Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 13:51:01 PST From: The Info-Mac Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #50 To: info-mac-list Info-Mac Digest Tue, 29 Mar 94 Volume 12 : Issue 50 Today's Topics: [!] What happened to the issue numbers? [*] Auspice 3.3--Calendar Program (serious upgrade from 3.1) [*] Digital Messiah Ambient Sounds Installer [*] Digital Messiah v2.0; a game [*] Find The Missing Word v1.0; educational software for kids [*] GTQ Scripting Library1.1 (AppleScript) [*] Hyper Table Periodic table Stack [*] LaunchPad 3.0.3; an application launcher [*] LoadADrive: Mount switched off CD-ROM without restart [*] lyapunov-11; a fractal-like program [*] mac-meth-321; A Fast Modula-2 Language System [*] MacTools 3.0 Update: AutoCheck 12/2/93.hqx [*] MacTools 3.0 Update: AVApp 12/2/93.hqx [*] MacTools v3.0 upd README [*] Matt's Scripts (AppleScript) [*] OtherMenuExternals1.2.sit.hqx [*] Plug-in Digitizer v1.1 (Photoshop and NIH Image) [*] Quake94Photos1; photographs of the recent CA earthquake [*] Quake94Photos2; photographs of the recent CA earthquake [*] Quake94Photos3; photographs of the recent CA earthquake [*] sluggo_maps_101; Bolo maps [*] Solar panels for PowerBooks and Newtons (HC stack) [*] Solar panels for PowerBooks and Newtons (Newton book) [*] The Alphabet Bee; educational kids software [*] The Swarm 1.0 [After Dark module] (Q) Internet Software for Mac that doesn't use MacTCP (Q) PC and Mac File exchange's 4th Dimension/FoxPro support for QT movies? [Q] Where's the LAYO equivalent in Sys 7.1? [S] Coca-Cola & Trek TNG quicktimes avaliable Adding a Hard Drive to a Mac II Any 'U' Presses pressing CDs? Apple Adjustable Keyboard feedback Apple Macintosh emulator on UNIX BarCode Bug isolated! creating a large-letter banner Creating poster icons for QuickTime movies DayStar FastCache (Q700) on a Centris650 (Q) Direct Ether to 630 Editing Postscript file [Q] Excel 3.0 on LC475 eXodus on PPC Expert Shells and Knowledge Based Systems external monitor as startup on pb160?? Fox Pro: A WakeUp Call (R) FTP file transfer from 4th Dimension? [A] Games for 2 year olds Genicom 4440 & Macintosh GrafSys.fixed GV PowerPort Modem HALF Works how to hook up two Macs by modem (R) How to shutdown cleanly without the Finder's shutdown? Imagewriter spooling under Sys 7 Info-Mac Digest V12 #49 Internet and ARA (A) InterSLIP / MacTCP Problems Letter Gothic MacII Color Mac LC 575 MAE Announcement Merging Scrapbooks Mount UNIX Floppy Need pointers on making Mac CD ROM - where to go, how to do it? Network time application? (A) Plus + GCC FX20+ X = :( PopUpFolder Demo Problem (C) QuickLink II Fax software (R) Statistics Symbols Suggestions on Letter Gothic(R) Windows to Mac Truetype convertor? ZiffNet/Mac - Please Help! Zoom modem Problem 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, 29 Mar 1994 8:29:03 -0600 (CST) From: Gordon Watts -- U of Rochester Subject: [!] What happened to the issue numbers? Hi all, Ops. As many of you pointed out, the last issue should have been 50, not 46. This has to do with some trouble our archiving computer had over the weekend. The upshot was a full restore from backup that was a couple of days old. This brought back old mail files as well as an old issue number. I suspect we lost a couple of mail messages because of this. If your posting is awol in this issue and you sent it sometime on friday or the weekend, then likely it has fallen into the bit bucket. Please resend. This issue is 50. The issue 46 that we sent out yesterday was almost 100% the same as the original 46. We have not archived that issue. Cheers, Gordon (info-mac moderator) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 11:52:19 -0500 From: Spontaneous but cerebral Subject: [*] Auspice 3.3--Calendar Program (serious upgrade from 3.1) Here is the long awaited update to Wayne Meyers' calendar PIM Auspice. There are a whole host added features, including the ability to propagate reminders, the ability to change months using the arrow keys, and to add a specific reminder sound. Uses only 256 Kb of RAM. This is postcardware. Archive created using CompactPro 1.3.4 and Binhex 4.0 I am not the author, but I will forward comments to Wayne. The program is virus free according to Disinfectant 3.4.1, and has been beta tested on a Powerbook Duo 230, an LC, an LC III. I hopefully will be testing this on a PPC 8100. --Adam Conn East Coast Beta Tester [Archived as /info-mac/app/auspice-33.hqx; 86K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 01:13:54 -0700 From: boryan.eberhard@u.cc.utah.edu (BoRyan Eberhard) Subject: [*] Digital Messiah Ambient Sounds Installer I'm sending this file in conjunction with Digital Messiah v2.0. A description follows: This file includes approximately 1 MB of high-quality, digitized sounds that enhance the gameplay of Digital Messiah v2.0. They are optional and do not need to be installed in order to enjoy a full game. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/digital-messiah-20-ambient-sounds.hqx; 1002K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 00:50:12 -0700 From: boryan.eberhard@u.cc.utah.edu (BoRyan Eberhard) Subject: [*] Digital Messiah v2.0; a game AUTHOR: Terminal Sunset Software EQUIPMENT: 8-bit color, 13"+ Monitor, 2600K Free RAM, Sys 7.0+ Digital Messiah v.2.0 Originally intended for commercial distribution, Digital Messiah is a shareware game of unparalleled quality. In full form it contains over 3.5 megs of rendered graphics and digitized sound. v.2.0 is a gargantuan upgrade over the original v.1.0. The Game Digital Messiah v.2.0 is an arcade/roleplaying game where you become the Digital Messiah. In your quests you must battle, in real-time, numerous enemies each possessing their own weapons and intelligence. You start on an unknown random map with nothing but your wits to save you. Along the way you acquire spells of 6 different types, knowledge from townspeople, and the experience necessary to vanquish the evil Emperor Kang. Your journeys emerse you in a highly developed virtual world over-ridden by the consequences of technology. Features - 8-bit color photorealistic ray traced graphics for the ultimate in realism. Light, shadow, and reflection are combined into a vividly accurate portrait of the Digital Messiah world. - Animation routines have been completely rewritten and now offer flicker free animation running at a user-definable 30-60 fps. - A highly developed world populated by anguished citizens, wandering sages, and the numerous minions of Kang. - Processor independence guarantees that Digital Messiah will run at similar speeds on the entire range of Macintoshes. High-end users that could not use Digital Messiah due to their computer's speed will now be able to enjoy the game. - High-resolution digitized sound is optimized to take advantage of the Apple internal speaker as well as the full range of frequencies offered by an externally amplified sound source. - A full sound control dialog offers a full range of options. Allowing the user to change the volume and activate/deactivate different categories of sound. - Terminal Sunset's brilliant full color interface makes Digital Messiah easy to use. - Multiple Key Mapping allows more than one key to be inputed and processed at a given time. Key Assignment allows the user to set his/her own keys based on his/her personal preference. - A fully functional automatic mapping feature which records everything the Digital Messiah sees and hears in a convenient map window. - Eight seperate enemies to fight, each with their own spells and intelligence. - 6 different spell types each with 6 levels of potency to aid in the Digital Messiah's quest. - Random map and mission generation give Digital Messiah infinite playability. - Numerous bug fixes and months of playtesting make v.2.0 dependable on a wide range Macintoshes utilizing a wide range of extensions. Don't let the download time daunt you. Decompressed all 3.5 megs will pull you into the incredibly vivid world of the Digital Messiah. This is sure to be one of your best downloads EVER!!! Best of all the full version of Digital Messiah is available to you. This is not a demo or a locked application, it is a full and working shareware game which is playable to the very end. Enjoy... [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/digital-messiah-20.hqx; 1902K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 00:58:11 -0500 From: tmaler@hookup.net (Thomas Maler) Subject: [*] Find The Missing Word v1.0; educational software for kids Find The Missing Word v1.0 By David Bagno Copyright 1993 Find The Missing Word is a reading and vocabulary teaching game. The player will be asked and shown a sentence with a missing word. The student must click on the best of 3 answers. Example: I go to school on a ______? 1-bus 2-plane 3-boat Example I have ______ hands. 