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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 27 Oct 93       Volume 11 : Issue 213

Today's Topics:

      [*] ARA scripts for Hayes modems
      [*] Circuit Analysis Software
      [*] Convert for Newton
      [*] DiskLock PB 1.0.1 Patcher
      [*] GIFConverter 2.3.3
      [*] iains-textures-vol-1.cpt.hqx
      [*] iains-textures-vol-2.cpt.hqx
      [*] Invisible Clock (female)
      [*] Invisible Clock (male)
      [*] Knife.hqx (startup screen)-OOPS
      [*] mac-memory-guide.hqx
      [*] Re: [*] HPopupMenu 3.2.2
      [*] startupscreens-deskpictures.faq
      [*] Summary of responses to FEA query
      [*] The-Mac-Report-11/93
      1984 avail
      Apple 13" Monitor Woes (Q)
      Apple: New Quadra Press Releases Wanted (Q)
      CHEAP CDROM Caddies
      Color Classic simms (Q)
      CopyDoubler icon blanking
      creator code FIL2?
      Credit Card Validation via Mac (Q)
      Filesync for A. Bloom
      Ghost Game
      Graphics galore - where are they all?
      Help
      HyperBasic
      iisi problems
      Image files (C)
      Info-Mac Digest V11 #208
      info-pc list subscription (part II)
      Jackson
      LineLink 14.4 and zmodem settings (Q)
      Mac Model Database (FMPro) on ZiffNet/Mac
      Newton Utility posted
      Nisus copy protection (C)
      Offline news reading
      OptiMem advertisement, pg. 52, MacWeek Vol7, #42 (Q)
      P. Ingenierie Intertalk, what is it ? [A]
      Print Shop Deluxe on Deskwriter
      PSPICE
      Quadra Cache Switch Secret!
      Scrabble on a Mac (A)
      Scrabble on a Mac (Q)
      Service Companies (National)
      SmartKeys 2.1
      StyleWriter II ink IS water-based... (summary)
      Tek 4105 emulator ?
      Timbuktu demo 4.0.2
      unethical computer purchases
      unmountable hard drive(R)
      video port of recent macs on BARCO
      What is MacTCP?

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 14:32:47 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Adriano Lucatello)
Subject: [*] ARA scripts for Hayes modems

The archive contains some ARA scripts to be used with some fast Hayes
modems, such as Optima, Ultra, and Accura 144.
Downloaded from Hayes BBS. Hope they turn up useful for some people over
the net.

Adriano Lucatello

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/ara-hayes-scripts.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 13:22:45 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Circuit Analysis Software

Wally Patterson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I'm looking for a MAC-based circuit simulator call PSPICE.
>Please, tell me where I can find it.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE MACINTOSH

[These opinions are posted by Professor A. E. Siegman, E. L. Ginzton
Laboratory MC-4085, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305. Email responses
directed to [e-mail] on Internet or RW.AAP@STANFORD on
Bitnet will be welcomed.]

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/circuit-analysis-software.txt; 11K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 93 10:16:11 NZD
From: [e-mail] (Clinton Logan)
Subject: [*] Convert for Newton

Convert! for the Newton Messagepad v 1.0

Just as Newton is a replacement for your diary, Convert! is a replace=
ment for=20
the
 conversion tables usually found at the front. The interactive nature=
 of=20
Newton=D5s built-in
 metric converter initially struck me as being very useful. I was how=
ever=20
frustrated by its
 limited scope and use of US measures, hence Convert! was born.=20
Convert! is FREE to give away, that means that you may make use of th=
e software=20
and
 distribute it to any other user along with this documentation. If yo=
u find=20
Convert! useful
 send me a postcard.

[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/convert.hqx; 54K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 15:22:43 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: [*] DiskLock PB 1.0.1 Patcher

This program updates DiskLock PB 1.0 to DiskLock PB 1.0.1.

Make sure you update a copy of DiskLock PB, not the original disk.

After updating DiskLock PB, launch DiskLock PB by double clicking on it,
remove DiskLock PB from your Powerbook, and then install DiskLock PB again.

DiskLock PB 1.0.1 fixes a bug on the Powerbook Duo.  No other files on the
original disk have changed.

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-lock-10-to-101.hqx; 109K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 18:30 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Mitchell)
Subject: [*] GIFConverter 2.3.3

GIFConverter 2.3.3

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/gif-converter-233.hqx; 463K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 09:00:55 +1000
From: Iain Anderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] iains-textures-vol-1.cpt.hqx

Iain's Desktop Textures

Volume I "Derivatives"

by Iain Anderson


A collection of derived, free, but still unusual 16-bit desktop
textures for use with the excellent Desktop Textures Installer
2.1, part of the Desktop Textures III suite of programs.

