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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 14 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 205

Today's Topics:

      [*] belch.hqx
      [*] bomb-shelter-101.hqx
      [*] calc-1.24.7.hqx a C-like calculator (Think C src)
      [*] discolour-102.hqx
      [*] eclipse-20.hqx
      [*] Find Stuff v1.0
      [*] Forward Delete 1.0.1
      [*] MicroArchitecture Simulator 1.0b2
      [*] newsedit-10.hqx
      [*] oracle-201.hqx
      [*] OtherMenu 1.2.4
      [*] PowerLaunch II 1.0.1a
      [*] smartsaver-192.hqx
      [*] SpaceSaver 1.0.6 Update
      [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.7 Update
      [*] Task Maker 2.0
      [*] tricia-095.hqx
      [*] wacky-lights-101.hqx
      [*] Zipple 1.8 - Control Panel/Extension
      (A) Change system disk name
      (A) Turning off Appleshare'
      18.5 MB Quantum System problem (R)
      18.5 MB Quantum System problem (R) typing corrections
      American Civil War Simulations?
      Any utility that re-enters escape codes? (Q)
      AppleShare s Auto Mount (A)
      ARA competes with the printer (A)
      ARA competes with the printer (R)
      Blinkity-blink
      Change system disk name? (R)
      ChipWits (C)
      Compaq TV Ad - !
      Corrupted MS Word files
      Desperately Seeking Newton (Reprise)
      Desperatly (sic) Seeking Newton (C)
      Desperatly Seeking Newton
      Floptical Drive Incompatibilities
      FPU for a Centris 610?
      FullWrite 1.5-->1.5s updater (R)
      GO (R)
      How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount?
      Icons metamorphosing spontaneously!
      Icons metamorphosing spontaneously! (R)
      Igor
      info wanted about Quadra
      Intercom (Q): Broadcast (A) NOT
      Intercom (R)
      InterNet question
      LaserWriter 8.1.1 won't print legal size
      LaserWriter NTR - Autoswitch (Q)
      looking for PostScript_file -> LaserWriter software...
      Mac emulator on Sparc station (A)
      Mavis Beacon
      Memory differences?
      neural-nets on the Mac (R) (2 msgs)
      Nisus COMPLETE FLAG copy protection
      Nisus copy protection
      Personal Laserwriter NTR
      PMMU for MAC II
      Problems with Apple's new system update?
      QT video of DC-X flight?
      Quantum Quagmire (Say What?!?)
      Remote Access
      sharing a disk between Sparc and Mac
      Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 Binhex bug [R]
      System 7 Pro
      Tex-Edit
      the anti-mac Intel ad in MacUser
      Too many FTP users, ready, sumexaim, gopher (A)
      Two silly questions & thanks
      Using built-in Ethernet w/ Centris 660AV
      What is the rela betw LPI of output and DPI of scan
      Writing programs
      Zmodem Tool For The Ctb

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 4:33:08 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] belch.hqx

Here's a new version of Andrew Welch's Belch! extension.  His description
follows.

-- Derek


Belch! is a little Extension that causes your Mac to have a case of
indigestion: it lets out a nasty belch every once in a while.  This
Extension is fun to put on your friend's (or co-worker's) Macintosh... sit
back and watch the fireworks!

To install Belch!, simply drop it onto the System Folder of the machine you
wish to give indigestion and restart it.

Belch! is completely free; I hope you enjoy it!

Derek Chee ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/belch.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 4:33:08 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] bomb-shelter-101.hqx

Here's an updated version of Andrew Welch's Bomb Shelter Extension, v1.0.1.
 His description follows.

-- Derek


Bomb shelter is a little INIT (it uses up under 1/2 K of memory) that gives
you some protection from System Bombs.  System Bombs occur when a program
goes out of control due to programmer error and crashes the machine.  The
Macintosh brings up a dialog box that says "Sorry, a System Error has
occurred" with two buttons in it, Restart and Resume.

Unfortunately, the Resume button will only be enabled if the application
you are currently running specifically enables it.  Most don't.  So I
created Bomb Shelter.

Bomb Shelter makes sure that the Resume button is always enabled.  Clicking
on the Resume button will cause the current program to terminate and put
you back in the Finder.  Once there, you should save any files you may have
on a RAM Disk and then Restart.

While this may seem like no advantage over clicking on the Restart button,
it actually allows your Macintosh to do some clean up work which makes sure
your hard drive doesn't get corrupted.  Also, if the System Bomb was not a
bad one, you may be able to continue working without restarting.

This program is completely free!

Derek Chee ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/bomb-shelter-101.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 00:06:24 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tzong-Shuoh Yang)
Subject: [*] calc-1.24.7.hqx a C-like calculator (Think C src)

This is Think C 6.01 port of David Bell's Calc 1.24.7 program.
Calc is arbitrary precision arithmetic system that uses a C-like
language.  Calc is useful as a calculator, an algorithm prototyped and
as a mathematical research tool.

The calc language is a C-like language.  The language includes commands
such as variable declarations, expressions, tests, labels, loops, file
operations, function calls.  These commands are very similar to their
counterparts in C.

A rich set of builtin functions is provided. Fundamental builtin data types
include integers, real numbers, rational numbers, complex numbers and
strings.

By use of an object, one may define an arbitrarily complex data types.
One may define how such objects behave a wide range of operations such
as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, negation, squaring,
modulus, rounding, exponentiation, equality, comparison, printing and so
on.

       Copyright (c) 1992 David I. Bell

Permission is granted to use, distribute, or modify this source, provided
that this copyright notice remains intact.

Send calc comments, suggestions, bug fixes, enhancements and interesting
calc scripts that you would like you see included in future distribu-
tions to:

        [e-mail]  and  [e-mail]

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/calc-1247-c.hqx; 498K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 4:33:13 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] discolour-102.hqx

Here's a copy of Discolour v1.0.2 from Andrew Welch.  His description
follows.

-- Derek


Discolour works only under System 7 on color-capable Macintoshes.

Discolour is a system extension for System 7.0 and later that rectifies
a shortcoming in the wonderful Finder 7.0: floppy disk icons are
displayed as the ugly old black and white icon while the rest of the
desktop is bursting with color!

Discolour causes the Finder to display beautiful full-color icons in
place of the black and white floppy disk icons when you are in 16 color
mode or greater.  Just drag Discolour onto your System Folder icon and
restart your Macintosh to activate it.

Discolour uses less than 1K of memory once it is installed, and was
optimized so that it won't slow your Macintosh down, so the cost
of having beautiful color disk icons is minimal.

Discolour is completely free; I hope you enjoy it!

