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Info-Mac Digest             Sun,  1 Oct 95       Volume 13 : Issue 111

Today's Topics:

      [*] Big Dreams 2/10 magazine
      [*] ClarisWorks FAQ
      [*] Copland 3D picture update!
      [*] csmp-digest-v3-114
      [*] Dream Weaver
      [*] FindText 1.3 (FAT version)
      [*] free art program
      [*] Gestalt Selectors List 3.1
      [*] Guillotine 1.0a1; a disk utility
      [*] Johns WP Tips and Macros
      [*] LanSatellite 2.0b5 (network searching/mapping)
      [*] LogoMation 1.1 - A Programming Language and Environment
      [*] Mac*Chat#091/29-Sep-95
      [*] Maczine #5-a fantastic e-zine
      [*] MandelNet 1.2; a Mandelbrot calculator
      [*] NEC SuperScript 3000M (review)
      [*] Onslaught 1.0.2->1.0.5 Update
      [*] Photoshop Cutout Demo Filter
      [*] Pick&Click 1.0; a game for kids
      [*] Postage $aver bulk mail presort application
      [*] StartupCraze: a startup screen filled with extensions and CDEV
      [*] Type / Creator Database v2.0, September, 30, 1995
      [*] Yooz v1.52 : tracks usage
      [A] Roaming bunny program = Netbunny
      Apple Remote Access (ARA) Question
      best on-the-fly compression?
      dat-drive
      NEC SuperScript 3000M (a review)
      PostScript print file: line length
      PPC Unstuff Files?
      Printing Netscape Bookmarks
      Radius PrecisionColor Pivot Monitor
      RAM Doubler
      Trouble With Img Cd
      UNIX emulation
      Upload suggestions...
      video projectors?
      VirtualDisk gives auto-cataloging
      Word 5.1--System Memory too low??

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:55 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Duncan Stickings)
Subject: [*] Big Dreams 2/10 magazine

Here is the latest issue of Big Dreams.  It is a newsletter on personal
development and business topics.  It is in Mac postcard format. This month
features the following articles:

    Book Review
    Marketing Plan
    Plan For Tomorrow
    Believe

Note that this is also available in WWW format at
    http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDreams

[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/big-dreams-v2-10-pc.hqx; 192K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:42 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] ClarisWorks FAQ

The September 29, 1995 version of the ClarisWorks FAQ, considerably updated,
and with a new HTML chapter. The FAQ is now available on the web at
http://members.aol.com/macfaq/clarisworks-faq.html.

This archive contains a plain text version of the FAQ, along with a
ClarisWorks 4.0 version. Stuffed, binhexed, disinfected, smothered, covered,
uncovered, scattered, fried, and topped.

Les Jones

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/claris-works-faq.hqx; 70K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:58 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Pedro Terroba Jr.)
Subject: [*] Copland 3D picture update!

This is a startup screen the has the Mac
OS in a 3D look with Copland under it.

Thanks PJT

[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/copland-three-d-startup.hqx; 44K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:52:43 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-114

C.S.M.P. Digest             Fri, 29 Sep 95       Volume 3 : Issue 114

Today's Topics:

    Balloon help in modeless dialog???
    Determining your ports
    Disable Shift startup?
    Error Strings in Resource file?
    How do I change the mouse tracking speed?
    How to disable entire menu bar?
    How to do continuous sound recording
    How to receive an "open" message...
    Mac game programming web page
    Patching _Launch redux
    Pathname generation code?
    Three AppleScript Qs (Apple Events)

The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([e-mail]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-digest-v3-114.hqx; 33K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:46 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Dream Weaver

Dream Weaver is a little program I wrote as a project for a
graduate-level computer vision class a few years ago.  It
demonstrates a variety of simple visual illusions (caused in
some cases by 'faults' in the biological structure of the retina,
in others by 'limitations' in the brain's visual center, and yet
others by a combination of physical and mental processes), and
includes a short background on each one.  I found it on one of my
old archive disks, played with it a little, and decided it was
cool enough to share with the rest of the world.  So here you go.

Dream Weaver is absolutely free, but I retain the copyright.  You
can do anything you want with it, as long as you don't change it
and/or claim it for your own and/or sell it as part of a package
of less than ten items.

You may email to me at [e-mail].  However, I am offering
no support of any kind for Dream Weaver, so don't expect a
response.  If the program doesn't work on your machine, crashes
your machine, erases your hard disk (not that that could possibly
happen), etc., don't come cryin' to me.

That said, have fun!

