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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 04:56:58 PDT
From: The Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #203


Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 13 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 203

Today's Topics:

      [*] CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Lite Patcher
      [*] CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Patcher
      [*] gestalt-selectors-21.sit.hqx
      [*] LeeMail 2.0.2 Fr
      [*] TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93
      [*] UPS Monitor 1.4
      ADA COMPILER
      American Civil War Simulations?
      appleCD300i
      Blinkity-blink
      Change system disk name?
      Compaq TV Ad (Just like Mac!)
      connecting a LaserWriter //g with ethernet
      Defining zones in an EtherTalk Mac network
      Desperatly Seeking Newton
      Determining Extension Memory (R)
      Electronic Versions of Inside Mac (A)
      EN/SC connection [A]
      File format change at Info-Mac archive
      file names - length
      Flowcharting?
      FullWrite 1.5-->1.5s updater
      GateKeeper 1.2.8 vs. QuicKeys 3.0 (Fixed)
      How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount?
      How to increase # on localtalk network?
      Icons metamorphosing spontaneously!
      IIsi memory
      Insignia - Not Impressed!!!
      Intel Ads...
      Intercom (Q): Broadcast (A)
      LaserWriter 8.1.1 landscape problem
      Line Link 14.4 Faxing...
      looking for PostScript_file -> LaserWriter software...
      Mac <-> Apple IIGS via AppleTalk (2 msgs)
      Mac emulator on Sparc station
      Mangia!
      Mem Mapper 1.1.1
      memory upgrade for IISI - Answers
      Navigating the Internet: Let's Go Gopherin' (fwd)
      neural-nets on the Mac
      Newton - Cost in the USA (Q)
      Newton font
      Nisus copy protection
      Now Toolbox (Q)
      Pastel/Daymaker
      Quantum Disk In Use Light(A)
      Resolution Reader (?)
      Restarting a PowerBook- Troubleshooting hint
      Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 BinHex4 crashes (R)
      system+extension memory
      System 7 Pro
      System 7 Pro-Changes
      System Update 2.0.1 causes crash
      the anti-mac Intel ad in MacUser
      TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93
      Using System 6 rather than 7
      WAIS for Mac
      What is the rela betw LPI of output and DPI of scan
      Where do the AV users hang out?

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 14:24:50 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: [*] CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Lite Patcher

October 6, 1993

Welcome!

This program patches the following versions of CopyDoubler to CopyDoubler
2.0.2
Lite:

 CopyDoubler 1.0 (AutoDoubler version)
 CopyDoubler 1.0.1A (AutoDoubler version)
 CopyDoubler 2.0 Lite
 CopyDoubler 2.0.1 Lite

This patcher does not patch CopyDoubler 1.0.1, the full version of CopyDoubler
2.0.x, any version of the CopyDoubler Demo. A separate patcher called
CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Updater is available for the full version of CopyDoubler
2.0.
Users of CopyDoubler 1.0.1 (the standalone version not shipped with
AutoDoubler)
should contact Fifth Generation Systems about upgrading to the full version of
CopyDoubler 2.0.2.

This patching program will automatically patch the installed copy if it can be
located.  To patch a specific copy of CopyDoubler, hold down the Option key
while clicking the "Patch" button.  If you are patching the installed version
(the default), you must restart your Macintosh after the patching process is
finished for the changes to take effect.

CopyDoubler 1.0 and 1.0.1A users:  CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Lite is very similiar to
CopyDoubler 1.0.x, with the additional ability of compressing files as they
are
copied. To use this feature, hold down the Control key (Shift for Mac Plus
users) while invoking a copy to bring up an options dialog, where compression
and other one-time options can be set.

CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Changes:

* Fixed an incompatibility with the Quadra 840av and Centris 660av.

* Fixed a bug which caused CopyDoubler not to delete all files on a
destination
floppy when doing a floppy-to-floppy disk copy. This bug sometimes caused an
Insufficient disk space message.

* Fixed an incompatibility with UnderWare from Bit Jugglers.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/copydoubler-202-lite-updt.hqx; 138K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 14:26:31 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: [*] CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Patcher

October 6, 1993

Welcome!

This program updates CopyDoubler 2.0 or 2.0.1 to version 2.0.2.

This program does not update CopyDoubler 1.0.x, CopyDoubler 2.0.x Lite, or any
version of the CopyDoubler Demo. A separate updater called CopyDoubler 2.0.2
Lite Updater is available for CopyDoubler 1.0, CopyDoubler 1.0.1A, and
CopyDoubler 2.0.x Lite. If the CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Lite Updater file cannot be
found in the same location as this updater, contact Fifth Generation Systems
(see below).

This program will automatically update the installed copy if it can be
located.
To update a specific copy of CopyDoubler, hold down the Option key while
clicking the "Patch" button.  If you are updating the installed version (the
default), you must restart your Macintosh after the patching process is
finished
for the changes to take effect.

CopyDoubler 2.0.2 Changes:

* Fixed an incompatibility with the Quadra 840av and Centris 660av.

* Fixed a bug which caused CopyDoubler not to delete all files on a
destination
floppy when doing a floppy-to-floppy disk copy. This bug sometimes caused an
Insufficient disk space message.

* Fixed an incompatibility with UnderWare from Bit Jugglers.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/copydoubler-202-updt.hqx; 158K]

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 09:33:17 +0100
From: "Rene G.A. Ros" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] gestalt-selectors-21.sit.hqx

Hi,

Included are two copies of the

  Supplemantal Gestalt Selectors List 2.1

One copy is a binhqx-ed StuffIt archive and the otherone is a ASCII
file compressed with UNIX compress.

It lists a large number of selectors for use with the Gestalt Manager.
This list is intended for use by programmers.

