Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 07:17:48 PST From: The Info-Mac Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #36 To: info-mac-list Info-Mac Digest Mon, 7 Mar 94 Volume 12 : Issue 36 Today's Topics: [!] Sumex-aim still down... (Q) LW PRO 600 problems 14.4 rates An EtherTalk Question... Another Message from Oxford, UK Another Very Good Calculator to Consider Apple HD SC Setup (R) Apple PowerPC uplink? Appletalk tunnelling through IP ATM ClarisWorks Logon Macro [Q] DEClaser-1152 DECLaser 1152 DECLaser 1152 Printer Comments Decline and fall of the Macintosh S/w base/SuperNerd to the Rescue? Dragonlance/Frank Frazetta Pics (Q) eDisk (Q) email addresss for AOL business office (q) Error #41 (A) Extra Long Mac II Monitor Cable? faxmodem with voice support Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere? Foreign Language Software FoxPro Mac book HELP HPGL reader on Mac Info-Mac Digest V12 #35 Internet Node Setup Proceedure IRC (A) LCD Panel with Mac Locking printer in a zone [Q]? Mac-based SMTP/POP3 host? (A) MacHandwriter MacHandwriter opinions *wanted* (R) Macintosh Plus and compatible software (A) MacTCP and ethernet MacTCP over ARA? (2 msgs) Magic Faxmodem 14.4 Mail question Modem questions MS Mail, hard drives, fast-SCSI cards Network suggestions !! (A) no FTP-access to SUMEX until further notice Obstinate Extensions (Won't Load) (Q) Phone software compatable with geo-port. Power cords Printer tests (Q) Problem with CD Setup 5.0 software Quadra crashes RAM"Tripler"?? RAMDoubler (Tripler) RamDoubler -> RamTripler (C) RAMDoubler and LC Recovering Damaged files Request for information about ADB (A) request Handeze Gloves information SAM Virus Defs, 3/3/94 Sending Mail to Someone on Prodigy [A] Simpson's Sounds for Maelstrom Sonic Systems' "The Diskless Mac" ... trade experiences? (Q) Sound synchronizing and other stuff... substitute application for Powerbar (Q) Sumex-aim break-in -- find them and prosecute TT Font Won't Trash TT or PS Terminal Fonts (looking for) Updating Stylewriter II driver (summary) Video out on AV Mac 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: Mon, 7 Mar 94 7:13:11 PST From: The Moderators Subject: [!] Sumex-aim still down... Hi all, Just to let you know, sumex-aim is still down. I'm including, below, a list of our mirrors -- use em to do the downloading. We are working hard and will have the archives back as soon as we can (actually, mostly it is our system manager that is working hard while we stand back and watch). Cheers, Gordon (one of info-mac moderators) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 20:40:54 +0000 From: wlt@mercurio.uc.pt (Wagner Luiz Truppel) Subject: (Q) LW PRO 600 problems Dear net friends, I have two questions about my LW PRO 600 that I hope someone will be able to solve. It's a PRO 600 with 8MB RAM. When I use the set-up button of the LW 8.1.1 driver and then check the Printer Info, it tells me the printer has 8 MB RAM, but only 2.3 MB are available. I don't have any fonts downloaded to the printer, so I'm asking if that's to be considered normal. This 'problem' has been happening, as far as I can tell, ever since I bought it. The other problem has to do with paper handling. I have the standard 250-sheet Letter tray and the 250-sheet A4 tray, but now use only the A4 tray, so I wanted to use the Apple LW Utility to change the default to A4 (the default tray choice to be shown in the Page Setup dialog box, NOT the default tray from which the printer gets the paper!). The problem is that the Apple LW Utility always gives me an error and a suggestion to try restarting the printer, when I make changes to that option and push the OK button. Needless to say, the changes are not acknowledged. I also tried the most recent version of the Apple LW Utility, 7.6.1, but the problem still happens. Otherwise, the printer works just fine. Can someone give me a clue or two to what's happening? I'd be most grateful. Please reply directly to me and I'll post a summary of the answers. Thanks again! Wagner Luiz Truppel WLT@MERCURIO.UC.PT ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 94 08:55:45 MST From: jlundell@skull.opus.com (Jonathan Lundell) Subject: 14.4 rates Steve Ebstein comments: > I think the 9600 and 19,200 speeds you refer to are for the computer-modem > connection. Try ZTerm at 19,200 or higher and your computer will talk to > a 14.4 modem faster than the modem can talk to the other modem. For example, > I run Microphone LT with a 57,600 computer-modem speed with a 14.4 modem. I've seen Fetch report transfer rates of over 2500 cps on a 14.4 compressed connection. That would suggest that if you can you should use at least 38400 for 14.4 modems. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 9:52:40 -0500 (EST) From: MY KARMA RAN OVER MY DOGMA Subject: An EtherTalk Question... Hello All: We have a small network on AppleTalk, but sometimes need better performance. Plus, if we go to Ethertalk, we can join the rest of the areas on the Ethernet. Anyone with experience converting to EtherTalk?! What perfor mance gains are there to be had? Which Ethernet products are best for price/ performance. We use phonenet wires--can we keep our wiring scheme and just switch to ethernet, or must we rewire? Please reply to me directly. I will summarize. Thanx a megabyte --Luis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 15:47:23 0000 From: jsmith@molbiol.ox.ac.uk Subject: Another Message from Oxford, UK Hello All Reading Info-Mac, These are two repeat questions from about a month ago. Just in case they were missed... 1. Has anyone successfully hacked the MEMORY Control Panel found in System 7.x and at the sametime used the DRVR resource No.51 ".EDisk" found in the ROMs of all PowerBooks, Vi's, Vx's, LCIII's and above and all Centris's and Quadra's. so the System 7's RAM Disk can be used on a ClassicII, Si, Ci or Cx etc.... (thanks to the two people who did respond to my question last time!) 2. Has anyone heard of a Clip on 68030 processor that can clip onto the original processor of a ClassicII. I'm looking for a 32MHz or 64MHz 68030 with can clip on with a Killy Clip or similar... The later speed would reqire a clock divider. Can someone give me the address of Dove who I believe produce a 32MHz version? Can anyone Confirm this? Thanks in advance James Smith (JSMITH@molbiol.oxford.ac.uk) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 94 11:38:35 EST From: Ken Davignon Subject: Another Very Good Calculator to Consider In the thread concerning the quest for the ultimate calculator, I feel one worthy candidate has been overlooked: PCalc by James Thomson. I'm surprised that no one else mentioned it. It features standard scientific functions, programable functions, conversion tables and lots more. It is by far the best looking calculator I've seen. It minimizes when not the frontmost application. Anyone who has any interest in calculators should check this one out. (I got version 1.02 from sumex last year.) It is freeware. Ken Davignon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 09:07:14 +0100 From: cbuser@ezinfo.vmsmail.ethz.ch (Christian F. Buser) Subject: Apple HD SC Setup (R) Hi Aaron >I've had a Quadra 700 since June of 1992, and since the day I brought it >home, Apple HD SC Setup has refused to recognize my internal 105 meg >hardisk. I have no idea why. When I run HD Setup, it says scanning for >SCSI devices and then tells me that I don't have any. Has anyone heard of >anything like this before, or have an idea about what might be happening? It seems that your drive is not an "official" Apple drive. I think Apple never supplied drives of 105 mB capacity - at least not here in Switzerland - so that this is probably a computer which your dealer has configured. Apple's HD SC Setup ONLY works with Apple brand drives. Somewhere in the code there's a list of "supported" drives, and the program checks the drieve's ROM and compares with that list. There was a "hack" around somewhere which disabled this behaviour, but I don't remember where it was. I think it needed only 2 or 3 bytes being changed with ResEdit. The "easyer" (and probably safer) way would be to visit your dealer again and ask him for the formatting software which belongs to the drive. You are entitled to get it when you buy a drive. You can also use other "universal formatting software", of course, but this costs approximately US$ 150. I myself am registered owner of LaCie's "Silverlining", but I know that FWB's "Hard Disk Toolkit" and Casablanca Softworks' "Drive7" also work with virtually any hard disk ever made for the Macintosh. Best wishes, Christian. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 13:55:37 +0600 From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez) Subject: Apple PowerPC uplink? In article , Monty Solomon wrote: > Apple has announced that they will be unveiling the new Power Macintoshes > via live satellite uplink on Monday, March 14th, from 8:30 to 11:30 am CST > and from 2:00 to 5:00 pm CST. > > Does anybody have any idea where this uplink will be? When you find out, > would you post it here or email me at the address below? Satellite Information ====================== NORTH AMERICA KU Band Satellite: G STAR 2/ 7H Frequency: 12096 LIVE BROADCAST 3/14/94 Test Time: 9:00am to 9:45 am EST(eastern standard time) Countdown: 9:45am to 10:00am EST Showtime: 10:00am to 11:30am EST REBROADCAST 3/14/94 Same band,satellite and frequency. Test time: 12:00pm to 12:45pm EST Countdown: 12:45 to 1:00pm EST Showtime: 1:00pm to 2:30pm EST NOTE: The broadcast and the rebroadcast will both be in the clear and can be pulled down at both times if you choose. -- David Gutierrez drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu "Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 12:06:13 PST From: "Jim Schenk" Subject: Appletalk tunnelling through IP Received: from RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@RICEVM1) by RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 6850; Fri, 4 Mar 1994 14:09:20 -0600 Return-Path: <@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU,@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU:JIMS@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Received: from NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@NERVM) by RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 6807; Fri, 4 Mar 1994 14:07:12 -0600 Received: from NERVM (NJE origin SMTP@NERVM) by NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3299; Fri, 4 Mar 1994 15:04:15 -0500 Received: from fiu.edu by nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Fri, 04 Mar 94 15:04:13 EST Received: from SERVAX.FIU.EDU by fiu.edu (4.1/SMI/FIU-4.0.2) id AA29989; Fri, 4 Mar 94 15:04:36 EST Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 15:03:29 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Schenk To: Message-Id: <940304150329.20c01c96@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Subject: Re: Appletalk tunnelling through IP > I own two Macintosh computers, one in Minnesota("MinnHD") and the other in > Iowa("IowaHD"), and both are connected to Internet and have their own IP > addresses. IowaHD is serving as one of hundreds of campus-wide fileservers > in a network containing several Appletalk Zones. > > Is it possible to somehow incorporate MinnHD into the Appletalk network in > Iowa State via Internet and thus allow me easy remote access to IowaHD and > other fileservers at Iowa State? There is a good article on tunneling AppleTalk over TCP/IP in the April '94 issue of MacWorld. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 94 09:09:29 MST From: jlundell@skull.opus.com (Jonathan Lundell) Subject: ATM Tom Wilson: > I just spoke with a another engineer who pointed out that his Adobe Type > Manager (Version 2.02, like mine) appear to stop working after installing > Microsoft Office. Thinking back, that's about the time mine stopped > working as well. Does anyone know what's happening? I recall that > PowerPoint had gobs of TrueType fonts to install. Could these have written > over all of the ones that ATM used to work with? > ... > I do PowerPoint 3.0 screen presentations occassionally and although it > doesn't seem to bother my audience, those jaggies drive me crazy. Is there > something I can do about it. I have ATM with PhotoShop and it's quite > nice, but there isn't any indication that it works with anything else. > What's the story? Keep in mind that Apple & Adobe still have their deal going for almost-free ATM. Call Adobe at 800-521-1976; there's a $7-8 handling charge, and you'll get ATM 3.6 and Adobe Garamond, a very nice font. I've called the number twice; some time ago I got 3.0, and just recently 3.6. Unless the 2.02 Tom refers to is SuperATM, which I haven't used.... WRT jaggies, keep in mind that ATM works only with PostScript fonts. You must have the PS font file on your system, not just the bitmap versions. For on-screen presentations, TrueType makes a lot of sense. Microsoft's TrueType Master Set has a lot of nice fonts for a reasonable price. The Lucida family is especially handy; it's readable, and has serif, sans-serif and monospace variations. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 06:23:23 -0500 From: "Keith E Gatling" Subject: ClarisWorks Logon Macro [Q] I've tried several times to record a ClarisWorks macro that will dial up and log me into my accounts on several systems, and despite following the instructions, the most I can get it to do is to dial the number (big deal). Having it answer the different screen prompts just isn't working. Is it just me or have other people had this problem? What am I doing wrong? * kgatling@mailbox.syr.edu I've got plenty of opinions. Just ask my wife! * ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 11:21:33 -0600 (CST) From: ZUNIGA_A%TSB1.DECNET@relay.the.net Subject: DEClaser-1152 >Please post the following query: > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >Regarding article below, would DEC-1152 owners please comment about -- > DEC support for the printer driver software, built-in fonts, > User experiences, or any related matter? We have had 2 of these printers for about a year now, and are very happy with them. One is attached to a stand-alone Mac, and the other is on a 3 node AppleTalk network. Most of what is printed is 5 to 10 page MS Word files, a few short Filmaker reports, and occasionally small PageMaker documents. At the time we purchased the printers, Digital did not have a Mac printer driver available, so we tried using the Apple LaserWriter driver which worked fine, and have been using sucessfully it ever since. There is a driver available for Windows. The printer is a little slow, particularly when using a font that is not installed on the printer. We keep a parallel cable attached to the printer for occasional printing from 386 based laptops running Windoze. We have had no problems printing jobs coming from the PCs and the Macs simultaneously. Overall I think these are great entry level printers. Alberto L. Zuniga - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired zuniga_a@tsb1.tsbvi.edu or azuniga@tenet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 09:52:02 -0800 From: Bill Rausch Subject: DECLaser 1152 I bought one when they first came out 15 months ago - the first PostScript laser printer below $1000? Now it's down to $699 list, $599 mail order. Several friends have bought them too (at my recommendation) and we all are very pleased. The print quality is excellent. The only bad thing (and this is no biggie for most of us) is that there is no straight thru paper feed path for printing on heavier stock. All of the paper paths bend at least once. The default path (and the one I use) feeds in the front, bends twice, and comes out the top face down. I have the printer for my home system and like it partly because it is such a small package - about like a IIci box, but a little thicker. The paper feed tray folds up into the printer when it is not isn use. I use the Adobe LaserWriter 8.x printer driver (and have used the Apple 7.x and 8.x printer drivers) with no problems. ---- Bill Rausch, SW Engr, wnr@fred.nfuel.com, 509-943-0861 Numerical Applications, 825 Goethals #A, Richland, WA 99352 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 23:12:26 -0600 (CST) From: Neil Eric Mickelson Subject: DECLaser 1152 Printer Comments After reading Mark Anbinder's TidBITS article on the DECLaser 1152 printer, as well as a request for information from Bill Soong on Info-Mac, I thought I'd contribute my experience with the printer. I've owned my DECLaser 1152 printer since late March 1993--about a year. I ordered my printer about three months after it's introduction, and got a $100 rebate that lowered the total cost (including cable and toner, etc.) to about $1020. The price, of course, has fallen considerably since then, making this printer a much better deal. Setup is easy, especially for Macs...just plug in the cable and turn everything on. Installing the toner cartridge is relatively well-diagrammed in the manual (which is heavy on pictures, but not exactly a hig-quality piece of work in my opinion...more on the docs later), and it only took a short time to figure out how to turn off the test page. It works fine with the stock LaserWriter driver, and there are PDFs available that work with the latest version 8 drivers. At 300 dpi, print resolution is not exactly bleeding-edge, but it's great for my personal and school needs. It's kinda slow, with only single-font word processing documents hitting the rated 4ppm print speed, but that's to be expected. It ships with a mediocre collection of built in fonts, and the available font cartridges are kind of expensive. The printer works beautifully with downloaded PS fonts, however, as you'd expect. There is a built-in resolution enhancement routine for halftone graphics, but it requires a short PostScript program (supplied in the documention) to be sent to the printer. This is kind of a pain; unfortunately, the feature cannot be accessed through the LaserWriter 8 driver, either...it's not supported in the PDF. As far as cross-platform goes, I had the thing hooked up to my Mac IIvx and a Windows machine (shudder) for a couple of months with no major glitches. I just set my roommate's PC to print to a LaserWriter printer, but the thing emulates