Michael A. Kelly

[Archived as /info-mac/game/dream-weaver.hqx; 101K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:52:36 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Patrick MAES)
Subject: [*] FindText 1.3 (FAT version)

FindText is a utility program that searches your files for specific text.
It can search your 1000 Mb harddisk for that one file you're looking for
containing a specific name, subject, date, word, .... You can specify where
it has to look in the file: the data fork, the resource fork or both.

Instead of manually opening all your documents and looking for a specific
address let FindText do it for you (you probably will forget to open the
document you are looking for because it is in a folder where it doesn't
belong and you don't expect it to be there). It saves you a lot of time and
boring work. FindText can work in the background.

This is version 1.3 of FindText. It runs native both on a PowerMac and on a
68020 / 68030 / 68040 Mac. It needs System 7 or better.
FindText does not run on a 68000 Mac (Plus, SE, Classic, PowerBook 100, ...).

FindText is shareware (US$ 20).

Patrick Maes
Guido-Gezellelaan 95
B-8800 Roeselare
Belgium

e-mail: [e-mail]

What's new in version 1.3 ?

1. It's a FAT version: runs native both on a PowerMac and on a 68020 /
68030 / 68040 Mac.
2. It includes a file-filter. Now you can select which kind of files you
want to search. Eg. search only in files of type TEXT or only files created
after 1-1-95 and not larger than 300 kb.
3. Some minor bugs were fixed.
4. Improved background operation.

Best regards !
Patrick Maes  -  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/text/find-text-13.hqx; 128K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:44 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Joern Loviscach)
Subject: [*] free art program

Hi,

as an attachment you find a free program for creating modern art by a
special new algorithm. Enclosed are program versions for Mac (with and
without FPU) and Power Mac along with several "masterpieces" ready to load.

Sincerely,
Joern Loviscach

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/qbist-ppc.hqx; 36K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:50 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Rene G.A. Ros)
Subject: [*] Gestalt Selectors List 3.1

It lists all sorts of information about the Gestalt Manager, but mainly
about selectors and the meaning of the returned values.
The Gestalt Manager is part of the Apple Macintosh System Software to
enable programmers to determine the availability of certain software and
hardware.

Added selectors
    Apple System  : ag_v, pccd, pwky
    Apple Add.    : mtlk
    Third Parties : Kals, SCom, SKey
Added unknown
    Apple Softw.  : ATI , blck, hrad, irhk, pclk, puir, pwtr, SNKR, srad,
            sysu, valk
    Third Parties : Aarn, Aarp, Aaru, Copl, HPKb, LLSM, TRSN, VrkG, VrkS,
            VrkU
Changed selectors
    Apple System  : aslm, cput, fnd , fnd^, mach, powr, sdev, snhw, te  ,
            teat, tsma, tsmv, via1, via2
    Apple Add.    : tmTV
    Third Parties : -
Changed unknown
    Apple Softw.  : EM20, fndx, pxtn, serh
    Third Parties : -
Previously unknown
    Apple System  : -
    Apple Add.    : q3vr
    Third Parties : CHSR
Includes updates 3.0.1 up to and including 3.0.7, sent to subscribers of
the mailing list.

Best regards,
Rene Ros
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/gestalt-selectors-31-etx.hqx; 115K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:48 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jason Townsend)
Subject: [*] Guillotine 1.0a1; a disk utility

Guillotine is a drop box that "decapitates" those ugly all caps DOS-like
filenames. Just drop the offending files/folders on it, and the names will
become all lowercase. Guillotine processes the complete contents of dropped
folders. To make filenames all caps, hold downNote: you will have to close
and reopen the folder for the new name(s) to appear in the finder.

Guillotine requires System 7 or later. It is a fat binary for optimal
performance on PowerMacintoshes and 68K Macs.

Guillotine is freeware.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/guillotine-10a1.hqx; 17K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:52:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Subject: [*] Johns WP Tips and Macros

Fifty pages of tips and macros for WordPerfect. Some from a year's worth of
the author's posts on usenet, or from his macro tutorial in the WordPerfect
Mac News, but many brand new. Free.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/wp/johns-tips-and-macros.hqx; 62K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:52 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Trygve Isaacson)
Subject: [*] LanSatellite 2.0b5 (network searching/mapping)

LanSatellite 2.0 is an application that lets you search, monitor, map, and
diagram your AppleTalk network's devices and services. It searches your
network and presents the items found in both List view (sortable,
rearrangeable) and Icon view (a drawing and diagramming environment). You
can print the views and export the data to a text file.

Version 2.0b5 is the first public update from version 1.0.5. The major new
features are the brand new drawing/diagramming tools in the Icon view, the
customizability of the List view, and native Power Macintosh execution. The
major things still to do for 2.0 final are the alert mechanism, a new
custom recognizer interface, and an auto-diagramming feature.