If you have any queries/suggestions etc. please mail me on:
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/iains-textures-vol-1.hqx; 188K]

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 09:02:14 +1000
From: Iain Anderson <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] iains-textures-vol-2.cpt.hqx

Iain's Desktop Textures
Volume II "Home-Made"
by Iain Anderson


A collection of original, free, and unusual 16-bit desktop
textures for use with the excellent Desktop Textures Installer
2.1, part of the Desktop Textures III suite of programs.

If you have any queries/suggestions etc. please mail me on:
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/iains-textures-vol-2.hqx; 729K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 21:49:44 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] Invisible Clock (female)

Invisible Clock is a small, more or less faceless application that speaks
the time every 15 minutes, half hour, or hour. It does NOT require
MacinTalk Pro or anything like that, but instead has its own sounds (which
generally sound much better). This version uses a female voice, but there's
another version that uses a male voice. I've become addicted to this little
clock app because I don't care exactly what time it is, but I often want to
know approximately where in the day I am. Highly recommended.  cheers ...
-Adam

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/invisible-clock-female.hqx; 222K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 21:45:02 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: [*] Invisible Clock (male)

Invisible Clock is a small, more or less faceless application that speaks
the time every 15 minutes, half hour, or hour. It does NOT require
MacinTalk Pro or anything like that, but instead has its own sounds (which
generally sound much better). This version uses a male voice, but there's
another version that uses a female voice. I've become addicted to this
little clock app because I don't care exactly what time it is, but I often
want to know approximately where in the day I am. Highly recommended.
cheers ... -Adam

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/invisible-clock-male.hqx; 205K]

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Date: 26 Oct 1993 10:28:37 U
From: "Anne" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Knife.hqx (startup screen)-OOPS

Here's Unapuma brandishing her big knife menacingly at any who dare to sit
through the startup sequence on your Mac. Thanks to GPS of Australia for
returning it to me ;-)

-abh

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/knife.hqx; 234K]

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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 17:46:09 -0700
From: Jim Kateley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] mac-memory-guide.hqx

Hello there,

Here is the latest version of the Mac Memory Guide from
Connectix.

[Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-memory-guide.hqx; 100K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 00:14:51 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jon Pugh)
Subject: [*] Re: [*] HPopupMenu 3.2.2

 HierPopup 3.2.2

This is the latest version of the world's best popup menu XFCN.
It has boatloads of features, including the ability to set the
font and size, use color icons and to use arbitrarily deep MENU
resources.  See the stack for documentation and examples.

This update fixes a long standing bug in the use of excessive
numbers of SICNs in the menus.  It took years for anyone to
push it far enough to find this one.  ;)

[e-mail]
[phone]

[Archived as /info-mac/card/hpopup-menu-322.hqx; 60K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 16:08:31 +1000
From: G. Paul Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] startupscreens-deskpictures.faq

This is an update to the startupscreens and desktop pictures FAQ.

[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/startup-deskpict-faq.txt; 8K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 21:19 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Dr Alun J. Carr)
Subject: [*] Summary of responses to FEA query

Well, I finally got around to hacking a mail file that was corrupted by
Pegasus Mail some time ago (twice!). It contained all the responses to
replies I
got to the following query which I put out around April time:

> Does anybody out there know if there are any finite element analysis
> packages available for the Mac (preferably 3D)? Please let me have the
> manufacturers name and if possible (in order of preference) e-mail address,
> fax number (not toll-free, as we can't use them from Europe), snail-mail
> address and/or phone number.

The attached file contains a summary of the responses.

Alun

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

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/fea-query-summary.txt; 13K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 12:57:24 EST
From: Lorne J. Kingsley <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] The-Mac-Report-11/93

HowdY;

This is the latest edition of The Mac Report, a newsletter for Macintosh
users.

Please place it in the periodicals directory.

Thanks!

Lorne Kingsley
Editor, The Mac Report

[Archived as /info-mac/per/the-mac-report-93-11.hqx; 1368K]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 09:42:40 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mark Dohm, UW-P Information Technology" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1984 avail

Greetings fellow netoids:

It's still here and I am still trying my best to keep the site stable. I know
1984 is available in other places, but I don't know where. All I know is that
I have a small site, slow connections and some real goodies.

If you plan on connecting, wait till the evening (Central Time) hours. I will
be leaving for a college media convention in Dallas, so if the site is down,
it's because I'm not there to bring it back to life - try back in a few days.

I want to publicly thank all the people who have logged in and helped me with
troubleshooting and advice and various things - this is all a learning kinda
thing happenin' here.

The same address is also a gopher. The gopher does not have the
quicktime files in it however - well not yet anyway.