1-three 2-one 3-two There are 6 different sentence list to choose and build from. Just type or paste your personalized sentences into the list. The program will set everything up for you. Follow the balloon help. This is a great tool for teaches and parents. This program needs either Speech Manager or an updated version of Macintalk 1.5 which can be downloaded on America Online Keywords BASELINE under Talking Moose. This updated version of Macintalk 1.5 will work fine with the new Macs and system 7. Toggle between Speech Manager or Macintalk 1.5 in the "Talk Setup" Dialog box. This version is fully functioning except that only registered users will be able to add personalized sentences and change lists. Though, a generous supply of sentences comes with this version. To get the unlocking code please send $15.00 Shareware Fee with E-Mail address payable to David Bagno at: Educational Computer Resources PO Box 312 Lake Grove NY 11755 (516) 471-2767 Thanks Dave Bagno [Archived as /info-mac/game/find-the-missing-word-10.hqx; 227K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 14:09:11 -0500 From: gtq1@cornell.edu (Greg Quinn) Subject: [*] GTQ Scripting Library1.1 (AppleScript) Please distribute this new version of my GTQ Scripting Library to the usual places. Thanks! Greg Greg Quinn AppleLink:D3297 Internet:gtq1@Cornell.edu [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/gtq-scripting-lib-11-as.hqx; 263K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 22:52:12 -0600 From: browe@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Barry Rowe) Subject: [*] Hyper Table Periodic table Stack Sorry about this . . . I thought we had debugged this stack, but . . . Anyway, here is a version without bugs, I think . . . This large stack is a Periodic Table done by my HyperMedia students as a project. It should run on HyperCard 2.0 and greater. It is free. It may be included on InfoMac CD roms. barry [Archived as /info-mac/sci/hyper-table-hc.hqx; 221K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 94 23:01:56 EST From: J S Greenfield Subject: [*] LaunchPad 3.0.3; an application launcher Application: LaunchPad(tm) 3.0.3 (Shareware, $11) Changes from version 3.0.2: LaunchPad 3.0.3 corrects an error that could prevent LaunchPad Valet from opening. Description: System 7's drop-launching features are a nice idea, but there is a catch: in order to drop documents onto an application, you need to have the application on the desktop, or in some other open window. This one problem is probably the single greatest impediment to realizing the full potential of drop-launching. In the past, you had basically two choices: either fill up your desktop with an array of various application icons, to keep them available for drop-launching, or keep your desktop clean, and limit your use of drop-launching to rare occasions. LaunchPad(tm) changes all that. LaunchPad is a simple utility designed to let you keep a clean desktop, but still maintain convenient access to System 7's drop-launching features. LaunchPad serves as a drag-and-drop dock for any applications that you choose. You simply drag documents to the LaunchPad icon, and then select an application to launch from the "get file" dialog. The dropped documents will then be opened using the selected application (if possible). LaunchPad also facilitates automated drop-launching with Valet Launching(tm). With the included utility, LaunchPad Valet(tm), you can configure LaunchPad to automate your most frequent drop- launching tasks. With LaunchPad, you keep your desktop clean and take advantage of System 7's drop-launching. So why use drop-launching or LaunchPad? If this question comes to mind, then you are probably one of the many people who have yet to experience just how convenient drop- launching can be. Drop-launching makes many tasks much easier. See the enclosed documentation for useful examples. Specifications: LaunchPad(tm) requires less than 35K of disk space, and as little as 45K of RAM. LaunchPad Valet(tm) requires less than 25K of disk space. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/launch-pad-303.hqx; 94K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 12:53:54 +0200 From: "Dieter Spaar" Subject: [*] LoadADrive: Mount switched off CD-ROM without restart LoadADrive V1.0 LoadADrive is a simple utility to mount a CD-ROM that wasn't switch on at startup without restarting your Macintosh. MPW C Source included. LoadADrive needs System 7 or higher and should work on every machine (Power PC ?). It has been tested with Apple CD-ROM 4.0.1 and 5.0. I don't know if LoadADrive works with other CD-ROM drivers. Just try it ! LoadADrive is Freeware. Commercial usage of LoadADrive must be licensed. March 1994 Dieter Spaar Schnerzhofer Str. 2 86865 Markt Wald GERMANY Internet: spaar@mirider.abg.sub.org [Archived as /info-mac/disk/load-a-drive-10.hqx; 28K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 13:38:54 +0200 From: tina@euler.math.unipd.it (Andrea Pellizzon 041-434145) Subject: [*] lyapunov-11; a fractal-like program This is a fractal-like program. Requires System 7 and Color QuickDraw. Changes: - Fixed (I hope) the bug that didn't detect the built-in FPU on 68040 machines. - Others documented in the package "History" file. [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/lyapunov-11.hqx; 442K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 11:24:25 +0100 From: thoeny@ito.umnw.ethz.ch (Juerg Thoeny ETHZ) Subject: [*] mac-meth-321; A Fast Modula-2 Language System ====================== | On MacMETH 3.2.1 | ====================== A Fast Modula-2 Language System for the Apple(R) Macintosh(R) This is the "Fast Modula-2 Language System for the Apple(R) Macintosh(R)" from the Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. For more information please read the included 00_README.MacMETH [Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac-meth-321.hqx; 986K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Mar 1994 13:20:50 -0500 From: "Ted Dushane" Subject: [*] MacTools 3.0 Update: AutoCheck 12/2/93.hqx [Archived as /info-mac/disk/mactools-30-updt-auto-check.hqx; 173K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Mar 1994 13:26:35 -0500 From: "Ted Dushane" Subject: [*] MacTools 3.0 Update: AVApp 12/2/93.hqx Here's the third file in the set, AVApp 12/2/93. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/mactools-30-updt-av-app.hqx; 397K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Mar 1994 13:16:48 -0500 From: "Ted Dushane" Subject: [*] MacTools v3.0 upd README I'm sending along with this note the ReadMe file which is included with the backup files from Central Point - the note is posted with the files on AOL and Compuserve. I think it explains how these files are to be used to update MacTools 3.0 for the owners of this set of programs. This file, called "MacTools 3.0 update Read Me", explains what these files are for, that they are in MacTools' CP Backup format. Hence, if you own the program and have CP Backup, these files will be, in effect, de-coded into their native state as applications (one is actually a control panel and another is a data file) by CP Backup. Central Point says it is doing this in order to prevent piracy. Ted.Dushane@med.umich.edu [Archived as /info-mac/disk/mactools-30-updt-readme.hqx; 5K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 09:25:53 -0500 From: ai158@freenet.buffalo.edu (Matthew Ahrens) Subject: [*] Matt's Scripts (AppleScript) These are some scripts for AppleScript that I wrote. They include: Replace in text editor Dial Number Number Lines Get Item Info I hope you enjoy them! [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/matts-scripts-as.hqx; 59K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 00:48:29 +0500 From: owenc@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Christopher Owen) Subject: [*] OtherMenuExternals1.2.sit.hqx OtherMenu is a really great utility. Unfortunately I haven't seen anyone release any externals for it though and think that is a shame. It makes a certain sense though because releasing them is sort of messy. They are small and hard to catalog. What I propose then is to simplify the distribution of them by making a centralized package of OtherMenu externals available. I have included a couple of externals of my own. Others should feel free to add to this package. Just include a folder with your external and a brief readme and then re-upload this package (after incrementing the version number of course). This will help both the end user, external writers and the kind folks at mac.archive and sumex-aim. Externals in this package: External Purpose Author Backup File Sequential backup of a file owen-christopher@yale.edu Express Modem Turn modem on/off, open CDEV owen-christopher@yale.edu Kill 'em All Kill all applications owen-christopher@yale.edu Chris Owen - owen-christopher@yale.edu [Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-externals-12.hqx; 17K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 12:00:31 BST From: cd102@phy.cam.ac.uk (Cyrus Daboo) Subject: [*] Plug-in Digitizer v1.1 (Photoshop and NIH Image) Hi folks, Here's the latest version of 'Plug-in Digitizer' (v1.1). 