Added selectors
  Apple System  : cput, fndr, help, pcxg
  Apple Add.    : cltn, gfxa, grfx, mess
  Third Parties : FrcP, Lnch, NTim, SDdD
Added unknown
  Apple Add.    : brcN, intD
  Third Parties : DFlh, Dpth, EM20, SEcl, ST20
Changed selectors
  Apple System  : alis, easy, fs  , hdwr, kbd , mach, os  , sccr, sccw,
          scra, snd , term
  Apple Add.    : mtcp, qtim
Changed unknown
  Apple System  : scsi, shal
  Apple Add.    : brcn, comp, bugy, tmTE, tmTV
  Third Parties : GtOp
Previously unknown
  Apple System  : rbv , sysa
  Apple Add.    : kids, pmgr
Includes updates 2.0.1 thru 2.0.6, send to subscribers of the distribution
list.

Regards,
Rene Ros
[e-mail]

PS. The first version of the Suppl. Gestalt Selectors List was published
    one year ago.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/gestalt-selectors-21.hqx; 42K]

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 11:07:25 -0500
From: Lee Fyock <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] LeeMail 2.0.2 Fr

Here's LeeMail 2.0.2 Fr, the French version of the popular
e-mail package.  :-)

Thanks to Guy Brand for his tremendous effort!

Lee
Lee Fyock              PGP key available           The MITRE Corporation
[e-mail]            upon request             Bedford, Massachusetts

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/lee-mail-202-fr.hqx; 245K]

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 22:24:38 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93

TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93

Apple throws more software into the pot with LaserWriter 8.1.1
   and the System Update 2.0.1, the latter of which replaces the
   Hardware System Update 1.0 and 2.0, and of course with the
   release of System 7 Pro, which includes PowerTalk, AppleScript,
   and QuickTime. Dale Southard reviews the PSI PowerModem IV,
   Akimbo updates FullWrite, we look at some Newton synonyms, and
   I announce the creation of ftp.tidbits.com, although you may
   still have to use the IP number.

Topics:
    MailBITS/11-Oct-93
    Internet Starter Kit News
    System 7 Pro Ships
    Yet Another System Update
    Newton Synonyms
    PSI PowerModem IV
    Reviews/11-Oct-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-197.etx; 29K]

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

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 13:45:37 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Yair Elharrar)
Subject: [*] UPS Monitor 1.4

UPS Monitor 1.4
Yair Elharrar, 1993

A utility to check the status of a UPS connected to your Mac with a serial
cable. Now with simpler configuration.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ups-monitor-14.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 11:31:36 WET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ADA COMPILER

Have you ever heard of an ADA COMPILER for the Macintosh ?

Please, mail replies to me and I'll post a summary if necessary.

Thanks for any help in advance.

PS: Shareware preferred.

Philippe PERARD
Student in computer engineering
Universite de Technologie de Compiegne
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 10:58:22 EDT
From: "Patrick S. Golden" <[e-mail]>
Subject: American Civil War Simulations?

Can anyone recommend any American Civil War simulations that
they have found particularly good?  I've seen a few out there,
especially for IBM-compatibles, only a couple for MACS.  Has
anyone had any luck running the IBM ones under Soft PC or
similar software?

Thanks in advance for your replies.
|++Patrick Golden++             |
|[e-mail]       |

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 22:40:25
From: Ben Squire <[e-mail]>
Subject: appleCD300i

I have a Centris 650 with AppleCD 300i CD ROM drive.  Here is my problem:
When
I tried to eject a CD ROM by dumping it in the trash, I got an error message
along the lines of "this disk could not be put away because it is being
shared."
This disk, however was definitely not being shared.  In the sharing setup box,
the "share this disk" box was not selected.  I was able to eject the disk by
shutting down the computer but I am unable to eject the disk any other way.  I
would appreciate if you have any ideas for a solution to email me and when I
find a solution that works I will let you know.

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 13:39:28 -0400
From: [e-mail](Norm Friedman)
Subject: Blinkity-blink

Could anything tell me why on my Mac SE, after booting up and everything on
the hard disk has loaded, the yellow light on the front of the Mac
continues to blink occasionally as if it was still trying to load something
onto the disk.  It does not seem to make any difference in how the machine
runs, but even after going into word processing (for example) it continues
to blink.  Thanks
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 14:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Allison Greene <[e-mail]>
Subject: Change system disk name?

IMHO, MacintoshHD is too long a name for a device.  On my Mac Classic, running
System 6.0.7, I changed it to HD.  But on my Quadra, running System 7.0, it
won't allow the change, at least not in the usual straightforward way.  Is
there a way to change the name of the hard drive/system disk?

-Allison Greene

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 17:00:34 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Compaq TV Ad (Just like Mac!)

So, has anyone else seen the lastest broadside in the audio-visual computer
wars from Compaq?  Really a neat advertisement, at first, as I was watching
television the other day.  The ad was saying "Don't you hate looking for
things on your computer... not knowing where things are... things that are
hard to open..." and so on...
    "Gee," I thought, "this must be an ad for Macintosh... you just click
things to run them, or use command-F to find them..."
   And then the ad says "It's so advanced, you just talk to it!"  and the
actor says "Computer, run database file" or something like that.
   "Oh," I think...  "the new A/V Mac.  Neat ad..."  And then, "Now available
from Compaq, the (whatever computer it was)".   Whoops!

Seems to me, you still have a really hard time finding stuff on an IBM.
Setting up Windoze is a pain.  Installing new programs takes forever.
You still have to hunt for the program before you can run it.  Okay, so you
can talk to it now.  But you *still* have to go to all the same trouble as
before, right?