The site:  csc.ucs.uwplatt.edu   137.104.128.241
(anonymous login)

Thank you.  Mark  8^)
!! MarkMAD  (Mark Dohm)  [e-mail]  AOL: MarkMAD
!! U/Wisconsin-Platteville

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Date: 26 Oct 93 12:07:00 CST
From: "Mike Sisson  " <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple 13" Monitor Woes (Q)

Fellow Netters -

I am on a quest for knowledge and insight concerning a problem I am having
with the above mentioned beastie. The monitor works sometimes and sometimes
it doesn't. When it is being tempramental I can turn it on but it will
immediately turn itself back off. To make a long story short, I have narrowed
it down to a temperature problem. When it is working, I can take a hair
dryer on low heat and and low speed and pass it over the top of the unit and
bingo, shut off occurs. I then set it under a ceiling fan for a while and it
seems to work well. The knowledge I desire consists of:

1.) Hearing from anyone who has experienced this and how they fixed it.

2.) Finding a schematic of the Apple 13" High Resolution RGB Monitor so I
    can roll my own fix. (Yes, I know not to discharge the unit by using my
    body as a resistor!)

3.) Hearing about places that fix monitors specifically (a lot of repair shops
    don't touch monitors) with whom you have had good (or bad) experiences.
    Please specify the type of experience you had.

Thank you very much,

Mike Sisson
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 18:05:37 BST
From: Fergus Sullivan (ITL Temp) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Apple: New Quadra Press Releases Wanted (Q)

I'd like to get hold of the Apple's press releases announcing the new
Quadras and the LC 475.  I know they _were_ on various bulletin boards,
but by the time I arrived there they'd expired.

I'd be grateful, therefore, if someone would either email the actual
files themselves to me or tell me where I can FTP them.  They don't
appear to be in the /pr/ directory at ftp.apple.com.  I assume that,
being press releases, these files can be considered public domain.

Thanks in advance.

Fergus Sullivan
[e-mail]
+++Standard disclaimer goes here+++

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 14:33:06 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CHEAP CDROM Caddies

MEI/Micro Center is advertising standard CDROM caddies at $3.99 ea for 5 or
more ($4.99 for 2-4).  I haven't ordered any but they claim to be
SONY-licensed made in the USA.

MEI/Micro 800-634-3478

Paul Baim (not affiliated with MEI)

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 12:56:20 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Color Classic simms (Q)

    How many pins do the Color Classic simms have? (36, 72?)
I am trying to find out if a friend of mine can use my old 256k
simms from my Mac IIcx (isn't much, but every little bit helps :-).

Thanks,
    Mike    [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 17:58:56 PST
From: [e-mail] (Salient Software)
Subject: CopyDoubler icon blanking

In article <[e-mail]>
([e-mail]), you write:
    In Info-Mac 11-207 (+/-2), Stan Kerr writes:
    >>>>>
    I've never been able to get the CopyDoubler icon to appear in my Control
    Panels folder as anything but the default dogeared document icon; any
    suggestions there? (This is not exactly pressing, but I thought I would
    throw it in. Yes, I've rebuilt the desktop.)
    <<<<<

    I had the same problem, too.  Harry Rehnberger of Salient was very
    communicative but his words were not helpful.  I posted to InfoMac
    sometime back about this problem and no Sherlock Holmes solved
    the problem.  >>>>What *did* restore the standard icons for me was
    to "label" files with BNDLs that were getting ignored (thus the missing
    icon problem) and tell AutoDoubler not to compress any file
    with that "label".<<<<  Remember that a "label" can be assigned with
    standard system 7 Finder routines.

    So, I lose some compression but I also lose a big hassle with
    busted BNDL information that is obviously caused by AutoDoubler.
    Like I said before, I am *still* not knocking AutoDoubler.
    Good product and better than **any** driver-level compression for
    my pattern of usage.  This is just a defect in its compatibility
    with the Finder.  End of soapbox.

If anyone is having this problem and are running AutoDoubler and the tactic
in paragraph two above, between the >>>> <<<<, works please let me know
which applications it is happening with.  We have not been able to duplicate
this here.

Harri Rehnberg
Salient Software

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 20:51:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Garrett <[e-mail]>
Subject: creator code FIL2?

The subject says it all.  Which application creates documents
that have the creator code FIL2 ?
I did look at the list o' creator codes in the archives but
it didn't contain that one.
Please respond directly to [e-mail] as I'm not subscribed
to the discussion group.

Thank you very much!
-Dave

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 13:50:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Roz Ault, User Support Technology, ext. 377" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Credit Card Validation via Mac (Q)

Our company is looking for credit card validation packages for the Mac.
Ideally we would like a package that we would batch process credit
card validation if we fed it the correct information from our VAX.

Anyone have any experience with a product like this, or have any
suggestions about where we could look?

Roz Ault
([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 20:13:06 -0600
From: (Pete Chane) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Filesync for A. Bloom

Alan,
For the best in Mac file sync, check out the Apple File Assistant for
Powerbooks.  It uses the Drag Manager to graphically show you what files
are being synched.  And its not just for Powerbooks.

PC.

 ------------------------------------------------------
Pete Chane
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
"Life comes down to a few moments, this could be one of them."

