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Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 23 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 210

Today's Topics:

      [*] AreaCodeFinder3.0.cpt.Hqx
      [*] Igor (R)
      [*] In Control scheduling program demo
      [*] Japanese Prelector tutorial
      [*] lemmingsCheat 1.0b
      [*] MacCurveFit 1.0.2
      [*] Mark Twain in Stereo!
      [*] oDraw 5.3.3
      [*] Sound Trecker 2.0 (German)
      [*] the Player Pro 4.09
      [*] Trincoll Journal
      [*] TypeChange for 4D
      [*] Unfolder 2.0 source
      [*] Update to adder 1.0
      [*] Will Rogers in Stereo!
      $99 TCI LineLink 14.4 Modem
      32-BIT Cleanliness & SIMMDoublers
      [FWD] PC to Imagewriter?
      A/UX Routing Problem (2 msgs)
      Address/Phone No of MicroFrontier
      Apple //c files to Mac.
      Apple Announces LC 475 (with 68040)
      Apple Announces Macintosh Quadras 605, 610, 650
      Apple Announces New LaserWriters Select 360 and Pro 810
      Apple PowerPC Announcements
      A Question regarding System 7PRO
      Big disk cache instead of RAM disk [R]
      Can you use a IIGS monitor with Macintosh?
      CDROM players and extra RAM
      CoActive Connection for PC and Mac: do you know?
      Converting HC Stax to Apps...
      CopyDoubler Lite Upgrade Info
      FirstClass BBS Software
      Followup to mangled startup screen question
      Font containing the <male> and <female> symbol (Summary)
      How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount? (A) (2 msgs)
      How To Make Spoken Text Tracks In QuickTime 1.5+
      Illustrator 5 -- Emperor Without Clothes
      Info-Mac CD-Rom?
      InterSLIP configuration (A)
      Is StyleWriter ink waterproof?
      Job Offer
      Kanji Talk 7.1/Language Kit Availability (A)
      Laserwriter 8.1.1 with PersLsrwtr NT?
      LaserWriter NTR Memory ?
      MacDraw II network symbol library?
      MAC Innovision monitors
      Macintosh BBS Systems (R)
      MacPPP 2.0
      Modems for MacClassic
      Need a speech app for the blind
      Network analysis shareware
      Newton (C)
      Newton VS Sharp Expert Pad
      Nisus Copy Protection (A)
      posting on Mac newsgroups
      Potential Mirror Sites -- how about just /info-mac/recent? (R)
      Pros and Cons of Powerbook 145B(Q)
      QuickTime Newton Commercial
      Remote & Selective Quitting of Apps? (A)
      Smart Alarms 8
      spare any 2meg SIMMS? cheap?
      SpeedyFinder7
      Strange Partition Behavior
      stylewriter II networking problem
      System Software
      Thread Manager is NOT pre-emptive multitasking
      Unethical
      Unethical computers (2 msgs)
      Using built-in Ethernet w/ Centris 660AV (A)
      Video Adaptor for PB170
      Why fonts don't print in PageMaker?

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 11:13:19 CDT
From: [e-mail] (John Matthews)
Subject: [*] AreaCodeFinder3.0.cpt.Hqx

This is an updated verion of areacodefinder 2.54,
and was downloaded from America On-Line.  It lets
you look up area codes, city names, or postal
abbreviations from any of the others.  I verified
it on a IIci and IIsi, but it doesn't work on a
Plus (or probably any system without Color QuickDraw.)
No documentation files were provided on AOL, so keep
your old ones.

Compressed with CompactPro, encoded with Binhex 4.

I'm not the author, just an interested user.

John Matthews
AOL:  jkm2250   Internet:  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/area-code-finder-30.hqx; 85K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 14:55:27 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jim Prouty)
Subject: [*] Igor (R)

> 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 like 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

The demo version of Igor is available from the Igor FTP site:

       ***** Announcing a new Archive for Igor Users *****

We would like to announce a new archive for Igor users on
d31rz0.stanford.edu.  This archive may be reached via anonymous FTP.

To access the archives (from most mainframes), use the command:
   "ftp d31rz0.stanford.edu" OR "ftp 36.76.0.151"

Note: The archive name d31rz0 has a zero, not an o.
You must give the username "anonymous" with any password; your
local user login name is customary.
The Igor archives are in the directory "Igor".
File and directory names are case-sensitive. Type "help" for more help.
Please read the README file.

Jim Prouty, [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/igor-archive.txt; 2K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 14:59:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Nevada Waugh Reed)
Subject: [*] In Control scheduling program demo

To whom it may concern:

Someone at Attain Corporation asked me to put a copy of the demo version of
their In Control scheduling program on the major archives.  Here it is, as
they gave it to me.  If you have any trouble receiving it, please let me
know.  Thanks!

-Thomas Reed

Nevada Waugh Reed            Washington University
[e-mail]          Medical School

[Archived as /info-mac/app/in-control-demo.hqx; 473K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 18:24:14 +0930 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Japanese Prelector tutorial

Greetings!                               21st October, 1993

This archive contains six new support documents for Japanese
Prelector v1.1, a Japanese vocabulary and Kanji study system for
the Macintosh which is available at mac.archive.umich.edu in
\mac\misc\foreignlang. These documents should simply be added to
the Japanese Prelector folder (don't delete any old files else
the program may not work) and they consist of a:

     Tutorial with operational overview and FAQs
     JP News3 extract
     new Registration/Order form
     user Survey form
     vocab entry forms in both Word and PICT formats

I hope that they will help first time users of Japanese Prelector
learn the basics of using the package quickly and easily. If you
have any comments or views about other information that should be
contained in the tutorial guide, etc, please e-mail me at:

      [e-mail]

The japaneseprelector1.1.cpt.hqx archive at umich contains the fully
operational package (no features have been disabled). However, when
you register, you will not only become a licensed user but will
receive a number of extras such as the complete User Manual and the
full 'Reference' vocab list file.

In addition, please note that a 3000 word 'Reference V2' vocab list
file (which forms a full basic dictionary) is available only by
directly ordering - details are contained on the Registration/Order
form contained in this archive.

Thanks to all those users who provided me with feedback and thus
with ideas for the material to put into this tutorial archive.
You've no doubt helped out lots of new users by taking the trouble
to mail me your comments.


           -- Michael Wildoer

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/jpn-prelector-11-files.hqx; 52K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 15:27:37 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] lemmingsCheat 1.0b

LemmingsCheat 1.0 beta.

This is a small program to edit the Level file of Lemmings. You can change
the number of lemmings to rescue, the time and the number of climbers,
diggers, etc.

It's  1993 B.J. Kobben and it's Postware. You may use and ditribute it
freelay if you send a postcard to the  -holder. Instructions included.

It's a BinHex 4.0 of a Stuffit-lite .sea file.

Barend Kobben

Cartography dept., Utrecht University
PO Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
E-Mail:  [e-mail]; Phone :   [phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/lemmings-cheat-10b.hqx; 50K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 17:18:53 EST
From: Kevin Raner <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacCurveFit 1.0.2

MacCurveFit 1.0.2 is a data plotting and curve fitting program for
scientists.
The main feature of the program is its ability to perform least squares curve
fitting with any equation you choose to nominate. You have complete control
over which coefficients are optimized and even over which algorithm is used.
You can also adjust the coefficients manually and watch changes in the sum of
squares error and the correlation coefficients interactively.

Many Thanks
Kevin Raner

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-curve-fit-102.hqx; 361K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 10:58:47 +0500
From: [e-mail] (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Subject: [*] Mark Twain in Stereo!

    This is a color STEREO Macintosh PICT file of the famous
  American author and humorist Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne
  Clemens 1835-1910).  Although he is shown in bed, this was
  the way that he always worked.  The photographs were taken
  by the stereo photo company "Underwood & Underwood" sometime
  around the turn of the century.

    This image is one of over a thousand high resolution antique
  3D images available on the ILLUMINATI 3D-CD-ROM.  This disk
  contains a large collection of famous people, a world tour
  of Europe/Asia/America, American Indians, Jerusalem and the
  Middle East, World War I, Presidents, ...etc. Most images are
  75 to 150 years old.