Apple needs to answer this salvo:  Kind of a "We did it first" advertisement.
If you ask me (yeah, I know, you didn't, really...) Apple did all the latest
IBM things first... Windoze, GUIs, excellent digitized sound (that *doesn't*
require a separate add-on card), a mouse interface, built-in networking...
If they're smart, Apple will seize this opportunity and produce their own
ad showing the new systems they sell.

Brandon Munday
[e-mail]
Drive Defensively:  Buy a TANK.

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 11:53:33 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Vecoven Frederic)
Subject: connecting a LaserWriter //g with ethernet

Hello,

Here is my problem :

We have connected a LaserWriter //g with an ethernet cable
on a Macintosh, and SparcStations. With the Mac, no problem using
the LaserWriter driver. However, I suppose we need special software
for the Sparc. Where and how can I find this soft ?

Any help is appreciated.

Frederic Vecoven  ([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 22:39:04 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Defining zones in an EtherTalk Mac network

Hello again...me and my probably obvious questions.....

Thanks in advance for the info on domain name resolving and friends
using MaTCP. Our network is slowly but surely building up.

Now, supposing you have a group of Macs, all with Ethernet cards,
and you want them to be in a zone created just for them. How do you
go about defining it so it will appear in the list of available zones ?

Do you have to have a specific device dedicated to that purpose, or
can you just add the new zone to the list maintained by the  local
Gators & Fastpaths ?  We have a Netware for Mac server; can that do
the trick ?

Thanks in advance.

Juan

P.S. We currently have a Fastpath with the desired new zone as its
     default, but I want to use it for something else, and hence
     want the zone to survive by itself, without needing the FP as
     a nanny...

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 11:24:39 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desperatly Seeking Newton

My how times have changed (or have they?). Here I am with 700 big
ones in my handing looking to buy a Newton MessagePad. An easy
assignment? Think again. It's easier to find a needle in a haystack.

My first attempt was to contact our campus computer store. After
all, they sell Macs and a Newton is just a minature Mac. ;-) No,
I was told (rather nicely actually) that the Newton was not available
for sale in our campus computer store and probably wouldn't be. I
was advised to contact a local Apple dealer.

No problem.  I called the only Apple dealer in Morgantown (unfortunately,
not an authorized distributor, but they have lots of Macs), T.J. Business
Systems (part of MicroAge).  Nope.  TJ doesn't plan to carry the Newton
either.  (Profit margins are too slim).  They suggest I call Apple's 800
Newton number for a local dealer.

So I called Apple first thing the next morning.  Surprise, there is
actually someone awake in Cupertino at 8 am Eastern, 5 am Pacific!
She tells me to call Silo, a consumer electronics store in Pittsburgh.

I call Silo, but the salesperson who answers the phone tells me that
there is a Newton specialist that I need to talk to.  That sounds
encouraging, so I ask to talk with him.  "Oh, he only works the
evening shift." is the reply.

After a couple of attempts, I finally get the expert on the phone.
I ask what is the best way to purchase a Newton MessagePad from them.
He says, "Yeah, well, ahhh.  You see, err,we were going to carry the
Newton, but, ahhh, well, ahhh, you see, ahhh, we changed our mind.
We now have no plans to carry the Newton."

Trying to be helpful, I respond, "Hmmm.  Then you ought to tell
Apple that you decided not to carry the Newton line.  They are still
giving out your phone number."

He replies, "Yeah.  We've been trying, but Apple refuses to believe
us.  It's all very frustrating."

I'll say!

So I ask, does anyone carry the Newton?

He responds, "Sure.  Call CompUSA."

So I tried to call CompUSA, but wasn't able to get past their automated
voice mail system.  I've left messages asking for someone to please get
back to me about how I can buy a Newton from them.  As the song goes,
"No reply."

Maybe I should send a message directly to Cupertino.  If they will send me a
Newton directly, I will send them my green stuff.  Apple, you still
need people to buy your products, right?

BTW, I did find a dealer who will sell me the Newton, but they are
200 miles away and want to charge list price.  Arrgh!

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

These comments are mine alone.  They are, however, factual.

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 07:19:53 EST
From: [e-mail] ( Daniel J. Hofferth   [phone] AGT/8896)
Subject: Determining Extension Memory (R)

Bailey,

In response to your IMv11-202 posting:

> Hello netters,
> Can anyone reccomend a program which will tell me how much memory each
> of my extensions is using>? I am looking for this program for two reasons:
> 1) to help determine how hungry my existing and future extensions are and
> 2) to determine what causes my system heap to grow after a few hours of
>    using the computer.
>
> To help with the second point, the program would ideally tell me
> how the system's memory is used SPECIFICALLY. (i.e. anything more
> descriptive than 'the system uses XXX Kbytes')
>
> TIA,
> Bailey ([e-mail])

Though I don't use it myself (I've no need for it), I think TattleTale will
satisfy your first problem.  It can watch over your boot-up and report memory
used by each extension loaded.  Frankly, I don't know if (or how much) it'll
help you with your second problem - I don't remember my trial well enough.

I do remember being both impressed and amused by the number of things it
could tell me about my Mac.  Very nicely presented, too.

     sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/cfg/tattle-tale-163.hqx

Dan Hofferth
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 15:49:25 +0000 (U)
From: WalrathW <[e-mail]>
Subject: Electronic Versions of Inside Mac (A)

Natsu,
  There are electronic versions of many of the new Inside Mac publications.
  The
exact ones I couldn't name off my head, but several (it seems that they show
up
in print before they show up on the CDs).

You need Apple's Doc Viewer to read the new IMs, available also on the CDs and
>From ftp.apple.com, last I checked.

With the first issue of the Bookmard CD, the IMs were absent. After much
outcry
>From the developer community, I believe that decision was reversed, and they
are once again on the Bookmark CDs.

