Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 11:06:16 PST From: The Info-Mac Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #53 To: info-mac-list Info-Mac Digest Fri, 1 Apr 94 Volume 12 : Issue 53 Today's Topics: [*] (*) Font Fro #2 Specimen Book [*] Alias Finder Pro; finds originals and other goodies [*] ArrowCDEF; control definition source code [*] C.S.M.P. Digest, Issue 3.007 [*] Chat 2.0.2 Release; talk over Internet [*] enigma231; a data encryptor [*] hermes-ii-import-plus-252 for the Hermes II BBS [*] LeeMail 2.0.4; am email program [*] LineLink 14.4K modem FAQ Version 1.4 [*] MacElements Utilities v1.03; a chemistry tool [*] Moon Tool 1.0.1; Would you like to see the Moon? [*] MooVer; a PICT to QT converter [*] Ofoto 2.0 Trial Version; "Photoshop for dummies" [*] Personal Librarian 1.2; a database for books [*] PhilateLISTER 1.3; a stamp organiser [*] powerplant-POBJ-converter.hqx (MetroWerks CodeWarrior) [*] ScriptRunner 1.02; for batch jobs [*] set-aux-binary sets ty/cr to 'BIN '/'A/UX' [*] Turnaround Textures vol VII; desktop patterns [*] Turnaround Textures vol VIII; more desktop patterns "merryxmas" virus (Q) "Rom Simm" Slot (Q) Broken CRT of an SE/30 3 questions about Quadra 650 4D and QuickTime 660AV Wierdness Anarchie? ARA delay ARA Delay oops Authoring software pointers needed Can't find sound utility... easing the load on SUMEX-AIM HP 4M and bitmap smoothing Hypothetical answer? info-mac mirrors LaserWriter Pro 630 Print Density Settings LineLink CCL Script Mac Suffers from Windows Compatibility (c) MacTCP and system 7 MacTools Stupidity MacWrite Pros (and Cons) -- Summary MAE Press Release May I play through? mountimage version not yet without bug, sorry Networked Faxing Neural Nets for Stat Analysis (Q) Project management software RE>IM 52 Mac TCP 1.1 Statistics Symbols (A) (2 msgs) StyleWriter Clogs Up!! StyleWriter II toxic ink Symantec vs. Metrowerks C++ (Q) What's the story with the Mactools updates??? why binhex? why binhex? [R] Yohkoh SXT solar soft X-ray QuickTime movie for all of 1993 ZiffNet/Mac's free areas (Q) 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: Thu, 31 Mar 94 10:30:15 CST From: bobs@saintjoe.edu (Bob Schenk) Subject: [*] (*) Font Fro #2 Specimen Book Attached is a program which illustrates 150 of the typefaces in Font Pro Vol 2, a CD-ROM of typefaces which I designed. The CD-ROM, published by Wayzata Technology, has a retail price of $29 (and a street price of about $20.) Unlike most (all?) other collections in this price range, these typefaces are not public-domain/shareware or rip-offs of other people's designs. I could publicize this product by releasing a demo typeface of two, but frankly the amount of software piracy in typefaces has so disgusted me that I may never again release any typefaces as shareware/freeeware/ demoware. Much of the problem arises in the PC world, which has a program (AllType by Atech) which transfroms typefaces from one format to another, and in the prcess replaces copyright notices. So if you see a typeface with a copyright notice by Atech, there is a good chance that it is pirated.. This program may be freely distributed provided that no changes are made to it. Robert Schenk Ingrimayne Type [Archived as /info-mac/font/font-pro-2-demo.hqx; 749K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 11:57:07 -0800 From: jonpugh@netcom.com (Jon Pugh) Subject: [*] Alias Finder Pro; finds originals and other goodies Here's a little drag and drop utility called Alias Finder Pro which is a ripoff and improvement on Patrick Beard's Alias Finder. I sent him email suggesting this, but he never responded, so I rewrote it and added MORE POWER! (grunt liberally here) It's a simple program. Drag an alias onto this (or an alias of it) and the original will be opened and selected in the Finder. My additional behavior is that if you hold down the option key, the Get Info window is opened instead. This means you can have an alias to an app on your desktop and if you need to change the partition size, simply drag it onto Alias Finder Pro, hold down the option key and voila, there you are. It's free and requires system 7. It's based on Leonard Rosenthal's DropShell which made it a couple hour hack (if that) which is amazingly robust. Share and enjoy. Jon [Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-finder-pro.hqx; 15K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 21:24:04 -0700 (MST) From: "David J. Hay" Subject: [*] ArrowCDEF; control definition source code Please find attached to this message a Binhexed copy of my ArrowCDEF. This is a CDEF I wrote for implementing an up-down arrow similar to those found in the color picker. It supports the ability to use any PICT resources to draw the arrow, so you can make the arrow look however you like. Included is a Think C 5.0.4 project for the CDEF and a program to test it. The test program includes a resource file with a B&W set of arrows and a color set of arrows. | David Hay _-^-_ Remember, always pillage | | hay@cs.colorado.edu / o o \ BEFORE you burn | |--------------------OOO---'---U---`---OOO--------------------| [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/arrow-cdef-c.hqx; 41K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 16:00:41 MET DST From: pottier@clipper.ens.fr (Francois Pottier) Subject: [*] C.S.M.P. Digest, Issue 3.007 C.S.M.P. Digest Volume 3 : Issue 7 Today's Topics: Drag Manager - where??? Mac SerialPort programming Release of OpenTransport access to getinfo comments The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier (pottier@clipper.ens.fr). [Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-007.txt; 21K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 00:56:19 -0600 From: nneul@umr.edu (Nathan Neulinger) Subject: [*] Chat 2.0.2 Release; talk over Internet **** WHATS NEW IN 2.0.2 **** By popular demand - I have reverted to Chat being a BackGround only application. However, instead of it only being background only, you have the choice. Two applications are distributed with the archive. The (BG) one is Background Only. The (FG) is Foreground Only. The only difference between the two is the "Only Background" bit in the SIZE resource, and the 0 or 1 value in Str #3 in the Globals string resource. I know it is a cheap way to program it, but I don't have all that much time to work on it. If anyone would like to write me a small little piece of Pascal code that would check to see what the Background Only bit is, please do. Plans for 2.0.3 - someone sent me some new code for the die rolling routines. Will put that in as soon as I have a chance to rewrite it to match the style of the rest of the program. Thanks to Erich at UIUC for the new code. Other Concerns: Chat logs can be placed in a specific location by typing the full path in the ChannelLogNames string resource. Eg. "HD 80:Chat Logs:Channel 1 Log" for example. Without the quotes! :) 2.0.3 should be coming shortly... Hopefully... The latest version and source (a little late with the source though) should always (hopefully) be available on my ftp site: pluto.cc.umr.edu in /pub/mac/Chat 2.0.x -- Nathan [Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/chat-202.hqx; 104K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 21:45:40 MST From: mdw@cscns.com (Mike Watson) Subject: [*] enigma231; a data encryptor Enigma 2.3.1 fixes a serious problem with Enigma 2.3. If you downloaded Enigma 2.3 you must remove it and use this version instead. I apologize for any inconvenience caused by this. Users of Enigma 2.2.1 and earlier do not need to download this version unless you would like the many new features. Enigma 2.3.1 is an application which can provide near absolute protection for your sensitive documents and applications. By downloading this application you can encrypt files using a limited version of the Government Standard DES algorithm. For only $15 this can be upgraded to the full DES standard (US and Canada only). If you would prefer your neighbors not see your accounting data, your co-workers not see your performance appraisal, or your competitor see your trade secrets then Enigma is an application you will find very valuable. Enigma supports vaults which are like very securely locked file cabinets. Multiple files are stored in them. Files can be added, deleted, renamed, and extracted at any time. You can create folders inside the vault to organize