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Info-Mac Digest             Sun, 31 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 215

Today's Topics:

      [*] "undigest" for Unix mail
      [*] across.sea.hqx
      [*] Armor Alley Level Editor (Macintosh)
      [*] BBEdit 2.5.2->2.5.3 Updater
      [*] BBEdit 2.5 Demo - repost
      [*] fclerk50.hqx
      [*] Frankenstein 1.0
      [*] HangMan1.3
      [*] MacHistory.sit.hqx (Excellent Mac Chart)
      [*] MoneySaverDemo.cpt
      [*] morsetrainer-US-11.sit.Hqx
      [*] NotifyMail File Submission
      [*] NowFun 1.0->1.0.1 Updater
      [*] PeekABoo 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 patch
      [*] SIMM Stack 4.0.1
      [*] Stereogram Maker
      [*] submission:Quit-All-Applications1.0
      (Q) Powerbook utilities
      13 inch color monitor not always required
      2 questions
      [Archived as /info-mac/dev/c-icon-button-cdef-10.hqx; 456K]
      [Q] CD-ROM problems
      Aldus Freehand pictures - how to open w/o AF
      Aliens - Oh Fortuna QuickTime movie available
      Allocation blocks and partitioning
      Apple 13" Monitor Woes (Q)
      Apple 8-bit color card
      AppleScript
      Are there other programs like SendPS? (A)
      AudioShop update
      Check for incoming Eudora mail (Q)
      Colour monitor reviews
      copy and paste (A?)
      Current Mac List???
      Default directory utility?
      eDISK
      EHMAN Drives
      Email address for WindowShades author
      Email address for WindowShades author.
      FileMaker 2.0 Problems with nameless fields
      Finding comp.mac.forsale and comp.mac.wanted
      Floppy Condoms (Q)
      Font won't move (err -39) (Q)
      Get Info Problems (Suggestion)
      Greater access to ftp sites
      Hard drive replacement issues (are there any?)
      HD starts forever
      How to control size of a folder ? (Q)
      IIsi SIMMS (4 - 2MB)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #213
      Landscape Design Packages?
      MacTCP
      MicroPhone II
      Modem for Mac Classic (A)
      net courtesy
      Network and Startup Folder
      Network and Virtual Memory
      Nisus copy protection (C)
      NotifyMail for Eudora
      Offline news reading
      Optimal Disk Partition?
      Packaging info sought
      Print Shop Deluxe on Deskwriter (C)
      Quicken 4
      same image whith two video boards
      Scrabble on a Mac (Q)
      Searching for Smartlaunch author.  & Quest about FKEYS.
      SNL "Newton Post-It Notes" Movie
      SNL movie
      Speeding up Centris 660AV (Q)
      SpeedyFinder7 - a partly-alternate alternative
      System 7 Pro (Q)
      System Update 2.0.1
      Tek 4105 emulator ? (C)
      the-mac-report-93-11.hqx binhex'd twice
      There's gotta be a better way...
      Transferring those huge files over the net (C)
      TV viewing on MAC screen - how?
      Typesetting (C)
      What is Apple DocViewer ?
      Whoops, made a slight error - System Patch

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 12:01:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: #66 Andrew Brandt <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] "undigest" for Unix mail

This perl script runs on Unix systems.  It is useful for parsing
digest email.  For example, from inside elm (the Unix mail program)
simply pipe a message thru "undigest".

"Undigest" will break all the messages inside the digest into
individual messages and display them.  It does not alter the original
message, it makes a copy.

I did not write this, I just use it.

I guess this should show up in the Unix dir.

-Andy ([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/text/undigest-unix.txt; 3K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 05:37:44 JST
From: HASHIMOTO Yuji <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] across.sea.hqx

across

A plant "across" will come across you in this stack.
It comes from a backyard of your everyday life.
Have a nice encounter.

In fact,this stack presents you an animation sequence.
It is recommended that you copy it to your hard disk  before running...

By BACKYARD (Shuji Hiramatsu,Yuji Hashimoto)
Oct 31, 1993 at Tokyo JAPAN

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/across-hc.hqx; 1030K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 00:22:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sergej Falkenberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Armor Alley Level Editor (Macintosh)

Attached please find my submission. This game utility allows a user to
modify levels in the Armor Alley game program; the software is for the
Mac. In order to test it, you'll need a copy of the Armor Alley game program.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail....

                        -sf

PS: The individual that wrote the "review" for my CANTATTAIN II submission
may find the cartoon in the "About" menu entry in the Editor especially
relevant!     :)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/armor-alley-lvl-editor.hqx; 46K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 01:21:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Bare-Bones Software)
Subject: [*] BBEdit 2.5.2->2.5.3 Updater

The recently released 2.5.2 maintenance version of BBEdit has a bug in
it which renders it incapable of working with THINK C projects for
browsing and searching. This bug was the result of a source-management
problem (i.e. a screwup on my part) when creating the shipping build.

The bug is nondestructive; BBEdit will not crash due to it, and no
data will be lost or corrupted.

The symptoms are that garbage is displayed in the project browser
window when opening a file, and attempts to search THINK C projects
will result in numerous file system error messages.

This bug does not affect any other part of BBEdit's functionality, and
specifically does not affect BBEdit's ability to function as the
external editor for THINK C/Symantec C++ 6.0.

If you have previously updated your 2.5 or 2.5.1 version to 2.5.2,
the attached updater will turn your 2.5.2 version into 2.5.3.

If you recently received a finished-goods BBEdit package with 2.5.2 on
the distribution disk, we will automatically send you an updater disk,
and it should arrive by the end of next week (at the latest). You can
make use of the attached updater if you don't wish to wait for the
floppy to arrive.

This updater is also available immediately for anonymous FTP from
world.std.com, in /ftp/pub/bbedit.

We at Bare-Bones Software regret any inconvenience this bug may have
caused, and we appreciate your continued support and consideration.

Rich Siegel
Proprietor & Principal Software Architect
Bare-Bones Software
Internet: [e-mail]
CIS: 73051,3255

[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-252-to-253-updt.hqx; 47K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 01:08:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Bare-Bones Software)
Subject: [*] BBEdit 2.5 Demo - repost

This BinHex'd StuffIt Deluxe archive contains a demo version of BBEdit
2.5, the popular text editor for programmers, on-line service users,
and anyone else who needs to edit, search, and transform ASCII text.
This demo version is fully functional, and thus gives potential users
the opportunity to evaluate BBEdit 2.5's capabilities, including
integrated support for THINK C/Symantec C++ 6.0, MPW ToolServer, THINK
Reference, Claris XTND translation, disk browsers, grep searching, and
more.

For additional information, send mail to [e-mail].

Rich Siegel
Bare-Bones Software

[Archived as /info-mac/text/bbedit-25-demo.hqx; 503K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 16:30:54 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] fclerk50.hqx

Font Clerk is a font reporting/conversion utility. It contains several report
formats for things such as point sizes, key sequences for special characters,
sample text, and full character sets. You may select one or many fonts at once
for reporting purposes. In addition to reports, Font Clerk provides you with
improtant information about the fonts installed in your system. You can easily
find out whether any given font is monospaces or proportional. You may also
find which fonts are TrueType, Type I and screen fonts.

Font Clerk allows you to convert between Macintosh and Windows TrueType font
formats. Conversion both ways is supported. You may also create empty
suitcases
for organizing your fonts.

I have attempted to listen to everyone who has sent suggestions to me. Many of
these suggestions have been implemented in this version. I feel this version
is
more robust and solid than previous versions.

New features
 -----------------------------------------
[1] TrueType conversion works both ways
[2] Completely rewritten print code with new Report Generator dialog
[3] New report formats
[4] Allows one font or font suitcase to be opened and added to the installed
font list
[5] Improved TrueType handling
[6] Online help
[7] Character set report can be printed in a range of point sizes
[8] Character set window allows you to find a key sequence for any desired
character
[9] View Font window allows you to view any font in a range of point sizes and
styles
[10] New display tells you is a font is monospaced or proportional
[11] Improved speed in most functions

Bug Fixes
 -------------
[1] All known printing bugs have been fixed
[2] No more crashes on certain models when running applications in background

Font Clerk will run on any Macintosh running system 6.05 or later. It supports
all monitor sizes in both color and black & white.