I know that new electronic releases of the NIMs usually show up on developer
CDs, but I can't recall if they keep a full set on everyone.

I'm not certain what you are asking with the "Fulltext" question, but the
electronic versions do appear exactly as their printed counterparts, which in
this case would I guess be fulltext.

The old versions of IM existed electronically in the form of two, very large
Hypercard stacks. I presume these are still available at ftp.apple.com.

-wayne
 -------
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?

Natsu Sakimura

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

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Date: 12 Oct 1993 08:55:35 -0700
From: "Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: EN/SC connection [A]

> From: [e-mail] (Howard Hui)
>
> I'm planning to get a second ethernet connection to my IIci.  Currently my
> Mac have a Asante 10BaseT NuBus board installed.  Since I've used up all my
> slots, I'm planning to get a SCSI connected ethernet box. Does anybody knows
> any EN/SC box that can coexist with the Asante card?

Any EN/SC box can 'co-exist' with the Asante card. Asante has one that should
work
quite well. I've set up several people with these 'boxes.' Be careful that you
don't get the one with the 30-pin SCSI connector - that's the one for the
PowerBooks.

The only problem is that you'll need to be certain of your intended use.
Remember that a Mac can only use one network connection at a time - unless you
plan on routing between networks using either AppleTalk Internet Router (AIR)
or
Liaison.

Take care.


Sandro Menzel

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

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 13:52:54 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Liam Breck)
Subject: File format change at Info-Mac archive

The file lists all-files.txt and recent-files.txt will no longer
contain "./" before the file names.  There will be a note in the
digest this week detailing this and other changes.

Liam Breck
Info-Mac Reorganization Moderator

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 17:50:15 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Peter Gerhardstein)
Subject: file names - length

Greetings,

The Mac OS is supposed to allow 31 characters per filename.  In opening
(creating) files with fopen(), I find that names longer than 27 characters
cause
the ToolBox to choke.  Am I missing something obvious?  Thanks for
any insights.

Peter Gerhardstein ([e-mail])
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 12:26:08 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Flowcharting?

     Flowcharting?
One of my users is looking at doing some flowcharting, and was wondering if
there was a shareware flowcharting program out there with the standard
flowchart symbols.  I looked at info-mac/app/data-flow-diagram-ed-12.hqx, but
it's not quite what I'm looking for.  One specific requirement is to have the
conditional flowchart symbol (the diamond).

Any suggestions?  Archie's flaking out on me today so I can't search for
"flow".

TIA

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

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

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 10:07:48 SST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FullWrite 1.5-->1.5s updater

Does anyone have the FullWrite 1.5-->1.5s updater? I own version 1.5 but
can't make use of the new updaters to version 1.7 because they only
support versions 1.5s and 1.6. I'd be most grateful if anyone having
the 1.5-->1.5s updater would upload it to info-mac.
--Chee YS

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Date: Thursday, 12 Oct 1993 08:15 CDT
From: Joel Cunningham <[e-mail]>
Subject: GateKeeper 1.2.8 vs. QuicKeys 3.0 (Fixed)

Many thanks to all who responded!

The solution was to rename CE Toolbox so that it loads BEFORE
Gatekeeper.

Everybody relax and go back to what you were doing...



                  -- Joel Cunningham

                  "Push the button, Frank."

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 11:31:17 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount?

In some of the labs I have seen, the students experiment with
Appleshare and select the "Checked items will be opened at System
Startup time." Often, the target (fileserver) Mac will be moved or
renamed but the student machine will try to access it at startup and
ask for a password. Is there any way to stop this or should I reinstall
Appleshare? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 08:57:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Christal <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to increase # on localtalk network?

    I'm trying to network a computer lab of 20 Mac Classic II's at a
highschool. They are running System 7.1 and are daisy-chained with
Localtalk connectors. I've identified one Classic as a file server for an
educational program for email, conferences, and sychronous electronic
discussion (Daedalus). So I've set up filesharing of one folder and all of
it's contents (Daedalus), and allowed the other computers on the LAN to
connect to that folder on the server as guests. The lab is using Easy
Access(?) for security--students have no access to the Finder and launch
programs with button icons. My problem has to do with getting all 19
computers to connect to the server. To be able to use Daedalus I need to
have the server's Daedalus folder on all of the workstations, but after
connecting 10 computers, I get a message saying the server can accept no
more users, try again later. If I log off one of the connected
workstations, then I can connect the one that was denyed earlier. All of
this is prior to launching Daedalus, so it's not a licensing limitation. I
thought maybe there was a limit to the number of guests Appleshare would
permit and tried to set up an 11th workstation as a registured user, but
still got the same message.
    Does anyone out there have any ideas as to how to correct
these problems so I can network the entire lab with the System 7.1
Appleshare extension? The users guide seems to indicate that I should be
able to network up to 100, with less than 50 recommended. Is this wrong?

        --Mark Christal
        Graduate Research Assistant
        Project CIRCLE: University of Texas
                Travis High School
                Westlake High Schooll
                *Austin, Texas*

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 21:29:08 -0500
From: alfred!vicstoy!n1mnb.oau.org![e-mail] (Brad Ackerman)
Subject: Icons metamorphosing spontaneously!

I d/l'd David Cook <[e-mail]>'s ICONS! set a few days ago.
Liking it, I gave a copy to the journalism teacher at my school, who just
got a brand-new LC520.  A day or two later, she tells me something is up.
I inspect the icons:  several have metamorphosed!  The Amiga'sGotBalls icon
changed into the icon for Interface Builder (a NeXT development tool) and
the root of the icon directory changed into a woman, rendered in halftone!
The setup is basically plain-Jane, with SAM, PopChar, and mabye one or two
more run-of-the-mill extensions.  What is going on here?  Did someone
install Windows on the LC?  Has a student hacked a copy of Timbuktu to
change the icons over the AppleTalk network without displaying the telltale
telephone in the menu bar?