  In order to view this image in 3D you will need to use Red/Blue
  "Anaglyph" glasses.  Cheap cardboard ones can be obtained at
  comic book stores and they are also provided with the CD-ROM
  (if you can't find one, write me and I'll mail you one for
  a $1).   Place the Red filter over your left eye, the Blue
  one should be over your right eye.

Enjoy!

  Reid Judd

  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/mark-twain-st-pict.hqx; 230K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 08:22:03 +0100
From: Guenther Blaschek <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] oDraw 5.3.3

This is AppleDraw version 5.3.3. This is the System-7-only release
(stand-alone application with built-in desk accessory).

AppleDraw is a simple yet powerful drawing desk accessory featuring:
 - lines, arrows, text, rectangles, rounded rectangles, ovals, polygons
 - text with automatically adjusted frames
 - polygons with arrowheads
 - hairlines (PostScript printers only)
 - editable groups
 - zooming
 - grid
 - object measurement in pixels, cm, and inch
 - ... much more ...
 - and - most important - a very simple user interface

AppleDraw is ShareWare $30. MacWrite documentation included.
  e  Guenther Blaschek, University of Linz, Austria
 gu  E-Mail: <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/apple-draw-533.hqx; 120K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 19:53:10 -0400
From: Lloyd Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Sound Trecker 2.0 (German)

Here is the New Sound-Trecker.. it's in German, but it works well!
(Plays everything, except MED, it seems!)

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-trecker-20-deu.hqx; 178K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 19:13:43 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Espen H. Koht)
Subject: [*] the Player Pro 4.09

A new version of the neat MOD player/editor for the Mac which now=
 supports
the the AV macs for output and Apple=B4s SoundManager 3.0.

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/player-pro-409.hqx; 175K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 01:37:16 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Peter Adams)
Subject: [*] Trincoll Journal

Greetings All,

The 10.21.93 issue of the Trincoll Journal has just been published! The
cover story this week is "Drugs in the 90's". The issue is full of other
great stuff including an article on Michael Jordan's retirement. So please
take a look see. We really do want to know what you think, so send us some
mail when you get a chance, and remember, we have an open submission policy
for your contributions!

For more information on the Journal please read the READ ME file enclosed
in the archive or send mail to: [e-mail]

The Journal is available via anonymous FTP from:

troy.trincoll.edu            /pub/incoming/TrincollJournal
sumex-aim.stanford.edu       /info-mac/recent

Thanks,

The Editors

[Archived as /info-mac/per/trincoll-journal-93-10-21.hqx; 621K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 11:33:09 +0100
From: [e-mail] (John Cargill-Ek)
Subject: [*] TypeChange for 4D

4th dimension external to change creator and type of file.

/john

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/type-change-ext.hqx; 93K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 14:34:20 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Unfolder 2.0 source

This is the source code for Unfolder 2.0, so it might be named unfolder20.c,
and put in the same directory as unfolder20.hqx.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/unfolder-20-c.txt; 30K]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 11:03:30 +0700 (GMT+7:00)
From: [e-mail] (Ken Wessen)
Subject: [*] Update to adder 1.0

Hello again.

This is both a bug fix, and an update to adder version 1.

It fixes a bug that could crash a machine (though rarely), and also
adds the ability to add more than one application to At Ease at a time.

Below is the blurb from version 1.

This is just a small utility designed to run under At Ease.  It enables
a user to add to the At Ease desktop applications from a floppy.
It also enables the easy removal of all such added applications.
It was designed for use in a student mac laboratory here, so that
we could use At Ease with its advantages for easy maintenance and easy
use of the system (most students her have little mac experience), but
still allow them to use applications they had on a floppy without having
to install them on the hard disk, or get an administrator to set
up an alias.
This does undermine the security of At Ease a little, but it is not
meant to be a security application really anyway.  I find the
advantages this utility adds outweigh the slight compromise
of security (which can be circumvented by a startup floppy anyway).

Ken Wessen
Department of Physics
Prince of Songkla University
Hat-Yai, Songkla
Thailand 90112

email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/adder.hqx; 9K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 11:49:58 +0500
From: [e-mail] (Reid Judd - Sun NC Development Center)
Subject: [*] Will Rogers in Stereo!

    This is a color STEREO Macintosh PICT file of the famous
  American actor, orator, writer, and cowpuncher: Will
  Rogers 1879-1935.  He was born in Oolagah, Indian Territory
  (now Oklahoma) on November 4, 1879.   He became famous for his
  vaudeville act with Ziegfeld's Follies in which he chewed gum
  and twirled his lariat while delivering a commentary on the
  government.  These photographs were taken by the stereo photo
  company "Keystone" at one of 1920 presidential conventions.

    This image is one of over a thousand high resolution antique
  3D images available on the ILLUMINATI 3D-CD-ROM.  This disk
  contains a large collection of famous people, a world tour
  of Europe/Asia/America, American Indians, Jerusalem and the
  Middle East, World War I, Presidents, ...etc. Most images are
  75 to 150 years old.

    In order to view this image in 3D you will need to use Red/Blue
  "Anaglyph" glasses.  Cheap cardboard ones can be obtained at
  comic book stores and they are also provided with the CD-ROM
  (if you can't find one, write me and I'll mail you one for
  a $1).   Place the Red filter over your left eye, the Blue
  one should be over your right eye.

Enjoy!

  Reid Judd

  [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/will-rogers-st-pict.hqx; 206K]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 09:20:16 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Eloise Kleban)
Subject: $99 TCI LineLink 14.4 Modem

With respect to the $99 14.4K modem - I plugged it into my Quadra
700 and started communicating!  However, the MacKnowledge software
did not work, so I used TinCan which is a nice straightforward
vt100 emulator from Yale.  MacKnowledge did some strange things
to the modem settings, so I had to reset everything back to the
defaults before using TinCan.
Eloise Kleban
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 14:11:31 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Monty Hampton)
Subject: 32-BIT Cleanliness & SIMMDoublers

Fellow Netters,

I just took my IIci from 8MB to 12 MB using 4x1 MB SIMMs and a product from
MicroMac Technology called *SIMMDoubler*. So far, so good!!!. After booting
up, I reset the Memory CDEV to 32-Bit Mode and rebooted. To my (*PLEASANT*)
surprise, all of my usual INITs loaded and I am composing on a 12 MB RAM
CPU (ever so relieved and grateful). My question is.....

Is there a listing somewhere of 32 BIT clean software as I am anticipating
problems down the road and don't want any *BIG* surprises. If anyone knows
of such an animal, I would appreciate knowing about it.

Also, for the more experinced 32-BIT users, any helpful hints or reading
material as to how to maximize the new memory?

Thanks MUCH!

Monty

E.M. Hampton, OUHSC College of Pharmacy & OKC DVAMC
921 NE 13th Street,Oklahoma City, OK 73104 [phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 13:41:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [FWD] PC to Imagewriter?

>Forward message follows.
>To: *mac
>From: johnnya
>Posted: Oct 22 09:55 PDT (Oct 22 16:55 ZULU)
>Cc:
>Subject: PC to Imagewriter?
>
>Does any one know if it would be complicated to print the output from a
>PC computer on an Apple Imagewriter II.  I assume it would take some
>special software.  If so is there any shareware available to ftp?
>
>Johnny Armstrong
>[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 12:47:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Reichert)
Subject: A/UX Routing Problem

I don't really know if this is the best forum for asking this, but here goes.

I have A/UX 3.0 running on a Mac IIci with two ethernet cards. This system
will be providing the back end of a network firewall and so I need the
machine to forward packets back and forth between the two interfaces
(fairly straightforward idea). According to the "A/UX Network
Administration" manual, all that is required is to install the cards and
configure them, then run _routed_ on the host (again, fairly simple).
Unfortunately this isn't working.
I realize that I need to set the kernel parameter IPFORWARDING, but A/UX
doesn't appear to provide a mechanism for doing this (run kconfig -av).