Administrator: Please remove Font Clerk 4.1 and replace it with this version.

[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-clerk-50.hqx; 172K]

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Date: 29 Oct 93 10:16:35 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Matthew O. Williams)
Subject: [*] Frankenstein 1.0

'Frankenstein 1.0' is a HyperCard version of the novel of the same name by
Mary W. Shelley.  You will need HyperCard version 2.1 (or later) to read the
book.  The stack is being released for free but is NOT in the public domain.
You may freely distribute it but please do not distribute modified copies of
this work.  If you have any suggestions or comments, or would like to receive
new books automatically as we publish them,  please send e-mail to:
<[e-mail]> and/or <[e-mail]>.  Enjoy!

   -- Matthew Williams and Espen Koht

Enjoy!

Matt & Espen

[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/frankenstein-10-hc.hqx; 431K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 07:40:20 +0100
From: [e-mail] \a \a \a   (Ola Mont\an)
Subject: [*] HangMan1.3

This multi-language game playes the famous word-guessing game of "Hangman".
It speaks Swedish, Spanish and English, more languages can be added if I
get help with translations.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/hang-man-13.hqx; 401K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 16:16:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Amira <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] MacHistory.sit.hqx (Excellent Mac Chart)

Welcome to the latest Mac History, version 10/93.  In an attempt to make
some sense out of its current computer line, Apple has launched 14 new
products to add to its line and our confusion.  The Performa line will
remain with its mass market customers, all LC's will eventually be drawn
back to the Education channels, and the Quadra line will be the products
you will find at your local retailer.  It sounds so simple, but without a
scorecard (MacHistory) it might be easy to lose track of whats out there,
and where Macs have been.

Once again, I have constructed the chart in the Times font only and in
PICT format (done in Deneba'a UltraPaint), so most everyone will have it
at their disposal.  I have also found the secret to making the chart
consume less memory, so most graphic programs will open it up with a
couple of megs of memory.  If you are in a low-memory configuration, you
will find Teach Text to work very well.  To print with Teach Text, make
sure that you print it at about 95% its actual size (Teach Text will make
the chart to big because of the way it handles graphics).  If you have a
laser with the capability of selecting "graphics smoothing" (Apple lasers
in the page setup dialog box), use it, as the graphics will lose their bit
mapped look and turn out pretty nice.  Both a black and white
(LaserHistory) and color (ColorHistory) version have been provided.  Each
is divided into two parts.

Please remember what the original intent of this chart was to help inform
those that had questions about how different Macs compared.  I think I
still retain that quality of performance comparisons, while giving a
historic sense (timeline if you will) of the Mac universe.  If you pass
this chart around electronically, please retain this Read Me document with
it so others will have the same benefits as you in knowing how to print
Mac History.  If you have questions or would like to comment about Mac
History, you can reach me at the following mailboxes...

America Online - "Toymaster"
Apple Link - "R7103"
FidoNet 1:152/42

Until next time I give you my best regards,

Harry Phillipo
Eugene, Oregon

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-history-93-10.hqx; 55K]

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 10:54:00 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jenny Schopf)
Subject: [*] MoneySaverDemo.cpt

The attached CompactPro archive contains a demo version of the
Money Saver software by The Banker's Secret - a package
designed to help you understand debt management and
dramatically reduce the cost of your mortgage and other loans.
This demo version will show you the beginnings of how to save
thousands, by using your "pocket change" to pay off your
debts.  For example, just $25 a month will save you $25,000 on
today's typical $100,000 mortgage.

This demo version gives potential users the ability to
evaluate the fully functioning software's capabilities -
which includes functions to see how much money you can save on
your adjustable, fixed rate, and bi-weekly mortgages as well as
student, business and many car loans.  It can also answer your
important "What if?" questions.  For example, how much will I
save with a $25 pre-payment?  With $50?  You'll find it
invaluable when shopping for a loan or considering
refinancing.

Jennifer Schopf
([e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/app/money-saver-demo.hqx; 55K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 15:40:46 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Lars Sundstr|m)
Subject: [*] morsetrainer-US-11.sit.Hqx

MorseTrainer US-1.1

REPLACES ALL EARLIER VERSIONS

Packed with BinHex and StuffIt Lite

This is a major new-features and bug-fix release:

New features in 1.1
* Enhanced sound generator, volume control and risetime control.
The pitch is set in steps of 10Hz instead of using MIDI frequencies.
* Speed and tempo limits increased to 80 words/minute as a
result of the enhanced sound generator.
* User-selectable font in the Misc settings dialog.

Bugs fixed in 1.1
* Better signal timing. In earlier versions of MorseTrainer the tempo
selected was not equal to the actual tempo if the tempo and speed
were different. However, even if the timing is very exact now you
may still encounter the problem, especially on  smaller computers
such as Mac Plus, SE, Classic etc. These computers cannot handle
sequencies of short sounds properly.
>>> If the timing error is more than 5% the user will be notified.
If the timing error is smaller than 5% and you still want to be notified,
hold down the option key at the end of a signalling session.


Known problems in 1.1
* The sound volume control is not supported by Apple on all machine
and system configurations.


Notes for 1.1
* When a library is opened by MorseTrainer US-1.1 it will be converted
to a new format automatically. Thereafter, the library cannot be opened
succesfully with an older version of MorseTrainer.


General info for 1.1
MorseTrainer is a powerful tool for learning and training Morse code.

Features

* Three different training modes: user text, random text, library text
* Arbitrary signal volume, pitch, waveform and risetime
* Arbitrary speed and tempo
* Multi-alphabet support
* Random text generator
* Text library editor
* On-line alphabet
* On-line manual
* Help Balloons
* And a lot more!

And of course, it's FREEWARE!

Lars Sundstroem
Department of Applied Electronics, Lunds University
P.O. Box 118, 221 00  LUND, Sweden
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/morse-trainer-11-us.hqx; 127K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 09:48:50 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: [*] NotifyMail File Submission

NotifyMail v. 1.1. for Eudora
 -------------------------
Assembled and tested by Scott Gruby ([e-mail])
Source code by Peter N Lewis

NotifyMail is a background only application that listens for a telnet
connection to port 1035. When it receives the connection, it sends an
AppleEvent to Eudora to check your mail. The end result (when coupled with
a .forward file on your UNIX machine) is that you will almost immediately
receive your electronic mail when it arrives on your UNIX machine. You no
longer have to tell Eudora to check your mail every X minutes.

This requires Eudora 1.4 or higher and MacTCP 1.1 or higher. Look at the
Readme file for installation instructions.

Please contact [e-mail] if you have questions or problems with
this.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/notify-mail-11.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 14:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Peter J Roberts <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] NowFun 1.0->1.0.1 Updater

Downloaded from AOL, recompressed, and binhexed.

For me the upgrade has fixed some, but not all of the
problems I was having.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/now-fun-10-to-101-updt.hqx; 421K]

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 21:48:35 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] PeekABoo 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 patch

    This is the PATCH to bring the Peek-a-boo version 1.1.1
    AfterDark (tm) screensaver module to version 1.1.2.

    Version 1.1.2 will run successfully under Randomizer and
    Multimodule.

        - joe

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/peek-a-boo-111-to-112-updt.hqx; 18K]

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Date: 28 Oct 1993 10:11:04 -0800
From: "Apgar, Eric" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] SIMM Stack 4.0.1

Enclosed is the latest SIMM stack. It is an excellent reference for
memory questions on all Macs and  LaserWriters. It has the various
configurations for each piece of hardware and a pictures of each
logic board.

It does include the new machines from October 93.

Eric Apgar
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/simm-stack-401-hc.hqx; 267K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 16:11:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [*] Stereogram Maker

Stereogram Maker is a little program that will generate random-element
stereograms from any black and white picture. All you have to do is provide
the
black and white picture and in the blink of an eye you will have a lovely
stereogram. Just put on you handy red-green glasses (red goes on the right,
please) and wondrous shapes will pop right out of the screen at you!