HPGL4, too. The documentation is pretty sketchy, but then again Digital isn't exactly used to writing for the home or small-office market. Did a little bit, though, and you'll probably find what you need. I will give Digital this--their tech support is very good. It took a little bit of time to get someone who understood what a "Printer Description File" was last June, but I eventually got a 3.5 inch disk with every DEC PDF they had. If anyone needs the 1152 PDF to use with their DECLaser, let me know--I'll e-mail it to them. Paper handling is O.K. There are two output paths, and the printer comes with a fold-down tray that holds approximately fifty sheets. It handles evnelopes O.K., and handles laser labels with no problems. Haven't tried transparencies yet, though. A 200-sheet add-on paper drawer is available; with this option, which costs about $150-170, you can have separate letter, legal, and envelope trays loaded to swap in and out. All in all, I'm extremely satisfied with this printer. It has never given me problems in about a year of fairly heavy use, and Digital's tech support was there when I needed it. If you're looking for a solid PS Level 2 printer at a decent price, and can sacrifice the bleeding-edge of technology for now, go out and buy this machine. Neil E. Mickelson n-mickelson@uiuc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 14:50:24 +0000 From: Francis Knight Subject: Decline and fall of the Macintosh S/w base/SuperNerd to the Rescue? Extracted from a UK national press job advert: o Extensive Mac C and Toolbox experience. o Extensive Windows & DOS system programming experience o Extensive knowledge of cross platform port tools o Knowledge of communications protocols o Track record of successful Project Management etc. The advert wording suggests that there is _one_ post available. Could anyone less than a SuperNerd acquire all that experience in less than a lifetime? I wonder what the company concerned will finally settle for? In the (UK) employment scene, I find very few recruiters ignoring Windows experience, but a larger number ignoring Mac experience. Indeed, the example above was placed by a UK developer of a respected Mac communications package, who has evidently decided to transfer it to Windows. (Now _they_ needn't worry when the CTB goes away.) I reluctantly acknowledge that today it just isn't a rational business decision to prioritise development for the Mac over Windows. In consequence Apple has to rely increasingly on _irrational_ decisions to do so. This probably defines the small developer, perhaps me and you and the good people who feed the Sumex Archives. But can we afford, say, a Plus, SE/30, PowerBook, LC, Quadra and PowerPC as representative platforms to test our software for compatibility? Oh and aren't the clones supposed to be coming? (A UK Electronics trade paper recently reported Michael Spindler as saying cloning would be allowed for PowerPC products.) Idealist that I am, I've started learning the Mac Toolbox (in preference to Windoze). To do this properly ('extensively'?), I'm also confronted with the prospect of buying all the 'Inside Macintosh' books, at present 11 telephone-directory-sized volumes costing in total about 280 pounds in the UK! It looks like that will not be sufficient recommendation for future employment. What of the SuperNerd lifestyle? Robert Cringely's book 'Accidental Empires' which I finally caught up with last week gives an insight. SuperNerds, fresh (and naive) out of College are apparently an international commodity, excited to have the opportunity to put in 80-hour weeks. After a few years of this they wake up one morning and ask "Huh?". Time to harvest the next intake... Or am I just a bit jaded? Francis K. At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 94 17:10:24 EST From: Jeff Beaubien Subject: Dragonlance/Frank Frazetta Pics (Q) Anyone out there know where I could find some digitized pics from the Dragonlance calendars? Perhaps some of the artwork of Frank Frazetta? Any help is appreciated. --Jeff-- Jeff Beaubien JBEA8159@URIACC JBEA8159@URIACC.URI.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 13:47:19 -0400 (EDT) From: FNELSON@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu Subject: eDisk (Q) Does anyone have experience or comments about the eDisk utility? Gary Lee Nelson, Professor Electronic and Computer Music TIMARA Program Conservatory of Music Oberlin, OH 44074 (216) 775-8223 fnelson@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 07:43:13 +0200 From: bnhirsch@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il (David L. Hirschberg) Subject: email addresss for AOL business office (q) Hi, I have trying since late January to close my America Online account from overseas. I am sending mail to postmaster@aol.com and all I get back is the charge on my VISA card every month. When I worte to get info on the account to this address I had no problem getting a response. Does anyone have a direct address for AOL business office? It seems like a company the provides communication services should at least be able to use them. Thank you, David bnhirsch@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 21:16 EST From: Don't Panic! Subject: Error #41 (A) Dear Netters, does anyone have A.D'Emanuele@mcc.ac.uk internet address? My postmaster does not like any punctuation that is not a period (.). Thus his apostrophe bounces the message back. I tried replacing it with a period but the postmaster couldn't find his address. In terms of Error #41 for anyone who doesn't know it, it is the "can't load finder error." This is in reply to: >Subj: Error type 41 (Help??) >Does anyone know what this error means. It seems to happen when I quit >excel whilst something is printing to my stylewriter. The computer is a >Colour Classic and is networked via ethernet. Excel is on the file server. >Look forward to any useful suggestions. >Regards, Tony D'Emanuele Hope this helps. Sincerely, ABRODY@VAX.CLARKU.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 14:17:12 PST From: "Anthony E. Siegman" Subject: Extra Long Mac II Monitor Cable? Can anyone recommend sources for an extra-long (like 8' or 10') monitor cable for a Mac II with standard 14" monitor? I want to put the damn box remotely in a closet to get rid of "disk drone" which is suddenly driving me crazy (the drive didn't get noisier, I just suddenly got more sensitive). A cheapo extender cable >From Fry's seriously fouled up the screen display, presumably because of inadequate shielding or termination at the cable ends. Thanks... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 94 17:13:04 EST From: "James A. Connolly" Subject: faxmodem with voice support I've seen a 14.4 faxmodem from Zyxel which also claims to have 1000 voice mailboxes (with voice compression, etc.)... Are there faxmodems available now, with software, that allow people to call in and leave messages in specific mailboxes? What kind of hard drive space is required for receiving phone calls? Do these modems autodetect voice/fax/data? Thanks for any help available. If the response is comprehensive, I'll put it altogether and re-post it directly to the info-mac digest. Please reply by e-mail. ...James _____________________ CZRT@MusicA.McGill.CA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 94 16:06 EST From: kd@summit.novell.com Subject: Finder doesn't accept colons anywhere? >It really seems that the Finder traps all the way to write a colon: I tried by >copying the char from the Clavier oops, the Keyboard CP and pasting it in a >filename or Info box, but I still get a dash (an hyphen)... >Never noticed before, thanx Mijnheer Reinder.. As noted by others, the colon isn't permitted in a filename because of its use as a pathname delimiter. However, I'm not sure that the Finder's refusal to allow one in a comment box is necessary. In developing my utility (somewhat lamely called) GetInfo, that allows you to save and restore all your comments, I discovered that the operating system itself doesn't mind colons in a comment; my program is able to put in any characters it wants. If I put a colon into a comment this way the Finder doesn't try to remove it thereafter. In fact, the mapping of colons to hyphens appears to happen only (1) when your desktop is converted >From System 6 to System 7, and (2) when you are typing into the comment box under the System 7 Finder. It's mildly annoying, but not as annoying as the way conversion from System 6 to System 7 silently truncates all your comments to 199 characters. -- Kelvin Delbarre, Omicron Software Systems, Inc. contracted to Novell's UNIX System Laboratories, Summit, NJ kd@summit.novell.