'Plug-in Digitizer' is a Photoshop/NIH-Image acquisition plug-in that allows you to capture still frames of video from any Quicktime compatible video source (including the AV's) directly into the application. Version 1.1 now supports a 'faceless' operation option that allows grabbing of an image without any user interaction. This allows 'time-lapse' grabbing from applications which support a programmatic call to the plug-in, eg from within a macro in NIH-Image. --Cyrus Daboo [Archived as /info-mac/app/photoshop-digitizer-11.hqx; 53K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:44:33 -0800 From: kemsley@ipld01.hac.com (Dave Kemsley) Subject: [*] Quake94Photos1; photographs of the recent CA earthquake I have scanned in several photos that either my wife, Jane, a friend, Terry Beaumier and I took on 22 February 1994, just 5 days after the 6.8 Northridge/Reseda earthquake. I thought there would be many people who would like to see photos of some of the destruction other than what you can get out of the media. I scanned them on a Sun (ugh!) and saved them at the highest quality JPEG allows (it was the only format that the software had in common with the Mac). I decided to sample them at 150 dpi in order to keep the images large enough to show good detail but also small enough to make it worth the download time. All the images are less than 700 Kb (15 in all), but I have compressed those of the same site into one ".sea" file to keep them together and save download time. There are 7 sets of photos in this series. I hope others will also post some of their photos--I have seen some really dramatic and disturbing shots. The names of the files are: Quake94Photos1.sea Quake94Photos2.sea Quake94Photos3.sea Quake94Photos4.sea Quake94Photos5.sea Quake94Photos6.sea Quake94Photos7.sea [Archived as /info-mac/grf/quake94-photos-grp1.hqx; 1419K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:45:44 -0800 From: kemsley@ipld01.hac.com (Dave Kemsley) Subject: [*] Quake94Photos2; photographs of the recent CA earthquake [Archived as /info-mac/grf/quake94-photos-grp2.hqx; 1314K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:46:37 -0800 From: kemsley@ipld01.hac.com (Dave Kemsley) Subject: [*] Quake94Photos3; photographs of the recent CA earthquake [Archived as /info-mac/grf/quake94-photos-grp3.hqx; 884K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 19:38:22 -0800 (PST) From: chdillon@seas.ucla.edu Subject: [*] sluggo_maps_101; Bolo maps Enclosed is a collection of 101 maps for Bolo, the multi-player network tank battle game. The maps are categorized as Adventurous, Tournament Size, and Symmetric. Many have been posted to the newsgroups rec.games.bolo or alt.netgames.bolo in the past, but this archive gives new players as well as those which have been playing for some time an opportunity to have all maps in one collection. The archive is self-extracting, created by Stuffit Lite 3.07. Thank You, Chuck Dillon chdillon@seas.ucla.edu [Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/sluggo-maps-101.hqx; 234K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 16:33:42 -0600 From: igorl@uiuc.edu (Igor Livshits) Subject: [*] Solar panels for PowerBooks and Newtons (HC stack) Howdy, Attached is a HyperCard stack about solar panels for PowerBooks and Newtons >From KISS. They sent me this information upon request. These are commercial products, and I have not tried them yet. I am just passing the information along in response to solar power for Macs questions that surface periodically. KISS may be reached at KISS4@aol.com. Cheers, Igor [Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/sun-pack-hc.hqx; 68K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 16:35:56 -0600 From: igorl@uiuc.edu (Igor Livshits) Subject: [*] Solar panels for PowerBooks and Newtons (Newton book) Howdy, Attached is a Newton book about solar panels for PowerBooks and Newtons >From KISS. They sent me this information upon request. These are commercial products, and I have not tried them yet. I am just passing the information along in response to solar power for Macs questions that surface periodically. KISS may be reached at KISS4@aol.com. Cheers, Igor [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/info/sun-pack-book.hqx; 188K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 00:48:28 -0500 From: tmaler@hookup.net (Thomas Maler) Subject: [*] The Alphabet Bee; educational kids software The Alphabet Bee By David Bagno Copyright 1993-94 The Alphabet Bee is a talking game for 1 or 2 players that even 3 year olds can play. Kids will have lots of fun as they quickly learn the sound and the look of letters. Switch between upper or lower case letters: Type or paste in your own words: Have complete control over the range of letters: Concentrate on 1, 2 or 3 letters at a time, until students learn the whole alphabet! Kids will learn reading and phonics skills in the process too. This multimedia learning game use Apples new Speech Manager/ PlainTalk TM or MacinTalk 1.5 to read and show kids how words are made. Parents will also enjoy the option of being able to program the talking teachers dialog. Lots of options and extras, full documentation is include with balloon help! The version is fully functioning, users will be able to install their words and program the talk dialog. The extended ranges of the alphabet have been disabled. To get the unlocking code please send $15.00 with Email address payable to David Bagno At: Educational Computer Resources. PO Box 312 Lake Grove NY 11755 (516) 471-2767 If you post this program on another BBS, I will give you the unlocking code for Free! Send Email to: America Online: Proteus2 CompuServe: 73113, 1555 Internet: ECRDAVE@Delphi.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/alphabet-bee.hqx; 360K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 20:23:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: leo@cp.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) Subject: [*] The Swarm 1.0 [After Dark module] THE SWARM v1.0 -- A freeware After Dark module Copyright 1994 by Leo Breebaart, Kronto Software The Swarm is a simple, but surprisingly elegant line animation, in which a number of small line segments (the 'bees') chase one other segment (the 'queen bee') across the screen. This module does not reserve any permanent System memory, has smooth fade-out/fade-in effects and features an animated About Box. It runs under both MultiModule and the Randomizer -- without crashing, and it is compatible with DarkSide of the Mac. The Swarm comes with extensively documented source code. Both the module and the source code are freeware. Needs Color QuickDraw (i.e. roughly: Mac SE/30 or later). Suggested archive name: the-swarm-1.0.cpt.hqx Leo Breebaart (leo@cp.tn.tudelft.nl) [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/swarm-10-ad.hqx; 66K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 14:54:16 BST From: "G.C.Q.Birch" Subject: (Q) Internet Software for Mac that doesn't use MacTCP I I've demonstrating various Internet access packages for the Mac to a colleague. The disadvantage with most of them, as I understand it, is that they require MacTCP, and that costs :-( Now, I'm aware that NCSA Telnet 2.4.5 is available in two versions, one requiring MacTCP and another with the IP drivers built in. So, I was wondering whether other packages (e.g. clients for gopher, www, archie, etc.) are available with inbuilt drivers. I would be grateful for any comments you have on the virtues or otherwise of MacTCP. Incidentally, is there a FAQ on this topic on MacTCP? -- Greg Birch Computing Services, Southampton University, U.K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 16:24:27 -0500 From: besko@nscl01.nscl.msu.edu (Lisa L.W. Besko) Subject: (Q) PC and Mac File exchange's Does anyone have any suggestions or recomendations of ways for a PC user to exchange files with a Mac user and vis versa, easily? Currently the Mac user is using Access PC to convert the PC files but this does not work dependably. It would be nice if they could do it peer to peer but they would settle for a way that would allow the PC to read the Mac disk and a better program that would allow the Mac to read the PC disk. Thanks for your help. If you want to send replies directly to me I will compile the results and send them to the list. Lisa Besko ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 11:36:57 SST From: cheeys@iscs.nus.sg Subject: 4th Dimension/FoxPro support for QT movies? Dear netters, I am trying to develop a simple database that will allow me to define a field of type QuickTime movie. Could anyone advise me whether 4th Dimension and/or FoxPro can support this data field type and what pros and cons are involved in using one package vs. the other? Thank you, Y S Chee cheeys@iscs.nus.sg ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 23:23:45 EST From: capnal@ael.whoi.edu (Al Duester) Subject: [Q] Where's the LAYO equivalent in Sys 7.1? Does anyone know where the info on icon stagger and spacing is located in System 7.1? Used to be so easy to just crank on the Finder's LAYO, but I can't seem to find anything in Finder, System, Views, or desktops that looks remotely like it. capnal@ael.whoi.