LanSatellite is $20 Shareware. Registered users of 1.0.x need not
re-register. You can find more info at my web page:
<ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tr/trygve/index.html>

Enjoy,
Trygve Isaacson
LanSatellite author
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/lan-satellite-20b5.hqx; 1228K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:49 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Shavit)
Subject: [*] LogoMation 1.1 - A Programming Language and Environment

Are you new to programming, and are interested in an introduction to
programming?  LogoMation is programming language that you can learn all by
yourself.

Or perhaps you are an experienced programmer, and just want to find out
what LogoMation is all about and what can be done with it.

Programming with LogoMation is so easy, that a seven years old boy can do
wonders with it.

Programming with LogoMation is so powerful, that even experienced
programmers can become addicted to it.  I even know of a case of an expert
programmer who actually skipped lunch once, writing  a powerful animation
program in LogoMation (yes, she survived).

LogoMation is used by individuals at home, in schools, and in universities.
It has registered users in the North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Version 1.1 runs in native mode on PowerPC.  The package comes complete
with a tutorial, a reference manual and many examples.

Shareware.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/logo-mation-11.hqx; 976K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Tony Lindsey)
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#091/29-Sep-95

Topics:
Highlights Of This Issue
Editor's Notes
Warning - Archive Your Data And Old Program Versions
Magneto-Optical Drive Prices Drop Again
Jaz Drive Info Wanted
The Biggest Mac Newsletters
Hover Bar
Tips For AOL Users - Getting And Installing Apple Software Upgrades
First Virtual Feedback
Syquest And Iomega Drives
Technical Section Starts...  Here
Organizing Netscape Bookmarks
The Upcoming PNG Image-Format
Legalisms
Free Subscriptions To This Newsletter

[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-091-etx.txt; 29K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:52:42 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Aaron Ghirardelli)
Subject: [*] Maczine #5-a fantastic e-zine

Hello,
here is the fifth issue of Maczine, the FIRST italian e-zine dedicated to
the shareware world of Macintosh.
In every issue you will find reviews, very interesting articles and much more!
Maczine is produced with DocMaker and is FULL of pictures of the programs
reviewed.

In this issue you will find these reviews:
DeAL!
Shutdown Delay
TTConverter
theTypeBook
My Battery
Battery Amnesia

Download and enjoy!

Goodbye!

Aaron Ghirardelli
Maczine Coordinator

[Archived as /info-mac/per/maczine-005-dm.hqx; 484K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:52:41 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Christoph Pfisterer)
Subject: [*] MandelNet 1.2; a Mandelbrot calculator

Version 1.2 - September 1995
by Christoph Pfisterer <[e-mail]>

MandelNet is a package that lets you compute Mandelbrot fractals using the
combined computing power of several Macintoshes on a AppleTalk network. Of
course it may be used on single machines too, but it was especially
designed for network use. It also takes advantage of several System 7
features like Apple Events or Balloon Help and thus won't run with earlier
systems.

Christoph Pfisterer

-- [e-mail] -- http://www.sax.de/~chrisp/ --

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mandel-net-12.hqx; 96K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:59 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] NEC SuperScript 3000M (review)

I got my NEC SuperScript Color 3000M printer and have had a day to play with
it; here's the report--

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/nec-superscript-3000m.txt; 8K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:47 -0600
From: "Stephen G. Grammont" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Onslaught 1.0.2->1.0.5 Update

This update will make Onslaught 1.0.2 applications into version 1.0.5.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/onslaught-102-to-105-updt.hqx; 625K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:45 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Skip Elsheimer)
Subject: [*] Photoshop Cutout Demo Filter

This is a fully functional demo of the Cutout filter from Alien Skin's
Black Box 2.0 plug-in filter set for Photoshop 3.0.

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/cutout-filter-demo.hqx; 456K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:57 -0600
From: chuck_smyrniotis*@quickmail.apple.com (Chuck Smyrniotis)
Subject: [*] Pick&Click 1.0; a game for kids

Pick&Click is a program for kids 3 to 5 years of age. It offers a computer
environment for selecting colors, shapes, numbers and letters; while at the
same time introduces kids to the Macintosh and helps them develop point and
click  skills.

Pick&Click was created by Chuck Smyrniotis at Rapid Prototyping Technology.
Motivated by his 3 year old daughter and lack of affortable software. This
program requires a Macintosh computer with a color monitor; preferably
MacOS  7.0 or later. It is distributed as shareware with a 5 dollar
registration fee.