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 94 21:36:44 EST From: Thomas Smyth Subject: Foreign Language Software For a colleague I'm searching for reviews of foreign language educational software appropriate for college-level first- and second-year studies. Preferably the software is networkable (useable on a Fleetwood system?) and for the learning of Spanish/French and possibly other languages (Russian, Yiddish, Latin). The lab will include a substantial number of AV Macs. Are you aware of such software and/or reviews? TIA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 10:13:43 -0500 From: reiserdb@ttown.apci.com (David B. Reiser) Subject: FoxPro Mac book Regarding the existence of a FoxPro 2.5 for Macintosh book, there are none available yet. There is one in the works, but it will be a couple months yet before it gets out, and it will contain mostly information that isn't available anywhere else. As of sometime during the beta period neither Microsoft Press nor Que had any interest in a FPM specific book. FPM is close enough to FP for Windows that anyone familiar with the interface quirks on both sides could readily make extensive use of the FPW books. One of the books that gets high marks from the CI$ crowd is the Slater/Arnott book from Que, "Using FoxPro 2.5 for Windows". Ms. Slater is the primary author of the Mac specific FoxPro book (to be published by Brady). As a long time Foxbase+/Mac user, I find I'm underwhelmed by the changes provided by the "upgrade" to FoxPro, especially the HUGE appetite for RAM. OTOH, I'm pretty sure that my skill level is low enough that I don't appreciate the increase in power that the new version provides. Maybe I'll get more impressed when I have a machine that isn't crippled by FPM's resource demand. Dave Reiser reiserdb@ttown.apci.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 09:54:58 +0100 From: "vidal ibaez, juan carlos" Subject: HELP HELP I am searching for a very specific scientific plotting software for macintosh : how could I get it or search who?. Do you known any address of user`s groups?. Thank you. E-mail:jvidal@msf.unizar.es ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 94 12:56:29 EST From: stngiam@MIT.EDU Subject: HPGL reader on Mac This is my third question to info-mac in about two weeks... What programs can read HPGL files on the Mac? At the minimum, I would like to print out the files, but it would be nice also to be able to scale them before printing or even edit them. I used to use Corel Draw on a Windows machine but the new version of Corel Draw was loaded onto our lab machine, and strangely enough, HPGL files that were read by the old Corel Draw (2.0, I think) can no longer be read by CD 3.0 Shih Tung Chem E Best l'il Tech School on the Charles ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 10:20:20 -0800 From: tonya@tidbits.com (Tonya Engst) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #35 >Date: Wed, 02 Mar 94 18:48:44 EST >From: DUNLAP%UCONNVM.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU >Subject: Word 6.0 (PC) to Word 5.1 (Mac) converters > >Does anybody know if Microsoft has put out any fixes >to convert a Word for windows 6.0 (PC) file to Word 5.1 (MAC)? >I was very dissapointed to find that I could not read the new >format from the windows version. The converter is supposed to be coming sooner or later, but it's not ready yet. To convert files, you must save them from Win Word 6 as Mac Word. cheers, tonya Tonya Engst, TidBITS Editor -- tonya@tidbits.com --info@tidbits.com My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 13:11:16 -0500 From: msullivan@carib.vf.ge.com (Michael Sullivan) Subject: Internet Node Setup Proceedure Can someone please direct me to the appropriate place to find out how to setup and internet node? I am looking for how to setup an actual internet node with a domain name, etc. Also a souce of software (commercial or shareware) for pc or mac to serve as the node. Thanks Mike Sullivan - 609-338-4098 @ Martin-Marietta Comms Systems - Camden NJ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 18:21:56 +0100 From: eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan, LILoL) Subject: IRC (A) >Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 21:35:50 -0600 >From: (Pete Chane) >Subject: IRC > >Does anyone have a list of irc servers on the net? If so, I would like a >copy. > Here is what I found in IRCprimer.txt (am sending to the list, might be useful for others too): > 3.3 Which server do I connect to? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > It's usually best to try and connect to one geographically close, even >though that may not be the best. You can always ask when you get on IRC. >Here's a list of servers available for connection: > > csd.bu.edu > ucsu.colorado.edu > badger.ugcs.caltech.edu > coombs.anu.edu.au > ug.cs.dal.ca > nic.funet.fi > irc.nada.kth.se > suntrax1.cern.ch > poly.polytechnique.fr > > > This is by no means, a comprehensive list, but merely a start. >Connect to the closest of these servers and join the channel >#Twilight_Zone or, if you are in Europe, #EU-Opers. When you are there, >immediately ask what you want. Don't say "I have a question" because >then everyone will ignore you until you say it a few times, and then >they'll jump down your throat and rip your lungs out. Noone knows if he >can answer your question until you ask it. -- Michel Eytan, U Strasbourg II eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr "Je dis ce que je pense et je pense ce que je dis" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 21:30:19 EST From: "Dr. Daniel Arkin" Subject: LCD Panel with Mac Mac Gurus: I'm looking to invest in an Active Matrix Color LCD Panel that can be connected to a Macintosh (particularly a 165c PowerBook). I am told that only recently have Active Color Matrix prices dropped below $3,000. In particular, I am considering a Spectra C by nView (priced around $3,000). This particular unit support 185,000 colors. At the same time, I am hearing conflicting information regarding available options, so any help that can be provided with the following questions would greatly be appreciated. Please reply via electronic mail and I'll summarize as appropriate: 1. Do I have to pay $3,000 for such a technology (Active Color Matrix)? I will be using it for PowerPoint type presentations and online presentations from the Internet. 2. Are there sources where I can acquire such technologies without paying retail? I am aware of many mail order places for computers, but what about video equipment like this? 3. Are there other Active Matrix Color LCD Panels that are better quality with a better price tag? 4. I understand that there is a Spectra Mini Panel that is Active Matrix in the $1400 price range but cannot confirm what it really is and how much it really costs? Thanks in advance for your assistance. Daniel Arkin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 11:56:13 GMT (Original HNE) From: dgauthier@cti.ulaval.ca Subject: Locking printer in a zone [Q]? Hi ! (excuse my english) We have , here at the campus, approximatively 60 appletalk zones. On each zone, they are printers, servers....... It is possible to restrict to a laserwriter in a zone ONLY the person in the zone ( a person in a another zone could NOT print on my printer?) and , in my zone , i could continue ti use all services (Mactcp, appleshare ...) ANY IDEA is accepted ! (make my mailbox crazy ;-) Denis Gauthier CTI-Universite Laval Quebec, Canada e-mail : dgauthier@cti.ulaval.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 12:19:55 -0800 From: kee@kagi.com (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140) Subject: Mac-based SMTP/POP3 host? (A) >Are there any SMTP/POP3 servers that will run on a Macintosh as a host? We >have been using MacPost as an email server for our Mac network for some time >now, but circumstances are pushing us toward considering a POP3 capable host so >that PowerTalk can be used to receive mail on the desktop. I'd appreciate any >references. We have looked at MailStop, but it appears that it only supports >POP2. I have been beta testing MailShare from Glenn Anderson . It is a SMPT/POP3 mail server that runs on the MacOS. (Mine is running on a Classic). Contact him if you wish to also be a beta site. MailShare has mail forwarding (one mail account to another), and mail list forwarding (one mail account to all the addresses in a text file). It is still beta and I was one of the "lucky" ones experiencing the last bug (fixed by the latest version). I like it, it is fairly easy to setup and all in all, works quite well. He is hunting bugs and adding the final features in a very rapid manner. I find that given that it is beta, it is best to have him send you the latest revisions through some non-beta mail address such as CompuServe or AppleLink. I access it with Eudora 1.4.1 and with the StarNine Personal PowerTalk gateway. Both talk to it with nary a problem. I like it! Kee Nethery ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 94 16:18:58 EST From: Charles.Patrick%NRC.CA@VM.NRC.CA Subject: MacHandwriter Unfortunately this is a somewhat vague response to a recent query by Steve Marsh (marsh@anvil.nrl.navy.mil): I read a glowing review of MacHandwriter in a recent (not necessarily the most recent!) issue of either Byte or PCReview (?). On the basis of this review I have just placed an order for 1 unit. I expect to see it arrive in about 10+ days (Customs and other bureaucratic shenanigans!). I plan to roadtest it with a view to ordering additional units at this special introductory price. I will be happy to post a summary of my findings, opinions and impressions, as tentative as they might be, before March 29. If there are any specific aspects of its capabilities that are of interest, please write to me directly, and I will endeavour to take account of them. Cheers. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 19:30:10 -0600 From: vinko@spss.com (Vinko Tsui (312) 329-3455) Subject: MacHandwriter opinions *wanted* (R) >I'd like to know if anyone has experience with (or can point me to a review of) >the MacHandwriter pen-based input tablet. Its from Communication Intelligence >Corporation, and has been featured in full-page ads near the front of recent >MacUser/MacWorld issues. It's on sale for $199, and claims to have good >handwriting recognition. I'm interested in using it for the extensive >editing/rewriting of papers that I do, which is somewhat awkward going between >the mouse and keyboard constantly. Any experience with this? Thanks in >advance... $^) > Steve, There is a review in MacWeek (Jan 31 '94). I've actually purchased one. Unfortunately, I have yet to receive it. It has been over a month since I ordered it. Every time I called they tell me its back ordered. I'll send you my comments whenever I get it. -- Vinko ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 13:08:31 -0800 From: kee@kagi.com (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140) Subject: Macintosh Plus and compatible software (A) >One of my students approached me with a problem today. He has a part-time job >at the Boys Club. Apparently, they've received a donation of four Macintosh >Plus computers, but have no software (system or otherwise). Does anyone know >which version of the system software runs on a Macintosh? Also, can anyone >recommend other applications (word processors, games)---preferably public >domain or freeware---that also run on a a Plus? All versions of the MacOS run on a MacPlus. These are not out of date machines. The question is how much RAM and hard disk do they have. If you have anything less than 4 Megs of RAM and 40 Megs of hard drive, I recommend that you use System 6.0.8 instead of System 7. Any dealer should have a copy of System 6.0.8. Suggest you take a handfull of 800 K floppies so that you can copy the dealer's installer disks onto your disks. Call them or call your local Mac user group to locate installer disks. If they did not come with external hard drives, create a whole set of floppies with a minimum system on them and have one application per floppy. In general people will be much happier if the MacPluses have external hard drives. A floppy only MacPlus (sans Hard drive) is in my opinion, next to useless. There are plenty of freeware / public domain applications in the Info-Mac archives. You might also look around on AOL for software. In general, ask someone with access to snag you various applications off of the net. Kee Nethery ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 94 12:04:10 EST From: Pete Tamas Subject: MacTCP and ethernet I want to make sure I'm on the right track. If I wish to connect to a Unix box over Ethernet I need MacTCP. Do I need anything else? Thanks, Pete Tamas Gnome@VM.Temple.edu or TempleVM.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 09:43:37 +0000 (U) From: George Tempel Subject: MacTCP over ARA? MacTCP over ARA? I've got a question that seems to beg an easy answer: Can I run MacTCP packets over an ARA connection? Here's the setup: Mac at home with ARA 1.x, MacTCP 2.0.4, modem. Ethernet/LocalTalk network at work, with macs on both. GatorBox classic connecting Ethernet/LocalTalk at work. Mac at work on ethernet, ARA 1.x, modem, use allowed access to entire network. Working internet connections at work (do it every day). My mac at home has a unique IP address (but not one in the range of GatorBox "LocalTalk" addresses). I can dial up the Mac with ARA and ethernet just fine, and can do AppleShare stuff just fine, but _cannot_ even ping _anything_ at work from home. What gives? Is this possible? My mac from home is placed into the same zone as the ethernetted/ARA mac i'm calling, which seems fine. Any suggestions? We _cannot_ use SLIP or PPP right now, and have only ARA 1.x in house (2.x is coming in the mail). I've asked Adam Engst (thanks Adam), but we're both stumped. Any input from the masses? thanks in advance george (ty) tempel tempel@monmouth-etdl1.army.mil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Mar 94 08:58:58 -0600 From: Fred Terry Subject: MacTCP over ARA? > MacTCP over ARA? > I've got a question that seems to beg an easy answer: > > Can I run MacTCP packets over an ARA connection? > > Here's the setup: > > Mac at home with ARA 1.x, MacTCP 2.0.4, modem. > Ethernet/LocalTalk network at work, with macs on both. > GatorBox classic connecting Ethernet/LocalTalk at work. > Mac at work on ethernet, ARA 1.x, modem, use allowed > access to entire network. > Working internet connections at work (do it every day). > > My mac at home has a unique IP address (but not one > in the range of GatorBox "LocalTalk" addresses). I can > dial up the Mac with ARA and ethernet just fine, and > can do AppleShare stuff just fine, but _cannot_ even > ping _anything_ at work from home. What gives? Is > this possible? My mac from home is placed into > the same zone as the ethernetted/ARA mac i'm > calling, which seems fine. Is there a bridge between you and the gatorbox? If so, you will not be able to use a unique IP address. Some "feature" that's documented in the back of one of the gatorbox manuals. Also, you might want to think about trying to make the home setup work using one of the IP addresses in the gatorbox's server range. > Any suggestions? We _cannot_ use SLIP or PPP right > now, and have only ARA 1.x in house (2.x is coming > in the mail). > > I've asked Adam Engst (thanks Adam), but we're both > stumped. Any input from the masses? > > thanks in advance > > george (ty) tempel > tempel@monmouth-etdl1.army.mil > > Good luck. pf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ pf = Fred Terry, The Summit Group, pfterry@lks.csi.com, +1 913/841-1283 "Bad spellers of the world, untie!" --Graffito ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 10:23:15 -0500 (EST) From: RADICE@urvax.urich.edu Subject: Magic Faxmodem 14.4 If anyone is interested in a reasonably low cost alternative to the Linelink modem, I can recommend the Magic Faxmodem 14.4 ($149 plus $15 for the high speed cable). It was a breeze to install and configure, comes with Microphone LT and FaxSTF (but version 2.2.3 when I received it two months ago, may be upgraded now). I live in a rural area and so far have had no problems with the phone lines. V.42 bis/V.32 bis, MNP1-5 protocols, the works. I'm not affiliated with MacProducts or Magic, just a satisfied customer who didn't want to spend too much money for a modem but didn't want to risk a hassle with the Linelink. (MaProducts USA 800-622-3475) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 15:26:29 +0000 From: trappb@rpi.edu (Brian M. Trapp) Subject: Mail question In article <65-9403021925.AA16144@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU>, Daniel S Stromberg wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This is more a question out of curiosity than any sort of necessity, but I was > wondering if there was any simple (and inexpensive) way to set up a mac to > receive normal internet mail. I have my own IP address and all the software to > connect to another machine, but I was wondering if there was any easy way to > mail (or even telnet, but I suspect that's asking too much) directly to my > mac. Dan - I just got ahold of a good P.D. email program that should do all that for you. I'm a real beginner, so I'm just assuming it'll meet your needs. It's called "Eudora" and I got it from the Microlab-Mac archives. If you're using Mosaic, the address is: http://wwwhost.cc.utexas.edu/cc/microlib-mac/main.html I'm pretty sure you can FTP to something close to that address -- The world isn't round. It's sort of spherical. No.. wait... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 94 12:02:22 EST From: Pete Tamas Subject: Modem questions Can modems bought in the US (such as the Linelink 14,400) be used in Europe? Does faxing work? I may be traveling to Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. How do one connect to an office phone? Are there adaptors to connect from the small jack to the large ones often used in offices? I am thinking of buying a modem to work with a Duo 210 or 230 in case someone has some recommendations. Thanks, Pete Tamas Gnome@VM.Temple.edu or TempleVM.