Does anybody on the net know how to get this working?  I have called Apple
Tech Support in Canada, but they have proven to be less than adequate at
solving this (to be fair, I don't believe that they have any A/UX experts
in Canada anyways, but you would think that they have access to brains in
Cuppertino :-(.

Kevin Reichert                         [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 12:47:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Reichert)
Subject: A/UX Routing Problem

I don't really know if this is the best forum for asking this, but here goes.

I have A/UX 3.0 running on a Mac IIci with two ethernet cards. This system
will be providing the back end of a network firewall and so I need the
machine to forward packets back and forth between the two interfaces
(fairly straightforward idea). According to the "A/UX Network
Administration" manual, all that is required is to install the cards and
configure them, then run _routed_ on the host (again, fairly simple).
Unfortunately this isn't working.
I realize that I need to set the kernel parameter IPFORWARDING, but A/UX
doesn't appear to provide a mechanism for doing this (run kconfig -av).

Does anybody on the net know how to get this working?  I have called Apple
Tech Support in Canada, but they have proven to be less than adequate at
solving this (to be fair, I don't believe that they have any A/UX experts
in Canada anyways, but you would think that they have access to brains in
Cuppertino :-(.

Kevin Reichert                         [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:25:04 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Charlie Chan)
Subject: Address/Phone No of MicroFrontier

I need to get in touch with MicroFrontier but I have lost their
address and phone no. If any netters know how this company can
be reached, please email me their address/phone number.

Thanks in advance, C. Chan [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:07:04 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mike Grabenstein)
Subject: Apple //c files to Mac.

    For getting files you might look around and see if you can
find an old Apple //e 3.5 inch disk drive. Then your Apple //c could
write Prodos disks that the Mac could read via Apple File Exchange, or
with the ProDos file system extension.

    There was a port on the Apple //c to do AppleTalk (I think).
It has been a long time...And I never used it on my Apple //c. But it
also depends what version of the //c you have. There were 3 different
versions that I knew of. The original version, which could be upgraded
and the second edition. If you do a pr#7 and you get the message "no
disk in the drive" or the 2 drive boots up, you have an older version.
If you get some message about nothing being connected to slot 7, then
you have a newer version that came with AppleTalk. I think the port
was called the "SmartPort" but could be used as an Appletalk port.
I hope this is not just a bad memory frag. ;-)

Later,
    Mike

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Date: 21 Oct 1993 20:00:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: Apple Announces LC 475 (with 68040)

    [ only highlights and summaries are posted here.  the full text
      of the press releases can be found in comp.sys.mac.hardware.
                        ---Werner ]


Affordable New LC Model Delivers 68040 Performance for Education

CUPERTINO, California--October 21.
The new LC 475 (using the 25MHx 68LC040) doubles the performance of the
current LC III.  The base configuration cost will be $1,082 to qualified
education institutions.

expandable to 36MB DRAM, 512K VRAM standard (expandable to 1MB), 80MB or
160MB internal hard drive, compliant with the EPA's Energy Star Program,
supports all current Apple monitors, including the Macintosh 21" Display.
The internal expansion slot is compatible with the LC III LC PDS slot (for
use of LC III Apple IIe emulation cards, as well as LC-compatible Ethernet
and networking cards)

includes keyboard and mouse, System Software 7.1, Quicktime 1.6, HyperCard
Player 2.1. CD-ROM driver and Ethernet software are pre-installed on the
hard drive. 8-bit on-board stereo sound input and 8-bit stereo output,
external SCSI port. Displays sold separately.

A Macintosh LC 475 Logic Board Upgrade Kit will be offered to current
Macintosh LC II and LC III customers.

The Macintosh LC 475 system will be offered to qualified education
institutions in the U.S.

Distribution, pricing and configurations will vary outside the U.S.

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Date: 21 Oct 1993 19:36:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: Apple Announces Macintosh Quadras 605, 610, 650

    [ only highlights and summaries are posted here.  the full text
      of the press releases can be found in comp.sys.mac.hardware.
                        ---Werner ]



New Macintosh Quadra 605 Debuts as Entry-Level Business Computer;
Performance Increased on Quadra 610 and 650 Models

CUPERTINO, California--October 21, 1993--Apple Computer Inc., today
introduced multipurpose Macintosh Quadra computers for the business
and professional marketplace.  Quadra, Apple's business line,  now
offers the power of the 68040 microprocessor across the entire line,
starting with the new Quadra 605 at less than $1000. In addition, the
Quadra 610 and 650 join the line replacing the current Centris 610 and
Centris 650, delivering appreciable performance gains.

In a parallel move Apple announced it has merged its business and professional
products under the single brand name of Quadra beginning with this
introduction.



Quadra 605

The Quadra 605 includes System Software 7.1, as well as QuickTime 1.6,
HyperCard Player 2.1.  A CD-ROM driver is preinstalled. max 1MB of VRAM
support all current Apple displays and most VGA and SVGA monitors;
4MB of DRAM (expandable to 36MB) and various hard disk options.
full 8-bit stereo sound-in and sound-out.


Quadra 610 and Quadra 650

the Quadra 610 is ~25% faster than the Centris (25MHz Motorola 68040),
standard 8MB RAM (expandable to 68MB), with a 160MB or 230MB hard drive.
priced: $1439 to $3339.

The Quadra 650, 25% faster than 610, 8MB RAM (max 136MB), three NuBus slots,
either 230MB or 500MB hard drive. max 1MB of VRAM support all current
Apple displays and most VGA and SVGA monitors.

Both 610 and 650 feature full 8-bit stereo sound-out and sound-in.
Internal CD300i CD-ROM drive optional.


Upgrades

Apple plans to make upgrades available for the Quadra 610 and 650
industrial designs to PowerPC technology when it releases its systems
based on this new RISC technology in the first half of 1994.  Apple
previously announced plans to make upgrades available for Quadra 800
and 840AV systems; the Centris 610, 650 and 660AV; Performa 600 and
Macintosh IIvx/IIvi models.  In addition, Apple continues to work on
providing upgrade paths for other Macintosh models.

Pricing and Availability

The Macintosh Quadra 605, 610 and 650 will be offered worldwide
through authorized Apple resellers.  Pricing and availability may
vary outside the United States.

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Date: 21 Oct 1993 19:33:58 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: Apple Announces New LaserWriters Select 360 and Pro 810

    [ only highlights and summaries are posted here.  the full text
      of the press releases can be found in comp.sys.mac.hardware.
                        ---Werner ]


High-Performance Apple Printers Target Large and Small Workgroups
Aggressive Pricing and Fax Option Set New Standards

CUPERTINO, California--October 21, 1993--Apple Computer, Inc., today
announced the LaserWriter Select 360 and the LaserWriter Pro 810, two
new printers focusing on the needs of small and large workgroups.

Select 360 is designed for networks of Macintosh and DOS/Windows computers,
while the LaserWriter Pro 810 offers the speed and flexibility sought by
large workgroups where users run a variety of operating systems.


Apple Offers PostScript Fax Option for the First Time

One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Apple's new printers is
their optional PostScript Fax capability.  This add-in capability turns the
printers into plain paper fax machines which can send and receive either
standard faxes or high resolution PostScript Faxes.  Developed in
conjunction with Adobe Systems, the PostScript Fax capability on the
LaserWriter Select 360 and LaserWriter Pro 810 is available to all users on
the workgroup network (resolution identical to printed output: 600/800 dpi)


LaserWriter Select 360

Priced at $1599, 600 dpi print resolution, 10 pages per minute (ppm).
supports Adobe's PostScript Level 2 software and PCL5.  Fax card is $299.
parallel, LocalTalk and serial ports, plus Adobe's IntelliSelect software,
which provides auto-emulation and port switching in ROM.  Ships with two
paper trays standard: a 250 sheet letter size cassette and a 50 sheet
multipurpose tray.  Optional envelope, 250 and 500 sheet size paper trays.
Compliant with all EPA Energy Star standards.


LaserWriter Pro 810

Priced at $4899, max 20 ppm (from three universal cassettes for letter,
legal, tabloid, A3, A4, A5, B4, and B5 paper sizes. Supports Adobe's
PostScript Level 2 software.  tabloid paper capability , 750 sheets of paper.
Adobe PostScript Fax option available as a user installable cartridge, $299.
native 400 dpi resolution, selectable 300, 600 or 800 dpi.