your data better. Entire folders can be extracted in one operation. Security is much enhanced because filenames and lengths are protected by encryption in addition to the contents. No other free or shareware encryption program offers the flexibility of Enigma vaults. You can also create self extracting vaults to send to friends and associates who do not have the Enigma application. Self extracting vaults are stand alone applications that cannot be opened a key. The primary features added to version 2.3.1 are: - Vaults are now hierarchical. Organize your vaults using folders. - Stronger encryption. Full DES versions of the program now use CBC mode for newly encrypted vaults and files. - Full DES vaults can now contain 200 files. - A new dialog box makes it much easier to add multiple files at once to a vault. - Vault windows are now fully resizeable. Size and position of a vault is remembered for the next time the vault is opened. - A Get Info function for files in a vault gives detailed information about the file and allows a comment to be entered. The comment is saved in encrypted form. - If cancel is selected during an encryption or decryption operation, any file that was being overwritten is restored. - Finder flags, creation date, last modified date and custom icons are now preserved during encryption and restored during decryption. - The file erase application Burn has been improved: User selectable erase pattern, user selectable number of erase passes, and the ability to erase free space on a disk (in case you accidently deleted a file that should have been burned). Enigma 2.3.1 remains fully compatible with previous versions of Enigma. Enigma 2.3.1 requires system 7.0 or later along with about 512K of memory and 200K of disk space. Documentation enclosed specifies ordering information for a system 6 or earlier compatible version, but the vault features are unavailable. Included with the package is a program that overwrite and delete files so they can not be recovered with a data recovery program such as Norton Utilities (Enigma can also do this automatically if you request it). Enigma 2.3.1 in this limited form is completely free. No shareware guilt. [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/enigma-231.hqx; 298K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 17:36 EST From: michael.krause@exchange.wariat.org (Michael Krause) Subject: [*] hermes-ii-import-plus-252 for the Hermes II BBS Import Plus 2.5.2 : 21k+:Generic Import replacement Import Plus is a replacement for the built-in importation of the Generic Import file. It is non-modal so that users may continue to log on to all nodes while it is importing messages. You can also use the computer with Hermes in the background. It also does not suffer from the bug that causes Hermes to lose approximately 8-10% of all messages. Shareware, Hermes II 1.0.1. Fixed problem with new scan pointers not being updated properly. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/hermes-ii-import-plus-252.hqx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 22:37:22 EST From: Lee Fyock Subject: [*] LeeMail 2.0.4; am email program Here is LeeMail 2.0.4, an minor upgrade from 2.0.3. LeeMail is a shareware Macintosh e-mail program that can use both the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) to send and receive mail. LeeMail requires MacTCP (or "TCP Connection for Macintosh"), available from Apple. Changes between version 2.0.3 and 2.0.4 include: - Rewrote the routines that copy text to a window for reading mail, vastly increasing the speed. - Changed my e-mail address to "laf@chs.cusd.claremont.edu" in the built-in alias for new users. - Moved POP checking so that it wont interfere with transmitting mail. - Changed the code to store additional users' POP passwords "encrypted". - Increased the timeout for sending and receiving TCP data to 4 minutes (instead of 20 seconds). - Made some small changes so that received mail windows correctly show the mail Subject even if the From address doesnt contain "@". - Fixed a bug in the User Names dialog that didnt clear the password box when clicking to a user who has no password. - Fixed a bug which caused a crash when sending mail to people with long user ids (such as "bill_the_cat_aka_henderson%some_host_name.more_weird_stuff@host.edu"). - Fixed a small bug that caused mail list windows to be updated incorrectly when you deleted a piece of mail you were reading. - Worked around some List Manager problems that caused trouble getting to the last item in a mail list window. LeeMail is shareware, $25. Group packages, site licenses and source code licenses are available. For those of you who have paid your shareware fees, thanks very much! The upgrade from any previous version to 2.0.4 is free! To those of you who haven't paid, fie! :-) If you have any questions, feel free to mail me at "laf@chs.cusd.claremont.edu". Moderators: please replace any previous versions of LeeMail in your archives with this file. Thanks, Lee Lee Fyock PGP key available laf@chs.cusd.claremont.edu upon request [Archived as /info-mac/comm/lee-mail-204.hqx; 235K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 02:32:20 -0600 From: Loudon Campbell Subject: [*] LineLink 14.4K modem FAQ Version 1.4 The following is version 1.4 of the Frequently Asked Questions on the Linelink144e modem sold by Macwarehouse for $99. This modem is a full 14.4K modem (v32bis) with compression (v42bis). Capable of Fax and Voice Mail in hardware ($39 extra for software to do it). Due to the low cost a large number of people have been buying the modem. Bad news is the modem comes with almost no manual. This FAQ is intended to partially remedy this situation. May be of some interest to other users of high speed modems. It may be freely distributed including the commercial CD-ROM of info-mac archives. This replaces version 1.3.2 which was corrupted when sent via email and version 1.3.1 which arrived intact. Loudon Campbell loudon@emx.cc.utexas.edu [Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/linelink-144e-modem-faq-14.txt; 105K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:12:35 +0100 From: M.Winter@sheffield.ac.uk (Mark Winter) Subject: [*] MacElements Utilities v1.03; a chemistry tool Enclosed is an update of MacElements Utilities to v1.0.3. MacElements Utilities is a HyperCard 2.x stack which calculates: element percentages isotope patterns yields of chemical reactions for given chemical formulae. It should therefore be useful in any chemical laboratory. All the user has to do is enter the formulae and weights (or number of mmols) of starting material and product. Formulae are correctly parsed and displayed with numeric subscripts (not common in HyperCard). The yield is calculated automatically. Additionally, element percentages for the chemical formulae are automatically calculated and displayed. A short report is automatically generated in Royal Society of Chemistry or American Chemical Society experimental section punctuation styles. The user may also elect to calculate the isotope pattern of chemical formulae. Some 50 different pseudo- elements such as Me, Ph, Cp, etc. are allowed in chemical formulae. Scanned with Disinfectant 3.4.1 and OK for CD-ROM [Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-elements-utilities-103-hc.hqx; 80K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Apr 94 14:13:23 +1300 From: richard@purplex.nacjack.gen.nz (Richard Knuckey) Subject: [*] Moon Tool 1.0.1; Would you like to see the Moon? This is a Bug Fix release of Moon Tool 1.0. It fixes the following problems: o The descriptions of what causes the Moon to look like it does were wrong. o The description of Subtends was a bit vague. o The calculation for the Julian Date was wrong by varying degrees up to oneday. This was casued by an integer overflow in a calculation. This bug also caused the phases to "turn over" at the wrong time, and also throw out the calculation of the Age of the Moon at certain times around a New Moon. o Minor spelling mistakes fixed. MoonTool is a program designed give you the following infomation: o Phase of the Moon o Age of the Moon o Distance to the moon o Dates of the Last and Next New moon as well as the First and Last Quarters and the Full Moon. o Angle the Moon subtends In addition it also gives you information about: o Time and Date in Julian, Local and Universal (GMT) times. o Distance to the Sun o Angle the Sun subtends An invaluable tool for those of you who don't like going outside to look at the moon, all the nethack players among you, astronomers who like to know when the moon it new and thus the stars are at their best viewing, or indeed anyone who just really needs to exactly how far away the moon and sun are... MoonTool Features Include: o Graphical representation of the moon, drawn in it's current phase. o Iconised and full view, for an uncluttered view of the moon. o Extensive Balloon Help, describing what all the numbers represent. o A test mode, where time is greatly accelerated. o Runs on all Macintoshes equiped with system 7.0 or higher. o In Colour where available. NB: The picture of the moon is as viewed when looking north. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/moon-tool-101.hqx; 85K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 17:43:33 -0600 (CST) From: mdj@Franklin.MR.Net (Mark de Jong) Subject: [*] MooVer; a PICT to QT converter I am making the following submission for a friend, Eduard Schwan. It's descriptions is: "MooVer is a System 7-only drag-n-drop application. It requires at least System 7, and QuickTime version 1.6 or newer. It creates a QuickTime movie from a sequence of Macintosh PICT data files dropped on it." Thanks for posting and forwarding this archive. -- Mark mdj@acme.fred.org [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/moover.hqx; 212K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 23:15:33 -0500 (EST) From: Josh Hartmann Subject: [*] Ofoto 2.0 Trial Version; "Photoshop for dummies" This is a trial version of Ofoto 2.0 for the Macintosh that I picked up at Seybold Seminars in Boston last week. The Read Me file as well as the mini-user's manual that came with the disk encourage free distribution. I have not used it much, but this trial version seems fairly full-featured. Ofoto, of course, is the graphics program for "dummies" -- it does many common tasks that you'd do in Photoshop for a scanned image automatically. -Josh Hartmann Contributing Editor The Tech josh@the-tech.mit.edu [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/ofoto-20-demo.hqx; 1819K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 14:05:45 -0500 From: kkirksey@world.std.com (Ken B Kirksey) Subject: [*] Personal Librarian 1.2; a database for books Personal Librarian is a FileMaker Pro 2.0 database designed to help you keep track of your personal library. With Personal Librarian, you can keep track of all the vital statistics of your personal book collection, including: * Where and when you purchased your books. * Where your books are stored. * The current size and value of your collection. * To whom you have books loaned out. Personal Librarian sports a consistent and easy to learn interface, and it provides fairly powerful reporting and searching capabilities. No matter how many books you own, Personal Librarian can help you keep better tabs on your collection. Personal Librarian requires a Full Page Display, or a 13S or greater monitor to display properly. I wrote it mainly for use at home with my Black & White FPD, but it looks just great on color monitors as well. WhatUs New in Version 1.2 * The ISBN check field. I added a little field to the right of the ISBN that contains a zero if youUve entered a valid ISBN number. If you enter an invalid ISBN, the number in this field will be from 1 to 10. * A Sub-Summary by Location Code Report. If you sort the Inventory Report by Location code, you will get a subtotal of the number of books and value of those books in each location. * A handy registration form. Clicking the RPrint RegistrationS button in the RAbout PLS page prints out a registration from you to fill out and send in with your shareware payment (Hint, Hint). * New value in the RBindingS popup menu: RLoose LeafS * Fixed a bug with the Tab order in the search layout. * A new, cooler looking (in my opinion) main menu. [Archived as /info-mac/app/fmpro-personal-librarian-12.hqx; 89K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 19:10:13 -0500 (EST) From: COCOUNSEL@delphi.com Subject: [*] PhilateLISTER 1.3; a stamp organiser The following is a binhex file containing the hypercard stack program PhilateLISTER version 1.3 and its documentation. The PhilateLISTER is a program I wrote to help fellow stamps collectors organize their collections. This new version will almost certainly be the last release of the software as a "Stack." The next one will be compiled. This version add a lot of new features and cleans up some of the problems people had with the display. PhilateLISTER 1.3 requires Hypercard version 2.1 or later or the Hypercard Player. It uses all the "standard" fonts installed with system 7.1. If you have display problems, they are most likely result from some of these fonts having been trashed and you will need to reinstall them. I hope you like it, and please send any comments or criticisms to: James A. Maloney (Cocounsel@delphi.com) [Archived as /info-mac/app/philate-lister-13-hc.hqx; 25K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 11:06:31 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Podwall Subject: [*] powerplant-POBJ-converter.hqx (MetroWerks CodeWarrior) powerplant-POBJ-converter.hqx contains a converter to aid users of Metrowerks PowerPlant DR1 in moving to the DR2 release. The converter converts the 'PObj' view resources used in DR1 to the new 'PPOb' format used in DR2. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/codewarrior-powerplant-pobj-converter.hqx; 24K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 19:34:59 +0000 () From: root@mroh.gun.de (Michael Rohleder) Subject: [*] ScriptRunner 1.02; for batch jobs Here is another Version of ScriptRunner. It fix some small bugs... [Archived as /info-mac/gui/script-runner-102.hqx; 441K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 23:59:09 EST From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) Subject: [*] set-aux-binary sets ty/cr to 'BIN '/'A/UX' set-aux-binary is a freely redistributable utility that sets the type and creator of input files to 'BIN '/'A/UX'. This permits binary files downloaded to a Mac partition to be copied to an A/UX unix partition without invoking A/UX's automatic carriage-return-to-newlines conversion, which can cause file corruption. usage: in the System 7.x Finder, drag-and-drop icon(s) representing unix binary file(s) onto the set-aux-binary icon. set-aux-binary is based on ctc 1.2 by Brian Bechtel, with minor changes: its TextEdit boxes for user input default to 'BIN '/'A/UX', which saves keystrokes, and it touches the parent folder to update the Finder icons. Note that set-aux-binary won't repair a binary file that has been mistakenly downloaded in ascii mode to a MacOS partition. In such cases, see the A/UX FAQ, available on jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov in /pub/aux, for detailed instructions and try, try again ... - Bill (johnston@me.udel.edu) [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/set-aux-binary.hqx; 6K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 21:14:30 -0500 From: hatch@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Steven Hatch) Subject: [*] Turnaround Textures vol VII; desktop patterns Well, here's Volume VII of 'lost' Turnaround Textures...... Turnaround Textures(tm) Volume VII is part of a multi-volume collection of professionally designed patterns to liven up your Macintosh desktop. You can easily install Turnaround Textures with any utility that supports standard desktop patterns including Chameleon and Desktop Textures. Turnaround Textures requires a minimum of 256 colors. StuffIt archive. Enjoy... -steve h. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/turnaround-textures-grp7.hqx; 252K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 21:34:10 -0500 From: hatch@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Steven Hatch) Subject: [*] Turnaround Textures vol VIII; more desktop patterns I just had a problem sending the attachment...if the first one came over...use this...it should be complete...thanks... ...and now... here's Volume VIII of 'lost' Turnaround Textures...... Turnaround Textures(tm) Volume VIII is part of a multi-volume collection of professionally designed patterns to liven up your Macintosh desktop. You can easily install Turnaround Textures with any utility that supports standard desktop patterns including Chameleon and Desktop Textures. Turnaround Textures requires a minimum of 256 colors. StuffIt archive. Enjoy... -steve h. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/turnaround-textures-grp8.hqx; 284K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 17:01:37 -0800 From: kee@kagi.com (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140) Subject: "merryxmas" virus (Q) I use Disinfectant to scan for viruses and I too have no tools for detecting the "merryxmas" virus on my mac. I don't think I have it and I don't upload stacks to info-mac but I'd like to be safe about it. I can see how I easily I could be an idiot just like the folks who posted the infected stack. What tools are available that I could use to scan stacks for the virus? I'd like to start scanning stacks that I receive, infrequent as it may be. Sounds like "merryxmas vaccine 1.3" fixes the problem once I get it. I'd like to prevent getting infected. Kee Nethery kee@kagi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 10:44:45 -0500 From: gch2@cornell.edu (Geoffrey Christopher Hoffman) Subject: "Rom Simm" Slot On my IIsi, there's a slot next to the SIMM slots that is marked "Rom Simm." I want to know if I can put anything in it to do anything good for my Mac. Is there anything out there that's particularly good? I can't use it for VRAM, can I? Thanks Geoff Hoffman (gch2@cornell.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 17:51:41 EST From: tanju@geodesy.ho.att.com Subject: (Q) Broken CRT of an SE/30 Hello, I have an SE/30 that has a broken CRT tube and a Macintosh Plus that can be cannibalized. But I could not remove the connections of the tubes from the analog board to replace the SE/30's tube (assuming they are interchangeable). - Does anyone have any tips on how to do this? - If not, is there a place where I can buy the part that I can install? - Finally, if all fails would it be possible to buy a video-card and an external display and operate with them (i.e. would the system insist on putting the menu bar on the defunct internal monitor?). If this makes sense, where can I get a cheap card and monitor? Thanks in advance. -Tanju ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 09:32:59 MST From: "Roger B. Marks" Subject: 3 questions about Quadra 650 Having receiving traded my SE/30 for a Quadra 650, I'm finding few incompatibilities, but the problems I've found are pretty confusing: 1) I can't start up without extensions by holding down the shift key. This is weird. In fact, neither does holding down the space bar force Extensions Manager to run on startup. I am forced to set Extensions Manager to run automatically at each startup, just in case I need to run without extensions. Nothing's wrong with the keyboard. Any explanations? 2) I'm finding that I run out out memory a lot more often that with the SE/30, evne though both have 8 MB. In order to check out the RAM situation, I've been using GPS, which gives me a memory map. With the SE/30, applications were always laoded contiguously in memory, so you didn't have holes unless you quit something after opening something else. However, on the Quadra, I find that applications sometimes open just about in the middle of some empty RAM space. This leaves the remaining free RAM divided into disconnected sections, limiting my possibilities for opening new applications. Why is this happening, and how can I correct it? 3) My manual says to place the Quadra horizontally. I can't see any harm in placing it vertically. Does anyone know of any? Thanks for any insights, Roger Marks@bldr.nist.gov NIST/Boulder, CO ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 11:17:21 -0800 From: Robert Hess Subject: 4D and QuickTime Chris Owen (cheeys@iscs.nus.sg) asked for details on including QuickTime movies in databases like 4D. 4D has a generic data type into which you may place any data, binary or otherwise. Todd Carper's company, Tech Solutions, offers 4D externals which I'm told make the inclusion of QuickTime movies in 4D databases trivial and even pleasurable. Tech Solutions (408) 973-8855 Robert ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 12:04:03 -0500 From: kkirksey@world.std.com (Ken B Kirksey) Subject: 660AV Wierdness We've got a Centris 660AV that's exhibiting some strange behaviour (no comments please ). It occasionally refuses to read 800k floppies, giving the "This is not a Macintosh Disk" error when they're inserted. If I restart the machine and zap the pram, the problem goes a way and it will read 800k floppies for a while. Then it'll refuse to read them again, I'll restart and zap the pram, it'll read them for a while, ad infinitum. Has anyone else run into this problem? Anyone know what could be causing it, or a possible solution? (Blowing up the AV is NOT an option ). Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 11:56:17 -0500 From: lstein@panix.com (Luke Stein) Subject: Anarchie? Macommunity, What is Anarchie? For some reason, it has seemed to be an archie client, ftp client, or UUCP newsreader. Please post and/or e-mail (preferably both). Thanks. <+>Luke Stein (lstein@panix.com) "There's a sucker born every minute" --Phineas Barnum ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:16:42 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Vellek Subject: ARA delay You can do this my modifying the ARA CCL script. To do so, use your latest favorite utility for modifying the creator (I use FileBuddy) to TEXT and ttxt (this will make it a teachtext file). Then open the file in teachtext and you can play with the setup string. Use S0=5 and your modem will answer after five rings. Mark Vellek Columbia, MO ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:21:11 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Vellek Subject: ARA Delay oops Forgot to add that after modifying the CCL script that you have to go back and change the creator information to the ARA default (can't remember it at this point, but if you use FileBuddy it shows you it before you change it). Mark Vellek Columbia, MO ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 23:20:35 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Lim Subject: Authoring software pointers needed As part of my new job I'm supposed to be looking into publishing certain multimedia materials on CD-ROM. Can any Digest readers point me towards good authoring software for the Mac? I guess the features I would be looking for are: - Ease of use - Efficient indexing/search capabilities, relational if possible - Windows (blecch) compatibility I suppose Hypercard 2.2 would be a good place to start but despite the good reviews I am skeptical about its speed and indexing abilities. Furthermore one probably would have to do a lot of 'manual' indexing with Hypercard, whereas ideally the authoring software should be able to do the indexing and retrieval for you. Anyway, I'm totally green in this particularly area so any informed comment would be most appreciated. Richard Lim World Scientific Publishing, Singapore ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 14:26:22 EST From: Mike Feeney Subject: Can't find sound utility... I remember a sound utility that would assign sound files to different keys on the keyboard. I need this to play a variety of sounds immediately without selecting and double-clicking files alot. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of this utility, and can't seem to find a description of it anywhere. Does anyone else remember this, or can anyone recommend a utility on the net that does this? Thanks in advance! MIke feeney@jvnc.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 12:20:47+080 From: smoliar@iss.nus.sg (Stephen Smoliar) Subject: easing the load on SUMEX-AIM I am all for the theory behind the mirror sites. I believe it makes sense for me to try to retrieve what I want from my side of the Pacific Ocean. However, I am not sure I really believe those update numbers in the list posted by David Brooks in Info-Mac Digest, Volume 12, Issue 49. As a matter of fact, one of my most frequent needs for accessing the archive is to keep up with the Info-Mac Digest, since the feed we get out here to comp.sys.mac.digest is sporadic at its best. (Are there any mailing lists I can join for more regular service.) The site I consult most frequently is archie.au, although I have also tried several Tokyo sites and National Central University in Taiwan. As a rule, these mirror sites tend to run approximately one week behind the times. Perhaps they have as much trouble establishing a connection to SUMEX as the rest of us! ------------------------------ Date: 31 Mar 1994 08:46:08 GMT From: "Michael D. Scott" Subject: HP 4M and bitmap smoothing Is there a patch/hack/PDD to enable Apple's bitmap smoothing on a HP 4M being driven by either LW 8.1.1 or the HP LaserJet 8.0 drivers? -- Michael Scott pitcc01.scott02@ssw.alcoa.