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/stereogram-maker.hqx; 115K]

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Date: 28 Oct 93 15:26:12 EDT
From: David Giandomenico <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] submission:Quit-All-Applications1.0

QUIT ALL APPLICATIONS - An unobtrusive utility to quit all applications at
once.

Tired of quitting all your applications one at a time when you've run out of
memory, or would you just like to start clean?  Then you need "Quit All
Applications"!

"Quit All Applications" quits all your applications, just like when you
shutdown your Macintosh.  Just drop "Quit All Applications" into your Apple
Menu Items folder, and you can "Quit All Applications" from within almost any
application.

Version 1.0. FreeWare. Requires System 7.  Compressed using Compact Pro.
(C)D.Giandomenico 1993.  <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/quit-all-apps-10.hqx; 7K]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 15:16:16 -0500
From: Mike Hutchinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (Q) Powerbook utilities

Howdy all --

I'm looking for a couple of Powerbook utilities that will perform
the following functions:

- Spool print jobs to disk when documents are printed while on the road
- Check for the dock every time the Powerbook is started up and, if docked,
  set the Network control panel to use Ethernet

The key word here is *automatically* ... I know that it's not too tough to
print Postscript to disk and send it later with Widgets or SendPS, or to
manually launch the Network CP every boot ... but this isn't for me, it's
for someone who wants to do as little manual tinkering as possible.

Please respond directly to me and I'll summarize for the net.

Many thanks!


Mike Hutchinson <[e-mail]>
Mac Systems Administrator
Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon, VA

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 16:43:03 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Hans de Wolf)
Subject: 13 inch color monitor not always required

Here is a tip for Macintosh users that do not have a 13 inch or larger
color monitor, but want to use software that requires this monitor (at least,
according to their specifications).

I found out that many of these applications will work on the 1-bit monochrome
screen of my Powerbook 170, but that a part of the screen is not displayed
because a powerbook screen is only 400 pixels high, and a 13 inch monitor
displays 480 pixels. This is especially a problem when buttons and other
controls are located in this missing area.

Ok, here is the solution: install the DragAnyWindow control panel (written
by Alessandro Levi Montalcini). Now you can drag any window, and make the
80-pixel high missing part of the window visible by dragging upwards. Most
software will repaint the reappearing bottom part after the drag operation
correctly.

Using this method, I was able to use software on CD-ROMs from MacWorld and
Sumeria (like MacWorld interactive, "From Alice to ocean", and "Space: A
Visual History of Manned Spaceflight").

Note: this is not a guaranteed solution for all applications, but if you
have some software which you cannot use because your screen is to small,
try it with the DragAnyWindow control panel.

Hans de Wolf

..........................................................................
[e-mail]    (work, read nearly daily)
[e-mail] (personal, read weekly)

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 11:38:32 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: 2 questions

Hello.  I have two questions that are bugging me.
1) What is MacsBugs?
2) What is the apple modem tool?

Thanks for any help you can give me.  Reply to me directly unless there is
some
startling revelation in your message that the whole world should know about.
     :)

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 10:35:28 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Pete Gontier)
Subject: [Archived as /info-mac/dev/c-icon-button-cdef-10.hqx; 456K]

In the digest, you wrote:

> [Archived as /info-mac/dev/c-icon-button-cdef-10.hqx; 456K]

Nope. It's:

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/cicon-button-cdef-10.hqx; 456K]

--
 Pete Gontier // EC Technology // [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 9:26:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Henry Budgett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Q] CD-ROM problems

Perhaps this question should be suffixed
``The Perils of Buying Cheap!'' but here
goes...

On a recent trip to the States I was so
tempted by the price on an Apple CD-ROM
at Frys that I bought it and shipped it
back to the UK. All is sadly not well.

First, the packaging, manuals, etc were
all labelled Apple but the drive is not,
it's actually labelled Sony! Second, the
drive registers on the SCSI bus as:

4 CD-ROM CDU-542 Sony 2.6a

while a friends CD-ROM 300 shows up as

4 CD-ROM CDU-800 Sony 1.9a

The drive stubbornly refuses to function
in a way that suggests that it's a driver
problem rather than an electrical one.

Frys are no help at all and I'm having little
joy with local dealers. Does anyone have any
bright ideas that might help?

Direct mail to [e-mail] would be much
appreciated and I'll summarise any solution.

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 01:02 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Aldus Freehand pictures - how to open w/o AF

Dear Netters,
Is there any freeware or shareware that can read FREEHAND pictures?
Does one need to have QuickTime to be able to load all JPEG files?
GIFConverter can't seem to load some JPEG files.  Is there any alternative
software to load JPEG withough QuickTime (even when the picture loads to say
it needs QuickTime)?  Or is the QuickTime extension & software available
freely through FTP or Gopher yet?
I ask these questions as I found some images of interest to me over
sumex-aim, only to find them misfiled under the GRAPHICS directory, and
not under the quicktime directory.  Would it be too much trouble to ask people
posting non PICT files into sumex-aim to add a _GIF, _TIFF, _FreeH
 _JPEG, or _QTIME
extension to those file names?  If this was required, maybe the moderators
would be able to file the pictures correctly. Also this way the user who
accesses sumex-aim through gopher doesn't have to download megabytes of files
before realizing they (the user) doesn't have the necessary software to open
the programs.
Just an idea.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 17:21:35 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jaime C. Villacorte)
Subject: Aliens - Oh Fortuna QuickTime movie available

Back in Nov '92, I put together a QuickTime movie to celebrate my purchase of
a special edition laserdisc of one of my favorite sci-fi films, _Aliens_.
It's composed of fast, shoot'em up, Marines vs. Aliens, fighting sequences
>From the movie with audio from Apotheosis' techno rendition of Orff's
"Oh Fortuna". A small version (1/4 the frame size, lower video quality,
mono soundtrack) made a very brief appearance here at sumex. I've always
wanted to distribute the original, larger, higher quality movie, and now with
my netcom account, I have my chance.

The movie "Aliens - Oh Fortuna" is now available via anonymous ftp from
netcom [* see below] in the directory /pub/jaimev. It will be here
*temporarily* until Friday, Nov 5. (If some kind soul out there can make
it available somewhere else after this date, it will be highly appreciated)

The movie's frame size is 304x168; it has stereo 8-bit, 22Khz audio tracks,
plays at 12fps, uses Cinepak video compression at quality = 3.00. Total
running length is 1 min 42 sec. The movie is not only big (about 15 Mb) but
it probably needs a fast machine to keep up with the playback data rate.
It looks best on a 16 or 24-bit deep monitor; if you don't like the
dithering effects of the Cinepak video compression when viewed on a 8-bit
monitor, try watching the movie in 8-bit grey scale.

Because of some people's problems with the MacBinary format of the Post-It
Notes QT movie that was previously at this location, I'm encoding this
movie as 11 separate binhex files. De-binhexing each file will produce a
Stuffit segment file (the size of a high density disk). Use Stuffit Lite to
join all 11 segments into a single QT movie file. Enjoy.

[*] anonymous ftp to any of these machines to access the directory /pub/jaimev
  netcom.com         192.100.81.100
  netcom2.netcom.com 192.100.81.108
  netcom3.netcom.com 192.100.81.103
  netcom4.netcom.com 192.100.81.107
  netcom5.netcom.com 192.100.81.113
  netcom6.netcom.com 192.100.81.114
  netcom7.netcom.com 192.100.81.115

- jaime villacorte                            Apathetic Surfers Association
 [e-mail]                          "We don't care if we don't surf."

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 21:54:10 EDT
From: Pete Tamas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Allocation blocks and partitioning

> From:         Martin Stoermer <[e-mail]>
>
> We just got our new 840av.  First thing was to
> copy a whole bunch of users data files over from the acquisition computer.
> There were over 100 files around 32 K each.  The whole data folder on the
> IIfx (the acquisition computer) took 39 MB, but once copied over, took
> 77.8MB on the quadra.  This appears to be extreme, even to me.  The quadra
> is as it came from the supplier, 1 gigabyte drive with only the one
> partition.  Will repartitioning it help this problem, or is there some
> other problem at work here?
>
No, this is probably related to allocation blocks. Try this, select some
of the files while Finder is active and use the File-Get Info command.
This should indicate a number such as xxK (YY bytes used). The bytes used
number is the actual size of the file's contents while the xx K number
indicates how much space is being used. You may be able to surmise
the size of the allocation blocks from this. Certainly a very small text
file be the size of one allocation block. In other words, if it says 37
bytes used, 2K on disk, the allocation block is 2 K.