SCSI hard disk expansion slot, expandable network architecture and maximum
memory capacity of 32MB. Four networking protocols are concurrently active for
"plug and play" compatibility in Novell, Macintosh, UNIX and DEC
environments.
Built-in Ethernet network card provides transparent, simultaneous printing
for IPX, TCP/IP, Ethertalk, and Digital LAT protocols. compliant with SNMP.
has a remote console facility for diagnostics and configuration.

Both printers  expected to be available shortly

For more info (in the US) call the Apple Referral Center at [phone].

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Date: 21 Oct 1993 19:29:56 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: Apple PowerPC Announcements

    [ only highlights and summaries are posted here.  the full text
      of the press releases can be found in comp.sys.mac.hardware.
                        ---Werner ]

CUPERTINO, California--October 19, 1993--In a series of announcements at
major industry events this week, Apple Computer, Inc. is demonstrating
growing momentum behind and support for the next generation PC platform:
Macintosh with PowerPC....

In summary, Apple announced the following:

-- Seven additional software developers have announced plans to develop new
   "native" versions of applications for the PowerPC (there are 18 total now)
-- Plans to deliver higher clock speeds for RISC-based Macintosh systems.
-- Additional details on its PowerPC upgrade program for current customers.
-- Delivery of first silicon of the PowerPC 603

This week's progress update coincides with three major conferences
where PowerPC will be discussed:

+ the Microprocessor Forum in Burlingame, CA
+ the Seybold Publishing Conference in San Francisco
+ the EDUCOM education conference in Cincinnati.

Re-affirming that Apple is on schedule for its planned introduction of
systems based on new RISC technology during the first six months of
1994, Apple plans to exhibit Macintosh with PowerPC prototype systems
and demonstrate a selection of applications that are under development
at both Seybold and EDUCOM.


Major Developers Committed to PowerPC

the 7 new developers announcing native applications support for PPC are:
Artwork Systems, N.V., Canto Software, Inc., Fractal Design
Corporation, Graphisoft, Great Plains Software, ITEDO Software GmbH.,
and Wolfram Research, Inc.

Developers previously committed to developing native applications include:
Adobe Systems Inc., ACIUS Inc., Aldus Corporation, Claris Corporation,
Deneba Software, Frame Technology, Insignia Solutions, Microsoft Corp.,
Quark, Inc., Specular International, and WordPerfect Corporation.

At both the Seybold and the EDUCOM conferences, Apple plans to publicly
demonstrate for the first time a selection of native applications:
Aldus FreeHand, Insignia SoftPC, Adobe Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter,
Specular Infini-D, Wolfram Mathematica.
(attached third-party summary sheet provides a complete list of
 developers supporting Macintosh with PowerPC)


Affordable Upgrade Paths

Today, Apple also announced plans to ship upgrade products simultaneous
with the initial introduction of Macintosh with PowerPC systems, and
added an upgrade path for Apple Workgroup Servers (See related release
today).


Increased Microprocessor Performance

In co-operation with IBM and Motorola, Apple announced that the
performance of the PowerPC 601 chip has exceeded original goals and
plans to ship at higher frequencies (speeds) than earlier announced.
The minimum speed of RISC-based Macintosh systems has been increased
>From 50MHz to 60MHz.  Additionally, Apple announced that it also
plans to ship 80MHz systems during 1994.

Also this week, Apple with IBM and Motorola announced that the second
PowerPC chip, the 603, has reached first silicon.

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:37:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: A Question regarding System 7PRO

Hi there...I have a question:

If I use E-MAIL via Compuserve, America Online, Internet, and Bitnet...is
System 7.1 Pro worth getting?  Or should I just wait for the old System 7.2
Upgrade?

Thanks

[e-mail]      or    [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 15:27:06 EDT
From: [e-mail] (2d Lt Avram Dorfman)
Subject: Big disk cache instead of RAM disk [R]

This is a suggestion for how to keep a powerbook harddrive off most of the
time. If you have responses, or technical corrections, please reply to me
directly. I will post a summary of responses in 1 week. Anything to avoid
wars!

A "cache" is a little place to keep stuff that is more convenient than the
normal place for keeping the same stuff. That's my definition, not Webster's.
I.e. squirrels keep a cache of acorns during the winter b/c it is much easier
than going out in the winter to find them. A disk cache is a segment of RAM
that the system can put copies of files that it uses frequently.

Basically, whenever anything is read from disk, it is also copied into the
cache. When a file is needed, the system uses what's in the cache if
possible.
The benefit to most users is what you already know - RAM is 10 to 100 times
faster than disk (more for foppies).

There is another significant benefit to Powerbook users: RAM doesn't require
that the harddrive spin, which saves power in a big way. Thus, if you have
a powerbook with lots of RAM, you can make you disk cache really big. If you
limit the files you use to less than the size of the cache (including System
files:), then you can go for a long time (several hours) without the
harddrive.

Here is an example of using MS Word 5.1a w/ a 100k document, and 1.5 MB of
system extensions - You only need to cache files, not application memory:

Category:  MSWord+EngDict Finder Sys-Suitcase document Extensions  Total
file size: 900k   290k    400k     1000k        100k     1500k     4190k

The nearest cache size is about 4600k. With this cache size, theoretically you
can have every file you will be using in the cache, and never go to the disk.
In practice, there is occasionally some little file that simply never got put
into the cache in the first place. This will cause the HD to wake up, but it
doesn't happen very often.

This is only marginally more expensive than a RAM system disk, and apparently
a
lot less trouble. Also, it requires the same amount of memory.

-Avram Dorfman ([e-mail])

p.s. You can put make Mac sleep with the battery control, and then wake it
up.
Since the cache is stocked, the HD will stay asleep - effective immediately!

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 00:02:05 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Can you use a IIGS monitor with Macintosh?

Can a IIGS monitor be used with any model Macintosh (particularly a
68040 model Macintosh)? Thanks, Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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

Date: 21 Oct 1993 19:05:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: CDROM players and extra RAM

Why do Macs sold with internal CDROM players automatically have more RAM than
those machines sold without? For example, the "base" Centris 610 has 4mb RAM,
but the Centris 610 with the 300i CDROM player has twice that, 8mb.

I'm looking at purchasing the Performa LC550, the LC520's big brother. It has
a
curious 5mb of RAM. Does that mean it has the standard 4mb on the motherboard
and a 1mb 72pin SIMM in the one-and-only SIMM slot? Or 5mb on the
motherboard?
Will I automatically NEED more RAM with a CDROM player? If 8mb suited my needs
fine before, if I add a CDROM will I need another couple o'megs of RAM? If so,
why?

Enquiring minds want to know! I welcome, and appreciate any responses. I've
recently sold my SE/30 and PowerBook 100, so I'm currently computerless, and
have to use the DOS box in my office (shudder). Because I'm a good graduate
student, I'm out working and doing helpful things to others most of the time,
and check my messages once or twice a week, so I'll get back to any responses
eventually.

Thanks again,

Robert Brockman, aka [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 15:31:09 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: CoActive Connection for PC and Mac: do you know?

MacUser of september has an ad of CoActive Connection (page 111, if I remeber
w
ell): you connect one cable to PC parallel port, one to Mac serial port, in
the
 middle stays some proprietary hardware and voila', without hassle you see the
Mac hard disk as a drive letter on your PC, and your PC hard disk appears onto
the Mac desktop ---- according to that ad.
It is interesting to be able to do this without dedicated network hardware and
software (appletalk, netware, and so on).

Does anyone know something about it? any ideas of the price? any e-mail
address
 for the CoActive Connection firm?
Many many thanks.    Maurizio

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

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

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 17:02:24 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Converting HC Stax to Apps...

I know I've read where hypercard stacks can be converted
to Windoze executable files and perhaps to Mac standalone
apps as well.  Would someone who may have experience or
info about this please email me or post here?  TIA.