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 12:14:58 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Adam Hauerwas)
Subject: Ghost Game

A quick question.  Does anyone know of a game (payware, shareware, or
freeware) that has ghosts as the main characters?  The game should be
appropriate for children ages 4-11, so it shouldn't be too violent, but any
direction would be appreciated.

Please reply directly to [e-mail], since I don't yet
subscribe to this list.

Thanks in advance!
----
Adam John Hauerwas             | [e-mail]
Macintosh Specialist           | "Quotes?  We don't need
Duff & Phelps Fin. Consulting  |  no stinking quotes..."

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 19:27:11 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Peter Smith, Analysis)
Subject: Graphics galore - where are they all?

OK - I've been using that wonderful Michaelangelo start-up screen (in the
info-mac archive) for a couple of months, and just fancy a change. There's
not too much in info-mac (fair enough: the archive is for serious stuff).
But somewhere out there I KNOW there are graphics galore (from high art
downwards), but where? What's available by FTP? All pointers gratefully
recieved.

Peter Smith

Philosophy, Sheffield University, UK
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 22:00:29 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Help

Help
Saw a reference to info-mac on the Fringeware email list. What is it?

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 11:03:22 EDT
From: "Mr. Troy Kelley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: HyperBasic

Does anyone out there know if the company that makes HyperBasic is still
around? HyperBasic was a program to write external commands with in basic.
It had a lot of nice features that made it much easier to use than
C or Pascal. An external command I wrote using the product bombs on my
new Quadra and I have the feeling that the compiler was not 32-bit clean.
Do they have an update?

Thanks
Troy Kelley

P.S - Why upgrade if all it creates is heart burn?

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 09:41:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: iisi problems

hi there i have some problems with my iisi

the problems occured when i upgraded from 7.01 to 7.1 with the hardware update
v 2.0 (i know there is a more current one but i haven't dug it up yet)

well  the problem is that know when i run any program on my computer,
the program will crash with an error 1, 3, or 5 ... the errors seem random
but i don't know...

sys configuration.. iisi, 17/230, radius b/w pivot with radiusware 2.3,
a bunch of init/cdevs/control panels

and if anyone has a reccomendation on a shareware/freeware startup manager
i'd appreciate your help

and if anyone could tell me how to use macbugs and what other apps i need
to figure out what goes wrong i'd appreciate it...

oh yeah.. does anyone know what these error codes mean???


thanxs

henry

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 16:05:11 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Image files (C)

[e-mail] asked:
> 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

[e-mail] (Douglas Rowe) asked:
> Posting for some friends.  One has a 660 the other the 840 & neither
> could get DIskcopy to create disks from images :-(.  They work fine
> other  machines.

DiskCopy v4.2 (from Apple, probably also available on Sumex) works fine in
most (but not all) cases. The solution is:

get DiskDup+ (v. 2.22) from Roger Bates.

It's on sumex, shareware, $ 30 if I remember right. After paying the
shareware fee, you're given a "registration code", and afterwards the
app can mount apple's image files on your desktop.

I think it is possible with unregistered version to read image files and
produce disks from them - but I'm not sure, since I've paid the fee long
ago.

Hope this helps, Christian.

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 13:41:09 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Bill Moynihan)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V11 #208

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>
>Date: 19 Oct 93 15:02:25 PDT
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: $99 TCI LineLink 14.4 Modem
>
>From: [e-mail] (Mark Fetler)
>
>OK, I'm not a modem guru, but I thought I could plug this
>puppy in to my fx and start communicating. I've tried it
>both with McKnowledge (self-configured) and with Zterm with
>no success -- even with McKnowledge's script for dialing up
>compuserve. I couldn't get any help from the vendor techs.
>Do any of you modem mavens have suggestions for me? Or am I
>SOL?
>
Since you mentioned "fx" the little light went on. It has a 2
speed modem port. A Control Panel called Serial Switch (I have
version 1.1a1) allows you to switch between "Faster" and
"Compatible". The little blurb in the window states: "Some
applications that use the printer or modem ports do not operate
properly unless the serial ports are set to "Compatible"."
--
Bill Moynihan
Internet=[e-mail] or AppleLink=moynihan.b

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 93 03:11:03 ITA
From: maurizio lana <[e-mail]>
Subject: info-pc list subscription (part II)

Some people were interested into subscribing to info-pc list.
I (hmmm...) lost their messages, so excuse me if I post this on the list.
to subscribe to info-pc you must send the usual data to:
[e-mail] .
Maurizio

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

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 11:24:47 CST
From: "Wade Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Jackson

>Okay, this is a tough one.  I've been having trouble with my Mac IIsi
>crashing with error #25 (stack ran into heap).  I've tried removing
>inits, but that hasn't helped.  Every time, MacBugs shows the procedure
>name as being "Jackson".
>
>Finally, one night, I decided to search my hard drive for the little
>piece of code that showed up in MacBugs to find out what application is
>causing it.
>
>The result of my search showed that the code was located in the resource
>'ptch' 32 in my System file.  I did some searching and found that the
>patch was in System 7.0, 7.1, and 7 Pro.  For awhile, I removed the
>resource and everything appeared to work, but that made me nervous.
>
>Does anyone happen to know where that resource comes from and what it
>does?  Is it actually a patch to the system which could be removed?  Why
>does it cause problems on my machine and not on others?  Does anyone
>else have problem crashing with an error #25 at any given time?  Thanks.