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: 7 Mar 1994 09:27:08 -0500 From: "Allen Helms" Subject: MS Mail, hard drives, fast-SCSI cards We currently have 350 users on Microsoft Mail server.... I have heard that it is better to divide the users between 2 servers. However, at this time, the budget will not allow. Basically, I am looking for a 1 gig. harddrive that supports fast-SCSI and also a fast-SCSI card. Any recommendations for hardware would be great appreciated. Thanks in advance, Allen Helms Network Administrator Phone: 910.759.4620 Wake Forest University Fax: 910.759.4514 Babcock Graduate School Internet: allen_helms@mail.mba.wfu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 12:42:34 -0800 From: kee@kagi.com (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140) Subject: Network suggestions !! (A) >I need some help re-configuring our Apple Talk network. We currently have old >style Apple Talk which is dasiy chained. I was thinking of going to a trunk >topology using PhoneNet. We are connecting our Apple Talk to FastPath4's and >then >connecting on to the ethernet. The problem is that the daisy chains have become >so large (25+ nodes per zone) that even added a new user or printer becomes a >major undertaking. I really want to get ride of the daisy chain and go to a >morestable topology one that is more suited for larger zones. Yes, by all means install a PhoneNET backbone. It is way more reliable than a daisy chain and it supports way more connections than a daisy chain. Do not use your Apple connectors on the backbone, they have internal terminating resistors and if you wire them in a backbone arrangement you will over-terminate the network and it will not function. Buy PhoneNET style connectors. Following the Farallon wiring instructions. Buy 22 gauge telephone station cable (four wires, red green yellow black) and a bunch of RJ-11 wall jacks. String the station cable and attach the wall jacks anywhere on the station cable. DO NOT CUT THE STATION CABLE. Strip the insulation off of the wires without cutting the cable. Wrap the stripped wire around the screws in the RJ-11 wall jacks. Install a resistor at each end of the station cable in side the wall jack. Do not use the plug in terminators and do not purchase connectors that are internally terminated. It's about as reliable a LocalTalk network as you can build. Kee Nethery ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 18:28:52 -0600 From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) Subject: no FTP-access to SUMEX until further notice At 2:13 PM 3/5/94 -0800, Pete Gontier wrote: > A "vigilante" wrote that Italian virus? that is my working theory, yes. to remind you of what Gene Spafford wrote in his announcement in comp.sys.mac.announce: | The INIT-9403 virus was recently discovered in Italy. It appears that | the virus is being spread (initially) by an altered version of some | pirated commercial software. This software, when run, installs the | virus on the affected system. I figure someone wanted to punish software pirates... > Anyway, you might care to post, now that sumex is down, the following > article, which I posted locally: > > I have placed the new Disinfectant in my 'ftp' area. If you are having > trouble obtaining it from one of the usual places, you might try here. > (You might also consider using Netcom instead of Norstad's server, to > reduce load.) > > ftp.netcom.com:/pub/gurgle/disinfectant34.sea.bin thanks, that is kind of you to take on some of the traffic. but instead of sending more your way, I should probably rather publicize other sites that make it available... RASCAL, UMICH, and all the various mirror sites (of SUMEX also, I hope) > Make sure to set your 'ftp' client to transfer files in binary mode. > (For the UNIX clients, use the 'bin' command.) If you can log into a > Netcom account, you can find the file with the path: > > ~ftp/pub/gurgle/disinfectant34.sea.bin > > You need not worry that this is a different version from the one > distributed by Norstad, because Disinfectant has the well-known feature > of doing its own internal integrity check before allowing itself to run. > It's a virus program, after all! :-) >-- > Pete Gontier, CTO, Integer Poet Software; gurgle@netcom.com the INFO-MAC people might want to put your note into their next digest however.... (I'll let them know...) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 94 21:29:14 EST From: Thomas Smyth Subject: Obstinate Extensions (Won't Load) (Q) All of a sudden, no extensions load at start-up (there are about forty installed). It's as though I have held down the shift key, yet no message appears. (On the bright side, it does speed up the startup!) Any suggestions would be welcomed! I'm getting desparate - to the point of running Disinfectant 3.4 -with no viruses found. TIA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 08:57:23 PST From: Robert Marchak Subject: Phone software compatable with geo-port. I am running into either conflicts with software or compatibility problems with Apple Phone and my system (Quadra 840AV with a geo-port adapter). Apple Phone acts weird after running for a while. It indiscriminately cuts off messages, dials without me dialing and after a while it makes a squelching noise for no apparent reason. I've discussed my problems with Apple Tech support. I have been told that this software is for demonstration purposes only and they do not support it and any problems I may be running into with it. I would like to know if anyone out there knows of either commercial or shareware programs that act well as an answering machine and is compatible with an 840AV and a geo-port. If anyone can help me, please send me a response. Thanks for all your help, Bob Marchak (201) 724-2746 DSN 880-2746 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 21:56:18 -0500 From: gch2@cornell.edu (Geoffrey Christopher Hoffman) Subject: Power cords I have a IIsi with a syquest and an external hard drive. I was wondering= if there was a cord splitter or any other way to get both the syquest= and the hard drive to be powered through the IIsi's slave power= plug, so that It will turn it all off and on with the computer.= (Do I have to jury rig something?) Is the fact that the IIsi's= are rumored to have a weak power supply a concern? I also have= an FPU, if that has anything to do with the power drain. Thanks in Advance P.S. Does it hurt the Syquest to turn it off without ejecting the= cart.? Geoff Hoffman gch2@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 17:06:24 -0800 From: vsalon@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il (Sharfi Alon) Subject: Printer tests (Q) Hi, I want to make some tests to a postscript printer.tests like: printing speed, quality of the output etc. Does anyone familiar with any "test packet" for postscript printer or somthing like that ? Thank's Sharfi Alon vsalon@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il ------------------------------ Date: 4 Mar 94 19:17:07 GMT From: cpaul@informix.com (Paul Christensen) Subject: Problem with CD Setup 5.0 software Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: This may be related to a problem that I discovered the other day. I had the AppleCD Audio Player open and active (it was the front-most window), and then AfterDark kicked in. When I deactivated AD by moving the mouse, the Audio Player crashed with an out of memory error. Has anyone else seen this problem with the 5.0 CD software? Also, I'd like to drag multiple tracks at one time into the program list, but can't find a way. This was actually much *easier* with the 4.x software, since you could turn on/off tracks individually. Paul Christensen cpaul@informix.com "witty signature under construction" >I just discovered a weird problem in the CD software. >The AppleCD Audio Player causes a continuous flow of keyUp events; the events >are directed to the frontmost application, which supposedly gets a lower rate >of >null events. >The AppleCD Audio Player does this because it fiddles with the SysEvtMask low >memory global variable. (Wasn't Apple telling us not to use low mem global >variables?) >I do not know any e-mail address for the Apple guys working on the CD >software. >Anybody? >-- >Fabrizio Oddone ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 11:32:42 +1000 From: G. P. Savage Subject: Quadra crashes I recall some discussion about this ages ago and now that I have a quadra I can't remember what the outcome was. I'm getting intermitant crashes (mouse still moves but screen is locked) on my Q650, usually after a MacTCP (2.04) application (eg. Nuntias, VersaTerm Pro) has been running for a while and while file sharing is turned on. Has anyone else seen this? What could be the problem? Another strange thing is that sometimes the startup sequence is quick and other times there is about a 1 minute delay before the first extension even loads. Has anyone else had the same experience? Paul -- paul.savage@mercury.chem.csiro.au -- Australian Science....Australia's Future It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail. --Gore Vidal c.1925 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 23:17:57 -0600 (CST) From: Neil Eric Mickelson Subject: RAM"Tripler"?? I just read a quick note in Info-Mac v12#35 about hacking RAMDoubler to be RAM"Tripler." My question is, was I asleep when this got posted, or is someone pulling my leg? Can anyone point me in the proper direction do I can do this on my woefullyy inadquate 5MB IIvx?? Thanks!! Neil n-mickelson@uiuc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 12:42:04 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Vellek Subject: RAMDoubler (Tripler) In InfoMac V12 #35, lrymal@tenet.edu wrote that he can "triple" his Ram"DOULBER". Maybe I missed this - how can this be done? Mark Vellek Columbia, MO ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 10:00:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Larry Rymal:T.E.M.U.G.