--Brian Pickerill  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 14:22:42 CST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CopyDoubler Lite Upgrade Info

The upgrade from the CopyDoubler 1.01a to CopyDoubler Lite
means you lose the ability to directly copy already compressed
files by holding down the control key. What now happens is that
you get a dialog box that has a menu to temporarily turn off the
expansion to, for example, a floppy disk. This is fine, but less
convenient if you copy many compressed files to floppy but want the
default to still be expansion. I called FGS about this and they asur
assured me that unless you have one of the specific problems listed in
the upgrader patch (an av for example) there is no danger in keeping
the older version 1.01a - no known problems with an updated AutoDoubler
2.02.
BTW, I get annoyed with those who get snippy or short with the
moderators for various (often fabulous) shortcomings. Let's give
them three cheers for sticking with a nearly thankless task that
does so much for all of us in the Mac community.
         The Notorious Muller....

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 12:16:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Colson <[e-mail]>
Subject: FirstClass BBS Software

I have a demo of this software for running a GUI BBS...and was completely
conviced that "this is the package for me." However, I would like to hear
from anyone who has experience running a FC board. Their pricing seems a
bit awkward and cryptic at best (Albeit, MacWharehouse has the server for
$79.95 with one client and 50 clients for $325.00). The demo states that
their is a Windows client available, and multi-line - but then lists the
prices as being about $400 each. Is that just for an upgrade for the
server or is that for say 50 windows clients (in the case of the Win
upgrade) or for the hardware to provice multi-line (in the case of the
multi-line upgrade) ????

Thanks for any info.
Timothy

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

Date: 22 Oct 1993 08:54:17 U
From: "Anne" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Followup to mangled startup screen question

Thanks to those who answered my question about why a startup screen would
suddenly go 1-bit. As you surmised, I had zapped my pram, in this case by
replacing the battery on the logic board. It's working fine since I followed
the advice to use the Monitors CP to set pram back to 256 colors.

Now I need another favor. My dearly-beloved startup screen was mangled by my
fooling around in Photoshop to see if it had somehow lost its color. I can no
longer find a copy of it on Sumex or the mirrors. It was an anime still of
Unapuma(?), originally posted on Sumex as knife.hqx, or something similar. It
shows a blonde warrior girl with cats' ears holding a gigantic serrated
knife.
If anyone has a good 24-bit copy of this would you please mail it to me?

Thanks,
-abh

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 16:00:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Casgrain Philippe)
Subject: Font containing the <male> and <female> symbol (Summary)

Thanks to all who answered my query for those symbols.
Three answers came up:

- On sumex:
-r    26520 Sep 10  1992 ./font/planets.hqx
- On mac.archive.umich.edu:
mac/system.extensions/font/type3/intersymbols.cpt.hqx
- In the Apple Font pack:
Zeal

The last one is commercial, it must be bought with the Apple Font pack.
However, it is the nicest IMHO. That's the one we cose.

Philippe

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 09:45:54 -0800
From: Sujeet Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount? (A)

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
>[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

If your using System 7 get a hold of the "AppleShareSetup" Control Panel from
ftp.apple.com you don't have to install it as a Control Panel just run it
(even
from a file server) make your desired settings and restart the computer.  If
your running System 6 have your machine configured so their will be no mounts
at
system startup and lock the "AppleSharePrep" file in the System folder.

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 09:16:57 -0800
From: Sujeet Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: How do you turn off Appleshare's auto-mount? (A)

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
>[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

If your using System 7 get a hold of the "AppleShareSetup" Control Panel from
ftp.apple.com you don't have to install it as a Control Panel just run it
(even
>From a file server) make your desired settings and restart the computer.  If
your running System 6 have your machine configured so their will be no mounts
at
system startup and lock the "AppleSharePrep" file in the System folder.

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:37:26 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How To Make Spoken Text Tracks In QuickTime 1.5+

I am posting this because it might help somebody out there who is presently
stuck on the subject as I was:

How To Add Text Tracks To QuickTime 1.5 (and later) Movies, and How To Have
The Speech Manager (PlainTalk) Speak Them To You.

TEXT TRACKS:

Although you won't find this in MoviePlayer's on-line or balloon help, you
can use MoviePlayer to create your own QT text track (QT 1.5 and later
supports text tracks).

For example, copy some text to the clipboard, open a QT movie within
MoviePlayer, drag the play bar (with shift held down) to select a portion of
the movie, then do a ctrl-shift-option paste. The text from the clipboard
will now appear as "close-captioned" text along the bottom of the selected
part of the movie. Cool, isn't it!

Apple did a superb job of hiding this. Another interesting tidbit is that QT
also has built-in functions to search for text strings within the text track!


HOW TO MAKE THE MAC SPEAK THE TEXT TRACKS:

You Need a couple of files in your system folder for this to work:
PlainTalk Extension (OPTIONAL)
Apple Speech Manager Extension
Apple stdTTS Extension
and Apple Speech Media Handler
Macintalk Voices and/or Apple's TTS VOICE extensions (TTS VOICE FILES WILL
ONLY WORK WITH PLAINTALK EXTENSION)

You have to install the stdTTS and Speech Media Handler extensions. If you
don't have them
you can download them from Apple's ftp-site:

FTP.APPLE.COM

stdTTS and the Speech Media Handler are in the (ftp.apple.com) Directory:
  /dts/mac/sys.soft/quicktime/sample.code/speech-media-handler.hqx

The stdTTS extension is in one of the folders you get when you expand
the file "speech-media-handler.hqx". Just install it in your extensions
folder and restart.

***
The stdTTS and Speech Media Handler extensions are standard dialog handlers
to let the user of "SpeakTextFiles," for example, to select voice, pitch,
rate and modulation of the voice.
***

In order for your Macintosh to be able to speak (read) the text files, these
two extensions are required as well.

Try using the small QuickTime Movie included...using voices like Marvin, Mr.
Hughes, Brenda, Etc...
I hope this helps...

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 16:10:53 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Illustrator 5 -- Emperor Without Clothes

In #206, John Tynes takes me to task for my criticism (in #205) of
Illustrator 5 as an "Emperor without Clothes" for not being able to import
PICTs via the clipboard. He claims that I am missing the point of a
**Postscript** drawing point completely. Let me return the compliment, and
suggest that he is missing MY point completely.

Never mind equating my complaint as being equivalent to " complaining that
a Ferrari cannot brew a decent cup of coffee."

Contrary to what JT assumes, I am acutely aware of the virtues of a pure
PostScript drawing program: that "it produces pure postscript files, which
print flawlessly." Why else would I have bought Illustrator after having
used Freehand for a number of years, rather than trying to do my work in
one of the better QuickDraw programs, like Canvas?

But Postscript is an OUTPUT format, and a pure PS program that could not
IMPORT other formats would be sadly limited indeed. In fact, even
Illustrator can import Paint-type bitmaps and a few other formats. The
trouble with Illustrator is that its input capabilities are simply crippled
compared to those of its arch-rival, Freehand. It so happens that my work
requires placing PICT imports generated by other programs into my
Postscript work. This is not because I PREFER to work with PICT imports,
but because I do not have any choice. (If others do not have that need,
they should count their blessings.)

Nor is PICT the only format Illustrator cannot import: TIFF is another, a
deficiency not of a great deal of concern to me, but probably of more
concern than PICT to many others.

>Illustrator will happily take TIFF, GIF, PICT, etc. files if they have
>been converted to EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format. This enables
>such files to be -- drum roll -- printed on any postscript device.

Note the qualifier: "**IF** they have been converted." A program that
aspires to be "the premier **Postscript** drawing program" should be able
to handle that conversion by itself. Illustrator cannot,  Freehand can!

>If you don't need a package that works in pure PostScript, then you're
>absolutely right. Illustrator is not suited to your work, because it
>has a different purpose altogether.

I DO need such a package, but not one whose purpose is so narrowly limited
on the input side.

Regards,
Herb K

PS: I just read in MacWeek that Freehand 4 is about to be released, I
wonder whether they'll have an inexpensive upgrade deal for Illustrator 5
owners?

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:37:34 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac CD-Rom?

Hi there...