Brad Ackerman
[e-mail]

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

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 06:12:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Vellek <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIsi memory

Sorry, but the four slots in the IIsi must all be populated by the same
type of SIMM. In other words, your configuration could be 3meg, 5 meg, 9
meg, or 17 meg. You cannot "mix and match" different types of SIMMs in a
bank. This of course does not apply to the new memory configurations of
the LCIII, Centrises (centri?) where you can do that...

Mark Vellek
([e-mail])
Columbia, MO

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 09:47:10 +0100
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: Insignia - Not Impressed!!!

I purchased SoftPC some two years ago and recently heard of the upgrade=
 to
3.0 and 3.1. I sent off an order (=A335) for the upgrade on the 12th=
 August
this year expecting to receive the recently announced upgrade to=
 3.1.
However, I received 3.0 some two weeks later. Apparently, 3.1 had=
 not yet
reached the UK. I called Insignia on the 8th October to find out=
 whether
3.1 was available yet and was told that it was and that I would have=
 to pay
another upgrade fee. Surely there is something wrong here. When I=
 placed my
order, the upgrade to 3.1 had already been announced. I am really=
 annoyed
at software companies such as Insignia who ask you to fill in registration
forms with promises to inform you of product upgrades. Have you ever=
 been
told of a product upgrade?=20


Tony D'Emanuele, University of Manchester.

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 21:12:43 +0100
From: Elliot Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Intel Ads...

Rob Smyser writes:

>Anyone who complains about Intel's ads has never seen Apple's outright
>deceptive ads in all kinds of magazines like InfoWorld, the Wall Street
>Journal, etc.  Intel is only responding in kind after a long period of
>sufferance.  If Mac users read a little more broadly, we'd all have more
>understanding.

It's funny, but when last I checked I thought _Motorola_ was Intel's
competition, not Apple?

And another point: Apple's Motorola based computers DO run DOS/Windoze (
technically, anyway :-).  Intel's chips (when last I checked) cannot make the
corresponding claim.  I mean really: Who cares which microprocessor is under
the hood (present company excluded, of course :-)?  I'll bet you most people
walking into a Sears could care less.  The name of the game is Operating
System.  Hardware (IMHO) is secondary.

Of course, I could be wrong.  Anyone care to correct these feable ramblings?

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

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

Date: 12 Oct 1993 10:47:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (steve jaffe)
Subject: Intercom (Q): Broadcast (A)

 (Steven Hodas)
wrote:
============
Are there any sharweare or low-cost commercial programs that let you use
a LocalTalk netowrk as an intercom? In other words, instead of shouting
>From one room to the other I'd like to send a sound file in some way that
more interactive than recording it, dragging it, waiting for the
recipient to open it, having them record a response, etc.

I think I heard of something like this recently, but I may have been
hallucinating.
=============

It's called Broadcast - I haven't checked, but it's probably available at
sumex-aim.

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 11:11 EST
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8.1.1 landscape problem

I have the following problem from a user with LaserWriter 8.0 and 8.1.1.
Has anyone else run into the problem?
Both print drivers have a problem with printing a legal size document in
landscape mode.  The leftmost 11 inches of the document continues to be
printed in the right most side of the paprer, the leftmost 3 inches of the
document is missing, and the right most 3 inches of the paper is blank.
Any cures would be appreciated.
Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 13:05:03 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Line Link 14.4 Faxing...

    My 2 cents about the subject is as follows.
I used Faxstf:
1)      run installer
2)      Selected Zoom 14.4 data, SR Fax modem
        Note: the info box on the bottom of the window.
3)      clicked on driver and selected the driver that was suggested
    by the info box for the Zoom modem for class 2 fax.
4)      Installed, then restart mac.

    Bingo it worked. The Tech from Prometheus (sp?) told me
the modem was class 2 fax compatible

    Would be nice to find out what that "voice 2.2" stuff means...

Take care,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 08:53:35 -0400
From: "Francis N. Godfrey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: looking for PostScript_file -> LaserWriter software...

does anybody know of any freeWare/ShareWare/PD software that will let
a person send a PostScript file from a Mac running system 7.x to a
(spooled) LaserWriter on an AppleTalk/LocalTalk net.

SendPS would be perfect except that it doesn't like system 7.x's way
of printing things...




Francis N. Godfrey
Syracuse University| [e-mail]|[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 07:58 EST
From: Bob Beason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac <-> Apple IIGS via AppleTalk

I have used AppleTalk to transfer files between the Mac & Apple IIGS.  Apple-
Talk is now part of the system software on the Mac, but not the IIGS.  Try
your installation disks and do a custon installation to add the AppleTalk.  It
is a very fast way of transferring files.
Bob Beason
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 10:13:37 -0800
From: William R. Dickson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac <-> Apple IIGS via AppleTalk

Tom Wilson writes:

>I recently invested in a pair of PhoneNet adapters so I could interface my
>Mac to my kid's Apple IIGS.  I'm running 7.0.1 on the Mac an they are
>running 6.0 on the GS.  When we try to open the AppleShare Control Panel on
>the GS, we get "...AppleShare must be installed before the control panel
>will work."  So, I apparently need additional software if I want to share
>files with a IIGS, but I don't need anything special to share files with
>another Mac?

I'm a bit rusty.  But, given a full system install of System 6 for the
IIgs, it should be able to use the Mac as a file server.  It won't work the
other way around; System 6 for the GS doesn't have anything analogous to
the Mac's System 7 filesharing.

If I remember correctly, you want to access it via the chooser, as you
would on a Mac; not through an AppleShare control panel.