Thank you!
Chuck Smyrniotis
Chuck_Smyrniotis*@quickmail.apple.com (Chuck Smyrniotis)

[Archived as /info-mac/app/edu/pick-and-click-10.hqx; 257K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:56 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Postage $aver bulk mail presort application

Postage $aver for Mac is a standalone program to prepare your
mailing list for 3rd-class bulk rates. Using your database, it:
* creates complete banding, sacking, and labeling instructions;
* verifies that your zip codes and states match (also checks major
cities);
* computes postage and piece counts for USPS papaerwork;
* shows what post office to use for best rates, and figures
discounts;
* exceeds USPS sort reqs. so your mail moves faster;
* creates a sorting file to sort your list in sack/package order;
and much more!
Complete Help File.
Shareware.  Registration fee includes updates when the USPS changes sorting
details or postage rates.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/postage-saver-201-fm.hqx; 127K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:54 -0600
From: Rodolphe Paccard <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] StartupCraze: a startup screen filled with extensions and CDEV

[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/startup-craze.hqx; 398K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:43 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Ilan Szekely)
Subject: [*] Type / Creator Database v2.0, September, 30, 1995

Over 4150 entries now!

At long last an update with thousands (!) of new entries.

With the great help of Daniel Azuma the information is now supplied as a
($10 shareware) program with a great Data Base interface.

For Version 2 the information is presented in two ways.
1. A program with a built in database engine by Daniel Azuma.
2. A tab delimited text file. (until we are sure the program works for
everyone)
Uses much less space now.

Files included are:
Type / Creator 2.0 ReadMe (this file)
Type / Creator by creator (text)
Type / Creator Database v2.0 (program)

Latest version is available in FTP site:
<ftp://vms.huji.ac.il/mac_comm/>
(Directory structre may change. Look for TYPE_CREATOR_DB.HQX)

Ilan Szekely
P.O.B 3942
Jerusalem 91039
ISRAEL

E-mail - [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/type-creator-list-20.hqx; 246K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:18:53 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Pascal CARDON)
Subject: [*] Yooz v1.52 : tracks usage

(C) Pascal Cardon, 1995

What can you use YOOZ for?
o YOOZ keeps track of all applications launched on your Macintosh,
providing the date and duration of each session.
o YOOZ helps you assess what your Macintosh is being used for.
o YOOZ helps you evaluate shareware by indicating how much time you spend
on each shareware application.
o YOOZ helps you organize your network by distributing right sized Macintosh
according to each user's principal needs.
o YOOZ will reveal whether you spend more time on your favorite games
than on your word processor.

SHAREWARE
o The shareware fee for YOOZ is $20.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/yooz-152.hqx; 202K]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 95 17:05:40 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [A] Roaming bunny program = Netbunny

Scott Taschler wrote:
>the program would make a little Energizer-style bunny thump
>accross the screen of one computer in the network...

The program you are looking for is Netbunny.  Please write to
me if you want a copy and I will send it to you.  I am not the
author and have no idea how it works, but I can send you a copy.

If there is enough interest, I may submitt a copy to the Info-Mac
archives.

Be seeing you...
Romulo Romero

[No!!!!  Don't! :-)  While a cool program, it is also a violation of
copyright.
We've been asked to remove it before and we'll not accept it again! -Gordon]

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 20:13:34 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Alf van der Poorten)
Subject: Apple Remote Access (ARA) Question

I connect by modem and ARA to my mac at work and can perfectly happily join
the net using my mac applications (in fact that's what my Eudora is doing
now). ARA makes my home mac think it is part of the network at work and
that network is directly connected to the net. Of course I have to have
MacTCP running on my home mac (and it has somehow to be given an IP number
after it dials in). In any case, the correspondence below is wromg and/or
misses the point.
----

    ARA does not pass TCP/IP, just AppleTalk.  Therefore, your Internet apps
can't 'see' the Internet.  Sorry.  I unfortunately don't know of a cheap
solution.

 -Ed Marczak

> Apple Remote Access (ARA) Question
>
>  I've ARA loaded on my powermac at work, which is connected to a ethernet
> LAN.  The powermac can reach the internet via this LAN.  What i'm trying
to do
> is connect, from a remote Mac using a 14.4 internal modem, via ARA, to my
> powermac at work to gain access to the internet.  I'm using Netscape as my
> internet browzer.  I can make the electronic connection to the LAN server
> remotely but Netscape returns an error message that it can't find the name
of
> the internet host i'm trying to connect to on my Domain Name Server (DNS)
or
> that the server has refused the connection. i can connect to those same
hosts
> from my powermac at work without problem. Do i need a second IP address
for the
> remote Mac or is there something special i should be doing in MacTCP?