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 15:35:25 -0500 (EST) From: 2d Lt Avram Dorfman Subject: [S] Coca-Cola & Trek TNG quicktimes avaliable I have recently made 55 MB worth of quicktime movies available at jade.tufts.edu via anonymous ftp. They are in /pub/mac/quicktme. There are 13 Coca-Cola movies and 4 Star Trek: The Next Generation movies. The Coke ones are all TV ads, including Lyric Logo (with all the patterns), a food version of Lyric Logo, Spaceship (sci-fi humor). The coke ones are 1) the introduction, 2) the ship exploding, 3) The sunset shot of the ship from Fistful of Datas and 4) The Brinkmanship scene from The Defector. Make sure you transfer in BINARY mode!! They are in MacBinary, and are neither compressed nor binhexed. Please also get the README file if you get any of these. It has descriptions of each, as well as misc info and discaimers. I don't know how long these will be allowed to stay on jade. I expect at least a week, but I am trying to find a more permanent site (sumex or wustl). I didn't want to simply dump 55 Megs on these people so I am awaiting permission. I will repost of the site changes or becomes more permanent. -Avram Dorfman (adorfman@cs.tufts.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 12:12:42 CST From: Mike Sisson Subject: Adding a Hard Drive to a Mac II Greetings- I have a Mac II with a hard drive already installed and I want to add a second hard drive. I need a bracket that will hold the hard drive (in the place normally reserved for the second floppy drive for lack of anyplace else to put it), an internal SCSI ribbon cable with two connectors that is long enough to go from the motherboard connector to both drives in a daisychain manner, and a power cable that has a pigtail to power both drives. I have called APS and while they say it sounds perfectly plausible they don't sell a kit to do it. As a last resort I will round up all the stuff to do it myself but I'd much rather buy a kit (actually, I need four of them) and save my time for other things. Anyone heard of such a beast or have suggestions as to whom I might call? Thanks, Mike Sisson sisson_md@brutus.vought.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 14:05:18 -0700 From: Bruce Carter Subject: Any 'U' Presses pressing CDs? Greetings, We are about to buy a writeable CD-ROM unit for a project this summer. Does anyone have any comments regarding acceptable units (we have some latitude in cost, but it is not a case where cost is not an object)? I have heard/read good things about the Sony CDW900E unit, but it is single session only, and that may be an issue. The Philips CDD521 seems to be a good unit as well. The time it takes to burn a disk is not a consideration at this point, as we will not be mass producing from this unit. Probably just as important would be the software used to create the CD. From what I've seen, QuickTOPiX seems popular, but I have limited information thus far in this area. Thanks for any suggestions. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 08:59:58 PST From: Bruce_Rubin.Wbst845@xerox.com Subject: Apple Adjustable Keyboard feedback Pat, I recently purchased an Apple Adjustable Keyboard to substitute for the extended keyboard I had purchased only a few months prior. 1) I have had no problems yet (that I am aware of) in the 50 hours of use it has seen. I don't use the sound volume level controls very often. 2) I like it. It didn't take too long (10 hours maybe) to get use to it and really dislike the "normal" keyboard I have to use at work. 3) Apple calls the keyboard "Adjustable", not ergonomic. 4) I think that a more ergonomic design would have been one that allow an individual to position the parts in opposition to each other. This would have you type like you would play an accordian. There is a PC keyboard which has the sections at an angle to each other and the desk, but not fully opposed to each other. Test this for yourself with a keyboard: 1) Hold your hands straight out, plams down. If you move your hands close enough to use on a traditional keyboard, you either squeeze your torso with your arms or twist your wrists. 2) Keeping your arms a comfortable distance apart, angle your hands toward each other so that you span the keyboard (this must have been the model used by the Apple Adjustable Keyboard designers). 3) Hold your hands with the palms facing each other (so your fingers can "dance" with each other). While this would be a weird/difficult keyborad design, require true touch typing skills, and perhaps be a major paradign shift, I find this to be the most comfortable for my joints and tendons. Maybe someone reading this note will bring this keyboard design to market someday. Bruce ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 1994 16:43:40 GMT From: SLA2KWL@CARDIFF.AC.UK Subject: Apple Macintosh emulator on UNIX In Issue 49, Andrew_R_Melnyk.Wbst128@xerox.com asked: > I recall reading somewhere that Apple has lisenced system 7 > to run under UNIX X-window and SUN and HP were offering this. > ...Unfortunately I cannot find where I read this. Did anyone > else see this? Apple expects to ship Macintosh Application Environment 1.0 for HP workstations running the HP-UX OS with the Motif interface and for Sun workstations running the Solaris OS with the OpenLook interface in May for $549. MAE on a Sun Sparc-2 gives performance akin to an LC II; a Sun Sparc-10 will be equivalent to a Centris [sic] 650. MAE supports TCP/IP and the Unix NFS file structure to provide Unix networking and file access through the Mac interface. System extensions are not supported. PowerPC apps are NOT supported. --abstracted from Galen Gruman 'Apple Ports Mac OS to Unix' Macworld (US) May 1994, p37. Bye, K. W. Leon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 17:10:16 +0200 From: rolfk@vetvir.unizh.ch (Rolf Kocherhans) Subject: BarCode Does anybody know a BarCode program for the MAC. Shareware preferred. Rolf rolfk@vetvir.unizh.ch ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 06:10:45 -1000 From: baboba@internaut.com (Bernard Aboba) Subject: Bug isolated! Tom Walsh finally isolated the bug in MacMosaic. It apparently can only read the files if they are located in the same folder as Mosaic. If you could pass the word along to info-mac-digest readers, I would appreciate it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 10:05:08 -0500 (EST) From: MIGLIUOLO@PFC.MIT.EDU Subject: creating a large-letter banner brousseau%aaaca1@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com (Robert Brousseau) writes: >I would like to make a banner with large letters and would appreciate any >tips on how to go about this. I have tried in the past to create one using >the largest Font size and increasing the percentage from the Print Setup >but didn't care too much for the results. Is this the only way to do this? >I use MS Word and FrameMaker and all printers I have access to are single >sheet feed LaserWriters or StyleWriter II. I would prefer to use sheets >that are connected together (white computer paper with perforations). Can >one feed a LaserWriter or StyleWriter II with continuous-feed paper? Years ago, I bought a program called Imagewriter Banner (version 1.0) from Adobe Systems. As the name implies, it was for the imagewriter (and works very well). Perhaps Adobe has produced a version for the Stylewriter. The program used to be available from most mail order companies. Stefano Migliuolo migliuolo@pfc.mit.