> Will Apples hard disk setup program do a
> good enough job of partitioning this drive into usable chunks?
>
Don't know. However, the utility which comes with APS equipment
is easy to use while Silverlining is very popular among more technical
users.

> Any ideas on the
> optimium sizes?  I was thinking of maybe 4 partitions of 250MB.
>
A 250 MB volume will still have relatively large allocation blocks.
Maybe one or two under 65 MB and some large volumes may work
better. -Pete Tamas
[e-mail] or TempleVM.bitnet

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

Date: 31 Oct 1993 09:29:01 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Lerner)
Subject: Apple 13" Monitor Woes (Q)

The most common failure with the Apple 13" monitor, causing it to appear
to shut down (screen blanks, green power led goes off), is the "high
voltage resistor" or high voltage block located in series between the
flyback transformer and the CRT.  This problem is so common that Apple has
an extended service program that will fix your monitor for free if it
falls into a certain date range (sometimes the date code on the defective
part is what counts).

We usually find that there are also dozens to over a hundred cracked
solder joints in these displays, some of which can cause the same symptom.

--

David Lerner/Tekserve Corporation/Macintosh service and repair/212 929-3645
163 West 23rd St, New York, NY 10011 USA/fax [phone]/[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 01:02:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Scott Kaplan)
Subject: Apple 8-bit color card

Okay, I have heard all sorts of lousy things about Apple's 8-24 GC card, and
so
I thoug it might be prudent to ask for advice and information about another
Apple card before doing anything...

I use a IIci with a 128k cache card, running System 7.1 and a host of various
Extentions and Control panels...I have 8 megs of RAM, and honestly, I'd like
to squeeze the most out of it without paying for 2 or 4 meg SIMMs.  Seeing as
the IIci built in video is a) slightly slower than a regular video card, and
b) takes up some of my RAM, I was very interested in ads for old Apple 8-bit
color cards.  They're very cheap (not much over $50 in the back of MacWorld)
and I thought it might be a good way to get a lsight speedup and get more of
my RAM back.

Any thoughts on this idea?

Scott Kaplan
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 07:10 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AppleScript

I am writing to find out where I can obtain documentation on AppleScript.
I would like to create scripts to automate certain mudane tasks such as
dimming
the monitor and changing the sound input device. I believe this can be done
with AppleScript but I was unable to find any information on programming
for AppleScript.

Also, how does AppleScript compare to QuicKeys 3.0? Does it have more/less
features and do I need QuickKeys to record mouse movements and assign command
key equivalents?

Thanks,
Nate

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 02:36:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Jerry Irvine <[e-mail]>
Subject: Are there other programs like SendPS? (A)

Dan Junderville <[e-mail]> writes:

> The latest version seems to be v.2.0.  This version of SendPS does not
> work with System 7.

I have used a program called Laserwriter Utility by Apple itself on
Laserwriter II printers successfully.  It is Laserwriter II Software version
3.0 277k.  Program version 7.1 (probably distributed with a Sys 7.1 set).
Mostly for .ps downloading

Try FTP apple.com

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 07:06 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AudioShop update

Does anyone know if AudioShop has been updated to work with the 'av' Macs?
I have a 660av and AudioShop occasional crashes and quits unexpectedly.

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 16:31:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mike Craymer)
Subject: Check for incoming Eudora mail (Q)

Does any know of an extension to Eudora that will periodically check for
incoming mail without having Eudora running?  Thanks in advance.

--
Mike Craymer
Geodetic Survey of Canada
[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 17:52:43 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Colour monitor reviews

  Have there been any recent reviews of low and mid-range colour monitors?
I'm thinking of models in the class of the Apple 14" color display.

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

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 16:52:32 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: copy and paste (A?)

>
> I have a small problem. When scanning images, (4bit color,
> a few hundred kilobytes), I cannot copy the image on the
> clipboard.
>
> My question : is there a way (ResEdit or an util) to raise
> the size of the clipboard ?
>

I had a similar problem with TeachText--I raised the allotted memory in
the Get Info window and now I can copy large objects.

Of course, this is just in TeachText, but I'm pretty sure it will work
in other programs as well.  So increasing the memory size in the Get
Info window should increase the size of the clipboard.

Hope this helps!

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 15:58:14 -0600 (MDT)
From: "EDWARD L. JACOBS, JR." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Current Mac List???

Does anyone have a current price list of ALL the macintosh CPU's
that are still avaliable (New), current monitors, ect...

Please E-Mail me Directly @  [e-mail]


Thank You

Edward Jacobs

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 14:05:23 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Default directory utility?

Long ago, I recall reading about a utility which allows you to set a default
folder for save dialogs to use.  Maybe called DefaultFolder?  I am aware of
the
commercial alternatives like NowUtilities, but we only need this one specific
function, and hope there is a shareware/freeware alternative.  Can anyone help
refresh my memory?  THanks!

- Dave Peltier
  Lawrence University
  Computer Services
  [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 12:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: eDISK

Hi,

Anybody have information on this product from Alysis?  Is this one of those
disk level compressors?  Is it as good as X2?

How about an upgrade path for More Disk Space users??

Any help would be good

Tony :-)

I am not on the list mail be directly thanks!!!!!

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 11:56 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: EHMAN Drives

Hello,

Anybody know how to get updated drivers for the EHMAN SYQUEST 45Meg drive?
I the driver is affecting my system because I get many more crashes with
the drive connected that when I disconnect.  I would like to be able to
use it as a backup device.

I have system 7.1 and am using SCSI Probe 3.5.  Is there a update out there?

Tony
:-))

I am not on info-mac mailing list please send them directly to me.  Thanks!!

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 17:12:16 -0100 (MET)
From: Peter Madsen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Email address for WindowShades author

I am trying to contact Rob Johnston author of the brilliant utility
"WindowShade". does anyone have an email address for him ?

Peter Madsen

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 01:27:44 -0100 (MET)
From: Peter Madsen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Email address for WindowShades author.

I am looking for an email address for Rob Johnston, author of the popular
utility WindowShade.

Please help me !

Please respond directly...

Peter Madsen

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 22:47:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Lars H. Andersen)
Subject: FileMaker 2.0 Problems with nameless fields

Dear Mac-friends,
the title says it but not all.  In a file with 1000 records and 61
fields defined, which has been working correctly since it was made I
have suddenly encountered some serious problems.  It all started when I
thought the search command didn't work as it should and I therefore made
a recover of the file.
After that when opening the "Define fields" dialog I get strange empty
lines with no field name but the equation intact.
When clicking on one of them the fields name flickers for a short
while and then disappears again.
When clicking on another empty line I get the dialog telling me that the
file is damaged and I am offered the choice of Resuming og Quitting.
When pressing Resume the dialog just disappears nothing else happens.

I have done a few more recovers but nothing seems to work.

Best from Iceland

Lars ([e-mail])

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 18:25:03 -0500
From: "Joshua B. Colglazier"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Finding comp.mac.forsale and comp.mac.wanted

Could someone please post to info-mac how these two digests? electronic
publications? can be found, fetched, ftp'd or otherwise retrieved?

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 22:02:57 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Floppy Condoms (Q)

This may be the dumbest request I've made of y'all (and I've made some
winners), but do any of you know a source for what I call floppy condoms,
those glassine envelopes into which 3.5" floppies fit and via which the
disks are marginally more protected from crud in pockets and purse?

In olden days, when last I bought floppies, even MEI/Micro's bulk disks
came with condoms so we could all practice safe computing. After Leslye
and I switched from disk to tape backup, we had a bunch of floppies, more
than we've used by a long shot. No problem at home.