Alf van der Poorten
ceNTRe for Number Theory Research
[e-mail]     http://www.mpce.mq.edu.au/~alf/
fax: [phone]  voice: [phone]  home: [phone]

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 05:47:34 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Phil Winne)
Subject: best on-the-fly compression?

Considering reliability, speed, and disk space saved, what's the best
on-the-fly compression application?

Thanks.
[e-mail]

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Date: 30 Sep 1995 16:58:07 +0100
From: [e-mail] (V. Sieber)
Subject: dat-drive

I'm looking for a program to backup my mac with a SCSI-dat drive.
Any hints about existing shareware and were to find it are welcome.
Please send themn to [e-mail]
Thank you,
Volker

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:24:03 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: NEC SuperScript 3000M (a review)

I got my NEC SuperScript Color 3000M printer and have had a day to play with
it; here's the report--

<You may want to archive this...it seems a bit long for inclusion in the
digest>

It comes with abbreviated sample dye and wax ribbons instead of the full
sized ribbons that one would buy as stock supplies for the printer.  This
makes sense when you figure that the purchaser will want to see what kind of
output the machine is capable of before committing to it, but it needs to be
taken into account when purchases are made, i.e., you will VERY shortly have
to buy extra ribbons if you intend on doing much printing.  The demo ribbons
are good for (according to the manual) 10 prints each, whereas regular
ribbons are good for 25 sheets (dye-sub) or 107 sheets (thermal-wax); you get
a dye-sub ribbon, a thermal-wax variable-dot ribbon, and a plain-jane
thermal-wax ribbon.  You also get two (not three, but also not just one)
ribbon carrier, which makes it easy to swap ribbons (the printer only holds
one type of ribbon at a time), and you can (apparently) order new ribbon
carriers if you think you will be using the printer in more than two
different modes.

It comes also with abbreviated paper supplies instead of the full sheaf of
paper that you would buy as stock.  Again, you get 10 sheets of dye-sub paper
and 10 sheets of thermal-wax paper.  The plain-jane thermal-wax process can
be used with plain old Hammermill-type photocopier-grade paper, but the other
modes require the special paper.  A regular sheaf of dye-sub paper is 25
sheets, whereas a regular sheaf of thermal-wax (variable-dot) is 200 sheets.

The printer is downright cute in appearance for a printer of its class--it
looks like a StyleWriter's big brother, perhaps because of its predominantly
vertical orientation.  It fits elegantly onto desktops and other surfaces
that would be significantly more swamped by a DeskJet or a LaserWriter.
 Hookup is simple enough to forego a peek at the manual, although when it
comes to hooking up a $1000 peripheral I'm more inclined to look anyway, and
did; and the instructions are clear and uncluttered.  Took 20 minutes to
connect it to the PowerMac including the time it took to open the shipping
box.

Software is a regular Chooser device (rdev) and the Print and Print Setup
dialog boxes are sparse and clean despite an assortment of options (such as
speed versus number of colors, saturation controls, printing mode, etc.).
 Irritatingly, the dialog box that lets you pick the printing mode gives new
and potentially confusing names to the printing modes that are described in
advertisements and other product literature:  to print in dye-sub mode, you
pick "PhotoColor"; to print in thermal-wax variable-dot mode, you choose
"GraphicColor"; to choose regular plain-jane thermal-wax mode, you simply
pick "3-color" or "4-color" or "Monochrome", depending on what type of ribbon
you have in the machine.  The interface for printing mode, however, is an
example of an exceptionally well-thought-out Macintosh dialog box:  with so
many options, instead of cluttering up the screen with radio buttons, for
instance, NEC gives you a pop-down menu like a fonts menu.

Once I was hooked up, I quickly printed up a handful of my own art projects,
things I had been working on in Photoshop and Canvas.  I was impressed with
the speed, even in dye-sub mode, which I first used to print a monthly
community electric bill from Canvas; it ran faster than prints of similar
size and complexity in greyscale had been printing on my old StyleWriter.  My
concerns about long long printing time evaporated, even though the
SuperScript doesn't utilize background printing through the PrintMonitor.  It
ran astonishingly fast when I tried out the low-end plain-jane thermal-wax
mode, processing the printing of a full-page Photoshop document in a couple
of minutes and printing it in less than a minute total.  However, I had
chosen a composite photograph with many gradations of color and people's
faces, and the output in this mode was definitely not useable--not even to
check colors.  The same document that produces such a bad print in plain-jan
thermal-wax mode, however, looked surprisingly good in variable-dot
thermal-wax mode.  Instead of gaping holes in various color areas
("graininess" is an understatement), the output was smooth and the image was
clean and impressive.  You can tell the different between the variable-dot
and the dye-sub prints, but it is less formidable a different than the
difference between plain-jane thermal-wax and variable-dot thermal-wax.  At
least with photographic documents.  I intend to try it out again with some
simple SuperPaint color logos that use continuous color rather than
gradations and see if if plain-jane thermal-wax mode is useful for that.