-EAST_TEXAS-" Subject: RamDoubler -> RamTripler (C) Folks, I posted a note on Infomac happily shouting about how good RamDoubler is and mentioned that it can be made into a RamTripler. For starters it really DOES work and on my LC475, I don't get a performance hit for the most part. Indeed, I don't see a performance difference between RamDoubler and "RamTripler" on my LC475. Now then.....I am NOT the author of this marvelous 'tweak'. Several folks on Mac-L had an exchange of messages explaining how to do it. I am hoping they'll post a message about this so they get the credit. With that said, here is what you do. First, open up the RamDoubler extension with ResEdit. Inside, you'll find a PREFS resource. Click on this. Look for a resource with an ID number of -4064. Click on it. You will then find a field titled "ram multipler" among others. It is at a default of $00020000. Modify this to $00030000. I never like pushing things, so I gave it a value of $00025000. Works great, at least on my LC475. Connectix responded to one of the contributers explaining that a significant performance hit occurs which is why they don't have this interfaced to the user via a Control Panel. So, anyway, there it is... Enjoy, and use some common sense in playing with this. Hopefully, the original posters will join in this thread so they can get the credit. --Larry Rymal ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 00:45:00 -0600 (CST) From: "Barry Markovitz, M.D. 454-6215" Subject: RAMDoubler and LC Open mouth, insert foot. I just erroneously posted a brain-dead comment about RAMDoubler's compatibility with the original LC with/without an 030 accelerator. The following are two quotes from Brain Grove of Connectix Tech Services on America Online: >If the accelerator works with extended memory, such as System 7 virtual >memory, then it will work with RAM Doubler. > >RAM Doubler cannot be used with the original LC because it has a 68020 >processor. It can be used on an original LC with a compatible accelerator >upgrade such as DayStar. Profuse apologies for my PIE (posting in error) Barry Markovitz Internet: Markovitz@a1.kids.wustl.edu AOL: BarryM6 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 16:24:22 -0800 From: (John Peterson) Subject: Recovering Damaged files I have a large PhotoShop image file on a SyQuest 44 removable. I go to load the file in PhotoShop, "Sorry, there's a disk error". Try to copy it with the Finder, (and Blitz Copy and MPW), all report the same thing - disk error. Bummer. Probably a bad block. So I do "Verify Media" in the Norton Utilities disk tool to check the extent of the damage. It comes back and says "No media errors.". Really??? So then I think: Hmm...write a little C program to incrementally seek to every 512 byte block, read the block, and write it to another file. If I hit the bad block, just write out some zeros, but at least I'll be able to recover most of the image (it's not compressed, thank heaven). So my program crunches away block by block...and voila! The copy the program makes is perfect, no disk errors while reading it, and no corrupted data. Anybody know why the file copy programs failed, but reading it block at a time worked? I'd recommend the same approach to folks in a similar fix. Cheers, jp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 12:53:06 -0800 From: kee@kagi.com (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140) Subject: Request for information about ADB (A) >Hallo!I'm an italian student of the University of Trieste ; I'm preparing a >task concerning the APPLE DESKTOP BUS for the "Electronic Calculators II" exam >with theacher named M. Hmeliak. I need info about ADB and I'm searching for it >using my Email.Can you help me ? Thank you ! Four pins: ground +5 volts DC power at 500 ma for ALL devices on the ADB (low power ADB devices are essential) power-on sensor ADB signal Power-On Sensor is what is used when you press the ON key on your keyboard. It shorts the Power-On Sensor to Ground. The Mac senses that signal go low and powers on the Macintosh. ADB signal is somewhat complex but much more functional than RS-232. The ADB is a small network with 16 addresses, the Mac is the master, all the devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) are slaves. Signal rate is 10000 Kbps. During a bit time, the signal falls at the beginning of the bit and then rises before or after the midway mark. Rising before midway (35% through the bit time) is a bit 1. Rising after the midway mark (65% through the bit time) is a bit 0. For each packet, the signal goes low for a period to signal the start of a packet. Next is the address of the device the master wishes to talk to. Next is the command from the master to the slave. Next is a "pause" where the signal goes low. Next is the data (if any) coming from the slave back to the master. When another device wishes to get the attention of the master, it holds the "pause" low for an extended amount of time and then releases the signal to let it rise high and to let the original slave begin to send it's information back to the master. The master watches for this extended "pause". When it sees it, on the next polling cycle it starts hunting for the device that wanted it's attention. It tries all the in use ADB addresses until a slave responds with data. It's a pretty cool system and it works quite well. If you are going to create an ADB device, get the specs from Apple (APDA@applelink.apple.com) and implement it on a single chip micro. Lots of devices use the MC68HC11 and various intel based ones and the MicroChip PIC series single chip processor. Kee Nethery ------------------------------ Date: 4 Mar 1994 19:20:48 GMT From: kerr@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Stan Kerr) Subject: request Handeze Gloves information Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu writes: .>RSI & Handeze Gloves .> ------------------- .> My article on the Handeze gloves in TidBITS #199_ provoked a .> number of comments and questions, the most common of which was a .> request for a non-800 number for Dome Publishing. Sorry about .> that - I realized I didn't have the non-800 number too late in .> the day. The numbers are: .> Dome -- 800/432-4352 -- 401/738-7900 -- 401/732-5377 (fax) .. .>-- .>Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- ace@tidbits.com -- info@tidbits.com I've had a pair for a few months now, so I'll throw in my own two cents. They seem to help a bit, but I think the biggest benefit is just staying away from a keyboard; my hands felt worlds better after a week off at Christmas. It's irritating to be taking them off and putting them on many many times all day long, and the elastic pulls my fingers close enough together to (apparently) impede circulation of air around them, with the result that my fingers get sweaty. This might get really obnoxious in the summer, but only time will tell. Last of all, for $20 these things had better be durable; I'm waiting another few months before I decide if it's worth getting the pretty blue ones (beige does look pretty stinky on my pale integument). -- ----- Stan Kerr Phone:217-333-5217 Fax:217-244-7089 Computing & Communications Services Office, U of Illinois/Urbana ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Mar 94 01:15:49 CST From: GMATSUDA Subject: SAM Virus Defs, 3/3/94 Thought this information might be useful to someone... For those who can't wait until it gets uploaded to sumex-aim or Umich, the Virus Defintions file (3/3/94) for SAM (Symantec Anti Virus) that is available as SAMDEF.SEA on the Symantec Bulletin Board is corrupted. I downloaded it 5 different times and each time, it reported an error upon decompressing. Using DDExpand 4.0 to decompress the file, there was no error. However, when SAM Virus Clinic or SAM Intercept attempt to open the file, they report that the file is "invalid," or isn't present in the System Folder. Doesn't sound good, does it? Thought someone might like to know... :-) Gann Matsuda gmatsuda@nvn.com (preferred) OR gmatsuda@netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 22:40:23 -0800 From: Jeffrey L. Needleman Subject: Sending Mail to Someone on Prodigy [A] In Vol.12 No. 34 Keith E Gatling wondered how to go about sending e-mail from the Internet to PRODIGY. The format is userID@prodigy.com, so mail to me would be sent to: DMVR98B@prodigy.com. Remember, PRODIGY charges to both send and receive Internet mail. Internet mail arrives COD, charged at ten cents for each 6000 byte segment. Mac users of PRODIGY are unable to reply to Internet mail through PRODIGY, although they can receive it. (The software PRODIGY requires for transmitting Internet e-mail exists only for DOS right now.) By the way, I'm THE national MemRep for the Computer Bulletin Board on PRODIGY. This minor honor has yet to impress anyone: I get no free review copies of software or hardware, and even have to pay for my own MacWeek subscription. PRODIGY has about two million subscribers who of course rely on me COMPLETELY for any and all advice about what to buy. And I cheerfully accept all bribes; my opinions are for sale, and I'm not greedy. Write me for the street address for mailing all the freebies I so lust after! I can just about guarantee a favorable review online . Jeff Needleman ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 18:08:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Rick Gore Subject: Simpson's Sounds for Maelstrom Has anybody out there gotten the Simpson's Sounds file to work with Maelstrom 1.4? I downloaded it twice, (no errors while downloading in either case) and tried it repeatedly, going to the extreme of starting up without any extensions and giving Maelstrom 7 Megs of memory (This is all REAL RAM, not virtual or doubled) and it still wouldn't work -- keeps giving me a polite message that there is either something wrong with the sound file or I need to give Maelstrom more memory. Please E-mail direct and I will summarize to the net. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Rick Gore ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 13:35:18 CST From: "Richard K. Wolf (312) 996-8291" Subject: Sonic Systems' "The Diskless Mac" ... trade experiences? (Q) We, the University of Illinois at Chicago, are experimenting with Sonic Systems' "The Diskless Mac" (TDM) in one of our most heavily used public-access computer labs. Thus far, we've had what I'd consider to be mixed results, but we are just using it for the first time in a production environment. I am hoping that some of you out there may be more familliar with the product than I. Or, if not, are in the same boat as I am. What I am looking to do is trade experiences. Public-access Mac administration is a nightmare, as I'm sure many of you know and we are really hoping that TDM can make a difference. The PC's in our labs all use remote booting and we have had a lot of success with them thus far. We hope to translate that success to our Macs as well. For now, let me throw some of our specific problems out on the list. I don't think the majority of Info-Mac readers would be interested in a protracted discussion of TDM, but I would like to establish a correspondance with other administrators with regard to my problems as well as your own in the hope that we could all benefit as a group. Okay, here goes: 1. We'd like to decrease the time it takes to TFTP a boot image. In fact, this is our largest problem. It takes about three to four minutes to boot a Centris 650 with a 3072K disk image. Failing that, is there a cheap way to get TDM to post messages on a client Mac so that users do not become discouraged during the TFTP process. 2. Does anyone have exerpience using Sonic Systems' Novell BOOTP and TFTP NLM's? We are considering moving to these if they will increase TFTP speed and reliability. 3. Same as above, but under Unix. 4. Our current TDM server occaisonally runs "out of connections." Does anyone have a clear idea of what this implies? Our current TDM server is configured for ten more connections than actually exist. We are using TDM under the MacTCP TCP/IP kernel. Is the built-in TCP/IP kernel more reliable? 5. Is there a sneaky way to prevent someone from resetting PRAM? Hope to hear from you lab administrators soon! Yours, Richard K. Wolf Richard.Wolf@uic.edu Small Systems Group/Computer Center University of Illinois at Chicago ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 14:46:15 GMT+1 From: FRICCI@polito.it Subject: Sound synchronizing and other stuff... Hello, everybody. I've got a problem. I'm writing a program where I need to synchronize a number of sound channels, with Sound Manager 3. What I do to sync, for example, two channels, is this: - allocate chan 1 - send syncCmd with count = 3 - do a SndPlay on chan 1 - allocate chan 2 - send a syncCmd with count = 2 - do a SndPlay on chan 2 - send a syncCmd with count = 1 to chan 2 This is what is recommended in the Sound Manager 3 documentation. But the last syncCmd is never executed by the Sound Manager, so nothing plays: the other sounds are still waiting for a syncCmd with count = 1 before starting playback. I think this happens because the commands are executed in a FIFO order, so syncCmd with count = 2 stops processing of subsequent commands, including the syncCmd with count = 1. This means I'd have to allocate a third channel, and send the last syncCmd to that one. But I'd prefer not to allocate a sound channel just to send it a syncCmd... or is it OK to do so? Anyway, it would then work. Another problem I have is with the volumeCmd: if I send it to a channel so that it should play thru the left speaker only (0x00000100) and then send a bufferCmd (or SndPlay) to that channel, and the sound that I want to play is Mono, then nothing plays. I mean, if the sound was 3 seconds long, it plays 3 seconds of silence. Instead, if I send the volumeCmd with 0x01000000 as a parameter (right channel only, full volume), the mono sound plays, but through BOTH channels. What I want to do is have the mono sound directed to one speaker ONLY. How can I do this? Well, thank you very much for any help you may provide. If you want to send replies directly to me, then I will summarize to the net. Thanks again, - Alberto Ricci. fricci@polito.it ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 00:26:30 -0500 From: lt10@cornell.edu (Li-Hsiang Tu) Subject: substitute application for Powerbar (Q) I have tried Powerbar which is a very nice program, but it takes too much memory, and it makes startup a bit slow. Is there a substitute that is an application and not a CDEV? Then I can quit it and use the memory whenever I need it. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 10:29:13 -0800 From: Glenn Fleishman Subject: Sumex-aim break-in -- find them and prosecute Dear moderators and community, I can't believe someone had the gall to invade the sumex-aim archives! I hope they are found and prosecuted to whatever the full extent of the law is. I'm not a "big brother" fan, but sumex-aim is a worldwide public resource. Thank god, the moderators are as dedicated as they are; I wouldn't have blamed them for saying "Because of this break-in and deletion, we're closing down sumex-aim." Less-committed folks might have done that... I think the moderators are owed a great wave of applause for recovering >From this vandalism. I think also, if the FBI gets involved, that anyone with information should be given an e-mail address or phone number to volunteer this information. Most people are too sloppy to cover their tracks, and it's possible the vandals left footprints. Glenn Fleishman [ Managing Editor, Open House, Seattle, Washington, USA [ I'm a writer, a technologist, a graphic designer [ but read that in reverse order. [ Mail to: fleglei@hebron.connected.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Mar 94 10:32:54 CST From: Mack Wilingham Subject: TT Font Won't Trash I have two TT fonts that are not in suitcases that are damaged, and I can't trash them. I keep getting the not enough memory, and close windows to free up some. I have tried resedit, the the wrong way I assume, to try and get rid of it. It must be a font from hell. Are there any suggestions that you have? BTW - they are in the sys7 font folder. Mack ------------------------------ Date: Fri Mar 4 17:24:31 1994 From: dow86oss@ramstein.af.mil (Capt Jon Dagle;86OSS/DOW;480-2822;93-6194) Subject: TT or PS Terminal Fonts (looking for) Greetings Info-Mac readers: I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for some non-proportional fonts for use displaying email and other on-line products. I have some fonts now, but they are bitmapped and are not suitable for printing on the laser printer. Please reply directly to me. TIA. Jonathan Dagle Ramstein Air Base, Germany dow86oss@ramstein.af.mil ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 11:56:20 -0500 (EST) From: 2d Lt Avram Dorfman Subject: Updating Stylewriter II driver (summary) Recently, I asked about getting the remaining files for updating the stylewriter ii driver to v1.2, since ftp.apple.com only has disk 1 out of 4. All I found out was this: there IS a new version of Printer Share to go with the update: v 1.0.1. Some very nice people (thank you) sent me binhexed copies of it. Unfortunately, the Apple liscence agreement prohibits its submission to archive sites. Fortunately, you only need this extension if you actually share your printer. If you don't, you can do the update manually by dragging in the new version of the Stylewriter II driver. The disks come with a renamed chooser, but it says that it is the same version (v7.3) as the one that came with the stylewriter ii 1.0 disks. -Avram Dorfman (adorfman@cs.tufts.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 16:11:05 +0100 From: G.POLDER@CPRO.AGRO.NL Subject: Video out on AV Mac I like to connect the Video out on the Centris 660 AV to a video printer, to print Images. Which software (commercial or pd) can I use to perform this task? Preferably I don't like to connect a video monitor to the videoprinter, so the option of switching the monitor to the video out is not acceptable. thanks, Gerrit. g.polder@cpro.agro.nl ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************