At the office we've been buying whatever General Stores has. The latest
several batches had what could best be described as half-height sleeves.
Dare I call them stubbies? Probably not. Anyhoo, the things are useless.
Fall off in pocket and/or purse.

Worse than stubbie sleeves (Oh right. I said I wouldn't dare call them
that), the HD disks from General Stores are foul. At best I get two per
box that won't format. The Intel-inside pukes (no offense) saw similar
formatting problems. So I ordered Mac/Duplicator-grade from MEI/Micro
this month. Cheaper, better, and no-nonsense return of deaders forever.

But the MEI/Micro disks arrived unsleeved. Oh naughtyword. I can't keep
recycling sleeves forever. Or for very long. The ones I have are already
slitting along the sides.

And I haven't seen 3.5" disk sleeves in any of the multitude of catalogs
I have. Can any of y'all point me to a source for those floppy condoms?
I'd very much appreciate it.

Al Bloom, Virginia Tech

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 17:40:08 -0600
From: [e-mail] (John VanDyk)
Subject: Font won't move (err -39) (Q)

I have two damaged fonts, Zapf Dingbats 18 and 24. When I try to move them
out of the system folder to the Trash, I get 'An unexpected error occurred,
because an error of type -39 occurred.'

When I try to move them to a font suitcase inside or outside of the system
folder (hoping to trash that later under cover of darkness), I get 'The
fonts could not be moved, because an error of type -39 occurred.'

Any ideas on how I can get rid of these recalcitrant fonts?

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 23:36:12 GMT
From: David E Newton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Get Info Problems (Suggestion)

I too have had this problem, whereby I cannot do a Get Info
on either my Hard Drive or my Wastebasket. Everything else
is fine, however. This problem has only been apparent the last
couple of weeks, during which period I installed the newer
version of the ubiquitious SpeedyFinder7 (see Info-Macs passim).

Being very suspicious of this control panel, mainly due to past
experience and also due to the recent warnings on Info-Mac (q.v.),
I had a go at playing around with the settings, and doing lots
of restarts.

Eventually, the problem appeared to be with the alias resolving
option. If this section of the "cool options" (I think) is turned
off, then this problem disappears. When on, it comes back. Simple
as that. Maybe this only happens in combination with some other
extensions - I didn't check it *that* extensively. But, basically,
try turning that option off and see if the problem goes away.

Another problem I found in the past with (possibly only an older
version of) SF7 was that if the option to add cmd-Q quit option
to the finder's File menu was added, then this made all warning
boxes appear in the top left corner of the screen, so that they
were unreadable.

I think that SpeedyFinder7 has a lot of invaluable things which
I enjoy having the functionality of. It's just a pity it's a bit
crap at doing some of them.

Dave

David E Newton
Department of Linguistics
University of Edinburgh
UK

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 12:38:22 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Tim Neese)
Subject: Greater access to ftp sites

Hello,

Since there have been several postings lately from people having trouble
getting into the info-mac archive via ftp and gopher, I thought it would be
helpful to repost this message explaining how to get files from the archive
via email.  I have found this to be an invaluable resource since the
current archive traffic makes it nearly impossible to get in via ftp or
gopher anymore.  I also think that this provides a fairer means of access
since the requests get queued on a first come first served basis unlike the
rather random chance nature of gopher connection requests.

If you are using Eudora, PopMail, or some other pop email program,
receiving files via email is as easy as with ftp or gopher.  Since the
Info-mac digests and WAIS server (info-mac.src) provide the pathname of
files at the bottom, you basically just need to copy and paste the path
into a message to [e-mail] after $MACARCH GET , send it,
and you're all set!  Even for those on unix or VMS mail editors that have
the additional steps of extracting the file, downloading it, and
unbinhexing it, this is still a fairly easy way to get files, especially if
you can't get them via ftp or gopher.  I've found that the files generally
come back in a matter of minutes unless the server is really swamped.

Hope that helps.
Tim


Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 16:35:23 -0400
>From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Winston)
Subject: Mailserver for info-mac (A)

 > Are the info-mac archives served by a e-mail server?  I don't
 > have direct Internet access...

Send E-Mail to: [e-mail]
'Subject' line is ignored. Send this message:

$MACARCH GET help/accessing-files.txt
$MACARCH GET help/all-files.txt

You will receive, a few minutes later, a help file and a list of
all the files.

This Listserv is a 'mirror' of the Info-Mac archives at
sumex-aim.stanford.edu and contains all the same files.

It is synchronized to the Sumex archive early each morning.

To order additional files, just copy and paste the path and
filename after a "$MACARCH GET" command. <No quotes, of course.>

Here's a sample file listing:

258256  Feb 15  17:07 ./comm/zterm-09.hqx

To receive this file, send this note:

<to:> [e-mail]
<subject:>
<message:> $MACARCH GET comm/zterm-09.hqx

Files arrive compressed with StuffIt or Compact Pro and Binhexed.
You are limited to 50 files and 2.5MB per day.

[Currently, the Rice Listserv has a smaller hard disk than Sumex.
Old files are therefore being deleted to make room for new files.
Anyone have an extra 3 gig disk sitting around?]

The Umich Mac archive has its own mail server. For a list of all
files and a help file send a note to:

[e-mail]

with the message:

CHUNK 300
HELP
SEND /00help/allfiles.txt

[This assumes your mail system can handle files as large as 300K.
If not, change the CHUNK command to the number of Kilobytes your
system can handle. The file will be broken into messages of that
size. The default is 24K.  "Allfiles" is about 275K]

There is a way to access any ftp site (including ftp.apple.com)
by mail. For more info on the ftpmail service, send a note to:

[e-mail]

with the message:

HELP

________
Robert E. Winston       [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 17:47 EDT
From: [e-mail] (larry kollar)
Subject: Hard drive replacement issues (are there any?)

I'm wanting to put a bigger hard drive in a IIsi.  Besides the drive being
a 3-1/2" half-height SCSI, is there anything else required?  I've seen "Mac
upgrade kits" offered for about $20 more than a bare hard drive -- what's
in there?

I just want to yank the old hard drive (after backing up) and drop in the
new one -- nothing fancy like running both drives in the same system.

Responses by email or to the list are welcome.

Thanks in advance,

    Larry Kollar
    [e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 17:03:50 EDT
From: [e-mail] (J GAGNE)
Subject: HD starts forever

Hello to all of you,

As everyone knows, when we starts a Mac with a disc in the disk drive, the Mac
tries to find a valid system on the floppy and, that failing, it tries its
luck
on the hard drive. Is there a way, by software or hardware, to reverse that
process? I mean a Mac so equipped, would first try to find a valid system on
the hard disk and, if unsuccesful, would just then look if there is a bootable
floppy disk in the floppy drive.

Why you may ask? Our Macs hard disk are well protected but some clever
students
start the Macs with floppies and have a good time changing the sounds, the de-
fault fonts and every other items they get their hands on. We would like our
lab
computers to always boot from their hard disk, if possible at all.

Thanks for your help,

Louis Lavoie
College de Rimouski (Quebec)
Canada

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 16:46:41 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to control size of a folder ? (Q)

********** HOW TO CONTROL/SET THE SIZE OF A FOLDER ? ***********

Hallo,

Does someone know a way of controlling -or better- setting the maximum
size of diskspace used by a network user (we use AppleShare 3.0.1 here).
In our network there are running two volumes. On one volume everybody
can store his/here data in his/here own folder, so it can be backed up.
But the problem is that some users (a minority) seem to think, that
the WHOLE volume is theirs.

In my opinion this cannot be only our problem. AppleShare does not have
the capability to manage this.

Maybe someone out there has a solution ? (other than partioning the
whole server, because this would be a very chaotic solution, given
the number of users).


Nico Rozendaal,
State University of Limburg,
Dept. of Neuropsychology,
Maastricht,
The Netherlands.