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 20:15:40 SST From: cheeys@iscs.nus.sg Subject: Creating poster icons for QuickTime movies Dear netters, Could someone please advise me how I can make a QuickTime movie show a poster of the movie as its Finder icon? I've seen so many such icons but haven't been able to figure out how it is done. I think I'm missing something. Can someone help? Thanks, Chee Y S cheeys@iscs.nus.sg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 10:33:01 +0200 From: "David C. Roessli" Subject: DayStar FastCache (Q700) on a Centris650 (Q) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest Path: usenet From: David C. Roessli Subject: DayStar FastCache (Q700) on a Centris650 (Q) Message-ID: <1994Mar29.083257.23096@news.unige.ch> X-Xxdate: Tue, 29 Mar 94 08:30:23 GMT Sender: usenet@news.unige.ch Organization: Dpt. Anthropology, U of Geneva, Switzerland X-Useragent: Nuntius Version 1.1.3 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 08:32:57 GMT Does anyone know if you can plug in DayStar's FastCache for Quadra 700 into a Centris 650 ? -- David Roessli - Dpt. Anthropology & Ecology, U of Geneva, Switzerland Email roessli@sc2a.unige.ch Tel +41(22)702.6966 Fax +41(22)300.0351 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 17:49:05 CST From: Mack Willingham Subject: Direct Ether to 630 Here is a FAQ for you. Is there a way that I can hook up an 800 directly to a LWP 630 using ethernet? Do I have to make the cable? Can I just but the cable and connectors? TIA Mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 16:34:10 EST From: Jim McClellan Subject: Editing Postscript file [Q] Is there a program that can open a generic postscript file so that its contents can be edited? Importing is NOT SUFFICIENT; I need to edit the contents. More than likely, the .ps (or .eps) files will come from UNIX. Aldus FreeHand (which I use) will open files saved in "Adobe Illustrator" format, but not all .ps files. Will Adobe Illustrator open all .ps files (for editing)? Or, alternatively, is there a utility that would convert a generic postscript file to "Adobe Illustrator" format? .....thanks for any info ........jim mcclellan (404)894-8325 FAX:(404)853-9171 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 22:33:30 EST From: leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Prof. L.G. Leduc) Subject: Excel 3.0 on LC475 I can't seem to get Excel 3.0 to run on a Mac LC475. The application does not open Excel 3.0 files which were created on a Classic II. Specifically, the documents hang at 11% - a restart being necessary at this point. I realize that I should upgrade to Excel 4.0 but I'm puzzled by this problem with the LC475. Any ideas anyone? Cheers. Leo G. Leduc CANADA leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 08:52:59 +0200 From: Karl.Pottie@uz.kuleuven.ac.be (Karl Pottie) Subject: eXodus on PPC I thought this might be of interest to the info-mac readers, so I'm posting this although I have no connection to White Pine: =46or Immediate Release: White Pine Announces Power Macintosh X Server * The First X Server for PowerPC Processor-Based Macintosh Computers * New York, NY, March 14th 1994 -- White Pine Software today announced the first X Server for the Power Macintosh platform, Apple's first RISC-based Macintosh computer based on PowerPC technology. eXodus for the Power Macintosh computer will be unveiled March 23rd at Uniforum '94 in San =46rancisco, Booth #5137. "eXodus for Power Macintosh takes full advantage of the new microprocessor," said Dave Bundy, Vice President of Engineering at White Pine Software. "It runs in native mode letting users exploit the speed of the PowerPC's RISC architecture when communicating with X-based host applications." Developed by Apple, Motorola and IBM, the 2.8 million transistor, 0.6 =B5m PowerPC 601 is the first version of the new processor to appear in a Macintosh computer. The PowerPC is a family of microprocessors that will power everything from personal digital assistants (PDAs) to supercomputers. Running at 50, 66 and 80 MHz, the 32-bit 601 is a small square of silicon, at only 10.95 cm. per side. According to Byte Magazine, "[The 601 PowerPC chip] is a processor that is as fast as Pentium for less than half the price. With its technical excellence and marketing promise, the PowerPC [processor] is one of the more significant technologies to appear in this decade. And it has the ability to carry us into the next decade." eXodus ushers Power Macintosh computers into White Pine Software's world of multiplatform connectivity. "We are very excited at the prospect of providing significant X server performance improvements to Macintosh users, fully harnessing the potential of Macintosh computers based on PowerPC technology," said Steve Roche, eXodus Product Marketing Manager. "Our customers can continue to count on White Pine to provide the widest range of desktop-to-host connectivity options of any vendor." Besides 68K-based and PowerPC processor-based Macintosh platforms, eXodus is also available on Microsoft Windows and DOS. White Pine already offers the best X server performance on 68K-based Macintosh computers. eXodus for Power Macintosh was re-engineered to take advantage of the superior speed of the PowerPC technology. Features include: * Complete Macintosh implementation of MIT's X11R5 * Support for Macintosh OS System 7.5 and MacTCP * Complete support for Sun's OpenWindows environment * Support for HP VUE * Support for DECwindows and DECwindows/MOTIF * Support for six modes of the X Display Management Control Protocol (XDMCP) * Support for networked font servers and Release 5 font formats =46ield testing of eXodus for the Power Macintosh computer will begin in the spring of 1994. Volume shipments will begin during the summer of 1994. Pricing of eXodus for Power Macintosh will be $295.00. Upgrades from eXodus for the Macintosh version 5.0 will be $75.00; from previous versions, $150.00. Site licenses and multi-user packs will also be available. =46or over a decade, White Pine Software has pioneered desktop connectivity software solutions for major corporations, government agencies and educational institutions worldwide. White Pine's product line -- which runs on all major platforms -- includes text and graphics terminal emulation and a complete line of X server software. Recently, White Pine has added a line of network-based workgroup productivity and E-mail software to its product offerings. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 12:19:04 CST From: Mike Sisson Subject: Expert Shells and Knowledge Based Systems A friend of mine is going to be in charge of a project that has something to do with expert/knowledge based systems and the platform is Macintosh/Power Mac. Since I am perceived as being the local Mr. Macintosh he assumed that I keep a complete developer list for the Mac inside my head (or even in my Rolodex). Hence, this request. If you are involved in such things or even know about them please send me info to forward to him. Even names and phone numbers that he could call for more info would help. TIA, Mike Sisson sisson_md@brutus.vought.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 14:30:50 PST From: mschrae@uvvm.uvic.ca (m.c. schraefel) Subject: external monitor as startup on pb160?? an undocumented feature in the pb lets you make an external monitor the startup monitor (the welcome to mac screen shows up there as opposed to the pb) however, using this configuration with any but a base apple system (no third party extensions) sends back a finder error 41 on any restart or shut down attempt. is this feature just unsupported by apple with the powerbooks? i've rebuilt my system from scratch several times. an extension set that works thru one restart will crash on the next. frustrating. apple sos seems to have no knowledge of/documentation on this question. thanks m.c. schraefel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 09:00:36 -0600 (CST) From: "F. J. Van Wetering" Subject: Fox Pro: A WakeUp Call (R) IJW6RHW@mvs.oac.ucla.edu (Ron Webster) wrote about the woefully lacking FoxPro application. I agree with most things Mr. Webster said, but add my opinion to this one very important point: It is a cross-platform product, and for that very reason it will flourish in both the WinDoze and Macintosh environments. IMHO. F. J. Van Wetering fjvanwet@unomaha.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 9:22:57 +0100 (BST) From: Charlie Stross Subject: FTP file transfer from 4th Dimension? [A] Alfred Mayer writes: >Subject: FTP file transfer from 4th Dimension? >We are currently developing a 4D database application and need a way >to transfer files between the Mac and a Unix host under program >control (preferably using the FTP protocol). Does anyone know of >a product that lets you do FTP transfers and does NOT requires >interaction with the user? We would be interested in either >4th Dimension Externals or a C Library. I assume your goal is to have the 4th Dimension kit on the Mac run a program to service requests for data from the Unix host, received via ftp. I'm not sure externals are necessary for this task. Have you considered installing FTPd on the Mac? This is a backgroundable ftp server daemon with a fair number of bells and whistles. Running FTPd would enable you to get/put files under remote control from the UNIX box. (It can be obtained by anon ftp from, among other places, ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mac/FTPd-210.sit.hqx ... it's probably available on sumex, too.) And that's not the only possible solution. I'm not familiar with 4th Dimension's externals mechanism, other than it being similar to but different from Hypercard's XCMD/XCFN mechanism, but if 4D is applescript aware you could automate things from the Mac end using Anarchie, an excellent hybrid archie/ftp client that's fully scriptable. Alternatively you could write your own client/server system in MacPerl 4.12 (which now provides an integrated development environment, the ability to "compile" standalone executables, applescript