Derek Chee ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/discolour-102.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 14:14:28 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] eclipse-20.hqx

Andrew Welch's Eclipse Control Panel v2.0.  His description follows.

-- Derek


This new version of Eclipse offers several new features, the most important
of which is the ability to display any picture you like (such as a company
logo or a picture of your favorite model) when your monitor is dimmed.  No
matter how large the picture is, Eclipse _still_ uses up only 5K of memory
and very little processor time.

Eclipse is a Control Panel that automatically dims your screen after a
specified period of inactivity.  Your monitor can sustain "burn in" damage
if the same image is left on it for extended periods of time, which results
in the ghosting of images and decreased monitor clarity.  Your monitor is a
vital part of your computer system, and often an expensive one at that, so
it only makes sense to protect it.

After Eclipse notices that you have not used your computer for a period of
time, it blanks the monitor and draws the current time at random locations
on the screen to prevent burn in damage.  Background tasks such as
spreadsheet recalulation, database sorting, or printing will continue
normally while Eclipse has dimmed your monitor.

Eclipse offers several unique features that should make it your screen
saver of choice:

  - Your monitor is transparently protected from damage
  - Background tasks will continue unhindered, because Eclipse uses very
little processor time
  - Eclipse has been extensively tested, so you can use it with confidence
  - You can display your favorite picture while your monitor is dimmed
  - Companies can put their logo into Eclipse to have it displayed while
their Mac's are idle
  - Eclipse uses very little memory, approximately 5K, so you won't be
wasting memory for such a basic task as monitor dimming

Once installed, Eclipse uses up 5K of memory.

Derek Chee ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eclipse-20.hqx; 112K]

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 23:40:55 EDT
From: [e-mail] (David Sugar)
Subject: [*] Find Stuff v1.0

Find Stuff version 1.0
by -- Dave Sugar
      [e-mail]


Find Stuff is a find program for the Mac.  It is simular to the
Finder find and to Fast find, but it is faster and provides more
options than both of those programs.  You can search by partial
file name, label, date created, date modified, file type and file
creator.  You can search by any combination of these parameters
at one time to limit your search to find just what you are looking
for.

Find Stuff is postcard-ware.  For more info see the enclosed
read-me file.

Please find attached Find_Stuff.hqx
Dave Sugar

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/find-stuff-10.hqx; 147K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 13:05:16 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alex Rodella)
Subject: [*] Forward Delete 1.0.1

Forward Delete is a small extension that lets you use that
mysterious key called forward delete, present on all Extended
Keyboards. Press this key to delete the character at the right
of the insertion point.
Moreover, it lets you delete words with the Apple-approved
combinations option-backspace and option-fwd del.
It works with every application using
TextEdit (if you do not know what TextEdit is, do not
worry: it is simply that part of the Mac Operating System which
manages basic text editing). Try it out with TeachText or in
dialog boxes.
I have been using it since 1992 (!) with no problems or
incompatibilities at all.
If you install this utility, you will find yourself using it
more frequently, even in programs which have always supported
it! The miracles of consistency between applications...

This works even on a Plus under System 4.3,
and (hopefully) under System 6 & 7 on any other Mac.

New in 1.0.1:
one important bug fix (and the resident code is 4 bytes smaller).

This utility is FREE! Enjoy yourself!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/forward-delete-101.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 13:07:12 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Alex Rodella)
Subject: [*] MicroArchitecture Simulator 1.0b2

5Architecture Simulator models a microprogrammed processor
similar to the one described in the book "Structured
Computer Organization" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Its hardware
components and its instruction set are fixed (not too much,
as you will see) but its microprogram is fully editable in a
user friendly manner. The processor has access to a 128K
Random Access Memory (it borrows from your Mac); you can
easily view, modify, load or save this portion of memory.
You can run programs and debug them with a step by step
execution. Namely, you can advance by a conventional
instruction, by a microinstruction, and even by a clock
subcycle observing the internal parts of the processor.

It **requires** System 7 or later.
Remember to take a look at the balloons.

This application is FREE! Enjoy yourself!

Fabrizio Oddone

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/micro-simulator.hqx; 91K]

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 15:08:47 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Erik Schwiebert)
Subject: [*] newsedit-10.hqx

Attached please find my latest, entitled NewsEdit v1.0.

NewsEdit was written primarily becasue I wanted a small, fast text editor
in a monospaced font with Nuntius, and everything out there that i saw was
either too big or didnt support monospaced text without a ResEdit hack.
Sooo, i wrote NewsEdit, which will open muntiple documents (the more memory
it has, the more it will open) and yet will function in as little as 50k of
memory (even TeachText asks for 192k!)

anyways, read more in the enclosed 'About NewsEdit' file, and enjoy!  Its
email-ware!

ttyl, erik

[Archived as /info-mac/text/newsedit-10.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 4:33:34 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] oracle-201.hqx

v2.0.1 of Andrew Welch's Oracle Control Panel.  His description follows.

-- Derek


Version 2.01 fixes a bug that caused Oracle 2.0 to ignore the "Show once
per day" option, and a few internal changes for compatibility were made as
well.

Oracle is a Control Panel that you place into your System Folder. Oracle
will present you with a random thoughtful quotation each time you start up
your computer or once a day, whichever you specify.

Oracle also allows you to print out any quotations that you find of
particular interest, for later contemplation.  This could perhaps be your
most practical program for your Macintosh, because it helps to perfect the
most important part of your computer system: you.

Oracle has a library of over 1,000 profound readings, which accounts for
its large size.  Although it takes up a fair amount of disk space, Oracle
uses very little system memory (around 5K), and works on any machine under
System 6.0 or later (yes, it is System 7.0 friendly).

Derek Chee ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/oracle-201.hqx; 250K]

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 23:18:06 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Walker)
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.2.4

OtherMenu creates a system-wide hierarchical menu somewhat like the Apple
menu. It can launch applications and documents, do things such as Restart,
Delete, File Info, and execute FKEYs. In a directory dialog, you can use the
menu to select a file or folder. Requires System 7. Shareware, $10.

V. 1.2.4: New Paste Clips external, setting for menu font, other
fixes and enhancements.

 -- Jim Walker

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-124.hqx; 163K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 4:33:19 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] PowerLaunch II 1.0.1a

Attention all PowerLaunch Users :

PowerLaunch II 101a has finally made it to SUMEX! (After several failed
attempts! :-(  )

PowerLaunch II 101a replaces ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS and should be
upgraded to immediately. All known bugs in previous bugs have been
squashed and several new features appear in this version...

ENJOY!