The SuperScript comes with a Photoshop Plug-in that lets you bypass some of
the duplicative processing that the main (Chooser) driver uses, and instead
rely on the innate capacities of Photoshop, which speeds up printing.
 However, this looks to be an idea that was released in early beta format.
 You can't print in landscape view (the ReadMe file advises rotating the
image in Photoshop 90 degrees instead); you can't print CMYK documents at
all; and, when I tried to print an RGB document from the Plug-in that had
been resampled to 300 dpi, I was informed that there wasn't enough memory to
complete the task.  I have 35 MB allocated to Photoshop and this was the only
document open at the time and there's not enough memory?  I switched to the
regular Print dialog (which works fine in Photoshop although not as fast as
the Plug-in) and in this manner printed the document I should have printed
first--Adobe's configuration file "Ole no Moire".

Halfway through the Magenta process (it prints one process at a time and
sucks the sheet back in for the next one, much like the Fargo Primera), bang!
 My Back-UPS blew its button and killed everything.  Check fuse box, reset
the button, restart, reopen document, try it again.  Once again, bang!  So if
you have your system on an uninterruptable power supply, you may need to
split the NEC SuperScript off of it and onto a separate surge-protector, or
else upgrade your UPS to some serious electrical capacity.  Having no other
immediate options, I replugged the SuperScript into a strip outlet surge
protector independent of the UPS and printed a third time (Carmen Miranda has
now eaten three of my sample dye-sub prints!).  Great color saturation!  (I
had been worried after seeing some of my own art printed up; now I have to
worry about my art practices, but the washed-out colors are not a problem of
the printer if Ole no Moire is to judge).  But why are there some funny
pixelated areas around the lettering in the color-sep boxes where it says
"CM", "MY", "CY", etc?  And why does the banana lady seem to have blue under
her eyes and lipstick stains on her teeth?  Uh oh...maybe a printing problem?
 I reopend the document and use the magnifying glass.  Sonuvva...never
noticed this before.  This gal really DOES have lipstick stains on her teeth
and blue marks around her right eye!  Same with the funny pixels around the
lettering in the color sep boxes...they're in the document itself.  Okay, I'm
suitably impressed.  It prints color nicely.

-Allan Hunter
<[e-mail]>
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 18:45:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: PostScript print file: line length

> Problem:
>
> How to limit postsript print files line length to 80 characters?
>
> This would be useful if you mail your postsript print files to someone
> who doesn't have any compressing utility available for attach documents.

Kauko,

   There is a utility called ``ChunkIt 1.3'' that will do what you want.
The problem is that there are some computers that have a fit with
PostScript lines that are > 256 characters.  And there are some PostScript
printers that *also* have a problem with these same lines.

   What ChunkIt does is to break up the one type of line that causes this
problem.  That is the line that contains the list of fonts.  It knows just
enough PostScript to break these lines into lines of less that 256
characters.  The ``about'' box says it ``Breaks long Postscript font
definitions into short lines for upload & print on a computer that doesn't
like "lines" thousands of characters long.''

   You can also solve this same problem by using one of the LaserWriter 8.x
drivers that allow you to choose ``None'' for ``Font Inclusion'' pop-up.


-- Pat -------------------------------------------------> [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 00:06:11 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Summers)
Subject: PPC Unstuff Files?

Folks;

   Anyone know of a painless way to unStuff files on a PPC that doesn't
constantly advertise Aladdin's DropStuff? I really don't need it (and have
no intention of sending money to Aladdin), since there are better and
faster helper apps. I just want to unStuff StuffIt files so I might
recompress them.

     Charlie Summers

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 16:30:51 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Julius Friede)
Subject: Printing Netscape Bookmarks

Does anyone know of a utility that will print out/display a Netscape 1.1N
Hotlist with the URL's as well as the page names?
Thanks,
Julius

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 19:39:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Radius PrecisionColor Pivot Monitor

Folks,

A few months ago, I purchased a Radius PrecisionColor Pivot Monitor for
$250.00, brand new, in the box.  It has a very bright display, average
color purity in the whites (to my eyes), and most of all, is very sharp
from edge to edge.  There is no geometric distortion.  I really like it.