William,

I don't mean to be too criticial, but what on Earth would make you think
that it's OK to remove a system software patch placed there by Apple?  If
it's there, it's there for a reason.

Jackson is a QuickDraw-associated routine.  If you're having problems, you
have:

1)  Corrupted System Software
2)  A corrupted application, document, preferences or font.
3)  A corrupted SCSI driver (unlikely)
4)  Bad memory
5)  A bug in your software

I would highly recommend that all patches be left alone.

Wade Williams
Network Support Specialist
Auburn University

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 93 0:14:25 MST
From: [e-mail] (Raimund Lammersdorf)
Subject: LineLink 14.4 and zmodem settings (Q)

Greetings, modem pros

Proud owner of a LineLink 14.4 modem but uninitiated into the arcana of
modem initialization strings beyond ATL1 I wonder if any kind soul out
there could help me get the most out of aforementioned modem.

I use zterm 0.9 and regularly dial into another 14.4 modem with V.42/MNP5,
brand unknown.

What would be the best communications settings and initialization string
to get highest throughput?

Thanks in advance :-)

Raimund

[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 11:21:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Dave Martin)
Subject: Mac Model Database (FMPro) on ZiffNet/Mac

According to MacWEEK, version 3.5 of Mac Catalog--a FileMaker Pro database
of Mac information past and present--is available in the ZiffNet areas on
AppleLink and CompuServe.

If it is still kosher by ZiffNet's license restrictions to give it to
others, I would appreciate it if someone who is downloading it for
themselves could email a copy to me. It is exactly what I have been looking
for as a starting base for a Mac inventory database (i.e., for keeping
serial numbers, configurations, etc. with a link to actual Mac model info.

I have been trying for some time to get Ziff to open a ZiffNet/Mac area on
America Online but (unless I have just missed them) they have not done so
for whatever reasons. If they are on AOL--please let me know so my average
annual ignorance level is decreased <grin>.

Thanks in advance.

-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - [e-mail] - [e-mail] --

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 17:43:45 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Joel Riedesel)
Subject: Newton Utility posted

I have just posted a Newton Utility to the Info-mac
archives.  It is archived as "sams-sensible-sleeper.hqx"
in the info-mac/Newton/util directory.

It is a shareware for managing your sleep settings on the
Newton.  It detects whether you are using the plug or the
battery and sets the sleep time appropriately (to your
settings).  This way you no longer have to change the sleep
setting every time you plug/unplug your Newton (if you're
that type of person :-) ).

Enjoy,

Joel Riedesel
[e-mail]
--

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 16:04:09 MET
From: Christian F. Buser <[e-mail]>
Subject: Nisus copy protection (C)

Kee Nethery <[e-mail]> wrote:
>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.

I don't want to hurt any english-speaking person, but do you REALLY think
that those who write only in English should have more rights than others?

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?

I just hope they (and you) think again about this issue!

Best regards, Christian.

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 09:39:46 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Offline news reading

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I would like to automatically download UseNet news articles for a
> particular news-group (eg Info-Mac) to a local Unix station (preferably
> SGI) or Macintosh, and save them for off-line reading with an editor.
> Ideally I would like something that checks say every hour for new
> articles, and silently retrieves them.  Perhaps I even need to set up a
> local "leaf-node" news server ? (but how ?)
>
> At present I use Nuntius on my Mac to access a remote internet news
> server, but the remote server is too slow for satisfactory on-line reading,
> and in any case I would like to save all the articles.  Any ideas ?

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/

If you're using Nuntius via MacTCP now, the closest you can come is
the commercial ($145 list) VersaTilities, which includes VersaTerm-Link,
which in turn has a newsreader module that can save selected articles
to disk and then read them from there. You would have to do some scripting
work to get it to go up and download the articles automatically, but
I suppose it's possible with QuicKeys.

Both list prices are higher than you would pay for real. You
can probably get more information on UUCP/Connect by emailing
to [e-mail] or FTPing to ftp.intercon.com and looking
in /InterCon/sales/ and you can get more information on the
VersaTilities by emailing [e-mail] (or maybe
[e-mail]).