--Roby Sherman
Interealm

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/power-launch-ii-101a.hqx; 303K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 02:20:10 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Berent Daan)
Subject: [*] smartsaver-192.hqx

New since version 1.9.1:
Decent Shareware dialog added.
SmartSaver no longer expires on 1/1/94


SMARTSAVER 1.9.2
=================
This binhex package contains:
1. SmartSaver 1.9.2 - the program
2. SmartManual - the manual file in MSWord 5.0 format
3. About SmartSaver 1.9.2 - a short description of SmartSaver

DESCRIPTION
============
SmartSaver helps you to backup changed and added files in your filesystem.
It lets you select a folder or disk to be the source location,
and an other folder or disk to be the destination location.
After giving the [Save smart] menu command, SmartSaver starts to trace
the source and destination location, and copies all files from the source
that are new or have been modified, to the destinationfolder.

There are several features available. Some of the most important ones are:

*   File Relocation (automatic relocation of files on the destination
        volume depending on a letter code at the start of the file name).
*   File Compression (Automatic compression before transfer to
        destination using DiskDoubler).
*   Detection of moved files (Moved files are automatically moved on the
        destination too, without re-copying them)
*   Quit dialog (Allows you to let SmartSaver save your work before
        shutting down your mac unattendedly).
*   Full drag&drop system 7 support.
*   Network services like messages and remote control,
        for example to shut down an other mac.
*   File selection by label and substring in the filename.
*   Trace and Cleanup commands to detect and trash double data on you
volumes.
*   And many more.

SmartSaver is ShareWare
To get a valid serial number send $50 to the author.

Please report bugs and questions to the author:

                Berent Daan,
                Klooster 2,
                2611 RW  Delft,
                The Netherlands.
                tel. [phone]
                e-mail: [e-mail]

Enjoy!

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/smart-saver-192.hqx; 133K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 16:44:57 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] SpaceSaver 1.0.6 Update

The SpaceSaver 1.0.6 Update (from 1.0.5)

If you have a version earlier than 1.0.5, you need to run the comprehensive
1.0.5 updater first.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-space-saver-105-to-106-updt.hqx; 457K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 16:41:49 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Igor Livshits)
Subject: [*] StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.7 Update

The StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.7 Update (from 3.0.6)

If you have a version earlier than 3.0.6, you need to run the comprehensive
3.0.6 updater first.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/stuffit-deluxe-306-to-307-updt.hqx; 1122K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 18:06:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] Task Maker 2.0

From: [e-mail] (Ron Wilhelm)
Subject: TaskMaker 2.0
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 08:33:44 -0400 (EDT)

I downloaded it from a local BBS and figured I'd share it with the net.

Enjoy,
Ron
 --
Ron Wilhelm | [e-mail] | [e-mail]


[Edited for brevity.  -isl]


The following is from the 'TaskMaker Info' file. Binhex encoded archive
follows.

Product Overview:
TaskMaker is an exciting sword and sorcery game where you battle vile
monsters and complete tasks under the watchful eye of the TaskMaker. Both
beginning and experienced players enjoy exploring over one-hundred million
pixels of dungeons and villages. The program begins with an extensive,
interactive, graphic tutorial, which teaches all the basics of the game.

Upgrade Features:
This version (2.0) of TaskMaker is a full-color, major upgrade to the 1989
B&W commercial product of the same name.

Technical Specifications:
TaskMaker is not ported from other computers, but written specifically for
the Apple Macintosh. It runs on the Mac Plus and up, including 68040-based
Macs.

Shareware Mode:
TaskMaker is shareware, and distribution is encouraged.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/task-maker-20.hqx; 1953K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 14:13:53 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)
Subject: [*] tricia-095.hqx

This is Tricia 0.9.5, a Prolog system for Macintosh (and U**X) computers
developed at the Computing Science Department of Uppsala University. You may
do whatever you like with it, as it is hereby placed in the public domain. We
do not take any responsibility for this software, neither do we (actively)
support it. Therefore, YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Tricia requires System 7, 68020 or better and requires 3 Mb from the Finder.

Read the README file. Any questions, contact [e-mail].

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/tricia-095.hqx; 258K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 4:33:13 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Chee)
Subject: [*] wacky-lights-101.hqx

v1.0.1 of Andrew Welch's Wacky Lights Extension.  His description follows.

-- Derek


Wacky Lights is a little INIT which plays with the lights on the Apple
Extended Keyboard, bouncing them back and forth.  It is absolutely free,
works under System 6 and System 7, and is smart enough to not load if you
don't have an Extended Keyboard.

To install Wacky Lights, just drag it into your System Folder and restart
your computer.

Wacky Lights was written at the suggestion of Dan Greenberg because "none
of the other 'light illumination' inits worked properly on my system" (his
own words from his own fingers).

Wacky Lights! is completely free!

Derek Chee ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/wacky-lights-101.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 16:54:42 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Christopher Suley)
Subject: [*] Zipple 1.8 - Control Panel/Extension

This is version 1.8 of Zipple. Please replace any earlier versions
with this version.

Zipple is a control panel and extension for System 7 which allows
you to replace the titles of your Apple, Balloon Help, Keyboard
(if you have one), and Application menus with animated images, in
color if you have a color screen. The displayed image can depend
on the frontmost application, if you like. You can use the ready-
made images that come with Zipple, or create your own with the
sophisticated editor in the control panel.

Changes for version 1.8:
* Addition of "Front App" mode.
* You can change the speed of Zipple's animation for each menu.
* No longer draws over iconic menus added by other programs.
* No longer crashes when the Import/Export or Grabber windows are
  brought up.
* Now properly detects screen-savers.

This is a StuffIt 3.0 archive.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/zipple-18.hqx; 57K]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:45:32 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) Change system disk name

     (A) Change system disk name?
Allison Greene <[e-mail]> asks:

>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?

You probably have file sharing active.  System 7 doesn't allow you to change
the name of a shared volume WHILE it's being shared.  Turn file sharing off,
rename your disk, and then turn file sharing back on.  If that doesn't work,
download info-mac/util/system7-unlock.hqx from sumex.  Sometimes, when you
turn
file sharing off, it STILL doesn't allow you to rename your disk, because a
bit
isn't being properly reset.  System7-unlock will resolve that.

Good luck!!!

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:50:28 -0400
From: "Tom Scott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (A) Turning off Appleshare'

     (A) Turning off Appleshare's auto-mount?
Pete Tamas <[e-mail]> asks:

>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

Nah, just delete the AppleShare Prep file from your System Folder.  That's the
easiest way.

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 18:03:14 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: 18.5 MB Quantum System problem (R)

The reason your system appears to take up 18.5 megabytes is that you have
32 bit addressing off. The Mac can only use about 10 MB of ram while in
24 bit addressing mode. It know the rest of the memory is there, but since
it can't let you use it, it tells you that it is part of the system.