awareness, and the ability to do really whizzy things with sockets over TCP/IP _and_ Appletalk networks, never mind the dbm file handling extensions). (MacPerl and Anarchie are, again, available from ftp.demon.co.uk, and probably sumex as well.) >>Charlie -- Charlie Stross is charless@sco.com (SCO Technical Publications) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 23:17:21 +0200 (EET) From: Silverstein Michael Subject: Games for 2 year olds Can someone out there tell me which Mac games in the archieves would be appropriate for 2 year olds? It would save me a great deal of searching and testing.... Thanks... Michael Silverstein Materials Engineering, Technion michaels@tx.technion.ac.il ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 10:59:50 -0600 From: Dennis D. Davison Subject: Genicom 4440 & Macintosh Hi! I would like to here from anyone who is using Mac's and Genicom Printers. I use a tool from GDT called Mac Daisy link to print through a FastPath and a Net Serial to our Genicom 4440 (system 6). I specifically use the TTY driver in Mac Daisy Link for this process. Mac Daisy Link will no longer work in this environment running System 7. I have spoken with GDT and Power Print (the replacement for Mac Daisy Link) does not include a TTY Driver. I am appealing to anyone who has a similar setup or a suggestion as to how I can make this work. I presently have just 4 of our 100 Mac's running System 6.0.8 and would like everyone to be on System 7. Please contact me at the internet address below as my mail header is wrong. Thanks, Dennis ddavison@tahc.texas.gov ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 14:58:10 EST From: Jonathan Pugh Subject: GrafSys.fixed I would like to get a copy of GrafSys 2.0 FIXED-POINT libraries. The floating point ones are there, but not the fixed point ones. Could you please suggest where I might be able to get them from? Jonathan Pugh jds_pugh@postoffice.utas.edu.au ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 15:04:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Doc Kinne: User Services Associate" Subject: GV PowerPort Modem HALF Works Folks: 1216EST 9403.28 I own a Global Village PowerPort Gold in a PowerBook 160 computer. While the modem has preformed all right at home, I have found that its preformance is less than stellar on the road. This does not strike me as correct as the PowerBooks are ment to be taken on the road. This situation takes place in private residences, usually in houses. The GV modem will pick up the phone, dial the number, hear the other computer answer (I think) and refuse to connect. With a 9600bps connection the two modems will start a fight as to what their carrier tones are and settle on the wrong ones, never actually connecting. If its a 2400bps connection the modems will handshake, go silent, and the the PowerBook will immediately complain that the line has been dropped and it will reset the modem. I have noticed that a majority of these problems have occured with phone lines that have two middle conductors instead of the four conductors normally found on phone lines. While I've noticed this trend, I don't see how it is a problem since phones transmissions only use two conductors anyway. If the modem and line were using the wrong pair of conductors the modem couldn't even dial the phone. Also, when I've replaced this wire with four conductor wire I carry around the behavior has not improved. It also MIGHT be a signal strength problem since I noticed over the last weekend (the last time it happened) that the phone's signal strength was not as strong as normal, although it was quite loud enough to talk on. Since the modem IS WORKING consistantly at my house I hesitate to drop the problem at GV's doorstep since I'm afraid that their tests will say that the modem is working. However, since the PowerBooks and the PowerPorts are ment to work in a veriety of environments I have the nagging feeling this could be a marginal problem with my PowerPort that would be very difficult to prove. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this behavior with their PowerPort Golds? Email. If there is interest I will certainly post the results! Thanks much!! Doc Kinne kinnerc@snymorva.cs.snymor.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 16:02:41 -0600 From: vinko@spss.com (Vinko Tsui (312) 329-3455) Subject: how to hook up two Macs by modem (R) >My mom wants to hook up modems to her Performa 600 at work and LC (soon to be >LC II) at home and establish file sharing between the two computers, including >using applications on one Mac that reside on the other Mac's hard drive. > >How would she go about setting this up, and what products (software) does >she need? (As specific details as possible would be appreciated.) > >TIA. -- Jay > Jay, Want your Mom needs is Apple Remote Access (ARA) from Apple or Timbuktu >From Farallon. ARA will let you dial into a Mac, connecting to it as if you have connected the Macs via AppleTalk. The remote Mac will have access to everything on the network as the Mac answering the remote connection (ie. AppleShare volumes, printers, etc.). With all this said. You know it will be fairly slow if your Mom runs apps off the "server" Mac. It is probably better to install the same software on the remote Mac (the one at home). Almost all software manufactures have license agreements that allows users to load and run their software on more than one machine. This agreement applies as long as the software are not used at the same time on both Macs. Of course as usual, you should always check with the respective software license agreements before doing so. Speaking of software license agreements. It is probably totally illegal to load "single" licensed software on a "server"; which the Mac at your Mom's office will be. I hope this helps! Let me know if you need more assistance. -- Vinko Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Vinko@applelink.apple.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 21:51:46 +0200 From: Dominique Petitpierre Subject: How to shutdown cleanly without the Finder's shutdown? What is the difference between the Finder's shutdown and Farallon's AutoShutdown shutdown? I am trying to set up an answering machine on my Mac with MacVoice 1.0. I would like not to have to leave my home Mac powered on all the time, so I configured MacVoice to startup in answering mode at restart, which it does by putting an alias in the Startup folder. Powerup is triggered by the modem when a call comes in thanks to a cable (Remote WakeUp made by Farallon) which uses the Ringing In modem signal. If the Mac, while MacVoice is running in answering mode, is interrupted with brute force (pushing the power button on the back), on the next power-up MacVoice starts in answering mode allright. But startup is very slow (many phone rings!) because the DeskTop has to be rebuild. If the Mac is shutdown by the Special/Shutdown menu, on the next restart MacVoice does not start at all, and effectively I noticed that just before the Mac switches itself off the MacVoice alias in the startup folder is removed. But now if the shutdown is done automatically after some preset delay with AutoShutdown, a control panel distributed with Farallon's Remote WakeUp modem cable, the alias is not removed, and on the next restart the desktop is not rebuild and MacVoice starts in answering mode. I suspect that the Finder's Shutdown command sends some kind of "quit" message to open applications and when MacVoice receives it it removes the startup alias (just like it does when you quit it explicitely). AutoShutdown does not do this but infortunately it does not have a button "shutdown now" and works only in unattended operation (it is disabled as soon as you move the mouse or touch the keyboard). So for proper and fast unattended restart I have to first switch off the Mac (brutally), restart it manually, and then wait for the Desktop to rebuild and for AutoShutdown to shut it down again. Not nice. I hav tried a few applications (sorry I don't remeber which) that allow shutdown, but they work like the Finder's shutdown. Is there another more direct way? Like modify the Finder's shutdown? Or another application or control panel that has a "shutdown now" button and acts like AutoShutdown with respect to the closing down of open applications? Thanks in advance for your suggestions! Dominique -- Dominique Petitpierre | ISSCO | Geneva (Switzerland) | petitp@divsun.unige.ch X400: C=ch; ADMD=arcom; PRMD=switch; O=unige; OU=divsun; S=petitp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 13:18:21 EST From: Phillip Broussard Subject: Imagewriter spooling under Sys 7 Netters, We have a user here who would like to know if there are any products out there that allow spooling to an imagewriter under system 7. SuperSpool doesn't work under sys 7, and I haven't heard of any other products. Thanks for any help y'all can give! Phill Broussard ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 17:29:10 -0500 From: plmoses@unix.cc.emory.edu (Paul L. Moses) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #49 Hey there. Just wanted to mention that one of my favorite dumb extensions, Earth 1.1, doesn't seem to be 32 bit clean. I discovered this unhappy fact when I installed Ram Doubler, turned on 32 bit addressing, and rebooted. I got a message telling me there wasn't enough memory for Earth to run. If any kind soul out there can fix it, I would be very appreciative, since I much prefer to watch the little globe revolve instead of the rainbow apple... Thanks, Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 12:13:49 -0500 From: bobley@mailstorm.dot.gov (Brett Bobley) Subject: Internet and ARA (A) >In Regards to your letter <199403241735.AA15455@nwnexus.wa.com>: >> I have Internet access at my office and I want to use that access at home. >> Specifically I want to use NCSA Telnet for FTP access. I have called my >> office with ARA and made a connection but MacTCP will not open. I have a >> PowerBook 140 at home with MacTCP configured with the same way as the MacTCP >> at my office. What am I doing wrong? I heard at MacWorld Expo in San >> Francisco that there was a way to do this but I don't know how. Thanks for >> any help you can give me. >I don't have this sort of setup, but I believe the trick is that you >have to get an IP address for your home Mac, which means getting it >assigned on your router somehow... >cheers ... -Adam Let me expand a little bit on what Adam is suggesting. A Mac which is connected directly to your ethernet backbone can manage its own IP address. However, a Mac on Localtalk or one connected via ARA has to have its IP address "managed" by a router, like a Fastpath or Gatorbox. At my office, we have a Fastpath 5 router. I have configured the router to "manage" a bank of static IP addresses. On my Mac at home, I install MacTCP and use static IP addressing and assign myself one of the addresses managed by the Fastpath. Once I make the ARA connection, I make sure that the localtalk icon in the MacTCP control panel is "putting me" into the same zone as the Fastpath. Now when you try to use a TCP/IP application, the Fastpath will be able to "see" you and manage the IP address for you. It works just great! I do NOT recommend you play with the dynamic addressing. Just use the static addressing and assign yourself a permanant IP address which you can always use from home. Brett ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Bobley U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, DC Internet: bobley@mailstorm.dot.gov bbobley@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 09:49:18 PST From: "Jim Schenk" Subject: InterSLIP / MacTCP Problems Received: from RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@RICEVM1) by RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4046; Tue, 29 Mar 1994 11:20:13 -0600 Return-Path: <@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU:JIMS@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Received: from NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@NERVM) by RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4019; Tue, 29 Mar 1994 11:18:30 -0600 Received: from NERVM (NJE origin SMTP@NERVM) by NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3785; Tue, 29 Mar 1994 12:15:11 -0500 Received: from fiu.edu by nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Tue, 29 Mar 94 12:15:10 EST Received: from SERVAX.FIU.EDU by fiu.edu (4.1/SMI/FIU-4.0.2) id AA12732; Tue, 29 Mar 94 12:15:44 EST Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 12:13:04 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Schenk To: Message-Id: <940329121304.2020b8f3@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Subject: InterSLIP / MacTCP Problems I'm having problems using InterSLIP, MacTCP, and Eudora. When trying to read mail, I get the following message: Error Involving Domain Name System -23046 None of the known name servers are responding (37:54) It is an intermittent problem; sometimes I can get in; but most of the time I get the error message. Also, sometimes, when trying to connect with InterSLIP, it will connect, log in, then hang up. I'm using an Internet service provider, IDS, and they insist that the problem is not on their end. They suggested that it may be a problem with MacTCP handling class B Internet addresses. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks, Jim ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 19:20:40 -0500 From: Steve Strassmann Subject: Letter Gothic I'm very intrigued by your posting about Letter Gothic. I purchased Letter Gothic from Adobe Type-on-call, and aside from some quibbles and the expense, am pretty happy with it. My quibbles include: 1) The bold font is not nearly dark enough, it's practically the same as the regular font. 2) The # character has a weird missing whitespace in the middle. 3) The = character is so tiny, the lines are much too close together. 4) The - character is too tiny (short) as well. 5) The * should have 6 points, not 5, and not be superscripted. These days, * appears in source code as a wildcard, multiplication, or *emphasis* more often than as a footnote, and if someone wants a superscript, they can always get it from their word processor. I tried to find out the copyright status. Adobe's type-on-call CD and the literature has extensive fine print, telling all the copyright ownerships on all the (over 300) fonts on the disk. But Letter Gothic is not mentioned! I called Adobe, and nobody there could confirm or deny that Adobe or anyone else for that matter owns a trademark on the name or the font itself. Please pass this along to Larry Fish, and please keep me posted if and when the EG&G version gets released. I'd love to try it out. cheers, - steve ******************** End of Quote ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 16:43:59 From: "rrs" Subject: MacII Color I sent a message earlier today 3/28, the intro to which was cut off: I recently acquired an original MacII and an Apple Monochrome monitor. I want to donate it to a preschool which already has a generic PC with a color monitor. I want to get a basic color monitor for the Mac, just so the kids don't automatically prefer the color PC to the B/W mac, and become DOS-heads from the start. Questions: What do I need to support really basic color, say 8-bit/ 256 colors? Do I need an 8-bit Nubus video card? Can I drive a cheap VGA monitor with this card? Do I need special cables/adapters? and if so, where can I find them? What's the cheapest source for the parts I need, in the Bay Area (e.g Wierd Stuff Warehouse?). Any assistance on this ancient technology is appreciated. Bob Sachs rrs@fwpa.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 18:41:23 EST From: "Paul A. Armstrong" Subject: Mac LC 575 Hi there.....I get your Tibdits on the Virginia Public Education Network and figured you'd be a good person to ask about my Mac LC 575. I just got this computer this week and would like to be able to put an Internal 14.4 Fax/Modem in the communications slot. The problem I have is I don't know what modem to get, if one is even made for it yet or anything. Do you know of the Mac LC 575 and if so do you know anything about an Internal 14.4 Fax/Modem for the communications slot? Any info you might have would be greatly appreciated. You can write me back at the adderess below. Thanks for your help! =============================================== I'm a Mac Man. Write back to: parmstro@tjhsst.vak12ed.edu =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 14:29:04 -0500 (EST) From: ericb@telecnnct.com (Eric Burger) Subject: MAE Announcement Does anyone have more information on the Macintosh Application Environment for UNIX? From the brief TidBits description, it's not clear if the MAE is a $549 Liken or a $549 PlanetX. So, the real question is, do you need a Mac to run it? -- -- Eric William Burger -- Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com -- -- The Telephone Connection -- Tel. +1 301/417-0700 -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 16:00:07 From: "rrs" Subject: Merging Scrapbooks ABRODY asked> >I am trying to put together two scrapbooks, both of which would be too huge to >copy and paste repeatedly together. Use ResEdit. Open the source and destination scrapbooks. Look for the PICT resource on the source. Open it and select all (if there are a lot, better select half or so otherwise you'll get memory problems with ResEdit. Precaution is to increase ResEdit memory in the Get Info box). Copy and then open PICT resource on destination file and paste. Close and save. When you place the destination scrapbook in the system file, Scrapbook DA will now read all the PICTs. P.S. Obviously make a backup of the destination scrapbook before you do this. Good luck. Bob Sachs, rrs@fwpa.