules are, so that I know whether I've seen them or not, and whether
I need to track them down. If someone can tell me what they are (or even
better, mail me 'em), I, the FAQ, and its readers wil be grateful.

I'm just catching up on my summer mail now - hence the late response,
as this is new to me. I'm a UK user sans CompuServe account, so I missed
the offer twice over.

[The only ZiffNet After Dark module I've seen was Gates Does Windows. That
did have problems, and is mentioned in the FAQ - currently up to 1.5,
although older copies floating around on sumex et al could do with deleting.]

L.

[e-mail]
Screensaver FAQ maintainer

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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 08:58:24 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Marston J. Gould)

Does anyone know of an emulator for the Amiga 3000 or 4000 on the Mac.
I figured since they use the same 680x0 series of processors, it might be
possible ?


Marston Gould
[e-mail]

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