( e-mail: [e-mail] )

*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 09:56:03 EST
From: Steve Greenfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: IIsi SIMMS (4 - 2MB)

I now have 4-512KB SIMMS on my IIsi for a total of 3MB of RAM.  I am going
to purchase 4-2MB SIMMS to upgrade to 9MB.  Do I need 70ns, 80ns or exactly
what spped SIMMS to get the most out of my IIsi?  I thought I had some old
documentation that said I needed 70ns or 80ns, but I can't find it.  Where
can I order the SIMMS to get the best gaurantee and customer support?  I
would rather pay a little extra to know that I can get them replaced quickly
and with no hassle if something goes wrong with them.

I want to start looking into more disk as well.  I now only have 40MB and
would like to get around 200MB more.  What are the most reliable disk
drives and what is a ballpark figure for around 200MB?  Where does one shop
for the best deals on disk drives?  I again would want good customer support!
If I get an internal replacement then I lose the 40MB I already have, right?
To get an external, what kind of cabling do I need?  Do I really have to
concern myself with getting the fastest disk drive?  How fast is the 40MB
drive that I have now (it came with the IIsi so I assume it was made by
Apple).

I know these are a lot of questions that have been asked before, but if you
could spare the time and expertise, I could use some good advice!  Thanks!




/[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 13:02:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Lakin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #213

I noticed in the most recent MacWeek that DiiMO Technologies is
advertising a 128K cache for the LCIII for about $120.  Does anyone have
any experience with this product?  Does it plug in to the PDS slot?  Does
it increase performance?
   Thanks for your reply.

                Rick Lakin

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 11:05:11 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Landscape Design Packages?

A friend of mine is a professional landscape designer, and could be in the
market for a CAD package. She looked into possibilities some 3 or more years
ago, and went to several demonstations etc. She was not impressed! She thought
that the packages (of yore!) were inflexible, clunky and too damned
expensive.
I also have the impression that what she saw were PeeCee based products.

I know little about CAD packages beyond the few reviews I have read over the
past several years, and even less about Landscape design CAD packages, which
I do not recall seeing any reviews about. My overwhelming impression arising
out of these reviews was that most if not all of the packages were ported from
the PeeCee world, and that the largely retained command line interfaces
clearly demonstrated their antecedents. The last review that I made any real
attention to was at least a year ago, so I am undoubtedly out of date.

I and my friend would be deeply grateful of any up to date information,
referrals to reviews, anecdotal *evidence*, etc.

By the way, I have recently heard of, but know nothing about, one such
package: LANDCADD.

TIA and Cheers.

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 23:26:00 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: MacTCP

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> What exactly is MacTCP?  From what I've heard in discussions here it is some
> kind of communications program.  This month's MacUser failed to mention you
> need
> it for Fetch and TurboGopher.  Is it for individual Macs or for networks?
If
> it
> is the former, is it commercial or shareware?  Can I get it from
ftp.apple.com
> or any other archive?

You can think of MacTCP as a translator for your Mac that enables
it to talk TCP, the language of the Internet, just as the Mac currently
speaks AppleTalk.

It is for individual Macs that have access to the Internet, either
via a connected network or via a modem using SLIP or PPP.

MacTCP is commercial, and costs between $52 and $59, depending on
whether you order from MacWarehouse or Apple. You can also get it
with my book, The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (available in
bookstores, for direct ordering info email [e-mail]), which
costs under $30. Version 2.0.2 comes with the book, and you can get
an updater to 2.0.4 from seeding.apple.com or from ftp.tidbits.com.

> Is there any other program out there that I can use to FTP directly to my
Mac
> without MacTCP or any other external program/device?

Nope, not that I know of. To FTP directly to your Mac, it has to be
on the Internet, and the only way to accomplish that is via MacTCP.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 07:14 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MicroPhone II

I am having a problem downloading text files from my VAX account to my Mac
using MicroPhone II 4.0. The files look okay when I type them in my account,
but when I send them with Zmodem and view them in a text viewer, they have
line feed characters instead of end-of-line characters, which results in
unusable text files (I have to run everything through SaintEdit to convert
them
to Mac text)

Why does Zmodem in Microphone do this? I was using Zterm with Zmodem before
and
did not experience this problem. Also, Kermit works fine but it is too slow.
Do I need to set the text file parameters somewhere to instruct MicroPhone to
save the files as Mac-readable?

Thanks,
Nate

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 11:55:45 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Prof. L.G. Leduc)
Subject: Modem for Mac Classic (A)

For the person who asked the question about the $99 modem and the Mac
Classic I:

I've been using the LineLink 144e modem with a Mac Classic I for a few weeks
now without any problems. I'm running it at 9600 bps because the remote
computer which I connect to can only handle that speed. In addition, the fax
send capability works well with the Classic I although it is a bit slow.

I hope that this helps you.

Leo G. Leduc
CANADA

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 09:22:58 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: net courtesy

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> [How can I refuse when someone says "thanks?" -- isl]

Obviously not at all. :-) Seriously folks, this is the sort of
little thing that makes a volunteer's life a bit brighter -
small public acknowledgements that they're doing a good job and
performing a public service. I think in some ways the small
things like thanking the moderators for doing something that
they would do anyway are more important than letters
specifically indicating how useful they are.

The more I get into the Internet, the more I'm amazed at what
does get done despite the fact that essentially no one can even
pretend that it's part of his or her job.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 12:16:01 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matt X. Herbison)
Subject: Network and Startup Folder

Hello.  I am currently helping with a small (15-20 nodes) ethernet network.
We are running a program, which updates the computers on the network, that
starts up by being placed in each computer's Startup Folder. Unfortunately,
it is way too easy to remove the file from that folder and the wicked lab
users can then cause all sorts of trouble.  I tried making the file
invisible with ResEdit, but then the computer does not recognize it and it
does not start up when the computer is powered up.  Please help me out.
PLEASE RESPOND TO MY ADDRESS.  Thanks very much.  :)

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

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 12:14:12 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Matt X. Herbison)
Subject: Network and Virtual Memory

Hello.  I am currently helping out with a small (about 15-20) ethernet
network.  I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience using
virtual memory on network nodes such as this.  Please respond...the node
computers, Centris 610's, are maxing out their 4MB of memory too soon.
Thanks.

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

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 04:10:04 -0400
From: Charlie Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nisus copy protection (C)

>>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
>
>Would this mean that as soon as someone writes a German umlaut or a
>French accented vowel, or anything in similar, he'd be required to use
>a dongle?

No.  The standard Mac character set handles all Western European
languages.

The copy protection would only be invoked for scripts other than
Roman.  The previous poster whould have said "Roman" when he used
"english".

Note that I think Nisus's goose will be cooked by WordPerfect's
competitive upgrade, which lets users of any other word processing
program to get WP for $79.  Since WP handles all WorldScript modules,
has no copy protection and costs much less, the choice seems clear.

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 23:14:39 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: NotifyMail for Eudora

I recently submitted a program called NotifyMail to the archives for use
with Eudora. A bug has recently been discovered that will cause problems if
running NotifyMail and the AppleEvent Manager (part of the AppleScript
package). If you run both together, NotifyMail does not properly receive
AppleEvents and therefore will not shutdown or restart properly.

I am working on a fix for this and will hopefully have it finished by early
next week. I will post an updated version that should fix this problem at
that time.

Unfortunately this problem was not pinpointed until after I submitted this
to the archives because none of my beta test sites ran AppleScript..

I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Scott Gruby
([e-mail])

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 23:20:07 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Offline news reading

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> If you truly want Mac offline reading and replying with the
> access automated every hour or so, the only real option is
> UUCP. The combination of uupc, ToadNews, and rnMac or TheNews
> is cheap, although not as powerful as the commercial ($295
> list) UUCP/Connect (used to be uAccess). Those first four are
> all on ftp.tidbits.com in /pub/tidbits/tisk/uucp/

Ach, I forgot about MacSlurp, a MacTCP-based package that works with
ToadNews and rnMac or TheNews. I haven't used it since it came out
after I finished the book, but that's what it claims to do.

cheers ... -Adam

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

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 15:41:13 -0400 (AST)
From: [e-mail] (Michael LeBlanc)
Subject: Optimal Disk Partition?