True, this is a bit wierd since the system can't use it either, but that is
what it does. I have an LC III with 12 MB of ram. When I turned 32 bit off,
by 3.5 MB system (2 MB disk cache) became a 6 MB system. The "about this
Macintosh" said that I had all 12 MB of RAM, but the unaddressable portion
appeared to be lost to the system.

-Avram ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 18:08:24 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: 18.5 MB Quantum System problem (R) typing corrections

I always feel really stupid when I mail in a submission, and then see it
with dense typing errors. I guess it serves me right for being too lazy to
use a real editor to compose my mail.

Anyway, here are the corrections to the (hopefully) above letter:

  "It know the rest of ..." -> "It knows that the rest of ..."
  "by 3.5 MB system ..."    -> "my 3.5 MB system ..."

Sorry for the absentmindedness and the avoidable second posting!!

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 21:36:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Eric H Seale)
Subject: American Civil War Simulations?

[e-mail] writes:

>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]       |

I wouldn't say its exactly a simulation, but "12 Roads to Gettysburgh"
is pretty good.  It's a CD that gives the story behind the battle --
events leading up to it, etc.  You can branch around and find out about
individuals, battle dress, equipment, etc.  There's also this really
neat multi-media coverage of the battle strategy itself -- you see the
units move around, can read text describing the action, as the narrator
describes everything.

I can't claim to be a Civil War historian, but hey -- I was impressed.

Eric Seale
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 21:41:01 JST
From: [e-mail] (Yoshimasa Awaji)
Subject: Any utility that re-enters escape codes? (Q)

Hi everyone,

This is my first time to speak up here and I'm not sure this address is OK.

One of my friends is trying to send messages with kanji codes in it via
Compuserve, but he is stuck because Compuserve automatically deletes
all the escape codes that is necessary for kanji to be displayed correctly.

Does anyone happen to know any utility program that reinserts all the escape
codes which was deleted by Compuserve?  He wants it to be as much automatical
as possible, so that it'd be easy for any users to use it.

Thank in advance.

Yoshi -------------------------------------------
       E MAIL: [e-mail]
       NIFTY : JAC02111
 ------------------------------------------------

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 16:49:51 +0100
From: [e-mail] (J|rn Erik Wennerstr|m)
Subject: AppleShare s Auto Mount (A)

Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
writes: How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount?

>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

Students seem to play around all over the place - they do so too at our
labs. The hassle is easily remedied: In the System Folder on the affected
Macs resides a small document: AppleShare Prep. Remove this from the system
Folder and your e done. The document specifies which server volumes to
mount during startup.

Best regards,

Joern Wennerstroem

Systems Manager
Faculty of the Humanities
University of Odense, Denmark

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 17:03:51 -0700
From: Alonso Castro <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA competes with the printer (A)

>...Problem is that he cannot have both AppleTalk turned on, and be able to
>print.  I've explained the Chooser to him, but he can't quite get through the
>whole routine of turning ApppleTalk off, then back on, re-booting, etc...
>
Turn AppleTalk on, open the "Network" control panel, select the "Remote only"
icon, and reboot. Then it will be possible to print and use ARA at the same
time.
Alonso.

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 16:05:47 +0000 (U)
From: "Dees, Ted E." <[e-mail]>
Subject: ARA competes with the printer (R)

Re: ARA and the StyleWriter contention --

ARA includes a Remote Only option which essentially tells the Mac that
LocalTalk is being used via the "modem" port, thereby freeing the "printer"
port for other use, such as printing.  I am not clear on how the PowerBook
treats the modem as opposed to how other Macs treat them, but I imagine that
the Remote Only will help the problem.

Sorry I can't be more specific but I don't have a manual handy.

Ted Dees ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 11:41:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: "DAVID R. ANDERSON" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Blinkity-blink

Norm Friedman wrote in Info-Mac digest #203:

>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]

I had this problem when using virtual memory (VM).
I disabled virtual memory and the hard disk access returned
to normal. Later, I found that when one extension was removed
I could use VM again.

Suggestion: Try your system without using VM. If that eliminates
the problem, then try eliminating extensions which might access
the disk where memory has been paged.

Dave Anderson
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 08:28:45 +0000 (U)
From: "Dees, Ted E." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Change system disk name? (R)

>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?

If file sharing is on then the shared disk cannot be renamed.  If this is the
case, turn off file sharing, change the disk name, and then restart the file
sharing.

Ted Dees ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 14:18:48 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Al Williams)
Subject: ChipWits (C)

ChipWits was one of my favorite games.  My son got his introduction to
programming using it.  The stacks allowed for some pretty complex
algorithms.

Unfortunately, it was one of those programs that was intertwined with the
system.  It would run under at least System 6.0.7 and maybe even System 7,
but started abnormally.  When I'd double click on the application, I would
get an almost blank screen.  Seems like there would be a little box
somewhere and when I double-clicked again on that the program would start.

The version that I had was developed for the original 128K Mac and mine was
an 'unauthorized' copy.  The company that first marketed the game must have
sold it to someone else.  That company had an upgrade for MacPluses.  I
called them and tried to buy it, but they would not sell the new version
and would only send the upgrade to legitimate owners of the earlier
version.  :-(

It was a great game, and so much more could have been done with it!  They
could have made the matrix where you placed the program (IBOL) icons
unlimited in size. It was sometime very awkward to write the code that I
would have liked because of the limited matrix.  They could have been more
flexible with the subroutines, and they could have included a room editor
so that the environment could have been manipulated.  I'm sure that if the
game had not been abandoned, this and more would have been done.

If the author is out there somewhere, I'd love to hear from him.

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Date: 14 Oct 93 09:23:00 EST
From: "Troen, Bruce" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Compaq TV Ad - !

In IM Digest V11 #203, Brandon Munday writes about the new Compaq ad that
demonstrates speec recognition capabilities.

When I first saw the ad, I also thought that this was going to be about the
new
AV Macs!  Was I surprised when I saw a Compaq.  I agree entirely with Brandon,
Apple has got to showcase the capabilities of its machines more effectively or
it will utimately lose the marketing war.  And after all, that is the bottom
line.

Bruce Troen
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 14:05:20 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Corrupted MS Word files

  Well, my large 90K MS-Word file, which includes many graphics, got
corrupted.  Whenever I try to open that file in MS-Word, Word crashes
with the message, "Bad F-line instruction".  Is there any way of
resuscitating it?
  Is it just me, or are MS Word files inherently prone to corruption?
I've had problems like this too many times for comfort.  MS word also
has this annoying "feature" that if the machine crashes (or the remote
file server dies) while Word is running, the entire document can get
destroyed.