Needless to say, I discuss both options in my book, since I feel that
UUCP, although old, is a very valid way to access the Internet for
news and mail. :-)

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: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 15:03:45 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: OptiMem advertisement, pg. 52, MacWeek Vol7, #42 (Q)

Check out page 52 in the latest MacWeek for a product that claims to make
your mac use memory more efficiently. Sounds to me like this thing patches
the behavior of the memory manager, which scares the hell out of me. Anyone
have reactions, or any real hands-on experience with this thing???

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 22:04:16 PDT
From: Kee Nethery <[e-mail]>
Subject: P. Ingenierie Intertalk, what is it ? [A]

>One of these was a Nubus card with some ic's on it, and the
only description "P. Ingenierie Intertalk" on the card. On the panel to the
outside, two serial plugs are located, together with a LED and a push
button.

Such and easy quiz.
It is a localtalk to localtalk router that derives it's power from a nubus
slot. The original French company, P. Ingenierie, split into two companies,
one that is a distributor and retains the original name, and a second in
the USA that manufactures and sells AppleTalk routers. It is:

International Transware
1503 Grant Rd, Suite 155
Mountain View, CA 94040 USA
voice 415-903-2300
fax [phone]
[e-mail]

I am sending the configuration software via separate enclosure. You will
need LocalTalk connectors to connect the router to your Mac (even though
the router is in your Mac and using it's power).

I'd go for the kiss except I'm married and well, I'm kinda partial to the
kisses I already receive. I already have a handful of 256Ksimms and my wife
bakes excellent no-fat organic chocolate cakes (very yummy). So, I know
it's nerdy but I have to choose the monochrome Nubus monitor card.  :-)

Kee Nethery
[e-mail]

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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?

One thing I find odd, though, is that the HP preview looks perfect, leading
me to believe it is an HP problem. The tech rep said that this doesn't count
because there are no preview rulers, but a half inch error would be easily
detectable IMHO.

--Dave

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 11:55:29 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Darrah Chavey)
Subject: PSPICE

Wallace C. Patterson <[e-mail]> asks:
>I'm looking for a MAC-based circuit simulator call PSPICE.
>Please, tell me where I can find it.

Archie says:
Host ftp.uu.net    (192.48.96.9)
    Location: /systems/mac/info-mac/app/pspice-51.hqx-split
Host plains.nodak.edu    (134.129.111.64)
    Location: /pub/mac/pub/appl/misc/PSpice_v5.1.bin
Host sumex-aim.stanford.edu    (36.44.0.6)
    Location: /info-mac/app/pspice-51.hqx
Host ftp.wustl.edu    (128.252.135.4)
    Location: /systems/mac/info-mac/app/pspice-51.hqx
Host lth.se    (130.235.20.3)
    Location: /mac/info-mac/app/pspice-51.hqx
Host ftp.sunet.se    (130.238.127.3)
    Location: /pub/mac/app/pspice-51.hqx
Host sics.se    (192.16.123.90)
    Location: /pub/info-mac/app/pspice-51.hqx
Host uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu    (128.171.44.7)
    Location: /mirrors/info-mac/app/pspice-51.hqx

(To use archie, telnet to forum.ans.net, login as archie. Read the message.
Type "set search sub" then, in this case, type "prog pspice".)

--Darrah Chavey            Department of Math & Computer Science
  [e-mail]        Beloit College; 700 College St; Beloit, Wisc.

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 22:09:22 +0000
From: (Harry Hahn) <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quadra Cache Switch Secret!

Brian Amira writes:

> Little know tip, Hold down Option when clicking ON and OFF buttons in
> Cache switch CDEV and the changes take effect right then! Eg. No Restart!
> Save yourself some money and time looking for other CDEVs to do this!

Funny you should mention this because I just read a little anti-tip in the
latest (Dec) Macworld's Bugs and Turkeys section:

> The following steps corrupt high-density floppies on the Quadra 800 and
> Centris 650: (1) In the Cache Switch control panel, hold down the option
> key while clicking on the More Compatible button- this allows you to
> change the setting without a restart; and (2) Put in a high-density
> floppy and eject it. The disk is now unreadable. Apple is not currently
> offering a fix.

I don't have an '040 so I've never suffered such a problem but I thought
I'd pass this along.

-Harry
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 15:08:18 GMT
From: Mark [e-mail]
Subject: Scrabble on a Mac (A)

sometime in the long ago I downloaded the game CRAB, that was developed
in 1987.  I think it is in the usual archive places.  It is a fiendish
implementation of Scrabble. It looks things up in the dictionary and
makes great plays every move.  I have yet to beat it, so I have not
played it lately.  Good Luck.

-the ol' professor

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 12:53:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: LAN Supervisor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Scrabble on a Mac (Q)


See:
    game/crab.hqx

in the archives.

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

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 12:14:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Adam Hauerwas)
Subject: Service Companies (National)

Hey there!  It's good to be back on the Info-Mac since I lost my last
college account.  Anyway, with my new job comes new responsibilities, and I
have a question regarding national computer service organizations.