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 23:17:58 +0200 From: arild@oslonett.no (Arild Eugen Johansen) Subject: Hypothetical answer? It seems that my allegory in i-m #49 didn't work in the States. Too many people took the story literally. I learned this kind of metaphorical way of putting things in England, where I spent 7 years during the late 60s and early 70s. Remember Monty Python? Instead of saying I, you refer to a friend. I have adopted that sense of humour mixed up with my Norwegian way of putting things. So maybe I failed a little to communicate the message. I was actually trying to start a discussion about the use of software within a family. Does every family member has to have their own copy of a program? Say that they want to do a lot of things; calculations, drawings, hypercarding, word-processing etc. etc. The licensing agreements explicitly say that it can only be used on one computer, sometimes one at a time. So that's what I do. And the problem mentioned in my previous posting hasn't really arised yet. But I assume, one of these days, my children will want my Illustrator, my PhotoShop, my QuarkXPress, my HyperCard and any other of my dozens of legal softwares packages to use on their own macs. I think the situation is common. Not just within a family, but also in small companies. As each person has different roles, and experiences, their needs for various programs differ. Therefore I doubt very much that the company of let's say 6 people buys 6 copies of every software package they have or are using immidiately. And at what point in time should they do it? I think roughly half the programs I have bought are useless and not being used. When I received the software after reading some ads, it appeared to be another story altogether. What was described as fantastic was at most useable. Therefore to buy many licenses at once would have multiplied the number of useless boxes of expensive software lying idle. I am merely referring to common situations. As a way of combatting "piracy" I would suggest that the rules should be altered in step with time to include the use within a family. And in small companies maybe to be used by 2 or three co-workers where the others may use it on an occational basis. Today we have a new situation that is different from a few years back. Now more and more families have more than one computer. Even many people have two or more computers each. Should I have to buy two copies of every program I use, one for my office computer and one for my PowerBook? Today the rules are hazy, and who is able to read all the legalese anyway when your hands are trembling to start that fantastic new program? Happy Easter all netters %-) Arild ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 12:32:12 MST From: jlundell@skull.opus.com (Jonathan Lundell) Subject: info-mac mirrors > [Currently, in the wee hours, we give all registered mirrors access no matter > the load on sumex-aim. That way, they are assured of updating themselves every > night. We didn't want to do it during the day (when a fair number of the > digests come out) because of net traffic. There is no easy way around this > problem as there are often times when a new submission is uploaded five > minutes before a digest is published. > > One way around this would be to hold onto all submission announcments for a > day or so...that way most of the daily mirrors would have had a chance to get > submission before it went out on the digest. -Gordon] Seems like a good idea to me. My guess is that there's a lot of mirror traffic just after a digest comes out, looking for files that aren't there yet. Adds to the congestion. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 16:10:06 EST From: Rhea Jane Walker Subject: LaserWriter Pro 630 Print Density Settings I am installing a LaserWriter Pro 630 and would like to know how to change the density of the printout. I have tried using the LaserWriter Utility option to change the density, but the slider bar settings do not change the printouts. Jane ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 15:05:24 -0600 From: Dennis D. Davison Subject: LineLink CCL Script I am looking for a Timbuktu remote CCL Script for the LineLink Modems. Please reply to "ddavison@tahc.texas.gov". Thanks, Dennis ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 21:08:20 -0500 From: cbrannon+@pitt.edu (Chris Brannon) Subject: Mac Suffers from Windows Compatibility (c) >Forgive me for complaining, but I must. I use Excel fairly regularly at >work, and I am getting more and more annoyed at using a Mac port of a >windoze product. There are some areas that could really save us time that >we can't do because of this source code compatibility issue... I may be way off base here, but I've always had the understanding that Excel was originally ported to Windows, not the other way around. >No Hierarchical Menus... This is my main grief. I would love to be able to >choose fonts, number formats etc. from the menubar, but cannot. I have to >select "fonts" and then choose a font from the list... This may seem trivial You can easily put a font menu on the Excel 4 toolbar, which would do exactly what you want. There is a "font size" menu available for the toolbars as well. Number formats would be more difficult, but I believe you can assign individual formats to particular buttons. You could also create a list of styles with particular "number" formats, and leave the styles menu on a toolbar. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 13:19:38 EST From: "Mr. Troy Kelley" Subject: MacTCP and system 7 Charlie Mingo writes MacTCP 1.1 is obsolete, and won;t work with System 7.1, so most people have upgraded to 2.04. ______ I am using MacTCP 1.1 with System 7.1 and it works fine. Sorry Charlie. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 19:51:15 EST From: "Allan M. Bloom" Subject: MacTools Stupidity Folks, I'm generally happy with Central Point Software's MacTools, but there is what I think is a real problem with the package that y'all might want to know about. Having two System files on the same disk can be much like a collison at sea. It can ruin your whole day. With CPS Trashback, you can have whole lots of System files on your hard disk. As the response from Sam Guidice says, that stupidity is our own fault. Not the fault of CPS Trashback. I trust you'll pardon me if I demur from the CPS position. Hey! I do stupid things on my own. I don't need help from commercial utilities. I don't de-recommend CPS MacTools any more than I de-recommend Retrospect but I think y'all should know what can happen. Al Bloom, Virginia Tech >Folks, I just got your 3.0(a/b) updates to MacTools. Some from the internet >sumex-aim archive, some from your BBS. I followed the update by running the >new DiskfFix emergency disk agains my HD. Imagine my reaction when DiskFix >reported that I had duplicate System files. You may further imagine my >reaction when I couldn't find a dup. > >Rebooting with extensions off caused your Trashback folder to appear, and I >found the duplicate System file. I had recently rebuilt my system, prefaced >by trashing the System and Finder. Trashback had a bunch of junk among its >"installer temp" files. One of which was System. > >May I gently slap your paddy on this one? All DiskFix told me was that the >duplicate Systems were somewhere on my hard disk. No indication of where -- >within that disk -- the dups were. And it asked me to delete one? Good >grief! You don't provide enough information to know which of the two to >delete! > >Does this seem as goofy to you as it does to me? Trashback is neat, but I >don't need it to cause problems. I had another System file on my HD only >because of Trashback. > >And DiskFix is neat. But it didn't give me enough information to know what >to do when it found two System files. > >Al Bloom, Virginia Tech > >>#: 63636 S15/Macintosh Products >> 31-Mar-94 13:38:03 >>Sb: #63495-Tools/Trashback >>Fm: Sam Guidice, SYSOP 76711,551 >>To: Al Bloom 76656,1514 >> >>Al, >> >>No you may not slap, thank you for the offer though. >> >>Actually I posted a message about this yesterday. It's a double >>edged sword on this. Trashback is basically doing smoke and >>mirrors on systems. It copies files into a hidden folder when you >>empty trash so the system thinks they are not there anymore >>and the space is available. If you "oops" and need them back, >>they are there. >> >>When you boot without the Trashback init, the folder is visible >>as any other folder and will be treated as such. When you trash >>something like a system folder you should also empty Trashback >>if you're reasonably certain nothing in that system folder will >>be needed. >> >>I'm not sure if there's any realtime solution except for the >>fact that purging the Trashback folder is a good idea before >>booting off the floppy to run Diskfix. >> >>Regards, >>Sam >>CP Tech Support >> >Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 19:07:54 EST >From: "Allan M. Bloom" >Subject: Trashback >To: Sam Guidice <76711.551@compuserve.com> > >Sam, your answer reminds me of the one I got from the Retrospect folk >when I noted that the program backed up virtual memory and allowed as >how that was sort of dumb. Yup, we do that. I knew that. > >Even without permission, consider your corporate paddy slapped. > >I'll share our correspondence with the internet info-mac group. You may >even see yourselves in MacWorld's "turkey" column. > >Lordy, Sam! It is flat dumb to do something like putting another System >on a disk. Can't Trashback be made at least smart enough to avoid that >kind of dumb? > >Al Bloom, Virginia Tech ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 23:12:37 -0500 From: clint@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Clinton MacDonald) Subject: MacWrite Pros (and Cons) -- Summary Recently (in Info-mac #47), I asked: > I got a mailing from Claris asking me to upgrade to MacWrite Pro 1.5 > -- for another $69. > So...should I upgrade? Are there any "must-have" features in MW Pro > 1.5?...I would especially like to hear from those of you who *like* > MW Pro. And the Net came to my rescue! First off, glenhoag@nuance.com (Glen C. Hoag) corrected me: > The update from MacWrite Pro 1.0 to 1.5 is $29, with no shipping > charge. (Oops! I checked, and Glen is right.) > Well, your "must have" features are different from mine, but I look > forward to the AppleScript support, even though I don't have a use > for it today. "William M. Porter" posted his reply to Info-mac (#48): > It sounds like you are not very happy with MacWrite Pro to begin > with, and I should warn you that 1.5's new features...are probably > not going to change your feelings about the program overall. In a follow-up, Will wrote: > For me, MacWrite Pro stands in comparison with Microsoft Word and in > many ways the comparison favors MacWrite Pro...I can tell you that > if you are worried about disk space, going to Word or Wordperfect > is NOT the solution! Shannon V Spires wrote: > I have MacWrite Pro 1.5 and like it, although we have more users > around here using ClarisWorks who rave about it. I haven't noticed > any real differences in 1.5 vs. 1.0 although I haven't really been > looking. I run it on a Quadra 700 so it has always been fast enough > for me....(Kerned italics still look terrible, IMO, but then > they look terrible in every word processor I've ever used.) CBALES@MTA.CA (Cameron Bales .:.) posed an original solution: > I always recommend that people should use MacWrite II, or more > often ClarisWorks. Here at the University I have people coming > to me with MacWrite Pro Problems all the time, and nothing else > will read the files so I can't fix it in anything I know. > try finding a student who can buy you ClarisWorks for less than > $100, or maybe if you complain loudly to Claris you can get a > "sidegrade" to ClarisWorks? vita@sunny.dab.ge.com (Mark Vita) wrote: > I'm in the same boat you are (i.e., somewhat disappointed in > the MW Pro 1.0 "upgrade", and seriously questioning whether 1.5 > is worth the $70...) Well, Mark, it's only $29 :-) It seems to be a split vote: some love MW Pro a lot, some not so much. The faster the individual's machine, the more one might tend to like it. The answer to my original question is, "No, Clint probably shouldn't upgrade." But, if I get heavily into AppleScripting, or am willing to spend some more time learning about kerning, MW Pro 1.0 is beginning to look less bad. Again, thanks for all your help! Clint Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | clint@phoenix.princeton.edu Howard Hughes Medical Institute | cmacdonald@watson.princeton.edu Department of Molecular Biology | 609/258-5993 Princeton, NJ 08544-1014 | 609/258-1704 (FAX) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 12:53:22 -0500 From: straz@cambridge.apple.com (Steve Strassmann) Subject: MAE Press Release Since there's been so many questions lately, here's the press release for MAE (Macintosh Application Environment - Apple's product for running Mac programs on unix workstations) ------------------ For Immediate Release Press Contacts: Emilio Robles Apple Computer, Inc. 408/862-5671 Sylvia France Regis McKenna, Inc. 408/974-4129 Apple Announces First Cross-Platform Macintosh Product for UNIX Workstations New Macintosh Application Environment Delivers the Macintosh Experience to Sun and Hewlett-Packard Customers CUPERTINO, California--March 15, 1994--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the Macintosh Application Environment (MAE), an innovative software product that brings the functionality and ease-of-use of the Macintosh operating system to Sun SPARCstations and Hewlett -Packard 9000 Series 700 workstations. With MAE, workstation customers get the benefits of the Macintosh desktop, including the ability to run most Macintosh applications, and a close integration of the Macintosh and UNIX operating systems on their workstations. "The Macintosh Application Environment demonstrates Apple's commitment to making its unique technologies available to a wider range of computer users," said Morris Taradalsky, vice president and general manager of the Apple Business Systems (ABS) Division of Apple Computer, Inc. "For a long time, UNIX customers have demanded access to high quality, low-cost productivity applications - MAE now satisfies this requirement." In May, 1993, Apple announced at its annual Developers' Conference in San Jose that it would provide the Macintosh environment on other UNIX platforms as well as articulating a broader participation in the open systems market. SunSoft and Hewlett-Packard Support MAE According to Taradalsky, an important element of Apple's open systems strategy is to develop strategic relationships with leading open systems vendors. To this end, Apple today announced agreements with Sun and HP encompassing joint engineering and innovative cooperative marketing programs. As a result of these agreements, MAE customers will receive integrated customer support, superior product functionality and the security of knowing that this product has the full support of Apple and its open systems partners. "We are very excited about MAE on Solaris," said Edward J. Zander, president of SunSoft, Inc. "Now UNIX users have the freedom to run Macintosh based personal productivity products they prefer on the industry's leading UNIX operating environment." "MAE represents another important step in the HP Enterprise Desktop Program, which combines the productivity advantages and ease-of-use features of the Macintosh with the power of our PA-RISC-based Series 700 workstations," said Gary B. Eichhorn, vice president and general manager of HP's Workstation Systems Group. "There are tremendous advantages to a single desktop solution that meets the performance and application needs, the ease-of-use requirements and networking preferences of commercial and technical professionals." MAE broadens market for Macintosh Application Developers Apple has been working with leading Independent Software Developers (ISVs) to assure customers that hundreds of Macintosh applications are MAE-compatible at introduction. Some of these developers include Aldus, Attain, Claris, DeltaPoint, Deneba, Microsoft, Now Software, On