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 11:06:02 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Desperately Seeking Newton (Reprise)

Paul Baim says:

PB>Jeffrey Fritz complains at length about trouble finding a Newton. Of
PB>course, if he bought any Mac Magazine, he would find plenty of mail-order
PB>ads. In addition, there are the (seemingly) infinite number of under-cover
PB>Newtons (e.g., from Sharp) that don't say Newton on the outside but are
PB>Newtons on the inside, available everywhere I look, at least.

I have seen those ads.  They may be fine for others, but they conflict
with a personal policy that I have.

I try to avoid purchasing hardware from mail order outlets.  This has
been my personal policy for many years.  (I have nothing against mail
order.  MacConnection and MacWarehouse have been the receipants of many
of my software dollars.)  When it comes to software, I have no qualms,
but hardware purchases are a different matter.

When I purhase hardware I expect local support.  If I expect local support,
then I ought to be willing to pay for it by buying from local dealers.
I have done this even with consumer electronics  (e.g., I bought a
Sony TV from a local dealer even though my brother works for Sony and
could have gotten me that same set a lower cost.)  It may cost me, but
it is my principal and I try to stick to it.  (Of course, I don't
feel that the rest of the world should be obligated to follow this--
it's just something that I do myself.)

A Sharp may be an alternative, however, if I can find it locally.
After all, a rose by any other name....

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

The opinions expressed are obviously not those of my employer.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:48:14 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Desperatly (sic) Seeking Newton (C)

Jeffrey Fritz complains at length about trouble finding a Newton.  Of
course, if he bought any Mac Magazine, he would find plenty of mail-order
ads.  In addition, there are the (seemingly) infinite number of under-cover
Newtons (e.g., from Sharp) that don't say Newton on the outside but are
Newtons on the inside, available everywhere I look, at least.

Paul Baim

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Date: 14 Oct 93 18:44:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mike Pinkerton)
Subject: Desperatly Seeking Newton

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

>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.

They sell it for way below list price at the campus bookstore here
at UCSD. $695, I think.

I was playing with it this morning and I think I'm in love. The
only thing is, how well can you train it to recognize your handwriting?
After all the numerous people banging on the demo one, I'm sure it's
quite confused!!

Question to the net:

Is the Newton worth it??? I know MacUser gave it good reviews, but
is this just another electronic toy which will lose favor in 6
months or so????

Mike Pinkerton
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:02:47 MDT
From: "Dave Leiner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Floptical Drive Incompatibilities

There is an incompatibility with the Iomega 21 MB Floptical Disk Drive when
used with 1.44 MB disks. If you try to install software off multiple 1.44 MB
disks, the installer will not eject the disks, and therefore you can't
continue the install process. This limitation does not appear in the
marketing literature or in the manual, although tech support is well aware
of it. Iomega blames the problem on Apple, since programs like Installer
routinely use low level routines to perform floppy ejection, and therefore
Iomega seems not to be working on the issue. I don't understand why Iomega
can't come up with a workaround, like having the Floptical Driver INIT look
for a special key combination and force an ejection of the disk. This
problem definitely negates a significant reason why I bought the drive to
begin with, since I got tired of not being able to install off 1.44 MB
floppies on my Mac II.

Another unadvertised incompatibility is with Insignia SoftPC, where SoftPC
only treats the 1.44 floppy as a network disk and not as a floppy.
Therefore, PC programs often will not run or install from the floppy. I
don't know whether this is Insignia's problem or Iomega's; Iomega tech
support logged it as a feature request.

Another problem is that the 21 MB flopticals conflict with Stacker
compression software. This is probably a Stacker problem but Floptical
owners need to beware. Stacker merrily goes through the installation
process, indicating everything went fine. You can even copy files onto the
disk at that point. But then when you eject it and put it back in, poof!-
This is not a Macintosh disk- Eject or Initialize. I have not been in touch
with Stacker on this yet, but it seems to be a significant enough problem to
share right away. Iomega tech support is also well aware of this problem,
but lays it squarely on Stacker's shoulders.

I should finish by saying that overall I have been satisfied with the drive,
and Iomega tech support was very open and helpful. The drive is generally
very reliable with both 1.44 and 21MB disks. I still consider it to be a
reasonable addition to my Mac II, but I just want others to be aware of
limitations so they can make an informed purchase decision.

BTW, for those of you who use the Iomega BBS to download new driver
versions, the number has changed to [phone].

--Dave

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 10:56:16 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FPU for a Centris 610?

Is it at all possible to put an FPU in a Centris 610?
I am running some programs which require an FPU, for these I
had been using Software FPU v2.4.2.  However I have recently
been using a program which conflicts with this software fix and will
not run without an FPU.
Is there a PDS card with an FPU aavailable? Will an ethernet card
with an onboard FPU be accessible by the software? I've heard about chip
replacements with extra fins for cooling, Does anyone out there have
experience in putting an fpu in a Centris or can anyone point me in the
right direction to get some info?

Please respond by email and I will post results if an interst is shown.
Bob Forster
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 08:08:53 PDT
From: [e-mail] (John Thoo)
Subject: FullWrite 1.5-->1.5s updater (R)


On 13 Oct 1993 <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 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.

Grab [./app/fullwrite-pro-15s-patch.hqx].

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

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 17:01:33 +0000 (U)
From: "Dees, Ted E." <[e-mail]>
Subject: GO (R)

Re:

>I am looking for a Macintosh or Windows implementation of the game of GO.

I have Nemesis Go Junior for the Mac.  This was published by Toyogo, Inc.
Phone #s included in the "About ..." menu are (800) TOYOGO9 and (808)
254-1166.
 They are (were?) in Hawaii.  Don't know if they are still in business -- I
don't see them in the latest MacWarehouse catalog.

Ted Dees ([e-mail])

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 17:24:55 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Paul Rauschelbach)
Subject: How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount?

[e-mail] writes:

>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

In the chooser, select the server for which the login screen appears. Login
using the same name as appears in the automatic login screen. When the volume
list shows up, uncheck the "Automount" checkbox. I think that some of the
utilities in FSID on ftp.apple.com will allow you to configure this feature
away.

Good Luck,

Paul Rauschelbach

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 11:53:22 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Ahrens)
Subject: Icons metamorphosing spontaneously!

try rebuilding the desktop.

the cause is that there are a whole mess of custom finder icons.

if rebuilding the desktop doesn't work, try a full desktop rebuild:
1. make teh desktop DB and desktop DF files visable using Resedit or other
+ utility
2. drag desktop DB and DF into the trash
3. they couputer won't let you empty the trash (smart, eh?)
4. restart
5. a dialog will come up that says "rebuilding desktop"
6. empty trash

btw, make sure you have at least 1 mb free if you do  complete desktop
rebuild.
+ i have no idea what would happen if you ran out of disk space during a
+ desktop rebuild, but i'm sure it'd be bad.