In any case, I know it's possible...Adam Engst and I hooked my GS and his
SE/30 up just for yuks about two years ago.

If the GS has an accelerator in it, you may have to slow it down to make
the AppleTalk connection work properly...



William R. Dickson, Desktop Publishing Coordinator
Kinko's Copies Bellevue III -- reply to: [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 16:01:50 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Vecoven Frederic)
Subject: Mac emulator on Sparc station

Hi,


Does anybody know about an Macintosh emulator on a Sparc station ?

If it exists, is it commercial or shareware ?

Thanks.

Frederic Vecoven  ([e-mail])

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

Date: 12 Oct 1993 10:10:30 -0500
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mangia!

=> every year or so, I put out a message asking the net if anyone has heard
=> of a
=> decent recipe/cookbook application for the Micintosh.  This would need
=> to be a
=> stand-alone application, not requiring HyperCard or FileMaker or
=> anything else
=> that is clunky (like Hypercard) or requires purchasing something that
=> costs
=> much more than a recipe database is worth (like FileMaker or HyperCard
=> for
=> those who didn't get it free with their Mac).
=>
=> I'm opening the floor for suggestions again, but I may have finally
=> found
=> something on my own.  This month's Macworld has an ad for Mac's Place
=> featuring an item called "Mangia!" which is supposedly just what I want.
=>  I
=> ordered it last night and should have it next week (not in stock yet).
=> The
=> price was $34.95. If there's interest (and I usually get a smattering of
=> interest in this topic despite the predominance of single young men who
=> probably don't cook in a venue such as this), I'll let people know what
=> I
=> think about the program.


I have been following the development of this program for quite a while, and
it
is indeed the quintessential cookbook/recipe program. I have some aesthetic
differences with the author, but other than that, it works very well. The
author, BTW, was with Pixar for years, and is a Mac freak! And not a bad
chef...sampled his wares at MacWorld in Boston.

I recommend this program highly, and will post a demo here soon.

David Lawrence -> [e-mail]...CIS:75300,2460...AOL:
OLTDavid/DoctorMac
*** Macintosh Product Evaluation Specialist <-- coolest job *in* the world ***

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

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 15:39:09 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mem Mapper 1.1.1

I just picked it up Mem Mapper 1.1.1 from a BBS and I found that the
docs say that Mem Mapper requires System 7 to run.

Darin Takemoto
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 16:15 +0500
From: [e-mail] (Charles J. Wertz)
Subject: memory upgrade for IISI - Answers

I have received a number of answers to me question about IISI memory
configuration.

The unanimous consensus is that all four simms must be the same size.

Thanks to all who replied.

CW

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

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 23:31:33 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Navigating the Internet: Let's Go Gopherin' (fwd)

I was thinking about putting this in TidBITS, but ran out of space,
and thus time. Still, it sounds like an interesting class and worth
checking out...

cheers ... -Adam

Forwarded by Gleason Sackman, InterNIC net-happenings moderator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 16:32:09 CDT
From: Richard Smith <[e-mail]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <[e-mail]>
Subject: Navigating the Internet: Let's Go Gopherin'

 ---------------------------Original message----------------------------
NAVIGATING THE INTERNET: LET'S GO GOPHERIN'

Richard J. Smith and Jim Gerland

"Navigating the Internet: Let's go Gopherin'" is a two or three
week, electronic mail, distance education course that will
introduce the new and intermediate user of the Internet to the
popular navigating tool--Gopher.

The Internet Gopher, developed by the University of Minnesota, is
a  navigating tool that incorporates  basic Internet services
into one easy-to-use program.  File transfer and remote login are
simplified by Gopher; Gopher knows the remote machines' Internet
addresses, thus relieving the user of the tedious chore of
remembering and entering the sometimes encryptic Internet
addressing schemes.

This course will last for two or three weeks and will cover the
basic connections to a Gopher, look at selected Gopher sites,
create Gopher "bookmarks", and search "Gopherspace" with the help
of the powerful program--Veronica.

Information on different types of Gopher clients that are
available and their primary differences will be explained, and
installation and maintenance of a Gopher client and server will
conclude the course.

The course will consist of e-mail instructions and illustrations
that can be read and followed, or participants can save the
information to read at their own pace and location.

Dates: October 18, 1993 through the beginning of November.

Costs: Free

To register for "Navigating the Internet: Let's go Gopherin'"
sign up to the list gophern by sending an e-mail message to the
listserv:

[e-mail]


In the body of the e-mail message enter:

subscribe gophern Yourfirstname Yourlastname

This will automatically register you for the course.
(Note the missing "i and g" in gophering)

This course is intended for new, novice or intermediate Internet
users.  You should be able to read and use your e-mail and a
TCP/IP connection is needed to actually use Gopher.  Those on
Internet services who do not have full Internet access may not
receive all the benefits of the course.  Also note that there
will probably be more than 100 e-mail messages of varying
lengths.  Please consider your disk space and any e-mail costs
before registering for the course.

Richard J. Smith
[e-mail]
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Jim Gerland
[e-mail]
State University of New York at Buffalo
Academic Services, Computing and Information Technology
Manager, Network User Support Services




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

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

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 13:45:02 +0900
From: Cleber Gomes <[e-mail]>
Subject: neural-nets on the Mac

Hi there!
I am looking for any software for neural-networks implementation on the Mac.
Specifically, I am interested in a software called Braincel from Promised Land
Technologies, which I don't know if it is available for the Mac at all. It is
difficult to get information here from the island of Japan, so I am asking the
help of the internet community. Anybody there knows something or knows
somebody
who knows something or knows somebody who knows somebody who knows something
or... give me a call: Cleber Gomes <[e-mail]>

Thanks!

