Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 12:31:12 PST From: The Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #4 To: info-mac-list Info-Mac Digest Fri, 7 Jan 94 Volume 12 : Issue 4 Today's Topics: [*] ANSI Vision(tm) 1.0 [*] BNDL Bundle 2.1 [*] Dirty Dozen 1.0.1 [*] F/A-18 FAQ V1.5 [*]faxstf3.0-update.sit [*] Frank_Black_1.0d3.sit.hqx [*] Mac Post-It 1.0.2 (repost) [*] Pager Alarms BETA 0.6 [*] Photosizer version 1.2 [*] Quit It v1.2 [*] Resubmission - NSFNET.MOV internet QT movie [*] robowar-tournament-6.hqx [*] scsi-evaluator-107.hqx [*] SitC Lister 2.0b5 [*] Symbionts 2.3.2 patch plus [*] Telefinder/User 3.2.2.cpt [*]teletimes-94-01.hqx [Q] Kinetics Etherport SE Appletalk imagewriter Contact Management Software (a) Contact Software (R) Crossmaster cross words Cure for the Duo-Battery-Not-Charging bug (A) Cursor Animations Defining a META key (A) Determining value of an Amiga Dollars & Sense Publisher? emacs for the mac enigma22.hqx Error Type 1 Formatting a (formerly DOS used ) Connor SCSI Harddisk (Q) FreeHand Upgrade's Free PostScript Fonts (A) Happy Birthday speech/song Help needed choosing a moni How can I get the "Software Dispatch" CD-ROM? IMPORTANT MacPostIt Info! Info-Mac Digest V12 #2 Info-Mac Digest V12 #3 (2 msgs) Ink cartridges for Canon Bubblejet? Is ADB 'Splitter' Available (Q) Know of a MCAT prep prog? Locking/unlocking groups of files (Q) Mac "REAL" multitasking...? (c) Mac Server or BBS MenuChoice & Microsoft -- NOT! MS Word Find command (a) MS Word Find command (R) Need .PPD for Colorpoint S11 Network schedulers????? anyone?? anyone?? New Apple Software? (Correction) Newton Connection Through Routers Nisus "dongle"? Huh? Hardware copy protection!?! (C) Nisus "dongle"? Huh? Hardware copy protection!?! (R) PB165 hard drive clicking noise PB trackball fix Personal Laserwriter NT on an ethernetworked Mac Problems with SoftPC Pro and downloads (A) Purdue MacAirplane Quadra 605 vs LC 475 Question- Network access notifier Radius 24xp Random bus errors Reading TAR format info (Q RevRDist serial-parallel printer interface? SF-171 MacApplication Sim City 1.0 Speech header file Stuffit Classic-what's that? StyleWriter II Dialogue Settings the TypeBook Tracking Users Typeit4Me is great, but is there better? (A) Virtual memory question VT200-compatible telnet software Weather instruments and the Mac... What happened to 'Underground Mac' ?? Which compression app? WordPerfect 3.0 patch The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa, Gordon Watts and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help. Mail articles for inclusion in the digest to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send binaries to be placed in the archives to macgifts@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 1994 19:54:08 -0800 (PST) From: harrym@netcom.com (Harry Myhre) Subject: [*] ANSI Vision(tm) 1.0 I'm not sure what this program is supposed to do, but I have a feeling it can display ANSI art from text files captured >From Bulletin Board Systems. [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/ansi-vision-10.hqx; 38K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 18:31:49 -0400 (EDT) From: CDRAYSON@antioc.antioch.edu Subject: [*] BNDL Bundle 2.1 This is release 2.1 of the BNDL Bundle. It gives informative Icons to those generic files that always seem to be laying around, especially on large hard drives. With this utility, you can easily figure out which application was used to create an unidentified document, so that you can either find a copy of the application and open the file, or find a compatible application for it's file type. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/bndl-bundle-21.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 1994 23:35:46 -0800 From: triantos@netcom.com (Nick B Triantos) Subject: [*] Dirty Dozen 1.0.1 Hello, This is an update to Dirty Dozen 1.0, which I sent to several archive sites in early December. It fixes a few non-critical bugs. The enclosed archive should replace the original archive, which is in mac/game/board at umich. Freeware, Copyright 1993 by Nick Triantos Enjoy, and thanks to all of you wonder archive managers at the various Mac archive sites for making the Internet what it is! -Nick Triantos [Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/dirty-dozen-101.hqx; 80K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 13:31:18 -0600 From: Jim Anderson - Systems Manager - x2082 Subject: [*] F/A-18 FAQ V1.5 The F/A-18 FAQ V1.5 Jan. 5, 1994 This is version 1.5 of F/AQ-18. This FAQ is compiled largely from input >From F/A-18 players. There is always more that can be added, so feel free to send additions, info, mission hints, etc. In addition to contributions >From players, this FAQ is compiled from my own limited knowledge and stuff I've picked up from the net. This is the first edition I have edited. At this point, I plan on releasing it one a month, at the beginning of the month. Please send all submissions to James.C.Anderson@williams.edu. From here on out, I will preface addtions to the faq with a > in the far left hand column. This will allow current readers a "fast scan" for new info. As always, comments, questions and suggestions are appreciated. Anything else of a nonconstructive nature will be filed for future use.... [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/fa18-faq-15.txt; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 02:38:59 +0100 From: wilnij@knoware.nl (Willem Nijenhuis) Subject: [*]faxstf3.0-update.sit Several people on the net have complained about not being able to receive faxes with the new FaxSTF 3.0 software. Most of the time installing the newest ModemProfiles will solve the problem. Hereby these modem profiles. I downloaded them from the STF-BBS. Some info from the ReadMe-file: ...contains a new ModemProfiles file for your FAXstfE 3.0 software which should be installed in place of the one installed by the Installer program. Several additional modems are included for which support has been added since the software was first released. One of the connection time-out parameters has been increased due to reports of some modems under some conditions having difficulty receiving fax transmissions... Willem Nijenhuis (wilnij@knoware.nl) [Archived as /info-mac/comm/faxstf-30-updt.hqx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 10:41:45 -0800 (PST) From: gurgle@netcom.com (Pete Gontier) Subject: [*] Frank_Black_1.0d3.sit.hqx Frank Black -- the unobtrusive screen-saver Program and documentation (C) 1993 Pete Gontier Screen-dimming code: Matt Slot, fprefect@engin.umich.edu support: gurgle@netcom.com What is it? ---------- It's yet another screen-saver. All this saver does is to 'dim' the screen using the video hardware. This is quite a nice effect on RGB screens. It might be awful on LCD screens like on various PowerBooks, and it might be awful on monochrome screens. I haven't seen it on a grey-scale screen, but I suspect it might work as nicely as on an RGB screen. Version history -------------- 1.0d2 first public release 1.0d3 added: control over sleep delay changed: darkness % from 10 to 15 improved: bug with power key when mouse in "sleep now" corner removed: screen saver Gestalt protocol notification -- SuperClock keeps ticking revised: documentation (this file) [Archived as /info-mac/gui/frank-black-10d3.hqx; 10K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 15:01:30 -0600 From: igorl@uiuc.edu (Igor Livshits) Subject: [*] Mac Post-It 1.0.2 (repost) MacPostit is a simple Macintosh application which allows you to create one or more "Post-It" notes which appear as small windows containing text. The windows can be resized and repositioned anywhere on the screen. MacPostit takes advantage of System 7's ability to run more than one application at once, so that the notes appear on the screen whenever MacPostit is running. MacPostit can then save each note to disk, remembering the text of the note as well as its position on the screen. I am not the author -- I found this program on a UMich mirror site with much help from people at Mac-L. Enjoy, Igor [Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-postit-102.hqx; 69K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 94 00:18:08 EST From: darrylw4@aol.com Subject: [*] Pager Alarms BETA 0.6 Keywords: PAGER ALARMS MODEM This is a beta stack (version 0.4) being used as a prototype for an application which we will be writing soon. I would appreciate all input on this system. Please E-Mail to either DarrylW4 (on AOL) or darrylw4@aol.com (from the InterNet). This stack is not protected so that people can hack around the scripts. If you make changes however, I would like to see your work. REQUIREMENTS: Macintosh which could run this stack in the background HyperCard 2.0 or better Almost any AT compatible modem An available line with touch-tone dialing Numeric pager(s) DESCRIPTION: This stack allows the user to set-up auto pages. These "alarms" could dial any number and send any message. These alarms are activated by at a certain time by either day (S,M,T,W,T,F,S) or a date. (We also hid a couple of Easter Eggs in there for those who like to search.) HELP: There is basic help in the stack (new in version 0.4). And for those of you who don't like reading things on screen I added a print feature (new in version 0.6). If there are any questions or help issues, contact me by voice, fax or E-mail. HISTORY: 0.1 Started with just the basics 0.2 Clean-up of scripts and interface 0.3 Addition of the Date Option, fixxed multiple page problem 0.4 Addition of Help -- from AOL forum leader comment 0.5 Fixxed error in scan, Clean-up cursors (oops) 0.6 Improved scanning, Added Print Help button, Clean-up of Help FEES: This stack is free, provided you send me a quick message. I want all the feedback that I can possibly get before we create the final application. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/pager-alarms-06b.hqx; 20K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 21:10:56 +1100 From: "Peter Storey" Subject: [*] Photosizer version 1.2 The latest version of my DTP utility. It calculates the size of photo reproductions in a publication & creates a detailing list of images used for submission to the imaging bureau or printer. Version 1.2 fixes an annoyance bug, making PhotoSizer more responsive. Regards from Adrian of MacSolutions, Tasmania. Please post suggestions to . [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photo-sizer-12.hqx; 97K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:29:18 +0100 From: Berrie.Kremers@kub.nl Subject: [*] Quit It v1.2 Enclosed is Quit It v1.2, which is a replacement of v1.1. This new version handles command-w and close as well, by popular demand. A description of Quit It: A Macintosh is very easy to use, but neverteless there are naive users who don't understand anything about processes etc. All they see is windows on the screen, and to stop working they just close the window using the close box. But this leaves the application open, which can lead to confusion on one side, and on a shortage of memory on the other side. Quit It can take away this problem: whenever the last window of an application is closed using the close box, it will quit the application. That's all there is to it. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/quit-it-12.hqx; 39K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:21:33 -0600 From: photo@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Murray Ryan Pickard) Subject: [*] Resubmission - NSFNET.MOV internet QT movie Path: matt.ksu.ksu.edu!news From: photo@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Murray Ryan Pickard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest Subject: Re: [*] Resubmission - NSFNET.MOV internet QT movie Date: 6 Jan 1994 20:21:31 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <2gigvbINNr7r@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> References: <9401052202.AA17497@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: >Here is NSFNET.MOV. This is a resubmission. >This is a QuickTime movie about the evolution of the internet. >It is very interesting and large. ~4.5MB >Michael Wheeler, mww@tntech.edu >[Archived as /info-mac/grf/qt/nsf-net.hqx; 4629K] Is there a split version of this? my account has a 4096K limit (of which 150K are required misc.) Thanks, Murray Pickard aka photo@matt.ksu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 05:43:27 EST From: harrisd@ai.mit.edu (David Harris) Subject: [*] robowar-tournament-6.hqx There has been interest in the robots from the 6th International RoboWar Tournament. This posting contains the robots from the 6th tournament, along with complete results. RoboWar 3.0 is required to run these robots; it is available on sumex-aim and at umich. [Actually, we only have version 2.3 -- would anyone like to upload 3.0? Thanks, isl] Happy hacking, David Harris [Archived as /info-mac/game/robowar-tournament-6.hqx; 136K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 14:29:35 CST From: jkm@fig.cray.com (John Matthews) Subject: [*] scsi-evaluator-107.hqx The following copy of scsi-evaluator was copied and binhexed from the software included on a disk recently purchased from La Cie, version 1.07. While not a recent version, it should replace version 1.04 in your archive. Version 1.07 is however, on mac.archive.umich.edu. Description: Evaluate the performance of your various SCSI hard drives (read/writes, verify, etc.). John Matthews 1-612-683-5704 or jkm@cray.com Cray Research, Inc. 1-800-BUG-CRAY x35704 AOL: jkm2250 [Archived as /info-mac/disk/scsi-evaluator-107.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 21:23:31 -0600 From: "Paul Lemieux" Subject: [*] SitC Lister 2.0b5 SitC Lister 2.0b5 Enclosed is SitC Lister 2.0b5.sit.hqx [Archived as /info-mac/comm/sitc-lister-20b5.hqx; 70K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 94 22:43:23 EST From: Kevin Hardman -- Personal Account Subject: [*] Symbionts 2.3.2 patch plus The previous distribution of 'Symbionts 2.3.2 Patch' would fail to patch Symbionts on system 7.1 and higher systems. The patch below 'Symbionts 2.3.2 Patch+' will correct the problem. Symbionts is an extension that monitors the startup process. Symbionts displays the name and number of bytes of memory each system extension allocates from the system heap. The name and number appear beneath the extension's icon, and since the name is usually truncated, Symbionts also displays it in the menu bar. Symbionts even shows the icons for those extensions that don't normally reveal themselves. Symbionts Control is a control panel that sets the preferences for the Symbionts extension. It also allows the review of the information collected by the Symbionts extension. Additionally, the control panel is used to manage the loading of system extensions without having to dig around in the System folder. Extensions can be enabled and disabled simply by double-clicking on the extension icon and name. Version 2.3.2 corrects the following problems. - Fixed incompatibility with Suitcase 2.1.4 (and other extensions which keep their resource forks open). - Better support for At Ease and other Finder substitutes. - Extension not sensing System 7.1 correctly and, therefore, not setting its extension type such that all extensions were begin monitored. - Fixed problems introduced with Symantec C++ 6.0.1. - Better size determination for debuggers. - Fixed visual problems (reduced size of dialog, fixed icon highlighting, and jumping text). --Kevin [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/symbionts-232-updt-plus.hqx; 48K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 17:46:03 +1100 (EST) From: Ken Simpson Subject: [*] Telefinder/User 3.2.2.cpt This is the latest version of Telefinder User. Now up to 3.2.2. Received straight from the author at netcom.com Telefinder is a graphical user interface for macintosh communications. You need a telefinder BBS to connect to. I am not the author and have no link with Spider Island Software or Rusty Tucker. Regards Ken Simpson [Archived as /info-mac/comm/telefinder-user-322.hqx; 526K] ------------------------------ Date: January 4, 1994 From: ianw@wimsey.com Subject: [*]teletimes-94-01.hqx Well, here it is. The first issue of 1994. This month we feature articles about HISTORY. We've got a great original cover, done once again by Kent Barrett, as well as several fantastic articles coving topics such as Auschwitz, Washinton DC and NAFTA. Also in this issue, a special report fro Dr. Euan Taylor in Winnipeg about an organization called the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Enjoy, and feel free to write us with your thoughts and comments. Ian Wojtowicz Editor-in-Chief [Archived as /info-mac/per/teletimes-94-01.hqx; 358K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 13:21:55 GMT From: Carl (Carl) Subject: [Q] Kinetics Etherport SE Dear Netters, I recently bought a second-hand SE30 with a Kinetics Etherport SE inside (I suppose a PDS card) but I didn't receive drivers or documentation. That's why I'm looking for owners of such card in order to get more informations (copy of drivers or docs or adress of Kinetics). I also receive lot of stuff like a NOVELL Etherport II (Nubus) card, also without any docs or drivers. Could someone help me to get informations about it ? Thank you very much for you help, Benoit Carl LIPS B.R.C. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 20:45:33 -0400 (EDT) From: SACHS_GR@bentley.edu Subject: Appletalk imagewriter Hello all: I am looking for a place that still sells the add-in board for an Imagewriter II to allow it to operate on an AppleTalk network. If not, is there a substitiute that will work? Also, is there any other dot-matrix printers available for the Mac, either with Appletalk capabilities or without? We are using AccPac accounting software and need a dot-matrix and a Laser on the same computer. Thanks for any help. Greg Sachs Bentley College Internet: sachs_greg@bentley.