Technology, Quark, WordPerfect, and many others. Product Description MAE customers will be able to work with the renowned Macintosh graphical user interface through the now familiar Macintosh Desktop and Finder, completely within a UNIX X window. Customers will have access to Macintosh System 7.0 features such as Aliases, TrueType, publish-and-subscribe, AppleEvents, Balloon Help, QuickDraw, and 32- bit addressing. Apple's approach with MAE leverages both the underlying RISC workstation performance capabilities and superior application compatibility. This is accomplished through the use of native software and optimized emulation. MAE closely integrates Macintosh and UNIX, allowing customers to manipulate directly the UNIX file system from the Macintosh interface; cut and paste both text and graphics between X-Window and Macintosh applications and administer UNIX systems through the intuitive Macintosh interface. The MAE architecture also supports workstation devices, allowing access to Macintosh-formatted floppies and CD-ROMs from existing workstation drives. MAE supports the Network File System (NFS), which allows users to access, display and manipulate remote and local Macintosh, PC and UNIX files. Apple plans to add support for AppleTalk to MAE in the future. MAE runs on Solaris 2.3 or HP-UX 9.01 or later, and requires an X11 release 4 or later window display server. MAE is fully compatible with HP's Visual User Environment, SunSoft's OpenWindows and OSF Motif. Pricing and Availability The MAE Apple Price is (US) $549. Pricing outside the United States may vary by country. In the United States, Apple intends to make MAE available in late April, 1994 through authorized Apple resellers, distributors and system integrators. In Europe and in the Pacific, Apple intends to make MAE available in May, 1994. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer, Inc., (NASDAQ: AAPL) develops, manufactures and markets personal computer, server and personal interactive electronic systems for use in business, education, the home, science, engineering and government. A recognized pioneer and innovator in the information industry, Apple does business in more than 120 countries. -30- 1994 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Finder and Macintosh Application Environment are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective holders. END AppleLink Pathway: Apple Press Releases PR Express Apple & Industry News News Break (3/15/94) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 20:38:25 -0500 (EST) From: Byron C Mayes Subject: May I play through? I'm now the amazingly happy owner of a double-speed external CD-ROM drive (PowerUser from MacWarehouse; $199!). So far it does all I've expected and surprisingly well. So what's my problem? I've seen on a PowerMac with an internal CD-ROM drive hat the Sound control panel displays the CD-ROM drive in the Sound In section and gives the user a check box that allows "Play Through": whatever is played from the CD also comes through the internal speaker (or whatever device is selected in Sound Out). The Sound control panel on my IIsi at home (System 7.1; new Sound Manager 3.0) doesn't offer this option. Now, I can jerryrig sound playthrough by connecting the CD out jacks to the the IIsi in jack and using some software that allows me to play through. Unfortunately, the only software I know that lets me do that is Sample Editor, a fine application, but the 1Meg it wants is a bit much just for background sound playback. My question is: Is there some extension/INIT/control panel that will allow sound that comes in through the sound input jack to play through the internal speaker (or whatever is connectd to the sound out jack)? Thanks in advance. I'll gladly report my findings if I get a good working lead. Byron C. Mayes University of Delaware bcmayes@admin.udl.udel.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 17:14:46 -0600 From: Paul M Sheldon Subject: mountimage version not yet without bug, sorry The following was a message to Douglas Wyman who originally posted that mountimage was dangerous. I had thought that the later beta version I had was OK, as it did me no damage, it was distributed on apple cd, and had asked apple to post on ftp site. Note there is a disclaimer on apple cd's which we resign to that let's us use the beta versions with bugs. Something like Disneyland, take this ride at your own risk. Here is public apology for my misconception. I had thought that my newer version, distributed by apple no longer had this bug, but a check with the programmer indicated the whole series was bugged and that only some time he would get around to the unbugged version. Note the cd is for beta software and should have bugs, else what is a beta tester for? Mark, at apple, said that I shouldn't worry, it won't be at the ftp site. However, your advertised shareware is available now. Sorry. Hope this helps. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 12:03:30 EST From: nsteffen@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil Subject: Networked Faxing I am trying to get some info on providing outbound FAX services for our office and I thought I'd ask the net for recommendations/war stories if there any are out there.(inbound might be nice too....inbound to individual machines........OCR.... ah!!!! to dream....:-) My environment is a thin wire ethernet backbone with approx 25 MAC's and 10 WINDOWS/DOS nodes. The backbone is bridged to a broadband and thereby to the rest of the world. 300+ Appletalk Zones. As I said I would like to establish means so that the users in my office could FAX directly instead of printing and then faxing. My initial concerns are the usual, what are the hardware/software requirements along with providing enough security to keep the rest of the net from running up the phone bill. We are currently running real old 3Com software and a conversion to MS Lan Manager and Windows NT servers (and probably a few non-corporate AppleShare servers....:-) is in progress. Direct e-mail replies would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Norm Steffen F/A-18 Project Office Naval Air Warfare Center - A/C Division Patuxent River, MD ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 12:40:43 -0600 From: adamh@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Hauerwas) Subject: Neural Nets for Stat Analysis (Q) Hi everyone. I am the Mac Manager for a Financial Analysis company, and our primary program here is Excel. One of our analysts heard about a neural network modeling program called BrainCel (sp?) which works as an add-on for Excel. Has anyone heard of this/used it/know where I can go for mor information? *Anything* would be appreciated. Please reply directly to me, and I will summarize if there is interest. TIA. ---- Adam Hauerwas, Macintosh Specialist | adamh@merle.acns.nwu.edu Duff & Phelps Financial Consulting | 55 E. Monroe Suite 3600, Chicago 60603 ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 1994 13:50:43 GMT From: jdlauder@med.umich.edu (James D. Lauderdale) Subject: Project management software Hi. I need some information about the best software package available to manage/track a youth science progect. I need to be able to track all aspects of the project including: people involved, timelines, and the flow of the progect. Additionally, I will need to generate weekly reports for all the progect managers involved. At the moment, Inspiration, Manager Pro, and Microsoft Progects 3.0 look like the best canidates. Please send any information/comments you might have to me via e-mail: jdlauder@umich.edu Thanks in advance. Jim Lauderdale jdlauder@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: 31 Mar 1994 17:11:41 U From: "Harris Tom" Subject: RE>IM 52 Mac TCP 1.1 I am currently using MacTCP 1.1 under System 7.1 using Telnet 2.4 and Mac X 1.2 on a Q610. It works fine and dandy. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 14:26:02 -0500 From: mingo@panix.com (Charlie Mingo) Subject: Statistics Symbols (A) BILL SIMPSON writes: >You can do Xbar using MS Word: >.\X.\TO(X) >is the command using Word 4.0's formula language. Word 5 is probably >different. Word 5 also supports Word 4's formula language as well. Everything works exactly the same (this was probably done so as not to wreck all the documents with formulas prepared in Word 4). This is a case where Word 4's formula system can prove much faster than Word 5's OLE approach. ------------------------------ Date: 31 Mar 1994 13:58:59 -0600 From: lemke@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu (Dwight K. Lemke) Subject: Statistics Symbols(A) >You can do Xbar using MS Word: >.