--
My opinions are mine only and tentative, pending further data
Matthew Ahrens                      [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:54:01 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Icons metamorphosing spontaneously! (R)

 I had the same problem when I downloaded the Simpsons Icons (they
are fantastic, BTW), but a rebuild of the desktop (boot up holding
uhh....command option) solved the problem

Steve

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 15:51:52 HOE
From: Joao Damas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Igor

hi,
   Does anyone know if there is a demo version of Igor. I need a good plotting
program and I read some people talking about Igor. I havent seen it and would
l
ike to do so. I would also like to know how to get in touch with the people
who
 make it for ordering it if it is what i am looking for.
Thanks,
       joao

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 17:29:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chi-Te Wang)
Subject: info wanted about Quadra

Hi, there
I am interested in buying a Macintosh Quadra 800 or Quadra 840AV or Quadra
650.
Could anyone tell me what's the price?

Thanx in advance

-Ted Wang
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 11:55:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Ahrens)
Subject: Intercom (Q): Broadcast (A) NOT

Broadcast will NOT do wht you want. it only sends text messages. for what you
+ waant, you need communicator. info-mac/comm/communicator (i think)

--
My opinions are mine only and tentative, pending further data
Matthew Ahrens                      [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:54:56 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: Intercom (R)

Try communicator. It lets you "talk" to other appletalk connected users..

Steve

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 11:46:43 U
From: "Charlott Low" <[e-mail]>
Subject: InterNet question

I'm posting this note for a co-worker, as submitted to me.
Phil asks:
>I have a MacPlus, with a 40 MB hard drive, and 1 MB RAM on the >motherboard,
running system 6.04.  I need an integrated software >package for doing
networking, mailouts, newsletters, etc.  Does >anybody know where I can get a
(probably) used copy of ClarisWorks or >BeagleWorks for this platform?  I can
easily upgrade to a newer >operating system if necessary.

Please send replies directly to me.

Thanks,
Charlott Low
TSL Talking Book Program
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 14:16:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Me chief, slinging bull." <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter 8.1.1 won't print legal size

Greetings! We recently got the ultra cool new laserwriter driver from Apple
butnoticed that it didn't fix one problem we had with the old one: It can't
print legal size correctly.  Does anyone know what causes this or if it is
some unknown incompatability with the laserwriter?  We have a LaserWriter NTR
with the standard 3MB memory and hooked up on localtalk.  We don't have any
other apple printers (postscript) to test incompatabilities, so any replies
would be greatly appreciated.  BTW, the out-of-paper message does work on the
NTR contrary to the sparse docs that came with the driver. (ftp'd from
ftp.apple.com, of course..)

Many thanks!

Neil Schulman

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 10:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schenk)
Subject: LaserWriter NTR - Autoswitch (Q)

Hello.  We have a user with a Personal Laserwriter NTR who wants to
share it between a Macintosh and a PC.  He wants to know if he can
connect the PC to the parallel port, and the Mac to the localtalk port,
and if the printer autoswitch between ports.  Does anyone have any
experience with this?

If not, does anyone have suggestions on an inexpensive solution
to Mac - PC printer sharing, aside from putting a localtalk board
in the PC?

Thanks,

Jim

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:52:05 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Rich Siegel)
Subject: looking for PostScript_file -> LaserWriter software...

Drop*PS, available for anonymous FTP from world.std.com, in /ftp/pub/bbedit,
and from sumex.stanford.edu, in (I believe) /info-mac/text, should fill
your needs.

(If it's not in /info-mac/text, it is somewhere else in the
/info-mac/tree....)

R.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:23:53 EDT
From: Jerry Wolf <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac emulator on Sparc station (A)

Liken (Xcelerated Systems Inc., 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 130, San
Diego, CA 92123, [phone]) is a Unix application that allows Mac
applications to run on Sun workstations.  The environment it provides
is similar to a Mac Classic with 4 MB, 1 floppy, an optional CD-ROM,
and multiple hard disks.  It looks pretty neat.

Obvously it's commercial; I don't know cost.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 11:41:34 -500 (EDT)
From: "Alexander H. Head" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mavis Beacon

I am looking for a typing tutorial called "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing."
I am looking for help finding it on the inter-net.  Thank you

respond to [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 17:34:33 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matthew Hagopian)
Subject: Memory differences?

Can somebody explain to my the difference between 1 MEG SIMMS for a IIsi as
opposed to 1 MEG SIMMS for an SE?  I have installed old SIMMS from an
upgraded IIsi into an SE and the machine is now crashing intermittently.

Thanks in advance.
_Matthew
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 08:14:18 +0000 (U)
From: "Dees, Ted E." <[e-mail]>
Subject: neural-nets on the Mac (R)

Re:

>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.

As part of a Neural Networks class, I'm using the software which is included
with the book "Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing" by James L.
McClelland and David E. Rumelhart (1989), The MIT Press.  The software comes
in
both Mac and DOS flavors and includes the C code in case recompilation (or
modification, for that matter) is  required.  The software implements simple
one-layer feed-forward networks (a pattern associator) as well as multi-layer
feed-forward networks using back propagation.  There is also what the authors
describe as "the interactive activation model of visual word recognition"
which
is evidentally used to simulate "psychological phenomena," as well as
auto-associator and competitive-learning networks.

The book itself provides a good introduction to the various learning methods
implemented in the software and has many example problems that the software
can
be used to evaluate.

Ted Dees  ([e-mail])

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:56:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve Portigal)
Subject: neural-nets on the Mac (R)

There's also NeuralWare, which comes with all sorts of software. Enormously
complicated if you start monkeying with defaults, cuz there are amillion
different settings. But has good defaults for basic stuff...

Steve

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:54:24 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Nisus COMPLETE FLAG copy protection

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> > 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.

You in particular don't worry about it, since you don't need
all the languages supported by the Complete Flag edition of
Nisus (Hebrew, Arabic, etc). :-) If you do need that support,
and you use a Duo, you're kind of hosed without some sort of
dock.

I really don't want to get into this again, but most people who
use Nisus don't need to write in non-Romance languages other
than Japanese (which is supported by the Limited Flag edition).
The Limited Flag edition is NOT protected. Lots of companies
sell copy-protected versions of their specific-language
programs in countries in which piracy is rampant - it's just
that almost no other programs are as flexible as Nisus Complete
Flag so as to be useful throughout the world, and you can't get
away with protecting copies sold in the target countries since
it will take no time at all for an unprotected version to be
imported.