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 00:09:02 -0400 (EDT) From: RICKCHIN@delphi.com Subject: Contact Management Software (a) I suggest calling WestWare and trying Contact Ease. It does many things well, but it is the only product I have seen which does plans. A plan is a set of flow chart-like responses to any particular occurrence. An example is a plan for cold calling. If the answer is no, you might switch that person to be called again in six months. If the answer is yes, you might transfer to a sales plan. Of course any plan can branch into another plan at any point based on any response to any step within that plan. Its all up to how you design it. The program can also automatically print an envelope with a letter. Graphics are supported. You have an out box for all the letters, calls, and things that are due to be done today (or that were left undone from previous days). It supports multi-user access and tracks and logs changes. It has a sophisticated file synchronizing feature called CyberSwap that lets you update Contact Ease databases with newly added or modified contacts from other Contact Ease data files. (You must link them first by synching them.) This feature also allows you to distribute subsets of the data file to different locations or personnel. For instance, you could make sure that Dave only gets contacts with his personnel code on it. Or you can export last names A-F or whatever you like. Hope this helps. --Rick rickchin@delphi.com P.S. WestWare's # is (619) 660-0356, West Coast, USA. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 09:37:12 EST From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" Subject: Contact Software (R) Dwight Lemke and Keith McDuffee both asked for references for contact software. I have been very pleased with Now Contact. I run it on my home Quadra and PowerBook 170. It is very slick and has lots of nice features. I most appreciate the ability to cross link Now Contact with Now-Up-To- Date (Now's calender program.) It's pretty seemless. I should add a disclosure here--I was a beta tester for both products, but even if I wasn't, Now Contact would have been my choice anyway. Jeffrey Fritz West Virginia University jfritz@wvnvm.wvnet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:40:46 +1100 (EST) From: RATMAN@vcp.monash.edu.au Subject: Crossmaster cross words Hi Info mac readers, I recently had an unsuccessful attempt at purchasing mail order software long distance. In early August I sent a money order to Focus Corp (Fargo, ND) for air mail postage and a copy of the crossword generating program CrossMaster, a demo of which resides in the archive. The money order was presented at the bank one week after I sent it and as yet no software has arrived. Repeated attempts to phone the company met with an answering machine, which never seemed to pass my messages on to anyone who would respond! The most recent attempt to make contact with Focus got a message saying the number is no longer connected. The company has also neglected to answer any of the letters I have sent requesting information on my order. I would be grateful for any advice. Should I forget my hard earned cash and leave this as a warning to anyone else tempted to throw their money away, or is there more I can do? Looking forward your comments, Mark Wellard ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 10:51:58 -0500 From: bcox@gmu.edu (Brad Cox @ GMU/PSOL) Subject: Cure for the Duo-Battery-Not-Charging bug (A) Here's the resolution to the problem repeatedly discussed on comp.mac.portables about the non-charging battery problem for Duos. This problem is *real*, as I've verified in several discussions with 800-SOS-APPL and one $30 visit to an "Authorized Repair Shop" with my *brand new* Duo 250. (Couldn't find my proof of purchase when I needed it). The symptom is that Duo's refuse to charge their battery, tho running just fine on external power. The cause is a still mysterious (to Apple; they're still tracking this down) conflict between the recently released Duo Enabler (2.0.1?) and the Express Modem software (both of which came pre-installed from the factory in my case). The result is that sooner or later (trigger still unknown), something low-level that controls charging gets corrupted such that none of the standard "reset the world" tricks can repair it (zapping the prom with cmd opt P R, or holding in the reset button for 20 seconds with the battery out, etc). The only way to fix it is to remove the three screws holding in the keyboard (Torx T8 driver; auto supply stores have it) and to disconnect the internal lithium batter for 15 seconds or so. The connector you're looking for is under the right end of the space bar; the one with 3 wires. The connector is so small I couldn't figure how to disconnect it, which is why I gave up and took it to the shop. Turns out that the connector unhooks by motion parallel to the circuit board, best achieved by using a small screwdriver to lever against the two wings provided for this purpose. All this (except the do it yourself part) has been verified with SOS-APPL. They're working on curing the problem at the root, and will release a new Duo Enabler and/or Express Software kit when they do. Be careful if you try this fix yourself; guaranteed to void your warranty if you blow it. And things are *delicate* in there. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 9:58:18 PST From: Ted Goranson Subject: Cursor Animations I would like to permanantly change my finder/sys- tem cursors to animated, color icons and need some instructions. Here's the situation. I have ClickChange, Now FunCursors and Cursor Animator. I've used the former and have an exten- sive collection of cursors. But I have a new, really neat addition to me machine which conflicts with these, so I figure that I can just make the permanent changes to the finder etc using resedit. But have en- countered two problems. I have a couple resedit books, and they talk about changing the b/w watch to some other b/w anima- tion. But the resources for color cursors are differ- ent. How do I add these (for the arrow, watch, I-beam and cross?) Question 2: after extensively checking CIS and AOL, all the cursors I would use are in ClickChange or NowFun resource format. How do I extract these (I presume it takes a special template)? Thanks in advance, Ted Goranson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 10:28:55 -0600 From: psheldon@utdallas.edu Subject: Defining a META key (A) While defining a single ascii code to correspond to a key could be done by a resource called kchr, to have a key sequence correspond to a single keystroke, I believe that you need something like quickeys. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 94 01:03:11 EST From: Pete Tamas Subject: Determining value of an Amiga Someone asked me to advise them on a fair value of an Amiga 3000 with an Amax Mac emulator complete with the Mac (IIx?) ROMs. Could someone tell me where in net-land I can get this info (or could someone tell me). I figure its worth a little less than an LCIII which sells new for about $800 at one of the stored around here.-Pete Tamas Gnome@VM.Temple.edu or TempleVM.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 94 15:14:16 EST From: stufisch@aol.com Subject: Dollars & Sense Publisher? Does anyone know what happened to Dollars & Sense. I've got two needs. One, my mother hates Quicken and loved Dollars & Sense on her PC. Now she's Mac. Two, a friend's father died, and his Dollars & Sense accounts have passwords (version 5). There's obviously a lesson here ... I vaguely remember a utility to remove D&S passwords; does anyone know where I can find it? -Stuart Fischbach; stufisch@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 22:57:07 EST From: "arthur s ellen" Subject: emacs for the mac I've been looking for a mac implementation of the popular unix editor emacs but I have been unable to find one anywhere. I did find micro-emac, which is not a current emacs implementation. So is someone using emacs on the mac? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:33:44 -0600 From: courcoul@itesmcq1.qro.itesm.mx (Juan M. Courcoul) Subject: enigma22.hqx On Sat, 1 Jan 94 20:41:10 MST mdw@cscns.com (Mike Watson) wrote: >By downloading this application you can >encrypt files using a limited version of the Government Standard DES >algorithm. >For only $15 this can be upgraded to the full DES standard (US and Canada >only). OK, now that NAFTA is a reality, do we Mexicans get to get the full DES goodies? JMC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 10:26:01 EST From: "Allan M. Bloom" Subject: Error Type 1 On Tue, 4 Jan 94, Jaime M. Garmendia >I've just got a new Centris 610, and it runs very nicely, except for a >few applications that keep on quitting at startup with "type 1" errors. And I'd bet you loaded your HD from a backup data set, yes? The folk at SOS Apple say it is likely a slightly munged application. They suggest re-installing from distribution disk. Apparently fairly common for files copied instead of installed. Al Bloom, Virginia Tech ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 94 16:26:06 +0100 From: holm@einstein.physik.fu-berlin.de Subject: Formatting a (formerly DOS used ) Connor SCSI Harddisk (Q) I have problems formatting a formerly on a PC used SCSI Connor P3-540MB hard disk. The Cdev SCSI Probe shows the Connor disk lying at SCSI-slot 0, and it also can read the brand and size of the disk. Yet non of my harddisk partitioning software, (including the apple formatter), is able to recognize the HD as a valid SCSI device, giving me simply the error msg "no valid SCSI device attached". The Hd is not broken, apparently it works on a pc. Has any one experienced similar problems? Any suggestions to fix it? Thanks! Christian Holm (holm@einstein.physik.fu-berlin.de) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 19:40:49 -0500 From: ag311@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Carol Conti-Entin) Subject: FreeHand Upgrade's Free PostScript Fonts (A) Awhile back, I asked whether anyone knew which free fonts were included with the FreeHand upgrade. Jonathan A. Duke has been kind enough to send me the list of fonts the installer said it was installing (T means text; D means display; the two faces from the Sumner Stone foundry each come with some small caps & fractions; the other (URW) faces come in 6 variations for each cut: regular, outline, inline, relief, shadowed, ___? (Jonathan didn't name the 6th). Anyway, here's his list: Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTDemBoldItal.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTDemBold.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:Stone Print Roman.sit Installing files from disk 5 Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTBol.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTLig.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTBoldOblique.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTRegItal.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:Stone Print Italic.sit Installing files from disk 6 Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniDBlack.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTBold.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTBook.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTBookOblique.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTDemi.sit Installing files from disk 7 Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTExtBoldOblique.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTLight.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTDemiOblique.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTExtBold.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTReg.sit Installing files from disk 8 Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:BodoniAntTLigItal.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTLigOblique.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTMedium.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:FuturaTMediumOblique.sit Installed Type 1 PostScript Fonts:StuffIt Expander=AA -- Carol Conti-Entin 2878 Chadbourne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120-2215 216-561-8720 Internet: ag311@cleveland.freenet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 17:09:35 +0100 From: jon@hdo.hdata.no (Jon Kleiser) Subject: Happy Birthday speech/song Happy Birthday To Macintosh! The Macintosh' 10 years anniversary is just around the corner. Wouldn't it be nice if your Macintosh could sing "Happy Birthday To You" to itself? If you've got the new Speech Manager, it can! The following two verses make use of embedded speech commands. I think the robotic voices are the best singers. For some reason the high quality voices have some trouble keeping words and pitches "in sync" (at least on my LC). I hope you excuse me (or Speech Manager 1.1.1) for having to misspell Mackin-tosh. [[rset 0]] [[pmod 0; rate 110; pbas 45]] Happy [[pbas +2]]birth[[pbas -2]]day [[pbas +5]]to [[pbas -1]]you, [[pbas -4]]Happy [[pbas +2]]birth[[pbas -2]]day [[pbas +7]]to [[pbas -2]]you, [[pbas -5]]Happy [[pbas +12]]birth[[pbas -3]]day [[pbas -4]]to [[pbas -1]]Mackin[[pbas -2]]tosh, [[pbas +8]]You are [[pbas -1]]ten [[pbas -4]]years [[pbas +2]]to[[pbas -2]]day. [[rset 0]] [[pmod 0; rate 110; pbas 45]] Happy [[pbas +2]]birth[[pbas -2]]day [[pbas +5]]to [[pbas -1]]you, [[pbas -4]]Happy [[pbas +2]]birth[[pbas -2]]day [[pbas +7]]to [[pbas -2]]you, [[pbas -5]]Happy [[pbas +12]]birth[[pbas -3]]day [[pbas -4]]to [[pbas -1]]Mackin[[pbas -2]]tosh, [[pbas +8]]I have [[pbas -1]]heard [[pbas -4]]worse [[pbas +2]]than [[pbas -2]]this. Best wishes for the next 10 years! Sincerely, Jon Kleiser ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 14:36 GMT0 From: Pindar Infotek Ltd Subject: Help needed choosing a moni >From Pindar user Ian McCall Subject: _Help needed choosing a monitor Hello. I have an original LC at home, with a 12" colour monitor to go with it. Virtually everything about the LC has since been upgraded, but I'm now looking into getting a larger screen for it. I'm also keeping half an eye for the fact I'm likely to get a PC at some point as well. I actually already have an ancient 12mhz 286 (no monitor as yet...), but I'm really thinking about some flavour of 486DX. People are unlikely to bite my hand off if I try to sell the 12" second-hand, so I'd like to keep it for use as a second monitor. Which colour monitors (14" to 16") are available for a reasonable price that can form part of a multiple monitor set-up? And which of these systems will also work with a PC? I can't really give any indication of budget because I don't know what I'm likely to have to pay for a system with those capabilities. Up until now I've been looking at attaching a standard SVGA monitor using an adaptor cable, but this wouldn't allow me to use the 12" as a second screen. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance for any information. Cheers, Ian --- Please make 'Attn:Ian McCall' the first line of your reply (not the subject) to ensure automatic forwarding to the correct Pindar user. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 14:01:34 +0100 (MET) From: Achim Voermanek Subject: How can I get the "Software Dispatch" CD-ROM? Hi, the subject says all. The people at Apple Germany's Support Center said that you can't get it >From them, only from Apple in the US. Does anybody have a phone or fax number that I can call from Germany (no 1-800)? And what about the price for the CD? Thank you in advance. Achim ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 22:16:59 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Amira Subject: IMPORTANT MacPostIt Info! Assuming I remember correctly (I can not find the original post from the author), Mac Post It has been dropped by the author because of a pending law suit from 3M for trade mark infringments. ALL coppies of MacPostIt are now considered unlawfull to posess in any way and should be erased. While most of you might not care, Info-Mac archives should. --Brian <| Brian M. Amira | Internet E-Mail: Brian@scs.unr.edu |> [Gone for now -Gordon] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 11:25:32 -0500 (EST) From: "Ned S. VanderVen" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #2 Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.digest: 4-Jan-94 Info-Mac Digest V12 #2 by The Moderators@SUMEX-AIM > From: bouldin@anvil.nrl.navy.mil > Subject: Nisus "dongle"? Huh? Hardware copy protection!?! (Q,C) > > Do I understand from the last infomac post that Nisus with the full worldscript > package is *_hardware_* copy protected?? ARGH. Aren't vendors over that kind > of nonsense?? Did I misunderstand, or are they really that silly? If it is > hardware protected, what is it; that dingus that hangs out of a serial port? > I've seen that advertised for years, but never actually heard (until now?) of > any major app that uses it. This won't last beyond the point that all the other > competitors get full worldscript going, and you can bet that most users will > wait rather than live with this mess. I've used a Mac since 1984, and *every* > time something like this has been attempted, the product has failed in the > marketplace, usually being overrun by other products from competing companies > that have more sensible policies. > > Passions may run strong on this issue, so folks, let's keep the discussion > civil! You might gain a little perspective from reading the very civil comments by Adam Engst in Tidbits #168 from March of last year, from which I have excerpted the following: Edwina Riblet, Nisus Software's