\X.\TO(X) >is the command using Word 4.0's formula language. Word 5 is probably >different. In general, you can do any stats notation you want using >the Word formula language. 5.0 and 5.1 recognize the full formula glossary too. -Dwight |>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>| Dwight K. Lemke |<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 12:46:08 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Costain Subject: StyleWriter Clogs Up!! I'm having a problem with my original StyleWriter which only surfaced in the last couple of months (I've had the printer for about 18 months). Perhaps someone can offer a possible fix. For the last few weeks the print quality of my documents deteriorates as printing progresses. The first page or two is usually fine, but then I get horizontal streaks of no ink in the middle of my text. I have to clear the cartridge and print again in order to get good print quality. If I print more than five or six pages, the text often becomes unreadable. There doesn't seem to be anything else wrong with the printer, except that it makes a loud "knock" sound when I first turn it on. I'm wondering if it (the ink problem) is caused by the dry air in my house. At any rate, it's a really annoying problem, since I have to babysit the printer while I print anything for submission and, as any StyleWriter owner can tell you, printing can be a loooong wait. Any suggestions? Rob Costain, rjcost@vax2.concordia.ca Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 09:08:09 -0800 (PST) From: "Frank Ripp, Ext 1313" Subject: StyleWriter II toxic ink Dear Mac Netter, I'm thinking of getting a StyleWriter II. However, my wife is VERY allergic to the ink that this printer uses. Is there some non-toxic (perhaps soy-based) ink that comes in a StyleWriter II-type cartridge that I could use instead? How about emptying out the current cartridge and then refilling it with non-toxic ink? Any information would be greatly appreciated, especially specific brands, part numbers, mail-order sources, and so on. Thanks, Frank Ripp, Technical Writer, MDL Information Systems (510) 895-1313 Ext. 1313, INTERNET: frankr@mdli.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 MAR 94 17:54:41 GMT From: EFE@V1.PH.QMW.AC.UK Subject: Symantec vs. Metrowerks C++ (Q) We upgraded to THINK C/Symantec C++ 6.0 much less than a year ago, but version 7.0 is now being advertised and they want yet more money out of us to upgrade. The features sound lovely (e.g. visual user- interface code generator), but these upgrades are not very cheap. In the meantime, Metrowerks has a competing C++ - my only experience of their products is the Pascal system, and they are little-known on this side of the ocean. Is there anyone out there who already has some experience of both systems anduld be willing to comment on their relative merits? We would be extremely grateful for any advice. Eric Eisenhandler, Physics Dept., Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London EFE@V1.PH.QMW.AC.UK ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 12:52:28 -0500 From: johna@utmdacc.mda.uth.tmc.edu (John Antolak) Subject: What's the story with the Mactools updates??? I have downloaded a few of the Mactools updates, and the version number is 3.0a on the updates. However, I already have version 3.0b installed on my hard disk. Is this really an update??? -- John A. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 15:01:47 -0800 From: Bill Rausch Subject: why binhex? > jlundell@skull.opus.com (Jonathan Lundell) > asks why binhex? when we have ftp binary transfers Most Internet mac users are NOT directly connected. They use some kind of serial link from their Mac to a Unix host and then do the ftp, e-mail, whatever from there. If the Unix host does not have mac-specific communication software, the Mac files must be encoded somehow because of the multi-fork file format. Binhex is a convenient encoding format because it also solves the problem of sending files via e-mail (which usually have a 7-bit ASCII limitation). Not all users have ftp access to the Internet (me for example :-)). E-mail is our only link. ---- Bill Rausch, SW Engr, wnr@fred.nfuel.com, 509-943-0861 Numerical Applications, 825 Goethals #A, Richland, WA 99352 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:34:54 -0600 From: mpark@nb.utmem.edu (Mel Park) Subject: why binhex? [R] Binhexing is not the only way, but it is the most convenient way of transfering both data and resource forks over the wire. (Macintosh files are not a simple byte stream, as in unix.) Moreover, Binhex is a single protocol that can work over the several kinds of that figurative wire, that is for ftp, modem transfers, or e-mail. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 11:39:55 -0500 From: gurman@uvsp.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: Yohkoh SXT solar soft X-ray QuickTime movie for all of 1993 The info-mac file grf/qt/solar.hqx contains a QuickTime movie of daily soft X-ray images of the Sun's 1 million degree + outer atmosphere for the first 5 months of 1993. A new QuickTime movie with one frame from (nearly) every day in 1993 turned out to be big enough to choke sumex-aim's mailer, but you can access it with Mosaic at file://umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/images/SXT93.hqx or via plain, old, vanilla-flavored anonymous ftp at umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov (128.183.57.24) as pub/images/SXT93.hqx (5.03 Mbyte). Netters interested in current solar imagery can find the most recent Yohkoh SXT daily soft X-ray image, as well as ground-based solar imagery, at http://umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/latest.html Share & enjoy, Joe Gurman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 22:46:36 PST From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu (John Thoo) Subject: ZiffNet/Mac's free areas (Q) I recently subscribed to ZiffNet/Mac (but NOT CompuServe). During the signup I was told > Your membership to ZiffNet and ZiffNet/Mac provides you with > unlimited access free of connect time charges to the following > services for $2.95 a month (telecommunication surcharges apply > for use of supplemental networks). > > * PC Magazine and MacUser featured utilities - download FREE for 30 days > after the mail date of each issue > * ZiffNet Product Reviews Index and Editor's Choice Awards Listing > * Weekly computer industry news from PC Week and MacWEEK > * Daily computer industry news from the award-winning daily newswire, > Newsbytes News Network > * ZiffNet Support Forum > * ZiffNet/Mac Buyer's Guide - information on over 3000 Macintosh products > * ZiffNet/Mac's Technical Support Database > * MacUser/MacWEEK Index > * Membership Support areas such as Billing, Feedback, Online Manual and > Help My question is to you ZiffNet/Mac users. How do I get to these free areas without treading on any areas that will cost me a surcharge. My goal is to access ZiffNet/Mac for $2.95 a month, and no more. It would be great if you could provide me the path, e.g. GO WHATEVER, to each of these free areas. Thanks much. BTW, I finally succumbed to joining ZiffNet/Mac because I wanted to try their latest exclusive freeware, DragonDrop, which is similar to Inline Design's PopUp Folder. I can keep DragonDrop on my Unix box for a couple of weeks before my SysMgr glares at me, so if you'd like a copy, just drop me an e-mail before 15 April, 1994---TAX deadline DAY! --John. J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633 Internet: or ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 23:11:03 -0800 (PST) From: Sabooh Asghar Sam Blanchard Danya Crawford I'm trying to find a cad package for my system. I'm a student so I'm trying to keep my costs down and I need to do real engineering drawings. Is there any way that I can sample some of the more obscure drafting packages before I buy or is there one that is highly reccomended. As far as cost is concerned I'm thinking along the lines of maybe two hundred dollars or less. Thank you for your assistance ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************