I abhor copy protection, and it's a shame that the people who
helped develop the language portions of Complete Flag required
the copy protection, but there's no way around it until the
markets where piracy is rampant join the rest of the world in
respecting intellectual property at least to the extent that it
is in countries like the US (I can't speak for others). Ack, no
more from me on this subject...

cheers ... -Adam

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

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 12:58:49 -0700
From: "Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nisus copy protection

William R. Dickson wrote:

> 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.

You may be confusing the two versions of Nisus. The 'normal' version
(Limited Flag) for those of us who don't require all the different,
fancy languages has no copy protection. The 'other' (UnLimited Flag?)
has the dongle.

Unless you're interested in doing some Arabic and Kanji on your Duo,
Bill, you can get away with the Limited Flag version. Thus, no dongle
problem.

Take care.


Sandro Menzel

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 15:48:30 HOE
From: Joao Damas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Personal Laserwriter NTR

hi,
in an attempt to get my department to get some macs (something that seems
i'm finally achieving), the first step was to get a personal Laserwriter NTR
for the PS/2s already here.
It works fine except for a little detail: it prints three little black
dots forming a vertical line in every printed page and this is quite
annoying, specially when printing graphics.
Does anyone know if there is a solution to this problem. Is it a ROM problem
or a mechanical problem? Has anyone heard of something similar?
Please, remember that for the moment the only computers attached to the
printer
are IBM PS/2S (DOS 6.0, UGH).
Thanks a lot.

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

Date: 14 Oct 93 16:11:19 EST
From: G.Buie/[e-mail]
Subject: PMMU for MAC II

I need a MAC II PMMU. Are they still made? What is the model number?
Where can I get one? What will it cost? Does it just pop into a socket,
or is it a surface mount thing that needs to be soldered? If you can
help please send me a note at g.buie/[e-mail]
Thanx.   Greg

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

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 16:19:48 +0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Gordon)
Subject: Problems with Apple's new system update?

I picked up the new system update (2-0-1) from the Apple server, copied it to
my Mac (Mac II running 7.1), de-binhqx'd it, and used the latest (beta)
mountimage to open it.  All looks fine with an Installer, a README and a few
folders worth of goodies.  All attempts to use the installer fail, however,
with an illegal instruction trap.  This is true even when Gatekeeper and
Gatekeeper Aid are turned off, all extensions (except for mountimage) are
disabled, etc.  I tried copying to a folder on hard disk and to an 800KB
floppy
(I don't have HD) leaving out parts I wouldn't use, but both fail with
"unknown
error" messages.  That's no big surprise, but it was cheap to try ...

Anyone else had success?

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 18:49:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: WJSA - Washington <[e-mail]>
Subject: QT video of DC-X flight?

Did anyone happen to grab this when it was televised by CNN?
I missed it and was wondering if there was a QuickTime(tm)
movie around of this.

Thanks in advance.

-- Eric L. Strobel

Reply to:  [e-mail]
           Subject = Eric Strobel **

 ** This is a single acct. for the entire company,
    hence the need to put a name in the subject
    line.

      or:  [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 19:47:24 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quantum Quagmire (Say What?!?)

On Wed, 13 Oct, Matthew Ahrens wrote

>it seems that someone formtted the HD using LaCie's SilverLining. Just
>initialize it again using Apple's HD SC Setup. Be sure that you are ussing
>the newest version (the one that comes with the Software Utilities Update)

Sorry, Matthew. Once any drive has been formatted with a third party
utility, Apple's HD SC SETUP will not even see it, much less format it.

Unless of course you resedit HD SC SETUP to (maybe) recognize and format
any disk. I'll not dignify that. I don't do maybe's.

Folks, what say we don't answer questions with guesses unless we admit
they are guesses. Matthew's answer simply could not have been tried.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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Date: 14 Oct 93 14:35:00 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Remote Access

      I have a networking problem that I hope someone can assist with.

      I need to dial-in from my Mac at home to my Mac at
      work (which is on a LAN) and be able to control the work mac.

      I need to be able to access my cc:mail and Telnet
      capabilities as well as download to my home mac.

      I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has done this.

      Thanks,
          Al


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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 15:40:12 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Vecoven Frederic)
Subject: sharing a disk between Sparc and Mac

Hello,

We have a Mac Quadra connected on a ethernet network with lots of Sparc
Stations.
The Quadra's hard disk is only 80Mb, but there is plenty of space left on the
stations.
My question is : is there a way to mount a Sparc directory on the Macintosh ?
If
so,
what is the utility necessary and where to find it ?

Regards,
Frederic Vecoven  ([e-mail])

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 17:47:29 +0100 (BST)
From: Betteridge <[e-mail]>
Subject: Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 Binhex bug [R]

The BinHex 4 converter included with Stuffit Lite 3.0.7 does indeed have a
bug. Apparently, it looks for the 'Stuffit Engine' (part of Stuffit Deluxe
but NOT Stuffit Lite) and crashes if it can't find it. Using the previous
version of the converter (which I think was 3.0.30 will work, so get this
>From your old version of stuffit (which of course you kept a copy of...),
drop it in the Alladin folder, and away you go. Alladin are working on a
fix, which, so I hear, will be released asap, probably in the next week or
so.

Ian Betteridge          University of Hertfordshire,
                        Philosophy Group,
                        Hatfield, Herts
                        email: [e-mail]

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Date: 14 Oct 1993 13:02:37 -0700
From: "Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7 Pro

Adam Engst wrote:

> 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!)

One of the local Apple engineers said that we could very well see
pre-emptive multi-taking with the first major OS upgrade after the
introduction of the PowerPC. Who knows when that will be. At least
it says that Apple is thinking about it.

Take care.


Sandro Menzel

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 23:42 BST
From: RICHARD LIM <[e-mail]>
Subject: Tex-Edit

This might already be in the pipeline, but if not, can someone with AOL
access please try to fish out version 1.9 of Tom Bender's excellent
freeware app and send it to Sumex?  It's been out for almost 2 weeks
now, I think!  Thanks in advance.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 16:53:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Thomas W. Davie)
Subject: the anti-mac Intel ad in MacUser

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

>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]
        My $0.02( remember to adjust for currency exchange :] ). Every
company wants profits. It is a free marketplace. This is the rationalization
why Intel placed the ad. As to why it was accepted, I think this is also the
reason. However, perhaps the ad editors of said magazine should remmember
what and why they are( prosletyzing Macintoshes for example ).
        It personally made me a little bit uneasy to see the ad. I've gotten
over it though. Every single one of my friends that actually tries/uses my
Mac asks the same question 'Why'd you buy a Mac?', and 'Oh yeah, what kind
of a sound card did you put in it to get the sound?' Once the other side( if
that is a comprehensible term )sees/uses Macs, I find that ads such as the
one under reference pale.