Problem...  Its software driver is current only up to Spring '95's
Macintoshes.  According to the Radius tech, they no longer support this
monitor (only two years old!) and have handed support for it to Radius
Display Labs who seem somewhat cool about supporting it.  Supposedly,
they'll be releasing "macportrait v.2.0.sea" October 1 which will make it
work with the newer Macs.

By "making it work" I mean so that it will give multiple resolution
support in landscape mode, and will support standard portrait mode.

I have to be a cynic about this, though.  I can't help but think that
this Radius PrecisionColor Pivot Monitor is going to be an orphan, in
spite of its being only two years old.

So, if that is the case, I was wondering if a video hacker who is
familiar with the cable wiring and other hookup sensing would know how to
get this multisync/scan monitor, which is what the Radius PrecisionColor
Pivot Monitor is, to actually act as a multiscan monitor, rather than a
832 * 624 16" color monitor.  According to the Technical Information
booklet that came with my Mac, the 16" monitor is locked in at that
resolution.

I can't help but think that a different wiring hookup on the cable will
give the "more standard" 640*480, 832*624, and 1024*768 display options.
The reason I think this is that before I installed the software drivers
(that don't work) during the computer's FIRST bootup, either a display of
1152*870 or 1280*1024 displayed!  I can't recall which one, but it was one
of the two. This was also seen on a Mac LC 475 prior to the driver
installation.

If anyone has any insight on this, or can step me in the right direction
on getting this really sharp monitor to display multiple resolutions, in
case Radius Display Labs does not support it in the future, please
respond.  I know how to modify, solder, and assemble cables.  grin

--Larry Rymal <[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 16:43:19 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mark Lofdahl)
Subject: RAM Doubler

2 Questions about RAM Doubler:

1) Is RAM Doubler campatible with Apple's DOS Card for the 6100/66, with the PC
   sharing the Mac's RAM?

2) Does RAM Doubler deal with/get rid of those messages in the info boxes of
   native applications:  "Memory requirements will decrease by xxxx if Virtual
   Memory is turned on.."?

Thanks

Mark

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:42:15 CET
From: Mario Maroncelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Trouble With Img Cd

Hi all,
I know this is not the right place but I' m having a lot of trouble with
my subscription to the Inside Mac Game CD magazine and the editor doesn' t
answer my msg. so I hope that saying that here they will answer my
questions.

IMG send me their CD with nothing written on the pack and the customs
officer doesn' t believe what I declare about the contents and so he ask
me
more dollars than the value of the CD.
And more... I sould pay nothing for the CD becouse, despite the media
(CD), it is nothing more than a magazine and I don' t pay nothing for the
other magazine I receive.

SFI

TIA

Mario Maroncelli
Ravenna, ITALY

[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 18:46:15 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: UNIX emulation

> Some time ago there was a brief thread on UNIX emulation on the Mac. Of
> course I wasn't interested then , so kept no records. I am now and would
> appreciate receiving a brief summary, or a pointer to an up-to-date
> summary, of what is available , or indeed will be available shortly, for
> the PowerMac.

Charles,

There is a Unix OS from Apple called A/UX that FAQ's can be found in any of
the RTFM locations like:

   <ftp://mirrors.aol.com//pub/rtfm/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/unix/aux/>

Other RTFM sites are as follows:

   <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/>
   <ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/doc/rtfm/>

There is another commercial Unix for the Mac called Mach Ten.  Two non
commercial Unixs include "NetMac" and "Linux".

MachTen by Tenon Intersystems can be found at the following address:

   <http://www.tenon.com/>

MachTen is a complete implementation of BSD Unix.  NetMac is another BSD
implementation for the Mac but I don't believe it is complete.  I don't
happen to remember its location.  And Linux is not complete either.

The MacLinux page:

   <http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/mac/unix/linux.html>

states:
   It appears that the 68k port of Linux is dead.  However, now there is
   a group supposedly working on a PowerMac port, though I would not hold
   my breath.

One thing to note is that it is not an "emulation" of Unix but these are
"real" implementations of Unix.  Since Unix was built so that it could be
ported to different hardware platforms, these represent real versions of
Unix ported to the Mac.


-- Pat -------------------------------------------------> [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 18:46:28 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: Upload suggestions...

>> I am the Macintosh support tech for an Internet Service Provider in
>> Chicago called WorldWide Access.  We have licensed a Mac Installer from
>> a company in San Francisco called Farr Design.  The Installer comes in
>> the form of a StuffIt InstallerMaker installer and is about 1.2 Mb.
>>
>> My problem is this: at the ISP, we want to have it so that a new user
>> can download the Installer when they first sign up when dialing in with
>> a term program (Microphone, Zterm, etc.).  How can we upload the
>> Installer so it will download correctly without needing StuffIt
>> Expander?
>>
>> Many new to the Internet who are on Macs don't have StuffIt Expander.
>> Thus, binhexx'ing the Installer wouldn't work because it would simply
>> open up as a text file.  How can I upload the Installer so it will
>> download correctly and all the person will have to do is double-click it
>> to open and begin?  I've been told about uploading it in MacBinary, but
>> this would again necessitate a decompression utility already on hand.
>> Would a .sea file work under these conditions?