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

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 08:19:10 +0100
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: Newton - Cost in the USA (Q)

Could somebody on the other side of the pond tell me what I can expect to
pay for the Newton in the USA. I will be visiting the USA next year and am
wondering whether I will save myself some money by waiting. Thanx.
                Tony, Manchester, UK.

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

Date: 12 Oct 1993 10:03:24 -0500
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Newton font

=> What's the font Apple have used for the Newton?  I'm referring to the font
=> that 'Newton', 'Message Pad' and the front buttons labels are written in,
=> not the font that's used for the screen text (though that may be similar).
=> A friend of mine reckons the Newton font is a Gill Sans of some sort, which
=> I think is likely, but we're not sure.  Any ideas?

You are correct, sir! In fact, the colophon in the back of the Newton manual
tells you what fonts are used...and Gill Sans is the typeface you are askng
about!

David Lawrence -> [e-mail]...CIS:75300,2460...AOL:
OLTDavid/DoctorMac
*** Macintosh Product Evaluation Specialist <-- coolest job *in* the world ***

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 10:13:48 -0800
From: William R. Dickson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nisus copy protection

Gabe Schuyler wrote:

> 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.

Hmmm.  How about those of us with Duos?  We don't have ADB ports.


William R. Dickson, Desktop Publishing Coordinator
Kinko's Copies Bellevue III -- reply to: [e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 12:40:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Li-Hsiang Tu)
Subject: Now Toolbox (Q)

My Mac crashed yesterday, and I narrowed it down to Now Toolbox (4.0.1p).
My Mac crashed even when I had only Now Toolbox installed as the only
extension/CDEV.  Without Now Toolbox, my Mac worked alright with or without
all the extension/CDEV that I had been using.  I had tried to reinstall
System 7.1, and it didn't help.  Does anyone know what might be causing it?

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

Date: 12 Oct 1993 10:06:13 -0500
From: "dlawrence" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pastel/Daymaker

=> My v2.01a copy of DayMaker (Pastel Development Corp, NYC) has recently
=> begun
=> to
=> abort when opening my primary data file with the diagnostic
=>    "Sorry, a system error occurred: DayMaker
=>    Unimplemented. trap"
=> The file in question is now 219,747 bytes in size.  DM continues to work
=> correctly on other/older/smaller files. Nothing in the available
=> documentation
=> provides any insight; and, the support number (212.431.3421) in the
=> manual is
=> "not in service" and "no info about the number is available."
=> Unfortunately, I
=> hadn't backed up the file for several weeks.

Pastel's main number is 212/941-7500. Give that a try.

David Lawrence -> [e-mail]...CIS:75300,2460...AOL:
OLTDavid/DoctorMac
*** Macintosh Product Evaluation Specialist <-- coolest job *in* the world ***

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 08:48:11 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quantum Disk In Use Light(A)

W. Rowe writes:
WR> Firstly, there appears to be some sort of disk-in-use indictor
WR> programmed into the drive software in the upper left corner.

That sounds like Silverlining.  It gives the option to show disk
use by turning a few pixels in the upper left hand corner of the
screen on and off with disk activity.  It can be turned off by
running the Silverlining application and selecting customize from
the drive menu.

I've heard things that seem to indicate that it's not possible to
format "non Apple drives" with Apple's format application.  I don't
know if that's true or not, but if W. Rowe already owns a current
version of Silverlining, why should he even bother with Apple's
drive format application.  Silverlining is 100% better IMHO.

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 14:30:06 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Resolution Reader (?)

I am looking for a utility that will tell me the vertical and horizontal
resolutions of a scanned image, and as an added bonus, allow me to change
either. The limited version of the latter is available in the paint layer
of SuperPaint, and I have been told that the first facility was available in
the Draw or Paint component of a trio of Desk Accessories that went and still
go under a name something like, DADraw, DAWrite, . . .

Thanks.

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 11:41:47 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Restarting a PowerBook- Troubleshooting hint

> Comments: cc: [e-mail]

>         One of my co-workers left her PowerBook plugged in during a
> storm and it won't work anymore. She suspects a lightning hit. It wasn't
> on during this time - is it possible that the remedy might be replacing
> the fuse inside? I haven't bother cracking it open yet - I wanted to find
> out if anyone has dealt with this before.

This probably won't solve the problem, but I noticed that restarting a
PowerBook is not very IOTTCO (intuitively obvious to the casual observer).
Since the restart button is recessed, you must activate it with a paper
clip. If the PowerBook is crashed, the on button will not do anything.
-Pete Tamas [e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 13:14:03 EST
From: Michael Craymer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 BinHex4 crashes (R)

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.

I too can't decode or encode BinHex4, not only with v3.0.7 but also with
v3.0.6
and v3.0.5!  It's not much problem for me, though -- I use Compact Pro ;-)

Mike Craymer
Geodetic Survey of Canada
[e-mail]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 15:28:43 +0100
From: [e-mail] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Beno=EEt?= Ildefonse)
Subject: system+extension memory

>Can anyone reccomend a program which will tell me how much memory each
>of my extensions is using>? I am looking for this program for two reasons:
>1) to help determine how hungry my existing and future extensions are

try symbionts

>2) to determine what causes my system heap to grow after a few hours of
>   using the computer.

Did you run font tuner on your computer? (fixes the bug relative to the
memory used bu fonts in system 7).
Both available at sumex.
Hope that helps.

Benoit Ildefonse                                    [e-mail]
Laboratoire de Tectonophysique, UMII, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France.