I was just wondering when the third Info-Mac CD-ROM would be published.  That
is if it even being considered yet.

Thanks

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:53:03 PDT
From: "Bill Carroll"  <space![e-mail]>
Subject: InterSLIP configuration (A)

I've been getting a number of private responses, so I thought I'd post with my
solution.  It turns out that I had a compression mismatch between my SLIP
account and my InterSLIP configuration.  Once I got my SLIP account provider
to
enable compression on his end, things worked fine.

Thanks to all who responded.

Bill Carroll                         [e-mail]

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

Date: 22 Oct 1993 17:25:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is StyleWriter ink waterproof?

WHen I first bought my HP DeskWriter several years ago, the ink they used was
water soluable, which was OK most of the time, except when a bit of water
would
get on a paper, and the whole mess would smear. About two years ago they (HP)
changed to waterproof ink, which corrected this problem.

My question is about StyleWriter ink. Someone told me it was still the "old
fashioned" water soluable kind, and that the higher resolution (360 dpi vs
300dpi of the HPs) was the reason. This makes little sense to me, but I'm not
a
chemist nor an engineer. Certainly someone can give me some quick feedback on
this question, huh?

Thanks!

Robert Brockman, aka [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 21:05:43 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Job Offer

Folks, I don't know if this is the appropriate forum, but a friend of
mine in Richmond (Ed Gooding <[e-mail]>) just sent me
the following note:

>Got another ? for you.  We are starting to look for some Mac programmers to
>work here in Richmond.  Got any sharp ones down there looking for work in
>the real world?  I need people that know Hypercard and C++, and if they are
>familiar with client-server applications, connecting the Mac's to IBM
>mainframes, that is a major plus.  They don't have to know the hardware
>side, just be able to deal with the applications software side of those
>multi-platform systems.  They have to be willing to work 40 hours a
>week, 8:30 - 5:00, wear a tie and coat (Richmond, remember?), not have hair
>down to their ass, not pick their nose or scratch their ass in front of the
>clients (Fortune 500 corporate types), and be able to communicate
>effectively with non-propeller heads.  For every one that you refer, and
>stays with me for six billable months, I'll pay you a $2,000 bounty.  If you
>want to call and discuss this further, my # is 288-3045.  If you just want
>to start burning up my fax machine with resumes, the # is 288-3963.  We will
>sub-contract at hourly rates in the $35 hr. range, or bring them on as temp.
>status (like sub-contracting but we w/h FICA and Fed, and offer 401(k)
>retirement benefits) in the $30 hr. range, or hire them as full-time salaried
>with health, disability, life ins., 401(k), bonuses, paid leave, etc.
>benefits, in the $30-50k range, depending on skills and experience.
>Interested?  Let me know....you too can be a pimp (GG).

Heck, I thought Institutional Research *was* pimping. At best. I told Ed
that I really don't have a tap into the Mac superjocks I know exist here
at Tech. But I thought some of y'all might be interested. And no. Uncle
Al the Kiddies' Pal will accept no "finder fee" from Ed. First, he's a
good guy and a buddy. Second, I haven't done anything except pass on
his note. Third, I don't care to be paddy-slapped for inappropriate use
of the internet. Or is that first?

Seriously, if any of y'all are looking for work, and if you have the
skills Ed is looking for, and if you have no hangups about really looking
up to your boss (He is 6'6" if he's an inch) and relocating to Richmond
and looking presentable, touch base with Brother Gooding.

BTW, the phone numbers he lists are in AC 804.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 15:18:37 -0400
From: Charlie Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Kanji Talk 7.1/Language Kit Availability (A)

Rhys <[e-mail]> writes:

> I saw the Apple Japanese Language Kit (7.1?) available through one of the
> major mail order places advertised in MacUser a while ago.  Was this just
> a fluke, or can I obtain Kanji Talk 7.1 from somewhere other than an Apple
> distributor?  If not, what is the Language Kit and what do I need to
> utilize it?

There are two ways you can do WorldScript Kanji on a Mac:

    KanjiTalk7, Release 7.1 is the version of System 7.1 sold
    by Apple Japan, and included on all Macs sold in Japan.  It
    has the Koteri FEP, several (4, I think) TrueType Kanji fonts,
    and all the Finder menus and System alerts in Japanese.  It
    is only sold in Japan, and costs about $800 if you haven't
    purchased KanjiTalk 6.0.7 from Apple Japan.

    The Japanese Language Kit is s script add-on for any
    version of System 7.1.  It includes the Koteri FEP and
    two TrueType fonts.  All the Finder menus and System
    alerts remain in whatever language you originally had
    installed.  The JLK costs about $189 from MacWarehouse.

Basically, I don't think anyone outside Japan would want KanjiTalk7,
Release 7.1, since it is very expensive, and the JLK does most
everything else.  True, you do get two extra fonts for your extra
$611, but I think you can buy those seperately from Apple for much
less.

(People inside Japan get it included with their Macs, or can upgrade
from KanjiTalk 6.0.7 for about $240, so it would be a good deal
for them.)

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 21:14:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Chris)
Subject: Laserwriter 8.1.1 with PersLsrwtr NT?

Is there a way to change the default of the source of paper with the new
LaserWriter 8.1.1. I have a Personal LaserWriter NT (not NTR), and it always
chooses the AutoSelect as the default. Unfortunately, it chooses the
multipurpose cassette instead of the paper tray, which causes my printer
to hang. If you know how to change this, please mail me. Thanx in advance..

Chris

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

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 17:42:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Me chief, slinging bull." <[e-mail]>
Subject: LaserWriter NTR Memory ?

Our LaserWriter NTR has 3MB of memory installed, I know it has one SIMM slot,
but does anyone know what type?  What's the max memory that the NTR can
recognize?  Does it use 32 or 64 pin SIMMS?

Thanks,

Neil Schulman

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 09:16:50 PDT
From: "Fred Hartman"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacDraw II network symbol library?

Does anyone have, or know of a source for, a MacDraw II library of networking
symbols? I'm using MacDraw II to produce drawings/schematics of our campus
data
networks. After the first several, it finally occurred to me that maybe the
symbols for routers, bridges, hubs, servers, etc. are already available in a
standard form.

Thanks in advance!


Fred Hartman              [e-mail]
Computer Services         218-755-2088  (Fax: [phone])
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN, 56601

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

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 11:55:16 -0700 (MST)
From: [e-mail] (Peter Gerhardstein)
Subject: MAC Innovision monitors

Hi,

Tony H. has noted that MAG's quality control is a bit loose.  I've seen
other suggestions of this as well.  However;
1)  I received a MAG Innovision MX17F about a week ago.  Best monitor
out of the 6 or so 17" monitors that I've purchased over the last five years,
hands down.
2)  I asked the sales rep at the place where I bought the monitor questions
regarding exactly Tony's point.  He said that it there was a problem, I would
be welcome to send the unit(s) back, if necessary, until I was happy.
Acknowledging that one would rather get a good monitor the first time around,
one must still be realistic - there are factors (shipping, for one) that
can cause
problems.  If you've got a vendor who will work to get you an acceptable
unit, I wouldn't let any such worries stop you.  The MX17F is an excellent
monitor (and I paid less than $1K for it - shipping included).

In case anyone is interested, a Powerbook 160 will drive the MX17F at 640x480,
800x600, and 832x624  (with an adaptor from James Engineering).  The monitor
is,
of course, capable of higher resolutions (but not on the Powerbook video
port).

(No offense, TH - I simply wanted to relay a positive experience with the
product).

My opinions alone -- if you don't agree, let me know...
Peter Gerhardstein ([e-mail])
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 14:00:25 -0500
From: "Vinko Tsui"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Macintosh BBS Systems (R)

>I haven't seen any digest coverage of bulletin board systems for
>the Macintosh. I'm really interested in details on the graphical
>based ones...Telefinder is the only one I know of...others, price,
>features, multiple-line capability, experience of use????
>
Timothy,

The best one I've experience with (as an end user) is FirstClass. It
is made by SoftArc Inc. of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Their number
is [phone].