I currently manage about 50-60 Macintoshes in three offices (Chicago,
Washington D.C., and Los Angeles) and I would like to bring those machines
under one service contract.  My current service provider is Entex (formerly
JWP, formerly Businessland), and I feel tied to them because they can
provide service in all three locations.

Does anyone have experience with other companies that can service those
three regions?  Also, I may have to provide support for Atlanta,
Connecticut, New York, and Texas.  Any pointers would be appreciated.

Please reply directly to [e-mail], since I am not yet a
subscriber to this list.
----
Adam John Hauerwas             | [e-mail]
Macintosh Specialist           | "Quotes?  We don't need
Duff & Phelps Fin. Consulting  |  no stinking quotes..."

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 20:48:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SmartKeys 2.1

Hello infomac readers; the October macworld gives a glowing recommendation
for a free program called SmartKeys 2.1. This correct your typing mistakes
program is written by Maurice Volaski in Philadelphia and from looking at
an ad in yet another mac magazine it sounds like thunder 7.
How far off base am I? Is Smartkeys on infomac? (I can't find it) Can
someone reply to me about thunder 7?  Thanks for any and all replies.
john hess, [e-mail]
PS I'm interested in some cheap 2 meg simms for a friends IIsi.

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

Date: 26 Oct 1993 21:53:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: ROBERT_BROCKMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: StyleWriter II ink IS water-based... (summary)

Recently I asked a couple of questions:

1. Is ink for the Apple StyleWriter II water-based, or is it water
resistant, as is the HP DeskWriter ink?

Thanks to:  Allan Hunter
        Sidney Bienvenu
        Ben Squire
        David Ikenouye
        Jerry Wolf

I know the answer is YES, the ink is water-soluble, so if your output
gets wet, the ink will run. Most expressed puzzlement as to WHY Apple
hasn't switched inks.


2. Why does Apple include more standard RAM on CDROM equipped Macs? Is
it necessary to support the CDROM?

Thanks to:  Christopher Gervais

Who said Apple assumes most CDROM users are also heavy QuickTime or
other multi-media software users, and thus will need more RAM. Nothing
else about the CDROM requires more RAM than any other storage device.


Thanks very much, again, to all who helped. I'm in the process of
ordering a LC475 (25mHz 040) system through Apple Higher Ed. The
biggest problem now is that they say there's a 4-6 week delay on the
14" Apple monitor. I've heard rumors that Sony is in a snit about
their deal with Apple, and is balking at selling too many more tubes
to Apple... I'm looking for a monitor at a local dealer: I don't mind
paying $50 more to get a monitor TODAY! Anyone else heard about this
Sony/Apple feud?

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

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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.

I've tried Mac240 (WhitePine) and NCSA Telnet 2.5.

Mac240 would only display, not interpret, the Tek escape sequences sent by the
host.

NCSA Would not display any of the graphics screens sent from the host.

Maybe I have them config. wrong....?

I am using a Mac IIci, 20mb ram, Sys 7.0.1, Asante ethernet board, MacTCP
1.1.1.

Any ideas ?

thanks,

Rhett Glover
USAF Air Warfare Center
Eglin AFB Fl 32542

904 882-9341
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 19:40:23 EDT
From: Denis Gauthier <[e-mail]>
Subject: Timbuktu demo 4.0.2

Hi netters

I have a demo copy of Timbuktu 4.0.2 .
With my 660AV and GEOPORT, the extension would not load (X on icon)

Any ideas ?

Denis Gauthier
Services a la clientele
Universite Laval
Quebec, Canada
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 14:19:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Craig Marsh <[e-mail]>
Subject: unethical computer purchases

I think one of the main questions is: How can the A.G. (any of them in fact)
say employees can't not _ethically_ purchase computers at a discount.  Having
just heard the yearly ethics talk given to Naval reservists, I think I know
where he is coming from.  Basically it is this.  Somewhere in the great
lists of what is ethical and unethical for state employees to do, there is
a big one (at least for federal employees) which says: It is not ethical to
utilize your position to receive benefits which are not available to those
who do not hold that position.  In otherwords, if you are a road repair
contract supervisor for the state, you are not allow to recieve Christmas
presents from ABC Tar and Stone Company.  (There is some dollar limit for
federal employees, but no one would ever give me anything, so I haven't
tried to remember exactly what it is, but I think it is around $25 a year.)

So, the AG probably saw that the education 'discount' is only available to
students and state employees who happen to work for the university, and all
non-state employees and those who don't work for the university are excluded.
To him, and he is usually the one who has be assigned to make these decisions,
this is a violation of the state employees ethics code.  Therefore, to him,
it is unethical.  I would also assume that, to him, it would be unethical
for state employees to accept memberships to these warehouse stores (like
SAMS) which give you a membership because you are an employee at the
university.  (But it isn't wrong to accept if you are a member of some club
they extend membership to.)   He might also say that joining the
university employee credit union is unethical, again, because they restrict
the membership to employees of the university.