Director of Marketing, said, "We don't like it any more than anyone else, but our distributors in those areas won't carry the product without the ADB copy protection because of rampant piracy." Edwina said that the requirement started with the Korean distributor and has been echoed by Israeli and Saudi distributors as well others in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. She also noted that this copy protection is not new - Nisus has always been copy protected in those markets and Nisus Software doesn't know of any conflicts with any ADB devices when you put a PETlock in the middle of an ADB string. I'm not pleased about the ADB-dongle copy protection but I can't really complain to Nisus Software about it if distributors won't sell Nisus without copy protection. The root of the problem lies with users in those areas of the world. Those people must work to reduce piracy and convince the local distributors that copy protection is an unnecessary hassle, and only then will all copy protection disappear. Ned S. VanderVen Dept. of Physics Carnegie Mellon University ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 15:15:51 ECT From: "John W. Steele" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #3 O fellow technophiles, A simple and perhaps redundant question: what is parameter RAM and why (or not) should I zap it? Is it like the desktop file, good to rebuild now and th en? I have seen the cdev ZAP, but an leery to use anything that puts the words "zap" and "computer" in the same phrase. Please inform my ignorance! Thanks John Steele ATD Anderson Center SUNY @ Binghamton B`NET: jsteele@bingvmb I'NET: JSTEELE@BINGVMB.cc.binghamton.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 10:51:40 -0600 (CST) From: Daniel Pollock Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #3 Good day, I am having problems with Soft Key's Key CAD Complete. I am trying to import picts into the application, but nothing appears on the creen after I select import pict. I go to the detect all function and it appears nothing i detected. I have been trying to call the upport people for thi application, but I have been unable to get a response. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Thank-You Dan Pollock pollock@ccu.umanitoba.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 10:10 EST From: Don't Panic! Subject: Ink cartridges for Canon Bubblejet? Dear Netters, Many posters in the past have asked about inkjet refills. IMHO they are not worth it. The other day I was refilling my Stylewriter cartridge, and it burst. I didn't notice it until after the refill hole had its cover replaced and I put it back on my desk. Naturally, the desk got stained. I touched the cartridge along the side that the ink-cartridge touched the desk, and lo and behold ink was there. BTW there was no sign of ink even after using the cartridge clean head button combination. That was done before the refill. I would get more refills, if only the didn't render cartridges unusuable (like the one described above). I know it costs more, but I highly recommend only getting the cartridges more. Meanwhile I'll wait until a company makes refill that is guaranteed not to burst the package (or they will mail you at no charge a new cartridge). If someone knows of such a refill company (that has an 800 number to complain to if the cartridge does break), then I'll buy from them. Hope this letter helps prevent further catastrophes (probably too strong a word for this). Sincerely, ABRODY@VAX.CLARKU.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 18:08:05 -0600 From: rohan@euler.jsc.nasa.gov (Rick Rohan) Subject: Is ADB 'Splitter' Available (Q) I have just gotten a Wacom ArtZ Pen tablet and have a problem. I have a Mac IIsi which only has one ADB port and I would like to connect both my mouse and the ArtZ tablet (in addition to the keyboard). Right now I will either start up my mac with: Mac IIsi ------ Keyboard ------ Mouse or Mac IIsi ------ Keyboard ------ ArtZ Tablet * Q1: Does a mouse and tablet work together ok? * Q2: Is there a way of buying/making an ADB 'Splitter' which could provide an additional ADB port. I have seen a product which is an add-on for a serial line splitter which runs for about $100, which seems pricy and I don't need extra serial lines. I know that ADB ports on a 'normal' Mac are sorta hooked in parallel. Could it be as simple as wiring each line in parallel? If so, why don't you see such ADB splitters available in computer stores? Thanks in advance. I will summarize any responses I get. ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 1994 18:11:14 GMT From: cdmacdonald@tiny.computing.csbsju.edu Subject: Know of a MCAT prep prog? If anyone knows of a program to help prepare for the MCAT, I would love to hear about it. email cdmacdonald@tiny.computing.csbsju.edu if you can THANX ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 13:40:01 -0500 From: craymer@emr.ca (Mike Craymer) Subject: Locking/unlocking groups of files (Q) Does anyone know of a free/shareware utility to lock and unlock a group of files all at once without having to use the Get Info dialog for each one? Mike Craymer Geodetic Survey of Canada craymer@emr.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 19:48:51 GMT From: kathomas@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Karl Thomas) Subject: Mac "REAL" multitasking...? (c) [Problems with downloading in the background and discussion of Prremtive MT] Use Macintercomm Lite ($24.95 MacWarehouse). It Pre-emptively multitasks to allow downloads in the background. I've tried everything I know that usually keeps background apps from working and MIL still works! This includes holding down a menu, playing Maelstrom, formatting a disk, etc. Karl Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 10:53:04 +1100 From: Phyllis Tsang Subject: Mac Server or BBS Hi! I am planing to set up a Mac Server on this site, could you please give me some advice on what sort of server is appropriate? I have Novell Server in mind but i am wondering if there is any thing else... Similarly to the BBS, is there any Public Domain BBS software on the Internet? If yes, please give the ftp or Internet address. Thanks in advance! Phyllis ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 94 12:28:00 CST From: "Mike Sisson " Subject: MenuChoice & Microsoft -- NOT! Recently I downloaded Menuchoice and set it up to only display submenus for the Apple Menu. System (7.1) restarted OK and Menuchoice was indeed active and functioning. Started up Word (5.1) and when I selected Find... the system crashed. Restarted and tried Excel (4.0) and same thing happened. Disabled Menuchoice, restarted and both Word and Excel work fine. I know Microsloth is infamous for compatibility problems but I'm wondering if anyone has these items mentioned functioning together in harmony so I know if to pursue it further or toss Menuchoice. (If I followed my heart I would toss Word and Excel but I guess I am not that much of an idealist!) Thanks, Mike sisson_md@brutus.vought.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 04:55:56 -0500 From: cbbst+@pitt.edu (Christopher B. Brannon) Subject: MS Word Find command (a) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 94 14:45:24 -0800 From: Claude Errera Subject: MS Word Find command (was WP 3.0 is a dog) In infomac v12 #1 mem@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu (Mel E. Martinez) writes: > 1--When you activate the 'Find' dialog in Word and it has a previous item > in it's text field, Word always has the field UNselected and leaves the > cursor at the end of the field, forcing you to backspace over the whole > string to erase and then enter a new word. EVERY OTHER SINGLE MAC > APPLICATION that I know of with a 'FIND' feature comes up with the > previous search target selected (highlighted) so you can just start > typing the new target in and hit return. I have a clarification and a work around for you... If you dismiss the find (or replace) window by hitting cmd-w (closing the find window) or escape (cancel, which also closes the find window), and then call it back up again, the text *is* selected. If you simply click on your document once your done using the find window, you really just send the find window behind your document -- it is still open. When you call it back up (bringing it back to the foreground), it will be in the same state it was in when you left it -- the string will be highlighted if you left it highlighted, and unhilighted if you left it unhilighted. So, if you want the text in the find window to be highlighted, close the find window, rather than just switching it to the background. If you don't want to do that (I often do not because it takes longer to call the find window back), then hit tab twice to select the entire string, rather than backspacing over the entire string. Oh, and it's not a bug, it's a feature! Good luck, Chris -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher B. Brannon Political Science cbbst+@pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 21:22:23 -0500 From: mem@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu (Mel E. Martinez) Subject: MS Word Find command (R) >In infomac v12 #2 Claude Errera writes: > >> In infomac v12 #1 mem@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu (Mel E. Martinez) writes: > >>> 1--When you activate the 'Find' dialog in Word and it has a previous >>> item in it's text field, Word always has the field UNselected and leaves >>> the cursor at the end of the field, > >> I just tested this, because I couldn't believe it. Comes up selected in >> both Find and Find&Replace dialog boxes. > >Well, to quote the old Certs commercial, "Stop! You're both right!" > >It all depends on how you exit from the Find dialog. If you close the >dialog box with the close box or the cancel button, it works like Claude >said. OTOH, if you just click on your document window and leave the dialog >box on the screen, it works like Mel said. > >When I run up against Mel's problem, I just hit the tab key in the Find >dialog, which (per Mac convention :-) cycles you among the text entry boxes >in the dialog box. The Find dialog only has one text entry box, so one tab >selects the previous find string. > Thanks for the clarification, Steve. I guess my normal work mode is to just leave the Find(actually the Find/Replace) dialog open all the time. Both Nisus and WordPerfect come up with the field fully selected no matter how you call up the box. I consider this more intuitive or at least more consistent. If the box is hidden behind a window or closed, why should it act differently to the user when called up the same way (menu or cmd-F)? Not good interface design here by MicroSoft, I think. Also, I have to admit that I prefer a unified Find/Replace dialog box. Why does word make a separate Find command? It seemingly provides no more function than the Replace dialog. This forces one to remember a separate command key for the Find/Replace dialog (the non-intuitive "cmd-H" is the default.). At least you could always change the key mapping so cmd-F calls up the Replace dialog instead, but this sure is a goofy way (IMHO) to have for the default setup. Note that in the Replace dialog in Word you have to hit the Tab key twice to use Steve's selection method since it has Two TextEdit boxes. At any rate I don't use Word so it's no skin off my finger tips. Cheers, Mel Martinez The Johns Hopkins University Dept. of Physics mem@pha.jhu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 10:59:49 -0500 From: dallan@dow.com (David Allan) Subject: Need .PPD for Colorpoint S11 I am looking for a printer description file (.PPD file) to use with a Seiko Instruments Colorpoint S11 printer under Laserwriter driver 8.0 (or 8.1.1). I have been unable to locate such a .PPD at ftp.apple.com or ftp.adobe.com. I don't know Seiko's phone number, so I haven't been able to inquire of them. If you have the appropriate .PPD file, or know where to get it, or if you have Seiko's telephone number, please send me e-mail. Thanks. David Allan dallan@dow.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 08:21:15 -0600 From: hartman@panam.edu (Terry L. Hartman) Subject: Network schedulers????? anyone?? anyone?? Happy New Year Info-MACers, I'm looking for a scheduler that will run on our Ethernet Network (appleshare 3.x). The scheduler must be able to remind, prevent conflicts (meetings,....), be able to shedule people for a certain event then let them know. We are using Microsoft Mail for our departmental mailer, however, it does not need to work directly with MSMail. Anyone know of one of these animals???? thanx, Terry L. Hartman Coordinator - Microcomputer Services U.T. - Pan American terry@bandw.panam.edu (preferred) tlh9d6e@panam1.panam.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 01:56:54 EST From: burrman@aol.com Subject: New Apple Software? (Correction) Disk First Aid 7.2, HD SC Setup 7.2.2, and MacCheck 1.0.4 can be found at ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3). Note, maccheck-1-0-5.hqx is an updated data file for MacCheck, it is not the application itself. MacCheck application, and its data file v1.0.4, is part of software-utility-1-0-1.hqx, which also contains Disk First Aid 7.2 and HD SC Setup 7.2.2. dts/mac/sys.soft/utils/disk-first-aid-7-2.hqx (79478 kB) dts/mac/sys.soft/utils/hd-sc-setup-7-2-2.hqx (84932 kB) dts/mac/sys.soft/utils/maccheck-1-0-5.hqx (451412 kB) dts/mac/sys.soft/utils/software-utility-1-0-1.hqx (678656 kB) BTW, MacCheck is a neat utility. -- Tom Burris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 22:56:26 EST From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" Subject: Newton Connection Through Routers Bob Beaton bobb@vt.edu reported: BB> I've also noticed another problem. The Connection Kit can't BB> communicate with the Newton over a routed network. I have a small BB> EtherNet-Router-AppleTalk net at my home. The Newton sits on the BB> AppleTalk side along with my LaserWriter. My desktop MACs sit on BB> the EtherTalk side. I use an Ether*Write router to connect the two BB> wiring media. In this configuration, neither the Newton or the BB> Connection Kit can find one another; although, I know that the BB> router passes packets to and from the nets. This is an interesting observation. This evening I tried connecting my wife's Newton through an EtherPrint Plus (LocalTalk to Ethernet router). When I tried to synchronous or install a package, the Newton would go belly up. (It would turn itself off.) When I powered it up again, it issued the following message: The system restarted because of a power fault. Before it turned itself off, the Newton could see the Mac on the other side of the router. Has anyone else run into this problem? The Newton works fine if it is connected by serial port or if it and the Mac are on a LocalTalk without a router. Curious and curiousor. ;-) The Newton is running 1.1.1. Jeffrey Fritz West Virginia University jfritz@wvnvm.wvnet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 22:44:01 +0100 (CET) From: tsvetkova@news.rferl.org (Alexei Tsvetkov) Subject: Nisus "dongle"? Huh? Hardware copy protection!?! (C) >Do I understand from the last infomac post that Nisus with the full >worldscript package is *_hardware_* copy protected?? ARGH. Aren't vendors over >that kind of nonsense?? Did I misunderstand, or are they really that silly? If >it is hardware protected, what is it; that dingus that hangs out of a serial >port? I've seen that advertised for years, but never actually heard (until >now?) of any major app that uses it. This won't last beyond the point that all >the other competitors get full worldscript going, and you can bet that most >users will wait rather than live with this mess. I've used a Mac since 1984, >and *every* time something like this has been attempted, the product has >failed in the marketplace, usually being overrun by other products from >competing companies that have more sensible policies. > >Passions may run strong on this issue, so folks, let's keep the discussion >civil! I will try to be quite civil. Yes, Nisus indeed uses that obnoxious device, which makes it absolutely unsuitable for a PowerBook, the justification being that its distributors in the WorldScript intensive areas demand it because piracy there is rampant. I hope the market knows better and somebody will come up with a better mousetrap, but so far nobody has. WordPerfect 3 WorldScript abilities are a fake. Nisus would have been my choice anyway, if not for that unfortunate appendage. Alexei Tsvetkov (tsvetkova@rferl.org) Tel. (+49-89) 91-68-52 Stolzingstr. 