FirstClass has clients for DOS, Mac and I think Windows also. They
give away FirstClass clients free of charge to anyone who wants it.

One of the bigest Macintosh only BBS in Canada is MAGIC. They have
21 lines and gateway to Internet. The person who runs it is Mark
Windrum. Coincidently he's also an employee of Apple Canada.

Mark's address is [e-mail]. I really suggest
you speak to Mark to hear his experience as an Administrator.

I hope this helps!

Vinko Tsui
 ---------
Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, ALink: Vinko, MAGIC: Vinko

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 16:25:21 -0400
From: "Larry J. Blunk" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MacPPP 2.0

   MacPPP 2.0 is now available on merit.edu in the /pub/ppp directory.
The updated documentation isn't quite done, but should be available shortly.
See the "release_notes" file for changes.

  -Larry Blunk
   Merit Network, Inc.

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:29:26 CET
From: Wojciech Duda <[e-mail]>
Subject: Modems for MacClassic

Hi,

   I'have a Macintosh Classic (I) and I'm using a 2400 GV Teleport modem.
I've read on the digest about the new 99$ 14,4 modem.

Is it possible to use such a fast modem with the Classic or id there a lower
maximum of 9600 bps? What is technically possible ?

Thanks for any answers,


Wojciech (Adalbert) Duda, [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 13:27:29 +0000
From: Fearghas McKay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need a speech app for the blind

outSPOKEN from Berkeley systems will do all of that and has for some years.


Fearghas

Edinburgh
Scotland


>------------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 19:03:34 CDT
>From: Don Walter <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Need a speech app for the blind
>
>     One of the things that first occurred to me when I tried the
>new plaintalk voice software is how useful it would be to blind people
>in reading books.  A relatively inexpensive system will now make it
>possible for the blind to scan in pages from books and have the computer
>read the page to them .  I called the campus disabled services to come
>over and "take a listen" and they were impressed with the quality and well
>as the price.
>
>     The thing that is missing is the plethora of applications I expected
>to see.  What is needed is an application that reads a page and/or a file,
>allows pausing, resay word, resay sentence, resay paragraph, spell word,
>and easy editing of phonemes for mis-pronounced words.  All with easily
>located keys controlling these functions.
>
>     If anyone out there can develop this application, I think this
>is a promising niche for Macintosh computers.
>
>Don Walter
>[e-mail]
>
>------------------------------

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 18:33:36 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matt X. Herbison)
Subject: Network analysis shareware

Howdy.  Can anyone direct me to some appletalk and/or ethertalk network
analysis shareware...along the lines of "trawl".

-Matt Herbison                  -Penn State University
[e-mail]                 -Apple Student Representative

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 08:56:45 +0100
From: A.D'[e-mail] (Antony D'Emanuele)
Subject: Newton (C)

I am very tempted to get a MessagePad, however, I do not think I can
justify the outlay. From what I have seen and read of the Newton it is a
superb bit of technology, but how practrical is it going to be to use the
thing. Apparently, the battery life is about three days for alkaline or one
day (just about!) with rechargeables. You therefore have the choice of
either investing in a battery company or carrying around a recharger with
you on your travels. I am about to upgrade my Casio BOSS SF-9500, and
despite being a Macophile, I think I will wait for the next generation of
Newtons and go for a Sharp IQ-9000. I would be interested to hear from
Newton users and how they cope with battery consumption, I may yet be
swayed.
                    Tony D'Emanuele

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 14:37:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Newton VS Sharp Expert Pad

I saw all the reviews and such in all the magazines and never gave buying
one much though. THEN I saw one in person! These things are very cool, a
must have toy for people with the "He who dies with the most toys wins"
idea of life, like me! My questions is this: They had a Sharp expert pad
right next to the newton. It basicly was a newton with a folding cover
over the screen, but the newton was lighter. Does anyone have any comments
on either one? Or, do you know where I might forward this message to for
more info? I would rather have one with an Apple logo on it, but if the
Sharp is better, I game.

TIA

<|Brian M. Amira     | Internet E-Mail: [e-mail] |>

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 10:03:09 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nisus Copy Protection (A)

The solution I was given at a trade show last week was that in a future
version release they plan to require the dongle for languages other than
english. So, if you are on a PowerBook and you primarily use English, you
will not need to install the dongle every time you boot your machine. If
you wish to use another language, you will need to install the dongle.

Seems like about the best solution they could come up with short of just
removing all protection.

Kee Nethery
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 21:21:22 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: posting on Mac newsgroups

I recently tried to send a response to comp.sys.mac.advocacy and got a spiel
about how my letter would go to thousands of sites around the world and cost
hundreds if not thousands of dollars to post.  I'd like to know if there are
e-mail addresses for other Mac-related newsgroups besides
comp.sys.mac.digest.

Thanks.                                 -- Jay

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 11:05:53 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Norman Chretien)
Subject: Potential Mirror Sites -- how about just /info-mac/recent? (R)

Bryan Walls wrote in I-M Digest V11 #208:

>I've really enjoyed having the /info-mac/recent directory. It makes for a
>lot less hunting around when I see something in the digest I want.
>[...] If 5 or 6 sites around the world (new
>sites) would carry just this section, it would take care of a lot of the
>traffic without requiring a lot of storage space. I would guess that 20MB
>would typically do quite well. Any takers?

I agree completely ¥X:Path: nuchat!menudo.uh.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!info-mac-request
From: [e-mail] (The Moderators)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #210
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Oct 93 07:46:09 GMT
Sender: [e-mail]
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 2107
Approved: info-mac@sumex-ai are the pros and cons on the 145B?

What is the difference between 145B(, the 145?) and the 140?

There is an extended warranty offer that covers the passive matrix screen
and the battery.  Is this something that should be considered; in other
words has there been a lot of trouble with these screens and batteries?

I will be glad to summarize consumer comments, reviews, etc. for future
info-mac posting.

Andrew Wier             Media Specialist        Texas Commission for the Blind
[e-mail]         [phone]          4800 N. Lamar
                        Austin, TX 78756

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 12:37:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: QuickTime Newton Commercial

Hello there....

Has anyone made a QuickTime movie of the new Apple Newton Commercial?

If so...could you please tell me where to find it/how to get ahold of a copy?

It is very important

Thanks

(Please E-MAIL me @  [e-mail])

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 10:03:16 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Remote & Selective Quitting of Apps? (A)

You might want to send e-mail to [e-mail] and ask them
about their software that is used to shutdown a Mac. They have a device
that can be used to power up and power down a Mac via net commands and they
have an INIT that you use before removing power that shuts down the Mac. No
idea how it handles open applications nor if it is selective. Ask them.


Kee Nethery
[e-mail]

Disclaimer: I helped design the above mentioned hardware product.

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

Date: 21 Oct 1993 22:49:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Art Pomeroy)
Subject: Smart Alarms 8

Has anyone got this programme (available from Umich etc) to actually
run? I find that it crashes whenever I try to save any reminders. (On
an LCII, System 7.1, lots of inits; also on a Classic, System 7.0).

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 16:09:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: spare any 2meg SIMMS? cheap?

Mac enthusiasts-
A friend of mine would like to find someone (or 2 people) with
some 2meg Simms leftover from a memory upgrade. He has a IIsi
and needs to replace the 1 meg simms with all the same kind; if
someone can help him out with 4 meg simms that is ok but it seems
more likely that he'll find 2's, especially since he's a grad
student and is looking for a cheap upgrade.
Email me with what you have and what $ you think is fair.
I'll pass it on to him. Thanks to all, john hess.
[e-mail]

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

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 14:23:19 -0500
From: Dennis D. Davison <[e-mail]>
Subject: SpeedyFinder7

This CP has some real bugs in it.  It causes havoc with your Menus
when it is in operation.  I contacted the Author many months ago and
his response was "Pay me the Shareware fee and I might look into the
problem".  One of the reasons we use shareware is to "try before we
buy" and if it doesn't do the job we trash it.  Needless to say I did
not buy.  The reason I am writing this note is due to the number of
people who are still having trouble and don't know what is causing
their menu's to screw up.

This is a lousy piece of software and I hope this note helps someone
else.