Thomas

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 19:05:46 -0500
From: Paul M Sheldon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Too many FTP users, ready, sumexaim, gopher (A)

In info mac digest 202 Gordon writes:
>It is better, if you can, to use gopher.
I've accumulated some gopher commands by guessing.
    Try this, as I did:
gopher SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu
works for me. Then stick it in your gopher bookmarks.
Here's another gopher command:
gopher -p 7/.index/index SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu 70
This doesn't work now and tells me nothing is there. Sometimes they change
the number 70 on you without telling and then you get permission denied with
such gopher aim or bookmark aim.
    Hope this helps!

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 18:20:56 ADT
From: DONOVAN STEWART <[e-mail]>
Subject: Two silly questions & thanks

Greetings & Saluations:

Just two (as the subject implies) silly questions: firstly, where is
the Thread Manager software stored on ftp.apple.com?  I have no access
to Archie, and must be looking in the wrong directory. Frustrating
(and just what does "dts" stand for, anyway?).

Secondly, where can I get some information about System 7 Pro? Apple
Canada is sluggish in sending out mail, and it is a bit remote here in
Eastern Canada. Some of us are even still using pulse-dialed rotary
phones (!)

Thanks in advance.

One other thing: a couple of weeks ago I posted a question about
desktop video editing systems (NTSC broadcast quality).  Thanks to
Mark Lankton ([e-mail]) who recommended Digital
F/X. In case anyone hasn't noticed, this month's MacUser has a nice
article on the subject. I tend to agree with the editors-- wait a
year. There are bettter things to come. Radius's VideoVision Suite
sounds promising...

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 10:53:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: "F. J. Van Wetering" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Using built-in Ethernet w/ Centris 660AV

This probably won't be able to be solved in abstentia, but does anyone
have a 'checklist' of things to check to properly connect to allow a
Centris to connect thoiugh Ethernet?  I tried connecting, installing
MacTCP, EVERYTHING... still get an error when I try to use built-in Ethernet
to connect.


F. J.  Van Wetering "FreeJack"        DIRECT INTERNET:
                                          [e-mail]


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Date: 14 Oct 1993 17:20:37 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Paul Rauschelbach)
Subject: What is the rela betw LPI of output and DPI of scan

[e-mail] writes:

>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.

This is the correct formula. The confusion comes about when you start to
compare scan resolution to output device resolution. Your laserprinter
can print only black pixels or nothing (same for imagesetters). Whereas
your scan can contain one of 2^24 values for each pixel (for RGB, 8bits
per color, much more in other formats). These pixels have to be reproduced
on a black&white printer using a method called "halftoning". The resolution
of this process is the screen ruling mentioned in the above formula (133lpi).
And twice this value gives the most detail possible given the resolution.
The very small pixels (2540dpi) are used to build the halftone dots (133lpi)
which represent the pixels in the scan (266dpi). On a "continous tone" output
device (dye-sublimation printer, ink-jet printer, or color film recorder) you
would want to have your scan be the same resolution as the output device.

I have over-simplified some of the concepts, but the gist is: twice the screen
ruling is the most data you will ever need for output of halftone images. Line
art and contone output you want to maximize the resolution of the scan, but
not exceed the resolution of the output device.

Paul Rauschelbach

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:53:25 MDT
From: Jim Powlesland <[e-mail]>
Subject: Writing programs

A few months ago, the U.S. television program Computer Chronicles
had an episode on writing programs for Windows/DOS and the Mac.
These programs are more robust than grammar or spell checkers -
they actually assist you composing sentences, etc. Anyways we are
now interested in buying one.

Can anyone recommend a program? Or, better yet, send me the phone
number and address of Computer Chronicles?

--

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 15:26:46 CET
From: Carlo Viviani <[e-mail]>
Subject: Zmodem Tool For The Ctb

Hi everybody,

has anyone ever seen a Zmodem Tool for the Communication Toolbox? Xmodem
is just too slow...

Thanks,

Carlo <[e-mail]>

"Answer to my mailbox, please!"

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 12:57:01 MEZ
From: David Steiner <[e-mail]>

Howdy all you extention freaks out there,

I just installed the latest version of Zipple on my IIsi and am it
almost works. When the computer boots, Zipple is active with all its
cool animated menu icons and everything works okay...until After Dark
kicks in. Then Zipple seems to be no more. I get back the standard menu
icons and no more animation.

I am running a row and a half of extentions so it could be a complex
interaction but since it seemed to be so closely related to AD, I thought
I would ask if anyone else has had a similar problem before I spend a few
hours doing the old extension load-unload shuffle.

So...anyone seen or heard of such a conflict?

TIA,
David R. Steiner, Research Assoc., Remote Sensing & GIS
ISPA-Uni. Osnabrueck     D-49364 Vechta, Germany

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 13:24:42 -0400
From: Mike O'Rourke <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Path: mikeo
From: [e-mail] (Mike O'Rourke)
Subject: [Q] Reseller with Radius TPD/20GS?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: centris 660av monitor
Organization: Xylogics, Inc.
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 17:24:28 GMT

I'm looking for a 19 or 20" GreyScale monitor for use with a new
Centris 660AV.  I've seen the info on the new Radius TPD/20GS monitors
but I can't seem to find a reseller that can get them any sooner than
Nov 1, 1993 (that was MacProducts).  Most of the places in the Boston
area that I've called know next to nothing and have been less than
helpful.  Can anyone recommend a dealer that can get them sooner, or
if not a substitute monitor?

Thanks for your help.

-mike

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 15:09:53 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Tonya Engst)

Back in college (Cornell University)  when I worked in student labs, we
would occasionally run into the killer disk syndrome. That is, a floppy
disk would somehow become damaged and then if you put it in a floppy
drive, that drive would also become damaged. The floppy might take down
a few drives before we would realize that the disk was causing the problem.

Now, this killer disk syndrome is more of a memory for me than a hard
fact, and I'm wondering if anyone out there has run into it before,
and, if anyone could provide any sort of rational, hardware based
explanation as to why this could occur. Mind you, the killer disk looks
OK, no bent shutter or other visual/tactile evidence of damage from the
outside.

Thanks for any help, and please reply directly to me. I'll summarize
and post back any replies.

Thanks, Tonya

Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] [e-mail]
My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft

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