21/X Munich 81927 Germany ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 23:31:46 -0500 From: mem@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu (Mel E. Martinez) Subject: Nisus "dongle"? Huh? Hardware copy protection!?! (R) On Mon, 03 Jan 1994 10:23:04 EST bouldin@anvil.nrl.navy.mil writes: > > Do I understand from the last infomac post that Nisus with the full > worldscript > package is *_hardware_* copy protected?? ARGH. Aren't vendors over that kind > of nonsense?? Did I misunderstand, or are they really that silly? If it is > hardware protected, what is it; that dingus that hangs out of a serial port? > I've seen that advertised for years, but never actually heard (until now?) > of any major app that uses it. This won't last beyond the point that all the > other competitors get full worldscript going, and you can bet that most > users will wait rather than live with this mess. I've used a Mac since 1984, > and *every* time something like this has been attempted, the product has > failed in the marketplace, usually being overrun by other products from > competing companies that have more sensible policies. Unlike the majority of US software companies, Nisus depends on a truly international market (even before WorldScript). Being WorldScript Savvy, the Complete Flag Edition of Nisus is understandably very popular in non-English and non-Roman language countries. From what I understand, a significant portion of Nisus' revenues are generated from sales in countries other than the US. Some nations have very lax copyright laws (if any) and piracy is rampant. In these markets the only way a vendor can protect its revenues is through copy protection since the law is no recourse there. In these markets, hence, copy protection is not that uncommon. The problem already existed, but now becomes apparent mostly because Nisus is now trying to market the same product to both the protected (by law) and unprotected parts of their market. Thus the dongle. You can be certain that Nisus is not happy with this solution, but until governments in certain countries take measures to enforce copyright laws, it is impossible for a vendor to do business without taking its own measures to protect its product. Should they provide their own police force? The obvious alternative, to sell an unprotected version in some countries and a dongled version in others is an open invitation to smuggling and again, piracy. In a sense they DO offer this alternative in the form of the un-dongled Limited Flag Edition which offers far more WorldScript power than most users need anyway and all of the wordprocessing power of the complete flag edition. If you can come up with a better solution, I am sure that Nisus and other companies would be more than pleased to hear it. I sure would like to hear it myself. It is easy to criticize the use of a dongle or other forms of copy-protection, but it is far harder to think of reasonable alternative ways to protect a vendors revenues from piracy in these situations. Remember,also, if MicroSoft looses 15% of $10 million in sales to piracy, it hurts, but they still brought in $8.5 million. If a small company looses 15% off of only $100,000, it is a lot more painful because with the smaller number of unit sales the margins are invariably not as good for the smaller company (i.e. more overhead per unit sold). [Please note that the 15% number I just used is totally arbitrary -- I don't have any real idea how much money is truly lost, if any, to piracy. Probably non-zero, though.] Disclaimer: I do not speak for Nisus. I just use the product. Duh. :-) Cheers, Mel Martinez The Johns Hopkins University Dept. of Physics mem@pha.jhu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 17:11:00 EST From: gary@gary.optron.ingr.com (Gary Girzon) Subject: PB165 hard drive clicking noise Is it normal for PB165 (80 Mb) to emit a 'click' from the hard drive once a minute or so while the hard drive is spinning? This happens while the unit is plugged in or not. - thanks Gary Girzon gary@gary.optron.ingr.com (508) 250-8691 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 18:42:36 EST From: "Christopher B. Hopkins (Wesley)" Subject: PB trackball fix After my post I received over a half dozen replies to my original question of what to do with a stuck trackball on a Powerbook. The unanimous response was that it was gunk on the rollers or else a larger problem. Thankfully, it was the former. For those of you who don't know how to clean it, I just turned the trackball ring counterclockwise, then took a Q-tip and rubbed the two blue rollers and the three red "eyes" to get this grayish gunk off it. Then I cleaned the trackball (watered down alcohol) and stuck it back in. No sweat. Thanks all. I did not reply back to each person individually but THANKS. You saved me a trip to the computer shop (as well as more than a day without the Mac --- WHAT TRAUMA). Thanks again, Christopher ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 15:56:04 -0500 (EST) From: fusonv@CC.DENISON.EDU Subject: Personal Laserwriter NT on an ethernetworked Mac What's the easiest way to print to a Personal Laserwriter NT from a Mac on ethernet? It seems like you could connect it via LocalTalk and buy something like LaserBridge. But is it possible to connect via a serial line? There is port on the printer for this kind of connection, but what about a printer driver? Any advice on connecting this way would be welcome. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 19:53:01 GMT From: kathomas@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Karl Thomas) Subject: Problems with SoftPC Pro and downloads (A) I've hearsd a lot about this problem. The solution is simple. Go to the Setup menu in SoftPC Pro and choose "Serial Ports" Make sure that neither Com1 or Com2 is set to use the same serial port as your Modem. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 12:29:52 -0700 From: bmnatio@sass165.sandia.gov Subject: Purdue MacAirplane Does anyone know of a recent version of Purdue MacAirplane? I have a version that only works on system 6, is ther one that will work on system 7? Send replys to bmnatio@sandia.gov. Tanks in advance. Brad Nation Sandia National Laboratories Computer Security Department 1932 (505)298-5605 (bmnatio@somnet.sandia.gov) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 11:11:20 -0500 (EST) From: Ephraim Fithian Subject: Quadra 605 vs LC 475 The only difference between a 605 and a 475 is the label and a jumper on the main board. Ephraim Fithian Kutztown University of PA fithian@acad.csv.kutztown.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 15:34:08 -0500 (EST) From: MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA Subject: Question- Network access notifier Hi: Has anyone ever heard of a program that will notify your mac via a DLOG when someone accesses the network, either by being on the network and turning on their mac, or by dialing in on ARA and accessing the network? Thanx --Luis ]:^) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 12:23:07 -0500 From: ctchou@Kodak.COM Subject: Radius 24xp After installing a Radius 24xp card to my IIcx, I am no longer able to boot up from the external hard drive. I have no problem starting up from the internal hard drive. However, when I try to boot up from the external drive, the IIcx either shows a sad mac or it simply shuts itself down, after being on for about two seconds. Does anybody have similar problems with Radius 24xp card? Thanks in advance for any help. ctchou ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 04:23:18 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Random bus errors My 16 MB Mac IIfx has recently started crashing to TMON with a bus error. PC=$4082c4B4 Supervisor instruction fetch at $602E0000 The machine is just sitting there idle and then randomly crashes. It must be rebooted to recover from the bus error. Anyone here have any ideas as to what might be causing the bus error and how I can track it down and/or fix it? Thanks. Monty --- # Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA 01701-0405 # monty@roscom.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 1994 20:29:09 -0700 (MST) From: Jim Emmons Subject: Reading TAR format info (Q This is probably covered somewhere that I have not yet found, but... I have a 3 1/2" HD floppy that has been formatted for TAR info, and I need to get that information off of the disk, and the only thing I am able to do is read it onto my Quadra - the UNIX machine from which the data came is not connected to anything. Any successful suggestions? Thanks, Jim Emmons

------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 08:19:26 -0500 (EST) From: "Russell S. Aminzade: Trinity College of VT" Subject: RevRDist I've just installed RevRDist. It's a wonderful product for keeping a computer lab up to date and preventing tampering with our hard drives, but the syntax is quite convoluted and confusing (I still don't quite get what E- means....). Is there a RevRDist guru out there who can help me? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 00:06:25 -0800 (PST) From: dabasap@netcom.com (Greg Griffin) Subject: serial-parallel printer interface? hey now! is there a serial to parallel printer interface for the macintosh? i'd like to print to an epson fx-80 parallel printer. i have "Chuck's Printer Driver" (from rentmees@cae.wisc.edu), but i hear tell there is a GRAPPLER 9-pin serial to parallel converter ... where might i find such a thing? thanks! greg griffin dabasap@netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 13:00:54 +0100 From: Clive Wilmot Subject: SF-171 MacApplication Guten Tag: Here's an easy one: Does anyone know where I can get the SF-171 (Govt. job application) MacApplication? Danke, Clive ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 09:20:15 +0000 From: schmitth@student.msu.edu (Nick Schmitt) Subject: Sim City 1.0 Does anyone remember the key combo that would give you a cool $10,000 each time you pressed it?? I was looking at some of my old cities and I couldn't remember what it was.....If someone could just mail me the combo or post it here. Thanks Nick Schmitt Fido Eat Fido Films Schmitth@student.msu.edu "NEXT time, I'll have back-up" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 14:35 GMT0 From: Pindar Infotek Ltd Subject: Speech header file >From Pindar user Ian McCall Subject: _Speech header file Hello. I've just found out that at some point I must have accidentally deleted my copy of the Speech Manager's header file. Rather than having to download the entire package again, could some kind soul please mail me a copy? I only need the .h file. Cheers, Ian --- Please make 'Attn:Ian McCall' the first line of your reply (not the subject) to ensure automatic forwarding to the correct Pindar user. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 94 10:25:13 EST From: Pete Tamas Subject: Stuffit Classic-what's that? Subject: Stuffit Classic-what's that? I had asked: > > I freelance at a computer school where they give away Stuffit > > 1.5.1 to all the students. I thought I'd download the latest > > shareware version from WUarchive but I could not find it. Is > > there a shareware version of stuffit anymore? > One reply I received was: > StuffIt 1.5.1 is really obsolete. > Many files on the net, and elsewhere, have been compressed with StuffIt > Deluxe. These cannot be opened with StuffIt 1.5.1 or the old UnStuffIt. > > The latest shareware StuffIt is StuffIt Lite 3.07. > Turns out that the students get Stuffit Classic? Can I assume that that is obsolete? Is it shareware? The students generally are graphic artists and will compress files to send to service bureaus. Thanks again, Pete Tamas Gnome@VM.Temple.edu or TempleVM.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 15:38:39 +0000 From: P.Kay@hertfordshire.ac.uk (Peter Kay) Subject: StyleWriter II Dialogue Settings I am seeking advice about how to set the Print dialogue box so that I can maximise the life of a StyleWriter II cartridge. I understand the effects of using the Best, Normal and Draft buttons, but I am less sure about the effects of using Grayscale or Black & White. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The StyleWriter II manual says (p.16) "you can choose: Black & White or Grayscale, to match the types of images in your document (use Black & White for text)" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Readme that comes with the latest software from ftp.apple.com contains the following passage: "PRINTING TIPS Follow these suggestions to get the best results with your printer: * It is recommended that you select Print Quality as Normal and Image as Grayscale in the Print dialog box because it gives you the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ best results with the fastest printing. (This is the default setting within the Print Dialog box.)" --------------------------------------------------------------- I suppose the above may not necessarily be a contradiction --- it depends on how its read. It is certainly ambiguous. My monitor is usually set for 16 colours, but could be set for B&W for printing if this affects the answers to the questions below. What I would like to know is, assuming text or line drawing output, a) should I choose g/s or B&W for quality? b) should I choose g/s or B&W for cartridge economy? Peter Kay, School of Information Sciences, (tel. no. 0707 284 358) University of Hertfordshire, UK, AL10 9AB (P.Kay@herts.ac.uk) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:15:15 -0600 From: photo@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Murray Ryan Pickard) Subject: the TypeBook Path: matt.ksu.ksu.edu!news From: photo@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Murray Ryan Pickard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest Subject: the TypeBook Date: 6 Jan 1994 20:15:13 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <2gigjhINNqai@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> Hi, can someone point me the the self-contained documentation for what appears to be an excellent font utility (shareware program by Jim Lewis) I have found the program on sumex, but the ascii text version of the document that is binhexed with it appears to be corrupted (or atleast appears to be on my machine) and there is supposed to be a self contained copy of the documentation separate, but I haven't been successful in finding it. Thanks, Murray Pickard. ps. inquires to the author don't help much since he just releases it to compuserve and AOL archives. and where it goes from there he doesn't know. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 09:59:43 GMT From: "Ray Kallman" Subject: Tracking Users All, Is anyone aware of a program, either shareware or commercial, that will allow me to track which folders have been opened and which applications are executed? I have a mac which several people use and I need to track when someone uses it and where in the file structure they go as well as what programs are used. Aside from it's obvious use as a security system, it would also let me track which programs are being used most frequently and which ones are rarely used. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Ray | Ray Kallman ray@delfin.wyvern.com | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 22:43:52 +0100 (CET) From: tsvetkova@news.rferl.org (Alexei Tsvetkov) Subject: Typeit4Me is great, but is there better? (A) >I've used Typeit4Me for several years and it is great. However, the bigger the >vocabulary, the longer it takes to popup the menu to edit/create new entries. >The last time I saw a review of similar software, it was over a year ago and >no commercial package was much better. I lost the article, and was curious if >any new software has come out since then. Thanks. > >Mark London >MRL@PFC.MIT.EDU Try Thunder 1.5.1. It is commercial but quite affordable. Apart from a glossary similar to TypIt4Me it sports a very intelligent spelling checker, a great thesaurus better than any word processor except WriteNow, and many various useful modules - for preventing double spaces, etc. I haven't observed the size of the glossary slowing it down. Alexei Tsvetkov (tsvetkova@rferl.org) Tel. (+49-89) 91-68-52 Stolzingstr. 21/X Munich 81927 Germany ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 08:54:43 CST From: "Bill Frazier" Subject: Virtual memory question I have a Mac IIci with 8M of RAM. I've been trying to use virtual memory and cannot get it to turn on. I've tried with and without 32 bit addressing. I've tried replacing the memory control panel (on the chance that it was somehow damaged). I've tried turning off the plethora of inits/extensions/etc that I run. Nothing seems to work. The memory control panel happily tells me that on reboot I'll have the 12M I've requested and nothing happens. Does anyony have ideas? Bill Frazier frazier@iastate.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 16:48:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Ferromagnetic Subject: VT200-compatible telnet software Does anyone know if there is a Telnet program for the macintosh which can use the VT220 character set? The latest version of NCSA Telnet is only VT100 compatible. I need the international character set. Jason Goodman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:43:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-" Subject: Weather instruments and the Mac... Hello Folks, The temperature here in East Texas is in the 70s (F!!). Apologies to those of you up north! It is NICE down here. Anyway...does anyone know of an instrumentation package for the Mac which will allow monitoring and recording of weather data, preferably without going through the soon-to-be-phased-out NuBus slot? Many thanks!!! --Larry Rymal ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 94 04:24:27 GMT From: Chris Etesse Subject: What happened to 'Underground Mac' ?? I have not seen Undeground Mac posted to Sumex in about a month -- is it still being written? Where can one find it if so? -- Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 12:03:52 -0600 (CST) From: SWAECHTER@UTMEM1.UTMEM.EDU Subject: Which compression app? Quick and easy question--which driver-level compression program is the best: AutoDoubler, Stacker, or TimesTwo? Thanks for the help. Steve Waechter swaechter@utmem1 (bitnet) swaechter@utmem1.utmem.edu (internet) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 06:15:55 -0500 (EST) From: Kermit's Buddy! Subject: WordPerfect 3.0 patch Folks, I grabbed the patch directly from ftp.wordperfect.com and got a Code 0 error. Guess what ?? I even read the info file on the thing before I did it -- a novel thought, but.... I am just wondering if anyone has successfully applied this patch. Heck I just loaded the program two days ago, because our supplier was back-ordered. Please respond directly to the below mail address. Thanks, -Bob Martin -- Graphics@eku.bitnet or graphics@acs.eku.edu ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************