You *need* to save it in MacBinary format.  The reason is that Mac
applications separate files into 2 forks, a data fork and a resource fork.
There is also a "header" that identifies to the Mac what the file type is,
when it was created, last modified, its name and other stuff.  The problem
is that only the Mac keep these pieces separate but treats them as a single
file.  MacBinary (really MacBinary II) places these three pieces into a
single stream that any non-Mac treats as a binary file (with the ".bin"
extension).

All of the terminal emulators of the last decade or so have the ability to
decode MacBinary (and MacBinary II) files natively.  You can use a copy of
any of the above terminal Emulators to upload the files as binary and they
will be in MacBinary format.

If you can do this you will be *miles* ahead of MegaSloth.  Billionaire
Bill's support people have uploaded BinHex encoded files (.hqx) as
MacBinary files not text files making everyone that downloads the files
have to force their FTP clients to `do the wrong thing' with .hqx files in
order to be able to deal with them.  And despite the fact that this mistake
has been reported in several magazines the `clueless clods' in Redmond
haven't figured it out...

You might also want to `try it out' for yourself (to make sure I haven't
lied to you).  This is the difference between a `clueless clod' (like MS
tech support) and someone that really cares about their customers...

>> Any suggestions are most appreciated.  The question is this: if a user
>> doesn't have StuffIt Expander, what is a way to upload an Installer so
>> that when downloaded by the user, all they will have to do is
>> double-click it to open and begin?

Since MacBinary decoding is included in every terminal emulator I know of,
the downloaded MacBinary file will become a "double-clickable" application.

I hope this helps.


-- Pat -------------------------------------------------> [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 23:47:41 -0400
From: [e-mail] (W. McCarthy)
Subject: video projectors?

    For a class I will be teaching next semester I would
like to acquire the ability to project my desktop onto a screen for all
the students (in a small room, not an auditorium) to be able to follow
various demonstrations, etc.. I have not much followed the development of
projector technology, and, as I glance at some of the mainstream mailorder
catalogs, I see flat panels which cost from $2000-5000. Since I'm paying
for this myself, I'm interested in getting something decent but not any
more expensive than it needs be; this, I suppose, is another way of saying
that I had hoped to find something adequate in the $1000 range. I have
several machines (Duo 280c in a dock, PPC 6100 & 7100, an old IIci) to
which the projector could be attached, and an extremely costly,
active-matrix flat panel is hardly what I had in mind, especially if I can
get reasonably good quality from something less snazzy.
   Any ideas, suggestions, leads, sent here or directly to me, would be
greatly appreciated.

W. McCarthy
CUA
Wash., D.C.
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 20:14:38 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: VirtualDisk gives auto-cataloging

Russ @ [e-mail] asks:
<<I have a gig of data in 40 or so folders. My client needs to be updated
weekly as to the contents of these folders... All I need to give my client is
the names of the files and the name of their respective folder.>>

I've been using the VirtualDisk starter that comes with Zip drives. The full
version costs about $50. It creates "TOC's" of any floppy/removable/file you
want, and automatically updates as you prefer.

I dunno if the VirtualDisk demo is online, but I'd be surprised if it
weren't.

See if this does the trick for you. Good luck!

Paddy Atherton ([e-mail])

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Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:18:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Word 5.1--System Memory too low??

Hey, y'all.

My dad is running Word 5.1 with a slew of extensions--he's
got a Mac II, but I've seen the same problem on a Power Mac
8100 running 7.5 (my dad's running 7.1).

Anyway, the first time he tries to run Word after starting up,
he gets an error message: System memory too low to run Word.
Try reducing Word's memory size.

At random, he discovered that if he opened and closed the
Trash can, he could then launch Word sucessfully.

So.  What's going on?  Why does opening the Trash can help?
And is there any way to stop the problem?

I tried to track it down to an extension conflict, but it
doesn't always happen anyway, so I can't really tell if it's
not happening because a certain extension isn't loaded, or if
it's not happening because it doesn't feel like it.

By the way, he has absolutely no interest in switching word
processors--he knows Word 5.1 well, and sees no reason to change
or upgrade.

Thanks for any insights you can offer!
-Dave  [e-mail]

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