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 7:52:10 EST From: up421@lfkw2.bgm.link.com (Nick Blackwell) Subject: Mount UNIX Floppy Hi All,, Does anyone out there know of a Shareware Utility to mount a UNIX formatted floppy on a Mac. A friend of mine is in need of such a beast. Please reply to Phil Allen: pallen@bgm.link.com TIA Nic Blackwell -- nblackwell@link.com CAE-LINK Corp. Binghamton, NY ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 1994 18:37:29 GMT From: tauzero@well.sf.ca.us (Rob Tow) Subject: Need pointers on making Mac CD ROM - where to go, how to do it? I need to find detailed information on mastering a Macintosh CD ROM - who local to the SF bay area can do it, what the technical requirements are, prices for mastering and small run manufacturing. The content will be a mix of documents (Word, PageMaker, TeachText), 16 bit stereo sound files, and QuickTime movies. These are all working documents and tech reports relating to the "Placeholder" VR project that Interval Research and the Banff Centre for the Arts jointly developed last summer - we wish to do a multimedia "tech report" as opposed to the traditional paper based document. Any help and pointers will be *greatly* appreciated! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 15:36:45 -0500 From: craymer@emr.ca (Mike Craymer) Subject: Network time application? (A) At 8:08 PM 94/3/28 +0000, Pete Resnick wrote: >In Info-Mac Digest, craymer@emr.ca (Mike Craymer) writes: > >>In Info-Mac Digest, v12,n44 (Thu,17 Mar 94) I asked: >>> >>>Is there an application to set the Mac clock using an Internet time server? >>>I know of the Network Time control panel, but it's not convenient to use >>>on my home Mac which isn't always connected to the net (it uses a modem and >>>MacPPP). > >>I forgot that under System 7 >>you can run most control panels just like applications without installing >>them. The answer to my question is to simply double-click on the Network >>Time control panel, whether it's installed or not, and click the Set Time >>button. > >I must have missed the original post. The other solution is to do what >I do at home: I leave Network Time on, but I have it configured: > >X At startup > Every x minutes >X Wait for MacTCP > >This way, it only sets the time once at startup, but waits until >MacTCP is open before it does so. Once MacTCP is open, Network Time >sets the clock once and then hits the road. > Thanks for the tip (I guess I should have read the manual or used balloon help)! I think I'll still leave it out at startup though and manually launch it periodically. This way I can save a couple of Ks of RAM -- every little bit helps on my lowly 4M SE. Thanks again ... Mike. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 07:43:35 PST From: Bruce_Rubin.Wbst845@xerox.com Subject: Plus + GCC FX20+ X = :( I have a Mac Plus with 4MB RAM running System 7.1 with a GCC Technologies FX20 (20MB Seagate ST225N HD) with FWB's driver installed which work fine. My problem is when ever I try to add ANYTHING additional to the SCSI chain, things go crazy. I get sick MACs, erroneous booting problems, etc. I have changed SCSI cables and addresses. All devices, terminators, and cables work fine on my Centris 650 which has 5 of the 6 available SCSI address in use. So circumstantial evidence points at the Plus and/or the FX20. Does anyone know of any information regarding the SCSI bus with either of these products singularly or together? Is there any product which makes SCSI chains more science than art? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 10:51:41 EST From: bouldin@anvil.nrl.navy.mil Subject: PopUpFolder Demo Problem (C) I tried the PopUpFolder demo from the archives. I like it, but there is a conflict (I think) with MPW 3.3. MPW will reproducibly quit if you do command S on the worksheet file. Removing PopupFolder makes this problem disappear. Yes, this happens while I am running a million other inits and I have done no further fault isolation. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 12:46:52 +0200 From: cbuser@ezinfo.vmsmail.ethz.ch (Christian F. Buser) Subject: QuickLink II Fax software (R) Sanjiv K Sinha asked: >I am wondering is someone can help me out with fax software. I use >Quicklink Fax modem/software which allows me to send and receive faxes on >my Mac. The problem I have is that the fax software recognizes only >macpaint/it's own editor files as regular fax documents. I was wondering >if there is a way to either save Microsoft-Word 5.1 files as macpaint >files or if someone uses similar software, how to get around it. As far as I remember (I had a version of QL II fax for an old Zoom modem with Sendfax capability), fax documents can be made from (nearly) every application using a chooser extension called something lixe "FaxPrint". However, I never managed to set it up so that the faxed page was near WYSIWYG. I had some correspondence with Smith Micro Software, and in the end they decided to supply a new version of their software - but this took them over one year, and the new version did not work much better. If I remember right, I could NOT use the FaxPrint from Word 3.x, but I could from MacWrite 4.5 or 4.6 - with the limitations already mentioned above. When I bought my new modem - with FaxSTF - I decided to try FaxSTF also with the old Zoom modem. And it worked without a glitch. So my recommendation: Get FaxSTF and avoid using QL II Fax. (However, you should first make sure that FaxSTF is able to deal with your modem. It wouldn't be wise to spend $$$ if it can't.) Hope this helps. Best regards, Christian. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 22:26:22 EST From: leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Prof. L.G. Leduc) Subject: Statistics Symbols Does anyone know of a font which offers the commonly used statistics symbols? I'm looking for a font which can display the symbol barX. It seems to be difficult to get. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Leo G. Leduc CANADA leo@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:55:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Traci J. Ingram" Subject: Suggestions on Letter Gothic(R) The discussion about a PD version of Letter Gothic(R) continues. Here follow some suggestions from Steve Strassman. Does anyone have any objections or comments about adding these "refinements" to what most likely will be posted as a Roman-only face, reasonably black, with few special or composite characters? ********** Beginning of Quote ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 17:43 GMT From: MREDDY@GENVAX.GLAMORGAN.AC.UK Subject: Windows to Mac Truetype convertor? Is there any way of converting windows TT fonts for use with a mac? Yours Mike Reddy mreddy@uk.ac.glamorgan OR mike@uk.ac.umist.co.sna ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 94 16:42:43 -0600 From: "colg0008@maroon.tc.umn.edu" Subject: ZiffNet/Mac - Please Help! On Page 40 of the May 1994 issue: "For more pricing information on these models and on configurations not listed . . . or find it on ZiffNet/Mac in Library 1 of the MacUser Forus (Go ZMC:MACUSER as UCEIDX.TXT" This document "reflects national sales activity for the new and secondary Mac market as of February 10, 1994." If someone could download this and send it to me, I'll post it on various newsgroups where it applies, namely comp.sys.mac.wanted and comp.sys.mac.forsale Please email to: colg0008@maroon.tc.umn.edu Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 15:42:02 -0500 From: rpb1@cornell.edu (Robert Braddock) Subject: Zoom modem Problem I have a friend with a Zoom 2400 baud V.42/bis modem. When it is turned on, it just flashes all its lights continuously (and simultaneously, not randomly), but does not respond to commands. She has also had no luck getting through to Zoom (ALWAYS busy). If anyone has suggestions on fixing the modem or contacting Zoom, please let me know. Thanks. Robert Braddock / rpb1@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 14:28:25 EST From: jgagne@edupac.qc.ca (J GAGNE) Hi, all of you, netters, First, thanks to all those who answered my question about .tgz format for Unix files. Apparently, I just have to gunzip those files and then tar them. We are on our way to buy a lab of Power Mac 6100 (20 machines, I guess). Our current Mac labs are well protected with a program called AME (Access Managed Environment) by Casady and Greene. Now we know from that company there won't be a PM version of AME. We have tried our current version on a borrowed PM with no success. This program fell in the 1% of those incompa- tible softwares. But, again, when you play right at the disk drivers level... Question : what other programs will be made available on the PMs with the same kind of protection? I mean, if you start with a floppy, you don't get access to the internal disk drive unless you know the password. There must be a way to protect those hard drives... Thanks for your answers, Louis Lavoie ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************