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 08:54:20 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: System 7 Pro

No, it isn't true. System 7 Pro consists of Finder 7.1.3 and System
7.1.1, and add-ons like PowerTalk, AppleScript, and QuickTime. It's
not significantly different in terms of preemptive multitasking...

cheers ... -Adam

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I`ve heard that we have pre-emptive multitasking in the new System 7 Pro,
> is that true? (It would be REALLY cool!)
>

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

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 15:42:35 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: System 7 Pro-Changes

[e-mail] (Fritzsche Arthur) wrote:

>I`ve heard that we have pre-emptive multitasking in the new System 7 Pro,
>is that true? (It would be REALLY cool!)

    No.

-Hades

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

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 06:15:30 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tom Van Vleck)
Subject: System Update 2.0.1 causes crash

Installed System Update 2.0.1 on a PowerBook 180 running system 7.1.
Printing, from MacDraw Pro or from the finder, caused a bus error
(using LaserWriter driver 7.1.2). Booting without extensions caused
printing to work correctly.

Removed the extenstion Hardware System Update (version 2.0.1) and
printing worked correctly.

Good idea to back up your system folder before installing this one.

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 21:50:45 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: the anti-mac Intel ad in MacUser

As I expected, this subject has provoked quite a bit of discussion here.

Several readers have mentioned that Apple also advertises in magazines for
com-
peting computers.  Every company has the right to run ads that attempt to lure
customers away from their competitors.  My problem is with product-oriented
magazines (such as MacUser), which supposedly cater to a certain group of con-
sumers, that run ads that contradict the purpose of the magazines.  Running
that ad weakens the credibility of MacUser. Likewise, running Apple ads
weakensthe credibility of PC-oriented magazines.

Just wanted to make clear why I do not approve of this practice.

                -- Jay Bienvenu
                   [e-mail]

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

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 22:25:26 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93

TidBITS#197/11-Oct-93
=====================

Apple throws more software into the pot with LaserWriter 8.1.1
   and the System Update 2.0.1, the latter of which replaces the
   Hardware System Update 1.0 and 2.0, and of course with the
   release of System 7 Pro, which includes PowerTalk, AppleScript,
   and QuickTime. Dale Southard reviews the PSI PowerModem IV,
   Akimbo updates FullWrite, we look at some Newton synonyms, and
   I announce the creation of ftp.tidbits.com, although you may
   still have to use the IP number.

This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by:
* APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- [e-mail]
   Makers of hard drives, tape drives, memory, and accessories.
   For APS price lists, email: [e-mail] <----- new

Copyright 1990-1993 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue.
   Automated info: <[e-mail]> Comments: <[e-mail]>
   --------------------------------------------------------------

Topics:
    MailBITS/11-Oct-93
    Internet Starter Kit News
    System 7 Pro Ships
    Yet Another System Update
    Newton Synonyms
    PSI PowerModem IV
    Reviews/11-Oct-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-197.etx; 29K]

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 11:19:34 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dr. Jon Stewart)
Subject: Using System 6 rather than 7

In a recent digest, Peter Kocourek suggests that one has to be a luddite
to keep using system 6.  I'd like to suggest that there are good reasons
for me (and I suspect others as well) to keep using system 6.  I have
an SE and a Plus, both with four megs of RAM.  This just isn't enough
memory to really use system 7.  In a perfect world, I would simply dump
these two systems and buy a Quadra and be a happy system 7 camper.  In
the real world, I have to pay the rent, pay off the car, pay off the
student loans, etc.  Just wanted to remind people that there really *are*
Mac users that are quite happy with system 6 on our non-networked, stable
(if antiquated) systems.  So please, keep writing software that supports
system 6 whenever possible.  If it's not possible, okay, that's the breaks.
I'll just keep saving my pennies for a PowerPC :-).

Jon Stewart    Department of Chemistry    Penn State University

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 08:46:41 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: WAIS for Mac

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> This is WAIS for Mac 1.1. Again I got it from wais.com and I am
> definitely not the author. This is a general purpose WAIS client
> compared with WAIS_Picture_Browser which is specialized in browsing
> NASA's image files. The appilication itself dosen't take too much
> space but the package includes many utilities to access different
> file format for image, audio file, etc. which you might cross by now
> and then in the surfing.

Since the author, Harry Morris, works for WAIS, you're close enough. :-)

> As for MacTCP and Internet connection, try Adam's "Internet Starter's
> Kits". Well, I still can't remember the exact words for the Title.
> God bless my deteriated brain.

Close, but no cigar. :-) It's "Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh".
I do talk about using WAIS for Mac and the newest entry into the WAIS
client market, MacWAIS.

> There is an Alpha version of WAIS for Mac 1.2 also available in
> wais.com. If there is any interest and without any objection, I can
> submit a copy to Info-Mac.

You should definitely do this. Version 1.2a fixes some bugs in 1.1
and is the recommended version right now. I don't know why the WAIS
folks haven't merged them into a single 1.2 archive yet - we talked
about them doing that a while back...

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 11:27:53 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is the rela betw LPI of output and DPI of scan

There is a formula bandied about that indicates that the best resolution
to scan a graphic is

2 X LPI X % that you will scale the graphic.

In other words, a graphic you wish to print at 100% of its original
size at 133 LPI should be scanned at:

2X133X100% which = 266 dpi.

Since 133 lpi is typical of high quality brochures and 266 dpi does not
strike me as very high. After all, we have 600 dpi laser printers and
scanners as well as imagesetters which output at 1270 and 2540 dpi
and sometimes higher.

I bet there's a missing piece in this formula, some sort of caveat.
Anyone know what it is? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 22:59:57 PST
From: "John Saxton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where do the AV users hang out?

A friend of mine just bought a Centris 660av, and wants to know good sources
for information on Mac AV issues, including software compatibility, AV-savvy
free/shareware, etc.

Are there any AV-specific lists yet?  (He only can get email)

Does anyone know of cool AV-savvy sound editing free/shareware?

TIA,

John Saxton
[e-mail]

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