Alladin has supposedly picked up this sofware like they did Suffit.
I hope they do a better job, but I for one will not purchase it.

My $.02 worth,
Dennis

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 22:00:28 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: Strange Partition Behavior

Here is my setup:
 ----------------
Mac SE/30, 8MB RAM
40 MB Internal HD
120 MB External HD
System 7.1, w/ HU 2.0.1

Each drive has 2 partitions. One of the partitions on the external drive is
the startup partition. The internal drive has TimesTwo 2.0 on both
partitions. The external drive was formatted with DiskMaker 1.6.5 (the
latest version).

Here is the problem:
 --------------------
Before I installed TimesTwo 2.0 (this week), one partition from each drive
would mount immediately when the Finder started, then the other partition
>From each drive would mount after the startup items had launched. After I
installed TimesTwo, all the partitions mounted at the same time. This is
what I originally wanted because I have a startup alias to a program on one
of the partitions that didn't mount immediately (one on the 120 MB). I
played around with my TimesTwo partitions (optimized them, removed and
reinstalled TimesTwo, etc.), and now my I am experiencing the same problems
I initially had with the drives.

Does anyone know what causes this problem or how to correct it?(I moved the
program from one of the "slow" partitions to a startup partition, so it
works, but I am not happy about it.) I have played with changing the
"startup" partition and it does not affect it.

Thanks.

Scott Gruby
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 10:48:01
From: Ben Squire <[e-mail]>
Subject: stylewriter II networking problem

I have an Apple Stylewriter II connected to a Centris 650 8/230 and built in
ethernet

I'd like to be able to share my printer over the net, but when I try to
activate
the print share option in the chooser, I get an dialog box telling me that
there
is not enough memory and I should quit applications.  I get this same message
with all applications closed, even after restart.  Even after disabling all my
extentions.  I was able to share my printer once, the first time I ever tried
it, but the next time I started up my computer I had this problem.  After I
reinstalled the printer software, I was able to share the printer but the next
time I turned on my computer the problem returned.  So if I reinstall the
printer software each time I use my computer, it will work, but that's not any
fun.  I guess this is a problem with the printer software since it hasn't been
updated since the Stylewriter II first came out.  Or is there an update of the
Stylewriter driver that I don't know about?

I would appreciate any suggestions or comments.

Thank you in advance.

Ben Squire <[e-mail]>

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Date: 22 Oct 1993 13:24:04 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Yo' Mama)
Subject: System Software

I am unsure whether or not to post this here, but here it goes.  Our office
recently purchased a LaserWriter Pro 630, which came with numerous disks for
the printer driver and fonts.  The problem is, the book says system 6.0.5 or
greater is needed.  I found and installed 6.0.5 from disks lying hidden in the
office, but when I ran the installer, it said it could not proceed unless the
system software was 6.0.7 or greater.  So I have installed the software on all
of the machines except for the two which don't have system 7.  I need to know
how to go about obtaining system 6.0.7 or 6.0.8.  I have the files from
ftp.apple.com, but they are ended by the suffix .image.  What do I need to be
able to access these files.  Any help would be appreciated, as I can't print
>From these machines until the upgrade is completed.  Please send your
response
to [e-mail], as I may not get around to reading this group
until
next week.

[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 21:15:55 EDT
From: "M. David Greenspon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Thread Manager is NOT pre-emptive multitasking

In Info-Mac Digest V11 #208, [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
wrote:

> "Sandro Menzel" <[e-mail]> writes
>>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.
>
>Don't forget the Thread Manager (found in ftp.apple.com). That system
>extension can allow pre-emptive multitasking NOW, without 7.1 Pro.

No, it doesn't!

It supports certain types of pre-emptive multiTHREADING.  Multithreading is
quite different from multitasking.  Threads run within processes--in other
words, a multithreaded application can do two or more things "at once."
Multitasking is system-wide; it involves switching between major things like
applications.

Besides, the Thread Manager only allows pre-emptive multithreading if the
threads don't move memory.  That cuts a lot of possibilities out.  Apple's
programmers are going to have to do a major overhaul of the System before we
get support for complete pre-emptivity.

--David

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 11:33:28 CST
From: "Wade Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unethical

On 22-Oct-93, <> wrote:

>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 16:05:25 EDT
>From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Unethical Computers
>
>The word from our West Virginia Attorney General is that it is
>"unethical" for faculty or staff to purchase computers directly
>>From the Computer Store on campus at reduced prices.  Students,
>however, can still purchase at discounts.  This, of course, ends
>a very nice perk--and something that I feel benefited everyone.
>
>What is the story in other states (or other parts of the world)?
>Have you encountered the same situation in your neck of the woods?

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of.  Educational discounts
for students, faculty and staff are standard all over the US (and the
world).

Until someone makes it illegal, keep buying at educational prices and let
the attorney general whine all he wants.

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 9:20:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unethical computers

I've been employed at two universities in NYC. At Columbia, the availability
of
computers at low cost has never been denied to staff or faculty. It was denied
to non-matriculated students, volunteers and part-time employees as stipulated
in the contract with the vendor. (This may have changed.) At Fordham, faculty
and staff also qualify. The one restriction I know of is one computer per
year.
I believe a currently validated Fordham I. D. card makes you eligible to
purchase a computer on campus.

If your institution has entered into a contract with a vendor in which such a
restriction is not prohibited, then my question is: WHY does the West Virginia
Attorney General consider it "unethical"?

Josephine Colmenares / Fordham University
[e-mail] / [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 17:03:13 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Wittenberg)
Subject: Unethical Computers

> The word from our West Virginia Attorney General is that it is
> "unethical" for faculty or staff to purchase computers directly
> >From the Computer Store on campus at reduced prices.  Students,
> however, can still purchase at discounts.  This, of course, ends
> a very nice perk--and something that I feel benefited everyone.
>
> What is the story in other states (or other parts of the world)?
> Have you encountered the same situation in your neck of the woods?
>
>Jeffrey Fritz

Here it is considered perfectly acceptable for any university employee
to buy computers at educational prices.  It is not acceptable to resell
them immediately.

The other possibility is that Apple offers another program whose name
I've forgotten, which sells computers to any employee of a school
(elementary through university level).  The prices are almost as good
as the educational prices, and since you buy through a standard computer
store, the service can be better.


--
--David Wittenberg
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 10:03:43 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: Using built-in Ethernet w/ Centris 660AV (A)

>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.

 ---------
I have run into this problem several times now on different CPUs at
different sites. You use the Network Control Panel to switch to Ethernet
and it balks and pops you back into LocalTalk. I tried rebooting,
installing latest AppleTalk drivers, etc. I did not find that these had any
effect.

My guess is that the ethernet port is doing some kind of cable check,
either on purpose or accidentally. When I moved the RJ45 connection to
another jack, it switched to ethernet with no problems. Once it was there,
I could plug it back into it's unhappy jack and it would restart and stay
on ethernet. At another site using thin ethernet, I rebooted and tried it a
couple of times and eventually it switched over. It seems to be driver
related since it has happended with Asante and Apple FriendlyNyet adapters.
It's a problem.

My guess is that something is checked when switching from localtalk to
ethernet and if the cabling doesn't act just right (whatever that is) it
will not even consider attaching to ethernet.

Kee Nethery
[e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 11:13:02 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael Tarr)
Subject: Video Adaptor for PB170

Does anyone make an internal video adaptor for the PB 170? If no, what
SCSI adaptor would people recommend?

Mike

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

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 8:47:04 EDT
From: Virginia Space Grant Consortium <[e-mail]>
Subject: Why fonts don't print in PageMaker?

I found help here before, so here's another problem!

We are running PageMaker 4.01 under System 7.0.1.  When it had
been running under 6.x.x we had no problems selecting and
printing designated fonts.  Since converting over to 7.0.1,
certain fonts won't print.

We bought some new TrueType fonts from FontBank hoping this
would work.  But when we designate certain text in these fonts
and try to print, they default to Courier.  The same fonts
print fine in Word 5.1 documents.

I'm pretty clueless as to how to solve this problem.  Any
suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Patrick Golden

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