I am the proud owner of a new Quadra 840AV with a 1 gig hard drive.  It
comes out of the box formatted with 1 big partition, but with such a big
partition each block is 16k-- so that small files, such as aliases or very
small text files, will be AT LEAST 16K.  This can get to be quite wasteful.
 My question, then:  If the 1 gig drive were to be partitioned into a 300
mb volume and a 700mb volume, would that shrink the block sizes for both
volumes, or just the smaller 300mb one?

If there's a faq on this, I missed it.  If there isn't, maybe there should
be...


Michael LeBlanc, [e-mail]
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3J6

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 17:25:58 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Packaging info sought

Does anyone know of a packaging firm that can manufacture CD ROM jewel cases
with a FLOPPY DISK insert?  Rather tahn have the jewel case hold a CD, I
want to distribute it with a 3.5" floppy.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
--
David A. denBoer                        University of Manitoba
[e-mail]                 Computer Services -- User Services
[e-mail]              Micro Resource Centre Consultant

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 15:09:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (K. David Hawksworth)
Subject: Print Shop Deluxe on Deskwriter (C)

>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 08:04:15 MDT
>From: "Dave Leiner" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Print Shop Deluxe on Deskwriter
>
>Print Shop has always had a problem printing cards on an HP DeskWriter in
>that the top margin is about a half inch too large, causing the card to fold
>improperly. Turns out the new Deluxe edition still has the problem.
>Broderbund says they cannot solve the problem and HP is working on it. HP
>says it is a Broderbund problem. Any users solve this one, short of trimming
>the top of the card each time?
>

Dave:
I had the same problem with the old Print Shop on my 550C, but the Deluxe
edition prints the margins correctly.  In fact, I just printed a greeting
card (side-fold format) to verify it.  Sure enough it folds perfectly.  No
need to do any trimming.  For what it's worth, I'm using v2.0 of the 550C
driver with
7.1.  I didn't have the disk space to install all the PSD fonts, but I did
install the NewZurica fonts per Broderbund's recommendation.  Couldn't tell
you whether this makes a difference or not.

K. David Hawksworth
<[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 15:47:43 CDT
From: Akira <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quicken 4

Is there any way that I can set Quicken up to automatically take out
bank fees from my account? In the manual, it works by reminding YOU
to do it.  I thought that it would do that on its own.  If I can't
get it to do this I will have to send it back.

TIA
Akira

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Date: 31 Oct 1993 19:06:11 GMT+2
From: "marc patouillard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: same image whith two video boards

 I'm looking for a solution at this problem :



 I've two video cards 8 bits (old model) in a mac II fx and I want
the SAME
image on both monitors. I don't want a solution based on Y cable
(it's
inapropriate in my case ).

 any ideas ???

thanks

PATOUILLARD Marc Universite de St-Etienne France
email: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 11:48:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Scrabble on a Mac (Q)

> I'm looking for a Scrabble game for the Mac.  Has anyone out there ever seen
> one?  Do you know where I can find one (commercial, share, or freeware)?

There is a game called CRAB. It's available in the sumex archives.

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

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 18:30 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Searching for Smartlaunch author.  & Quest about FKEYS.

Dear Netters,
I am looking for the person who wrote Smartlaunch 3.08,
 a great piece of shareware.  Anybody have his internet address?
John L. Hayes appears to be his name.  I can't seem to get the FKEY
resource functioning.  BTW what are FKEY resources, and how do
they function.  Does one need AppleScript or QuickKeys to run them?
  Or are there ways of editing them in ResEdit to make the System have
a specific key that opens the program?  Any help would be appreciated, and ┼:9Path: nuchat!lobster!menudo.uh.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!info-mac-request
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #215
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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From: [e-mail] (Matt X. Herbison)
Subject: SNL "Newton Post-It Notes" Movie

Hello.  I am wondering if someone could make the Macintosh Post-It Notes QT
movie available to me.  It was apparently available at 192.100.81.100 a few
days ago, but I missed it.  If someone emails me with help, later this week
I will make the following QT movies available to everyone:

1) The original 1984 Macintosh commercial
2) An "Aliens" movie (which I got from the above address since I was
frustrated
   that the Newton Movie wasn't there any more)  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
   QUICKTIMES I'VE EVER SEEN
3) Kurt Loder blooper movie
4) QuickTime logo movie
5) Quadra Commercial movie
6) Dan Quayle clips - VERY FUNNY
7) Maybe a few other ones

Keep in touch

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

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 17:50:29 GMT
From: "J. Rossi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SNL movie

Someone (I can't remember who) recently said that the famous SNL movie could
be
grabbed at the site netcom.com -192.100.81.100- in the directory /pub/jaimev

I tried but with no success. The only thing in this directory is what seems to
be a movie from the film 'alien'.

My archie search in the UK didn't give any result. So guys, if someone knows
where to find that movie, please post the information.

Francois Rossi   [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 14:40:45 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Speeding up Centris 660AV (Q)

From:   TAYLOR@PSI%DYTM21@MRGATE@SNDRTR
To:     IN%"[e-mail]"@M_SDR@MRGATE@SNDRTR@SNDRTR

Looking for some good information ...

I can remember reading recently that there is a $10. clock crystal or
something like that which can be plugged or piggy-backed onto the 25 Mhz
crystal driving the 660AV.  This boosted the clock frequency of the 68040
to around 33 MHz.  I assume that it is just a faster crystal.

Does anyone have any information on such a mod?  Supplier, etc.

Jeff Taylor   [e-mail]   or   [e-mail]
Aberdeen

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 16:56:06 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Yan)
Subject: SpeedyFinder7 - a partly-alternate alternative

>
>         I stopped using this cp sometime ago as it was the cause of a
> freeze-up that occurred when trying to print from within Excel.  Since this
> *only* happened with Excel and not with other programs, it's difficult to
> know which of SpeedyFinder7 or Excel are guilty of going into the dark
> recesses of the Mac OS where no self-respecting creature would even dare
> look.. Thing is, we *need* Excel so we dumped SpeedyFinder7 which is a bit
> of a pity as two of its features are especially good:
>         - eliminating the finder's rename delay
>         - faster network copying
>         - substituting default programs for opening TEXT and PICT and even
> other file types (ex:setting Word to load when you double-click a MacWrite
> file.
>

You can substitute the default programs using Default Application.
info-mac/cfg/default-application-(I'm not sure what the version is).hqx

Hope this helps!

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 19:24 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: System 7 Pro (Q)

Dear Netters,
Sorry if this is a FAQ, but where can I read about System 7 Pro's features
vs.
old System 7.1.
- Don't have AOL, though I do have access to back issues of MacWorld and
MacUser.
Sincerely,.
[e-mail]

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Date: 29 Oct 1993 11:39:26 -0800
From: "Tom Van Vleck" <[e-mail]>
Subject: System Update 2.0.1

        System Update 2.0.1
My problem with update 2.0.1 crashing on a PB180 is fixed, thanks to a very
helpful person at Apple who noticed my post in comp.sys.mac.digest.
I tried a few things at his suggestion and sent him some MacsBug info,
and he advised me to zap the PRAM.  That fixed it.  He says,

"Yeah, there is an obscure problem if a reserved bit gets set in PRAM,
then a feature that wasn't ready for prime time gets turned on...  Zapping
PRAM ensures that this thing is turned off.  Apple is aware of the problem,
and will fix it is a future release."

I learned some lessons..
1. if you speak up when you have a problem, kind strangers will sometimes help
2. there is a right way to report bugs to Apple: use the Hypercard stack
"Apple Bug Reporter 1.0b8" and mail it to [e-mail].

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

Date: Sat Oct 30 15:56:57 EDT 1993
From: [e-mail] (Brian R. Gaeke)
Subject: Tek 4105 emulator ? (C)

> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 15:10:03 CST
> From: Rhett Glover <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Tek 4105 emulator ?
>
> I'm looking for a good Tektronics 4105 graphics terminal emulator for the
> Mac.
> [...]
> NCSA Would not display any of the graphics screens sent from the host.
>
> Maybe I have them config. wrong....?