Another thing which may concern him the the potential for these discounts to
affect state contract purchases.  For example, Prof. Froug gets a great
discount on the Zentari system with an ink jet printer.  After awhile, he
feels he wants a laser printer.  So he suggests the Parapsychology Dept.
purchase the Zentari system for the Freshman computer lab they are building.
In fact, even if it wouldn't benefit them directly, we know that owners of
the Zentari system will generally suggest Zentari's, just as Mac and
IBM/Clones
would suggest macs or IBM/clones.  I don't think this would be as much of
a concern as the first though.

At least that what I would guess has happened.
Craig Marsh                                        [e-mail]

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Date: 26 Oct 1993 16:32:26 -0600
From: Gibbs-CIC-IS <[e-mail]>
Subject: unmountable hard drive(R)

This following is in response to the posting from Matthew Ahrens in Info-Mac
#205.

Hi,

A similar thing happened to me while installing some new software on a 7.1
vx.
Installation seemed to go normal but after reboot, the hard disk would not
mount. It would repeatedly keep trying to, quitting and restarting the Finder
over and over. I could only stop it by turning off the machine. I tried many
different possible remedies such as rebuilding desktop, resetting PRAM, etc.
I
could not reinstall the  system. because it said that the installation disks,
which were my original system disks, contained a system that was too old for
my
mac!

While I was able to boot from a Norton disk, Norton coudn't fix this.  I tried
to boot from Disk Tools but couldn't until I disconnected the hard drive. Then
when I tried to update the hard disk driver it told me that it couldn't mount
the hard disk because it was already mounted..

I was finally able to fix it by using SCSIProbe. Try this: make a boot disk
that has SCSIProbe (freeware, probably on sumex-aim) on it. It is a control
panel so it will have to be in the right place on the boot disk. Then boot
from
that disk, access SCSIProbe and try to mount the hard disk. When finished,
reboot the mac. This worked for me. When I rebooted, however, the hard disk
mounted but windows were flashing back and forth in a seemingly endless loop.
I
entered the command+period command and pressed escape and waited about 5
minutes. One of these key sequences cleared it up. I haven't had this problem
since.

Hope this helps!

P.S.  I want to thank the author of SCSI Probe, Robert Polic for making his
nice little piece of software available. It sure came in handy during my hour
of need!

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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 00:17:59 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: video port of recent macs on BARCO

Hello
I am trying to use the external video port of a Powerbook 180 on a BARCO
(a video projection system, competing products are made by SONY, GE, etc...)
with no success. The BARCO  tries to synchronize as if it were trying to
determine the kind of video, and then switch off as it had no signal.
This BARCO equipment works perfectly with any Mac with the old card for
RGB 13" monitor and the 8-24 card as well. Works also with a VGA 14"
monitor.

I regularly use the PB180 with its port either on an Apple monochrome 12" or
RGB 13", Apple 14", VGA 14" (with an hand made adaptator). With some
VGA I use the basic color monitor init otherwise I get an ugly greenish
screen !

The cabling system of the BARCO interface allows to connect a monitor
in parallel with the BARCO. The external monitor works OK, but the
BARCO doesnt !

I wonder if the specs of the video interface depart from the specs of
the old cards ? I know that three pins on the DB15 connector are used
to specify the kind of monitor by simulating a three dip switch system.
But if I am not wrong the original 12" and 13" monitors correspond to
all switches off !

I have observed the same kind of problem with other recent machines
such as the centris 650 !

So far I have'nt get any clue from BARCO people. I would appreciate
any report on connecting a PW with the original Apple video interface
on a video projection system

Etienne Loute
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (C.O.R.E.)
Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
34 voie du Roman Pays
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve BELGIUM
e-mail [e-mail]   [e-mail]
Tel [phone] fax [phone]

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 16:42:30 -0500
From: Bienvenu Sidney J <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is MacTCP?

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?

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?

Thanks in advance.                      -- Jay

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 93 7:40:57 PDT
From: macmod (Info-Mac Moderator)

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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 22:39:12 PDT
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TidBITS#199/25-Oct-93

So what does John Sculley's new company do? How do you stop those
   nasty NDN bounces from FirstClass bulletin boards? Where can you
   snag the new Apple Modem Tool 1.5? Find the answers to these
   questions in this issue, along with a look at Apple's new pricing
   scheme, a report on the famed free Color It deal, a review of the
   Handeze gloves that have significantly helped our RSI problems,
   and announcements of updates to MacTools and QUED/M.

Topics:
    MailBITS/25-Oct-93
    Sayonara, SRP
    Apple Modem Tool 1.5
    The Dreaded NDN
    Get Some Color
    Sculley's New Job
    Handeze Gloves
    Reviews/25-Oct-93

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-199.etx; 28K]

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

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