I've been able to get NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5 to display Tektronix graphics.
I don't know how it worked, though. I was able to get a Tek graphic out
of:

% cat >bar
1
2
3
^D
% cat bar | spline -a 1 | graph | /usr/ucb/plot -Ttek

You may want to try fooling with config.tel. Make sure you have
the documentation, which (IMHO) is rather poorly distributed;
it took me a while to find it, whereas it should have been
included into the distribution.

Brian Gaeke

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

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 22:28:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Steve Knouse <[e-mail]>
Subject: the-mac-report-93-11.hqx binhex'd twice

The file /info-mac/per/the-mac-report-93-11.hqx has been binhex'd twice.

I downloaded it and ran it thru mcvert twice. Here are the file names & sizes
 original          the-mac-report-93-11.hqx           1,400,779
 mcvert'd once     The-Mac-Report-11-93.sea.hqx.bin   1,034,240
 second time thru  The-Mac-Report-11-93.sea.bin         749,696

steve
[e-mail] (198.64.6.1)

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 18:01:25 EST
From: Allan Hunter <[e-mail]>
Subject: There's gotta be a better way...

OK, I didn't want to write this and thereby publish my ignorance--I was
hoping to learn from months of reading, or else that someone else would
ask.  But I'm still in the dark.  Okay...

I want a Mac program through which I can dial up the school's IBM-VM
through my modem, and, from there, send & receive email and retrieve
files from elsewhere, and download them over the modem to my Mac.  I
currently use Kermit for that purpose but the interface is lousy.  I
have used Fetch and I like the Mac-like interface, but Fetch doesn't
seem designed to work through a modem.  I know that the few campus
Macs that are networked and have Fetch on them utilize MacTCP, but I
presume that I do NOT want MacTCP on my little home Mac, right?  I mean,
my email address is FREE to me as a student, and it is located at the
school's VM machine (dinosaur that it is).  MacTCP is for when you want
your own Mac to have its OWN independent electronic address, right?

I've been stuck in a world of command-lines and opaque interfaces for
all my ftp'ing from sumex and wuarchive and elsewhere--

* Anything other than text.hqx files are such a miserable headache
  that I just wait until I can get to school and use Fetch.  Trying
  to figure out what to write on the damn ====> prompt line to tell
  the machine how to get a .bin file, and then using Kermit to down-
  load the results is more than I'm up to.  I don't want to HAVE to
  know how to tell "ftp" that the wuarchive file is a MacBinary II
  (not that I know how to tell it that anyway)--I want it to notice
  that itself (with some help from the interface program) and bring
  it home and download it (if I so desire) through the modem to my
  Mac in the proper form.  Like Fetch does.

* Reading and replying to mail is no thrill either.  Can't copy and
  paste more than a single line from someone else's posting because
  the VM interprets the end-of-line signals in the mail messages as
  Returns, and obediently tries to put all subsequent lines on the
  command line, like this:

  ====> Returns, and obediently tries to put all subsequent lines on

  ...and then proceeds to tell me that it doesn't understand that
  command.  And if I want to download my mail to my Mac for perm-
  anent record or to paste into a Mac doc, (or if Joe Shmoe sends me
  a binhexxed file as email), I've got to mail it to myself, suspend
  the mail (so it appears on the IBM-VM's "desktop" as AHUNTER MAIL)
  and only then can I download it.  I'm not so familiar with existing
  email-using software but I would enjoy ordinary pull-down menus with
  simple Save (to IBM virtual disk) and Download (to Mac via modem)
  commands as well as Cut and Paste that work right.  Hell, plain old
  text wrap that cuts off between words and starts over next line instead of
  ju
st
  ...yeah, instead of doing that when you keep typing...that's what I
  want.

Other individual complaints more numerous to mention and embarrassing
as well (like only recently did I discover the secret trick of
"cd .." to go back up one level in the file hierarchy when moseying
around via ftp at sumex or wherever), and I'm sure each prob has its
own work-around solution, but is there perhaps a nice elegant soft-
ware solution that will let me stare at a Mac-like screen with Mac-
like interface while passing on the horribly opaque stuff to the com-
puters I'm linked up to?  Like Fetch, that is, but for modem-based
connections?

There's gotta be something better than Kermit for this work.

-Allan Hunter
<ahunter@sbccvm>
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 10:35 EDT
From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Transferring those huge files over the net (C)

In 11-214, Al Bloom opines (under the topic "1984 Commercial (Please
Stop!)"):

>No mas! If God had meant the "1984 Commercial" to be ftp-able, She would
>have given us better tools. I can barely afford the disk space for that
>file. I cannot afford the time to diddle with y'all trying to send it
>over the net. But only since the problem seems intractable. I diddle all
>the time when I make progress and learn something.

I got married in September; my wife is in California--I'm still working to
move out of Michigan. So I'm not diddling the way I want to diddle, and can
solve the intractable problems Al mentions. Here's some advice.

Why do you have problems with huge files over the net that you don't have
with small files? Well, there are lots of reasons. The size of the file
increases the chance of transmission error somewhere along the way; there
are freezes and temporary outages on some systems/networks that will kill a
multi-hour transmission; there are user size limits on mail or disk space
or file size or memory allotted to a download (some systems keep everything
in memory, storing everything to disk only at the end of the transmission,
idiotic though that is). There are reasons that only God knows, and she
hasn't told me them yet.

Here's one solution that's both easy and cheap. You have problems with
large files? Make 'em small files. Use programs like Disk Doubler or
Stuffit Deluxe or just about any backup program or word processor to split
that .hqx file into manageable segments, and transmit them separately and
piece them back together at the other end in the Mac of choice. It's just a
text file, folks. There are programs at Sumex to make splitting and
recombining easy, I'd recommend
info-mac/cmp/binhqx-102.hqx
for the job. You can set the size of the segments you wish, and it will
take any binary file, convert it to .hqx, split it into segments, and
recombine segments on command. And the shareware fee is just $5.

God will help you win the lottery, Al. But she does request that you buy a
ticket!


Jeff Needleman  <[e-mail]>

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

Date: Sat,  30 Oct 93 21:02 +0200
From: [e-mail]
Subject: TV viewing on MAC screen - how?

Hello netters

I have seen a PeeCee that has a card which allows it to show TV broadcasts
directly on its monitor. The full screen is used, and it looks just like a
real TV set (except the sound. Yeech). The card costs about $200 here.

Is there such a creature for the MAC? I am not interested in capturing
any pictures, just viewing TV. But don't skip info on this. I am sure
that when it is available I shall be interested in capturing ;^>

If, were and how much. This is the question.

    wHere it should be


Thanks in advance

[e-mail] <Ilan Szekely>

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 17:27 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Dr Alun J. Carr)
Subject: Typesetting (C)

In IM 212, Shih Tung writes:

>  My real objection to TeX, at least on MIT's Athena system is the lack
>of font flexibility.  I really don't like the default TeX font (Computer
>Modern Roman ?), and xdvi doesn't preview postscript fonts very well.
>Do the Mac TeX implementations have better font support?

I have NFSS2 (new font selection scheme version 2) set up on my Mac, and it
allows you to very easily select any of the standard postscript (or
TrueType) fonts as the default Roman, Sans Serif and Typewriter fonts. The
only problem is with the font used for mathematics, which is still cmmi.
There are commercial fonts available which will replace cmmi (MathTime, for
Times, and one for Lucida, both from Y&Y). I'll get one or both of these
one day, but for now, I think the the Computer Modern fonts are just fine
(although some of the ligatures could do with a bit more fine tuning...).
Previewing looks like it's not a problem with the latest OzTeX.

Alun

A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 17:14:09 -0100 (MET)
From: Peter Madsen <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is Apple DocViewer ?

I read about a program called Apple DocViewer, is it better than DocMaker
and can you freely distribute the readerprogram ?

Peter Madsen

[e-mail]

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

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 19:20 EST
From: Don't Panic! <[e-mail]>
Subject: Whoops, made a slight error - System Patch

Dear Netters,
In my previous note about a SpeedyFinder like shareware, I made an error about
about the file types:
It should have read-
System 7 Pack consists of an Application, and a Control Panel.  Sorry for any
confusion the previous error caused.
:-)
Sincerely,
[e-mail]

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